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TTTFi OMAHA DAILY BFIE: TITTTnSPAY, DECEMBER 5, 1907 NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA .11', i COUNCIL Office 15 Scott Street. FRUIT GROWERS IN SESSION Opening Session Brines Out a Larger Attendance Than Usual. XTOE EISPLAY OP PEOLTJCTS Report Indicate That Strawberries and Crape Were tha Mast Profit able Crops Daring? the "eason Jast Passed Apples Short. With an attendance of over forty, ths largest st nny preceding openlrg session, the Southwestern low Horticultural so ciety began its thirty-second annual meet ing In thia city yesterday afternoon. The sessions are being held In the auditorium of I ha public library building, and the fruit dlaplay la arranged In the hall on the see 'end floor.' The meeting yesterday afternoon -was opened with an Invocation by Rev. O. O. Illce, following which there were talka on "Successful Strawberry Growing" by D. A. Hupp of Sidney and Robert MeKenaie of thla city. They ahowed that this-season bad been a remarkably . profitable one for strawberries throughout t'.ie twenty-five counties in southwestern Iowa, and that from 1100 to S200 an acre could be made by growing thla kind of fruit. The speakers advocated the matted row system of plant ing, and aald that results showed that the Senator Dunlap, Beder Wood and Crescent Were the best varieties to grow. In bis. annual address,. President F. P. Spencer of Randolph spoke at length on apple grov.ii g. The spring, he said, was of such a charaoter as to practically elim inate all apples but a few varieties. He spoke with feeling on tbci death of George Ailing ham, manager of the Council Bluffs Grape Growers' association, and a com mittee consisting of the president. Rev. G. O. . Rice and Robert McKenzle of this city was appointed to draft suitable resolu tions. Announcement was made that J. P. Jack Son, treasurer of the society, had removed from Olenwood to 'Big Springs, Neb., and kits resignation was referred to a com mittee, as was his annual report. Reports on Frail Conditions. The following directors made reports of the condition of the fruit crop In their respective territory: D., B. McCalla, Cla Inda; George A. Van Houten, Lenox; P. . B. Young, Garden Grove; J. H. M. Ed Irards, Lognn; James McGinnls, Orlswold ind N. C. Wraga. Waukee. Tha trend of the reports was to the effect that the fruit ru In southwestern Iowa had been gen erally light, with the exception of straw berries; crapes had been the best paying crop; peaches had been very light, except seedlings: plums nearly a complete failure; ami the same was true of gooseberries and currants; the crop of summer and fall ap ples had been light; winter apples were scarce, only about 40 per cent crop, . but prices werestlll soaring and those fortu nate enough to have a good crop of winter apples would re Use a handsome profit. Purlns a geneml discussion on "Orchard ing" It was stated that fanners did not in the present day pay as much atten tion' to their orchards aa they did In past years, with the result that the farm or chards were rapidly deteriorating and that orchards were more and more getting Into the hands of commercial .grower. ' ... At the avenmg session, at which there was a ' materially Increased attendance. Hon.. A. T. , Fllcklnger' delivered the ad drcra of welcome on behalf of the city and the fruit growers of Council Bluffs and vi cinity. The response was made by George Van Houten of Lenox In place of Director J. H. M. Edwards of Logan, who was unable to he present. Fruit Display Fine. The fruit display, In the opinion of ex perts. Is a splendid one for a bad year. Every variety of apple grown in this sec tion of Iowa Is on display. Twelve long tables were covered yesterday with the exhibits, the fruit being arranged on plates The display nt large, luscious looking ap ples is a most tempting one. W. M. Bora berger of Harlan, secretary of the society, has a magnificent display of seventy-two plates, representing some thirty varletlee. R. A. Heea of this city has an Interesting display of cold storage apples, which looked as If they had Just boen plucked from tha tree. - He also has an exhibit of Tapes kept in cold storage. A number of additional displays are expected today. Thla la the program for today: Secretary' Report W. M. Uomberger, HlOrchard Care D. B. McCalla, Clarinda; Dr. A. P. Hanchrtt, Council Hluffs. Spraying H. H. Peters, Glenwood; J. M. Beehtell. Glenwood. Gathering and Packing C H. Deur, Missouri Valley. Barrels and Boxes F. B. Leggett, Council Blurts. Storage P. C. Bloomer, Council .Bluff. (Shipping E. B. flranr. Omaha; C. EL Mincer. Hamburg; F. P. Spencer, Ran- "Vermtn and Insects G. W. Gowens, Missouri Valley. Buyers and Buying O. F. Redshaw, Hamburg?. Running a Sprayer A. A. 81mons, Hamburg-. Evening 7:15 Election of officers; gen eral program. Office space for rent. Ss a month: central location, steam heat and electric light fur nished. Omaha' Bee, 16 Scott street. Caaacllaten fn.ll to Appear. The meeting of the committee of the whole of the city council, called for last night, to discuss the three new watei rate ordinances Introduced respectively by Councilman Fleming,. Smith and Younker man. failed for lack of a quorum. Council- men Smith, Hendrlx and Younkerman were the absentees and Councilman Wallace is It Is Possible to .educe Flesh Without Diet ing cr Exercise It Is not only possible, but being done iwrywhnre. Kxcrclae, unless carefully super Mended by a physician and expert AthUUo Plrector, may easily do a deal of harm to the great overburdened rleahy body. The untutored fat man and wo man determined to get thin are only too lialy to overstrain the fat anoumbered muscles by tbslr awkward, ill-advised IS y i. nasties, and so cause nerve and mus cle troubles that may develop Into some thing worse than a little too much tleah. Same way with dieting. Starvation Is certainly effective If kept up long and faltiifullr enough, but It fa almost certain to Injure the nutritive process and so vanktfu the patlont constitutionally, while it is abominable torture, of course, es pecially to a good-iutiured. high-living, flrahy man or woman. Fortunately neither dieting nor exercis ing are required or deslmbfe If one uses tha right rumedy for reducing fat. and strange to say, the remedy Is simple, whole Home home mixture, the lnsaienta of which are obtainable at any drug atore for a few crnta. The mixture Is as follows: H o Maimola. H os. Fluid Kxtract Ca cara. Aromatic, 1 ozs. Fyrup Simplex, and the prrpt-r amount to take la one tr.i ioiiful arter nj.-Js and at bedtime. Thla luixtura takes the fat off rapidly, but naturally, ao that no wrinkles ara formed and no harm ts done to the stomach, as is so frequently the case rlth "fatent" or "awcrai auvarUaed, ran.i.'Uiea. Adv. BLUFFS Both 'Phones 43. out of the city. Younkerman sent word that he was too busy attending to the malletn test of the fire department horse by a representative of State Veterinarian Koto. The council will meet in adjourned regu lar session Thursday afternoon, when it is expected some date will be fixed to consider the rate ordlnancea In committee of the whole. , JOBBERS OPPOSE PARCELS-POST Answer Qaery Sent te Theiu br the Postmaster General. That the Iowa and Nebraska 'Wholesale Grocers' association is not . in favor of a parcels post as advocated by Postmaster General George Von L. Meyer, was dem onstrated ,at a meeting of. that organiza tion held Tuesday In Council Bluffs. Sec retary Melhop had been requested by Post master General Meyer to. secure an ex pression from the association and a com munication was prepared and forwarded to the postmaster general aa representing the feeling of the wholesale grocers and Jobbers of this section of the- country on the proposition. The letter is aa follows: We oppose an extension of the parcels post system for the reason that any prop osition or effort to extend the present system cannot possibly carry with It any naaurance that the limit of weight will stop at eleven pounds, aa recommended In your speech at Boston. The present limit of four pounds has not Interfered with our present method of distribution of merchan dise and It Is probable that the raising of the weight limit to eleven pounds would not seriously Interfere, but to carry the limit beyond and up to the limit adopted by other nations (Germany 110 pounds, Belgium 132 pounds) would mean a com plete revolution In our present business system. The raising of the limit of weight to any considerable extent would mean the extermination of the ordinary retallnr and Jobber, and result. In the concentration of business in the large business centers. The oil business and the salt business, as they are now conducted, are striking ex smples of what can.be accomplished by centralisation of power, and we don t be lieve that the country Is prepared to put general m rchandislng on that basis. The Jobbers and retailers of the country do not ak the protection' of the govern ment against competition; In fact, they In vite 'It under the conditions under which they operate, but they don't believe that It la any part of the government's duty to step in and absorb the freight charges of a large portion of them, and deprive the local merchant of whatever advantage he may be entitled to by reason of his lo cation. You undertake to answer that phase of the plliurtlon by stating that It Is your intention 10 recommend the establishment of a panels post on rural routes, and by that we would understand that each ship ment must originate and terminate on the same rural rcute. This plan, even with an Increase to the eleven-pound limit, we be lleve would not seriously Interfere with the present methods of business, but wo also believe that It would fall very far short of your expectations In the extension of the parcels post system. So much so that you would feel the necessity of Increasing the limit of weight at the first opportunity. The meeting was, as usual, held behind closed doors. The following wholesale gro sery houses were represented: ' F. C. Iolts. Chicago. 111.; O. 8. Ellis, Mar ahalltown, la.; bchroeder-Klelnn Grocery Co., Pubuque, la.; the Fowler Co., Water loo, la.; Smith, Llchty A Hlllman Co., W aterloo, la.: C. C. Prouty Co.. " Pes .Moines, la.; Charlea Hewitt ft Sons Co., Des Moines, Ia.;Warllnld-Pratt-Howell Co., Cedar Rapids, la.; Itts-Bpencer-8mlth Co., Mason City, la.; Red Oak Grocery Co.. Red Oak. la.; J. H. Merrill Co., Creston, la.; Fort Podge Grocery Co., Fort Podge, la.; H. L. Spencer Co., Oftkaloosa, la.: J. H. Merrill Co., Ottumwa. Ia.; J. O. Hutchi son ft Co., Ottumwa, la. ; Kellogg-Birga Co., Keokuk, la.; S. Hamlll Co., Keokuk, la.; John Blaul's Sons Co., Burlington, la.; Blklen-Wlnzer Co., Burlington, la.; Letts-Fletcher Co.. Marshalltown, la.; C. L. Mull & Sons. Muscatine, la.; Warrfeldi Pratt-Howell Co., Sioux City, Ia: Grone weg ft Schoentgcn Co., Council Bluffs, Ia. Paxton ft Gallagher Co., MrCord-Hrady Co., Allen Bros. Co., Sloan Grocery Co.; Omaha; Blackman ft Fuller Co., Hastings, Nfb.; Donald ft Porter Co., Nebraska Mer cantile Co.. Grand Island. Noh NohniVi I Mercantile Co., 8t. Paul, Neb.; B. a 8te- vna, tieamce, neo.; Hargreaves Mercan. tile Co., Grainger Rros. Co., H. P. Lau Co., Raymond Bros, ft Clarke Co., Lincoln: H. W. Abts ft Co., Columbus, Neb.- . No handsomer present for wife, son, daughter or sweetheart than a" watch. The Ltffcrt assortment will afford you what you would like. CONFERENCE OF SCHOOL OFFICERS State Superintendents of , Iowa and Minnesota to Be Present. - Hon. J. W. Olsen, state superintendent of public Instruction of Minnesota, has ao cepted an Invitation extended him' by County Superintendent E. R. Jackson' to address the meeting of school officers of Pottawattamie county to be held In this city Friday, Pecember 13. Mr. Olsen will speak on "School Sanitation." Hon. J. F. Rlggs, state superintendent of publio in struction of Iowa, will also address the meeting on the subject "Our Country Schools." In the notice of the meeting sent out to the school directors of the county,, Super intendent Jackson calls attention to the fact that the school laws are soon to be revised and auggesta that the directors should be heard on the question of what changes are needed. This being the case. Superintendent Jackson asks that there be a large and representative attendance. Some of the questions to be discussed are: "Shall the Rural Schools of tha County be Consolidated 7" "Shall We Adopt a Uniform Textbook System In This County?" "How Can We B:ure, Better Teachers?" "How Much Shall We- Pay Our Teach ers ?' "Should Director Be Paid for Their Services?" "How Can a Teacher's Contract Be Made Binding?" This Is the program for the conference: 10:30 a. m. to U m. Visit to Manual Training school, corner Eighth street and Broadway. 1:30 p. m. to 1 p. m. Address, County Superintendent P. E. Bralnard, Harrison county. "The Use and Abuse of School Property." t p. m. to S p. m. Address, State Super intendent J. F. Rlgs, "Our Country Bchools." i p. m. General conference. T tscusslons by Superintendent W. N. Clifford of Council Bluffs. tx-8uptrlntendent U. J. MrManiu, Council bluffs; President F. S. fluids. Gar ner township; Secretary N. R. Graham, Wright, township; Secretary F. T. C. John sun, Norwalk townahlD: It A. R. Robert son. Crescent City; Secretary W. P. Dln wljdle, Macedonia, Independent district; President It. U. Smith, Oakland. Independ ent district ;eSecretary Ben G. Puvls, Gar ner township; plrector John M. Dollarhlde, Gamer township; Secretary W. C. Van Pelt. Lewta townahlD: Director M. L. Palmer, Valley township; Plrector Fred i Bohretber. Knox township; Plrector J. K. Kellev, Macedonia, Independent district; President O. L. Barrett. McClaliand. Inde pendent district; President T. G. Br-juglitln, Walnut; Preeldent W. P. Turner. Washing ton townahip; President B. Eichenberger, York townahip; Secretary Parry Kerney, Plaatant Valley district, and others. . VpboUterlng. George W. Klein. IS South Main' street. 'Phones: Ind., 710 Black; Bell. 148. When you deal with us you deal at headquarters the largest stock and tha best prices. C. Hafer Lumber Co., Council Bluffs. Inspecting; Fire) He rare. The question of whether the Ore depart ment horse quarantined by Pr. 8. T. Miller la suffering from glanders will probably be settled today. Aa a result of the corres pondence between City Solicitor Kimbail and State Veterinarian Koto. - Assistant Stale Veterinarian Slaipaon of PeaUoa cams to Council Bluffs yesterday to wiX an official test of the animal's condition. Immediately on arriving Mr. Simpson examined the horse and made a test of Its temperature. Later in the day he. made the "malleln" test, the result of which will. It ia expected, be announced today. Winter term Western Iowa college Is now open. Btudents are enrolling . every day. Send for catalogue. Phone for' Infor mation. Use Bee want ads to boost your business. MINOR MENTION. Davis, drugs. Stockert sells carpets. Ed Rogers, Tony Faust beer. Buy a diamond for her at Lefferfs. See Schmidt's elegant new photos. Lewis Cutler, f-meral dliector. 'Phone 91. Wood ring Undertaking Company. Tel. 839, Pictures and frames, Borwlck, 211 S. Main. Beautiful new fancy and plain oval frames. Alexander's,. 33S Broadway. Diamond Jewelry Is always acceptable as a gift: Lefferfs stock this year la un usually large. Henry H. Van Brunt and son have gone to Chicago on a business trip and to at tend the llvo stock show. James Hunter, past grand chancellor of Iowa, was a guest last night of Concordia lodge, . Knights of Pythias. A social meeting of Town Grova will be held this afternoon at the home of Mrs. C. . E. Lane, 217 East Broadway. Office space for rent, 18 a month; central location, steam heat and electric light fur nlshed. Omaha Bee, 15 Scott street. BTJDWEI8RR BOTTI.FD v BFFTR 18 SERVF.P AT ALL FIRST-CLASS BARS AND CAFES... L, ROSENFELD CO., Agta. The meeting of Council Bluffs court No. !B. Tribe of Ben Hur, to have been held to night, has been postponed to Pecember 11. Special discount of 16 per cent on com bination bookcases. Just the thing for Xmaa present. P. W. Keller, 103 So. Main. BUY YOUR HOLIDAY WINKS AND LIQUORS, PUREST. OLDEST AND BEST, FROM L. ROSENFELD CO., 619 SO. MAIN. Exceptional piano bargains this week at A. Hospe. Co., now location 28 So. Main and i9 Pearl sts., Co. Bluffs, Iowa. Easy payments. WATCH FOR THT1 GREAT OPENING OF OUR TOT DEPARTMENT. BIGG UK, BETTER THAN EVER. PETERSEN ft SCHOENING CO. Tha Danish Brotherhood will ' give a dance Saturday evening In Its hall, corner of Broadway and Park avenue, for mem' bera and their friends. ' Colonel W. F. Baker of the Board of Supervisors will go to Jefferson, la., to de liver an address on "Good Roads" 'at the corn carnival, now In progress there. Dr.- J. W. Terry at Lefferfs Is regarded throughout southwestern lows as the most reliable optician. He is a man of ability and with years of experience. . Bluff City Mason I o lodge will meet In special communication this afternoon at 1 o clock, continuing through the afternoon and .evening, for work In the third degree. The fire department was called shortly after o'clock yesterday morning to the residence of Mrs. Louisa Ahles, 647 Myn ater street, where smoke from a burning chimney had alarmed the occupants. Mrs. Theresa Grtce, wife of John Oriee, died last evening at Mercy hospital from stomach trouble after an Illness of nine months, aged 36 years. The body will be taken today to Watseka, 111., for burial. We can save you money, labor and the Inconvenience of wash day by sending your family washing to the Bluff City lsundry. i"nisnea worn ny tne oosen. Kough dry Cc per pound. All flat prices are Ironed. The regular meeting of Camp No. 7161, Modern Woodmen of America, will be held Thursday evening In the hall over the First National bank. Officers for the en suing year will be elected at this meeting. Our stock of pictures and arts by lead ing artists Is larger than ever this year. We make a specialty of picture framing. Just In: Japanese woven vases, exclusive designs, especially fine for Xmaa presents. H. Barwlck, 211 So. Main. .Dr. Terry, the Council Bluffs optician at Lefferfs, is growing dally in the con fidence of the public. He is careful to tell you -.the exact truth, never mislead ing you for the sake of fitting glasses for you If you do 'not -need them. . State Senator C. G. Saunders made an Interesting talk Monday evening at the meeting of the Young Men's Fortnightly club of the First Congregational church on the subject of finance, with special refer ence to tha banking system of the United States. The Ladles' Aid society of St. John's English Lutheran church will meet to morrow afternoon at the residence of Mrs. H. B. Whlttell, 2260 Avenue H. All mem bers are requested to be present as there will be Important business to coma before the meeting. A marriage license was Issued yesterday to George Quick, aged 31, of Quick, la., and Clara W. Vesey, aged 22, of Under wood, la. They were married by Rev. Henry PeLong, who officiated at the wed ding of the groom's father, thirty-four years ago. Robert FlUpatrlck, a barber at 620 South Main atreet, was taken to the Jennie Ed mundson Memorial hospital late Monday night on orders from City Physician Rice. Fltzpatrick, who waa suffering from inter nal hemorrhage, was reported to be some what Improved yesterday. At the regular meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance union thla afternoon reports will be made by the leaders ef each of the four divisions , In the membership contest, which has been In progress for the last month. The meeting will be held In the club room at the library building. The funeral of the ls'.e John North, who died Sunday at the Edinundson Memorial hospital, will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from Woodrlng's undertaking par lors'' ana burial will be in i-alrvlew ceme tery. He leaves a wife and one child. De ceased, before his removal to the hospital, resiusa at Mm iranKiin avenue. The recently organised Young Women's guild of Epworth Methodist church will meet murauay evening at the home of Miss Rogers, 2123 Avenue A. The young women have pledged themselves to raise S3UU towards the cost of a new organ for the church. Miss Jessie Kennedy la nreal. dent and Miss Cora Brumage secretary of the guild. The receipts In the aeneral fund nf the Christian Home last week were t.4 K3. be ing tt-iv.U above the current needs of the wek and reducing the amount needed in the contingent and Improvement fund to S,S.1. In the manager's fund the re ceipts, were .76,x being $26.25 below the needs of the week and increasing the de ficiency In this fund to date to tu23.t0. Fire In the residence of IV W Van Mom Mil Lafayette avenue, yesterday morning destroyed about $460 worth of property. The otase is inougnt to nave slartej from the heating stove being In too close proximity to a large portter curtain between the par lor and dining room. The curtain caught fire and the flames spread to the ceiling and partition, which were badly burned be fore the blase was extinguished. According to the report of Dr.. N. J. Rice, city health officer, there were thirty three deaths In Council Bluffs during No vember. Of these seventeen were males and sixteen femolea 'There were two vio lent deaths, one the result of a railroad accident and the other from burning; two died from diphtheria, two of tuberculosis. Of the daceaaed eight were under 1 yeax, four under Is, ten under HO and ten died of old age. . Will Brockton, colored, living at 1114 South Ninth atreet, will have a hearing Friday before Juattce Cooper on the charge of stealing a dog, the property of J. Ter rell, a recent arrival In the city from Pallas, Tex. The dog was recovered yes terday by Constable Baiter at Brocktons reeldence, where also was found the collar bearing the Pallas, Tex., "lag," or license, on It. Brockton gave bonds for his ap pearance next Friday. . A burglar who effected an entrance by prying opn a front window with a Jimmy visited the residence of D. M. Martlson, lib West Washington avenue, on Monday night. From the trousers of Mr. Martl son, which were hanging In a closet, the. burglar secured) $4.25 and from the bureau 40 cents. A gold watch lying on the bu reau was not disturbed. All of the family were at home, but heard nothing and only discovered that a burglar bad visited the houae when the money waa missed in the morning. At tha annual meeting of the Ladles' Aid society of the First Congregational church, held yesterday afternoon at the home of Pr. Suaun B. Bnyer, 121 South neveiith street, these officers were elected for the euaulng ear: Praaldent. Mrs. John I.uts; first vice president, Mrs. Jus tice ' Krotchmvr; seoond vice president. Mrs. E. L. Scott; secretary. Mrs. Henry Cutlar; treasurer, idre. W. M. I yper. The report of the treasurer ahowed a balance of t:5 on hand. The meeting waa largely aUtodeX ACTIVE FOR PROHIBITION Ministerial Association Moving to Se cure Submission of Amendment. MIGHT COMPLICATE ELECTION Presidents of Colleges te Have Meet ing to Dlscwas Questions Involved 1st the New State Teachers Certificate Lair, (From a Staff Correspondent) DES MOINES la.. Pro. 4. (SpecUl.)i The Pes Moines Ministerial association will take the lead In starting a crusade for the resubmission of a prohibitory amend ment Publio officials and persons In close touch with public affairs have been ex pecting that some movement of tha kind would be started aa a result of the agita tion for law enforcement in thja state and as a further result of the disposition of saloona In many cities of tha state to disregard many of the provisions of the present mulct law and to disregard espe cially the provisions as to hours of closing and Sunday closing. During the last session of the legislature it waa disclosed that petitions wero then being circulated, asking the legislature to resubmit the matter. No action waa taken then, but those Interested In tha prohibi tion side of tha matter allowed It to be known that they Intended to bring alt aorta of Influence to tha next session of tha legis lature to get the question of a constitu tional amendment on prohibition again submitted to the people. The first prohibitory constitutional amendment waa adopted at the election on June 27, 18S2. The supreme court, on April 2L 1KS3. in the case of Koehler St Lang against Hill, held that, owing 'to certain Irregularities, the amendment was not le gally submitted to the people and did not become a part 6f the constitution. Under other provisions of the constitution the legislature, to regulate the liquor business, paased the mulct law, the enforcement of which la now being: agitated. If the movement to resubmit tha mat ter becomes formidable, politicians (cent trouble ahead In tho fact that the next election will be complicated and 'may change the complexion of tha legislature. College Presidents Call Meeting;. President Bell of Drake university, Pres ident Shelton of Simpson college and Pres ident Maine of Iowa oollepe have united in a call for a meeting of the presidents of the independent colleges of the state. This in cludes all but the three state schools. The meeting will be held at the Chamberlain hotel In this city Thursday, At this con ference the question of a four years' acad emy course, certain phases of the state certificate law and the state high school inspection will be discussed. I A meeting of tho State Board of Educa tion will be held December U, when the State Teachers association Is here. Includ ing all tho prominent educators in the state. At this time those colleges which feel that they have not'-been given a sufficiently high rating by the state board, under the law relating to granting teachers' certifi cates to graduates of -colleges of the state, will be given a chance to make a showing. Following this hearing; the state board will announce the ratings of the colleges, v Davis In Penitentiary. LOGAN. Ia.,.Pec. 4. (Spev !al.)-The Har rison county sheriff has returned from the state penitentiary where he took Jack Davis, who was' foiled guiltyt the last term of 'court ' of,, -enticing Nellie Barnes away from her home ttor immoral purposes. The young girl ,was.''35 years of age and lived at Little. Sioux and was lured from her home to travel With the defendant In a covered wagon. Lee J. Chapman who secured a verdict against the 'Boys store of Plsgah in the sum of $2,000 for damages caused by the death of his wife Is the plaintiff in a new action on an amended petition claiming $60,000 for. the same cause. The verdict first rendered was set aside and a new trial will be had of tMs cause. Mrs. Chap man bought some oil of the Plsgah sore on the 25th of last May supposing It to ba coal oil. It contained In reality a large per cent of gasoline rind upon using It an explosion resulted which killed the woman and three minor children. A. Ballard of Dunlap sues J. E. Jack son for the sum of fl.600 for tort Tho next term of (the Harrison county district court will convene here oa Jan uary 7. College Rxtenslon Work. MARSHALLTOWN, la., Dec. 4. (Spe cial.) A branch of the Iowa State college department of extension work, under the name of the Marshall County Short Course association, was organised here this after noon under the direction of Prof. P. II. llolden, of Iowa State college. The short course, with lectures and classes In anl ma) husbandry, agriculture and domestic science is to be held February M to 29, Inclusive. The classes and lectures will be in charge of professors of Iowa State col lege. Each year a similar short course of two weeks Is given at Aines, which Is at tended by hundreds from all over the slate. The membership has become so large that the college has been hampered for room and the establishment of a branch here ts the result Mske your gift count by having It go to the recipient with our little green sticker on the package. Recognised by discriminating people as a mark of quality. Lefferfs. Canton Woman Insane. MARSHALLTOWN, la.. Pec. 4.-(Spe- ;lal.) Mrs. Nancy J. Wilkinson of Canton. Lincoln county, 8. P., was this afternoon adjudged Insane by the commissioners of insanity, of Marshall county. Mrs. Wilkin son waa taken violently Insane Boon after she arrived here to visit with her daughter, Mrs. E. J. Hamblln. "As the woman baa not yet established a residence here the Red Checker Men Float the red checker from your checker-board in a bowl of water and you will know why blood b red. Blood hai million and millions of little red wheels floating in a dear fluid. The professor calU them red corpuscles. Well, Scott's Emulsion makes red corpuscles. These little red wheels grow in tit bone marrow. SCOTT'S EMULSION contains a power which feeds and puts new life into the bone owrow of pale people. AH Dracsbtst He aaai ILMl State Board of Control was notified and an attendant will reach tho otty tomorrow. Mrs, Wllkinst n. If 'her condition permits, will be returned to her home and If not she will be taken to tho state hospital for the Insane at Independence. . , . . New Creamery Manaaremeat. . MAGNOLIA, la., Pea . 4. (Special.) Magnolia's co-operative creamery, a modern well built and well fitted ' country plant located on the outskirts of the village, is again under new management. For the last year it has been leased and operated by W. 8. Balduff of Omaha, but It Is now under the control of ,the Waterloo Cream ery company of Omaha, which will operate same In tha future. J. P. Stuart will ba the local manager. ' Great Westerw Chances. MARSHALLTOWN, la., Dec. 4. (Spe cial.) A well defined, but unverified rumor In Chicago Great Western circles. Is to the effect that C. P. Stemble, superinten dent of the Chicago division of the road, will succeed General Superintendent George Goodell, who resigned to go to the Great Northern. It Is aso said that C. S. Nich ols. . superintendent of the Pes Moines di vision,' will succeed Mr. Stemble, and that Maurice Palley, now superintendent of the Oelweln terminals, will take Mr, Nichols' place. Mr. Palley was formerly trainmas ter of tha Pes , Moines division. '. ,!, , 1 ' 1 - . ' .. Tax List Short On. LOGAN, Is,, . Dec' 4. (Special;) The an nual tax sale of Harrison-county occurred yesterday morning at the treasurer's office. The agents assembled from all parts of the county, but .the services ' lasted only an hour for the good old days of' tax title finance are past and the delinquent list was small Indeed. Melbanra Woman Insaae. MARSHALLTOWN, la., Dec. 4. (Spe cial.) Miss Adella M. Johnston, daughter of J. W. Johnston, a Melbourn ' farmer, whilo Insane yesterday, attempted to set fire to her parents' house and then drank concentrated lye. A doctor and a stomach pump saved her. Bhe was adjudged Insane and taken to the state hospital. . Cedar Rapids for Commlsalow. ST. PAUL,. Minn., Dec. 4. A special 10 the Pioneer-Press from Cedar Rapids, la., says that tho official canvass of the vote recently taken there on the commission form of government was completed today. The con. mission plan carried by a majority of twenty-two.' Pyrography outfits and supplies. C. H Alexander, 833 Broadway. If you have anything to trade advertise It in the Tor Exchange Columns of The Bee Want Ad Pages. honui Injared at Marehalltowa. MARSHALLTOWN. Ia., Pec. 4. (Special Telegram.) Mrs. Chsrles Walters, a well known farmer's wife, fell down the cellar stairs In her home causing hemorrhage from which she Is not expected to recover. Iowa News Notes. CRBSTON Albert Sparks came home last night from the Philippine Islands, where he has served in the United Btstes army two years. COLFAX Although 80 years of age, John W. Schlusser Is the happy father of a new born baby, which he claims is the finest In the land. Mrs Schlusser Is fifty-two years younger than her husband. CRBSTON E. P. Lens, who was ar rested for parsing counterfeit money upon local merchants last week has bet n' bound over to the January term of federal court In the sum of . As he -could not fur nish bonds he is now In Jail. CRESTON Miss Nellie A. Lamb of Afton and Ward W. Cooper of prescotl were united In marriage yesterday afternoon by Rev. James O. May. They went Imme diately to Prescott, where they will make their home. CRESTON Rev. B. E. Flint preached his farewell sermon in the Congregational church Sunday. Last night he was given a banquet and farewell reception by the ministers of the city at ths Baptist church. Kev. JTlInt leaves for his new Held of work next we-ir nt Oakland, Cat. MARSHALLTOWN The annual meeting of the Corn Belt Meat Producers' asso ciation of Marahall county will be held In this city Saturday, Pecember I. Speeches will be made by President A. Sykes of the state association and Representative W. H. Arney of this city. CRE8TON Word was received here to day of the death of Mrs. Ellen Munson ef Austin, Tex., at the age of SS years. Death was due to old age. Mra Munson lived here for many years with her grandsons. Limer Munson and Oeorge Lockrtdge, and alio Is remembered by a large circle ol friends. IOWA CITT Cosmopolitanism at the State University of Iowa has received a new boost In the coming hithor of the first Japanese girl enrolled as a student here In the history of the Institution. She Is Miss Tstau Horl, a winsome and talented alumnae of the Ladles' seminary of Tokio, a . leading Institution of learning In the "flowery Isle." MARSHALLTOWN Merrltt Buckley un til recently a member of the Iowa Soldier s home, was arretad at State Center today by Constable Wllsun for stealing a horsa, valued at $1J0, belonging to WtUiarrfKlng. a member of the home. Buckley pleaded not guilty la Justice Millard's court, and was locked up. pendi'.g bis hearing Wedneaday. The horse was taken from a pasture Ave miles southeast of the city Sunday. Try them for lunch and you will have them for dinner. n i t n V!SSv n n n Tho most , nutritious staple made from wheat. f , In motsturt and S . dust freof paekagts. NATIONAL BISCUIT. COMPANY : . AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Architect latenzer ' ii ' Wot ' Satisfied With Ironwork ci New Jail. CLAIMS CONTRACT WAS CHANGED Hew "Co-operative" ' Inspection br Stat sad Federal Authorities Will Soon Start la .Western . Neb- .. hraaka Saloon "Pinched." John Latenser, the architect of the new city thall. mi , with -tha city council and the mayor Monday afternoon to discuss matters concerning the new. city building and especially the new jail, which has caused the present administration ' some grief. - Mr. Lattnser was not at - all satis fied with the present condition of affairs and he remarked after ti e plans and speci fications had been examined In the present condition: ' "It Is a bad job and will be a refleotlon on the-city, council and on me, as tha work stands at present. If it is agreeable I will write Immediately to the Champion Iron company and bring a rep resentative here to examine the work." ' .The jail contract presents, some , of the moat novel features that have ever been seen In a South Omaha contract, which are somewhat noted for their unique de sign. If ts said that the bidders en the South Omaha Jail did not have access to the. final plans and specifications and tbat these were filed with the city clerk two days "after the contract was awarded, and, it is said, the plana and specifications were changed after tho contract waa let to the Champion Irom company, allowing the use of another kind of steel. Tho city clerk made note on' the margin of the contract In red . Ink all of these alterations, with the statement that they were , insertions after the contract was awarded. It la said that the difference In the prioa of the steel was about 11,000. All of these in sertions have the "O. K." of the architect, the mayor and "the representative of the Champion Iron company. The chief of po lice and the officers object to using the jail and 'assert that It 'is Inhuman treat-' f ment to place meen In such a "hole In ths wall" structure. F.xject New dsaraatlss Rales. The officials of the Omaha Live Stock exchange are expecting an announcement from Governor Sheldon or from State Vet erinarian McKlm that the stats and fed eral authorities have completed arrange ments for establishing federal Inspection in Nebraska In the quarantine branch of the servlcs. The governor Issued a pro clamation nearly a month sgo announcing that the federal Inspection would be ex tended to this state as has been done in otJ.er states. This service is known as 'federal co-operation." The announce ment pleased the Omaha exchange. The actual requirements for the change are few. The present fed eral Inspectors will become state Inspectors also and the apparatus, such as dipping vats and chutes, ill be used for dlslnfeotlon as they are at present In use for the Interstate branches of the service. The new work can be done without great delay, but it will require the appointment of several additional Inspec tors for the nfstern part of ths state. The special object of the co-operation Is the eradication of scabies in certain sections of Nebraska. The eastern section is looked upon as a finishing section and there is little chance In It for the spread of the disease. The cattle are fed in this section for Immediate slaughter and are not sent on to mingle with breeding animals, and the Infections do not spread from. herd to herd as on the western rangea. The sec tion west of Broken Bow Is to be covered by the new plan of Inspection. . Coaatrr lateen Mast Close. Chief of Police John Brlggs swore out a eeunty complaint against Peter Anderson, RAF) mm feel the exquisite thrill of motherhood with indescribable dread and fear. Every woman should know that tha danger, pain. ai horror . of child-birth can ba entirely avoided ibr tha use of Mother's Friend, a scientific liniment for external use only, which toughena and renders pliable , all tha parts, and assists nature in Its sublime work. By its aid thousands ef .women hare passed this (Treat crisis in perfect safety and without pain, sold at 91.00 pe bottle bydruggists. Our book of pricefe alue to all women sent free. 4 who runs a saloon at Forty-fourth and Q streets, just beyond the city limits, charg ing him with selling liquor on Sunday. The case .Is to be heard, in Judge P. C Caldwell's Justice court December. 14. ' The police say they have been annoyed by the saloon, which has. done 4 thriving business at the expense ' of -the city sa loons, ' which have been . tightly closed on Sundays. Letter Carriers Elect Officers. Local branch No. i2 of the National As soclatlon of Letter Carriers met Monday evening and elected officers lor the ensuing year. T. J. Fitigerald was chosen presi dent, H. Tombrlnk, jr.,- vice president; K. O. Rosselle, secretary; F. W. Black, corre sponding secretary; C. L. Gpwe, collector for the mutual benefit association; M. A. Martin, treasurer; ' Jesse B. Jacobson, ser-geant-at-arms. The executive board are: M. 1 J. Orady, E. U.' Roaselle and M, A. . Martin." W. 8. Derbyshire Is the retiring president and T. J. Fltsgerald was' the vice president - the last year. The other officers were re-olected. The Membership Includes all the letter carriers of the city. The women's auxiliary will meet Wednes day evening for their election. The affairs of this lodgo aro reported in a flourishing .' condition. . Want Membership of Oae Thousand. ' The women's ' auxiliary to the Young Men's Christian-association iet yestm-day'-'' afternoon with Mrs.' J. D. Ringer.' Flans for, the' strengthening of the membership were discussed. It is expected that the new, quarters will be open for business by January 1.- Secretary Young has returned from Washington ' full of enthusiasm and expects to push the campaign for members with alt' possible vigor. The association, . . according to the sucretaty, should have a membership of 1,000 In South Omaha. ' Msgle City Gossip. . A. Munson of Galaway, III., Is a guest Of M. A, ,Martln. J.' J. Ryan la home from a trip through ' the western part of the state. The Modern Brotherhood Of America will elect officers Friday evening. J Iter's Gold Top Beer delivered to all parts of, the city. Telephone No. 8. Leo Caldwell, son of P. C. Caldwell, Is -recovering from an attack of scarlet fever. John Zulondek, 864 South Twenty-first"1 street. Is quarantined at . his borne witu '' smallpox. Special prices on 147 Rogers knives and . forks at $1.75 per set this week only. Sand wall, the Jeweler, 2404 N. fit. , , ,, Charles Akofer, who underwent an oper ation for appendicitis, Is recovering at the South Omaha hospital. ., , , Free for Xmas. Until December IB,' one Ilfe-slce picture given with one dozen best photo at Petersen's studio. The friends of the Methodist church are urged to remember the basaar to ba given Thursday at the Scar go block. C. Duboodt, 8S07 , R street, reported the birth of a daughter yesterday. Nels Strom sen, Forty-eighth and W streets, reported the birth of a daughter. Mayor Hoctor moved Into his new offices yesterday afternoon. All of the officers except-the police Judge and' the police de partment are now In their quarters. To the present time the furniture for the new city hall has cost the city S3.17B, with other Items te follow. Nothing has been paid yet for ths electric light fixtures. Poter Savelle was arrest ed yesterday aft ernoon for assault and battery, on com. plaint of Emll Holul., said to have been committed In Anton Ollwi-M's saloon, at Thirty-sixth and U streets. George Lynch was sentenced to sixty days In the county jail Thursday for hav ing ahot William Connaughtun In his saloon about three weeks ago. Connaughton was slightly wounded In ths arm. ' Harry B. Richardson of South Omaha and Miss Caroline R. Stull of North Bend were married at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. H. H. Millard Tuesday. Mr. Rich ards has been connected with the, American Express company In this city for four years. A typical western brew of delicious flavor and highest quality Is Stors Blue Ribbon Beer mado from western barley, b) west ern labor In a western brewery (the clean est and most modern plant in the world). If you are a true westerner, stand up for the west Insist on having Stqrs Blue Rib bon Bear. la th. joy of tha household, for without, it no happiness can be complete.' ' How weet the picture of mother and babe, angeli smile, at and commend th thoughts and aspirations of tha mother bending over tha cradle. The ordeal through which tha expectant mother must past, how ever, is to full of danger and garnering that . the looks forward to the hour when the shall Addre J