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TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1907
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA
COUNCIL
Office 15 Scott Street.
MUSr OBEY TflE MULCT LAW
County Attorney Hei Senrei Notice
Upon All Saloon Keepers.
ORDER EFFECTIVE NEXT SUNDAY
BritlaBlB Ibat Dnr Mast He
Removes' and Bar Booma Maat
Be Kept Closed from lO
P. M. B A. M.
On and after 8undaj, December 15, sa
loons In Ccuncll Bluffs are to be conducted
atrlctly according to the mulct law. Yes
terday every saloon keeper in the city re
ceived from County Attorney J. J. Hei a
notice to thla effect- The notice la brlof
aad to the point It merely Informs the
saloon keeper that commencing on tht
dale named he nut conduct his place In
accordance with the rulei prescribed by the
law
The Intention of the authorities to enforce
th mulct law In Council Bluffs la the di
rect reault of Attorney General Byers'
reoent announcement that he had decided
to apend the reat of hia term of office In
enforcing the state law governing saloons.
Thla move on the part of Attoney General
Byers waa brought about by the recent
saloon troubles in Davenport.
A few days ago County Attorney Hess re
ceived a communication from the attorney
general In which the latter stated that he
had good reason to believe that the mulct
law was not being enforced In Council
Bluffs, and "suirgested" that It ought to
be. Further, the attorney general ex
pressed the opinion that there, ought to be
no delay In enforcing the law and enforc
ing It strictly. Acting on the "suggestion"
of the attorney general, Mr. Hess at once
pent notice to every saloon keeper In the
city that the mulct law must be lived up to.
When seen yesterday Mr. Hess said:
"While Attorney General Byers suggested
that the enforcement of the provisions of
I he mulct law be begun at once, I decided
that no harm would be done by allowing
the saloon men one week In which to make
the necessary changes In their places.
They will have a week In which to remove
all screens, swinging doors and anything
else which might tend to prevent a clear
view of the interior of the saloons from
the outside. It Is my Intention that the
mulct law be strictly and Impartially en
forced. No favoritism will be shown, and
every saloon, no matter where located,
mill have to live up to the law now."
Under the mulct law there can be no
screens, swinging doors or anything else
that will prevent a view of the Interior
from the outside. No chairs or tables are
pormltted In the room In which the saloon
K and there can be but one door. The law
also provides that all the liquor must be
contained. In the one room, and this means
that beer cannot be kept In a cellar under
noath the saloon and pumped up as Is the
case now In practically every saloon.
There can be no music machines, slot ma
chines or anything of such a character In
. the saloon. Under the mulct law saloons
must close at 10 p, m., and not open before
I a. m. They must be kept closed on Sun
day and all holidays and on election days.
The proprietor of one of the leading sa
loons of the city In. discussing the county
attorney's notice said: "I am not at all
surprised at receiving this notice. Ever
since the trouble at Davenport, and the
pert taken by Governor Cummins, I have
been looking for something like this. It
. ... v, .ti a .1 . . . . v,,Lwawva .a.aavu. a,w
tlalKy, but It will be all wrong If some
saloons are permitted, a they have been in
the put, to evade the law while others
, have been required to obey it. If we are
all treated alike, It will be all right."
Water Bat Ordinances.
At the meeting of the city oouncil It
Is announced one or more of the council
man will move to take the three water rate
ordinances. Introduced, respectively, by
by Counollmen Fleming, Smith and Tounk-
, ernian, out of the committee of the whole
and take some aotlon on them. Council
mas Maloney, It Is said, will move to pass
the ordinance at present In foroe, with the
exception that It eliminates the minimum
meter rate. Couitenman Smith's ordlnanoe.
which does away entirely with flat rates
and requires every conaumer of water to
use a meter, is said t be wholly lmprao
Ucable. The putting In of meters would
' usee ttate an expenditure by the water
works company of, between (40,000 and (50,
P0, and In view of the fact that It has
. not at present a franchise. It would not
be likely to be willing to expend such an
amount. It waa said yesterday that Coun
i oilman Fleming's ordlnanoe would hare
enough votes to pass it.
Janitor's Orereomt Stoles.
' Thomas Smith. Janitor of the Twentieth
Avenue school, found a man In the school
building early yesterday morning. The fel
'low told Smith he had entered the build-
In merely to rest and Smith let him go,
Shortly after his departure Smith dlscov
red that the stranger had not only ran
sacked every desk in the building, but had
Piles
Cured
Free
CVt Rid of Your Pile Right Now,
Pyramid Pile Cur Can Do It
Quickly and Painlessly.
fACXAQa SXlfT TO rftOYS IT.
Pllea are a fearful disease, but easy to
cure If you go at It light.
An operation with the knife Is danger
, 0us, cruel, humiliating and unnecessary.
Pyramid Pile Cure hss cured the worst
form of piles known. We prove It.
By every mall we get letters like this:
"Wishing to give credit where credit is
v la due, I feel It my duty to humanity
as well as yourselves to write you regard
j tng your pile remedy. I nave not An.
lehed my first box and am now well.
After the first" treatment of Pyramid Pile
Cuie, the soreness left, and the swellings
hsve kept' decreasing. I also used your
pills and am feeling like myself again.
Thanking you kindly, I am. yours truly,
' C. Crowley. 170 Ith Ave.. Seattle. Wash."
- We do not ak you to take our word.
Ws are willing that you should try our
treatment and decide for yourself. Send to
the Pyramid Drug Co., S3 Pyramid Building,
Marshall, Mich., and you will receive a free
trial package by return mall. After you
have used the eontents of this package you
can secure exactly the same medicine from
any druggist for 40 cents, or, on receipt of
prlco, we will mall you same ourselves It
he should not have It.
Tcu can go right ahead with your work
and be easy and comfortable all the time.
Isn't It worth trying?
Thousands have been cured in this easy,
painless and Inexpensive way. In the prl
racy of their own borne.
X torture. No blUa. Bend today.
BLUFFS
Both 'Phones 43.
exchange his old and badly worn overcoat
for that belonging to htm. Smith. In a
pocket of the old overcoat Smith discovered
sn envelope bearing the name John Peter
son and containing a prescription for co
caine. The fellow, who was attired In over
alls, told Smith he was a member of r
railroad bridge gang.
r'EAST
OP
THIS
MACCABEES
Elaborate Entertainment by Jewish
t'ommnnlty Bandar Night.
The Jewish community of Council Bluffs
celebrsted the Maccabean festival last
night, with an elaborate entertainment In
Maccabee hall, which was attended
i by a
'being
large gathering, among the number
several visitors from Omaha. The pro
gram arrayed by Dr. Heller, the recently
appointed minister of the local Jewish con
gregation, was rendered by the children of
the newly organised school, under the di
rection - and supervision of J. Katelman,
Sam Snyder, Barney Glllnsky, Mrs. 8.
Snyder and Mrs. A. Glllnsky.
The program was opened by a grand
march by the pupils, directed by the Misses
Fannie Chernlss and Sarah and Fannie
Gllinsky. This waa followed by an Intro
duction, "What to Be Proud Of," a piece
ef verse by R. Henry and rendered Into
Hebrew by Rabbi Heller, which was de
claimed In both English and Hebrew by
Jeanette Marcus.
The ten commandments, abbreviated In
selected English verse and translated In
Hebrew by Rabbi Heller, were recited In
both languages by Harry Weinberg.
Then followed the service of kindling
the Hannukah lights, as arranged by Rabbi
Solomon Foster. This represented Hannah
and her seven children, vis.: Justice, Love,
Kindness, Peace, Truth, Hope and Faith,
augmented by a Hanukah litany, compris
ing eight sections, namely, Baruch, Hane
roth, Macs, Rasth, D'vlr, K'roth, Tevonlm
and Hassoph, with the vernacular rendi
tion, chanted by Llbble Snyder, Sam Kur
tlemun, Jeannette Glllnsky, Ben Ganeles,
Mollle Stein, Morton Marcus, Rlna Snyder
and Maurice Glllnsky, lighting their candles,
respectively, at the close of the recitations.
The origin of Hannah and Her Seven
Children, from the Talmud, vernacularly
defined by Rabbi Heller, waa read In both
the Germanic polyglot and English, by
Louis Katloman.
A Hannukah ballad by Enoch Scribe In
ten stanzas, with the Hobrew Interpreta
tion by Rabbi Heller, was rendered by
Sarah Snyder, Bernle Marcus, Eva Winer,
Arthur Snyder, Reva Glllnsky, Ben Gold
berg. Goldle Marcus, Sam Winer, Libble
Markowits and Sidney Chernlss. This was
followed by "Hatlkvah" (Naphtalle Hen
Imber), the popular Hebrew sionlstlo song,
and the English version, "Our Hope"
(Rebeccah Altman), sung by Jeannette Gll
lnsky and Mollle Stein, In Hobrew by the
latter and In English by the former, alter
nately, aocompanled by vocal and Instru
mental music.
The program closed with the singing of
the national anthem, "America," In both
English and Hebrew, by the audience,
after which prises were distributed to the
deserving pupils of the school. '
Lodrea Eleet Officers.
The following organizations eleoted offi
cers for the ensuing; year Saturday evening:
RhariiilrlMm T.mnla rw l
Knights of Khorassan Royal vizier. Frank
7 1 e ,,u miur, x. Lumminii; nil
dedl. E. D. Carr; secretary, B. Crocker;
treasurer, A. C. Lane; satrap. B. J. Bourl
clus; sahib, D. A. Moore; shlek, F. Hober;
trustees, C. A. Tlbbltts, C. Gilbert, C. F.
Kimball; Imperial nawab, appointed by the
Imperial palace, C. M. Atwood.
Abe Lincoln Post, Grand Army of the
Republic Post commander, J. K. Cooper;
senior vice commander. H. S. Alexander;
Junior vice commander, James Jacoby;
chaplain, John Hutchlnfrs; surgeon, James
Hoon; quartermaster. Samuel Johnson; of
ficer of the day, William Roper; officer of
the guard, Elmer Plckard; trustee for three
years, Joseph 8. Davis; delegate to depart
ment encampment, George S. Miller.
Encampment No. I, Union Veterans' Le
gionColonel. L. Sherwood; lieutenant
colonel L. W. Tulleys; major, James Kel
ley; officer of the day, Oeorge Stlnsin;
chaplain, O. W. Snyder; surgeon. Dr. T. J
Cady; daughter of encampment, Tbeodosla
Hobbs.
Ladles' Auxiliary No. 14. Union Veterans'
Legion President, Mrs. B. F. Williams;
senior vice president, Mrs. B. Dalton; Junior
ylce president, Mrs. E. Cooper; chaplain,
Mrs. C. M. Hobbs; treasurer, Mra E. Hessl
conductor, Mrs. Mitchell; guard, Mrs. Bur
rows; color bearer, Mrs. D. A. Helsler;
secretary, Mrs. Ada Martin.
Pictures and picture framing, Jensen A
Nlcolalsen, Maaonlo temple.
Wew Presbyterian Church.
The South Side Presbyterian church,
which succeeds Bethany chapel, waa or
ganised yesterday afternoon with appro
priate services. The church starts out
with a membership of thirty-two, and Rev.
John Kroonemeyer, -who has been In
charge of Bethany chapel, will be pastor.
Rev. Marcus P. McClure, pastor of the
First Presbyterian ohuroh; Hon. J. R.
Reed, elder of the First church, and W. C
Joseph, elder of the Second church, con
stituted the committee of the presbytery
which instituted the new church. Ths fol
lowing six elders of the new church were
oraainea: John W. Helwlg, Clifford A.
Gllbaugh. E. C. Tobias, Q. it Catterlln,
Oeorge Henstreet and John C. Saar. The
rauslo at the service waa rendered hv
choir of thirty-two voices. The Sunday
school has a membership of 133.
Don't take chances with your eyes. Don't
neglect them. Don't let unreliable pre
tenders touch them. If you have annoy,
anoe of any kind with your eyes or your
glasses, see Dr. Terry, the Council Bluffs
optician, at Leffert's.
MIXOR ME.1TIO!.
A test will be made of the new turret
nosxle recently added t othe Lquipmetit of
the fire department, thla morning at Id
o'clock. ,
We now have a big line of chafing and
baking dishes, carving sets, Gillette safety
rasors. skates, sleds and nickel plated ware
for our Christmas trade. We will appreci
ate a look in anyway. P. C. De Vol Hard
ware company.
Edward D., the Infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Howard. 411 North Fifteenth
etreet, died yesterday. The funeral will be
held this morning at t o'clock from the
residence of the child's grandmother, 1C8
Avenue D, and burial will be In Walnut
HU) cemetery.
An error In the announcement of the
meeting of the Sunday School Workers'
union, to be held Tuesday evening, gave
the place as the Danish instead of the
Swedish Baptist church. The latter la on
North Seventh street, between Broadway
and Mynsler street.
Someone telephoned Mrs. B. Nolan, resid
ing st the corner of Sixth street and
Eighth avenue, shortly before 7 o'clock last
evening that the roof of her house was
ablaae. Without watitlng U Investigate
Mrs. Nolan called the fire department,
which had a run through the mud fur noth
ing. Investigation failed to show any signs
of fire on the roof or any other part of
the house.
Friends of Mr. and Mra Carl 8. Stoogh
will tender them a farewell reception
Wednesday evening from S to 10 o'clot-k In
the parlors of Bu John's Knglleu Lutheran
church. Mr. and Mra Sioug-h expect to
leave Thursday for Philadelphia, where
ihv wlll make their home. Mr. and Mra
Slough, the latter daugnter of Kev. and
Mis. U. V. biiyder of St. John's church,
have token a prominent part In the music
of the church and In the musical circles of
this rlty and Omaha, and their many
friends wish to give them a farewell pub
lic reception, to which all are cordially In
vited. Ihere will be a niuutval program.
UNIFORM COUNTY ACCOUNTS
Commission Appointed by Iowa Legis
lature Swamped with Work.
FIVE HUNDRED FORMS ADOPTED
Only Partial Beport Can Be Blade by
First ef Year Opposition to
Conarenaman Hnll Is
Developing.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, Dec. t. (Special.) The
Uniform County Accounts commission Is
swamped and the chances are It will have
to get together a hastily arranged report,
file It with Auditor Carroll and call the
work done. Members of the commission
are convinced that their work cannot be
done in the way It should be and have It
finished by January 1, the time when the
counties are required to put In operation
the system.
The commission has adopted 100 blank
formrs to be used la the county treasurers'
offices of the state, 114 blanks for the aud
itors', and there will be about SOD blanks
for the county clerka None of the state
officials Vior members of the legislature bad
any Idea that there were so many or that
the task would be so great.
The last legislature provided that each
county should use the same system of ac
counts, and to secure a uniform system. It
directed the auditor to appoint a commis
sion of county officials or ex-county officials
to provide the blanks that should be used.
A commission of keven was appointed and
this commission has been at work ever
since the first of last Jury. The members
serve without pay. only their expenses be
ing paid by the state.
It was the expectation of the legislature
and of Auditor Carroll as well that the
commission would be able to formulate
a report inalde of a few days. The com
mission met, appointed the county treas
urers on the commission as a subcommittee
to draft the blanks for the treasurers' offi
ces, the clerks to prepare the blanks for
that office and the auditors the blanks for
the auditors' offices. The commission then
adjourned 'and the subcommittees have
been at work at their homes and by corre
spondence, the entire commission having
met here three or four times during the
summer.
County Clerk Dewell of Algona turned
over his office to his deputy and has been
working ever since the first meeting of the
commission on the blanks to be used In
county clerks offices. The subcommittee
hss completed and the commission has
adopted about 200 of these and there are
yet about 100 more to be completed and
passed upon. It was the hope of the com
mission that proofs of the various blanks
could be printed and revised before Anally
adopted. It Is now decided that this is out
of the question, with the exception of those
which were gotten to the state printer
early. The printing of the sample blanks
will cost the state about $1,000, there are
so many of them. ,
It Is believed now that the work .of this
commission can be used only as a founda
tion on which to work, and It will be neces
sary for the next session of the legislature
to arrange to complete ths work. The
blanks adopted by the commission will
cover all the blanks that must necessarily
be used In the county ofllces of the state.
Because of Insufficient time, the commis
sion has been oompelled to prepare only
the more Important blanks. If the next
legislature appoints another commission.
it will probably be with more time In which
to work and with some provision for com
pensation for the work done.
In the opinion of members of the com
mission the next legislature should pro
vide for a system of county account In
spection by state Inspectors, Just as Is
done now In the Inspection 'of the mu
nicipal accounts. The trend of opinion
of public officials Is that a separate de
partment of state should be provided for
the ihspeotlon of both county and mu
niolpal accounts and that this department
should be provided with sufficient In
spectors so that It can not only audit the
books, but look Into the expenditure of
public money and asoertaln whether the
taxpayers are getting their money's worth
In other words, the Inspectors will be
used to Inquire Into the efficiency of
county and city officials and not merely
determine whether or not their books bal'
anoe.
.Haas for Fines Palatla-s.
The famous paintings that attracted so
much attention after they were removed
from the supremo oourt room may And a
resting place on the walls of the reading
room In the Iowa Historical building,
When ths Are occurred a couple of years
ago the water loosened these pictures
from the walls of the supreme oourt room.
They wers the first decorative ptotures
to be put in a public building west of the
Mississippi river. They were Greek
mythology representations. It waa found
necessary to remove them after the fire
end the canvasses were rolled up and pre
served.
When Ouernay waa employed to decorale
the state house1 these pictures did not
fit In with the soheme of decorations for
the reat of the building and hence they
were not put back. Those who did not
like the Querns? painting found additional
cause here for complaint. Assistant Cura
tor Harlan dug the canvasses up out of
storage and the matter la now being con
sidered of patting them on the walls of
the reading room of the historical build
ing. The paintings, curiously enough, will
just fit the panels that are available for
that purpose. Curator Aldrlch Indorsee
the suggestion and In all probability tht
exaoutlve council will have them put on
the walla If he requests It.
New Stairway la (tate Hosts.
- The executive council Is having ths
spiral stairway. Just Inside the east en
trance to the state house, torn put and
will put In Its place a straight stairway.
The spiral stairway waa dark and gloomy
and made It dlffloult to use. Furthermore,
It shut out ths light from the basement
The glass floor In ths rotunda of the state
house on ths first floor Is to be torn out
also and a ratling put around the opening,
so as to provide for more light and ven
tilation In the basement.
Opposltloa far Ball.
A short time ago Captain Hull waa
quoted In Washington as stating that
neither of the tw,o Polk county possible
candidates for congress In the Seventh
district would enter the race, leaving the
Inference that be bad fixed It up so that
there would not be any opposition to per
petual continuance In offloo of the
doughty captain. But It appears that there
Is to be a fight and a warm one. Sena
tor Warren of Marlon county, who waa
In the city a few days ago, declared that
he will soon make announcement of his
candidacy. It la hia Intention to enter the
fight and make an active canvass of the
district. He will endeavor to speak lu
as many school houses la the district as
possible and will visit every town of
considerable importance. He will have
back of him a large element of the party
which believes that Ufa. tenure in con
gressional positions Is not conducive to
the beat government. Senator Warren has
been an active member of the legislature
and the state senate for several seaalons
and has been especially active la labor
legislation. He la a good speaker and a
man of sound judgment.
There has been talk that either Senator
Dowell or N. E. Coffin, both residents of
Des Moines, would be opposed to Hull,
be. Then an earnest effort was made to
Induce Judge E. B. Nichols to become a
candidate, but he will not do so. There
has also been some talk of .Speaker Clarke,
who was also suggested as a candidate
for governor. It Is now certain that
Clarke will not be a candidate for gov
ernor, but that there will be a uniting on
Lieutenant Oovernor Garst, who Is a can
dl.lste for governor.
The frlenda of Hull believe that he will
have no difficulty In securing the renom
Inatlon tir the seventh or eighth time.
They count upon the fact that nearly all
trie rrpublUans In Des Moines will vote
lor a Des Moines man as against anyone
living In an 11-er county.
At what age shall Senator Harlan be
represented In the statue that Is to be
placed In the hall of fame In Washington?
With some men this would be a' smsll
question. Senator Allison has looked about
the samo for a generation. With Senator
Harlan It Is a Vital matter because of the
fact that when In public life he was a
young appearing man of much vigor with
a bushy beard, but smooth upper Up and
bushy hair. Both hair and beard were
black. When ha died he was a kindly
appearing old man with gray . beard and
moustache and' very scant gray hair. One
not acquainted with the man If shown
two pictures of him of different ages
would not know that It waa the earns man.
The executive council Is at this time
considering the proposition and Is endeav
oring to decide at what age the man shall
be represented In the statue. Miss Nellie
V. Walker of Moulten and thethers who
will contest for the wor of making the
figure are delaying beginning work till the
council decides.
Represented as he appesred when he
died In 1899 would be as the present gen
eration knew him. Then,' however, he had
long been out of pjbllc life, having been
defeated for re-election to the United
States senate by William B. Allison. It la
argued that the statue - at Washington
will be In existence for thousands of years
and future generations will know of Harlan
In history and not In retired life.
It is argued that In future generations
the school boy will read that Harlan was
in Lincoln's cabinet and going to Washing
ton will see a statue of Lincoln In a
"dicky" and tall hat and old-fashioned
clothes of the period of 1M0, Turning to
Harlan, who was in his cabinet and con
sequently contemporaneous with him, he
will find a man dressed In the clothes of
1900, with a collar and necktie.
There Is still a further question In the
matter and that Is, should the statue
represent htm as he appeared in Lincoln's
cabinet or aa he appeared later In the
United States senate. It will be remembered
that In 1871 or thereabouts Harlan made
a great speech In the senate on the San
Domingo matter, which has been consid
ered the greatest speech In the senate
since Webster's reply to Haynes. Harlan
answered Sumner and Carl Bchur. There
Is a comfortable difference in the appear
ance of the man when he was In the cab
inet and when he was last in the senate.
the principal difference being In the shape
of the whiskers. '
It Is understood that his relatives pre
fer the statue to represent him as he ap
peared In the Bfumedi painting In the
portrait gallery In the Iowa Historical
building. This portrait cost the state of
Iowa f 1,000 and la by a famous Italian
painter. It presents htm abut as he was
when last In . the', United States senato,
with a beard, but no moustache.
, lew 'Tews ITotes.
MARSHA LLTOWNR. A. Elzy. a well
known railroad contractor of the north
west, secured 'Judgment of $361 against the
Adams Express company In the district
court yesterday morning. Elzy brought
suit to recover for damages sustained by
him because a ateam shovel shaft, which
he shipped by express from this city to
Indianapolis, Ind.. waa lost by the express
company for ten days.
FORT DODGE With appropriate cere
monies, surrounded by their nine children,
and with a wedding march playing as In
days or yore, Mr. and Mrs. John Molstedt,
pioneer residents of Webster county,
marched beneath a floral aroh and regis
tered on the fiftieth anniversary of their
wenuing cay, onoe again ths vowe that they
took so long ago. The ceremony occurred
at the farm home of the aged oouple and
over 100 friends and relatives from all parts
or tne state gathered to witness the event.
FORT DODGE From the work of tax
ferrets, who have been operating in Fort
Dodge for the last three months. It Is be
lieved the strong box of the Webster county
treasury will be enriched fully 320.000. The
work Is as yet not more than two-thirds
finished. A large number of oases In which
holders of property had filed to settle their
aooounte with the county have been un
earthed. Up to date fifteen appeals to the
district court have been filed by those
against whom the claim or back taxes la
made.
FORT DODGE Fort Dodge's newest and
greatest Industry will be formally launched
on Monday, December 9, when,x after nu
merous preliminary tests, the power will
be turned on and machinery set In motion
In the vast plant of the Plymouth Clay
Products company. The new factory will
manufacture sewer doe and drain tile.
pottery and all sorts and kinds of clay
products. The plant was erected at a coat
of 3260.000 and will employ a working force
from the start of 800 people. It Is the first
plant of Its kind In Iowa and adds a new
industry lo ins siais.
MARSHA LLTOWN Commandant C. fl
Horton of the Iowa Soldiers' Home declared
today that he would demand a retraction
from a Des Moines paper fcr the story it
Printed last night. In which It was stated
who died at the home, ' was surpected oi
having been murdered, and that his body
bore evidence of foul play. This story also
stated that Kemp's relatives were coming
to the home to Investigate. The facta of
Kemp s death are that he died of uremic
poisoning. The Des Moines stery said one
of the dead man's eyes showed the mark
of a blow. The eye was pelsened by the
patient s nana coming in contact with it,
and the scratches found upon his face were
made by his finger nails before he died
BRUTAL MURDER AT I0LA, KAN.
William Stewart Beatea ta Death by
W. H. Crevtetoa, His Baslaees
Partner.
IOLA. Ksn., Deo. I William Stewart
proprietor of a restaurant In East Iola and
a member of a prominent family In Yates
Center, Kan., was brutally murdered early
this morning by W. H. Crevlston, his busl
ness partner, who has confessed that he
killed Stewart because he loved Stewart's
wife and wanted to marry her. When
Stewart and his wife returned from a
theater, Crevlston said, he was waiting for
them at the Stewart residence. Stewart,
he said, waa very drunk, but Crevlston
had not been drinking. Crevlston said
he left the house with Stewart after mid
night and when they arrived at the rail'
road tracks he struck Stewart with a
slungshot and Inflicted the wounds that
killed him. Anyone of the seven wounds
on Stewart's body would have oaused
death. The skull was fractured In four
places,' the Jugular vein severed and the
trachea twice severed. Mrs. Stewart was
arreated tonight charged with complicity
tn the murder of her husband.
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BLUE SUNDAY" IN NEWMK
All Placet of Amusement Cloned by
Order of Police.
FEW ATTEMPTS TO EVADE LAW
Hraadway la Deserted far the First
Time I, Id Campaigns la
Kansas Cltr and
Chicago.
NEW YORK. Dec. . New York, which
can usually be depended on to provide?
something new and sensational, yesterday
treated Its millions of residents snd tens
of thousands of week-end visitors to the
novelty of a thoroughly "blue Sunday,"
the first and probably the last In the his
tory of the metropolis. Few had expected
to live to see the day. There have been
more or less "dry" Sundays snd Sundays
without base ball, but the memory of the
"oldest Inhabitant" failed to recall a "Sab
bath here when one was compelled to
choose between the churches and the parks
If he would see or hear something to en
tertain him."
Incidentally, the police department dem
onstrated that It was equally effective In
enforcing obnoxious or popular statutes.
The aldermen will meet Thursday to mod
ify the ordinances so far as their authority
goes.
There were few attempts to evade the
law following Police Commissioner Bing
ham's announcement that all Sunday en
tertainments must cease, in accordance
with Justice "Gorman's Interpretation of
the Sunday closing act. Over In Brooklyn
three promoters of moving picture shows.
who had gone to the trouble of getting out
Injunctions restraining the police from In
terfering with their business, kept open,
but with these exceptions, the amusement
promoters held to their avowed Intention
of resting their cases with the people, with
confidence that public opinion would de
mand a modification of law whioh prohib
ited all sorts of amusements on the "Lord's
day." The police were alert throughout the
day and In a few Instances, in the strong
holds of the foreigners, found showmen
who had failed to grasp the significance of
the 'closing order. These hurriedly shut up
shop upon being wsrned.
Broadway ta Deeerted.
The effect of the Sunday closing was
everywhere apparent Broadway was de
serted except for those who found nothing
better to do than to walk the streets. The
hush throughout the great white way was
painful to - ears accustomed to the week
day noises and Sunday harmonies. Upon
the doors of the opera houses, theaters,
music "halls, dancing academies, skating
rinks and penny arcades placards had
been posted. These bluntly announced that
the places had been closed for the day in
accordance with Justice CQorman's deci
sion. .At the theaters the box offices were
closed and the advance sales for the week
interrupted.
At the various branches of the Young
Men's Christian association the usual Sun
day programs were radically changed. The
stereoptlcon exhibitions Illustrating scrip
tural tests and moving pictures, which
have been a feature of the Sunday afternoon
meetings were suspended for the day. The
services followed strictly religious lines.
Nothing that In any way suggested a
diversion was permitted.
Another honored Institution which found
It necessary to abbreviate Its usual pro
gram was the Educational alliance, where
Sunday lectures and entertainments of an
Instructive order have long been held.
Today the alliance opened Its reading
rooms to visitors, but no lecture or enter
tainment was given. It was, however, an
nounced that the lectures probably would
be resumed next Sunday.
In the foreign sections the residents
were much bewildered by the new order.
The closing of the Chinese theater was
looked upon by many of its accustomed
patrons as an 111 omen.
The Greeks, Russians and Scandinavians,
who were turned away from their dancing
academies and other resorts, shook their
heads dubiously while they argued over the
merits of the law. Coney Island was shut
up tight and the few who visited the resort
spent the day strolling the beaches.
The United German societies met at Ter
race garden this afternoon and appointed
a committee to begin an agitation looking
to the amendment of the law by the legis
lature, so that musical entertainments will
be permitted on Sunday.
aleena Are Net Oloaed..
. The blue Sunday restraint was applied
only to places of amusement and tonight
some of the theatrical men declared that
from a saloon standpoint the town was
unusually wide open. It was not denied
that all plaoes having licenses of any de
scription had done a big business, but the
police Insisted that they had not permitted
any violation of the liquor law.
As the evening grew late and the crowds
left the cafes, Broadway began to fill up
and soon a throng such as Is seen on New
Years' eve and election night was moving
up and down the popular thoroughfare.
Why they were ttiere none seemed to
know or care. It was a happy, harmless
assortment from all conditions of life and
only the addition of confetti and "ticklers"
was locking to make the scene character
istic of a carnival night. The paraders
as a rule were orderly.
Kansas City Perf ermaacrs Cartailed.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. I.-Klaw A
Erlanger tonight notified the manager of
the WUlls Wood theater that they would
not permit their company of seventy-five
persons to present the comic opera, "The
Grand Mogul," at that theater tonight, as
they did not wish to subject the members
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of the company to the embarrassment of
appearing before a criminal Judjte to an
swer the charge of violating the Missouri
law which forbids labor on Sunday. The
company was billed to begin a week's en
gagement at the Willie Wood tonight, and
the management filed a vigorous protest
against the attitude of Klaw A Erlanger,
but without avail, and tonight the Willis
Wood Is dark. The management announced
tonight that the theater will be open on
8unday In the future.
All other theaters, except the Majestic,
a burlesque house, were open today, but
the performances were not altogether sat
isfactory to the patrons at some of the
houses, where the management used as
few actors as possible. At the National, a
10-cent theater, only two actors appeared,
and the proprietor. Dr. F. I Flanders,
was the sole ticket seller and usher.
Deputy marshals visited alt the theaters
and secured the names of all the aotors and
attaches.
Police Asked to Enforce Law.
CHICAGO, Dec. 8. New tactics were em
ployed by the Chicago Law and Order
league tn Its warfare on Sunday saloons
today. Instead of devoting their energies
to collecting evidence merely, agents of
the organization sought for violation of
the law. and then notified the policeman
on the beat that the state law was being
violated and it was his duty to arrost the
offender. Refusal by the patrolman was
followed by warnings that the league would
Institute proceedings against him for neg
lect of duty. So far as can be ascertained,
only one policeman was, called upon In this
manner. He was taken to a saloon at
State and Van Buren streets at t o'clock
this morning and his attention was called
to the fact that a bartender was serving
Intoxicating drinks to twenty-five custom
ers, In violation not only of the state law
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vertisements of the different retail merchants
of the city urging shoppers to do their Christ
mas shopping early.
We also would urge the public to take time
by the forelock and shop in comfort by shop
ping early.
In a short while, when there is but little time
left before Christmas, everybody will hurry
downtown and return on the cars loaded down
with packages and bundles, and, although we
will make every effort to provide adequate fa
cilities to carry the crowds, we know there is
bound to be severe congestion. Therefore, take
advantage of this splendid weather, the un
. broken stocks of merchandise at the stores and
the opportunity to travel in safety and comfort
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regarding Sunday closing, but also of a
city ordinance requiring all saloons to close
at 1 o'clock. According to E. J. Davis,
vice president of the league, the policeman
refused to arrest the bartender without a
warrant. Tho early morning expedition of
the league's agents visited a number of
saloons In the west and central portions
of the city, but reported no violations of
law, except at the one place. The saloons
visited Included those of Alderman John
J. Bronnan and Michael Kenna, otherwise y,
known as "Hlnky Dfhk," the politician.
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MTLLBURY, Mass., Deo. J. The funeral
of Mrs. Louisa M. Taft. mother of Secre
tary of War Taft, who died early today,
will be held at 11 o'oloek Tuesday, at the
Torrey residence, the home of her sister,
where she passed her last days. Rev. EL
A. Putnam, pastor of the First Congrega
tional church, will conduct the services.
Immediately following the service' the
body will be taken to Cincinnati, O. The K
body will be burled beside that of Mrs.
Taft's husband, Ju-'je Alphonso Taft.
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