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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY. DECEMBER 27. 1007.
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NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA
COUNCIL BLUFFS
Office 15 Scott Street. Both 'Phones 43.
f FICIAL STRIKES SEW LEAD
Say County Hat Leried and Illegally
Collected Money from Taxpayer!.
WAXTS HALF FOX EEC0VEBIKO IT
W. D. Hardla fteewrlas; Asalgwsaent of
riilM mt Heavy Taspayer
This Baal and PrpMa
, Bring alt.
"What county tax. If any. has been Ille
gally assessed and collected during the
last few yearsT
This Is a question tht tnany of Ih
larger taxpayers of Fottawsttamts county
would like to hare answered. One man.
merchant of the city have contributed lib
erally. nHli hoped there will be sufficient
present to as around.
Important Hearing: in January Affect
ing LiTe Stock Shippers.
peeial ftale.
on uncalled for unholstered furniture; will
sell for enough pay coat of unholsterlng.
1'pliolsterlng. repairing of aH klnda; mat
tresa and feather renovating. Morgan Up
holstering Co.. S31 Broadway. Bell 'phone
J.TJ; lnd. 179 Red.
MUCH DISCRIMINATION ALLEGED
Cera Belt Meat Frelaren' Aaarla
tloa Alleges Fare at Tea 1a
Tweafy nallare Car la
Charge.
Vpholsterlag.
George W. Klein. 1J Bouth Main street
Thones: lnd. 71 Black; Bell, 648.
MINOR MET105.
Davis, drugs.
Stockert Bella carpets.
Ed Rogers, Tony Faust beer.
Lewis Cutler, funeral director. 'Phone fT.
Woodrinp I'ndertaklng company. Tel. .
t V. . .n.l Mln. tiAf.tl Ale.
and he a county ornciai. riaim 10 At gtorei 333 Broadway
but he Is keeping his knowledge to Mm- I -William Allen, aged years, son of Mr.
self. In fact this county official has and Mr. Isaac Allen, 3436 Couth avenue.
m. 1 - .,. hi. v I .i.rd of tuberculosis.
' " VOIR HOLIDAY WINES AND
Into money. UOI ORS. PURF.ST. OLUCTT AND BEST.
Recently the eforeaald county official (HOM U ROSKNFEU3 CO.. 61 BOUTH
hn armmached msnv of the big taxpay- I MAIN
ra of tha count v with a nroDOsltlon. I Overstocked on diamonds. Fine diamond
Without Imparting any Information as
to which particular tax was Illegally
levied and collected, this county official
offers to collect the amount of this tax
that the party approached ha paid, be,
the county official, to receive for bis
trouble half of the amount recovered.
If he conaents. Mr.' Taxpayer Is asked to
sign a contract which the county official
has had printed..
If Mr. Taxpayer questions the propriety
of paying half for collecting the alleged
Illegal tax he has paid, the county official
In question then informs him that unless
he places the matter in his hands he will
recover nothing. To recover anything
he must assign his claim to this county
official, who alone Is in possession of the
needed Information.
"Well, I can wait until you bring suit
and then learn what this alleged illegal
tax la and then bring suit myself," sug
gests Mr. Taxpayer.
"That would avail you nothing," replies
tha county official, "for the simple re'
son that I shall not file suit on the
claims assigned to me until the last day
before these claims are outlawed. Thus,
you see, you, mould net have time in
which to bring suit yourself."
None of the county officials approached
profeas to know of any county tax hav
Ing been Illegally levied during recent
years. The offictsl who is going around
securing assignments of their claims from
the large taxpayers Is the only one said
to have this Information and he nafw-
I rally declines to give the snap am ay. it
being what la known as a Hobson's choice
with the taxpayers, they are said to be
readily . signing the contract presented to
tbem by the county official In question.
The first information obtained by the
officials at tbe county court house that
a tax la recent years had, as It Is al
leged, been Illegally levied and collected
was when a large landholder living In the
eastern part of 'the county exhibited a
copy of the printed contract he had
signed.. He stated ha was perfectly will
ing to sign the contract, as he did not
know of parting any tax which he should
not have paid and thought a half loaf
better than no bread at all.
County ' Auditor Cheyne. Uke ether
county officials, is quite la the dark and
says he knows of no tax levied during
-his ' term of office which was not legal.
7 R. V. Innes, whom Mr. Cheyne succeeded
as county auditor. Is also unable to throw
any light upon the matter and so It
stands.
The county official who alone Is said
to have discovered the illegality of a cer
tain county tax levied and who Is secur
ing assignments of their claims from
taxpayers throughout Pottawattamie
county Is William D. Hardin, assessor .for
the city of Council Bluffs.
tnnfmint tinra. 112 SO and in. Must sac
rifice ana turn into casn. enyaer, -o
Broadway.
Help to Improve the city. Tou cn get
cement, brick and building materials
lowest prices from the C. Hater Lumber
Comoanv. Council Bluffs.
Smiley A. Pollock. S9 years 01a. son or
J. B. Pollock of Oakland, la., died yes
terday at St. Bernard's hospital. The
bortv will be taken to Oakland for burial
Mm. E. H. Merriam. who was stricken
with paralysis Monday afternoon, was re
ported to be somewhat Improved last
evenina- and there are strong hopes for
her ultimate recovery.
The conarreaatlon of Broadway Meth
odlet church presented the pastor, Rev. J.
M. Williams, a handsome arm chair. Rev,
F. A. Chase, pastor of the First Baptist
church, was presented with a buggy by
his conereratlon.
On Invitation from the West -Council
Bluffs Imnrovement club. Congressman
Hitchcock of Omaha will address the club
tomorrow evening. In response to the re
quest of the club he will speak on his
postal savins bank bill.
Mrs. Josephine Woodworth. wife of A.
E: Woodworth. f!7 Avenue O. died yes.
terday morning of typhoid fever, aged H
years. Besides her husband she leaves
one daughter and two sons. The funersl
will be Sunday and burial will be In
Orerar cemetery In Hazel Pell township,
William A. McAneney. SOT Avenue D,
father of City Auditor J. F. McAneney,
died last evening at Mercy hospital, aged
67 years. Besides t'Hy Auditor j. r . tic
Aneney. deceased leaves two othr sons.
H. D. McAneney of Berkeley, Cal.. and
T. J. McAnenev of this city, and one
daughter. Mrs. Pa.lle White, also of thi
city. Arrangements for the funeral will
be announced later. .
Mrs. Fedella Brown, aged 69 years, died
last evening at me nonie or ner daughter,
Mrs. Arthur Slaack, 123 South Sixth
street. Death was due -to pneumonia. Sh
leaves two other daughters, Mrs. Fred
Smith of Curtis. Neb., and Mrs. Joh
Ksvanaugh of Kansas City, Kan, and tw
rona, John C. Brown of ' Leavenworth,
Kan., and P. H. Brown of Livingston,
Mont. The funeral will be held Friday
morning at o'clock from St. Francis
Xavier'a church and burial will bo In St.
Joseph's cemetery.
OWA'S FIGHT FOR RATES
ELEGANT CUT FLOWERS AND
FERNS. HERMAN BROS., FLORISTS,
10 PEARL ST. IND. 'PHONE; CI BLACK;
BELL. 63. '
Mid-winter term Western Iowa college
opens Monday. December JO. Send for cat
alogue. 'Rhone for Information.
In aome stores the price of pianos depends
upon the credulity of the customer and the
feelings of the salesman. It Is the verbal
price that Is Joggled up or down. The
price on the tag doesn't mean anything. It
Is placed there to make a pretension of
one price. In the Hoops store we fix the
lowest possible price at the start off and
stick to It, marking It in plain figures on
each Instrument. It saves you money,
time and worry. A. Hospe Co., I Pearl
street, g South Main street.
Hstel Clerk Save Paale.
ATLANTIC, la . Dec. -(Sieclal )-Wbat
might hav been a disastrous fire was
averted early yesterday morning by the
presence of mind of the night clerk of the
Park hotel. Shortly before going off duty
he discovered smoke Issuing from the store
room of the hotel and an Investigation dis
closed the fact that some rubbish was
burning. An alarm of fire was turned in,
but in tbe meantime the flames were grow
ing stronger and he caught the burning
stuff In his arms and Carried it to a window
and threw it out. His arms and hands
were burned by the act, but he probabyl
saved the hotel from destruction. As it
was the guests were not even awakened.
N.
Y. Mumblng Co. Tel. 250. Night, Lfflt
CHRISTMAS ql'lETLV OBSERVED
ftalooas Close for First Tlsae oa that
Day la History af City. ,
Christmas day In Council Bluffs was an
unusually quiet one. There were the usual
church services in the morning, and at
some of the churches Christmas exercises
by the Sunday schools in the evening; In
many of t!ie homes there were family re
unions around the dinner table, and there
were a few public dances and olher en
tertainments !n the evening. On the whole,
however, it as a stay-at-home Christmas
for ths majority.
Tbe store ss a rule were closed, as were
all the public offices and large mercantile
establishments. Cigar ahops, restaurants
and barber shops.- tha l?tter for a short
time In the morning, were the only places
open. The street had the appearance
much of Sunday.
For the first time In t!ie hlatory of Coun
cil Bluffs the saloons kept elbsed all day
on Christmas. The lid waa on tlgM In Com
pliance with the edict from Attorney Gen
eral Byers that the mulct law must be
complied wtUt.'" There is no doubt but what
the closing of the saloons was largely re
sponsible for the quietness of the day. The
crowds which usually celebrated the boll
day in the sttloons either did without or
crossed the river to have what they eon-
kldtr a good time there
Farmer Commits Salelde.
ATLANTIC. Ia.. Dec. .-Special.)-Jesse
Nelson, living near Kimballton. committed
suicide by taking strychnine. No cause was
assigned for the act. He had just done up
his morning work and came to the house.
He told his wife he Was ill. She asked him
what waa the matter and he1 quietly an
swered that lie had taken strychnine. She
sent at once for a physician, but before he
arrived Nelson was past human aid. He
was a prosperous farmer, leaving a wife
and three children. His domestic life had
always appeared happy and he bad no
financial difficulties. '
Omaha Woman ( Marry.
MARSHALLTOWN. Ia., Dec. Spe
cial.) The announcement of the approach
ing marriage of Miss Ada Twlss. SIS
ParV.tr street. Omaha, to Mr. Stanley B.
Sleg of this city, which Is to take place
at high noon on New Tear's day, was
made here today. Mr. and Mrs. Eieg will
go at once to Dee Moines, where they will
live. Miss Twlss is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Twlss. the former a build
ing contractor. Mr. Sleg is the son of Mr.
snd Mrs. George Sleg, 101 North Fifth
street He is a traveling salesman for the
Spencer Letts Coffee company of thla city.
Wanted, plac for young man t work for
room and board. Western Iowa college.
THE QUICKEST AND BEST WAY Tp
GET YOUR LAUNDRY DONE RIGHT,
IS TO SEND IT TO THE BLUFF CITY
LAUNDRY. PHONES
Ecceatrlo Waaaaa Foaad Dead
SIOUX CITY. Ia.. Dec. .-(peclal Tele
gram.) The body of Estela Long, X years
ora. an eccentric woman, was found burned
to a crisp In her rooms oa tha third fiuoi
of the Bolton block this afternoon. She
Up to p. m. tha police had arrested but I had been dead for some time and Coroner
ono lone "drunk and be admitted he had I J. H. Bobbins, who viewed the body tie
in ported his Jag from across the liver. J Haves that it ia a case of suicide. Mrs.
I-i-r during the evening three more ar- 1 Long was a clairvoyant and among her
rests were made for drunkennesa and on I eccentricities was her refusal to use beds.
for vagiaiicy. and these formed the entire Sht always slept In a chair.
grist for l lie day.
Th. Elk. kept open fcous. at Ih. clut QNE CF THAW'S COUNSEL IS ILL
nouse an. uy. runvn was aarvva. anu vuw
of tlie Urge tables in the reception room
mas bonked mith fruit of different kinds.
The members of Tutonia lodge. Sons of
Herman, and their families celebrated the
i'.ay at Danish hall with a dance and
ChrUlmas tree In the evening.
The Council Bluffs Rowing association
entertained Its members with oa ef the
series ft subscription dance at the Grand
. hotel, which proved most enjoyable and
was wail attended.
Christmas exercis-- will be held at the
Unkia City mission oa Broadway sad
Twelfth street this evening, when select
numbers from the programs of six or eight
of the church celebrations will be repeated.
There will be several Christmas trees and
randy and fruit will be distributed among
the children.
A second prostrgra is planned for Batur
dy afternoon. . Thla will b. Is tbe nature
of aa "overflow" celebration, and those
who did sm receive presents this evening
wl.i set tdmV.cJurday afternoon. The
Daalel O'Reilly la Hsttal SasTerlaa-
f rasa Attack ( rats,
noala.
NEW YORK. Dec 3S.-Danlel O'Reilly,
personal counsel to Harry K. Thaw, Is at
a private sanitarium, suffering from pneu
monla. which followed a general weak
ened physical condition. ' Th physicians In
attendance aaid tonight the patient
no Immediate danger and that the
chances or his ultimate recovery were
excellent. Thaw's second trial Is to be
called oa January (. .
Millions ef bottles of Foley's Hooey and
Tar have been sold without any person
ever having experienced any other than
beneficial results, (roin its use for coughs,
colds and lung troubles. This is because
the genuine Foley's Honey and Tax In the
yellow package contains no opiates or other
harmful drugs. Guard your health by re
fusing any but tha genuine. For sale by all
drusgUt.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DE8 MOINES. Dee. 26. (Special ) One
of the strongest cases for the west ever
presented to the Interstate Commerce
commission will be argued before repre
sentatives of that body, when It meets In
this city January 17. by the Com Belt
Meat Producers' association. The asso
ciation Is making a fight for a lower
freight rate on live stock from points In
the west to Chicago and mainly from
Iowa points to Chicago.
In tbe petition filed with the Interstate
Commerce 'aommlseion the association
charges, that the rates on cattle from
Iowa points to Chicago sre from tlO to $30
a car higher than the rates for like dis
tances In Illinois under the Illinois state
rate to Chicago and from $9 to $30 a car
higher than for like distances in Iowa
under the Iowa rate; from (2 to J32 a car
'higher than Missouri state rates for like
distances snd from IS to $11 higher thsn
tha Interstate rates from Kansas and
Missouri points to Kansas City and St.
Louis. They are from $4 to $15 higher
than from the bulk of Iowa points over
the same lines for the same distances
shipped to Kansas City Instead of Chi
cago.
The rates from southesstern Iowa
points are from S5 to 70 per cent or from
BJ to $15 a car higher than from north
..i.rn Missouri Doints over the same
line of railroad.
The eastern part of Iowa Is as close to
Chicago as the southern part of Illinois
snd yet. It Is charged by the Corn Belt
Meat Producers' association In their
suit to the commission, that eastern Iowa
farmers pay 68 per cent or $17.0 a car
more on cattle to Chicago thsn southern
Illinois points for the same distance. The
rates on hogs over the Burlington between
Iowa towns and Chicago are from $460
to $16.84 a car greater than between
towns In Illinois for a like distance.
Discrimination Pointed Oat.
The petition furthermore shows thst the
long and short haul theory Is smashed In
the Interstate rates between Iowa snd
Chirsgo. The theory Is thst for a long
haul there should be a lesser charge per
ton per mile. This Is recognized by the
state commissions of Iowa, Illinois and
Missouri. It Is shown bv the pelKK"1
that the railroads recognize the theory
only when competition or the government
compel them to. Between Iowa point
and Chlcag-o stste rstes no noi operas
and competition Is not In existence. It is
shown thst the rate per ton per mile
under the Illinois rate gradually de
creases till the Mississippi river Is
reached coming from Chicago snd as soon
ss the river is crossed Into Iowa the rate
stops decreasing and Immediately goes up
with leaps and bounds. During the first
twenty-five miles In Iowa it goes up 15
per cent. At Oneida, Iowa, the rate per
ton per mile la two and a half timea
greater than- from Kansas City and 41
per cent greater than from Galena Junc
tion. Illinois, thcugh It is fifty miles far
ther than from Galena Junction.
Waterloo, Stanley. Oeiwein. Fairbanks
and Cedar Falls. Iowa, are all leas, than
half way between Chicago and Kansaa
City and yet it costs $4.50 a car more to
ship from one of these points to Chicago,
the shorter distance, than to ship from
Kansas City to Chicago, which Is over
twice the distance.
The case of the Cora Belt Meat Pro
ducers' sssociation will be presented to the
commission by Attorney Clifford Thorne 01
Washington, la., who presented the case
before the Iowa commission with such suc
cess. Ji-st who the commissioners will be
who will hesr tfce esse Is not known. Mem
bers of the Corn Belt Meat Producers' as
sociation and farmers and stock feeders
generally are watching the case with con
siderable Interest. These discriminations
have been going on for twenty years. The
rates in Illinois were put into effect some
seventeen years sgo. All this time the
shippers have been without relief becsuse
the Interstate Commerce commission naa
o authority to enforce its orders. Now
thst It hss such authority the feeders are
looking for relief.
It la estimated that millions of dollars In
excess of fair and equitable rates have been
charged the cattle men of Iowa. It Is esti
mated thst from T5.000 to KO.OOO cars of live
stock are shipped ta Chicago every year
from lom-a on which If rom $2 to $30 a car
has been paid In excess of fair and eqult
able ratea. Thia overcharge has been on
the rallrort theory of charging "what the
traffic will bear," which Is another way of
saying "charge all you csn get." Th cat
tie feeders are confident they will get re
lief.
- Asses for Commissioner.
A. L. Ames, formerly president of the
Corn Belt Meat Producers' association, may
be a candidate for railroad commissioner
In lorn a. Hia name la being dlacussedNind
especially by members of the Corn Belt
Meat Product-rs' association. Mr. Ames Is
now at the head of the Co-Operatlve Com
mission corr.pany of Chicago, firm or
ganised largely by the cattle feeders of
Iema and surrounding ststes, to fight the
excessive charges of the commission firms
of Chicago.
The suggestion of Mr. Ames' name fur
the office of railroad commissioner ia the
lateat move In the political field. The term
of Mr. N. 6. Ketchum of Marshalltomn is
the next to expire.' It will expire January
1909. Mr.. W. L. Eaton began his term
the tirst of January, 1D07. The term of
Colonel D. J. Palmer, to mhlch he was
elected In November, 1!, does not begin
until January 1, IMG. The term of the rail
road commissioner is for three years and is
so arranged that a new term begins the
first of each year, there being three com
mlssoners. Discussion of the name of Mr. Ames for
railrsad commission comes through the de
sire of the cattle feeders of Iowa to have
a man on th commission who understands
the necessities of transportation from the
cattle men's side of it. Mr. Ames was pres
ident of the Corn Belt Meat Producers' ss
sociation for some time snd is thoroughly
aonversant with the cattle and live stock
business snd Is a man of recognised ability,
lawn a Packing State.
Can Iowa be made a packing-house
stateT Governor Cummins hss In many
public addresses declared that the cattle
and hogs raised and fattened In lorn a
should be slaughtered la Iowa- and not
shipped to Chicago. Stats Railroad Com
missioner N. B. Ketchum has several
times Indicated that be thought the same 1
snd he has given considerable attention
to. the matter of how to adjust freight
ratea so that ths Iowa products will be
slaughtered Inaids the stste.
Farmers and rattls feeders who have
had occasion to sell ta Iowa and also In
Chicago say that something more thsn
the freight rste Is necessary to keep the
slaughtering In Iowa.
Last January the Iowa railroad com
mission on the application of the Corn
r.1t Meat Producers' sssoela'ton held a
hearing on the question of lowering the
freight rate on live stock In Iowa. It was
maintained that the rate had net been al
tered for years and thst It was too high
when compared with the Interstate com
merce rate and too high when compered
with the dressed meat rste. The railroad
commission listened to the plea and then
made an order lowering the rste about
SS per cent. i
Boon after the Corn Belt Meat Pro
ducers' association started a salt before
the Interstate Commerce commission ask-
in- for a lower interstate rate on live
stock and the association was erltlcleed
because it was claimed that the low state
rats would result In hsvtng the Iowa
stock slaughtered In the Iowa packing
houses, while If the Interetste rate wss
lowered the conditions would J Just as
they had always been before either rate
was changed.
But the farmers who have sold to Iowa
nacklna- houses say tbst every Iowa
peeking house, on buying cattle or hogs.
alwavs deducts the difference ( In the
freight rate to it plant and to Chicago
from th price paid for the cattle or hogs.
Consequently the freight rate ha noth
Ing to do with 1t. For Instance, If a
farmer llvln- at Boone ships to Des
Moines a load of hogs the packing plant
here does not pay the full Chicago market
price for the hogs. If tha freight on the
hogs to Des Moines smounts to $10 and
th freight to Chicago $30. the Des Moines
packing house deducts $20 from the price
which the hogs would bring In Chicago,
This Is easily don through the under
standing betmeen the packing houses and
the lack of competition.
Fatal Aatasaablle Accident.
One will die snd two more are seriously
Injured as a result of an automobile crsslv
Ing Into a cab early today. The fatally In
Jured:
RALPH LOT.
Others Injured.
Eugene Wald.
C. P. Valdervort.
The automobile ran Into a cab rounding a
corner.
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAflA
Gni. Gerling; Called to Hia Door in
I Early Morning; and Shot
COLORED MAN COMMITS CRIME
Gerllag and rarly Wis Is Ssppoae
Hav Dana tha Snooting Haw
Qwarrellesl Darlsa- th Fro
DURANG0 BANKER ARRESTED
Mast
Colorado Financier Meat Explain
Mysterlons Dlaappearanee of
S 10,000 He Borrowed.
DURANGO, Colo.. Dec. 2S. Charles E
McCannell. president of ' the Smelter City
bank, which closed Its doors December 17,
was tonight placed under arrest. The
warrant upon which he was arrested was
sworn to by Harry Jackson, who hsd $2,409
on deposit when the institution closed its
doors.
The committee which has charge of ex
amlning the affairs "bf the bank today
found that on December 12 Mr. McConnell
had borrowed $10,000 In cash from the First
Natlonsl bank of Durango and had given
securities from his bank for the money, but
the books of the Smelter City bank did not
show thst the $10,000 had been placed 00
deposit there.
Tine committee sent for Mr. McConnell and
questioned him for several hours as to
what he had done with the $10,000. After
tbe conference Mr. Jackson swore out the
warrant and the sheriff placed Mr. McCon
nell In Jail. ,
The day Mr. McConnell borrowed the
$10,000 from -the Fmst National bank was
th same dsy that th Colorado State bank
closed Its doors.
Gus Gerling, who lives at South
Thlrty-aecond. waa shot In th arm
Wednesday morning by sn unidentified
negro. Oerling appears 10 nave own om
celebrating Christmas eve. While out be
fell In with the negro and they had a
quarrel of sorne kind. Later Gerling
started home and shortly after he arnvea
there someone cslled him outside. As soon
ss he reached the door the man outside
fired three or four shots at him. All of
them but one went wide, and this entered
his arm. In the fleeting glance he got of
the man. he said it was the same negro
with whom he hsd quarreled esrller in th
evening. The bulle ptd through the
flnliv nart of the arm. The bone was
not broken, so" no serious results are an
ticipated from the wound. The- negro wss
also seen by Mrs, Gerling and she will be
able to identify him If he should be picked
up. -The man fled as soon as h had
emptied his revolver, and the police have
little but Gerling's description to work
on and so far have arrested no one on sus
picion. The time of the shooting was 1:$
a. m. Christmas morning.
Severely lajarrd br Fall.
J. P. Helgren. 83 South Twenty-second
street. Omsha. fell off a high bank at
Forty-sixth and Q streets early Christmas
morning and received severe bruises and
possible Internal injuries. He had.left the ,
loon at that locality and evidently was
seeking to go home or toward the street
csr line when be slmlessly stumbled over
the bank In the dark. Tbe fall rendered
him unconscious snd he came near perish
ing with cold before he was found. Then
he was taken to the South Omaha Jail,
where his wounds received medical atten
tion. His' son from Omsha took htm hime
Christmas morning. Unless the exposure
proves serious ho has good chance of re
covery. Store Robbed and Bnrned.
Trie pawn shop or store of Dave Brown,
251J N street, was entered snd fired by a
burglar early Christmas morning. Just be
fore daylight Julius Rothhols saw a man
come out of the place carrying two suit
cases. The man ran down Ahe alley. Roth
hols ran to his telephone to warn the po
lice, and when he came back the shop was
seen to be burning. He then warned the
fire department, which put out the flames
before they hsd done a great deal of dam
age. The police were able to get trace of
the criminal early In the day. He had
taken the suit cases and several articles,
but most of them were of little value. He
also had taken two Kuns. All Jewelry of
special value was locked In the ssfe. De
tective Shields has recovered part of the
stolen property, but has not located the
man as yet.
ported and - th peace wss otherwise
slightly disturbed.
Meat City Gi.
Thomas Corrlgaa hss gon on a visit te
esstera lows.
J. C. McDonald entertained number of
friends Tuesday evening.
Jetter's Gold Top Beer delivered to all
parts of the city. Telephone No. a
Ira E. Doyle of McCook. Neb., has been
visiting kis brother, "Bud Doyle, of this
city.
All of the South Omaha newspapermen
sre Indebted to Armour Co. for On
Christmas gift.
The pool tournament at Kennedy ball la
still progressing wiih varying fortune.
Bhamblen has been lowered a notch.
Th death rate has been so small thla
month ss to have caused considerable com
ment. Only eight or nine have occurred so
far.
Tha Sxvuth Omaha commission men mad
up several poraes for Christmas gifts to
some of the popular carriers snd soms
clerks of the exchange building.
JUNIOR Y. M. C. A. CONFERENCE
neleawlea frwsa Over the Stat ta
Attend Meetings Friday
Friday and Saturday of this week will be
big days for the boys of the Nebraaks
Toung Men's Christian associations, who
will meet In Omaha then to discuss sub
jects pertaining to Junior association work.
Tha conference will be held In the boys
department of the local Toung Men's Chris
tian association building and delegates to It
will com from Lincoln, Hastings. Crete,
Fremont. Chadron. York and Central City.
While hers they will b the guests Of ths
local association boys, who have provided
amply for their entertainment, A match
game ef basket ball win be played Salur
dsy evening between the Omaha Kanga
roos and th first team of the Lincoln boys'
department.
The conference program Includes ad
dresses by J. P. Bailey. Nebraska stste sec
retary, and W. H. Babcock. boyr state
secretary of Iowa. Carl Nsgl. Ernest Pen
del. Roy Vpdegraff and others of the boy
delegates will also speak, and Boys' Sec
retaries E. F. Denlson of Omaha and Sam
Foster of Lincoln will conduct discussions
on phases of work smong boys.
. A big banquet Friday evening begins the
conference and all of Saturday will be
taken up with speeches snd discussions snd
the basket ball game In the evening. Ad
journment will bo on Sunday afternoon,
following the regulsr boys' Sunday meet
ing at t o'clock.
Th "Boys of Omaha," a neat little
paper published monthly by the Junior
Young Men's Christian association, an
nounces that beginning with 11s January Is
sue It will be a larger publication, with a
special cover. It has been in existence
about a yesr, during which time It has
been developed Into a very attractive pam
phlet. Its editing and management I en
tirely by tbe boys.
A. U. Kauaguchl (pronounced Cow-a-gu-
chee), a Junior In William Jewel college of
Liberty, Mo., ls'ln town working In the In
terests of the Bouth Omfha Japanese set
tlement. He hss been In this country six
yesrs and is a good conversationalist In the
English lsngusge. He will speak to men at
the Young Men's Christian sssociation
building next Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock.
CILDFIELD FIGHT IN COURT
Operatori Will File Application fot
Injunction Aftinst Sunert.
MAKT SERIOUS CHARGES MADE
Ca-lrarr, lallsaldatlan
Are Alleged One rarp) to
to Seewra Retention at
Traaps. '
- GOLDFIELD. Nev.. Dee, H-To carry
the light Into the federal court will be the
next move of the Oiklfleld Mine Owners
association. Tomorrow a suit will be fllqd
In the circuit court of tne district of
Nevada, asking not only for an Injunction
against picketing and Interfering with, but
for the flnsl dissolution of th Ooldfield
Miners' union.
The suit Is to be filed by the Ooldfield
Consolldsted Mine company against WlJ
Ooldfield Miners' union, the Western Fed
eration of Miners. Charles A, MacKinnon,
president of the local union, and nineteen
other officers of the same. Tha complaint
sets forth the alleged vast extent and
richness of the mining Interests Involved,
snd the large number of nersons holding
shares In the mines In various states and
territories; allege that th Ooldfield Min
ers' union and the Western Federation Of
Miners ar voluntary and unincorporated
associations and that they are claimed to
be part of another larger rganlsstlon
knom-n as the Industrlsl Workers of the
World, also unincorporated, which has the
same principles and seeks to accomplish
Its results by the same alleged unlawful
methods, and has In Its rsnks as members
of these assoclsttons. not only the miners
of the Ooldfield district, but 'other workers,
such ss m alters, clerks, cooks, barbers and
barkeepers. . .
Christmas to Qalet.
Christmas day was as usual, quiet In
South Omaha. Saloons snd barber shops
and drug stores were the only places open
for business during the morning. The lit
tle theaters which have been going this
sesson did a limit business during th after
noon alid evening. The police hsd few calls
during the day, but In the early evening
many people who had cast good Judgment
to the winds were brought 1n and booked
as common drunks. A few fights were re-
IF TOO KXEW
The merits of Texss Wonder you would
never suffer from kidney, bladder or rbeu
matio trouble. $1 bottle, two months treat
ment Sold by Sherman tc McConnell Drug
Co. and Owl Drug Co. Testimonials with
each bottle.
Announcements, wedding stationery and
calling cards, blank book and max. sin
binding. "Phone Doug. 1604. A. L Root. Inn.
Many Serlas Charges.
It Is further slleged thst the Western
Federstlon of Miners is organised for the
destruction of property and creating "end
less strife, disorder, bloodshed and rioting."
The Goldfleld union is charged In the bill
mith "intimidation" and of being guilty of
"wanton destruction of property, murder
Of Innocent citizens, lawlessness and
anarchy to such an extent that It has In- ,
stituted a reign of terror In the Gold- I
field district." It Is further alleged that
the Ooldfield union Is a "criminal so
ciety." The court is asked to cite the defendsnta
before It to answer the allegations of ths
complsintrand t Issue a writ of injunction
restraining the defendants from obstruct
ing the business of the Consolidated Mines
company by threat. Intimidation or picket
Ing. An Injunction against the boycott 1
further asked for. The court Is asked to
enjoin the Goldfleld union from holding any more
meetings. Watchers or examiners
are asked for with full authority to enter
on the property of the complainant and
to carry out the orders of the court and to
arrest any person violating them. Finally,
It Is petitioned that the Injunction be made
permanent and that the Goldfleld Miners'
union be abated , and forever dissolved as
a nuisance and perpetually enjoined from
any further meetings or action of whatever
kind or nature. Th complaint Is signed
by George Wingfleld, vice president of tho
Consolidated Mines company.
One effect of the filing of this. It Is said, .
may be to Induce President Roosevelt to
order a portion of the troops now In
Goldfleld to remain on the ground to as
sist In the enforcement of the mandates
of the federal court It necessary. '
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Drug Co.
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In Its Issue of
DeccnnbeF 31, lOOT
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