THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE- MONDAY. .TANTAKV 20. If OS. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA COUNCIL Office 15 Scott Street. TWO OF CANDIDATES APPEAR Coofleilmtn Walker Tells Improren What He Would Da if Mayor. HITS AT MACRAE AST) MALONEY eatfsneat Kspreeaea that All Canal, area aM Re Tlrm t irtlf ex-allr ta Maalrlaal Owner ship af Water Wnrka. fTf t m elected I hone in wipe off the I dust on the desk, tables and chairs !n the j nr s rtTTice in inr ihj nnii. iiii.u i " -ftwt fveen dusted off for four years. At tha same time I do not wish to attach so much blame to Maror Macrae. becaie. a we lrnow, he la ft very buay man in hla profession," declared Robert B. AVallsre. councilman from the Third ward end candi date for the republican nomination for mayor, at tha meeting: of the Federation of City Improvement Cluhs In the city council chamber Saturday night. Continuing. Mr. Wallace stated other thlnga which he would do if elected mayor, a rd he promised hla audienta that the city council would not do all the work, as he would do aorne of It hlmaelf. "I think that any man elected to tiie position of mayor ahould at )east devote one or two houra Pf hla time every day to the bulnss of the city. I certainly shall." he said. He assured the meeting that he did not ap pear befora It aa candidate for mayor and did not ask for any endorsement. He said he had always made It a point o attend a many of the Improvement club mcetlnra a he possibly could. "But how do you aland or municipal wnerahlpT" Inquired Dr. I J Poston. "Unqualifiedly for municipal ownership f ths water works and e!"ctri? light plants. " replied Councilman Wallace, and he then proceeded to tell of his efforts In tha city council to secure municipal owner ship of the water works. In this connec tion he seised the opportunity to hand Councilman Malonoy. candidate for mayor on tha democratic ticket, a few lcft-hand-d compliments. Mr. Wallace also declared with considerable emphasis that It was Impossible to get "good men" to run for ttty offices. City Solicitor Kimball, who arrived at tha meeting Just aa Mr. Wallace was losing, waa called upon to air lils views a municipal ownership, and he stated he aa for municipal ownership of the water porks either by purchase of the present plant or by the construction of a new and 'arger one. Councilman Wallace and City Solicitor Kimball were the only two candidates who appeared before the meeting. At the opening of the meeting, which waa attended by about thirty-five mem btrs of the several Improvement clubs In the different eTtions of the clly, O. IU Vott waa named chairman andPr. L. I. Poston recrta:y. Mr. MrManaa for t'onim Issloa . The first speaker wns u. J. MoManus. former county superintendent of schools, nd at present a candidate for the repub lican nomination for state auperintendent of public works. After defining socialism n the sense used by Intelligent persona Mr, McManu said every man was to some ex tent . xlalil aiwi he was one. himself, although.. a republican by politics. He thought there was a better day dawning ' for municipal government and that In a few.yeara political party lines would be eliminated In municipal elections. He be llevad the commission form of government would prove an Improvement on the pres ent form, which wss about aa bad aa it could be. he declared. Experience had shown, he said, thst a higher degree of intelligence, honesty and efficiency had al waya been secured through the appointive than through the elective power. He be lieved, however, that in a city the size of Council Bluffs there ahould be but three commissioners in place of five, and said he believed It likely that the law would be so amended. Dr. Foston, in a short address, declared emphatically that every candidate uefore being Indorsed ahould be municipal own ership men from the word ko and should be so pledged thst they later could not go back on their pledges He suggest-"! i that each party place a councilmanic candidate in each ward in the field who was pledged to municipal ovn?rsliip, first, last and ever. Pioneer Baalaess Man Dead. George A. Gerner, member of the Jew airy firm of C. B. Jscquemin & Co. and a pioneer business man of this city, died Friday evening st the home of a daugh ter In Helena. Mont., where he went two years ago In the hope of benefitting hla health. He ia survived by one son, George Gerner, Jr.. manager of the Jewelry house la this city, and two daughters. Mrs. F. J. Lange and Mrs. Charles Zlmmer, both of whom reside In Helena. It Is cx- A Nurse's Story If you are a sufferer from headache, neuralgia, or pain from any cause you nhould read the following letter from a nruse. Tor eome time I havs fslt It my duty to write you. I was having my d-Ktor All he twice every week for headache did for rae was te give something ta ease the pain. Sometimes the pain was ro severe that I could not speak, and man ners of. my family stood over me and gave me medicine every fifteen minutes until 1 wae relieved. A sample of Dr. i Mfles- Antl-Paln Fills fell Into my hands. I read the circular very carefully, anl fQune nav case described exactly. 1 he next time my bead began to ache I took the Falo-PHU according to directions i, nd I felt 1 wss 'getting better, so I sent ta the druggist for a box and took theru until I was ao much, better that I was - about the. bouse all the afternoon. I have not had a doctor for headache slice. When be met me some time sfter he anted to hew I wss. and I told Mm what I had dose, and hs replied: 'If you - nave found anything that will help y. u tick to It," and so I have. Being a nursa I have recommended them to a grea. tuaay grateful people. One ease 1 will mention. I saw a doctor go to a nelgt bor every week for months because l.e tied such awful headaches; but for a lonrf time I dared net suggest anything to her. . One day I met her and I gave her a half S box of Antl-Paln pills- and she ued tkem and has had no doctor since, tthe eaye they are a great blessing to her and said. "Why didn't you tell me about I arm Before." 1 could tell you of many alm.Ur cases " allSrf JOSCPHIMC BOH N, 17 W. Geneoee St.. Auburn, N. T. :. XU. at Ilea AJsU-Pain PUla are eeU by gear Arwggtst. wae will gaarastee that . e firm aaaJiaeTO will aeaef it. XX It f alia, aa will totara yarns saeaey. , as Aeoea ti ceo is Sever sola la Vwla. HcdiwU Co. Elkhart. U BLUFFS. Both 'Phones 43. pect4 tht the body nlll srrlve here some time Monday. sn1 the funersl will STx-U be In flt. Joseph's cemetery. Genrs; A. Gerner ass born In Pmlcn. Germsny, and camp to the I'nlted States In 1S0. He first settled In Weston. Mo., where he was rngaarrd In the clothing; business. He came to Council Bluffs In lSi. COXD1TIO OF THE CITl FINDS Dollar a Month ta Malatala the Streets nasi Alleys. Clly Auditor McAnency completed yester day his report for the month of December showing the condition of the general fund and the amount remaining of the approprl- aiions on which the' several city depart ments will have to be maintained for the next three months. The amoimta appropri ated and the amounts unused follow: Purpose. Appropriation. Cnused. Salaries, executive' de- partmant .' S10.j00.00 t lS7.9j Felice and marshal's department !3.75n 00 6.636 11 Streets and alleys jn.oiviflo 3.18 Fire department 16,500 5.736.15 Fire and police tele graph Iflnfifln SfO1 Kngineer'a department .. 4.7St.nn 1.114.47 Printing and supplies .... ismm IJ.H '.ity pound Elections i.ffi.m 1, nff on i it y nan if ) im .s i Health department l.SoO O" :4J 69 Totals general fund ...M.m S17.114W The amounts expended out of the other funds up to December 31, low s : Gas and street lights Rewer department ......... City bridges Judgments Wster Road Improvements Police fund Water works sinking Indian creek 1907. are as fol- S 12.W.11 2.SX..XZ S.4"7h3 S.349.4S 12.?77.on 2.4TS 9.1 17.145.23 7.11S.70 2T 1S 372.35 Totals .JlE.nt5.48 BVER4 0 I, AW EVFORC'EMEXT Attorney tieaeral Aerents Invitation of Mlalaterlal Association. Attorney General W. H. Ityera, who re cently Inaugurated a campaign to compel the authorities in certain cities In the stnte to enforce the laws governing the saloons, will, in response to an Invitation from the Council Bluffs Ministerial association, ad dress a mass meeting at the First Presby terian church tnis evening. Mr. Byers' sub ject will be "Uw Knforccmcnt." The meeting will begin at 7:39 o'clock and I with a possible few exceptions the several Protestant churches will dispense with their I regular evening services and afford their congregations an opportunity to sttend this mass meeting. It hod been the desire of the Ministerial association to have had Mr. Byers speak at mass meetings both In the afternoon and evening, but It was necessary to abandon this plan on account of the Inability of the attorney general to reach Council Bluffs "oeforc 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Since the campaign for law enforcement was Inaugurated by Attorney General Byers he has delivered addresses on this subject in Pes Moines. Davenport and Burlington. This movement, which eman ated from Des Moines, was directly brought about by the trouble with the saloons In Davenport. Fahlle Reception to Harry Cartis. .The pul!f is Inylted to attend, the re ception to be tendered Harry Curtis, secre tary of the Young Men's Christian asso ciation, and Mrs. Curtis. Monday evening In the auditorium of the public library build. ng. During the evening there will be a muatcal program which will be opened and closed by Prof. Ayrea' boy choir of St. Paul'a Episcopal church. Solos will be rendertt by Miss Grace Barr, Mrs. L. R. Hypes and Dr. Claude Lewis. Hon. Em met Tlnley will deliver the address of welcome. swhich wHl be responded to by Secretary Curtis. The reception will open st S o'clock and the program is expected to occupy about an hour. The remainder of the evening will be devoted to general sociability. Thompson Did !Sot Kill Himself. Ralrh C. Thompson, the defsulting col lector for the Nebrsska Telephone com pf.ny In this city, did not commit suicide aa the letter he left for his roommate the evening he disappeared from Council Bluffs was evidently intended to lead people to be lieve. He is alive and will soon be back in Council Bluffs; A telegram from the marshal at Albany. Mo., received yesterday by Major Richmond, chief of police, stated Thompson was under arrest there nd asking a-hat he should do with him. Major Richmond at once . wired back to hold Thompaon until an officer could be sent for him. The matter was turned over to Sheriff Canning and a deputy left for Al bany last night to bring the fugitive back. Aaaoaar the Politicians. City Treasurer Frank T. True and Clly Auditor J. F. McAneney yesterday filed their affidavits that they were candidates for renomlnation for their respective offices by the republicans. Both. It Is understood, will meet with no opposition In their party. A. C. Harding, president of the West Er.d Improvement club snd a former member of the Board of Psrk Commissioners, is. so his friends announce, a candidate for the republican nomination for councilman from the Sixth ward. Road Held for Stale of Lienor. LOGAN. Is.. Jan. IS. (Special Harrison county's grand Jury at the January term, now in aession here, has turned in an in dictment against the Illinois Central Rail road company for selling liquor in Harrison county without license. There are several I founts In the petition, but the charge is all based on the selling of liquor to negro porters on s buffet csr on the train be tween Woodbine snd Logan. Various young men of tbe city testified to having bought snd drsnk liquor on this csr on January S and ths county attorney also ao testifies, personally. Thia Is the first time a rstlroad company was ever Indicted on a charge like this in this part of Iowa. Ceart at Mdaer. BIDNET. la.. Jan. 19. tSpecial. Judge W. R. Green is now engaged In the work of the January term of district court. The docket la of sufficient length to keep court for several weeks. The grand Jury has re ported Indictments ss follows: Dsn Mason, larceny from dwelling house in daytime; J. H. Basher, robbery and Intent to com mit murder; J. K Coleman, aedjetion. The complaining witness in the latter case la Mtaa Cllsta Karns. a 15-year-old girl. A half do sen divorces have already been granted, with snore to follow. tnarge of Wife Beating. CRE9TON. Jsn. l.-8pecial.)-R. E. Maaholts has been committed ta the county Jail, without ae privilege of bail, charged with beating hla wife. He will be given a heating MondjHy. The information filed by his wife if five uiwnths all-g-e assa-nlt with Intent to do great bodily uij iry. She affirms this Is the third offense of the santo nature In the last few weeks. H. T. 'iuaibUifl Co. Tel. a. Mgtil. Lars. CONFERENCE ON MISSIONS Episcopalians of Sixth District Con clude an Interesting" Session. ON BATES POSTPONED Hallraada latroaere o Testimony, laateatlas Tfietwselvea with I ri)" Kxamfnatlon af vVltneasee far the Shipper. (From a Staff Correspondent.! DES MOINES. Jan. 19.-iSpKial ) The conference or Episcopalians of the Slxih missionary district of the I'nlted States came to a conclusion" Saturday. Many of the piomincnt men of the dc nomination will remain over Sunday and occupy put- I j0 pits of the city. Bishop Mann will occupy the pulpit of Ft. Paul's church tomorrow morning and Bishop Johnson the pulpit of St. Mark's chunh. j Dean Beecher of Omaha was one of the leading speakers at the conterence today at St. Paul's church. This sfternoon the conference considered the relation of ths church to its educational institutions and the Snnday school work. One of the princlpsl addresses of the con fetence wss by Bishop Chsrles H. Brent of the Philippines. He declared that the I'nlted States was traveling too fast with the Flliplnoa in polltlce In giving them the ballot. He was emphatically against sell ing the Islands and claimed that such a course would be selling the manhood of the ration, because the governing of the Islands Is a responsibility the nation must discharge. He declsred that the daywlll come when the natives will csll the people of the United States blessed because of th- wnik thst has been done In the islands. Much of his address was relating to the work of the church in missionary work In the 'Island. Commission Adjoarns to Seventeenth. JtidKe Charles H. Prouty of the Inter state Commerce commiaslon adjourned till February 17 the hearing on the fceding-in-translt rate on live stock from western states. At the hearing the railroads did not offer any witnesses. They cross-questioned the witnesses for the Corn Belt Meat Producera' association. The only de fense of the railroads thus far Is that If the railroads do not get the rates that they do the packing housea will pay less for the beef, and thus If the rr.tes are lowered It will be for the benefit of the packing houses and will not be of any benefit to the cattlemen. The continuing of the case will be In Chicago. February 17. Drake Selects Debaters. At the final contest of Drake univer sity students for position on the debating team to meet the Agricultural college and Iowa college in a triangular debate the six men selected for Drake were: Thomas F. Paris. G. C. Stearns. Henry Peterson. Boyd Ruby. George E. Hrammer. and James Por ter. As alternates Perry Schuller and Em- mett Carrol" were selected. The team will divide Into three teams of two each, one remaining at home, another meeting the Agricultural college at Ames and the other meeting lows college at Grinnell. Honor Bobble Barns. All Scotchmen of Des Moines and many from the state at large will do honor to Robert Burns on January 24 In honor of the great poet's birthday, which comes January 16. Hon. John Cownie of the State Board of Control la one of the leaders In arranging the celebration and there will be numerous speakers and a banquet. Clearlacs Show Increase. For the first time since the financial flurry last December, the banka of Des Moines show an Incrcsse In the clearings over the same week for last year. The clearing house regort for the week Is $;.6S6. 435 and for the same week In IP7 the clearings were 32.680.403. Christiana Meet Here. Missionary workers of national reputation will be In Des Moines Tuesday to attend the annual rally of the Foreign Christian Missionary society of the Church of Christ, which will meet at the 1'nlverslty Place church. A. McLean, head of the national society, will be here for the meeting and will be accompanied by W. R. Warren of Pitts burg snd C. 8. Weaver, a missionary worker from Japan. A number of the leading mlniatera of the Church of Christ In tills section of the state will be present at the meeting and will make addresses. The session will be held at 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. Travelings Men la Session. At the annual meeting of the members of the Iowa State Traveling Men's asso ciation in this city todsy reports were made showing that the membership of the association has Increased in the last ten years from 3.000 to nearly 30.C00. and that there Is now In the treasury a balance of about IKO.COft.v Following the session this morning, which wss addressed by Gov ernor Cummins, the sssoclatlon adjourned. Poaltry Shew Closed. The Poultry show, held here this week by the Des Moines Poultry association, closed tonight. There were entries of sev eral hundred birds and the show was In every wsy a success. The Judges con cluded their work this morning. N. Bar tholomew took the first premium on fox terriers with Prince and Beatrice. Probe Mdevralk Scandal. A committee of three councllmen. con stituting the claims committee of the city council, is probing the sidewalk scandal in this city wherein it is-alleged that many blocks of sidewalk have been charged up against the city and approved by the side walk Inspectors where no walka whatever have been laid. The clalma committee must pass on s claim of considerable alse for salary for the sidewalk inspectors, which has been allowed by the Board of Public Works since the scandal arose, and It Is rumored that the board will come In for a scoring st the hands of ths com mittee. Matrimonial Ventare Fallare. SIDNEY, la.. Jan. lJ.-(8peclal.-R. P. Tuten. foriner publisher of the now defunct Fremont County Sun. has secured a divorce from his wife on the grounds of desertion. Mr. Tuten hss been a resident of Sidney for nesrly two years, while his wife lived In Chicago. This a as his second venture, and It is sa'.d the match wss made through the medium of the matrimonial want ad. columns of a newspaper. Pets tail at reea Mast Pay Cos Reals. MARFHALLTOWN. la.. Jan. l.-Spe-cial Miss Luij Walker, postmistress of the portal station at the Iowa Soldiers' Home In this city, will have to pay to the government W for box rent collected by ber, but not turned Into the government. Thia la the ruling that has come from the Postofflce department, despite, the efforts of tbe Iowa delegation In congress. A peti tion that was signed by 01 members of the Soldiers' Home, and addressed to Senator Allison, asked that the government not collect this sum. The ruling la In exact accord with the postal laws. Years ago when, for the convenience of home members, a little postofflce was es tablished at the institution, a rent of 10 cents a month wss charged and collected for boxes and kept by the postmaster. Later tbs Soldiers' Moms was gives a gab - atatlon and the Mate fitted up and equipped a aultable office. Ttie collection of box rents continued aa before. jt September a poatofk-e Inspector discovered the techni cality and the rcsu't has hen that the Toetoffke dcparOnrnt has ruld that Miss Walker, who acta a salary of S.V) a vear, miuit pay the turn ahe collected In box rents during- viz year. Una tsi otee. IOWA riTT-F.lls Bahcock. yrs old. wss fatally Injured by a Rock Island tram here on Saturday. ONAWA-A. G. Wright has been ap pointed a member of the Soldiers' Relief commission, to till vacancy. ONAWA Monona county district court has sdjourned until Februsry 3. when a number of cases will be taken up. ONAWA Woodman camp No. 1129 will have a public installation and banquet Tuesday evening at Its hall in Onawa. ONAWA At the county assessnrs' meet Ing mulee were Incr-ased from tii to $v In vnluation, and swine decreased from 15 U. I ONAWA Monona county feels honored i o f r the elv!ion of John shindberg as pres ident of the Iowa Corn Growers sssocla tlon. CRESTON Smart Bros of Omaha have pjrehased the grocery interests of James Wray of this place and expect to take possession of 'their new stock Monday. ONAWA Hsrry Cohen, sn Onswa busi ness msn. has sold Ms store to A. Menln of Sioux City, who takes possession Febru ary 10. Mr. Cohen win remove to Sioux City. ONAWA The Miaaouri river Is froxen over for the first time this winter and teams are crossing daily. It means a big grsin trade for Onawa with corn at 6" cents per bushel. ONAWA The tax ferrlts who are now working In Monona county are not finding as much iropertv that has escaped taxa tion as they expected. About 80 persons have appeared before them so far. ONAWA if Aaslstant Postmaster Gen eral Hitchcock's recommendations are acted upon by congress in regard to free delivery, Onawa will be entitled to free delivery on basis of postal receipts. ONAWA Onawa is not certain whether or not. under tiie new laws, a msyor Is to be elected this spring, snd the legal lights sre divided on the question. The sttorney general may be asked for an opinion. CRE8TON Monday is payday for Bur lington employes at this place, and be cause of the rigid retrenchment followed by this company the last month It la not expected the amount of cash disbursed will be as large aa usual. SIDNEY It Is announced that Dr. E. E. Hsrris. county coroner, hss sold his drug store snd practice in Tabor and will, after a year's post-graduate course, locate In Omaha. Dr. Brownlow B. Miller will suc ceed Dr. Harris in Tsbor. CRESTON A meeting of the committee of the Eighth congresslonsl district repub llcsns hss been called to meet here Wednes dsy. January a. at the Summit house. Chairman Stipe of Clarinda will preside. Thomas Given is the member for Union county. ONAWA The Monona County Sundsv School sssoclstion has secured dates with Rev. Frank Fitch, etate field worker Iowa Sunday School association, for four train ing institutes In February. Dates are: Ute. February ; Moorhead. Fehruiry 7; Whit ing. February I; Onawa. February 9. CRESTON District court convenes here Monday. The criminal docket is not ss heavy at st the last term. There are a number of divorce cases snd a Urge num ber of civil esses laid over from the last term that will, no doubt, recelye atten tion. Judge Kvans hopes to clear the docket thia term. ONAWA The will of the late Dr. W. W. Ordway, the richest man in Monona county, was admitted to probate at this term of court. All the property goes to his three sons. W. W., jr.. Frsnk snd John S. Ordwsv. and thev are made Joint ex ecutors. The vslue of the estate Is un known, hut is quite large. MADRID W. E. Gearhart. a Milwaukee operator, 60 years old, poor and working on a small salary. Is to receive VO.OOO from the estate of the late C. vr. Tnompson. a Chicago banker and real estste man. Gear hart, while In the employ of the Great Western at Melbourne In 1S, saved Mrs. Thompson and -eV dsughter from belinj un over and kitted by a freight train. . CRESTON Captain J. D. Brown of Leon haa been In Creston securing signatures to i petition that will place hla name in nom ination at the primaries as a republican candidate for senstor from the district composed of Decatur. Ringgold and I'nljn He hsd no trouble obtaining names enough. The present senator, Stookey, Is also from Decatur, and desirous of another term. ONAWA Queen Esther cbspter, Order of the Eastern Star, has Installed the fol lowing officers: Mrs. R. H- Robinson, worthy matron; F. E. Tellier. worthy pa tron; Mrs. H. E. Douglaa. associate ma tron: Mrs. Huntington, conductress; Mrs. C. S. Pike, secretsry: Mrs. David Pern ber, treasurer: Mrs. R. B. Hooper, chsp Isin; Mrs. H. B. Fersenden, marshal; Mrs. W. L. Smith, pianist. CRE8TON Louis Rosen field, stockholder and secretary in the Strauss Dry Goods company here, has sold his interests to the other stockholders and severed his connec tion with the firm. He expects to remove to Des Moines soon. S. Strsuss has been elected to the place of secretary recently held by Mr. Rosenfleld. and the manage ment will be under the direction of A. Strauss, as formerly. CRESTON J. V. Susank of Hornlston, Kan., haa withdrawn the offer of i30t re ward for the apprehenalon of the party or parties implicated In the death of his daughter, Mrs. Emma Pashek. who waa found dead in her home near Creston with a bullet wound during November. The mystery of her death will probably never be solved. ELDON The surveys having been com pleted for a cutoff from El don to Llberty ville, and a change of yards, with many other chsnges. costing fci.OuO.OOO, work will be commenced In the early spring. It Is expected that the round house will be moved and the tracka elevated twelve feet through the city. Tnis Improvement was to have been commenced last summer, but the money stringency cauaed the delay. FARMINGTON Ed Rockwell, editor of the i-'armlngrton Herald, was taken from hla home, placed In a carriage and carried to the edge of town, where he was given a cost of tsr and feathers. He was then deserted and made hla way back home In his covering of tar and feathers. The Identity of the men who mobbed Rockwell ia not known. For several years Rockwell has made attacks on the business men in his paper. Recently he wrote a humorous sccount of a Redmen lodge Installation and this is ssid to have precipitated the attack of Friday night. 08KAIiT)OSA As a .result of the investi gations made by J. E. Dsvts. a tax ferret in the employ of Mahaska county, action waa brought in the district court In the name or teorge T hornpson. county treaa urer. against district No. Z, I'nlted Mine workers of America, and its officers. President John P. While. Vice President . v . White and Secretary Fdwln perry. 10 collect the aum of lilt kn4 due the eonitiv aa back taxea on the sutn of nionev known as the general or defense fund during- the yesrs Use to 1. when there was omitted iroin the assessor s ikmiWs a sum atcarcgat ins; ine miners are preparing an answer. , M A R8H A I.LTOW N Tiie annual assoela- tlon meeting of tiie Railroad Touug Men's Christian association and the annual ban quel of I he association was held last night. Seven directors were elected and reports of the various branches of the work were read at the banquet. The directors elected were: Don E. Hecox. A. If Nelson. J. K. Wsnberg. C. H. Vanl.aw. Oeorge Esperson and N. F. Miller Western tieneral Rail road Secretary W H. Day of Chicago and Stale Secretary W. A. Mm gee made the principal addresses at the banouet. The reiwrt allowed the association to have a membership of 674. and that fT.tOO of the building debt had bean paid since August Z. Haw tat Aval Paeaeaeala. Tou can avoid pneumonia and other seri ous results from a cold by taking Foley's Honey and Tar. It stops the cough and expels the cold from the system as it Is mildly laxative. Refuse any but the genu tne In the yellow package. All druggists. Ta Dissolve the t'alon of stomach, liver and kidney troul.l'S snd cure biliousness aad malaria, take Electric Bitters. Ouarantetd. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. James Hancock, who died in Springfield. Mass., this week, at the age of ninety-four, was not ai exceptional instance of longev ity in these days, but the distuution of leaving two nieces, one riahtv-ntn iiul na J r)imr -T j, .rl.r. Y"',mii. UHY Almost every soul in the United States has asked at some time: "Is Lawson sincere?" "Is he a trickster?" "Is he fooling?" " What did he hope to gain by it ? " ' ' Has he made money out of the credulous ? " "Has the System broke him or bought him ? " lie answers you. He tells why he wrote his story ; what he hoped to gain ; how and why he lost ; how his arm was held from what he thought the knockout blow; and why, for two years, none of his predictions has come true. You will find all this and more in the February number of Everybody's ogazino On sale xthile The Ridgway you have Mr. Lawson, BANKERS DRAFT ASSET BILL Currency Committee of National Asso ciation Meets in Chicago. IT PROVIDES TOR CREDIT NOTES These Are im Be In Tiro Classes aad Taxed Three and Five Per Cent Respectively Omaha Man Committee. CHICAGO, Jan. 19. The currency com mittee of the American Bankers' aasocla tlon met here today and drafted an asset currency measure which is to be submitted to congress soon. The bill Is of the same general character as the first bill Intro duced by Congressman Fowler, and is to be presented to the nation's law makers with the formal approval of the associa tion back of It. The currency commission consists of fif teen members. Of these nine were present todsy as follows: James B. Forgsn. Chicago: Charles H. Huttig. St. iouis; Myron T. Merrick. Clevei land: Robert Wardrop, Pittsburg: John I,. Hamilton, Hoopeston. 111.; Joseph T. Tal bert. Chicago; L.uther Drake, Omaha: Sol Wexler. New Orleans, and Arthur Rey nolds, Des Moines. Fred E. Fsrnsworth. New York, secre tary of the sssoclatlon, also attended the meeting, although he Is not a voting mem ber of the commission. The commission has practically the same merrtberahfp as thar- wilch recommended the first Fowler bill to congress within a year. The commission Issued a formal state ment tonight endorsing the following fea tures of the original Fowler bill: Any national bank In business for a year or more may take out for lasues and circulation "national bank guaran teed credit notes," provided the institu tion's fund equals 25 per cent of its cap ital. The amount of these credit note may be equal to 4 0 per cent of the national bank notes which the bank may have outstanding, but not more than -'j per cent of its capital. The treasurer of the United States would receive In January and July of each year a tax of 1 S per cent upon the average amount of such credit cotes In circulation. Besides the foregoing amount of spe cial credit notes, subject to a lax of 3 , per cent annually, a national bank nriy also take for circulation additionsl credit notes equal to 12 per cent of its capi tal, but it shall pay on such extra Issue a special tax of b per cent, payable in two Installments of m per cent each semi-annually. The meeting of the commission bee.in at 10 o'clCA-k in the morning, t he first session being given to the hesrlng of the opinions from such outside experts ss wished to express their opinions be fore the bankers. Prof. J. Laur.-nie Laughlin, head professor of political economy at the University of Chicago, gave the most extended exposition of banking theories and also took part In the general discussion. After luncheon the work of sketching out the measure which is to be propoi' d to congress was taken up. It early he came apparent that the members would stand by the report formulated In D cemher. 190. which was made the basis of the first Fowler bill. Tiie commis sion voted later to repeat Its recom mendations of 1905, which recommenda tiona had the backing of the association nmhnhln in its entirety. JAYHAWKERS AGAIN DEFEATED! .Vebraika Sabatltnte Wist tbe Contest Im Last Five Seeanda. IJIWRENCE. Kan.. Jan. 19 tSpecial Telegram.) In the second of the Kansas- j Nebraska basket ball games Saturday the Cornhusker's quintet defeated the Jay- j hawkers in a sensational finish by the close ( margin of 33 to II. With but five aeconds , to play and the score tied. Perry, the ; visitor s substitute forwsrd. tossed his team ! to victory by a difficult goal. The game was rough from the first to the whistle, j Miller of Kansas was apparently contending ' for f'.rai honors with D. Bell of Nebrsska. Time and again the Jayhawkers cheered the brilliant work of Walsh, the Nebraska center, who eeored seven field goala. net ting fourteen of the twenty-three pointa for hia team. One goal was thrown by Walah w,,h one hand " distsnce ot forty-five feet. The Kansas boys put up a desperste fight to close the series with an oven break, but were unable to hit the basket at the critical moments of the game. Wood ward of Kansas threw four out o five free throws In the second half. This game is the last of the series for the trip on which Nebraska has not lost a game. Mne-iip: NEBRASKA. KANSAS W'od Perrr r 1 t. F . . . art uo. Wsn4'ar Sirieos R y B T W Millar Walt t Bsrgfs. lUndsil p Fell KOIRO St. Miller Pnl Rll UU'LC SUrtcalals Referee. Ashley. Attendance. Grlaaell'e Basket Ball rfcedale. GRINNEIU. la.. Jan. 1 The tirinnell basket ball schedule for the winter waa made public here Friday by Trainer Fisher. Eleven gamea atill remain on the schedule and the t-am is rapidlv getting Into shape to play it througli Two 'games will be plsved at Pes Moines with the Young Men's I'lirtstisn BkciHlioir and two games will be played with Drake. Tl-e schedule: January Iowa at Iowa City. January '.'4 Des Moines Young Men's Christian association at Des M iines. January 3 Drake. Kebruar 1 4'oe at Cedar Rarrfls. Februarv 7 Minnesota. February lt-Hnnnaon at IrMiarota. February IS Drake at Iks M. 'n. s. 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