THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 190?.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA
COUNCIL
Office 15 Scott Street.
Mil fl ME?JTIU?f.
Iavls, dm".
torkerf' sells tafpots. .
Ed Rogers. Tony Faust heeV.
' Lswts Cutler, funeral director. 'Fhons JT.
Wooflrlns; Undertaking company. Tel. S3.
For rent modern house, 736 Sixth avenue.
Ptet'ira fraweti ' iade td order. C. E.
Alexander. K33 Broadway.
COME AND FKE OCR If WALL PA
' PER. H. BOKWICK. 211 8. MAIN.
XV A NTE D FLA CBS ' Foft,' YOl'NU . LA
DIES TO WORK KOK ROOM AND
BOARD. WESTERN IOWA COLLEGE.
C. Davis, living at 24 Bontt street, win
i removed to the detention hospital yester
day, aa ha was suffering from smallpox. .
CHOICE PINK, RED AND WHITE
CARNATIONS at Herman Tiros.'. 10 Pearl
Street. Phone, lnd. Ktt Blank; Bell. 523.
A meeting will beheld at Bethany' Pr
, fcyterlan rhurch tomorrow evening for tha
purpose of organizing a literary society.
OFFICE PPACE FOR nr.NT, H FBR
MONTH; CENTRAL IXICA'ITON. STEAM
HEAT AND ELECTRIC LIGHT FIR-
MISHED. OMAHA BEE, 15 SCOTT 8T. '
There will be ' no midweek services
' ! Wednesday evening at' fit. John's Lutheran
I rhurch. Thursday evening lr. W. H.
! Planrke, of Davenport, la., will deliver a
'. leoturej on "From Capstan to the Pulpit."
., IAIMBEH. LATH. SHINGLES. POSTS,
' POLK8, SASH AND. DOORS. CEMENT.
; UME, PLASTER., SAND- HARDWARE
ANYTHING YOtJ NEED IN THAT
LINE? C. HAFER L,L M13ER CO., COUN-
fiarahr lefutse. Infant daughter of Mr.
nd Mrs. Timothy Kelly, 70S Sixth avenue,
died Inst evening from pneumonia, aged 1
year and 8 months. The funeral will be
field Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
Bt. , Francis Xavler's church, and burial
, will b In St. Joseph's cemetery.
At the hearing today In Omaha before
tha Interstate Commerce commission of tho
complaint that the street railway company
f Is discriminating -against Councjl Bluffs
' In maintaining a lo-rent fare between thla
city and Omaha, the West End Improve
ment club, which filed the complaint, will
he represented by Attorney I. H. Scott
In place, eif Spencer Smith, who recently
wlthdrnw the tender of his services. It Is
said that T. W. -Blackburn of Omaha will
, appear with Mr. Brott for the Improvement
I ciuo.
' Wa Are Easy.
We guarantee less wear, and tear In your
linens than any other laundry In the state.
Bluff City Laundry. 'Phones 814. " -
' Drink Bidnrlarr, .
King ef all bottled beers. L. Rosen fsld
Co. distributers.
OFFICE SPACE FOB nENT. S A
MONTH; CENTRAL LOCATION. STEAM
HEAT AND ELECTRIC LIGHT FUR.
NISHED. OMAHA BER, 15 SCOTT ST.
C'onnty Historical Society.
The charter membership roll of the re
; cently organized Pottawattamie County
Historical society was closed Saturday.
Secretary W. J. Leverett reports a total of
sixty-nine charter members, several hav-
lng been enrolled since, the meeting on
January 6. Tha charter roll was Intended
,;to have been closed at that meeting, but
, was kept oien to permit the adding of the
names of those who had announced their
. Intention - of enrolling, but were unable to
bo present at the .meeting. '
Thla la the list of charter members: .
Charles H. Babbitt, J. M. BarstoW. Car
rie Shepard Barstow, Victor B. Bender, F.
Bernhardt. H. W. Binder. Bessie K. Black
R. T. Bryant, D. W. Bushnell. W. N. Clif
ford, John K. Cooper, Alice Cooper, W. 8.
Cooper, John P. Davie. Mary E. Dalley,
F W. Dean. J. C. DeHaven, Henry De
"Ixjng, Nathan P.- Dodge, Caroline L.
Dodge, Orenvllle M. Dodge. J. D. Edmund:
son. L. C. Empkle. Tonarl Everett, JO. P.'
Fitch. H. H. Field. John M. Galvln. A. O
Graham, D. Fred Grass, Cnnrad Geise,' sr..
Richard Green, Stella O. Glbba, Charles M.
. Marl, Harriet Slead llarl. E. Huntington,
Mrs. E. HimUncrion, J. J. Hughes, F. T. C.
Johnson. Mrs. S. tV Key. William J. Lev-
?reUi W' e- Myn. 8. T. McAtee, J. R
McPh?rson, Lettle D. Montgomery, . C. M.
, Oberholtxer. CharUa , T, Officer, James
O Connor. J. II. Pace. Carrie E. Pace. Mrs
Anna B.. Phelps, John A. Price, Walter R.
Price. W. B. Reed.. G. G. Rice, Margaret
E. Sherman, E. . L. Bhugart. Walter I.
Smith,. Effie Moore Smith, Cyrus H. Strt-et,
If. A.. Terry. W. H. .Thomas, Hubert L.
T1"'.. "f- Tostevln. 8. G. Underwood.
&. G- Wadsworth. W. W. Wallace. Peter
els, E L, Woodbury, James Wlckham. .;
OeorgeV. Klein. IB South Main street
Phones: lnd. 710 Black; Bell, Mi. .
T0 TOU WANT SOMETHING CLEAN
TN COAL? TRT BOCLDER NEXT,
CLEAN A9 WOOD AND MUCH CHEAP
ER. SOLD ONLT BY THE COUNCIL
BLUFFS COAL AND ICE COMPANY
EITHER PHONB T2. - , '
Ferns and cut flowers at reasonable
rices at Herman Bros.', florists. 10 Peirt
treat. Bell 'phone 62J; lnd. C4 Black.
Boy Crashed Between Cure.
Roy Mann, the 12-year-old son ' of Paul
Mann, 1201 Eighth avenue, was killed yes.
lerday morning In. tho local yards of tho
Rock Island railroad while attempting, It
waa stated, to climb between two freight
cars which formed part of a long, string
of cars, standing on a aldetrack near tha
roundhouse. A switch engine humped
Some more cars Into the string, causing
those standing on the track to move atif.
flclcntly to catch young Mann between tha
bumpers of the care he was passing he
tween. The boy's chest was crushed In
and he was also eut about the head. Death
' was almost Instantaneous. The body was
removed. to Cutler's undertaking establish
ment order of Coroner Trey nor. and
was later taken to the boy's home. Dr.
Treynor, atsted that an Inquest would be
unnecessary .
beer health sustaining.
T be sure of ygood beer
Bute it a pmot to ask fo
tmm Ola? Caeat Blatu
-The hop bitters act as an
appetizer and digestant and
the malt nourishes. Drink
"Blatz" ' with your meals.
Have it on the family table
and enjoy iu benefits.
BLATZ COMPANY,
. Wholesale) Dealers,
W& Doug-Ua St Omaha, Neb.
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Both 'Phones 43.
GAMBLING HOCSES CLOSED
Four Placet in Council Bluffs. Sap
pressed After Byers Talks.
ATTORNEY GOEEAL DEALS BLOW
nday Mht He Makes Vlaroroaa A d
dresa Coademalna; Resorts and
' Declaring- for Eaforcemeat '
f the Law.
Four gambling houses Of Council F.luffs
were closed this morning by Chief of Police
Richmond. Tills Is a. direct result of the
address made at the First Congregational
church Sunday by Attorney General p.yers.
Between 126 and 150 men are thrown out of
employment by tho order. '
In his address on "Law Enforcement"
last evening at the First Presbyterian
church, Council Bluffs, Attorney Gen
eral H. W. Byers hlanded hi
subject. without glove. did not
mince his ' words and dealt what la
believed to be a solar plexus blow to
gambling In the city of Council Bluffs.
"I am determined to, do my duty, no
matter whom it hits or whom it hurts,"
Mr. Byers declared during the course of
his extended address and It was, evident
that he meant what he said when he
alluded to County Attorney J. J. Hss,
Judge O. D. Wheeler of the district
court and others whose names he did not
mention but whose Identtty was clear
to the audience.
The attorney general 'was greeted by
an audience which not only filled the
large main auditorium of the chur h but
the spacious parlors and Sunday-school
rooms opening from It. Every available
foot of standing room was occupied and
many late arrivals, being unable to se
cure seats or even standing room, turned
away. , Assisting. In the meeting were
the pastors of several of the churches.
Rev. Charles Mayne, president of tha
Ministerial association, which had In
vited Mr.. Byers to speak,- presided.
. - Address ef Mr. Brers.
In opening, Mr. Byers declared that
he was not from Des Moines but from
Harlan, in .the same congressional dis
trict as Council Bluffs, that fie was a
neighbor of tha people In the audience,
many of whom were his most Intlmye
and dearest friends. "I am Intereated
In your city, I am Interested In your
boys and your girls, I am interested In
you all and that is why I am here to
night," ha aaid. ,
"CoiinciJ Bluffs," he continued, "Is a
veritable Garden of Eden and' it is a crime
that it should have Its plague spots. Every
beautiful picture has It, dark, wide, and so,
unfortunately, . has Council ' Bluffs." He
thrn launched forth In his arraignment of
the gambling houses and the authorities
who permitted their existence. He told
of appeals which had been fnade to him by
women whole ' husbands claimed to have
lost their money in these places, ot broken
hearted motiicrs whore sons gambled, and
.then," referring to the 11,000 revenue de
rived monthly by the city from these
houses, he ' dramatically exclaimed,' "Far
hotter were It that Council Bluffa should
fs,IMnto )he Missouri liver and never come
0X1 1 agajn. Jf.'lts existence depended', upon
this revenue," 'which declaration." was
greeted with loud applause.
He admitted that he had been In the past
somewhat to blame for not raising his
voice against . these conditions before, but
he had" now come to a realisation of what
was due from him and henceforth he In-'
tended to use his voice and authority to
bring about a better state of affairs.
Plea for Mr. Hess.
He said thai he Lad during the after
noon had an interview with City Attorney
Hess and that Mr. Hess had assured him
he would do all In his power to enforce the
laws of the state. -"Give, him another
chance," said the attorney, general. "He
means to do right and will do right, I know
he will. Why. 1 had thoroughly made up
my mind that if nobody else would, I
myself would bring tha necessary proteed
lugs to remove him from office, but I am
now sure he will do what Is right." Mr.
Byers Is understood to have had reference
to the enforcing of the saloon laws at this
point in his address.
Mr. Byers spoke at some length In refer
ence to the suits brought against every
saloon in Pottawattamie county byWolin
Brown of Kansas, and he more than criti
cised the countyaltorney for appearing .on
behalf of some of the saloonkeepers be
cause Brown was not a resident ot the
county. He also criticised "the action of
the Judge In theae cases. He admitted
that it was contended that the suits were
not brought In good faith by Brown, but In
sisted that it did not alter the case any.
Speaking briefly about tha enforcement
I ot ,lie ,uw" sovcrnlng the saloons, Mr,
Byers said: Six months ago It would
.not be believed that anything could bo
done to bring about a better condition with
reference to the saloons. I believe, how
ever, that I ara safe in saying that on this
Sunday night there is not in the whole
state ofkIowa one single open saloon."
In closing. Mr. Byera availed himself of
the opportunity of paying an elaborate
tribute to Governor Cummins, whom ho
extolled as the grandest, greatest and most
upright governor that Iowa had ever had.
ECONOMY COAL IS THE GREATEST
SELLER IN COUNCIL BLUFFS. CALL
ft. SOLD ONLT BV THE COUNCIL
BLUFFS COAL AND ICE COM PANT.
Ohio Mas Under Arrest. -
Howard Richardson, the young man ar
rested In tha city at the request of the
authorities of Springfield, O., where he
was said to be wanted to answer a charge
of forgery, was taken back to Ohio last
evening by Officer Thomas Jones, who ar
rived from Springfield yesterday morning.
According to Officer Jones, young : Rich
ardson, who waa a driver for i coal firm,
forged the name of hla employer to four
teen checks ranging from 116 to S22. A
companion of Richardson, alleged to have
been implicated in the forgeries, waa ar
rested two weeks ago in Richmond, lnd.
Rl.-hardeon,. Officer Jones aaid. waa born
and ralaed in Springfield, and as he re
ceived his weekly, wages in checks, he 'had
no difficulty In cashing the forged paper.
rltiir Sal.
All our beautiful art calendars .are on
aale at pne-thlrd off. Our line was excep
tionally handsome . and varied this year,
and thia sale gives you an opportunity to
secure a dainty gift for a friend;, or prlata
for your club or party, at absurdly low
prices.-
, . ALEXANDER S ART STORE.
. Hi Broadway.
Pictures and plotur framing. Jensea
Nlctiolalsea, Masonlo Templar '
Isaorovesneat t'loba to Meet.
Unless a call la iaaued for an earlier date,
the Federation of City Improvement Clubs
will holi another meeting Saturday even
ing, February L to further discuss caodl-
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dates for city offices and the approaching
municipal campaign In general.
The new nffieera of the dub are: Presi
dent, I.. L. Foston; secretary, Thomas Q.
Harrison; treasurer; J. H. Swarti. 1 The
following, repreaentlng the several Im
provement clubs, are vice presidents: O J.
McManus, First Wsrd club; M. P. Schmidt,
Fslrmount club; Otto Pkodsholm. South
Bide club: W. C. Boyer. West End club;
A. C. Keller. West Council Bluffs club.
Two Great Essentials
In getting glasses that will do your eyes
the most good:: First, the ability of the
refractlonlst; ' second, the quality of ' the
stock and lenses used. We use only the
best stock and grind all our own lensea
to fit each case. As to ability, my success
ful business tells this fact. Dr. W. W.
Magarrell, optometrist.' 10 Pearl street.
Tlre Is nothing nicer In a home than
music. We have on hand a big- stock of
organs, ranging in price from S3 up. Buy
an organ now. and wo will take It back
as part pay on a piano later. A. Hospe Co..
3 Pearl St. and S. Main. Council Bluffs.
Insanity Chitra-e Against Dr. Gels.'
MARSHALLTOWN, la., Jan. 20.-(8pe-clal
Telegram.) Dr. H. L. Got, .who was
detained In an Omaha Jail to prevent him
committing suicide, was brought here early
this morning, accompanied by Dr. Whln
ery of Omaha. Information charging In
sanity was filed by Secretary E. Z. Mack
of the local Elks, of which Gets Is a
member.
Gets is being guarded In a hotel by his
friends. It Is feared he will become un
manageable when he learns he Is to be
arraigned before the corhmissioners of In
sanity Monday morning.
The present pllghfof Dr. Gets is another
climax' In the history of a once prominent
man and a family that until recently lived
In affluence.
No physician of Marshalltown ever at
tained preater heights in hln-profession
or has htla more local public office than
has Dr. Gtts. For years he was surgeon
for. the Northwestern, and for a time he
was .resident of the National Association
of Railway Surgeons. He has held the
offices of councilman, director of the city
school district, city physician, and for
eight ears he was postmaster.
N. V. Plumbing Co. Tel. 260. Night, L6H.
loat .Neves Kotea.
CRESTON-Wllllam Dooley, a resident of
this place, who entered a -plea -of gu'lty
to breaking Into a merchandise car at
Villlsca, has Just been sentenced to ninety
days In the Red Oak Jail.
MARSHALLTOWN A telegram wSs
received here today announcing the
death at Uplands, Cel., of Dr. John R.
White, a former well known dentist! of
this city. The funeral will bo held at
Uplands.
CRESTON Rev. George W. Hanna of
Westchester, la., has accepted a call ex
tended by the United Presbyterian church
of this place, to become its pastor. The
cell bore tlte signature of every member
of the church.
MARSHALLTOWN A foreign mis
sionary rally of the central district of
the Christian church, comprising Mar
ahall, Franklin. Story. Hamilton, Floyd
and Cerro Gordo counties, will be h'd
In the Christian church Of this, city
Monday. - 1 '
CRESTON-H. M; Greenway, a Taylor
county man has Just been given a ver
dict of B,0f), the full amount asked by
him,' for serious personal Injuries sustained
last July, when a bridge in the north part
of the county collapsed as he was cross
ing It. .
CORNING H. Greenway. who was In
jured last spring by a bridge giving -way
while driving over it, was awarded Si.WO
damages here yesterday by the Jury, , The
case waa brought here from Taylor count v.
H Is probable n, appeal will l taken by1
Taylor county.. .
WATERLOO Bradley Ives, a biske
man on the Illinois Central railway, has
brought .suit against the company for
SUO.OOO, claiming to have ' received per
manent Injuries last March while en
gaged In coupling cars. The accident
occurred at Dorrls on a train westbound
from this city. ,
CRESCENT-W. W. Ktansberry. owner
of a saw mill one milfc west of Crescent,
was painfully Injured while oiling a raphllv
revolving shaft.' The mitten on his rlKht
hand was caught and his hand drawn
under the belt on the pully. His hand was
badly mashed, though no part will have
to be amputated.
CRESTON The hook and ladder com
pany of the fire department Is planning to
hold its annual fair soon. A committee
has been appointed to prepare a written
record of t lie early days of the depart
ment, as well as of later years, for publi
cation In a history of Union county whic!i
Is being published here.
ONAWA At a meeting of the execuilve
board of the public library, a committee
constating of Addison Oliver, R. K. Hol
brook. A. Kindall and C. H. Huntington
was appointed to take up the- preliminary
work of the new library building, to lie.
built next spring. The new,, building is
likely to be two stories and modern in all
respects.
WATERLOO While Mrs. Edward
Chapman of thla city was on her wav to
the theater with her husband and
nephew, William Fisher of Des Molne.
she aank to the sidewalk and expired
from heart failure before a physician
could be summoned. Funeral services
will be held Monday in Sc. Joseph's
Catholic church.
MOORHEAD Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, January i9, 30 and 31, have been
fixed as the date of the farmers' Institute
for Monona county, to be held here. Janu
ary 31) is ladles' day, and Miss Neel S.
Knowlea will deliver a lecture that day
both morning and evening. Will C. Whit
ing, president, is working ' hard to make
the meeting a success. Good speakers will
be in attendance,
CRESTON-The school board Is formu
lating plans for an $1000 or UO.OvJb addition
to the South Hide ward school. It will be
necessary for a vote of the cltlsens on the
question In March, but no oppoNltlon is
expected, as the required amount of money
for this Improvement Is In the hands of
the treasurer and no extra tax will need
be levied. The object of the Doard Is to
secure additional room for manual training
quarters, and the buildings in that part of
town are too crowded.
CEDAR FALLrS Dr. D. W. Fahs. pas
!T of,.t,,e Presbyterian church of
this city, will on Sunday officiate at
the funeral aervlces of Miss Rose Uoen
of Independence. The deceased was 11
popular daughter of Editor Goen of the
Independent Conservative. eighteen
years of age. who received fatal injuries
while horseback riding on Tuesday even
ing, being thrown from her steed, which
became unmanageable. Hie was, an ex
pert horsewoman. Dr. Fahs was for
merly her pastor.
FORT JMilMJE Mr. and Mra. F. E.
Walrod of thin city have Just cele
brated the fifty-third anniversary of
their marriage. Although Mr. Walrod
is T5 and hi wife is two years his
Junior, each la in excellent health. It
is the ambition of.iriH venerable couple
to be able to pass the sixtieth innlver
sary of their married life together. Mr.
Walrod has been a resident of this state
for the last fifty-six years, while his
wife came to this state In 1842, when
Iowa was yet a part of the vast terri
tory of Wisconsin., They were married
in 1R5S in . Clinton county, where they
lived until eighteen years ago. when
they moved to Webster county. They
have lived here for the last three years.
MARSHALLTOWN Retail milk deal
ers of the city m:de preparathAs to
fight the new city milk inspection or
dinance by perfecting a temporary or
ganization and employing an attorney
this afternoon. Permanent nrgunlsall n
Is to be perfected at a meeting to be
held next Wednesda'y. The milk deal
era are making the contention mat the
ordinance should not be put into force
until the next legislature meets next
winter, when It la expected that a state
milk inspection law will l pasd.
They also complain that the ordinance
does not give tliem any remuneration
for animals- slaughtered, when found
suffering from tuberculosla. an they say
it Is contemplated to embody In the
state law. In the meantime all of the
dealera have been served with notice
that Inspection will be made during a
atated period.
Frlaateaed lata Kits
by fear of appendtcitia. take Dr. King's
New Life Pills, and away goes bowel trouble-
Guaranteed. 3c. Bold by Beaton
Drug Ca,
ALL TO MEET AT DES MOINES
Republican State Committee of Iowa
Issues Call. ,
DISTRICT COMMITTEE FREE TO ACT
' T
Conventions May BeJIeM Elsewhere,
bat aseatlon Made They
father with State Con
vention. (From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, Jan. (Spoclal.)-Itt Is
suing the call for the first state conven
tion, the republican central committee
framed it to bring the congressional dis
trict conventions to Des Moines at the same
time as the stato conventions, provided the
district committees wisTi. The stste com
mittee has pointed out this baa been the
custom In ihc past, and while an argu
ment In favor of bringing them here in
accordance with past custom could not be
Incorporated Into a call, the committee
favors the custom of the past. At the
same time the way Is left open for other
plans if the districts desire.
The state committee call says:
It Is recommended that the several dis
trict conventions as provided (In the call
of the national committee) be called to
meet at the same time and place as the
state convention. In accordance with the
universal custom of this state, and that
the h.iur of the convening of these several
conventions be fixed st the same time as
that of the district caucuses, at 10 o'clock
a. m. of March IS, 1908. The state commit
tee v.ill provide separate balls for the hold
ing of these caucuses and district conven
tions. J
The caucuses referred ta are held the
forenoon of the dsy the state convention is
held, for the purpose of selecting tho rep
resentatives of that district to serve on 'he
resolutions, credentials and other commit
tees. It Is presumed the district congres
sional committees will call their conven
tions at the time suggested, when they will
select their delegates to the national con
vention. '
Democratic Dally.
There is another move here to establish
a democratic paper, using the Des Moines
Tribune as the starting point. Recently
Mr. Rhlnehart endeavored to raise sub
scriptions for the sale of stock In such a
venture. It is understood the present own
ers of the Tribune were' to put in their
plant and .good will at a certain figure for
stock, the balance, of the capital stock to
be raised In subscriptions In cash. ' The
scheme fell through, since after a consid
erable amount of" work only S4.000 was
raised In subscriptions, when It was neces
sary to raise JtO.000.
Now, however, the scheme has been taken
up again. Others are endeavoring to raise
the SIO.C00. One wealthy citizen "7ho re
fused to take any stock before refused
again, but finally, o it Is reported, prom
ised to make a present of 110,000 to such a
venture. This somewhat -stroigthened the
backbone jof the scheme and It has renewed
life. It Is claimed" tho scheme will proba
bly succeed.
. The democrats ' have long wanted a
newspaper, here; ever slpce the old Leader
waa consolidated with the Register. There
have been numerous unsuccessful efforts
to Interest Hearst In the field.
Kooati Dress Oat.
Hon. George Vf Koonta father of dem
ocracy In the housa.tor several' sessions
of the Iowa legislature, will not again rep
resent Johnson conntyt While In this city
tha other .dayjMl-,' Koontx ' declared he
woufd not ask re-election Vrom the Johnson
district. He bam!tb the legislature at the
session of, the Twenty-eighth General as
sembly in'lSOO ami has represented Johnson
county five 'sessions.' At the last session
he, waa called "fbhe speaker's chair and
amid proper solemnities was presented with
a red necktie. He lias been the democratic
choice' for speaker at times, and has been
recognized as a valuable legislator, and in
the perfecting of bills he has contributed
valuable1 efforts. Thus far it Is not known
that sentiment" in'that county has centered
upon anyone for Ma successor.
" Ideal Sehool Officer.
State Superintendent Riggs has found a
school officer In Amsterdam township of
Buchanan county who la an officer after
his own hrart. He is Ole T. RckauKrud.
He has subscribed for an educational Jour
nal for each of the school directors of that
township and has two or three school Jour
nals himself. He buys books on educa
tional subjects arid reads them, and as a
result of his efforts that township never
engages a teacher that does not have a
first grade certificate and never pays less
than 45 a month wages. At the reoent
1 meeting of the school officers, Mr, Rlck-
ausrud took a trading part in the discus
sion of educational matters and showed
clearly that he Is an officer acquainted
with the work.
Whs Gets tha Honor t
There has been something of a contest
between the Live Stock exchange of Chi
cago and the Corn Belt Meat Producers
association of Iowa over who is entitled to
the credit for winning the suit before the
Interstate Commerce commission to get the
switching charge on live stock at Chicago
cut down from $ a car to SI a car. The
suit waa started by the Uve Stock ex
change and was In its name, and it there
fore has tho prima facte evidence. But the
Corn Belt Meat Producers claim that the
Live Stock exchange laid down and that
the Corn Belt Meat Producers came in as
Intervenors and with Judge Cowan of
Texas as their attorney won the suit. It
is understood the Live Stock exchange
claims tho Interstate Commerce commis
sion has never . recognized the Corn Belt
Meat Producers.
The meat producers now claim advantage
becaube the Interstate Commerce commis
sion came to Dea Moines, the home of the
Corn Belt Meat Producers' association, to
hold the hearing on the collection of the
refund of SI a car, which the commission
ordered paid back to the' feeders. The
suit to recover Ihls money was started by
the meat producers, who retained Attorney
Strock of this city to act as attorney for
the members of the association.
Sslnal Meningitis.
Spinal meningitis is being reported to
the State Board of Health again. The re
ports this winter are coming from the
southern part of the state, where there
have been some deaths.
school Directory Issued.
There were J. 142 less teachers employed
in the public schools of Ioma during the
year 1807 than during the year 1906 and
they were, paid S381,&x more than during
19n. These figures come from the Iowa
Educational Directory, Just issued by the
state superintendent of public instruction.
The same information shows there were
leas pupils enrolled during .1907 than 1904.
The .enrollment In 1908 was 6(9.449, with
18,610 previously enrolled In other schools,
and In 117 there aero 632.677, with only 12,.
741 previously enrolled. Counting out these
that are counted twice the enrollment is
lt.l.1.. . a.
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riouop a aupipauj Ju&Uf
'tqlnoo snoiusd iiatuan
mdntqno3 9n,iadap't"no3pio
about 19C) less than the year before.
There Is also a noticeable tendency toward
consolidation of schools, for there are 13.J15
school houses for 1907 and 13.M7 for
t altoem Classification.
There will be two meetings next week
of special Interest and Importance to next
year's Iowa State fair. One Is a meeting
of the managers of tho Iowa. Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Indiana fairs, which will be
held on consecutive dates this yesr. Tho
purpose of the meeting will be to arrange
a schedule of attractions. By those, four
fairs coming on consecutive dates, agree
lng on certain big attractions, they can
stcure such attractions much raster than
otherwise.
Reprenentatlves of all the western state
fairs will meet for the purpose of agreeing
on a uniform classification for premiums
in stock and other exhibits. The matter Is
one of more Importance thanN appears on
the surface, both to the patrons of the
fair and the exhibitors. Where the classi
fications are uniform the exhibitors by
familiarising themselves with one classi
fication know what conditions they must
meet at all the fairs.
The Iowa State fair this year will be
two days longer than heretofore. It Is
about the first held In the country, the
date being August 10 to 3, and most of the
big herds or stock and big exhibitors ot
other lines will start In their exhibits at
thla place fresh and in prime condition. A
full program of races and other attractions
will be put on this year on Saturday and
run through to the following Saturday.
Heretofore It has not. opened till Sunday
and then tha Sunday attraction has been
mainly the band concert.
OMAHA ROAD EMPLOYES MEET
Trainmen and Aarents Hear Talk on
Economy by General Manaarer.
SIOUX CITT. Ia., Jan. 30.-(Special Tele
gram.) Five hundred employes of the
operating department of the Chicago, St.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad com
pany gathered In Sioux City yesterday and
studied lessons of economy. The meeting
was called by Division No. 232. Order of
Railway Conductors, of which George Car
ter of Omaha is chairman. The meeting
which was held In the old Masonic building
was presided over by J. D. Condlt of Min
neapolis, a conductor on the Wisconsin
division, who Is chairman of the board of
trustees of the national organization and
also chairman of the Jurisprudence com
mittee. Employes came from Wisconsin. Minne
sota. Iowa and Nebraska, and included the
general manager, three division superin
tendents, all the assistant superintendents,
master mechanics, traveling engineers,
englnemen, trainmen, yardmasters, tele
graph operators and station agents. Free
transportation for the trip was furnished
by the company and special trains were
run for the accommodation of the employes
on Nebraska branches.
. The immense popularity of A. W. Trcn
holm, general manager for the company,
was shown by the majiner in 'which he
was treated by the men. Mr. Trenholm
in his main address talked for about an
hour and a half. He said if every employe
would turn in and help save the road a
little the total amount of the saving would
be large. He aaid it waa necessary to
resort to the strictest economy Just now!
He stated that decrease In earnings had
set in at the time of the beginning of the
financial stress in October. The decrease
was S200000 in one month and $311,000 In
another month, and for the first week In
January the decrease was Sfi7,000. He dwelt
especially upon the saving which might
be made in coal.
He asked the trainmen to be careful of
lamps, and urged the station agents to
look after the little things. It was de
veloped that agents have not been living
up to instructions in regard to looking after
excess baggage. Too many times the ward
of a passenger has been taken and "one
had not been charged for excess weight.
From thla time on every trunk regarding
which there is any doubt will be weighed.
Brief talks were made by men in all de
partments. Including P. Hayes of Omaha,
for the telegraph operators; George Carter
of Omaha, for the conductors; E. E.
Nlcoles of Omaha, for the superintendents;
J. F. Balllnger of Tekamah, Neb.,' for the
agents.
UNEMPLOYED TO CHURCH
Morrison I. Swift of Boston and Hla
"Army" Worship with Fash
ionable Conarrea-atlon.
BOSTON, Jan. 20. An "army of the un
employed," numbering about 300, under the
leadership of Morrison I. Swift, who last
week presented petitions for aid at the
state house anil city hall, assembled on
Boston common today and rvarched unex
pected to the Trinity ;;t: , in Copley
square, where Rev. Alexander Mann, the
rector, waa delivering a sermon before the
usual aristocratic congregation. The men
filed quietly into the church and were
assigned to scats after the ushers had re
covered from their surprise. .
Just before Dr. Mann was to begin his
sermon a note was sent to him by one
of the visitors, asking him to preach "on
the duty of tho state and city to the un
employed," and to have a collection taken
up for tho benefit of the unemployed of
Boston. 4
Dr. Mann read the communication aloud
and stated that as the program of the day's
services had been made In advance, he
could not change It; also that the colloc
tlno of the day waa for tho benefit of
the foreign missions. He said he waa glad
the men had come, that he would be will
ing to talk upon the topic desired next
Sunday and to take up such a collection
as was asked for.
When the services were over Swift at
tempted to read a set of resolutions from
the steps of the library, but the gathering
waa broken up by the police. Proceeding
to a vacant lot In the Back bay, he suc
ceeded in getting his resolutions before
his followers and in having them adopted.
They condemned in general the governor
for having, aa they claimed, driven tho
unemployed from the steps of .the state
house by his orders last week.
CONSTANTINE TRIES SUICIDE
Murderer of Mrs. Gentry of Chicago
l.eapa from Hereslk Gallery
ot Prljion.
JOLIET. 111.. Jan. 20 -Frank J. Constan
tlne, who ia serving a life sentence in the
state penitentiary here for the murder of
Mrs. Louis Gentry In Chicago, attempted
to commit suicide lant night by leaping
from the seventh gallery of the prison. He
fell thirty feet to the stone floor of the
cell house. He was unconscious tonight
and Is believed to bo dying.
Constant Ine had been under special guard
of late because of marked despondency.
Last night while the sentry wss a few feet
from him he stepped from his cell to the
balcony and auddenly vaulted the railing.
Mrs. Gentry waa murdered at her apart
ments In LaSalle avenue In January, 190$.
Constantino was a boarder in the liouso.
Ho fled to Europe, but later returned to
New Tork, whera he was arrested.
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Tho hftplc ia t,h mainsnrino nf
woman's organism. It quickly calls
attention to trouble by achiny. It
tells, with other symptoms, such as
nervousness, headache, pains in the
loins, weight In the lower part of
the body, that a woman's feminine
organism needs immediate attention.
In such cases the one sure remedy
which RpeedilT removes the cause,'
and restores the feminine organism
to a healthy, normal condition is
LYDIAEsPINKtHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
Mrs. Will Young, of 6 Columbia
Ave., Rockland, Me., says :
" I was troubled for a long- time with
dreadful backaches and a pain ia my
side, and was miserable in every way.
I doctored until I was discouraged and
thought I would never get well. I read
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound had done for others and
decided to try it i after taking three
bottles I can truly say that I nerer felt
o well in my life."
Mrs. Augustus Lyon, of East Earl,
Pa., writes to Mrs. Pinkham :
"I had rery severe backaches, and
pressing-down pains, I could not sleep,
and had no appetite. Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound cured me
and made me feel like a new woman."
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. link
ham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has leen the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, flatulency, indiges
tion,dizziness,or nervous prostration.
feCHO" OF DIAMOND SWINDLE
Man Who Has Formula for Making
. Geiua r.aneralshcs In Paris
Prison.
PARIS. Jan. 20. The ramifications of the
case of Lemoine, "the diamond maker,"
whom Sir Julius Wernher of the DeBeers
Mining company is prosecuting for swind
ling him out of JS-'O.OOO, Is attracting much
attention, not only In France, but in Eng
land and throughout Europe generally. The
case In one particular bears a resemblance
to all the. recent great swindles, such a
the Humbert safe mystery In France, the
Chadwlck affair in America and the Druce
case in England, namely, its solution de
pends upon a secret beyond the reach of
investigators.
Eemoine's formula for the manufacture
of diamonds is securely locked up In a
bank In London, the officials of which,
upon Lemonle's demand, refuse to deliver
It to the French court, which desires to
make a trial of Its efficacy in the presence
of experts who are now examining rpecl
mena of diamonds I.cmonie claims to have
manufactured.
Meanwhile, Lemoine, who a few years
ago was a cunvasser for an advet Using
firm, but who since he began his p.-escnt
operations has lived luxuriously in a mag
nificent house In tho Rue rigalle, lan
guishes in jail, offering if released to repeat
his experlo'Pn'" u,"l prove the legitimacy
of his invention.
While Wernher Is convinced that he was
duped by clever legerdemain and the public
is amused at the many ctirlous Incidents
of the case, there is enough division of
opinion In the scientific camp to keep up
a lively interest In the affairs. SclentiHts
point out that the substitution of a genuine
diamond in an electric furnace would bo
Impossible, as the temperature of the elec
tric arc woukl transfornf the diamond into
graphite.
Since Lemoine was arrested It lias de
veloped that he has not confined his opera
tions to M. Wernher. Hu sold a half
Interest in Ills secret to Edgar Cohen in
1901 and through an associate secured $2,0oo
from an American named Sieglman. The
latter, who lives at NetilMy, lias complained
to the police that mysterious attempts have
been made against himself anil his wife
since his connexion with the affair was
revealed.
The latest development is the testimony
of a Paris Jeweler that Iniolne last year
wanted him to put up IdO.OOO and sell
DeKccrs short when he should publish
Wernher'a contract and cover at an enorm
ous profit.
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Whooplng-Cough, Croup,
Bronchitis, Cough,
Diphtheria, Catarrh.
Confidence can be placed in a rem
edy, which for a quarter of a century
has earned unquahlled praise. Kestful
nights are assured at once.
CresoJeno is a Boon to Asthmmtlct
yAU Druggist
SrmJ Hlal for dt-
Oreaolene Antlsentle
Throat Tablets foe the
irritatea turoat, of
your druggist or from
us. 10c. la stamps.
The Vapo-CretrfcM Go,
ISOPiiltMSl ,N.V. I
. t v.-L.-ir. .
The MicoU Plan
IS to gather together at th nd
of oat h Reason's trade the ur
plus stock the odda and ends the
Suit and Trousers lengths snd then
price them at a flRure "-that will rlean
up the stock quickly. " '
Your suit order this week will In
clude an extra pair of t rouse ri for
price of Suit alone. f t
Suit and Extra Trousers $25 ta S4S
WILLIAM JEKrtKMS' SON'S. .
20-ll So. 15tii St.
s.omeseekers'
Fares
are now in effect, to many
points in Kansas, Col
orado, Utah, Wyoming,
Idaho, Montana, Oregon
and Washington. Both
irrigated and unirrigated
land maybe bonght cheap
in all these states. No oth
er part of the world has
greater or more valuable
opportunities to offer to
intelligent and . indus
trious seekers for homes
and competence than have
the above states. ;
EVERY FIRST AND TIIIRO
TUESDAY
of each month during 100S
these low round-trip
tickets will be on -sale
VIA THE -
Union Pacific
For pamphlets mid' in
formation in regard to
rates, inquire at.'.
CITY TICKET OFFICE
1324 TARN AM STREET,'
'Phone Douglas 1828.
y lira, Windows Soot'jilng Syrup ;
Rts
been flsed for over StXlT-FITB TTARS
s
imXtONS of MOTHLU8 for their CHII.rHt.S
WHILE TEEYHINC1. with friiFECT sfoOESlTT
11 tAl. rITHL'a n'lVT, irt 1 . CVT: r
remrl forMAKBHcEA. inli by Kriiiiri In ry
rirt of the world. He iire and 'k for V Mrs Wins
low's Hootliimr fiyrnr." sud Uka no other kind.
Tnty-flv. cent a bottle, Giiraat-4 under ths
Food Ed Dpwi Act, June mb.l. 8r1l Hiimbar
J. AN OLD AND Vv t.' TitlE.lt kULltAJXT,
iivvays the
HAND
SAPOLIO
FOR TOILET AND BATH
Flafers roughened by needlework
catch eery suia and look hopelessly
dirty. Hand Sapollo removes not only
the dirt, but also the loosened. Injured
cuticle, and restores tbt ting r t
iLfitr nmtursi beauty.
Vu GrVC VERS AND DRViOGMTt
Remitter
Cigars..
Let your deslerl
hand you on the
net tlms you.
buy a smoke. It
will convince you
that ths natural
tobacco, free
from . all Injur
ious flavors. Is ths better smoka for yoi
Msds In Omaha and sold svsrywhere
throughout the Trans-Mlssisslppt sountry
rlvs cents.
IVm. Binderup
Ksnufaotarsr of ths Kamittor, rtllt
Msstlafs and Mossy Otatss 01f.
ieaa-14 bt. mamt's ti, oiuii, arx.
name . Jr
L Hairing $
Powder f
p- Rkinff yimAft an Id ' jV
jjr t ss rooaeraf prk. jL
MEN CURED SteM
FOR. Ijj)
WE CTRK. THEN VOU PAT CS OUR FfcUl
Established la Omaha IB Tears, ,
dntSfS Conaultatlon
a WW Cm and examination.
write (or Symptom Blank for House Treatmeat.
Dr. Searles & SoarSos
8. . Cor. 14th and Doug. Sts., Omaha, Nek