NEWS OF 1 NTEREST FROM IOWA
COUNCIL
Office 15 Scott Street.
MIXUIl MENTION.
Pavlii, drugs.
Btockert sella .carpets.
E1 Rogers. Tony Faust beer.
Lewis Cutler, funeral director. 'Phone 87.
Woodrlng Undertaking company. Tel. 839.
For rent, unfurnished rooms. 31 Main 8t.
ricture framing. Alexander's. 333 B way.
liorn. to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rosen,
" Mill street, yesterday, a son.
-.IX..JAT8 TO SEE HOSPE TtF.FORE
vuxiisu A riANO. PEARL, STREET.
For . Tent, four-room flat: hath. Rent,
118.00. WO Worth street. Enquire O. B.
Kimball, Ogden hotel.
White It Is wet and muddv In your back
rard send your family washing to us. We
Will do It right, Uiuff City Laundry. Phone
loll rsn ret better pnnl fne Ainnw
from William Welch, 16 North Main. The
reason why Is because he sellp for cssh.
ttoth 'phones 128. Yard "pbone, Bell 877.
The Indies' Aid society of the West Side
Christian church will hoifl an nil day
esslon Thursday at the resldnce of Mrs.
Knight at Thirty-sixth street and Ave
nue A.
Mrs. Arvllla Field, arrested tinder an In
fJletment charging her with mnlntslnin
tious of 111 fame, secured her release from
the county Jail yesterday on bonds In the
mm oi xjuu.
Tour Inspection of our spring stock of
tarpets linoleum, oil cloth and window
lhade Is Invited, better come early before
ine aiocK is uroKen. u. W. Keller, 103
louth Main street.
O. I Rockwell, charred with anannlt
nd battery on Claude Ilallard, was fined
so ana costs In, Justice Cooper's court yes
terday. The case against the elder Rock
Well was dismissed.
Huber Poe, a painter living at 6 State
si reel, sustained a fracture of the left
limb Frklay afternoon as the result of a
fall from a ladder while working on a
house on Bluff street.
The Board of Supervisors went to Avoca
yesterday 4Uid heard objections to the
assessment lor the drainage ditch to be
ronstructed there. The Ixiard will meet
Thursaay In this city to take final action
In the matter. ,
Why figure and worry about that room
rou ar going to paper? Let us do the
Worrying. We will figure it out to suit
Vou. Come to us, the Unrest and best
fall paper house In southwestern Iowa.
H. Borwlck, 211 South Main street. 'Phorie
Three cases of contagious disease were
reported to the Board of Health yester
Jay. They are Arthur Talsen, 2014 South
Tenth street, and Everett Pippin, Mercy
hospital, diphtheria, and Peter Nelson, 2630
avenue D, smallpox. .
Central chapter of the Woman's guild,
It. Paul's Episcopal church, will meet Mon
lay afternoon with Mrs. C. F. P. Froom,
(44 West Broadway. Momlngslde chapter
svtll meet Monday afternoon with Mrs. H.
V. Battey, 600 East Pierce street.
Thomas Riley, living near Lake Manawa,
rho was taken Into custody a few days
mo on an information chsrglng him with
elng a dipsomaniac, has been placed In
IL Bernard's hospital as a private patient
ind tha cane against him will be dismissed.
The funeral of the late Elmer Harris,
vho died Friday at the home of his aunt,
Mrs. Albert Harris. 1227 East Washington
ivenue, will be held this morning at 11
clock from the church In Hasel Dell town.
hip and Interment will be In the Gregg
eemetery. .
John It. Templeton, former chief of the
fire department of this city, has written
friends here that he has been re-elected
thief of the fire department o( Muskogee,
pkl., which position be has held for the
Vast two years. - He says his salary has
keen raised to tl.SCO, with house rent, light
ind fuel In addition. -
Chairman Hollls of the republican city
Tentral committee has arranged for a politi
cal meeting Monday 'night In the county
ulldlng at Fifth avenue and Twelfth
ttreet. Candidates on both city tickets
re Invited to attend and discuss the Issues
f the campaign. Music will be furnished
fcy a fife and drum corps.
- Tha transfer of 1 tha building and real
. istata owned .and, occupied Jjy .the Minne
apolis Threshing Machine company on
Pearl street to Frohardt Bros, was filed
yesterday, ' The consideration named Is
(8.S00. The Minneapolis Threshing Machine
company will remove to Lincoln, Neb., and
Frohardt Bros.1 will occupy the property
n or before July 1.
Fred Johnson, chief clerk In the Council
Bluffs postofflce and secretary of the local
rlvll service board,, went to Donlson yes
terday to organise and Instruct a civil
Service board of three members In prepara
tion for the city free delivery mall service
Which Is about to be established there. He
f.lsa conducted an examination for carriers,
he successful candidates to take charge
t tha routes under the new system.
. Baal Katate- Transfers.
These transfer were reported to The Bee
March 21 by the; Pottawattamie County Ab
stract company of Council Bluffs:
IS. E. Dillon and wife to Charles E.
Price, w of seV and eV of swVk
and e4 of nw4 of 16-74-44, w d $15,000
Charles K. Price and wife to A. T.
FUcklnger, eV, of seV of 16-74-44,
w d 10,000
W. R Simmons and wife to Allen A.
Fehr. lot 12. block 1, John Johnson's
addition to Council Bluffs, la., w d.. 1,360
John H. Ross to Anna Taylor Flint,
lot 83. Aud's subdivision of se4 of
w4 of 12-75-41). Oakland. la., w d.. 1.S00
C. O. Patterson and wife to Anna L.
Bevers. lot 11. block 37, Beers' sub
division In Council Bluffs, la., w d.. 900
Ellzabth ScJioup and husband to S.
J. Harris, , lot 6, block 4,,8ackett's
ad dirt ion to CouncH Bluffs, la..'w d.. 850
O. Dtederlch to William, J. Langbthn,
lot 5. block 13. Avoca, la., s w d S3)
Leona K. Fauble and husband to C.
Q. Fatterauitt lot 11, Work 87, Beers'
subdivision .In Council Bluffs, la.,
w 1 ....... 650
FT !V. BOkemper to Cv T. Frary, lot
I, Mock S. Central subdivision in
Council Bluffs, la., w d 400
Ferdinand Hetas -and wife to Maria
Wornholdt, lot 14, block SO, Avoca,
la., w d 175
Edward Kehra to P. K. and Christine
CHseu, lot S, block 4. O. P. of Oak
land, la . w d 260
Monroe I Spougler and wife to
Thomas Vaughn, lot t. block 7. orlgl- .
nnl town of Walnut, la., q c d 1
Nellie Keller Peck and husband to
Allen A. Fehr, lot 12, block 1. John
Johnson's addition to Council Bluffs,
la., q o d..,., l
li
Thirteen transfers, total 133,027
Every slice
an invitation
Get Cold Mtdal Flour and
fou will be sure to have splen
did bread. Don't put it off call
lap the grocer now and order
Washburn-Crosby's
Gold Medal Flour
Every slice of bread will be an
invitation to take another slice.
. The secret lies in the wheat and
pic milting'.
Gold
Medal
Flour
' llu.... Ill 1
For Sale
by Grocers
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BLUFFS
Both 'Phones 43. v
WADSWORTB LONG ON TALK
Temporary Chairman of Democratic
Convention Weariei Hearers.
BES0LUTI0NS LONG AS SPEECH
Everything 'ot Democratic ? peel tic
ally Mentioned and Condemned
In Dm Form Delegates
Selected.
The democrats of Pottawattamie county,
who held a convention In the county court
house yesterday afternoon to select twenty
two delegates to the sfate convention at
Cedar Kaplds on March X. sat for a whole
hjur listening to Attorney 8. 11. Wadworlh,
the temporary chairman, arraign the re
publican party from President Roosevelt
down to the youngest deputy in the office
of the county treasurer. Armed with a
mass of figures and entries from the
records of the Board of County Super
visors Mr. Wadsworth charged the republi
can county officeholders with almost every
crime on the calendar, much to the edifica
tion and at times amusement of his some
what limited audience.
The convention was called to order at 2
O'clock by A. W. Casady, chairman of the
democratic county central committee, who
named Mr. Wadsworth as temporary chair
man. Lee Evans was selected as temporary
secretary. It was 8 o'clock before Mr.
Wadsworth Informed the convention that
he "would not tire them any morer' and
the gathering got down to business.
The following committees were appointed
by the chair:
Resolutions W. IT. Schuri, J. W. Crow,
W. I). Hardin, Dr. D. Jackson and C. M.
Crlppen.
Delegates J. J. Hughes J. N, Casady,
Jr., Dr. T. H. Lacey, B. B. Dentlcr and
C. A. Sample..
Resolutions Adopted.
The formality of a permanent organiza
tion was dispensed with and W H. Schuri
on behalf of the committee on resolutions
offered the following, which were promptly
adopted:
That we renew our allegiance to the fore
sight and wisdom of our forefathers, in es
tablishing a nation built upon equal rights
to all and special privileges to none.
That we still adhere to the great prin
ciples of human justice, equal rights and
public conscience set forth by the Im
mortal Jefferson In the Declaration of In
dependence, and by our forefathers In the
adoption of the Constitution of the United
States.
That we deplore the refusal and failure
of the republican administration to reduce
the tariff and reform the tariff schedules
In the Interest of the common people of our
country.
That we severely censure tho president
and secretary of war for their apread-eagle
parade of our battleships In foreign pirts
at an expense of millions of dollars, lit or
der to distract the attention of our own
people from our combination of "prosperity
and panic;" from the thousands of unem
ployed and from the millions of our labor
ing classes who are compelled to toll at re
duced, starvation wagfs as a result of laws
passed for the benefit of the few and
against the masses of our common people.
That we strongly recommend that our
present "do-nothing congress" do adjourn,
snd .that Admiral Evans' fleet remain on
the Paclflo coast; that the proposed parade
around the world be abandoned, and that
the millions of dollars saved thereby be
used In Irrigating western lands, so that
our own people may be benefited and our
nation strengthened within. '
That we condemn all forms of grafting
In publlo office, either" in the nation, state
or county, and that we heartily commwnd
all officers, regsrdless of party af flllatktn,
who have exercised the functions of their
office In the punishment of such offenders.
That we recognise In our obnoxious tariff
laws tho source of all predatory wealth and
the enormous corruption In public and pri
vate life whereby the Innocent and helpless
are defrauded out of their Just dues, and
we emphatically condemn the president ot
the United States for his eowBrdlre In rec
ommending that the revision of the tariff
laws he postponed until after the national
election.
That we condemn tha republican party In
this senntorlal district for its duplicity In
Its claim that it la In favor of terminal
railroad taxation, while it voted to send
railroad attorneys to represent them In
the house and senate, and has kept on the
statute bonks, for nearly a half a century,
a law keeping the assessment of railroad
property In the hands and under the con
trol of the state board.
That we condemn the grafting of unlaw
ful fees by the county officers of Pottawat
tamie county and demand that they be
brought to Justice to answer fur their mis
deeds. That we renew our allegiance to the In
terests and hopes of the masses as against
the selfish Interests of tho classes, to the
passage of laws that will foster and en
courage the development of the natural re
sources of our great country without fear
or favor, and that will bring ptace, com
fort and happiness to "all our people, all
the time."
That in pursuance of the principles herein
set forth, we ask that the honest convic
tions of all cltlsens ot thts great country,
regardless of party affiliations, to Join us
and aid us in accomplishing a condition of
government and law that will redound to
the glory of our nation and the advance
ment of the interests of our whole people.
That what little reform the president has
advocated in the Interests of the common
people In the past r few years has been
forced upon him, to a great extent, by the
untiring energy and matchless power of
William J. Bryan, whose voice In the In
terest of the cause of honesty and hu
manity has sounded the world over for the
last twelve years. In the strict Integrity,
In the unimpeachable character, In the tru
est and noblest type of American cltlsen
shlp of William J. Bryan we are glad to
recognise the man best fitted to occupy
the White House for the next presidential
term.
Instruct for Wadsworth.
A resolution railing on the delegates
to the state convention to, use all honor
able means to secure the election of Mr.
Wadsworth as delegate-at-large to the
national convention was also adopted.
J. J. Hughes of the committee on dele
gates submitted the follow, ng liBt of del
egates to the state convention at Cedar
Rapids, which was approved:
J. J. Hughes, Dr. T. B. Lacey, O. p.
Wick ham. Dr. 8. D. Tobey. W. II. Behura
J. N. Casady, Jr., 8. B. Wadsworth, Kiank
Capell, Sylvester Dye, Justice Kretchmer,
l.ouis zurmuehlen, H. B., Dentler, Henry
Atkins, Council Bluffs: 'C. A. Samule.
Oakland; J. W. Crow. Minden; U. L.
Thomas, Neola; Warren Hough, Crescent;
J. T. llasen, Avoca; A. L. Lenocker. Ouk-
land; T. J. Griffin. Neola; J. M. Kelly. J,
Kunts. Macedonia.
The convention then adjourned. The at
tendance from the country precincts was
small.
Marriage Licenses.
Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday
to the following:
Name and KeMdenc. Are
Glnn ' Vesey, Underwood. Is ;5
Alma Shrlver, Council Bluffs II
Churles E. Felllngham. Council Bluffs. . 21
ii y rue epvneer, Mlsauuri Valley, la... .19
Alex K. Chambers. Omaha..,, tl
Uladys Louisa Hahn, Omaha 19
Twa Small Fires.
The explosion of an oil torch in tha hands
of B. 8. Terwilllger, while engaged in
laying a now tar roof' on the building at
Xr East Broadway, caused a fir yester
day morning whk-h, for a time, looked as
if It would destroy the structure. The ax
plosion of the can of the torch spread th
burning oil over the fresh tar and In a
few seconds the entire roof ' was ablaae.
while a great cloud of black smoke rolled
out Into th street. Terwllllger fortu
nately nade his escape down a ladder be
fore the flame reached hint. On tb ar
rival of the tire department th burning
tar a as azUngulabed before & Camas bad
THE OMAHA
communicated to the woodwork. The
building, which Is owned by parties In tho
east. Is occupied on the ground floor by
the Smith broom factory, but the upper
rooms are vacant.
Shortly after noon the department was
called to the residence of Soenke Boysen
st SOU Sixteenth avenue, where spsrks from
an overheated chimney had set fire to the
shlngltn on the roof. The ftre was ex
tinguished with but small loss.
XEW BtLIMl OX DIVORCE CASES
Costs to I'nroateatrd Cases Mast Be
Paid by Plaintiff.
The rule In the district court has been
that no decree would be Issued In a divorce
suit until the costs of the action were paid.
Yesterday Judge Wheeler Issued another
order to the erfect that no divorce suit
would be tried until the costs had been
paid In advance. The new order Is as
follows:,
Tn nil divorce cases not contested, now
pending or hereafter brought tn this court,
tho plaintiff, prior to the hearing thereof,
shall deposit with the clerk a sufficient
sum to pay all the costs of the cause, In
cluding the entering ot the final decree,
and that no such cause shall lie heard
until such deposit Is made. In case decree
Is denied the clerk shall return to the party
making such deposit any money so de
posited not required to pay the costs of
the cause.'
J. H. Phillips was taken Into custody
yesterday, an indictment having been re
turned against him by the grand Jury.
Phillips was arrested on the night of March
2 with a woman other than his wife on
complaint of a brother of PlUlllps' wife,
the latter being absent from the city ot
the time. On her return home Mrs. Phillips
at onca commenced suit for divorce, mak
ing a statutory charge against her hus
band. Phillips' ball, which had been placed
at t$00, was reduced to 1300 by Judge
Wheeler, and he succeeded tn furnishing
a bond In the smaller amount.
A divorce was granted to Mrs. Marian
M. O'Connor from James J. O'Connor, to
whom she was married November 8. 1S97,
on the grounds of cruel and Inhuman treat
ment and desertion.
In the Juvenile court Judge Wheeler or
dered Hugh and Ralph Lattimer, aged 11
and 9 years, respectively, committed to the
State Industrial school at Eldora. Their
mother, Mrs. Sophia Lattimer, charged the
boys with being Incorrigible.
A procedendo was received yesterday
from the supreme court affirming the sen
tence in the case of Mrs. Emily W. Bresee,
who was convicted of practicing medicine
without a license and was fined 3M. Mrs.
Bresee practiced what la known as "bio
chemistry." Judge Wheeler announced that he will
make a peremptory call of the docket at
9:30 Monday morning, at which time all
cases which have encumbered the docket
for a year without being brought to trial
will be stricken out under the rule. Judge
Wheeler will also make an assignment ot
law cases.
Committee (or Fruit Show.
At a meeting of the Council Bluffs Grape
Growers' association yesterday afternoon
the following .committee was appointed to
co-operate with the committee of the Com
mercial club In furthering plana for the
Horticultural congress to be held In this
city at the same time as the National Corn
exposition In Omaha: J. A. Aulabaugh, J.
P. Hess, W. A. Keellne, Henry Sperling
and J. F. Wilcox. The committee was
authorised to add to Its number if It
deemed .it advisable. '
The committee appointed by President C.
A. Beno of the Commercial club did not
meet yesterday morning, as announced, but
postponed Its meeting until Monday, at
which time a joint session of all three com-
! mlttees will be held In the rooms of the
Commercial club. These committees are:
The Commercial club committee, of which
H. H. Van Brunt is chairman; the commit
tee on corn exhibits, of which Kred Klop-
, ping la chairman, and the Grape Growers'
committee, of which the president of the
association, J. A. Aulabaugh, Is chairman.
I.NVE-XTOn'S tSTIMELY DEATH
End Comes to C. E. Barnuni While Ills
Automatic Stoker Gets Final Test.
BURLINOTON, la.. March 22.-(8pe-clal.)
With the consummation of a life
work awaiting his ' supervision and per
fection, C. E. Barnum, expert engineer
and inventor passed away at the Burlfng
ton hospital yesterday. In the round
house of the Burlington system stands
Idle a locomotive bearing within Its
mechanism an apparatus that In all prob
ability meant millions to Mr. Barnum
and which it is hoped will prove of great
benefit to the young wife hardly a year
married and to the aged parents of the
dead man. The Invention is that of an
automatic stoker to be attached to rail
road locomotives. The invention was per
fected a few weeks ago and fitted to a
locomotive In tha West Burlington shops.
It was given a trial a short time ago.
On the day before the trial, however, Mr.
Barnum was taken ill and had to be re
moved to, the hospital, where on Monday
he was operated on for cancer of the
stomach.
His death removes a rare genius. He
was born In Omaha, July) 22, 1868, and
came to West Burlington from there four
years ago. From that time he worked
steadily on his invention. He leaves a
widow and brother, Fred, and three sis
ters, Nellie 8.. Bessie and Mrs. Bert
Raney of Omaha, and a brother, W. H..
of Wausau, Wis.
It Is not known what will become of hia
Invention, but It Is supposed It will be
perfected by some of the expert engineers
of the Burlington shops and that the
widow and parents will receive the ben
efit. SKIFF OX TRIAL FOR MURDER
nMesnsaxea
Defense to Show Missouri Valley
Editor Shot In Self Defense.
LOGAN, la.. March 22.-(Special.) In the
trial of A. H. Sniff.1 the Missouri Valley
editor, for the alleged murder of M. E.
Brundrlge, which Is now attracting ths
attention of the people of Harrison county,
no additional testimony has been Intro
duced beyond that of the former trial
except that of a Denver witness ntuned
Flemmlngs. Flemmlngs testified that he
was In Missouri Valley tli afternoon of
(he shooting and saw Brundrlge following
Bnlff in the street to within ten or twelve
feet of Sniff s office door, that he heard
Sniff order him to stop, and that he saw
Brundrlge shot. He also testified that
Brundrlge had nothing In his hands but a
paper.
Today the defense Introduced testimony
to show that Brundrlge had no grievance
of his own, but took up the fight of an
other man involved In a scrap which oc
curred at a dance, and had been criticised
by Editor Sniff in his dally paper. It Is
expectsd to show further that Brundrlge
had threatened Sniff, that these threats
had been "communicated to Bnlff and that
be had been advised to get a gun for pro
tection, and J hat he shot in self-defensej
Judge Green is presiding over the trial.
Ex-Senator W. V. Allen of Nebraska, a
GUI! land of Glenwood and C W. Kellogg
of Missouri Valley are conducting the de
fense and I T. Genung, liurk A Tamlslea
and T. C. Sm'th appear for th prosecution.
N. X. I'lumUag Ce. TL B. Nigbt. Un
DAILY HEE: MON'DAY, MARCTI 23. 1903.
BRYAN GETS DELEGATION
Conventions Held Saturday Injure
Him Iowa Support.
FIGHT AGAINST PROHIBITION
Judge Itrennan Balxs on Having
Divorce Case Railroaded Through
Court Iowa Lining l for
Corn Show.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DE3 MOINES. Ift., March 22. (Special
Telegram.) With the one exception of
Clayton county, every democratlo county
convention In Iowa up to Saturday has In
structed its delegates for William J. Bryan
for president. A large number of counties
held their conventions today and, while not
all of thorn have been heard from, It Is be
lieved that the great bulk of them have
Instructed for Bryan. Bryan men In Des
Moines are confident that the convention
In Cedar Rapids Thursday will be over
whelmingly for Bryan and will instruct its
delegates to the Denver convention by Iron
clad resolutions. George F. Rhlnehart said
tonight: "There will be a few anti-Bryan
delegates In the state convention, some of
them on delegations that have been In
structed for Bryan, but we are satisfied
that the convention will be overwhelmingly
for Bryan. There Isn't a bit of doubt about
It"
Fight Against Prohibition.
Determined to carry Its propaganda into
the uttermost corners of the state, the
Traveling Men's Liberty league has estab
lished Its headquarters In Des Moines and
launched the battle against the prohibition
leagues. From a suite of nicely appointed
offices In room 401 Crocker building will
be directed this campaign to combat the
temperance sentiment Just now demanding
a prohibitory amendment to the state con
stitution, aiming a body blow at the liquor
traffic.
A mass of arguments In pamphlets will
be scattered broadcast in the Interests of
the saloon men and no stone will be left
unturned in the fight against prohibition.
Judge Balks on Lightning Divorces.
Evelyn Rogers Weeks, one of the most
prominent musicians of Iowa and a gradu
ate of the Boston Conservatory of Music,
tried to get a divorce from her husband In
district court here today. She filed the
petition at 9:30 a. m. and her attorney
brought the case up for hearing at 10
o'clock. Judge Brennan balked and re
fused to give the case a hearing so soon.
Mr. Weeks Is a (hyslclan and secretary
and treasurer of the Weeks' Medical com
pany of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Weeks were married after
a sensational elopement from Newton, la.,
where Mrs. Week resided with her father,
Dr. Rogers. The parents of the girl op
posed the wedding, which occurred but a
year or two ago. Her brother is pastor
of the First Baptist church of Newton.
When Mrs. Weeks married and came to
this city she secured a position as organist
of one of the churches here and teaches In
the Highland Park Conservatory of Music.
Weeks was at one time assistant post
master of the United States battleship
Rhode Island.
It Is understood that Weeks was informed
of the Intention of his wife and was wait
ing at his office this morning for a deputy
sheriff to serve the original notice of the
suit and that he Intended not to make any
resistance to the suit. -
Grlnnell Breaks with Simpson.
Orlnncll college will not play base ball
with Simpson college thls'year and all fur
ther athletic affairs between the two col
leges Is broken off. This announcement
was made today by Manager Fisher of the
Grlnnell forces. The, two colleges met in
Des Moines in a basket ball game last
night, in which Grlnnell won. The break
ing off of athletic relations is due to tho
fact that Simpson Refuses to sign a con
tract under the Iowa rules.
Corn Delegates Meet.
Iowa delegates to the National Corn ex
position, which will be held In Omaha next
December, met In this city and elected
Prof. P. G. Holden of the state Agri
cultural college chairman of the delegation,
Bruce Crpssley, secretary. T. F. Sturgess,
the secretary and Prof. J. Wilkes Jones,
the general manager of the Omaha expo
sition, were present and addressed the del
egates. Work will be started at once to
get the people of Iowa Interested in making
the largest and best corn exhibit at Omaha
the state has ever shown.
Rathbun In the Rare.
Major 8. H. Rathbun of Marlon. Is. will
be a candidate for governor on the repub
lican primary oauoi. tie nas secured nom
ination papers at the secretary of atate'a
office, and these will be circulated at once
ror the necessary signatures. Major Rath
bun was a candidate for the nomination In
1906. He declared at that time that he .wss
the only real "standpaf candidate in the
field. He declared many times through his
newspaper, the Marion Register, that Mr.
Perkins was quite as much of a tariff rip
per as Governor Cummins. It Is under
stood that he enters the race again this
yesr on the same platform.
Up to this date Auditor of State B. F.
Carroll has been classed as the standpat
candidate and Lieutenant Governor Gaxst
the progressive.
Just what effect Major Rathbun's can
didacy will have is a matter of specula
tion among politicians. In 1906 he came to
the state convention with five or six coun
ties. All the others were either for Cum
mins or Perkins.
Award Meat Contract.
Contracts for meat to the state Institu
tions have been awarded by the State
Board of Control to the Agar Packing
company of this city, for tha pork and
pork products contracts, and to Swift and
Company for the beef. The contracts are
for the supply for six months, and are for
43,160 pounds of beef and 1TE.963 pounds ot
pork.
Fort Dodge Democrats Favor Bryan.
FORT DODGE, la., March 22.- Special
Telegram.) Webster county democrats this
afternoon instructed the delegates selected
to vote for a state delegaUon favoring
Bryan at Denver. Instead of twelve dele
gates, each with one vote, twenty-four
were selected with half a rot each. Res
olutions eulogising Bryan and saying be
started the exposure of corporate evils were
passed, ending with the paragraph: "Dele
gates from this convention are hereby in
structed to vot only for delegates to the
Denver convention who are first, hurt and
air the time for the nomination and election
of William J. Bryan as president of the
United States."
Bonds Preparing tor Strike.
MARSHA LLTOWN. la.. March aT
c!aL Iowa railroads ar in the midst of
xtecatv preparatioxia to make ready for
the es-pected atrtk of tb Iowa coal miner,
with other miner f ta western states,
Aprfl 1. Practically all of the Bnea are
seuuxig coal, and th Ruck UUnd, Kar
Ungtas aad Iowa Central har began tu
tor vast quantities at coal at all of taelr
dtvurto Dolots. lurking sol tab 1 balidingj
In which to house this supply of fuel It Is
being dumped on the ground. The Iowa
Central has already unloaded 7"0 tons In
this city, and It Is also unloading coal at
Oskaloosa, la., and Monmouth, 111. Retail
dealers In this section of the state confi
dently expect that th Iowa miners will
go out on April 1. Manufacturers and large
consumers of steam coal In this city era
preparing by storing coal, for the time
when the mines will b shut. This con
dition prevails generally throughout th
state and as a result coal of the cheaper
grades Is hard to secure In large quan
tities. Iwa New Notes!
CHARLE8 CITY Superintendent C. A.
Kent has resigned as city school superin
tendent to accept a position In Chicago.
CRE8TON Engineer J. A. McNeal a for
mer yardmaster In Creston, died in Red
tak. aged 61 years. He was next to the
oldest engineer on this division.
CRKSTON-C. A. Rhine Is a lover ot fine
chickens and thinks he has a bird that
breaks the record for results. The pullet
was hatched last August and has already
laid a setting of eggs and hatched them, at
the age of months.
ATLANTIC While the engine crew of the
Atlantic Northern & Southern railroad were
cleaning the engine the other day they dis
covered two live catfish in the tank. It Is
probable the fish were sucked up from the
river through the pipes that conducts water
to the tank.
IOWA FALLS A unanimous call has
been extended Rev. A. G. Axtell of Blair,
Neb., to become pastor of the Congrega
tional church at Alden. Mr. Axtell has
not signified yet whether he will accept
the call. It Is stated that thirty churches
of this denomination In Iowa are looking
for pastors.
IOWA FALLS The time for filing pe
titions in the municipal campaign ex
pired at midnight last night and the only
contest that has developed Is in the
Fourth ward, where A. li. Adams will
run on the Independent ticket against
C. L. Gade, the regular caucus nominee.
Adams was defeated In the caucus by six
votes.
MARS HA LLTO WN The following offi
cers were elected today at the annual meet
ing of the Farmers' Elevator company of
Oilman: President. J. B. Ramsey; vice
president, C. T. Stewart; secretary, J. D.
Wylie; treasurer, Peter Gannon, and direc
tors. Ole Hill. J H. Sourr, L. R. Ludlow,
S. D. Green and B. Crandon.
SIDNEY William Foster of Locust
Grove township Is the latest victim of a
"gun that was not loaded." His sister
was playfully snapping a revolver when
the weapon was discharged. The ball
struck a lsmp and, glancing, hit Foster
above the eye. The bullet was cut out
by Dr. Coleman of Farragut.
ATLANTIC Lyle Burkhalter, living near
Iwls, is suffering with a very bad case of
blood poisoning in his hand caused by a
bite of a hog with which he was working.
There Is some danger of amputation. And
Charles Peterson of near Marne also has
a bad case of the same disease from a
s ight scratch sustained while fixing ma
chinery, t ATLANTIC At a meeting of the school
board last night Prof. C. E. Blodgett was
re-elected superintendent of the city schools
ot a salary of $l,oo per year and F. E.
Whipple was re-elected secretary of the
board at the old salary. Prof. Blodgett has
only been with us one year, but his work
has been so satisfactory that no other ap
plicant was considered.
?OVA fALLS Mayor Keating of Alden
will head the citizens' ticket for re-election,
having won out In the caucus over
George Alden by a majority of eleven
votes. The same caucus nominated the
following ticket, with varying majorities:
Councilmen, C. A. Frlsbee and B. J. Hos
kin; assessor, C. I. M. Christian; treas
i'.cr Jv N' Blrdsall; park commissioner,
W. B. Lyman.
CRESTON-County Clerk McConnell frus
trated the plans for an elopement Friday
by refusing a marriage license to Ross
Henderson, a lad of 19 years, who failed to
get his parent's consent at Afton before be
applied for the coveted paper. 8o despond
ent was he over the result that he at
tempted to drink morphine to end his sor
rows, but was thwarted by his young
friends.
SIDNEY Laban Yordy, who has been
In the drug business in KivertoiKfor over
twenty years, has sold his drug store to
E. Kldd and B. Z. Peck. The latter is a
practical druggist from Sheridan, Wyo.
Mr. Kidd Is a member of the Kldd Mer
cantile company of Rlverton. A, N.
Cochrane, one of the oldest business men
of Rlverton, has sold his grocery store
and meat market and will go west la the
near future.
. FORT DODGE Webster county farmers
Interested in organising a Farmers' Insti
tute will meet at Tobln college here Satur
day, March 28, to organise. The call was
Issued by C. V. Findlav. temnnrarv c-
retary. Word has been recelvea that the
ten Instructors In the agricultural school
at Ames, who will conduct the Institute
are preparing for their summer's work.
This will bo the first Institute held In
Webster county.
FORT DODGE-Bocauso the government
will take the mall carrying contract held
by the Newton & Northwestern away from
that road when the Fort Dodge, Des
uiuiiirn oc Douiiiern uegins carrying mall
from Boone, President Lorlng of the two
roads has announced that he will not sign
a contract for bringing the mall to this
city. Hence Fort Dodge must get along
with the present service that brings east
ern mall In at noon. The new plan would
bring It In at 8 o'clock.
IOWA' FALLS Henry Snlttjer of Holl
land found a check for 8330 in an old
eafe that he had bought at a sale for a
nominal price. The check was payable
to bearer and the purchaser of ihe safe
claims he bought the safe and Its con
tents and that the proceeds of the check
belong to htm and he will try and collect
It. Snlttler bough't the safe of Guy
Bailey and It formerly belonged to C. II.
Bailey. The check was payable to the
latter snd was drawn bv R. M. Flnlay
son of Grundy Center in May, 1896.
MARSH ALLTOWN Two minutes after
he had taken as his wife Miss Grace Rus
sell at Cedur Rapids last night Charles
Raymond Jones of this city was arrested,
torn from his new bride and dragged to a
Justice court, where he was fined 85 and
costs for beating a board bill he had for
got to pay here. Soon after his release he
was arrested airaln. this time on the charge
of forgery, a Dubuque hotel proprietor fil
ing the complaint. At the present time Mrs.
Jones is with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred O. Haas, and Jones Is trying to settle
with the Dubuque hotel.
ATLANTIC Marshall Jjn Rue arrested a
man by the nnma of B. E. Grlnnell of Bonne
on the charge of peddling without a li
cense. Ho rwild his fine and thought he
was done with the law, but he was Imme
diately arrested on the charge of boot
legging It anpears that he wss selling a
package of cleano and half a pint of
whlakv for 75 cents. Upon a plea that he
was forced to It because of the poverty of
his wife and children and a promise that he
would stop at once, he was let off with a
$rt fine, part of which was paid, and not
held to the grand Jury. He left town at
once.
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their weak backs strong
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This Oil ought to t
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OoTernor ii Quest at Banquet of Iowa
Society of New York.
GENERAL 0. M. DODGE PRESIDES
Iowa ' F.xecutlre ' nisenaae State
Regulation of ' Corporations and
- . Cans of the Financial
Panic.
NEW YORK. March 21-Governors Albert
B. Cummin of Iowa and Charles C
Hughes of New Yetk were th guests ot
honor at the third annual banquet of tho
Iowa Society of New York at th Hotel
Plaza last night. Kach received a flattering
reception, but the name that waa received
with general acclaim throughout th after
dinner proceedings was that of President
Roosevelt.
General Grenvllle M. Dodge, who pre
sided, started the enthusiasm for the presi
dent when In calling for a toast to be
drunk to him said that to Iowa, Roosevelt
ranked with Washington, Lincoln, Grant
and McKinley. - The diners rose and cheers
rang out that were long and hearty.
Governor Cummins, who later responded
to tha toast "Iowa," waa given an ovation
when h rose to speak. He paid a com
pliment to Governor Hughes, who did not
arrlv In th banquet hall until later, for
hi work In the insurance Investigation,
and then plunged Into a eulogy of Presi
dent Roosevelt.
Th remainder of his speech was given
over to the subject of Iowa's legislation In
regard to corporations and discussion of the
causes ot the financial troubles.
Iowa's Regulation of Corporations.
On the . subject of Iowa's legislation
against corporations Governor Cummins
said:
We have enacted a primary election law
that will destroy their (the corporations')
power In caucuses. 1 hope this did not
affect Wall street. We enacted a law for
bidding all contributions by corporatlona for
political purposes. With honest people this
ought to have enhanced rather than dimin
ished the value of their stocks. We en
acted a law prohibiting railways from Issu
ing free transportation to any persons save
olfloers and employes in continuous ser
vice. . This may 1 hope It will lessen, their
political activity, but It will not reduce
their revenues. We enacted a law giving
our railroad commission the authority to es
tablish Joint rates. This was doing no more
than to secure for ourselves a privilege
that the railways had voluntarily conferred
upon nearly every other community In the
country. We could discover no reason why
we should be ground between the upper
and the nether mill stones.
Finally w enacted a law making t cents
a mile the maximum passenger fare upon
our first-class roads. We did this not to
reduce revenues, but to remove discrimina
tion. A great many of our people who
could best afford to pay were traveling for
nothing on passes. A great many more who
had money enough to buy a mileage book !
were traveling at 3 cents a mile. The re
mainder of our people, those who could
least afford to pay, were traveling at 3
cents a mile. The average rate received
was a little less than 2 cents, and all we
did was to say: "Make all your passen-1
8"" pur ine same rate.
We enacted a law that Is Intended to keep
our water In our streams, Instead of In our
corporate stocks. I think It is a good law,
but if It la not. New Jersey is still open to
the promoter.
Cause of Financial Trouble.
As to the cause ot th financial troubles,
the governor said:
Look rather to a system which has per
mitted reckless men to flood the country
and Its markets with worthless and base
less stocks and Inadequately . protected
Donas; iook rainer to a system, wnich In
our stock exchanges makes one-half the
member implacable enemies of every cor
poration whose stocks are listed for pur
chase or sale; look rather to a system of
banking which at the very moment when
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In many lines of business a vault in connection
with the office is not only desirable, but really a
necessity, when you stop to thjnk what the loss of
your books and papers would mean to you. If you
keep your valuable papers and books in a vault'
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suapend their mnst lnvnonsnt funoitons
snd above all and hrynnd all. look t the
spirit which has mrNllaud th et rnal and
m the end OVerpmwertng truth, thet stahle,
permanent wealth ran be produced only by
honest, faithful Inlmr.
Other speaker at tflie dinner were Sena
tor Dolllver of Iowa. Representative Frank
O. Lowden. Judgw jbhn F. Dillon of New
York and J. B. ftillfvan of Iowa.
GRAXD J1RT' INDICTS RAXKRRS
Three Charge , Agalnat McDIarmla
aud Four Against Johnson.
MAR8HALLTO-WN. la. March tl-igpe-cial
Telegram. )-J-t. Stuart B. MrcDIarmld
and Donald A. Johnson of Omaha, presi
dent and cashtar. respectively, of the
Green Mountain Savings bank, were In
dicted In seven.' Indictments returned -by
the grand Jury late Saturday afternoon.
Three lndlctnits were returned against
MacDiarmld and four against Johnson.
Those against MscDlarmld allege fraudu
lent banking.- emhesxlemcnt of funds of
the bank and perjury m an affidavit made
to the state auditor regarding the number
of shares of the bank's stork he owned
and had paid for. Johnson la Indicted for
embexxlemenlL of the bank' funds, know.
Ingly maklntt false entrlon In the bank
books, receiving deposits for an Insolvent
bank and perjury. The Indlrtment charg
ing perjury covers the same allegations as
are charRi-d In tha lmllar Indictment
against MacDiarmld.' MacDiarmld Is still
In Jail. hMlng been unable to furnish tha
15,000 bond fixed at th preliminary exam
ination. Jdhnon Is out under 13,000 bonds.
It Is expected he will be taken Into custody
tonight. He la known to be In the city.
Netsee tn Oar lnstemer.
We are pleased to announce that Foley'
Honey and Tar for coughs, colds and lung
trouble Is not affected by the National
Pure Food and Draor law. if mniiim
no opiate or o (tier harmful drugs, and w
recommend It ss a safe remedy for children
ana aauns. nr sal by all druggists.
OWNERS' XrMES NF.WSPArER
Ca County Democrat Demand I,n
Dlncloslatn;-Control of Press.
ATLANTIC, la., March 21-(8peclsl Telo
gram.) The Oiss county datnocraUu con
vention met lier. Saturday and elected
the following; delegates to the coming state
convention:', John Blake, W. W. F.ller, Dr.
J. M. Envrwt, Ed Berg. Harry Houlev.
Theodore Yfoodwaid, John Irvln, Ltvl Huff,
Charles Dcnahue and William Holsc Judgi
Wlllard of this city presided and made a
long talk on the coming campaign. The
convention Instructed for Bryan and en
dorsed John Blake as district delegate to
tha national convention. A. large slice of
the resolution adopted was called out by
the ehangW In the policy of the Dally Demo
crat, 'whlctfi has gone over to the r.'Pub'.l-
cans, tearing the democrats without an
organ. Tk.e resolution demands a lsw com
pelling newspapers to publish at the h?ad
of their editorial columns the names of the
owner of the psper. thus preventing under
hand control of the public press.
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means many bad bruises, which Bucklen's
Arnica Salve heals quickly, as, It does sores
and burns. 25c. For sale by Beaton Drug
Co.
Fire Copper. Will fns a Boa.
Red Cross -- Cough Droys. Everywhere.
To the Poultry Raiser.
We buy our poultry fencing In straight
carload lota from the nsanufacturer direct,
and for treit reason It enables us to make
you a much lower priie than the average
dealer In, that line. C. Hater, Lumber
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