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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MOTTTAT. 'AriTIT, M. 1P05. NEWS ' OF INTEREST FROM IOWA COUNCIL Office 15 Scott Street. !HIOrt MKTIO. t"avls. drug. Plorkert seUs carjvta. Ed Hosts. Ton- Fatist brer. Lewis tMtlfr, funernj director. 'I'hone 97. Wcodrlng Undertaking company. Tel. 8-I9. for rent, unfurnished rooms, izi Main 8t. PHnre Pr'n evenings Younkrrtnan drcd Co. ' ; Ksftor post rard., Alsiander'g art store, 133 Hroadnay. i Pont fortM the Iady Trainn, en's, dance, Monday, April 20. Ing I mkh rlvrli d on free of charge. Petersen & Schoenlng Co. FOR RENT Nice large rooms, $2.00 and up.ptr ek. Ogden hotel. HKKMAN BR03.. KI.ORISTS. 10 rEARL "T.- r'honts: Jud. i:t Black; Hrll, 6.3. KXnni.I, IN T1IK WESTERN IOWA COkLKOK. A SCHOOl, (if INDUSTRY. Queen QuhIHv patent mlt, sailor Mrs. M.5n nd 14. it. Kant mutch thrm at this prlra. 6. A. riercP dt ('.. Broadway and Main Ht. W'm know wo have t bout (lour. Earn la' the name. Kartell & Miller. Thune ,m IT PAYS TO SK0 llOHf": BKKOKK 8UYINU A 11 ANO, J3 I'EARI. 8TREKT. Nnrtlwrn grown Ohio potatoes; fine atock. Tisrden and field avoda. Y'ounkerman Seed Co. iost rm or . near Oiikland avenue. gold framed eye glasses. Return to 541 Slur (man avenue for reward. , ! Yon had better come to 'P. W. Keller's, tinfl Ho. Maln'G., and gut your go-carts, yfe can aave you money. ' STAMP WC' POST CARPS. 5C; SPECIAL rN CABINET. 11.50; OT1IHRS ASK. DUU 5I.E. WILLIAMS' STUDIO, i Teter Wind of this city has secured the 'contract for the erection of a new opera I house In Nortll Platte. Neb., to cost $.5.l)no. Quren Quality patent colt, sailor ties, $3.50 nd 4 .tf. Kan t mutch' them at this price. 8. A. Pierce Co., Broadway and Main St. Odd pieces of silver make suitable. Easter gifts fur housekeepers. A spoon or fork i helps to fill lnt the set she is trying to col lect'. ' Bliirf f'ily Mssonle lodae 111 meet this afternoon at 1 o'clock for the purpose of attending the funeral of the late John ' Keller. ' 'All members of the Tribe of Ben Hur ', are requested to attend the convention of Jewel court No. 'i Tuesday evening. There ! will bo work In the second degree. Mnrnlngslde chapter, of tho Woman's : Guild of St. Paul's Kplstoral church, will : meet Mondiv afternoon at the home of . Mrs. O. M. Roberts, 613 Voorhls street. , You can get better coal for less money ' from William Welch, 18 North Main. The . reason why ia because ne sells for cash. JJJdIIi phones i:s. lard phone, Bell 977. ' Settle your troubles by getting a good rsllahle watcri, or a strictly reliable niHke, with a tellablo guarantee behind It. We have that watch. O. Mauthc, 28 West Broadway. The choir of the Broadway Methodist church will give a concert Friday evening at the Fifth Avenue Methodist church. The rrogrsm will be under the direction of Dr. Claude Lewis. ( i Mrs. Inser Thompson, wife of Ole Thomp- . eon. 1812 Houth Eighth street, died yesterdny morning, aged S4-yeers. Short services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the family residence, and the funeral will be held at- !'3t o'clock from the Danish Lutheran church. Burial will be In Fair view cemetery. Resides her husband, de ceased is survived by a son. . John McCarty was sentenced to five days in the city Jail yesterday for vagrancy. 'Bending Investigation of a charge of break ng Into a rassenger car In the Northwest fern railroad yards. When you wish to purchase boy's and jroulh'a shoes of high quality at a low price go- to 8. A. Pierce & Co., Broadway and Main SI tA.ll members of Harmony chapter. Order of the Eastern Btar, are requested to at-' tend the funeral of the late John Keller, which will be hold this afternoon from the resWenta.ou. JTourth, sireet. Mre. Luella R. . Krehbiel, for three years Mate organiser of the socialist party of Kansas, will speak at 4 o clock this after noon In the Danish hall. She will discuss he remedy for panics, unemployment and estitutlon or the working class. The Men'a meeting, tinder the auspices of he Young Men's Christien Association, this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the associa tion rooms, 122 South Main street, will be led by Ole Chrlatensen. The exercises will consist of brief talks Interspersed with vocal and Instrumental mrslc. The session of the Forum Tuesday evrning. will be an open one. and women as well as men will be invited to attend. ' Our- spring atock of oxfords, black and tans Is now In. It's to your Interest to call. Our expenses being so low we can under sell the other fellowtand thus give you the best quality for less money. Duncan Shoe Co.. 73 a. Main St. Funeral services of the late Mrs. .Chrls- fin R. Wollman will be held at 2:30 o'clock (Monday afternoon at Cut'rr's undertaking establishment, conductetd by Rev. John Llndorineyer, pastor of the German Luth- (ert n church, following which the body will he taken fo Baltimore for Interment In the family burial ground. Mrs. Wollman filed 1 March 'M hut the body has been held here waiting the arrival from California of her daughter, Mrs. John Keller. Bernard F. Mitchell, a farmer living in Hays township, Crawford county, has filed voluntary petition in bankruptcy In the i federal court here. He schedules liabilities consmting of ancient Judgments aggregat ing ftt. -..:. X. Many of the judgments were obtained against him over twenty years ago. and he locates most of his creditors (bv giving their last known .address as all. Ia. For assets Mitchell schedules a I suit of wearing appapel valued at IM, which h.e claims as exempt. " It was no light matter to be flung up barehanded - on a savage stretch of the Mozambique coast. And above all what a situation it was for a millionaire's daughter,' with her only companions a drunken Amer ; ican engineer and a helpless scion . of nobility. ' ' ' i"v Even the most experienced ..U . VH A' Vain 1 1 i ...I CSfeA A o By ROBERTAMES BENNET BLUFFS Both 'Phones 43. CLERK BATTEY SUSPENDED Judge ' Wheeler Takes Action on Report of Expert Accountant. H. J. CHAMBERS TAKES HIS PLACE County Attorney Instructed to Bring! Ouster rrai-erdlng-s Clerk Batter . Asks for Hearing Before Aay Action la Taken. H. V. Bnttcy, clerk of the district court for Pottawattamie county, was temporarily susjieniieii :om office Saturday by Judge Wheeler. of the district coin:, wlvo entered an order directing lic county attorney to bring an action for the removal of Mr. Battey from office. This action by Judge Wheeler followed the referring to him by the Board of Supervisors of the report of C. J. Rlchman, the expert accountant em ployed by It to check over the accounts and records In the office of the clerk of the district court. Judge Wheelers order was as follows; April 11. 190S And now on this 11th day of April. 19s It appearing from tt e report of the National Accounting company, through C. J. Itlchman, its expert accountant em ployed bv the Board of Supervisors to check over the matters in the office of the clerk In this court, which report was pre sented to the presiding judge o' this court and to the county attorney for ac ion, that there are charges of corruption anil mal feasance In office and the alteration of the records of this court alleged trt have been made by H. V. Battey. the clerk of this district court In and for Pottawattamie county, Iowa, it Is ordered thst the county attorney he, and ho Is hereby directed) to Institute proceedings for the removal of the said H. V. Battey from office; and pending hearing thereon It Is ordered that he be, and he is hereby suspended from the func tions of his office, and It Is ordered that H. J. Chambers no, nnd he la Is hereby buj pointed tempnra'rlly to fill the office of the clerk of the district court of Pottawattamie county, Iowa, pending hearing on sntjh ap plication, nnd his bond as such Is fixed at JJO.IXW); and If. V. Battey is hereby ordered to and directed to turn over to the said II. J. Chambers, aforesaid, his office and all effects in his custody as clerk aforesaid. Chambers Takes Charge. . II. J. Chambers, on attorney, was ap pointed by Judge Wheeler to take charge of the office of clerk of the district court pending the determination of the action to be Instituted by the county attorney. Mr. Chambers' 'bond was placed at $20,000, which he furnished during the afternoon with Judge J. R. Reed, J. P. Greenshlclds, J. J. Splndler, William Arnd. F. J. Day and E. E. Hart as sureties. The bond was ap proved by the Board of Supervisors. Mr. Chambers at opce reappointed the deputier employed by Mr. Battey and the appoint ments were confirmed by khe' supervisors. The salaries of the deputies remain as be fore. In announcing his order In open court Judge Wheeler, who characterized the re port of C. J. Rlchman, tho expert account ant, as a charge of "corruption and mat feasance in office," said he wanted It under stood that the action taken by him was not In any sense a prejudgment of the case. The court said: This matter was brought to my attention yesterday afternoon. ' when a copy of the report of the expert, who . checked ' the clerk'a books and. aucounts '-was shown to me,, t counseled wlth.ona ot-my, associates, and concluded there was but one thing to do, to order the couaty attorney to bring an action for the removal of the clerk. It was determined that It was necessary for the' county attorney to bring action to de termine whether the charges against the clerk were true. It seemed to me that, In view of the charges, I could not well fall to suspend one who was charged with having made erasures of the records of the court. It seemed to me that It would have ueen wrong to have continued him In "Office. This action is not In any way a pre judgment of the rase. I am not called to pass on the question whether the officer should be removed from office; but I see no escape from the course I have taken In instructing the-county attorney to bring such an action. Statement bjr Battey. Mr. Battey, when seen after the order had been made by Judge Wheeler, declined to maka any extended statement at this time. "I have not eeen the Report of the , ac countant who examined the books of my office, as I have not been able to secure a copy of It. although I have tried to do ao," said Mr. Battey. "Except from hear aay I do not know what these charges. are. I had an intimation of the contemplated action regarding me and I went to the office cf Judge Wheeler, whom I found In consultation with the county attorney. I said to him that the only baaia of charges against me was, a report by a stranger, who had left the cjty and-whose report was tot sworn to. I asked . for . sdme , hearing novel reader can hardly an ticipate the working out of t,clpa U U taking and original story. essentially " different " is unhesitatingly recom mended to seekers after nov elty, action, color, and' a delightful love story. Picture la color by Allen T. Tra 4 A. C McClurg & Co. Pnbllnbcrs o o or opportunity for a showing before he should maka an order, but Judge Wheeler refused my request. I bave retained Harl & Tlnley and expect to demand an Imme diate hearing." , SAI.OOX MCI WOT'-l t'OWTKMPT BBiaBMSSW Injunctions Held lo Have Been llle sally leaned. Holding that the Injunctions which the defendants were alleged to have violated were Invalid. Judgo Wheeler Saturday afternoon In distr;ct court dismissed the contempt proceedings brought by M. 8 Od, attorney for the Iowa Antl-Salnon league. In the name of Robert ReaMey, "relator," against Ed Rogers, Charles Lelbold and George Smith, owners of fa loons. R. E. Meeker and R. P. Hollingshead, the men who werel brought here by Rev. Charles Mayne. pastor of Trinity Metho dist church, to secure evidence against the salonnmen. were In court, hut were not called to the witness stand by the prosecution., The evidence offered by Attorney Odie was comparatively brief and referred mainly to the securing of the Injunctions by J. J. Shea several years ago against the defendants. C. C. Clifton, a real estate and insur ance agent and former president of the Federation of Improvement Clubs, was a witness In the hearing of the case against Ed Rogers, the only one of the three cases In which testimony was taken. His testimony was. to the effect that while waiting at Broadway and Pearl street fer a car he had , noticed men leaving the Rogers saloon about five minutes! after 10 o'clock at night, the hour the saloons were required under the mulct to be closed. . Chief of Tollce Richmond,, who was called by Attorney Odlc, declared that Rogers saloon had always been "splen didly conducted" and that during the four years he had been chief he had not had a single complaint regarding the place. Judge Wheeler ordered that the costs in the three cases he taxed up to the county. It Is understood that Attorney Odle does not contemplate proceeding against any other saloonkeepers, as the recently or ganized Law Enforcement league will at tend to all flagrant violations of the law governing such places. 1 TRICK GARDENERS ORGANIZING Propose to Arrange for a Central ItVlllns; Agency. A well attended and decidedly enthusias tic meeting of gardeners, whose truck farms are In the vicinity of this city, was held Saturday !n the rooms of the Commercial club. An organization wlifi the double pur pose of providing shipping facilities, for the members and assisting .In the horticul tural congress which It Is proposed to hold in .this city next December, at the time of the National Corn exposition in Omaha, was effected. lt.wes decided to name the organization the Vegetable Growers' and Shippers' asso ciation. These officers were elected: Presi dent, J. R. McPherson; vice president, A. C. Ellsworth; secretary, T. J. Shugart; treasurer, Henry Meyer. An effort will be made to have the pro duce raised by the members handled, at least for this year, by the Grape Growers' association, which haa every facility for the purpose. A committee consisting of P. Wahlgren, chairman; President McPher son and W. B. Reed, aecretary of the Com mercial club, was appointed to wait upon the management of the Grape Growers' as sociation lo aee ' If audi an arrangement could tiottba entered ..into.. Thia ' arrange ment ia believed by those present last night, who are also members of the Grape Grow ers' association, to be not only perfectly feasible, but of mutual advantage to both organizations. The meeting adjourned to Saturday even ing, April 26, at which time it la expected to have a majority of the truck farmers in thla vicinity present. Fir In Pnntatorlnm. An explosion of gasoline in the panta torium conducted by V. V. Hayes In the two-story frame building at the southwest corner of First avenue and Main street, caused a fire which burned out the lower floor of the structure before the firemen succeeded In extinguishing it. Only prompt work on the part of the fire department saved the upper part of the building. The building is owned, by J. W. Squire and waa not Insured, aa Mr. Squire does not carry any Insurance on any of hla prop erty. F. L. Hayes, who recently sold out the pantatorium to hla brother, V. V. Hayes, carried $350 Insurance, but . aa he neglected to have the policy transferred to his brother at the time of the sale or sines the Insurance lapsed under the terms of the policy The rooms in the second story, which were occupied by V. V. Hayea and family, and tha furniture were considerably dam' aged by the amoks and water. Caarged with Enkrulemrot.. S. C. : Whlttaker will have a hearing Monday before Justice Greene on a charge of smbetaleraent, preferred agalnat him by H. 8. Smith, a farmer living near Weston. Whlttaker was arrested In South Omaha and lodged In the county jail here yesterday afternoon. A year ago Whltaker was arrerted, charged with attempted assault on a little girl In this city, but for lack of evidence the Indictment waa finally quashed. Whit taker became Indebted to Smith, who se cured a ball bond for him, and agreed to work out tha Indebtedness. WhtttuJter went to work for another farmer under an agreement, It ia alleged, that bis wages bs paid to Smith. Whiltaker, It Is charged, secured : his wages by representing that Smith had Instructed him to collect the amount. Real Kstats Transfers. TIk-ss transfers were reported to Tha Bee April 11 by' the Pottawattamie County Ab strlct company of Council Bluffs: Louis J.- Hatcher and wife to Maggie M. Ryan, W sei s-77-4.1. w. d . $ (.400 George IHrgo and wife to Pottawat tamie County -Fair association, part eV sw lti-77-39, w. d 1,700 Jacob Hansen and wife to G. W. Tucker, lot 10, block 3, Judson's 1st add., w. d 1.600 Thomas A. Brewlck and wife to An ton E. Moen. lots 8, and 10, block 14, Burns' add., w. d.i 1,200 Anna Rhivera and husVand to A n nett K. Bailing, lot J, block 21. Bay lias si Palmer a add., w. d 1.000 Iowa Townsile company to Rariili Read, lot 8. block . MuCleliarU, Ia., w. d 100 8ix transfers, total 12,OUO ' M arrises Licenses, Licenses to wed were issued yesterday to the following: ' Name and RssideoM. , Age. Jan Richnovsky, Omsha 40 Katie NetoUcka, Omaha 42 Randolph Dusel, St. Paul. Minn 21 Grace Seamon. Beaver Crossing, Neb.... 1 John A. Welch. Lincoln. Neb...-. 42 Lulu Earley, Roanoke, Va 29 O. I Rhoadea. Omaha.' n Madge Lorine Stamwood, Omaha It Conntr Board Properdin. Ths Board of County Supervisors ad journed yesterday afternoon to Apr I 21. at which time ths list of Judges anl clerks for tha primary elsrtlnn throughout ths county on June 2 will ba mads up. The Independent Telephone company, ths astteMmenl of which U fixed by I Us Slate Executive council on its mileage, asked thst the nsNcsamcnt of IJ.fn placed on its exchange building on Main street by City Assessor Hardin be cancelled. The matter was referred to the county attorney. All of the registrars for gopher claims throughout the rounty were reappointed for the ensuing year. The county allows a bounty of 10 cents on each gipher killed, of which the pcrmin killing the little pest receives cents and the registrar fer hie services 2 cents. PAST W EKK IN BM ITS SOC IETY lab and Society Fnnetlnna Comprise a Rosy Seven lis.) a. Vis. J. Van Kosscn returned Tuesday from a visit with relatives in Columbus, Neb. The Klatter klub will be entertained Friday afternoon by Mrs. H. H. I'inncy at "Klmridge." Mrs. FHza Graves of Rurlington Junction, Mo., Is the guest nf her daughter, Mrs. E. Alkn, of this city. Miss Cherry Wells will act as' hostess to the Kensington club Thursday afternoon at her home, 1H Park avenue. Mr. nnd Mrs. John Clark of Perry, la., are the guests of Judge and Mrs. O. D. Wheeler on South First street. Miss Flora Cooper returned Saturday evening from Inwa City, where she is a student of the state university. The regular meeting of the Book Lovers' club will be' held Wednesdnv afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. M. Clifford, 3i Fifth avenue. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Harris hsve returned to ottumwa. after a visit at tlw home of Mrs. Harris' slater, Mrs. Cleveland M. Scott. 2i North Second street. Miss Bertha Wheeler and Miss Edith Shugirt, who are students of the Iowa State university,-are home for a visit with their parents in this city for a few days. TheVoung Ladles' Sodality of St. Fran ces" church will entertain at a literary and musical program and card party April 29 In the Knights of Columbus hah. Mrs. Oulll entertained about twenty guests Saturday evening at an "Informal card rarty at her country home. Light refreshments were served at the close of the game. The meeting of the Mercy Aid society, which was to have been held Tuesday aft ernoon at 8t. Mary's home, was postponed until April 21. when a business and social meeting will take place. Mrs. McClure entertained at an Informal card party Thursday evening at her home on Vine street, there being shout thirty-six guests present. A course luncheon was served during the evening. Invitations have been issued for a dan cing party to be given Wednesday evening, April 22, by the Young People's Dancing club, at the Eagle hall on Pearl street, at which a largo attendance Is expected. The regular! meeting of the art depart ment of the Council Bluffs Woman's club was held Tuesday evening in the club rooms. The Roman circuses, theaters and amphitheaters were the topics of study. Mrs. Anna Olson, 60S East Pierce street, will leave Monday for New York and will sail for Liverpool on the steamship Baltic, Thursday. Mrs. Olson will go to Chrlstianla, Norway, where she will visit with' relatives for several months. About twenty friends of Mr. George Shaw Tendered him a delightful surprise party Tuesduy evening at his home, 60fi East Pierce street. The evening was merrily spent at games, a course luncheon being served late In the evening. The T. J. E. club met Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Marie Wi lams, South Twenty-fourth street. Alter tho business session light refreshments were served and the evening was spent at va rious games. The club will meet Tuch day evening at the home of Misses Helen and Addie Breedlove. Mrs, E. L. Duauette entertained the Aft ernoon "600" club Thursday afternoon at her home, 307 Glen avenue. The afternoon was devoted to "600," after which a course luncheon was served In the dining room, which was nrettllv decorated with carna tions and roses. - Mrs. M. A. Dent will act as hostess to the club, April 23. at her nome, na eevcntn avenue. Mrs. Painter Knox entertained the Aft ernoon "5X1" cldb Tuesday afternoon at her home, 223 Secortrt street. The afternoon was sperrt at cards, Mrs. Zulla Meigs receiving the first prize and Mrs. M. A. Tinley the second prize. 'At the close of the game light refreshments were served. The club will be entertained April 21 at the home of Mrs. James Butler, Sherman avenue. The St. Rose Literary club met Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Delia Kane. 302 North Seventh street. Miss Cronkelton gave a paper on, "Church History," after wnicn miss Maggie iayior entertained witn a recitation. Miss Anna L'ntliank with a piano solo and a recitation and Miss Mar garet McLamara with a recitation. The club will meet May 6 at. the home of Miss Conner, 217 Ninth avenue. The Woman's club of the railway mall service met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. C. Burke, 612 Voorhls street, there being about twenty members present. Mrs. G. McConnel gave a paper on "Household Economics," after which the afternoon was spent socially, light refreshments being served. The club will meet May 19 at the home or Mrs. Cham berland on East Broadway. The members of the Flower mission of the Broadway Methodist church entertained at a delightful program Monday evening in the church parlors, at which a large attend ance was present, Participating in tne pro gram were Miss Ethel Shubert, Miss Helen Shubert. Miss Ethel Van Fossen. Miss Pearl Beecroft, Miss Iren Van Fossen, Miss Myrtle Van Fossen, Miss Bertha Kissel, Mr. and Mrs. McGrew and Miss Beltch. Tha regular monthly kensington and business meeting of the Flower mission was held Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. R. Ttalndardt on Vine street. There were about twenty members present. At the close of the business meeting the afternoon waa spent informally at ken sington work, .light refreshments being served. Assisting the hostess were Miss Georgia Mitchell. Miss Cecelia Wlckham and Mrs. R. J. Organ. The Ladles' Aid society of the People's Congregational church entertained at a delightful social Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mra. W. Meyers. 3lut Avenue C, there being over sixty guests present. The evening was spent with music. A male quartet, under the direction of Mr. William BoggS, furnished a number of songs . Mr. and Mrs. Boggs gave a duet and Mr. W. Gould a recitation. During the evening light refreshments were served. The Oakland Avenue club met Friday afternoon at the home of Mr. Eldln F. Lougee, 301 Oakland avenue. Mrs. Ar thur gave as her subject "rilmplon Tun nel." telling of Its construction and the hardships which had to be met In com pleting It. Mrs.' Blanchard gave ths biography of the life and worka of James Cooper, after which Mrs, Mills continued the reading of "Stoddart's Lectures on Jerusalem.' The club will meet Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. F. W. Miller, 300 Oakland avenue. The Knights and Ladies of Security en tertained at a card party in the Maccabee hall Friday evening. The evening was spent In progressive high five, tlitt fli'V woman's prize being awarded to Mrs. Wallace, the second to Miss Susie Thomas and the consolation prize to Mrs. K. C. Menary, sr.; the first man's prize to A. Goldsberry, the second to Mr. Putnam and the consolation prise to Clark P. Wil liams. At the close of the game refresh ments were served, the remainder of the evening being spent In dancing. Miss Gladys Gllllland entertained the members, of the M. E. 11 club Monday afternoon at her home. 722 Wlilow ave nue. The afternoon was merrily spent In games, Easter eggs being given as favors, in which were contained the for tunes of the receiver. A course luncheon was served In the dining room, which was prettily, decorated with red roses and terns, covers being laid for ten guests. Mls Elsie Tinley and Miss Helen Menrse were awarded the prizes In the games. The club wi'.l meet April 20 at the home of Miss Lucile McAtee. 911 First avenue. The household economics department of the Council Bluffs Woman's club met on Thursday afternoon at ttie home of Mrs. J. J. Sullivan, 4.12 South First street. In rexponse to the roll call, very useful sug gestions were given for the fruit-canniiig seaaon, after which Mrs. H. P. Barrett sang. "The Life of Love ia but a Day," by Karl Konisak, and in response to an encore sang, "Dreamland," by H. T. Bar leigli. Mis. E. M. Miller accompanied her on the piano. At the close of the program, Mrs. Sullisan gave a cake-making demon stration, after which refreshments were served. Mra. Sullivan was assisted in serving by "Mrs. Shaver, Mrs. Roae and Mrs Anthony. The department will meet April 23 In the club rooms for ths purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year. To savs time ana a great deal of trouble while ypu are -epruig houaecleaning, aend your family washing to the Bluff City laundry. 'Phone 114. Rough dry ic lb. All flat pieces ironed. COURT RILES ON MARRIAGE Contract to Wed Not Sufficient Basil for Claim to WidWi Dower. JIAlfY CANDIDATES ARE TILING Warren tiarst Files for Governor and 'orcman J. A. T. Hall for Re-election In the Seventh District. (From a Staff Correspondent.) r.F.n M'MNEM. APril 12.-flpeclnl.- A contract of marriage r.oe not become In fact marriage. This was decided by the supreme court ot the state -f Iowa In orlnlon handed down today in a case concerning Harrison county pecple and the estate of the late Ellas w. 1 egg. The court holds that there must be a present Intent before there Is msrriage. Maraarrt Asher hired out to r.iias 1 egg as' his housekeeper In 1882. A few year ago when IVgg died she brought suit un der the name of Margaret Pcgg to force the administrator or the estate to pay her half of the estate as the widow of Ellas' Pegg. The lower court decided gainst her and the supreme court toony sustains this. Evidence was produced in the trial of the case showing that' luargaret Asher and Ellas Pegg had been twice arrested for Illicit cohabltat)on. To prove their relations the contract of service In which he was to pay her a certain stimulated wage wa.t produced. Following the sec ond arrest, the trial of which resulted in their release, as had the first, they against her and the supremo court sus tains this. The supreme court holds that the con tract of marriage was sufficiently proven, but holds that this was not marriage. It states that the statutes provide for mar riage with certain formalities and the maklnsr of a contract Is not one of them. The court holds that common law mar riages are to be recognized by the courts, but only when tho marriage relation Is actually ebtered Into and maintained. Evidence was Introduced to show that the relations of the two had not changed and neighbors' testified that she was still called Margaret Asher and signed her name as such, even signing her name In that, wav when notifying his relatives of his death Tho court holds, therefore. that they were not married and that sTle is not his widow and Is not entitled to part of the estate as such. v Candidates' Petitions Filed. Lieutenant Governor Warren Garst to day filed with Secretary of State Hay ward his primary election law petition as a candidate for governor and Congress man J. A. T. Hull filed his petition as a candidate for the republican nomination for congress Senator Warren ot Marlon county, who announced during the session of the legis lature In February, 1907, that he would be a candidate for congress against Hull, to day stated that he would not enter the race and would lcavo the field clear for Prouty for the opposition to Hull. James E. Stanton of Marshall county to day filed his petition as a democratic candidate for the state senate; Lara W, Boe filed his petition as a republican representative from Winnebago county; S. H. Bauman as a democratic candidate from Van Buren county; Mahlon Harvey as a republican candidate for represents tive from Osceola county; Bob Baxter as a democratic candidate for representative from Ida county; C. E. Drummond as re publican candidate far representative from Mitchell county. Samuel K. Tracey of Linn county today filed with the aecretary of state his petl tlon as a democratic candidate for con' gress In the Fifth district. F. L. Odell Resigns. F. L. Odell, state dairy Inspector, has resigned to accept a similar position with the United Statea Agriculture department and hla place haa been filled by the ap pointment of J. J. Ross. Encampments Fixed. The adjutant general'a office has decided that the annual camp and maneuvers of the Fifty-third regiment shall be at Man chester, the Fifty-fourth at Burlington, the Fifty-fifth at Claritida and the Fifty-sixth at OkoboJI. C'nmmlns Speaks In First. Governor Cummins will speak next Tues day in Ottumwa, and during the week fol lowing that will apeak In Keosauqua, Bone parte, Batavla, Fairfield, Wellman, Craw fordsvllle and Mount Pleasant. Una News Notes. ESTHERVILLE The large house belong ing to Mrs. Cora Rhodes Is being fitted up for a hospital. It has been leased by the local doctors, who have agreed to give 600 annually toward its mainten ance. ESTHERVILLE The Commercial club is working for a new armory and opera house combined. An 818,000 building; la under consideration and as soon as the plans are completed v work probably will be begun. ESTHERVILLE A man representing himself .to be a government cattle In spector succeeded in obtaining a small sum rrom Henry L,uawig, a former resi dent of this part of the county. Later de velopmenta proved the Inspector to be a fraud. MASON CITY-Englneer Thomas Mc Farland of Austin, Minn., will soon at tempt to break the world'a record for a long trip with a locomotive. He will leave Milwaukee next week with a big eight wheeler for a point In Washington, a dis tance of 2.600 miles. CRESTON A lease has been secured from the Burlington railroad by the base ball promoters here, for the use of the round house commons to be fitted up for a first class ball park. The first game in the new grounds will be played on Fire man's parade day, April 28. DUBUQUE-In the forty-eighth confer ence of the Iowa Evangelical association, the most Important action was the exten sion pf pastorates from four to five years. Rev. A. L. Hauser and Rev. I W. Bock, were elected presiding elders. I.. W. Bock will come to the Des Moines district. ATLANTIC A bench on which to set vegetables in front of Chrlstensen Bros, store here, that was carried off last Hal loween and had not been seen since, was today found In its accustomed place in front of the store. Where It had been or how it got back In place Is a mystery. ATLANTIC Mrs. Bryant, mother of J. C. and W. C. Bryant, two prominent at torneys of the county, who had been mak ing her home with her aon W. C. filed Wednesday of disease Incidental to old age. Deceased waa past 80 years of age, and beloved by all who knew her. Funeral Ome&aOil FOR ANT PALV Omftpa OH is . green-colored luirrwurt, dlilerarjj and better in ereiy way than any other Diriment in the world. It stops any pain in the hands, feet, A&oulderback, knees, ankles, anna, neck. All you need do is t rub the pain with the Oil, and away goes the pain. services were held t-esterdav and the body sent to Bloomfleld. la., for burial. IOWA CITY- James M. McRalth a pio neer railroad man. and lona time member ot the Rock Island freight office staff here. is ciean oi rneumonia of brief duration. A widow, two sons and two dsualiter survive. One of tlm latter ta Miss Helen mrnaiTn. Iowa city's public llhrsrlan. t RE8TON After a bitterly fonsiit eon. test In the district court. Waller Tlnne who was tried for aporonrlat in. inn.,,.l of brass from a car In the railroad vardi was convicted of grand larceny. Tinne has been up before the courts six' times In the last two years and heretofore has always managed to evade punishment. MARSHALLTOWN Mrs. Sallie VWlr Kirk, wife of J. P. KirK. of Clemmona and the mother of Carrol Kirk. capta:n of the Iowa State University Foot Ball and nase nan teams, ateo at Homester. Mins., late Thursday afteinoon. Heart disease and exhaustion, following an 'Illness t cverai months caused her death. MA RSI I A LLTOWN According to a let. ter received in this city. Mrs. Frank Ken nedy, wire or a former well known travel ing man of this city, is critically sick in an Omaha hospital. It Is said that there ia not much hope for her recovery. I'ntll recently Mr. and Mra. Kennedy were resi dents olj this city. MARRHAIXTOWNVSIx cars loaded with meat were ditched, traffic on the line was Interrupted most of the day, and the South Second street crossing of the Great Wrst-4 ern wss blocked by a derailment and wreck on tnat line at S:.io o clock. Ftiday niorn- ,ng. the dnmage to the rollng stock was slight, but HM yards of track was badlv torn up. Tlie psssenger trsins that wer operated through here during the day, were dctoured over the Northwestern between this city and Ames. The truck was cleared late in the afternoon. ATLANTIC W. H. MeNeelev of Anils from whom his wife received a divorce last term of court on the grounds of cruel and Inhuman treatment, and who beat the woman so badly she wss In the hos pilal here fo- weeks at the point of death, was arrested yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Bosley on the charge of assault with Intent to do great bodily harm. He was found at his farm and consented to come to town, but on the way made an at tempt to escape, and when he reached home he barricaded himself in his house and the officer was forced to break in the door and have a fight before he finally got the handcuffs on his man and brought mm to town. JrVohody Is Too Old to learn that the sure way to cure a cough or cold Is with Dr. King's New Discovery. Sc and $1.00. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. Health Uorm with Red Hair. A weight-thrower and a distance runner wete discussing the chances of the candi dates for the next Intercollegiate track meet. The weight-thrower referred In glowing; terms to the fine trial he had seen the Princeton half-mller, . Whitney, run that day. "Me will win the bair mile sure if he keeps his form," the weight-thrower went on, "but he Is a blond, and those falr halred runners always go wrong Just when you want them to be fit. Whitney was taken III before the big games last year and the same thing may happen again. The black haired men seldom get out of condition." 'That a all right about the black-haired athletes." replied the distance man, "hut I have known them to get off their feed MEDICAL OPINIONS OF To7 Experience , "Fully Demonstrates the Value of Buffalo Li tHia Water as a Solvent of Uric Acid, and a Valu- , able Therapeutic Agent in the Treatment of' Gout," "Wr"'' tM- PH: - M D- V. H. Y. In paper entitkd The Trsabnsnv 1 Of Gout, Uric Acid Diathesis and super-Induced Cystitis la ths esses of two idiosynerstis Pstnuits." gives full clinical notes of than intsrssting cases, and In a Wcture before the recant SMSting of tha Alabama Medical Association showed ataraoptieon views of the blood and urine of these patients in ' fuTtTrfl rTuTtsTrm the " " of BffFKUO LlTHiA YATER I'10", JT1 uwsrt this sgsnt to my patients. Ths use of nitrogenous foods was fiZTTtii T.ItV0"- " thir "'' V? beginning of treatment not tricSoftos ' "THEMOIT RELIABLE SOLVENT IN CHRONIC I Nr LAM MA. tion or the bladder, and renal calculi." ?PTt"7- Bffrniio UthiaVater agsfats&txsi "UNDER A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO THI MOST EXCEL. LENT WATER FOR WONDER. YUL RELIEF." SK BtfFFAlfrUrawYATER. a thorough cleaning of the kidney, and bkid rf" foreign autatanT AU of tTSL ATA s-tw.f-lu.cU.p deof&s .tfSaVES Voluminous nodical testimony oa rsaasst. For sal. by ths gsnsral drag and irrl watsr trada. 03IBW lITHIA SFMSS ATMS life r 'M W JJmM sJtm Mr m I MTV"' i . inwiamii ' . 1 milium um Ik...-. - .-- ..p-.y b Mn, itb uniHi mi inn , 1 1 y 1 Here Ya a merchant who wanted a "prentice brought forth hla trusty otifll and writ a notice thereof which notice wag nailed at the shop door with care. Forthwith all eligibles and ineligible congregated round about and laid iege on the honest gentleman. ' But that wag long ago. .. 'Tl now-a-dayg that Mr. l'p-to-Late glanoeg at the ' r; " " BEE WANT COLUMNS - . . selects an eligible algng a tetter with a golf-filling fountata pen and gets a good man. In the want columns of The Bee will be found hosts ot 101. men of aptitude of learning of attainments.' ' The jilck and the cream of Omaha's available brajns. are al ways represented, and good results' have ' Invariably resulted ' wnVn ' vthr , . 1 '.' men did this! at times. The men alwava resdv !o d their best are the resd-headed kind. "1 don't know whether you call thet blonds or not. but I'm willing to bet ths In all your thirty years on the track yo never knew a red-haired athlete to be of color." Washington Post. Mr. 8. L. Bowen of TTaynr. V. V writes: "I was a sufferer from kidney dl ease, ao that at times I roul not get ou of bed, and when I did I cowld not star straight. I took Foley a Kidney Cure, On dollar bottle and part of the second rum me entirely." Foley a Kidney Cure work wonders where others ar total failure! For sale by all ditigglsta. Sidestepping Roth, "fenatnr." said his private secretary "here's a letter from the editor or th Sdunk Bugle, who wants to know b you siaiid on the question of repealing th infsmniia tariff i.n wood pulp." '"''I! him,'' kuI, I Senator Ptrlmmct that " "Hut here's nne from a paper manufar turcr who writes to ask vnu 1f von ar going to allow the senseless clamor o irresponsible newspaper men to Influenc you against the grcut principle of protec tion to home industries and ratine vnu t vote tor the repeal f that most rlghteou and necessary t.iriff cm wood pulp." ...'.,.m' """"''I the eminent statesmnr William, send that editor's letter to th paper manufacturer and the paper menu factl.rers letter to th- editor, and explel to each In strict confidence, that a ptihll man who Is trying to wnr his country ha to stand this sort of rot from Ignorant o prejudiced constituents who seek to dlf siiade him from the faithful performano of his sworn lutyb'gosh."-Chtc Tribune. , Ksropran Trips. Complete arrangements for jrour trt abroad can be made through the Chlcagf Milwaukee A St. Taul Ry. Agency a Transatlantic steamship llneg. .Maka you cabin reservation early for summer trave. Ticket office. 13:4 Farnam St., Omaha. Damnarna Vital Statlsttra. The French government, wishing to ot tain some vital statistics In regard to est tnln Turkish provinces, sent the tisui. blanks to the prtvlncial governors with th request that they he answered. The follow ing is a copy of the reply received from th paaha of Damascus: Question What Is tha death rate in vnu province? Answer It Is the taw of Allah that a should die; some die young and soma di old. Question What Is the annual number 0 births? Answer God alone can say:' I do nr know and hesitate to Inquire. l Question Are the supplies of water sul ficient and of good quality? Answer From the remotest period no on In Damascus has died of thirst. Question Give general remarks as to th character of local siinitatien. AnsweJ-A man should not bother hlrr self or ills brothers with questions ths concern only God. Toronto Globe. BETTER GET ANOTHER TON Ol COAL YOU WILL NEED IT. : SUMMEJ IS NOT HERB TET. THE CO. B. COA) AND ICE CO. 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