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r t : R OMAHA DAILY BETS: TlfURSDAY. ATOIL 16. 1908. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA COUNCIL Office 15 Scott Street. Ml OR MENTION. Davis, drugs. Btockert Nils carpets. Ed Rogers, Tony Faust beer. Lewis Cutler, funeral director. "Phone VS. Woodrlng- Undertaking com ran y. Tel. 18. For rent, unfurnished rooma. 531 Main St. Ranter port carda. Alexander's art atora, 133 Broadway. Dog tag riveted on frea of. charge, Fateraen A. Brhoetilng Co. FOR RENT Nice large rooma, $:.00 and - tip per week. Ogden hotel. Wanted Two carriers to carry The Bee, Omaha Bee. 16 Scott afreet. KEHKAN BROS., FLORISTS. 10 PKARL ST. 'Phones: Ind. 624 Black; Bell. 623. ENROMi IN THE WESTERN IOWA COLLEGE, A SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY. ' We know we have the beat flour. Eaco Is tha name. Kartell at Miller. I'hnne 359. IT PATS TO 8KB HOSPE BEFORE BUYING A PIANO, ar PEARL STREET, j Judge Wheeler excused the petit Jury ' In the district court yesterday until Thursday. Yeu had better come to D. W. Keller's, lux So. Main St., and get your go-carts. He can save you money. , . Mrs. Clara, Andrewa of New 'York City Is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Iu T.-Monort of 323 Williams street. Tha Woman's Christian Temperance union will meet In regular session this afternoon In tha club, room at the library building. . I The' young women of tha First Congrc. Irrational church will meet Saturday after rycon with Mrs. A. O. Rowe, 611 South ! First atreet. ! The case against S. C. Whltlaker, I charged -with the embezslement of $15 by I H. H Smith, waa dismissed In J untie ' I Greene's court yesterday. Bluff City Masonic lodge will meet this evening at 6 o'clock sharp for work In the third1 degree. Following the, Initiatory exercises a banquet will be served. You can get better roeJ for less money from William Welch, 16 North Msln. Tha reason why Is because fie sells for cash, liolu 'phones 128. Yard 'phone, Bell 977. Settle your troubles by getting a good reliable watch, of a strictly reliable make, with a reliable guarantee behind It. Wa have that watch. O. Mauthe, 22S Wear. Broadway. County Attorney J. J. -Hess will flit In district court this morning the petition of ouster against H. V. Battey, clerk of the district court, on the ground of allege,! Irregularities In tha accounts of tils office. TURK ROSES, OLADIOLAS. DAHTJA8, rALAtIL'MSL ('ANNAS AND OTHER BULBS, PAEONIA ROOTS. TOMATO, CABBAGE AND OTHER PLANTS IN SEA80N. WE DELIVER. YOUNKER Id AN HEED CO. , Our spring stock of oxfords, black and tat Is now In.. It a to your Interest to call. Our expenses being so low we can under sell tha other fellow and thus give you the Vest quality for less money. Duncan Shoe Co,. 23 8. Main St. A building permit waa issued yesterday to Ouy C. Hheperd for a two-story frame residence on Second avenue. oetween Ktnth and Tenth streets, to cost $3,0u. One whs also issued to E. E. Spetman for a 14.000 residence at 710 Bluff street. Claude Hahn. the Omaha youth charged with attempting to entice lo-year-old Ma bel Hayden to leave her home In thia city and armmpany him to Kansas City, was discharged in police court for lack of sufficient evidence. Hahn was warned by the court to keep away from the tflrl and he promised to do so. A. ' E Brock, grand treasurer; W. A. Groneweg; '. A. tieno, past grand regent; A. T. Fltcklnger. .1. C. Mitchell and W. E. MeConnell. memhera of Fidelity coun rll of this city, were in attendance at the eighteenth annual session of the grand council of the Royal Arcanum of Iowa, held in Boone yesterday. They will ar rive horns this morning. The memhera of the Fire and Police commission made a tour of inspection of the fire department houses yesterday aft ernoon. The commission will meet this evening and embody Its recommendations as to repairs at the different engine houses In a report to be submitted to the city council at Ita next - session. The commissioners report finding the houses generally In good condition. WUMam Fox, a stranger residing tem porarily at 242 Thirteenth avenue, . wns ierterday bound over to the grand Jury by Judge Snyder in police court on thw charge of breaking and entering the real- dene of Thomas Williams at 1650 Avenue R Monday afternoon. Fox In ssld to imve fone to the Williams home while Mrs. Vllllsms was visiting a neighbor. Find ing the door unlocked he is said to have entered the kitchen, emptied a sack of potatoes on the floor and filled it with a email tablecloth, a suit of clothes, a ' looking glass and other smaller artlces which he found handy. When arrested by ueiective weir, ox claimed Wo have pui- nsseo me srncies. 8 waived u prs- mlnaary hearing. Doyle Objects to Gennn. Attorneys for James Doyle In his mining suit acalnst James F. Rtirr.s. former nr.il. Oent of the Portland Geld Mining company,,! eatcrday filed a motlcn In the district) court of Mills county at Glenwood that the ! "aw firm of I T. Genung and his son, Clyde Genung, be prevented from appear . Ing as attorneys for Burna In the trial of the case, which waa transferred from Pot tawattamie county to Mills county. The motion is supported by affidavits by John N. Baldwin, George 's. Wright and A. W Aakwlth, counsel for Doyle, and by Doyl; tilmself. In the affidavits It la set forth that L. T. .Genung has professional knowledge, of Doyle'a side of the case by reaaon of at aoolatlon with Doyle'a counael In confer ence In this city during the last trial. It Is also set forth that It was the intention to continue U T. Genung in the caae for ' poyle. Rani Eatato Transfers. ' These transfers were reported to The Bee .'April 14 by the Pottawattamie County Ab stract company of Council Bluffa: John W. Tye and wife to Ira R, Tye, . nV, sH sei 13-7&-38. w. d 33,600 f. N. Rolston to Walter M. Gibson, lots 1 and 1 block 33, Central aubdlv., w. d 1.500 stdwsrd L. Estahrook, executor, to Frank Barlow, lot 17, block i V'oor- hls' add., w. d 750 W illiam Barker and wife to George H. , Lyons. e nVi and n1, svV 3t and nei sei 36-74-44. a. w. d 100 If. T. True and wife to John W. Tem pleton. lot g.. block 6. Twin City Place add., w. d 60 Five transfers, total to, 010 I Marring Licenses. Licenses to wed were issued yesterday to lie following: Name and Residence. Itcmahed Sheuiberg. Fremont, Neb t at I Ida Namen. Council Bluffs Clarence McManamy. Ute. Ia uaude Lapmortli, Crescent, la..... Age ... 24 ... 23 ... 2ti ... J Restore Strength Dr. Mile' Nervine cure, diseases brought on by mental and physical exhaustion. So many ailments are nervous af fections that you can hardly miss it if you try. it. . In any event its strengthening influence upon the nerves will beof great value to you. . "I waa varr nervous, could not sleep, was tormented with nervous headacn-. and It tMintil that every malady waa mine. My drugglat told ma that Ir. Miles' Nervine waa good for nenoua affections, so I purchased a bottle and a box of Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills. I took tha pills for headache and the kvvlu regularly. In n meek I felt much 'Wetter. It seemed that I was living a Sew life. I do not feel that I csn gHln relapae Into the physical wreck Jiat I before takine them." EUKI9 PERKY. Mna. Ark If llrst bottle faila to benefit, money back, '. aU.E MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart, Ind. BLUFFS Both 'Phones 43. DEMOCRATS FIX IP SLATE iomerence MiDmm marries to uo om t - H 1 M A n the Primary Ballot. MORE NAMES TO BE ADDED LATER Conference te Bo Held at Neola on (Ike Twenty-Fifth to Accept Entries from Any Others Willing; to Rnn. At the democratic conference held yes terday at Avcca. a list of tentative can didates for the several offices to be voted on' at the primary to be held June 2, was selected. For most of the offices two candidates mere named. For the purpose of filling out and adding to the list of county candidates another conference will be held In Neola Saturday, April 26. The following Is the list of prospective candldatea for the primary:, For Congress J. R. Spencer of Audu bon, publisher of the Audubon Advocate; John W. Blake of Atlantic. Electors Hamilton Wilcox of Orlswold, W. W. Gardiner of Avoca. State Senator 8. B. Wadaworth of Coun cil Bluffs, James M. Coons of Mace donia. Representatives J. B. Johannsen of Wal nut. J. F. Rooney of Walnut, Victor Jen nings of Council Bluffs. County Attorney H. L. Robertson of Council Bluffs. Coroner 8. P. Plunkett of Council Bluffs, Dr. Karl Bellinger of Council Bluffs. Auditor John D. Hsnan of Neola. Clerk of the District Court Andrew Kestner of Walnut. Recorder Myers Hansen of Council Bluffs. Sheriff Major G. II. Richmond of Coun cil Bluffs, i. C. Goodwin of Council Bluffs. Tressurer J. M. Kelley of Macedonia, Al Inocker of Oakland. Surveyor E. B. Spetman of Council Bluffs. SUIT TO ANNCL NATFRALIIATION Government Brians Action Against Resident of Mills County. Alleging that the certificate was obtained contrary to the federal statutes the United States government filed a petition in the United States circuit court here yesterday, asklr. the annulment and cancellation of tha certificate of naturalisation held by Hau Nielsen, a farmer of Emerson, Mills county. Tha petition alleges that on January 30. 1907, the defendant, a subject of the king of Denmark, filed In the district court of Mills county a petition for naturalisation. The clerk of the court Issued the certificate to Nielsent on September 21 of tha same year. By virtue of this certificate, It Is alleged In the petition, the defendant claims the rights of an American cltisen and the protection of the fedtral government. Tha principal allegation In the ' petition filed by the government asserts that Nlel aen failed to prove that he had ever made a declaration of Intention to become a citl aen, aa required by the federal statutes and particularly by the naturalization act of two years ago. The naturalisation acXJ of 1906 requires that with a petition for nat uralisation there must be filed the certifi cate of declaration of Intention; Issued the required period before. This, It Is alleged, Nielsen failed to do nor did he prove to the court by. competent aridence that he had made declaration of Intention. It la further alleged In support of the government's request for the csncellation of the certificate, that no final order of court authorizing the issuance of the cer tificate was entered upon the record under tho hand of the court. It Is further alleged that Nielsen, did not execute the oath of allegiance to the United States. Nielsen la given sixty days in which to answer the allegations of the petition. It Is probable that the casa will be heard at the next term of federal court In thia city which will open the third Tuesday In Sep tember. Although representatives of the govern ment appeared in court here with objec tions to the Issuance of naturalization papers on various grounds to applicants for same, this is the first Instance here of suit being brought to annul the Issu ance of a certificate of naturalization. TREASURER MITCHELL THE LOSKT71 Pays Back Money Held to Hits Been Illegally Pnld Dcpaty. The certiorari action brought by Attorney S. B. Wadsworth as a "citizen and tax payer of Pottawattamie county" to compel the Roard of County Supervisors to rescind ita action authorising the payment of a commission of 10 per cent to Otto Voll stedt, a clerk in the office of County Treas urer Mitchell, on the amount of delinquent personal taxes collected by him, will not be tried before Judge Wheeler of the dis trict court next Saturday. Treasurer Mitchell, as soon as the super visors, acting upon the advice of County j Attorney Hess that their former action was unauthorised by Ian-, ordered the amount paid to Mr. voiisteot reiunaea, paia into the county treasury $988.07, the amount of the commission which had been allowed his deputy. "Not the slightest criticism should attach to Mr. Mitchell In this matter," said a member of the Board of Supervisors yes terday. "The entire transsctlon as be tween the board and the county treasurer, waa In perfect good faith and with the understanding that the board had the au thority to pay such a commission for tho collection of delinquent personal taxes. The custom of allowing one of the county treas urer's deputies a commission of 10 per cent for the collection of these delinquent per sonal taxes had prevailed for years. When the attack waa made by Mr. Wadsworth it waa at the request of Treasurer Mit chell that the matter waa referred to the county attorney, who decided that the board had not the authority to pay this commission. It was the county attorney who drew up the resolution providing for the payment to Mr. Vollstedt of the com mission which waa adopted by the unani mous vote of the board on December 4 of last year." Aa the result of Mr. Vollstedt's efforts close upon $10,000 of delinquent personal taxes which had accrued long before Mr. Mitchell assumed the duties of county treasurer, waa recovered Into the treasury of Pottawattamie county. Some of these personal taxes had been delinquent for as long aa ten years. Many of the delinquents who. through Mr. Vollstedt's efforts, were compelled to pay up had Irft Pottawattamie county and are residents of Idaho, Wash ington. Colorado, Wyoming and other west ern states. In many lnstancea payment of delinquent personal taxis waa brought about by seizure of cattle and other stock by Collector Vollstedt. The salaries of his deputies and clerks are paid by the county treaaurer. and as the matter now atanda Mr. Mitchell Is practically out the amount paid Mr. Voll , stedt, as the latter'a time was nearly all taken up In attending to tha collection of these naraonaj Iiim, vfelA K&a hanoma delinquent before Mr. Mitchell took charge of the office. I, A OIF. OF MODERN MACCABEES Convention of l.odaea tn Western Iowa and Omaha. About fifty members and delgales of the Ladles of the Modern Msccsbees from Council Bluffs. Omaha. Red Oak. Mt. Ayr and other towns In this section of the state. held yesterday in Danish hall, the first county convention of the order In this dis trict. Although termed a county conten tion the gathering included delegates from Omaha and a number of towns In this state outside of Pottawattamie county. The following oflcers were elected to serve for two years: Commander, Mrs. Lillian Wray, Red Oak. Lieutenant commander, Mrs. Mlttle Thompson. Omaha. Record keeper, Mrs. Margaret Dalton, Council Bluffs. Chaplain, Mrs. Belle Laughlin. Mt. Ayr. Mrs. 1-aura Marti of Omaha was elected delegate to the meeting of the great hive In Toledo, O., In June The next convention will be held In Omaha In 1900. The session was presided over by Mrs. Margaret Dalton of this city, who holds the office of state deputy great commander of Nebrasks. Owing to the late arrival of many of the delegates from out of town but little business was transacted at the morning session. At noon the visiting del egates were guests of the local members at a luncheon served In the dining room In j Danish hall. At the afternoon session Mrs. Margaret Dalton was elected to represent the local hive at the meeting of the great hive In Toledo. Among the resolutions adopted was one calling upon all members of the hives In the state for contributions of 10 cents for the endowment of a bed In some Iowa hos pital. It Is estimated that $1,000 can be raised in this manner. As the local hive Is among the largest In the state, It la pos sible that the Edmundson Memorial hos pital of this city may be selected for the endowed bed. The afternoon session was brought to a close early In order to permit the out of town delegates returning to their homes by the evening trains. GRAND GOl'lsCIL ROYAL ARCANUM Meets nt Boone. Hrnrs Reports and Electa Offlccra. BOONE, la., April 15. (Special Tele gram.) The grand council. Royal Ar canum, held In Boone today was well at tended. Routine business, such as receiv ing reports, auditing the books of the grand regent, grand secretary and grand treas urer, was transacted. Fort Dodge gets the next council. This afternoon the citi zens of Boone gave the delegates an auto mobile ride about the city, showing the places of Interest. Tills evening an elabo rate banquet was tendered in the Young Men'e Christian association gymnasium, bringing to a fitting close the council. Officers were elected as follows: Grand regent, Charlea M. Dickson, Sioux City; grand vice regent, J. K. Dysart. Ot tumwa; grand orator, J. N. Labarre, Watetloo; past grand regent, C. A. Bonn, Council Bluffs; grand secretary, H. A. Snyder, Waterloo; grand treasurer, A. E, Brock, Council Bluffs; grand chaplain, C. E. Boss. Sioux City; grand guide, E. P. Hazen, Fort Madison; grand warden, E. P. Drake. Des Moines; grand sentry, George J. Pickett, Ottiimwa. MAY STRIKK AT FORT DODGE Gypanm and Tile Workers Want More Wanes. FORT DODGE, la.. April 15.-(Sneclal Telegram.) Labor troubles are brewing near this city. It has leaked out the Gyp sum minors employed by the United States Gypsum company Saturday demanded a return to the old wage scale of 46 cents per ton. If the demands are not granted they will strike, Involving the mill hands, sympathetically, and It is likely other companies will become Involved. If so, 400 men may strike. One hundred laborers In the brick tile plants at Lehigh strike Wednesday night, as the employers refuse to raise the pay from $1.7.0 to l. Iowa Centrnl Strike Expected. MARSHALLTOWN, la., April 15-(Spe-clal.) Tha prospects of a strike of ma chinists employed In the local Iowa Cen tral shops was made more certain Sunday, when the shop committee refused to con sider the new wage schedule which Super intendent D. C. Noonan laid boforo the committee. The schedule contemplates a reduction in wagea of from 40 to 37 cents an hour for machinists and a correspond ing decrease for their helpers and appren tices. The committee, which had met Mr. Noonan earlier In the week, refused to even consider the schedule and have ap pealed to General Manager L. F. Day of Minneapolis. A business agent of the Inter national union of machinists, who had been here in the Interest of the local union, left for Minneapolis this morning. It is expected the union will not win its point before Mr. Day, as It Is believed that Mr. Noonan acted with the full approval of Mr. Day. , In case the company Insists In putting Into force this new schedule, union ma chinists say they will strike, which will probably mean alao a sympathetic strike of the bollermakers and blacksmiths and their helpers. , Railroad Conductor Killed. GRINNE.L. la.. April 15. (Special.)-Con- ductor Al Neff on the local freight of Ihe Iowa Central road waa run over by the engine of the Montezuma branch In the yards at thia city yesterday about noon and hia right leg was crushed up to the hip. He waa taken to the Grlnnell City hospital, Just opened for patients, and the company brought his wife from Oskaloosa In forty minutes. He waa conscious and talked freely about the accident, blaming no one but himself. Every effort was mado to save his life, but he died after midnight. The body will be taken to Oskaloosa this evening. He was about 45 years old and had worked for the Iowa Central for fifteen yeara and waa greatly beloved by all his associates. He leavea a wife and three children In Oskalooca. (Established isra.l - Curt WhU rou&htp.- Whooplng-Cough, Croup, uronenms, teuana. Diphtheria, Catarrh. MM s- Y '-a. s irui edy, which for a quarter of a century has earned unqualified praise, Restful uiguu axe asauxea at once. CrcioJea m Boon to Atthmmttc All Drvzgiats . .. -. - fflaAn4IMB ,. i.iu.1. viivn Tour d rtwiri.1 a rmm Sr. f oa. Ue. la stamps. Tse Vf-Crs6e Co. IUhhtll,N.I, rrnasMnsn mm II0RSES BIG CARD AT FAIR Management Proposei to Offer Pre miums for Several New Classes. CANDIDATES CONTINUE TO FILE Declination of Dennlson, However, Leaves the Democrats Without Candldute for Head of the Ticket. (From a 8tff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, April" 15.-(8pecialj -While the attractions and amusement features of the Iowa State fair for 1908 have not been all definitely contracted for, enough have been agreed upon to Insure that this year's stste fair will be the greatest In the history of the state. One of the finest of the attractions will be the horses. Pabst, who bought the Jordan stables of hackney horses. Is to show his stables this year. It Is recognized as the finest stable of hackney horses In America and the ex hibit will be something new for Iowa. While the state fair has always had a few hackneys shown there has never been anything like the exhibit of this year will be. Another attraction mill be the ponies. Every year the Shetland ponies have been a drawing card. All the children and many of the older people have loitered about the barns where the Shetlands have been on exhibit. But a Shetland to be exhibited must be under forty inchea high. This excludes many very fine ponies that are above that. This year a new classification on ponies has been added that will admit this other class of ponies and the result will be that there will be probably twice as many ponies at the fair as ever before. Charles Bunn of Peoria will have his stable of ponies there. A still further Innovation In the horse ex hibit will be that of commercial horses. In this classification will be placed all draft horses other than for breeding pur poses. No pure bred mares will be ad mitted to the classification, hut cross bred and grade mares and cross-bred, grade and pure blood geldings will be admitted. The purpose of this classification Is to get the farmers of the state Interested. The classification Is primarily to encourage the raising of horses to meet the commer cial demand. In the same connection pre miums are to be given to the grooms who put the teams In shape for she exhibit. Cummins' Grandchild Sick. Because of the sickness of one of hlr grandchildren with pneumonia Governor Cummins delayed his start for the reserva tion to continue his campaign till the last minute today. The child recovered some ant? the governor went to Ottumwa, where he wsa to speak tonight. He was accom pat led by Joseph A. Dyer of this city, who will e.lso speak. t'andldntca File Pnpcrs. William R. Io of Carrol, in the Tenth district, and Alex Mardls of Wayne county. In the Eighth district, are the only candi dates for presidential elector on the repub lican ticket thus far heard from. Lee filed his papers with the secretary of state to day. W. A. Dowell of Cumberland has filed Ms papers as a republican candidate for representative from Cass county, Hardin L. Exley has fl ed as a democratic candi date for state senator from the Lucas Wayne district, Otis H. Holmts of Algona has filed his papers aa a republican candi date for representative from Kossuth county and John Lachmerin has filed as a democratic candidate for representative from Lee county. Forget the Affidavit. Secretary of State W. C. Hayward has been compelled to write back to many candidates filing papers to have them cor rected. In many Instances they fall to have, an affidavit attached as provided by law. The affidavit must state that the man Is a candidate.. Under the primary election law It la Impossible , to foist an olfice upon u man. He must swear that he Is a candidate before his papers will be filed. Dennlson Not a Candidate. John D. Dennlson will not enter the field for the democratic nomination for gov ernor of Iowa. There Is no one else In the field and It seems as though a nomination which, when It waa bestowed by & state convention two years ago, waa desperately fought for, Is this year to go begging. Den nlson two years ago mas one of the candi dates for the nomination. Only a week re mains in which to get nomination papers In shape and filed to get on the primary ballot. Gay Is Held for Murder. William Guy Is being held for the mur der of Clarence Richardson. The coroner's Jury tcday returned a verdict that Richard son died from blood poisoning resulting from a revolver shot wound made by Will iam Guy. Guy la claimed to have made threats against Richardson before the shooting. Requisition Revoked. ' Governor Cummins has revoked the requi sition, under which A. W. Waterman was taken from Iowa to Pennsylvania and now there is a clash of authority between Gov ernor Cummins' adopted state and his na tive state ot Pennsylvania as to which state will have Waterman. Waterman Is wanted In Pennsylvania on a charge of forgory. He lived In Ida county, Iowa, and It Is claimed that in fact he was really kidnaped from. Iowa and taken to Penneyl vanla and that the authoritiea there were not entitled to the requisition which Gov erhor Cummins honored In the first In stance. It la claimed that at the time he was taken from the state he lived In Ida county and was insane and In fact in tho charge of a guardian. Yunng Weaver In Council Bluffs. IOWA FALLS, la.. April lo.-(3peclal.)-It la stated here today that while Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Otterbach of thia city were In Council Bluffs, a few days ago. enrotite to the southwest, they saw Attorney W. L. Weaver, who has been missing since February 24, on the streets of that city. While there is a persistent report that the last grand Jury returned an indictment against Weaver, the report lacks verifica tion, aa nothing regarding the actions of the grand Jury has been made public, officially, yet. The fact that the police officers of tlte county have taken no steps to locate Weaver, the Indications are that the grand Jury did not return an Indict ment. Sheriff Walsh stated yesterday that no action whatever had been taken to locate Weaver. George Weaver, a brother of the missing man, returned from Omaha yesterday and stated that abso lutely nothing was known regarding hia missing brother's whereabouts. Council BlusTa Man Robbed. STERLING, 111.. April 15. (Special Tele gram.) Henry Baker, mho gives his ad dress Council Muffs. Ia., R. F. D. No. :. maa held up and hol hed here of (200 and a PjO gold match tills mcrnli. Gaum Miner Killed. FORT POPOK, Ia.. April 15 (Special Telegram.) While timbering In the Cardiff I l'""-.-W-j)i. Jqnes. 3 Itari, was Instantly killed this afternoon by the falling of the rock roof. Deceased lived at Holiday Creek, a short dlstsnce from this city. IOWA COAL SCALE IS READY Mlnera and Oneraiora Will Meet Thursday at Des Molnea to Ratify It. PES MOINES, la., April IB. (Special.) A Joint convention of the United Mine workers and the coal operators will be held Thursday to ratify the action of the committee In arranging a scale of wages for the next tmo years. The Joint scale committees are still at work and today finished the Dew machine scale. They will have completed their work to morrow'. The mines. It Is expected, will not open till about the first of Msy. The last winter has been an open one and a great deal more than the usual amount of coal was mined, and In addition, not aa much mas consumed as usual. There la therefore an abundance of coal above ground and no necessity to begin mining till next month. TOLEDO, O., April 15-At the Joint conference of tho miners and operators this afternoon J. B. Zerhe of Cleveland, representing the operators, sua made chairman of the conference and W. D. Ryan, national secretary of the United Mine Workers of America, m-as selected secretary. Trouble mas started when the conference proceeded to make up the tem porary scalo committee to agree upon the scale of prices under m-hlch miners may go to m-ork at once pending perma nent agreement. There are present thir teen members of the miners' union from Illinois, but no operators. The Illinois men demanded representation on the scalo committee. Tho operators fought the proposition and the contest maged for three hours. Finally an agreement was reached by which the Illinois miners mill have a voice in the deliberations of the committee but not vote. Roy Killed Under Cultivator. LOGAN. Ia., April 15. (SpJeclal. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob's little son wns found dead this morning under the m-ieel of a cultivator between the house and barn on their farm five miles southeast of Logan. It is thought the child In playing on the cultivator started it down a sharp Incline and f'MI beneath the wheel. Iowa News Notes. GRINNE1. Johnson A. Porter, living Short (liHtance eHRt of K.vnrt loat t n-rt barns with all their contents, Including some live slock, by fire on Sunday last. ri nan oniy a part ml Insurance In the Poweshiek County Mutual. MARSHALLTOWN At the annual con ference of the German Evangelical churches of Iowa, held at Dubuque, Rev. J. M. oiingo mas assigned to the charge al Laurel. Marshall county, and Mingo, Jas per county. He succeeds Rev. Mr. Beck man and Laurel. IOWA CITY-MIss Alice Beattle. the su perintendent of the Homeopathic hospital in tills place, has resigned and will prac tice her profession at Cleveland. ).. sfter June Miss Beattle has been an excellent superintendent and the entire corps of nurses ana pnysicians are sorry to see her leave. 8IOUX CITY United 8tates aovernment snag boat James B. McPherson, m-hlch has neen in tne government yards on the Big Sioux river during the winter, has cleared for Kansas City. On the trio to the Mis souri metropolis the boat mill be usd in pulling snags. The crew is composed of iwenty-two men, with Captain McFarlane In command. MARSHALLTOWN The Methodist Enls- copal church of Oilman, m-hlch was totally destroyed by fire Friday night, is to be re- duiii. At a meeting of the congregation, held this afternoon, the Initial steps to erect a new edifice to cost between J4.000 and lb 0"0 were taken. Work is to begin on tne new church at once. Until It is fin ished the congregation will hold its ser vices in the opera house. SIOUX CITY-J. H. Btrlef of Sioux City. seeretary-tressurer of the Iowa Federation of Labor, has commenced his annual tour of the state for the purpose of compiling the federation's directory of labor organi sations and their secretaries. He will also make personal Inquiry and observations Into the conditions' of organized labor, gaining. If possible, the number of employed and unemployed men and the future out look for labor. IOWA CITY The annual sophomore or atorical contest was won by j. C. Mundt with his oration on the sublimity of the will. Karl Stewart of Des Moines whs a close second. The other men who con tested mere Don Hatesson and J. A. Kylo. Mr. Mundt is from Logan, la., and by win ning tho contest wins the Egan prize of f20. The Lowden prize mas awarded Messrs. Starzlnger, Lux ford and Brar.t, who have been prominent in debate in the university this year. ATIANTIC Otto Relsberg, a young man ot this place who has been working at Omaha, but mho came home sick a few days Hgo, died at the home of his parents yesterday after but a five days' illness of splnul meningitis. He was 2i years of age and was never sick a day ur.tll taken with his last illness. There Is an epidemic of contagious diseases here now and all the doctors are busy taking care of scarlet fever, diphtheria, mumps, measles and other lighter ailments. ATLANTIC The farm house near Marne, owned and occupied aa a dwelling by Tar kel Jensen, was totally destroyed by fire that, originated In the roof from a defective flue yesterday. The loss was about 11,400, with 700 Insurance. Some of the house hold goods were saved, but the building waa a total loss. A vacant house owned by Seaman Maaborg of Elkliorn was also iotally destroyed by fire of an un known origin. The loss m-as about tl.UOO covered partially by Insurance. SIOUX CITY A semi-annual meeting of the Presbytery of Sioux City, which com prises northwestern Iowa, was opened here last night. One hundred delegates from the various cities and towns are in attend ance. The sessions m'ill cover two days, Tho program Includes addresses by Rev. II. H. Sawyer of Sloux City, district super intendent of the Anti-Saloon league, Mrs. B. B. Bruse, returned missionary from China, and President B. G. Campbell of Beuna Vista college. MARSHALLTOWN Earle Roberts of Os kaloosa. Ia., who has been at the head of the iHiy's department of the local Young Mer.'i Christian association. Is to go to Des Moines on May 1 to asunpe charge of the boy's department of the University Place Christian church. This chinch raised ll.ooO Sunday, when Mr. Roberts mas there to In augurate tills new movement, which Is to be patterned after a similar department, which lias been made highly successful by the Anderson, Ind., Christian! church. ATLANTIC What appears to lie a neigh borhood fued haa developed in Grant town ship near Anita. Jt is said to have orig inated over a telephone war. At any rate a man by the name of Ely had all his or chard trees, his grapes and other small fruit completely ruined by partica cutting them with knives Just as the buds were bursting. A valuable, orchard and small fruit farm has been rendered useless. The depredation, was committed during the night and Mr. Elv claims to know mho did the work, but lacks sufficient proof to take the matter to court. IOWA ' FALLS Master Mechanic F. E. Doxey uf the Di-s Moines Short Line had his left foot badly mashed last evening. Wlnle crossing the tracks near the com pany's round house, Mr. Doxey passed be twen two sections of a freight train that waa switching In the yards. He tripped and fell across the track, but had preaence of mind to throw his body out of the way of the advancing train, but his foot mas caught and badly mangled. It Is thought amputation of the member will be neces sary. Mr. Doxey was formerly with the Illinois CcMral and camo here several months ago from Waterloo, lie was taken to Ellsworth hospital. IOWA CITY The cast for the senior play of the univeralty has just been chosen. Miss Blanche Bloom, a professional actress, assisted in the choosing process. Tne fol lowing will represent the various classes of the university In the annual play: Joe Beein. Pearl Cross, Joacphin Lynch, Rohert Remley. 8. E. Felt. Bernard Murphy. Gertrude Branson, William 8. Johnston. Ariel Parish, H 8. Allen. Will iam llotz. Laura Lynch, William E. Jones. Rolen Ixing. Kslhryn Green. J. T. Col grove, Marguerite Moore, It. H. Sylvester, Hilda Broderson, Edith Ball. Waller V. Myers and John Conamay. The play to be presented Is "Trelawney of the Welle." and mill be under the direction of the depart ment of public speaking of the university. AFFAIRS A? SOUTH OMAHA Four Men Arretted on the Chtrpe of Highway Robbery. IDENTIFIED BY ONE OF VICTIMS Stolen Property Found at the Home of One ot tho Accused Partlee, Who Insists Hie Wife Bouaht It. The 8outh Omaha police arrested four men on suspicion yesterday, whom they expect to prosecute for highway robbery. They m-ere John Qulncey. Thomas Pom hrowskl, Michael IXimhromksl, his son, and John Wabons. It Is alleged the four men broke Into a hay barn om-ned by the Union Stock Yards company about Thirty-fourth and H streets and stole a ton of baled hay. Later Monday night, they are al leged to have visited the Brsdford-Ken-nedy lumber yards and attempted to steal lumber. While they were engaged In this a m-atchmsn came upon them. They held him up m-lth a gun and ordered him back to his house. The watchman did not delay In getting away from the vicinity. He recognized two of the men. however. He was so positive that the police Immediately placed Dombrowskl and his son tinder ar rest. Then they paid a visit to the resi dence and found the hay stored, and also the lumber. They also found a barrel of beer m-hlch was taken from a box car last Saturday night. This combination of evidence Is thought to make a strong case against the Dombrowskls. The state ment of the first two led to the arrest of ths others. The prisoners mere put through the sweat box yesterday and were pretty m-ell tied up In their efforts to explain horn- the stolen property happened to be In their posses sion. Dombrowskl said his mife had bought the hay last Frldsy, but he could not tell how much she had paid for It. Johnson Gets In H'roni Bed. A man giving his name as Ed Johnson was the most disgusted man In the South Omaha Jail last night. He m-as Jailed for drunkenness and carrying concealed weap ons. But the rudeness of his arrest was the point which made him doubt the kind ness of the fates. He indulged in a few too many drinks and the warm afternoon made him dromsy, so he found a corner betmeen the high board fence of the Union Pacific and one of the stone retaining walls at the east end of the Q street viaduct. In this narrow place he lay all the later hours of the afternoon. No one saw him creep In, but finally someone on the tracks below saw a pair of feet hanging through a rift In the fence In an unnatural po sition and mounting to the wall above they found Johnson. They concluded the place for him was with the undertaker, so they called up the city Jail and reported that a man had fallen off the mall of the Q street viaduct and was either dead or dying Two police officers hastened to the spot and found only a sleepy "son of the road" in stead of his corpse. They allowed hlni to pass the rest of his sleep at the Jail. During the evening he asked the Jailer if there waa any hoe of getting out on his nerve. Being assured there was none he resigned himself to his fate. "It's a funny town, wants to arrest a man for sleepln'. Say, who m-as I hurtln', anyhow?" he said. MbrIc City Gossip. A. F. Stryker Is am-ay on a western trip and m-ill be gone about ten days. Mrs. Harry Armstrong returned Monday from a short visit to Fremont. Jetter'a Bock Beer delivered to any part of the city. Telephone No. S. Dr. R. I Wheeler announces a special Ier.ten service Thursday evening at the Presbyterian church. Charles Pom-ers of South Omaha was mar ried last evening to Miss Dsisy Porter of Omaha by Rev. Dr. R. L. Wheeler. The Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. George Alters, 188 South Twenty-third street, died yesterday. The burial will be at 2 p. m. today. Members of Upchureh lodge No. 2, Degree of Honor, will meet this evening. The grand chief of honor and the grand offi cers mill be present. Charles Hlbbler, living In the country near Seymour park, was tsken to the South Omaha hospital suffering from a broken leg received last Sunday in a runaway acci dent. Koutsky's for latest styles of wall paper at greatly reduced prices; ready mixed paints at 98c per gallon. We do painting and paper hanging. Window glass and Rifling. Don't fail to come and see our line and prices before you buy. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McLean were agree ably surprised Monday evening by a party of fifty members of the United Presbyterian church. Many of the guests were young people and spent the evening In outdoor games. A memorial was presented to the host and hostess on the eve of their de parture to Red Oak, Ia., their future home. PRIMARY ELECTION LAW VALID Missouri Law Passed Upon by Su preme Court Sitting- En Banc. JEFFERSON. CITY, April 15. The su preme court today denied the application of the republican city central committee of St. Louis to Institute mandamus proceed ings against the St. Louis election commis sioners for the purpose of calling a city convention. The application was recently filed as a test of the state primary elec tion law. Tha decision handed down by the supreme court In banc. Judge Graves The Only Way to prove the merits of a cigar is to smoke it all we ask of you is to test our claims for CONTRACT 5-Cent Straight Cigan It cost the makers more the dealer pays more the smoker gets more. It's the only 5-cent cigar on the market with a genuine long leaf Havana filler no scraps, dust or tobacco sweep ings A strictly handmade cigar. Fragrant, free burning and delightful. Buy just one and test it yourself. 4p mm W0 POPULAR WHISKIES rTHAT ARC SERVED AT Trie WALDORF- ASTORIA HOTEL AMD ALL PROMINENT ESTABLISHMENTS DAWSONS 'vsccri en .COMBER 7-a aidori impons""" t. Waldorf-Astoria I hew voas. not sitting, holds thut the primary eleO lion law is constitutional. NEBRASKA FR0MDAY TO DAY Qmulnt nnd Curlona Fralnrcs of Life. In n Rapidly tiro v Ing State. Surgeons Walt on Religion Father Walsh was rushed fifteen miles across the country Tuesday In a flying automobile trip. The fifteen and a half miles w ei . covered in from forty to fifty mluutct the fast trip being made over muddy roml?. and through cectlon day rain. At the end of the trip two surgeons were, malting to amputate the leg of James Broxrk, ths young farmer near Battle Creek mho win accidentally shot by his hired man. Ths presence of Father Wal.sh was demanded before the operation could proceed. Fathei Walsh m-as In Norfolk. It mouid tHko sev. eral hours to make the Journey by, rail and buggy. So it was hastily nrrangi j to bring Father Walsh out to the farm ;n Dr. falters' runabout. Carl Aluman drove the car. Norfolk News. The Way of the Minister Is Hani There is something strange about select ing a new preacher for a town. Kucn applicant Is brought forth nnd gives mi examination of himself, does the best that he can, shakes hands with all of the peo ple anl goes away. After a few examina tions the new pastor is selected and comes to town. He Is at onco the rage. !l, has nothing but praises and compliments on every side. He Is pointed out as our new minister. He Is It. He stays ami preaches and labors. But his star is never as high as In those few weeks. In his work he has to step on tne feet of peopl.-. They yell. The minister keeps on doing the best that he can, and more and mme people get their toes pinched. In a your or two the preacher Is In hia proper sphere. He has Ills many loyal friend: and those that are not. Tne way of Ihn minister is not all roses. St. Paul Repub lican. Nature Fake By the explosion of a pilr of pants which they mere cleaning with gasoline, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Colton, re siding at Eleventh and Orovrr streets, were serloualy burned last Saturday art-' ernoon. In cleaning the garment Mr. Co. ton had used a liberal supply of the fluid and Mrs. Colton mas helping him wring them out by hand. They were using con siderable force, when all at once thcro was a loud report like the discharge or a gun and in an Instant they were in flames, ns well as the enclosed porch where they had been working. One of Mr. Colton's hands mas burned so bad that the skin came off when he made bin next trip An an ort glncer on the Burlington and- Mrs. Colton received ' serious burns about tho head. She waa sitting cIoho to the center Of the explosion and It was so violent that every pin holding her hair in shape was shaken out. The explosion also tore a hole In the side of the porch and set fire to the In terior. Fortunately it ail happened whilu Mr. Colton's brother Has at home, nnd through his assistance the fire was not allowed to gain headway. Tho trousers were mado of woolen cloth, and It Is be lieved that In wringing them the friction caused an electric spark which Isnited the gasoline. Mr. Colton says that he, always heard It was dangeroua to use gasbllno for cleaning woolens and silks and he n hoping his experience may warn others to use great caution. Columbus Telegram. TURN BACK 0NTHEIR FATHER Children of Peter (obnrg of Norfolk Refuse to Conic Home with lllui. CINCINNATI. O., April 15. tSpeclal Tele gram.) Peter Coburg of Norfolk, Neb., has arrived here In search of his wife and to secure the children she took away with her on leaving her Nebraska home. The children she placed In a home, but no tnu-o has been found of the woman. The chil dren, however, refuse to return with their father and he will institute legal proceed ings to secure possession of them. 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