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TTTE CM AHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1908. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA 1 i i -s COUNCIL BLUFFS Office 15 Scon Street. Both 'Phones 43. MINOR MeXTIOX. Oak Leaf cimp, Roys! Neighbors of America, will meet In regular session this evening. Mr. and Mr. Owr( F. Huh and family are home from Portland, Ore., where they spent the winter. O. K. Trimble and May Wolf, both of La PUtte, Neh., were married In this city yesterday by Rev. Henry Pa Long. Building permits were Issued yesterday to K. Pill & Son. for three one-story frame rottages In M cOee's addition to cost 11.40) each. Luncheon served every dsy this week hy the Broadway Methodist Episcopal church, ladles' on thrld floor at Hunter's. Meals, & cents. Mrs. Laura E. MrMullen has none to i hlrago to atttnd the national convention of Ilr.yal Neighbors of America as delegate J from the Ninth district of Iowa, j Harp! B. Tracv. 17-year-old daughter of r Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Tracy, 543 Fifth avenue, I died yesterday morning from a tumor of i the hraln after an Illness of five months. I Dr. P. J. Montgomery and Dr. A. P. ?" Hanohett left Ust evening; for Des Moines to attend the thirty-ninth annual meeting of the Hahramann Medical association of r, lowa. S The Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. ; Cook, 1112 Gould avenue, died yesterday evening. Following sermon at the home, 5 the body was taken to Carson, la., for Duriai Mrs. Walter I. Bmlth returned yeaterday f rrom Washington, U. C, when she Joined Congressman Bmlth shortly after the holl- day recess. Congressman Smith expects i, xo oe nome in bdoui mree weeks. The funeral of Ityron, the Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Janes 1 Carter, 1316 Avenue a, who died Sunday, was held yesterday morning from the family , residence and burial was in Walnut Hill cemetery. ? The self-refilling bows, which are sill I et Bourir.Ius, are the greatest of anv In- f Vrntlon for violinists. One can rehair his I bow himself in Just, one minute, examine f them at 335 Broadway, where the organ I stands upon the building. I A. J. Stewart of Walnut and Arthur Hetrlrk or Maml Htll township, each brought In the scalp of an adult wolf Ito County Auditor Cheyne yesterday and re ceived v a warrant each for $& for the bounty on these en'-ials. At the; meeting of ...e Young Men's Chrls tinn association Forum this evening tiiere 111 be debute on the labor problem to bo pnrtlrlput.d In by J. A. Leonard. Er wln Snyder. Norman Filbert and Henry Pe Long. Jr. There will be alao a continuance of last week's program on athletics. C. J. Sutphen has resigned as resident manager of the New theater and la suc ceeded by George R. Wheeler, who has been treasurer of the house during the past season. Mr. Sutphen will go to Sioux City, where be will continue In the employ of A. B. Beall, lessee-manager of the New the ater, In the advertising and bill posting business. . Fred L. Shelly died yesterday morning at his hom, 1120 Eighth avenue, from pneu monia after a week s illness, aged 27 years. Pi-ceased was a railway mail clerk and leaves a wife and two children. He was a member of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen and of the Burlington Relief so clety. Services will be conducted at the residence this morning at 10:30 o'clock by Rev. Edgar Price, pastor of the First Christian church, following which the body will he taken to Ixigan, la., where the funeral will take place. Wiley Hafer, while returning from Omaha late Sundav night In his automobile collided with a switch engine at the Illinois Central crossing and Broadway and Elgh- I iTiiui urm. iue Kuiumuoue was some what seriously damaged, but Mr. Wafer and a young man companion escaped In Jury, except that the former who was . driving, was bruised about the head by I being thrown atrainst the frame nf th. fn ijimc-r emu ins iiKii anowea a clear roHd when he was about 200 feet from the track. dui wnen about fifteen feet from the cross ing the engine suddenly loomed up ahead of him. He turned the' machine sharpe'y, hoping to avoid a collision, but was unable to do so. Real Rata Transfer. These transfers were reported to The Bee J May 11 by the Pottawattamie County Ab stract comrany of Council Bluffs: Ma me E. Russell and husband to P. E. j C. Lally, trustee, lot 1. block 6. In McMahon, Cooper & Jefferls' add to Council Bluffs, w d $2,000 Benjamln-Fehr Real Estate company to Verne Benjamin, lot 9. block 3 In Howanl add to Council Bluffs, w d.. 1,000 L. Sheets and wife to Richard Mc ( : Sweeney, lots 11, 12 and 13, block 6. .! In Carson, la., w d 600 i j Lars (k)odman and wife to Christen t'hrlstensen, lot 2, block 29, in Burns' add to Council Bluffs, wd 650 ) J. W. Rounds and wife to G. 8. i r Rounds, part out lot D. 'own of Mc- ' Clelland. la., w d j ino ; 'Susan I. Gray to Miss Nlnle Walters. " ' lots 2. , 7 and 0, block 6, Railroad , add to Council Bluffs, w d 100 f - John P. Alley ot a I. to William P. Scott, t 3 j j , '""ck o. in nainnaa - j uu ui iiranni twurrs. s w d t, Clancy J. Kinney and husband to Leo t i f1l.Ca.,h,".rln" Vanderloo, slO feet of I , lt . block 111. Crescent, la., w d.... 75 SO ( und. B-t7 of part of out lot 5, Jack- i d'1 t0 Council Bluffs, w d 25 i "A"1?, H- Kimball and wife to Louisa t , C. Boyer. lot 1, Hutchinson's rub to U Council Bluffs, w d j 7 vi , . ' Ten trnr.r. ....., ..Be.c-eiitiii K,uel . , , Cornerstone Stolen. ' is Complaint was made to the police yester ydsy morning that ths cornerstone of the Pentecostal mission's new building In course jof construction at the corner of Broadway land Fifteenth street had been stolen some ftime during Sunday night. The cornerstone i was laid with appropriate exercises Sunday ; (afternoon and ts late as 10 o'clock Sunday : might members of the mission noticed that (nothing about the new building had been jdlsturbed. " It la' believed the stone was parried away by drunken rowdies. The I ptone weighed about liO pounds and bore he Inscription. "Pentecostal Mission. 1308." jit was valued at about !0. j The corner stone was found last evening jriear the tracks of the Illinois central rail- J-oed. The vandals had evidently attempted to break the stone, but had only succeeded defacing It so badly that a new corner atone will have 'to be secured Fined for Lifting the Lid. Chris Chrlstensen, brtender for Yocum jLarson, rroptletor of a saloon In Cut-off, who with his employer was charged with Sifting the lid Sunday,' was fined DO and posts tn police court yesterduy morning. thrlstensen, who was unable to give hail when arrested Sunday afternoon and oon hequeitly spent the night behind the bars n the clly Jal, was In no better tondl lon to liquidate hla fine Monday and ac cordingly was again locked up. Proprietor Larson fa lied ' to put In an ippearance when his case was called and he court ordered his cash bond of 124 orfelted. Later I-aron secured a contin uance of his case for a week and the order pscheatlng the .' to the city treasury as rescinded. Marrlaaa Licensee. Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday o the following: Name and Residence. Age. . tx Triiuoie. i-a r-iatie. Neb 2b May Wolf, La Platte, Neb 21 William A. Sctherland. Council Bluffs... S4 dull AboodL Omaha 20 A. A. CLARK & CO. IflflH MflFIFY flfJ n0ES3ES. cattle and LUllll liJUUt.1 Ull HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. AN ANT CHATTEL SECURITY AT OXE-HALF THE USUAL RATES. Twenty Tears of Successful afnalnea. OOUXER MAW AND BROADWAY.. OVER AMERICA EXPRESS. No connection with the firm eaXUng thuusalv. Th. Clark hfartJL rZ KIMBALL DRAWS THE LINE Attorney Report! on Respective Duties of the Mayor and Council. BIDS JOB SUPPLIES FOR CITY Oslif to Sickness of Member of Com mittee No Report Is Made on the Proposition to F.rect a Siew Central Fire Station. , City Solicitor Kimball handed down at the meeting of the city council last night a written opinion defining the powers of the mayor and those of the standing com mittees of the council relative to the con trol of appointive officers of the city and the work of the different municipal depart ments. The clerk was Instructed to have a copy of the opinion made for each mem ber of the council, so that he could "read, mark, learn and Inwardly digest It," The opinion follows: Under chapter 28 of the laws of the Twenty-second General Assembly, which went into effect on the 30th day of March, 1907, the mayor was given additional pow ers over those formerly exercised by him. He was given the appointment and super vision of the health physician or city phy sician, street commissioner and such other officers as shall be provided by ordinance, wnich Include In our city, by ordinance then and since In force, superintendent of markets, poll tux collector, pound keeper. custodian of city hall, food Inspector and electrician, an oi wnicn are oriices form erly filled by the city council. The. ap pointment of persons to these offices by the mayor contemplate that the functions of such officers were largely or wholly executive. By the same act all executive functions. powers and duties shall be exercised and performed by the mayor and other elect ive and appointive officers as provided bv law1 and neither the council nor the mem bers thereof shall exercise any executive function unless expressly conferred by law. Line Hard to Draw. It Is often difficult to draw a line be tween executive powers and duties and leg islative powers and duties, the former of which belong to the mayor and the latter to the council, but a general distinction can easily be made. It Is the duty of the mayor as executive to have general supervision of the appointive officers and to the extent that his office requires It, of the elective officers to see that the ordinances and regulations of the city are Inforced and to see that ail officers perform the duties de volving upon tnem. in my judgment it Is his duty to see thnt the streets and alleys are kept In a proper and safe condition. The street supervisor is directly answerable to the raivor in all m it ers of Immediate re- rnlrs made necessary to protect the public rom danger. The mayor should have charge of the street commissioner In keep ing me streets clean ana tree riom accum ulating filth and the mayor should see that the sidewalks are kept, unimpeded and safe to pedestrians and the public. The street supervisor and those working under hlrn are directly answerable to the mayor and sub Ject to removal by him for good reasons, which must be given in writing and filed Ith the city clerk. The same is true of the other appointive officers above named. The mayor should require, or the street commissioner under him should attend to, the making of any Immediate repair neces sary to-prevent accident. But such super vision should not contemplate or Include recessary permanent repairs requiring any large expenuiture or money, l lius II a few bricks are displaced In a sidewalk, making the same dangerous. It should he Immedi ately repaired under the supervision of the nut it py reason oi nood a large portion ot the Sidewalk Is washed away It Is matter for legislation and not executive superlvslon. Since the mayor has super vision of the officers of the city he may make, all necessary rules and regulations with respect, to accounts, reports, care of property belonging to the departments un der him, as he may deem advisable to beat carrying out the purposes of the executive department and it becomes the duty of the city officers to assist him in all these ma li ters. All legislation belongs particularly to the city council. In extensive cleaning of the streets, as the removal of a large amount of earth caused by flood and which re quires any considerable expenditure, of money, should first be authorised by the lly council and If made dangerous to the public the obstruction should be barricaded by the executive department until the coun cil can act In the matter. Any substantial Improvement, as putting In crossings In streets, renewing approaches to crossings, resuriacing a pavement, renewing a rioor Ing or pavement of e bridge, painting build ings or bridges, making additions or alter ations tn any of the city streets, buildings or property are purely legislative functions to be exercised by the council. Relan of Council. The city council has exclusively the right to determine compensation of of ficers or employes except where other wise provided by law, as persons working out poll tax, and they may also determine the number of policemen and persons to be employed under the street commissioner and other appointive officers. In my opin ion., however, the mayor or his appointive officers, should havfc the right to desig nate who shall work under them except where otherwise provided by statute, as in the case of persons working poll tax. But this applies only, of course, to persons per forming the work under the executive of ficers. The city council has the right to employ men to make permanent repairs on sidewalks, bridges, buildings and cty prop erty and may employ men for such work on a salary or by the day where needed and where most economical to the city and where the question of taxing the cost of the Improvement to abutting property owners Is not Involved. While the street supervisor and the man under him are directly answerable to the mavor they "?me ex,en subject to the orders of the city council and may be required, with such help as may be furnished by. . v. - "'""ul' remove excessive ot struoflons In streets or to make extended repairs when advisable for the best Inter ests or the city. The mayor and the city council should work together In harmony Ji rnaUer- seeking to sld the other, the mayor at all times reporting the neccBstty of any legislation or legislative action and the members of the council ..,....,,,, , mayor any necessity for executive action. To avoid friction In the question of Im meciiate renatrs I would recommend that Rule 2 of the rules of the council he e:L,"fc.r:."1..?.1l. .,h m"Vor or nq i..vi ' nave ni power to create anv Indebtedness against the citv to ex ced tt i exrnt on written order signed bv a majority nf the whole council. ' Rlda for Supplies. Bids for furnishing the usual city sup plies were opened and referred to the clerk for tabulation. Several bids which wore filed after the hour named In the ad vertisement and some which were without the ne.ssary bond were not recognised. As thei was only one bid for lumber and that wrvs without the required bond, the clerk was Instructed to readvertlse forbids, which re to be In by noon of May 25. The contract for furnishing meals to In mates f the city Jail was sgaln awarded to J. E. Brooks at 15 cents per meal, whether it be the full menu or a diet of bread and water. Councilman McMillan finally carried his point about the opening of Eleventh street for which the Wslker Manufacturing com pany has fought so long. On his motion the city marshal was directed to notify Droge Brothers to at once remove their corn rrlb from the street and to notify the Great Western railroad to at once place' In crossings and to keep the troroughfare open for travel henceforth. An ordinance changing the name of that portion of South First street,' between the Intersection of Graham avenue and the city limits, to Madison avenue, by which It has been commonly known, was passed under a suspension of the rules. The mat ter of changing the numbers on the houses, which will be necessary on account of the new naming of the street, waa left to the residents and property owners to wreotle with. The assessment on the building of the In dependent Telephone company, as made by City Assessor Hardin, was cancelled on report of the Judiciary committee, which learned that the property had been In cluded In the assessment of the company made by the state executive council. Relative to the paving of the approaches to the new concrete bridge over Indian creek at Frank street, City Solicitor Kim ball handed down an opinion to the effect that the coat of the paving up to the sup erstructure Itself could be property as sessed against the abutting property. The appointment by Poundmaster Burke of Albert Jackson as his deputy was con firmed after Mr. Jackson had been duly and properly Introduced by Burke to the city council. Damage Claim Settled. On the recommendation of the Judiciary committee the personal injury claim of K. L. Folsom, resulting from a fall on a defective sidewalk on 'Avenue F, was or dered settled for 175. Mr. Folsom origin ally demanded $400. Pat Donohuc was granted a permit to conduct a saloon at 923 West Broadway. Owing to the Indisposition of Councilman Bellinger, chairman of the special com mittee having the matter of the plans for arching over Tndlun creek and the erection of a new central fire station In charge, no report, as had been anticipated, was made last night. The committee expects to formulate a report somo time this week and submit It at the next meeting of the city council. A request from residents of he western part of the city thftt the gas mains be extended f'om Avenue A and Twenty eighth, to which point they have recently been laid, was received and Councllmen Bellinger, Younkerman and Rlpdon were appointed a sreclnl committee to confer with the management of the Citizen's Gas and Electric' company relative to same. The committee on fire and light, of which Councilman Y'ounkerman Is chalr rran, was authorized to purchase a new team for the fire 'department and to sell one of the old teams which was reported to be unfit for further service In the de partment. HATTEY HEAIHXO 19 RESUMED Direct Examination of Expert Rich man Is Concluded. The hearing before Judge Macy and a Jury In the action brought to remove H. V. Battcy from the position of clerk of the district court on the ground of alleged Irregularities In the office was resumed yesterday morning. The direct examina tion of C. J. Rlchman, the expert account ant from Des Moines who checked over the office and upon whose report Mr. Bat tey was suspended by Judge Wheeler, was concluded yesterday afternoon but hit cross examination was postponed until today, as the defense wished to place on the witness stand Charles E. JValters, who had made arrangements to. leave the city lkst evening. This was agreed to by County' Attorney Hess.' Mr. Walters was introduced by the de fense as an expert to show that the al leged erased and altered entries In the books and records of the clerk of the district court were not In the handwriting of Mr. Bnttey. Mr. Walters testified that to the best of his belief several of the entries referred to were not In the hand writing of the defendant. Roy Hardesty, deputy under Mr. Battey, was also placed on the stand and he testified that several of the entries In controversy were not. to the best of his belief, in the defendant's handwriting. Thirteen 'new cases, In which the defend ants had gcen bound over to await the action of the grand Jury, were ready for that body when It reconvened yeater day. The grand Jury adjourned about April 1 and this Is an unusually large number of criminal cases to accumulate In such a short period of time. Judge Wheeler's Instructions to the grand Jury were brief. He ssld he would ofyy recall to them his Instructions given' at length at the opening of the term, but urged them to act as speedily as they could and give due consideration to such cases as were brought before them. He suggested that the Jury make returns of indictments as soon as It could conven iently do so. The persons awaiting the deliberations of the grand Jury are Will Fegley, Chet Ford, Cora McEvoy, Richard Dempsey, George Davis, E. E. Bayers, Harry Halsey. William Fox, Gordon Bowers. Bob Ford, Dave McCreary, Walter Gumm and Henry J. Steinberger. Mrs. Bertha Jordan has brought suit for aivorce from Luke Jordan. It ia stated In the petition that after once being divorced they were remarried March M. 1902. Mrs. Jordan charges her husband wUh cruel and Inhuman treatment and that he drove her and the children out of the house on the night of May t of this year, for which she caused his arrest by the police. She asks for the custody of their three minor children and was granted a temporary order restraining the defendant from mo lestlng her pending the trial of thla suit. Mrs. Ada Chrlstensen was granted a di vorce yesterday by Judge Wheeler from Albert Chrlstensen to whom she was mar ried In January, lflos. on the grounds of cruel and Inhuman treatment. Edmund Montgomery has filed original notice of suit against the Bloomer Manu facturing company for $5,000 damages for personal Injuries alleged to have been re ceived September 3. 19m, while In the em ploy of the defendant company. WlfKHAMI CET CONTRACT Low Bidders for Erection of Avenue B School Building. The contract for the new school house at Avenue E and Seventeenth street was awarded to Wickham Bros, on their bid of 111.295 at the meeting of the Board of Edu cation last night The construction of the building is to be completed by September 1. Other bidders were: George F. Hughes! $12,624; NeU Jensen, 111,900; Liles & Pen rll. I12.2S9; C. Peterson. 112.262; Myrtue Bros., urk only, ,2o. All of the contractors also submitted separate bids for the mason and carpenter work. Architect Cox was directed to draw plans for a heating plant for the new bulding. The members of the board will meet Saturday afternoon and visit the Pierce street school for the purpose of Investigat ing the possibility of being able to erect another addition to this building to accom modate the .children of that section of the City. .The board will also Investigate possi ble sites for a new school building In that section of the city. The list of this year's graduates rrom the high school sj submitted by Superintend ent Clifford still larks the approval of the board. Nothing was done In the matter, and U Is understood that the Investigation relative to the mischief charged tip to the members of the senior class la atlll pend Ing. Miss Sprague of the high school faculty was granted an extra vacation not to ex ceed two weeks during the summer, as she Intends to take a trip to Europe, and the extra time is to enable her to extend her tour to Greece. CIMMIS TO SPEAK TWESTY-9IX Circular from Ills Headquarters Sent tn All Headquarters. Announcement Is made that Governor A. B. Cummins will be In Council Bluffs Tuesday. May 26, In the Interest of his senatorial candidacy and will speak at night In the New theater. This date Is Just one week before the primary election. The governor Is booked to speak at Cedar Raplda on the night of May 25. and will come to Council Bluffs direct from there. A quantity of Cummins literature Is being sent out from the headquarters In this city of the Taft-Cummlns Progressive Re publican league of Pottawattamie county, of which former Councilman Robert B. Wallace la president and O. J. McManus, candidate for the republican nomination for state superintendent of Instruction, is secretary. Accompanying the literature Is the fol lowing circular letter, which Mr. Wallace stated yesterday had been mailed to every known republican voter In the county: You are a busy man and do not have time to study the senatorial campaign now In progress. On June 2, for the first time In the history of Iowa you will have an opportunity to vote for a nominee for I nlted States senator. Since you have pnly one side of the question presented y the local paper, and that is the side favorable to those who have some special Interests to subserve. It Is deemed advis able to send you the fscts and rely upon you to make up jour mind whst is your plain duty to do In the Interests of the people at the primary, June 2, 19i8. On the one hand claiming your support Is William B. Allison, who has been In the congress of the 1'nlted States consecutively for forty-four years. He Is now 80 vears old, conservative In the extreme, weak ened In body from his serious Illness of last spring, lacking In mental vigor so as to unfit him to grapple with problems new demanding attention. On the other .hand asking your support Is Albert B. Cummins, the true, able progressive exponent of Rooseveltian re publlcanisrn. He has done for Iowa what Roosevelt hns done for the nation placed Individual rights above corporate power In political affairs. He Is a vigorous, pro gressive statesman, who will continue to reflect honor upon the commonwealth of Iowa by representing the peoples' Inter ests In the t'nlted States senate as rep resentedthe people or the special Interest class? Answer by your vote, June 2. Police Roles Unchanged. Members of the police force will have to wear their uniforms at all times as provided In the rules and regulations gov erning the department. It was expected that the board of fire and police commis sioners at Its meeting last night would take action looking towards the modification of this rule but nothing was done In the matter owing the the absence of Commis sioner Sargent, and the commission ad journed subject to the call of the chair man. , SAILORS ARE SIGHTSEEING Men from Fleet Harinar Good Time In San Francisco Ball for Officer Last Night. SAN FRANCISCO. May 12.-The officers and men of the Atlantic fleet devoted today chiefly to sightseeing Jn and about the cities bordering the bay. By noon the sun broke through the clouds' which In the morning threatened a continuance of the rain of yesterday and the. later hours were warm, though somewhat Windy. More than 1,000 of the enlisted men were shown the city and Its environs, from observation cars In which they were carried from the ferry landing over the extensive system of the 1'nlted railroads. About 300 officers, headed by Rear Admiral Swinburne, occupied a long line of automobiles, which paraded through some of the streets, passed through Chinatown and then on to many places of interest. Rear Admiral Thomas, who was suffering from the effects of a cold went on board the flagahlp Connecticut early In the morning and, though much improved, did not return ashore, but sent his flag lieutenant, K. G. Caatleman to represent him on the automobile excur sion. The social event of the day was the sec ond reception and ball given at the Fair mont hotel In honor of the secretary of the navy. Mr. Metcalfe, and the command ing officers of the fleet. The attendance was very large and the beautiful ball room waa.most tastefully decorated. Mrs Ed ward Robeson Taylor, wife of the mayor" and eighteen prominent society nmn ayted as hostesses. women Although thoussnda of Callfornlan. .1 ready have visited the battleship.. nt'' est in them has not abated. All day long boats, launches and steamers of all di acrlptlons plied between the .hip. and shores, every one deep with patriotic ho mnnit v Th. in... . . . .. '""oiio hu manity. The lllumlntl .t ' "u nu city at night ..111 afford. T ZZTJ' ' ,nd tacle. and the departure of th. t . Pec" darknes. will f the fleet. When w... oe aeen.y regretted by .n the p"' COLLISION ON ELEVATED ROAD Twenty Five Person. Hnrt I. -en, . Thlpd ATne , Ww York. NEW TOftK. May 12.-Twenty-fve per- Third Avenue road tonight. A southbound train was discharging passenger. . ; " street when another train . . same direction whirled around a curve The motorm.n of the second train did run see th, rear coach until he was aim", upen It. "onosi Terror stricken passengers Jerked open the cat gates and men. women and children scrambled frcm Ue cars, braving the dan" ger. of the third rail. Fire compel", hoisted their ladder, to the side of thl wrecked train and ambulance surgeons scaled up these o attend the Injured Motorma.i Ammerni.n of the second train was badly cut, and was placed under ar" rest. It Is believed thst the accident was due to a failure of the block signal system during the rush hour. None of the In Jured are In a serious condition tonight. ANOTHER FIRE IN ATLANTA Hundred seventy-Five Horses Bnrn to Death and Panlo in Theater Narrowly Averted. ATLANTA. May 12. -One hundred and seventy-five horses killed, half a block of buildings burned with a I1C0.C0) lu,; , threatened panic In a crowded theatre near by and half a dosen persons injured, none seriously, summarise, a fire which started In the business section of Atlanta tonight The flame started in the Piedmont stable, on Marietta .treet, near Spring, and wa. checked at Marietta and Barstow .treet Half a block away a panlo .tarUd In ithe Orpheum theatre which was crowded frjm floor to balcony with persons watching a vaudeville performance. Half a dosen ne groea were bruised in the first crush but no one was seriously hurt. A Fortanate Tesan. E. W. Goodlcws, Pallas. Tex., found a sure cure for malaria and biliousness In Dr. King's New Life pills. 25c for sale by Benton Drug Co. The one word "(SdDt Mailt" means everything best in shoes , I TC jTYLE Secrets, oof new book, Is free to you. ViTV Address Y$$y C GOTZIAN t CO., taliialMl St. rani. U.S. A. When you are looking for property you want to be sure that you have all the bargains in Real Estate before you How can you pick out the best investment if all the properties for sale in Omaha and the suburbs are not before you. The Bee holds the Real Estate buying public in Omaha because all the Real Estate bargains are printed in The Bee Whenever an owner is forced to dispDs of a property, either vacant or improved his first thought is The Bee He places an advertisement in this paper because hz knows that among The Bee readers there is somebody who has enough ready money to take his property LIFE COMPANIES PROSPER Home Institutions Show Increase in Business Over Previous Year. THREE OLD-LINERS PULL OUT Samuel Baocermnn Starts Movement to Pay Boys Who Abstain from Vse of Tobacco, Liquor nd Profanity. (From a Staff Correspondent.) PES MOINES, May 12. (Speclal.)-State Auditor Carroll's annual life insurance re port, filed today with Governor Cummins, shows that Iowa companies during 1907 were almost uniformly prosperous, while the outside companies show a decrease In business done, and three companies have .... - . L T .. 1 . 1 I wunarawn irom ma iiniT. iwa imc life Insurance companies had 12,378,490 more Insurance In force on December 31, 1937, than they did on Pecember 31, lPoft. The Iowa fraternal companies had (6,814.301. There was a total Increase for the state of 13,237,382. Outside old lino life companies show a loss of $3,364,625. The report shows thnt the Manhattan Life Insurance company of New York, the Provident Savings Life Assurance com pan of New York and the Security Mu tual Life Insurance company of Bingham ton abandoned the Iowa field at the close of the year 1907. Of Iowa companies the Eagle Life association of Council Bluffs notified the auditor on March 24, l'. that It had Issued no policies and Incurred no policy obligations and that the expenses of organising would be cared for by the promoters and the assessments paid In re turned to the applicants and the company would disband. An examination Into the affairs of the Eagle Benefit and Protective association of Waterloo was made by the department examiners and lt was found Insolvent and doing no business' and has been abandoned by Its officers. Its certificate has been revoked. The Des Moines Life has changed during the last year from a mutual to a stock comrany. ' In his letter of trsnsmlssal Mr. Carroll states that a careful examination of the reports shows that the Ufa Insurance busi ness In Iowa is In a good, healthy condi tion at this time. Private la Shot. Private Powers of Troop A of ths United States cavalry, second regiment, at Fort Pes Moines, was shot at the rifle range Sunday noon. Just how the shooting took place Is not entirely explained. Powers' home is In Byers, Okl., and his folks have been notified. He wss 21 yearsold. l'alao Boys' t'lnb. Eamuel Saucerman, ona of the oldest and wealthiest men of Des Moines., has started one of the most unique philanthropic move ments that has ever been heard of. lie has placed his affairs In such shspe that ulti mately his estate will be used for the pur pose. He proposes to organise among the boys of I to 12 years of age what ha will call Trimmer clubs. The first has already V(MVT 3S been started In this city. The members must forswear smoking, drinking, gambling or chewing tobacco. Then, when they Join iney must deposit 50 cents. Mr. Saucerman will deposit 1 for them. He will then de posit at the rate of 1 cent a day as long as they keep their pledge up to three years. Then the boy can draw his money out. The money in the meantime will be kept In a bank at Interest. He estimates that It will cost him in time about 11.200 every three years. The pledge which the boys must sign Is as follows: I want to be a manly man. To be one I will not permit myself to be robbed In body, mind or purse by intoxicating drinks, the use of profanity, nor the useless and waste ful tobacco habit. I will not only refuse all these, but I will try to get all the other boys who Indulge' in any or all of them to quit and Join this organization. I want to save money and earn more: 1 want to keep my mind bright ami pure and my life to be a bleselng and not curse. Brick C ompany Bankrupt. In the I plted States court today bank ruptcy proceedings were started against the Iowa Brick and Tile company of this city. Creditors holding over t3,000 In ac counts are the applicants. It Is charged that the company delivered a mortgage to the Marshall Brothers Investment company for $5,072 In an attempt to make them pre ferred creditors. C'loae Boose Selling In Resorts. Commissioner J. L. Hamery of the de partment of public safety today announced that afte May 15 there can be no liquor Tender Soles It's charitable to your shoes, but not fair to your feet to blame your soles when they smart and burn. Your soles are intended to stand plenty of use, and they will if your shoes are right Stand on the smooth inner Crossett.sole conforming the foot comfortable, for hours of CRO Makes Li fes Walk Easy THAOI MARK V CALL ON VOUH DEALER OR WRITC US LEWIS A. CROSSETT, Inc NORTH ABINGTON, MASS. ' HAYDEN BROTHERS OMAHA ACCMTO. N A l'ii FOR SALE NEW HOUSE DIG. SACRIFICE y OWNER MUST Move AT OMCE selling In any of the resorts of this city, The resorts claim they cannot live except j for the profits made on the liquor sales. Hamery says they can close then. The move is another step In putting on the lid In this city under the new commission form of government. Hamery last week closed the slot machines. Gambling has been al ready closed and the Illegal liquor selling Is scheduled for the next stop. Democrat tn Eleventh. Democrats may yet have a candidate In the . Eleventh district for congress. No candidate filed for the primaries, but under Ihe law where no selection Is made at the primary the convention can name a enndi late. It is proponed to have the conven tion select a candidate In the Eleventh and t Is understood that Will C. Whiting, Sho Is state senator, may be named. Wonhl Appoint Commission. W. B. Martin, who is at the head of the Dubuque Shippers association, has started a movement to have the present railroad commission abolished and have the com mission appointed by the governor In the future. The comn.isslon originally was appointed, but was changed to got it Out of railroad control. . 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