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Tirn omAita daily bee: Tuesday, .tune is, 1908. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA B COUNCIL BLUFFS Office 15 Scott Street. Both 'Phoqcs 43. MINOR ME.UTIOS. Davis, drugs. fUockert sella carpets. Ed Rogers, Tony Fault beer. Lawn swings. $6.50. Zollcr Mer. Co. Lewis Cutler, funeral dlrerter. 'Phone 97. ETBS EXAMINED FREE-LEFKERTS. Wocdring Undertaking company. Tel. 3T9. Rend your children to Western Iowa Col lege summer school. . Cigar band trnya. vases, etc. C. E. Alexander, 383 Broadway. HERMAN BROS.. FLOHI8TS. 10 PEARL BT. Phones: Ind., f.i Black; Bell. 623. We know we have the brat flo'ir. Eaco )a the name. Bartell A Miller. 'Phone S:,9. TT PAYS TO 8EE HOHPE BEFORE BUYING A PIANO. 29 PEARL STREET. Framed Plrturei make Ideal wedding gifts. See them at Alexander'!. 333 Broad way. Wanted Place for young man to work after-; school and on Saturday. Western Iowa College. Wart Machine: Sale Wash machlnea, 13. TS to $17.50; the One Minute, 11000. Let us aend you one on trial. J. Znller Mer Co., 100-102-104-103 Broadway. 'Phonea 320. Excelsior Masonic lodge will meet this evening for work In the first degree. George 8. Davis treasurer of the school district la horn from a three weeks' trip to California. Cirla Eberhert, 2628 Avenue D. has been called to Ottawa., 111., by the death of a rear relative. Lawn mowers 33 and up. We carry the Great American ballbearing lawn mower, the easiest running mower made. P. C. DeVol Hardware Co. A meeting of the Pottawattamie County Oun club will be held this evening at 41 Pearl street, at which plana will be per fected for two big trap ahoota In the near future. The South First street chapter of the woman's guild of fit. Paul's Episcopal church wlil meet this afternoon at the resi dence of Mrs. C. W. Rose, 134 Graham venue. The Bluff City chapter will meet Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. H. A. Searle, 237 Bluff atreet. R. 8. Graaon, who waa recently promoted from first sergeant to second lieutenant of the Dodge Light Guardr, has returned from Lies Moines, where on Satu-day he took the formal examination for the position. He expects to receive his commission within the next two weeks. At the First Congregational church mid week services will be held at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening. The men of the con gregation will have lunch today at noon t the Orand hotel, to which all men of the church are Invited. Dr. Charlea Her ring will occupy the pulpit next Sunday In me aosence or Dr. o. o. smith, the pastor. Sheriff Ed Canning and Ralph H. Wil liams left last evening for Chicago to at tend the republican national convention, t which they officiate aa assistant ser-geants-at-arms. Louis Zurmuehlen of the Fire and Police Commission will leave for the convention today. Although a demo crat, Mr. Zurmuehlen Intends to witness the nomination of Secretary Taft. Funeral services over the late A. R. Hullt, who died at his home near Han thorn lake. In Garner township, last Fri day, were held yesterday afternoon In the chapel of the Woodrlng undertaking estab lishment, conducted by Rev. D. C. Lam eon, pastor of the Free Methodist church. Many friends of the deceased and the be reaved family were in attendance. The body will be taken thla morning to Dexter, la., for burial. Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Wiley. 114 West Washing ton avenue, a double wedding will occur, when Will Blanchard and Miss Hasel Wiley and Loren Andrua and Miss Edna "Wiley will be united In marriage. Rev Marcua P. McClure, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will officiate at the double wedding, which will be witnessed only by relatives and a few Immediate friends. ' Rev. O. O. Smith, D. D., pastor of the First Congregational church, will leave to day for Chicago, where he will attend the republican national convention. Next Sun day he will occupy the pulpit of nil brother, who la pastor of tha Warren Avenue Con gregational church. On July 16 Dr. Smith will begin his summer Chautauqua work, speaking at Tecumseh, Neb., on that date. During August Dr. Smith will have but six days that are not now taken for Chau tauqua work. The Young Girls' Sewing aoclety of St. John's English Lutheran church, under the direction of Miss Caroline Aldlnger, will meet Wednesday afternoon In the church parlors. Wednesday evening there will be a lecture on Sunday school lessons and Sunday school business. The Ladies' Aid aoclety will meet Thursday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. I. N. Mlnnlck. "The Limits," on Grand avenue. Conveyances will he at tne corner of Broadway and Fourth street at 1:30 p. m. The chorus choir will meet for rehearsal Wednesday evening after the service and Friday even ing. John H. Naden died last evening at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Elmer Turn lund, 113 Avenue D, from Brtght's disease after an illness of four yeara. Deceased waa born In England November 28. 1840. and came to the I'nlted States when but 3 yeara of age. He served through the civil wsr In Company E. Ninety-first UUnols volunteer Infantry, and wes a member of the Grand Army of the Republic post at Lincoln. Neb., to which place the bodv will he taken for burial. Besides the daughter, with whom he made his home. Mr. Naden Is survived by a son, Frank W. Naden of Fresno, Cat., who was notified of his father's death and telegraphed that he would he unable to attend the funeral as one of his children Is lying at death's door. ENDEAVOURS RETURN HOME Briny Sixteenth District Convention to Close Sunday Evening.' vlelted the Bousfield homel obtained 13 which he found In a drawer In a bureau. A gold watch and chain were also In the drawer, but were not touched by the thief. Entrance to the Evans house waa also gained by cutting a window screen. Lawn swings, 16.50. Znller Mer. Co. CARSON GETS NEXT MEETEI0 Eyes properly tested glssses accurately fitted. Look after your eyes before It Is too late. We examine your eyes free, and tell you the actual facts tell you Just what you need. O Mauthe, 2:8 West Broadway. Delegates Attend "peclel Children's Hay Rserrlara at C'harrhea nndar Mornlnx and Blaj Meeting In Erealss, The sixteenth annual convention of the Seventh D'ptrlet Iowa Christian Endeavor inlon was brought to a close Sunday night at the First Presbyterlsn church after what was generally conceded- to he a most successful meeting. A number of the out-of-town delegates left for their homes on the afternoon and evening trains, but the majority remained over for the evening session and will leave this morning. At the evening session Carson, Pottawat tamie county, was selected aa the place for holding the 1909 convention. Resolutions extending thanks to the local churches and members of the union for the entertainment afforded the visiting dele gates and to all those who participated la the program and assisted In making the convention a success, were passed. Attend Special F.xerclses. In place of a morning session of the con vention the visiting delegates attended the services at the churches having member ship In the City Christian Endeavor union, the largest number attending the Chil dren's day exercises at the First Presb- terlan church, as tills waa where the con vention was held. The feature of the afternoon session was the program given by the Juniors, In charge of Mrs. Jesnnle E. Coe of Woodbine, the Junior superintendent of the Seventh dis trict. What was probably the most Inter esting number bn the program for the young folks was the "object talk" by Mrs. Hattle 8. Carruthers of Hastings. Neb., state Junior superintendent of the Ne braska Christian Endeavor union. In or der to assist In demonstrating how to build up a Junior society, Mrs. Carruthers con structed In view of her deeply Interested audience the model of a house. At the evening session, which marked the close of the convention and which followed a regular Christian Endeavor prayer serv ice, the newly elected officers were In stalled, the Installation being conducted by Mrs. Carruthers of Hastings, Neb. The feiture of the session was an address on "The Life and Trials of Jesus Christ" by H. M. Boorrnan of Atlantic, a member of the Cass county bar. Two More Church Conventions. Following the Christian Endeavor con vention, Council Bluffs will this week en tertain two more church conventions. The seventy-second .semi-annual conference and the fourteenth annual district convention of the Epworth league of the Des Moines conference of the Methodist church will be held at the Fifth Avenue Methodist church Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day. ' The conference will open Tuesday and close with the morning session Wednesday, The Epworth league meeting Will open on Wednesday afternoon and close . Friday morning. The two meetings are expected to bring 200 visitors to the city. In caring for these two gatherings Re E. C. Newland will be sslated by Rev. J. M. Williams of Broad- Stndent Drowns In River. IOWA CITY, la.. June 15.-tSpec!al Tele egram.) Byron Ffaulx, an engineering student from Lisbon.' la., was drowned in the Iowa river here tonight by the over turning of a canoe. . Miss Alva Lewis, a young woman compsnlon. was saved by Mark Hyland, an Iowa foot ball player. The girl wh paddling and It la supposed the canoe wai overturned In attempting to change poblUnns. MAKEUP OF NEW COMMITTEE Politician! of Iowa Wonder if Stand patten Will Control. CAMPAIGN COSTS MUCH MONEY Psueager Receipts on town Railroads Increase In Spite- of Redaced Fare t Earning Some Smaller. Do not wait until you get soaked. Buy your ahlnglea now. The C. Hafer Lumber company has a large atock of all grades at bottom, prices. Alaska refrigerator sale. Prices from $9,00 up. Petersen Schoenlng Co. Brstnnder Fatally Shot. SIOUX CITY. la.. June 15 (Bpeclal.) Paul Cook and Alice Fraxler became In volved In a brawl at 10:30 tonight when Cook startett to take his belongings fr.'m the woman's place. Cook tried to shoot the Frailer woman and Felma Arnold caught the bullet and probably will die. All are negroes. The weather man now promises us tome hot weather. When It gets too hot to do your family washing, send It to the Bluff City Laundry, to pound. towan on Lecture Tlatform. AMES, la., June Ifi. (Special.) Prof. A. M. Newens, who recently resigned his po sition as head of the public speaking de partment here to take up the work of lec turing, left yesterday for a two weeks' trip through Nehraska. Monday he will lecture at Alma, following with engagements at McCook. Geneva. North Platte. Alliance, Valentine and O'Neill. Jewel gas and gasoline stoves, endorsed by the fire underwriters. PETERSEN A SCHOENING CO. Amea Hljsh School ftrrord. AMES. Ia., June 15. (Special.) While Ames ranks only seventeenth In population as compared with the other cities of Iowa, Its high school stands In twelfth place In the number of Its enrollment and ninth In the size of its graduating class. Summer school now In session at West ern Iowa College. Enroll any day. Iowa News Xotes. MARSHALLTOWN A. B. Hoover of this city, one of the reporters of the Seven teenth Judicial district, has been appointed assistant secretary of the republican state convention, which Is to meet in Waterloo on June 24. . CRESTON The annual convention of the Creston District Epworth -.eague If, io he held at Red Oak. June 24 and 25. Each chspter In the district is to ue repre sented by five delegates. Including pas tors and Junior superintendents. CRESTON Today at Hopkins, Mo.. Mrs. Nancy Harsh, formerly of this citv, mother of ex-Senators J. B. Harsh of this place and A. F. Harsh of Nebraska, I celebrating her 98th birthday. Sh ia in good health and In possession of all her faculties, still keen and alert and prides herself on keeping In touch with the cur rent vent of the day. ; " ' m . CRESTON-larenee Peterson, who ye, terday pleaded guilty to enterlnif-tne homi of Flelden Gohben while the family we t absent and taking a pocketbook containing 15 and who had attempted t beat his board bill at the same place. wa given a fine of, 150 In the local Justice courts. m ,-hw.h tj.t. c vf . , T.iniru I Rf,n unahle to pay the fine he Is now way church, Rev. ,C. Mayne of Trinity vlnR a Jai entence. Drink Iuvretaer. King of all bottled beers. L. Rosenfeld Co.. distributors. Both 'phones 323. CUT FLOWERS. RCSES AND CARNA TIONS. ALSO HANGING BASKETS. 5ERMAN BROTHERS, FLORISTS. 10 EAJUt ST. Nothing Dolngr on Water Works. It la doubtful If the city council at Its session tonight will be able to take any definite action In the water worka matter. City Solicitor Kimball la In Chicago and Councilman Bellinger, member of the com mltte on .water works. Is In Denver. It could not be learned yesterday whether Councilman Jenken, chairman of the com mlttee, Intended making a report thla even irg or not, or whether his committee had made any progress In the negotiations with the water works company In the matter f the possible purchase by the city of the present water plant. The proposed new central fire atatlon I likely. It la said, to come up for discussion, s City Fnglnerr Etnyre Is expected to uhmlt plans and eatlmates for the concrete ustalnlng walla In Indian creek for the proposed new building. church. Rev. W. L. Holly of Epworth church and the members of the locai leagues. Arrangements have been made by the local committee on entertainment, of which Mlaa Hazel Morrow, 20"g Sixth ave nue Is secretsry. to 'provide lodging and breakfast free for the delegates, pinner and supper will be served each day dunjng the two meetings at the church. A large attendance Is looked for from Omaha and South Omaha. Special addresses of Interest to Junior league members will be a feature .of the Epworth convention. Ida V. Jontx of Watervllle, N. Y.. former assistant pastor In Brooklyn and president of Felts Mission institute, will give an address Wednesday afternoon on "The Junior Problem." The feature of the session Thursday evening will be an address by Dr. W. S. Lewis, president of Mornlngslde college, Sioux City, who was elected one of the new blsh ops at lhe recent general conference In Baltimore. At the close of the opening session of the Epworth league convention Wednesday afternoon a reception will be tendered the visiting delegates. The officers of the Council Bluffs District Epworth league are: President. Rev. Peter Jacobs, Silver City; secretary, Mary Amea, Tabor; treasurer, Harvey F. Kibler, Wood bine; first vice president, Leonard Crane, Blanchard; second vice president, Dr. C. 8. Erlckson, Council Bluffs; third vice presi dent, Fred J. Martin, Hastings; fourth vice president. May Hsrned, Essex;. Junior superintendent. Jennie Austin, Denlson. P rograpby. Burnt Woodwork Is a fascinating and profitable pastime for the aummer months See our outfits and supplies. A free lesson given with each set aold. ALEXANDER'S ART STORE. Vpuolsterlaa;. George W. Klein, 19 South Main atreet. Both "phones. "Have It dene right." N. Y. Plumbing Co. Tel. 250. Night. LCDS. Wash Machine "ale. Wash machines, t3.il to 317.50; the One Minute. 110.00. Let us send you one on trial. J. Zoller Mer. Co.. 100-102-lO-lOi liroadway. Phones, 3:0. I THE FISHING TACKLE FIT FOR i FISHING. PETERSEN A SCHOENING I COMPANY. Bishop Morrison Relayed. ' Bight Rev. T. N. Morrison, Episcopal I tilshop of Iowa, d d not reach Council Bluffs In time tj administer the rite of confirmation to a class at St. Paul's church yesterday afternoon as he had planned. The tram on which he came here from Harlan waa three houra late, eo the confirmation had to be postponed until the evening. The following were presented b the rector. Rev. J. W. Jones, for conftrmat on: Mrs. Jiellle I. Duoll, Maud Esther Johnson, An gela Shugart. Delia May Byeis. Esther E. Thomas, Dorothy lv. Tillle Kllng. Jennie Lafay, Eli Henry Gasclgne. J. D. Johnaon. Hammock sale. Prices !rom 373 to 36.5C PETERSEN & SCHOENING CO. Screen I at:-r Dniy, Burglars worked In Council Bluffs Sat urday night, one entering the. residence of George F. Kreger. 19J4 Eighth aenue, by .jirliln. 111. n ,.n , K .C.nlr,.. . t u.v,m u.r tin, VII i Mining, I uu III Hill .J (IS now. i ne reiiotv taneacked three rooms In his starch for money, when Mr. Kreger waa awakened. Aa Mr. Kreger started to investigate the visitor beat a hasty re treat throi.gh the window by which he had entered the house. As far as Mr. Kreger could discover the burglar secured' nothing ' of value. The residence of Robert Bousfield. 2418 Axenue E. was entered by a burglar some time Saturday n.ght, who secured a pock, cthook containing $1.20. Entrance was ef fected by cutting the screen on a window of the sitting room. The poiketbook waa ukm from the lop of a bureau In the bed room occupied by Mra. Bousfield. and Its loss was not discovered until Sunday morn Ing. At the residence of H. C. Evans. 2213 Ave nue C, presumably the same burglar who MARSHALLTOWN While driving his automobile over the built dike road which bordera Dewey lake on the Soldiers' Home grounds today, a part of the road near the edge of the water caved In, throwing the automobile- Into three feet of water and pitching Ita driver, Dr. N. E. Mlghell. head long after It. The machine burled ita nose In the mud. but aside from being nartlv submerged it was not hurt. Dr. Mlghell was watersoaked, but escaped uninjured. CRESTON Charles E. Shelton ha again been elected president of Simpson college at Itjdlanola. He has also been relieved of class room work for the com ing year a nd given the duties of field secretary to trv and Increase tho endow ment fund to 360.000. one-half of which has already been subscribed. The degree of master of arts was conferred upon Fletcher Homan. who has been field nee rotary for the last three years, at the late commencement of that Institution. MARSHALLTOWN The annual confer ence of the Christian church of Iowa, which has been In session all week at LeGrande, was brought to a close last night. Before adjourning the conference appointed a commission to study the trend of thought on Christian subjects and to enlist the co operation of God'a people In a unified effort for the salvation of the world. This com mission consists of Rev. L. E. Follensbee and Rev. D- M. Helfensteln of Des Moines, Rev. E. F. Bennett of Wlnterset and Pres ident E. C. Kerr of Palmer college and J. W. Piper of LeGrande. CP.ESTON W. J. Walker, a young farmer near Arlsple, suddenly became In sane Friday night while enriute to Arlsple with a companion and began shooting at him with a .32-?allbr re volver and also at a carriage load of peo ple whom they met. HI ehots went wild, mlsrlng the people he fired at. but killing two horses. He was caDtured. but becanir rational by that time and denied all known- i edge of the affair. This Is the fecond time he has become unbalanced. Hu la Hhout 24 years of age and the son of highly respected parents. SOUTH DTitTfiuVEUNG MEN transact Bin In ess nnd Have m. Good Time at Hot Springs. HOT SPRINGS. June 15. (Special. ) About Jolly knights of the grip are here In afcendance on their sixth annual convention V They elected as officers for the year: P. H. Patterson of Chadron. Neb. ire.Uent; Frank Connolly of Sioux City, Ia.. vice president, md F. H. Helm of 1 Sturgis. 8. D , secretary-treasurer. The parade yesterday morn'ng waa most fan j tattle downs of all kinds and descriptions I being In the line, which was headed by luemreis ot in? iauonar naniiarium oanu. Merry Widow" waa the crowning bur- letque. In the baae ball gams tne single men defeated the mart led men In a hotly contested bout by the score of T to 6. A banquet was given In the ex'enlng as a closing token of good fellowship and busi ness thus happily ended, the members ad (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES. June 15. (Special.) Will the next republican state central committee be all standpat, all progressive or divided as heretofore? Ths question, along with that of Dolllver for vice pres ident, Is bothering those politicians of Iowa who are working for the elimination of factional fights. The next primary election law under which the state convention will "be held June 24 provides that the state central committee shall be elected by the con vention and shall corveUt of not less than one member from each congressional dis trict. The members of the committee have always been elected by the conven tion, but the nominations have always been made by- the congressional district caucuaes. The nominations by tha cau cuses have always been respected by tha convention. Under this arrangement tha committee has always been divided be tween the factions, sometimes one faction controlling and sometimes another, but al ways with both factions represented. This year there seems to be a disposi tion on the part of some politicians to Interpret the primary election law strictly and Ignore the action of the caucuses or not allow the caucuses to nominate at all. Should ruch a course be followed It might not assist In quieting the factional feeling, no matter which side should thus capture all the members of the rtate com mittee. There Is, furthermore, some slight question as to who controls the next state convention. Senator Allison carried fifty- six of the ninety-nine counties In the state, but he received many progressive votes In doing It and many of the coun ties that gave him a majority also se lected progressive delegates to the county conventions. County conventions by all parties will be held In every county of the state on June 20, but probably 'not till the state convention meets In Waterloo and has a test vote will It be known who con trols the convention. After Iowa Seed Law. When the legislature meets next January there promises to be a lively discission In the committees at least over the new Iowa seed laws. The Iowa general assem bly has enacted a number of new laws during the last two sessions to inforct purity In commodities that are sold to the people. One of these Is the pure agri cultural seed law. Another Is the pure food law, the pure drutf law, the pure paint and oil law and the pure stock food law. Practically all of theae laws will have to be amended' more or lean before It Is finally found that they are satisfac tory. ' The pure - agricultural seed law was enacted at the last session, and the legis lators, fearing the hostility of the farmers of the state, provided that all farmers who sold to their, neighbors should be exempt from the provisions of the law. To do this It was provided that any person could sell seed that Wai Jtr.pure or did not reach the proper pWeVftage" of germination pro vided, the seed" 'wad -marked "seed to bj cleaned." NoT, the 'farmer sella his seed In that way to the . w holesaler, and the wholesaler dodges the Issue and sells It to ,the retailer that way.. The retailer has no means of cleaning It and he pulls off the tag and sells It as pure seed. When the seed mer, of the state met In Des Moines last week H. R. Wright, state food and dairy commissioner, on whom the lesponslhillty of enforcing the pure seed law Is placed, told the seed men that they were dodging, the law. Ho succeeded In stirring up their Ire by telling them to their face that the law would be a good law If they would obey It, but that unless they did obey it the law must be made stronger. He argued that the penalty should fall on everyone the same, farmer, whole saler, retailer, alike; that the law waa for tha purpose of securing pure seed, so as to get the weeds out of Iowa, and that the farmer could soon protect himself by grow ing nothing but ' pure seed and that the Iowa dealers would have an advantage over outside dealers because by selling under the law the farmer would be sure of good seed when buying of .the Iowa dealer. the dealers who arc trying to favor you Those who sell CONTRACT 5 cent straight cigars offer you the 5 cent cigar that costs them most They know CONTRACT cigar is the best cigar ever sold for a nickel, They pay more for it because they know that CON TRACT cigars satisfy old customers and bring new encs They are wise now you be smoke today a 'fnfWioinfni till i II f Mil II II earnings of the roads, with but two excep tions the roads all report an Increase In the earnings In the passenger departments, which for six months of the period covered by the report was under the 2-cent fare law. The gross earnings of all the roads In the state show an Increase of J3.4fi9.672 nd the net earnings a decrease of $2,705,719. Showing that the loss Is In Increased operat ing expenses. The passenger receipts of eleven roads. Including all but a few of the very minor roads, shows an lncreass of $840,953. Every road In the state gained In passenger receipts except the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul, the Minneapolis & Bt. Louis and the Wabash. The freight and passenger receipts of the various llnea which will have some bearing on any further attempt to have the 2-cent fare law declared confiscatory by the tourts are as follows: Passenger. Freight. Rock Island 1907 19W Northwestern 1P07 lirfH ..... Burlington 1907 1906 C, M. & St. P. 1907 , 1906 $3.99S.K!3 3.511.378 3,729,122 3,576,111 171.8R9 2,635.070 2,4S1.0f;5 2.481,055 $ 8.695.242 9,479,117 I 11.533,364 10,12,3t4 T.Oll.W 6.416,903 10.W4.694 10.210.870 Passenaer Receipts Grow. Reports from all the railroads In Iowa are now In the, hands of the executive council and the first of next month the council will begin the work of making the assessments of railroad property. While the reports show a slight loss In the net 1.301,871 1,218, 709 9S3.062 , 911,128 408.882 , 356.2J4 306,270 327,704 AFort Dodge 408,863 377, m Dubuque Sioux City 1907 i 1906 Great Western 1907 1906 ... Iowa Central 1907 lii M. St. L. 1907 1906 Mason City 1907 , 1906 , Wabash 1907 23.236 1S06 276.765 D. M.. I. F. & N. 1907 67.260 1908 63.314 AIM A Centervllle 1907 7.1H3 1906 .789 Newton A Northwestern 1907 14.3S5 1906 14,103 Fair After Tom Dell. Secretary John C. Simpson of the State Board of Agriculture is endeavoring to get Tom Bell, manager of the Chicago Horse Show, to come to Iowa to manage thla year's horse show at the state fair. The horse show will be a feature of the Iowa State fair this time for the first time. Tom Bell has made a success of the Chicago af fair and It Is desired to bring him to Iowa, but thre is one thing standing in the way. That Is a millionaires' county fair at Wheaton. A score or more of the multl-milllonalres 3.080.169 2,681,509 2.432.911 2,68S.3tt 1.693,288 1,649.937 821.864 830,618 1.288.691 1.24O.3J0 768.291 785,2ol 160.674 133,619 13.582 12,474 of Wheaton, III., with many herds of fine stock and horses on their hands, decided a year or two ago to organise an old fashioned county fair as a pastime. They did and It was a great success, and Tom Bell manages It. It comes at the same time the Iowa State fair Is held, August 20 to 28. An effort la being made to Induce tha millionaires to allow htm to come to Iowa. Secretary Simpson has assurances from Charles Grey, secretary of the Aberdeen Angus v association, that there will be thf largest exhibition of Aberdeen-Angus cattle at the Iowa State fair thins year that has ever been exhibited at any one fair in this country.. Similar assurances are had from the officers of the American Clydesdale association. No Referendum Vote. There will not be any election of officers of the Iowa Stae Federation -of Labor by referendum vote. The proposition to do so was killed off by the state convention by a vote of 60 to S3. The question hss agi tated the federation at every meeting an nually for yeara. It la believed It has been killed for good now. The federation raised the salary of the president from $100 to $113.60 a month and paid a high tribute to A. L. Urtck by re-electing hjm to another term aa president. The new officers are: President A. L. Urtck, Des Moines. ' Vice President Theodore Carstensen, Clinton. Secretary-Treasurer J. H. Btrelf, Sioux Citv. Executive Committee R. G. Steward, Cedar Rapids; D. J. Henny Keokuk; T. M. Wallace, Centervllle; S. C. Turner, Ot tum wa. Delegate Convention American Federation of Labor H. H. Boettger, Davenport. GREAT WELCOME FOR POWERS People of Hla Old Home Tnra Ont to Greet Him on Hla Return. BARBOUR8VILLE. Ky.. June 15.-The news that Caleb Powers had been pardoned by Governor Willson spread rapidly through the country and large crowds co.lected at the stations of Pennington Gsp, Heddles boro, Plnevllle and other points through which the train passed todoy. Mr. Powers reached out of the window of the Pullman car and shook hands with thousands of friends. At Artmus, where Powers used to live, the train waa met by a committee of 150 cltlsens. The crowd here waa the largest that ever welcomed any person to Barbouravllle. Friends hurried him to a carriage, where his mother and sister were waiting to re ceive him, and the procession started for the court house headed by the brass band annua V that played a stirring march. Mr. Poe t f was noticeably affected. .Aged women w iu knew him as a boy, aged men w o kne v him as Caleb, Joined in tie cluerng ull the way to the c.iurt house. ' " ' A cammlttee escorted Mr. Powers Irti the court hoi:se ard within a frr mlnui s the large room' was pack d. ''ere M . Powera delivered an atldr.a. lauding his old frlenda fr.r t and explaining the causes tn.it arrest, conviction and 'parrtdn. 'n Ipa I ' o a ty ! l Ij "BLIND TOM" JJIES IN POVERTY Famona Nritro Mntlrlsn, At ho H.-ih Been Llrlnar In Retirement, Closes Career. NEW TORK. June, p. "filind Tom,", t'.ie famous negro . musician, n.aiwl. cf three generations of playgoers, died yMerdy l'i Hoboken, N. J., where he had. hpen, llvi.'n for years In retirement and .subsisting . . n charity, Thomas Wiggins Is the- -iame given in his burial certificate, b,tt the file name was one which the famous plarl.'t adopted'. He was horn a stave near 'i lumbus, Oi aboif I860. .. In early childhood. Tom. ivhorwas born entirely blind and; inora then half Miotic, showed himself remarkably ilnltatlve, fre quently stealing into the house of hi? master to reproduce on the piano muclc he had heard plaeq by others." In ll ho became so proficient cn the. Instrument that he was taken to New York nnd ex hibited as a phenomenon and later was wfdely heard In the United States and iiurope. . EDISH MINISTER ALL RIGHT Official Denial that He Has Offended the Government at Wash ington. WASHINGTON, June 16. At the White Houae today It waa denied tharDr. Her man Le Lagererntx. the SwedU minister to the United States, lias become persona non grata to the president. The sugges tion thst Dr. Le Lagerktantx had used hit Influence too openly to prevent Swedes, from emigrating to the United Statea be cause their services were needed by him self and other large employers of labor, and that thla action had offended the ad ministration, It was declared, waa heard fci the flrat time In connection I with thit rumor. At the Swedish legation It was stated that the minister hsd gone home on a visit and while-there had temporarily been employed In other offlcal duties, but his return to Washington, was fully ex peeled. - ' ' Thirty years of Omaha-A contrast Sundiy. June 21. es aol Eok Ik Mi Jjurned to meet in Hot Springs, S. D., the stated time In June. 1909, the second Friday, Saturday and Sunday. GREAT FLOW OF LAVA IN SAMOA Many Xotlve llonses Are Destroyed Before It Reaches tho Sen. AUCKLAND. N. Z.. June V. Advices re ceived here state that for three nights, be ginning Muy 10, there was a remarkable volcanic outbreak In Savall, the largest of the tsamoan islands. The first erjptl'in was followed by the greatest flow of lava In the history of the Island. It be'ng estlmat d at n arly $.014 tons per minute. Soon there was an almost continuous sheet of lava tight miles wide- and from six Inches to six feet deep flowing down the mountain aide. It overflowed the cliffs, destroying many native house In the way! dropping Tbcr tnd how. I ef Vour M em W eik. What this contrast amounts to will be clearly shown In The Omaha ' Be next Sunday, June X Interesting pictures of Omaha's pretent business center will bo published showing how thla property appeared thirty years back. Large fortunes are amassed from a cap ital ot only a few hundred dollars; how this la dona will be told In worda and pictures. lull ' Whjf'J Wtnled. AH Ktal Esfjfe Firms Will Advtrtltt. Every progressive cltlxen of Omaha should eagerly watch for this edition for Just the property you hava long been lejaV lng for may be advertised. Practically every real estate firm in Omaha will advertise unusually large lists of properties that will make profitable in vestments and mora genuine bargains will be offered for either the man with thou sands to Invest or tha man with only a few hundred than ever appeared In any Omaha paper. Watch for it- Thirty years of Omaha-A contrast I AYCR'S HAIR VIGOR Into tha ocean and causing a liir'7 Mnri.ln- t