THE OMAHA SUNDAY REE: JUNE 21. 190. NEWS OF INTEREST IOWA A1 FROM i COUNCIL BLUFFS Office 15 Scott Street. - Both 'Phones 43. COMPLETE PRIMARY VOTE I Alliiea'i Plurality Ovr Cnramini Ifine Thousand Six Handled. MIXOR MEMTIO.V Davis, drug. Btockert Mil carpet. Ed Roger, Tonjr Fut beer. Lewi Cutler, funeral rtlrecter. 'Phone 81. ETE8 EXAMINED FltfcE l.EFFERT'8. Woodrlnt Undertaking company. Tel. 839. ;ena your children to western lows coi fs mmmir school. Birthday and text post card. Alex ander's, in Brosdway. Wo know we hav the beet flour. Eaco ti the name. Kartell Miller, 'l'hnne lot. IT PAYS TO PKE HOHPE BKFOltU EUYIN'ti A PIANO. 2) pfcARL, HTHktCl. WantedTlar tortyeung men to work after school and on Saturday. Western Iowa, College. ; ' 8. L Thome, principal of the nigh chool, left yesterday for Cedar Fall, wher he will ant aa Instructor In physics during the eummer session of the Iowa late Normal school, A telegram received by membera of the family last night elated that Mr. and iln. Lyman Shtigart would reach hcre thla morning with the -body of the late Ell L,. Bhugart, who died Thursday gl avxuelaloi' Springs, Mo. . Deputy Sheriffs W. A. Groneweg,' T. P. McC'af tery, Clarence Woolman and J. li. Matlark, and County Attorney Heea went to Avoca yesterday to attend the funeral jbltfH MATTERS ARB fOUIDKHK.D I Perform Their Work Well Darln- Hir Wales. . At the Jotnt session of the- eupervl.ors of Pottawattamie a-rtd Hsrrtson epuntjes aa a drainage board yeelerday, clllsens of Missouri Valley filed a claim for Vtb 84. whldh amount, It a. cla(mad, ha4 been, ex pended by the city m repalra of roada on account of the bridges; oyer the Willow reek ditch having been' constructed above the estsbltshed city grades. The claim wss referred to Beth . Dean, the engineer In rharagn of the cnnsiruCtlpn of 'be drain age dltchea. . 3 Aleo from Missouri Valley ram a pe tition "asking for the construction of a PROHIBITION VOTE , IS .SMAIX V Talk of a Democratic Dally las Dee Molars, bat X Oae Foaad Wke WIltBe fteonaor for the -Veatare. (From a Btaff correspondent.) DES MOINES. June J0.(8pClat-Tha official figure tor all tht eountlet in the etate' on tha recent, primary election have been received by the executive counc I and all have been tabulated. The count nit In are Otithrle, Mueratlne. Polk, Pall a and Btory. The seml-of flelal figure from Oalh- rte and Mucattna have been received by dlch and draining a portion of the city which the Hoard bf 'Health had declared to be In an extremely unaanltary condl. tlon. ThU petition wea referred to W. H. Klllpack. the Joint board attorney, and Engineer Dean. The report of Engineer Dean ahowed that the new drainage ditches had worked splendidly cjurjng the recent heavy rain. I and he expressed the opinion that these Of Deputy Sheriff A. J. Grace. The Mneral ditches alone, .aved hundreda of persons services, which were held in the Methodist church under the ausuices of the Masonic lodge of Avoca, were attended by persona from all over the eaatern part of the county, the large attendance evidencing the ateem In which the late officer, wa held. Tha body of Mra. Bertha Gordon, wife of Jam Gordon, an engineer on the Mllwau kce railroad, who-died Wednesday at Den ver, Colo., where ehe went about a year ago In the hope of . benefiting her health. i rived In the city Inst evening and wa taken to the home of Vet parent, Mr. and Mr. Frank Hebbe, 81 Seventeenth avenue. Besldea her husband, Mr. Gordon I ur. vlved by two children, a daughter, aged t, and a aon, aged $ year. lecead wa a member of the Order of the Eaatern Btar, the Degree of Honor and other order. The funeral will be held from the residence, 116 (Seventeenth avenue, Sunday afternoon at : o'clock, and Interment will be In Wal nut Hill cemetery. EPWORTH LEAf.CE MIETHO ESQ! Most Sneceaaf ol la Illatory of tha " Association. The fourth annual convention ,of the Ep worth league of tha Council Bluff district of the De Molne conference of the Meth odist church qam to a cloe yesterday morning; after what wa conceded by all participating to have been tha moat sue cesaful gathering of the aoclety In It hi-, tory. The lat half hour of tha conven tion waa fittingly given over to a con cratlon aervlce at which the delegate pledged themselves to renewed effort for the cause of Christianity. Following tha department work during the Institute hour the convention listened to an adddreea by Rev. J. A. Crowther of Mitchell, B. D., who took hi subject "Opportunity." Ttev. Mr. Crowther ex pressed tha opinion that the vnun nnnple of tha twentieth century have Setor them far greater opportunities In the field of spiritual labor than 1"il the younger gen eration of any previous time of the world'a history. "Tha United Btatee of America from being driven from their homee, and untold damage would have been done to the cropa. The Boyer, he reported, had done some damage in the vicinity of Mis souri Valley, a well as up In the Boyer valley, but the drainage dltchea cared for the flood waters In fine shape. The ditch levees prevented the streams over flowing their banks, and at only one place, where a email opening had barn left, did the water get out of the ditches, and there, the damage was comparatively small. The water,almost everywhere r.iee above the natural banks of the ditches, but the levee prevented any overflow. Tha board adjourned to next Thureday, when (t will meet at Missouri Valley and Iftok Into the matter of the proposed lat eral and examine the hew ditches. are destined to conquer tha world, both i ji. C Wllllama. physically and spiritually, and you a league worker should realise that much will he expected o you In tbl conquest. The buttle royal will not be fought with fleet or navle or armle. but In the soul of i each Individual man and woman of the of our effort aa world conqueror, will de-t pend entirely upon the gobd or had results of thla battle of the soul," declared the. speaker. , Resolutions extending thanks to all who had assisted In making tha convention suob a grand suoce, the retiring president, Ttev. Peter Jaceba of Silver City, for his particular efforts In ' that direction, and Ttev. R. M. Talley for the manner In which he had conducted the musical feature of the gathering, were adopted. The proposed outing; at Lake Manawa waa abandoned aa many of the delegate had left for their homes Thursday evening, and those who had remained over for the tloslng session were either anxious to make the afternoon trains or had made other arrangements. lateral connecting .with, the Willow creek tne Veretary of state and these, with ths .1.1. . . I , .. . . newspaper figures for tne omer mre cjun ties give Allison a total vata of 104.M for senator, and Cummins 5,1V msklng AIJI- on majority 9.84. -One of the Interesting things disclosed by the now nearly complete official re turns Is that the total vote for the two prohibition candldatea for governor will be but a little over l.oofc The figures from sll but the five counties named above, show the vota for Brown to be 761, and Ellet 2r, making a total of l.Ml. The democrat had two candldatea for etate superintendent. The figures are now complete enough to disclose for the flrit time that Cap E. Miller his baen noml hated by a vota of t-'.Mt to lO.Mt for John M. Stoke, with the five countie out, at named above. k The tepubllran vot for preeldentlal elec tcr-at-large Is Anderson 92, IM, AnundRon M.0S3, Copeland 0,1S8, Packard M.0:e. with the same five countie out. The first two candidate named were the gtandpat can didate and tha other two progressive. The return from the eongretslonal dl- trlcta show that the progressive have elected but two district presidential electors In district wher there were contest Tha recult. which will not be changed by the return from tha flv countie when they ar In. are a follow. tha nam of tha stsndpat candidate being given first la each Instance: - First district. Bally 7.JRS. Hitch 1,716; Third district. W. K. Ray ,286, P. H. Voung t'43i Fourth district, Bowen 8 BP1, Elite 6,470; Sixth district. O. W. Carter 4,991, W. M. Reece 6,014; Tenth district, Hanna 9.720. Lee 8,887i Eleventh district. Boeytnk 10,132, Denlo 8,367. In the Seventh distrlot tha progressiva hsg probably won, but there ara three counties to hear from officially Id that district yat. Democrats Harea' Heard. A want advertisement published In soma of the dally newspapers here asking for solicitor to take ubcrlptlon to a new democratic dally ha atlrrad politician. All the prominent democrats say they hava heard nothing of It. Tha advertisement rsada: DES MOINES DAILY TIME8, democratic M. Postmasters and agents, hustle sub scriptions until 26th, at usual commissions. Remit after publication. 17-2S Hubert Utterback. a brilliant young dem ocratic attorney, who waa said to know something of It, denies tha charge and spent the greater part of a day In trying to find out who waa going to start it. Jerry Sulli van, one time democratic nominee for gov ernor, Oeorge F. Rlnehsrt and othera have heard nothing of It. L, . Weaver is said to have Inserted tha advertisement and he Is now out of town. econd Cavalry Protests. Against tha aotions of certain prohibi tionists rn trying to cause the abandon ment of Fort Des Moines the afflcors of the fort hava Issued tha following pro test) v The soldiers of tha Second cavalry 'at Fort Des Molnea are typical of the army. They have aerved in many lands. They have rrosen on the plains or Dakota and Iln, living north of town, while attemp'Irie; to eiose an outside door that the wind threatened to blow off. had his arm struck .y the door with such tone that the arm as badly fractured. A Talmage farmer. Ed Smith, reports the wind of such vio It nee In that vicinity that a hog house and tev.tsl hogs belonging to him were blown i it ar out ot the pasture Into an adjoining Held. CRESTON Because he tendered a - check In a Malvern drug store that rroveu to be forged wlih the name pi erana mm bin, Clyde Hardy, a young mn who ha been vlilllna In Malvern. I now in nm Olinwood Jail under tm bonds. Another check for 111) wss also rounn on mm, imm portlng to be signed by his aunt. Mrs. Orplin Gardner, who kpe a boarding house at Malvern, nui wnicq aiso pnn to be a forgery. The young man. after being arrested, confessed tha crime. He is about -a years of sge. His home Is In Leroy. 111. ; r MASTIN CITY Four houses, an electrle street car and two men were struck by lightning during one of the most eevere electrical storms wnicn ever swept s Cllv, yesterday. The home of W. J. Mud son was .almost totally wrecked by light nine. The home of J. W. Maddy. Just across the street, was badly damaged, a was a so tha heme of ueorae r. vsn note. The Marsh and Noble homes were also truck, but t u damage. waa aman. in two of tha hamea the Inmates were stunned, but none waa seriously hurt. Frank Graven and hla aon were knocxed down ny a boii, which struck a tree under which they were passing. The csr tha waa struck waa filled with tiasaengers. A riasn oi lire rmea ine car and the accompanying crash was deaf enlng. Xtracale for ftherlff. Interest ' In the -republican conversion naturally centera In the contest over the nomination for sheriff. The death within a few, daya of the convention of Deputy Sheriff A. J. Gracefof Avoca, tha candi date of the east end of th county, . and the candidate who received the largest number of votes at the primary, although not sufficient to .secure him the nomina tion, haa complicated the altuatton. Deputy Sheriff Qroneweg, who secured the nexl largest, vote, was the leading candidate of the-several aspirants for the nomination In tha city. Mr. Oronewcs also showed considerable strength in several of the county precincts. His supporters contend that ha Is the logical candidate and should receive the nomlnstion without any ques tionnow that Mr. Oface I no longer In the field. All of the other pity candidate, however, are atlll in the ring, and will have more., or less of a following In the convenMon today. The city candldatea ara Deputy Sheriffs McCaffery, Woolman and Matlack, George Turner, L. T. AJbertl and A rerxrt reached ths city yestekday that Howartt WlUon of Avoca had pjearii as a candidate for the nomination for sher iff, since tha death of Mr. Grace removea from th field the active and leading can didate .of the eaat end. It couldn't be elvlllsed world, and th? success or fallura i learned, whether Wilson would command th support of ' the delegates who In teuJed" to rot"fc-r Mr Gracs. There was.-so.me -desultory talk yesterday: among politician of the possibility of Sheriff Canning receiving a. renomlnatlon, despite the fact that he was not a candi date before .'the primary. As 8heriff Can ning was In Chicago yesterday at the nar tlonal republican convention, It could not be learned whether he would accept a re nomlnatlon under tha circumstances. Friends-of Mr. Canning are Inclined to be lieve that ,he would accept a renomlnatlon. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL More rhaagrea Aaaoanced In the "at art at F.saaloyra of Pat ntcea. From a Btaff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. June .-(8peclal Tele. gram.) Promotions st first nd seeor.d class oostofflces were announced today. as followa. effective July 1 Neoraska Blair sne clerk. $800 to 1900; Fremont, on clerk. 11,000 to 81,100. low-Coun. ell Bluffs, two clerks. $600 Vo $$00; three clerks, $809 to $900; two clerk. $900 to $1,060; on clerk. $1,006 to $1,100; fu clerks, $1,100 to $1,200; one carrier, $800 to $90$; seventeen carriers, $900 to $1,000. Davenport, on clerk, $900 to $1,000. Estharvllle, one clerk. $800 to $900; three carriers 19AA ta tl.000. H&Man. Ono clerk, $tV0 to $0. Jefferson, one clerk, 8600 to $$00; ona clerk, $$00 to $900. Keo kuk. on clerk. $800 to 8900; one clerk $900 to $1,000; one dark, $1,000 to $1,10J! four clerk, 1.100 to $1,200; on carrier, $t0 to $800; nine csrrlers, $900 to 81.00J. Postmaster appointed: Nebraska. Burton, Keya Psha county, Joseph S. Car- nahan. vice T. V. Smith, raalgnad; cnap pU, Duel county, Ouy C. Newman, vice T. M. Johnson, resigned; Maywood, Fron. tier county, Jasper T. Twiss, vice A. C. Barry resigned. Wyoming Archer Larra mle county, yindrew J. Banford, vice R. G. Daley, resigned. T, A. Bllaen of Cedar Rapids has been appointed meat Inspector In connection with the bureau of animal Industry.' The Year 190$ WILL BE Presidential Year Saagboat to MoV Dredge. The Pollard-Campbell Dredging company of Omaha, which has recently completed tha contract for the construction of tha Boyer cut-off dltchea In this and Harrison counties, haa , been . forced to request as sistance of the .vernment snagboat, which la at present at Sioux City, but 1 ex pected to come down th river In a day ar two. The Omaha firm' big dredge is .now at tha mouth of the Boyer river drainage ditch and It t desired to bring It to Omaha. The dredge weigh about IM tone, and when th man who had con. '.racted to float It to Omaha aw its stin ha backed out. Mr. Pollard then endeav ored to secure a boat, equipped with a r""""' aein engine, wnicn pile on Trouble for Ditch Dicker. Henry Welch, residing on Avenue D near Twenty-sixth street, was In police court yesterday morning on complaint of Charlei C. Heath, residing at 2701 Avenue C, on the charge of cutting a ditch through a public thoroughfure. Welch and several of the residents of that section of the city have been practically flooded out aa a re sult of th recent heavy rains, and. falling to obtalnt any relief from th city- depart ments -secured. It Is said, permission from Councilman Bellinger of their ward to cut a drain. Welch and his fellow sufferers from th Hooded conditions , dug a ditch two feet wide and, three feet deep. To pro tect the general public Welch and his fel low dlfgei's placed rid Unterns at the ditch Thursday night and raid yesterday that they Intended constructing a culvert under the street If they had been given time. . ' 'Welch's hearing was continued aa the municipal authorities desire to ascertain sweltered in the tropical Jungles and fever ramps of Luson. Many of them served in the e Indian campaigns wntcn tn west is toaay tha river above Sioux City to tow the who the othera were who ware lmpl cated ireJge to Omaha, but found that the boat In question had no license below Sioux City. ' Mr. Pvllard yesterday expressed confl uence that the government boat from 8loux City would render the needed assistance. A report reacued Council" Bluffs late Thursday night, that the dredge with a re w of seventeen men on It waa marooned an a sandbar, and that' the dredge waa In Imminent danger of going to places at any moment, but the report proved to be with out foundation, as the big machine was safely moored, and the only causa for werry wa th difficulty of gettlr the tredge safely down ths river. In tha cutting of the street. I Real Batata Traaafers. These transfer were reported to The Be June 19 by th Pottawattamie County Ab stract company of Coancll Bluffs: Frank F. Everest and wife to P. J. wade, lot 13, block 1, Mynster's Ben- Ion Street add., w. d $ George H. Mayna to A. S. Huxeltnn. omlivlded haif lot I, block 11, Wll llama' 1st add., w. d Henry Anderson and' wife to Alpha Omega Wakefield, lot 17. block 13, Ttentley, la , w. d J P. Greenshlelds and wife to F. N. . Dingle, lot 21 block 6, Benson's 1st add . w. d , Wallace Benjamin and wife to M. fivu. lot Z7. block I. Evan' Bridge ado.. BOO 330 23 w. d. Ftve transfer, total.. tkV M.IAH of habitable. The men in th rank are no different from those of your cities and farms, from whence they came, except they r more ubservlent to law and discipline - than many of thoae. And they are .U your soldier if you ar American and their Uvea ara pledged to you. v Meet Hera Neat. The Iowa-Nebraska coal dealers will meet In De Molne next year. At th con vention which haa Just adjourned - at Waterloo thla action waa taken. Committee a V'nlflcatioa. The commission of seven to act with the directors of the Ancient Order United Workmen to draw up plana of unification haa been appointed and la a follow: Chairman, E. J. Maynard of North Da kota. A. C. Harwlck of New YOrk. J. Stone of Maine. M. C. Tltft of Minnesota, J. Kocera of California. Ralph Keeney of Oregon and E.. Steinbach of Waantngton. Upon taking the oath of offin Supreme Master Workman W. N. rfarvl appointed the. following chairmen of Committee: T w Wehl, MpKiII a tfanaaa! flnane E. A. banforth of Maine; Degree of Honor, J. M. Lavln of fljuiti Dakota; arbitration. J. IS. Btggs of Kansas. .Mill Boll Old Folks' Home Th Danish Lutheran church will erect a $50,000 home for aged people of that church In Des Moines. The home haa been made a certainty by a contribution of $16,000 for that purpose from' Chris Larsen of Racine, Wis. v tarsus Takaa Back. ' Or of the discharged car men ha been taken back by the street railway com. all 'vr Eleratator to be Bnllt. E. H. Doollttl. chairman of the executive committee of the Commercial club. 1 au thority for the announcement that Council Bluffs Is toon to ha'e another large ele vator. According to present plan the new elevator will ha erected on the tracks of the- Chicago Great "Western railroad. Th 1 PW- l "'td today that work of construction. Mr. Doollttl rays, j trouble would ba settled amicably. Is to ba begun at once a the material ha been ordered for Immediate delivery. For theprerent the promoter of the new enterprise is withheld, but will be made public, Mr. Work of constructs new elevator waa secured through tha ef fort of the executive committee of the Commercial club. It will have a capacity of from seventy-flv to luo cars of grain x day. v EXPLOSION AT ELLSWORTH Three Coal Mlaers Are Killed ana . Severn. Berloaslr Injured, Two Probably Fatally. MORNINOBIDE. Pa . June $0.-Three miners are dead, two others perhsps fatally burned and fifteen entombed, many or whom ara supposed to be dead from an ex plosion at tha Eilswoth No. 1 jnjna of the Pittsburg Coal company near her today. Of th victim taken from th mine, John Beal la tha only on Identified. The other ara foreigner whose features , were too scorched to be recognized. The. two burned men- were hurried ' to ' the - hospital her. Where It was said they, will-probably die. Little 1 known as to ths causa of the ex plosion. It 'occurred when all but 'thirty miners working on tha day shift had left the workings. Of this number fifteen were near the mouth of tha slop and rushed out before th fores of th explosion reached them. Had the explosion -occurred flv minute earlier tha entire force ' of over 600 men would hava been entrapped with protbbly many fatalities. ' Later reports from Ellsworth, pa., ara to tha effect that all tha men" ara out of tha mine, the total number of victims be ing ten, three of whom are dead. Two In jured men, both named Peter Hasot, cous ins, are at the hospital here terribly burned. Ftve other Injured were taken out of the mine several hours after tha explo sloa and brought to the hospital here to-, nljfhl. Every good citizen owes it to himself and to the country to keep well informed on the political events which will culminate in the election of a president, who will be charged with the administration of the national government for four years. Every good citizen owes it to himself and to his country to post himself about the candidates competing for high political preferment and about the issues on which the great parties will divide' in order to , decide intelligently how to cast his vote. The preliminary skirmishing for the great polit ical battle of J908 is already begun and the position of thev principal participants is constantly changing with new developments nearly every day. The big nominating conventions 'in prospect, particularly the republican national convention which is to meet in Chicago in June, promises to be the most stirring and interesting gatherings of the kind in the history of the country. The moving panorama will be: vividly and ac curately pictured in The Bee from day to day the candidates will be presented in their own pronounce ments and speeches the issues will be discussed 11 .1 A J 1 1 !11 ' i ana an tne current political nappenings win ue chronicled as they occur. Sew Court Moaae at Logs. LOGAN Board of Superv passed the following resolution at their WORLDWIDE SJEEL POOL Asnerlcsa, British, Cermaa and Rsi. law Syndicate to Form Combine. LONDON, June 30. In spite of all denial the Iron and Steel Trades Journal declares today It haa authority for atatlng thatUna formation of an International steel trust, In which American. German and Russian syndicates will unite with British steel in terasts, will ba an accomplished fact In few weeka. The headquarter of the new concern will be In London and Its capital isation Will reach $160,000,000. WOODMEN ' GO TO BUFFALO alary of Head Coaaal Talbot Raised to Tea Thoaaaad Dcllar Seal tartasa for Coasaasptlvea. PEORIA, III., June .-Buffalo today . se cured th head camp of Modern Woodmen ior iMl over Dallas. Tex. Head Consul taioot nerearter will get $10,000 a year In atead of $8,000. Clerk Hawes will get $7 500 instead of 84.600. other ' - were in creased. Executive officers were etnpow- ,7:un";v-p;"r-Th. orrdop.u::rnr th: Arb,r r'nch .pervlsor. of Harri.cn county f""'0 '". by ub Doollttle .ay, aa soon ss th , lecent nstructlnn Is commence 1. ' Tne ' whereas Th y, Iowa, deeming the court I inere is not a word of truth in iT. .7.'T r Nebraska a enter- I the conference, ' eaid Prof. A O Smith Sth.WB.ra'PEran?,V,V ,hi " "i wtri.Bjf.EL.h.t'.J" ''PL tha. report? Satarday Meat Department. Boneless rib roaat, lb., 15o; rot roast, lb- 10c: bacon, lb.. 12 He; hams, lb., II He; corned beef, lb., 6c to 8c. J. y.oller Mer. CO.. 100-101-164-106 Broadway. 'Phone $:o. Receiver for Electrle I.tae. BOONE, la., June 20. (Special Telegram.) Judge Smith McPheraon of the federal court today appointed Parit y Bheklon of Ames receiver for tha Newton aV. North western railroad, extendtcg between New ton and Rockwell City. Ti.e road has never been a paying investment Tn Old Colony Trust company of Boston made application for the receivership, which was immediately I granted. It does not In any way affect the I Fort Dodge, De Molne at Southern Inter- urban, using a portion of the Newton track. Alaska refrigerator sale. Prices from $9.06 up. Petersen at Bchoenlng Co. yy y '.'ii'j '";t ."iwwt"!!!" w-wmrm"Tmmmrw,irwi WasiwirB A. A. CUARU U CO, LOAM MONEY 0(1 HOUSEHOLD rUENlTTJBE. ASH AST CHATTKii EKCURITY AT OXK-HAIJF THE C&l'iL KATJgS. Twenty Tear of Nocoessful afuaineaa. CORKXB MAIN AND UROABWAT, OVER AMERICAN KXTRSSS. Ne eenneettea with the Circa tailing w r'n Tb Clark Merts.rs Ca . JiOw I. U&LkX, Ufr. e Board of Supervisors of Harrison county, Iowa, deeming the court house Inadequate and urinate for protec tion of the record of Harrison county; and. Whereas, They find the vaults In said court house unsafe and entirely in sufficient to hold the valuable, lecorda, files and documents of vital Importance to the property owners of this couuty. pne board stalea t! t it will require $100,000 .to build a sa ai d convenient building equipped with ad-.viuate vaults and room for tha saf;-iy of said record and convenience to t!e U. payers of said county. The bonds will ba voted upon November 3. Iowa Mewa .Notes. CRFSTON While In Creaton yesterday O. 8. Moaby of Mokane. Mo., tiaded ?40 acres of land In Callaway county, M'saourl, for the residence and livery barn of J. C. Hutchinson cf Council Bluff. FOHT DODGE While Joking with his family, seated around the supper table, Tuesday evening, O W. Blsck of this city gave two gaapa for breath and leaned over the table dead. The deceased wa 81 year of a. born in Blue Island, III., and moved to Iowa at the age of 11 lie lived in Cor with before coming to thla city two year ago. He bought a feed tor her and haa taken a prominent part in th business affairs of the community. CRESTON J. C. Hunt, sn'emtloie of tha Burlington at Farragut, died In th hos- rltal at Shenandoah Wednesday morning rom being run over by train No. li on tha Hamburg branch Tuesday night. The engineer of the train saw an object on the track and gave the alarm, but before the train could be stopped the engine and sev eral care had paaaed over Mr. Hunt a body eeverely mangling it. It la not known how Mr. Hunt cam to be oa th track. CRESTON During ths sever wind storm af yesterday B4rninf J. A. Frank 7 - "nu maintenance " sanitarium ror consumptive Woodmen fcTwa-a Posltle. ,ot iadenteed. en r, la.. June v(b u I not a minrA .....u v ment that Iowa o ing the of "" "m "ncoln MylM tha. .chlnV fVT.h"' V ' ". and i a 4. L in bjct even w.A th Alm. Director Clapp from N., - -. aiaiea me position of Nebraska trie Other mem her. ,h. - " tne m. and asked m. 'what ToT. knewn0 cern ng hi. statement." canMm.'JS aSSST emitn. "I answered that v ,w.r thlmf RM. WrU,U Th complete every I thing low had to do with the case, and i veal the business of the re.lve member, and I am duty bound to be silent " ine general feeling here Is that Km. bra.ka'a stand Is unjust and. were thi tr.?! wni'"" . ,W.ni k'A' Cornhusaer. verslty "! to me local un, n ,"":.; r'y.? :r iyf?.m.'ni Nr..k. Oifflth, who Played on the I around lhiO. "The Cornhn.k.r. ta nly worthy foea and I hop that friendly relatione may exist and that we can weet on the foot ball field next fall. It would .r.,, n ton naa ir they ahould try to get out of the contracts through any mla. understanding over the non-admittance ta Pradeat Watch Bayers ' taks notice of the fact that railroad men buy tneir waw-hea of us, have them In percea nere ey order of the employing rowie ana oring tnem ner for repairing. naiiroaa men are required to carry good waicnea. to have thsm In. pact. d regulgrj and kpt la perfect repair. Lef fert'a. NEBRASKA I O WA Politics in Nebraska promise to be at a boiling pointthroughoutthis year. The Bee's special staff correspondent at Lincoln furnishes the political gos sip generated at the state capital and special atten tion is givfen to politics locally by experienced political writers. Politics in Iowa are sure to turn about the con test for the senatorial suc cession as well as about the presidency. A special staff correspondent at Des Moines is charged with keeping readers of the Bee in touch with all the politica currents oi the Hawkeye state. 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