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COUNCIL
Office 15 Scott Street.
LIGHT TOWER TO COME DOWN
Committee Favon Granting Petition .
, of Avenue B Residents. 1
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OTHXES MAY ALSO BE ABANDONED
Only ' Opposition Bo Far Developed
Cornea from the Residents of Oak
land Avenue, Who Favor
Retaining Them.
One. of the matters expected to ome be
fore the city council, which will meet to-
I tr,r ih. p-.nlar mnnlhlv SfSRlnn. Is
that of the electric light towers. Residents i h, rcin , " cl """
In that vicinity have petitioned the council i " ln m manner the ll.ime 2,mmunl
to Uka down the tower at Avenue B and cleA to mp clothing which biased up
n-.third .treet nd have the llahts dls- hulrkl-v an1 fiercely that Mr. Lnham
trlbuted along the adjoining streets. The
question of taking down all the towers Is
expected to come up for discussion, follow
ing the report of the committee on fire
and light, to which the matter of the tower
at Avenue B was referred. It Is under
stood that the committee will recommend
that thla tower be taken down.
City Electrician McKinley has been mak
ing an examination of the remaining tow
ers, as It waa feared that they might have
become weakened by the recent heavy
windstorms. Mr. McKinley may be ready
to report tonight, In which event the Ques
tion of abandoning the tower system of
street lighting probably will come up for
discussion. The only known opposition to
the removal of the light towers comes
from the residents on Oakland avenue and
adjoining streets. They are strongly op
posed to the removal of the Oakland avenue
tower. .
Loading Nine Car o v.nmfter.
We loaded nine cars of lumber and build
ing material yesterday, which will oo
Shipped Into Iowa anl Nebraska. We only
mention the above to demonstrate that we
van and do get In line on prices all through
the middle west. Bend ln your lumber bills
for estimate. C. Hafer Lumber company.
Council Bluffs, la.
IlKDAY SCHOOL CLASS GRADUATES
First la Diocese of Iowa to Complete
Graded Coarse.
The first commencement service ever held
for a Sunday school In the Episcopal dio
cese of Iowa took place Sunday after
noon ln St. Paul's Episcopal church, when
a class of five young women was grad
uated from the regular graded course of the
Sunday school.
It had been hoped that Rev. Homor
Worthlngton Starr, former rector of St.
Paul's and now rector of Christ church,
Wlnnetka, 111., would have been here to
preaent the diplomas to the graduates, but
last week he sent word that unforeaeen
circumstances would prevent his visit to
Council Bluffs at this time. Rector Starr
organised the Sunday school at St. Paul's
church on lta present graded basis. HI
ptece at the service was taken by the Very
Rev. George A. Beecher. dean of Trinity
cathedral, Omaha, who preached the ser
mon and presented the graduates with their
diplomas.
The young women composing the graduat
ing class were Georgia Darlene Bond, Flor
ence May Canning,' Gertrude Frances
Hooker, Theresa M. Klnzel and Henrietta
Naomi Suuer. N. A. Crawford, Jr., a candi
date for the Episcopal ministry, was teacher
of the class.
The course of study used ln St. Paul's
Sunday school Is that of .the Sunday school
commission of the diocese of Iowa, modi
fled to some extent. It covers a course
of twelve years ln biblical and eccles
iastical study, the pupil being expected to
complete the course at approximately the
time when he or she Is graduated from the
high school after twelve years of secular
study. A strictly graded system of Sunday
school work has been In use In the diocese
of Iowa for only a few years, snd St. Paut'a
Sunday school Is the first to be reorganized
ln accordance with the graded plan, to
graduate a class.
Pyrnarraph) Kale.
Twenty per cent discount on pyrography
outfits or bulbs. Oet a set for your vaca
tion amusement. A free lesson given with
each outfit.
ALEXANDER'S ART STORE,
333 Broadway.
Summer school now In session at West-
am Iowa College. Enroll any day.
BOY IS DROWNED IX WEEDY LAKE
Bosnia Case Loses Ills LU'e While In
Swimming.
' Weedy Lake, the slough west of th
Tranamlsslsslppt elevator and nar the
Vnlon Pacific dump was the scene of a
eeoond drowning within three weeks, yes
teiday, the victim being Romle Case, the
14-year-old son of Frank Case, a car
checker In the employ of the Union Pa
cific railroad, living at 1311 Eighteenth ave
nue.
Young Caae with a number of boya from
Ms neighborhood went In swimming In the
pond, during the afternoon. Suddenly
young Case who waa some distance away
from Ma companions waa aeen to sink
Joe Shea, a cousin, at once swam to the
pot where the boy went down and dived
a number of times, but was unsble to get
the body. After Shea and hla companions
had worked for over half an hour trying
to get the body, Frank Duval ln charge of
a switch engine who happened by with
bis engine, crme to their assistance and
In a short while succeeded In locating the
tody and hrlnclrg It to shore.
Duval at once took the body of the boy
on his engine to the transfer depot where
Dr. O. C. Brandt of Denlion, la., happened
t be waiting for a train. Dr. Brandt
Worked for over two hours on the body ln
a vain effort to resuscitate him.
; Jt is supposed that young Case was
seised with cramps as his companions say
be did not make sny outcry before sink
lug. The body waa taken to Cutler's un-
The skin is not simply an crater covering
pores and glands it performs the great and necessary work of regulating our tempera
(urea, and also assists in disposing of the refuse and waste matters of the system by
u constant evaporation that goes on through these little tubes. To perform these
duties the tissues and fibres w hu h connect and surround the pores and glands must be
continually nourished by pure blood. When from any cause the circulation becomes
Infected with impurities and humors, it loses its strengthening powers and begins to
disease and irritate the delicata tissues, and produces- Eczema, Acne, Tetter, or some
oUtcr itching, disfiguring skin trouble. S. S. & cures skin diseases of every kind by
going down into the circulation snd neutralizing and removing the imparities and
bomort. It changes the quality of the blood to a cooling, health-producing stream,
Sbich, instead of irritating and inflaming the skin, cures and nourishes it by its
soothing, healthful qualities. Salves, washes, lotions, etc., may be used for any tem
porary comfort they adord, but skin diseases cannot be cured until & S. & baa p-ori&cd
iso I ' "i JBgok OS kia Disease and any medical advice free to ail who write.
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v INTEREST FROM IOWA
BLUFFS
Both 'Phones 43.
dertaklng roomi on Instructions from Cor
I oner Treynnr.
Abo.it three week ago a Hungarian sec-
tlon hand employed at the Union Pacific
transfer m drowned while bathing m
ths t'
Nine-tenths of the trouMe with a lawn
l mower I the adjust mer..t, the other one-
j tenth Is shii.-ninj. Let Peterson, the gun
j and locksmith. 101 Brcadway, adjust your
N. V. Plumbing Co. Tel. 2T0. Night, LRR
Fire In Clothes Closet. '
The flrf department was called dutlng the
jhdght of the storm la."t evrnlng ti the
residence of C. P. Lenhatn, M9 Madison
I avenue. Mr. Lcnliam while searching for
was compelled to beat a -hasiy retreat
from the closet. The damaee was practi
cally confined to the closet and the cloth
ing In It. v
I'pholstertngr.
George W. Klein, 19 South Main street.
Both 'phones. "Have It done right."
Room and board $1.25 per day. Rooms,
$1 per week and up. ' Revere Hotel, under
new management.
All sheet music latest songs and hits at
19 cenas each for all week at Bourlelus'
Piano House, 3H8 Broadway. Council Bluffs.
Fnneral of Father Smyth.
The body of Rev. Father Patrick Smyth
waa removed kst evening from the paioeh
lal residence to St. Francis Xavler's
church where It will rest until the close of
the funeral services Tuesday morning. An
nouncement of the complete arrangements
for the funeral obsequies which will be
held at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning wlil
be made some time today.
Drink Bndvrelaer.
King of all bottled beer. L. Rosenfeld
Co., distributers. Both 'phones 8333.
40,000 parasols In Council Bluffs and half
of them need repairing. Bring them to
Peterson, 101 Broadway, he does work to
please.
MINOR, MENTION.
Davis, drugs.
Stcckert sells carpets.
Ed Rogers, Tony Faust beer.
. Lewis Cutler, funeral director. 'Phone 97.
EYES EXAMINED FREE LEFFERTS.
Woodrlng Undertaking company. Tel S!9.
Send your children to Western Iowa Col
lege summer school.
Guaranteed watches from 13.09 up at O
Mauthe. 228 Broadway.
We know we have the best flour Kr
la the name. Bartell & Miller. 'Phone 8j9.
Wanted Place for young man to work
after school and on Saturday. Western
Iowa College.
20 per cent discount on pyrosraphy outdis
or bulbs. Free lessons. C. E. Alexander
833 Broadway.
Wanted A competent rl tnr nnsi
housework. Two In family. Mrs. J. J
trown, 2jti South Seventh Street.
HAVE YOUR KYES KXAMINFn U-nir.is
AND GET GLASSES THAT ARE GUAR.
ANTEKD. DR. W. W. MAGARKELu,
Oi-TOMETRiST, 10 PEARL ST. "FAC
TORY ON PREMISES. '
William Bemges. ailed 37 'lears. died lnt
evening at the Jennie Edmundson Memorial
nospual. '1 he body Was removed to Wood
ring's undertaking rooms pending disposi
tion by relatives. Deceased was a single
man.
Among the prominent locsl democrats
who left yesterday for the convention in
Denver weie J. J. Hughes, chairman of the
democratic city committee and member of
the state committee from the Ninth dis
trict, and Al A. Lenocker of Oakland,
chairman of the county central committee.
Mr. Lenocker was accompanied by hla wife.
Sergeant Jerry Walters of the Dodge
Light Guards has been promoted to battal
ion sergeant major, the position having
been made vacant by the recent promotion
of Sergeant Major White to the commls
sioned ranks. Sergeant Charles A. Rock
wltz will, It Is expected, be Sergeant Walt
era' successor as first sergeant of Com
pany L.
The funer.il cf the late Mrs. Sarah J.
Ooss, who died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Johanna Gaskill. 16 South Eighth
atreet. will he held this morning at 10:3(1
o'clock from Woodring'e undertaking rooms
ann interment win oe in walnut mil cem
etery. Rev. J. M. Williams, pastor of
Broadway Methodist church, will conduct
tne services.
John William Ransom died vesterdav at
the home of his parenta In Boomer town-
snip rrom tunercuiosis. aged n years Re
sides his parenta and several brothers and
Bisters, he Is survived bv his wife. The
funeral will be held Tuesday morning, the
cortege leaving the residence at 10 o'clock
for Grange church where the services will
be held. Burial will be In the Grange cem
etery. The members if the Young People's so
ciety of St. John's English Lutheran church
and their friends will be entertained Tues
day evening on the lawn of the parsonage
by Mrs. O. W. Snyder. The regular mid
week services will be held Wednesday even
ing. Thursday afternoon the Young Girls'
Rewlna- society will meet ln the church par
lors. The choir will meet for rehesrsal Fri
day evening.
There will be no midweek service at the
First- Conaregstlonal etmrch this week. The
rrsrn of the congregation will meet at the
Orsnd hotel todav noon for lunch. The
Flower Mission will meet Wednesday mnrn
ln st the rsldenee of Mrs. Strork at 8:30
o'clock to take flowers to the hospitals and
the sick The Ladles' Aid societv will be
entertained Tuesday afternoon at a ken
slnstfn by Mrs. J. I. Lut's and Mrs. Wal
leye Shenard. at the home of the former,
716 Perrln avenue.
Frightened Into Fits
by fear of appendicitis, take Dr. King's
New Life rills, and away goe bowo-1
trouble. Guaranteed 2oc. For sale by
Beaton Drug Co.
TRACTION CARHITS CARRIAGE
Fonr Children Reported Instantly
Killed In Grade Crossing; Acci
dent Near Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., July 6. An electric
car on the 8-nta Ana line of the Pacific
Electric Railway company tonight struck
a carriage containing etght children, two
men and one woman, near Watts, about ten
mjles from this city. It Is said four of
the children were Instantly killed.
DRIVES OUT
0 BLOOD HUMORS
of the body, but through its thousands of
FEVER IS NOT A TRUE TEST
Experiment with Animals for Tuber
culosis Beveal This.
IOWA MEN TO INVESTIGATE MOBE
Stake Entries for Ion State Fair
Rarea Will De More Nnmerooe
Than Ever Before Polit
ical Gossip.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DE8 MOINES, July 6. (Special.) ln the
campaign against tuberculosis In animals
In this state those Interested claim that
there Is great need of a better test far
tu'ceriMilo.'S. Recently some anlrr.a s on
the tarn s of the sta e Institutions were
tt sted by the Incculntlun method. The
theory Is that wlun ItH'Cii'a'ed If an ani
mal l a tub r.-ul uls its fever will run up.
In the cMim na'lors made the fever of
one f'ne looking cow went to i". vt nen
the animal was killed It was lound to I ave
no tuhenuksts at all and another a:i m il
that showed a fever cf 102 was filled with
tubercular germs.. It is c a mod that If an
anlmnl has a scratch cr bru so its fever
will go up as readily as i; It has tuber
calcs s when Inoculated.
Investigations aie being made from time
to time under the direction of the members
of the State Board of Ccntrol and an ef
fort Is being made to rid the farms of ail
tubercular an'mais, though the work Is not
always s atlsfactory because (f the failure
of the tests.
It is understood that an effort will be
made to Indu-e the legislature nxt winter
to take some action toward lessening the
amount of tuberculosis In cattle and hoss.
One of the chief difficulties Is the txpense
and 1 iss when animals suspected of being
affected ara killed. The owners dls'.ike to
lose tha animals and there Is no provision
for the state paying for them. It is fur
thermore claimed that tuberculosis Is not
inherited and Is only transmitted when the
animals are confined with others that are
not affected. For this reason It Is claimed
that a tulereulnr animal can be used lor
breeding purposes safely so long as It Is
not allowed to come In contact, with ani
mals not affected with tuberculosis. It is
c a med that between animals the disease
Is transmitted chiefly by their feeding over
the same pasture and from the same
mangers.
Fix Blame Tomorrow.
The b'ame for the railroad wreck ln the
outskirts of this tlty last week, in which
a Rock Island brakeman was killed, w.U
probably te fixed Monday so far as the
Rock island and Great Western railroads
are concerned. The State Railroad com
mission will consider the matter later. The
superintendents of the Rock Island and
Great Western, will meet tomorrow at 10
o'clock and examine the crews of the two
trains. There is a claim on the part of the
Rock Island that the Great Western engi
neer was not giving proper heed. There
are five tracks at tne particular point 101, , . . . . . .,,
1 long envelope on which appeared ln lead
be crossed by the Great Western
Big; Stake Races.
Owners of horses entered in the stake
races for this year's state fair have paid
up their entry fees. Practically every one
that entered has paid the fee within the
limit of time and there Is now surety that
the stake entries will be more numerous
than ever before.
New Movement Fourth.
At Unijn park In this city yesterday waa
held a new movement for Fourth of July
celebrations. Instead of rending the' air
with giant fire crackers and recounting
the glories of the past, speakers were pres
ent who discussed municipal ownership,
c vlc righteousness and reform in taxation.
Among the speakers were Mayor A. J.
Matht.', George F. Rlnehart and L. J. Kas
son. Deposition Filed.
As a part of the legal fight of the stock
holders of the defunct Crystal Oil comp-iny
to recover damages from the Standard Oil
company for being run out of business ln
Des Moines a deposition has been filed In
the district court here by Attorney Dunshee
of the Crystal company. The deposition
Is that of Lee E. Edgmgton. formerly
manager for the Standard Oil company
here. His deposition was taken ln Kansas
and ln It. he says that he was Instructed
to have the wagons of the Standard follow
those of the Crystal and wherever the
Crystal's wagons stopped tho Standard
would slop and try to get the business and
wero instructed to charge the red cards
of the Standard for the green of th;
Civstsl wherever they found the green
hanging In the windows.
Another for Speaker.
William Larrabee, republican nominee to
the legislature from Fayette county and a
son of ex-Governor William Larrab?, may
be a candidate for speaker. He Is a new
suggestion for that office and makes about
the sixth. He served In the house from
Fayette during the twenty-ninth general
assembly. He Is the first outside of those
now already members of the house to be
suggested for speaker and theie Is a chance
that he may be a formidable candidate, as
he Is very popular.
Railroad Merger Probable.
Stockholders of the Des Moines, Iowa
Falls A Northern have been .notified of a
special meeting of the stockholders, to be
held at Iowa Falls on Saturday, July 11.
The notices state that the objects of the
meeting will be to consider authorizing the
directors to sell the road to the St. Paul
& Des Moines; to increase the capital
stock to J2,0uV0; to buy .the St. Paul 4
Des Moines; to change the place -of busi
ness from Des Moines to Iowa Falls, and
other necessary changes If It Is decided to
either buy the St. Paul & Des Moines or
to sell to It. The St. Paul & Des Moines
Is not given ln the official lists of Iowa
railroads. It has been rumored for some
time that the Des Moines, Iowa Falls &
Northern was likely to be absorbed by the
Milwaukee A St. Paul.
Madden Recovering;.
Captain P. J. Madden, ex-warden of the
state penitentiary, who fell on the street
Thursday from an attack of vertigo. Is
recovering.
Mar Split Bills.
The expense of holding the state primary
hls yesr, the first under the new state
wide primary law, will average about $.1,000
to the county, according to the reports
now being made to the executive council by
the various county auditors. About fifty
have reported and there are ninety-nine
counties in the state. The expense for
newspaper announcements of the primary
run from J40 to S417 per newspaper. It Is
Intimated that some of the higher bills will
be cut down though the council will allow
larger amounts for the papers of larger
circulation. '
Clover for Sonthern Iowa.
Through the Ames Agricultural college
some experiments are belnr made ln south
ern Iowa ln the attempt to get clover to
grow and thrive there. The soils of south
ern Iowa are low In humus and clover Is
an excellent thing to supply the deficiency
cheaply If tt will grow, but It has not given
the success In the past that it should. In
soma cases farmers are buying large quan
tities of concentrates) mad even fertilisers
to maintain the fertility of tneir aoU when
clover If It can b grown successfully will
supply both.
CHANNELS FOR SOLDIER RITER
Ensjineer Wattles Completes Flans for
Diversion of Stream.
LOGAN, la., July .-8peolet.) Engineer
J. 8. Wattles of Missouri Vslley has com
pleted his surveys snd filed his report on
the diversion of the Soldier fiver. The
proposed new channel for the Poldier river
has Its beginning ln the northwest quarter
of section 84-81-44, Jackson township of
Harrison county, and tuns southwest tr
Elm lake and under the railroad bridge
at this point, thenco southwest to Round
lake, and thence southwest Into the Mis
souri river, ln the southeast quarter of sec
tion 15-80-45 of Morgan township. The
length of the proposed channel Is 6.62 miles.
Estimated cost of channel with laterals.
tioi.373; number of acres to be benefited,
30.531; bottom width of channel at upper
end. thirty-five feet; at lower end. forty
feet; slope, one to one; grade nt upper
end, three feet per mile; at lower end,
fifteen Inches per mile.
Engineer Wattles has a'so made esti
mates on another channel for the diversion
of the Soldier river, tapping the river
channel at the sarnie point In section 34
Jackson township, and following the former
line for about two miles, where the pro
posed channel will run due south six miles
and then turns to the southwest and runs
Into the Missouri river ln section eight of
Clay township.
Length of proposed channel, 14.25 miles;
bottom width at lower end. forty feet; at
upper end, thirty-five feet; slope, one to
one; estimated cost, 1145,537.
A (red lowan Seeks Pardon.
DES MOINES, July 6.-A case which ex
cites genuine human Interest Is booked to
come before the state board of parole In
this city today. It Is the application of
S. F. Smith for pardon. He Is the son of
Samuel Francis Smith. D. D., who wrote
"Amerla," and was one of the most promi
nent and Influential residents of Daven
port for many years. He Is now on old and
enfeebled man.
He was sentenced to Anamosa for eleven
years for embezzlement of 1100,000.
PLATFORM ENROUTE TO DENVER
Mayor Brown Has Custody of Docu
ment Completed by Mr. Bryan
Saturday Night,
LINCOLN. Neb.. July 6. Denver may
feel assured today that convention
week has actually begun, for at 9:30 o'clock
Mayor F. W. Brown of Lincoln will ar
rive with a platform for presentation to
the resolutions committee, of which he Is
the Nebraska member. The platform was
completed last night and exprefses Mr.
Bran's views as formed after many con
ferences with party leaders and delegates
who have stopped pff here on their way
west.
The document In Its present form makes
a bulky package.
"There It is," said the mayor shortly
v.A ki. nnnw,, an hi Inttlrnted fl
pencil "committee' on resolutions.' Mayor
Brown Is probably as close a political
friend of Mr. Bryan as the latter has.
Since 1898 he has supported the fortunes
of the Nebraska leader. Their views on
political doctrines are similar and Mr.
Bryan trusts him as he trusts few other
men. ' , .
The Lincoln mayor st Denver will speak
with the voice ef W. J. Bryan. Questions
arising ln committee anent the platform
will be answered by him with Bryan argu
ments, with which he la perfectly familiar.
Indeed, It is believed that every plank in
It has grown under his eye, for he has
for weeks been a .constant visitor at Fair
vlcw. "Did I see him last night?" exclaimed
Mr. Biyan recently to a question. "Why,
I see Doc Brown every day!"
Mayor Brown had expected to leave on
the second section of the Burlington 4
o'clock train tonight, but later accepted an
invitation to travel with former Governor
Francis of Missouri and F. F. Goltra, a
r.ephew of the mayor, in Goltta's private
car. This car was attached to the third
Bectlon, carrying a delegation of Chicago
democrats, which left for Denver at 7:40
p. m.
Mr. Bryan was at the train to witness
the departure. -''Now, Doc, see that they
get a good platform," he said,- addressing
the mayor by a nickname he used here.
Today, as previously, Mr. Bryan, ,Mr
Brown and others who conferred with the
former maintained silence concerning the
platform. In fact, the mayor's admission
that he had it was the first authoritative
utterance which has been made on tho sub
ject There is a recrldesence of Gray talk ln
the vice presidential gossip today. The
Gaynor movement also received attention
and Daniel B. Stephens, chairman of th I
Nebraska delegation, declared himself for
Governor Folk of Missouri. Mr. Bryan j
was quoted by one of his visitors as say ire I
that the matter of a running mate was of
far less Importance than a good platform. ,
Mayor Brown and ex-Governor Peck of j
Wisconsin were the chief Instigators In .
the renewal of the talk of the Delaware
Judge. Mayor Brown Is so accustomed to
be considered the mouthpiece of Mr. Bryan
that he delivered an elaborate preface that
he spoke for himself only. "I am for
Gray," aald he. "I have been right along."
"But he has absolutely refused the us
of his name before the convention," was
Injected.
"Well, he might change his mind," re
plied the mayor.
Mr. Brown has had his final talk with
Mr. Bryan in the forenoon and there was
considerable Inclination to couple this fact
with the additional fact that ex-Governor
Peck of Wisconsin expressed a similar
sentiment after talking with the master
of Falrview. "I don't think Judge Gray
would refuse the nomination if the conven
tion insisted on it," declared the former
governor. "Those who believe Mr. Gray
Is the best man for second place have not
abandoned hope."
"Does Mr. Bryan want hlmT" waa in
quired. Mr. Peck hesitated, but aald slowly:
"I believe he does. I believe that Judge
Gray's name will be presented before the
convntlon.
KILLED DEFENDING DAUGHTER
Sprlnaueld, 111., Man Stabbed to Death
by Ktfro Who Entered
Girl's Room.
SPRINGFIELD. 111.. July . C. A. Bal
lard, a hoisting engineer, was subbed to
death at his home early today and Joseph
James, a negro, was arrested, charged with
the murder. Lynching is freely talked of.
Ballard was awskened about 1 o'clock by
his daughter, Blaiche. who, with a younger
sister, was sleeping In an adjoining room.
The girl said that a negro was sitting on
the foot of her bed. Ballsrd attacked the
Intruder snd the two fought through the
house snd out Into the yard and down to
the street. Jsmes wss discovered by s
posse today sleeping In a field ln the north
part of the city. The man would have been
killed but for the Interference of the police,
who took him to the city prison.
Bos Want Ada Business Boosters.
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Post's Compllmente to Oompers.
BATTLE CREEK. Mich., July l.-To the
Editor of The Bee: My attention has
been called to your editorial paragraph
of May 22, which Is false and so unjust that
a correction should be made. The article
ln question Is given herewith:
"Llttlefleld Is driven out of congress by
the speaker's gavel snd the committee on
rules, ' says the St. Louis Republic. Mr.
Llttlefleld Is a fighter and not ln the least
afraid of the speaker. He has not been
driven out of congress, but has been coaxed
out by a fancy salary offer from a big
corporation that manufactures breakfast
food and hates Samuel Oompers.
The truth Is that Mr. Llttlefleld waa In
harmony with his co-workers ln congress
and particularly In harmony with Speaker
Cannon, and the committee of which Mr.
Llttlefleld was an honored member. He
left congress because he could not afford
to still further neglect his profession. He
has gone Into the practice of law In New
York.
The statement that "he was offered a
fancy salary by a big corporation that
manufactures breakfast food and hates
Samuel Qompars" was evidently leveled at
me.
The story originated with Samuel Oom
pers himself. It Is only one of a very
large number of false statements that have
come from him.
Mr. Llttlefleld has been something of an
obstruction to Mr. Oompers ln his efforts
to strip the ccurts of power to protect peo
ple and property against sluggers and dyna
miters. It has become evident from the proceed
ings ln our two national political conven
tions, that by far the great majority of
both democrats and republicans are advo
cates of peace and law and order. It Js
only the trembling politician who cowers
and panders to men who demand subjuga
tion of the people's courts to the will of
class agitators.
Mr. Gompers and the American Federa
tion of Labor do not represent American
labor. They represent only a very small
minority, whereas, the great majority of
American workmen denounce Gomperlsm
and will have nothing to do with It. They
believe In homes, peace, prosperity and the
steady operation of factories.
The masses of the people ln this country
have faith In themselves and they are
mostly working people, I am one among
the lot and bel.eve as they do, that human
life can be bcttfr maintained when the
sluggers and toucha keep their fingers out.
I believe ln high wages, and back of that
belief, by paying the highest scale ln Mich
igan, and have done so for a good many
years. I believe we have the best grade of
worklngmen In the state, but they are too
high grade to have anything to do with
Mr. Gompers and his anti-Injunction "to
hell with the courts" Idea.
C. W. POST.
The Same Old Bryan.
OMAHA, July 6.-T0 the Editor of The
Bee: He la the same old Bryan. The at
tack on Colonel Guffcy of Pennsylvania,
who supported him twice, in which he calls
him a "bushwhacker," Is the Roger Sullivan
act over again. He carted Grover Cleve
land a "bunco steerer in a speech st
Urbsna, O., In 1S96, and accused him of
having bought his nomination ln other
speeches with corruption money. He is
now shedding crocodile tears at bis grave
and exhausts the language ln hypocritical
eulogy. Mr. Bryan Is mad. He is as full
of malice and malignity as an Apache In
dian. Such a' thing as gratitude Is an un
known quantity In the very nature of W.
J. Bryan. It Is only when he loses his
temper that his real character Is disclosed.
From that noiseless fountain of perennial
smirks and smiles which mask It with such
fine arts of repression and concealment, he
now and then explodes a Vesuvius of wrath,
red fire and liquid lava.
Mr. Bryan begs on his bended knees
and spouts "harmony" like a cataract, but
he cannot resist the pressure from within,
which canriot wait for revenge towards
every man of strength who dares to assert
It ln opposition to his Imperious will and
purely selfish ambitions.
To surface seeming our great statesman,
whose ticket Taft and Sheldon will not
only defeat but overwhelm In November
next ln this state, Mr. Bryan has changed
ln one respect He no longer reads the
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Cleveland democracy out of the party,
nor does he publicly brand them for fu
ture everlasting punishment It la all
honey with him now. He must have the
votes of the millions who will follow Cleve
land's mighty leadership, or die. Put this
is too thin to deceive a chlmpansee. The
Ouffey outburst proves It He forgives all
the past on his tongue, but In his heart
he Is merely gathering another hold that
he may dnetroy the great national party
which breathed Into him the breath of life.
I repeat, he Is the same old Bryan, hard
ened by political Iniquities which began in
1S9 with half-digested treason, culminated
In open Intimacy ' with Alt geld and Debs,
and Tom Watson, Tom Tibbies, snd all ths
rest of the Toms, Dicks and Harrys who
were bent on the destruction of orderly
government In this great country, and now
confides his political life Into the keeping
of James C. Dahlman, not because he loves
Dahlman, but because he fears him. Na
poleon, I think It was, said that "men are
governed by Interest or fear." The master
man of all the ages did not mean that all
men are thus governed. What he meant
waa that men of ambition for the chief
seats of power are Influenced by interest
or fear of men and forces that may defeat
tt I hold that at this very moment Mayor
Dahlman of Omaha, a clear headed, quiet,
brave man. Is not controlled by Mr. Bryan.
He controls Mr. Bryan, who would no more
dare to lock horns with Dahlman than he
would have dared to face Grover Cleve
land when he was living and call him a
"bunco steerer" or a corruptlontst. In the
case of Cleveland, he would have
driven him by one look into his
own boots, not a word being spoken,
by the sheer moral force of his
presence. In Dahlman he finds a man
of whom he has a holy fear. Dahlman has
not presided at poker tables and faced faro
banks for so long without being able to
read the character of the political gambler
as he reads a book. He has long known
that Mr. Bryan never holds deuce high
when matters get serious between him
and the Nebraska bluffer. I venture to tell
Mr. Dahlman, and say of him to others.
that he Is a much abler man than many
people suppose him to be. He Is not only
a man of keen mind and ability, but he Is
a shrewd and courageous man, and he can
have the democratic nomination for gov
ernor if he closes those thin Hps, sets those
big Jaws and simply says in that quiet
way and mild voice of his, "Mr. Bryan,
must have the nomination for governor.
That will end It all in a jiffy. Bryan can
1 persuade, but he cannot boss James C.
Dahlman. Dahlman Is boss of the hybrid
mixtures In Nebraska which are called the
democratic) party.
OEOROE L. MILLER.
Slashed with a Rasor,
wounded witn a gun, or pierced by a
rusty nail; Bucklen's Arnica Salve heals
the wound. Guaranteed. 2Cc. For sale by
Beaton Drug Co.
American Will Inveetlg-ate.
ST. PETERSBURG, July -A dispatch
received today by the Novoe Vremya from
Its correspondent at Urumln, Persian
Armenia, says that an American consul
arrived there to Investigate the Kurdish
aggressions and ths situation of the mis
sionaries. Dr. Price's Wheat
Without food no one can live. Poor food makes
poor bodies. Dr. Price s Wheat Flake. Celery
Food is made from the who!t m-ain nf
wi'1 fumish in
ments wnich compose the body. Wheat
is the cereal intended by nature for use
in sustaining life. m
Here is an opportunity to locate perma
nently an office or a suite of offices.
' A few Inducements w offer: Th tmlldlnc u strict fry firs proof
and located ln ths central business section of the city; janitor service
electric light and water free, and elevator serrlos from T a D, to 11
p. m. la .
The Bee Building
Frontage
East
Court
East
East
Court
East
East
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iloom 338 is partitioned to accommodate a rcc. ption room
and two private offices, and has in connection a vault of large
dimensions. ,
Itooms 540 and 542 are nicely looated on the fifth floor and
there is a small room just across the hall, so if you roquiro a
suite of three rooms we will be pleased to show you these.
The Bee Building Co.
R. W. BAKER, Snpt, Room 105.
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OlfflA
Street Uilwy LLn ! 3s7Mtod Ont
at Thirteenth and X Streets.
RAILROAD A7EXUZ X3 FLOODEC
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Tim by Debris School Taoeh.
era Will Bo Bsretesl
Tealaht.
The moot sertoua efteot of the storm las'
night in South Omaha was the washing oui
of the street , railway line at Thirteenth
end K streets. Thla point has been a plan
of danger ever sine the line was built
The big hollow Is often flooded. The deluge
which lasted over an hour last night tore ths
grade out so far as to leave the track!
suspended In the air. Fortunately ths
danger waa discovered before any cars ran
Into the break. After the washout all th
Albright cars crossed over on Vinton street
to Twenty-fourth street.
Railroad avenue was slso flooded to a
deph of over a foot. Mud and timbers and
other debris made it Impossible to run can
to the end of the line until the storm had
abated.
Several of th- troublesome street inter
sections were again wasned out.
The rain was so severe that moat of the
evening services were abandoned.
Board of Education Meets.
The Board of Education will meet in regu
lar session this evening at the South Omahs
High rchool. The new lists of teachers
will be elected. It has been a principle to
elect as many from the qualified candidate!
living ln South Omaha as poaslble. Out
of thirty who took the recent teacher's
examination only eleven passed.
Msglc City Gossip.
G. H. Prewer has recovered from a re
cent Illness.
W. H. Queenan and wife announce the
birth of a son.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Rich visited Sioux
City last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. TV Courtney rpent the
Fourth in Sargent, Neb.
Mrs. Ezekel Dormann. Forty-seventh ai d
U streets, is reported ill.
Miss Pearl Cook of Kearn y Is the gn st
of Miss Hattle Roberts.
The democrats announce the cand d cy o.'
J. M. Tanner for state senator.
Jetter's Gold Top Heer delivered to anv
part of the city. Telephone No. 8.
Kee office removed to Live Ftock Pn:ik
Bldg., Twenty-fourth and N. Thone 27.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tow srent 'Ii3
Fourth In Plattsmouth, vls!t!ng riatlvev
Miss Ocle Barr Is the guest of rMatl ei
at Stanton. She will remain there all sum
mer. Nels Sorensen and his wl'e of Rrown:e-.
Neb., are the guests of Mr. and Mis. H.
L. Jacobson.
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Jaeonsen left I s:
evening for a tour of Europe ard a vl I;
to their old home In Denmark.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cavers snd chl'dren
have gone to Round Lake, Canada, fir a
summer with Mr. Cavers' parents.
The city council meets tonight In re-u'-tr
session. A number of Important ordlnanc s
concerning the city finances are to be In
troduced. Max Terrell was arrested under a charge
of petit larceny yesterday. He was ac
cused of taking a pocket flash light out of
a block watchman s pocket.
Flako Cclcrv Food
itself the fourteen ele
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