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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1908)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY. AWt'ST 21. 1 NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA COUNCIL BLUFFS Office 15 Scott Street. Both 'Phones 42. MINOR MENTION. Davla, drug. aTtockert sells carpet. Ed Rogers. Tonr Faust taer. Lewla Cutler, funeral director. 'Phone IX. Woodrlrtaj Undertaking eompanr. Tal. Wa nes the new art pottery at Alexandra, Hi Broadway. We know we have the best flour. Viae li tha nam. Bartell Miller. Phona X. Fall term Western Iowa college opens Monday, August 31. Band for flna catalog. Eyes examined frea. Work guaranteed and prlca reasonable. Let O. Maulhe, 4 Vest Broadway, fit your glasses. Oak Iaf camp. Koyal Neighbor, of America, will picnic at Lake Mintwi this evening. Harmony chapter. Order of tha Eastern Star, will meet In regular aesalon thla even ing In Maaonlc' temple. president 3. W, Hauck of Hillsdsle col lege waa tha gueat yesterday of W. J. Lev rett while enroute to Colorado. Mra. M. C. Egan,. formerly of thla city nd now a resident of Rawlins, Wyo., la vlaltlng relatives and frlenda In Council Bluff.. Don't mlaa the baa ball game by electrics light Friday evening. Huatler'a park. A building permit waa Issued yeaterday to Lottie M. Engle. for a two-atory frame rottage on Thirty-third street and Avenue V. to caat 11.600. The Ladlea' Aid aorlety of St. John'a En. frllsh Lutheran church will- meet thla aft ernoon at the realdenca of Mrs. Aldlnger, 1631 Third avenue. Roy Meadows, who was arrested Tuesday, Charged with failure to support hla wife, eciired hla releaae yesterday by furnishing a bund In the sum of t'MD to provide for her. Base ball by electric light, Friday even ing, Aug. 21. Ideal Hustler's park. i. Miller of Elyrla, O., Is visiting his aunt. Mr. J. W. Buswell of 214 Seventh avenue, while enroute home from a sojourn of three months at Eldorado Springs, Mo., for the benefit of his health. Leroy W. Otto filed an Information yes terday In the court of Justice Greene charg ing George and Frank Stllen, brothers with stealing corn and tomatoes to the value of t-'o from his garden. The fast Maryvllle base1 ball team will play the Phoenix Thuredev, Ideal Hustlers Friday and Friday evnlng. Afternoon gnmes railed at 3:S) p. in.; evening gams (.ailed at 7:40. Hustler;! park. William. C Keellnn was yesterday or dered by Judge Wheeler of the district court committed to the state hospital for chronic Inebriates for three years. Keellne said he would appeal -from the order of the court, and his appeal bond was fixed at ll.OW). I'p to yesterday City Engineer Etnyre had furnished copies of pluns and specifications to seven prospective bidders for the con trsct for the construction of the concrete bridge and retaining walls for the proposed new central fire station over Indian creek at the foot of BryanUaXreet. The bids have to he In the hands of the city clerk by August 31, on which date they will be opened by the city council. Mrs. Mary Ttebecca Raph, aged 71 years, died yesterday morning at her home, 3518 Avenue A. Besides her husband. James llaph, she lpaves a daughter, Mrs. Peter IlMph, whose hushand Is a brother of her father. The funeral will be held at 1 o'clock this afternoon from the residence and burial will be In the Lewla Township cem etery. Rev. J. M. Williams, pastor of the llroadway Methodist church, will conduct the services. FURTHER REPORT ON BATTEY Expert Finds Sum of Over Three Hundred Dollars Sue County. CASH AND CHECK BOOKS MISSING Sewer Pipe, Drain Tile. You will always find What you want In bur large, complete stock of clay products. Give us a chance to quote you, that's all. "We'll get your order If you do. C. Hafer Lumber company, 135- Broadway. Both 'phonea,' 202. Council Bluffs, la. liyksutensf. George W. , Klein, 19 South Main street. Both 'phonea. "Have u done right." Matter la District Conrt. Saturday of thfa week will be tha last day for filing suits for the next term of district court, which opens on Tuesday, September 1 with Judge N. W. Macy of Harlan presiding. Attorneys are getting busy and the filings In the office of the clerk of the court are heavy these days. Edmond Montgomery brought suit yester day agalnH the R. H. Bloomer Manufac turing company, it. II. Bloomer and Mrs. 71. 11. Bloomer for 14,000 damages for per-aor-al. Injuries alleged to have been sus tained September t, 1908. Montgomery claims to have had a hand crushed while handling Ice. J. A. GUllland has brought suit against the Chicago, Rock Island Railway company for IIMG damages for Injuries alleged to have been received by him while unloading buggies and wagons from a' freight car. Etta McCluTe filed suit for divorce from Elmer McClure to whom she was married July 7. '190::. In St. Joseph, Mo., alleging cruel and Inhuman treatment. In addition to the decree of divorce Mrs. McClure asks to be awarded the custody of their minor child and t'J.CM) alimony or else have certain property which- site waa Induced to transfer to her husband redeeded to her. The prop erty whlrh she claims to be worth 12,000, Mrs. McClure suys was deeded to her by her husband and hla father when she was married, but that later she was Induced to transfer It to "her husband. Martha J. Chase seeks a divorce from William SO. Chase, to whom' she was mar ried In the city December 24, 1S97, on the grounda of the alleged habitual drunker.ess of her husband. , She asks the custody of their minor child. (osslr Attaraey laetrarted ay Board to Drill Salt Aicalnst Batter aad His Bondsmen to Recover the Amoaat Unlmed Dae. The supplemental report of C. J. Rich man, the expert accountant who recently checked up the books and uccounts In the office of the clerk of the district court from January 1 of this year to April IV. the date on which II. V. Battey was sus pended from office by Judge Wheeler of the district court, waa filed with the Board of Supervisors yesterday. . In his report of the previous checking of the office, which covered the period from the com mencement of Mr. Battey'i Incumbency of the office to January 1 of thla year, Ac countant Rlchman showed the sum of 12,197.86 unaccounted for. by Mf. Battey The gupplemental report filed yesterday shows an additional amount of KK1.12 un accounted for from January 1 to April 11. The report further shows that since the work of examination of the books and ac counts of the office of the clerk of the district court was begun by Mr. Rlchman as the representative of the National Ac counting company of Des Moines. Mr. Bat tey has turned over to the county the sum of $4,921.19. of which amount 15.257.34 was turned over by Mr. Battey to H. J. Chambers on the latter being appointed acting clerk of the district court by Judge Wheeler. In his report Accountant Rlchman states that the work of the last checking up of the clerk's office was done at a great dis advantage, as he was unable to procure any cash books showing the reclpts of the office from October, 1907, to April 11, 1908, nor any check stubs or returned checks for money paid out. It Is said that these cash' books and other memoranda mys teriously disappeared after the trial of Mr. Battey In the district court. Concerting these books Mr. Rlchman says In his report: We do not know what has become of such books, but If the same are in the pns session of, or have neen carried away ny Mr. Battey. we would recommend that the county attorney be Instructed to compel the return of all caah books, of every character and of all other books and memo randa used In conducting the business of the office. The report also calls attention to the fact that no trust fund account was kept by Mr. Battey as required by law In tho office In Council Bluffs or In Avoca. The board ordered the report referred to Judge Wheeler of the district court and directed the county attorney to Institute the necessary proceedings against Mr. Battey and his bondsmen to recover the amount due the county as shown by the report. In the suit brought last April to oust Mr. Battey from the office of clerk of the district court on charges of corruption and maladministration In office, Mr. Bat tey was found guilty of the charges pre ferred! but Judge Macy, beforeiwhom the case was tried, granted A new trial on the grounds that the members of tho jury had been wrongfully permitted to use the telephone while deliberating on their ver dict. The new hearing Is expected to be had at the September term of court. at Lake Msnawa. while Fmlth and Lang felt, who live In the country, are appointed for the purpose of serving pspers In the rural districts. The supervisors will inert In adjourned session as a drainage bonrd today. POLITICS IS WARMING CP Anniversary of Inns Company. LOGAN, la.. Aug. 1 Special .) The forty-sixth anniversary of the enrollment of Company C, Twenty-ninth Iowa Vol unteer Infantry, was celebrated here at the home of J. T. Case yesterday. The company mas organised of Harrison county men, August IS. 1862, at Mag nolia and was composed of 101 men. Yesterdsy but eleven met In reunion. They are as follows: M. Doyle, A. Bee die, T. Hill, James Ownes of L"gan, J. Light le and II. O. Beebee of Modale, John H. Noyes of Mondimln, B. F. Rob erts and J. H. Brace of Dunlap. John Reed of Vic, and J. F. Bedsaul of Mag nolia. When the company was organ ized W. W. Fuller was captain; George S. Bacon, first lieutenant, and Joe H. Smith, second lieutenant. Owing to the death of Captain Fuller and the resignation of Joe H. Smith and G. W. Hedges. G. S. Bacon became captain and John W. Stocker lieutenant. The company was first sent to Sioux City because of Indian trouble to the north. From Sioux City the company was sent to Arkansas, where It saw hard service, likewise In Mississippi and Ala bama, taking part In the last engagement of the civil war east of the Mississippi river. . Firemen to Exhibit at Fairs. It now appears likely that a crew of firemen and a team from the Council Bluffs fire department will be. permitted to give an exhibition at both the Shelby and Pottawattamie county fairs. A delegation of business men from both Avoca and Harlan were In the city yesterday for the purpose of Inducing the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners to permit the at tendance of the team and men at the two county fairs. The commissioners will meet this morning to consider the request and it was said yesterday that It likely would be granted, although when the matter was up before, the commissioners refused to allow the team to go. The management of both fairs Is pre pared to pay $250 each for the attendance of the Council Bluffs fire team, and It Is understood that If the team Is permitted to give the exhibition at the two places this sum will be devoted to form a fund to be expended under the supervision of the Fire and Police commission in the purchase of equipment for the department. In presenting their request, the delega tion urged the argument that the team could leave here In the morning, give the exhibition and return the same day. No finer line of good violins was tver shown In any of the largest music housea west of Chicago than now at Bourlclus' Piano house, 336 Broadway, where the or gan stands upon the building. Don't miss the base ball game by electric light Friday evening. Hustler's park. Real Estate Transfers. These transfers were reported to The Bee August 19 by the Pottawattamie County Abstract company of Council Bluffs: Harry Fletcher to Agnes Sophia Fletcher, wife of grantor, lot 10, block i. Euat Omaha Plateuu y. d $ i Nels Nelson, unmarried to Annie Jlumt s, .lois is. l. :o, 21, 22, 23 and 24. block 7, Railroad addition to Council Bluffs, s. w. d Annie Humes and husband to Nels ISt'lsen. lots 4. 6. tj. 7, S, 9 and 10. block (3. Railroad addition to Council Bluffs, w. d..'. 17 Jacob Uelger and wife to J. Nick Pleper. lota 7 and . block 1. Mlnilen. la., w. d Albert A. Hart and wife to E. W. Freeman, e40 feel of lot 3. block . Park addition to Council Bluffs, w. d , City Mater Found Pare. The a nalysls made by Prof. C. W. Kin ney o fDrake university, state chemist and also chemist for the State Board of Health, of the samples o fwater supplied by the Council Bluffs City Waterworks company to the people of the city, which were sent him by Dr. C. H. Bower, city health officer, shows the water to be en tirely free of bacteria and of the purest quality. The report of Prof. Kinney was received by Dr. Bower yesterday morning. It shows that the samples of water sent by Dr. Bower were abaolutely free from bacteria and that the traces of organic and Inorganic foreign matter were no Infinltlsmal as to be perfectly harmless. In a letter accompanyln gthe report Prof. Kinney states that the quality of Council Bluffs water la excellent and points out In his report that there la practically no vegetable matter In the water and that there Is absolutely no bacteria In the sample. The samples of water were also sub jected to a microscopic examination by H. Woodraw, also of Drake university, and stood the test. Mr. Woodraw in his report statea that there waa practically no organic or inorganic vegetable mat ter found. The examination showvd no trace of sewage and that the water was uhove the requirement of tba State Board of Health. Wholesale Theft Alleged. Mrs. Nettle Pike filed an Information in the superior court yesterday charging Charles Carlisle and his wife, Nellie Car lisle, with the larceny of the following articles: A handsaw valued at $2.60, a cross-cut saw valued at $1.60, a flour can valued at $1, two plates valued at 5 cents each, a hoe valued at 30 cents, a rake vat ued at 26 cents, a pitchfork valued at 76 cents, a tub valued at 60 cents, two palls valued at 20 cents each, a silver-plated teaspoon valued at 26 cents, a stove grate valued at 60 cents, eight white waists val uel at 60 cents each, a black stiff hat val ued at $1.60, four shirts valued at 26 cents each, a sunbonnet valued at 26 cents and a lot of lumber and ties valued at $10. The theft of these various articles Is ul lcged to have been committed on June 1 of this year. The Carllsles, Mrs. Pike said, rented a house from her, and during her absence from the city broke Into an other house owned by her, as she alleges, and stole the articles enumerated In the Information. Democrats Prepare for Convention and the Bryan Meeting. REPUBLICANS ARE ALSO ACTIVE Glldden Farmer Ends I.lfe. MARSHALLTOWN. Ia.. Aug. 20. (Spe cial.) Oliver L. Drew, a farmer of near Glidden, la., was found hanging dead in an outbuilding at his home at about noon today. Drew left home two weeks ago and nothing was heard from him until Saturday, when he wrote from Sioux City, saying ho was coming home. He returned to Gliddcn yesterday afternoon and drove to his home. Without entering tho house he went to a shed and committed suicide. His family did not know he was home until his body was found. N. T. Plumbing Co. rl. SO. Night. Lm, Hale on boys' Bicycles. $3.00. Trycycles, $200. Petersen & Schoenlng Co. 17J 1,000 1.600 Five transfers, total. I .',851 Drink Bidntlitr, King of all bottled beer. L. Rosenfeld Co., distributers. Both 'phones, 333. Sale on boys' wagons. $1.25 wagons 30c'. Petersen & Schoenlng Co. Marriage Lire n sea. I.lovnre to wed were Issued yesterday to the following: Name ami Residence. Charles It Maule. Mondamln, la, Jennie L. MtElroy, Logan, la.... Frank FtMt. Omaha Nina Reeaon, Omaha Age. . .40 l.nnrheon to Boom Aadltorlam. In order to get the business men of the city together on the auditorium building project President Charles A. Beno has arranged for a luncheon at the Grand hotel today, at which from thirty to forty of the leading merchants arc expected to he present. The lunch was suggested by Mr. Beno as a good way to get a number of the business men together to discuss the propot-ttlon and get tiiem Interested In the project. Several of the members of the four com mittees which were to have canvassed the city yesterday for stock subscriptions were unable to spare the time, but a vigor ous campaign will be waged this afternoon after the luncheon at the Grand hotel. Mr. Beno, George F. Hamilton and Paul DeVol put In an hour or so yesterday after noon canvassing, with the result that they secured close upon $2,K) additional stock subscriptions. Mr. Beno stated yesterday that he hud no fears about the success of the project, as everyone approached appeared enthusiustlo over the proposition. "All we need." he said, "Is for the com mittee to get busy and we villi raise the money fast enough." New Lenses la Old Frames. Should you fall to aee well with your pM spectacles, call and have your eyea tested and get a pair of my auperior lenses put in your old frames. Dr. W. W. Ma garr.il. Optoreetrtst. 10 Pearl street. Base ball by electric light, Friday even tog. Aug.. SL .Ideal Hustler's park. Hoard or Saurrvlaors. The Board of Supervisors yesterday de cided to fit up one of the rooms In the basement of the court house for the stor age of books and papers belonging to the county auditor's office. A concrete floor will be put in and the room lined with shelving. The appointment of H. W. Reading as deputy sheriff at Avoca. to succeed tha late A. J. Grace, who died suddenly In June, was confirmed by the board. The appointment of J. W. Kirk. George Belknap. 8. B. 8m!th and Carl Langf-lt a deputy sheriffs, to serve without tost to the county, was also confirmed. Kirk and Belknap at keivlng as special officeis Rock Island Conductor Injured. WATERLOO, a., Aug. 20.-(Speclal Tele gram.)!'. M. Holm, a guest of Cedar Rapids and a conductor on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad, was prob ably fatally Injured this noon In this city by being thrown from a train while stand ing on the tender. The men by his side cannot explain how It happened. A spe cial train removed the Injured man to a hospital. Girls Drown In Kodaway Illver. CRESTON. la., Aug. 20. (Special Tele gram.) Driving over a culvert washed away by rains of last week, two daugh ters, aged 18 and 21, of Frank Wilcox, an Adams county farmer, were drowned In Nodaway river. The accident occurred about a mile from the main bridge across the river and a mile from Nodaway. Shelby to Have Street Fair. SHELBY. Ia.. Aug. 19. (Special. )-Shelby will hold Its third annual street fair and carnival September 17, IS and 19. At the last meeting held It was found sufficient funds had been collected to make the af fair a success. The people of Shelby have a reputation for lavish hospitality. General Opinion Legislature Will Be Called to Amend Primary Last to Alloir Vote on Choice for I nlted State Senator. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES. Aug. 20. (Speclal.)-Cllnt Price, chairman of the democratic state committee, announced today that the tem porary chairman of the democratic state judicial convention will be J. 8. Pepper ol Muscatine, who Is county attorney of Mus catine county and was private secretary to Judge M. J. Wade while Judge Wade was in congress from the Second Iowa dis trict. The other officers are not selected as yet. Mr. Price expects to announce the date of the convention some time this week. Meetings of the local democratic commit tees are being held each evening to arrange for the big Bryan meeting to be held In this city Friday evening, when Mr. Bryan will open the national campaign for the democratic party in this state. They are planning for the meeting to be held In the base ball park, and alan also for an over flow meeting In the Auditorium. It Is the plan to have Bryan speak at the ball park at 7:45, and ho will speak for an hour and a half. The Auditorium Is close by and he will then go to the Auditorium to ad dress the overflow meeting. Arrangements are being made to have a big rurade precede the meeting. Claude Porter, the party candidate for the United States senate, will preside at the Auditorium meeting and the speakers there who will precede Bryan, will be Judge Wade, Rev. Sam Small, Claude Porter, M V. Gannon, ex-Mayor Vollmer of Daven port, Maurice O'Connor of Fort Dodge and C. O. Holly of Des Moines. Republicans Getting: Basy. Immediately following the big conference of republicans to be held In this city on August 25, it Is the understanding that the state committee will get busy on the campaign arrangements here. It Is ex pected that the conference, which will bring together hundreds of republicans from over tho state, will act as a sort of starter for the campaign and put everyone Ing od humor. Then will come the state convention on September 9, and folowlng that the speaking campaign will be opened. State Treasurer Morrow and Secretary of State Hayward have Joined In a letter to the republican nominees to the legisla ture asking their opinion on calling to gether the Thirty-second general assembly In special session for the purpose of amend ing the primary election law so that a primary vote will be taken at the Novem ber election on United States senator. The letters that are being received lean very strongly toward the extra session. It is believed that this Is quite natural, for such a course would remove the burden from the nominees to tha legislature. There would be no attempts then to pledge tho nominees for the legislature on candidates for the senate and a republican legislature would be assured beyond a doubt. Politicians are today stronger of the opinion 'than ever that the governor will cull the special session and that he will do this in a few days, probably before the end of this week. The fact that stand patters and progressives alike are taking this view of the master as being the best thing for the party Is the thing that Is leading politicians generally to believe that this will be the course the governor will take. Investigation In the Morris Stein and Miss Porter murder-sulclde case points to double murder Instead of murder and sui cide, according to the authorities. The body of Stein still awaits burial here. Informa tion from ioudenville, O., where tho tragedy took place, is that the body of Miss Porter, the aunt of Stein's wife, is to be exhumed there for further examina tion. Further Information from Loudenvllle is that the note ostensibly written by Mor ris Stein after he had a bullet through his brain has been compared with writing on postal cards and corresponds well with cards signed "May." It Is not believed that he wrote the note and that both were killed by a third party. The Injunction hearing over possession of the body of Morris Stein In district court was postponed until tomorrow. It Is claimed that Mra. Stein's attorrjeys at the hearing tomorrow will force Stein's father to prove that the boy's first marriage with Edith Lembke was legal. If It was Illegal then his marriage tq May Bayard before Edith Lembke died was legal and the sec ond wlfo will be entitled to the body and to the Ufa Insurance. Marlon Endorses Berry. The Marlon County Bar association has endorsed Senator W. H. Berry of Indlanola for tho vacancy on the supreme court bench. Mall Carriers Elect. At the meeting of the rural mall carriers in this city today officers were elected as follows: President, C. V. Adams of Daven port; secretary and treasurer, B. C. Childs of Nevada; first vice president, C. M. Smith of Marslialltown; second vice president, W. S. Hoon of Ames. The association went In a body today to Ames to attend the good roads meeting. there celling on the devil to help him. but his friend wss not In sight as the train pulled out Pllger Herald. Who Emptied the pottlr-s, Then? The Herald Is sorry to note that despite the fact that the Chautauqua Is rdtichtlotinl I and a religious organisation to a conoid- erable extent, this has not prevented some j outlaw In the shape of a bootleggiT from j plying his business among the frw moral ! degrneratrs who have bi'en here out of curiosltv this week. We know this to be a fact as the empty bottles with tho proper labels are found near the grounds. No skunk smells louder thsn the two-leggrd kind, and a bootlesger never has the de- , Ituninr that Place Has Snrrendet thil-el- tsls, the Snltnn of 1 Record. rd to ELr-ran TAKES MOROCCO CITY parts rf the Mrlh. The fours of evil ute more mighty thsn ever hefnre; hut so nrr thn forces for good. It Is sn e" of coin li!n,ition anil If we nrn to ncroiul(o any thing of vnhie w' must nil s!rlw- trtrr for h common end. If your ro'nmitt'T ran lay the foundations i-u rn O'-h to ImiIu-t r prcsrntHttves of nil I'hrlsthtT., h iou to tHke part In the great ecumenical confer ence at Kdlnbur. far leaching good can not fall to result. Willi hcartlex: wishes for your sneers, believe me, slnccrelv vn'ir. T1IKOM It 1-: r.OOSEVEl.T. cent odor of a skunk. Seldom will a skunk Inflict Its presence upon people, except under cover of darkness, but the outlaw who peddles rolgut whisky anil beer around an educational gathering has neither the brains nor the decency of his odoriferous namesake. Scott's Bluff Herald. FIGHT OVER INSURANCE RATES Fraternal t'nnscresm Is Preparing; to Pnsh Bill for I nlform Scale In All States. PUT IN BAT. O., Aug. 20. After listen ing to speeches today delegates to the National Fraternal congress In session, be gan talking fraternal insurance, which promises to cause no Utile flurry In fra ternal circles throughout the country. The congress has under consideration a uniform bill governing fraternal circles which, if adopted, will be presented to the legisla tive body In each state as soon as possible to be enacted Into law. This measure, which will come before the congress tonight, pro vides for a uniform rate of assessments from fraternal Insurance throughout the country. It was because of this proposed feature that the Modern Woodmen of America withdrew its membership from the congress Y esterday. It Is stated that the Woodmen propose to fight tills bill in the legislative bodies for enactment, and It Is considered that the adoption of the bill tomorrow will be an Invitation by the congress to wage the contest. The contro versy, It Is said, will at least have the effect of throwing the light of publicity upon fraternal Insurance affairs. The congress was addressed by the In surance commissioners of Colorado, South Dakota and Oklahoma today. ABE RUEF ISB0UND OVER Former Political Moss Held After Pre liminary Trlnl l.nstlna Seen Dion. SAN ERA NCI PC". Aug 10 -After n pre liminary examination, the largest In the history of the local police court, which consumed sixty-seven days, Abraham Riief. former polltlial hos In this city, waa today held by Judne Cablnlss for trial In the superior court upon a charge of bribing former Supervisor J J. Fuercy to vote for an electric street railway franchise. Ball was fixed at J3.t0. which was promptly furnished. r.VKIS. A n :i' - General O'Amsde, com inHii.Ur i f the French forces III Moroccn, telegraphing to the war office her tonight, slates th.it ho has received a report that Morocco City I ns surrendeml to Abd-EI-Ailz. tlie suit, in of record but that thla report has not I, "en confirmed. It Is known that Ahd-EI-.ilx was not far from Mo rocco city n day or two ago and that a x annual d nl" his army had demanded tha Mill on, W of the place. According to the latest Information Abd-r.l-Arlx Inflicted crushing defeat on the supporters of Molal llafid under the leadership of Cald M.wlnUlaoul. between tho town of El Kelaa nml Slill Hshal, sfter wards occupying the hitter place, which offered but slight f si stance. Ian a Nana otes. CRESTON Today is pay day for local employes of the Burlington, and the bounty of the paymaster will be no small factor for the merchants of the ilty. and more especially for the district fair, which Is In session at this point this week. MARSHALLTOWN During a severe electrical storm yesterday lightning struck the barn of James Walker, near Whitte more, totally destroying II and all of its contents. Contained In the barn were one hoise, ihlrty-flve tons of hay and same farm machinery. The loss is $4,uoi; Insur ance, 13.000. MARSHALLTOWN Attorneys for Rob ert EUy. a railroad contractor of this city, today filed a niechunlc a lien for $j".0' against the St. Paul & Des Moines railroad, formerly the old Des Moines & Iowa Fulls Short Line. Action to foreclose will be be gun at once in the Hardin county district court. Similar Hens were also filed in FrHnklin and Cerre Gordo counties, at Hampton and Mason City. CRESTON deorge DeVoss, an old and respected cltir.en living near Red Oak, met his death Mon Uy by falling from the window In a hay barn, where he happened to be at work at the time. His death comes aa a peculiar sequel to a chance, remark several days before when he spoke of the unsafe condition of the door lead ing to the loft and suld tnat unless U was attended to It would be the death of someone. In falling Mr. DeVoss fell on his neck, breaking It, death coming in a short time. CRESTON A great crowd waa present at the opening day of the Crestun Dis trict fair on Tuesday. In the 3-yeor-old trot first money wa taken by Dr. Arm dale, owned by Smith of David t'ily. Neb. Homer, owned by J. 8. Loudon of this city, was second, with Gazote, owned by HarrlHon of OskalooKa. la, pulled down third money. There weie six. cn irlej In the race, which was decided in two heats. Three lieats were run in i the gentlemen roadster trot, first money being taken by Hilly F.. owned by Louie Cohen if thU city, In the time of 2:au, 2 354 and 2:45. The Elks' mule race, arranged aa a special feature of Elks' day, turned out a whirlwind, and the lug jack driven by Ion Morrison crohsd the wire a big winner, the rest of (lie field having slopped to - J i. half-mile post. Gifted Singer Dies. WATERLOO. Ia., Aug. 19.-(3peclal Tele gram.) Miss Isabella Bratnober of this city died in the City hospital In France. She was studying music for grand opera when her health failed. A brother, G. P. Bratnober. was enroute to see her when death claimed the gifted singer. NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DAY tnalnt and Curious Features of I.lfe In a Rapidly t.rowlng Mate. Out Seeing the Country Frank Gantrler and Miss Louise Fletcher took quite a buggy ride through Holt county, around by Nlohraru. and may stop at Center on their way home. It seems that Center has quite an attraction for young folks. South western Items. In Nebraska Liberal. Cull of the Types Joseph Worral. who has been a Journeyman printer In Nebraska ever since the territorial days, made us a call on Wednesday. Ho had come In from Eustis whore his sister, who owns a large ranch, wanted him to spend the residue of his life at her home, but after tarrying for one year lie again struck the road. When Joe Is known he can always borrow a quarter, as he does not forget to mske good his promise to pay. Auburn Granger. An Accident A laughable Incident oc curred at the depot a few mornings ago. The morning passenger was here and Agent Barth-it was setting the cream cans from off the truck wagon Into the car, and as he set one In the car the lid flew off and about two gallons of cream struck the man In the car In the face and breast and running down all over him. He was a aorro ful-looking sight as he stood ROOSEVELT TO MISSIONARIES President's Letter Approve Proposed World-vtlde Conferenee of Work ! era at Edinburgh. NEW YORK, Aug. 20. A foreign mission ary conference composed of missionaries and missionary workers from all parts of the world will be held In Edinburg, Scot land lni June 1910. The forthcoming confer ence which Is the third of its kind, has received the endorsement of President Roosevelt, William H. Taft, James Bryce, the British ambassador to the Vnlted States, and others. Dr. Silas McBoa of New York and Dr. J. L. Barton of. Boston are at present In Europe engaged In arranging for general committees to consider various branches of church work. President Roosevelt In his letter of en dorsement sent to the Rev. Arthur J. Brown, Dr. J. L. Barton, John R. Mott and Dr. 'Silas McBee, says In part: "It seems to me that this effort to bring together missionaries from all parts of the world and from every body of Christ iana represents a movement of deep Import ance and singular Impressiveness. 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