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CURRENT NEWS OF IOWA
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COUNCIL
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Davis, drags.
Btockert sells carpets.
Ed Rogers. Tony Fault beer.
School Supplies. Alexander'!. $33 B'wy.
Lewis Cutler, funeral director. 'Phone 3".
Woodring Undertaking company. Tel
BUY TOUR STAPLE 1HT OOOD3 AT
HI NTER9.
We know we hare the. tieat flour. Eaco
U the name. Ulrtell Miller. 'Phone
C. C. Haynea. funeral director and em
balmer, W.l Broadway.
Bee our atove department. Over 2H) heat
ing stoves to choose from. Petersen &
Schoenlng Co.
Belect your pictures from the largest
picture department In tha city, B irwick,
l0-211 Soutn Main 8U
The ho:.ie of Mra. Jacob Hanen, 1328
8mith Third street, waa quarantined yes
terday for diphtheria.
If you have eya trouble, cetne In and let
i tell you about the new Health-Ray
leaa. Dr. W. W. Mogarrell, optometrist,
Ko. 10 Pearl St
Air tight hen ten, 12. (i0, I3.60, 4.00; nil
heaters, I4.E0, If, Oft. I6.0O; just the thing
for these oo.il evenings. P. C. DeVol Hard
ware Co.. 604 Broedway.
Joe Babel or Friend, Neb., and Belle
Moore of Dorence, Kan., were married In
this city yesterday, the ceremony being
performed by Rev. Henry Dekong.
Peter Foster, a transt"nt, claiming Buf
falo, X. Y., as bis home, applied at the
police station last night for medical treat
ment, tie was attended by City Physician
Tubbs.
The foot hall teams of the Council Bluffs
and Red Oak Minh schools will meet on
the gridiron at the Ideal-Hustlers' ball
park tomorrow afternoon, when a good
game la looked for.
Jordan Strieker nna Ruth M. Harbrr,
both of Bennett, Neb., were married In
this eMy yesterday morning by Rev. Henry
DeUong, the reremuny being performed at
his office In the county court bouse.
Mrs. Mary Schoentgen, widow of the
late John Schoentgen, Is In a critical con
dition at her home, 8oventh avenue and
Sixth street, as the result of a stroke of
paralysis which arts-suffered Wednesday
noon. Her left side Is completely para
lysed and sue was last evening reported
to be In a comatose condition, although
omewhat Improved from Wednesday.
At the close of the testimony of the
plaintiff In the suit of John W. Hellwig
against. Daniel Hoffman and others In
the district, court yesterday Judge Tliomell
took the case from the Jury and ordered
Verdict entered, for the defendants. The
ault was on an alleged contract to pur
chase and saw Cottonwood lumber. The
court held that the plaintiff had failed
to prove delivery.
The fire which broke out Wednealav
right at the rear of the printing shop of
"Woodford & Alnsworth, on Pearl street, ia
believed to have started in a small room
In which gasoline for cleaning the prim
ing presses was kept. Mr. Alnsnoiih
stated yesterday that the damage suffered
by bis firm would not exceed $3 0, which
was covered by insurance. The damage
to the building and stock of the Tent and
Awning company Is also covered by In
surance. Chsrles Burks, former city poundmnster,
Instituted habeas corpus proceedings In
the superior court yesterday to recovei
possession of hie 4-year-oid daughter,
Louise. The writ is directed against Mrs.
Bell Stout, living at 1122 Avenue C, who
has had possession of the child since It
was five days old. The hearing was set
for next Tuesdav, Mrs. Stout tarnishing
a bond In the sum of J2oft to produce the
child In court at that time. All of the
parties are colored. ,
City Engineer Etnyre stated vesterdav
that ho had determined not to make any
further attempt to repair the bridge over
Indian creek at Fleming avenue, but will
replace It with a new structure. The- city
. has on hand steel girders which can be
utilised for the new bridge and much of
the old lumher can also be us-d. ThN Is
. the bridge, the collapsH of which brought
about th .controversy between Mayor Ma
loney and certain councilman and the city
.engineer oyer the discharge of Bill Hovt,
the bridge foreman,
Night school Western Iowa college opens
next Monday evening. College office open
tvenlngs this week. .
Tall term. Western Iowa College la open.
Enroll any day. Send for catalogue.
Marrlae Licenses.
Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to
the following:
Name and. Residence. Age.
Joe Sabel, Friend, Neb. &
Bell Moore, Dorence. Kan 23
H. P. Stolko. Council Blurfs 25
3race A. Raulln, Council Bluffs So
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The back is the mainspring of
woman's organism. It quickly calls
attention to trouble by aching. It
'tells, with other symptoms, such as
nervousness, headache, pains in the
loins, weight in the lower part of
the body, that a woman's feminine
organism needs immediate attention.
In such cases the one sure remedy
which speedily removes the cause,
und restores the feminine organism
to a healthy, normal condition is
LYDIAtZ.PIN.UIAr.rS
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
Mrs. Will Young, of 6 Columbia
Ave., Rockland, Me., says :
" I waa troubled for a Ion; time with
dreadful backache and a puin in my
aid, and was miserable in every way.
I doctored until 1 was discouraged and
' thought I would never get well. I read
what Lydia E. Pinkham' Vegetable
Compound had don for other and
decided to try its after taking three
bottles I can truly say that I uever felt
so well in my life."
Sirs. Augustus Lyon, of East Earl,
- Pa-vrrites to Mrs. Iinkham:
"I had very Mtvere backaches, and
. pressing-down pains. I coo Id not sleep,
and had no appetite. Lydia li. Pink
ham' Vegetable Compound cured ma
and made me feci like a new woman."
FACTS FOIl SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia li. Hnk
ham's Vegetable Compound, nude
from roots and herbs, lias lieen the
standard remedy for female Ms.
and ha positivelyeuml thousands of
women who have In-en troubled with
displacements, inrlammatiun, ulcera
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
Kriodto pfiins, backache, that bear,
g-down feeling, flatulency, indiges
tion,diizinsjvor rurroua proatrauoa.
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BLUFFS
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PICNIC AT COUNTY FARM
Work of Agricultural Experiment
Station to Be Inspected.
INTERESTING RESULTS IN C0EN
Forenoon Kserelaea to He Informal
and Afternoon to lie Devoted
to Si ar ernes and Other
Feat a res,
The county poor farm at McClelland will
be the scene today of the ricnlc to be held
in connection with the experimental sta
tion work at the farm. O. L. Barrltt, su
perintendent of the poor fsrm, who lias
been in charge of the experimental station,
conducted under the auspices of the State
Agricultural college at Ames, will be
master of ceremones as well as host to the
vlstlng farmers.
In connection with the picnic there will
be(a discussion of the results obtained from
the experimental field of corn grown on
the farm from seed taken from plunter
boxes or seed sacks of eighty-three farmers
1n different sections rff Pottawattamio
county last spring. This seed was all
planted In one field, the plat devoted to
each man's seed being marked so as to
distinguish It from the rest of the field.
R. K. Bliss and A. E. Nelson, experts
from the Iowa State college a!. Ames, will
be present to dlscuBS the experiment and
Us results. In order to make It as instruc
tive and beneficial as possible.
There will also be exhibits of wheat,
corn, oats, potatoes and other farm
products grown In the county as well as of
stock. There will be a demonstration of
a milking machine and a milk testing ap
paratus during the afternoon.
Only one part of the day's program will
be at all formal in character and that will
be In the afternoon, when addresses will
be mado by State Senator C. G. Saunders
of this City and F. H. Klopping of Under
wood, one of the commissioners from Pot-
sbu uumpjsoa 'jk 'Aa um ouig -oa
tawattamle county to the National Corn
exposition to be held In Omaha in Decem
ber. Charles A. Beno, president of the Council
Bluffs Commercial club, will preside at the
formal exercises.
Forenoon to Sightseeing,
Most of the forenoon will be devoted to
sight-seeing about the farm, Inspection of
tlio stock, grain and vegetable displays and
In social pleasures. It Is the hope of Super
intendent Barrltt that the social features
uf the picnic, which It Is proposed to make
uii annual event may be emphasized and
lo asaiBt In making the time enjoyable for
those who attend, he has engaged the Neola
bind, which will play at Intervals for the
tn'crtalnment of the picnickers. Frorrt 1
to I clock In the afternoon the county
house will be open for the Inspection of
visitors, who will thus be affarded an op
portunity to see the institution of which
meat of them have heard and read, but
which only a few have seen.
The committee on reception consists of
Representative Henry C Brandos and
Supervisors Allen Bullis, W.i F. Baker, T.
J. Johns, Felix Sets and (J. V. Spencer.
, The committee on arrangements Is com
posed of Albert Peterson, Oakland; D. S.
Pleak, Oakland; C. P. Wasser, ' Avoea;
A. F. Hager, Avoca; G. If. Harrington,
Honey Creek; F. H. Klopping, Neola;
Oeore Whltson, Neola; H. C. Brandes, Han
cock. ,
The train which will convey people from
this city to McClelland will leave the local
passenger station of the Chicago Great
Western railroad on Main street at 7:50
a. m. A special coach will be provided for
those going from here. This coach will
be attached to the freight train leaving
McClelland about 8 p. m. for. the return
trip.
MAM ATTED THK PARADES
l.oral Hotels Crowded by Overflow
from Omaha.
It was figured yesterday that the street
railway company carried at least 13,009 peo
ple from Council Bluffs to witness the
electrical parade In Omaha Wednesday'
night. Despite the big crowd and the '
crowding of the cars not ar. accident was j
reported.
Purine; the day the company had sixteen
of the Isrge cars on the Omaha line and
dI A n'rtfvlr in tlio evonfnir fhl niimhai1 a-n a 1
Increased to thirty-four. With this number
of cars the bis crowd was handled In ex
cellent shape and the bulk of those who
went to Omaha to see tho parade were
brought home before mldnlnght. The cars
after this hour were only partly filled with
stragglers who had stayed to take In the
sights In the carnival grounds and other
attractions across the river.
Since the first of the week Council
Bluffs has been called upon to provide
lodjrlng for the overflow from across the
river. By noon on Wednesday all of the
hotels In this city were taxed to their ut
most capacity and wero compelled to turn
people away. In each hotel every vantage
spot waa utilised to place cots in and In
one Broadway hotel tho expedient of plac
ing cots In tho basement was resorted to.
Peop'ys were not too pi rticular. Any old
place in which to spend the night went
and they were willing to pay for it even
if it meant to sleep on a cot alongside,
of the furnace In the basement.
Several people who came over on the late
cars from Omaha in search of a place to
sleep wre obliged to return across the
river. All of the restaurants did a land
office business Wednesday, this being par
ticularly true after the crowd got back
from the parade.
Wanted, place for ladles to work for
mom and board. Western Iowa College.
Demoeratle Meetings ,
Stat Senator W. F. Cleveland of Har
lan, la., will address the members of the
Pryan-Kern club at the regular weekly
meeting this evening at democratic head
quarters, 101 Pearl street. Local speakers
will also discuss the Issues of the jrescnt
campaign. The meeting will be at 8 o'clock.
A democratic rally was held at Bentley
last night, the principal speakers being At
torney Hurry L, Robertson, candidate for
county attorney. Other candidates on the
democratic county ticket present were Fred
Niemann. Myers Hansen. Mack Goodwin
and W. 11. Bargbausen.
The meeting was presldrd over by W. H.
Schurs, vice chairman of the democratic
county central committee.
J. J. Hughes, member of the state dem
ocratic committee, received word last
evening that Congressmau William P.
Black would rpend all of next week In the
Ninth- Iowa congressional district. Mr.
Black's itinerary has not been arranged
definitely and Mr. Hughes hopes to be at l
to secure him for a meeting in Council
Bluffs.
Mr. Hughes is trying to secure Hon. Fred
White, the democratic candidate for gov
ernor, for a meeting la this city towards
the end of Uie month. Claud t R. Porter,
democratic csndiilste for I'nlled States sen
ator, will also speak In Council Bluffs be
fore the rlose of the campaign, but the date
has not yet been fixed.
WOMKM AMI til I LURK D1S APPKAR
Police I'nahle to Secure Any Trace of
Them.
Mrs. Catherine McGec. sgsint whom sn
Information had been filed charging her
with being mentally deranged, left her
home at 21MS Fifih avenue yesterday after
noon, taking her five children with her and
up to a late hour last nignt the authori
ties had been unable to pecure any trace
of her.
Mrs. Mcdee's husband, who Is a carriage
painter. Is said to be working In Cedar
Rapids, but according to a statement by
the woman to the police he has not written
or sent any money to his fsmlly for three
weeks. The family Is said to be almost
destitute and this and other troubles sre
believed to be responsible for Mrs. Mc
Gce's alleged condition.
According to the police the unfortunate
woman Is laboring under the hallucination
that Tatrolman Allen Is her husband and
she has recently written several letters to
him, addressed to police headquarters,
Ileuben Horner, truant officer for the
school district, yesterday filed In the dis
trict court an application that the woman's
five children, whose ages range from 4 lo
IS years, bo ordered placed in the Associ
ated Charities creche until some other dis
position could he made for them. When
the officers went to the woman's home on
Fifth avenue. It was found she had left
there shortly before, taking the five chil
dren with her. '
Games Does Not Work.
Wednesday evening a stranger dropped
Into a Broadway saloon and while taking
a drink bemoaned t he loss of a valuable
diamond ring for the recovery of which
ha said he was willing to pay a reward of
$T0. To the bartender to whom he recounted
the loss of the ring the man said his name
was Duncan and that he traveled for an
eastern Jewelry house.
Not long after Duncan had left the
saloon another stranger seedy as to cloth
ing and appearance, drifted Into the placa
and confidentially Informed the bartender
that he had Just found a hand.iome dia
mond ring. He was In need of cash and
not in need of a diamond ring. At the re
quest of the bartender the fellow produced
the ring and the practiced eye of the dis
penser of drinks at once perceived that It
was a "phony." The fellow was willing to
cell the ring to the bartender for $3.50 spot
rash, but the bartender Instead of pur
chasing called the police aud gave the f cl
ow into custody. In police court yesterday
nornlng the fellow who gave the name of
John Bnker was given ten days In the
city Jail.
A search by the police failed to locate
the man who had lost the valuable ring.
The graft that the two men tried to work
on the bartender, who, however, was too
wise, the police say, Is an old one.
Real Estate Transfers.
These transfers were reported to The Bee
October 1 by the Pottawattntnlc County
Abstract company of Council Bluffs:
JexKlca J. Sedentoph and husband to
Ada Benson, lot 14. In Original plat
lot 74, in Council Bluffs, q. c. d t 1
Jexslca J. Siedentoph and husband to
Rose D. Clark, sM: ft the wVi of lot 3,
In Aud subd. of pt. of s no'i of
25-75-44. 0. c. d 2
Agnes WVhrhahn and husband to Will
iam and 1auh Hall. und. Int. in '
Iota HI and "2, in tilk. 11, i:j Burns
add. to Council Bluffs, w d...:
O. B. Polk and wife to Kva B. AVar
ner, lot 9, In blk, 33. In Bayllss and
Palmer's add. to Council Bluffs,
w, d
Max I Wnolfson Hnd wife to Klmr
K. Hart, lots 11 and l'i. In blk. 1.'. in
Pierce's subd.. In Council Bluffs,
w. d. -.
John S. Best and wife to W. W. Pal
mer, lot 1. In blk. 12, In Mullim's subd.
to Counlii Bluffs, q. c. d
J. V Squire and wife to Benjamin
Fehr Keal Estate company, lot 9, In
blk. 32, In Beer's subd., in Council
Bluffs, w. d
Frederic Johnson and husband to
Mary guperivois, lot If', in blk. l'J, In
Howard's add. to Council Bluffs,
w. d
Louis St. Antolne, widower, to George
60
200
400
450
750
W. Boyer. Kts 1 and 2, In blk. 12, In
Macedonia, w. d 1.3H0
Nathan B. Tyrell, guardian, to Adolph
Dlwoky, lot 6. in blk. 1. In McMahon,
Cooper & Jefferis' add. to Council
Bluffs, guardian 2,fK)
Total ten transfers..
$5.5M
Board Sustalaa Chief.
The Board of Fire nnd Police commls
siorers at its regular monthly session last
night approved the action of Major George
H. Richmond, chief of police, in discharging
Patrolman Colliis and suspending Indef
initely Patrolman Stelnfel. The discharged
officers, however, are reserved the privi
lege of demanding a trial if they so desire.
Btveral applicants for positions in both
the fire and police departments wero ex
amined. Among those who took the ex
amination for the police department were
W. H. Richards, who voluntarily resigned
about three weeks ago, and S B. Smith, a
former patroiman, who resigned nearly a
year ago to go wett. Both desire to re-enter
the department in which they bore first
class records as officers.
Independent Ticket lncnbatlna.
OTTCMWA. Oct. 2.-Followlng of Hearst
In Ihe Independence movement will put a
state ticket in Iowa. It is thought tho
necessary papers will be filed tomorrow
with the secretary of state. The slate
which has been decided upon by the leaders
Is as follows:
For Governor L. 11. Weller, Nashua.
For Lieutenant Governor A. J. CrJiik
hlte. Cedar Rapids.
For Stute Secretary Harry H. Mix,
Cedar Rapids.
For Slate Auditor James E. Danek, Fair
fax. For Statu Treasurer Harry Sowden,
Bu.ilngton.
For Attorney General W. H. Van Fleet,
Keokuk.
For Slate Superintendent of Public -Instruction
L. J. Mesmer. Burlington.
For Railroad Commissioner F. M. Simp
son, Ottumwu.
For Supreme Judge G. B. Holbert. Iowa
City, and James Hourihan, Mount Pleasant.
Iowa .ena lotes.
MAR8HALLTOWN The district court
Will be asked to grant a change of
venue in the case of W. D. Toler who Is
In Jail, being held for the murder of
George W. Davles, an Iowa Central striker.
DENISON The Hotel Denlson was
opened to the public yesterday. It has been
two years In careful building and when
now completed is said to be one of tho
finest und best in Iowa. It is of brick,
three stories and a basement high, and
contains fifty guest chambers. The build
ing and furnishings cost ITo.uuO. the funds
being furnished by lenlon people who
wanted a first-clahs hotel. W. L. Duron
& Son of Minneapolis have the hotel in
charge.
MARSHALLTOWN-W. Warner, aued 25
years, whose permanent resident- Is not
known, whs Instantly killed late Tuesdav
afternoon by falling from a tank on which
he was working at the Chicago, Rot k Is
land & Pacific railroad at Truer. Tama
county. Warner was heating rivets on a
platform thirty feet from the ground. He
stepped backwards, and slipped off the
platform, failing- thirty feet to the cement
floor below. His skull was fractured und
death was tnstantsneous.
MARSH ALLTOWN A telegram received
In the city today says that Kev. C. P.
Boardman. a former well known Congrr
gatlonal preacher of this oity. Red Oak
and WebBter City, died' at his home In
Minneapolis, yesterday morning. .Rev. Mr.
Boardman s first Iowa charge was at Web
star City. He then served in this city for
two years, going to Red Oak five years
ego. where he remained until two years
been pafW of Minneapolis church.
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uuiyJuyuiL: u lyMlivli U Wiilk hW
Sell Furniture 20
Full size Steel Couch $2.95
Others at 3.75 and 4.25
A well made, full .sized Iron
Bed at 1.50
a i: c t
wc uui ui'w nut; ui jm h.ss
Beds, one-third below Omaha
prices.
It
PAY FOR PUBLIC DEPOSITS
Representative Sullivan of Opinion
Banks' Should Fay Interest.
CONSOLIDATION OF OFFICES
George Keal l'i rails finllty to Crack
Iok tbe Safe of the I'ontoflU-e at
tilatter and la Held to the
Federal Grand Jur.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, Oct. 1. (Special.) Repre
sentative Jolin Sullivan of Polk county,
wlui is a candidate for the position of
speaker of the next sesl in, is preparing a
bill providing that all school, city, county
and township funds must be deposited at
Interest and that the people shall havj the
benefit of the Interest paid on the funds.
Mr. Sullivan believes that many thousandd
of dollars will come Into the public treas
ury by this means that is otherwise a gift
to the banks cf the state.
It is argued, too, that this scheme with
tho proper division of the funds among the
banks will remedy the difficulty of the
banks being in politics. It Is claimed that
In almost every county of the state the
contest for county treasurer and In most
of tho cities for city treasurer It is a con
test between the banks of the city or
county Ha secure the deposit of the public
funds. It is believed that when the bsnks
have to pay interest on these funds their
Interest in the matter will be taken out.
Along the same line It is claimed that
there will be bills introduced at the next
session to consolidate the various treas
uries itvto one office. Vor Instance the
county treasurer collects all the taxes and
It Is argued there is no reason why he
should not retain the money and pay it
out on the warrant of the proper officer
of law. It is therefore planned to do
away with the offices of school treasurer
and township treasurer and all the other
petty treasurers and provide for the county
treawurer to act for all. It is claimed that
the report of the school law revision com
mission will recommend that the office of
school treasurer be abolished and that the
couny treasurer be made the custodian
of the funds.
Mad Sixteen Cltlsens.
Judge James A. Howe In the district
court today went through the formalities
that made sixteen men citizens of the
United States who had formerly sworn al
legiance to other kings, crowns, emperors.
potentates and rulers of ten foreign coun
tries. National I.eaaoe of Postmasters.
The fifth annual league of the National
League of postmasters of the fourth class,
will be held In Des Moines, October 7, and
9, In the Young Men's Christian associa
tion auditorium. The program has Just
been issued.
Many well known men are expected to be
here during the convention. Among them
will be Postmaster Gtnerul Myer. Charles
P. Grandfleld, usistant postmaster general,
A. W. Lawshe. third assistant postmaster
general, snd a number of postofflce inspec
tors and examiners.
On October 6. Just preceding the national
convention, the Iowa State League of Post
masters of the fourth class will hold a
one-day convention. This will also be in
the Young Men's Christian awociatlon'au
ditnrium. President B. P. Voiki-r of the
Commercial club will deliver the address
of welcome.
Would Build Viaduct.
The railroads entering Des Moines tediiy
submitted to the Des Moines Commercial
club two propositions for the erection of
I a viaduct across tne raaroaj iracss ai
Seventh street leading 10 souin itet aioines
and the army post. One proposition is to
build a viaduct sufficiently stroiuf to carry
ordinary traffic, but not strong enough to
carry street cars, and to pay all tha ex
pense themselves. The other la to build
rnTTTm
Just Received
lining loom and Library Tables
PEDESTAL TABLE Omaha price $11.00,
our price
A solid quarter sawed oak Pedestal Table, OIK
Omaha price $21.00, our price,..
Special Low Pricos .p1323
ON
A Good Brussels Rug, 9x11
Omaha price $13.00, our price
$9.75
A Good Velvet Rug, 9x12
Omaha price" $24.00, our price
S18.00
A -Good Axminster Rug, 9x1 2 1 '
Omaha price $25.00, our price y
$17.50
See our complete mill line
low Garnet Go.'s AVilton and
Brussels Bugs, in all sizes, 20
ueiow umana trices !
t f iirrfgirls:aiisjiMrt mm' i iarai ! trji' . iit . iiill f tVi " Ttf i
sufficient to carry street cirs if the city
compels the street railroad to bear its
share of tlif expense.
It is probable the city will endeavor to
get a better law through the legislature
next winter, one that will make It eaaier
to compel the railroads to build vladuts.
It is claimed that the present law Is chiefly
drawn so as to prevent their erection.
Guilty of Kate-Crueltlng;.
George Neal, the bandit, arrested yester
day as one of the suspects charged with
robing the Blatter, la., postofflce, pleaded
guilty today before Commissioner lie
Arthur of the federal court. Ho will be
taken before Judge Smith Mcpherson at
the next sitting of the court here and sen
tenced. He claims this to be his first of
fense. Important I'nvlna" Derision,
MARSIIALTroWN, Oct. 2. (Speclail.)
A supreme court decision which is of
vital importance to all cities of Iowa In
which paving litigation Is In progress or
prospective, was given today at Des Moines
in the cases of the Barber Asphalt Paving
company against G. W. Calhoun and
Timothy Urown of this city. Tho decision
Is that the paving company cannot collect
from the property owners Involved. The
decision affirms the decision given by
Judge C. B. Bradshaw in the trial court.
At the fiist trial of the coses, the as
sessments made against the property by
the city, to pay for the paving, was set
aside because the contract was not ful
filled by the paving company. The pav
ing company then brought suit against
Brown and Calhoun, asking that it be
given judgment for the actual value of
the paving which in each case was placed
at ftiCO. These are the cases that have
just been decided.
lilllht Year tor Ball.
MARSIIAJLLTOWN. Ia., Oct. 2. (Spe
cial.) Owen Ball, the young ex-convict of
this city, who was arrested here last sum
mer for robbery In Des Moines, and who,
after being taken to that city, confessed
to holding up a Northern Pacific train in
the Minneapolis yards on April 18 was sen
tenced to eight years in the Stillwater peni
tentiary yesterday. In his confession Ball
implicated Prank Shercllffe who was re
cently sentenced to twenty-five years in the
Colorado penitentiary for killing a man In
1893.
Pre School in Hebrew.
SIOUX CITY, Ia., Oct. 2.-(Special Tele
gram.) M. 8. Winthrop of Minneapolis,
Minn., arrived in Sioux City tonight for the
purpose of Inaugurating a movement for
the establishment for a free Jewish school
in the city. The object of the institution
will be to preserve the pure Hebraic lan
guage among the Jewish people. A mass
meeting will be held tomorrow night.
yaglne lluns Over Boy.
CirARI.ES CITY. Ia., Oct. 2. (Special
Telegram.) Will Butler, son of Edward
Butler of Charles City, aged 18, was killed
last night at Chalmer, east of here. He
was a brakeman and climbed on a
switch engine and fell off. The engine
passed over him, cutting off both legs.
Tha body was brought here for burial.
REPORT OF OMAHA RAILROAD
Decrease In Gross Revenue for the
Year About Une Million
Dollars.
ST. PALU Oct. 2. The twenty -seventh
annual report of the Chicago, Ut. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha railroad, given out
today, shows a decrease In the total oper
ating revenues for the fiscal year ending
June 30. 190$, of Sl.062,492.72. as compared
with the previous year.
The freight revenue decreased tl, 107,930.06
and tha passenger revenue decreased 153,
244.27. whil all the other revenue for trans
portation showed an Increase of S7S.713.40.
The report shows an Increase of 18.19 per
cent In the number of passengers carried,
while the passenger revenue UecreasJ l'.4u
per cent
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BRYAN REPLIES TO TAFT
Nebraskan Reiterates His .usn
About Campaign Publitii., .
TOUCHES LIGHTLY ON RYAN DEAL
Saya Money Was front National Com
mitter, but Omlta Any Heference
as to Whit Was Done
With It.
LINCOIA', Neb., Ott. ?.. Declaring that
every disinterested voter knows that Inrge
contributions hiiva been used to secure
mortgages upon ulficiajs," William J.
Bryail tonight Issued a statement crit
icising tho adoption by Silllum II.
Taft, his republican t ppunent for president,
of President Roosevelt s announced vli w on
tliij subject of the publicity of campaign
contributions.
Mr. Bryan said in pint:
I am surprised to find that Mr. Taft In-dr.rt-es
the pivsident'M views on the subj'H-t
ut publicity as to campaign funds, but
since lie holds those views, 1 iiiii fch'd that
lie makes litem kivov n now. We now have
publicity before the election as to hlx opin
ion, even If he lioes not believe 111 publicity
of contributions until after the election.
He falls to see the difference between the
publication of contributions lefore electl n
und thn pi'hlicatlcm of expenditures before
election. The ptiblicatluik of expenditures
Is required to show whether corrupt" meth
ods have been employed In the el'-ctlon ai.d
ax the expenditures continue up to the
clrs,- of polls, it would be impossible to
make u complete publication until after
the election. The publication of contribu
tions ought to be before the election. The
main reason of the publication beforu elec
tion is to show the pubhc the sources from
which t lie contributed s come 111 irder thut
the public may know which party predatory
wealth is supporting. Every one who
knows human nutuie knows that the ele
ment of gratitude must Mwuys be consid
ered in huinun affairs. Ingratitude has
been deMcribed as a worse xin than re
venge, for Inaratltude repays good with
evil, while revenge only repays evil with
evil. Every disinterested voter knows that
large contributions have been UMed to se
cure mortgages upon officials. Tho publi
cation of contributions throws a great deal
more light upon the Influence ut work in
politics than the publication of expendi
tures, for the publication of contributions
shows to whom the party is indebted, aixl
to whom repayment is likely to be made,
whl'.e the publication of expenditures shows
what has been paid out, and disbursements
do not create obligations that affect the
courfce ol the administration.
Alleged Insult to Voters.
Mr. Taft makes the samo cnarge that
the president does the astounding charge
that the voters are so liable to be mis
led thai the knowledge must be kept from
tueni. I insist that it is an insult to the
intelligence of the voters, and It does llt
tlu credit to Mr. Taft's Judgment of the
men to whom he is making his appeal.
Mr. Roosevelt may have mude his state
ment thoughtlessly and on the impulse
of the moment, but Mr. Taft brings the
same Indictment against the Voters Willi
deliberation and after he has read a
criticism of the president's views. It Is
fair to charge, therefore, that Mr. Taft
Is either expecting to receive contributions
which would arouse Just suspicion among
an intelligent people, or contributions
which, if known, would arouse an unjust
suspicion among a people too Ignorant to
form a correct Judgment upon the facts.
This Is an evasion which he can neither
retract nor excuse. It can only be ex
plained by a consciousness that republi
can campaign methods will not bear the
light and that It would be dangerous to
his party If the public knew before tho
election what he promises to make public
after the election.
His subsequent argument that the publi
cation before election of the names and
amounts contributed would "discourage
those who desire to contribute to the legi
timate purposes of the campaign" by "ex
posing them to the bitter diatribes of un
fair attacks, of slanderous condemnation of
partisans In an electoral fight," ought to
have little weight when It is considered
that such publication will be efficacious
in discouraging those who now deaira to
contribute tu illegitimate ex nucs and for
the purpose of putting officials under obli
gations to them. Willie publications after
the election may enable us "to Judge
whether subsequent oitlcial action has been
Improperly affected In favor of the con
tributors by the successful candidate."
This Is of very small value compared with
the benefit to be derived from the publi
cation of contributions before election. The
people rav a right to form their own
opinion as to the Influences which, sr at
Work. They do not need a guaidian to
pi out t them from tho misuse of the
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knowledge which they may acquire, and
they ought not to be required to employ
detectives to find out what the officials
are doing after the election. Mr. Taft
knows that o. great many matters come be
lore exeotitives and leglwlatures where It
is difficult, if not Impossible, for the aver
ago voter to invimtlKaln.. Hie faclsV' Ths
peoplo have a right to know In advance of
election whether those with special Inter
ests to look after are contributing sums
lurger that public spirit, patriotic motives
and general Interests would expl.iln.
Case uf Air. Hughes.
Mr. Taft misrepresents what I said In
regard to Mr. Hughes. 1 called attention to
some of the contributions that were made
to Mr. Hughes' fund, end In view of the
fact that Mr. Hughes attacks the remedies
presented In the democrailn platform as
a cure for the trusts without advancing
any remedies of his own. and In view of
tho further fact that tills testimony was
quoted by the president against me, I
asked the president whether he thought
that those contributions by trust maR nates
would lessen or increase the weight of Mr.
Hughes' testimony on the subject of trusts.
It Is only fair, however, to assume that
In using Mr. Hughes' case as an argument
Mr. Taft means to say that he will iit
object to contributions from trust mag
nates, railroad magnates and tariff bene
ficiaries, no matter how much those con
tributions may be, even though he may, If
elected, be compelled to pass upon ques
tions where their demands may be on the
one side and the Interests cf the general
public on the other. He must not complain
If he finds that manv republicans of the
rank and file will differ from him on this
subject, for the average man will Judge
aspirants for office by the rules applied
to average men. Common sense and the
universal Judgment are against Mr. Tsft's
position and against tha arguments which
he advances in Its support.
After giving out the above statement
Mr. Bryan referred to Mr. Taft's state
ment that Thomas F. Ryan contributed
$15,000 to the Nebraska campaign fund In
1904, and said:
This was denied, but I assume that he
has taken the statements of some of his
republican advisers without taking time to
verify those statements.
Mr. Ryan did not contrlbut any money toi
the Nebraska campaign fund. The national
committee contributed IIB.OiO In 19o4 and
the members of the national committee
who had charne of the fund have stated
that the contribution was made from the
general fund of the committer and was
not contributed to the committee by any
one for the purpose of being sent to
Nebraska:
ARGUMENTS INTHE EGAN CASE
l Iterlor Motives Charged by Defense
While I'roseeutlon Denounces
Kaan.
PIERRE. 8. D.. Oct. .-(Special Tele
gram.) The arguments In the Eg an dis
barment suit were opened In the supreme
court this morning by Judge Park Davis
of Sioux Kalis for the prosecution, who re
viewed the testimony of the O'Clrady case
on which the disbarment proceedings are
based. He waa followed by Henry Robert
son of Dell Rapids, who closed bis state
ment with tha assertion that Egan had,
after securing the property of Mrs.
O'Urady, sent her out into the world shorn,
clipped, stripped and robbed.
This afternoon the defense waa opened
by Judge 8. H. Cochran of IOgan, la!,
father-in-law of Egan. He made a strong
plea and admitted that there might be a
great deal of egotism shown by Egan. but
that waa no cause for disbarment. He
threw out Intimations that tha OOrady
case was only a means to an end and that
back of it ail was a real motive for the
attack upon his relative.
W. 8. Glass. D. J. Conway and Judge
Gaffy followed fur tho defense and Sens
tor Klttredge pointed the closing argument
for the prosecution. He took the position
that the decision In this ease would set
the standard required by attorneys of the
state, whether it should be one of high
morals or one which would reflect against
tha bar. That if Egan should be sustained
all attorneys of the state might aa well
place over their doors. "All hopa surrender,
you who enter here." In summing up the
testimony he said that Kgan had built up a
magnificent Annanlas club In and about
Bioux Palls. The court took a recess until
Monday of next week.
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