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1ft THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 190S. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA COUNCIL OWce 15 Scott Street MINOR MBIVTIOIV. Davia, drug. Stockert eell carpet. Open evenings. Leffert's. Ed Rogers, Tonjr Faust (Mr. Expert plane tuning, Hospe, 'Phone S4i Open evenings. Leffert'a. Open aveninga. Alexander's Art Store. Lwl Cutler, funeral director. 'Phone tl Wood ring Undertaking company. Tel. S3i Pee want ads are result-producers. Try one. BIO PHKET MUSIC SALE, SATURDAY, AT HOSPEB. Sale nf hsnd-palnted china. Mrs. GII1I land. 722 Willow avenue. Dr. T. P.. L,ary has removed to rooms 400 402 City National bank bldg. ANYTHING from Loffert big Jewelry lore H good to give good to receive. Dr. p. W. Dean has moved Into hla new office. 401 City National bank building. I F.T THE FRANKLIN PRINT IT. JiuTII "PHONES tHU 101 SOUTH MAIN. Open evening. Leffert'a. Try one of our framed ptcrore for that Chrlatmas gift. C E. Alexander, tat Broadway. Vlewe of Council Bluffs and Lake Man awa showed today and all this week at the Diamond theater. A committee, beaded by effayor Moloney, will wait upon the Board of County auper. visors this morning with a request that the county contribute U.0U9 towards the Au ditorium building. Open evenings. Leffert's. A marriage license was leaned yesterday to Ouy Morse, aged 18, and Mary Bare, aged 16, both of Hastings, la. They were accompanied by members of their respec tive families and were married by Rev. Henry DeLong. Mr. Margaret O. Hatch, aged 27 years, died Wednesday evening at the Edmundson Memorial hospital from gastritis, following ftn operation. Besides her husband, Joseph J Utah, she Is survived by two sons. The family removed to Des Molnea about three wvek ago. The body will bs taken to Lin coln, Neb., for burial. Oren evenings. Lef fert's. It Is Impossible to give you better values In. picture framing, pictures and art than we are giving this Xmas. Our stock Is com plete and up-to-date. You can find most anything you want In our line at reason able pr.ces. Bring In your pictures and have them framed. . We make a specialty of fram ng pictures for Xmas. H. Borwlck, 211 So. Main St. Sea our out glass and you wilt find we have the lowest Chrlatmaa prices on cut glasa In the city. The best grade of cut glass and some of the values: Cut glass bowls, $3.26 up to 16.50; cut glass vases, 12., f up to 130; cut glass celery dishes, 13.75 up to W; cut glass tumblers, per set, 4 up to Mi cut glasa water pitchers, up to 17; cut glass comports, $2-60 up to $8; cut giass wine sets, 116; cut glasa water bottles, 14 up to 110; cut glass vinegar cruets, 42.(4 up to K O. Mauthe, 228 West Broadway. Open evenings. Leffert's. HOARD OF COITSTY SUPERVISORS Oaklaad-Avoca Drainage Dlteb, Walts on Engineer. '' Much of the time of the Board of County Supervisors Yesterday was devoted to dis cussing the proposed drainage ditch from OLklend to Avoca alogn the Niahnabotna valley. It was decided, however, not to take any action In the matter until the . report of Engineer Mayna la received. ' 'The board had more or eaa fun over the .claim of John Jay Fralney, the well known Shakespearean orator of this city, who now makes his home In Kansas City except around election time. Mr. Fralney aerved a one of the registrars for the recent general election In the. First precinct ot the Third ward. Before returning to Kan sas City he filed with County Auditor Cheyn a bill for KS for his services. The bill waa sent back to Mr. Fralney with the request that It be Itemised and datea of service set forth. When the bill came back It called for 156, or $5 a day for eleven day. The board decided that $2.60 was am pin remuneration and allowed him at that rate for seven days, or (17.50 In all. Audi tor Cheyne expects to hear further from Mr. Fralney. ' The auditor was directed to advertise for bids for supplying the county with books and blanks, bids to be on file by ( a. tn, of January 1. The claim of M. E. Schleicher, the "tax ferret," (or (3.000, being IS per cent of the (30,000 paid Into the county treasury by tha Portland Oold Mining company In settle ment of the sulu against It and Its stock holders for taxes, was referred to the county attorney. Under his contract with tha county Schleicher was to receive 15 per cent of all taxes recovered Into ths county treasury through hi "discoveries." ' The bond of W. M. Lana, county bridge contractor, In the sum of (6,000, with O. P. Wyland and V. W. Wheeler, both ot Har lan, la., as sureties, was approved. . The supervisors will meet today as a joint drainage board with tha supervisors of Harrison county. Convention of School Offlcers. ' Tha school officers of Pouawatiuiuie county will hold their second annual con ' ventlon today In Council Bluffs. The meet- ' Jng will be held In the county court house and the opening session will be called to ' order at 10 a. m. by E. R. Jackson, county . superintendent of schools. The convention ' Is planned to close at t:4a p. m.. In order to afford the visiting school directors an opportunity to visit the National Horti cultural congreaa and Investigate tha edu cational features of the big fruit ahow. Prof. R. C. Barrett of the State Agri cultural college at Ames, former state superintendent of publlo Instruction, will address the meeting on "The Efficiency of the Rural School;" Attorney - W. H. Kill pack of thla city will speak on "Questions of Law," discussing such questions as af fect th schools and their management. "The Teacher Problem" la one of the most important subjects to be discussed at this , gathering, and In this connection Superin tendent Jackson is expected to urge upon i tne school officers tha necessity of Increas ing" salaries In order to keep the country soliools supplied with efficient teachers. Other subjects to be discussed are: "Ag riculture in Publto Schools," "Uniform 4 .Textbooks," "Suitable School Buildings," '.'Heating and Seating In School Houses," "What ahall Be Done with the Small School T" and "Proposed Change In School Laws." Real Estate Transfer. Thexe transfera were reported to Th Hoe December 17 by tha Pottawattamie County Abstract company of Council llluffs: A. Overton, widower, to Martha K. Drew, part of neVi of aw and nV of iwt, ly-7S-43. and part of wtt of nw. 11-75-43. q. c. d..( 1 Juxlo K. Smith and huaband to Kov Hsrdestv. lots 8. and 10. block 15, Highland Place addi tion to Council Bluff, w. d.... Carl G. Feldt and wife to C. C fetglnr. part of lot 49. Johnson' addition to Council Bluffs, w. d.. R. Madian and husband to John H. R,-tl, iw ot nwV of 11, also i acres of part of 10-77-14, w. d. , , Berths A. Bergatreser to Ramey t'dlock Investment company, lota 3 and 4. ex.ept w2& feet of lot 4. block t, McMahon, Cooper & .Tefferls addltlou to Council Bluffs, w. d ' J..hn A. Klrkland and wife to Bcr Ilia A. B-rgBtrear, same, and also lot 15. block S, Potter t'obh's addltlou to Council (00 1.170 .too 100 ' Bluffs, w. d 4.600 Six transfer, total ...tu.m V So th Ho and too gitt novelties at aUxanJcr Art Store. BLUFFS. Beth 'Phones 43. CHAPMAN GETS BIG TROPHY Prize for Jonathan Applet Qoei to a Washington Exhibitor. MANY OTHER AWARDS ARE MADE School Children to Visit tn Show Today and Chora of Little One to Be a feature of the Afternoon. Program for Today. FRIDAY IOWA DAY. (Doors Open at ..) At 10:39 O'clock-Address by C H. Wil liamson of Qulncy, 11L, subject. "Grading and Packing Apples." AFTERNOON. . At 2:00 O'clock Covalt's Concert band: March Cuban Independence .... Hennlnger "Kemlniscences of Wagner" Merrlles . (a) Vision Von Blon (b) Bercuese from Jocely Oaddars Selection Woodland Lueders A South American romance, "Minerva, Hager At 1:80 O'clock Grand ohorus of 100 voloe from Council Bluffs' public aohool. Iowa and Idaho state songs. At 4:00 O'clock Part second: March Horticultural Congress Arthur Bmlth Overture Wanderer's Hope Suppe Patrol Blue and Grey Dalbey Cornet Solo Selected T. Fred Henry. (a) Album Leaf Wagner (b) Traumerl Schumann EVENING. At 7:80 O'clock Covalt's Concert band: March Antique Antics of the Ants.Scouton "Albion," Scotch, English and Irish airs Dr. Baetens Cornet Duet La Belle Creole Dalbey Mies Haxel Ooff. Miss Ruth Harle. Characteristic Cocoanut Dance Herman Waltzes Tales from Vienna Woods. Straus The "Brother Jonathan" trophy, prob ably tha most coveted prise at the National Horticultural Congress and fruit show, goes to the state of Washington. This trophy, which 1 a handsome silver loving cup presented by James M. Ervine, editor of th St. Joseph Fruit Grower, for the best three boxes of Jonathan apples, was yesterday awarded to B. M. Chapman of Wenatchee, Wash. This cup but added to th laurels already won by Mr. Chapman'o splendid exhibit Captain J. H. Shawhan of Payette, Idaho, the newly elected vice president of the con gress was a close second for the cup and S. M. Johnson of Argentine, Kan., was likewise a close third. The exhibit for thla special prise were ot exceptionally high grade and the Judgea had great difficulty In deciding between the Washington and Idaho entrlea. . Mr. Chapman waa to the fore again with his entry for the (60 cash premium offered for the best display of winter apples and pocketed the "dough." Other awards announced yesterday were: Best Six Plate of Winter Apple for Family Use First. N. S. Miller, Caldwell, Colo. ; second. Council Idaho Fruit Growers' association; third. H. B. Spencer, by F. P. LSoc nodi's Pottawattamie County Special Best dis play of fruit by women: Mrs. G. li. Mo- INDIVIDUAL DISPLAYS. Boat Individual Fruit Display First, W. H. Dorman, Caldwell, Idaho; second. C. O. Garrett, Iowa; third, F. O, Harrington, '"bat Ten Plates Apples First. B. Stuart, l0Best Ten Plates Shown by Grower First. N. S. Miller, Idaho. Largest Exhibit of Apples by Individual Grower W. H. Dorman, Idaho. Largest Sound Apple B. M. Chapman, Washington. Greatest Number of Plates of Apples by One Grower F. O. Harrington, Iowa. Best Box ot Apples N. 8. Miller, Idaho. Best Five Boxes of Apples, Different Va-rietles-N. 8. Miller, Idaho. No. 27, Class 2 F. O. Harrington, Iowa. Beat General Display of Pears First, E. D. Worth, Iowa; second, L N. Minnick, l0Best General Display of Pears. Certain States Firat, I. N. Minnick, Iowa. Pottawattamie County Special, Largest Display of Fruits I. N. Minnick. Best Display of Peaches First. I. N. Min nick; second, C. H. Sick; third, Mrs. Al bert Downs. ' Special, Best Ten-Plate Display Apples First, F. O. Harrington, Iowa; second, F. P. Spencer; third, J. W. Murphy; fourth, Charles O. Garrett. Keys Bros.' Special First, B. Stuart, Iowa; second, C. E. Mincer. For the Most Artistic Display of Fruits and Vegetables-Utah state. Best General Display of Grapes In Bas kets First. J. C. Bock; second, Frank Keellne: third, Anthony Kersten. Beat Banket Conoord Grapes Flrt, J. C. Bock; second, G. G. Rice; thirl, J. M. Mlnnlch. . Best Baaket of Worden Grapes First, J C. Book; second, Frank Keellne. Beat BaBket Niagara Grapes First, Frank Keellne. CULINARY PRODUCTS. For Best Display of Homemade Pre served Frulta. Jams and Jellies Firat, Mrs. J. B. McPherson; .second. Miss Avery. Beit Jar of Homemade Apple Putter Firat, Mrs. William Rich; second, Mrs. J. B. McPherson. Beat Homemade Jelly First, Miss Avery; second, Mrs. McPherson, Beat Homemade Apple Vinegar Firat, Joe A. Burton. Mitchell. Ind.:.' second, Mia Avery; third. Mra. William Rich. Beet Apple, Crab, Currant and Grape .Tellies First, Mlas Avery; second. Mrs. William Rich; third. Mra. McPheron. For the Best ttomemaue jams r irai. Miss Avery. FACTORY-MADE BYPRODUCTS Beat Display of Factory Canned Fruits Utah Canning company. Best Display of Dried Fruits, Factory Prepared Utah state. Best Display of Canned Tomatoes Chief Canning company, Utah. Best Display of Canned Corn Utah state. Ioiti Day at Show. Today Is to be Iowa day at the big fruit ahow and a record-breaking attendance la looked for. There will be a number of special featurea announced this morning. The children of the public and parochial schools aro to visit the ahow this morn ing. All the young folks who come with their teachera are to be admitted free. The school children will be admitted to the show In sections, first section from t to 10 a. m., and the second section from 10 to 11 a. m. The admission of the child ren of the schools. of the city was sug gested by Mayor Maloney, who made tho necessary arrangements with Superintend' ent Beverldge of the city schools and those In charge of the parochial schools. There will be no half holiday this morning tn the city schools but the pupils in the dif ferent buildings will be taken to the Au ditorium by their teachera and after hav ing been shown through the exhibition and the different fruits and other products ex plained to them will be escorted back to their respective buildings. In the afternoon the grand chorus of school children under the direction of Mlas Barr will sing "Iowa," the state song and by special request of th exhibitors from that state will slso sing "Idaho," thl 1st' ter to tha tune of "Maryland. My Mary land." These concerts In the afternoon by Mtas Barr's chorus of school children hav been most pleasing features and hav been much enjoyed by th out-of-town visitors to th fruit show. The attendance yesterday morning and afternoon waa In excess of that of the previous day and last night addressod th biggest crowd of th week. Th large number of visitor from out-of-town was moat noticeable yesterday. Twytaan. Toyland, our new department, contains th most complete stock of toys, guns. wsgons, akatea, velocipedes, holluay fancy goods, etc., In tha city. Bought at 0o on the dollar; all new, clean stock. Every thing to make Xmas joyful for everybody. Prlcea range from 6c to 110. Comoare our prices and stock and be convinced that we I can save you money. J. Zoller Mercantile Co., 10O-102-1O4-10 Broadway. I . DEBATING SOCIETIES TO COSTTE9T Interesting; Prosrram Arranged for . Thla Evening;. Orations and declarations. In addition to th debate, will comprise the program at the annual oratorical contest thla evening between the PMloinathlan and Delta Tau Literary societies of th Council Bluffs High school. The contest will be held In the auditorium of the htfch school building and the program will commence at 8 o'clock. This Is the program: Violin Solo Souvenir de Hsvdn Leonard Mlas Ruth Splndler. Oration Loyalty Leah Jarvla. Oration The Duty of the American.. a.. . Lou la Cook. Declamation Thtiraton'a Speech . Earle Carae. Declamation Th Arena 8cen In "Quo Vadle ' ' Etta Bnlrd. bate Question: "Resolved. Thai th parnis post ayatem, as advocated by Postmaster General Meyer, should be adopted by the United States." Affirma tive, Giy Leavltt, Kenneth Snyder, Harry Coop. r. negative, Llllle Chrlatenaen, Anna Pagen'-techer, Margaret Stephen. Piano Solo Polish Dance Scharwenka William Chriatensen. Mlse Lucy Sp ioner will act aa presiding officer of the evening an the timekeeper will be Misa Winifred Stelnbaugh and Arch Hutchinson. The judges will be Prof. I. U. Graff of Omaha. L. C. Bryan of Mis souri Valley and Henry Peterson of this city. Arrangements have been mad for a de bating contest between the high schools of this city and Red Oak, la., to take place on the evening of January 8 at Red Oak. Tho Council Bluffs school will be repre sented by Miss Lucy Spooner, Edwin Sny der and Louis Cook. The question to be debated will be: "Resolved, That the fed eral government should have exclusive con trol of all corporations doing Interstate business." At the regular assembly at 9 o'clock thl morning at the high achool the following Interesting program, which will be opn to th public, will be given: Mu ale Glee Club, Declamation George Mayne, Original Story Vera Saunders. Talk Louis Cook. Piano Solo-Helen Herrlck. "Chrlatmas from a Btudant'a fUanrfnnlnt Floyd Hendricks. New year s Resolutions Theresa Klnzel. Reading Claire McAneney. Music Glee Club. IOWA FRUIT GROWERS FINISH UP Session of th Society . Prove to Be Profitable. Tho thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Southwestern Iowa Horticultural society, the aesslona and exhibit of which were held In the auditorium of the publlo library building, waa brought to a close yesterday afternoon. Although the meeting was om- what overshadowed by the National Horti cultural congress, the members reported a successful and highly profitable gathering. Judge Smith McPherson of Red Oak, who wa to have addressed the society yester day afternoon, was unable to ba here and sent a letter to President Bechtel express ing his regret and stating that he waa en gaged In the United State court In Kansas City. An Interesting paper on "Fruit Damage and How to Protect Against Frost" was read by . C. E. Mincer of Hamburg. Mr. Mincer advised ''smudging" orchards in time of frost and said he had tried It with great success. Wesley Green of Des Moines, one of the Judges at tha National Horticultural con gress, addressed the society on general sub jects relating to fruit growing, marketing, etc A general discussion wa held on th best mean to secure protection against dishon est commission men, and th consensus ot opinion was that the best method was to form a combination of growers. James Handley of Qulncy, 111., who waa to have read a paper on "Nut Growing," was unable to be present. Most of the members of the Southwestern Iowa Horticultural society will remain in tha city for the National Horticultural con greaa fruit ahow. LETTER FROM J. G. WH1TTIER Mia Dolllver Finds On In Which B ' Give Poetical Preference. SIOUX CITY, la., Dec. 18. (Special.) That John Greenleaf Whittler liked "Snow bound" above all his other poem aeema to be proved by a letter which Miss Margaret Gay Dolllver, sister of United States Sena tor Dolllver and dean of women at Morn Ingside college, has unearthed In connec tion with the 101st anniversary of Whlltier's birth today. When Mis Dolllver was a student In the high school at Fort Dodge, la., she waa a great admirer of Whlttler'a poema and, girl like, aha wrote him, aaklng him which one he liked best. Ha replied that hla poema were like children to him and that he had no favorites, but that his leaning wa to ward "Snowbound" wa Indicated by bla writing out in violet Ink a paragraph from that poem and explaining that It repre sented hi choice s much as any other. Tha verse follows: Alas or him who never sees The stars shine through his cypress treeal Who, hopnle's, lays his dead away, Nor look to see the breaking day Across the mournful marbles play I wno nam not learnea in nours or I aim The truth to flesh and sense unknown. mat yit la ever lord or Death And Love can never lose Its own. Whlttler's handwriting is delicate and quit like that of a woman's. In place It la hard to read. IOWA BOY COMMITS SUICIDE J, P. Pritchard of Newell Kill IIlw- elf la lows Hotel. KANSA8 CITY. Dec. U.-Well dressed and possessed of a considerable sum of money, J. P. Pritchard, aged 1$ years, son of James G. Pritchard, a wealthy farmer of Newell, la., was found dead In his room at a local hotel tonight from self- Inflicted pistol wounds. Mr. Pritchard, whu waa on hla way to Oklahoma City, regis tered at the hotel last night. He gave order to th clerk that he should not be called until thla morning. Tonight th hotel manager became auspicious, forced an entry Into th young man' room and found him dead. He apparently had com mitted suicide during tha night. Magrnolia Man's Life End. SIOUX CITY. Ia.. Dec 18. -(Special Tele gram.)' E. W. Musgrav of Magnolia, la.. was found dead In Helen Archer' reaort thla morning, th final chapter of a five weeks', spree. He wa a retired farmer. single, aged 48 year. Coroner Robblns1 theory la that In a drunken stupor he turned th ga out and then accldently turned It on again. C F. Luce, president of a saving bank at Logan, la., a brother-in-law, is expected her . to take charge of th body. Oood piano should wear a lifetime; those handled by Bourtctus' Piano house wear still longer. (36 Broadway. Council Bluffa. Ia. ' WARDEN CAUSES A BIG STIR Head of Penal Institution Males Some Radical Recommendation. WARM CRITICISM OF JUDGES Say lie Has Evidence Some of Them Have Violated th Laws, hat None Hare Been Broaa-ht to Board with Him. (From a Staff Correspondents DES MOINES, la., Dec. 18.-Speclal.) Warden Sanders of the state penitentiary at Fort Madison created a decided sensa tion before the State Board of Control yes terday when he recommended that th present prison garb he abandoned and that tallormade suits, laundered shirts and polished shoes be substituted. Ho alsu recommended a better living for th prison ers and aald so long aa he la warden no prleonor shall be beaten and he purpose to practically abandon the , solitary cell. He says that most of the men In the Institution at In hobo clusters Ilk hog and dreeaed In poor clothes on th outside of the prison and made a failure of life. He contends that It la th duty of the state to educate them In the right way of living, so that when they are again thrown upon society they will not repeat their former failure. He recommended the change of several laws. He would have the death penalty abolished and prevent Judges from sending men to prison for life on circumstantial evidence. He criticised the law liberally and also the Judgea who enforce them. He said he had evidence In hla possession where Judgea had violated the laws In not making proper commlttmenta and even violated the lawa In doing ao. Yet, he aald, he had not aa yet seen any of those Judgea con-lng to his Institution In the custody of a sheriff. The entire social condition should be changed, he said. He criticised the social organisation that grants a man a pension for going upon the battlefield without pas sion and shooting down a comrade and then puts him In prison for life for shoot ing a fellow man tn th heat of natural pacrton. , His extreme" views elicited hearty ap plause from the board members and It Is expected the Iowa legislature will be urged this coming session to pass soma radical legislation along the line of prison reform. Mayor Held U Bis; Sons. A decided sensation waa created her to day when It was disclosed that Mayor Mathls, . formerly police Judge, who was elected under the Des Moines plan of gov ernment, has held sine February, 1907, a sum of (1,300 remitted to him from tha county In funda that he ahould hava turned over to the city treasurer before leaving the office of police judge. The mayor gives as explanation, that he had not collected all the fines and waa waiting to make his report complete. When the account waa discovered the mayor gave hi check for the amount to th city treasurer. He will prob ably be asked to remit Interest for tha money. , Forced Child to Drink. While trying to make hla llttl 1-year- old girl drink beer In a Weat Walnut street saloon, Charles Petit waa arrested today and brought to the police station. Th girl wa placed In the matron' ward for safe keeping. Illinois Investigators Here. State Senator J. C. McKensle, 8. C. Pern- berton and Charles E. Hull, Illinois, reached Des Molnea today, commissioned by tha Illinois legislature to Inspect th method of control of the state Institutions. The men came directly from New York to Des Moines, making their Investigation of two states. The committee called upon Governor Garat, and then went to th board of control room and the offlc of tho auditor. lown Auditor' Office Fore. IDA GROVE. Ia., Deo. 18. (Spectal.)-In the Pioneer Auditor of State-elect John L. Bleakly today announced his appolntmenta aa follows: Doputy Joseph Byrnes of Blackhawk county. insurance t-xaminer ana Actuary j. u. McKellar, Polk county. Chief Clera insurance Department C B. Byrklt, Poik county. Fee Ulerk ueorge uaiiarno, Blackhawk county. Revenue Clerk josepn wall, Ringgold county. Chlel Clem Banning department F. E. Roberts, Jasper county. Security Clerk C. U. Ellis, Monona county. uenoraj Clerk a. f. Kosser. David county. Clerk in Banking Department F. J. Al. ber, Polk county. Chief Clerk Municipal Accounting De partmentA. B. Sheets, Adam county. Examiner In Municipal Accounting De partment George E. Pennell. iiana examiners n. m. cormany. Harri son county; 1. M. Sproull, Washington county; Charles E. Putnam, Lmn county., Sionogi sphere Mrs. Sarah G. French, Polk county; Miss Margaret Rodgers, Wa- peuo counry; miss Merze Marvin. Fare county; Miss Sophie Edmundson, Ida county. Mr. Bleakly aaya there are two bank ex aminer yet to announce. Ha ha made up hi mind In regard to theae appolntmenta, but will not announce them till later. He authorizes this announcement through his home paper. Osage Chnreh Jnbilee. CEDAR FALLS, Ia., Dec 18. (Special.) The First Congregational church of Osage, Ia., last night began It Jubilee celebration tn honor of It fiftieth anniversary. The exercises will occupy several day and th occasion ha beon made a great home coming event. The church haa had but alx pastors and they are all living and In tne city now to take part In the program. Thre live in Iowa Rev. W. W. Glat, D. D.; Rev. B. C. Preston, Rev. H. O. Allen and thre live In Connecticut Rev, R. C. Woodbrldge, D. D. ; Rev. C. B. Moody, D. D., and Rev. G. W. Reynold, D. D. Th historical ad dress will be by Hon. J. H. 8weney and Dr. T. O. Douglas of Grlnnell will admin ister th communion and give th response to the addreas of welcome. Prof. Julian II. Gist ot Omaha, aon of Dr. W. W. Gist, will be among the guests preseut aa a former member of thl church. Only two of the charter member of th church are now living. Aged Man Attache Woman. E8THERVILLE. Ia., Dec. 18. (8p clal.) Ephrum Sandln, a pioneer settler w'io re side with hi son Edwin near Dunnell, Mlnn.,7 ten miles north of here,' recently assaulted his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Edwin BanUln. by cutting her throat with a rasor. The old gentleman went Insane while his son was out of the' house, and going to th bed chamber ot Mrs. Sandln, seised her while asleep and d her tn such a position that she could not resist him, and alashed her four times on the face and throat with a rasor. He waa taken to Fairmont. Minn., and adjudged insane and sent to an asylum. No causa I known tor th old man' breakdown unless It U worrying over having deeded all hla prop erty to hi sons, Edwin and Frank. Mra Sandln will probably recover. Miner Serienelr Injnrea. BOONS, la., Dec IA. (Special Telegram.) C. r. Carlson a miner was critically in Ire the most popular on Our ''Christmaa-Chimes' can also stand by themselves, so that parties who do not desire to go to the trouble of fixing up a Christmas Tr ee can place one or more on a table and arrange presents, flowers, etc., around them with the same wonderful effect. As our'Chrtmas-Chimes'' are unbreakable they can be used the whole year round on many other occasions, as balls, parties, birthdays and other festivities, when they always will bring' joy to the participants. We offer these beautiful "C!hristmaa-ChimesM to our subscribers for only 50 cents. Out-of-town subscribers add 11 cents for postage and we will send them by mail. THE OMAHA BEE, 1702 Faxiuun Street. Omaha, Neb Jured In th Smiley Heap mines by s cave-In. HI condition la serious today. law Pi ewe Note. IOWA CITY Mra. Anna Slaughter, wife of W. G. Slaughter, former mayor of HUla, paaaed away Tuesday evening at the fam ily home In Hills. CRESTON While on a hunting expedition Sunday, Thomas Wright, a middle-aged farmer living ten milea north of Alton, accidentally shot himself while crawling through a wire fence. The shot atruck him iust over the eye and he died In a few hours rom the effects. NEWTON A verdict In the Wlnslow Armstrong will case, which haa been In progress in the Jasper county district court for the last week, was reached today. The verdict holds the will of Mrs. Armstrong to be Invalid, and It upholds the contentions of the contestants, who were the children of Mrs. Armstrong by her first husband. Property valued at (23,000 was Involved In the controversy. IOWA CITT That the farmers of Iowa are more likely to contract tuberculosis than the city residents Is shown by the proportion of Inmates In the Iowa Tuber culosis Sanitarium. Dr. . H. E. Klrschncr. superintendent of the tuberculosis col ony, saye that out of the eighty-seven pa tients a large portion come from the count try districts, and that when tracing back to ascertain the origin of the disease he finds that these patients usually worked among cattle afflicted with tuberculoala. MARSHALLTOWN The auit for 82O.0O0 damagea for personal injuries, which. was brought by M. J. Hughes of Plattamouth, Neb., against the Rock Island railroad, was begun In the Jasper county district court at Newton today. Hughes was In jured at Colfax while riding from Omaha to that place. In alighting from the train at the Interlocking plant he slipped and fell and had one leg crushed undur the wheels. The defense of the company Is that Hughes was drunk at the time and had no business getting off the train when he did. CRESTON Four weddings occurred here yesterday. E. J. Master and Mrs. Ada Kramer, from near Greenfield, were mar ried at noon at the Methodist parsonage, ReV. Mr. O'May officiating. In the aft ernoon O. A. White and Miss Addle Goff of this city were made one by Justice H. C. Smith. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, at the Baptist parsonage. Rev. Gaston per formed the .wedding ceremony for Mlas Josle Ellen Wood of Lenox end Mr. Lorey D Smith of Clearfield, snd In the evening the nuptials of Mlas Mabel C. Weloh and Clarence H. Frame, both of Vllllsca. were performed at the Congregational parsonage by Rev. Frank Hanscom. , WEBSTER CITY At a large meeting of bualneas and professional men held at the Wtllson hotel last evening, a deal wus practically closed for the erection of an Im mense clay products plant for the manu facture of sewer and drain tile In this city. The plant will be erected In the spring at a cost of some $175,000. will employ 10J) men and will have an output capacity of from ten to twelve carloads per day. The com pany behind the movement Is composed of practically the same men who own the Lehigh Clay Products company of Lehigh, la!, and the Portland Sewer Pipe Manu facturing company of Portland, Ind. rooseveLTto enlisted men President Snenk at Dinner Given by V. M. C. A. to Soldier and Bailors. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. President Roosevelt attended a dinner tonight given In honor of the enlisted men of the army und navy by the local Young Men' Chris tian association, Th. r,ra.Mn In an address declared that the .soldier or sailor who performs his duty I ..' . ..... . .-..t.1. aa4 t 9 nra It. well is enuuea io uuu' . that cannot be obtained by a private cltl- en. He also praised the work of the vn,,., vc.ri'a Christian association. One hundred uniformed men from the ranks, especially chosen as deserving the honor. were present. Among the notsblee present were Major General J. Franklin Bell, chief of etaff of v.. .rnv. rnlnnel A. P. Hatfield. Major General George T. Elliott and Lieutenant Commander G. H. Burrage.' Th. nroaldent sooke as follows: 'I have Immense sympathy for the Young Men's Christian association s work. I sympaimze with many of the different branchea ot that work, for none do I have quite the aympa thy that I have tor the work done among the enlisted men of the army and navy. I feel that you who wear the uniform of the United States, afloat or ashore, have on you a burden of responsibility for the honor and the Interest of tha country which on the one hand Imposes upon you a stand ard of conduct which w demand from no other class of our cltixens, and, on tha other hand, entitles you to a measure of respect and regard such aa we have for no other class of our cltixens. "One of the reasons why I hava so strong a feeling for the Young Men's Christian association la because of my firm belief that the proper way to keep anybody out of mischief Is to glv him. whnn he ha no work, something to do that Is not mischief. To ask a person to be good, end at th same time to provide him nothing excepting the mean with which to be bad la apt to be a wasting of good advice. The Young Men's Christian association nnl kindred Institutions offer to ths young men of tha country the chance while hading decent Uvea to have healthy amusement, to benefit themaelvea in mind and tn body and to enjoy the pleasures tbt add to Instead of taking: ajr from good character." OUR nias Novelty ever Introduced, and are made to lit the top of Christmas trees. They consist of 6 Beautiful Angels , 3 Candlestioks, 3 Tuned Bells and a Turbine, while above all ehines the Star of Bethlehem. Our " Christmas-Chimes'' are 10 inches high and made of fine nickel-plated metal and'are so con structed that when the candles are lighted the Tur bine goes round and the Bells begin to play. The effect is something wonderful, adding im mensely to the solemnity of Christmas, and young and old feel a thrill of joy and surprise when enter ing into the presence of a lighted Christmas Tree beholding the silver-like Angels, while sweet musio sounds through the room, heralding the birth of Christ. . , . - . " COPPER COMBINE FORMING Producers, Befiners and Manufac turer! Are Organizing. INTERNATIONAL TN SCOPE Interest Concerned Said to Represent Sixty-Five. Per Cent of the World's Oatpnt of that Metal. NEW YORK, Deo. IS. Representatives of the leading copper lnteret of thl country and Europe will meet her to morrow to organise an international as sociation of copper producers, rvflnera and manufacturer. The Dodda inter est, who recently incorporated their properties Into a 850,000,000 corporation, are said to be taking an active part In the movement, although no information on that point waa obtainable frem that source' today. The interest concerned are aald tn represent about 65 per cent of the world' copper output. It I proposed to or ganise a bureau and disseminate in formation at regular periods, so a to keep manufacturer and consumer in touch with trad conditions. It ia de nied, however, that any attempt will be made to regulate prlcea, but aome agree ment a to output I liable. So far as could be learned, the Inter eats Identified with thla movement are not In any way connected j with the capitalists, who are reported to ba or ganizing an Independent smelting ccm pany. Eastern Line Dlsenss Rate. The vice president and general man ager of the eastern trunk lines net to day and discussed the proposed advance In freight rates. Two subcommittees were appointed to seek a solution cf the difficulties In the way of Increase, such aa tha objection of th shipper ard tha disagreements among the railroad a to the amount of proposed advance. It ! not regarded aa probabla that the proposed new tariffs will be decided be fore January 1. The extension of the Canadian truffle dispatch on ''all rail" fast freight lines to New York City by way of New York, New Haven and Hartford haa been taken up by the Truik Line asaoclation. The chairman of the association aald It waa a matter demanding Immediate at tention and that the road . Intsrested would probably try to make th New York, New Haven Hartford see the error of ita way by th us of "moral suasion." He declared positively that there would be no rate-cutting var be cause of the Invasion of the trunk line territory by the Canadian company. James William Duffln, commander-in-chief of the American Salvation Army, testifying today In tie trial ot the suit brought by the Balavatlon Army of whtcn General William Booth Is the head to re strain th other army from using the name "Salvation Army," declared that his army had never thought of ualng the Booth amy unlforma aa a model. On cross-examination General Duffln said he had been In prison several tlmea. He waa arrested a number of tlmea when he. waa with the Salvation army and also when he was with the American Salvation Army, he aald. He waa once convicted of the crime of St. Western Station, TO Per a -. - jst JjjVIJr StFai Chimes 5 ir abduction with three other men and served alx month In prison. Panle eat Ferry Boat. A collision between a ferry boat, th Sternway, and the freight steamer Marlon, bound for South Norwalk, Conn., threw th 800 passenger of tha ferry boat Into a panto tonight and teaulted In sarlou Injury to three men of the crew of the Marlon. The crash, which was caused by tha swift current of Little Hellgate, came at a time when the ferry boat was crowded with people returning from work. Several women fainted and other tried to Jump. Th Marlon, badly damaged in tha collision, was run ashore to prevent its foundering. Mr. Sac at Dedication. Mr. Russell Sag , today attended tha dedicatory exercise at the new building of th Long Island railroad Young; Men' Christian association, toward the erection of which she donate 885,000. Mrs. Sag In a short address said it gave her great pleasure to help an organisation for which she had tha greatest regard. VENEZUELA DECLARES WAR State Department jOffleiale See No Difference Between State ef War and State of Defense. WASHINGTON, Deo. 18. A flurry waa caused In diplomatic clrclea over tha report which conatantly obtained that Venezuela had declared war against Holland. These report had their foundation In th des patches which came to the State depart ment by way of Bogota, transmitting a telegram from Caracas, Buying that the government had made such a declara tion. It was aoon pointed out, however, that the announcement wa baaed on Vice President Gomes declaration that the country I In a state of defense because Holland had seised the coast gusrdahip Alexis. Official Interested in th altuatlon pro fess to see no actual difference between a state of war and a atat of defense, taking the position that It la a cas of "distinction without a difference." A re newal of the demonstration against the Castro administration would not be sur prising to the. Stat department. BERLIN, Dec. 17. President Castro did not leave hi hotel all day, being busily occupied with hi correspondence. He re ceived a number of despatches from Cara cas, but nothing confirmatory of th re ports with reference to th revolutionary movement In Venexuela, which both ha and tha member of hi suite persist In denying. One of his aides declared tonight that he was convinced the report eman ated from revolutionary agent tn Curacao, SUDDEN DEATHS IN SIOUX CITY Farmer Asphyxiated, Stockman and Former Alderman Die ( Heart Failure. SIOUX CITT, Ia., Dec. 18. Three deatha under peculiar circumstances oc curred here today. E. W. Musgrave of Magnolia, la., a wealthy, retired farmer, waa found dead In a resort early this morning, having been asphxtated by ga. A. H. Scott, a stockman of Phillip, S. D., waa found dead in his room in a hotel this afternoon. Heart failure was probably the cause. Peter Miller, ex-alderman and wall- Active Salesmen Bee Want Ads. New Service Three trains a day to Paul, Minneapolis xx XX and Duluth via The North V "V Line now leave the Union Omaha, at 7:45 A. ML 6:45 X P. M. and 9:00 P. M. The equipment includes parlor, cafe and observation cars, dining cars and Pullman Standard drawing-room sleeping cars. 9:00 P. M. train electric lighted throughout THE BEST OP EVERYTHING rate, tickets and fuQ I niormatloe apply U inner urrKU Yf 401-1403 fmtm 1401-1403 Fm St, OoMB,rUh. 1 1 I S r ! .y i i in ft ft I
