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TITE OMAHA DAltA BEEt Fill DAY, JANUARY 15 1900.
CURRENT. NEWS
COUNCIL
Office IS Scott Street
Dmrl. drags,
fltorkert carreta.
Ed Rogers, Tony Faust beer.
Iwla Cutler, funeral director. 'Phona IT.
Woodrlrg Undertaking compiny. Tel. t
Pictures for ifU. C. E. Alexander, KJ
Ttroartway.
2S I'EIl CENT DISCOUNT ON WALL
'A1'RH. C. JENSEN, MASONIC TEM
PLE Altert Hogan. charged with breaking
In'o tho hide warehouse of J. R Lindsay
at i2 Fotith Main street and stealing fur
pelts valued at about $360, waived a pre
liminary examination In police court yes
terday morning and bound over to
await the action of the district grand
iury, which will convene February 1. Hla
ond wss placed at 11,000, In default of
which, ha waa committed to the county
jail.
Alfrad Burbrldge, Who with several
others waa Indicted on tha charge of mi
llcloua destruction, of property. It betnf
alleged that he ahot Into the building of
l. T. Ward during tha progress of a
charivari on tha night of October 17 last,
fivt a bond In tha mm of $S00 before tha
tlerk of tha courts In Harrison county
Yesterday. Tha bond was certified up
ficre. Burbrldg waa not taXea Into cus
tody Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Charles K.
WhlMnore of Sioux City will be present
at tha meeting of the Council niuffa lodge
of Kike tomorrow evening and elaborate
preparations are belnf made to entertain
film. Following the business meeting
there will be a social session and a ban
quet will be served. Two roast plrs pre
X'rd by I"&ge Morrison, the official chef
of the lo,7n, will be the "piece de resist
ance" of the spread. The entertainment
committee la said to be arranging an ex
cellent program for the evening.
I.lzsla Frahm, the 17-year-old girl ar
rested with William Beck, with w hom she
hail eloped from Pekln, I1L, waa taken
back to Illinois yesterday morning by
James A. Ellis, a friend of the family,
who came here for her. Beck 'a still In
the city Jail swatting the arrival of an
officer from l'ekln. Major Richmond re
ceived a telegram yesterday stating that
an officer would come here for Beck as
soon as papers could he obtained. Beck
baa signified his willingness to return
without papers and the authorities at
l'ekln were so notified by Chief Rich
mond JIKNHY COVWTY MA Jf WISXEll
Frame of falem Takes firand Prise at
Ames Corn Show.
AMES, la., Jan. 13 (Special. )The grand
champion sweepstakes on single ear of
corn awarded at the corn show here waa
won by J. C. Frame, Salem, Henry county.
This ear wins the Allee trophy and a De
Laval cream separator, In addition to the
prises which It won in district and section.
The grand champion sweepstakes for the
ton-ear sample has not yet been decided
Upon. The following Is a list of the prin
cipal awards as far as made:
Class A Rest ten ears of corn, any va
riety: District 1, Victor Fetter, Cherokee,
first; District 2. France Warner. Cloldfletd.
first; District S, Henry George, West Union,
first Sweepstakes, northern section. Henry
George. This sample wins a 2H-horse power
gasoline engine. District 4, Grant Chap-
mr.n, Baglcy, first; District 5, A. L.
Plumber. Altoona, first; District , Fred
McCulloch, Hartwlck, first. Sweepstakes,
central section, A. L. number. This sam
ple wins a Litchfield manure spreader.
District 7. Henry Hilton. Malvern, first;
District . J. A. Mason, Carlisle, first; Dis
trict , R. D. Kedrern, New London, first
Swcepstskes, southern section. R. D. Red-
xern. This sample wins a King manure I
spreader.
Class B Best ear Of corn, any variety:
District 1, George M. Allee, Newell, first;
District 2, MUler Nelson, Goldfleld, .first;
District J, Henry George, West Union, first.
Oweepstakea, northern section, George M.
Allee. This ear wins a Mollne corn planter.
District 4, Paul C. Taff, Panora, first; Dis
trict S. K. L. Pearson. Mltchellvllle, first;
District , C. W. Hendricks, Muscatine,
first. Sweepstakes, central section, Paul
C. Taff. This oar wins a Deere corn
planter. District 7, Ed D. Roberts, Red
Oak, first; District tt, Richard Baker, Leon,
first; District S, J. C. Frame, Salem, first.
Sweepstakes, sou thorn section, J. C. Frame.
This ear wins a J. I. Case corn planter.
Clasa C-Pure breeds: Lot 1, Reld Yellow
Dent, C. R. Bishop, Altoona, first, winning
a 2W-horse power gasoline engine. Lot li,
Legal Tender, C. W. Coiner. Malvern, first,
winning a I'nlted States cream separator,
lot S, Boono County White, Lenus Haag
land, Essex, first, winning a Great West
ern se uiratot. Lot 4. Sliver King, McAr-
thur & Sons, Mason City, first, winning a
Kavstone weeder. Lot S. Silver Mine, Wtl
lard Zeller, Cooper, first, winning a Jewell
itraln drill, let , Other varieties, Wlllus
Krlser, Rose Hill, flist, winning a Sand
wlch feed grinder.
Laughter, Digestion
And Health
An eminent Russian physician has stated
his opinion that laughter Is one of the
best means known to science for the cor
rection of Dyspepsia, stomach and nerv
ous diseases.
Laughter, however, In a dyspeptic Is like
the memory of running brooks and shady
glens to the famishing and dying man lost
In the desert.
If one could but know all the causes.
reasons and origins of Dyspepsia, one
would not wonder at a half-heartedness
of a dyspeptic's gaiety.
There Is a ceaseless call for appetite,
food . and enjoyment to a dyspeptic,
coupled with a morose, moody belief and
knowledge that Such a call Is mockery and
If Indulged In will bring discomfort, pain
and regret.
Perhaps If It Were understood that the
digestive aystem. Including mouth, throat
and alimentary canal, embracing aa It
doea the stomach, 1s composed of mtm
brai sous tissue filled with millions of
smsll nerves, which control added mil
lions o little mouths or suckers. Perhaps
if this were known men could more com
prehens bly understand that to disarrange
such a tyjtem would mean Indeed intense
physical pain.
blow suppose that this alimentary canal
' a mass of worn-out, debilitated nervea
and mouths, each suffering excruciating
physical pain and discomfort, and suppose
such a canal filled with the fumes of foul
odors and decayed food from the last
meal, and one has a alight Idea as to the
lack of laughter of a dyspeptic.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets composed of
the highest digestive Ingredients one grain
of a single Ingredient being capable of di
gesting J.WIU grains of food relieves the
alimentary canal of Ita onerous duties, as
sists It along Its entire length (Su fee) to
perform its routine. Imparts strength snd
buoyancy to the stomach and gives back
to the blood a strong, healthy nourish
ment. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tableta are natural
adjunct a to digestion. They do not falsely
stimulate an already weakened machine,
but build up where building Is needed and
remove where removal Is necessary.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets have nothing
to conceal. Itere la what they are made
of; Hydrastis, golden sesl. lactMe and
aseptic pepsin. Fcrty thousand physicians
In America and Canada use and prescribe
them. They should be used after every
hearty meal whether one Is a dyspeptic
or not.
Every druggist carries them; price inc.
Bend as your nam and address and we
will send you wunpio package free. Ad
drvas F. A. ttvstl Ok. tto Btuart V,
JaarsUaU. Utch.
BLUFFS.
Both 'Phones 43.
RECEIVER FOR WATERWORKS
E. W. Hart, Hanayer tt the Com
pany, Named a the Receiver.
HALF MILLION OF BONDS DUE
rtecelferstilp Blocks Effort of Coaacll
to Itedure Water Rates, but Has
Jin Effect on Proposal to
Build Municipal riant.
Tha Council Bluffs City Water Works
company haa gone Into the hands of a re
ceiver, B. W. Hart, manager of the com
pany for nearly twenty years, haa been
appointed receiver and yesterday filed his
bond in the gum of 150,009.
Tha placing of the company In tha hand
of a receiver was made on tha application
of tha Farmers' Loan and Trust company
of New York City, trustee for tha holders
of tl.a first Issue of bonds of tha company,
amounting to tWO.OW.
Tha petition of tha Farmer Loan and
Treat oomrany waa filed on Monday of
this week tn tha United States circuit
court In this city by Hall tt Stout of Om
aha attorneys for the Farmers' Loan and
Trust company, hut pending th appoint
ment of a receiver, was not made public
until yesterday afternoon.
The order appointing Mr. TTart as re
ceiver was made Tuesday at Kansas City
by Judge Smith McFherson and waa placed
on record in the court here yosterday. The
appointment of Mr. Hart aa receiver was
agreed tipon by the trust company and
the water warka company. Under the order
of his appointment Receiver Hart Is vested
with full authority to conduct the man
agement of tha business of the company
as he hid heretofore.
Iteaaoa for necelverehlp.
The petition of the Farmera' Loan and
Trust company Is a document of between
thirty and forty pages of typewritten mat
ter. It asks for tha appointment oi a re
ceiver on the alleged grounds that the
Water Works company 1s Insolvent and
that the bonds for which the trust company
is trustee are past due and unpaid. These
bonds became due about the time of the ex
piration of the company", franchise, over
two years sgo.
Closely following the filing of the petition
of the Farmers Loan and Trust company,
the answer of the Water Works company
was placed on record by George 8- Wright,
local attorney for the company, and all the
papers in the case were taken by him to
Kansas City and submitted to Judge Mc
pherson, who granted the application erf
the trust company and made the appoint
ment of Mr. Hart as receiver. Mr. Wright
returned from Kansas City yesterday morn
ing, the bond of Mr. Hart waa prepared
and filed and the appointment of a receiver
for the company then made public. The
formality of dispossessing Mr. Hart as
manager and reinstalling him In charge as
receiver was gone through yesterday after
noon.
In its answer tha Council Bluffs City
Water Works company denies that It Is In
solvent, except that It admits Its Inability
at this tlmti to take up the $500,000 bonds
Issued by it.
The action looking towards the appoint
ment of a receiver, Mr. Wright said, had
been brought at the request of a majority
of the bondholders.
Blocks Jlew "Water Rates.
The appointment of a receiver by the
United 8tate court takes the company en
tirely out of the Jurisdiction of the state
courts, but the receivership does not In any
way affect the action of the city In regard
to the proposed issuance f $600,000 water
works bonds or the construction of the pro.
posed municipal water plant.
"The filing of the receivership proceed
ings in the United States court on Monday,"
said Mr. Wright yesterday, "gave that court
Jurisdiction of the matter before the meet
ing of the city council Monday night, when
the new water rates ordlnsnce was intro
duced. The sppolntment of a receiver by
the United States court takes the comrany
wholly out of the Jurisdiction of the state
courts, and the city council now has no
power to fix ratea for the company or to
do anything to interfere with the manage
ment of Its affal-s by the receiver."
"The business of the water works pom
psny will continue to be administered by
Mr. Hart, but now under the direction and
control of the federal court," continued Mr.
Wright. "If the city should finally decide
not to build a municipal plant and should
decldo to grant a water works franchise,
the receivership would make It possible to
clear up the affairs of the company and
effect a reorganisation more speedily than
If It did not exist."
City SWicltnr Clem F. Kimball doea not
agree with Attorney Wright as to the city
council not having the power to fix rates
for the company now thaC the company is1
under the Jurisdiction of the federal court.
He said: "The regulation of rates Is a
legislative action on the rart of the city
council and I question whether the court
would have the light to interfere with such
sction. It certslnly could not Interfere vntll
the council has made the rates and then
only on a proper showing thst the rates
so made by the city council were unreason
able. The city still has the same power to
fix rates that It had before the company
went Into the hands of a receiver. Of
course, the receiver might file such a show
ing that the new rates contemplated by the
ordinance now before- the council are un
reasonable, that the court would Issue an
Injunction restraining the city from en
forcing the ratea, but the mere fact of the
receivership would not make it possible to
compel consumers to keep on paying a rate
that waa unreasonable, and the question
whether the rates are unreasonable can
only be determined now In the same man
ner aa they would have been determined
had there been no appointment of a re
ceiver." Mr. Kimball said that the city's claim for
recovery of hydrsnt rental alleged to have
been excessive and unreasonable, would
probably now be filed In the federal court,
but that if a purchase of the company's
plant were finally negotiated a claim of
thta character would probably be merged
In any settlement which might ultimately
be made.
WORK ON FEDERAL RFILDfNG
Preliminaries to Coastrartlom (
Addition.
Postmaster A. 8. Haselton received order
yesterday from the supervising architect
at Washington to Instruct the city engineer
to make soundings, estab'tsh levels, com
pile measurements and take photographs
of the site of th addition to the postnfflce.
Peregoy A -Mrwwe. former owners of ths
lot adjoining the posrofflca grounds on ths
west which was purrnased by tha govern
ment, hava been notified to remove th
buildings within ths next thirty days so
that tha engineer ran beg-In hla work.
Indications ar that tha work of arctlnc
OF IOWA
the much needed addition tn the pnatofflee
will be commenced In the spring. Mr. Has
elton said yesterday: "letters which I
have received from the supervising archi
tect in Washington Indicate that the de
partment intends to t ahead with the
work of construction as soon aa possible.
The Washington authorities are conser
vative and often take a long time before
they take actual steps toward a new proj
ect, but once they get started they era at It
with a will and I have every reaaon to be
lieve thnt the work on the addition to the
postnfflce Is to be pushed from this
time on."
BOOS.T15G AtMB THK T. M. C. A.
Committee Mo eh F.neoaraaed by the
First lay's Work.
"Help us rslse the roof."
TMs is the slogan of the committee which
started out yesterday to raise the money
reeded to complete the Young Men's Chris
tian association building according to tha
original plans.
At noon about forty well known business
men gathered at tha Grand hotel and while
partaking of luncheon formulated plans for
tha canvass. Short talka between courses
were made by J. O. Wadsworth, who Is
chairman of the special campaign executive
committee; Dr. H. B. Jennings, chairman
of the business men's committee; Joe W.
Smith, chairman of the young men's com
mitter, and F. J. Dny, president of the
association.
At the close of the luncheon Dr. Jennings
appointed twelve committees of two mem
bers each and these started out to canvass
the city. These committees will report at
noon today, when another meeting will be
held around the lnr.cheon table. Although
no figures were given out, it was stated
last evening that the committees had met
With great encrurngement.
Only about half of the teams of the
young men's soliciting committee, reported
at headquarters last evening, but reports
from them showed that they had not been
idle and that several hurdred dollars had
been secured during the afternoon.
The young men's committee wns yester
day divided into clKht teams, as fallows:
Captain Hanchett Dr. T. B. lAcey, L.
Squire, Will Cutler, Henry Cutler, Charles
Harson, Ward Price, Frank Binder, Frank
Halls and George Wheeler.
Captain DeVol-E. W. Peterson, Jr., Wil
liam Cutler. George Madison, H. K. Adams
and O. A. Martin.
Captain Kmpklo William Knowles, Eaii
Carse, Tom Kendall, Bert Hlel, Ira Frcd
rlckson, Harry Cooper. Harry Chapman
and James H. Cralgmlle.
Captain Peterson Enrl Anderson, Lohr
Case, C. E. Weaver. OeorBc Adams. A. G.
Fuller, J. R. Sumpter, .William Chrlstensen
and A. J. Jorgensvn.
Captain C K. Swanson M. W. Raymond,
Everett Wright, H. Kynette, Blnlr Robert
son, Paul Houton, Prof. S. L. Thomas and
Dr. C. B. Hunt.
Captain Orcutt Enrl McMahon, Earl
Howard, L. M. Whitehead, C. W. Purdum,
B. F. Drlocnll and Victor l.nustrup.
Captain Capell James Chrlstalnscn, Wil
liam Barghatisen, Sumner Knox, Paul I.
Van Order, Dr. J. C. Dcctkln and T. Q.
Harrison.
Cnptnln Jackson Pierce I .vie, Harry
Westergaard, Howard Braln-rd. Roland
Otis, C. V. Chase, Dr. A. V. Hennessey,
Walter Luts, John Lutr and George F.
Hamilton.
As before announced these two commit
tees will endeavor to raise 115.000 by 10
o'clock Wednesday night, January 27, In
order that the $5,000 promised by a group
of business men may become available.
This offer of $5,(i0 wns first suggested by
Frank H. Keyea. who agreed to contrib
ute one-fourth, or $1,550 of It, On condition
that the remaining $15,000 of the $20,000
needed to complete the building with the
third story as originally planned, waa sub
scribed within a certain time. Mr. Keys
had previously subscribed $500 uncondl
tlonally.
"Things look mighty encouraging," said
General Secretary Harry- Curtis Inst even
lng, " and I believe the people of Council
Bluffs are going to make It possible for
us to tako down that $5.ono which four
business men have promised us If the other
$15,000 is ralsi-d my January 27. I feel very
hopeful, In fact I might say confident
that the money will be raised."
CLEARING DAMAGE BY EXPLOSION
Te.ts Reins Made to See Where Ga
Come. from.
The Independent Telephone company had
a number of men at work yesterday re
pairing the damage done by the explosion
In the cable conduit Tuesday. New covers
are being: placed over the manholes and
vent holes provided, so aa to prevent as
far aa possible another accumulation of
(fas In the conduits.
Manafrer English of the Cltlten'e Gas &
Electric company had his men make a
number of tests yesterday along the line
of the manholes but they were unable to
locate any leak In the gas mains, although
the smell of gas was atlll very noticeable
at the manholes. The tests, Mr. English
stated, would be continued until the leak.
If any leak exists, Is found, when the
break will be speedily repaired.
"It waa fortunate for Mr. Iaubach that
the manhole covers gave way when they
did," said City Engineer Ednyre yester
day. "If they had not Manager Laubach
would probably have been blown clear
through the exchange building. lie Is very
fortunate In escaping without being seri
ously Injured."
Mr. Btnyre Is of the opinion that the
explosion vaa caused by Manager Lau
bach of the Independent company going
Into the tunnel leading to the conduit with
lighted lamp to seek the cause of the
strong smell of gaa coming Into the ex
change building from the conduit.
Mayor Maloney yesterday had notice
served rn the Independent Telephone com
pany that It would be expected to rals
the manhole covers at least once a day for
several days to come. In order to clear the
conduits of any gas which may yet re
main In them and thus prevent another
explosion which might not terminate so
fortunately as the one Tuesday did.
Real Estate Transfers.
These transfers were reported to The Bee
January 13 by the Pottswattamle County
Abstract company of Council Bluffs:
Mrs. C. H. Ptephan. widow, to Emelle
McMlllen, n4S feet of part of lot
fc7 In the original plat of Council
Bluffs, w d t 1
Lulu W. Puerr and hiiBband to Henry
and Nora Parnell, lot &, block 35, In
Riddle's sub In Council Bluffs, w d.. 1T5
Bert E. Nash and wife to S. K Oaw
thoop. w4 of lot 4 and all of lot b tn
block 15 In the town of Carson, w d.. l.Sno
Ephrlsni Huntington and wife to H.
B. Schneider ami K. Tosh, lot 2 and
part of lot 3 In Auditor's sub of orig
inal plat lot 212 tn Council Bluffs, w d 1,804
William M Harrold and wife to Fred
erick A. Bird, part nW, sV 21-75-43.
w d I.K5
Five transfers, aggregating 16, Thl
No 4)aorant of Conncll.
The meeting of the city council scheduled
for yesterday afternoon to assess up re
cently completed paving, curbing and side
walks failed for lack of a quorum. It re
quires six menrbcrs of the council to assess
up public Improvements and only five of
ths council men put In an appearance.
Tha absentees were Counollmen Bellinger,
Skodsholm and Younkerman. Another at
tempt to finish up this assessment work
will I made this afternoon.
Marriage I. erases.
Licenses to wed were issued yesterday to
the following:
Name snd Residence. At.
Harvey Bain. Kt. Jrweph. Mo Tt
Katie Grant. Council bhtffs 2)
Charles Brhrsdxr. Herman. Neb 11
Ada Covey, H ennui, Not) J
The
The Omaha Bee has planned to publish 'The Story of Nebraska," not
the story of the prairie schooner, the sod house, the trapper or the fur trader,
but of prosperous, progressive, busy, up-to-the-minute Nebraska. Many
of the new and some of the older settled counties have been making prog
ress so quietly that the world at large is not aware of their achievements.
Our object is to bring all loyal and progressive citizens into closer touch in the commercial and social
relations, and to work for the development of the natural resources of the state, to foster and build up
manufacturing industries, and by every consistent effort encourage the employment of skilled labor and
improve the conditions of the laboring classes. The story will give only a glimpse, a mere outline. The
reader will be shown among the print just enough to give him a general idea of the state. Its opportuni
ties to the dairyman, and its openings to the home maker. The free rural mail box and the telephone pole
arc crowding the frontier. The wolf and the wilderness have retreated. If during her early history Ne
braska has surprised her own people, surely a brighter future awaits them.
There will be a little about the towns and cities, just now somewhat
misunderstood and misjudged, and something about the rural districts, the
farm and the stock ranch. Here and there will be found a few figures, not
many, just a few, as measurements and for the information of those who
enjoy such things.
It will tell the achievements of a people, who in less than half a century have wrotight ont of a
boundless prairie a progressive, productive state. It will give in brief the new life in the new country,
the swift passing of events, the possibilities of advancement and pleasure. These articles will be fully illus
trated and will appear in the Sunday Bee from week to week.
Next Sunday Johnson County.
Ehe
BURGLAR TURNS SEW LEAF
Gives TJp His Tools and Goes to Work
Cutting Ice. ,
COMMITTEES TO HEAR CONTESTS
SpesVer Eceley Appoint Men to Take
Evidence In Five Cne
Grand Jury Law Held
to Be .Valid.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
PES MOINES. Jan. 14 (Special.) Un
known In Pes MMnea and unacquainted
with the man ho 'approached, Edward
Marsh, who says he had committed robber
ies In many states and been In the peni
tentiary, went unsolicited to the home of
Rev. Finis Idleman here, gave him his kit
of burglar's tools and asked his help to
lead a better life. Marsh was penniless.
He visited a saloon and while watching the
drunken revelers there and considering
his own plight, ho realised what a failure
his life had been. He determined to try
the better way. His change of heart was
worked out within himself. It required no
evangelistic services to help him. On the
wall of the saloon was an advertisement
of the Central Church of Christ Inviting
all to attemt. It was signed by Rev. Finis
Idleman. So Marsh went to the preacher
and asked advice. His wrong was pointed
out to him; he was assisted In finding
work on the Ice at $1.50 per day and has
asked the preacher to help him trace down
the names of the people he has robbed
He has expressed the determination to re
pay all.
Lesrlstatlve Contest On.
In the house of the Iowa legislature this
morning Speaker Feely announced the mem
bership of the committees to oonsider the
five contests. They are as follows:
DavSdson-Penn contest from Fremont
county: l.ee of Emmet, .Harding of Wood
bury, Perkins ot Delaware, Dahney of
lnvls and Kull of Howard.
Robb-Kendail contest from Clinton
county: larrah of Lucas, Wilson of Tama,
Bowman of l,lnn, MeKonnaJd of Carroll
and Hyerly of Jones.
Teter-Croxler contest from Marlon county:
Wackier of Webster, Marston of Cerro
Gordo, White of Story. lodds of lies
Moines and Shelby and Srhulte of Clayton.
Corrle-Baxter contest from Ida county:
Ptlllms-n of Greene, Ooodykoontz of Hootir,
Cooper of Jasper. Bauman of Van buren
and Calkins of Adams.
flprlnger-Uoddard contest from Buchanan
county: Davidson of Palo Alto, Beene o(
Franklin, Ripley of Hancock. O'Conner of
Chickasaw and Swift of Shelby.
Jorr Constitutionality Decided.
The legality and constitutionality of tha
special grand Jury law passed by the Thirty
second general assembly has been decided
by the supreme court In affirming the case
of Ptatu of Iowa against Bert Pell, ap
pellant, from Marshall county, wherein the
defendant was sentenced to twenty-five
years for murder In the second degree.
Trace In Iowa Central Case.
' MARSH AI.LTOWN, la.. Jan. 14. -(Special.)
A truce, which will temporarily, at
least, stay the threatened strike of the
Iowa Central shop and round houst- em
ployes of the entire system has been
reached. The men threatened to strike If
W. P. Toler of Monmouth, ill., who shot
and killed George W. Pavies. a Htrlkrr,
during the strike of last summer, was
made night foreman of the Monmouth round
house. A meeting af all of the lo-'al t.'nlons
was held and the company wai notified
that a strike would be called If Toler was
put back to work. This Information was
carried to the company and the appoint
ment of Toler. which was to have become
effective at once, was temporarily held up.
Knights of Coluinnaa' Mectlag.
IOWA CITY, la., Jan. H. (Special.)
Iowa City will entertain the state council
of the Knights of Columbus In May, and
the local council, Marquette council, Is
planning an Important reception for tha
leading members and all other Knights of
Columbus brothers who aro expected here.
The local council will celebrate Its fifth
birthday In May. The local Knights of
Columbus are planning to start a move
ment which will result In the erection of
a beautiful Knights of Columbus block.
Wife Calls aa Police.
BOONE. la.. Jan. 14 (Special Telegram.)
The police spent all last night with Wil
liam Powers alleged to be Insane, whose
wife charged he tried to kill her. While I sel, will Immediately brgtn tha prcparatton
officers were taking him to the station h I cf the appaal. ffpertflc hgusUstaaD l ram
threw himself In front of aa intenirbo I 3y th eocdrLiwi. hoafrx afejul by tha tn
car and tried to commit aulcida. Ho Beamed lunctfem again' to rsdaotUoa ! im uf
Storv of
Omaha
to be a complete wreck. This morning the
Insanity commission released him. He was
Injured laat year on the Newton road,
losing an arm and fracturing his skull.
HEPBCRX CASE MAY RE DROPPED
Colonel Does Not Want the Office on a
Tochnlcnllty.
CRESTON. la., Jan. 14. (Special.) At a
meeting of Eighth district republicans held
here yesterday for the purpose of hearing
the report of a subcommittee appointed at
a previous meeting to Investigate the pro
posed contest for congressman In this dis
trict It developed that the committee had
not found aa much to encourage them as
had been expected and some things were
at least a little disconcerting. Still tho
committee feels that If Colonel Hepburn Is
willing for the contest to proceed he would
be victorious. But Colonel Hepburn made
it very plain to his friends In the district
that under no circumstances would he per
mit the contest to go on If It were to hinge,
on technicalities. Ho wanted a fair re
count, believing that If an error were made
In the first count It was because of a dif
ference In Judgment as to what constituted
a party ballot rather than any Intimation
of fraud. The committee decided to send
Its findings to htm for Inspection before
proceeding, though to protect hla Interests
In tho meantime notice of tne contest waa
filed. But there Is a possibility that the
contest may be dropped. Colonel Hepburn
has been much opposed to It from the first
and It was only at the strong Insistence of
his friends In the district that he consented.
MtmlaK Man Found Dead.
MARSH A LI. TOWN, la.. Jan. 14. (Special
Telegram.) The body of Frank Corbett, a
well known and rich fanner of Eldora, who
disappeared Saturday was found In a va
cant feed yard at Eldora today. Corbett
had committed suicide by shooting. Rela
tives, citizens and officers have been
tea rolling everywhere for him.
Knoxvllle Farmer Klll-i Himself.
1)KS MOINES, la., Jan. 13. Ross Cecil,
a wealthy farmer, committed suicide today
at his home in Knoxville, Iowa. He had
sold his .farm and was despondt nt because
he considered the deal unsatisfactory.
Iowa News Notes.
MARSHA l.LTOWN The Citv Park hos
pital of Mason City has filed articles of In
coriMiration, for what is to he the first
public hospital ever opened In that city.
M ARSHAL1.TOWN The entire library
of the late Senator William B. Allison of
Dubuque, which numbered f.0lu volumes,
was given to thu Su.ut public library of
that city. Many of the volumes are of
great value, b. ing old anil rare. The dona
tion Is to be known as the Allison Memorial
library.
MARSHALL-TOWN After roaming from
place to place for five years, sintering un
told hanihhips and losing huHtnes.s and
social frlendb, Frank McMillan, ured S, a
former well known reirleni of New Hamp
ton, la., commit ted suicide by taking car
bolic acid in Muscatine today. McMillan
was at one lime u prominent cirugKiHt, Klk
and chancellor commander of the Knights
ol Pythian lodge at Independence. He dis
appeared from home five years agu and
he waa thought by many tu have been
dead.
A Hellgloas Aathor'c Statement.
For several year 1 waa afflicted with
kidney trouble uku last winter I was sud
denly ktrlcken with a severe pain In my
kidneys and was confined to bed elgnt day
unable to get up without assistance. My
urine contained a thick white sediment and
I passed same frequently day and night.
I commenced taking Foley's Kidney
Remedy, and the pain gradually abatsd and
finally ceased and rny urine became nor
tnal. I cheerfully recommend Foley's Kid
ney Remedy. For sale by all druggists.
WILL PUSH GOMPERS APPEAL
Action Decided on at Conference of
Federation Leaders lu
w York.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 14 The appeal from
the recent decision of Judge Wrlg'nt of the
District of Columbia supreme court In
sentencing Samuel Gompers. John Mitchell
and FTank Morrison to Jul. for contempt
will be vigorously pressed and a call for
funds for that jurpoan wl.l shortly be
Issued by the American Federation of
Labor.
This action was decided upon at a con
ference berw today by the executive coun
cil of the Federation, now tn ams ton bcrv.
anil f v.rm r Judgo Alton Ik Parker of New
York, ehler eounsrl for the Federation ol
Labor. The Utter, assisted hr lorai cuun-
Nebraska
Sun
Its action In boycotting the Bucks Stove
and Range company of St. Louis and the
contempt proceedings which followed were
considered. Judge Parker returned to New
York later In the day.
OMAHA MENAT P0CATELL0
Given a Cordial Reception on Their
Arrival at the Idaho
Town.
POCATEII.O, Idaho. Jan 14 (Special
Telegram.) The Omaha delegation of stock
men and Commercial club representatives,
twenty-five strong, arrived here this even
ing to attend the annual meeting of the
National Wool Growers' association and
boost for the South Omaha stock market
and the Omaha wool market. They wers
met at the depot with a band and escorted
to the headquarters In the Young Men's
Christian association.
Poeatello, with 6.600 population, has put
on an appearance like unto Ak-Sar-Ben.
with flagR and Incandescent lights strung
J along the main streets. Electricity Is cheap
here, helng brought twenty-five miles from
American Falls. Large delegations of sheep
men are arriving on every train and a big
meeting is In prospect. Merchants and cltl
xens have not forgotten the Omaha visit In
1907 on the great northwest trade excursion
and are still talking about It.
Questions of direct concern to the sheep
raisers of the United States, especially of
the western range stages, will arise at the
three days' convention of the National
Wool Growers' ssociation, which will be
gin here at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The storage warehouse plan, which contem
plates that the bulk of the wool crop be
placed In the hands of a co-operative sell
ing agenoy to hold for a fair price, the
growers meanwhile borrowing money on
the stored product, will be the principal
subject at Issue.
Arrangements have been made to lease a
warehouse In Chicago or Omaha as soon
as the required 2i,KX,000 pounds of wool Is
guaranteed.
LAND WITNESS DISAPPEARS
Woman Wanted to Testify for Gov
ernment Spirited Away and
Afterward Located.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Jan. 14-Chargod
with conspiracy to defraud the government
by spiriting away a witness In a land con
test hearing In the Los Angeles office,
Frank M. Chaplin, Mattle E. Chaplin,
Washington Wilson and Margaret A. Wil
son, were arrested by federal authorities
today. Except In the case of Alargaret
Wilson, for whom no bond was required.
the defendants gave bond for SI (vi each for
their appearance when wanted.
The charge Is the outgrowth of the gov
ernment's Investigation In government land
entries in the Imperial valley, an Investi
gation which was followed a few months
ago by several arrests for alleged conspir
acy to defraud by illegal entries. Thl" par
ticular case relates to n parcel of land
filed upon by Frank Pierce In 1903, and
contested by Klegel E. Skinner.
Roaa M. Fenton uas to have been the
most Important witness In the effort to
prove fraud and ilU-gal entry on the part
of Pierce In making the original filing and
Huhsnquent assignment. At the critical mo
ment, when her testimony was needed in
the hearing, H Is alleged that the defend
ants Induced the witness to decamp. She
Is now In Ijs Angeles and will be a wit
ness In the trial of the persons arrested
today.
ICE II Ad. EH Kill. Kit nr A PALI
Aloae When Accident Happens
ad
Dies Moon After Fonad.
FAIRBCHY. Neb.. Jan. 14 -(Special Tele
gram ) William P. McPherson was hauling
Ice from the river last evening and cither
fell from the wagon or It overturned. Ho
was alone at the time and when found waa
unable to give any rxplamitlnn. He died
In a couple of hours after the accident. Mr.
MrPherson was 73 years old and leaves a
widow and thirteen children. a!l of whom
aro here.
Frightened Into Fits
by fear of appendicitis, take Dr. King's
New Life Pills, and awsy goes bowel
trouble. Guaranteed. 3U. For aale by
Beaton Irug Co.
Aatl-l.oub Milt lu kiiui.
TOPEttA. Kan., Jan. 14. Representative
Davta of lvmroon county today tntrodaoad
a resolution In the Kansas lagtstatnrc. aak
Ing that a olnt committee of five mam oats
of the house and three of the aenale be
u iTSpsurw sut auLrioobr hill. Tha
day
Bee
rerolution waa Immediately passed by ths
house and will undoubtedly pass the sen
ate this afternoon.
IN FOOTSTEPS OF CHRIST
rians for Oramnlaatlnn that Will
Embrace Over Five Million
Yonna; Christiana.
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 14 Between 6.000,
000 and 6,000.000 young Christians will be
following In the footstepB of Christ, not as
an experiment but permanently, within a
short time If the plans formed by tho lead
ers of the movement In Cleveland ara
carried out.
A committee of thirty, composed of ten
representatives of each of the Ep worth
league, the Young People's Pictety of Chris
tian Endeavor and. the Baptist Young Peo
ple's union, has been -appointed to under
take to make the movement national.
Letters have been sent to Dr. Francis E.
Clark, president of the Christian Endeavor;
Bishop W. A. Quayle and Bishop W. A.
Chandler, presidents, respectively, of the
northern and southern branches of the Ep
worth league, and to the Itev. Dr. E. Y.
Mulllns, president of the Baptist Young
People's union. Each of these are requested
to take up the question with the state and
local organizations throughout the United
States and Canada.
GLADNESS FOR BALD HEADS
False Kvidenoc of beemlng Old Age
Can lie UanlaUed.
GRAY HAIK YIELDS TO Q-BAN.
Omaha Zateraatad In Dr. HotVa Benthan
lilsoovsry Which Is tha Xattoaai
Ijsaaer In Bars Kslps to
Xalr Oultara.
If there was any restorative on earth
which would grow a new crop of hair on
a head In which the capillary ctlls are
closed and the rootn dead, John L. Rooks
feller would doubtless have found out all
about It long ago. Heal hair always has
tho cal: over a wig. In. Nott In his
Q-ban Hair Restorer went further In re
search and has attained greater success
in preventing the spread of baldness than
any one who ever prosecuted scientific
studies along that line. He found that
10 per cent of baldness can never be
cured, but there Is always hope for the
other 90 per cent. It Is among this big
class those bothered with dandruff, se
borrheal eccema, cracking, splitting, and
falling hair that Dr. Nott Is looked upon
as on.) of the greatest philanthropists of
the age.
This Q-ban Hair Restorer possesses tha
marvelous power of restoring to old. gray
and faded hair the actual color and Im
uran: gloss of youth. By Its use one
looking prematurely old can banish tna
false evidence of seemingly old aae.
Tne Ilesslg-Ellls Drug Co. of Memphis,
Tenn., has secured the right to all the
standard Dr. Nott formulas. These Ten
neaseans in their wldn-awaae way of
spreading the news of benefits wbloh tha
use cf the Hair Restorer brings to users,
hsve made a really wonderful offer.
Dr. Nott's Q-ban Hair Restorer can be
had at Myers-Dillon Drug Co. drug store
Aak them how to get one bottle free, and
If a full course of three bottles does not
bring aboot guaranteed reaulta -gray to
natural color you ran get all your money
back.
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