riTE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 17, 190D.
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NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA
COUNCIL
Office 15 Soott Street.
attnon MM1VTIOX.
trta. drugs.
t Stockert sells carpets.
j Rogers, tout Front baer. - -
',' Lewis Cutler, funeral director. "Phons 17.
Woodrlng Undertaking company. , TeL 331.
'Pictures or gifts. C. E. Alexander, 111
Broadway.
fr, ' 2 TEH CENT niRCOVNT ON WALL
Paper, c. jenbhn. masonic t&ai-
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DRIKD PEACH BALE on today, tour
pound for 26 cents, at Bartel A Miller.
Telephone 36.
'' Bring your broken Jewelry and watches
; t o uur repair nospuai. w e are prepared to
I give you the best of service. Work guaran
? feed O. Mnt he 22s Hritaia..
'J teed. O.
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funeral of the lata, Mr. Catherine
win De neid thia tdrmoun at 1
from Cutler's undertaking rnnmi
.and burial will be In Falrrlew cemetery.
fraMnt W A V .... - ih ..innl
!! liortloultual congress has railed a irmetlna
, tf the new board of directors for this
evening in the rooms of the Commercial
t club. .
Vena Monre, the ls-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Moore, 3W West Hroad
way. died yesterday morning at the Ed-
M'lon Memorial hospital from mastoid
truTole.
Clyde McClelland, charged with the theft
of a cobbler'a outfit and a aark of shoes
belonging to Oeorge McQulnn. was sent to
the county jail for thirty days by Police
Judge Snyder.
-;MIs Claudia England, 1219 Eighth
venue, who waa quarantined January 6
fpr diphtheria, was reported yesterday by
c!ity Health Officer Buwer to be suffering
from smallpox.
! Mr. and Mrs. Charles Buckley and Prank
Martin, presenting a comedy sketch, "A
iuy Manager." If you want to see soma
yal tun and hear good singing, go to the
J iamond theater t rlday and Saturday.
it . A still alarm at I o'clock yesterday morn-
I Jlhg called No. bose company to the
II Whitehead pool room at 821 Hoath Main
-ret, where a spark from "the chimney
V- d started a blase In the roof. The fire
; 1 Vrs extinguished with loas not to exceed
il
II J Frank Hararooud Brown, a farmer of
Charter Oak, la- filed a voluntary petition
"ln bankruptcy yesterday ; Ho schedules
n till Hies agrregailjig S3.Sll.e2 of which
1134.7 are. aecureo. lie list assets valued
( f li.lBo of which i',166 are claimed
it 'jOt. : . V
aa ex-
Thar council Brutrs Mutual uunmng ana
IAwn association elected these officers last
light;. President. H. . W. Haselton; vice
president, IS. A, Morehouse; treasurer, . J.
tay; secretary, W. J. Leverett, counsellor,
J. J. Hess. A dividend of 4 per cent was
declared on ..Installment stuck . ana a
dividend of per cent on paid up stock.
HanS Peters, the demented man sent to
'St. Bernards' hospital Thursday is an
l ' ...... n ...4 lnn.A ftf I iia Ifl.tltllt tlr th.
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taken back to the institution by Ms brother,
Fred Paters of Manning, wh im he had been
'visiting when he made h escape last
Hunday. lie nas oeen in me uienwooa tn-
tltution for tne last tweiva years.
Joe Pruett, charged with the theft of a
ault case belonging to IJick utttott or
in nouin
tthout re
i charging
been filed
over. Tha
I theft Is alleged to have been committed
lover two months ago, but no trace could
' aecured of Pruett until Thursday.
MRANOEB! .ORArdESIl Cheaper than
pies: large. Sweet navels, by the peck,
' cents: laraa araDa fruit, each, 10 cents;
io bananaa, flga and datea; home honey,
r cake, 15 cents. In meats, . i pionio
!mi. every ona warranted, per pound
li cents. Dressed chickens and geese;
trfCtly fresh eggs, per doaen. JO cents.
ld you ever use any oleomargarine? We
ra selling mora all the time, only 23 cents
,'er pound. Try a sack of our Lety Cream
eur, 1140 per aack; warranted aa good
aa ny I1.7B flour In the city. U Oreen, IM
Hroawvay. Telephone SH.
fcnadswt flnrrande Lece.
i Oeorge Leagu1 under Indictment on a
charge ot ombesslpment. who has been at
f liberty under a band In the sum ot $300,
was aurrenaerea iu . nn iuiu (..,,
by his bondsmen, VTallaca Benjamin and
Rimer E. Fehr. Befog unable to obtain
new sureties League j was placed in the
i.n i to ! chirred with embesxle-
.. rrnm tha firm of Frank St. Camp
bell, by wblch ha was formerly employed,
f arid his trial la set for Saturday. Janu
ary JO.
BLOOMING PLANTS.
Co., 10 Pearl St
Herman bVs,
Constipation Caused
' By Indigestion
i. rhiptxi Itv Heinimz the Stomach Do
1a Work Aa it Hhould.
'All forms of constipation, bowel or Intes
tinal trouble owa most of their origin to the
) Improper digestion of food. Tha bowels
'i-ieaaure. to feet. Tha inslda walla or sur
faces are wound tightly about with millions
f;f nerves. These nerves give Ufa and con
Aot mllllona of tittles mouths or auckers
Vhlch are supposed to take nourishment
from the food aa it leaves the Ptomach and
passes along this 30-foot buman canal.
) When Indigestion, dyspepsia or stomach
'rouble occura, me iooa ucms uuuibo.wu,
asses over these millions ot mouths, It Is
fermented decaying maae and holds no
urlshment aa it should.
" The little mouths suck It up. Impart these
1'irltieB to tha blood, Impregnate the little
JT rs with poison and ao tha work of oon
tTpatlon and bowel trouble begins.
K natural Juice or secretion belongs nor
mally In th llttla eella and glands along
he mucous membrane of tha 10-foot canal
r bewet. When Indigestion occurs this
ules Is lacking and so tha mass ot
i waste matter cannot pasa along as it
should and Is piled up and eakea in me
bowel, thus bringing pala and misery.
After a while the nerves and nerve centers
arhlch give vigor and Ufa to tha bowel be-
Lome paraltsed, thus forever prohibiting tha
bowel from performing Its natural duties.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, when taken
ifter meals, digests tha food proparly even
ntfVgh. tha stomach Is alek and It passes to
ie bowels nourishment anu juices which
)n ths intestines not only to do ineir work
once, but builds them up. restoring vital-
to the nervea. brlnga new accretion to
ends and cells, helps bowel action and
tha blood.
7) Ilandolph, la., haa been arrested
' Omaha and refuses to return w
1 fititsliton Banara. An Information
it -Pruett with grand larceny has
I'ln the court cjt Justice J. K. Coi
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VJ .d sclei
'M youri
tomach Is the rause. Common sense
science ara one on this point. You see
vouraelf. One llttla grain or Biuan s
rspepela Tablets will perfectly digest S.000
'.I.. rrwxf Tha assimilation of a meal
I ona of theao tablets Is an easy matter
nd It keeps tha stomach clean and sweet
that In a brief time this organ is re-
ored.
Cvery druggist carries them In stock.
lea toe. Send us your name and ana r ess
.d we will send you a trial package by
Ul free. Address T. A. 8tuart Co., 150
Wt Bldg.. Marshall. Mich.
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LOAtl MONEY Oil HOUSEHOLD FT7ENTTUEE
AS9 AXt fHAXTKIi sUBOCKITT AT OJEsVHAL THK tIMJAX RATES,
i Twenty Vaar of SatteenvtaJ Hn stasia.
AjHXxa UAXM AND BXOAirWAX, OTCB AMK3U.CAM KX7KBSS.
m on.sotton with Um ftna oslnasr tiismasrvas Tho COsrk MwtjraM Ca.
both ruoxm tit.
BLUFFS.
Both 'Phones 43.
CONTEST OVER FIRE CHIEF
Appeal of Robert W. Jonei to Come
Up Soon in Supreme Court.
PENDING ALMOST TWO YEARS
Attorneys for Jones Attack Legality
of Board of Ftre and Police Com
missioner Which Oasted Him
from Office.
The controversy over the appointment ot
chief of the Council Bluffs fir depart
ment, which had been forgotten by almost
everybody except those directly Interested,
Is to the fore again. Tha hearing on the
appeal taken by Robert "W. Jones, the de
posed chief, from tha ruling of the district
court in the action brought by him to re
gain possession of the office. Is to be had
before tha supremo court at the Janusry
term, which will extend Into March. The
period allotted to casea from this district
begins on March . and It Is likely that this
matter will be reached soon after that date.
Briefs and arguments have been filed by
the attorneys on both sides and the case
haa been noted for oral argument at this
term.
The case grew out of the appointment
of the Fire and Tollce commission In April,
107, by Dr. Honald Macrae, then mayor.
Jones was chief of the fire department by
virtue of his appointment by the city coun
cil. The Board of Fire and Police Com
missioners, Immediately following its ap
pointment, proceeded to oust Jones.
Charges were preferred against him, and
part of these charges were sustained by
the commission, which promptly discharged
Jones and appointed Charles M. Nicholson,
who has since held the position of chief.
. Jones attacked the legality of the action
In a quo warranto proceeding In the dis
trict court, hut Judge Macy held against
him. An appeal was then taken to the su
preme court.
Jones aide of the controversy Is based
on the alleged unconstitutionality of the
law providing for the appointment of the
Fire and Police commission. In their brief
and argument filed with the supreme court,
counsel for Jones contend that defendants
were appointed In violation of the law, two
of them being members of the democratic
party, whereas the republican party was,
at the time of their appointment, the dom
inant political party.
Chapter 2-A, title 5. of the supplement Is
void because It requires a political test as
a qualification for the right to be ap
pointed to the office of member ot the
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners.
Section 2-A, title 5, of tha supplement. Is
void because it controverts section 1, art
icle I of the constitution of Iowa, by plac
ing a burden and penalty upon electors
otherwise qualified, by hindering and ham
pering them In their freedom of choice as
such electors.
HOrJfDtP OF TIIK rXDBSIItABl,El
Police to Ran Them Oat of Town or
Arrest Thent.
A number of undesirable characters who
havn recently been run out of Omaha have
ought a refuge In Council Bluffs, but their
sojourn promises to be brief. Borne of
them are known to the police and the
others soon will bs, and It Is understood
that they are to be arrested on sight if
they do not leave town at once.
The recent burglary at the Maurer resi
dence Is credited to some of these crooks
who have recently drifted Into the city, and
the police department Intends to rid the
city of them as speedily as possible. A
number of these crooks and rounders ara
to be seen on Broadway, as they make
some of tha cheaper hotels their headquar
ters, but It Is understood that a general
cleaning up of such characters is to be
umr uy ine police.
Tha pollca were, seeking yeaterday a well
dressed stranger, who was posing aa a city
electrical inspector. The fellow visited a
number of houses In the best residence sec
tions ot tha olty, and In some places went
through the motions of examining the elec
tric fixtures. As City Electrician McKlnley
is ina oniy municipal official entitled to
make such Inspections the police are of
the opinion that this fellow was "spotting"
houses for tha purpose of robbery. Up to
last night the police had been unable to
locate the Imposter.
Matters In District Conrt.
Judge Thornell adjourned district court at
noon yesterday until Monday, and went to
his home at Sidney to spend Sunday wit!,
his family. The petit Jury will report for
duty Monday, at which time tha trial
cases on the calendar will be taken up.
Judge Wheeler arrived home yesterday
from Red Oak. where he ia holding court,
and if any matters demand attention lii
court today they will be brought before
him.
Sheriff Llnvllle of Mills county brought
two 16-year-old girls, whose homes are in
Glenwood, before Judge Wheeler yesterday
afternoon. They had run away from home.
It waa aald, with two young men. and had
been arrested In Lincoln, Neb. The court
ordered them committed to the Industrial
school at Mltchellvllle.
William Willett, who was Indicted on a
charge of wife desertion and had been In
the county Jail for a week or more, was
released yesterday on his recognisance and
promised to support his wife and child.
V. M. C. A. Knnd Growing;.
Tha mercury In the Toung Men's Chris
tian association building thermometer
reached the B.OOO mark yesterday afternoon
and waa going up still higher when the
committee ceased operations for tha day.
Tha businessmen's committee, which
ralaed I1.U0 Thursday, obtained St. let yes
terday, while the amount secured by the
young men's committee passed tha fGOO
mark.
E. H. Lougee, who returned from Dee
Moines yesterday, announced at the noon
lunch of the businessmen's committee, that
J. D. Edmundson. formerly of this city, bad
put Ms nama down for (GOO. Mr. Longea
also added 130 to his former subscription
of 11.000.
Can Clan 8het.
Ths Pottawattamie Gun club Is to have
sweepstakes matinee Sunday afternoon at
Us grounds at Manawa. A number of well
known trapehootera from thia section ara
r. tiaus. mat.
to be present and participate. Among tha
number who are expected to be In at
tendance wilt be Ed O'Brien of Florenca,
Kan., and R. R. Barber of Paulina, la.,
representatives of the Dead Shot Powder
company. They are expected to do some
fancy shooting for the amusement of the
crowd.
Members of the Omaha Qjn club mvra
been Invited and have announced their In
tentlon to be present, and a team from
Underwood, la., which Includes soma crack
marksmen, will be Aera.
SCIT OVER OLD MILL PHOPERTT
Seeley Felton Ask Clea TltU
Decreed Then.
Alleging that the money paid by the In
suranca companies for tha recent fire loas
on the Crystal mill property on South Main
street has been appropriated by agents of
tne Midland Guaranty and Trust company
of Omaha, and that the agents of tha com
pany have taken wrongful possession of the
premises and have disposed of a large
amount of machinery and fixtures of the
mill for the benefit of the company, Seeley
4 Felton, who claim to have purchased and
partly paid for tha mill, have Instituted suit
In the district court to secure title to the
property. The plaintiffs assert that ths
amount of Insurance reoovered, together
with tha value of ths machinery and fix
tures which they allege have been disposed
of, amount to more than the unpaid balance
of the purchase price.
The firm of Seeley ft v Felton Is composed
of K. N. Seeley and A. N. Felton, who re
cite in the petition that the Midland Guar
anty and Trust company entered Into a con
tract with them for the sale of the Crystal
mill property In November, 1905. The price
agreed upon waa $9,000, and of thia the
plaintiffs say they paid 14.000. The sale,
they assert, included tha machinery and
fixtures of the mill.
The firm occupied the mill and remained
In posseaalon of the property, according to
the petition, until the spring or early
summer of last year, when they ceased to
operate the mill, and say they placed the
property In the hands of N. P. Dodge ft
Co., wno were agents for the Midland
Guaranty and Trust company, to find them
a tenant. The plaintiffs state that they
had procured policies of Insurance on tha
property amounting to $6,000 and that these
policies, together with other valuable pa
pers, were left by them in the safe In the
mill.
Last November the mill was damaged
by fire, ll.o plaintiffs assert the damage
from the fire amounted to $6,000 and allege
that N. P. Dodge ft Co., without author
ity from them, adjusted tho loss with the
Insurance company, collected the money
and turned It over to tne Midland Guar
anty and Trust company.
The value ot the insurance and of the
machinery and fixtures which the plaintiffs
say has been disposed of. Is alleged by the
petitioners to be more than the )d,Ouo re
maining unpaid on the purchase price of
the property.
The firm aska that its Indebtedness to the
Midland Guaranty and Trust company be
adjudged to be discharged and that the
clerk of the court be directed to execute
to it a deed for the property.
WATER WORKS BILL TO COME VP
Senator Sannders Expects No Diffi
culty In I'siiuce.
City Clerk A. W. Caaady waa advised
yesterday by State Senator C. G. Saun
ders that the bill proposed by the city
council to enable the city to use the water
works sinking fund to defray expenses,
preliminary to the construction of pur
chase of a municipal water works plant,
would be presented before the state legis
lature within a few days and probably
would be passed without difficulty.
The bill waa forwarded to Senator Saun
ders by Mr. Casady some time ago, to
gether with a copy ot the resolutions
adopted by the city council) urging Sena
tor Saunders and Representatives Brandes
and Dye to give their support to the pro
posed measure.
This bill asked for an amendment to sec
tion 744 of tha code relating to the uses
of tha water works sinking fund by adding
tha following paragraph:
When a majority of the electors within
a city, at any election, shall have pre
viously declared In favor of the purchase
or erection of any water works, the city
council may provide by contract or other
wise without submission of the same to
the electors, for surveys, examinations, ap
praisements, estimates, plans, specifica
tions, advertisements for bids and all other
necessary work preliminary to the making
of such contract or contracts for such
purchase or erection of water works, and
pay for same and the expenses of the
city election out of the said sinking fund.
A second paragraph provldea that the
amendment shall be In force Immediately
after its paaaage and publication in tha
Des Moines papers.
There Is about $30,000 in the water works
sinking fund which will be more than suf
ficient to meet all preliminary expenses at
tendant on either the construction of a new
municipal water plant or the purchase by
the city ot the present water works sys
tem. The amendment to the present law,
if passed by the legislature, and there Is
every reason to believe that It will be, will
enable the city to pay the expense of en
gaging Burns ft McDonnell, tha Kansas
City firm of hydraulic engineers, to assist
City Engineer Etnyre In preparing the re
vised plans and speclflcationa which ara to
be submitted to prospective bidders on the
proposed new plant. The firm la, under Its
contract with tha city, to receive $2,600 for
its services, and If called upon for future
consultations Is to be paid $28 a day and
traveling expenses. It is estimated that the
preliminary expenses for which ths city
council antlcipatea drawing upon the sink
ing fund will aggregate upwards of $10,000.
In the event of much litigation these ex
penses will, It Is expected, be more than
doubled.
Real Estata Transfer.
These transfers were reported to The Bee
January 15 by the Pottawattamie County
Abstract company of Council Bluffs:
George E. Fisher et al. to L. C.
KJorkman, slOO feet lot IS, block S,
I'nderwood, w. d $ 1
Benjamln-Fehr Real Estate company
to J. 8. Squire, lot 8. block . Ben
son's 2d add., and lot I. block IS.
Evans' Id Bridge add., w. d 1
Jemima Pethybrtdge. single, to Kath-
rnne K. South, part lot a, block 10,
Mill add., q. c. A. !
Treasurer to F. F. Everest, lot I.
block 4. Beers' subdlv., t- d
J. D. Kdmundson, widower, to Wil
liam Martin, lot 11. block 20, Bayllss
ft Palmer's add., w. d
George Stodemelster, single, to WU
Ham Martin, lot 10, block 20, Bayllss
ft Palmer's add., w. d
Taylor Wooluv an4 mltm al n
Katharine E. South, lot 7 and part
I lot 1 original plat lot 194, and part
tots and 7, block to. Mill add.,
w. d ,
800
vaney aiacnine company to J. I
BJorkman, n43 feet lots 15. Is. 17 and
1R. block 6. town of Underwood, w.
ItOO
Total, eight transfers $.loS
Marriage Licensee.
Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to
tha following:
Name and Residence. Age
Ferdinand Petersen. South Psrk, Wash.. K
Haael Dell Bailey, Council Bluffs to
Mllbern J. Dillon. Omaha ',. fl
Qraca Culver, Omaha U
Drink BaCweUer.
King of all bottled beer L. Roaenfeld
Co., distributors. Both 'p r.
DEMOCRATIC MAYORS COUNT
Likely to Capture the Indianapolis
Tariff Conrention.
COST OF CRIME TO STATE OF IOWA
Over Half a Million Dollar of E.
regies A hove Asnonnt of Finos
Collected la Entailed try
' the Prosecations.
(From a Staff Correspondent)
DES MOINES, la., Jan. 11 (Speolal.V
Democratic raayora ot Iowa and the middle
west ara liable to captors the tariff re
vision convention In Indianapolis next
month.
The conunftteo having la charge the
plans of the gathering has sent an In
vitation to the mayors of Iowa cities, and
probably mayors In other mid-western
states, to appoint delegates to tha gather
ing. There are as many or more democratlg
mayors it) Iowa than republican mayors.
Thev will all aoDotnt deleeratea. vhprpu
many of the republican mayors will not
appoint. Take uea Moines, lor instance.,
Mavor Mathla ia a democrat. He haa 1.
ready appointed a delegation ot democrats
to the tariff revision convention. Thsse
are all free traders and say they wilt go
(every one of tliem) and nay their own
expenses in order to work for a reduction
of the tariff. So also, Ottumwa, Davenport,
Dubuque and other Important cities have
democratic mayors, wiho will do likewise.
There is some likelihood that the demo
crats will organize with a view of captur
ing the Indianapolis convention: and de
manding that the schedules of tariff in the
United' States be hewn down. At least
there will be a good representation of tariff
revisionists from the democratio ranks in
that convention.
Then besides this there are a great many
"progressive" republican mayors through
out the state who will appoint delegates
to the convention. Iowa la thoroughly
awake to tho question of tariff revision and
that there will be a big representation In
the Indianapolis informal aatherlnir i
be assured.
Cost of Crime In lows, '
Just what crime cost Iowa for the venr
ending September 30, la06, will be shown
in tno report of the secretary of state to be
published in the course of a week. During
that year there were In all Iowa 1,113 can.
victlor.s for crime. Six of this number were
sent to the industrial school, 361 to the
penitentiary, 16S to county Jail, 142 to
county Jail or fined and 420 were fined.
The total amount of fines Imposed by
district court amounted to 1109.901. (w h
total amount collected to $u3,315.42. The
totai expense to the counties on account of
criminal prosecutions, outside of attorneys'
fees, was $488,607.22, and the total expense
paid county attorneys on account of crim
inal prosecutions and salarlea amounted to
$135,476.62.
School Men Meet.
The legislative committee of the Iowa
State Teachers' association is In uinn
here discussing the recommendations of
tne state school law commission and other
proposed legislation. Among the members
present are Stata SuDerlntendrnt mo
ex-State Superintendent Barret. Superin
tendent Mcuonnell of Cedar Rapids and
Superintendent Stewart of Ottumwa.
Governor Extradites Ueck.
Governor B. F. Carroll today issued ex
tradition papers for William Beck under
arrest in Council Bluffs and wanted In
Tuxwell county. Illinois for statutory as
sault on Elisabeth Fraiim. 16 years old.
Tw etrnclc by Train.
WATERLOO. Ia., Jan. W.-(Speclal.)-Whlle
driving on the Rock Island railroad
tracks near this city Fred Helde and F.
Koepke, both of Washburn, were run down
ond narrowly escaped death, while their
four horses were instantly killed. The
men came to this city with two loads of
grain and after selling the grain used
the money to have a spree and their lives
were saved because of their intoxicated
condition. Missing the highway they had
turned their horses onto the railroad tracks.
Iowa News Notes.
C.
Snvder. hrnthr tt Piaima.r.i a a..
der, suffered a serious stroke of paralysis
and his condition is serious, aa he is 77
years old.
CEDAR FALLS The Arlington hotel ot
this city has recently come into the pos
session of L C. Morrill of Minneapolis,
who will formally oin the dining room
to the publto on the evening of January 2L
MARSHALLTOWN Sunday the Metho
dlsta of Toledo will celebrate with aerv
icee laating through the entire day, th
paying off and burning of the $7,000 mort
gage on their church, which waa built a
few years ago.
Judge J. J. Tolerton, died last evening after
"" Jco,a i Buucring. one came lo Iowa
In 1867. a bride from Meadville, Pa, with
her young husband, who was Just enter
ing upon his career aa an attorney.
CRESTON-The country home of C. B.
crumpacker, south of Afton, was destroyed
by fire yesterday, the fire starting from a
defective flue, and when discovered had
made such headway that but little of the
furniture and clothing of the family could
be saved.
CEDAR PALLS Adam Wagner, presl
dent of the Wagner Manufacturing com
pany of this city, has Just purchased the
entire outfit of the Perry (Ia.) Manufactur
ing company, and will Immediately move
the plant to this city to combine the
manufacture of coaster wagons and wash
ing machines with that of making hand
sleds.
MARSHALLTOWN One hundred and
twenty-five brick and tile manufacturers
from all parts of Iowa gathered In this
city today to attend the twenty-ninth an
rual convention tf ih. irm .
Tile aaanclattnn Th. mAAln 1. V. - iA .
and most successful the association lias
ccr nma. mo convention closed with a
banouet this evening.
PRKSTOV-np n TV Tl.b.. m .
hl home In Leon. He was 90 years ot age
and had lived In the atate continuously for
sixty-five years. He came to Iowa In 1844
uui me town or uurraio, south of
Davennort. Wmm th... v. mftA ...
tumwa. In time he became a railroad eon-
irr ma neipea io Duild the Burlington
railroad Into Ottumwa.
IOWA FALLS The organisation of a
chapter ef the P. E. O.. the largest secret
organisation of women In the country, haa
Just been completed In thia city. Miss
Ellen Ball of Mount Pleasant, ia.. the
state organiser, presided at the meeting
of organisation. Mra T. W. Brown, who
waa formerly a member of the Omaha
vi,'.i, i- fJivaiueni oi ine new cnapier
u'kkbtun-At the time of the death
the bachelor reeliiaa V T? VnA.h..
of
Murray, a few weeks since, much apecu
of
iation was indulged as to ths amount of
property ne lert and to whom It would go
It haa now been made known that his
caiaie is vaiuea at about sw.oiio. Attorney
A. B. Miller haa been made administrator
n f tha aatata mrA - - V. . r w
held ths title to 360 acres of land near
anuria?, two properties in Spokane, Wash,
worth about $36,000, a house and lot lr
Adrian. Mtj'h m H i7 cla am .4 . .
banks. Deceased left no wtll and the only
nnrs are cousins on the maternal sldi
the family. The state will collect an
herltancs tax of about B.luO.
of
In
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BIG OIL CASE MARS END
Record in Standard Suit Makes Twen
ty-Two Printed Volumes.
LAST TESTIMONY
TUESDAY
Briefs Will Contain Million Words
. Additional Case Cnts Liti
gants Over Ten Million
Dollars.
NEW YORK. Jan. 1(1. With the examina
tion of W. W. Pllklngton. In chargo of the
records of the Standard Oil company's pipe
lines on matters relating to the shipping
of Lima, Indiana and Oklahoma oil, the
government's suit for dissolution cf th
Standard Oil company came to a close here
today. There are still two or three wit
nesses to be heard In rebuttal, but these
will be examined In Chicago next Tuesday,
an adjournment till then having been taken
for the purpose at the conclusion cf today's
bearing.
The case, which today practically ended
so far aa the submission of evidence is con
cerned, will undoubtedly go down in legal
history as tho greatest ctvll action ever
brought before the tribunals of the country
The record already comprises twenty-two
printed volumes and represents a cost to
the lltlg-anta of nearly 0,OCO,000. The filing of
briefs by counsel will add another million
or so words to the already monumental
mass of testimony and court records. Argu
ments of both sides next April before the
full bench of the United States circuit
court sitting in Bt. Louis will further en
large the record, and as the case Is to be
taken to tha supreme court of ths United
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States, no matter what the decision of the
circuit court, the final bulk of the record In
the case promises to be appalling.
a
History ot Suit.
The suit to dlssolvo the Standard Oil
company of New JerHoy, was commenced
on December 6, 1906, with the filing of a
complaint in the fedeial court of Bt. Louis.
Resides the Standurd Oil company of New
Jersey, sixty-nine subwldlary companies and
seven Individuals were named as defen
dants. The latter were: John I). Rocke
feller, John V. Archbald, William Roeke
foler, H. II. Rogers, II. M. Flagler, II.
Payne and Charles M. Pratt.
In all 193 witnesses were called by the
government and 140 by the defense. The
record of the testimony proper totals up
1,600,000 words. The exhibits, consisting of
over 73,500 groups of words and figures,
adds another 10,000,000 words. The printing
office at Washington has been kept busy
night and day for months completing the
record which, when bound, will make
twenty-two printed volumes. The mups
showing the company's pipe lines and oil
fields are printed in four colors, a pro
cedure heretofore unknown In legal record
making. Frcm the printers' viewpoint It
Is the greatest case In legit) history.
Speech by Mrs. Mackny.
Mrs. Clarence Mackay, whose fame here
tofore has rested upon her achievements us
a social leader, gathered freBh laurels for
herself today In the role of political ex
ponent and public speaker.
Before an audlonco niadu up of society
women and woman suffrage, advocates,
Mrs. Mackay, who has JuM. been elected
president of the Equal KranchlHO league,
strongly advocated granting ot the right
to vote to women, on the theory that it Is
Impossible for the half to express the
wlole. The speech, which was delivered
. ' ' " : I
before the Intemrban Woman Suffrage
council at tha Hotel Aator, was warmly
applauded. ,
"I am convinced that ths country ,narde
the woman's vote." ald Mrs. Mackay, "and
I want to do what I can to Interest ttis
women ot our country In the question, m
Important as the future quality of our mu
nicipal and state government Ths pronchs
by which man has gradually allowed mor
ality, decency and altruism to share In tha
government has been slow and reluctant.
We women demand that the real step be
taken, that morality. Itself tha moral, tha.
ethical half of the human race, br admit
ted to government on equal terms."
Stock for Steel Employes.
A total of 13,000 shares of stock has been
allotted by tho United States Steel cor
poration to Its employes this year under
Its profit-sharing plan, according to an.
nouncement made today. This Is tha first
year that the privilege of buying tha cotton
has been extended to the employes. They
may take 15,000 shares ot this at M and
18,000 of the preferred at 110.
Consumers' I.rayroe Defends Wiley,
Tho Consumers' league at a. meeting to
day took up the cudgels In defense of tr.
Harvey W. Wiley, chief of tho bureau of
chea.istry nt Washington, of whom much,
criticism has recently been made. A resolu
tion was passed commending Dr. Wlley'g
work and others were adopted calling upon
every state and municipality to provide- for
sanitary regulation of slaughter houses ant
efficient ante and post-mortem Inspection
of all animals slaughtered for food pur
poses. The league also voted to have Ita
food committee draw up and publish a blU
embodying Its Ideas of proper precautions.
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