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lilt; OAfAA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1000.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA
COUNCIL
Office 15 Scott Street.
Ml.tOR MR'VTIOT.
1 1
Btoekert Bella carpets.
Ed Roger, Tony Fault brer.
Lewis Cutler, funeral director. 'Phone 37.
Woodrlng I'ndertaklnjr company. TH. 339.
it, PER CENT DIfr;orNT ON WALL.
PAPER. C. JENSEN, MASONIC TEM
PLE. There will V a. meeting of the Mercy
.Aid society thla afternoon at 2.30 o'clock
aU fit Marya home.
Attend the Fred Butler eon recital given
at Broadway church Tuesday evening,
January 1'- Admission S5 cents.
ANNUAL PER CKNT PISrOfNT ON
WOft-PINOS. I3EOIN9 WHDNESDAT.
JANtTARY . ALEXANDERS ART
8TORB.
Bring your broken Jewelry and watched
to our repair hospital. We are prepared to
give you the best of service. Work guaran
teed. O. Mauthe, 2S Broadway.
Roy Hardesly, deputy clerk of the dis
trict court, was Issued a building permit
' yesterday for a frame cottago on Avenue
A and Twenty-second street, to cost $1,600,
Tbe funeral of the, late Mrs. Everett
Bewail will be held thla morning at 9
o'clock from Bt. Francis Xavler's church
and Interment will b la St, Joseph's ceme
tery. County Auditor Tnnes yesterday Issued a
rail for the annual meeting of the assessors
of the county to be held Friday of thla week
In -tha ouU court room of the court
house.
All members of the Fraternal Order of
Kaglea are requested to meet Wednesday
afternoon at 1:31) o'clock at the hall to
attend In a body the funeral of the late
John Proctor. The lodge will have charge
of the services.
K. W. Hart, receiver for the Council
Bluffs City Water Works company, left
last evening on a visit to Boston, lie was
accompanied by his daughter, who, after
visiting relatives In Boston, will resume
her stud Ins in Chicago.
W. A. Harrison, charged with being a
dipsomaniac, was yesterday ordered by
Judge Thornell of the district court, com
mitted 0 the state hospital for In -lirlates
at Knoxvllle. .He was taken to the Insti
tution last evening by Deputy Sheriff
Louch.
The clerk of the federal court has an
nounced that the grand and petit Juries
for the March tnrm of 1'nlted States court
In this city will be drawn Wednesday,
January 27, at 10 a. in. Twenty-five grand
Jurors and thirty petit Jurors will be drawn.
The term cf court opens on March 9.
Mrs. Mary Beecroft, wife of Henry Bee
croft, Jr., died shortly before midnight Sun
day at her homo, 245 Benton street. Be
sides her husband, ten children survive
her. The funeral will be held from the
family reskWnce this afternoon at 2:30
o'clock and bmlaj will bo In Walnut Hill
cemetery.
J. C. Proctor of 35 North Main street died
about midnight Sunday at the Kdmundson
memorial noepitai, from pneumonia, uged
&) years. He la survived by Ills wife, one
won and one daughter. The funeral will be
held Wednesday afternoon under the aus
pices of Council Bluffs aerie, Fraternal
Order of Eagles, of which deceased was a
member.
Mra. J. R. Lawrence of K(10 Avenue P
died yesterday morning at the Kdmundson
Memorial haupltal, hk.1 enra. Hesldea
her husband, she leaves ten children, In
cluding a baby 3 days old. She had been a
rrsilent of Council Bluffs lor thirty-five
years. Arrangements for the funeral have
not been completed.
Rev. Henry DeLong performed the mar
riage ceremony yesterday for the following
couples: Leonard Morgan and Georgia
Solby,- both of Omaha; Charles flip and
Anna Formau, both of South OmaliH; Wil
liam D. Stall and Mary Anna Hollev. both
of Bennett, Neb., and Lester Wolford of
Red Oak. la., and Alvera Martenson of
Funk, Neb. ,
The raid of the police after midnight
Saturday on an alleged resort conducted
by Ptella Johnson, a negress, at 1108 Avenue
B, enriched the municipal treasury yester
day by 45. Besides Mrs. Johnaon, one
woman and five colored men were arrested.
Mrs. Johnson put-up a casli bond of i!3. SO
n luii any bonds, was given twenty days
In Jail.
Joe Relchl. the Italian who abandoned
his trip to Italy and returned from New
York with the purpose of being avenged
on J. A. Burns, general foreman in the
yards of the Northwestern railroad, for an
alleged Insult, was Bent to St. Bernard's
hospital yesterday morning. Reichi showed
signs of evident mental derangement. After
being ln police court yesterday he became
greatly excited, tried to tear his coll door
down, and, falling in this, began to
chunks out of his hands. Brooding
bite
OVer
the alleged tnmilt Is believed to have made
the man temporarily Insane.
Campaign for Y. M. C. A. '
The Young Men's Christian association
building fund yesterday reached the S7,
200 mark.
The members of the young men's com
mutes met at association headquarters on
Main street and enjoyed an excellent sup
per last night at the close of the day's
canvass. This supper will be a dally fea
ture until the close of the campaign.
A Royal
Smoke
You feel like a
king, and joy reigns
supreme from the
Erst to last puff of a
the new 1 0 cent
Cigar with a straight
Havana filler and
Sumatra wrapper.
A quality smoke
hard to equal any
where, even at a
higher price.
ask Toxrm cioax mak
Chat,
Donovaa Cigar Co.,
msin-nre,
Omaha, Heb.,
Slonx City, Iowa.
X,arfvr else 15c.
und Fnnp rtf t tin n lora u u K K.-tnH.i t C7,.
" . ' l : , "j , , . V , l only ror a reasonable amount. If. however,
r.?., ,.2r, ? J .1 ',"d t.oaP,eay ln, the city solicitor will say that he la Inca
police court yesterday their bonds were for- i.i . Xr ,n.Mi - i, ,u
fl,H Will flirfl. hn ..nuhlt, In tr- '."" ""'" -. " "--
KING
ALFRED
Cigar
A. A. CLARK O. CO.
LOAN MONEY ON
At ANT CHATTEL SECURITY
Twenty Year of
CORSES.
MAIN AND BROADWAY, OVEB AMJCB1GAX KXPBXK8.
No oonaeetlon with the firm caXUng
BOTH JPHO&ES S17.
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BLUFFS.
Beth Thonoa 43.
ANOTHER VETO FROM MAYOR
Council Promptly Votes to Orerride
the Chief Executive.
MORE ATTORNEYS FOR BOND CASE
Streets to Bo Set Aside for Children
to Coast and Police Detail to
ee that Teams Keep Oat
of the Way.
The resolution to employ Messrs. Harl
Tlnley was pbmm! over the mayor's veto
by seven votes, Councilman Bellinger alone
voting to sustain the vtto.
Mayor Reads la Veto.
Mayor Maloney explained his reason for
vetoing tha reaolutlon providing for the
employment of Harl tt Tlnley a special
counsel in the water works litigation In the
United States court In the following com
munication to the city council laat night:
Tour action upon the communication from
the water works committee for the em
ployment of Messrs. Harl & Tlnley to
assist the city solicitor In the suit brought
In the federal court by the Nash company
against the city, amounts to the employ
ment of attorneys for that purpose at an
agreed compensation of J2.600. As this will
reinstate the old contract which was ter
minated, and we are all well satisfied that
an appeal will be taken by the defeated
party, la disapproved for the . following
reasons;
1. I am opposed to employing any attor
ney for that purpose because none is
needed. I say this becauae the only real
question In that suit Is whether the law
under which the bonds are proposed to be
Issued is in violation ot the constitution.
The city solicitor has time and again as
sured us of the constitutionality of this
law and his written opinion on that point
will be found on page 110 of the pamphlet
recently Issued by the council. The law
itseif was prepared under the advice of
the attorneys proposed to be employed
after examination by them of this same
question (Seo page 43 of pamphlet), and
waa part of their work for which the
city has already paid the sum of $5,000.
The special committee on water has fre
quently, and presumably upon the advice
of the counsel employed, assured us that
this particular point was settled. It can,
therefore, be safely assumed that the city
solicitor, who lias had this question In
hand for more than a year and has had
the aid of the special counsel on the same,
can Intelligently explain our position to the
court and if It is not the law we could not
change It by Increasing our force of law
yers. 2. So far as any question In the case that
concerns the legality of the election Itself,
the city solicitor can have the assistance
of every officer and evory means at hand
to procure what testimony Is needed, but 1
do not regard the claim of the plaintiff
that the election was. Illegal In any partic
ular to be of any weight. There is only
the one question of Importance, and that Is
the constitutionality of the law.
3. The city has already paid for special
counsel on this particular matter of ST..0O0.
It Is proposed to pay Iu'pO for Mr. Klllpack's
services In the suit In the district couit
In which this same question Is Involved. It
Is now proposed to pay Messrs. Harl &
Tlnley $L'.5n0 for the same services In the
federal court. If the 1200 was a reasonable
fee for such services In the case In the
dlHtrict court how can It be claimed that
more than ten times that amount should
be paid for the same thing because It hap
pened to be In the federal court?
4. I favor a thorough defense of this
suit by the city, but I cannot approve of
what I believe to be a needless extrava
gance In that connection. In view of the
fact that the city is practically without
sufficient funds to pay its ordinary run
ning expenses, sucn a uamuty snouid not
be Incurred except when needed and theu
say tnat tiiey
believe he cannot handle it to the best
advantage, we should then employ a law
yer. But until that situation Is known to
us wu should nOt Incur un expense for
that purpose of nearly double the yearly
salary of the city solicitor.
AtlhouK'h this latter action was not by
I form of a resolution I have treated tt as
such, because It Is In effect an nppro
i priation of money to pay for such service,
I as It Is an Indirect method of making a
w,Ilual;l l" py wpwiHi uounvei oy aaopi-
B tuinmii wmeii we hii iiuuer-
Piomi an luuy oeiiieu. Ana lor me reasons
before mentioned I shall veto your action
thereon.
Malt on Hydrant Rentals.
The resolutions instructing the commit
tee on fire and light to report the location
nnd number of fire hydrants that are of
little or no use to the city and Instructing
tte city solicitor to briug suit to recover
from the water works company the amount
of excessive hydrant rental atleged to have
been paid by the city were signed by the
mayor. It was suggested, however, by tha
mayor that it would have been better to
have ascertained what amount the city
claimed was duo on overpaid hydrant ren
tal before passing the latter resolution.
The new water rates ordinance was
passed without a dissenting vote and the
i
mayor announced that as he presttmed the
committee which was responsible for the
measure had given the matter a thorough
Investigation, he would sign It. Although
Ccuncllmon Bellinger voted to pass the
ordinance he took occasion to state that
he considered It had been framed up out
of malice and spite against the water
works company.
Two amendments were tacked onto the
ordinance before final passage. A sec
tion providing that meter rentals should be
paid monthly and bills under the flat rats
should be settled quartery was Inserted
At tho suggestion of the city solicitor the
section repealing nil former rate ordi
nances was amended to Include the specific
statement that It repealed the rate ordi
nance passed December 17, 1907. Thla la
the rate ordinance now in force.
The committee on police and health was
authorized to purchase a new team for the
police department and the horses now used
for the patrol wagon will be turned over
to the sewer department. "Old Tom," the
veteran horse used by the aewer depart
ment, will be chloroformed.
Prod for Attorney General.
Councilman Morgan asked that the city
solicitor and judiciary committee be In
structed to "atlr up" State Attorney Byers
in the matter of the status of the Omaha
Council Bluffs Railway company's fran
chise. "We ought to know under which
franchise. If any, the company Is operating
in Council Bluffs." declared Mr. Morgan,
who explained that the attorney general
had promised to look Into this matter at
the request of the West Council Bluffs
Improvement club.
At the suggestion of City Physician Tubbs
the chief of police waa empowered to desig
nate certain hill atreets on which the
children are to be permitted to coast and to
employ special officers to keep teama and
automobllea from these places.
Each councilman was Instructed to have
HORSES, CATTLE AND
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
AT ONE-HALF THE USUAL BATES.
Kacceaaf! Basin eaa.
thsslir Tho Clark Kortraa-e Oo.
.TOO. P.
Ma.
hf -jf yjtvlng, curbing, sidewalks and
ewera reay by the first meeting In Feb
ruary. The council adjourned to this afternoon,
when It will assess up more paving arid
curbing.
WBW MTJUCIPAl, LEGISLATION
Terminal Tarn Bill Amonaj Those
Pushed.
At the meeting of the legislative commit
tee of the Iowa League of Municipalities
to be held In Des Moines, City Solicitor
Clem F. Kimball, who Is a member of the
committee, will submit the drafts of two
bills which he has prepared and which It
Is expected will be Introduced at the present
session of the Slate legislature by Senator
C. Q. Saunders of this city. Mr. .Kimball
expects to leave for Des Moines this
morning.
One of the measures drafted by Mr. Kim
ball Is a terminal tax bill, which provides
for a radical change In the method of
assessing railroad property. The bill If
passed, and Mr. Kimball said yesterday
that he had every reason to believe that
uch a measure will undoubtedly carry In
both houses of the legislature, will mean
n added Income of several thousands of
dollars to the city of Council Bluffa every
year. Mr. Kimball's bill also provldea that
wherever possible the assessments of rail
road properties shall be made by the local
assessor.
City Treasurer Frank T. True, who has
been one of the leaderr ln the movement
to bring about a revision of the railroad
terminal taxation laws, has compiled some
figures at the request of Senator Saunders.
Mr. True will not attend the meeting of
the legislative committee of the Iowa
League of Municipalities In Des Moln-s.
but will appear before the committee t
which the bill Is referred in the legisla
ture. Taking the ease of the Chicago Great
Western railroad, which entered Council I
Bluffs In 1903. as an example, Mr. True
gives figures showing the net loss to the
city In taxes by the present method of
assessing railroad property. This railroad
acquired for its right of way and terminals
2S1 pieces of property. In 1!X'2 the city ro
celved J3,2S4.3 In taxes from this property.
The following table shows the taxes paid
by the railroad company on these 2S1 pieces
of property during the six years since and
the annual loss to the city:
Loss
"ear. Taxes. toCltv.
1903 $ 2&3.V6 1 3, 290. CO
1WW '. RSO.gS 2.403.18
1905 1,084.54 2.219.S2
IS 1.235.05 2.049 31
1907 l.m&O 1.933.7K
190S 1.2S9.60 1,984.76
Total 113,581.73
"I have taken the Chicago Great West
ern railroad merely as an example," said
City Treasurer True yesterday. "When
wo take into consideration the fact that
there are seven other roads, excluding the
l.'nlon Pacific, which is the only road that
Is paying full assessment, and not one of
thoso roads is paying more taxes ln pro
portion to the value of their property
than the Mason City & Fort Dodge is pay
ing, we can figure the loss to the city In
taxes which they have been unable to col
lect at upwards of 1175,000, based upon
the estimated loss on that one road.
The other bill prepared by Mr. Kimball
gives the. right to cities to acquire water
works plants, aa well as other public utili
ties, by condemnation proceedings where
the franchise has expired and where cities
have Issued bonds to construct or purchase
such plants, or where the citizens have
voted In favor of municipal ownership.
The bill has been drawn especially for
tho benefit of Council Bluffs, with a view
of enabling the city to resort to such con
demnation proceedings In the event of Its
failing to carry through the construction
of a new water works plant or the pur
chase of the present system.
The bill provides that the condemnation
proceedings shall bo ln the district court
and the value of the property sought to
be condemned shall be appraised by twenty-four
jurors drawn by the clerk of the
court, the auditor and sheriff upon order
of the Judge. These appraisers are to re
ceive the same compensation as petit Jurors.
Appeal can be taken from the award of
the appraisers as In other cases.
This bill, Mr. Kimball said yesterday,
would be lntroluced In the state legisla
ture by Senator Blunders.
HOSPITAL MAKES GOOD SHOWING
Indebtedness Haa Been Reduced During-
the Year.
Reports at the annual meeting of the
Woman's Christian association yesterday
showed that the Jennie Edmundson Me
morial hospital was self-supporting during
190S, and that the association had been en-
abled to pay about $1,200 of lta Indebted
ness. , These officers were elected: President,
Mrs. R. M. Sprague; vice president, Mrs.
Lewis Cutler; treasurer, Mrs. F. 8.
Thomas; recording secretary, Mrs. M.
Gaines; corresponding secretary, Mrs. A. F.
Mollis; auditor. Miss Sperling; members of
board. Mrs. G. G. Balrd and Mrs. S. E.
Whaley.
Mrs. O. H. Lucas holds over as auditor,
as do Mrs. W. W. Wallace and Mrs. O. W.
Bulls as members of the board.
The teport of the treasurer showed that
the association had received from all
sources during lf fC3.M3.30. and that the
disbursements had been tl-,8S5.82, leaving
a balance on hand on January 1, 1909. of
t57.48. The total indebtedness of the asso
ciation on January I was 39.5C3.
The report of Miss Steinbach, superinten
dent of the Jennie Edmundson Memorial
hospital, showed the cash receipts of the
Institution for the year to have been 117,
SS8.74. During the year Ii60 patients were
tecelved and 061 discharged. There were
fifty-three deaths and twenty-eight births
in the hospital during the year. Fifty-five
county patients were cared for.
The medical staff of the hospital waa to
have held Its annual meeting yesterday, but
failed to get a quorum. Another attempt
to hold the meeting will be made at the
call of the president.
Lincoln Day Celebration.
Reprc aentatlvea of tiie local chapter of
the Daughters of the American Revolution
and the Pottawattamie County Historical
society will meet Thu'sday evening at the
public library building for the purpose of
formulating plans for a proper celebration
of Lincoln's birthday anniversary on Feb
ruary 12.
It haa been suggested that some sort of
a public celebration be held, but Just what
form the affair will take has not been de
cided. A meeting in the auditorium of the
public library building with a Lincoln pro
gram la generally favored.
In connection with the Lincoln anniver
sary, members of the Pottawattamie County
Historical society have Inaugurated a
movement for the erection of a Lincoln
monument In Rohrer park at the head of
Oakland avenue. Mrs. Charles M. Ha. I,
historian of the society. Is taking an ac
tive part ln the movement and has already
aecured a number of subscriptions to the
fund. It is proposed to secure a big
boulder from the Rocky mountains and
place It in a conaplcuous pualtlon on the
bluff In Roarer park, and later. If autfl-
clent funds are secured, surmount It with
a statue of Lincoln.
MATTERS 1!V TUP! DISTRICT COt'RT
Fourteen of the Jary Panel Are
Exraied from Service.
Of the forty members of the petit Jury
ranel summoned to report for duty in the
district court yesterday only twenty-six
were found available and Judge Thornell
had to order the drawing of twenty-flv
talesmen. Of the regular panel, eleven
were excused for one reason or another
and thtee had not been located by the
sheriff.
The following twenty-five additional
Jurora were drawn:
A. B. Calllster, Oarner township; Julius
Fleer. Lewis township; Thomas Ryan, T.
I. Klllfeather. P. A. Johnson, William Nel
son. Oeorge Mahllng. 8. Alexander, O. E.
Beswick. K. . Llovd. L. F. Murphy. I.
8. H. Kroll. Council Bluffs; David Rob
erts. Hmlln township; C. P. Oreen. Lewis
township; lleiman (Jrote, Hardin township;
Alex Valller. Hssel Dell township; Harvey
Abel. nrner townshln; Katon Barnes, York
tnwnshln; Thomas Scott. Norwalk town
ship; Harry Tangln. Mlnden township;
Charles McKeown, Crescent township: H.
C. I-ewls. Iewls township.; Albert Ander
son, Lewis township.
The Jury was excused until this morning
as the attorneys in the case assigned for
trial yesterday were engaged in the Har
rison county district court.
Mrs. Frances C. Myers was granted a
divorce from Arthur O. Myers, to whom
he waa married November 29. 1900, on the
grounds of cruel and Inhuman treatment.
A. C. Wilding, under Indictment on the
charge of attempting to extort money from
Charles McKeown. a wealthy farmer of
Crescent township, asked for an order re
quiring the county attorney to deposit with
the clerk of the coutt certain letters In
order that the defendant and his attorneys
may have opportunity to compare the hand
writing. The letters referred to are those
received by McKeown. and also writing
known to be that of the defendant.
Jeorgo league waa arraigned on the In
dictment for embezzlement, and pleaded
not guilty to the charge.
Motions for new trials were refused In
the cases of Mrs. Luvlna Langdon against
Charles Kverly and others, for da-mage
for the sale of liquor to her husband, and
Fred Lawson against Harry F. Pierce.
Mrs. Anna Mass of Treynor waa form
ally appointed guardian of her son, Arthur
Mass, said to be feeble minded, her bond
being fixed at $2,000. She waa appointed
temporarily some time ago.
Robhlna Released and Rearrested.
Stating that he did so on the evidence of
two physicians Who examined the child
ten d.iys after the alleged attack, Justice
Gardiner yesterday afternoon discharged
Isaac Bobbins, charged with criminal as
sault on Annie Clucus, aged 5 years. Rob
bins' respite from arrest, however, was
brief, as Assistant County Attorney Ross
promptly filed another Information, this
time in the superior court, charging him
with attempted murder, it being alleged
that Robblns smeared the child's hair and
clothing with either kerosene or gasoline,
bo that when she went near the stove she
caught fire and waa badly burned. Rob
bing was rearrested and will probably have
a preliminary hearing before Judge Snyder
some time today.
Although Justice Gardiner declined to
hold Robblns on the criminal assault
charge. Assistant County Attorney Ross
will submit the evidence to the grand Jury
when it convenes on February 1.
Marrlaae License.
Licenses to wed were issued yesterday to
the following: .
Name and Residence. Age.
Leonard Morgan. Omaha 23
Georgia Selby. Omaha 30
James L. Spatx, Able, Neb 24
Marie R. Voberll, Able, Neb 30
Charles I'llp. South Omaha 21
Anna Forman, South Omaha IS
F. S. Bliss. Bliss, N. V ... 23
Minnie Roberts, Bliss. N. Y 24
M. J. White. Neola, la 32
Delia Morgan, Harlan, la 28
Lester Wolford. Red Oak, la 23
Alvera Martenson, Funk, Neb 19
William D. Stall. Bennett, Neb 21
Mary Anna Holley, Bennett, Neb 18
Ralda by SneakttaleTes.
Thieves raided the planing mill of O. F.
Oondorf on Thirteenth street and Second
avenue Sunday night and carried away
tool of the value of over $30.
J. C. Nelson, living at 728 Mill street,
reported to the police yesterday that hla
house had been visited Sunday night dur
ing the absence of the family by a sneak
thief, who had succeeded in getting away
with an overcoat and numerous articles
of clothing, including a new red sweater.
Kntrance was effected by unlocking aside
door, supposedly with a skeleton key. .
Grlnnell Institute m Success. '
GRINNEL. Ia.( Jan. 19 (Special.)
Grlnnell closed its fourth and best annual
corn contest on Saturday night last. Over
600 entries were made and the corn waa
generally of good selecting. The best dis
play of apples was made that this county
haa ever had. M. L. Wilson, who came
from Ames to do the expert judging of the
corn expressed surprise at the amount of
fine corn exhibited and told the farmers
that he should certainly recommend to
Prof. Holden that Grlnnell be granted a
"short course" next year. Many valuable
prizes were offered, one of them being an
$S0 furnace for the best thirty ears of
I corn for feeding purposes which was Judged
by three farmers and stock feeders of this
vicinity. The people around this city are
I enthusiastic and a farmers' institute ot 100
! charter members has been formed to co
operate with the Business Men's associa
tion of the city of Grlnnell In promoting a
short course here next year. Oeorge Kg
gert of Newton won the prize for the beat
single ear, L. J. Craft of Victor, the sweep
stakes for yellow corn, and William Smiley
of Malcolm sweepstakea for white corn,
while Fred Otcheck of Grlnnell won sweep
stakea for the other variety.
Two Bloody Fights at Fort Dodge.
FORT DODGE. Ia.. Jan. 19. (Special
Telegram.) Henry Lindner, aged 24, waa
atabbed three tlmee in the back by Ray
Trumbar of Webster City with a pocket
knife in a fight Saturday afternoon in a
saloon. Albert Wilson, colored, had his
head cut open from the back through the
ear to the point of hla chin Sunday by
Henry Eeklts, colored, from whom he won
ln a crD came. Eckles hid ln a barber
shop and was found this morning. Trum
bar and Ecklea are botn under arrest.
Wilson nearly bled to death, but may re
cover. Lindner will recover.
Baby Dead la Pool of Blood.
BOONE, Ia, Jan. 19. (Special.) The lit
tle son of Mr. and Mrs. Ora 8a pp was
found dead In bed yesterday morning at
the Sapp home on West Ninth street. The
baby was lying in a pool of blood. Mr.
Sapp worka nlghta and returned to his
home about ( o'clock. His wife and baby
were still ln bed. He turned the covers
down to sec the little one and waa hor
rified to find him dead. The funeral serv
ices were held thla afternoon.
There Is no case on record ot a cough,
cold or la grippe developing Into pneu
monia after Foley's Honey and Tar haa
been taken, aa it cures the moat obstinate
deep seated coughs and colds. Why take
anything else, ror aale by all druggist.
THE EDEAIF NOW HEAR
Hundreds of cases in Omaha. Council Bluffs. South Omaha, and from nearly every State In the Union, can tell what w
hare done for them, and that .
Deafness, Catarrh, Head Noises, Asthma, Bronchitis A" Vt.WXrAFnVnVBt:0
every diseased membrane from the erf Ice of the nose to the deepest part of the longs and to the Inner-most recest. or m
middle ear. Instead of feeding the fires of the disease. It soothes, quiets, heals nd cures , , , , , p,ir, ' a
To all applying for treatment at once, Consultation, Examination. Our aervtcea and office treatment la free until curen a
mail cnarge ior meaicinea only.
O. . VpUnrer. 624 South Twentieth
street, Omaha, In speaking of hla cHse,
eaya: "I waa troubled with Catarrh for
years. It gradually affected my ears.
Tears ago I had LaGrlppe, which settled
ln my throat and left ear. causing that car
to close entirely, making me stone deaf In
that ear. My ear felt stopped up. I was
more deaf aome days than others, the
noises ln my head were frightful. I con
sulted my family physician, who gave me
to encouragement. I went to some of the
leading specialists, who said the ear drum
a as destroyed and nothing could be done
for me. I consulted the specialists of the
Dr. Branaman Co., who told me they could
cure me. I began tholr treatment. They
cured my catarrh, atopplng the head noises
and restored my hearing. I am now pei
fectly well and recommend the doctors to
all who are deaf."
DR. BRAT-AmAf, CO.,
LEGISLATIVE RECESS ENDS
Speaker Teely Will Have His Com
mittee Assignments Ready.
BALLOT ON SENATOR TODAY
Indications Bill Will Re Passed to
Give Governor More Power In
the Enforcement of the
Lairs.
fFrom a Staff Correspondent.)
DBS MOINES, Jan. 19. (Special. )-The
legislators returned one by one today from
their first short vacation and will he ready
for the commencement of their labors In
the two houses, tomorrow forenoon. The
session opens at 10 o'clock and it Is ex
pected that the only feature of Importance
at the opening will he the announce
ment of the house committees. Speaker
Feely remained In the city and at work
on these committees and finished them
this evening, but will not make any an
nouncement until the convening of the
house.
Committees of the two houses attended
the funeral of the latn Thomas D. Healy
at Vort Dodge today, and In due time a
session will be devoted to eu?ogles of him,
as he was regarded as the most brilliant
of the state senators.
Senator A. B. Cummins returned from
Washington today and will be present when
the legislature re-elects him to the senate
for . the long term. The two ' houses will
ballot separately at noon tomorrow and
then on Wednesday will meet In Joint ses
alon and dcclure the result. There will be
no caucua and Cummins' Is the only name
that will be considered by the republicans.
It Is expected that ex-Governor Larrahe.e
will be present on this occasli n by Invi
tation of the general assembly.
May Reconsider Clerkship.
Some of the senators arc. planning to
havo reconsideration of tho vote by which
the senate agreed to have a cleik or sec
retary for each senator. The vote was put
through by the democrats and a few of the
republicans and it materially changes a
standing rulo of the senate. The cost of
the additional clorks la trifling, but the
precedent set is not relished by the older
members. There haa been much criticism
of the senato in this matter. The house
haa a plan of reducing the number of
clerks by requiring all to pass examination
as stenographers, but this Is not regarded
as satisfactory.
Give Governor More Power.
Tho recommendation of the govenor aa
to ther giving of more power to the execu
tive to remove officers and to enforce the
laws by requiring all officers to do their
Ten Acres of Cucumbers
that Yielded $2,250 Profit
Mr. N. B. Vcrtrcss located near Run,
Texas, in the Gulf Coast Country, a year
ago last January. He planted ten acres
in cucumbers, and in less than four
months from the day he arrived in the
Gulf Coast Country he marketed 1,500
crates of cucumbers, which he told at an
average price of $1.50 a crate.
Mr. Vertres formerly lived in Dcj Moines. Iowa.
where he had been engaged
quarter of a century. He
made $2,250 in four months
How many men holding respon
sible positions in the business
world are doing as well? Are
you?
These men re living a free,
healthful, out-of-door life in the
Gulf Coast Country. They are
their own bosses and are not
afraid of losing their jobs. They
are making a good living and laying away a snug
sum each year. Why shouldn't you be in this
position?
ThcMntcrVectablc
GariSRf America
z a
tAa SaUrfita, Fu. Traffic Up.,
! DEAFNESS CURED
j Mr. Weneel Trante, 2217 So. 11th St .
prominent engineer, I'. P. R. R., says: I
I ad head noises and waa getting deflf :
was troubled with catarrh of nose and
throat, eara stopped up; could not hear dis
tinctly. The Dr. Branamnn Co. cured tny
catarrh, stopplt.g the head noises and
leetored my hearing. I am now perfectly
well and recommend the doctors to all who
are deaf."
ASTHMA CURED
IUL AJIDIIMOW, Stsnton, la., says:
"1 have suffered with catnrrh of the nose
and throat ever since I can remember,
which finally extended downward Into m
bronchial tubes and lungs, causing me tt.
get short of breath, wl eeung and rattlln-4
In my chest. I got so bad I could not
sleep at night. I had to sit up in order to
get breath. I tried seversl doctors In the
eest, ttho said I had asthn a. They treated
me without ieult. Othera said my case
was Incurable. Finally I saw your adver
tisement and decided to try your treatment,
for which I am very thankful. My neigh
bora say the cure la a remnrkab'e cv.re. ns
no cue could be worse than I was. I am
sure now that the cure la permanlent; It
has been over a year since I stopped your
treatment. All symptoms of my catarrh
and asthma are gone and I feel perfectly
well In every wh.v. Your treatment I" a
sure thing for catarrh and asthma and 1
recommend It to all.
305 N. Y.
duty, has met with general favor among '
Hi l.wrlalnlrtra Tarilnv senators Sfld '
reptesentativce have indicated a willingaess j
lo take this step and there Is no doubt
that a hill to ndd to the powers of the
governor will he strongly urged upon tho
floor of the legislature.
Fnther of Board of Control.
A great many of the older legislators and
state officials have expressed regret over
the death of Senator Healy. All tradition
is to the effect that he waa the. moat bril
liant man who ever had a seat In the state
senate. Hla great st work was undoubtedly
that of directing the fight for the State
Board of Control, and he always regarded
thla aa hla one great achievement. In the
public service. He spoke for one whole
week explaining the measure and pointing
out the evils of ttie separate board system
In management of state business. He was
opposed by aome very able men nnd the
opposition waa as fierce aa anything ever
seen ln the state, but Healy and his as
sociates won.
Nnndny Closing; In Dea Molaea.
A crusade to compel strict observance of
the Sunday closing laws as to saloons, has
been commenced by the police department
of Des Moines. The department will also
go after all merchants who keep open on
Sunday, and yesterday, four .small mer
chants were arrested for violating the ordi
nance. CROWDS AT 1IKALV FUNERAL
Business Suspended at Fort Dndie
Dnrlnrr Services.
FORT DODGES, Jan. 19. (Special Telee
gram.) Business was suspended here and
Main street presented an appearance aa If It
waa Sunday during the funeral of Thomas
D. Healy, former attorney for the Illinois
Central and prominent in Iowa politics,
which was held here at 9:30 this morning.
In the funeral procession were 100 members
of the Iowa bar and a largo number of
friends from out of town afoot. Monalgnor
Lonchan said a simple requlum mass at
Corpus Chrlstl church and delivered a few
appropriate remarks to the Immense crowd
of friends gathered In the big building.
The funeral was probably the largest and
most Impressive ever held here. Burial was
ln the family burying ground at the Catho
lic cemetery.
Committees met trains all day Sunday
and Sunday night and the hotels were over
crowded early Sunday evening. Many
homes were thrown open to visitors. Ev
ery walk of life waa represented from
farmer friends and government employes
to members of the bar, and included thir
teen representatives of the senate and
house and over 200 outsiders, among whom
were, George R. Roberts, Chicago;. Attor
ney General Byere, M. D. O'Connell, so
licitor of the Treasury department, Wash
ington, D. C; W. 8. Kenyon, general at
in mercantile pursuits for a
had had no experience in market gardening, yet in his first effort he
time.
Development ln the Q u I f Ottll
Country within the pas three yeara
hat been marvelous. The acreage
under cultivation haa ln created ten
fold. In ltos fruits and vegetable
were shipped by train loads, where,
In IMS. ear loads sufficed.
Onoe each week we will shew. In
this paper, an example of what has
been accomplished by Individual
grower In the Oulf Coast Country.
Watoh for the Beat one, one week
from today.
easy terms, and
for, should more
The Gulf Coast Country is a rood place la which to live.
; J-l-L. , flj r " . . a
The climate it delightful, tunny mild winter and summer tempered
by the cool breeze from the Guff. A great change hai been wrought
in the Gulf Coast Country within the pail two or three yean.
Prosperous townt and citiet bar sprung up irrigation, hat been ryi
tematized and extended methodi of marketing have been improved.
Now large treat of th Gulf Coast Country arc dotted with small
farm, the owner of which are making fortune every year.
Investigate thi proposition while th land it within your reach.
Next year it will cost more.
A trip of investigation will be inexpeniive. Twice etch month you '
can buy ound-trip ticket via th Rock Island-Frisco-C. tt E. 1 : Line
to any point in th Gulf Coast Country at th following very low f arc;
Chleacol aao.oa Kama City If I 00 It. raul Ml IS
St. Loula SS.M . reorta S0.M Minneapolis SS I
These ticket will be good 25 daye, aad allow liberal atop-ovet privilatea.
if yoe wa id like an kiow mi ef tha bl proflta rown are aak- '
lng la tha Oulf tim Oooairr, wrlto m bxity tor Tory - -
1UimU llwrMui wa seta praparvt tut lr dUtrtbaUoa,
Heck lalaad friece-C. ALL Unet, 1 S0JaSJU St.,
Electro Magnetism
cures Head Noises and Deafness 1r -rest
p'aclng everv part r f the ee.r Jn a patuml
and aclhe state, which the mild tvat
ments do not accomplish. N deaf Pr'1"
should give up becauae lliry hxve tried
some mild treatment .that was not fffect-ve
Tills new method Is not an experiment., it
Is a positive cure for deafness. It set the
vlhrntorv bones in motion. Improves t'i
ilrculntkn In the diseased m'ddle ear.
which no other treatment dots, nnd reduces
(he shrunken and thickened condition ot
the ear drums, in this way giving nst irnl
secretlona to the ear. 'opening the c-.ir tubes
rnd giving free access to the fii'd'lle ear.
which la necessarv to the transmission or
sound wave, and the' restoration rf perfect
hearing.
ir tow OAJnroT caxl Wmrra ro
mrrroM blaxii rO,., home
TBEATMXXTT.
Offico Moure a. ra. to fl p. m.l eyan
lags, Mondays, Wednesday and Batnr
days. 6 to a p. m. I Sundays, 10 a. m. to
;ia m.
Life Btdg., Omaha, Neb.
torney for the Illinois Central, Chicago;
J.. M. Dickinson, chief c ninsi of the Illi
nois Central, New York; C. D. Cass, vice
president of the Great Weitetn; ,,L. L.
Losey. chief claim nttcnt of, the Illinois
Central, Chicago.
Mrt'lenn Asks for llltnrcc.
CRESTON. la.. Jan. 1 - (Spec la'.. - A sen
sational rlennument. has followed the kid
napping of Hugh McCleau. tlu- 1" ear-old
son of Paul McClean. nt Cimo!l Us; week,
by his grandmother, Mrs. S. II. Young vt
this city. It is the filing cf pavers heie
for divorce by Mr. McClean against Ger
trude Young McClean, . In which he clteM
a long and sorrowful story of domestic In
felicities and uska the court to set nalde
the marri.ige relation. Ho states tliey wen
married at Coiroll in 1S92, and lived to
gether until December i3,
Raby la Fatally Ncaliled.
BOONE, Is.., Jen. 19.-(Spel.i1.lJo!ir
Kdnion, the 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Moore, who was so badly kaaldec
Friday evening at the Mmre homo o.i
West Seventh street, died Sunday morn
ing. ' '
Iowa ews Note.
IOWA FALLS Some of (he very bei1
talent in Iowa en npM-lal Hues will appear
at the annual Farmers' Institute of Uiui'.uy
county to be held February 4 and 5.
CRE8TON Mr. J. K. Huncuttfr, Ir tvelling
salesman for the Merrill wholes lie gr.icery
house In this city, had the nilafoi tunc to
fall and break his leg ycsterdiy. which
will neeoMsarllly curtail travelling for
some time.
G. B. Berry, watchman: Ed Stroud. P. G.
SHENANDOAH The Com) any K second
haoket hall team defeated the Red oak
High school ond Company ' M ' tram l ist
night In a fast and Interesting game, by (!,
Score Of 38 to 33. The Red Oak team wa
comtOBod of fine players . picked from the
high school, which furnished four players
and Company M which , turnlshed . one
player.
GRINNELL Moses Robbing, wii) had
twenty-two head of tattle stolen from a
stalk field near his Chester fnrin some two
weeks ago. has traced the cuttle t.i Chi
cago, where they were sold and Hie monev
for them Bent to Marshilltown, where It
alleged 1t Was paid over lo J. K. Oomiell.
a farmer whose home has been near Ijiurcl
some fifteen miles northwest of (Jrinnell.
Connell Is said ti have disappeared after
this occurrence and no trace of hhn rnn
be found. Mr. Robblns has brought suit
In the Newton district court- for Isiwi
damages, which it Is said la cillcctible from
real estate owned by Connell.
IOWA FALIS James L. FirHneton of
this city haa been chosen one of the dl
rertora of t' Iowa Implement Dealers"
Mutual Insurance association, the . other
members of the board selected ot the recent
annual meeting of the company being as
followa: E. P. Armknecht of Donnellson,
J. L. MrMahon of Sme Center. A. J.
Sowers, Bedford, and Homer K. Pitcher of
Ppencer. The- newly elected nffloe-r are:
President. P. F. Arhev of Marshalltown :
vice president. S. W. Hill of Ounge: treim
urer. James McCoy of Colorado; secretarv.
D. M Orove of Nevadt. The association Is
carrying risks amounting to fl s4 75 and
the losses the past year were H,iiS2.
Raising fruits and vegetables
in the Gulf Coast Country is
simply " making garden " on
a larger scale. Anyone can
do it, even the city man ; but
if you have had experience, so
much the better.
A' few acres will be all you
will need. You can buy it on
the first crop, if properly cared
than pay for the land.
CkUag , ef 1U7 Fri.ee EUi., St. Levi
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