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THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, ArT.IL 21. 1W.
Council ' Bluffs
Minor Mention
V OseuaeU Knife OffVee at tlM
Urn la M II mm
Dart, arugs, .
Lewis Cutler, funeral directors 'Phone 17.
Wooflrlng Undertaking company. Tl. M.
VACRT BEER AT ROGERS' UFFET.
Mt)MUe range. P. C. PeVot Hdwre. Ce.
CORRIOANS. Undertaker. 'Phone .
Stock pastured. 'Phone Plnney, Bell Sim
Whtl rau want reliable want ad adver
tising, uat The Bee.
Picture framing a specialty at Alexander
Art Store, til Broadway.
Tha beat wall paper cleaner, 15c per ean.
W. Nfcholalson, 14 8. Main.
BAIRD. LONOENECKER ROtAND.
tindartakar. 'Phona Hi, 1 N. Main St.
- Dr. W. W. Magarell, optometrist. moved
to toa-KM City National bank building.
A full attendance la requested at tha
regular mooting of Council Bluff aerie,
Fraternal Order of Eagle thla evening a
there la business of Importance to coma
up for action.
Ray. Henry Delsmg performed the mar
riage caremony yesterday for John pat
teraon and Bessie Butphen, both of Omaha,
and for Charles II. Richards of Denver and
Lillian N. Charron of Kankakee, 111. ,
TJ. 8. Kerr, the well known basso, as
sisted by Ouy Bevlar Williams, pianist,
para a very pleasing sons; reoltal before a
large audience in tha auditorium of the
First Congregational church last evening.
Miss Mabel Oerhold, whosv home was
In Columbus, Nab., died yesterday at Merry
hospital, aged 26 years. Tha body was re
moved to Cutler's undertaking rooms and
win be taken today to Columbus for
burial.
T. D. Arnold!, aged M of Omaha and his
wife, from whom he had been divorced In
Nebraska last December, applied at the
office of tha Clerk of the district court
yesterday for a license to remarry. After
consulting with Judge Wheeler of the lie
trlct ourt. Clerk it. M. Brown dor-lded
not to Issua tha license, fearing It might
be contrary to tha laws of the at ate o(
Nebraska. Tha Iowa statute, which pro
hlbtta the remarrying of divorced person
within ona year, however, specifically pro
vldea that nothing In the law shall prevent
divorced persona remarrying one another.
a AN FORD HELD FOR BHOOTISO
Wfceher n Aimed at Gano or Dos.
Faet la Gts Was Hit.
Charles San ford of 1927 Avenue 1. charged
with shooting at and wounding Claude B.
GahO aa tha latter was on hla way to his
work Tuesday morning of last week, was,
after a preliminary hearing before Justice
Coopar, bound over yesterday to await the
aotlon of tha grand jury. His ball was
fixed at S1.000, In default of which he wit
committed to tha county jail.
Ona Of tha principal witnesses against
Banford waa his (-year-old nh, Harry,
who testified that he saw hit father shoot,
but did not know whether ha was shooting
at Oano or a dog, both, ha said, being In
range of hla father' gun.
Sanford defense was that he did not
shoot at Oano, but fired at a dog which
had been bothering him.
Tha little aon of Banford who testified In
court and a young brother, children of
Banford by a former marriage, were taken
during tha day to De Moinea, where they
will ba cared for by the Iowa Children's
Home society. "You'll be better off there,"
aid tha father aa tha little fellow kiaeod
Mm and their stepmother good-bye In court.
La tar In tha day, Mr. Lulu B. Banford,
wife of tha defendant, filed suit for dlvorca
n tha ground of oruel and Inhuman treat
ment. They were married March (, 1MB,
In Chicago, and have ona little baby daugh
ter, the custody of which the mother aak
'.he court to award her. In the petition
Mr. Banford reoltea that the night before
Lh shooting which led to her husband'
arreat, she was driven out of the house by
Sanford, who refused to allow her to re
turn to care for her baby, and she was
forced to spend the night at a neighbor's.
CHARLES B. JAt QCKMIJ IS DEAD
Pioneer Raslness Man and Early
Mayor Passes Away.
Charles B. Jacquemln, a pioneer business
'man of Council Bluffs and mayor of the
city In 181, died yesterday morning from
paralysis at the home of hi nephew,
George Oerner, 171 Olen avenue, aged 71
yoars. ' Mr. Jacquemln waa ill when he
rain here about a month ago to visit hi
nephew and look after his business Inter
on. Hi condition become critical a week
ago.
Mr. Jacquemln waa a native of Echter
nacht. Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, Ger
many. Ha came to America when a young
man and after aaveral year In other part
of the west settled in Council Bluffs, form
ikg a partnership with hi brother-in-law,
Oeorg A. Oerner, In the Jewelry business.
Tha firm established Itself on Main street
In tha location where tha business la still
conducted. In 1883 Mr. Jacquemln moved
to Helena, Mont., where ha opened another
Jewelry establishment, but retained hi
Interest here. In 198 he purchased the In
terest of Mr. Oerner, tha latter, however,
continuing aa manager until succeeded by
hla on, George Oerner, Jr., who still con
duct It.
Mr. Jtcquemln was not married. H
leaves two brothers, George Jacquemln of
Oskalooaa. Kan., and Richard Jacquemln
of Kansas City, Mo. Arrangements for the
funeral have not been completed, but It
ia likely that the body will be taken to
Helena for burial.
Jery Fixes Valae of Lots.
In the district court yesterday a Jury
decided that the two Iota owned hy Wil
liam F. Bock at tha corner of Oak street
and Broadway which lha Board of Educa
tion condemned for a site for a new school
building for the eastern part of the city
are worth M.aoo. The spprsisers appointed
In tha condemnation proceeding placed tha
value of the property at tti.gStl, and Bovk
appealed to the district court. A third lot
belonging ho Mra. luUa K. Book was also
condemned an the appraisers fixed the
value of It at ll.luO. Mra. Bock accepted
thla arnounu
The board will receive ll.sno for the build
ing on the three lots, leaving the net cost
of tha property to th echool district HS.3W.
Mary Bpkkler haa brought suit for dl
f vena from Reuben Bpickler. to whom aha
waa married December J. 12, and from
whom she ton rated January 1 of thla year
because, a she allege, of his cruel and
tnh iman treatment.
I T.ll Bchura ha filed suit against hla
brother, W.' II. Bchuis; hi aister. Lollta 8.
MollMng. and tha letter's husband, Harry
Mollrtng, asking that tha property left by
hla mother, Mrs. K. E. Schurs, who died
Intestate September 1! of last tear, ba
partitioned and that the defendant be re
paired t make an accounting of all rent
and profits received and disbursement
made by them In connection with the prop
arty. i ,
Dr.'W. W. Msgarrell. optometrist moved
te KaVJta. City National bank building.
Ltf Icrt's Lenses
CeMlcst Caattart ILmw is Wasran l Cimtn
WeaPsr aam aC"W Haai em
aat amass si j SinaW) Safcat.
al SSST UN iJljf eat saaaa Oaartta.
L. ixfi Lfrrs t-rrr
axajHaaaautsn
Council Bluffs
REGULATION OF POOL HALLS
Councilmen in Mood to Pass Ordi
naries to This Effect.
AIL CLOSE AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK
nt Shall He Open ftaadere aad
Minor t'nder Eighteen Khali
Mat tenter Patroaa Par
Own Bills.
Unless the councilman change front in
th meantime, the Indications ar tha
ordinance providing for much stricter regu
lation of th pool hall. Introduced at th
meeting of tha city council last Monday
night, will be passed at th session next
Monday night
A meeting of th councilman aa a com
mittee of tha whole to consider the or
dinance waa scheduled for Thursday after
noon, but failed for want of a quorum.
Only four councilmen, Olaon, Rlgdon, Bell
inger and Jensen, put In an appearance.
After they had adjourned Councilman
Younkerman showed up.
. Tha four councilmen who ware on hand
at the appointed time discussed the or
dinance Informally and agreed that at the
meeting next Monday night It ahould be
taken out of th hand of tha committee
of the whole and disposed of by the council.
It was dated at tha city hall Thursday
that In the face of tha evident general pub
lic sentiment In favor of tha pool room or
dinance the councilmen war practically
agreed a to It passage next Monday night,
although. It 1 understood, tha owner of
pool hall plan on petitioning for a modifi
cation of torn provision of tha proposed
measure.
Tha proposed ordinance provide that pool
halls shall not open before a, m. and
close at 11 p. m. and all day on Bundays;
minor under II year of age ar forbidden
from entering th hall and In order to
eliminate all semblance of gambling the
paying for game by th loser Is prohibited,
each player being required to pay hi pro
portion of th coat of tha game. No screens
or blind will ba permitted In th front
Window.
"I see no reaaon why w should not pas
thi ordinance." said Councilman Olson
yesterday afternoon. "Public sentiment Is
undoubtedly In fa or of stricter regulation
of these place and from what I have aeen
nd from what I have been told, many of
them need It. For Ona I favor closing them
on Sunday."
Tthe passage of tha pool hall ordinance,
it I said, will be but the entering wedge
to further regulation of public place. uch
a the moving picture theaters, which at
tract crowds of children on Sunday. Mem
ber' of the'Mlnlaterlal association and oth
ers Interested In the moral welfare of tha
children of th city. It Is ald, -are plan
ning a campaign against th moving plc
tur show.
Mea'a Clothing Prlee Lis..
Cleaning and Pressing. Dyeing.
.$1.80 to 1.60 $100 to 4.00
76 to 1.16 1.60 to 128
t0 .75 .80 to 1.00
Suit
Coat
Vest
Trouser
Overcoats, light...
.80 to .T5 1.00 to 1.26
.60 to 2.25 1.25 to 2.75
2.00 to 100 1.78 to 4.00
Overcoats, heavy
Pressing only, (0 par cent of above prices.
?a do altering and repairing, put on new
velvet collar and put In new lining. Bluff
City Laundry, , Dry -'Cleaning and Dye
Work. Both 'phones 114. Office, tt-24-26
N. Main.
"SHORTY" Hlim PUT' TO SLEEP
sesssajeaasaasn
Female Sampson Usee Pedal Ex
tremity mmd Laads la Jail.
"Lady Katclla," lha female Sampaon and
champion "lady boxer," who waa appear
ing In a vaudeville act at a Broadway mov
ing picture theater, waa arrested late
Wednesday night by the police on com
plaint of O. C. Brown, one of the pro
prietor of the theater.
It waa charged by Brown that the fe
male Sampson, who In private lite I known
a Mrs. Eatella Rich, had projected one
of her muscular feet with such fore
against the anatomy of "Shorty" Kuhn, a
stage hand. as. in the parlance of the prise
ring, to put Kuhn to sleep. The trouble
was said to have occurred behind tha
scene after the close of tha last perform
ance. The husband of Lady Eatella. whose part
In th stunt Is to bend Iron bars and rail
road steel about hla neck aa if they ware
ao much wax, protested vigorously against
hla wife being lgnomlnously locked up.
Despite the husband's protest Mr. Rlche,
who refused to be parted from her pet ter
rier, wes locked up until W. 8. Goodrich,
proprietor of the Goodrich hotel, deposited
150 as a rash bond for her appearance in
police court the next morning.
Before the caaa waa called a settlement
had been reached out of court and tha
charge against Lady Estella was dismissed
on payment of the cost.
Piano make a home happy and at Bourl
clus' you will find th latest style and at
th most reasonable price, quality con
sidered. Stt Broadway. Where tha organ
stands upon th bulldii.g.
Real Estate Traaafera.
Thea transfer were reported to Tha Bee
April 22 by the Pottawattamie County Ab
stract company of Counoll Bluffs:
J. P. Bmlth and wife to George W.
Hamilton, sefc nwfc of 15-75-41,
w d
Benjamin Fehr Real Estate company
to K. F. and Nettie L. Sprlnkel, lot
9, block 1. In Ferry addition to
Council Bluffs, w !
Benjamin Fvhr Raal Estate company
to Amanda Blood, lot 1 block 1. Oak
Orove add to Council Bluffs, w d. ..
Florence Batch and wife to J. M. Dol
larhlde. lot (. block 1, in Bunnyslde
add to Council Bluffs, w d
George P. Smith and wife to Florence
Baach. lot . block t, Bunnyslde add..
Council Bluffs, w d
lit
250
50
SoO
Five transfers, aggregating
Pianos that are alway aold at IjrU to
KM we sell at 1145, 190, 1210. Higher priced
Instruments In proportion. Easy payments.
A. Hospe Co.. 9 Pesrl St. and 28 S Main
St., Council Bluffs, Ia.
Marriage Lterwaee.
Lloenses to wed were Issued yesterday to
th following:
Name and Residence.
Jean P. Lgers. Omaha
Amy E. Palfrey, Denver, Colo
Joseph Cuslck. Omaha
Agnes Burk. Omaha
John Patterson. Omaha
Bersls Butphen. Omaha
Charles II. Richards. Denver. Colo.
I JlHan N. Charron. Kankaksa. 111...
R IV Dahlka. Bedford. Ia
Clara Schaub, Bedford. la
Age
... IS
Ladles, yea ean make old floors Just like
new with Chl-mame!. tha new floor finish.
All colors la stock now. P. C- DVol Hard
ware Co.
N. T- Plumbing Co. Tel. SO. Night. F-1701
Brssek ( Crla Mills.
It la stated that A. L. Johnson, preaident
ft the Crete Milling company of Crete.
Neb., haa closed a deal for tha purchase
of the property at the corner of South
Mala atraat and Thirteenth avenue, form
erly occupied by the warehouse of tha
Union Transfer company, which was de-
Council Bluffs
stroyed by fire on December li. l!. Tn
property belonged to the estate of the late
Daniel carrlgg.
Mr. Johnson's plans at to the property
are not definitely known here, although It
la aald that ha plans erecting a branch
mill or distributing warehotaM on It.
Bradley Ptowa run alone. See Sperling A
Triplet t, 177 Broadway.
MORMON CONFERENCE AT END
Elder Evaae. Released from Presl
4eay, Haa Been Ordained
Bishop.
tiAMONI, la., April fa.-CSpeelaU-The
annual gathering of the Reorganised
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Paints
came to a close yeaterday at noon after
a short business session.
Elder R. C. Evn, who wtl released
from the first presidency, whs today or
dained a bishop and will look after the
financial Interest of tha church In Canada.
The appointment of missionaries In
charge and other missionaries were made
and ratified by the conference. All the
quorums, orders, officials and standing
committee ware sustained and final ad
journment waa taken, to meet next year
St Independence, Mo., April I.
Tha train running from Lamnni today
were crowded with departing delegate
and visitor and th town I being de
serted rapidly.
Corniest Presbytery Meets.
CRE8TON, la.. April a.-(Speelal.)-Th
aprlng session of the Corning presbytery
began yesterday at Nodaway and will be
In session two days. Eighteen ministers
and eleven elder were present and the
meetlnge were attended by a larg crowd of
laymen. The retiring moderator, Rav. Mr.
Gutellu, called the meeting to order and
gave the opening address. Rev. F. H.
Shedd of Shenandoah was elected moder
ator. Rev. F. W. Thomas' wa received
from th Prebytery of Sioux City, also
O. J. Cardy. Mr. Cardy Is the new pastor
at Nodaway and Mount Hon churches.
Rev. Frank W. Throw, former pastor, was
dismissed to the presbytery of Iowa. Rev.
Mr. Davis, who haa been pastor of the
Piatt Center and Prairie Star churche,
wa dismissed to the Presbytery of Iowa
City, The meeting Wednesday afternoon
wa addrecsed by Mr. Rhoa Ewlng, a re
turned missionary.
Mallen'a Band Approved.
SANTA FE. N. M.. April il.-After hear
ing arguments upon the third appeal bond
ftrrnlahed by R. O. Mullen, who has been
fighting requisition to Corydon, la., wheTO
he Is under Indictment on tha chars of
obtaining money under false pretenses.
Judge McFle tody approved all three
bond a a whole. Thla Is regarded aa a
legal advantage for Mullen.
Iowa News Notes. .
I. ARK CITY Wednesday evening the
members of the L,ske City High school,
class of 1809, presented at the Townaend
Opera house the play, ''A Scrap of- Pa
per." MAR3HAU,TOWN-C. E. Sbutt of Mal
com waa today elected principal of the
State Center schools at a salary of S1.000.
Ha auceed Charles N. Neveln. who haa
resigned.
IOWA FALLS News waa received hora
last evening of the death In Phoenix,
Art., of Floyd William, a well-known
showman, who formerly lived at Ehlor
and In thla city.
SWALEDALB Rev. John Longson,
pastor of the Baptist church of thla
place ha resigned, effective June 1.
Kev, Mr. Longaon'a plans for the future
nave not oeen determined.
MOUNT AYR B. W. Vardaman. pioneer
merchant and prominent war veteran of
Mount Ayr. Is dead at hla home. He had
been in buaineaa over forty year here.
The business houses all closeeT during tha
hour of tha funeral yesterday.
PA.RKERSBT.-RG1 Hommel Johnson, a
well-to-do farmer, residing four mllea
south of thla plaoe, waa found hanging
in a barn on hla farm this morning.
Johnson waa a prosperous renter and no
reaaon la known for his committing sui
cide. He was 42 years of age and leaves
a wife and seven children.
HUMESTON Frank McMillan, a young
boy of 1 years lost his right eye in an ac
cident, occurring yesterday sfternoon. He
had placed some old shells In a can and
covered them with mud and then touched
them off. He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
William McMillan of that place.
HAMPTON tiladys. aged years, the
daughter of Rev. and Mra. A. J. Kden,
received serious, and It may prove fatal,
burns from scalding water yesterday
when her mother stumbled against the
child and spilled scalding water ovor hor.
Her condition today la very serious.
NEWTON The highest price ever paid
for ordinary farming land In central
Iowa waa paid today by William O'Brien,
when he bought for $:'2.B00 caah the 100
acre farm of George Blmpson. The faim
Ilea two miles north of here, gtmpaon
bought It three yeara ago for 118.000.
IOWA FALLS It ts reported that a
movement la on foot to form a central
Iowa opera house circuit to include a half
Vinson cities In this part of the atate.
While matters are yet In an unsettled
state. It Is stated that the cities of Kl
dora. Iowa Falls, WebMer City, Eagle
Orove. Algona and possibly others may
be Included In the circuit.
SHELDON An additional dividend of S1.S
per cent waa paid yesterday tn the de
positor of the defunct Hlieldon State bank,
which closed Its doors on November S. One
end throe-tenths per cent of this dividend
Is from the stockholders fund. The last
dividend makes a total of 74.08 per cent that
ha been palil since the bank closed.
IOWA FALLS The brick and tile
works Just west of town will be opened
about May 1 by M. K. Mitchell of Lake
City, who has bought th property and
will conduct the plant on a large acala.
Up to laat fall the planta were operated by
8. J. Calvin, who retired from the man
agement to accept a position as a travel
ing salesman.
LAKE CITY At a meeting of th
School board Superintendent Griffin waa
re-elected superintendent of tha Lae
City schools for the coining year at a
salary of ll.SoO per annum. Mr. Griffin
came from the Holxtein public schools
last year. The entire corps of teachers
was re-elected for another year exenpt
two. one for the seventh grade and one
extra, but It ia expected that a few or
them expect to go elbawhere to toach
next year.
IOWA FALLS The Ktato Railroad
commission lias taken ft hand In the depot
site problem of the St. Paul Den
Moinea road and ha condemned a trai t
of land Juat east of the Farmer' elevator
In this city for depot grounds and yarda
for. the road. Up to the present time
the road has been using the Illinois Cen
tral bridge and terminals, but with the
completion of Ita own bridge a ros
the Inwa it Is now seeking permanent
quartera of Ita own.
SHANNON CITY-Whlle beating hla way
on a freight car. lonneti wnn lumner,
Charles Laraon of t'hkcago was crushed
tn rtoath In the switch yardw tiere. He and
a companion boarded the truln. It Is thought
at St. Joseph, ami hd concealed them
selves between the lumber. By a audden
lurch of the car the lumber aiipped, catch
ing Larson between some heavy timbers.
His companion wan also badly bruised.
Larson waa about ao yeara of age.
CRES TON General Byere has given out
that Iowa aaloona cannot legally remain
open Monday. May 31 in towns avnd cities.
where Memorial nay is aeneiauy oncervea.
He says that it is ths observation of the
ilav and not the cilendar date that must
determine whether the dav la a holiday or
not. In a place where Saturday the 28th
Is observed generully aa a holiday, tha
aalnnna must close on Bsturrlay. If another
town or city observes the list, then in that
place, the saloons must cinse on inai aaie.
MOUNT PLEASANT There Is a prob
ability that tha Metnomsi Epiacnpai church
at Mount pleasant may be converted Into
a theater. The Board of nirertors of the
Auditorium aaaoi-Utkm la figuring with
Architect Houghland of Charticn for either
an all new building or buvlng and re
modeling the old church building, which Is
altered an Ideal arte for an auditorium.
Tha MethixllKt people have miid an offer
to the hoard, asking S4.&00 for the old build
ing and grounds and it la thought the offer
.n k aeeented. Oilcaao nrclntecta have
also heei looking over the plans, and have
made an Offer. Placing meur ueuree at
' "Goodyear RolncoatbrfRcIgn Supreme"
End of Season Sxpck Clearance
RAINCOAT, SALE
Our Entire Stock-The World's Best
x Craveneffes, Top
mnr-B ajtd vomih i svax30as
Tour choice at
biggest Raincoat
Fabric and in
model. Ideal garment for the
balmy, rainy, spring day.
git Balnooet,
Clearance Mo
SO Kalnooets.
Clearaaee Moe
9S Balaooata,
Clearance moe
$30 Xaipcoats,
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V
CHAIRMAN liELTZ PULLS OUT
Pharmacy Board Controversy at Last
to Be Settled.
TO NAME THREE NEW MEMBERS
Ames Aarlealaral . College Iaaaa
Statement of Their Arhlevesaeats
for Year la Way of Prise
W lnailaa. "
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DEB MOLNES. April (Special.)
A new turn wa given the matter of th
controversy over the Stat Pharmacy
board by tha reaignatlon today of B. F.
Kelts of Webster City, for five' years a
member and at present chairman. He
arrived In the city this morning and
after conference between the commis
sioners and the member of the council
It waa agreed that the entire controversy
hould be dropped and the bill which
have been held up ahould b paid. Io
view of this Mr. Kelts tendered his res
ignation, addressed to the council, a fol
low: I hereby tender my resignation as a
member of the State Pharmacy commis
sion, such resignation to take effect at
once. Becauae of the publicity already
given this matter I beg to briefly state
my reasons: - '
1. Whatever may be the merit of the
controversy between Governor Carroll
and myself, I realise that there can be
but one ultimate result, and at best I
could hold no longer than one more year
wnen my term win expire.
2. I am Informed the new law gives
the executive council power to remove
appointive officer. Should I underteke
to hold my office, member of th ex
ecutive council- will he confronted with
the alternative of either voting for my
removal or antagonising the cnairman or
that hndv. and f An nrt think mv CAtiae
la of sufficient Importance to Justify me
In ao embarrassing them.
3. Many or tne duties or my orrice par
take of tha nature of secret service. A
commissioner should feel free to go and 1
come at will when he believes the nubile
service requires It. Such conditions can
exist only when confidential relations ob
tain between him and all members of
the council. Under existing conditions I
feel thst the state's Interests can be
best aubserved by my resignation. My
personal lntereat I have nlwaya tried to
place aecond to that of the public service
and I wish to do so now.
I have the utmost confidence that your
honorable body will accept thla statement
in tne spirit or fairness In wnlcn it is
given.
A Blatter af Politics.
The entire controversy related to two or
three days last June, when It was declared
by the governor that Kelt did no work
for the elate. He had demanded hi Indict
ment or prosecution for perjury, and In the
meantime had not submitted to the council
the January and February bills of the com
missioners. The matter beueme one purely
of politics, and Mr. Kelts has been offered
good business opening which ha will
take.
Tomorrow the governor will announce the
appointment of three member of the com
mission and they will elect a secretary
and pro need with business. It Is regarded
as certain that Harry Eaton of Shenan
doah will be reappointed and with him
D. J. Haddon of Alta. but who the third
member la haa not been disclosed.
It Is known that In cane Kelts had chosen
to remain on the board he would not have
been removed by the state executive coun
cil, but the governor could have forced
hla retirement by failure to report the ex
pense bills.
Work af Collese ttadeata.
The atate college at Ames Is engaged In
collecting the Information upon which to
base a statement as to the accompliah
menta of the students of the college In
various walks of life. These students as
at present enrolled represent every one of
the ninety-five counties of the state, and
twenty-seven state, beaides a number of
foreign countries. Each year facta are ob
tained for a ahowing aa to what the
students are doing. The statement as to
laat year shows that the reputation of the
college for doing things was well sustained.
It follows:
The yeir 19ut has brought the usual large
number of victories to the credit of the
agricultural students of the Iowa State
college, it wit tnougnt tnat tne record
for 1907 could hardly be duplicated, but it
haa been aurpaaaed. The following ts a
partial list of honors won:
At the International Uve Stock exposi
tion at Chicago the Iowa team won the new
trophy offered for tne Deal work, in juag
Ing horses, cattle, sheep and awlna An
Ames student was nign man, winning tn
aold medal offered by the Union Stock
yarde company; and members of the Iowa
team nal tne nigneet inaiviauai . ranxmg
In the Judging of horses, cattle and aheap.
Of the five Sttu scholarehlpe offered for
student Judging tha Iowa boys won three,
the .largest number the rules allowed to
any ona school. In ths National Dairy
show contest at Chicago the Iowa team
won the highest honors and tha national
trophy and th Hoard'a Dairyman run for
all-around Judging of dairy stock, and two
out of the four breed cups offered by the
different breed sssoclatlons.
In tha grain Judging ronteat at th Na
tional Porn show at Omaha tha Iowa team
won the II. trophy offered for ths best
work In oat Judging, and In the corn Judg
ing contest thev won the ll.fcTO Mexican
trophy. In tha contest for prtae articles on
corn and grain at the National Com shew,
Ames students won rlne first places out
of ten. and the tenth will won rev an Ames
gradual. Out of the thirty first, second
and third prises, twenty-six places and all
f the geld medals were wnn hv Ames men.
Thrre were IfA ert.rlee competing from the
leading colleges and corn growers of the
United States.
In the student activities si Ames ths
Agricultural boys have malntwined a lend,
lug rank. Five of the varsity champion
ship foot ball players were agricultural
students; four of the sis members of th
IntercoUsglat debating (urn which woo a
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In the college oratorical enntest all -the
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Threshers Close Meetfae;.
The Iowa Thresher-men's aseoclatlon
adopted resolutions today commending all
the member of the legislature who voted
for th bill to do away with planking of
bridge and culvert and also decided
upon- holding the meeting nest year the
first wek of March. Officers elected:
President, J. C. Cottrell. Klngsley; vice
president, H. F. Blerkamp. Durant; ec
retary, James Devln. Valley Junction; di
rectors, J. W. Joyce, Emmetsburg: J. W.
Pugh, Lenox; R. B. Ryan, Oskalooaa, and
the president and secretary.
Iowa Morsaea Soldiers.
Colonel 3. W. Crossley, who I engaged
In compiling the Iowa military history,
received fbday from the War departmont
the' full record of the enlistments for
the Mexican war from Iowa, then a atate
only a year or two old, Thle part of
Iowa military hltory Beerha to have been
entirely: forgotten. The record show
some eight or nine organisation enlisted
for that war, and those from the western
part of the state were known a the Mor
mon brigade, a most of th men war
Mormon. They remained with the army
and were sent up the Paciflo coaat and
mustered out at Los Angela and were
given transportation to Salt Lake City.
The work of writing this part of Iowa
history has never before been under
taken.. Federal special agents of th legal de
partment are engaged In going over the
books of E. R. Mason, clerk of the cir
cuit and district court for southern Iowa
It I admitted that om of th book
ar missing and that until all the papers
are gone through with from the start there
can be no knowing how much money the
clerk has which belongs to the govern
ment. The fact of a part of the books
being gone has been known for some
time, and both the court and the clerk
are in the dark aa to how they were lost.
Mason has held the position since 187
ELOPERS GIVE AWAY SECRET
Esaharraaameat of Graom Leads to
Discovery of Plans of Proswt
sest loam People.
WEBSTER CITY. Ia., April 38. (Special.)
W. H. Reece and Ines Latson. prominent
and well known Iowa Fall young folk,
eloped to Webster City and were married
last evening. Their secret might never
have leaked out but for th confusion of
the groom and his most embarrassing at
tempt to keep the matter quiet.
He appeared at the office of the Oounty
clerk in the morning and made request
Cor the license. Being a stranger here he
was told he must bring eomeone with him
or get a statement that both 1)0 and his
bride-to-be were eligible to marriage. The
young man returned to Iowa Fall on th
afternoon train and brought Miss Latson
back with him In th evening, together
with a statement from one of Iowa Falls'
prominent cltisens that the couple could
legally marry- The license waa secured
tnd the ceremony performed. The groom
confided to County Clerk Lund that he and
hla bride expected to keep their marriage
a secret for five months, after which they
would announce it to their friend.
Notahle Eaglaeer Is Dead.
CRESTON. Ia., April 28 (Special.) C.
Meredith, who died Tuesday tn Miami,
Fla., was an uncle of J. E. Meredith of
this city. He was engaged in laying a line
of railroad to almost Impassable keys,
marshes and atretchea of open water of the
Atlantic ocean and Gulf of Mexico. This
was considered one of the moat remarkable
feate of engineering of modern times. He
was brought from the Mexican Central In
the epimg of 1906 to Florida to superintend
this work, and It waa his devotion to the
work that has caused his death.
Libel Salt at Oaswa.
ON AW A, la., April SL (Special.) The
case of Knott against Chapln came up to
day In the district court. Dr. van Buren
Knott of Bloux City sued H. V. Chapln,
editor of the Mapleton Preea, for 110,000 on
account of an alleged libelous article that
he printed. Much lntereat la aroused and
a stiff legal fight Is being put up. Attor
neys Prince .A. Sawyer of Sioux City and
A. Kindall of Onawa are counsel for the
plaintiff, and J. A. Prichard of Onawa
for the defendant. The caae la a Jury trial
and Judge Mould of Sioux City Is presiding.
C'apM Lares Law Saa)eat.
IOWA CITY. Ia., April .-(8peciaL)-
Foraaking the atudy of law for matrimony,
Miss Heanette Melchert of Iowa City yes
terday was married to Mr. P. L. Duniap,
secretary and manager of tha Duluth Lum
ber company tn thla city. The groom la a
graduate of both tha liberal arts and law
colleges of the university.
Life lasteses for MeNsaisrs.
MASON CITY. Ia.. April After hav
ing been on trial for five wk on tho
charge of having killed his father, Ed
ward McNamare waa today found guilty
or niurdur In th second degree. He will
be sentenced to Imprisonment for life.
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FARNUM DEFENDS MRS, COULD
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TELLS OF .' , SEVERAL MEETINGS
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CHICAGO. April . Between a bad
tooth and a wearisome crosa examination
by Attorney Archibald R. Watson, repre
senting Howard Gould, Dustln Farnum
put In a trying day here In the law offic
of Loul C. Ehl, who wa appointed by
the New York eupreme court to tk the.
actor' deposition covtrtng th allegation
of Mr. Gould that his wife. Catherine
Clemmons Gould, had misconducted herlf
at diver times and places with Mr. Far
rum. ' .
Mr. Fartlum was patient and pleasant
in answering the hagglings of the lawyer
and acquitted himself to the satisfaction
of Attorney Clarence J. Shearn of New
York, representing Mrs. . Gould. On all
points Mr. Faraum parried and denied the
charges made against him and Mrs. Gould,
declaring tht she alway wa the lady and
that he could not remember ever seeing
her take a drink f Intoxicating liquor.
Referring to testimony concerning a lunch
eon which Mr. Farnum and Mrs. Gould en
Joyed together In Mrs. Gould's apartments
in the St. Regis hotel. New York, in Aug
ust 1906, Mr. Watson asked:
"What was the color of Mrs. Gould's
hair on that day?"
"Brown er reddieh brown, I think." said
Mr. Farnum.
"What was the color of her eyeaf"
"I don't know. I never looked at them."
"You ddn't mean that, do you T" asked
the lawyer. '
"Well, I may have looked at them, but
not into them. I don't believe In looking
straight Into a lady' eye."
"How tall I he?"
"I can't ay, exactly. That 1 a matter
ahlch depend upon th hat and shoes In
Judging. I never aw her without hr hat
on."
Nor her hoee?"
"Never."
"Waa her figure well developed?" .(
"A far aa I could ace."
Meetlac Hartford.
Concerning a meeting with Mra. Gould In
Hartford, Conn., during the same week,
Mr. Farnum testified that he met Mr.
Gould and a Miss Sell and another young
woman at the Allen house In that city.
They all had supper together, went to the
theater and were Mr. Farnum'e guests at
a supper after the theater.
"What did Mrs. Gould want to aee you
about at these two meeting T" asked Mr.
Watson.
"She waa talking about returning to the
tag and she wanted me to find a suitable
play for her out of all th manuscript
ent to me."
"Did you and Mrs. Gould have anything
to drink on these occasion?"
"I am quit positive she did not. I might
have had some beer."
"Did you ses her eyes at thla Hartford
meeting?"
"Casually."
"Your glance did not meet?"
"You mean 'clash of souls across th
deep and that sort of thing no."
Trip la Aataaaohllo.
Mr. Farnum teetlfied that he saw Mr.
Gould on th Sunday following th Hart
ford meeting.
"She asked me ta motor over to Castle
Gould with her." he eaid. "I remained out
side the houss for twenty minute while,
so went In. On our way to New York
on a dark Jamaica road w ran Into a
wagon load of Germans and turned the
wagon over. I thought w were going to
be mobbed for a while. A man came along
and offered us hi car to New Tork W
got In about 11 or 11 o'clock at night and
I went up to Mr. tXuld' apartment with
hr to wait until w heard from our
chtuffeur. When the chauffeur came I
went out."
"Did you sit oa a sofa with Mrs. Gould?"
"Not with herr
"You are positive?"
"I never sal closer to her than in the
tonnsau seat of an automobile. We had
nothing to drink."
The next meeting referred to wa In
Brooklyn.
Mr. Gould met Mr. Farnum and ha
manager. Mr. Palaer. after the theater and
drove them ever to New York, dropping
Mr. Palaer at the Lexington hotel.
"What wa th occasion of this?" asked
Mr. Watson.
"She waa In earnest about the stage and
Mr. Palaer tried to dlaauade her from tak
ing It up again. W had a little supper In
ths cafe Of the St. Regis and I said good
night to her there."
Other Meetlnge anal Sagpers.
Further meetings end suppers took place
In Waahlngton and New York, but all were
on the same decorous lines, according to
Mr. Farnum. In Philadelphia Mr. Farnum
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testified that he w Mr. Gould, who was
on a motor trip with her young friends to
Atlantic City. She registered as "Mrs.
Howard," which Mr. Farnum described as
her traveling name. In Atlantic City he
said Mr. Could wa 111. H taw little of
hr there and could not remember how
many rooms th party had at the hotel.
At Lynchburg, V., where Mr. Farnum'
wa playing, he Said he met Mr.' Gduld
agln In October. He received an Invita
tion to visit her farm near there, bat found
that ah wa ill. She arrived at hi hotel a
few hour after lie did. ,
"Did you see her that' night?" asked the
lawyer.
"Yes. a colored boy told me a lady
wanted to see me. I went right up and,
found her in bad shape. Sh said ah
thought she wa poisoned. She asked me
to come back to1 supper. I did so."
"Were you alone with her?"
"No, the waiters were coming and going,
and t think there was a m.ld there."
"Did you see her again that night?"
"I did not."
"When did you see her next?"
"I got up early and took her to her
train. Then I waited for my own."
"When did you see her again?"
"Not until a short time ago In New
Tork. I aaw this suit In the paper and
told her that I would do all I couM to
help her."
"You are Inclined to protect the lady,
are you not?"
VI don't know what you mean, .1 never
aaw her act In any way a lady should not.
She was always extremely dignified. .TW
whole thing ts trivial and assinlne on Mr,
Gculd's part."
Tha depoltlon of Mrs. Norrls H. Mundy,
whose father was master , of tha Gould,
yacht Niagara and who, before her mar
riage, wa a companion of Mr. Gould on
several trips, waa also taken. v . ' . '
Mrs. Mundy testified shs had never
seen Mr. Gould drink mora than two cock
tail at one sitting nor had she observed '
any particular Intimacy between . . Mrs.
Gould and Farnum. .,. .
Doctor May Die
from Blood Poison
Iowa Falls Physician Inoculated by
Patient is in Critical
Condition.
IOWA FALLS, U., April JS.-(8peClal.)
Dr. J. A. W. Burgcas, one of the leading
physicians In this city, has been In a pre
oarloue condition for several days, the.
question of life or death hanging In ths
balance, awhile treating a patient that had
blood poisoning Hie doctor became Inocu
lated wtili the poison in his hand and the
case quickly developed Into a serious propo
sition. The other physicians of the city
have been doing everything In hopes of
baffling the deadly poison, but up to last
evening the patient was yet In a critical
condition. It was then reported that tile
patient Dr. Burgess was treating when he
became inoculated could not live.
PROHIBITION BILL
PASSES FLORIDA SENATE
Reaolntlen for Vote on Constitu
tional Amendment Hna "Isr
MaJorlty.
TALLAHASSEE. Fla., April TS-The
MacMullIn bill, providing for the submis
sion of the question of state-wide prohibi
tion lno constitutional amendment in 191",
passed tha aenata on final reading this
afternoon by a vote' of 24 to 1, amid een
of wildest confusion. This hill lias th sup
port of the anti-saloon lesguo r.nd al) ele
ments of the prohibitionists, to whom the
overwhelming majority accorded It in tho
upper house was no less a surprise than
to It opponents.
lha vote came after a day filled with, ex
citing period and when announced brought
forth cheers ard handclapplng from the
hundreds of women In the gallerla and
lobbies, while th male spectators ye'led
and threw hats In t lie air. The hnuae ha
an Identical bill under consideration.''
Senator MacMullen made a plea for pro
hibition In behalf of the mother of tl
country, which was of dramatic effect;
for while the senator' own mother - Iny
dead In her home, he h1 rernameti at
Tallahassee, at her wish, he.anid, tu tight
for prohibition.
Evangelist la Alive.
BOONE, Ia., April 23.-(Specla Ttl iain i
Rev. French E. Oliver. noted I'likau
evangelist, reported In Boone l . k
sgo to be dead, haa written that, lie !'
ducting revival In Kansas City. -
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