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TITE BEE: OMATIA. FRIDAY. AriUTj 30, 1909. Council Bluffs Council Bluffs Council Bluffs Iowa L - s. Minor Mention Tha Council Staff! Office of the Omtbi Be la at IS Sevtt Street. Both 'rbonsa 41. Davis, drugs. - COP.rUGANS. Undertaker" 'Phonrs Hv lwlx Cutler, funeral director. Phone Zi. W'oodrlng Undertaking company. Tel. M9. F.VIBT HKER AT ROGERS' BUFFET. Majestic ranges. P. C. D"Vol Hrwre. Co. When you want tillable want ad adver tising, use The bee. The best wall peprr denner, loo per cun, AV. Nlcholsison. U H. Main. Our big wall pspe- Is a money aver, try It. J. I). Crockwell. K. A. Wlikhem left last eenlng on a rhort business trip to Minneapolis. HAIRP. LONOKNrX'KER BO I -AND. I Met lakers. 'Phone U2. 14 N. Mtin St. rr. W. W. Magarell.. optometrist, mjved to City National bank building. Mlg piano sale now going nn at HorM''s, Jl frail St.; J. 9. Main. Co. Bluff, la. Pea ih genuine hand-carved photo frames at Alexander Art Store, XS.1 Broad way. Beginning thla wak Hie offices In the county inurt hoime will close on fatur da.tw at.iy oclork during the. summer montha. LOTS OP" OLD POTATOES. WHITE OR OHIO fEKPi $1 I'FR BUSHEL I GREEN. 14 BROADWAT, Harmony chapter, Order of the Eaatern titer, will entertain Ita members at a, rard party thla evening. In the parlor of the Maaonlc temple. Mr, rurmella Krmp ha filed In the district inurt original nolire of suit for divorce fioin Wluiam Kemp, alleging cruel and Inhuman treatment, drunken ness and desertion. Ray M. Zlmmer of Panama. la., and Elsie I.. Jonea of N'eola. la., were mar fled yesterday tn city, the reienwny betnc performed by Kev. Henry DeLung In the parlors of the Kiel hotel. Contractor George Hughes hs begun work on the new rcntral flrr station over Indian creek at the foot of Bryant street. The stone sills we: e et In plac e yentii tlay and the work of laying urlck will be commenced today. The annual field meet of the Council liliifr lllh School Athletic association .lil be held, weather i-imit tinar. Friday, May 7. at I he Hustlers' ball park. At tills meet a team to represent the hl-n m-houl In I he state timet ' at Oes Moines wlil be puked from the winners of the Mirious evens. Tho personal damage suit of Elliott JcMerx sgalnst Jsmei Vsgiiln was dls lniKscd by the plaintiff yesterday morn ing in th district court after a Jury had been lnipne!eil. Jeffers asked for 1310 damages tor Injuries alleged to have been icielved while working on the new Bryant atrect bridge. City Clerk A. W. Casady was sure he bsd a burglar.' 1f not burglars, in his res idence on Lincoln avenue Tuesday night. K.w-n yesterday he still had a lingering suspicion that his home had been entered during tho absence of himself and his family, but the police, who had been sllril nnd marie a thorough Investigation of the premises, thought otherwise. George A. Slavely, a well-known travel ing salesman, (tied yesterday afternoon at his home. 30 Lincoln avenue, after a wrek's Illness. a-nd 5S years. His wife hiiu three suns survive him. Deceased was a member of the United Commercial Travelers, the Woodmen of the .World and the Odd Fellows. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed. Four building permits were Issued yes terday to ,1m Hansen for one and a half story frame collages. aa follows: At Bloomer and Grace streets, to cost $2,000; on Lincoln avenue, to cost II, (00; on Twenty-fourth street between First and Second avenues, to cost $1,600; on I 'anion ' street, to cost $1,250. A permit for a one-stovy brick dwelling1, to coat $l.:00, was Issued to G. P. Smith. .. Owing lo t,h sudden Indisposition of Evangelist J. W. Pierce, the Young Woman's Christian Temperance union unnniinces the cancellation of his engage ment for a series of lectures at Broadway Methodist' church which were to hava commenced last evening. Mr. Pierce states he will not be able to lecture this week and will leave the-first of , next week for Shenandoah tn fill an engage menf , y . -' ' U)T8 OK OLD POTATOES. W HITE OR OHIO SEED. $1.'J5 TICK lit BHKL.' I UREKN, 134 BROADWAY, loortland Reach to Reopen. emu tland Beach which Is lucuted in that portion of Council Rlul'fi ly:ng west of the Missouri ,. HUd (ionaeiiucnlly under the Jui irdlctlotv-of the authorities of the stale of Iowa la to be reopened as an amuse ment resort this summer. At least that is said to be the Intention of the Courtland UcHch Aiiiuaei-.icnt company which filed articles of Incorporation yesterday with the county recorder of Pottawattamie county. The Incorporators are W. H. Gourley, H. H. Kngpp and II. I.. Flesh. The capital slock Is pfac-d' at $25,000.' divided Into 2o.W0 Hi am of $1.00 each. According to the articles of Incorpora tion the huslness of the company will be to caler to the pleasure and entertainment of tho piiblio. Jhe detailed plans of the com pany In i(gaid lo the operation of Court land Beach Hi a public summer resort have not been rnndc puhllc on this side of the Hv r. ?!55 4w l ' m. BUS- .'J If we don't believe in our own clothes, hoyv can we expect you to have confidence in them? There's only one way we can show ithat we don't doubt their merit, that's by putting our label into all The label is our signed responsi bility. You see, we know how honestly we make our goods. A hk iut mtn't UAitnt ft ft. lit Urth hi aisrr. H't ill ftr it tJay. Kuh, tlathati t Fischer Ctr. CHICAGO 1 IOWA LLKS MRET AT BUMS Ttii Will Be Aisemblinff Point for All Going to Orand Lodge. DETAILS OF THEIR ITCNEBAHY All Members frm Lodges Thronak owl State, nf leera Are Intlted to Join nisi ' l orn pan). Council Bluffs Is to be the assembling point for Iowa Elks who will go to Loa Angeles to attend the annual meeting of the grand lodge of the order, which will be held July 12 to 17. George T. Reddick of low City, chairman of the Iowa state asso ciation of Elks' lodges, haa Issued a clrcu larg giving the ot'lclsl Itinerary and other Information relative to the trip to IjO Angeles. Xn this circular Chairman Reddick sajrs: "Elka throughout the state should arrange to leave their home towns on Tuesday night, July 1 so as toarrive In Council bluffs Wednesday morning, July 7. We will be entertained by the Council Bluffs brother during the forenoon. Promptly X noon our special will leave Council Bluffs for Loa Angeles." This la the official Itinerary of the low Elks' special according to the circular: "Leave Council Bluffs at noon July 7. H the Rock Island line; leave Colorado Springs at t o'clock In the evening nf July $, via the Midland linr: leave Glenwood Springs at o'clock In the evening of July K via the Midland line; leave Salt I-kn City. Utah, at 6:30 o'clock on the afternoon nf July 9. via the Salt Iake route; arrive at Los Angeles on the morning of July 11, via the Salt Lake route." The circular describes in detail the trip to California and Is elaborately. Ilustrated. On the back cover Is a map of Iowa, show ing all railroads centering tn Council Bluffs and hraded with tho slogan, "All felks are headed for Council Bluffs." Several members of the local lodgo con template attending the grand lodge meet ing. As yet the lodge has made no arrange ments for the entertainment of the travel ing Elks who will congregate here on July (, but this will be attended to In due time, Gl'E TRAGEDY AT DIAMOND Official Pictures of the Great l.aPorte, Indiana, Tragedy- Kally Ex plained by l.ectarer. The official pictures of the great Belle Gunncss tragedy at Ln Porte, Ind., will be given at the Diamond theater. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, complete, with lecture and explanation of every picture as It ap pears on the screen. This set of pictures Is the state'a evidence from the time of the fire of the Gunneas home, to the removal of the bodies from the ruins, the taking ot evidence against Lamphore, the dis covery of the Blue Beard, the coroner's Inquest, the arrival of the amateur detec tive, the discovery of the first body on tho farm, and frdm there on through to the conviction of Ray Lamphere In the court room In La" Porte, Ind. These pic tures are the state's evidence and are com plete from start to finish. Mr. Davidson of Ia Porte gives the lecture and Is thor oughly conversant upon the subject, and is always pleased to niwt anyone who Is Interested In the apprehension of the Woman Blue Beard. , Don't fall to see and hear him talk on this mystery and also see the exceptionally good bill of moving pictures run in addition to the tragedy. A big double bill for the large sum of 10 cents. This Is the last chance you will have to see the official pictures of the greatest of Blue Beard tragedies. Marrlaae licenses. Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to tlin following: Name and Residence.' Klmer Williams, Council Fluffs.... Klla Vaughn, Council Bluffs Ray M. Zlmmer, Panama, la Elsie I Jones, Neola, Ia...r Cnrl Michael, Magnolia. la. Age ... 21 ... IS ... 29 ... 21 Gertrude Freymuller. Magnolia, la 1? Men Who Took Draas Canarht Frank Hudson, foreman at the Omaha A Council Bluffs Street Railway company's car barns, did a neat piece of police work laat evening tn the arrest of William Henry and George Thompson, who are charged with the theft of a quantity of brass cast ings from the company's shops. The men, it Is said, were seen leaving the barns at Twenty-eighth street carrying sacka on their shoulder. Foreman Hudson and J. W. Knox, one of the employes whom he summoned tn assist him. took tip the ""SanVX kV V BBa trail of the supposed thieves and over hauled them on Broadway. Hudson com pelled the men to open the sacka. which were found to contain a quantity of valu able brass and copper caatlnga. They placed the men under arrest and held them until the arrival of the patrol wagon. F.ST BI.ISH tlSHt ABOT A DITCH '"'a "t Meeting; Declare Wark hall Proceed. The hoard of supervisors decided ; em.er dsy that the proposed Xlshnabolna drain age ditch would be "for the public benefit, health, welfare and convenience," and that "a necessity exists for the Improvement and establishment of the drainage district." With this preamble the board adopted a resolution establishing the drainage district. In accordance with the tequlrements of the law. County Auditor Innes appointed C. J. Stlllwell of thla city, J. K. Murchlson of Waveland township and R. V. Churchill of Neola commissioners to appraise tho damages which owners of land through which the ditch will pass will sustain by reason of Its construction. The commis sioners are to report on Msy 77, to which time the board adjourned. County Surveyor J. Harley Mayne was appointed engineer In charge of the prelim inary work for the proposed Pony Keg ditch, Ms compensation being fixed at $ a day. The board had decided to place E. B. Spatman In charge of this work, but It was discovered that he was Ineligible owing to the fact that his grandfather owned property In the district to be benefited. National I.abor Sunday. ' In common , with similar organisations throughout the United 8tates. the Council Bluffs Trades and Labor assembly will ob serve Sunday, May . as "National Labor Sunday." Rev. Marcus P. McCJure. pastor of the First Presbyterian church, who Is a mem ber ot the assembly, haa offered the use of hl.i church to the organization for that evening and services will be held appro priate to the day. A. K Urlck of Das Moines, president of the State Federation of Labor, will be present and deliver an Ad dress An Invitation to attend this service la extended to the general public by the local assembly. The second Sunday In May has been set prt bv th Amerloan Federation of Labor s "National Ibor Sunday" and this will be the fourth annual observance of the dy. Real Estate Transfers. These transfers were rennrt.ri in th. o April 28 by the Pottawattami. rnn.,. a . tract .company of Council Bluffs: ' ' ,"??" ,HnA wlfc to J- H. Norris, Jot 14. block 9. Stutsman'B 2d add. . -.iruur:ii dUTrw, w. d Kl 000 j. j ionnor and wife to J. N and oseph a Frum, nwU of 17-77-30. c. n S 000 T. Hanson and wife to C. C." Frum. wVi Of 17-T7.1A r. A ristopher C. Frum and wife' to 3. N. ' i.id J. E. Frum, nw4 of 17-77-40 t. r. d ' f?" Maioney and ''huaband' 'to xienry ianK. und. H of lots 3 and 4. v"J7 ,u 10' Doci w, Kiddie s "I vuuiiui niuiu, w. d Sledentopf et al. to Sophia 160 ....vUr, ,,u x-eari uuinsay, lots 1, 2, ?.?? hlock : lots 1 and 2, block 2, Mullln a subdlv. tn Council Bluffs, q- c. d j Total, six transfers M.XX film Attendance at Clinic. IOWA CITT. la.. A Drll 2S (Hn.ei.l Three hundred physicians from all parts the state formed the recnrri-hreakln at tendance yesterday at the annual alumni rltnlc of the. college of medicine of the State lefversity of Iowa. Important clii.lcs Were held mmrHiv h. experts from outside ' the state and the best known of the local physicians. Last light the doctors went to the state tuber culosis hospital . and wltncsred a . llnlo under Dr. H. K. Klrschmr. the euDerin- tendent. The clinic closed thin f vpnlnir with- - banquet at the Burkley Imperial hotel. lOTra Nctts otre. TABOR-Davld Aitken, one of the old settlers of Fremont county, died at the home of his son, Thomas, near Tabor. He w-as 85 years old. E8THERVILLB Rev. H. H. I'tte.h.v pastor of the Christian church here, ac cepted a call to a church at York. Neb., and will leave for that place next week. WATKRIlO-Whlle attempting to board a Great Western train, Herman Mvera fell under the wheels and had hla left leg so badly crushed that It had to be amputated. TABOR The Tabor Methodist church was dedicated Sunday. Dr. lliff of Salt Lake and Dr. tHaxter of Des Moines as sisted. The church raised 14.600 at the dedi catory services. VILL18CA Vlllisca haa re.eleeAt It. tlre corps of public school teachers for an other year. Principal Willett haa decided to go to the Albla High school, to which ne was recently elected. GRI8WOLD Word has been received ln thla city that Rev. Father Qulnn. who has been at Malvern for some time. Is to return to Red Oak and Griswold and have charge of hia old parish, of which he waa the paa tor for aome five years. He will begin his work next Sunday. ONAWA Yesterday the lurv return. verdict for the defendants in the caae of me mate against Harry Helaler and Bill West rope of Mapleton. They were indicted by the grand Jury on a charge of selling diseased hoga. The verdict was a surprise to the community. CRE8TON Mrs. Elisabeth n.w.nn h. oldest resident of Adams county, is dead i me nome or ner grandson. C. W. Ro man, near Brooks, at the advanced age of W years, 8 months and 8 daya. Her early home was In VirglniH and she came 10 Aaama county In ISM. CANTRIL Isaac Warner, a wealthy farmer, 80 years of age, committed sulci, In at hla home ner here by hanging himself in ine Darn, -rne body waa found about noon, ausperided from the raftrra. H la thought that his suffering from cancer caused him to become melancholy. NEW SHARON Mrs. Mary A. Lyons, aged 79, of this city, while arising from bed this morning, fell from the edge of the bed to the floor and received Injuries from which she died a short time afterward. CRE8TON The local high school athletic league Is being urged by the promoters of the Interscholaatlc meet at Iowa Cltv to enter the meet to be held there May 15. at least to send a team of four men to enter the events, and If the outcome in the 'Red Oak meet warrants It. It Is likely the school will send a delegation. ONAWA Monday the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff In the case of Craven against Dahl. It was a land com mission case where the trouble was over tlu; breaking of a contract. The court held thai a telephone contract waa bind ing and legal. Nearly IV.ouO waa awarded to the plaintiff aa land commisalon. MASON C1TY-N. J. Varallo escaped prosecution from the woman who auppoaod herself to be his third wife, only to met face to face, a determined effort to con vict him on the part of the woman, who sava site Is sura that ahe is his second wife. When Varallo learned that hla sec ond wife waa to apriear against him, he suddenly disappeared from the city. His bond of ti.Ouu waa furnished by J. W. Adams of the Commercial Savings bank and A an more Kennedy. CRE8TON George Ahrens accidentally shot himself Sunday, dying almost In atantlv. He waa the son ot George Ahrens. a wealthy farmer living near Williamsburg, in Iowa township. He and a friend named Wlebold had been to Conroy and returned lo the Wlebold borne about noon, where the bjy took a gun out on the porch to examine it. Tbe friend, busy In the house, heard the report of the gun and heard the words. "I'm allot." from hla companion The bullet had entered just above the heart. A Ton ot Goto could do nethlng better for female weak nesses. Uma back and kidney trouble than Electric Bi iters, inc. For aal by Beaton lrug Co. tOLSINS lAliS OF tKANl Former Congressman Attends Annual Dinner in Des Moinei. SUPBEME COURT ON ITS DIGNITY Is of Jndgea Declare the 5ew I.arr Cannot Compel Them to Ian Vouchers for ' Salaries. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DM MOINEA Ap.11 29-tSpeclal.) Ex-Congressman R. G. Cousin of tho Fifth Iowa district, formerly known as one of the eloquent men of the Iowa del egation In congress, spoka before the Grant club this evening on the occaalon of the annual celebration of the Grant birthday, which the club has for many years observed In this manner. He de livered a fine address upon the Ufa and character of President Grant. Mr. Cousins has completely retired from pub lic life and does not Indicate that he will ever undertake to enter again, but he is frea with criticism for the Iowa delega tion for having "deserted the party,' as he expresses It. In the matter of under taking to effect reforms ln the rules of the house. Mr. Cousins predicts that when the tariff bill finally goes to the president It will show very few chan-s from the present schedule of rales, and he Insists that this In just what the peo ple desire In regard to the tariff. It la expected that Mr. Cousins will go on the Chautauqua lecture platform this year. Will ot Sign Vouchers. Six of the judges of the district court of Iowa have notified the auditor of staid that they will not sign vouchers In or der to secure their pay from the state. There are fifty-eight Judges In the state, all paid by warrants from the slate treasury, which are Issued monthly. The salary and compensation Is fixed. Un der a law .lust signed by the governor, the bill having been prepared by the ex ecutive council, 1t Is rc ilred that all officials of the state, high or low, must sign vouchers In duplicates before their salaries can be secured, and a jiood many of them believe that such regulation la unnecessary and cannot be enforced. Even the elective state officers cannot aecuro their monthly compensation without hav ing the matter certified tip to the au ditor by the deputies or others. It Is possible the judges will make a teat of the law. Preparing; for the. Pair. The executive committee of the State Fair board Is In session and today let contracts for the building of an entire new race track and the destruction of the old grandstand. These things are made necessary In order that the new (100.000 steel and stone grand stand can be erected. Work will commence at once In order to be ready for this year's state fair. Will ir Waterway Conamlsalosi. Governor Carrolwlll In a few days name a commission lo Investigate and survey the water power of the State and report upon the availability of the rivers for power transmission. The commission will also look lmn the highway question and the care of trees and the native forests. The com mission will consist of prominent men of the state who are Interested in the subject and who will carry on the work practically without expense to the state. Co it CoHnrc Prem tarns. At a meeting of" the Iowa State Dairy association and the newly organised Cow Culture club, the association decided to give $4,000 of the state funds to the sup port of the plans suggested by the Cow Culture club for offering prizes to farmers for best dslry cows. This Is in addition to l,fl00 offered by W. W. Marsh of Waterloo. Band Instruments Freo. Adjutant General Iogan has been no tified that after July 1 next the members of the Iowa. National guard will be able to secure the Instruments for their band from the national government upon requisitions. Heretofore there has been much difficulty In maintaining the bands of the various regiments of the guard. Clerks Want Better Jobs. The annual convention of the railway mall clerks of the 8ixth district. In ses sion here today, confined Itself almost wholly to tho matter of plans for the bet terment of the condition of the clerks. A resolution was adopted favoring a plan by which mall rlerka shall be given positions off the road after twenty years' service, either as third and fourth class postmas ters or In larger offices or aubstatlona. The sentiment Is strongly In favor of a law of this kind to encourage men to re main ln the service. Another resolution adopted opposes any pension plan which contemplatea raising a fund out of the pay of the clerks. The meeting haa been well attended and harmonious and closed this evening with a banquet. The convention elected the following of ficers and delegates lo ths national con vention: President J. A. Warren, Paw Paw, III. Vice President H. K. Newcomber, Al gona, la. Secretary C. H. Turtle, Lincoln, Neb. Delegates If. F. Harbaugh of Dea Moines and G. F. Low of Cedar Rapids. Delegates-at-large R. L. ratta of Council Bluffs, H. F. Love of Omaha, J. J. Don haney of Chlcaso, J. M. Taylor of Peoria and J. H. Elder of Albla. As to Memorial Day. Can the governor legally proclaim Mon day, May 31, Memorial day, when the stat ute fixes May 30 as the day? This is the question puxxilng Governor Carroll and until It Is settled ha will not Issue his proclamation setting apart Mon day as the day to be observed. Saloon men are debating with considera ble Interest whether they must close their doors on Monday. Many contend that the atatute fixea May 30 as the legal holiday and they cannot be required to close on Monday because the day Is to be generally observed aa Memorial day. Attorney Gen eray By era holds that they must close on Monday in cltlea where the day Is generally observed. Dyer on Trial for Life ONAWA, la., April 2.-(Special Tele gram.) The Jury having been selected this morning In the Dyer murder trial, the stale submitted the testimony of the murdered man, C. C. Kirk, as taken on his deathbed ln the Sioux City hospital. Kirk declared the assailant ahot at bim from the porch into the house and was six feet away. This testimony Is the stronghold wf the states attorney. Thomas Peabody, on the stand this evening, declared Dyer shot Kirk. The court room Is packed to Us fullest capacity. Dyer will go on the stand for himself to- Lei!ert,,EES? Lenses Cr CiiiiliitUiwWssrwstQb alnn-sy JiMM tshsa 4 S. UT LI iVJjT m4 Nl i S I um:Brsn,gsi'V mi. aw mu ssrt . sinus auteee. a bniefljmg to TASTE AND TACT They are not numbered among the graces, but they generally go together. Tact is the way you wear your manners taste i3 the way you wear your clothes and the iW you wear. Michaels-Stern Clothes will prove that you are tasteful. No tact re quired to get them. Just come in whisper "Spring Suit" or "Raincoat" and you'll be the happiest man in town. New nobby styles and unhackneyed patterns at moderate prices. flufjacl-&trrn Clothes are popular with well-dressed men because of their top-notch values and superior styling and fit. For Sill ij The Bennett Co. The Michael Stern FaMon Portfolio of t iJioritaftt! Spring Htylti will inUrttt every irell arestea man u s tKLC f, V i till LJrx-i i i mi m '.Sf usinw.iii'W'i'iiSi Hyi'i"1"'"'""1''! '.""HI1 W 'H' Wi"'mt' l".'"HI'i l!l".l" J . ahtll : j zZjfZzsr iTii! iTiJiiiimiisMiii i rj aanijgL x& J 1 - --. lmmwl,'Si''ir .VM Iowa morrow. He will declare himself innocent. The defense says' It can prove the shooting accidental. END TO DARK DANCES AT VM Iowa Co-eds Resolve A aw Inst Spooney Walla with Lights Tsrsel Ont. ' IOWA CITT, la., April a.-(8peclal.)-No more "spooning" In the dark Rt the big ' formal parties at the I'nlverslty of ( Wi. The Pan Hellenic asa x-latlon. f o mod of the four Greek letter sororities, has passed van edict denouncing the "dark dances'' and hereafter no longer will the slow, dreamy walti.es be played with the halls In seinl-darkress and worse. The sorority girls 'at a secret meeting of the council last Monday evening pasaad the rule. The agitation has been brewing for some time, but the official action was nrt taken until this week. It was hastened by the laat Pan Hellenic patty, which was marked by a half dozen sentimental dances with practically only the orchestra lights to keep the couples from bumping Into each other. panlah Vets at Fort Dodge. FORT DODGE. Ia., April 28.-(Special.)-Fort Dodge Spanish War veterans, and seven from surrounding towns, making thirty In all, signed the charter for tho establishment of a local camp of the Na tional Spanish War veterans Monday night In this-city. The' camp was named the Charles P. Brown camp, In memory of Sergeant Charles F. Brown, a former member of Company G of the Fifty-second Iowa volunteers, who died of typhoid fever during the Spanish war. The following officers were elected: Ir ving W. Gates, commander; E. J. Hill, senior vice commander; Junior vice com mander. Ben Barth; chaplain, Leroy Town send; officer nf day. J. K. E. Johnson; officer of guard, Guy M. Gillette: trustees. Daniel Rhodes, E. P. Gates, W. T. Chant land, G. W. Tremaln. adjutant, and Frank Fessell, quartermaster. Captain E. P. Gates was appointed chair man of a committee of five to act with the commander with full power to make plans for the annual state convention of the or ganisation, which Is to be held here In June, during the Grand Army of the Re public encampment. SALT LAKE CITY CHARGES ' DSCRIMINATION IN RATES Harrlman Lines Are Arrnsed of FaTorlnc Pnriac Const Points at Expense of Utah Polata. SALT LAKE CITV. April 2.-In today's hearing of the government ault to dissolve the alleged Harrimen rstlway merger, tes timony was Introduced to show that a dis crimination ip rates was made against Salt Lake City. Stephen M. Love, traffic manager for the Zlon Cooperative Mercantile Institution testified that the rates are very much against the Salt Lake Jobber and in favor of Pacific coaat cities. Mr. Love, who was a member of the state senste In 1901 when a bill waa before the Utah legislature permitting the railroad company to merge or hold the stock of other railroads also testified that among other things promised by the agenta of the Union Pacific at ths time were the doublo tracking of the Union Pacific from Omaha to Salt Lake, the building of a cut off from Evanston, Wyo., to Salt Lake and the building of magnlflce". terminals ln this city. Joseph A." West, formerly chief en gineer for the Utah Pacific; Kenneth Key. a newspaper man; J. B. Og'esby, former traffic manager for the Union Pacific, and Fred r. Ulmer, a civil en gineer, were quratloned. The government brought out testimony that the San Pedro line was conceived as an Independent project and also placed upon record a description of ths San Pedro rl-ht-of-wey. It waa a right-of-way dispute between the San Pedro and the Oregon Short Line that culminated In the traffic agreement which the gov ernment now attacks as a violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. Bollalagr Permits. Alonso Hough. Twenty-fourth snd Em met streets, frame dwelling, I2; O. W. Nahh, 2219 North Nineteenth alreet. frame dwelling. 12.000; Omaha Brlek company, Second and Dorcas streets, alteration and addition to brick kiln, 7; Georgette Johnson. Thirty-first snd Corby stieets, frame dwelling. II."'1; Georgette Johnson. Thirty-first and Corhv streets. frame dwelling, fl. TOO: S. A. Reranek. !?- South Mlxieenih street, alteration to store build ing, ). tEimtfc l)out:- THE TWIN TRAITS on ttqueti. Fall vs. Easton 1 Takes Lawyers to Washington Hamilton County Divorce Suit In volves Right of One State Court's Decrees in Another State. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. April 29.-(Srclal Tele gram.) Ralph W. Breckcmldge or Oniahn Is In Washington to represent the plaintiff In error ln the suit of KaTl against Easton on call for tomorrow In the supreme court of the I'nlted Slates and on appeal from the supreme court of Nebrasks. This case has excited considerable Interest In legal circles because of principles in volved, Mrs. Ksll, plaintiff In error, and her husband, formerly lived In Hamilton county. Nebraska. After having acquired land there they moved to the. state of Washington where tlioy wero dtvorcd. The decree of divorce In the state of Washing ton adjudged equitable ownership In the Hamilton county Innd to be In Mrs. Fall. Her husband, however, conveyed the land to his sister, Mrs. Easton. Mrs. Kail brought suit In Nebraska to establish her title In the Nebraxka hind and supported her suit by her decree In the Washington stsle court which the supreme court of Nebraska refuses to recignlx on the ground that a decree oC the Washington slate court could not affect title to lands within the slate of Nebraska. Appeal to this courf is based upon that clause of the constitution which provides that "full faith and credit shall be given each state to puhllc acts, records and judi cial proceedings of every other state." Breckenridge and Metiers of Omaha, ap pear for the plaintiff In error, and Ex Congressman E. J. Halner, for the de fendant. Mr. und Mrs. Thomas H. Matters of Om Or gad! item fflfo. 5 mi 5 BLATZ COMrA.NY. 80-J Doug! fct-i Cor. 8th. . Wwj : v-. ;- fr$; I aha, are In the city at the Arlington. Mr. Harry Matters, ihrlr son. of Harvard, Is spending a part of his Easter vacation with his father and mother here. C. C. Rosewater and wife, arrived In Washington today and are at the New Wlllard. . Mr. F. G. Fritui, Oneonta. im. T.. writes! "My little girl was greatly benefited, by taking Foley's Gflno Laxative, and I think t Is the best remedy for constipation and liver trouble." Foley's Orlno Laxative .s best for women and children, as it Is mild, pleavant and effective, and Is a splendid spring medicine, as It cleanses the system and clears the complexion. Sold by all druggists. Children Burned in Blazing House Little Son and Daughter of William Reihman of Sturgis Lose Lives in Fire. HTIRGIS, B. D., April 29. (Special Telegram.) The house of William Reih man, two miles south of Sturgis, caught fire this afternoon mid burned to the ground, also burning to death a boy 2 years old and a glii of 4 yesrs. , Tho father and mother and two other chil dren were out In the field planting po tatoes when the fire was discovered and could not get there 1n time to save their children from cremation, as the building was all ablaze and the fire beyond con trol on their arrival. The father made several attempts, but failed and was also badly burned about the head and faoe. The charred bodies were recovered after the fire was low enough for friends to reach them. The children were at home alone and It Is not known how the flie started. The building and contents were valued at 12,000, with no insurance. fitter n mn nt if: Wholesale lKal rs, I' 'Phone IoukI 6A03. " r--.- -r.an 1