Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, May 02, 1909, NEWS SECTION, Page 7, Image 7
THE OMAHA SUNDAY REE: MAY Council Bluffs i . Council Bluffs Minor Mention Th. OoancU BLff Offlc of th. Omih at la at It Bern Street, otn 'imoBM 43. E9KX2 DLLAY IN THE DOBBINS CASE j Attorney Tinley Aiki it Go Over Until j j August Term. I I'iMi, druii. CORKIOAN". Indertskeri 'Phone l w. lwl Cutler, funeral director. 'Phone JT. Woodring I'ntlertaklng company. Tel. K. FAl'ST nEKR AT ROGERS' BUFFET. Majratlc range, P. C. DeVol Hrwre. Co. When you want reliable want ad adver tising, u The Bee. Th bft wall psper cleaner, lie per can, W. Nlcholslsnn, 14 S. Main. Our big- w II pspor sale I a money saver, liy II. J. D. Crockwell. BAIP.D, LONG F.N MCKER A POLAND. Vndertakers. Plume IJJ, 14 N. Main Bt. Dr. W. W. Magsrrll. optometrist, moved to 'M-JM City National hank building. Bee .he genuine hand-carved photo ftamea .it Alexander Art Store, ?M Broad way. I.OT8 OF OLD rOTATOKK. WHITE OR "V OHIO FKFD. $1 IT.P. RISHEI. 1 'IHEKN, 1.T4 BROADWAY, f The personal Injury damage auk of F. K. Kngllsir1 against the Chicago Northwest ern railroad wan dismissed In tlie district court yesterday, a settlement having e-n ti'ch'(l. . .. . ComplHnt w.t made to the police yester--day morning that a. freight cr In tlie Hnr llngton yarda had lieen broken Into and a Hi' of eliora and a carton of wom'n'a skirt stolen. Rev. A. Overton will art . treasurer for tie I'nlon City mission "tag day" fund I'dhy. Charles Orflcer will be chairman of tlie finance committee. All who will act k "taggers'" are requested to meet at the First Raplt church, at S.lo a. m. Wlltlnm Muaaman. Jr., eon' of William Mussman of DelmSr. la., died at Vrder wood yraterday ntorning from erysipelas. Sir. Mussman was 35 yeara olcT Rtid was foreman of a. construction gang on the Milwaukee railroad at. Underwood. The funeral, df the Inte Mrs. Caroline I'alcn, wlffl of Wdnev Palen, l Avuiue D. will be- held till morning at 10 o'clock from the Memorial Baptist church, comer pf Twanty-acooml street and Avenue 1). Wnrlal will bef In W'gintit Hill cemetery. F. A. lnman, father of tha I-year-old boy who died on a Northwestern passengoi train here last Tuesday afternoon from riiDhtherla. arrived from Sutnpter, Ore., late Thursday night. Mr. lnman, with hla wile Hnd it her aon, who were enroute home Irom Chicago with the child that died, left laat evenlnir for Columbiana. O.. the former horn of the family, with tha body of the little on. In the district court thia morning Judge Wheeler will hear the petition of the C. B. Nash company of Omaha for a mandamu requiring the city council to correct the vocorda of Ita proceeding relating to the tailing of the ipeclal election at wntcn tnf proposition to laaua Iflno.OOO water worke bcrda waa voted, upon. Yesterday City rVllcttor Kimball, on. behalf of the city filed a demurrer to the petition. IMPORTANT EVIDENCE HELD UP i FOR MEDICAL, AND FAMILY USH BUY YOUR MOTORS AT l ROSEN FELD CO.. M9 BO, MAIN. 'PHONE 128. N. Y. Plumbing Co. Tel. JW. Night, F-170& I V Saturday and Tueaday ar our great aheet mualo day at 100 a copy. .Bourlclua Piano Haua. 3.16 Broadway. Tou want your, money' worth ihen you buy a piano. You are not 'lure of thin unless you buy It of A, Hoepa Co.. 38 Pearl treat; 28 South Main, Council Bluff, la Alan Plead m Klement Intro dared lata Caae at nereat Date by the Attorneys far the tat. It in doubtful If the trial of John R. Dob hins. (lis alleged member of the J. C. May biav "swindling syndicate" charged with the theft of the lin.OOO which T. W. Bal lew, the banker of rTlnceton, Mo, wa buncoed out of by tha gang of Council Bluffs, will he held at this term of dl- trlct court. Mtybray' trial waa f t for May 10 and County Attorney Hens anya he la ready lo go to trial, hut the derenne is not. Veaterday counsel for Oobbina filed motion for continuance until the next term of court, which will open Tuesday, August 3l The motion for a continuance la aupported by an affidavit from Emmet Tinley, mem ber of the legal firm of Harl & Tinley. counsel for Dobbin, who haa sole chaige of the defense. In view of the widespread notoriety which the operations of the May bray gang has received Attorney Tinley' affidavit makia Interesting reading. After reciting that he had been tetalned as counsel for Dobbins anoriiy aner tne latter's arrest Attorney Tinley atates the delay in the return of Mayhray to Council Bluffs and Inability to secure document In his possession material to th defense are tlie grounds set up for asking delay. Regarding the notice served on the de fendant by the county attorney that he in tended introducing n witnes on behalf of the tate E. R. Castella and F. V. Mlnter Ottumwa, la., Mr. Tinley say In hi affidavit: "My preparation for the trial of aald case were confined to the theorie pre- ented by tha Indictment, as supported by the milmte of the testimony attached thereto, and that I had no knowledge of any claim on the part of the state that any such testimony would be offered; that I at one time had a conversation with F. V. Mlnter and understood from his state ments that the testimony which he would give would be such facts a In my opin ion were of benefit to the defendant; that tlie matter et forth In the notice greatly aurprlaed me. It will be Impossible for me to go to the city of Ottumwa and the city of Princeton, Mo., for the purpose of ex amining the facts concerning which it is alleged these witnesses will tetrfy for the next few weeks, and that I cannot obtain the service of a satisfactory pereon to make ueh Investigation for about ten days; that the defendant has been In cus tody and la unable to do this work for me." The motion for a continuance wa served late yesterday afternoon. County Attor ney Hess, when Informed of it, said: "Of course I cannot aay what the court will do.' The state is ready to go to trial and I ahall certainly oppose any continuance." ?-? wv- T i i It. HjgJMWSSi i l Jjff Steam rml Oak Buffet fnnstrueted of solid r drawera lined for silver ware; on large lined drawer, two nicely panneled door and large French plate mir ror. Pale Price $22.75 Everything We Sell We Guarantee No Matter How Low the Price THI HOUSt THAT SAVE YOU MONRY Conic to the CONTINENTAL FURNITURE & CARPET COMPANY This Week and Get One ol These Handsome MISSION PLATE RAIL CLOCKS FREE An Offer That His Created a Sensation. Second Shipment Just Received. MO.KtTII HIPPORT flOVB' CI. IBS Plan of Major lUvkmoaa Meeting; nltk t.eaeral Approval. An Ol ; tlm in. iil ivLvivid ty Majjr 3. H rtlchincnd, chief of police, yesterday morn ing was a tetter f:in- a hading merchant r,f ti l iiiy encVj.i'n his . k- for II? i hi contribution toward tha proposed fund fcr the 'establlshnifcnt of boys' club. Th sender of the deck stated that he waa only too t'lud tj be one of the aubsenber towaitj the fund and expressed th opin ion that the chief plan to provide a rUace of entertainment for the boya of the city and thua keep them off the etraeta was a move in the right .direction. Thia check was but the forerunner of sev eral other subscriptions during the day and Ms.ior Itiihmoi d HLated last ev;iltig that the cordial support that his proposition wa receiving waa moat gratifying. "I feel certain that there will be no trouble In raising the naney needed to establish these cluhs, as thus 1 no doubt but that It meet with the approval' of thia city. Thia 1 . not an -experiment but a tangible plan which has been aucceasfully carried out In other citle. "I have evry reason to believe that if aue-eessfully carried out here In Council Bluffs. It will In a short time revo- lutlnnlce conditions among; the boy of the city," said Chief Richmond. According to Ms pl.in. aa Major Rich mond haa thu far made them, one of the rluca will be located Just west or Fifteenth treet on Broadway and tha other on East Broadway between Flrat and Frank streets An effort will b made later to establish a third club In the eouth part. of the'cltv. If th two on Broadway meet with the sup port expected. A committee composed of men In aym--fisthy with the movement will have charge of the clubs anil all mutters nertiUnlng to their management will be referred tu and decided by this committee. Heat ' Katate Transfer., These transfers were reported to "Die Bee April ag bythe Pottawattamie County Ab- strut company of Council Bluffs: Mary K. McClure and Imshand to A 3a. 1- Brivkle, lot , block 11, Stuis- nian a 2d add , w. d looo ona ai. nicivun ri ai lo i narles M. Harl. lots A. 7, a, it and 10, block 6, Highland Place, w. d aiicnaei i.yucn ami wire to Patrick J. Hurttley, s4 seV and aet il 1--42. and iw't sw'i 6-76-41. w. d.. u. o. nonon a on wire to c. B. judd, lot t in aubdic. of block 4, Avoca, w. d , 'Nxtlllam Amd cl il to D. I".. Kail, lot 2T. blink SS, Central subdiw. w. d.. tint to John Martin, lot , block IS, Cent Ml subdiv., w. d .- Llrtdic Cady a ad husband to Amy C. Heed, lot 3, block 1, Street udd , w d AVllliam Williams .Hid wire to Mir tha Hayes, lot i and ;I0, bllxk 14. Highland Plucc, w. d rorlamooth Haviiiga hsnk to W C. Urot. lot 17, block t, Harrison street add., w. d Ilcnjiimtn Fehr Real Kstate companv to O. H. Corey, lota II and 10. block 4. nnd lot 5, block S, Webster' 1st add., w. d. Albert W. Knapp and wife to Charles 8. Nixon, lot J, block i, Alliron's add., w. d .o 3. o JJOC 460 Kitchen Cabinet Thl I an Ideal Cabinet for the house keeper. It ha com partment for flour, apices, etc., as well as placea for dishes; It has 1 bread boards, In fact It may be termed the "Housekeeper's" Delight. It Is aa com plete a any one could wlh. Sale Price $10.75 FREE fsmi) Solid Oak Chiffonier Made of solid Oak, ninety pnllshed. ha five Ira war and la wwtl con tmeted. W plana them on Mia for tnl week only at the remarkabi w price ft $4.35 1 p?c. 1 V i i We Are Agents lor the Rhlnelander Relrigernlors. Prices From $6.75 lo $70.00. With all purchase ef 90.00 or av.r, n mil tar If you buy for cash or credit. Thl Mission Plate Rail Clock la in early English finish and combines a reliable clock with a broad grooved plat rail making It a decided ornament to any din In groom. FREE With all purchases ef IB0.00 or ever, ne matter If you buy fr eash or crtdlt. The clock Is guar anteed to be an ac curate Hun m per, cannot get out of order. haa raised bras hands and braes weight. Require no wtndtnr. Just raise the weight and the dock i wound. "TariiNgirrmwMg . Detroit Ideal Gas Range W are e cluslv agents for the Detroit Ideal Gas Range. Made or ateel through out. Ret up In your house complete $15 3 Rooms 4 Rooms 5 Rooms Furnished Furnished Furnished Complete Complete Complete For $52.00 For 69.00 For 8114.00 . rr 1 considered best Folding Go Carl on th mar ket. We have them In several different colors. The handi est and most dur able Cart made. l,lke cut, for $6.75 th JOUin 1NG GO'cf n.rTV'tt w .-.wsK SEE US FOR YOUR COMPLETE OUTFIT am new high M a c h Ine with all the latest I m - WE FURNISH YOUR HOME TUST AS YOU DESIRE. ALL WE REQUIRE OF YOU IS A SMALL AMOUNT DOWN AND A ! pavement. .ban WEEKLY OR MONTHLY PAYMENT. COME IN AND GET AC- bearing, spring QUAINTED WITH THIS LIBERAL CREDIT PLAN OF OURS, tension. Auto matic B o b b in Special Terms and Aitenfioa Given Young People Goiig lo Eonsekeep log. See Is Before You Buy la Our Rug Department Tou will find an elegant display , new of the latest ' and up-to-date fold Ruga. It will ! pay you to see ! t e a winder, self setting needle, and many other new featurea. under a H4-tO Irueway, C uofl Mssfra. u flrat you buy. before year guarantee. New Royal Sewing Machine, Sale Price, $14.75 ORATOR . AT TUB HIU1I SCHOOL Girl. W t Three Oat of th. loir . : PrLee. The pratorical contest between the mem- hers of the Delta Tau and Phllomathian Uterary societies of th high school was held In tha auditorium, of th Institution last night. The declamatory conteat was woo by Karl Carse, gold medal, and I -aura Robinson, silver medal; oratorical contest. Jennie Cook,- gold, medal, and Winnlfred Stelnbaugh, the silver medal. The Delta Tau aoclety, which Is com posed of young women, waa represented by leali Jarvls, Winnlfred Stelnbaugh, Jennie Cook and I -aura Robinson, while the young men who appeared for the Phllomathian aoclety were Earl Carse, Cheater Dudley, George Mayne and Ray Compton. The subject of the participant In the oratorical conteat were a follows: Hiss Winnlfred Stelnbaugh, ''Allison;" Miss Jen nie Cook. "Julia Ward Howe;" Chester Dudley, "Gladstone;" Ray Compton, "Theo dora Roosevelt." Bubjecla assigned for the declamatory contest ere as follows: Miss Iaura Rob inson. "The Swan Song;" Mlsa I-eah Jar- vlg, "If I Were King;" Earl Carse, "Affairs In Cuba;" George Alayne, "The Cartbagen- lans." The Judge were Trof. N. Bernstein and Prof. George F. Woolery of the Omaha High school and 'Rev. George Ray of this city. Several musical selections were Inter spersed through the program. COLOHKII MAM MOST SMOTHERED Starts Fire la Car, la Locked la aad A Into. t Dead Whea Heaeaed. Recpuxe he t from Alabama and a as not accuvtoiued to the frigid atmosphere Iowa FIGHT OVER BRIDGE TOLL Suit to Compel Abolition of Twenty- Five Cent Arbitrary at Dubuque. COLLEGE BOARDS IN SESSION Old One- Winding; I p lta Affairs and ew One Preparing; to Take Hold Charges of Bribery la City Matters. Iowa r i I Iowa i i i i (From n Staff Correspondent.) DE3 MOHSES, May 1. (Special.) A saving of $40,000 a year to the traveling pub lic Is contemplated In a suit before the Interstate Commerce commission, the argu ment in which ha Just been filed by At torney General Byere. It Is the finish of th rase brought against the owners of th. railroad bridge at Dubuque to compel abandonment of the long-time bridge arbitrary of 2S cents for every passenger carried across the bridge. "The Illinois Central Railway company," aay the attorney general, "haa Invested in thl bridge J-'.T71,;i44.H and haa exacted from th shipping and traveling public In return 18,000.000. It would seem upon such a show ing a thia that even a railroad company would be willing from now to make this what haa been termed In the record a 'free Lrtdge.' Without extending the argument further, we repeat that under the clrcuin tancea disclosed In this case neither of the three defendant companies ought to be per mitted to charge a cent for biidgo toll over the bridge In question." The two other companies referred to are the Great Wester, and the nurlington. The evidence submitted to the Interstate Com merce commission shows that the Illinois Central receives sbout tl9u,Q0O a year now for the privilege of freight and passenger aervtce over the bridge. About IIO.OoO of this Is supposed to be for passengers at 2j cent a trip. Attorney General Byers made some to markable disclosures in the hearing on the case bef tie Commissioner Clark. He found that the Illinois Central In fact ownsMhe bridge through ownership of a company which owns the stock of the bridge com pany, and that Captain Merry, the agent company had filed an Information aasinst "' cemrai. i w-crrn.) oi uic which prevailed in tins section of the coun try, Charles Adams, a negro, built a fir in an empty freight car In the Burlington yards earl yeaterday, then curled himself up alongside of It and calmly went to aleep. While Adams was slumbering the fire burned a hole through the bottom of the car. One of the yardmen noticed the smoke Issuing from beneath the car and, suppos ing that there were several tramps inside, put the bolt on the door and then tele phoned for th police. Ry the time Offh crs O Neil and larry reached the yarda Adams was nearly suf focated by the smoke from the fire he had started. When- the door wa opened the negro wa found with hi coat wrapped around lit head In an effort to keep tlie smoke out of his, mouth and eyes. Ho wss taken direct before Judge Snder In police court and. after officials of the railroad diately upon convening and accepting the resignation fit C. W. Phillip a secretary, passed a resolution highly eulogistic of the retiring secretary and complimenting him on the manner In which the affairs of the board had been conducted fur the thirteen years he had beeii in charge. The new board found tiiat the old board had kept the accounts In perfect condition, had adopted the best system, and there had never been a leak in th board. C. W. I.ar sen of Red Oak today took charge of the office a secretary. Texas Jodie an Una Maa. A great deal of Interest la taken here In the new from Texa regarding a deter mined effort there to hve removed from office Judge E. R. Meek of the federal district bench from the fact that Meek was, shortly before he wa appointed, a resident of this city. He was a brother of the C. F. Meek, who was at the head of aeveral small railroads in Iowa, and later was general manager of th Denver & Fort Worth railroad. Judge Meek' wife la the daughter of the late R. P. Clark- son, long a newspaper publisher here, and lie visits Des Moln.es frequently. Bribery ia City Affairs. An accusation of bribery In connection with the preliminaries for th. building of a new city hall was made In the city commission' today. The commission has been in a quarrel as to who should select the architect and aa tu which architect to name for the building and aa superintend ent of const lucll'jr.. It la now asserted that Alderman Ha mere called one archi tect in hia office and had a conversation with him about an alleged deal whereby the architect had placed S2,5iO in the hxndn of a third party to be used in case the architect should g-el the appointment. Ilamery had a shorthand man concealed in the room, who took down the conversation. 4 oavicted Maa Mast Servr. Th. L'nltid Ststei circuit court of appeals today handed down a decision affirming the sentence of Carl M. Spi-ncer of Dee Moines to fUe yeais' imprisonment t Fort Ieavenworth. Spencer was convicted In November, 1907, cpon two indictment and fifteen couius, charging him with falsifying hank book and rmbcxxling about flo.Ouu from tlie Dea Moines National bank, tween t'M and J80 In money, but $209 which was in the safe. They secured the money which had been taken from the cash register, but did not find a sum In another drawer which had been laid aside to be deposited. They secured entrance through a rear window and managed to open the combina tion lock on the safe. Besides; tlie money they got $18 In checks. Rloodhounds will be brought here from Reatrice. ENSIGN HEAD OF COLLEGE Former Coonell Blaffs School Man Elected President at Baena lata. STORM I.AKK, la.. May 1-rSpectal.)-i'. C. Ensign, profegsor of education at the State university, has been elected to the presidency of Buena Vista college at Storm Lake at a meeting of the trustee held yesterday. Prof. Ensign was formerly superintendent of the city schools at Coun cil Bluffs and Iowa City and for th last five years has had the inspection and ac crediting of the high schools in tlie elate In his charge. He la a graduate of both the Suite Normal and the State university. Buena Vista college has had no president sine the retirement of Dr. H. IV Campbell last fall. I.. A -.. . n .. ....... 1 .. U ...... 1 1. A ......it." (..,l i pneumonia, resulting In pain, anguish and I heavy expense for nurse hire and medical ! attendance. IOWA FALLS The Des Moines Short Line la making a hit with some of the overlooked towns along Its lines between Mason City and Dea Moines by offering to furnish gravel at the depot for grading the main traveled street from the town to the com pany's depot. Thia is done in the interest of good roads and to facilitate the truii portatlon of heavy freight, express, mall and pasaenger from the company's depot up town. CEDAR PAI.I-The board of trustees of the Iowa State Teachers' college Is hav ing a two days' session and a the new board will take charge July 1 some im portant measures are under consideration. The board consists of Superintendent J. K. Rlggs of Des Moines, E. H. Griffin of lies Moines, H. P. Osborne of Rippey. I. Mr Duffle of lemars and Hoger lenvitt uf life out of George W. smith, who waa directing tlie removal of the saf. Ed Riley Buys Farnam Lots Pay Twenty Thousand for Corner at Twenty-Sixth and Will Build Permanently. Ed Riley bought the southwest corner O. Twenty-sixth and Farnam streets Saturday for $.n.uoo cai'h. This means nn Improvement nt the corner Cedar falls. George r. Baker of Uaven- , W,le now tands several frame buildings, wort and D. D. Murphy of Elkader, hIho i ,,, . . . ,... . by Roger Leavltt of this city. Mr- Wlcy will erect perm.inent buildings I costing $.iO.0iio after the lota are graded. A Sbootlnar Scrape "j Tlie property was held by the First Na- wlth both parties wounded, demands Ruck-Ulonal lunik nnd the deal was made tiy FORT DODGE MAN DRINKS ACID C'oroarr'a Jury Brlng-a la Verdict of Accidental Death Son of Ploarer. FORT DuDOK, la, May I. (Special Telegram.) H. M. Collins, 4J years old, son pf Clare Collins, a pioneer, drank car bolic geld at hla home laat night and died soon afterward. A coroner Jury brought in a verdict to the effect he died by acci dental poisoning. He loaves a widow and four children. len s Arnica Salvo. Heals wounds, sores, burns or Injuries. 35c. For sale by Benton Drug Co. Man Struck by Two-Ton Safe. OSKAI.OOSA, la., April 30. A two-ion safe slipped from a tackle rope today down a flight of stairs and crushed the lctham l'Uvis, who has made some of tha largest dents In Omaha real estate ot the year. Nobody Is Too Old to learn that the sure way to cur1 cough or cold 1m with Dr. King's Now Discovery. 50c and $1.00. For sale by Ronton Drug Co. Calhoun Arranges for Big Payments in Cash SAN FRANCISCO. May 1. In the ef- I overhead trolley permit or any provision fort to prove that Patrick Calhoun, presl-I for c1!hI,ui-hciih nl of the $J00,000 that Mr.' dent of the I'nited Railroads, authorized Calhoun had ordered paid to Mr. Ford. Mr. various payments, lo which members of the Schmitz board of aupervlaora have tes tified, two federal officials, formerly con nected with the I'nited States mint in this city, were summoned today aa witnesses for the proaecutlou In the Calhoun trial. Frank A. Leach, former superintendent of the mint, and Thomas P. Burns, who wa In chaige of the t inted Slate suh- treasury at the time the Jatter Institution Waterloo Postmaster ftrlcWea. WATERUK), la.. May 1. (Special.) W. M. Sindlinger, postmaster of this city, took u,e place of a clearing huuse for local banks, practically agreed in their testi mony that Patrick Calhoun, after author ising payment of $J00,OUO to agents previ ously designated, sent to the mint written, and telegraph orders presented by Tlrey Total, sleven transfers. .. 1.") ..U4.0I2 It Special Twenty-third yearry piano sal. until May 1 to reduce the stork; $0 per cent discount off regular price. Bourlclua Piano House. 336 Broadway, Council Bluff. LOTS OF OLD POTATOES. WHITE OR . OHIO SEED, $1-3 PER Bl'SHEL. L. GREEN, 134 BROAD WAT. lOTS OF OLD POTATOFJS, WHITE OH OHIO BKED. $l.a PER Bl'SHEL. U OREEN. 1M BROADW.tr, ft Marriage Meases. Lkansea t. wad w.r. Issued yesterday to th folio wlnar: Name .and Residence. Ag John. B. Mais. Omaha ti Ktfthertn. Moonay, Omaha i; ante Meainncsa. Council Blufts N Ye Ida Larsen. Columbus. Neb 1 him on tlie charge of malicious destruction j of property, he wss held to the grand Jury, his ball being fixed at "Malicloua destruction of property. Maybe I that's what they call It. but I wa just trying lo Weep from freezing to death," ex claimed Adams when the ruling of the court ws rxplslned to him by Sergeant ONeil. Talking; t p Carnival. The queation of whether Council Bluffa will hav a atreet fair and rarrlval thl fall will probably be determined some time next week. The matter, it I expected, will come up for action at the meeting of the executive committee? of the Commer cial club next Tuesday. "About $4,001) must be subscribed by the business men of the city before the street fair and carnival la assured for this year." aald K II. Donllttle, chairman of the ex ecutive committee of the Commercial club yesterday. "W. have not aa yet made a canvas of the business men, but those w. have consulted seem to b. quite will ing to subscribe their share of th. fund needed. One thing ! certain and that la if the business people want the carnival a had a we ar. led to believ. they do, the money will be subscribed In short order." Bradley Plow, run alone. & Sperling TrUil.tt. tti broad Rradluy Edge Drop Corn PWnlera and As penwall Potato Planter. Sperling Trip led, I'-'T Bioadaay bridge company, and that in fact the whole I scheme of making reports and carrying j out contracts so aa to make It appear that the companies are compelled to pay toll to a bridge company Is a sham and a delusion. The complaint was brought by John R. Waller of IHibuque, and Is prosecuted be fore the Interstate Commerce commission by the attorney general through the Stato Railroad commission. It waa also brought out that over other longer bridges across the Mississippi the most that ia charged Is i centa a passenger. The case will aoon bo taken up by the commission for a decision and there la expectation that the commis sion will at least cut the arbitrary to S cents or abolish It entirely. College Boards Meet. A meeting of the board of trustees of the Slate college will be held at Amea May (, at which time the committee of the new Hoard of Education, whlcli will report on the State college work, will bn present and familiarise Itself with the work to be don. It I the Intention ot the old board to close everything up before turn ing over the business. At a meeting thl week contract were let for $36 WO worth of furniture for the new .Agricultural hall, about half of which i siaxMal furniture for laboratory use. Nearly all the con tracts will b. let at once which can b let under th law. Praia, for Old Board. The n?w state pharmacy board, Imme- AUTO IN ALIENATION SUIT Big Motor Car fa Id to Winning; Wife Hasband. Be Factor In front NEVADA, la.. May 1. (Special.)-AI-leging that while touring about the neigh borhood In his automobile, Charles Dawson woed and won hi wife from him, Jamea Thompson, a well known farmer near here, today filed auit in the district court, ask ing damagea of $30,000 for Dawson alien ating his wife' affections. In Ms petition Thompson aay be and hia wife were married In Illinois. They con tinued to live In peace and happiuesa until Dawson and his automobile entered Into the life and affections of his wife. In March of last year. It 1 alleged, Dawaoa began bestowing his affection and atten tion upon Mr. Thompson. It wa not long until she began to reciprocate and later in the season th automobile waa purchased and It proved such an effective vehicle of courtship that when 'Dawson left for Oklahoma a few mouths ago It was not long until Mr. Thompson followed him. Thompson followed and allege hi wile 1 living with and being harbored by Dawson. was today found In front of the poalofuce sitting in lils carriage, where he had been stricken with apoplexy, lils faithful horse was ciuietly watting orders. He wa re moved to hi home on a stretcher and hla nftur a trial which iiltracted widespread I condition is considered to be very grave, attention. I . -" - SAC CITY The Sac County Sunday School sssociatlon closed Its eighteenth an nual convention here last night. Auburn1 waa clioaen as t lie next meriing place and the fo lowing officers were elected: Presi dent. C. S. Needhain: vice president, L. K. Fitch: secretary. Miss Lillian Wiseman; trcaaurer, F. S. Needham. IOWA FAL1J4 May 30 haa been selected aa the date for the annual field meet of the high schools of this county. This event ia the leading one of tlie year in amateur athletics in Hardin county and always attract a big crowd of contestants aa well aa spectator, for the high school spirit runs high on this occasion. SPENCER The famous telephone caae, which grew out of the fight for the control of the Spencer Telephone company which was waged by Dr. Oravea, the heavier stockholder, and which haa been fought In the district court for five years, until it was recently decided In favor of the de fendant, has Just been appealed to the su preme court. CEDAR KAU S The Cedar Falls Globe has been ccinsillilated with the Cedar Falls Record, the plant to he Known hereafter as the licvoril Publishing company. The editorial department will be In charge of J. W. Jarnagin, who for the last eight yeara has been the editor of th Cedar Falls Daily Record, and on May 1 he will assume his new dutiea as postmaster uf Cedar Falls. IOWA FALLS Is a railroad company re. quired to maintain heat in a I'nited States mall car at all times when it is in service? i. a question that must be answered in a $lii.u) d..m.ie suit filed by Mall Clerk Karl. Chapman, who runa on the north end of this division of the Rock Island. That road is made th. defendant in lb. action aud Chapman in hia petition claims that the car In which he waa working waa set out during a big bllszard at Ocheydan and that being required to work arglar. Overlook Big Roll. TABOR, la. Hay '.-(Special Tlgram.) Burglar who robbed th. afa of th Fa'r store her. last night secured b- L. Ford, general counsel for the street railway company. In- addition, the persecution summoned Joseph S. Toblu. a fcriner director of the United Railroads, who testified that during a period of six months following tlie fire of April, lf0S, he had attended two or more meetings of the director and had never heard mentioned any appropriation for the Tobln cloned his testimony by saying' he had never heard of the employment of Ruef as an attorney represent tug the corporation of whlcli he waa a director. Mr. IjCucIi testified that a day or two after the trolley ordinance waa finally passed Mr. Calhoun visited hi office In the mint and gave directions concerning the transfer of tlie sum of $310,000, which Mr. Calhoun desired to have paid to other office rb of the corporation In hi absence. A few days afterwards, according to tha lecords, Tlrey I.. Ford, chief counsel for the I'nited Railroads, called at the mint and presented an order, aignod by Mr, Calhoun, calling for $fti,0ii. Mr. Leach stated that Mr. Ford called at (he mint for the second time or. July SI with a telegraphic order sent by Mr. Cal houn from Cleveland. O., directing that a second puyincnl of $T0,090 be made to him. On August '.'J, according to the witness, Mr. Ford prebenled a third order, also In telegraphic form, cirecting Mr. Leach to pay the balance of llOe.CO to Mr. Ford. Sons of Revolution Would Change Inauguration Date BALTIMORE, May 1 The annual con vention of the national society, Sons of the American Revolution, met here today. Cardinal Gibbons pronounced, the Ir. voca tion. A resolution was passed at tlie buainess efcsion requesting that tlie date of the presidential inuuguiatlon be cl anged from March 4 to April . It was decided lo rrect or asalni In erecting Ir W.iislilngto.i a statue to Thomas Jefferson. A resolution requesting the ma) or of Philadelphia to loan the liberty bell tu the Yukon exposition for exhibition purpose 3 during the continuance ot the exposition waa :eferred for action to th. trustees of th. aoclety. Th. report of the Secretary general (hows that the Department of Commerce an, Labor has discontinued the free distribution of tlie aoclety' pamphlets to alien enter ing thia country. It wn voted to continue lha distribution at the expense of the society. Tin- committee- having the matter in ol.-irge rcluried that apur4nly th only u 1 1 l.t.j aay In which to prevent the u c.f tlie national flag lor advertising pu. m set is to tecurd the enactment of pro. Iilliitnry eiiiictnienia In the legislature of euc ii l He '1 he flag off red lr.rt ycrr by the stat society n( Coloiddo for the largest en-ol'-inent of new icenibers during th year wu awarded to Maryland. Tonight the del.gatea lo th convention were the gin-its at a reception given by the Daughters of th America RevolulUiu.