TIIK T1F.K: OMAHA. TUESDAY. " MAY 4. lOnn
Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs
Iowa
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Minor Mention
Tks ' Council aiuffi Office of Hit
Omihi Be 1 at IS Soott Vtrtst.
oth Tnems '3.
Davis, drug.
CORRMANd. Cniieitat'V Phones 118.
Lewis CtitkT. funeral director. 'Plione 37.
VVoodiing liidettaking cntfipatiy. Tel. 3J9.
FA 1ST mfKH AT RWJIiRS' BUFFET.
Whui yon want tillable want hJ adver
lilng, use The pee.
Th best wall pap-r cleaner, 15c per can,
W. Nlcholalson. 14 S. Alain.
HAIP.D. UlNl'.KXW'KEIi ft BOLAND.
I ndertakrrs. Phone 122, 14 N. Main St.
I'r. W. W. Magart II. optometrist, moved
tn iw-'M City National bank building.
See .lie genuine Imnil-esrvod photo
fiarprg .it Alexander a Ait Stjre, Broad
vsy. ivir mr r,..-.,.. iu . ..r n r.o,.,...
f. i l ?l township in Maoawil. mid nnw I
llvlng at L'OO South Sixth street, 1m repot
seriously ill with pneumonia.
Central chapter of the Woman's guild "f
l Paul's Kplsenpal church will meet this
a'teincion at the residence of Mrs. Virginia
.VlcCotinrll, HOT Willow avenue.
The annual meeting of tin; Iowa and Ne
bi'isku Wholes lie (.rotors' association has
hcen called for Tuesday. May It. It will
be held In the hull room of the Grand
lioti'l In this Oily.
.b-we couM. Tl'hr of Ron llur. will moet
ti morrow evenli g for elc (Ion of a delegate
l'i tlit- state inciting to be held at Sioux
City on June f. At the close of the busi
ness mooting a social session will be held
nd refreshments served. ' .
The regular monthly business meeting
iind kenslngton of the Woman's Aid soti.'ty
i Hi,' Klrst C pgrcgatlnnal church will be
1" !i tomorrow mternoon nt the home of
.M'r. A. J. Oi:i'eo. LO Parlt avenue Mra.
I'nif"' will ! :i."Sisted in enlertitnln by
Mt. (). II Uuchm and Mrs Karl Beardaloy.
St. Mary's" c!::ipter of th Woman's ffulld
i ft. I'anl's Kplsropl church will meet
tomorrow aftnrtioon at the home of Mra.
K. Peters. in. SliS West Rroadway. MornltiR
s'i. I'hnpter will meet this afternoon at
the liom" of Mis. F. 13. llahn on Washing
ton nwiiiu. South First atreet chapter will
meet this .'t't.irirton nf the home of Mia.
J. II. .laekMin. r.!7 South Fh at street.
M. ynr M.iloiicv and City Knglneer Ktnyrc
x ict to h uve tcniorrow morning for t'hl
f igf' to hine. t illITi rent kinds of paving,
(ielully "T iivln." Toey expect to stop
at Duvcno irt. Hut lington and ot'ier cities
tn the Hlatc '-ti'onte and will r turn not
liiHr thin ii"vt Sunday. They will make a
report of their invcstlTat Ions 10 tile city
council it its instil, g Monday night, May
The regtilur midweek services at St.
St. John's FiiKhsh Lutheran church will
be held Wednfdny evening nt 8 o'clock.
The choir will meet for lehearsal Immedi
ately after the i-ervlre. The Voung People's
fcirlrty will hold Its monthly meeting and
social Thursday evening at the residence
of the Mtssfs Kthel and llaiel Ostrom. 10?0
Seventh avenue Arrangements are being
made for a piano recital by Joseph Gahin in
tr-c church Friday evening. .May 11.
Rev. Frank A. L'ase, pastor of the First
P.tpllst church, makes the following an
nouncements for the week: Monday Pus
tor's Bible clnaa In the church narlor at 8
p. m. Tut-sd'i v The tegjlar meeting of
a -Hon A of the Missionary circle will be
hold at the home of Mrs. J. M. Matthews,
5 i Anglo avenue, with Mrs. II. W. Binder
lis assistant hostess. Wednesday Prayer
meeting at 8 p. m. Thuraday The Baracas
will hold their regular social meeting In the
p-nior lit 8 p. m. There will be a special
meeting rf the Ladles' Aid society at the
home of Mrs. Piter Lewis. 515 Fourth
street. The organised class of Phtlatheas
will meet with Mlsa Vaiignlaux. 10- Nortn
avenue. PrUuv The choir will meet ut
7-15 with Mrs. W. J. Hammill. -,M Willow
nvenuo.
The regular monthly meeting of the offi
cial board of 'he Broadway Methodist
church will
will bo held at ttie church this
evening ii
X o'clock, 'tke Woman's Foreign
Mlslonaw soeletv and the LadlcV Aid so
rlotv will meet Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. K U Frnrr. 11 Klder street.
The regular monthly funday school board
meeting will be held Tuesday evening at
the home of Rev. A. 1.. Mlekel. 7.S7 Mill
stnet. The regular midweek service will
he held Wednesday evening nt R o'clock.
Sublect for the evening. "A Study of the
Bonk of Judo." The regjlar monthly
church social will he held Thursday even
ing and will he under the direction of the
Knights of Sir (i ilnhrid. An Interesting
program 's hcitiR arranged by the com
mittee In charge. The K 'lights o. Sir Oala
1 nd will hold their rcgitlsr monthly husl
ress ti-eetlng Friday evening at the home
of ;orgo lerfeiibaugh. 50i; East Pierce
itict.
Riax t. Iff to Hospital.
BOSTON. May 3 -By the will of Miss
Klis.ihetli Brlghani $1.50.K0 Is given to the
Robert B. Btlnham hospital fur incurables,
for the founding and maintenance of which
hoe brother left the bulk of his largi
foitune.
Lellcrt's' Lenses
Gmteit Ofetat KmvaM Wtantrt Clauet
tvnri Mil k nr
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mi nut. ma mvu nrr
AT SOVSCIk M.urt, u
rVli Sold only in
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Thousands bought Wl
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j because they wondered W il
j what they were. 'ySWr fJW rm -n -
P'C Millions use them because
5PS they know them to be flj
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NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
REPORT OF till SOLIUM
I No Judgments for Personal Injuries
I or Injuriei to Property.
CASES SETTLED OUT OF COURT
History of litigation Involving City's
Inlrrrat Dnrlna Vcar In Be Pre
irntril to Cnanrll Mrel
Inn TohIbjM.
According to the annual report of City
Kolicltor Clem F. Kimball, which lie will
submit to the ttv council tonight, i.n
Judgments were rendered against the i lly
for personal Inlurle or Injuries to prop
erty during the fiscal year which clotted
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this satisfactory condition of the mu-
nlcipal litigation, Mr. Kimball aaya in
his report:
"None of the foregoing insea have turn
settled by anything paid at the txpense
of the city. One claim against the city
has been settled before any wult was be
gun. Thla was the claim of Mrs. A. U.
Porter on account of Injuries on a de
fective aldwilk. There vvns ab'.t.iJant
evidence that the sidewalk was defective
and dangerous, and on examination and
recommendation of the city physician the
Judiciary committee was advised by the
city solicitor to stttle the claim, whuh
was done at an expenditure Jf J -'50,
which, in my Judgment, was .eaKonablo
and advlaable. It will be observed that
the docket of cases against the cttv haa
been largely chared since my lust lcporl.
This has been done with very slight ex
pense to the city, and the prospects nre
that the Judgment fund will nut be di'dwn
upon very heavily during the next car.
The cases in which material controvet fli a
are pending are being brought forw.nu
und tried as speedily us possible"
The fallowing cases reported In April,
1908. as pending have been disposed ot,
as follows: ,
Walker Manufacturing company ugaitiKt
city; action for $40,000 damages for de
fective fire apparatus; judgment for city
on demurrer; appealed tu the suprtmii
court; appeal in the Huprcme coii t dls-
missed
Annie L. Stelnbaugh against city: ncllon
for $10,000 tur-ioiiul I ijury an I death;
demurrer pleading athtnte of limitations'
case utrlckn from the docket
Bonlamtn-Fehr lUal Kstut -s coinpiny
against city; action to iulet title on hpl
clal asaesamenia ; decree In favor of city
on demurrer.
WilllHm H. Wood against city: net Ion
to quiet title on various lots; action dis
missed as tu the city.
Kate W. Shaw against city: action to
quiet title to various lots Involving spc
eltl tax liens; caee dismissed as to the
city.
tity against Illinois Central Railroad
company and Oubuque & Sioux tity ilall
road company; action In mandamus to
compel the erection and maintenance ut j
automatic crossing gates; removed li
the federal cou t ; motion to remand cnu-.e,
to state court pending.
Mrs. Michael McCarthy against city;
action for personal Injuries on alriew-lk.
$2,000: verdict for the city: atili pending
on motion for new trial; haa been
stricken from the docket.
First National bJiia ot Council Rlitffs
against city; appeal from assessment by
Board of Review; awaiting trial.
Charles 10. Carlisle against city; action
for personal Injuries for failure to fill
sewer trench: K. A. Wlckham und bonds
man, party by cross-petition; $l.ii00 dam
ages; verdict for city; motion for ncivl
trial sustained; ponding an appeal from
order sustaining motion for new trial.
The C. H. Nash company againal city;
action In L'nited States circuit lourt tor
lniiinction restraining the Issue of water
works bonds; causa on trial.
The following actions are pending:
Mary . Hardy against city: personal in
Jury to child, $1,000; similar case tiled
and verdict for city; will be itlxmiri.-ie.!.
George M. Smalley agulnst city; action
for Injunction to restrain collection unusr
wutir rate ordinance; temporary Injunc
tion Is dissolved; case null pending in
federal court; will he dismissed.
Mrs. 1. C Windsor against city: acini, l
for $2,100 personal Injury on UdcwalK;
not reached for trial: waiting the taking
of depositions at Los Angeles, Csl.
Duniiqne & Sioux City Railroad com
pany against lity; action for Injunction
to restrain collection of light and water
trx: Judgment for plaintiff pending un
nppcul in the supreme court.
City against Mason City & Fort Dodgn
Railroad company and Chicago i?- On at
Western Railway company; action in
mandamus to compel location and main
tenance of lights; l'chtM have been fur
nished In accordance with requirements
of committee of council; cause awaiting
dismissal.
City against Chicago & Great Wt.tern
Railway company and Mason City
Fort l)ode Railroad company; action In
mandamus to compel erection and main
tenance of automatic crossing gates; mo.
tion for removal to the federal court
withdrawn- c.isn 'or trial.
W. A. Harrison Arrested.
W. A. Harrison was arrested by the police
at 4:30 o'clock Sunday morning and charged
with breaking and entering the residence
of Fred Stephens at J" North Main street.
Stephens and Harrison are brothers-in-law
and the latter denies any crime. He de
clared that ho went to the house, and flnd-
Ins the door unlocked walked In, presuming
Hint li" would bo welcome In Ills relative'
' home. It seems, however, that lie was not
h welcome guest, aim w ii-n .-iepncns iojnu
i,i,n in t:.o house i.c set for hip poii. ?. j
i Captain Slinfer, Dctectlvo Ol'lesnlc and
I'Htrol.nnn Lmiio responded to the rail and
made the urn at. I
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Hl MIA Y
WAY lini.ll AGRVIti
Proposition t Invite Kvangrllst to
City llelnar Considered.
"Billy" Sunday, known us the base ball
evangelist, may. If the proper arrangements
can bo made, hold n series of revival meet
ings in Council Bluffs. The Ministerial
association is back of the movement to
bring Kvangellst Sunday hero and It Is now
up to the rliurch people of the city to say
whether they will give the proposition their
support. While no definite action litis been
tak 11 as yet by the Ministerial assoelltion,
the proposition was called Informally yes
terday to the attention of the membern of
the different churches by their respective
pastors.
The matter was also brought up by Harry
Curtis, general secretary of the Young
Men's Christian association, at the men's
meeting yesterday aftrenoon In the First ;
Baptist church. It is said that the senti
ment appears to' bo in favor of lnvlllr
Evangelist Sunday to come here.
Mr. Sunday Is at present conducting i
series of meetings at Marshalltown and it
la not at all certain that he could be so- i
cured for Council Bluffs for several months !
yet. "The demand for Mr. Sunday's serv
ices Is great," said Mr. Curtis yesterday
afternoon, "and It Is not at all certain
that we could get him hero even If we de
cided we wanted him. I am informed that
he has 150 applications from towns and
cities that want htm. He Is doing a great
work and t would like to see him come to
Council Bluffs."
Dtwitba of at Day.
Mrs Cinderella C. Staples, widow of
the late Calvin Staple, who had made
her homo with her sinter. Mrs. Jj. C.
Kmpkle. 61 S South Sixth Htreet, for the
last twenty-five years, died .-esterday
morning at the Jennie Kdmundson Me
morial hospital after two weeks' Illness,
aged 6i years. Another sister. Mrs. R. I..
Wood of New York, also sunives her.
On account of alterations betnj carried
out at the Finpkie home funeral Forvtces
will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the residence of Congressman Walter
I. Smith, l'J South Seventh street, con
ducted by Kev. Marcus P. MeClure, pas
ter of the First Presbyterian cllureh.
Following the services the body will be
taken to Topka, Kan., for burial.
Mrs. M. Cool, aged 77 years, died yes
terday afternoon ut her home. 21 It Ave
nue B. Two daughters. Mrs. IJ. W.
Spirting of Chadron. Neb., and Mis. Maty
Johnson of Omaha, and three sons, Leo
'Kimball. Burt and Daniel Cool, all of
this city. Mrs. Cool came to Iowa in
1SB9 ard s?ltl2d In Avon, inivlng to
Council Bluffs four years ago. Arrange
ments for the funeral have not been corq
p"ted. Otto Vollstedt. who served for two years
as a deputy In the office of County Treas
urer James W. Mitchell, died yesterday
morning at the home of his mother In
Walnut, la., from tuberculosis. Mr. Voll
stedt, who was n young man of sterling
character, was obliged to give up his posi
tion in the county treasurcr'a office the
latter pnrt of February on account of hla
health. He had a large number of friends
In this city, to whom the news of his deatli
will come as a shock. He was a member
of Excnslor Masonic lodge of this city,
which will have charge of the funeral, to
he held tomorrow tifternoon at 2 o'clock
from the family home In Walnut.
Purr Food l.nw Violated.
CRKSTON, la.. May 3. (Special. I State
Food and Dairy Commissioner Wright filed
Information against Q. tl. Whitney of Cum
berland In tin Atlantic justice's court last
week for a violation of the food laws fo
an Irregularity In the weight of sucks of
cornimul, which weighed but nice pounds,
while labeled ten pounds. A fpne of $10
and costs was assessed, which was paid.
Tills Is the first Instance 't a violation in
the food laws found at that place, and h
Justice to Mr. Whitney it must be ex
plained that he was unknowingly guilty,
as the sacks were branded by the milting
company and accepted at their quotation.
N. Y. Plumbing Co. Tel. :so. Night, F-170J
He who makes a comparison before he
makes a purchase is a wine man. We Invite
i otnparlsun on our work and wall paper.
We know our paper will he what you want.
It's all new, up-to-date In puttern, pretty
shades, and clever designs. We are al
ways reubonable in our prices. Give us
the opportunity to show you. C. Jenson,
Masonic Temple.
IOWA ROADS PAY MURLi AXES
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Reports Show S3.000 Increase Over
Year Before.
.
LOCAL BUSINESS FALLS OFF
Prnnta on. Interstate Trsflle llecrens
ter $IHW,lintl, According; to
thawing Made ly Com
panies. (From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINKS. May 3.-(Speclal.)-Two
months hence the representatives of rail
roads In Iowa will be summoned before the
executive co.tncll to be assessed for taxa
tion. All their annual reports for 19iS urs
past duo. but pome urn delinquent. Includ
ing the Northwestern nnd Milwaukee lines.
The railroad representatives will have no
difficulty in showing that the campaign to
make them pay a larger proportion of the
taxes has heen eminently successful. This
reports show that twelve of the lines thus
fur reported paid in taxes in 190H a total of
" ' ,' hey did the year before,
nd this Is not half of the total. The Rock
Island was hardest hit. having paid $.5,461
year before.
lint these reports made to the state offi
cials will not aid in the campaign which
mav be made for having the Iowa 2-cent
fare law declared Invalid because of the
loss of1 revenue. In fact, Jf the courts are
to be appeuled to, a different set of fig
ures will have to be furnished to show thut
reduced fares is equul to confiscation.
The Burlington system, In Its report on
Iowa business alone, not Including inter
state business, shows that the receipts from
passenger furcs for 1908 Increased by $99,597
over the previous year and the freight re
ceipts decreased $868,926.
The Rock Island system reports an In
crease of $103,901 In passenger receipts and
1204.754 decrease In freight.
It is remembered that the 2-cent fare was
In force in Iowa for Just half of the year
1907. The reports now are the first after
the full effect of the law Is known.
Tne Illinois Central makes a different
showing, that of a decrease of $17,225 in
passenger and $15,f98 In freight earnings.
The Great Western shows a decrease of
$3,611 In passenger earnings and an increase
of $2,123 in freight. . These two rouds alone
show a decrease In passenger receipts.
Tin: Wabash reports $12,474 Increasa In
passenger and $i9,f5& decrease In freight re
ceipts. The Omaha line reports $11,295 in
crease In passenger receipts and an In
crease of $17,131 In freight. The Minneapolis
& St. Louis reports $13.ti increase in pas
senger and $108,878 Increase In freight re
ceipts.
ltcports on the Business.
The reports of tho railroad companies uu.
dertike to make a division as between
strictly Iowa business und that which Is
interstate. The reports of some of the
leading lines und some of the smaller
ones show as follows on the Iowa business
done, including tsxic paid last year;
Bjrlinsluii Gross receipts. $10,077,107, de
crease $i'41.710; operating expenses $7,688,208,
increase $7,718; taxes paid, $367,812.
Rock Island Itio ipts $l;i,lo4,U)2. decrease
$626,124; expenses $8,999,345, decrease $949,315;
taxes, $469,910.
Great Western Receipts $5,133,532, de
crease $l'.i5,23j; cxwnB $I,650,CS8, increase
$159,239: taxes, $I62.JMhW
.Minneapolis & Sij-ixiuis Receipts $1,064.
853, decrease $tii2.rtH -expenses $i6.V699, In
crease $:9.9': taxes-,. ul. 707.
Illinois Central Receipts $4.6S2.P.S3, de
crease J)57.2'K; expenses $3,790,317, decrease
$502,844: taxes, $106,801.
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Receipts $951,239, decrease $92,465; expenses
$562,031. decrease $58,444; taxes. $43,653.
Great Western Receipts $478,940, increase
$.12,143; expenses $333,332, decrease $59,430;
taxi s. $10,080.
Wahash Receipts $1,062,510, decrease $59,
824; expenses $82,375, decrease $45,952; taxes,
$18,700.
Des Moines Fnloti Receipts $.'506,802. de
crease $2,375; expenses $240,436, decrease $387;
taxes. $.13,468.
Inwa Central Receipts $2.061. 106, decrease
$167,661: ex rinses $1,651,911, increase $132,005;
taxes, $71.3o2.
A little compulation on the above ten
systems will show that the net decrease
of profit for the year was $1,204,000. Nine
of the roads show a decrease In receipts,
and six a decrease in expenses. The gtuss
receipts Include not only the passenger
and freight . earnings, but all others, in
cluding rentals, mail, express, etc., but
this is solely on business originating and
ending in Iowa, so far as the companies
can make this division.
For a number of years the state officials
have been engaged In pushing up the total
of assessments of the railroads, which
accounts for the Increased taxes paid; but
It seems probable that this year there will
he very little Increase In the assessment.
An Injustice ha8 been done the members
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Iowa
of the committee on tclret chmcnt and 10
form ot the legislature by wide publication
of a statement that the commMee wasjir
aware when it fathered the hill to require
duplication of vourhcis that the cod - al
ready provUed for vouchers for everything
before the state auditor ha.i the right to
draw a wurrant. The bill was Introduced
at the request, or upon sitEgcstlon, of
Secretary Davison of the executive council,
but Senators Smith. Powell and Maytag
and Representatives White, Moore and Sul
livan fully understood that the new law
did nothing more than to require duplica
tion of Hie vouchers w ileh were already
required, and th- s-jlc reason for tills
duplication was explaineci to bo that the
executive council Itself mlht have as com
plete a rocord as the office ot auditor of
state. It Is true, however, that when the
duplication law a,i applied It was dis
covered that in a lew cases, at least, the
state auditor had not required the filing
of vouchers before issuance of warrants.
In fa-:t. It skeins that the business of the
slate hfa been done, In a grossly careless
manner for a good many years. In this re
spect, fo'- while the executive council had
been ateadlly lighter ing up the lines for u
good many years, there had been continued
Irregularity in the office of slate auditor.
When the 'aw was got through a few years
ago requiring all fees of ivory kind to be
turned into Hie slate tressury and that all
expenses should b; paid on warrants. It
was required that the stute auditor should
have the vouchers, but It seems this hat
not been done, hence when the new dupli
cate voucher law is tried out the loopholes
are suddenly discovered to Hie surprise of
many.
Third Trngedy In Family.
IOWA CITY, la.. May 3.-Spec hil.l-A
tragic fate befell the third member of tho
Slezuk family here lust night, when John
Slezak shot himself through the head In
the Seriate suloon. He was In a precarious
condition today und Is nut expected to live.
A sister of Slezak's was burned to death
three years ago and two summers ago Ills
brother was killed In a friendly scuffle
over a rifle. Slezak was despondent over
financial difficulties. He has a wife and
two small children.
Iowa citi "Votes.
SAC CITY Godfrey Daniels, an ag-d
resident of Jackson towns-hip. was found
dead in his barn last nignt. Apoplexy was
the cause of his death.
KEOKl'K-Dcsponclent because ho could
not get work following the strike of pain
era which Is on In tills city, S. Hunt, a
barber and painter, committed suicide to
day by drinking carbolic acid.
W MITT KAIORK During un electrical
storm lust night the barn on the Rundel
warm was struck by lightning and com
pletely destroyed. Twelve cows and three
horses were in the barn and w ie burned.
MOl'NT VERNON The annual festival
of music of Cornell college will be held
here on May 20, 21 and 12. In addition to
a fine group of soloists. Thomas' orchestra
will play. Hnd the Cornell orchestra and
Cornell chorus of 150 voices will participate.
KLDORA ICldora claims the champion
billiard player of the st :te In Ftank Hi user,
who last night made a run of ;:.o in a
three-ball game and left Hie balls In per
fect position. Hanse l- today Issued a chal
lenge to any player of the slate and Is
Iowa
ready to defend Ills title. Air. I la user Is a
carpenter by trade.
OILMAN The voters of Gihnan voted to
bond the school district of Hie town to the
extent of $I3.2H0. the money from the sale
of the bonds to he used to rrcet a new
school building to take Hie place of the
one which was destroyed by fire last fall.
Out of a total of seventy-seven votes thero
wu but one against the proposed bond
Issue.
MA RSH ALLTOWN The Consumers' Ice
company and the fceto Ice company, both of
Dos Moines, today purchased the machinery
of the Idle Iowa Artificial lee and Refrig
erating company of this city und leased
the buildings comprising the plant. The
purchasers will begin to operate the plant
at once. The surplus of their product will
be shipped to the Des Moines market.
MASON CITY It Is rumored here, fol
lowing a tour of Inspection made by a
party of Wahush railroad officials over the
line of the St. Paul Des Moines railroad,
that the trip was ill direct connection with
negotiations which the Wabash has under
way for the purchase of the road. It Is
also rumored that In rase the Wabash
purchasR the tine thev would extend It to
the Twin Cities. Tho St. Paul & Des
Moines road would give the Wabash a
feoder from northern Iowa and southern
Minnesota territory.
MARSH ALLTOWN At their home In
Woodlawn. Wash., within nine days, oc
curred the death of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
C Davidson, former old residents of this
county. The end of the old couple cnine
after a remarkable record of married Hie,
extending over a period of sixty-six- years
Mr. and Mrs. Davidson settled in Marshall
county in 1848, long before the state was
organized. Their daughter, Isola. who Is
now dead, was the first while girl horn
In the county. Mrs. Davidson was 8.8 when
she died and her husband was 91.
Explosion in
Peoria Theater
W. W. Robinson, City Editor of Star,
Dies as Result of Inhaling
Flames.
TF.ORIA. 111.. May S.-As the result of
the explosion in the film room of the Cres
ton Nickelodeon bete tonight, resulting in
plunging the entire front of the theater
Into flames, William W. Robinson, city ed
itor of tho Peoria Star and manager ,f
the playhouse, Is dead.
Walter Woodiovv, the moving picture ma
chine operator, is severely burned. Two
wonven fainted following their successful
escape In the street. Over :! people were
in the theater at the time of tho fire. In t
no panic' ensued, the crowd walking out of
the theater through the fire enwrappd
main entrance, without exhibiting any signs
of panic.
Robinson dropped dead In an arciii ev t's
office an hour later as Hie result of Inhal
ing flames in his efforts to control I he
crowd following the ulanii of fire. He was
endeavoring to make arrangements for tie
sebuildlng of the theater. Robinson was one
of the most widely known nws open- men in
the country.
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Bishop Looks
for Live Boys
State Superintendent Wants Fifty
Thousand of Them in Nebraska
to Grow Prize Corn.
In 6.85s sc hool districts of Nebraska. 5.c0
of whic h are in the. "corn belt" of the
state. Superintendent U. C. Bishop of tiie
Department of Public Instruction Is looking
for 50,0f) boys to plant ut least one ear o
good corn and cultivate It with such cam
thut It will be permitted to enter prize
winning classes at the National Coin ex
position In Oniuh and the slate contest in
Lincoln.
The state superintendent has mailed lei -lers
to all superintendents and principals
In the state as well as to he newspapers,
using co-operation with the schools I?;
make all work educational; make all work
enjoyable, and all work profitable by tint
combined action of hands and brains
"The National Corn exposition will he
held at Omaha December 6 to 18, irvi?. Every
Vobrnska bey who grows some good corn
will be given a chance to enter ten eiri rf
the same at the National Corn exposition.
This wlli not prevent participating in tin
county and state contests. A strong pre
mium list Is being provided for both na
tional and state contests. All thosq Inte.'
ostcd are requested to correspond whit
thrlr respective county supc t intondenta,
who will bo provided with Information tela
tlv tu the work.
"Tne next stute contest nnd convention
of the Nebraska boys' and girls' clubs will
be held at Lincoln the week beginning
January 17, 1910. A one week's course in
agriculture and In domestic science will be
offered at that time for boys und girls sect
as diiegiles from their respective counties.
Subalantlcl premiums will he offered for
corn selected from that grown by buys wiio
raise good corn this summer, and for girls
In cooking und sewing. Kvcry boy and
girl who becomes Interested will bo invih d
to participate o county contests whine
such aro organized; in counties where no
such contest Is held, opportunity will be
given to nend the results of Work direct to
the state contest."
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