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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATL'KDAW MAV 8. '
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Council Bluffs
Minor Mention
Tie Council Staffs Office of the
Omaha la at 1 oott Street,
Both 'Fboats 13.
Davis, drug.
CORRIQANB. fndertskr Phon. 148.
Lewis Cutler, funeral director. 'Phone 7.
Woodrlng Undertaking company. Tel. 339.
FAVBT BEER AT ROGERS' BUFFET.
WTien you want reliabla want ad adver
tising, w The Bee.
The brat wall paper cleaner, 15c per can,
' W. Nlcholalson. 14 B. Main.
BAIRD. LONGENKCK ER HO t. AND,
Undertakers. 'Phone m, 14 N. M i In St.
Dr. W. W. Mngarell. optometrist, moved
to J08-2L Clly National bunk building.
Exclskr Masonic lodge will meet t i is
evening for work In the second degree.
, The Junior Loyal Temperance legion will
meet Saturday afternoon at 2:) o'clock at
the Fifth avenue Methodist church.
The ult for divorce brought by Lulj B.
Ranrord agstnst Charles W. Ban fori urn
dismissed hy the plaintiff. In the district
court yesterday.
The path to your economical piano, pur
Ihsse lead directly to the A. hospe t'o.'l
store, Pearl Ht , and 2 South Main St.,
Council Bluffs, la.
Tha Woman's Relief corps will meet this
afternoon In Grand Army hall. Plans for
Memorial day are to be discussed and a
full attendance Is desired.
To whom It may concern. My wife. Mrs.
T. J. Walker, left her home without any
cause and I will noi be responsible for
any debts she makes. J. T. Walker..
The annual field meet of the High School
Athletic association will be held this af
ternoon at Hustler' ball park on Six
teenth avenue. The first event Is scheduled
for 1:30 o'clock. '
The fire department was called out yes
terday afternoon at 4 o'clock to extin
guish a blaze In a heap of rubbish at the
rear of the Masonic t'nple at Broadway
- and Fourth streets.
O. R. Hartenhoff, charged with cruelly
beating a horse, was fined HO and costs
In police court yesterday. The informa
tion was filed by W. F. Bapp, president
of the Council Bluffs Humane society.
Tha new ordinance, regulating pool halls
went Into affect yesterday with the pub
lication of the measure. The penalty for
violation of the provisions of the ordinance
is a fine not exceeding $ino and forfeiture
of license.
The funeral of James A. Dahl, who com
mitted suicide Wednesday morning hy
drinking carbolic add, will be held this
afternoon at I o'clock from the Fifth ave
nue Methodist church. Burial will be in
Falrvtew cemetery.
An Information charging Robert Bee
crofl with being mentally dcrangpd was
filed yesterday hy Theodore Ouittar, st
the request, It is said, of members of the
family. The caae will he. Investigated by
the commissioners this morning. .
The funeral of the late Mrs. Bridget Mc
Laughlin will be held Saturday morning at
8:30 o'clock from St. Francis Xavler s
church. Requiem man will be celebrated
at f o'clock by Rev. Father McManus.
Burial will be In Ht. Joseph's cemetery.
Lottie Fadden, recently dlacharged from
St. Bernard's hospital and who was re
turned to Council Bluffs Wednesday bv the
Omaha authorities, was again discharged
yesterday by the commissioners on Insan
ity, who decided that the woman was not
insane.
At tha meeting of the West Knit Im
provement club last night Col. W. F. Ba- i
ker pf the Board of Supervisors delivered
his address on the subject of "Inland I
Waterways." On Thursday. May 20, F. J.
Wead of Omaha, vice president of the I
Missouri Kiver navigation association, will
address the West Council Bluffs Improve
ment club.
rlKTV-THHEK ITPII.K t(l AI.IFV
I. Mat of 103 In Eighth tirade Schools
Nearly Half tailed. .
Of the 103 eighth grade pupils n the rural
schools of Pottawattamie county who took
the recent examination for graduation only
fifty-three secured the required grade, ac
cording to the report of E. R. Jackson,
county superintendent of schools, 'who has
completed the work of marking the papers.
Agnes Duffy, a pupil of school No. 3 In
Oorner township, made the highest average,
receiving a marking of 80.2 per cent.
The schools with the best records arc
Die following: No. 7, Washington town
ship, five graduates; No. 10. Garner, four
giaduates; No. 3. Boomer, three graduates;
No. 3. Uarncr, three graduates; No. 7,
C.arner, three graduates; No. 8, Layton,
t.'iree graduates.
This is the list of graduates:
Belknap Township No. 1. Ceclle Rod
tvell; No. 3, Viola Earnest, Mabel Dultun;
No. 4. Edna Carse.
Boomer Township No. 3, Margaret Clark,
Ilosu McBride, Ariipb Tainlesea; No. 7,
ella Spencer, l,ena Madison.
Center Township No. 3, Lola fturgctt;
So. 3, Homer Johns; No. 6, Florlce fiod-
ell.
descent Township No. 5, Everett Swan
son. Crescent; No. 8, Bertha Smith.
Darner Township No. 2. Mabel Hlightam,
R.-ssle Young; No. 3, Uolda Garner, Agnes
Duffy, Edith Cook; No. 4. Hazel Draper;
No. , Hannah Pedersen; No. 7, Ella Han
s n. W illiam Baer. John Haer; No. 10 Wil
liam Roberts. Helle Crosaley, Ueorge Cross
ley, Mabel Crosgley; No. 12, Uludvs Wil
son. ... . '
Grove Township No. 8, Victoria Buckner.
tlar.liu Township No . 5. Hunrv Mam
men; No. 8, Marlon Chambers. Mc "Miami
Independent district. Blanche Harding.
Keg Creek Township No. 3, HlJda Be
bensce; No. 4. Anna Wlttland.
Iayton Township No. 8, George Crops,
Daniel Green, Roy Hurkey.
Lewis Township No. 7, Olive Spotman,
lvilia Fleer.
Pleasant Township No. 2 Elsie Holdorf.
Rockford Township No. 8, Marjorie
White.
Valley Township-No. 2, Irene Oldfleld,
Boyd McKiay.
Washington Township No. 1, Lilly
Clianey; No. , Jxinard Turner; No.j,
Chandler Cleveland. Ella fiennep-l. Lyda
Taylor. Ktta Taylor. Florence Kees.
W aveland Township, No. 6, Bessie Mc
wlili tcr.
Real Kslate Transfers.
These transfers were reported to The
Bee May t by the Pottawattamie County
Abstract company at Council H luffs:
Interstate Realty company to J.' W.
Jnhnson, lota 17 and 18 in block 19,
Evans' second bridge addition to
Council Blut'fx, w. d JJ00
Margaret L. McUce and nuxtwnd -to
Henry and EatcUa M. Allen, lot 4
In block 27, Hughes and Donlpnan's
addition to Council Bluffs, w. d 200
1 V. Potter and wife to ttrville Will
iams, part lot 4. And subd nwfc
sW, 12-7.V40. q. c. d 1
Ferd II. ' Runte. single, to Zula B.
Flack., east 46 fit of lot 7 in block
19. HughcH Lid Doniphan's addition
' to Council Bluffs, w. d 100
Total,' four transfers...
tm
W. K. Balabrldae Marled.
The funeral services of the late W. E.
Brainbiidge held Wednesday afternoon at
the family residence on Glen avenue, were
attended by a large concourse of former
frienda of the deceased and by. the mem
bcre, of the Bar association In a body.
The casket was opened In the morning
for an hour to per.mil friends to view the
body, after .which 11 was .sealed up and
waa not epen during the services. . Inter
ment, which waa In Walnut Hill cemetery,
waa private.
; Marrlase Licenses.
IJcensea to. wed were Issued yesterday to
the following:
Name and Residence. Age.
Claude P. Smith, Council Bluffs a
Jsyne ii. Oreleser, Council Bluffs 23
Caleb Fisher. Paciric Junction, la... 2
Lulu Piatt, Pact lie Junction, la l
Leflerl's' Lenses
Gfnl Cestkwt Kaews n Wssrstt sf ClasMg
w'wTk, a ii jgTk rsMs
LOTEKTS f"TT
all was. a . nim saw:
Council Bluffs
HUSTLING FOR HEAVY LIST
Saloon Men'i Organization Starts Out
Its General Consent Petition.
ARND AND HARDIN CARRYING IT
Antl-Palonnlsta Threaten to I'abllsa
5asnea of signers In the Hope
or Making It Hard to
Fill List.
The canvass to secure over 3 000 names
to the new general 'petition of content
was commenced Wedncsdsy by William
Arnd, former county treasurer, and W.
D. Hardlrh city assessor, acting on be
hnlf of an organization of the saloonmen
of Council Bluffs. A list of the voters has
bren copied from the poll hooks of the last
general election and great care 'will be
taken that each signature corresponds ex
actly to the name aa It appears In the poll
book.
The announcement of the combined op
posing forces of the Ministerial associa
tion and the Iowa Anti-saloon league that
the names of those signing the petition
would be publ'shed as soon as the docu
ment Is filed and becomes of public rec
ord will undoubtedly deter many from
signing the petition who otherwise would
do so.
The otrculators of the petition discovered
this early in the canvass yesterday. A
well known business man, on being pre
sented the petition for his signature, said:
"While I have no wish to place any ob
stacle In the way of the saloons doing a
legitimate business, I cannot sign this pe
tition, as I would not like to see my name
in print as being on It." The name of this
business man appears on the general pe
tition of consent filed in 1900.
As was to be expected, the Woman's
Christian Temperance union will take a
hand In the campaign against the petitlpn
of consent. The secretary of the local
union, In accordance with Instructions re
ceived at the last meeting of the organiza
tion, has requested each minister of the
city to make mention from his puipft next
Sunday of the general petition of consent.
No sjggestion, however, was made to the
pastors as to the manner In which they
should present the matter to their respec
tive congregations. -''We did not even ask
them to charge those members of their
congregations who were voters not to sign
the petition. We have enough confidence
in. the ministers of our City to know that
they will present the matter In a manner
which will bring the best results." de
clared Mrs. O. O. Oldham, president of the
local union. 1
The old petition of general consent un
der which the saloons are operating was
Hied In 1900. It was circulated by L. M.
Bedlson and 'F. 8. Martin and It bears
2.0J0 signatures. The number of signatures
required at that time Is based on . the
vote cast at the general election In 189.
This statement of consent, when filed, was
not limited by lawas to the time It con
tinued In effect. The new law, -however,
terminates all existing petitions of con
sent on July ir mi.
If the circulators succeed in securing the
required number of signers the new peti
tion of consent will probably be presented
to the board of supervisors at Its June
session. Arnd and Hardin are to receive
11.080 from the saloonmen for their work
in circulating the petition.
DOBBINS GKTI A CON TIN CAN CE
Trial of Atleared Member sf Makrs
(ana; Pat Off Till Fall.
Judge Wheeler of the district court hav
ing sustained the motion of the defense
for a continuance, the trial of John R.
Dobblna. the alleged member of the J. C.
Maybray "swindling syndicate." who is
charred with the larceny or the I30.W10
which T. W. Ballew, the banker and lum
ber man of Princeton, Mo., claims to have
been buncoed out of on a fake horse race
in Council Bluffs last October, will not
be tried at this term of court. Under
the continuance the case will go over until
the next term, which opens on August 31.
so the trial will not be held until late In
the fall. If then.
Two indictments were returned against
Dobbins, one on the charge of larceny of
the 130,000 and the other on the charge
of conspiracy in connection with the bunco
ing of Banker Ballew. Dobblne has made
no attempt to secure a bail bond, which
waa fixed at S8,UX In each caae, and Is
still in the county jail, where he has been
since being brought bsck from New York
In February.
On the charge of conspiracy In connec
tion with the Ballew case. It was learned
yesterday that J. C. Maybray was Indicted
Jointly with Dobbins, and thst a separate
Indictment was also returned against the
alleged head of the "swindling syndicate"
on the charge of larceny of Banker Bal
lew's JJO.COO.
On March 3 the fact wss made public'
that the district court grand Jury had re
turned ten indictments sgainst Maybray.
These were based on the testimony given
before the grand Jury by Samuel Sutor of
Cass Lake, Minn.; J. c. Walker of Den
ver. Colo.; Dr. C. C. Vanderbeck of St.
I-ouls. Mo.; John Hermelbracht of Ban
croft. Neb., and W. H. Bedford of Ray,
Mo In each of the five cases Indictments
on the chsrge of larceny and conspiracy
were returned, making a total of ten in.
dlctmunts. Bail under each Indictment
was placed at $5,000.
In addition to these ten Indictments re
turned by the grand Jury in March, it
was iearned yesterday that two other in
dictments had been previously returned
against Maybray on evkleii.e fur.ithd
the grand Jury by W. II. McCritli of
Pine City, ilinn., who Is said to hnv.
been fleeced, out of $10,000 by the gang.
Bail under each of these lad!, t ai nts Is
said to have been fixed at $5,000. For
some reaaon not explained M.Grath's
name dos not appear- in the list of the
Itnng's victims which aa found among
Msybray's pefVrs vhen the UMer was
arrested In Little Rock.
Thl i- makes a totsl of fourteen indict
ments In the state court and .wo 1b the
reaernj court here against Maybray. As
the anicunt of ball umlw each Indict
ment is $5,000 In both courts, Mayhrsy
rty pending the delermir.otlon of the
charges against lim. The hail bond In
the two Indictment i In the fed it si co-jrt
was first fixed at $1 .00a 'each, J0t the
court later reduced the amount to $5,004
In each caae.
PcHofflce Inspector Hnenaon was In
consultation with County Attorney Hjs
yesterday In reference lo the case against
Dobbins. MV. Swwnson said ;hat he did
not believe Maybray would be bru;ht to
Council liluffa until the September term
of federal court.
raankerataa Will Klat.
The hearing in the . cane against the
Younkerman Seed compand. charged with
selling clover aeed containing a large per
centage of Canada thistle aeed, was con
tinued In the superior court yesterday to
permit the attendance of Stale Food and
Dairy Commissioner Wrlgbt. who dedtrca
Council Bluffs
o be present at the trial and who could
not be here yesterday.
Councilman Oscar Younkerman, head of
the defendant firm, was represented In
court by City Solicitor Kimball, who said,
"We will fight this case to the limit, even
If we have to go td the supreme court."
Mr. Younkerman stated all of the seed
sold by Mm had been submitted ,tr a test
at the State Agricultural college at Ames
and that the retorts of the state authorities'
contained the following notation: ''The
samples submitted do not contain any of
the forbidden seeds."
LAW Af ORDER I.EAGtK nVlG
Anaaal Meeting Lacked a Dsorsm
aad Was Pat Orer.
The Council. Bluffs Law and Order
league, which stsrted out a year ago with
a considerable blare of triimphets, appears
to have lapsed Into a state of Innocuous
desuetude. The annual meeting celled for
.Wednesday night In the south coi rt room of
the county court house failed for fack of a
quorum. Only alx members put In an ap
pearance and under the constitution and
bylaws of the orgsntzatlon the presence
of ten members la necessary to form a
quorum. Those who put In an appearance
were Attorney KUlpack, who has been
acting as president since th resignation of
Attorney D. E. Stuart: Attorney C. E.
Swanson, Bev. James M. Willlsms, pastor
of Boradway Methodist church; Harry Cur
tis, general secretary of the Young Men's
Christian association; F. C. Lougee. and
Dr. James H. Casson.'
A strenuous effort on the part of Mr.
Lougee, who spent half an hour at the
telephone calling up absent members, failed
to secure a quorum and the meeting wis
finally abandoned. Another effort to hold
the annual meeting will be made this after
noon at 4 o'clock at the office of Mr.
Lougee.
MAlOR IS ASKED TO RHSIU
Chief Executive of Corning; Kefasea
.to Qnlt Vnleee Paid. . ,
CRESTON, la., May 7-(8pecial.)-lNie
good people of Corning are Just now agi
tated by sensational developments against
Mayor L. P. Knowles of this place, and
at a meeting of the city councils last night
that official was asked to resign, which
offer he promptly v declined. Charges of
various irregularities in conducting the
business interests of tha city are preferred
against him and It Is stated that some
time ago a committee waited upon him
and Informed ' him of the dissatisfaction
with his adminisstratlon. and at that time
he ia said to have replied that "for $100 he
would resign, as It would be more than
he could make out of the office In a year."
Later he Is quoted as saying It would
take $200 to cause him to resign. Just what
steps the council will take now Is uncertain,
but It Is said the council will attemtp Im
peachment, or a grand Jury indictment.
Mayor Knowles also has a damage suit
on now, brought by John-Dhone, a citizen
of this place for $100 damages for falling
to provide his family with fuel and the
necessaries of life, while they were quar
antined for scarlet fever, and alleges they
would have suffered greatly had not the
neighbors provided for their wants.
Iowa Bankers Meeting;.
CRESTON, la.. May 6. (Special.) Local
bankers are planning to entertain a large
number of visiting' bankers next Wednes
day, Ma,y. 2, .wjhen the fifth annual meet
ing of the Bankers' Association of Group
Nine meets in this city. Nine counties are'
represented in this grotfp and nearly every
banker In the nine counties Is Included,
belong to the organisation. A program of
papers to be given by aome of the finan
ciers will be a feature of the afternoon, aa
well a-s an address by H. W. Brough, as
sistant manager of the country bank de
partment of the First National DtnK oj
Chicago; E. R. Qurney of Fremont. Neb.,
is also scheduled for an address on "The
Postal Savings Bank." Election of new of
ficers will also be held in the afternoon
and in the evening a banquet and smoker
will be given the visitors.
Good Enrollment at OkoboJI,
IOWA CITY. Iar May .-(8peclal.)-Two-thirds
of the number to be accom
modated have been enrolled In the summfer
school of the State University of Iowa
which is to be conducted In the novel
fresh water laboratory on the shores . of
Lake OkoboJI this summer.
The applications have far exceeded ex
pectations and Director Thomas H. Mc
Bride is pleased by the fact that ten of
tha colleges of tho state are represented
In the number of students enrolled.
Work Is progressing satisfactorily on the
erection of the laboratory proper and all
will be In readiness' for the opening of the
tlret term in June. v
lovra ewa Motes.
MT. AYR Prof. George P. Koebel has
been unanimously elected superintendent
of the Mt. Ayr public schools, and his
salarv raised l.1o on the year's work.
r'ORT DODGK-Henry A. Corey, a vet
eran railroad man aged fifty-nine years,
died at his home In Lehigh this morning
alter a prolonged Illness with cancer. His
parents were prominent as early settlers
here and the family is very well known.
i 'HUSTON Relatives have been Informed
ot the death oi Willwm Triplet i. a former
resident of this place, in. St. Joseph hospital
at Deauwood. B. I. 11 is feared Ilia ueatli
was the result of some accident, as lie
was in good nesltli when his relatives heard
from him a snort time since.
CRBSTON Miss Kthel Mae Heeves a-id
Ovo M. Henry, were united In marriage in
this city lasi nlgni 111 the presence of
company ot about filly relatives ami
frit-mis. The. contracting partb-a aie well
known and are prominent oung people in
ih.a vicinity, the groom being particularly
well known aa an auctioneer. They will
make their home at Lake City in a short
time.
IOWA PAULS Mrs. Ira A. Nichols. Wife
of Editor Nichols of the Citisen of this
city was in the wreck on the Burlington
road near Goodwin, bjt luckily escaped
serious Injuries. Miss Bertha Thomaa and
Mls Marie Jeffrey are reported as bulng
from this clly and among the ollglitly In
jured. The wreck was -nused by spread
ing rails and four cars went Into the ditch.
One man was baJly crushed and may die.
k'URT DOUliK-After another urgent re
quest by the Fort Dodge chuich thai he
rumaln here. Dr. George t Kort, paator
of the First M thodist church, has decided
to do so owing i the delay experienced in
his removal to Ihe church at Sallna. Kan
sas, where lie nil recently called. The
fBalina church called Dr. Koit fcome time
ato. but as til -re .is no vacancy or pros
pect of one In What conference, no change
can be made at present. .
IOWA FALLS The north Iniund evening
passenger on the St. Paul & les Moines
remd and a hand car and two push car
disputed the riulit of way Just south of
this city, resulting in the cars being de
mollsMed and one section band being in.
Jured. The other workmen escaped by
Jumping Just before the locomotive birick
the hand csr. it Is reported that the In
jured man was Utranalian of this city
and that lie waa injured in the chest and
taken to the hospltul.
IOWA FALLS Judge Wright has ren
dered his decision In the many-angled
case of JJreen-N.ichat;el-8t.ite National
bank-Delhi & Keier ct al.. in which title
to a farm north of this city was Involved
aa well aa the commissions nr profits on
several transactions In whlcli the farm
was also involved. Judge Wright finds
that the title, to the farm rests in Delhi A
Keier. a firra of dentists at F.Moia. and
that Nachazrl Is under no obligation to
deliver the proierty to M H Green, wh i
first negotiated for the fsrm.
We wish to sinec eiv thank o.ir nel'ii
bors and friends for their asslstsnce In
rnMng for our oe loved fo.4n4 i.ioih.T
during her. sickness and for l Us many
beautiful floral offerings.
C. W. l.KTCHrORD.
WHS RL'XH 1 LtONARD.
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Sale Sta.rU
Promptly t
8 A. M.
DOUGLAS
STREET
Our Wonderful Shirt Waist Sale
Tho groat event that thousands of Omaha women are waiting
for Opens Saturday morning promptly at 8 O'clock
Two prominent manufacturers entire stocks over 5,000
beautiful new shirt waists on sale at unheard of bargain prices
: - ' ; ; : r : : n
Mr.' J. B.. Orkin, our resident New ork buyer, who made this enormous purchase, is now here, coming direct from
New York City to personally conduct this sale, and we predict the greatest Shirt Wat?t selling Omaha has ever known.
The entire purchase will be placed on sale Saturday. Over 5,000 crisp, new Shirt Waists just from the maker!?
hands, all beautiful new designs, comprised of hundreds of styles, in all the new features for spring and summer wear.
The materials are fine 6heer mulls, lawns, dimities and Swisses, made with high or low necks and trimmed with effective,
laces and embroideries.
Shirt Waists Worth up ito
Sale at
Great Sale Saturday of Beautiful
a .
Tailor Made Suits
. . Saturday will be a great day. in our Suit department, as this is our first reduction sale of the season; Our stock
is still at its best, and so now is your opportunity to select a high class Tailored Suit at a wonderful low price. "
Sale Starts Saturday Morning Promptly at 8 O'clock
$5f).50 and $65.00 Tailored
$50.00 and $55.00 Tailored
$40.00 and $45.00 Tailored
WELLS ESTATE PAYSHEAV IL
Heirs Will Contribute Record Sum to
the State Treasury.
AT LEAST ?45,000 IS COMING
snes Involved In Case and Derided
by State Snnreme Conrt Re
warded aa of Very Great
est Moment.
DES MOINES, May 7. (Special.)-The
stato of Iowa stsnds to receive within a
very few days the largest bunch of cold
cash ever exacted by low Jroin helrj
of an Iowa estite. This will be from thj
KJeorge Wells estate in urunoy oounty.
The state will ttet at loast $t.0')0.
A short time ago the supreme court de
cided who should pay the tax and also
that it should be paid not only on that
part passing to heirs, but that part paid
in set'leinent of certain claims, and tre
estate Itself rather than the heirs shell
pay all bui a -mall prt of tne iiim.
The Isaues Involved in the suit are re
garded as the'mot Important ev?r in
volved In any -ase regarding collateral
Inheritance taxes, for If the mate hl
lost the law might aa well huve been re
pealed. Hon. C. W. Mullan of Waterloo, the
resident executor of the estate, stated
the other day. as he looked up the de
cision and secured a ropy of the court's
orders, that there Is now nothlt)? left
but to pay over the taxes to the state
treasury. No further litigation Is likely.
All but 15.000 of the tax should have
been paid long ago, but was held up
awulllnj: the decision.
The Wells estate in Iowa, aside from
nine properly in Connecticut, invoiced
tSM WU of which about IJGO.fxw was in per
sonal property and the rest In land. After
the debts are deducted the state will collect
on about $900,000.
- The amount due the state will be a little
larger than that received from the Callsnan
estate a few years ago when the state got
t-tt.COO. An effort was made a year and a
half ago. when an ff'.ort was being made
to run the state nlo dept. to induce the
executors to pay up the i.ix then due, but
thla was not done. The rtste does not now
need the money, but it will help swell the
surplus in the genernl fund.
Edacatioaal Experts (hews,
The fliree men "vlio ai o hu' c cnarge
ot the financial affairs of the three state
educatloaat institutions of Iowa have been
selected by Ihe new state Hoard of Edu
cation. They are W. R. Boyd of Cedar
Kapldt, president; D. A. Kmeiy of Ot
tumwa. and Thomas K. Lambert of
8.ibiil. The first to are republicans, the
latter a demo rut Mr. Hod Is. a post
master at Cedar Rapids, well known poli
tician of the Fifth district and special
fu-otege of ex-t'ongreg-inan Cousins. Mr.
Umery a as candidate on ihe republican
ticket In Ottomwa this spring for mayor
and was defeated. Mr. Lambert was for
merly democratic legislator (rum JhtbuU.
' Iowa
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This new committee assumes .is new dulies
July 1 and will have offices In the state
capitol. Mr. Emery will act as secretary
to the larger board of nine.
After Omaha Concern.
State Pure Food and Dairy Commissioner
H. R. Wright has prepared Informations
against W. F. Uren and B. P. Claus of
I'dell, Jasper Jepson of Yetter and W. M.
Steele oOJolly, charging them with selling
for pure boiled linseed oil an Inferior and
unpure oil, which the Information sets forth
was purchased from the Central Unseed
Oil company of Omaha, Neb.
Information has also been prepared
against O. L. Brock of Washington for
selling for "pure California orange elder"
that which was made in Washington and
never saw Callforia. Information is also
prepared against L. A. Bassett of State
Center for selling Inferior extract.
. Dentists Elect.
Iowa dentists In sttte convention here
elected the following officers for the ensu
ing year and decided to hold tholr next
annual convention In Des Moines:
President F. M. Hunt, Des Moines.
Vice President T. P. Cooke. Burlington.
Hecretary W. O. Crandall, Spencer.
Treasurer Frank, Ford. Fairfield.
Pardoning; Flrat-Tlmera.
Just how far the State Board of parole
will exercise the extraordinsry authority
given it in the new law passed by the
recent legislature to grant a pardon to a
man convicted for the first time of a
crime before he is sent to the penitentiary.
Is a matter of considerable speculation.
The first application to the board to
exercise this discretion was turnexL down.
It was In a case from Des Moines", where
a boy was convicted of uttering a forged
Instrument. His cause was taken up by
Canon Bell of the Episcopal church here,
who urged that as he was young and had
never before been, convicted of a crime he
should be paroled. The board refused to
grant this parole. Rev. Bell was Incensed
and openly accused the board members of
being out of accord with the altruistic
tpirlt of this Christian age and of being
hard-hearted. By this precedent It Is ex
pected the board Is going to be rather
reticent about taking advantage of the
new law. "Now, as a matter of fact, this
law was passed by the legislature at the
Instance of Canon Bell. He secured the
Introduction of the bill and worked for
Its passage. He says that two year
hence he will do even more. He then ex
pects to have the bill amended so ss to
make It compulsory upon the board to
parole the "first timer" Into the custody
of some good Christian citizen. He epects
to have it included that the paroled man
shall pay back to the atate the coa( of
his conviction and make good, so far as
possible, any wrong he has committed.
It will be provided he shall be given rea
sonable time to do" this. If he violates
the provisions of this parole and does nut
report properly to his guardian, he must
be returned to the court lo be dealt with
more severely. Canon Bell ssys that if
men who make their first mistake are thus
handled and the spirit of Christian man
hood awakened within them they may be
saved from doing further wrong It la the
iligma of having ueeu lo the penitentiary.
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he says, that prompts many men to be
lieve society is against them and the)
might as well be against society. He be
lieves three-fourths of the men convicted
of crime the first time can be redeemed
and saved to good cltlcenship.
Balloon Trial
is Postponed
Tryout of Army Dirigible Will Be
Saturday Dates' - Jixed for
Aeroplane Tests.
WASHINGTON, May 7. In order to per
fect the motor, the flight of the army
dirigible balloon No. 1, which waa scheduled
for today was postponed until Saturday.
The trials of the heavier than air flying
machines of the Wright brothers of Dayton,
0. . will be completed June S, and those of
A. M. Herring of New York City by July
1. These data were definitely announced
today by Chief Signal Officer Allen of the
army. The Herring machine is to be de
livered at Fort Myer. June I.
Tha gold medal which congress bas
awarded to the Wright brothers for tholr
aeronautical work Is being designed at the
I'nlted Slates mint at Philadelphia, 'it will
be presented to them by President Taft
at the White House at a date not yet
fixed. The medal will bear profiles of the
brothers and the coat of arms of the
t'nited States and a quotation from the
congressional resolution bestowing the
medals. On the obverse will be a represen
tation of a portion of the earth's surface
and above a figure holding aloft a flaming
torch.
Accident in
Seattle Armory
Thirty Persons Are Injured by Col
lapse of Balcony During
' Track Meet.
8EATTW5. Wash., May T.-Thirty per
sons were injured, many seriously, when
a section of a balcony railing at the near
state armory gave way during the indoor
track meet of the Seattle Athletic club to
night. Many spectators were thrown head
foremost to the floor, 16 feet below.
t'apiala Heasaaa Bensnrs Major.
ABERDEEN. 8. V., May 7.-8peclal.)
Adjutant General C. H. Englesby of Wt
tertown has forwarded to Captain W. W.
Reaman of this clly his commission as
major of the South Dakota National
Guards, to succeed Major Berg of Canton,
who will remove from the slate. Major
Reaman's successor as captain of Company
L of Aberdeen has not yet been announced.
Dr. W. W. Magareli, optometrist, moved
to at-20S City National bank building.
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CABINET CRISIS IN RUSSIA
Czar Asked to Disassociate Himself
from Beactionary Campaign.
ULTIMATUM FROM ST0LYPIN
Entire Ministry Will Resign If
Step Is Not Taken Nicholas
Will -Answer la Few
Days.
ST. PETERSBT'Rd, May T.-The out
come of the Russian ministerial ir sis ia
now entirely dependent upon the emperor's
line of action, as iremier Stolyplu s ex
haustive report, based on rhe cabinet meet
ing of May 4, and submitted to Ills majesty
today left no doubt in the emperor a mind
that the cabinet Is a unit In fuvor rf
sanctioning the naval bill. Th ten ler
had a long audience with n empi.ror nt
Tsarskoe Selo and while ihe priinni;- de
mand was for his majesty's approval of
the bill creating a general staff fee Ihe
navy, the underlying object of He isit
waa to force the emperor iisassocl.i;e him
self from the hostile ctnvmign of tne
reactionaries and the courtiers lone t I im.
The painful necessity of tiie leliremcnt f
the cabinet, In case of an fiiv.-e df ia Mi
was delicately 1mplled..and the niperor an
nounced at parting with the premier that
he would take the matter under considera
tion for a few days. The conference of
yesterday and today furnish no Indication
of the nature of the emperor's ultimate de
cision Opinion of Cabinet Member.
A member of the cabln-it said mis' even
ing that ths resignations -f !M minister.
had not been tendered nor 'ii ; there ny
reason toxpert that tlvj Vmier'.r wt.uld
break with the rablnet on s point' v.hc!i
hsd been thoroughly thresh, uut belwien
them twice before.
The Issue has nothing lo do with a big
ger navy; It Is a n ere matter of a con
stitutional technicality whether , parlia- .
ment. which admittedly posseases the right
to vote appropriations for the army and
nav), should have the power to attach a
clause declaring that a naval siaff had
been established. The bill In iiietion was
originally introduced In the second Duma
with the emperor's cognizance and passed,
but a successful opposition was led in the
council of the empire by M. Von Schwane
bach, a, former minister 1n the Stolyplu
cabinet. In the meantime the secand
Duma waa dissolved. "
Vladimir Bobrlimky. leader of tha mod
erate conservatives, whe with the October
hits fprm the government's majority In
the Duma, aays that Slolypln Is shoulders
above the rest of Russia's present day
statesmen and that the throne l under In
estimable obligations to him for bringing
about the existent condition pf. order, it
is too-early yet. Count Bobrlnsky declared,
to, dispense with his .services. Baron
Demeyendorf expresses the opinion that
M. Rtolypln's most dangerous enemies are
high offlelala who have been - mixed In
scandals, the Moscow and Ht. ' Petersburg
police and the commissary department of
the army, into which an investigation waa
recently begun at the premier s orders.
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