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Commencing Monday, January 3d.
The greatest sale of this season commences Monday
established fact that the John Beno & Co.'s
is the one to attend for dependable merchandise, and if you want to save money. Every garment or piece of goods sold dur
ing this sale is of the same reliable sort that is always offered at this store, hence the high reputation we have obtained. None
of the merchandise offered during this sale has lost its value, but it is our way of reducing stock and closing out odds and ends.
Every department will offer during this sale high grade merchandise without restriction, except contracted lines wih a maker's
selling price.
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SCOTT CASE AT THIS TERM
County Attorney. Hesa Arranges for
Trial Before Judge Thornell.
DEFEKDAirC OUT ON BOND
Ckun inliit Him In for - Alleged
rake Hm Rao IhtbItIh Ban
croft Mu Mabray De
anarrer Friday.
At leaet on If not threa alleged "steer-
era" for the Mabray gong ot "big atora'
windier will be placed on trial at the
January term of district court, which will
open Tuesday, wltn Judge A. B. Thornell
presiding, U the statement of County At
torney J. J. Hess.
Mr. 4Iss baa arranged to try the case
. n . . . 1pvaHV Con lamiarV
cott waa indicted last March for com-
y In the swindling or jonn jiermei
it of Bancroft Neb., out of $5,000 on
f the now notorloua fake horse races
were pulled ff in this city. Hermel
brecHt went up against the game on April
85, 1908. Two Indictments were returned
against Scott, one for larceny and the
other for conspiracy. Following the prece
dent In the John R. Dobbins case, Mr. Hees
will try Scott on the larceny charge first.
Scott was arrested June 15 In Sioux City
and brought to Council Bluffs. On July
tl ha succeeded In ' securing his release
from the county Jail by furnishing bonds
in the sum of $6,000. Tha bonds were
signed by Elmer L. Fehr, Wallace Benja
min and Verne Benjamin, all of this city.
The bond on the larceny charge was In
the sum of &000, while that on the con
spiracy charge was reduced from $5,000 to
$1,0ij0 by Judge Wheeler. In order to secure
these bonds, Ucott, it Is said, gave a mort
gage on land owned by him near Pender,
Neb., and on land In Missouri.
At the time of his arrest Scott claimed
he waa "bumped" for $1,000 by the same
horsa race which cost llermelbrecht $5,0UO.
I . Robiasoa and Leach.
Tha othe two erne which may be tried
at this term, but regarding which no defi
nite decision ' bus been reached, are those
against Thomus 8. Uobluson of Farming
ton, la., and Kd Leach of Montrose, la.
Both are under Indictment for larceny and
conspiracy 1n connection with the ajlejjed
fleecing of E. (3. Allspugh of Terre Huute,
1ml., who waa ca tight or $l,Se0 on August
6. 1008, on a fhka wrestling match in this
city. The . Indictments In the state court
were returned last September. They are
both under liiUicrmenl 'In the federal courts
in Omaha and, Council Bluffs.
On Friday of this week Judge Smith Mc
Pherson will hold a special session of the.
United States court to bear arguments on
the demurrer to the Indictment against J.
C. Muni-ay una other aliened members or
Ills sang. Toe. principal contention on the
part t the del cued- la . that -the accused
id un jun not committed 'any offense which
would constitute a violation of the section
of the Viiltcd States statutes under which
they were indicted.
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Open House
in Many Places
New Year'i Day Spent in Thoroughly
Enjoyable Fashion by Many
People.
New Tear's day was spent by the people
of Council Bluffs in about the usual way.
The religiously inclined attended the early
morning servlcea in the different churches,
while those not so Inclined stayed at home
and enjoyed a rest. Some hud their busi
ness to attend to during the morning, but
by noon all of the stores practically were
closed and the employes had the balance
of the day to celebrate.
At the Young Men's Christian associa
tion, where open bouse was kept from u
o'clock In the afternoon until late at night,
there was a big gathering and a good old
fashioned time was enjoyed. During the
afternoon E. P. Fitch entertulned the
visitors with an illustrated travel talk on
"Snap Shots In Europe." physical Director
Plerson did his share of entertaining Willi
a varied program of athleilo stunts and
old-times games In the gymnasium in
which the guests of the association par
tlclpated. There was plenty of music, and,
those who attended expressed themselves
as having had "a real Jolly time."
"Uncle" 'Henry De Long made a large
number of children and quite a number of
older - folk happy at his mission building
on East Broadway, where duilny the after
noon he served a bounteous spread.
At the Elks' club house on First avenue
open lioube was kept all day and the mem
bers and their friends did not lick for re
freshment, the entertainment committee
having provided liberally ot the things that
appeal to the palate and are calculated to
quench thirst when tha Iowa law compels
all thirst parlors to be tightly closed o.i
all legal holidays, New Year's day in
cluded. ,
The Knights of Columbus kept open
house at their quarters In the Brown block
and refreshments were on lap during the
morning and ufternoon. In the eveninK
they entertained at a card mid duncing
party, at which there was a large attend
ance and a rlKht merry time was enjoyed.
The Eagles also kept open house and the
club rooms were visited during the day
by a large number of the members and
their friends.
A very large number of Council Bluffs
people took advantage or the r.ollday to
enjoy the shows ucross the river, but ihli
old not prevent the offering at the Siar
theater, "The Girl From U. S. A.," draw
ing crowded houses at both- the matlnctf
and in .the evening.
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MILLION
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TAXES
guraelhla of a Task Ahead of County
Treasurer Mitchell.
County Treasurer Janus V. Mirvhel! and
his assistants will be culled upon to collect
approximately $1,000,000 taxes during this
ytar. The warrant from County Auditor
loues calls for the collection of regulur
tuxes aggregating $828,214.10. This does not,
howcer, include mulct taxes, or drainage
ditch assessments, which will bring the
total amount up to about $l,0u.(M). The
an.ount of tax.-s called for in tha auditor'!
warrant is about $18,000 more than last
year. U la made up a folly ws; State,
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Council Bluffs "
cct nty and school taxes, $010,468.53; Council
Bluffs City taxes, $180,719.31; Council Bluffs
special taxes, $36,996.46.
About $50,000 ot special assessments in
the city of Council Bluffs were not Included
In the 1909 lists certified by the county
auditor, as they had not been passed on
by the city council In time. As a result
these will not go on the tax books until
January, 1911.
MINOR MENTION
Former County Recorder ft. O. Balrd, who
has been seriously 111 with typhoid fever
at the Edmundson Memorial hospital, was
reported yesterday to be improving.
The South First street chapter of the
Woman's guild of St. Paul's Episcopal
church will meet Monday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock at the home ot Mrs. U. H. Jackson,
517 South First street.
Congressman Walter I. Smith, who has
been spending the holidays with his family
In this city, will leave tonight for Wash
ington In order to be on hand when con
gress resumes its senslon on Tuesday. He
expects the session to last well Into the
summer. i
Ed Parker, an eniplove of the Revere
house, who was charged with absccuudlng
wllh $30 with which he had been entrusted
by a blind man, a guest of the houe, to
care for him, was before Judge Knyder In
police court yesterday morning and was
sent to Jail for ten days.
Mr. C. Jlnara.1ad.isa, the noted Hindu
theosophlcal lecturer, will arrive In Council
flltitis tomorrow morniiiK and will remain
here until Wednesday morning. Ttiosrtav
evrn'ng he will deliver a lecture In Council
Ulurrs on "Man In Life and In Death, Show
ing the Relations of the Invisible Worlds
to the Soul's Growth."
The funeral of the ltte Mrs. Fidelia A.
Babcock was held yesterday alternoon from
the family residence. Zb.il Avenue B. The
services were conducted hy Hev. J. M.
Williams of Broadway Methodist church,
of which deceased wus a member. Hiirial
was in Walnut Hill cemetery. Mrs. Pabuoek
is survived by her husband, B. CI. Hahcock,
five daughters, Mrs. A. M. Swart, Mrs. W.
L. Smith, Mrs. E. M. Hill, Miss Olive
Bat cock of this city. Mrs. P. J. Cliitter
huck of Murslund. Neb., and one son, A.
Rcbcock of Schuyler, Nib.
Postmortem examination of the portions
of the carcass of Prince, the fire depart
ment horse killed for glanders, show that
the animal hnd the dis hsc, according to
word received by Dr. Fred H. Rollings-
worth, assistant state veterinarian of this
city, from Dr. Paul O. Koto, the state
veterinarian. Dr. Koto, in his communica
tion to Dr. Hollintrsworth. says "the speci
mens from Prince show characteristic
lesion of glandirs." Dr. Hvllltigsworlh ex
pects to receive later a detailed report on
th tests made of the sp"Clm"ns taken from
the horse and sent to Dr. Koto.
The new yeur started nut most unfortun
ately for Deputy Sheriff Clarence Wool
n n. lie snstaln-'d a compound fracture
of the right limb below the knee early
yesterday morning as ho was leaving
engine house No. 1 on South Main street
after having attended the annual New
Year's banquet of the men of the fire de
partment held there Friday night. Several
years ago, before he Joined the sheriffs
foiCc. Mr. Woolman was a member of the
fire department. After a hurried examina
tion Mr. Woolinnn was conveyed to Mercy
hospital In the city mbu!anc The frac
ture provfd to be a lnowt serious one and
it was first thought ihe limb would have
to be: amputated. After a consultation by
the surgeons, however, it was decided to
attmp! the setting of the limb, which was
done about noon yesterday.
N. Y. Plumbing Co. Tel. 1'.0. Nlfcht. L-170i
latrrnrlms to ll Built.
IOWA CITY. !;., Jan. 1.-Speclal.)-The
successful termination of the campaign to
raise $lu0.000 foKthe Davenport-Iowa City
lnterurban in Iowa City Is believed to in
sure the success of the project. The pro
moters claim they have the necessary
financial support. Davenport will now pro
ceed to raise $2"0,000 or more. 1
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cures the
worst colds. Try lb
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CARROLL ON CONSERVATION
Governor of Iowa Answers Daughters
of Revolution.
COUNTRY LITE NEEDS ATTENTION
Workers' for Betterment Might Well
Tarn Their Attention In This ,
Direction Thomas- Gives
Up Records.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, la., Jan. 2. (Special Tele
gram.) In reply to questions put to him
today by Daughters of the American Revo
lution at Washington, Governor Carroll to
day answered:
"This term conservation has been made
to include so many things and has been
given such wide construction that I feel at
liberty to say to you, In my Judgment, the
work in this state might profitably be
turned toward country home life, to the
establishment ' of better social relations In
our rural districts, to the furnishing of out
country homes with more modern conven
iences and a general promotion of the
welfare of the agricultural communities."
Secretary Yields Papers.
Secretary Thomas of the Slate Board ol
Medical examiners and health today turned
over his office to President Moerke of the
State board, who came from Burlington
for the purpose of receipting for the books
and valuables of the office. Thomas had
signified that he would not turn the office
oyer to Dr. Summers, his successor, as he
was not bonded and had not been legall)
elected. Thomas did not desli-a. to continue,
but wanted the president of the board to
take responsibility for the office, which he
did.
Maraballiovrn'a halixia Fight.
MARSHALLTOWN, la., Jan. 1. (Spe
clal.) Fearing Indictments If It Issued 1910
permits to saloonlsts ' who have been en
joined, the city council at a hurry-up spe
lal meeting, held yesterday afternoon.
topped off six of the eighteen of the city's
saloons. It Issued new permits to twelve,
after first rescinding the permits of seven
it had Issued earlier In the month, because
County Attorney J. G. Egermayer threat
ened to have the entire council Indicted If
the permits were allowed to stand.
With tha twelve permits Issued It is not
likely that there will be a single saloon
open In the city on Monday morning.
Mayor Ingledue said, after today's council
meeting, that he would not sign any ot
the permits because two of the three sa
loons of F. II. Clifford, a close personal
friend of the mayor, were put out of busi
ness and refused new permits for 1910. This
further complicates the situation. At the
meeting this afternoon an ordinance was
introduced raising the city license from
t'jOO to $1,500. It was put on Its second
reading.
Scholarship Committee.
IOWA CITY, la.. Jan. 1 tSpeclal.)-Tbe
Iowa Rhode scholarship committee is
called to meet in this city January 14 to
elect the state representative to Oxford.
Five young men are eligible, as follows:
Raymond Price of Grlnnell, Raymond Har
rlman of Grlnnell, William A. Zlegler of
Grlnnell, John Huff of tha University of
COMPANY
Ending Saturday, January 8th.
and all through Council Bluffs and beyond
BotK Phones 265 R.each All Departments
Iowa ';. 7"-
Iowa and Jacob Larson of the University
of Iowa. The committee consists of Presi
dents MacLean, Bell of Drake, Main of
Grlnnell, Harlan of Cornell and Parsons
of Parsons.
COAL FAMINE IS IMMINENT
Small Iowa Towns Short of Fuel and
Rash Orders Are nelna- Har
ried Through.
MARSHALLTOWN, la., Jan. l.-(Spe-clal.)
Unless relief comes soon many of
the smaller towns of central Iowa will be
face to face with a coal famine within a
few days. The supplies of coal at Tama,
Garwln, Conrad, Whltton, Glfford, Lawn
Hill, Radcllffe and Ellsworth, are so short
that the situation .is beginning to become
critical. The large dealers of this city
are helpless to aid the smaller dtalers of
this city, because much of their coal has
been confiscated lately by the Iowa Cen
tral and the Northwestern. Coal consigned
to tho dealers of the towns mentioned has
also been confiscated by the railroad. The
Iowa Central seized twenty-five cars In
the local yards yesterday. It Is charged
that the Central has plenty ot coal for Its
own use, but that it 13 seizing it for its
sister road, the Minneapolis & St. Louis,
whose supply has been cut short owing to
the strike. Orders have been Issued by
the Central to rush forward all Minneapolis
A St. Louis coal In preference to all other
freight excepting live stock and perishable
merchandise.
Coal Supply Is Short.
MITCHELL. S. D., Jan. l.-( Special. )
The reservation country to the west of
the Missouri river is short of coal and
considerable hardship is anticipated If re
lief ia not given soon. At Pluuklnton,
Mount Vernon and Oacoma, Vivian,
Presho and Draper there is not sufficient
coal to last much more than a week, and
It is being given out in small quantities.
Dealers here who have a line of yards
out that way, state they have from seventy-five
to 100 cars of e.oa'. enroute from
the east which have been on the road foi
three weeks, but can receive no assur
ances from the rallrouds how soon the
coal can be delivered. The bieak In the
cold weather, when the mercury stood at
23 degrees below aero early In the week,
has relieved the conditions to some ex
tent The fuel situation in Mitchell is
rather embarrassing to the electric light
plant, which has been short of fue: for
three weeks and lias had to depend upon
the local supply. This has run short and
the company has been forced to shut
down on the day service to save its fuel
for furnishing lights at night. The com
pany has seven cars enroute here, and In
three weeks they have been moved fifty
miles by the rallroada.
Mount Auburn Sinn Darned.
VINTON. Ia., Jan. l.-(Speclal.)-W. W.
Woodward of Mount Auburn was seriously
and it may prove fatally burned this morn
ing when the gasoline In the tank of an
engine he w as v ylng to start txploded.
The burning gasoline wits thrown all over
his body, frightfully burning him. Doctors
think he has a chance for recovery.
Conductor Frosen.
IOWA CITY. Ia., Jan. 1. (Speclal.)-Con-ductor
W. It. Bradl-y of tho Rock Island,
formerly of this city, had nla hands and
feet badly froifn Wednesday morning
w hen he was compelled to rldo on the steps
of a car from Ely to Solon. At the former
" Iowa
place he signalled for the train to start
and In boarding the car found the porter
had closed the vestibules to the back of
the train so he was unable to gain en
trance to the cur. At Solon he was re
lieved from his situation and came to this
city for treatment.
Eastern Star Officers.
LOGAN, Ia., Jan. 1. (Special.) At a
regular meeting Tuesday the following
were elected officers of Logan chapter 195,
Order Eastern Star: Mrs. Charles Cobb,
W. M.; Mrs. C. S. Kennedy, W. P.; Mrs. C.
Isbell, A. M.; Mrs. Frank D, Stern, con
ductress; Miss Edna Hunt, assistant con
ductress; Mrs. Ada Atwood, secretary;
Mrs. Esther Kennedy, treasurer; Adah,
Mrs. Lew Du Vail; Ruth, Mrs. Frank Teel;
Esther, Mrs. T. C. Smith; Martha, Mrs. J.
P. Creager; Electra, Mrs. Mary Mellett;
chaplain, Mrs. L. Crouch; marshal, Mrs.
Fred Stern; organist. Mrs. William Card;
warder. Miss Glenne Rogers; sentinel,
Thomas Arthur.
Joint Installation of the officers of the
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and
the Order of Eastern Star will be held
Wednesday evening, January 5.
Million In Improvements.
IOWA CITY. Ia., Jan. 1. (Speclal.)-
Nearly a million in Improvements will he
Iowa City's record In the year closing. This
Includes about $200,000 for the university
and a wing to Mercy hospital costing ap
proximately tho same amount. Th value
of new residences is estimated at $350,000.
New Law Balldlna;.
IOWA CITY, Ia., Jan. 1 (Special.) A
rpeaker for the dedication of the new law
building will be announced soon. The com
mittee will seenre a man of national repu
tation. February 22 Is a probable date,
Adjourned Term of Court.
HURON. S. D., Jan. 1. (Special.)
Judge Alva E. Taylor of the Ninth circuit
will convene the adjourned December term
of the circuit court for this county here
on Monday, the Jury to report the follow,
ing day. There are seventy-one civil and
thirteen criminal cases on the calendar.
The civil calendar includes eighteen di
vorce cases, the largest number ever
placed upon the calendar at one time In
this county. The most Important case on
the criminal calendar Is that of the state
against Loue Racey, charged with the
murder a year ago of a man by the name
of Stewart at Wolsey. '
Wholesale Firm for Hnron.
HL'KOIi 8. D.. Jan. 1. Special. ) Neil
Finch, for several years clerk In the
Huron postoffice, has bought George
brown's confectionery establishment and
will take charge of the business the first
of the year. Mr. Brown Is arranging to
engage in the wholesale, candy business
and will establish a factory here as aoon
as the machinery can-be put In place.
Two Months for Russian Editor.
ST. PETERSBURG Jan. 2-Prof. Maxim
Kf.valevsky, a member of the council ot
the empire for the universities and a world
famous sociologist, was today sentenced to
tv o months' imprisonment because of an
article on army conditions published six
mi t.tha ugo In tho now defunct newspaper,
Struna, of which he was the editor.
Sklnend from Head to Heel
was Ben Pool, Threet, Ala., when dragged
over a gravel roadway, but Bucklen'a Ar
nica Salve cured him. Sic. For sale by
Beaton Drug Co. " ; .
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NO. P0UCIES SHOW UP
A Heard Insurance Swindler Working;
South Dakota Placed I nder
Arrest.
MITCHELL, S. D., Jan. 2. -(Special.)
E, L. McCullom, an. Itinerant Insurance
agent, claiming to represent a r fire, life
and accident Insurance company of Perth,
Scotland, with a headquarters, office at
Philadelphia, has been cleaning up a good
sum of money In this vicinity by writing
Insurance. . One- of the insured waited
several weeks , for his . policy to
come, but it failed to show up
and ha opened a correspondence with
the head office at Philadelphia. The
manager there stated that McCullom had
no authority to write Insurance for that
company and that they had received no
money from him for premiums. Several
others started investigations With the
same result, and then they put the officers
on his track. He was found at the home
of his mother in Miner county, where his
wife and family were also staying for
Christmas week. McCullom was arrested
and on his examination wus bound over
to the term of circuit court In February in
$300 bonds. He was arreted again on the
charge of obtaining money under false pre
tenses, and was placed under the same
bonds. McCullom Is thought to be tha
same party who has been i worjtlng the
same kind of insurance In other parts of
the state with equally good results. The.
state department bas been on. his track for
some time, and now that he is captured
thinks they have secured a smooth swind
ler. McCullom's home Is Minneapolis.
KANSAS CITY. Jan. il. Thomas Cook
and Frank Moore, the convicts who es
caped from the Kansas statn penitentiary
at Lianning late weunesaav last, were
arrrsted here today at the heme of Mrs.
lielle Moore. Moore, who was gervliiK a
sentence for highway robbery, says tha
woman is his wife. Cook was iud for
burglary. . . . ,
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THE FASHION
Has the reputation for doing first class
Ladles Tailoring and Fitting. You oan al
ways tell our garments by their lines and
style. When you sea them If they - are
made to drder or ready to weas, we guar
antee, If you try us, to git, you tbr hast
fit, up-to-date styles, at very reaaonabls
prices. Wa do all kinds of alterations .also
Open Evenings Till 9 P. M.
33 South Main Street
TIDINGS, GENTLEMEN
My Location, loa loath akala.
1 am now prepared to do first class tailor
ing, give you tha bsst goods, best styles,
best materials, best workmanship and ths
best values. Let ma maks you a suit of
clothes. If It doss not prove satisfactory.
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