THE OMAHA SUNDAY. BEE: JANUARY 9, VJ0.
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Minor Mention
i a Oooacil Bluff a OfflH f th
Omb la at IS Boot Street.
Botn TkoiH 43.
, av i. druga.
iMnmond playing tha best vaudeville.
rOHHIOANH. undertakers. 'I'hone HS.
For rent, modern house, TX 6th avenue.
I FAl'ST BF.EK AT RDOER8' BUFFET.
KHJHT SCHOOL at Puryear's college.
Woortrlng Undertaking company. Tel. $0.
I-ewls Cutler, funeral dtroi'tur. 'Phone .IT.
Bnlrd A Holand, undertakers. ''Phone 12i
When you want rellnb e avant ad adver
tiHlliH, uae Tha Bee.
fce the "CoDley Prints" if noted pnlnt-
I Inge by Taylor, and of Abbey's, Holy Uiail
' eerie at Alexander' a. 333 Broadway.
1 Minn Ktta Famsworth will play the ad
f venturers In "When We Wi-re Tweniy
i One" at tha Star theater. Council Bluffs,
J next Sunday.
f ' Twenty per rent discount oa beat, make
i' shoes, everything In men's, wvnan'a and
1 children footwear. Uuncai). Hhoo Co., Zi
fcoutn Main street, i ' , ;
COME IN OUT of the rott' n& we'll' Vt
acquainted. We can nave yaafaotfle money.'
ioday we have a brand "r peaiv known ar
the Daisy brand, that v sell at 1U cent
per can. Try aome of thane canned peaches
two fur Sit cents, nometrtiha: eii; tint
oranawt at SO centa and Ki centa per doscn:
'iftnked halibut, 20 rem ft; cod ' llah at, 1"
cents; parsnips at 2f certH per peck; rutu-:
bajtas, three pound fop M- cenim 'I'hle I
good weather for boiled dinners. .Try some
tt our cabbaae, extra Tine. 10 'rents per
head; saurkraut, 10 centa per uart. You
ara making a mistake If you don't give our
Js'ew York roasted corree a trial, only i
centa per pound. Telephone iiH, Battel 4
Miller. ' '.
rtPKCIALS FOR PATUROAY Oleomar
garine, two pound. 4U centa; KlnKfct snap,
one-half peck, 20 centa; good laundry soap,
tan bara, 26 centa; black herrle. four cans
for 25 cents; corn, peaa of tomatoes, three
cana for 26 cemta, etc. In our meat depart
ment: Beef hearta, each 15 centa; 8. & H.
skinned hama, pound. 15 centa;. picnic hums,
pound, 11SS4 centa; pot, roam ,i -pound, up
from t centa; pickled corned Vref. pound,
a'P from 8 cent.i, etc. In our hardware and
Tpump department: Pumpa, all kinda, up
from 11.90; the Kayo lamp, 11.75; oil heatera,
tZM; 20 per cent discount on all sle.is, tho
Vulcan toaater. 25 centa: the One Minute
washer, 110 (let us aend you one on- trul:
lea akatea, per pair, up from 4 centa. etc
J, Zoller Mercantile company, lOO-lto-KM-lOti
Broadway. Both phonea 320.
D1VOHCR
t'IT
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MANY
Jpdire
Thornell Kepi Dnny
with
f Domestic Woe.
fMvorce suits occupied the time of Judge
Tnornell of the dlatrlct court yesterday anil
t1o mlamated wlvea were given tholr free
dom. The ault of Daisy M. r.lrks against
Jerry M. Birfcs wai warmly contested and
4 both aldea introduced a number of wit
nesses. At tha cloac of the hearing Judge
ThoiViell took, hla decision under advlae
ment. Xaurene I. McKlnley, agatnat whom her
husband, Charlta M. McKlnley, had brought
wilt for divorce, waa granted the decree on
9 Jif droea-petrtlon,' after wttneaaes iorr the
wife had eatrfled"to' the huaband'a cruel
treatment of br. Mr a. MojClnley'a mother,,
Mra.'Jamea, teatHUd trtaV on tnb occasion
ber daughter had been forced to flee from
her home la her Blocking feet ami with
hor babe In her arnla to eacape frotri her
huaband, who, waa In a badly intoxicated
Condition, .ao theAwltneca averred '
; Gertrude Neiae-n was jjranted i a divorce
fj-pm H. C. Nelaon, to whom ahe . waa
(mftrrled June 14, 1899, on the ground! of
desertion. '
aeveral of the members wanted to go
home to look'aftef the tlrea and chop cord
wood for their families while they would
be away attending court, the' grand-jury
adjourned yesterday afternoon until next
Tuesday afternoon.
TWO MORE CANDIDATES FILE
9m br Out Llrt of -trmine Seekers
'Y . 'Iiirams.-;
A TW0 Prospective candidates before the
elty primaries on February . a JMed their
petitions yesterday with City AuSitor Mc
Aneney. They ara Charles D., Walters,
who la out for the democratic nomination
for councilman In the First ward, and
Hans Hansen, who Is after the republican
nomination for councilman In the 'Fifth
ward. Waltera waa the democratic candi
date for councilman In the First ward
two years ago and was defeated by Carl
K. Morgan, the republican candidate. Hans
Hansen haa been republican ward commit
teeman for several years.
Attorney V. H. Klllpack announced yes
terday that he waa not a candidate for
the republican nomination for mayor and
would not be under- any circumstances.
In connection with the republican nomina
tion for ' mayor, - Spencer, Smith,; W.- J.
fc Leveret t and Thomas. Green, who was de
feated In the primaries two years ago by
R. B. Wallace, are being mentioned.
Mlaa Maxwell lteslans.
i Miss Etta Maxwell,' who for fifteen years
has been deputy clerk of tho United States
ourt In Council Bluffs, has on account
f illness been compelled to resign her
position and yesterday - W." C. McArthur
t Pes Moines, clerk of the United Slates
let court, appointed John B. Matthews
deputy. Mr. Matthews Is a me ra
W-J- of
the force In the county auditor's
4 office. Miss Maxwell Is serluualy Ul at her
apartment In tha Grand hotol.. f
STAR THEATER
SV1T KATXVKB AID HXOXT
SBHXST riBJEES
raaenu"
NAT GOODWIN'S
Tamoua Oomady
WHEN WE WERE 21
VaUOESt
..Children loo, Adults 8 So
a&e, aoo and too
JIMM,WffiltttiMM'MllaVflFrN
Geo. W. Klein
Upholstering, Furniture Repair
d and Kefiulshed, Feather
Renovated, Mirrors Itrplated,
and all kinds of mattresa work
dune.
Both 'Phone.
19 Bo. Main St Council Bluff.
Have It Done Right'
U Matinee .
MH-at ...
A. A. CLARK a CO.
I n A?l MfinFY flfl
InUlllJ islUilLI Ull
J3 ANT CHATTEL fiECTTUTY
' V 1 I Twenty laara of
II OORXKR. MAIN AKD BROADWAY.
B No oonnertlnn with tha firs
Born rHoxiuS sit.
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Council Bluffs
Cost of Dying
Low if Poor
Bidi for Carinj for County Charge!
Are Much Reduced Under
Latest Bids.
While the mat of living has been steadily
Increualng the cxpenae of dying, If a per
son happena to lie a county charge, has ma
terially decreaaed In Pottawattamie county
during the Inat two years. In 1908 the
Board of Supervisors let the contract for
the burial of county charges at' 118, but
yiaterday the contract was awarded to
Lewis Cutler, a local undertaker at 16.50
and thla rate la to Include coroner'a cases,
which hnve usually been a trlfl higher
than ordinary cases. Two other undertak
ing firms bid for the contract. ISaJrd A
Poland. aking l.!9 a case and the Wood
ring Undertaking company wanting 17.50.
Last year Dr. Mac Ha lichen of this city
received 0 fof medical attendance on the
Door of Kane, Lewis and Garner towiv
ahlps. the Inmates of the county poor farm
At ,McClctland and the prisoners in tha
oounty Jail. This year he offered to do the
work, with the exception of the county
poor farn for 4H and the board awarded
him the . contrart. Medical services for
4he county poor farm will be arranged for
by the committee In charge of the Insti
tution." George T. Miller was re-elected overseer
Of thev poor in Council Bluffs and Kane
township: (or -1310, his salary being fixed
at a month as heretofore.
The contract for printing books and other
supplies needed in the county offices waa
awarded to Morehouse A Co.
Tha bounty for gopher clows waa fixed
at 10 cents per paid, the aame aa It has
been, and the reglaters who have received
claims for this bounty In different sections
of the county during the last year were re
appointed, their commission to be the same
ta before, t
The official bonds of J. T. Kelley and
IL M. Murphy as deputy sheriffs serving
without expense to the counts or sheriff
were approved. '
The board expects to begin this morning
Its semi-annual accounting with County
Treasurer Mitchell.
Realty Company
Ready to Build
W. H. Thomas, with W. J. Coad and
Otheri, Form Company to Erect
Omaha Office Building.
Articled of Incorporation of tha Thomas
Realty company of Council Bluffs were
filed 'late, yesterdajr afternoon, wj Lb, County
Recorder Barghausen of the "Bluffs. The
incorporators are:-. W. H. Thomas, Oscar
Keellne, Charles R. Hannan, Jr., and John
M. Galvln, all of Council Bluffs, and W.
J. Coad of Omaha.; '.The capital stock of
Vthe company Is placed at (200,000, divided
into shares of $100 each. The officers of
the company are: President, Orcar Kee
llne; vice president, John M. Galvln; sec
retary, W. H. Thomas; treasurer, Charles
R. Hannan, Jr. These, ' With Mr. ' Coad,
comprise the board of directors. The
company will- do a . general real estate
business and It is stated will erect a large
office building at ' the ' corner of Harney
and Seventeenth streets, Omaha, which
will cost $100,000 pr more.
' Real; Katnte Transfers.
. These transfers were reported, to The Bee
January 7 by the Pottawattamie County
Abstract company of Council Bluffs:
M. R, Porter and 1 wife to J. W:
Squire, lot 3 and lot 4 except w25 feet,
block 5, McMahon, Cooper it Jet-
ferla' add., w. d .' $
Frnnk Doner and wife to Julia C.
Cook, trustee, part lot S, block 9,
Eubank's 2d add., w. d 1,(100
J. B. Ferguson ana wife to Rtehard E.
Lloyd, lot S, block 11, McClelland,
w. d
James S. Shurp to Henry Sharp, nl5
. acres seVt no'4 4-75-U except n5 acres.
W. d 1,500
irene . neon ana nusDana to f rank
Doner, part lot t, block 8, Eubank'a
Id add., w. d
Interstate Rualty company to J. C.
Simpson, lot 4, block 11, Evans' 2d
Bridge add., w. d 200
W. H. Uoodrlch and wife to J. G.
, Toung, s4ti feet lot J, block 11, Wil
liams' ini aaa., w, a ,
3.100
Total, seven transfers
.$.70$
No Raised Prices.
a reai cuscoum or hi per cent on our
entire stock of high-grade shoes. On odd
sties and discontinued lines a atlll larger
diMcount. If you want to save money on
shoes, . this la the place to do It. Duncan
Shoe Co., 23 South Main street.
Marrlaa; Llcenaea.
'Licenses to wed were issued yesterday to
the following:
Name and residence. Age,
Oeorge Broun, Kansas City, Mo 22
May Minch, Kaneas City. Mo 22
Johan Martin Petersen. Council Bluffs. ..37
Q. Caroline Lauretaen, Council Bluffs.... 41
W. JO. Hale. Lincoln, Nb 27
Harriett P. May, Lincoln. Neb..-v 21
Stndents Back from Rochester.
IOWA CITY, la., Jan. g.-(Special.)-
Eleven stndents repreaenting the University
of Iowa at the International Student Volun
teer Movornent convention at Rochester,
N. Y., have returned to Iowa City. The
sixth quadrennial session waa held Decern
ber 29 to January 1 and waa attended - by
1678 students from all over the world,
exactly 168 coming from the state' of Iowa
The university delegation cume W-k bv
way of Niagara falla. making several stops,
The local secretary, Harry L. Helnzman,
waa In charge of the Hawkeye repiesenta
lives from the University of Iowa. Those
who were follow: D. C. Tate of Wlnteraet,
Paul Van Metre of Waterloo, Paul Allen
of Washington, C. W. Klrkpatrlck o
Waterloo, E. A. -btewart of Iowa City, F.
F. Swan of Storm Lake, Grace Fall
Albia, Marie Ramsey of Davenport. Ruth
Maopowan of Iowa City and Pearl Bennett
of Davenport.
Veteran Ends Life.
COLFAX. Ia.. Jan. 8. (Special.) Van
Dennis, a veteran of the civil war and
pensioner drawing $30 per month, committed
suktde at the home of his brother-in-law
eaat of town this morning by rutting his
throat with a raxor. He waa about 70 years
of age and leavea two sons and a daughter.
A Little Bee Want Ad now and then
will supply your wanta for 1910.
noRSES. cattle and
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
AT ONB-HALP THB UBCAT. RATES.
ttacoeeafiil BoaUsea.
OVFJ3 AMKWCAK EXPRESS.
van The Clark Mnrtxage Co.
JMO. I, TlKLtt, Ljr.
Iowa
BROKER HAS TIGHT CLAMPS
Colored Man Held ia Bondage by
Pawnbroker.
NEW SAVINGS BANK FORMED
Don atearas Will Be Candidate of
Manufacturers for Rnllrnna Com
missioner Statlsttre of
the Farm.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DKU MOINES, Jan. t.(SpecJal.)-A sur
prising case of peonage came to the atten
tion of the polise department yesterday.
A colored man named James Bratton la ln
victim. Ha aaked the police for aid and
instated that he was penniless and almost
starved. He said he had been employed
and had earned something right along. In
vestigation showed he had borrowed $80
from a pawnbroker four years ago, alnce
which time he had paid $326 to the broker
and still owes him a large amnuul. It waa
found a systematic method of keeping the
colored man In debt had been followed.
An effort will be made to prosecute the
broker. i -
Form New Barings Bank.
There was filed with the secretary c'
state today the articles of incorporation of
the Farmers Savings bank Of Corwlth, with
$2T,0M capital; also the Incorporation pf the
Modern Construction company of Grand
Junction, with $50,000 capital, and the Farm
ers Mutual Insurance company .of Linn
township. Linn oounty.
To Fix Western Clans! ftratlon.
N. 8. Ketchurn of the State Railroad com
mission goes In a few days to San Antonio,
Tex., to be present at the meeting of rail
road men and shippers for consideration
of revision of the western freight classifica
tion. There haa been geneial desire that
the shipping Interests of Iowa be repre
sented at this meeting and Mr. Ketchurn has
been designated ta attend.
Candidate of Mannfactnrere.
It Is announced that Don Stearns of Hum
boldt, who haa become a candidate for
railroad commissioner, will be the candidate
of the manufacturers and Jobbers of the
state. He haa announced a platform which
would Indicate that he would give special
attention to this phase of the rate ques
tion. One of the commissioners who retires
la a lawyer and the other a farmer.
Aa-rlcnltaral Statistics.
The aasesaors of Iowa will this week re
ceive from Secretary Simpson of the State
Beard of Agriculture extended blanks on
which to make reports of agricultural In
formation. Under a new law they will be
required to report on the acreage and yield
of all crops, also the animals, Implements
and farm equipment, the poultry and but
ter and all other products. It Is expected
that In this way the state will soon b
able to have a valuable report on farm
..' 'ii " V ' . ' ''' :
Barney for Food "commissioner.
It la announced here that W. B. Barney
of Hampton,, a well known stock breeder,
la to be the next state food and dairy com
missioner. Gets Title to
Large Estate
Court , Giyei , Iowa. Man Eight to
Kedeem. Property Given in
J rust.
CLARION. Ia., Jan. 8. (Speclal.-By the
decision of Judge C. H. Lee of the Eleventh
Judicial district, made In the Clarion court
today, William J. Fort of Marshalltown
stands In a fair way to recover from Mrs.
Mary E. Colby, late of O'Brien county,
Iowa, and Chicago, but now of Dea Moinea,
4,166 acres of valuable land, of an estimated
value of $375,000 to $400,000. The land Is In
Marshall, Wright and Dickinson countlna,
Iowa, and Marshall county, Illinois,
The case dates back to 1901, when Fort,
for a consideration of $165,000, gave mort
gages for the land to Mrs. Colby, and se
cured the mortgage's with trust deeds. All
of the leases for the land were turned over
to her, and she has since leased a great
deal more of It and sold many hutidred
of its acres.
Claiming that the deeda he gave were
but trust deeda and only secured the mort
gage, Fort ."brought suit asking that the
court allow him the privilege of redeeming
the land. Mrs. Colby, In contesting the
suit, alleged the deeds represented bonaflde
sales of the land to her. She had In (he
meantime already sold much of the land.
Judge Lee In his decision holda that Fort
has the right to redeem the land, which
virtually establishes his title to It. The
decree Is not to be entered In the case until
an accounting of the revenues derived from
the land by Mrs. Colby which she has
received during the eight year she has
been In possession Is had. This accounting
la to be bad In the Clarion court during
this winter, when It Is expected to establish
the amount It will require to redeem tbe
proiierties.
This vaat acreage was the estate of
Phtneas Stevens, a rich Marshalltown
banker, who died years ago, and who loft
it to his daughter, Mrs. Fort, who in turn
died und bequeathed It to her husband.
W. J. Fort. ,
HARD TIME TO KEEP WARM
Iowa City High School Closes for Lack
of Knel.
IOWA CITY, Ia., Jan. g. (Special.)
Though it waa confidently announced yes
terday by Dean W. C. Wilcox and other
University of low a officials that claases
would begin Monday morning, yesterday's
developments In the coal famine changed
tbe prediction, for coal dealer announced
thai it Is not Improbable that the local
high school will have to shut down.
"We will have to cut down somewhere."
said one coal dealer, "Mercy hospital and
many of the private consumers -must b
supplied, so I fear the high school Will be
cloned. It may be a month before the uni
versity can get enough coal or It may be
a week. It Is hard to tell anything
about it."
. Students are continuing, to leave for
their homes. They cannot even use the li
bra ties and the university hospital is the
only building on the campus which la kept
at the usual temperature. Fraternity and
boarding house manager are laying In aa
much coal aa possible and it is to supply
theae people that renders the shutting down
of the high school probable. Probably halt
of the atudent body ta still here and It Is
to keep these warm that is causing the
coal dealers the extra worry.
Daaarhter neaeaea Mother.
COLFAX, Ia., Jan. 8. (SpeciaU-When
Mrs. Martin Luther, the wife of a rich
German, was adjudged insane by the
oounty commission a month ago, her daugh
ter Minnie tiled objection and petitioned the
court to set aside the decision. The ease
waa decided today In district court In favor
of the petitioner and the mother waa re
leased. Th case haa caused a sensation
here.
own
Boys Are Feature .
of Short Course
More Than Usual Number Attend
Special Classes at Ames
Institute.
AMES. Ia.. Jan. 8.-Speclal.)-The total
enrollment at the ahort course Tuesday
evening waa $7. . Thla la very nearly as
many as were here at the same date iasi
year ami la considerably better than wm
expected, considering unfavorable romu-
tlons of the weather. Tire notable feature
this year la the Increased number of boys
who are In attendance. A number of these
are enrolled In the special work that. Is
given for boys and glrla under elghteely
The combined entries at the senior and
Junior corn sliowa are greater than the
total number of entries at tha Iowa corn
show at Dea Mclnea. Two hundred and
fifty exhibitors are represented in tha
Junior show and nearly two hundred In
the eenlor show. The entries will average
nearly two to each exhibitor. The gratify-
Ing feature of theae corn sliowa Is the
large number ot new exhlbltora that have
been brought out.
At the evening session of the short
course last night Mr. Tavener, city super
intendent of schools at Coin, Pae county,
la., told something of their plans of edu
cation at that place. Sewing, nature study
and gardening are taken up In the grades.
leading to a four years' course In agricul
ture In the high school. Thla work Is
cut related as much as possible with the
regular rtudles. About two-fifths of tha
tiTie given to the new studies, the re
maining three-fifths being taken up with
tl.e rguiar work. The teacheri find that
so much more enthusiasm la created by
this new method that more can be accom-
pllxhed along regular lines in the three
fifths of the time given to them than
could be done in the entire time before
the new line of work were Introduced.,
The high school ' haa four acres of
ground which are to be used next spring
for school garden work and corn raising.
Manual training is made part of the
yourse. Nsarly all the tables and furni
ture for the domestic science and other
department were made by the boya In
the manual training rooms. The work of
cementing and finishing many of the
rooms la also done by the boys. A spe
cial attempt la made to Interest parents In
the work by getting them to visit the
school frequently.
The entire plan on which the work Is
carried on ta to work with real thlnga as
much as possible.
Mr. Tavener paid a high tribute to Mlas
Field, the county superintendent of
schools, who haa pfheed Page county On
such a high plane educationally.
"Mlaa Field," he says, "haa Page county
walking on air."
Mr. Morrison of Wallace-Farmer, pea
Moinea, gave a ahort talk on "Some Traits
ot . Character .In Buccesefal Men I iave
Met."
Mlaa Field of Pag county has tha .en
tire exhibit Which won the grand cham
pionship for county school exhibit at the
corn ahow at Omaha on exhibition here.
This exhibit is attracting k great deal of
attention. The nine boya from Page
county whom Mlaa Field brought with
her are among the most enthusiastic
'short horns" to be found on the campus,
IOWA ATTENDANCE FEW LESS
Report of Registrar Show Only
' El-hty-Sevn ' Decrease from '
La at Year.
IOWA CITT, .Ma., Jan. .(.-(Special.)
Rumors that the attendance at the Uni
versity of Iowa had fallen'.-off between 200
and 509 thla year were dispelled yesterdny
by a definite announcement from Registrar
E. C. Barrett showing that the actual de
crease was, exactly etghty-sevan students.
Of this number seventy-seven decrease was
from the college of medicine, a result
naturally following the raising of the re
quirements. The Increase In, the! oollego of
law was twenty-six students, giving this
college of law a greater proportionate In
crease than any other college of law In
the country;
Statistics are also offered by Registrar
Barrett showing that all the state uni
versities of the middle west, with the ex
ceptlon of Nebraska and Wisconsin, either
show decreases or very slight Increases,
which the local authorities claim proves
that Iowa has done remarkably well con
stderlng the increased requirements.
Winter Term at Tabor.
TABOR, Ia.. Jan. . (Special.) The win
ter term of Tabor college opened this week
with an Increased attendance, although
some student have been late in arriving
owing to the enow blockade. Many had
to drive down from Malvern in aieighs
Tuesday and Wednesday, before the Tabor
ft Northern road waa opened up for travel
Rev. A. S. Henderson ot Atlantic,, who waa
to have given the opening addresa Tuesday
afternoon, waa unable to be present. Mlaa
Georgia Hopper, the new teacher of mod
ern language,, arrived early In the week
from her home In Chicago. She has had a
wide experience In .teaching and recently
returned from an extra year' study in
France. Besides the regular classes in
German and French, she haa Just organised
a large beginners' class In Spanish.
PRISON VEGETABLES
ARE SOLD TO GROCERS
Farther Testimony Recardlna Con;
dktlon at City btockade
In Atlanta.
ATLANTA, Ga Jan. 8.-A. J. Terry,
guard at the city stockade, today testified
before the committee investigating the treat
ment of prisoners there, that he sold vege
tables raised at the stockade farm, sup
posedly for prisoners' use, to grocery men
He said he never kept a account of the
sales and turned the money received from
them over to the city treasurer when con
venlent. In January, 1909, he paid into the
city treasury $42 for vegetables sold during
1908.
- Mrs. M. L. Wallace, mother ot Henry
Wallace, swore that her son, a victim of
consumption, was taken from her home to
the stockade on a stretcher. He died soon
after his releases and while she could not
swear he waa whipped at the prison, she
found welt on hi body after his death.
WEATHER MAP OF OCEAN
Thla May De Possible When
less la Under Con
trol. Wire
WASHINGTON. Jan. . 8. "When all the
nations ot th earth agree upon qne urn
tral, autocratic wireless station, that hdll
have oomplete power over th whole At
Untie ocean to determine whefl vesaels in
certain portions of th ocean shall send
and when they shall keep quiet. It will be
possible to get a weather map of the ocean
and to talk and transmit mrssages from
any part of the ooean." ,
Chief .Wlllla L. Moor of . the Unltod
Stat weather bureau and president ot the
National GeograpKTc society, today -nada
thla statemeut to th hous committee on
agriculture. -
Iowa
BOOM FOR RIVER TRAFFIC
Packet Companies on Upper Missii
tippi Look for Unusual Season.
snanaanwanm k
EIVEK, FROZEN SH0EE 10 SHORE
While Boats Are in Their Krlald
Berths Icemen Are Heaping
Harvest nigger Thaa
Venal.
IH'RLINQTON, Ia., Jan. a.-(Speclal)-Wlth
the surface ot the Mlsslsalpt river
froxen solid to a thleknes of from twelve
to twenty Inches, and snow coating the Ice
bridge front three to six Inches in depth,
making the waterway a vast thoroughfare
of glittering white from the headwaters
to the mouth of the Missouri, the river
Interests' are busy with next season's boat
ing Industry. For It is anticipated that the
coming Rummer will be the beat the upper
river has seen since the palmy days of
steamboatlng, when Mark Twain and hla
fellow pilots were lords of creation, and the
people considered the steamboat a floating
palace on which to ride waa a matter of
honor and enjoyment. While no new steam
ers wilt be put forth by various com
panies, plans to keep up the regular traffic,
which haa increased In considerable amount
In past year, and to make the river a
popular highway of travel and shipment,
are being perfected In the various cities
where the companies have their headquar
ters. In St. Louis the Diamond Jo people
are planning to tnke care of a splendid
business. Their boat are being put Into
first claaa condition. The steamer Quincy
will have considerable work, done on It
putting It Into fine shape foA the passen
ger and freight traffic. The St. Paul will
also have a general overhauling and will
take the water' next summer a handsome
clean vessel inviting to the patrons of the
line. The Sidney will probably share the
St. Louis-Burlington ana Keokuk trade
during the early season. Doth boats are fn
good condition. The large through packets
will not come out until the middle of the
!on -when the tourist rusH toward the
Minnesota resorts wilt begin.
Campaign, of Short Lines.
Meanwhile the magnates of the Carnival
Packet company are busy In Davenport
planning a big campaign for next spring
and summer. This company owns a chain
of steamers reaching In successive short
line from Davenport to Quincy. the links
are Quincy. to Keokuk; Keokuk to Bur
lington; Burlington to Davenport. The
steamer Keokuk will serve the Quincy
Keokuk trade. The new steamer Black
Hawk-Eye will ply between Keokuk and
Burlington and the Helen Blair and the
Columbia will serve. tlje Burlington-Davenport
' trade. Captain Walter Blair of
Davenport Is the presiding genius of this
steamboat company and has built up the
service in a remarkable manner from 'a
single steamer plying between Davenport
and BUrllngton aeveral years ago. He ex
pects a big thing for the upper river this
year. 1
And while the steamers are Bleeping in
their tram berths in , .canals and har
bors a- very different Industry has taken
possession of the rlverway which they ply
in summer. The Iceman la abroad and Is
gathering in hundreds of thousands of
tons of the finest, crystal ever taken- from
the 'river. Great loe cutting plants mark
the surface,, of, the stream all .the way
from Hannibal to the northern Makes and
hundreds -of men are employed dally In the
hurry of capturing the ioe while It- remains
clear and firm.' For half a dosen years the
icemen have been sorely put to it to secure
a sufficient amount of pure crystal to
serve their customers during the 'summer
season. The recent seasons have been
marked . by a scarcity of ice. much ot It
having to be cut in sloughs and ponds be
cause the river did not ever fret xe over
In the winter. This winter, however, things
are very different. The heavy drop In the
mercury and the steady cold quickly
bridged -tnejriver with a firm loe covering
and Is now; furnlahlng clear and pure ice
to the dealers. Vast quantities are being
cut and' stored and shipped to inland points
and to the south. The outlook Is for
cheaper Ice next season.
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1P' ' 11 Another NemoTriumpfe:;
Paper Board
Combination
t is Indicted
Bills Are Returned Against Associa
tion and Each of 140 Indi
ridaals Composing It
NKW YORK. Jan. 8 Another paper asso
ciation, formed by John II. Park, who
pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $4,000 for
his connection with the so-called fiber and
manlla pool, was Indicted by the federal
grand Jury In New Tork yesterday, charged
with being an Illegal combination .In re
straint of trade. The company ia the
Paper Board association, comprising 140
prominent paper manufacturers, who are
indicted Individually In addition to the In
dictment returned against th association
aa such. A fin or Imprisonment may be
Imposed on conviction.
Today's Indictment Is but one of many
ramifications of the Investigations the gov
ernment Instituted against the paper manu
facturers. The conviction of Parka brought
about the dissolution of the Fiber and
Manila association, whose member were
fined $2,000 each, and th action against
the Paper Board association is following
nlmllar lines. A third directed against news
print manufacturers Is now before the
grand Jury.
Ninety of, the defendant named In to
day's Indictments wer represented In court
this afternoon and on behalf of all a plea
of not guilty was entered, with permission
to withdraw it in three weeks.' Bench war
rant were Issued for the defendants not
present, but their arrest will be a formality,
for the defendants represented were de
leased on their own recognisance.
The defendanta named today include
manufacturers and concerns not only In
this state, but - In New Jersey, Indiana,
Illinois, Connecticut, Delaware, West Vir
ginia, Pennsylvania ard Ohio.
Rigid rule bound he members of th
association to adhere to price agreed upon,
according to the wording of the indictment.
It recttea that the association was organ
ised In 1906, with headquarters In New
Tork, and that prtaes were fixed at ths
quarterly meetings. These prices were not
to be departed from exoept by unanimous
vote. Tho amount of trade each member
was to enjoy was carefully apportioned,
while a liberal tax waa levied to pay the
expenses of the association. 1
The prices. It is further charged, ' wer
greatly In excess of prices that would have
been fixed by natural competition,' thus
levying "an unlawful tax upon the people
of the United States, amounting to $7,000,000
annually."
May Woman Hold"
County Office?
Cherry County Case Involving Treas
urership Likely to Become
Famous Suit.
VALENTINE. Neb., Jan. 8. (Special
Telegram.) E. R. Qulble, county treasurer
of Cherry oounty has refused to turn over
the office to Miss Gertrude Jordan who
was elected treasurer In last fall's elec
tion, on th ground that Miss Jordan Is
not eligible to hold a county office. The
case will be carried to the supreme court
of the United States at once, thla being
th first test whether a woman ia eligible
under the constitution of the state of Ne
braska to hold county office.
F. M. Tyrrell of Lincoln will represent
Miss Jordan, and C. Robblns will represent
Qulble.' ' t
!. . ' a. 11
. Dlea Suddenly In ttratnnrnnt.
Hl'RON, S. D.. Jan. 8.. (Special.) The
body of NVls Evensoru whose death oc
curred In this city, was taken to his home
at Pierre, accompanied by his wife, two
sons and two daughters. Mr. Evenaon and
family had been on a visit cast and while
stopping off at this city went to a restau
rant for lunch. They had been In the
restaurant only a few moments-when Mr.
Evenson " became violently ; HI, expiring
within a few minutes. He was a native
of Norway and had been a resident of
South Dakota since 1882 and had resided In
Pierre for the last four years. He held the
position of bridiro foreman on the North
western railroad.- . , .
Nemo Self -Reducing Corset No, 522, with
the new LASTIKOPS BANDLET, is the moat
important corset invention of the age.
In this corset, the "Bandlet" produces
greater figure-reduction, with absolute com
fort and safety, than has ever been possible
before.
The "Bandlet" takes the place of the
best abdominal belt you can buy at from $5
to $15 does better work,czr't slip (therefore
is more comfortable), and lasts longer than
any belt; yet you get it WITHOUT EXTRA
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Nemo Self -Reducing
with Lastikops Bandlet
Tho "Bandlet" ia semi-elastic, curves under
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place lace as tight as you like, for it won't ham
you. And the front steels can't stick out below
when you sit down that's VERY important.
Corset No. 522 to designed for stout figures;
but thousands of medium and slender women will
find it a genuine blessing and an economy.
Other Nemos $3 to $10.00
Don't fail to attend the Iemo Fifteenth Anni
versary Sale, now on in good stores everywhere.
CO
KOPS BRO&- Manufacturer NEW YORK
CURZOS CHALLENGES' LAW
Peer Says Statute Excluding Lords
from Campaign is Inralid.
BURNS TALKS AT BATTER SEA
Labor Member ! Tariff liar
( Nearly All Ware
that Hrllalon Ha
2Vo.
LONDON, Jan. 8. Th energy of l!e
political campaign, by speech and by let
ter. Is undiminished, but by reason of th
exhaustion of argument by th opposing
sides It Is becoming less Interesting.
. Lord Lansdowne at Salisbury and Lord
Curson of Kedleston at Brighton chal
lenged tonight the validity ot tha law -which
provides that members of th House
of Lords may net, after the election writ
are Issued, which will occur Monday, tak
part In the campaign.
John Iiurns, president of the local gov
ernment board, speaking at Battersea,
said tariffs had caused nearly all war
that rellglona had not and that a lax on
timber might lead to war with th
fntted States. v
In an election address Just issued . Mr.
Burns declares himself in favor of an
Irish Parliament, provided the Imperial
supremacy is maintained Inviolate.
The earl of Halsbury, who Was lord
chancellor in Mr. Balfour's cabinet, has
brought forth ,aa an argument for a big
navy a letter written In 1SS2 by (3,-nerU
Gordon, predicting the rise Id quarter
of a century of a naval power greater
than Great Britain, namely, Germany.
The first serious disaster of the cam
paign, entailing one death and Injuries to
many persons, occurred in th eastern eo
tlon of, Londan tonight when a crowd
caused a gallery railing to give way,
throwing a score Into the arena. . ;
Among the first to be re-elected to the
new Parliament will be Arthur J. Balfour
for th eclty of London and Joseph Cham'
berlaln for Birmlnham, west, neither' ot
whom will be opposed. ,
According to, present arrangement
sixty-seven constituencies will be polled
January 13, and th results In these will
be sufficient to give a good Idea of how
the struggle la going
Plans of Model
License League
Organization Placed in Control of
Men Not Connected with
' Liquor Traffic
' LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Jan. 8.-T. M. Oil
more, president of the National Model Li
cense league announced today that th
league Is In correspondence with leading
men throughout the United States with
the purpose of placing the organisation
entirely under the control of men who ar
In no way connected with the liquor trads.
Mr. Glhnore said:
"Leading men are. accepting our Invi
tation ' and by the time our convention
meets in 8t. Louis on the Id and 4th of
next month, we expect to announce th
committee under whose direction this work
will go forward."
CARL HAU JRIES TO ESCAPE
Dog; f polls Scheme of Former Wash
tsgtoa PrefeMor Serving Life
Sentence la Germany.
STUTTGART, Jan. a Karl Hau, former
professor of Roman law in George ,Wah- n.
ington university, Washington, who Is under
a life Imprisonment sentence for the murder
ot his mother-in-law, Frau Melltor, In 1908,
attempted to escape from the Jail at Bruch
sal, Baden, last night, but a warder's dog,
scenting out Hau's temporary hiding place,
caused the Jailer to Investigate, with the
result that the convict waa again locked, up.
Hau, In November, 190C, lured his mother- (
In-law ro a lonely street In Baden Baden
and shot her In the back. Ha was. dl
gulscd and fled to Frankfort and then to
London, where he waa arrested and re
turned td Baden Baden for trial. He was
convicted and sentenced to death, but later
the sentence waa . commuted to lite Im
prisonment. Hau la a German.
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