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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1910. V ( Council Bluffs FIFTY-EIGHT ENTtR R1N G I Municipal Office Appears Thing to Be Desired. THREE BIQ WARD FIGHTS Candidates In First, Fifth and Sixth Art In Tirmoll Sharp Battle for City Sollcltor hip. With fifty-eight aspirants' for municipal office anxious to serve the- people In one capacity or another ther- ought ti bi something doing nil the time bitwecn now and the primaries which will be held Monday, February 28. For the councll- manlo nominations the princ.paf contest.) among both the republicans and the demo crats will be In the First. Fifth and Sixth wards, where there are sevural cnndlJa.es. For the republican 'nomination for city solicitor a lively contest between the pres ent Incumbent of the office,, Clem F. Kim ball, and Attorney Thomas y. Harrison I looked for. The republicans have only two candi dates for tho nomination "for two coun-cllmcn-at-large, while the democrats huve four candidates. Both parties have several candidates for the nomination for park commissioner to . succeed ? j. J. . Brown, whose term expires tlu spring. Captain Brown Is a candidate for renomlnation by the democrats and, although he has two opponents, indications are that he will bj renominated. There are four candidates for the republican nomination for this office. ' Following is the complete list of the re publican and democratic candidates for the several nominations: Republican Candidates. For Mayor John Olson. For City Solicitor C. F. Kimball, Thomas Q. Harrison. For City Engineer Charles- B. Reynolds. For City Treasurer Frank T. True. For City AuditorJohn F. McAneney. For Couiicllruen-at-Largd (2) Carl. A Mor gan, John Fleming. Fui Councilman (First Ward) Henry T. Bloss, N. W. Williams, P. Peterson, L. T. AUiertl.'G. J. Harding. For Counollman (Second Ward) Elmer E. Mlnnlck. For Councilman (Third Ward) William B. Iligdon. ' For Councilman (Fourth Ward) Dr. L. L. Poston, E. 8. Lamon. For Councilman (Fifth Ward Hans Han son, Charles H. Warren, Luke Graham, J. O. Ellsworth, Thomas Shea, Charles Forts neir. : For Councilman (Sixth Ward-H. A. Mo ther, C. ,S. Hubbard, E. I. Llttlefleld. For Park Commissioner W. H. Lynchard, Warren F. Abdlll, H. O. McOee, W. M. lieodrlx. Democratic .Candidates. For Mayor Thomas Moloney. For City Solicitor Frank Capell. ' For City Engineer fiamul L. Etnyre. For City Treasurer Warren Hough. For City Auditor W. A. Brockle. For City Assessor W. D. Hardin. For Couneilman-at-Large (2) O. Tounker man, Chris Loseth, A. W. Huber, L. Lee Evans. For Councilman (First Ward)-C. D. Walt ers, Louis F. Fauble, John J. Myrtue, J. W. Kelly. For Councilman (Second Ward) J. Chris Jensen. For CouncUmanfThlrd Ward) John E. 6tockerti -W. B.' Fisher. '" For Councilman (Fourth Ward) F. Bee be Marlon Parker, Otto Bkodsholra, Page Mor rison. 1 For Councilman (Fifth Ward) James Mo Mtllen, N. P. Bethers. For Councilman (Sixth Ward) A. Bellin ger, W. O. Boyer. . For Park Commissioner J. J. Brown, John A. vnurcnui, jxooert r , jiain. CITT'S JIBT ' trtOIlT INCREASES Five Thousand Dollars More at Bad of December. , The monthly report of City Auditor Mo Aneney showing the general financial con- ffltlon or the city issued yesterday discloses the fact that tha net debt on January 1 was S4T.T06.aa aa against S42.14.ia on De cember L an Increase of tfi.MM.80. Tha city, however, was not without ample funds on January L as the report hows that tha city treasurer held cash to tha total amount of 1157,823.63, made up as follows City general funds. ....., (U4.370.75 Improvement funds. 84.016.41 Library tund,...... 8,436.62 Total . nS7.S23.68 The cash In tha city general funds was as follows t General ..........1 16.157 40 tr uiw .. ,... .. .... General sewer Bridge ......... toad M.MM...k Judgment Lighting Water Funded -debt V. Bond loan. Interest... Waterworks sinking y. Indian creek , Firemen's pension S.D18.46 ,6il8.fct 3.264.60 1.346.68 8.719.24 7,077.84 t7.8oe.64 6.4X1.66 1,378.66 25.TO.24 2.695.13 10.00 Total.......... , S114.S70.7I ine gross inaeoteaness 01 the city on January 1 Was $163,076.67, made up as fol lowsi ' General fund Warrants $ 6,833.33 juringe iuna warrants 1,66.34 Lighting fund warrants 1,694.93 jnaian creea iuna warrants 44.4$ Regular elty bonds......; 150,600 00 .Waterworks sinking fund 1.W7.61 Total. ..$162,076.67 ... . Marrtasre Licenses. Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to the following-: " Name and Residence. ' Age. E. H. Halfer, Denver. Colo 41 Bertha Bynum Emerson, Fulton, Ky.. 26 Charles M. Hakes, Council Bluffs..;.. 46 Belle pinnell. Council Bluffs 5 OX LaxB Iti IMt twd twuu wnnvbup wrrwiAL I IAKK A tM SNH 1 xArtvp mi mRAVAOANCE ! 7.2 J ftW LiUHA AND YOU wcWt ftrx so I' TRIALS oA-NHRDHMS STonyon's TmW patr WIS eoaj, ttie Href Ii.lo n. iivity by gvulle Uiethoits. TUey do but sevur. grljie or weukeu. They are a tunic tu the srotaaca, liver and nerves Invigorate luatvdj vf weukeo. Taey cu rk'U iti tloud ud enable the stoma-h to get all ts nourishment from food that la put kite it Tlieee puis contaiu DO ctlo lielj they are soothlug-, healing sod stlm. clxtlnr. For o!ety all druggists la 10a tnd ; els.-s. If yon need medical ad I Mre, write MiByonrs Doctors. They wilt sdrlne lo the test of their ability abso lutely free of Charae. Mt'NYUN'H, M4 a4 JcUormM fit, f bUalvlhla, la bvtid 10 cents fur trial pavkags. ' 0 Jw atoaw atmLmt TO THE OJTk-E AND IAXXVNI flll WOiLC ive You 10 rue A A rwi "icu Iwm i ur CC3 Iowa soldi er river case still UN I MIAL Btr-UHt UUUHI t out of Construction, Feasibility and Other Problems Knter Into Consideration. LOGAN, la.; Jan. 30-Speclal.)-The big Soldier river drainage cane, which began here Monday, and to the exclusion of all other taxes has been running during the week, la still on trial. The objectors occu pied three and one-half days In the Intro duction of exhibits and testimony to prove the Wattles drainage project as Imprac tical and to establish a more practical one In lieu thereof. The promoters v.-tll occupy two and one-half days In sustaining the Wattles project and In pointing out the unattractive features of the Mayne drain age project. The Wattles ditch Is said to be 68 miles In length; the Mayne ditch, In opposition, fifteen to sixteen miles In length; the former, according to estimates, to cost, with laterals and .other ditches, 1100.000; the Btter drainage system, SS6.000, $110,000 to 310.(Ki0,( depending upon the men who make he estimates and extent of system em braced. It Is said that boiti Giidies begin practically at the same point and run over the same line a distance of two miles, hereby leaving the Wattles ditch from point of separation four and one-half miles to the Missouri river, and the Mayne thir teen or more to the Missouri river. How ever, the Mayne ditch Is to run through the Spboner ditch, previously constructed, also through Linn lake and through a sec tion of the Soldier river before reaching the Missouri. From an engineering point of view, the chief objection urged against the Wattles ditch Is that In time of high waters of the Missouri the ditch would be flooded by the waters of the Big Muddy, and thereby be of no value In discharging the waters of the Soldier, for which the ditch Is designed. The chief objection urged , against the Mayne ditch is that while affording no more effective drainage, the cost of con struction, comparing the two systems, would make the Mayne system prohibitive. NJUNCTI0N ISSUED, CLOSES SALOON'S DOORS Firm at Tnrln, la., and Drasrsjlst at Soldier, la.. Affected by Order. ONAWA, la., Jan. 80. (Special Tele gram.) A temporary Injunction was .Issued today against Alex McDonald and the Sioux City Brewing company, operating a saloon at Turin, la., also against J. L. Coverdale, a druggist at Soldier, Ia. Evid ence was produced to show that McDon ald had violated the laws by selling In toxicating liquors to minors. The number of returns to the county auditor from the Soldier druggist during the last sixty days were out of proportion to the popula tion of the town and the attorney for the defendant failed to show that any contag ious disease had been prevalent to war rant the large volume of business. Im mediately following Judge Oliver's decision. the doors of the Turin saloon were locked. A permanent) Injunction against both places will be asked for at the February term of the district court ' " PANIC AVERTED AT FUNERAL Floor Gives War Daring; Service Over Body of Marshalltowa ! - v- .,.-.Mau. .,,. MARSHALLTOWN, Ia,. Jan. 80. (Spe cial.) A crowd of people who attended the funeral of Charles E. Sheridan, this afternoon were thrown Into a fright and small sired stampede was narrowly averted while the service was In progress. when the floor of one room creaked, qulv ered and then gave way. The service was stopped, the corpse hurriedly wheeled out of the room and the undertaker warned the mourners to keep close to the walls and leave the room slowly. An examina tion of the floor showed that three joist In the center of the room had split and that portion of the floor had sunk almost a foot. Short Coarse for Fruit Men. AMES, Ia., Jin. 80. (Special.) At meeting of some of the fruitgrowers In the vicinity of Council Bluffs on Decem ber 20 a short course was organised and officers elected. O. R. Bliss, representing the Ames Agricultural college, outlined some of the work which Is usually taken up at these short courses. It was defl nltely decided to hold a four days' short course from February 22 to 25, inclusive. At this short course the following crops will be taken up and .studied: Apple, grape, potato, cherry, small fruit. The following subjects will be treated: ' Insects, disease, spray materials, spray machinery, orchard heaters, soli management, harvesting and packing, storage and marketing assocla Hons, by-products, propagation, pollina tion. Prof. S. A. Beach, O. B, BUss and Laurens Greene from the Ames Agricul tural college will be the Instructors and it Is expected that some help will be re ceived from local men. This is the first short course of its kind in the state and will be watched with considerable Interest by other communities. The attendance the course is not limited to people in the vicinity of Council Bluffs, but any from different parts of the state may attend It is hoped by the management that as many as possible will attend this course so as to Insure Its success. Kuterprlaea at Denlaoa. DENISON, la., Jan. SO. (Special.) The Denlson Commerolal club held one of Its monthly meetings, together with a banquet, at the Hotel Denlson Friday evening Plans were made which look to great publlo enterprises being undertaken in the near future. One looks to the building of a great dam at the. uniting of tho Boyer and Otter creek streams six miles north of Denlson and conducting the water here In huge pipe lines. Civil engineers will soon be at work to advise en the cost of construction and water power which can be generated. The fall la nearly' 100 feet As the site of the present opera house has been sold to the government for a post office building and a new opera house Is needed the clb talked location and ral Ing funds for I the enterprise. There was some talk of giving a bonus to an ex per ienced opera house man to come in and build. There Is an opportunity offered of gaining a great shoe factory with. T. J Kelly the successful retailer to manage it Committees were appointed to beat along all the lines mentioned and Denlson means to be a big spot on the map of Iowa. Guy Marley Is Sentenced. LOGAN, Is,, Jan, 30. (Special.) Guy Marley, the convicted murdertr of his stepmother, was given his sentence by Judge Wheeler yesterday afternoon. Mar ley received his sentence with the same composure and indifference that he dis played during the trial. Life Imprison ment at hard labor Is the penalty. rstanwls foliawt a Cold, but never follows tha use of Foley's Honey and Tar. which stops tha cough, heals the lungs and expsls tee cold from your systsm. Iowa FIGHT ON IOWA COAL RATES Railway Commission Will Hear Com plaints March 9. OUTSIDE OPERATORS FAVORED Iterent nhertasre Calls Attention to Fart Many Communities Are Still Dependent on Fuel from Illinois Fields. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINER. Jan. SC. (Speclal.)-A date has been set for the hearing before the railroad commission on the coal rates of Iowa, and on March 9 next, the represen tatives of the railroads and the coal op erators will be permitted to thresh out their differences. It Is expected that this will be one of the most Important hearings ever granted by the commission. The present coal rates In Iowa were fixed about twenty years ago and at that time they were oposed by the railroads as entirely too low. The excuse for making thorn low was that It was needed to de velop the coal Industry of the state. There has been a wonderful development of the coal industry of Iowa in that time and now the total output of the state Is more than ten times what it was when the rates were fixed. In the meantime the demand for coal has Increased and the Illinois operators have been able to secure such rates Into Iowa as will enable them to compete In many parts of the state. In fact In some parts of the state they can undersell the Iowa operators. It Is found also that In some parts of the state the outside operators can take advantage of the Iowa local rates and by a double billing make better rates than on a through Interstate rate. The recent coal shortage Incident to a little stormy weather has brought sharply to the attention of Iowa people the fact that the coal business Is not on the best basis. It is found that the system built up never provides for an emergency. The railroads and the coal companies have always teen able to supply coal as needed, hence no large stocks have been main tained. Now the demands comes from all parts of the state that something be done. Trouble with Outside Coal. Perhaps 200 or more complaints have been received In the last . two months by the railroad commission In the matter of the failure of towns to get coal as needed. It Is also found by the commission that nearly all these complaints are from towns or dealers who rely upon lnterstato ship ment of coal, generally from the Illinois fields, and that in all communities using Iowa coal there has been little trouble, Twelve years ago the legislature passed a resolution asking the railroad com mis si on to investigate coal rates and take such action as seemed to be necessary. A thorough investigation was made and the commission found that there was no oc casion for any change in the rate at that time. In fact it was not seriously urged by the operators or the consumers. Since then investigation has been made of some phases of the question, but no general in' auirv. Now it is the demand of an association of the operators which handles 75 per cent of all the coal for commercial uses that reduction in the rate be made. It Is found that In at least one Instance the railroads make a rate. , lower , than the legal Iowa rate, this being done to meet competition from the outside, and from this it is Inferred that a lower rate would be remunerative in Iowa. The coal busi ness of the' Iowa roads is one of the largest Items of profit and the case will therefore attract a great deal of attention. Lamonl Wan ta Nen Depot. The Commercial club of Laonl has asked the railroad commission to Intercede in behalf of their town with the Burlington railroad and secure a new depot for the town. They represent that the present one Is old and Inadequate and also that In general the Burlington has not made Improvements along its right-of-way as the town deserves. They set forth a long list of grievances and will be given hearing. Branch Lines Are Suffering;. A committee of the stockholders of the Atlantic, ' Northern & Southern railroad. consisting of M. N. Eh beck, Hans Mad sen and Peter Lykke, called upon the railroad commission on behalf of that road and the merchants along the line and repre sented that business In the various towns reached Is suffering from lack of cars and failure to have business handled at the connecting point of Atlantic. The farmers say they have no money' to pay bills because they cannot sell their stock and grain and the whole business af the towns is held up because the larger roads are using all their equipment to handle coal. Remedy for llla-h Prices. Attorney General Byers is out In an In. terview, In which he points out that the direct cause of the high price era Is the system under which business Is being oper ated and he states that we must look to congress for some relief. He suggests an amendment to the anti-trust law that would make It a penal offense for any person to belong to a trust, also there should be made a permanent nonpartisan tariff commission, provision be ade for a physical valuation of railroads, etc He discourages the use of the boycott as a remedy for high prices. Brakeman Ends His Life. Bruce Magers, railroad brakeman, em ployed by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Faul railway for a time at Perry. I a. committed suicide by taking morphine at aw bixth avenue, at 2 o'clock this momina- He was taken In an unconscious condition to Mercy hospital and died there at o'clock. His act is shrouded In mvsterv The police have been called Into the case. Many Insurance Reports. A large number of the reports of Insur ance companies to the state auditor were received today. All the larger companies nave reported on the last year's business. n-pwris indicate tnat the business of the year was excellent, and esoeelallv fh.t business in Iowa has been growing right v..k. ine aeposils of insurance com. panles with the state of Iowa to guarantee loeaea increased far more last year than ever before In the 'history of insurance uunini'ss. Reincorporate State Baali. The articles of Incorporation of the Com mereJal Krau k..i. . w ...... , umncneeier were loaa-y ty nilng with the secretary of state. The Central Heating company . .. ..,.u . iuea articles. The Mystic mn juercnanta- association rn tides, with 11.000 capital, for the purpose of establishing a credit and raUng gyBtem ii i ii or mystic. Forareia Gnu la Loaded. iijikjk. Ia., Jan. S0.-(Speclal ir-,i.,,M-trini, jo year old son of Mr, snu ra. uruDer. a prominent Webster uuuuijr iarmer, was killed this afternoon by a boy friend when a loaded gun th. were playing with was accidentally dis- rhirr. TV. Kn.. ... . . .. .... wrni ,0 ma barn to play after dinner, and flndlna tha j there one of the boys slipped some shot Iowa Into the gun and forgot It was there. The family Is prostrated. Omaha Will Get Military Tourney Committee Visits Des Moines and Arranges for Event Compro mise Reached. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Jan. 30 (Special Tele gram.) An Omaha committee, consisting f C. H. Pickens. It. J. Penfold. J. C. Root, Everett Buckingham and K. B. Mlchaells, held long conference with the local representatives of association, hav ing in charge the military tournament to see if an agreemient could not be reached. t is probable that as a result there will be a tournament at Omaha as well as one t Des Moines, and It will not be neces- ary to fight It out between the two cities. KAWKEYES TAKE FIRST GAME Fast Grlnnell Quintet Loses to Iowa 20 to IS. IOWA CITT, Ia., Jan. SO. (Special Tele gramsBrilliant spurts of clever team work gave Iowa the first of a state cham pionship series with Grinned In basket ball here tonight by a score of 20 to 13. Iowa sprang to the front at the start of the game and the first half ended 11 to 7 with the Hawkeyes in the lead. The feat ure jof the contest was a phenomenal bas ket by Hyland from a sitting posture early n the game. A second long goal by Hy land brought Iowa Into a comfortable lead at a critical point In the same half. Sluts threw most baskets for Grlnnell, but was removed because of an Injury received In diving after a ball, near the close of the game. Halley's Comet In Sight. IOWA CITY,.Ia., Jon. 30. (Special.) Halley's comet Is In view, I saw It yes terday," said Prof. L. G. Weld, head of the department of mathematics In the Uni versity of Iowa yesterday. "It Is a con siderable distance above the horison md about four degrees north of Saturn, but it may be seen only by the aid of a pow erful glass. A few . weeks later In the year It will be visible to the naked eye." Farmer Found Burned to Death. DES MOINES. Jan. 30. Peter, Rogers, aged 70, a pioneer farmer near Tiffin, was found burned almost to a crisp by his daughter Helen early today. A charred prayer book beside him Indicates thai death had come while kneeling at prayer. It Is supposed that his clothing caught fire from an upset lamp near by. Iowa . News Notes. LOGAN For breaking and entering a box car, John Casper was given an indeter minate sentence of ten years yesterday afternoon. MARSHALLTOWN A general rails, to spread throughout the United Brethren de nomination in the state or lowa. is being planned to aid the local congregation to build a church here next summer which will cost between 810,000 and fU.OUO. HAMPTON The annual field meet of the Boone Valley Athletic association will be held here on May zo. i ne association con. alsts of nine high schools in the north central part of Uie state. S. R. Frttx of he local school is secretary or. the associa tion. ' MARSHALLTOWN Mrs. Austin Ash, young mother, was .adjudged. Insane . this afternoon and ordered taken to the state hospital at Cherokee. Mrs. Ash became In sane following the birth 'of her child. Be fore her marriage she was Miss Elna Ci ranger, a Monona county, Iowa, young woman. IOWA FALLS Frank D. Peet. cashier of the State National bank, has Just purchased the Trainer farm about two miles east of this city, at Sin.SO an acre, it la stated that It Is Mr. Feet's Intention to make a model stock farm of the plato, being Ideally lo cated for such a farm. It contains' ninety- one acres and is already well Improved ts close proximity to town, with superior educational facilities and easy access to market, makes the place a very desuable one for a home. NEWTON Because the city council saw fit to pass a milk Inspection ordinance which requires that milk cannot be sold in the town from cows which have not been tested for tuberculosis. Newton Is threatened with a milk famine. Today three ot the four dairymen who supply the bulk of tho trade notified their customers that they would serve them no longer unless the ordinance was repealed, as tne council is standing "pat" on the ordinance, the pros pects of a mllkless town are good. I MITCHELL, S. D., Jan. 30. (Special.) A few weeks ago Arthur Bruhm, a German, 40 years old, was taken Into custody on the charge of insanity. It developed, hov ever, that he was just mentally unbalanced and not very violent, but it was evident that he would become a county charge. It was learned through the examination that he was not a naturalized citizen of the United States and it was thus Impossible for the county to have any Jurisdiction over him. State Attorney Herbert took up correspondence with the Department of Commerce and Labor at Washington and explained the situation. The department ordered Richard Davis of Minneapolis, an inspection Immigration agent, to come to this city and examine Bruhm. He finished the examination today and announced that Bruhm and his wife would have to be deported to Germany. The wife came over here in June and the husband followed In the early fall, but both were practically without funds and they were Incapacitated for earning money. It was on this account that the action was taken to send them back to Germany. The children, who live near here, were anxious to take cars of their parents, but they were not In a posi tion to assume the burden. Wyoming; fruit In Court. DEADWOOD, 8. D., Jan. 30. Speclal.) Judge Rice in the circuit court has just decided one of the most Important civil suits tried hers in years by rendering a verdict In favor of the plaintiff In the cose of J. C. Spencer of Newcastle, Wyo. against William H. Lyman, et al, of Ke wanee. III., Involving $30,000. A peculiar feature of the case was the fact that both parties to the suit lived in another part of the country and the property sued on was near Cambria, Wyo., but the suit was tried here as the transaction took place in Lawrence county. Some two years ago Spencer sold to . the defendants some coal lands In the Cam bria district, they contracting to pay $40, 000. One fourth of this amount was paid down In cash when the defendants declined to carry out the contract on the ground that the titles conveyed were insufficient To secure these titles Spencer has made two trips to Bombay, India, and has spent over $15,000 in money and some fifteen months' time. Judge Rice held the con tract valid and gave Judgment against the defendants for the remaining $30,000. Financial Troubles Cause Suicide PIERRE, S. V.. Jan. 30. (Special Tele gram.) Herman Schroeder, proprietor of news and cigar stand here, committed sul oide late this afternoon by shooting hlmsel through the head. Financial troubles are rumored to have been the cause of the act. Ha leaves a wife and several small children. 1 A medicine need not be disagreeable to bs effective. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ts pleasant to taka and always cures. Iowa IL. PALMER TO RUN AGAIN Announcement Made He Will Try for Fourth Term. FIRST NAMED BY GOVERNOR SHAW lias Opposition la Own City la Person of Clifford Thome Wilcox Appointed Special Counsel. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Ia., Jan. 30. (Special Tel egramsAnnouncement was made today that Colonel David J. Palmer of Wash ington, Ia., would be a candidate for a fourth term as state railroad commis sioner. He Is now chairman of the board and Is a veteran member, having first been appointed by Governor Shaw. He was formerly a member of the state sen ate for two terms and before that county auditor for two terms, so that he has had practically continuous service of the pub lic for thirty-four years. The faot that Clifford Thorne, attorney, has come out as candidate and Uvea In the same town may complicate matters. The most Important case filed with the Board of Railroad Commissioners for the week ending January 28 was the petition of the Iowa Commercial Coal Dealers' as sociation by J. E. Trotter, secretary, re questing a revision of the soft coal rates In Iowa. There has not been, since the coal rates In Iowa were fixed by the com mission, up to this time any request for reduction In said rates. In 1S92 and again In 1894 the railroad companies requested an advance In the- Iowa coal rates, stating as a reason that such rates were unrea sonably low as co.-npared with other coal rates In this territory and that they were unremuneratlve, which requests, after ex tended hearings, the board denied. Pub lic hearing upon this question will be had In the office of the railroad commissioners at Des Moines on March 9. Aside from the coal case there were thirty-seven other cases filed with the board during the week. Fourteen of these cases were for failure to deliver coal, eleven for failure to furnish cars for live stock and grain, shipments, four were In reference to delay In transit, two relating to train service, two concerning telephones In depots, one with reference to minimum weight on live stock, one concerning sta tion service, one alleging discrimination in freight service and one being a petition for lower express rates on currency. Wilcox Given Place. Attorney General Byers today appointed to the position of special counsel in his office, made vacant by the resignation of Charles Wilcox, John Fletcher of Avoca, He has been In practice ten years. As special counsel he will take up Important civil matters In which the tate Is con cerned. Flgrht Agralnst Tuberculoals. A working plan of co-operation was agreed upon -4oday between the depart ment of the State Board of Control, hav ing charge of tuberculosis, and the State Board of Health and the veterinary de partment by which there 'will be con- certed effort greatly to Increase the work In ending tuberculosis In lows. Dr. Whlt aker of the Department of Agriculture will be secured for six months' work in the state inspecting dairy herds. Reslarns - from Byers' Of flee. Charles S. Wilcox, special counsel in the office of the attorney gerteral,' re signed today and he will return "W1 the private practice of law. He had baetf assistant under Attorney General Byers for' little more than a year, having 'charge of the civil business of the office. To Finish Out Year. " I Judge Howe, who resigned from the, dlai trict bench, will finish out tha present year, though he had planned to quit at once. The Bar association passed resolu Hons highly eulogistic of Howe. Resolu tions of a similar character were also passed relative to the retirement of E. R. Mason from the office of clerk of the federal court. ' It la announced that Judge Roberts of Ottumwa will also retire from the district bench at the end of his present term, finishing a fifteen-year service. Kxamlne Many tor Commissions. General Guy E. Logan today Issued an order for two military boards to meet at his office February 10 to examine candi dates for commissions in the guard, one board to examine five candidates for sur geons and the other to examine twenty three for. other positions, including five captains. Collateral Tax Collections. State Treasurer Morrow reports colla-- tlon of collateral Inheritance tax In Iowa for the present month to be $20,251.95 from thirty-nine separate estates. Requisition was Issued today for return to Iowa from Michigan of Robert Payn and Edward Haggerty, both wanted in Kossuth county for manipulating an alleged forged check. Charae of Discrimination. The railroad commission has been asked to Investigate a case of alleged dis crimination In the matter of switching charges between Des Moines coal mines and Valley Junction, the charge having been raised to $5 for a little less than two and one-half miles for one car. It is stated that there is discrimination shown. Wants Reports on Enforcement. Attorney General Byers is asking the county attorneys to make the reports contemplated under a new law In regard to the extent of enforcement of the laws In various counties. He desires reports as to saloons, gambling houses and similar places, and also asks for recom mendations as to the law and what changes could be made to advantage. Wants Telephone Control. Governor Carroll, in an address at a farmers' institute at Mason City, reverted to the subject of a commission to have special charge of the corporations of the state, and indicated that he would renew his recommendations. He referred to the 3,000 telephone systems In the state and of the certainty of much merging and con solidation, but all this without regulation and control. Adequate laws are needed to properly protect the people. Denouueea the Courts. In a powerful speech before the members of the Des Moines Bar association at the annual banquet In the Elks' club rooms, W. G. Harvlson, one of the leading attor neys of Polk county, made a sweeping de nunciation of the general divorce court practice, exorcised the bar association for failure to suggest remedies and roasted to a frazzle the Judges of the local bench who. he stated, had permitted the lax condition to exist Fraud In Auto Sales. W. J. Wallace, lats of Council Bluffs and a former automobile salesman. Indicted on five .separate counts by the grand Jury for obtaining money by false pretenses through the sale of machines which he failed to deliver, pleaded guilty this morning before Ji.dge DeGraff ta a charge of fraudulent conveyance and was sentenced to Inde terminate Imprisonment in the penitentiary at Fort Madliti Cornhuskcrs Defeat Drake Second Time esssaaajuna Fourth Victory from Iowa Teamt In Succession for Nebraska Basket Ball Fire. LINCOLN. Jan. SO. (Special Telegram.) By a score of 17 to the Cornhuskers' banket ball five downed the quintet from Drake college at the university armory last night and made their slate clean for the first half of the games In the north ern section of the Missouri Valley league. Eight games are scheduled for each of the three teams In this division of the league for the sectional title, and the game tonight was the second the local shooters have won from Drake. Last week two were annexed from Ames. The visiting players proved easier prey for the Cornhuskers than they were last night and Coach Hewitt used an entire new team, with the exception of Captain Perry, In the second half. Drake made only two goals from field, one In each half. The contest was by far the roughest exhibition of basket ball that has ever taken place on the local floor. Both teams violated the rules, and there was a large amount of holding, pulling and striking with the fists. The visiting players were the chief offenders and were penalised several times by the referee for their rough tactics. Left Guard Berry of the Des Moines five sustained an Injury to his nose In a clash with one of the Corn huskers1, and for a short time his con dition was such that It was thought ad visable to remove him from the game. He Insisted on playing and was allowed to re main In the lineup. . Exceedingly poor team play and Inac curate goal tossing kept Drake from put ting up any formidable opposition to the Cornhuskers. Captain Perry and his crew played rings around their opponents all through the game. The Nebraska leader and Wood, the little colored guard, again were the stars for the locals. Perry shot four goals from the field. Wood made no goals, but he carried the ball, by dribbling, more than any other two men on the floor. Petrashek, at center, also played brilliant ball and tossed three goals. Debutts fea tured more than any single player on the visiting five. He recorded six of the points totaled by his side. Lineup: NEBRASKA. I DRAKB. " HQffm.n Schmidt-Jonas L.F. L.F Dobutti Prtruhck-Hlltner C.0 C. Homnaii-Mu-lcon In(mll-Ambnion R O R o Derrr Wood-Walt UO.ILO BMrr Goals from field: Perry (4), Schmidt (2), Petrashek (3), Ingersoll, Hlltner, Amber son, Debutts, C. Hoffman. Goals from free throws: Perry (3). Debutts (2). Referee: Clevenger, ex-Indiana. FORTUNE AT LAST SMILES ON HIDDEN FORTUNE MINE Dream of Years on Part of Owners Stands Good Chance of Realisation. DEADWOOD, S. D., Jan. 30. (Special.) Has the 111 fate that for years relent lessly pursued the Hidden Fortune Gold Mining company and those prominently identified with it, finally turned? Have the scales of fickle fortune so long weighted down against the company that once promised so much, now swung In Its favor? The Hidden Fortune was organize.! some ten years ago by Henry J. Mayham, then of. Denver, .a promoter, who - was meeting with ''great success In floating Black Hills mining properties. ' The prop erty was- a good one, funds came easily and -stockholders tumbled over them-, selves -In- their eagerness to get In on the ground floor. Its officers Included men prominent In the financial world. Judge Allison' bf Sioux City, J. M. Neemlth. George M. Nex, Herbert S. Shaw, all of J Denver, James Moodle of Sioux City and soma 1 Chicago men. Finely equipped plants were constructed and then the pendulum swung. Dis agreements arose among the heavy stockholders and at once the company was plunged Into expensive and seemingly In terminable litigation. Some of the high est legal luminaries In Denver and Chicago hastened to the fight and numer ous suits were commenced, while the small stockholders patiently awaited the outcome. First one set of officers won a point and secured control of the prop erty, changing the management, only to lose it in the next legal contest to another set. Charges and counter charges of a bitter nature were made and still the small stockholders waited. Then tho property was sold on execution, the Con tinental Trust company of Denver, rep resenting the bond holders, buying It in. More legal contentions followed. Then another factor entered the race for supremacy. Death called, one by one, the men who had engineered the fortunes ot the property. James Moodle, who stood with local stockholders, passed away first. Then followed Herbert S. Shaw, the sec retary ot the company. Next followed George N. Nix, the one time manager and the lafct was J. H. Nesmlth of Denver, the trustee for the bondholders. Even while he died, the plans were making for the new coup and Just as the year closed, the Columbus properties, a dream of years' standing, was effected. Now It Is an nounced that Henry Frawley of this city, the new president, has secured the neces sary fund to operate and that work will commence In the spring and fortune again smiles on the 111 fated Hidden For tune. . Census Men Lacking;. LEAD, 8. D., Jan. 80. (Special.) Con siderable difficulty Is being experienced In securing enough census enumerators to conduct the census taking In Lawrence county next April. Although there are twenty-one to be given work of this sort In this county, there are not over fifteen applicants for the work. This Is largely due to the unsettled labor conditions here as so many are unable to tell what they will be doing three months from now and do not. care to take a chance 'on the short government job. Children like Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy and It Is prompt In effect as well as pleasant to take. ' lb Clb rSr waecao imiiow POXES! t JjigOUJ- -U - IICUU1RI fOPSLlRITT RAILROAD ROUTE IN TRIPP Chief Townsites to Be Winner, Jordan and Carter. LINE WILL MISS LAMRC Dispute on with Winner Over rer maaeat LoratIo of County Seat Spring; Will Be Busy Time. DALLAS. 8. D., Jan. J0.-(Spelal.)-No recent event In the Rosebud country has crested more Intense Interest than was oc casioned by the publication a few weeks ago of the route to be followed by the Chicago & Northwestern railroad In Its extension west from Dallas. Because new towns were established In every neck and corner of Tripp county there was for sev eral months much -Ivalry In claims a to where the railroad line would go. Now all this Is settled. The route Is known be yond tho peradventure of a doubt Tha railroad authorities have served notfee on the Indians whose allotments -will be traversed and further steps are now being taken for purchase of the right of way. Supplies have been laid down at convenient points along the present line between Nor folk and Dallas and construction work will begin In the spring. It would be difficult to find a situation Just like that presented by. Tripp county, newly opened to settlement. It has become proverbial that hardly a township In the county Is without a postofflce. It Is a tri bute to the rapid growth of the country. It explains why there Is such demand for land In this vicinity. The exodus of farmr crs from the east cannot fail to attract attention. Any person who saw Tripp county last spring . and- has not seen It since then would hardly know the land now. Where all was one cuntlnuoua stretch of'pralrle land, Interrupted only here and there by the home of a tenant ot .leased land, one cannot go anywhere In tha county now out of sight of a claim house., This and the promise of hundreds of new set tlers In the spring resulted In the estab lishment of many small towns. All Cannot Be Pleased. Of course all these communities wished that the railroad might come their way and there was naturally some disappoint ments. But It Is generally, conceded that the railroad company chose -the best routo considering the engineering features and the great question of future development Much Is expected of the three railroad towns, Winner, Jordan and Carter. The first station west of Dallas will be Colome, known as Winona (Indian for "first-born") until the Postofflce department decided that the name must be changed owing to Its confusion with -Winona, N. D. Colome Is a pretty townslte, has - a good start and will always be a substantial town. Carter Is on the extreme western edge of Tripp county, overlooking what Is left of the Rosebud reservation. Win ner is almost in the center of Tripp county, and west of It eight and one-half miles is Jordan. - Carter Is certain to equal, and perhaps surpass, Dallas in Its growth, whllo Win ner will no doubt be chosen as the per manent county seat, now temporarily at Iamro. The three towns of Winner, Jor dan and Carter, are promoted by tha Western Townslte company, an organiza tion which Is the outgrowth of the com pany which founded Dallas and made such a success of It. Ernest A. Jackson Is the president of the company. Among the suc cessful lawyers and land- men" associated with him are his brothers, Graydon and Frank, Don. H. Foster, general manager of the company, Eugene Barnum, Ople Chambers and E. C. Patterson. ' The work which hns been done to give the towns a firm basis ts phenomenal. Already there has been an exodus from Lamro to Win ner, showing that there is the utmost con fidence In the success of Winner, and the permanent location of the county seat there. Some of the business men of Lamro have refused for the present to change, owing to the expense of moving, and be cause they believe there Is a ' chance for Lamro to retain the county seat Lamro or Winner. The railroad officials have placed the townslte privileges entirely In . the hands of the Western Townslte company, having full faith In the integrity and reliability of the men who, have made such a success of Dallas. There will likely be a suffi cient Show of strength on. the part of Lamro to make a contest over the county seat, but Judging from the way the business houses have decided to locate at Winner, It Is safe to assume that when the time comes for voting the bulk of Influence will be with Winner. There is a strong senti ment throughout the county (n favor of having the oounty seat located on the rail road. The town of Carter will be the dis tributing point for the country to the west of It, Just as Dallas has been the supply center for Tripp county. Many of the business firms In Dallas, which were es tablished only In the hope of doing a re tall business, have grown into wholesale distributers and some, of them have been known to send as'mucfi 'as '$l,0tX worth of goods Into Tripp county In a uile day. With portions of the Rosebud ' reservation likely to be thrown open to settlement within a year or two,- Carter will be tha center of Interest, as many business en terprises will locate there In anticipation ot success such as was experienced at Dallas. On account of It location on tlio' threshold of Mellette and, Todd countli. part of which will be ihe next land opened to settlement. Carter Is certain to be chosen as one of the registration points and as the place where the 'drawing for the land will be Held. ' A Traveling . talesman, . H. F. Beer, 6lT 7th vV Pporla. III., writes: "I have been troubled for some time with kidney' trouble. so severely at times I could scarcely carry my.- grips. 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