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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER Ifi. 1910.
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Council Bluffs
MORE SPACE FOR CORN SHOW
Addition to Auditorium ii Now Nearly
Completed.
DEMAND FROM EXHIBITORS LARGE
IxmiNl Reservations (inli la
from Fro It Men from Afar
Rlvavlry Ptm from Snath
and West.
The addition to ths main Auditorium
building to be used for the Corn chow la
nearly completed and will be fully Inclosed
when the door and windows are put in
place. The addition Is located on the east
end of the main building and Is rxllj feet
In slie, with an eighteen-foot celling. This
will give the Missouri Valley Corn Grow
ers 'association i.OTO square feet of floor
space and an enormous wall area to dis
play the exhibits. The building Is of a
most substantial character and will be
htated by the steam plant in the main
building.
The work of constructing the temporary
buildings will follow the completion of this
addition. The temporary structure will be
twice as large as that of last year. It
will begin at the extreme east end of the
Auditorium, Including the thlrty-flve-foot
addition, and extend forty feet Into Wash
ington avenue and thence along the north
side of the building to a point In Bryant
street sixty feet from the northwest cor
ner of tha Auditorium, snd will then be
continued south on Bryant street IIS feot,
crossing the bridge, with a south entrance
on Bryant street at about the same point
where It was located last year. This will
give the temporary building an extreme
length of M feet on Washington avenue
and 212 feet on Bryant, with a width on
Washington avenue of forty feet and sixty
feet on Bryant street. This will gv place
at the disposal of the exposition manage
ment of nearly 40,000 square feet of floor
area and, altogether, more than twice the
area required for the big exposition last
rear.
Great Demand for Space.
The additional space has been demanded
by the Increased reservation of space by
exhibitors. At the present time only a few
states In the union remain unrepresented
In the list of exhibitors. Reservations of
space were yesterday made by the Grand
Junction (Colo.) Fruit Growers' associa
tion for a carload of fruit. Idaho reserva
tions Include room for three cars,, and
space for one car of fruit has been taken
by the Hood River men. California Is to
be represented by county exhibits and a
number of the leading; fruit-producing
counties are to bo represented. Butte
county yesterday mads a reservation for
Its space.
This year, mors than ever before, will
there be a strong rivalry between the fruit
growers of the south and west. Tens and
Florida will have larger exhibits than ever.
The Osark Fruit Growers' association, em
bracing orchards aggregating 40,000.000 fruit
trees. hav reserved space for three car
loads and want room for six. Louisiana,
Alabama, North and Bouth Carolina all have
made reservations. It was decided yester
day to have "New Orleans day" on Tues
day, November 16. Oovernor Jared Y.
Panders, Mayor Behman of New Orleans
and the officers of the New Orleans Pan
ama Exposition company will be among
the Louisiana visitors. It has also been
decided to make that day a sort of gov
ernors' day. The governors of a number
of states have signified their willingness
to attend, and invitations will be extended
to others and also to members of con
gress. The decision was also reached yes
terday to have Governor Carroll open the
exposition 'on Thursday, November 10.
Membership Campaign.
The campaign for membership In the Na
tional Horticultural congress by the mem
bership committee will begin next Tuesday.
Robert B. Wallace, chairman of the com
ml I tee. said yesterday:
"We have set 1,500 members as our goal
for 1910-11, and we must reach It for several
rettsnnfc. The congress, while a national
affair, means much to Council Bluffs and
southwestern Iowa. This territory must
necessarily furnish the great bulk of the
members. The coat of a year's membership
Is so low. II. that no one can refuse to Join
on that account. We have V new feature
this year, as each membership card has at
tached to It a coupon entitling the member
to admission to the exposition In Novem
ber. This has never been done before and
should be of great assistance In obtaining
members. It Is no more than fair to give,
without charge, lo each member one free
admission.
"The exposition will be bigger and better
than ever this year. Every Indication
points to a successful show, and our own
people will surely realise that this means
a big thing for Council Bluffs.
The commlttse will appreciate all the
help It can get In this campaign. . Kvery
OlUsen will be asked to Join and it will
take work and time to cover the city. Any
one who can Join In this work will b- added
to the committee by reporting ha the chair
man." -
HEOIITRATIOK BF.FOHM KI.F.tllON
Connty Ana I tor Completes All Ar
rnusreineats fur Work.
County Auditor Innes has completed the
work of preparing for the registration for
the November election. The law fixes the
dates of resiatralbiu for Th
Friday. October n and 2. and the Satur
day before election, November 6. All are
required to register who failed to vote lu
their present precinct at the last general
lection and all new voters , Many errors
are made In copying the poll books, and
each voter should go to the registration
places and sue that he u (Hroperly re-
GRAND CONCERT
GIVEN BY THE
ARION SINGING SOCIETY
OF COUNCIL BLUFFS
on FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28TH, at
THE DOHANY THEATER
Astsistl by the Omaha Mannerchor nntl the celebrated
Snngerfofit Soloists, the Mrs. Yal. lVter, Miss Emma lieese,
Mrs, Wagner Thomas, Miss (irac Harr, Mrs. Peter Iaux,
Mr. Val. Peter, Mr. Curl (iloo and Mr. Ferdinand Ixdnnann.
A GRAND CHORUS OF SEVENTY-FIVE SINGERS
Under the Leadership of Prof. Rudolph Reese, Director of
The Sangerfest.
General Admission 60c
Council Bluffs
corded. Following are the places for reg
istration snd the names of the registrars:
First Ward First precinct: Jennings'
fee.1 stable. 21 East Mroadwav; Georse
pentter. democrat; J. I. ChrlstenHen. re
iiulillcan. Second precinct: Sheeiev &
I.ane, 217 East Broadway; B. T. Water
man, democrat; II L. Bloea, republican.
Pmonil Ward First preoinit: City liall.
Hrvant street: i. N. Casadv, Jr., demo
crat; C. A. Tlhetts. republican. Second
precinct: Luehow clear store, 744 West
Broadwav; William HlKgeeon, democrat,
J. O. Johnson, republican.
Third Ward- First precinct: Dr. Hol
llngsworth's office. 31 Fourth street;
Henry Toller, democrat; A. B. Nichols, re
publican. Second preiinct: Faxton hotel,
11 South Main street; M. O. Hushes,
democrat; F. K. I'.temy Her. republican.
Fourth Ward First precinct: Court
house; Charles F. Paschal, democrat; H.
A. Clark, republican Sevnd precinct:
Oard drug store, 70S Sixteenth svenue; H.
K Southard, democrat; C. V. Nelson, re
publican. Fifth Ward First preclrx-t: County
building; Dennis O'Brien, democrat; C. B.
Arlvuckle. republican. Second precinct:
Coufty building; Lee Howard, democrat;
Swan. A. Anderson, republican. Third pre
cinct: Gray's residence, M West Broad
way: C. M. Crlppen, democrat; George H.
Acker, republican.
Sixth Wsrd First precinct: County
building: F. C. Hendricks. democrat:
Clint Mercer, republican Second pre
cinct: National 8tiok Powder company,
Broadway and Twenty-ninth street; J.
Vincent Crowe, democrat; Fred Smith, re
publican. Third precinct: Fifth and Lo
cust streets, Kast Omaha; N. B. Sonquist,
democrat; C. O. Hamilton, republican.
Gas Company
Pays Occupation
Tax to the City
Forty-Seven Thousand Dollars is
Amount City Receives from Cor
poration This Year.
Manager English of the Cltlxens' Gas &
F.lectrlc Light company has turned into
the city treasury the gas and electric
light royalties for the last year. The
royalties are payable under tha condition
of the gas company's charter and con
tracts with the city, 2 cents per 1.000
cubic feet of gas consumed and 3 per cent
of the gross earnings of the electrlo busi
ness, Including lighting and power.
The fiscal year for this business ends on
October 1, and it has required Manager
English considerable time to go over the
books and figure up the total. The
amount of the check turned over to City
Treasurer True was $4,728, thus verifying
his prediction, made (several iionths ago,
that the royalty to be paid this year
would approximate $5,000. 1
The size of the royalty has steadily risen.
The first payment made three years ago
was a little over $2,000, last year It ex
ceeded $1,400, and Mr. English thinks the
royalty next year should go considerably
above fcj.OOO. The royalty period covers
the contract period of five years, and
Manager English's estimate at the start
was that tbe total sum for the whole
period would approximate $20,000. The In
crease each year Is due to the Increased
consumption of gas and electric power.
The conditions of the contracts require
the royalties to be used In the lighting
fund, largely for the purpose of extend
ing the street lighting system. The con.
tract with the company has been the best
the city has ever had, and the town Is
better lighted than It has ever been. The
price charged for all night aro lamps Is
$& year, or the same price paid In
Omaha. Manager English Is very anxious
to change the lighting methods on the
business streets, substituting the arcs In
the middle of the streets for clusters
placed on posts at the curb on each cor
ner and In tha middle of tha blocks, mak
Ing a "white way" of the business section
of the city. The cost would be but little
greater and the Illumination very much
better.
Smith Making
Hard Campaign
Congressman J. W. Good of Fifth
District to Make Number of
Addresses in Ninth.
Congressman J.' W. Good of the Fifth
district came from his home at Cedar
Rapids Friday and-was the guest of Con
gressman Walter 1. Smith until yesterday
morning, when they both departed for a
week's campaigning tour In the Ninth dls
trict. They spoke last evening; at Shelby.
Congressman Good will make a number
of speeches In the district during the re
malnder of the campaign, inoludtng one
date at Council Bluffs.
Congressman Smith is making a strenu
ous campaign. In a period of four days
this week he made twenty-five speeches
and has been usually successful In his ef
forts to aroiiHe the interests of voters In
the approaching election. He has turned
many little incidents to good account.
While with a party of local campaigners
enroute to Loveland this week the auto
mobile became unmanageable on a steep
hill and began to make a rapid descent
backward. Several of the men, Including
Congressman Smith, leaped from It and
Smith got his shins skinned. He has been
telling of the Incident at his meetlnKs and
cautioning ths voters that thnt la what the
country may get this fall If party al
leglano , Is disregarded to too great an
extent.
N. V. Plumbing Co. Tel. 160. Night, L-1702.
Cole's Hot Blast stoves and ranges, $10 up.
We have the exclusive sale. P. U. DeVol
Hardware company, COl '.roadway.
Persistent Advertising- is the Road to Big
lUturns.
All Seats Can Be Reserved.
Council Bluffs
Minor Mention
Vae OonnaO Bl
affs (flM est
a4 IM aoi
Beak .
Davis, drugs.
Wedding gifts st IWfert's.
The Clark barber shop for baths.
Dingle's barber shop. I Scott St.
Corrigans. undertakers. "Phonos 14$.
FAU8T BE EH AT ROGERS- BUFFET.
Majestic ranges, p. C. De Vol Ildw. Co.
Picture framing. Jensen, Masonic temple.
Woodiiug Undertaking company. Tel. S3.
Lewis Cutler, funeral director. 'Phsne 87.
See Berwick first for painting. XU-S. Main.
FOR EXCHAJSGK OF REAL K8TATB
TRY SWAPS.
Sheriff T. C. Harrison of Fremont county
was a Bluffs visitor yesterday.
Mrs. John 8. Briggs of Omaha Is In the
olty ths guest of friends for a few days.
Have your glasses fitted or repaired by
J. W. Tarry, optician. 411 Broadway; otfioe
with Oeorge Ueraer.
Mrs. A. N. Rich and Mrs. J. W. Morse
will leavs today for Ocean Beach Cel..
where they will spend the winter.
Dr. Horace T. HaverstocK has removed
to Room 217 Men-lam block. Phones Bell
lt, lnd. 4NU. Residence 'phones, Bell (74.
lnd. $w.
Only one couple had trie courage yes
terday to take out a marriage license and
brave the Friday superstition. The cour
ageous pair were J. C. Jensen and Anna
Jensen, both of Council Bluffs, and aged
respectively, 113 and 17.
Ir. T. B. Lacey, Henry Atkins and Mrs.
J. B. Alklns have gone to Sioux City to
attend the automoolle races. Regret Is ex
pressed now that the Council Bliufs-Sloux
City road race has been culled off, for the
roads are In excellont condition.
The McPhorson Pasteurizer company at
I'll Fourth street has Just completed the
Installation of u ten horse power gasollns
engine. Other tnachinery Is being received
and installed dally, and It is only a matter
of a few days when this new enterprise
will be running with full equipment.
A warrant was Issued yesterday for Law
rence Perry, a 13-year-old lad residing at
lhi Fast Pleroe street, charging him with
persistent truancy from school and general
Incorrigibility. Ills parents have been un
able to induce him to go to school, and he
has successfully played "hooky" for a
week at a time. He Is accused also of In
ducing other boys to skip school and of
leading them Into crooked ways. He will
have a hearing In Juvenile court today
and may be sent to Eldura.
Bert GUmore of No. 2 hose company Is
suffering from a severe illness due to eat
ing canned tomatoes. The tomatoes were
from a tin can purchased from a grocery
and were eaten on Wednesday. The aotd
of the tomatoes had acted upon the tin,
producing acetate of tin, a poison of the
same nature, but a little bit more active
than acetate of lead, commonly called
sugar of lead. He has since been under
the care of his doctor, and while still suf
fering considerably, Is thought to be safely
on the road to recovery. Mr. Ullmore has
been stationed at No. 3 hose house for
several days, while the driver there Is en
Joying his vacation.
Fire Chief Nicholson. Fireman Cochran,
Abe Covalt and Frank Marlow went to
Grlswold yesterday to look after some
Rhode Islands Reds and other fancy poul
try In conectlon with the forthcoming na
tional chicken show. The trip was made
In Marlow's automobile. They were
ready to start at 8 o'cblock, but as they
rounded the Auditorium corner one of the
tires picked up a spike and it was 12:80
before they got the puncture repaired.
After they had gone twelve miles on their
Journey the tire again lost its air. it was
again repaired and sixteen miles of the trip
had been accomplished when the tire blew
out. They remained stranded until a tele
phone mesage brought Dr. Holllngsworth
and a new tire. They plucklly made the
trip and returned last night about 8
e'clock.
John Luthe, the Omaha restaurant man
who has been held at the city Jail for
several days while the police have been In
vestigating his reasons for passing a large
number of worthless checks, was in police
court yesterday to answer to the charge
of cheating by false pretenses. Ail of
Luthe s checks were drawn on the City
National bank of Omaha and his explana
tion has been that he thought he had a
balance over there of $100, which he placed
on deposit some time during the summer,
but the charge was entered against him
when the police discovered" that his balance
had been withdrawn and his account with
the bank closed on August 16. He was
placed under 4U0 bonds to appear In court
this morning for a hearing. While held at
the city jail his wife served notice upon
him of a suit for divorce.
Edward Aspinwall, a well known Council
Bluffs cigar manufacturer, did a little ad
vertising stunt oarly yesterday morning
that lias attracted an enormous amount of
Interest. Air. Aspinwall is an artist of re
rnurkalile ability, and some of his adver
tising caricatures have been copied in
" Brains," and other advertising journals.
In the dim twilight yesterday morning he
landed on a big sandbar In the Missouri
river Just south of the street railway
bridge equipped with four of five big pails
of whitewash of several colors. He gave a
large part of the smooth sandbar a coat
ing of glistening while, and in ornamental
letters, ten feet long, he wrote a little
legend alKiut his favorite clgiir with the
lii ase underneath, "Made In the Bluffs."
1 lie hlg fc.Kii did not quite stop the street
cars, but It attracted the attention of every
passenger on almost every train that
crossed the bridge.
William and George Duermeyer, who
were brought from Omaha on Wednesday
charged with robbing several of the cot
tages and bungalows In Young Men's
Christian association park, Kast Omaha,
were held to tlie grand Jury by Judge Sny
der In police cour t yesterday morning. The
men had three suit cases filled with the
stolen goods taken from ths cottnges. Sev
eral suits of clothes were Included in the
loot recovered. Part of it belonged to K.
B. Taylor, whose place of business is at
htU Faruam street, arid another suit case
of clothing was the property of Kent Pat
ton of the Byrne-Hammer Dry Goods corn-
fiany. One suit of clothes has been fouitd
n a dyeworks, where it had been taken
by the thieves to be dyed to escae Identi
fication. Tha men were unable to find the
ISoO bond required and were sent to the
county Jail. Their home has been 1413Vs
North Eighteenth street. Omaha.
Superintendent Beverulge yesterday Is
sued the following notice to local dealers In
school supplies, all of whom are required
by the Iowa school laws to furnish such
supplies at cost prices: "In tbe third,
foui til, fifth and sixth grades of the pub
lio schools of this city Uiu children will use
Atkinson, Mentzer Applied Arts drawing
books, winter and tprihg, for the present
semester in connection with their work In
drawing. They will also use Crayola, No.
S3, or tlie equivalent of this, or a superior
kind. Uinney & Smith. New York, furnish
a good quality. The above was adopted by
the Board of Education at a in ting un
October U. lHlit. and this announcement is
made for the benefit of dealers, as pupils
will purchase these books In place of some
of the regular di awing paper."
The filing of three suits againr't Fremont
Benjamin and his two sons. Wallace and
erne. members of tha Benjainin-KVhr
Real Estate company, by Elmer 1 Fehr.
was the sequal to ten suits Instituted by
Fremont Benjamin against Fehr In the
Anna branch of the district court. These
suits axsien.ite fltj.OUO and some of them
are net umpanied by attachments upon a
valuable fur in owned by Felir near Oak
land and also upon proerty belonging to
turn located in Omaha. None of iVhr's
suits, however. Is against the real estate
company. Felir's connection with it termi
nated entirely In April, 1', by the purchase
of all his stock and other interests In It.
As It Is an incorporated company wth a
capital of $J6imi the name could not be
easily changed, and Fehr s name continues
to be thus as.Moclalud with It. The suit for
dissolution of the partnerslUp is against
the Fehr-Beiijaniln Bonding company, in
which Fehr still retains an Interest, but
which hus never been anything more than
a simple partnership which lias not been In
active existence since r enr s wiuiur awat
of the incorpoi atcdV company.
Gvlwsr Out of Business.
Our reduced prices on all our fine art
goods mean a considerable saving to you
in the matter of wedding and Xmas gifts.
Make your selections at once while our
lsrye stock of pictures, frames, pottery,
etc., so complete. Everything is for
sale. Building for rent.
C. U ALEXANDER.
U3 Broadway.
We have a complete line of Wines.
Brandies. Cordials and Champagnes. L.
Ruaeoieid Liquor Co., il SuuUt Mala surset.
AFFAIRS AT S0UTI1 OMAUA
Anti-Annexationists Rejoice Over Vic
tory Before Board. !
NEW BILL TO BE PREPARED
oatk 'oraaaa Utah School Will Meet
Werplns Water os Coaatry
(lab Groaaals Saaaar
Servtee.
It was a bunch ol delighted officials snd
snti-annexatlonlats who returned yester
day afternoon from Omaha after their
successful fight against the annexation
proposition. They gave out the result to
a limited circle but It was the last edition
of ths Evening Bee, brought here by
special carriers, that spread the news
throughout the city. This Is the last stage
of the warfare this year but the Com
mercial olub promises that when the new
legislature meets It will submit a bill
which a committee appointed this wsek
will set Itself to prepare. This bill. It Is
stated, will be a contrast to the Lee bill
in that It will make provision for the
question being submitted to a vote of the
people. Whatever Is ths outcome in this
respect, an effort will be made. It Is said,
to provide for greater efficiency In civlo
government.
Daughters Tea and Maslcale.
An Interesting entertainment was given
at the home of Mrs. C. E. Campbell, 2701
E street, yesterday afternoon by division
No. 8 of the Presbyterian King's Daugh
ters. It was described as a tea and musi
cals and both portions of the program
were enjoyed with equal appreciation by a
company of seventy ladles besides child
ren. The program consisted of vocal and
Instrumental music with Mrs. R. Randall
giving a number of readings. The musical
Items were: Violin solos, Mr. Stewart
Berger accompanied by Miss Jean Berger;
songs by the high school mixed quartet.
Miss Kenner, accompanist; vocal duet,
Mrs. Charles Lessler and Mrs, Perry
Wheeler, accompanied by Mrs. Sturrlck;
pianoforte solos, Mr. Nelson, Omaha. Fol
lowing the concert light refreshments were
served. There was a sale of aprons and
candy, the proceeds, which amounted to
(2D, goes to the church building fund.
After Young- Kowdlra,
The police are after a gang o( young
rowdies who have been destroying prop
erty in the vicinity of Thlrt. ninth and X
streets. Thursday night they tore down
some outbuildings at the residence of City
Clerk Good as well as broke all the danger
signal lamps that Paving Contractor Jen
sen had strung along Thirty-ninth street.
The rendesvous of the gang Is said to be
the Corrlgan school building.
Foot Hall Notes. '
The Shamrock foot ball club Is getting
Into training for Its meeting Sunday week
with Waterloo-at Vinton park. The flnt
practice took place Thursday evening and
developed plenty of promlnlng young ma
terial. Quite a nunrber of the old players
have decided to don ths colors again and
the club officials are hopeful of a suc
cessful season.
This afternoon at 1:30 South Omaha
High school meets Weeping Water High
school. -The match will be played on
grounds west of the Country club.
Sunday Services.
Rev. W. A. Pollack, the new pastor of
ths United Presbyterian church, will oc
cupy the pulpit at both services tomorrow.
Mr. Pollack and his family arrived In the
city Friday from South Ryegate. Vt. He
comes with quite a reputation as a preacher
and a Christian worker and no doubt will
be a valuable acquisition to the ministerial
ranks of South Omaha.
Rev. Dr. Wheeler, the pastor, will deliver
a temperance address at the morning ser
vice In Rushlng's hall, where the congre
gation of the Presbyterian church Is wor
shipping, pending the erection of the new
church. Mr. Emmons Dlmmock will speak
at the young people's service at 8 o'clock
In the evening.
"First Fruits, a Common Instinct of the
Race," will be the topic of the sermon of
Rev. Alfred Q. White after morning prayer
In St. Martin's church. Sunday school will
be at 10 o'clock.
Holy communion at 8 a. m., at St. Ed
ward's mission. Rev. Alfred Q. White, cele
brant; Sunday school at 8 p. m.
At St. Clement's mission, W. L. Cutlen,
lay reader. Sunday school - at 10 a. m. ;
morning prayer and sermon at 11 a. m.
Rev. M. S. Poulson, Lincoln, state super
intendent of the Anti-Saloon league, will
speak In the First Baptist church at ths
11 a. m. service.
At the morning service of ths First
Methodist church at 11 o'clock In the Odd
Fallows hall, Rev. James M. Bodwell, the
pastor, will preach on the subject, "What
Shall the Harvest Be?" Sunday school will
be held at 9:43 a. m.
Rev. 8. H. Yerlan, pastor of ths First
Evangelical Lutheran church, will have
ss his topic at the 11 a. m. service "The
Raising of the Widow's Son at Main."
Catechetical Instruction will be given In the
evening at ( p. m. Sunday school will be
held at 10 a. m. The Luther league will
meet at 7 p. m., and the subject for con
sideration will be "Luther's Spiritual
Struggle." The leader will be Lillia Hesby.
Everyone Is Invited to attend the meetings
of the league.
The regular services will be held In the
Lefler Memorial church.
The West Side Methodist church at
Thirty-second and U streets 1wlll have ser
vices afternoon and evening.
Services will be held at the usual hours
in ths First Christian church, Twsnty-third
and R streets.
WUUaua (ortner Hart.
William Cortner, who was trying to rida
a Burlington freight out of South Omaha
last night, was pitched off ths top of a
cur and fell under the wheels. His light
leg was cut off below the knee. His wife
left yesterday for St. Joseph and he was
trying to follow her. Hs was attended at
the South Omaha hospital by Dr. Frlckle.
Heath uf Mrs. Clements.
Mrs. Margaret Clements died last even
ing at the home of her sister, Mrs. Frances
Lucas, 101 North Twenty-seventh street,
aged 62. She Is survived by her husband
and five children.
Magic til) (ioasln.
Mrs. John Vana, Twenty-third and O
streets, has returned from a vlfclt wli.li
relatives at SpillvilU, la.
Superior lodge No. 1S3, Degree of Honor,
will give a dance at the Labor temple on
Wednesday evening, October 2d.
Mrs. Frsnk Good, wife of the city clerk,
who has been seriously HI at iier home,
was reported somewhat belter yesterday.
t'liarles Carlson and Gus Hedg.ren left
Thursday for Montana, where they will re
main for ten days. Tney expect to invest
In a sheep ranch.
The ball Thursday night given by Ne
braska lodge No. 227. Ancient Order of
I'M ted Workmen, at the Ancient Order of
1 lilted Workmen temple was a very en
joyable affair. The music was supplied by
Sutton s orchestra.
Mrs. Isaac Brayton will entertain the
Won. en's society of the First Baptist church
at her home, 111 North 1 w eiity-third
street, at i o'clock on the afternoon of
October il. As matters of Importance v. Ill
come up for consideration, a lull aitend
ar.ee of members is requested.
I'nder the ausiaces of the South Omsnu
aerie No. IU. Fraternal order of Fax lea,
a concert will b given in the auditorium
of the high school on the evening of Octo
be" M. The principal attraction on the
Pribram will be Axel Skovgaard. the emi
nent Danish violinist. The proceeds will
bs devoted Ui the buildjug fund. i
Engineer Who
.Tames Jackson. the veteran Rock
Island engineer, has been dlschsrged from
the lilfford hospital In Omaha where he
has been undergoing treatment for an ac
cident that caused the loss of his left eye.
He Is now st his home. R27 Fourth street.
Council Bluffs, recovering from the ef
fects of his painful Injury. The accident
occurred on Friday, September 16, and
was caused by the bursting of the lubri
cator glass on his engine, t13, pulling train
No. 13. In the Rock Island passenger
service between Council Bluffs and Fair
bury, Neb. The engine was still In the
roundhouse and Engineer Jackson was ad
justing It preparatory to running It out
and coupling on to train No. 13. He was
standing with his ice within eight Inches
of the lubricator glass regulating valve
to drop the required amount of oil Into
the cylinders, when the glass suddenly
burst under the pressure of the 2ti
pounds of steam. A piece of the glass
nearly an Inch long was driven through
the eyeball until It was arrested by con
tact with the boney structure. The sight
of the eye was entirely destroyed, but
Dr. Oifford has succeeded in saving the
ball, which he will fix up with an artl4
ficlal pupil, when the normal appearance
of the eye will be restored, but with the
sight gone forever.
Mr. Jsckson has been with the Rock
Island company for more than thirty
years,' and for more than twenty years
of that period he has been pulling one of
the swiftest passenger trains. He has
pulled the Council Bluffs-Fairbury train
since the road was opened. During all of
his long period uf service Mr. Jackson
has never had an accident that hurt a
passenger, and only three minor mishaps
In the yards by which three employes
were Injured and for which he was not
In any degree responsible. It is a singular
co-lncldence that each of these minor ac
cidents happened on a Friday, and "Fri
day'" and "la" are cardinal factors In the
entire railroad career of Mr, Jackson.
On a Friday thirty-one years ago Mr.
Jackson begun tending switches In the
Rock Island yards at Rock Island, HI. He
did his work well and never had a mishap.
His first promotion came on a Friday,
when he was made carsealer and inspec
tor in the yards, and he begun the new
job on the nueceedlng Friday. When he
got his uifflolntnient as a fireman on a
Rock Island locomotive It bore a Friday
date, and he took out his first engine on
a Friday. "Thirteen" was conspicuous In
the number of that engine, and by the law
of the strange fatality he has had no con
nection with an engine throughout his
entire life that he did not "bear" 13 In Its
numbering. When he was promoted to the
position of engineer his commission bore
a Friday date, and the engine that was
given him was No. 1313. Yet that engine
and the trains to which It was attached
never had a Jar In the shape of a mishap.
Mr. Jackson came to regard Friday and 13
as Inseparably connected with the purposes
of his guardian angel, and he had many
an using encounters with train officials and
follow employes.
On one occasion In Council Bluffs a num
ber of years ago a new engine, fresh from
the factory, was received at the round
house and designated for his run. Its
number was a combination of thlrteens,
and the round house bulletin board sched
uled Its first run on "Friday the Thir
teenth." The trainmaster's attention was
called to It, and he ordered the bulletin
ARGUMENT OKATILE RATES
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Exceptions to Findings of Special
Master in Chancery Basis.
M'HTJQH REPRESENTS ROADS
Terry Hays Stock Does Not Brlas as
Much Profit, la Proportion, as
Other Kinds of Rail
road Freight.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 15. Arguments in
the caae of fifty-one railroad companies
of the west and southwest, which are seek
ing to have annulled an order of the In
terstate Commerce commission reducing
rates on shipments on cattle from all over
the southwest to the Chicago, Kansas City,
Omaha, St. Joseph and New Orleans mar
kets, were presented in the United States
circuit, court yesterday. The case Is being
fought by the railroads on exceptions taken
to the findings of James A. Sedon, special
master In chancery, whose recommenda
tions upheld the orders of the Interstate
Commerce commission Issued about two
years ago and which are now In effect
Arguments for the railroads were pre
pared by J. W. Terry of Galveston, Tex.,
and for the commission by S. S. Cowan of
Fort Worth, Tex.
Profits on Cattle small.
Mr. Terry argued that the cattle traffic
does not pay the railroads so much profit
In proportion to the quantity of freight
carried as other kinds of traffic. .Hs main
tained that the rates established by the
commission are unreasonable and do not
give the railroads fair compensation for
handling that traffic.
Mr. Cowan, for the commission, main
tained that the ' rates established by the
commission were reasonable and compensa
tory and that the former rates reduced by
the commission were reasonable and com
pensatory and that the former rates by
the commission were unreasonably high.
Tomorrow P. J. Farrell of Washington,
D. C, will argue on behalf of the, commis
sion and Judge W. D. Mcllugh of Omaha
will olose on behalf of the railroads.
Judges Sanborn, Vandevanter and Adams
are trying the cases.
BROWN DEMANDS PAIR PROFITS
President of New York Central says
Expenses Have Been I. a rare.
WASHINGTON. Oct. U.-Prealdent W. C.
Brown of the New York Central lines was
on the witness stand throughout the day In
the investigation by the interstate com
merce commission Into the proposed ad
vance In freight rates In the eastern trunk
line territory. At the conclusion of Presi
dent Brown's testimony before adjourn
ment this evening, the case of the railroads
practically was completed, although J. C.
Stewart, vice president In charge of the
operations of the Erie railroad, yet Is to
be heard.
I'nder the law. It is incumbent upon the
railroads to make a prima facie case of
the reasonableness of any proposed gen
eral advances in rates considered by the
commission. Through the testimony of
President James MclU-a of the Pennsyl
vania system. President Daniel Willard of
the Baltimore & Ohio and President W. C.
Brown of the New York Central lines,
coupled with the exhibits of statistics and
statements of operating officials hereto
fore submitted In evidence, the railroad of
ficials express confidence that they have
established their case.
President Brown's testimony today set
out frankly the Industrial and financial
operations of the lines upder tils direction,
lie was cross-examined at great length,
particularly as to the financial operations
of the roads, and adhered closely to bis
view thai they were eutlued to fair rs-
Holds Thirteen
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One of the Rock Island's
removed. When Jackson appeared In the
morning to take out his train the new en
gine, trembling under 200 pounds of steam,
was In the roundhouse, with a "kill" or
der swung to It. Jackson hunted up the
trainmaster and Inquired ths reason.
"Don't you know what day this is, and
don't you see that combination of 13 under
the headlight?" asked the trainmaster.
Jackson assured him that he did, bttt also
told him that Friday was his lurky day
and thirteen figured In all of his o risen,
and begged to be permitted to take out his
train with that new engine. The train
master reluctantly consented, but almost
fainted when he recalled, too late, that It
was pulling train No. 13 on the Fairbury
run. Every head of the operating depart
ment connected with the Council Uluffs
Falrbury division, from the train dispatcher
to the track workers, were communicated
with and urged to take unusual precautions
on the day, and the trainmaster sweat
turn upon the Investments of the proper
ties, a return thut would enable them to
meet the extraordinary expenditures to
which he said they bad been subjected In
addition to maintenance of their dividend
charges.
APPEAL IN TUB LUMBER CASES
Interstate Commerce Commission
Takes Noll to Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15. Steps were
taken by the Interstate Commerce commis
sion today looking to an appeal to the
United States supreme court of the cases
which were decided against It a few days
ago through the findings of a master of the
United Stales circuit court at St. Paul,
Minn. The rases Involved an Increase In
the freight rate on lumber and forest
products from the north Pacific states to
Missouri liver transfer points and to Chi
cago. The action against the commission's
order was Instituted by the Great Northern,
ths Northern Pacific and the Missouri Pa
cific Railroad companies. It was an effort
to restrain the commission from putting
into effect the rates on lumber which It
had prescribed. The findings of the mas
ter, which were approved by the court as
a part of Its decision, practically fixed the
rates In accordance with the desires uf the
railroads.
1 other Walters, acting as attorney for
the commission, left for St. Paul today to
Institute the appeal, which probably will
be filed on Monday next.
NINE WOMEN CONTROL PLANT
Death of Captain Charles II. Sn.Ho of
Aurora iilvrs Them Complete
Ownership.
CREWTON, la., Oct. If.. (Special.) By
the recent death of Captain Charles H.
Smith of Aurora. 111., ana a one-time citi
zen of this place, nine women are left In
complete control of the Western Wheel
Scraper works, a $1,000,000 corporation of
Aurora. Captain Smith and the late Cap
tain Beckwlth of Mount Pleasant, a former
roadmaater on the Burlington railroad In
this part of the state, started this industry
many years ago when they were Interested
In railroad work together. They Induced
the late Dr. McClure, of Mount Pleasant
also, to become associated with them In
the business. Dr. MoClure was first to die,
and was soon followed by Captain Beck
wlth. Captain Smith continued to handle
the business for the widows' of his friends,
and now by his recent death the three
widows and their daughters are left in full
control of the Immense Industry.
Mrs. Beckwlth and Mrs. McClure and
some of their daughters are residents of
Mount Pleasant and Mrs. Smith and her
three daughters live In Aurora. By the
laws of Illinois, which provide that cer
tain forms be complied with. It now be
comes necessary that the nine women
elect a board of directors and officers for
ths business, but who will, however, act
in only an advisory way, while the active
management will probably be retained in
he same hands that have so successfully
managed It for many years.
SUES PHYSICIAN FOR DAMAGES
Joseph l Busard Charges r yt
Ramsey with Carelessly kettlui
Broken Leg.
H.
Dsmages In the sum of I.OO for alleged
carelessness In salting a broken leg are
asked of Dr William H. Ramsey by Jo
seph L. Buxard In an action commenced
In district court yesterday. Busard al
leges that through poorly rendered serv
ices of the physician he has suffered great
pain and his leg Is In such condition that
amputation may be necessary to protect
him from dlauase.
Ths key lu the situation U Want Ada
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JACKSON,
Most Efficient Engine Drivers.
blood until the flash came back that ths
train had reached Fairbury on the second
after a faultless run. It continued to al
ternate with the other equipment compris
ing trains Nos. 13 and 14, 13 when going
west and 14 when returning from Fairbury.
until It was replaced by the present engine
No. 813, and always without an accident.
Mr. Jackson recalls hundreds of Incidents
In which Friday and 18 figure on the bright
side of tils life exix-rlence, but never once
on tho dark side until Friday, September
16, when the oil gauge glass burst.
"There was purpose In the accident, and
It was for my good and the good of
others," said Mr. Jackson, confidently, yes
terday morning. "I have lost an eye, but
I have gained something, somehow, some
time. In the end It will nil be right, and
I am satisfied, although I can never again
run a railway locomotive. There is a des
tiny that shapes our ends, rough hew them
as we may.' "
S i OHM HARD ON TOBACCO
Wind and Rain Beats Down Seed Beds
in Cuba.
FEWEST CROPS ARE ENDANGERED
Season Is Too . Far Advanced (
Admit of Replnntlnsr and Havana
Cigars May Re Fewer in
N a tuber.
HAVANA. Oct. 15. The provinces of Ha
vana, Mntanxaa and Plnar Del Rio have
Iweri In the grip of the severest storm of
recent years since Thursday morning. Tha
wind was not comparable with the hurri
canes of 10 and 1WI0, Its highest velocity
being about eighty miles an hour. The
rainfall, however, probably was unprece
dented and doubtless has Involved great
damage to sugar cane and tobacco.
This Is true, especially as regards tha
latter crop In the Vuelta Abajo, where
grows the finest tobacco In the world and
where the seed beds doubtless have been
destroyed, the season being now too far
advanced to permit of replanting. Tbe
storm apparently had abated early this
afternoon, but towards evening began
again with renewed vigor with some les
sening of the rainfall. In ths city of Ha
vana only slight damage was done.
Worst of Storm Over.
At 7:30 o'clock this evening Helen ob
servatory reported that the center of tha
storm was pausing off towards the north
west and that the indications were that tha
worst was over.
Exit from and entrance to the port have
been closed since last night. Dredges and
barges working about the sunken battle
ship Maine were compelled to seek refug
from the storm. All of them except a
dredge got away safely.
The dredge this morning was flying sig
nals of distress and Port Captain Agutrro
and Major lujol, commandant of Cabanas
fortress, succeeded at the risk . of their
lives In reaching the dredge In a life-boat
and in reiculng the crew.
A report received today of great damage
and loss of life at Casllila, on the south
coast of ths province of Santa Clara, has
not been confirmed tonight. There Is no
wire communication with the Interior of
the Island except to the town of Matan
zas. It Is probable the damage to the sugar
crop will not prove as serious as that
wrought to tobacco. The storm apparently
only uffecteil the three western provinces.
SUBMIT REPORTS ON MISSIONS
Workers Tell of the Work Now D
Inn; Conducted In the Far-Away
Foreign Field.
BOSTON, Oct. IS. Tha centennial cele
bration uf the founding of Die American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis
sions ended today when a duacn or mora
missionaries rMailcd the board achieve
ments In forelxn fields.
Lester 11. Beali, a physician attached
to the Marat h' misblon In India, said that
last year bo.oou esses of Illness were treated
by the five American and two natlv doo
lois connected with the mission.
The need of ChiiMlaii schools In the vil
lages of India were emphasized by Rev.
Edward Fairbanks of II. -j iUiathl mis
sion. The annual meeting of the board nsxl
year will be held In Milwaukee.
A FrlKhtful Ksperleuro
with biliousness, malaria and constipation
is quickly overcome by taking Dr. King's
Nrw Ufa Pills. Jic For sals by bcauh
Drug Co.