Till! OMAHA StWDAY RFF.: .TAXT'AKV 2D. 1911.
Council Bluffs
Minor Mention
The Council loffs office of The
Omibi Bee la at 15 Beott ltrt
otb phoi.es 43.
Davis drugs.
Corr'gans. undertske:s rhonen 112. j
Fic'.ure framing. Fa.ible'a Art Shop. j
FAL8T BEER AT P.OCLP.3' IU KI'KT.
Majestl. ranges. P. C. De Vol Hdw. Co. j
Woodrlng Undertaking company. Tel. ISO. j
Lewis Citler. fjnersl director. Phone D7.
Special Piano Sale at llope this week.
47 Br'ied w sy j
Pure blsekh'rrrv li,ce and Virginia Dare '
w'ne. J. I. Klein Co. !
ils Fiance Richmond la entertaining
Miss Frances Plumer of Silver City.
Miss Maude P.ell has returned after a,
four months' visit with relatives in ouiutn. ,
Free Beautiful aheet picture free to pur
chasers of Iramee Saturday. Fauble Art
Chop.
Mrs. Eugene Cox Is coff.n'd to h-r horn"
by serious Illness. 8he has been sick for a
week.
' per cent discount "n framed pictures
and framing work a'l this week. H. Bor
wlck. 211 3. Main St.
Frver Priming Co.. new location. 221 and
23 W. FT way. Phones 2nS. lail and phone
calls answered In person.
The. B. A. Pierce A Co. :.ue : . r Is now
open for bostnesfc at their new location.
S.t West Broadway, between Pearl and
Sixth street.
Only one marriage licence was Issued
yesterday. C. C. Kirkham. aged 7, snd
Vlnitla Uarrfan Rf psina haia trnm W. a- i
trice. Neb., to be marrlt'd. I
Krcelslor lodge No. 259, Ancitnt Kree and
rcrtd Masons, will n'cet in special
rommunlcailon ' Saturday evening at
o clock for work in tha third degree.
6PKC1AT, PALK Al.l. -.1118 WKKK
A money saving opportunity. 24 per cent
discount ft. a'l wall paper and room
moulding. H. .Berwick. ll South .Main.
V. B. Rue Is Buffering from a badlv
pralned ankle sustained whl e engngi-d In
a pla ful sprinting contest around the pool
table In the central fire station Thursday
avening. Ha tripped on a rug and fell
haavlljr.
Howard Hall, who brought suit against
the afreet railway compan.- asking tA.s
for alleged rough usagi by a conductor
following a dispute, over the payment of a
fare withdrew his suit yestrday. It was
announced that he aettled It for l?00.
AV. A. !-rnd began a-ilt for divorce
VBiianlai' In lh llaiitiit fimiit ui'nal I .
wif. iir.e. VMm im Th.v .r. m.r.
rled In Waterloo, la., in March. 11. He
allegea she deserted him two ars a no
and did other things a laving wife should
not.
The West Council Bluffs Improvement
club has offlciallv requested the city au
thorities to construct an additional fire
house In the western part of the city. The
teaolutlona. passed at the last meeting,
designate Thirty-fourth street and Broad
way aa the. desired site.
Charlea Foster, former sexton of Fair
view cemetery, who was pronounced to be
In a dying condition Satu-day night, has
rallied from the aerloua condition he wai
then In and has continued to Improve. Al
though completely paralyzed, his friends
believe his life will be prolonged.
An Intense amount of Interest has been
aioused all over the state In relation to
tha proposed terminal tax law, first made
public through the columns of The Bee
, -k i .kT,. - -.J,.1 if " , ...u
bill waa drawn by Clm ! . Klmha'l. rlty
aol.cltor for Council Bluffs, who was made
chairman of the legislative committee ap
pointed at the last meeting of tin l.-rxue
of Iowa Municipalities. Th Burlington
Hawkeye attacka the Kimball bill with hot
vigor.
The funeral of Harry C. l--wln. the flock
Island switchman who waa k'lled while In
tha discharge of hla duties Tuesday night,
was held . yesterday afternoon from the
residence. The aervlcea were conducted by
Hev. .Tamee M. Williams at tha residence
end at tha grave by hla comrades and the
Kn ghts of tha Maccabees. The pallbearers
w ere chosen from the members of the !
r'.lrVV. ... ,V i h 1
wa.nov. iij ri c ii. i. iiriri. , ,j . ricuii,
A. I,. Short, E. Wingate. J. Carroll and
R. Miller.
Roy Thomanson. 18 years old. wag sent
to the county Jail yesterday for thlity
days after a hearing hi police couit. where
he was charged with larceny from a build
ing, u was shown that Thomanson passed
the home of M. ('. Melchle, K.17 High street,
the evening before and noticing a around
floor window slightly raised made a
further investigation. He discovered with
in reach of hla arm a good autt of clotbea.
and h took them.- was aught before
he had a chance to reach a pawnshop. The
case Involved the distinction between
breaking and entering, which Is the lowa
legal term for burglary, and almoie larceny.
It was a nice distinction to make, but Judge
Snyder had no other alternative. The bov
had not broken Into the house and had not
entered It. He had thruat his arm through
a partly open window, but hla arm was
not him," consequently he was not In the
building. .The value of the clothes did not
constitute grand larceny, and the Jail sen
tence was all that was coming to him
under tha law.
It looked for a few .moments vesterdsv
aa If Attorney George B. Clark of Oakland
was in danger of Incurring the wrath of
Judge Thornell In the district court. Clark
Is attorney for Klmer Fehr, who has been
made defendant In about twenty suits aris
ing from his connection with guardianship
Interests and who was finally adjudged to
be about K 000 In arrears In his settlementa
with new guardians. Fehr was cited for
contempt and only escaped a Jail aentence
by signing a truat deed to a farm near
Oakland aa security for the missing funds.
W. H. Freeman of Oakland was named as
trustee. His Investigations disclosed the
sale by Fehr and hla attorney. Clerk, of
a tract of Canadian land and It was al
leged that the proceeds had been consigned
to Clark. He was ordered to appear In
ourt and explain.. Yestrrdsy was the d.iy,
but he failed to appear. Explanations
were forthcoming Just In time. H wua
shown that he had mlsundei stood the order
fixing the date. It wss shown thst he
waa In court the previous dev. but the
representatives of the truatee were not.
Judge Thornell, after a conference with
Clark over the telephone, made an order
fixing Monday as the dste for the report.
Pari Tfcowsaad Dollar Loan with
14.16 a Manth.
If you have a ll.oon loan running for five
years, .a good way to meet It la to place
H.Jf with the Savings Association every
month. With earnings at per cent this
would equal your loan when It comes due.
The Council Bluffs Mutual Building and
Loan Association. 113 Pearl street.
aerial for talerday,
B(gS. doi.. J0c; best country butter, lb.. S5c;
orange specials, ttc site. dot.. 20c: 4Uc size,
Mo dot . 4ko alas, Me dot., your choice of
Peas, corn, hominy, tomatoes or pumpkins.
assorted, seven cans for Cc; c can black
berries; Muscat grapes or California
grapes, Saturday, per can. lie; also onions,
ralilshet. sweet potatoes, cauliflower, etc.,
ate. In our meat department: Good ateak.
Ih.. toe; dressed chickens, lb., 12',ao: sugar
cured bacon, by the atrip, per lb., lie; salt
pork, lb., up from lc: leaf lard, nine lbs.
fr II; beef pot roast, lb., up from 10c;
fancy boneless rolled beef roast, lb., 15c;
fancy boll beef. lb.. e. etc.. etc In our
hardware department: Five-piece aet
smoothing Irons reaular Il ls e.i,, l, -1
waffle Irons, 7!e; wood salt boxes, 7c; No.
I granite tea kettle. so; night lamps, com
plete, ISc; 1126 food chopper. 7Sc; 7io lan
tern. oSc; No. I pancake griddle. lc, etc.,
etc. J. Zoller Uer. Co. The big uptown
store, 100-lu-10t-lJg Broadway. Phones 13X
N. V. Plumblna Co. Te.. Night L-1702.
Nursing mothers should drink Anheuser
Busch malt. Roseneld Liquor Co., 611
buutb Wain street.
Twe Die ef Gas.
BOOST, la, Jan. a. iBpecial Telegram.
-lor Wahl of Carroll and Jack Clark of
tXoone were ' asphyxiated, presumably ao
etdext'taUe, by gas last light.
Council Bluffs
CONDEMNATION COURT MEETS
fe;ond Session of Bod,- Brings Big
Array of La wye rs Toother.
SERVICE Of IvOilCt, IS ACCEPTED
One tlnnlh vhurlrat ilnie Mentioned j
for llearina. nn.l It Will Prob- j
i
ably loiisnnie a Much j
l.imtrr llmr.
The cciiriit src i.i-rt ,.f th eniiit nf ron-
. ,. . .. . '
demnat.oi was held at the court, court
,'0,",1 veM.-r.ln. but there p.s little to
," done hey. ml fixing the date for the
fiis real sesslor.. when the taking of
evidence will bcsln. This date was fired
f,. February 14. Valentine day. and the
lui.gcs smiled wh.n the.' happened to;
recall the fact. Attorneys for 'the c1!y j
des;rd a louiter delnc, but counsel fori
the water company ar'.ind tliat th hnrinR
hi evpr.Vted as far as poss hie. declaring i
that their evidence would h- ready for
submission l foi e that dste and an earlier I
hrir.nnlng would be pleasing. The dnte,
howeer. was mutually agreed upon.
A brilliant array of legal talent appeared j
before the court, with the number of at-
torneys representing the water companv j
Isrgely In the n-nlorltv. This was made
necearv by the many Interests Involved i
. ' '
in tne ownership of'fnc water plant. J"n ;
1.. Webster bf Omaha and George S.
of this city represented the Renoral
'merest" of the companv and rtTe'ver
Ilait. ,1udRp William l. Mcllugh and V.
H. Stout, also of Omaha, appeared for the
bondholders. Mr. Slout representing the
holders of the first mort'gnge bond Issue
of JTOT.OOO and Judge MeHugh the second
mortgsge bonds of $lf1.nno. Th- firM mort
gage bonds are held by the Farmers Loan
and Trust company and the second Issue
Is claimed to be the property of the Metro
politan Trust company, both of New York.
Tha city was represented by City Solicitor
Kimball and Attorney Kmmet Tlnley.
Xervlc of oiler.
The question of service of original notices
wa settled by acceptance on the part of
the attorneys representing the various
Interests of service fr.r all inte;estd
n-
cludlng Junior lien holders. As a precau
tionary men sure, however, the service of
Hen holders and all other ownera will be
made in accordance with the provisions of
tho newly amended special condemnation
la -V under which the proceedings are being
held.
Judgea A. N. Hobson of Fayette count v
and F. O. Elliaon of Jones county arrived i
in the city on the early morning trains
and Judge A. B. Thornell. the third mem-
ber of the court, was already here. The
Judges again spent some time In an in-
formal dlacusslon of the cae in relation
to methods of procedure and evinced a
uDiciiiuiiauuii iu rApeuiie wie nearing in
every possible way. There was still an j
undertone, of anxiety that much
would be consumed in the hearing.
one month anneared to be the least period I
uppermost In their minds. This brought
up the question of supplying their places
on the district court bench and the declara-
tlon that .they feared It would be necessary
to call upon other judgea to fill their
placea while they were devoting their time
to the case.
The question of compensation of the
judgea haa not been broached and the spe
cial act tinder which the court Is organised
doea not mention It. It Is certain that at
least their regular salaries and expenses
wl" nav be P'd ' the city, although
It was Intimated that If the hearing could
be accomplished without entailing addi
tional expense upon their judicial districts
that no extra pay wquid be demanded.
Bar Checks Do Not Go
Upon the Street Cars
Young Woman Stenographer Receives
Supply Unknowingly and Gives
One to Conductor.
A Council Bluffs young woman who is as j
handsome as she Is competent and popular
as a stenographer In a local business house,
says she will hereafter become an active
worker aa well aa member of the Women's
Christian Temperance union.
At the office where she Is employed are
a number of young men who sometimes
step Into the high class cafes and bars In
the vicinity, where the price of a highball
or a martini Is. two for a quarter or 15
cents for one. They don't always go In
pairs and to give them the advantage of
the first price of the barman glvea them
metal checks each good for 2',-i cetita. The
young men In the establishment have re
cently been tossing these checks Into the
lap of the young woman when they return
and ahe haa Innocently been storing them
up. They are exactly the else of a 25-cent
piece and closely resemble It otherwise.
Yesterday the young woman got on a
street car to go to Omaha and it happened
that Just before going she had been given
several of the checks which she had
dropped in her handbag. There she also
kept her money. Deeply engrossed In a
fascinating book when the conductor came
along, without raising her head she reached
li her handbag and took out a coin. She
handed It to the conductor also without
taking her eyea from her book, remarking,
"Omaha, please."
H was a 2',-cent check and its value
and purpose were entirely familiar to the
conductor, who regarded the young woman
curiously for a moment and then leaning
over, whispered: "Sorry, but I 'dont drink,
and the price calls for five of them."
ROAD SUPERVISORS MEET
toaaty Makers of lllahetaya Gather
te Talk Over Heat Way to
Keep Hsrl.ee Virrm.
A gathering of nearly l. men. more than
100 of' whom we:e road supervisors in
Pottawattamie county, took place in the
south court room of the county court house
vesterday afternoon. Several hours were
spent In listening to addresses and par
ticipating In the dlscusilon re'atlng C)
making and maintaining good roads from
the use of material nearest at hand, cheap
est In use, western lowa soil. It wss
the meeting of road makers and menders
planned by the board of county supervisors.
and the discussions followed the program :
prepared by Chairman Spencer and Super
visor Children. Colonel W. T. Baker, who
was expected to deliver the chief address
uson a phase ot the theme to be selected
by himself, was 111 with the grip and was
only able t talk a few mlnutea on the
general principle of thorough drainage and
compact foundation as the basis of all
good dirt roads.
The Informal talk of Dr. Don Macrae was
I k . ...ti,,. ..e , S a ..I I n m Mm h4 K..H
uslfi-ed the theme. Good and Bad Roads j ";' "" """--'""
rrom the Standpoint o lb Medical Ma i f ,h Petlllo. wa. insufficient, not com
Whe Drives an Automobl.e." but he d',1 ! plylns with the mule, law, which pre
not use . much of his subject lie x,rcHbe. that Ihe petit on should be pub
a brilliant and winy talk In which b, tPshed in. three offl-ial papers of the county,
mercilessly flayed the oid fashioned idea , This wss the first claim mde by the coa-
Monmouth Park
ir
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V
First How. from T.cft to Right Victor Nielsen. Howard Smith. Walter Weaver.
atrom. Harold Poff. Mable Andres. Foster Jacobs, opal lleald. llerllm Nielsen. lies
hauser, Margaret Kobling. Fourth Row Francis Brown, Millie Weeks. Ruth Ptirve
Smith.
The Fenloi .lass at the Monmouth Park
school celebrated its mid-winlcr gradua
j t Ion Into the hleh evluiol Willi appropriate
I exeu'lvc on Friday morn in j'.
i The cla, as its share of the entertain
ment, put on a little plav entitled "A
Colonial Carnival.'" The play whs staged
In full costumes and wbh h resume of
American life from the time of the Indians
of road repairing, which was annually, if
not twice a year, to plow up the road and
scrape the weeds and lumps into tht cintu
and leave a plowed field.
Commissioner George I'auington rnVc a
recital of his personal experlenre w. X tin
epllt-log drag long before he became u
member of the board Commissioner Chil
dren spoke on systen-at'zlna the trad work
for the benefit of the whole county.
O. 1.. Itairitt, one or the r.al vcrnai
township supervisors, detailed his persona,
experience In rcadwork. Mr. Parrltt. who
Is now superintendent of the county fain.,
introduced the novel principle that pro
fanlty and "bullw harking" were not e
sent'als In road work, and gained the dls-
tlnctlon of getting double the usual re
jiults from the same numrrr nf mn ami
teams. He grew earnest tn this phase of
j his subject when he was inteirupted b
Bat Conners, chief of one of Colone.
I Baker'a grader cangs. who insisted that
"you can't get good work from a mule or
.-t..- . ur,.-. .
"
time' WE STIt.I, HAVE plenty of good thlnus
and'0 '"t Just telephone 359 and you will
Ket the best. Kxtra fine bananas. 20
cents dozen: oranges, JO cents do;.eit. Try
some of "r canned peaches at J cents
can- weet corn, three for 25 ceo peas.
two for 25 cents; sweet potatoes, .0 cents
peck; cabbage, i and 10 cents; .mlnns. Stt
cents peck. Bartel & Miller. Telephone c53
Hen I Fttate Transfers.
The following transfers were reported to
The Pee. January 27, by tiic Pottawattamie
'County Abstract company. Council Bluffs:.
Nels 1-arson to fars Peter Jacobson,
nei nw4 of 6-76-42, w. d 11,000
Daniel Palmer to Kdward M. Smart,
part neV ne'i of 12-76-40, w. d 4ft
Edward Pierce and wife to Mary K.
Hughes, lot I, In block 1. In Kvan s
Bridge addition to Council Bluffs,
la. w. d 15)
William Moore, trustee, and wife to
John E. Jones, lot liti. In Belmont
addition to Council Bluffs. la., w. d. 1
Thomas H. Matters and wife to J. F.
Mlnear. lot 6. in block 17. in Bayllss
& Palmer's addition to Council
Bluffs, la., w. d 1
Five transfers, total.
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Hnv ,hot at l.lu l.rme.
IDA GROVE, la., Jan. 28.-(.pecial.l-Graham
Fisher, son of Dr. and Mrs. B. 10.
Fisher, a member of the senior class in
the high school and a member of the font
ball squad, waa accidentally shot at the
Company B armory by Victor Slmonc
while the two were preparing for Indoor
target practice. Fisher went back to see
something about the target and Simons
picked up a rifle supposed to be unloaded.
The rifle proved to be loaded and the
bullet atruck the wall, then the floor and
rebounding atruck Flsner In the fleshy
part of the hip, passed through rlxteen
inches of flesh and landed In the pit of the
abdomen, where It waa located by means
of the X-ray. Fisher Is getting along
nicely and It Is thought no operation will
be necessary, the bullet being left where
it la.
grots Celebrate at Ida Grose.
IDA GROVE. la., Jan. 28. (Special.)
The celebration of the I6-d annlverrary of
Robert Burns, held In Ida Grove by the
Bobby Burns society of Ida county, was
attended by 1,!00 Scots and their friends
and was the greatest gathering of the clans
ever held In northwest Iowa. There were
many visitors present from Sioux City and
nearly every town In this section of Iowa
was represented. The program opened at
7:30 In the evening and ended with th
playing of "Homo Sweet Home" at 8:30
next morning. Judge Ferris of Ploux City
delivered the principal address on "The
Scotchman in America." The concert,
banquet and fancy dancing, the latter by
the best tfootch dancera In the west, lasted
until daylight.
Cement Company ftraanlses.
FORT DODGE, la.. Jan. 20. (Special.)
Permanent organization of the Fort Dodge
Portland Cement corporation haa been ef
fected and II. H. Rich, cashier of the First
National Bank of Fort Dodge, has been
elected piealdent. R. H. A'an Alstine and
H. 8. Van Alstine, Gilmore City bankers,
have been elected reapectlvely. vice presi
dent and aecretary-treasurer. T. A. Malr,
who la made general manager. Is an ex
perienced crushed stone man who haa had
wide tntereata along audi lines. Prospects
are bright for raising S3.5oD.ono capital stock,
much of which already Is subscribed. The
plant, being erected in Gilmore City, is
rising rapidly and by May 1 the corpora-
tlon will be marketing crushed stone.
Kills Self, Falling; la Murder. I criminals." Ml. Arnold aald In his home
ALUONA. la.. Jan. a. (I Special Tele- today. "1 am still oertain that my daugh
gram.l While under the Influence of liquor i ter edther has been kidnapped or mur-
8am Squires attempted to shoot hla wife
last evening and failing In this shot and
killed himself. He was 60 yeais old, leaves
a family of tlx children and waa at one
time one of the prominent men of the
county.
(Imi Petition Defeated.
rnpmiv ! Ian tg ,Snr 1st 1 Tha ' wish to be visited by the detective
CRL8TO.V la.. Jan. B.-tSpe. lal )-Tne , the aold tomorrow about o (
saloon petition was defeated here wnen
School Senior
ill
.
v.f
up to the present. George Washington and
Patrick Henry, were two of the character
that obligingly stepped out from between
the pages of the history test and stalked
the l-nar.ls In full life. I Hole r-'am w as ;
also well In the foreground.
Vo.hI solos by Miss Curtie Falichikl I
and Ml.ss St. lln Drown, were outside feat- I
urea that were well received. !
tesianls and was In reallly a mere teehrr
cality. but upon which, as Judte Uvuns
ruled, hung the whole case, and it was
ordered dismissed. Both sides in the con
troversy express satisfaction and the sa
loon fore, s say they will not now app al
the ease, but will circulate a new petition
soon.
Iowa fitu otea,
IOWA CIT V John K. Javne. pioneer sol
dier of Johnson county, dropped dead on
tho street at ;i o'clock Thursday afternoon
I'eath vvah due to heart failure.
K A N A W A 1 1 A - The Farmeia' Co-opeia-tive
Elevator and Its contents, consisting
of l.';.(jj bushels of grain, was totally de
stroyed by lire lasi night. The lors Is tl,ii,
ixrtiv itistireu. I he tievator will be re
built. low A CITY Injunctions closing six sa
loons and one euug store were asked by
the Civic league of lowa City todav. It
is the first snot to renew the anti-saloon
hkIii here.
IOWA CITY Mrs. F. M Cotton has re
ceived. JD.iMi of Ju.(0 asked by her of the
Ko k Island Kallroad company for the
death of her husband in the Green Moun
tain horror one year ago.
SIOVX liA PI lS-Frank Hemlllard was
probablv fatally injured when he leaped
irom a buggy during; a runaway and was
thrown on his he.id. Ills skull was frar
l tired and one blood vessel of the head was
i upture-d.
KOIIT DODGE Mrs. Emma Sackett. in
valid widow of P.. W. Saokett. former
prominent druggist and Elk. haa pa-ssed
awav alter two yearn of Intense suffering
with cancer. She Is survived only by one
(laughter. Madeline.
DECORA H D. A. Reed, who enjoyed the
distinction of being I he oldest resident of
Winneshiek coutitv. ia dead. He has been
a continuous rexldcnt since IRIR sixty-three
veats. He was born In Ohio In 1KJ0. lie was
a very highly ri-apected citizen.
UKAlAXjrA Oskalooea liniroj- uValera
have appealed from tne ruling of ihe Hoard
ot riupeiviaois. wno declared ihe petition
lanvarsed last week to be insufficient. The
bond on ihe apptai In. oeen liled aud the
case will be heard in the district court.
DKCOKAH Prof. H. V. .Sheel. one of the
luaii.y ixsptuted proiessora in the Lutheran
college, was seriously injured in a fall on
an icy walk al t tie upproaeh Into the
campus. He 'slipped and fed heavily, atrlli
ing the back oi his head on the pavement,
which fractured his skull.
FORT DO DOE A new centrifugal pump
which will pump 2.ouu.0U0 gallons of water
a oay la being installed In the Fort Dodge
water system. It will Increase the amount
of well water driven through the city
mains and ubviatu the neceaHity for a mix
ture of river water with the well water as
is done now. .
IjOUAN Prof. Paul A. Detrlchson, in
structor of manual training In the Logan
schools, has resigned hlM position here to
a.-ept a similar one In the Sioux City
schools, where ho wlil receive a better
salarv. Mr. (lien LaSourd now at Ames
college has been selected to fill the vacancy
and will beg.n work Monday next.
GENEVA A caboose and five cars loaded
with merchandise were demolished and
engine men narrowly escaped Injury In a
bad freight wreck that tied up traffic on
the Iowa Central all yesterday afternoon.
While a local northbound freight was
switching In the local yards an extra north
bound coal train, pulled by two locomotives,
ran Into that portion of the local that was
on tne main track.
NEW HAMPTON The election contest
between riomyt-r, the republican candiaate,
anu rtUKseli, ma democratic candidate, has
uten lina.il settled, and It will not be
iahen into the courts tor adjustment. Mr.
lluaaell will be permitted to nil the posi
tion of alieilff tor two years without the
expense .u a long contest in court. Mutual
melius ot tne two gentlemen fixed up mai
lers so luat each are satlafied.
MARSHALLTOVVN Three were burned,
none or them fatally, in two expios.ons of
gasoline in this city this morning. W. C.
neinert. a druggist, and Raymond Klrby,
his clerk, were both burned when gasoline,
with which they were filling a tank ex
ploded. t. D. Oi.lfield. a garage machinist,
was badly burned by gaaoline fumes catch
ing fire and exploding while he was work
ing under a machine in a local garage.
Ransom Demanded
For Young Woman
Large Sums Asked for Information
About Miss Arnold of New York,
Who is Missing.
NEW YORK. Jan. 2S.-Lawyers of Fran-
,i- o a..i iiia s'.nlihv oerfumerv lm-
porter whose 'daughter. Dorothy, has been
missing from her home alnce December
12, today admitted that two letters de
manding a l-ansom for the young woman
had been received by Mr. Arnold within
the last twenty-four hours. One of the
letters. Mr. Arnold said, demanded more
than he could possibly raise, although he
la lated as a millionaire.
Gai-van and Armstrong, the lawyers di
recting the search, are not Inclined to re
' gard the missives seriously.
I The young woman has been missing for
an or than alx weeks.
Both of the letters are plainly from
deiej.
One of the blackmailing letters was writ
ten In German. It demands S5.000 and
translated reads;
If you would like to know where your
I'.uogiiier. Hoiothy, Can be found I will
tell you wheie and how ou can find
her, but only on the payment of SS.ovxx
1 must take care or mvseii as au noi
fo
send nie the gold tomorrow about t o cloca
In the house No. 41 past Sixty-fourth
street and stick the gold in the poatofflce
box No. 2. and you will get an answer tiy
Friday. But be careful you send no de
tec tlv es.
The letter was not signed and hi not
taken seriously by the family.
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Class Graduates
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v
Second Row- Henry Jordan. Ruth Xy-
ale Thompson. Third Row Klovd Ovcr-
y. Alice Schant. Alice Warner. Mildred
The program wns under the supervision
of Miss Kltn Smith, principal of the hcIuioI.
Parents and friends of the different niem
bei of the . hiss made up an a)pi cc!at i e
audience.
The class has a membership of nineteen.
of whhh twelve are girl-, and seven, hoys,
Thirteen will enter hili school,
Impure Water Cause
of Typhoid Epidemic
in (Iit.vnt Ip.s Mmnfis!
- w4nj - ,
Marine Hospital Service Recommends
Abandonment of Filtration
Galleries.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2 -Drastic changes
'n the water supply and sewerage system
of Des Moines are recommended bv the
Public Health and Marine hospital service
In a report on an Investigation o' the
epidemic of typhoid fever there last
November and December. The Investiga
tion was made at the request of the Iowa
State Board of Health.
The report says that the outbreak was
caused beyond a reasonable doubt" by
pollution of the water supply obtained from
the Raccoon liver and Raccoon river basin.
The milk and food supply Is exonerated,
but It Is said it uhoutd be made subject to
official Investigation as soon aa practicable.
The toleration of surface or vault sewage
Is condemned.
The, marine hospital service recommends
that the city protect the Raccoon river
agu'nst pollution as far as A'alley Junction,
that the flltiatlon galleries be abandoned
and that until the recommended changes
are made all water used for drinking pur
poses be boiled.
Joseph W. Reinhart
Dies in Kansas City
Former President of Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe Eailroad Sue
cumbs to Pneumonia.
KANSAS CITA. Mo., Jan. 27. Joseph AV.
Reinhart, formerly president of the Atchi
son, Topeka 4 Santa Fe Railroad com
pany, died at hla home here tonight. Death
was due to bronchitis and pneumonia.
Mr. Reinhart contracted a severe cold
while In New York, his former home, on
business two weeks ago. He returned to
his duties here last month, believing his
Illness trivial, but soon waa forced to take
to hla bed.
For more than thirty-five years Mr. Rein
hart waa connected with railroads.. He was
born In Pittsburg, Pa., September 17, lSul.
After being educated at the Western Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, he entered the of
fice of a division superintendent of the
Allegheny Valley railroad as a clerk In
1S75.
In 1885, while general auditor of the Atchi
son, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, with
offices In Boston, he formulated the plan
by which the reorganization ot the road
was effected. In 1893 he was elected presi
dent ot the system and served for two
years.
Mr. Reinhart was appointed chief tail
road expert for the United States govern
ment in 1814-94.
AGED COUPLE CELEBRATE
THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING
Air. and Mrs. Curl lllormer, Married
Fifty Years Auo In German,
tlld Residents In Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bloeuier. who have I
lived In Omaha twenty-seven years and ,
are among the most aged couples of the
city, celebrated their golden wedding an-
.I, .....,, at II..I. lw,m "4'.l U,,,K U,, or, '
teenth street, Thursday. Mr. Bioemer la
82 years old and his wife Is S3 years old.
Mrs. Bloemer's maiden name was Cath
erine Slemera. They were married in
Ramslch, Oldenburg, Germany. Thirty
years sgo the couple came to America.
Both enjoy remarkably good health for
persons of their advanced age,
Three sons, thirteen grandchildren and a
nephew with five children attended the
celebration. The aons of the aged couple
are John, employed by the McKeen Motor
Car company; Hud I and Fritz, employed
by the Krug Brewing company.
FORTUNE GOES TO SCHOOLS
Colored Minister Hill Arrnmnlalrd
Qaarter Million leaves It to
Toto Collea.es.
KANSAS C1TT. Mo.. Jan. 2 -Joseph W.
terms of the will of Bishop Abraham Grant
of the African Methodist church, which
was filed In the probate court of Wyan
dotte county, Kansas, last night, the
greater part of his estate, amounting to
1250,004, was bequeathed to two negro educa
tional institutions, the Payne Theological
seminary of Wllberforee. O , and the Paul
Qulnn college ot Waco, Tex. The estate
consists principally of real estate In In
diana and Texas.
MOYEBTXsTTa OT OCZakT ITXAMSRirB.
Port Arrlv4. Sailcl.
Rill TKROAM Poeidm
H AM HI KU 'arMe
Nsei.KS 'in'-mnAtl.
VCN'.K I .sura
I KiiH'iRN slanrtt Ksise'ln.
SVllSKY Uolll Abgc1
IT HAMPTON Vlclorl.
j AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
; Street Cr Company Awaiting Action
I on Transfer Ordinance.
OBJECTIONS TO THE MEASURE
Deadlock. Iteaiilla from Mrlre of
Members of Committer 1 o Inill
(rnntlna f Trnnsfers by
Coiiipnnv.
T'nless i!-r city council agrees to pa.-s
the ordinance of the street car company
directed aKaln't the misuse of transfers. It
Is said, no action vvlll be taken by the
company toward granting transfers by
the crosstown 'lim at N street. South
Omaha. President Wattles has said noth
ing on .the subjei t since the ordinance was
submitted to the council. The ordinance
makes It a misdemeanor to give transfers
awny and to use transfers for round trlpa.
It was referred to the judiciary commit
tee of the council and has been burled
there. The feeling of members of the com
mittee. It Is (let-lured. Is against granting
this favor before the street car company
fulfils a pledge given in the early part of
lat year, before the service started, that
transfers should be granted at some point
In this city
Held on Serlnna tharues.
John Hughes, colored. Is being held In
connection with the burglary of a merchan- '
dlse car on the Rock Island tracks a
month ax-o. lie carried off a .loo-pound sack
of sugar and w he-n arrested at Twenty
ninth and P by Captain Dworak he Ad
mitted the offense and gave a description
of the man to whom he sold the goods. The
detectives ai e looking for the m. w ho Is
said to he a peddler.
Another colored man naniT) Thomas
Alexander Is wanted at Leavenworth. Kan.,
on a charge of highway robbery. He had
been taken up on susnleion and a few
minutes after he vvas released Thursday
a telegram came from Len v en worth ask
ing him to be held. He was picked up by
Captain Sheehan vesterday.
. . II. St. Urals lurk II. .
In an exciting basket ball game in the
Young Mens Christian association last
night South Omaha High defeated York,
v ..j j. rfl mc end of lue first half the
r-core stood 17 to
In favor of the local
T. .who ,iad b rr ,h t of the
iuay. 10
ork rallied In the second nerlnH .,,,1
when the whistle Indicated that Ihe game
waa over they had reduced their opponents'
lead by three. The score for the second half
was York, ft, South Omaha, 13. Shields of
South Omaha starred. Collins also showed
up well for South Omaha. Medler and Ga
bon) did good work for York. South
omaha'a next big game will be with Omaha
High school. South Omaha was repre
ented by Collins. Menefen. Foley. Shield,
I'hilip. Kahn and Berry and A oi k by Wyllei
oie.iirn, nanniM, oahorn and Zunwlnkle.
Prior to the bit,- match the South Omaha
His.li scnooi junior met and defeated the
Omaha lilgu acuool Juniors 11 to 10.
tliurch .Vertices.
' The Great Ascension Gift," will be the
topic of the ser'mon Sunday morning of
the Rev. Dr. Wheeler, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church. The Christian En
deavor society will meet at :30 p. m. and
will be led by Mr. Incasing. Dr. Wheeler's
subject at the evening service at "30 will
be "Tho Religion for the Street."
St. Martin's Episcopal church, Twenty
fourth and J streets. Rev. Alfred G. White,
rector; 8 a. m. holy communion; 10 a,, in.,
Sunday school; 11 ai m., morning prayer
and sermon by the rector. Topic. "A False
Humility;" 7:30. evening prayer and ad
dress. The rector has returned from a
ten days' visit with his mother and rel
atlyes In Pt. Paul, Minn., and will of
ficiate at all the services Sunday. AVhlle
away he participated In the consecration
service which made Rev. Mr. Thurston,
rector of St. Paul's church, Minneapolis,
bishop of Oklahoma.
St. Clement's Episcopal church, Twenty
seventh and S streets, W. L. Cullen, lay
reader; Sunday school, 10 a. m.; morning
prayer and sermon on the topic, "The
Centurion," 11 a. ni.
St. Edward's B'plscopal mission. Twenty
sixth, and Adams street, Sunday school,
S p. m.
First Christian church, Twenty-third and
I streets, Rev. E. A. Jordan, pastor. Bible
school, 10 a. m.; preaching, 11 a. m.; sub
ject of sermon, "Christian Stewardship;"
evening service, 7.30 p. m.; subject of ser
mon, "The Repudiation of Cheap Religion."
First Baptist church. Twenty-fifth and
H streets. Rev. C. T. ILdey, pastor. Sun
day school, 9:45 a. m.; morning service, 11
a. m., at which Miss Harriet Cooper of
Chicago will relate Interesting incidents
connected with the Home Mission work;
Bethel mission In basement ot new build
ing at Forty-third and I streets at 1:30
p. m.; Brown Park mission. Twentieth and
S streets, 3 p. m. The ordinance ot
baptism will be administered at the be
ginning of the evening service at 7:30. The
subject of the pastor's discourse at this
service will be, "Behold, All Ye Who
Pass By."
St. Luke's Lutheran church. Rev. 8. H.
Terlan pastor. Sunday school, 10 a. m. ;
Attractions In Omaha.
lnd Show at the Auditorium.
"Paid in Full" at the Brandeis.
"Forty-five Minutes troiu Broad
way ' at the Boyd.
"The Gambler s Wife" at tha k.rug.
Vaudeville at the American.
Vaudeville al me Orpheuru.
Buiiekque al tbe Oaeiy.
Says "B. L. T." In bis "Llne-o'-Type:"
Dr. Guthrie, editor of the Drama quar
terly, addressing the Drama league In this
city yesterday, aald: "The main object of
this league la to iale the public taste as
regarda the diama to the aame level al
ready attained by music." That ought pot
to take long.
Rupert Hughes' new farce. "Excuse Me!"
bears a striking resemblance In Its pub
lished scheme to "The Tourists in a Pull
man Palace Car." a popular frolle of the
early ' that served for many seasons as
a vehicle for William Meatayer and Miss
Theresa Vaughn, both of wi.om are "ow
dead.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell Is no longer plav
lng "The Foolish A'lrgln." In which she
appeared a ahort time ago at the Knicker
bocker. She waa engaged to plav the title
role of I'aul Wlislach's adaptation of Ana
tole France's story. "Thais." but aoine
thlng occurred to upsei the arrangement
and Constance Collier waa selected to take
the role. Rehearsala of the piece besan
last Monday. In the cast are Tyrone
Power and Arthur Forrest, the lalter of
whom was recently aeen with Olga Nether
aole in "Mary Magdalene."
Heury Arthur Jones' new play. "We
Cant Be As Bad As All TW.it." failed
speedily in New A'ork. London comment
is to the effeelhat It deserved to The
Ixuidon Clironlc'e remarks In summing up
H opinion of thu pla '
"lii presenting ue with a set of charac-
eU bf oy V V
morning worship. 11 a. m , subtei t of i-ei
mon. "I 'nposses-ed Possessions;" .atech'-ti
csl class. p. m ; Luther lracue 7 p. m.
subject for consideration. 'The Effect '
the Reformation I'pon M onasth Ism." .Vli
W andhorg. leader
Maale (It) t.wsaip.
dnuchter has been born to Mr am
Alis Mihe Kitnusn. l.o North Iwent.v
sev enth street.
The Worklnemen'H Serial club lll holt'
Its first snnual hall rchruary 12. Ii
nail I enrunry i.
The bltth of a son Is icputed st Ihe
home of Mr and Mrs John Kroulohn.
Fifteenth and N streets.
The ladles of St duties . ti m li Will
give a card psrty In th.- , i,. fellow s had
next Wednesday evenliue,
C. F. Winter and ranillv rxpect to leave
for St. Louis next Tuesday night and will
he gone about a month.
Miss Mabel llenrv was called l' Ash
land yesterday by the death of her giand
mother. Mrs. Caroline Henry.
The women of the First Baptist church
will give a "Pav-Aa-A ou-Enter" social h
the home of Mr. and Mrs Haskms. !"!'
North Twenty-fifth street, Frldav evenint
February 3.
Show Exhibitors
Praise the Leaders
Join in Thanks for Courtesies Shown
During Show Commend the
Publicity.
The general appreciation of the Land
Show and Its management has been ex
pressed by the exhibitors Th following
resolutions were pased at the Land Show
jestcrday afternoon.
"Resolved, Thst we. the underr tgned.
exhibitors at the Western I. and Products
exposition, held In Omaha January IS to
2. desire to express In these re iluth ii .
our sincere appreciation of the e iurteie
shown us during the Land Show hy the
management. M.ssis ('. C. Rosevvatei,
manager of The om ilia Bee; Vi . ('. Pais
I. v. g. netal niaraM-r of the exposition;
Fred A. Sliank. manager of exhibits; I.
V. Bncklev, manager of lectures nod pro
g:am; T. K. Hiiiiisnv of the publicity In
uau and The omahu H.e and Twentieth
.'. ntury Farmer.
"We Hereby Kuitlirr Resolve, That
vote of thanks be r ndi red .Mr. C. C. ll -re-watei.
who ha.s manifested great actlvii.v
on behalf of the west in conducting a suc
cessful land hnw and In mgauUlng a
Western Development association l check
Ihe tide of emigration to Catiadu iiml IIih
southeast and divert It to the great west.
"It is Hereby Further R-solved. That
The On. aha Bee and Twentieth "rntuiv
Farmer be commended for the gem to is
publicity they have giv en the . xposltluti
In general and the western states in par
ticular through their columns."
The resolutions were signed by the fol
lowing named exhibitors:
George L. McD.mough, I nion Pacific
la'lroad.
Colorado State Board of Emigration. Al
fred Pallk, by S. C. Shearer.
Costilla Irrigated Land r.mipany, by F.
W. Wllsey.
B. E. Allen.
Robinson-King.
I.oKan county, Colorado, C. F. Sml'h.
AA". 8. Pershing, Llmon. Colo.
AV. D. Keen. Pueblo, Colo.
A. .1 Henbest, Colhan, Colo,
t). Y. Baker, DeUa county, Colorado.
The Denver Post', per M. Felnberg.
"Lleber Land company, per H. E. ShulU.
C. B. AVItler, Helena Commercial club.
L. J. Brlcker. general immigration agent,
Northern Pacific railway.
Shedd-Blter company, by W. A. Pizer.
A. R. AVhltely. Wyoming,
C. W. Cozzens.
J. H. Meer.
AValter 8. Walker, Alameda county ex
hibit. AAMlber Walker, Merchants' echange,
Oakland, Cat.
Ernest A. Jackson.
National Investment company, J. W.
Martin.
J. AV. Fitzgerald Ijind company.
Denver-l-aramlr Realty company, H. L,
Kennedy, H. 8. Sewell.
Lusk Land company, Lusk, AA'yo., by W.
M. Klrke and J. A". AVhlte.
J. G. Cooler, Hecla, Neb.
J. Edward Taylor, In charge or I tali ex
hibit. Great Northern railway.
E. R. Kelley.
C. A. McCann.
R W. Peltlbone, Great Falls, Mont.
J. II. Gable, advertising manager, Chi
cago & Northwestern railway.
James AV. Jones, Poise.
F. K. Bvjrdlck, Weston county, AVyonilng.
Prof. B. C. Buffum
J. Slant Brown.
Q. Hhrtlgan.
Thomas J. Walsh.
W. D. Nichols, Oakland, Cel., Burbank
exhibit. ' '
John M. Cain. '
Chief Tellow Horse and twenty Sioux
Ineilans.
George Heppe, originator of the Candy
Meat Market products of Coney
Island, N. T.
teie, nearly every one of whom Is pos
sessed of a more or less shady past or
present, and calling the result a play of
Engllah social life,1 the author of 'The
Liars' would appear to be bent on a seri
ous castlgatlon of our aristocracy.
Such Is the picture of English country
house life of which New York has the
privilege of first call. Whether it be Just
or not. It may be confesaed that to an
English reader the characters prov e a little
less than convincing."
Ernest von possart. the eminent German
tragedian, now acting In New York In a
great round of parts, Is not lo make a tour
of the country after all. Instead he will
remain for several months In New York
and lend the prestige of his name and the
advantage of his acting to a new effort to
re-establish a German theater of quallt
there. I he Garden, nearly untenanted th.s
aeason. baa been taken tor the purpose.
"The Silent Call," Milton Ro.v le'a l'lv,
written as a sequel to "The Bquun M.i".
j h(ll te(,n auandoned. and the fine company
otganlsed for Its production, afti being
used In a revival of "The K'I'juw Man" for
two weeks at the Broadway, has been dis
missed. Fay Templeton. who retired from the
atage several years ago. ufi.-r her notable
success in "Forty-five Minutes From
Broadway," haa composed a song and sent
It to Blanche Ring with the wish that sli
Incorporate It In "The Yankee Girl -Edna
May will return to the stage f..r
one week In Februr In lxmdon to play
her old part In "The Belle of New York."
through a aeries of charity pel formam es.
Joseph Weber mskes known his Intention
M resume personal a tivlty al Music H.iM
In New York next season. He Is going to
give the same cl.is of entertainment tlieie
thai was given in the W ei.er and Fie!.l
das, ar.d ha will an in the ptrforinuncx.