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TTTE OMAHA PFXTIAT UTTE: MAT 21. 1011. Council Bluffs. Minor Mention The Council Bluffs Office of The Omaha Bee la at IS Soot treat. Both Fbonaa 3. Devi, drugs. Wedd.ng silver at Leffert's. Corrlgans. undertaken. Phones 14. FAUST BEth AT ROGERS El'FFET. Woodrlng Undertaking company, Tel. V. Lewis Cutler, funeral director. Phone 7. PL K K GOLD WEDDING RINGS LfcF IER'1 d. Bee the new 1311 wall paper patterna at Lor wick a, .'11 South Main atreet. Call H;. for a case of Gnnd a Peerless beer. J. J. Klein Co. dletributoi . Choice pictures for wedding and gradu ating a;ifta. Fauble Art bhop. 333 it way. Occullsta preacrlptiona accurately filled the same day at Letiert s Big Jewelry btore, Have your glssues fitted or repaired by J. W. Terry, optician, 411 Broadway, office With George Gerner. Mrs. W. H. Dudley and daughter, Euse 1.1m, lft yesterday for the east to upend the maimer with relatives and friends. Former County Recorder Elmer E Smith Inft last evening- for McUvi, 111.. In re auonae to a telefra.ni announcing the death tit his brother. Agent John Hurley and Roundhouse f oreman Le.roy Kuhna of the Illinois Cen tiaJ railroad, will leave thia afternoon for a trip to lenver, Colo. B. Wright and Roy Leage, teamsters, were In police court yesterday charged with vlolailng a city ordinance by deposit il.g garbage on a vacant lot. 1 hey were rt iNird on their own recognizance to ap J ar at a later date. iliirls strauh. who t. married I aft week at Atlanta. Ua , to Ml Amelia Kneluei of Rid Oak. nailed for Europe yesterday from New Yoik. They will upend their honey mcon In a long but leisurely trip through southern Europe, consuming the greater pait of the Bummer. A largely attended meeting of the local Iod?e of Klks waa held lust nlnht for the put pose of assisting in the Initiation of a i bur eh of candidates After ceremonies of a ery Interesting rhararter were over an informal hamiuet wax ppread and an hour or more of real enjoyment followed. Council Bluffs Modern Woodmen of Amorlea have chosen 1'otlre Judge S. li. BnyJer as their delegate to the meeting of the bead camp of the national organiza tion, which meets at Buffalo on June 10. Judice r-nyder has been one of the most active members of the organization here since It waa started and has held nearly all of the local offices at various times. He waa the only candidate proposed and his selection was the unanimous choice of the neniberi. bo en merchandise cars In the yards of the Illinois Central railroad and eleven In lh Northwestern yards were broken open by .u- thieves Thursday night and goods to i.ie value of many hundred dollars tuki .1. The exact amount is not known. '1 lie police believe the raid was planned and xecuttd by a hand attracted by mu tual Interests In the hordes of hoboes that Mvui.n through the railroad yards at this ieat n of the year. Many cams of mer sa.a of the year. , i.i. Kelier, w no otfered as an explanation anil 'Xtenuation of tilt mlstako ot entering sevt.al ho u sea in the day time and badly fiigi tentng tne women, that he was "weak In il head." was sent to the county Jail yeen .'day for thirty days on vagrancy charges. Keller made a rather pathetic appthl to be given a Jail sentence Instead of In ng held to the grand Jury as waa his parti. er, Ed Lee, who was captured by City Physician Tubbs after he had broken a wli.dow In the Gelxe home. Bv'.lt brought against the Rock Island railnd by Thomas Olson, and against the Ko:k Island and Northwestern by Olson & Evun.i, for alleged damages to stock ship ments from western points to the South Omul a market, were aettled yesterday by etlpu.atlon. The Rock Island paid Olson $M and the costs in the case, and 1200 and one-half the costs In the suit of Olson & Kvana. while the Northwestern paid the other half of tho costs and $10$. Very much larger amounts were asked for In both aees for delays in transportation and dama ,es for injuries said to have been bum a ie1 by the stock. Supervisor Frank True of Avoca Is minus a fine gold watch this morning, which he did not miss until several hours after it waa adroitly nipped from his pocket during one of the many heated debates in the board rooms yesterday afternoon when the place a packed with farmers Interested in the Honey creek drainage ditch. Super visor True, who is not built along the lines of lean men, sat whh his vent flaring wide open, surrounded by a heavily prtmalng crowd of perspiring men. I nder the clr cumBii.nces It was easy lor the person who nipped the timepiece. His fellow auper vuoia will endeavor to locate the watch this morning, as they have a pretty good loca wnere K went, but if they don't find It they will return its full value to him in tin form ot sincere sympathy, remind ing hii.t only occasionally of the time when he nip, ed a dish ot oranges at the Carson hotel under circumstances that obligated the lui, Hol d to charge them la cents extra tor in. r dinners, while True got all ol the orange. i. An a idlence that filled the rooms of the T hetjs jhical society in the Sapp block llMnctt last evening to the lecture of Ellrolt H. Holbrook, the well-known rail way i. an connected, with the Hani man linen. ..t.the subject, "Psychic Phenomena from ne Theouoplncal Viewpoint.' The lecture, was ot tne most polished character indicating the deep research and proiound knowituge of the speaker. Mr. Holbrook Is an advanced student in quest of esoteric truth, and finds tunu anud.it his other duties to give an Informal talk on theo aophio uubjects once or twice a week some where. He la also one of the most liberal LOittrlb Jtors to the propaganda fund. He expects to be here again one or more times during the summer and will find time to vpend i m evening with the local society. Mr. Ho. brook Is one of the most advanced In Masunry and has provided for the pub lication of the new magazine. Universal Maaoniy. In Chicago, which Is edited by Mrs. Ai mile C. Hoi brook, a near relative. It is ' a, magazine designed for Masons lorougnout uie worm. The llrat tidings he had received for more than forty years came to Charles H. Orvis i -otn a couMn when he received a letter l.oni Mrs. Abide 1,. Kamsdell, who has remaed at tne out nome in Wakefield Mass., Mince Mr. Orvis left when about ft jeaia eld. M.S. Kamsdell is the oldest i-lster of Mr. Oi vls" mother, and the letter was on i ot Inquiry. Mia. Hamsdell Is a dauahK r of Ml'. Htiulies. who rstuhllxheil the big fquliea packing plant in Boaton many iai tun. , Through members of the packers tamli she hraid that Mr. Orvis was located somewhere in the west and w.ote many letters to the packing house centers, chiefly to Chicago, but they al ways wore returned. The letter she wrote M Council Bluffs had a return address upon it and came near being sent back on account of a alight mistake in the name uf Mr. Orvis. He had returned it to the postorrn a after the carrier bad delivered it, and then went to the office and opened it In (no presence ol one ol the officials NO V-'K COOKING old potatoes when 0U can Duy new iHjtatoes at very near the same price; today at 30 rents per peck v e ha t the long -;reen asparagus, 10 .flits, or three for ff cents; one pound lunches of radishes, ling white, or any ,lnd. locay 1 cent per b inch; wax beans. .0 cents per pound; long ;Treen cucumbers, cents tach; Missouri Leirics are now in hey are or exceptional u lality, cent er box, fresh eggs at 15 cents per dozen; iood butter, 25 cents per Po.ind. Call us wrly an! get the pick. Battel & Miller. i'elephoi'4 Zi-3. v Heal Estate Transfers. Ueal e tale transfers as reported to The j Hee May 19 by the Pottawattamie County I bstract company of Council Bluffs: itirhard Jensen and wife to Charles K. Kn iball. southerly t3 feet 8 inches of lot 19, Auditors subdi vision i f west 4! feet of outlets 2 aitd 3. l i Jackson s addition to t'uun- i cil Rlul's. I , w. d $ t.'XW l arl V. Henjamln and wife to Ben ' .amln-rehr Real Estate company, 1,1 I'.', n block 35, in Central sub division to Council Bluffs, w. d 1.5H) vni K lsem to William Southern. e' se'j of 23-77-44. w. d 900 I'r.itik V. Miller and wife to Mads tvteraon, lots T to is. In block 15. Haiiss' 3d addition to Council Bluff, ta.. w. d 50D hn t 'U uin to Jessica J. Sledentopf i d 1 1 -n M S Haas, lot 22. In llock :.. In t'entral subdivision in l uur.cil Blufrs. q. c. a. Fie tiojisfera, total .. Council Bluffs, COSSON LETS MABRAY MEN GO Barney Martin and W. D. Godfrey Sign Their Own Bonds. ARRAIGNED IN STATE COURT Men Rearrested aa They Emerge from Jail, bat aa .o Additional Sorely la Asked Amonti to Freedom. The first arrests ot Mahravltes who have completed their terms of prison sen tences. and are held amenable to the In dictments returned by the Pottawattamie grand Jury were made yesterday after neon, when Sheriff McCaffery arrested Barney Martin and W. D. Godfrey at the doors of the county Jail. ' Each of the iren had finished a sentence of nine months In the jail imposed by Judge Bmlth McPherson of the federal bench. The arrests were made on bench warrants Issued by Judge O. D. Wheeler of the district court upon orders through County Attorney Capell from Attorney Gen eral George Cosson. There were two lndlet menla against earn man, one charging conspiracy and the other larceny. God frey was also known In the fang as W. H. Graham. Ha operated extensively, but th specific charge against him was steer ing H. J. Holllster of Mlrneapolls Into the labyrinthine net and causing hint to disen gage $10,000. Barney Martin waa especially distinguished for his relations to Samuel Sutor of Cass Lake, Minn. Bond at Bis; Flgrare. Bond In each of the Indictments was fixed at making $10,000 required from each man. There were a few anxious min utes for Barney and his pal after their arrest and while facing Judge Wheeler, but their anxiety Instantly melted Into a. roseate glow when the court Informed tnem that In accordance with the recom mendations of the Iowa attorney general each man would be permitted to Blgn his own bond and be relieved of the necessity of Involving any of his friends In the heavy responsibility of providing the $10,000 surety. The men appeared to have a little diffi culty In comprehending the situation, but when the light broke through they hur riedly scrawled their names on the Im portant looking documents and got out of the presence of the court and Its officers. They would have got out of town aa hur riedly If the little delay hsd not made tht.m late In reaching the station when the first train departed. They left last night without designating the places where they might be found when called upon. If ever, to make good the conditions of their bonds. There was no explanation forthcoming of the bond part of the proceedings, al though It was admitted that the bonds were worse than worthless. It Is believed that Attorney General Cosson has now fully realized the almost utter impossibil ity of securl lg the presence of enough of the mikes to Insure conviction In the state courts, and. ao far as Barney and God frey were concerned, the best way out of It was to let them sign their own bonds. Whether this will be the proceeding In all of the other cases pending under state Indictments remains to be seen. Thai whole responsibility for the release of the men yesterday, as well as the proceedings In the future, rastss wlUi the attorney gen eral. He ordered his appearance In all of the cases and ' directed the course of the court In relation to the arrests yes terday. . SUPERVISORS TALK DAMAGES Endeavor to Fix Measure te Be Paid for OpealneT Honey Creek DKrh. The Board of County Supervisors, whose chief troubles and hardest dutlea are con nected with the drainage ditch businest, put In a heavy day yesterday endeavoring to determine the amount of damagea In curred by land ownera through whose farms the drainage ditch and levee es tablished In the Honey Creek district will go. The hoaTd rooms were crowded all day with 1 anxious farmers whose lands were appropriated. Each had made claims, according to his own idess, of the value of the land taken. None of them was per mitted to realize his expectations. Many of them received- nothing at all for the land used for the; levee, as the result of the examinations made by the board when all of the mem bers tramped wearily through the grass and sloughs several weeks ago to locate each man's land. The Dubuque ft Sioux City and the Illinois Central Rail road companies had filed claims each for $35,200 and the board allowed nothing at all. The amount of damages claimed to uted more than $100,000, and the total amount allowed ,yeaterday, when the work was practically completed, waa but $2,026.28, Pat Gilmore, whose solicitude for the preservation of Honey Creek lake la one of his tenderest points, furnished the en tertainment for the afternoon, rhe mem bers were sometimes In doubt whether to take his sharp wit and keen sarcasm seri ously or let tt go with a laugh. The laugh waa spontaneoua and alwaya prevailed. The work will be finished today. WICKHAM BEGINS PAVING Old Stone Being; Taken Ont ef Broad way and Plied on Naniber ef Vacant Lota. Contractor W'lckham made good hla promise to begin the Broadway paving yesterday and early In the day set a force of men at work removing the blocks. The work was begun on the north side of the car tracks at First atreet. The north half of the street may be paved all the way through before the other half is touched, thus reducing the interference with traffic to the minimum. There are 40,000 cublo yards of stone to be removed and replaced with Galesburg block, and by working as large a force of men aa can be utilized without closing the street It will require three months or more to complete the Job. The stones aa they art being taken from the street are piled on the old ice houae properly at Eleventh street and Avenue B. This large area will be Insufficient tor their storage and other localities will be used. Some of .the blocks were sold yesterday to be used In tbe experiment of rlprapplnj the banks of Indian creek. Contractor Peter Peterson, who recently completed a fine residence on Washington avenue near Noun First street. Is making the ex periment. If It ia successful others may follow. The blocks when all removed will make a pile as large as the biggest city block and there would be enough to riprap the creek for a mile or mora New Manager fer Firestone t'nmnnnr R. L. Harpham of Chiraio has been ap pointed manager of the Omaha branch of the Flrektonn Tire and Rubber company. 2127 Karnaiu street. He t-ucceeds Ueorge Martin, w ho has been placed in charge ot the St. Louis branch Mr. Harpham will make bia home In Omaha permanently. Council Bluffs. A. S. Bonham Dies at His Home in City, Aged Ninety-Five One of Oldest Men in Bluffs, Well Known Over State, Passes Peacefully Away. Algernon 8. Bonham, one of the oldest men In Council Bluffs, died at .) yes terday morning at the home of his son, A. M. Bonham, J3) Harmony street, from the exhaustion of extreme old age. He was conscious up to almost the last moment, and then peacefully closed his eyes as If In sleep. It required minutes for those around him to realise that the end had come. Mr. Bonham had been a continuous resident and one of the foremost citizens of Council Bluffs since ISftS. He was born In Fleming county, Kentucky, on February 20. and the ninety-fifth anniversary of his birth was happily celebrated last February. He was the Jotlleet one of the large crowd of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren who gathered at the home of his son on Harmony street to help him celebrate. It had long been his ambition to celebrate the completion of his 95th year, and under the slmulus of the event he expressed his determination to reaching the 100 year mark before he was ready to quit. A slight touch of the grip, however, soon after weakened him and he realized that his growing feebleness meant the near approach to the end. He reconsidered his determination and announced to hla friends that he was ready to go. A week or more ago he auf fered a slight paralytic stroke which im paired his speech and rendered him nearly helpless. His son, A. M. Bonham, sat up with him all of Thursday night and left him sitting up In bed at 8:30 yesterday morning. He remained In an upright posi tion trying to talk to those around him until he sank slowly down upon the pillow with closed eyes. Mr. Bonham r ime t Council Bluffs from Abblngton, 111., In 1S3 and bought a large farm, the Norris farm, one and a half miles east of town. He embarked In the nursery business Immediately and planted the first vineyard in this section of the country. For wars hli nursery supplied the fruit tree and vineyard stock for the greater part of Kansas and Nebraska. Orange Judd declared him to be one of the foremost , horticulturists of America, and his name 'was synonymous of the btt there was In his line. He was thus known to thousands of people In Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. Nine years ago, two months after cele brating their sixty-seventh wedding anni versary, Mrs. Bonham died. The shock of her death and the subsequent bereavement greatly affected him. Of a family of eight children only four survive him. two sons and two daughters. A. M. Bonham of this city. J. W. Bonham of Royallte, Nev.; Trlnvllla Bonham, now Mrs. O. J. Smith, of this city, and Annie Bonham. wife of D; J. Smith of Omaha. Three daughters. Belle, .M on villa and Mallvilla, and one son, Barney A. Bcnham, died several years ago. Twenty-one grandchildren and thirty-six great-grandchildren are living. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the First Christian church. Qoallty and Price. The right goods, prompt service and low prices are the foundation of our business. Let us prove It. In our big grocery de partment: Spinach, per peck, Be Radishes, 7 hunches, ha. Cucumbers, each. 4c. Asparagus, per bunch, Sc. E. C. Corn Flakes, per package, To. Fancy pineapples, each, 15c. Bakers' chocolate, per cake, 19c. Vi pound can Bakers' cocoa. Sic. One-quart jar chow-chow, tSc. One quart mixed pickles, 25c. Sauerkraut, quart. 5c. J. ZOLLER MER. CO., The big uptown store. 100-102-104-10$ B'way. Four phones. Bell, $20; Ind.. 320, I MAYOR NAMES MEN ON MEMORIAL COMMITTEES Observance Will Take Place tn Fatr- snonat Pnrli Separate Serv ices for Legion, The first act of Mayor Maloney when he returned from Chicago yesterday morn ing was to hold a conference rlth Captain E. J. Abbott and other representatives of the old soldiers and appoint the commit tees, composed of aldermen) and members of the Grand Army, who will be respon sible for working out the details and con ducting ths exercises on Memorial day. Six committees were appointed. Mayor Maloney will be chairman of each. Fol lowing are the selections made: Speakers Aldermen Aylesworth, Evans and Bee be and J. Hoon. Music Aldermen Fisher and Hubbard and Captain D. Maltby. Finance Aldermen Tounkerman. Mln- nick and Hubbard and Park Commissioner A. C. Graham. Flowers All members of the woman Belief corps of Abe Lincoln post. No. 180. The personnel of the committees places the responsibility for all of the work on the members of the council, the veterans acting on each committee being chiefly advisory. A Joint meeting of the commit tees will be held on Tuesday evening at the city building. The chief part of the program will this year again be carried out In Fair-mount park, and the old veterans will be taken to and from the park without expense. They will also be conveyed to the ceme teries to witness and assist In the work of decorating the gravea, also without ex pense to them. Members of the Union Veteran legion have again decided to conduct aeparate exercises in honor of their dead com rades and will hold their services in the afternoon at Walnut Hill cemetery. They will provide also their own speakers and flowers and take full management of all details in connection with the observ ance of the day. There are some brainy as well aa patriotic men In the organiza tion, and they will select their speakers from their own ranka. On Sunday even ing. May tt, the members of the legion will march In a body to the First Con gregational church, where Rev. Dr. O. O. Smith will deliver a Memorial day ser mon. Dr. Smith haa also been Invited to attend the services at the cemetery Mayor Maloney, members of the city council and Captain Edwin J. Abbott, who constitute the committee on Invitation, have Issued this appeal In the form of a circular letter, several hundred of which will be mailed: Tuesday. May SO. la the day set apart by act of congreas as Decoration day. for the purpose ot paying a tribute of respect to the deceased soldiers and aailors who served their country by fighting In de fense of the flag. From data received the old boys have been dying since January I at an average of one every fourteen minutes, and In a few- years none of the civil war veterans all' be In our midst. To keep alive that patriotism ao neres eary to instill In the hearta of our rising generatlona that will cause them to will ingly fly to the defense of our country and flag we must show our respect and Council Bluffs. love to those who In times past have ought our battbs and preserved to us a happ and united country. Let us all abstain trom labor on that day and join in oecorating the graves of oui bojs in blue and in attending the ex ercises of the occasion. The exerctses will he at Fairmont park at 1 p. m., ami it Is hopei our ctizena will turn out and make the gathering one worthy of the cause. Should weather be Inclement the Auditorium will be uaed. In the past years great difficulty has been experienced In obtaining flowers for the purpose of decorating ot giavts We hope our friends will see that the W. K. C ladies are supplied with sufficient flowers to make the wreaths and boquets. The teachers in our s hools can aid greatly by urging the children to bring in donatlona. 1 he program and place des ignated to receive flowers will be pub lished In the dally papers. Hardware Speelnle At the big uptown store: Screen doors, up trom 79c. Adjustable hardwood window screens, IS Inches high, opens to S3 Inches, 20c. 24-lnch high. 36c. ao-lnrh high, 40c. 24-Inch window screen, per yard, 12a. 26-lnch window screen, per yard, 13c SO-inch window screen, per yard, 16c. Extra heavy four-passenger lawn ewteg, SSK. Low down rocker or porch swing, $11. 00. The New perfection Blue Flame oil cooker, $8.00. Good -lnch garden hose, per foot, up from 8c. Hardwood hose reel, 7e. 75c lawn spray, S8c. The One-Minute washer. $10.00. (Let ua send you one on trial.) Hardwood folding wash bench, $1.60. Step ladders, up from 27c. High wheel 14-Inch mower, $3.00. Iron pumps, all kinds, up from $1.90. Gasoline, gas or oil stove ovens, S1.2S. Warranted two-burner gasoline stoves, 13.2S. SEEDS. All Be pkgs. flower and garden'seeds, two pkgs, for 8c Onion aeta. quart. Be. W'hlte clover seed, pound, 40o. Fancy bluegrass, pound, 40e. J. ZOLLER MER. CO.. 100-102-104-108 Broadway. Four phones. Bell 330; Ind., S. N. T. Plumbing Co. Tel. 250. Night L-1702. MAYOR AND TRUE ARE BACK City Officials A Main Tell Details of gale of Bonds Water Com missioners Soon. Mayor Maloney and City Treasurer True returned yesterday morning from Chicago and had to devote a good deal of their time to receiving congratulations upon the manner In which they discharged their duties In connection with the big bond sale. City Solicitor Kimball, who was ex pected to return with them, stopped at Marshalltown for the purpose of getting some information concerning the manage ment of municipal water plants. All three were one day at Cedar Rapids In the same quest. The story of the sale of the bonds was again told, with many interesting details. The mayor and city treaaurer unite in de claring that the presence of nearly alt of the members of the city, council was of great value. They are particularly hearty In their commendation of the help given by Ernest E. Hart, who was worth several thousand dollars to the city. It la doubt ful If the bond premium would have reached within $6,000 of the high figure obtained If he had not been there. Mayor Maloney expected to announce the appointment of the water commissioners yesterday, but during the afternoon' decided to withhold it until today. The three men practically agreed upon will constitute a commission that will be above criticism In every respect, and to whom the $300 a year salary Is of no consequence at all. They represent the very best type of citizenship and business success snd will bring to the discharge of their duties qualifications and experience In the management of large enterprises that would not be secured for monetary consideration alone unless high figures were used. Their flrat duty will be to select the general manager, but the appointment may not be announced until after the - council haa created the office and flxed the salary. Specials In Frnlta. Fancy strawberries, bananas, oranges, pineapples, lemons, etc, etc. MEAT DEPT SPECIALS: Sugar cured picnic hams, per lb., 9e. Home-made bologna, per lb., lOo. Pork roasts, lb., up from 10c. Rib boll beef, up from So. ' BOe pall Cudahy Rex lard, 39c. Calumet bacon, by the strip, lb., llo. Pot roaata, lb., up from 80. J. ZOLLER MER. CO., The big uptown atore, 100-102-104-106 B'way. Four phones, 320. Drink Budwetser. King of Bottled Beers. Ames Orator Wins Interstate Contest J. 6. Emerson Captures First Honors in Contest on Eastern Question. 8IOUX CITT. Ia.. May JO. (Special Tele gram.) The Interstate oratorical contest at Mornlngslde college, waa won Friday by J. O. Emerson of Iowa Agricultural col lege, Ames, Ia. E. R. Lewis of Muskegon college. New Concord, O., was second. Other contestants were: Byron Price, Wabash college. Crawfords vllle, Ind. Frank E. Moore. Carelton college, North, field, Minn. Lew Saretsky, Beloit college, Belolt, Wis. Harry H. Young, Albion college, Albion, Mich. Robert Caldwell, Knox college, Gales burg, 111. Paul P. Boyd, Hanover college, Hanover, Ind., waa elected president; George L. Koehn, Lawrence college, 1 Appleton, Wis., secretary. Minnesota gets the 1912 contest. Lewis Saretsky ot Belntt college, Wis consin, was third. Two prlzea were awarded, $1"0 to Emerson, and $60 to Lewis. GREAT HAILSTONES CAUSE DAMAGE AND PANIC AT BOONE saute mm large aa Base Balls Foaad After Storm Ibnt floes Heavy Dnntasrr. BOON E. Ia.. May 20.-t Special Tele gram.) The worat storm In the history of thia city raged for twenty minutes yester day. The loss to the county la esti mated at $100,000. Hailstones the size of hens' eggs tell. Some as large as base balls were found. Great ptlea were lying about the streets hours after the storm hsd passed. Hundreds of windows were broken-twenty-two lsrge ones in two blocks on Story street. A funeral being held In the Baptlat church was thrown In a near-panic when hall broke every win dow In the west end ef the structure. Windows la school buildings were broken, Iowa tbe children nearly becoming panic stricken. Needed Rala at Mason t'lty. MASON CITY, la., May sJ.-ttipeclal Tele, gram.) The drouth waa broken here today by a heavy rain, fcniall grains and pas tures needed il badly. More rain aeenie in prospect. Iowa News ote. CLBARFIKLlv O. C. Hill has been offi cially notified of his appointment as putt master at Clearfield. BEDFORD J. L. BrowK runner well known attorney of this pluce. la lying in a serious condition at Oklahoma City, the result of an automobile accident this week. ELDORA J H. Smith, aged 87. one of the pioneer merchants of this place, died at his home here last night of old age. He had been In business here continuously since 1M6. DEN1SON The Crawford county Sunda school convention will be held at Denlson Wedneaduy, May 'J4. Hev. I. T. Underwood, the state superintendent of the Adult Bible class work, will be present. IDA GROVE-S. 1 Frishle and son Loyd, of the Rccnrd-Kr, have purchased the Gulf Coast Advertiser a rtllnxl. Miss., on the Gulf of Mexico, and tbe son has gone there to take possession. Mr. Fria ble, sr., will remain here. M'GREGOR Blanche J. Qtilgley, past preaident of the Iowa Rebekah assembly, died here last night. She wan one of the best known ladies In the Rebekah circles of the state. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. NEVADA While going to work 8. T. Rasmussen was thrown from the vehicle in which he was riding and a 1.000-pound ooli of wire cable was hurled on top of his body, crushing his limbs. The horse became frightened at an automobile. IDA GROVE For cross-country livery service barney Boy esc n of Schleswig has purchased a big Avery car with five seats that has a capacity of eighteen passengers. There is some talk of establishing a dally service between towns In this aec lton with a similar car. ' MARSHALLTOWN Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Stlnaon of Minneapolis today announced the coming marriage of their daughter, Elizabeth K.. to Mr. Lee M. Derby, for merly of this city but now ot Minneap olis. Derby Is the son of City Clerk and Mrs. L. Derby of this city. CRE.STON A party of business men from Shenandoah visited this city yester day to Inspect the macadam paving used here. Shenandoah has decided to put In about twenty blocks of new paving In the residence districts this year and they are doing some investigation before letting any contracts. NEVADA Mrs. Paul C. Telg of near Roland, while leading a cow from pas ture, got hor foot entangled In the rope, when the cow became frisky and started to run. Mrs. Telg. who Is 67 years of age, was dragged 200 yards. One arm was fractured In two places and she was In jured Internally. CRESTON Cam Davenport was selected as manager fori the Chautauqua platform work this year to succeed James Bryan, who has filled that place for the last three Or four years. The coupon ticket plan was voted down by the directors at their meet ing last night and only season tickets and single admission tickets will be used. FAIRFIELD Fairfield citizens have Juat completed a new armory, which will be ready for occupancy by Company M, Iowa National Guard. Monday evening, when formal porsession will be taken. The build ing Is one of the finest In the state and its cost Is approximately $22,000, unfurnished. The furnishing of the building has been assumed bv Company M. DfcJNltiON 1 he Grand Army of the Re public post and Woman s Relief corps nave arranged a full prog rani of exercises tor Memorial day. Lx-tate Commander W llliam A. McHenry of tne Gl and Army will arrive from California in time to have part in the ceremonies. Tne address In the afternoon will be delivered at the opera house by C. F. Kuehnle of this city. IDA GROVE County Auditor Varner fln lahed the abstract today for the 19U aa sesment In Ida county. It shows the total actual value of personal property, liiC.w; of lands and lota, J14.b86.3b4, and of all per sonal property. tli,4-8.olti. The taxable value of all property in the county la given at $4,3at,987. The actual value of automo biles owned in Ida county la listed as $90,018, and Ida Is the smallest county in lowa. 1 CHARLES CITY Mra Byron Brown met with a disc accident which nearly cost her her life. She had gone over to a nelghbor'a to borrow a disc. Four horses were hitched to it and she started to drive home. Something scared them and they commenced to run. She went to Jump from the disc and must have fallen in the attempt. Her leg waa broken, her shoulder sprained and a deep gaah was cut in her limb. ALLISON A settlement has been ef fected between Mrs. Oakes and Butler county. Her huabund. Jack Oakes, waa killed while attempting to drive a traction engine over a bridge in the south part of the county. She aued the county for $10,000 damages on tbe ground of negli gence in not keeping the bridge in proper condition. Mrs. Oakes will receive $2,000, and It Is understood that the county will stand the costs thus far made. IDA GROVE Captain J. E. Murphy of Company B, Fifty-sixth Iowa, who went to Ban Antonio with the Iowa detail of offi cers to the regular army maneuvers, writes that he haa been assigned to Company I, Thirteenth Infantry, and that the first day there he was ordered out for a twenty four mile hike across country to Leon Springs, Tex. He aaya there Is not sn idle minute in the big camp and the govern ment la evidently determined to get all the drill possible out of the division assembled there. Captain Murphy saya the weather is very hot. CORNING-Funeral services were held today over the body of Mrs. Frank Dick of CJulncy. Mrs. Dick was drowned in a small pond on the farm where they live, Wednesday afternoon in about twenty minutes from the time she had left her husband in the field, where he was plow ing. He wstched her pass over the hill toward the pond and walled to see her go up on the opposite side. Not seeing her, he became alarmed and started for the pond, where hn found her lifeless body. It Is said, for some years Mrs. Dick had not been strong mentally, and the theory of suicide is advanced, but her husband thinks she accidentally fell Into the pond or was stricken while standing on the bank and fell In and was unable to call for help. Mrs. Dick was 68 years of age and besides her husband, two children survive her. HOLDS RECORD FOB SERVICE AS STATION AGENT. V r, 'V 1' -. . i x . . t - W F. b-ARNETT. letts, Ia. LETT. Ia., May 20. tspeciai.j Ai ttts, la., la an employe of the Rock Island rail road who is believed to have broken the record for continuous service tor a railroad company as a station agent at one place. W. T. Barnett of Letts began work as assistant agent at Linevllle, la., on September, 1, Wii, and haa been connected with tbe Rock Islanti during the Intervening tnirty six years. He learned the wire business arid 011 June t. 177, was appointed agent at Unlonvllle. la. On December. IS1, he wa transferred to Lei Is and has remained tnere er since, a period of nearly thirty one y Novel Geometry Xl ''''' t j M,. J 6 HOW TO CONSTRUCT A SQUARE WHEN GIVEN THB PTFFERFJNCB IN LENGTH BETWEEN ITS DIAGONAL AND ONE SIDE. ORIGINATED AND DEMONSTRATED BT M. D. SMITH OF CORRECTIONVILLE, IA.-Copyrlght, 1911. CORRECTIONVILLE. la. May 20.-(Spe- cial.) Within the last week a copyright has been Issued to Prof. M. D. Smith, superintendent of the Correctionville public schools, on a "geometrical Azure and demonstration for constructing any square wnen a line representing the difference hs length of a side of any sauare and Ita diagonal Is given." The Solution of such a nrohlem hv Prnf Smith has In all nast vears heen sonnteil as Impossible by mathematicians through out tne country. They declared that an ap proximate solution could be arrived at by means of ratios, but that it could not be resolved Into positive terms which would pro-e accurate at all times. This is the first time that Mmnirir.i demonstration has been based on a single anown quality, and Prof. Smith declares It Will Open a new field in mathnmatlca mnA that he expects to have several other valu- aoie Demonstrations to announce soon. In the problem which he bu in j e.,i he takes the line M-D as the only known quantity. Me then constructs his square by means of a circle within an SW'4) a B-l ManJ finds that the line A-T which is equivalent ne Known quantity M-D, is always the difference between the aide t h. square and ita diagonal. I The demonstration U e..in.iu i . - ... . .. ....nl, in genious and Will anneal ...ni.. ... ' - '"""si; in ine devotees of geometry who are looking for Des Moines Woman is Named President of Iowa Federation Mm. Homer Miller Choen to Lead .Club Women for Next Year Meeting to Cedar Rapidi. SIOUX CITT. la.. May JO.-Cedar Rap Ids gets the 1912 convention of the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs, and Mrs. Homer Miller of Des Moines is tbe new president of the federation. The other Officers elected today are: president W 81U Clty' "" Miss Josephine Babcock, Washington, re cording secretary. Mrs. Max Mayer, Red Oak. general fed eration atate secretary. Mrs. Mary H. B. Johnson, Humboldt, treasurer. Itor' Jhn W' WUck' Davenport, aud Mrs. Julian Richards, Waterloo: Mrs. H. R. Howell, Des Moines; Mrs. F. F. Faville. Storm Lake; Mrs. H. M. Towner. Corning, and Mrs. Jennie I. Berry. Cedar Kaplda, delegates-at-large to General Jjederatlon of Women Cluba. GALLAUDET ALUMNI HOLD THEIR BANQUET Gradaates of Colleare for Deaf aad Danab Gather at Featal Board. The ninth annual banquet of the Gallau det College Alimnl association waa held laat night in the olive room at the Rome hotel. A long program of toasts was given and thoroughly enjoyed by the graduates of the famous college for the deaf and dumb. John C, Wharton was the principal speaker of the evening. ,H. W. Rothert acted aa toastmaeter and the following toasts were given: "The Founder of Our Alma Mater " F C. Holloway; "The Change-The New President." F. Schuyler Long; -Th Alumni Editor." J. H. McFarlane; "The First Lady of Kendall Green," Maude Roath; "Reminiscences," Superintendent Henry ,V. Hotbert; "Who's Who and Vhv," F. W Sowell; "The Daughters of Gallaudet," H G. Long: "The Common Sense of the Old Boys," Mrs. D. E Hnely "The Cement " Superintendent R. E. Htew art; "The Superior Class." Rev F H Cloud; "Our Noble Middle West Branch" Sarah Streby; sign aong. "Home, Sweet Home," Mrs. Ota C. Blankenship. IOWA SYNOD TO BE CONTINUED Ceaeral Assembly ef Cemberland Presbyterian Charon Derides Net to larrrsdrr Territory. EVANS VI LLE. Ind, May SO.-Dlsaolu-tlon of the lowa synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, proponed today tn the general assembly of the church, waa defeated. The Iowa synod contains only three ministers, and they were in favor of union with the Missouri synod and were supported by some of the Missouri and Illinois delegates. Decision to continue ihe lowa synod was due to the sentiment ot the assembly that its abolition would be practically' a surrender of territory and the hope that the church will grow In the western states. The same spirit of expansion is said to have inspired the selection ot th Rev. .James D. Duval of Salisbury, Mo., aa moderator The board of ministerial relief today re ported that 13,000 had been collected during the year. Twenty lears for Aaaaalt. MASON CITy, la., May 30. (Special Tele gram.) -Virgil Crowe was today sentenced to twenty years in the state penitentiary for assault with Intent to kill Pat Leonard. William Sampson for grand larceny and Henry Johnson for keeping a disorderly house were sentenced to five years inde terminate. Hills Wife aad lltaatelf. . KKORCK. May M t Special. David Conn early today shot and killed his aire and then hlmrelf at a houae where she was alaylng, eighteen miles from here. Conn walked out from Keokuk during the night. Mrs. Conn had started a divorce suit Conn had threatened le kill aar aigfci Demonstration l i ' V' Vft M. D. SMITH. new fields to conquer. Prof. Smith was thia month elected chairman of the executive committee Of the Northwest Iowa Teach ers" association at the Sioux City meeting. YARSITY CROWNS MAY QUEEN Honors of Springtime Grace for Misi Pansy Williams. GALA DAY FOB THE SCHOOL Coronatlea and Exerolsea Talc Plac , fader Great Spread Male Maids ef Heaor Lead the PrweeswtoB. Out under ths spreading; branched ef the majestle alms and the drooping maDlea and upon the arreen. velvetv la am h. surrounds tha campus of the University of umana, with all the pomp and splendor that attenda the Induction of royalty into office. Miss Pansy Williams waa renarna the Queen of May, the ceremony being- perrormed In the presence of tbe crowd that numbered several hundred. The or. caslon was In connection with the gala day exercises of the achool and was the first of Its kind ever observed by the Institution. Promptly at l:M o'clock In that) ifttirnAftn a trumpeter stationed In the tower of tha university building blew a shrill blast and a moment later the royal party emerged from the main hall and, with stately mien, to the strains of mualo, proceeded to the throne, erected under an Immense mania. where the coronation took place. The Maypole dance came In for ita .v..- of applause. The twelve strips of colored bunting were fastened high up on ths trunk of a tree and aa the twelve vmm. women held their respective ends, they executed the danoe In a manner that would have done credit to professionals. They performed numerous fancy figures, all tbe time keeping step to the music; they braided and unbralded them and entwined them about the trunk of the old tree for fifteen minutes, after whloh the herald blew another blast and the coronation ex ercises were over. The rest of the afternoon was given over to frivolity, the principal feature of which was a vaudeville abow, the students taking Part. Thia ahow waa elvan in th ..... w 7 jiiuiuium, wnicn is now about com f pieted and la almost entlrelr under rmtt 1 stage had been erected at the north end. and here with scenery prepared for tha occasion the entertainment was given. Missouri Pacific Machinists Strike Iwo Hundred and Fifty Union Men Walk Out at Kama City, Alleg. ing Violation of Agreement. KANSAS CITT. Mo., May 30-Two hun dred and fifty union machinists, boiler makers, blacksmiths and plpemen era ployed by the Missouri Pacific Railway company in the Eat Bottoms shops In this city went on strike this afternoon. The men allege that the company vio lated an agreement adopted in St. Louis December 21 with reference to the trans ferring of strike breakers from one point to another. The immediate cause was the employment In the shop here of a man said to have been a strike breaker In St Louis last fall. . Mm loungMan Stricken With Spinal Disease Fred Lotz 111 from Dread Malady Family Quarantined Dr. Schleier ii in Charge. Fred Ixts, 17 years old, is seriously ill with spinal meningitis at hia home at i20 South Twentieth avenue. The boy waa , Laken A i ' U Thurariui' Aunln y The diaeaae is tn its contagious form and the family has been quarantined. There are several other children In the family. Dr. Frank t. aAlaier fee ctuug mt la s 1