Council Bluffs
Minor Mention
Council Bluffs Office of
The Omaha In U at IS Boot
Street. Both rhones 43.
Pavls, drum.
Leffert s. opticians.
Hava Morehouse emboaa It
Corrigans. undertakera. Phones 143.
Genuine Vlctrola, 115. A. Hospe Co.
For authority on watches nee Leffert.
FAUST DEKR AT HOGJiRS' BUFFET.
Vv'oodring Undertaking Co. Tel. .
Lewis Cutler, funeral director. Phone 97.
WANTED-Ulrls at Wodwards candy
isciory.
Every Victor record
In Stock. A.
Hospe Co.
Five hundred moves, best grade nf
fovea, half price. A. Qllinsky, 307 IV.
eroaaway.
6 co the Stewart stove and ranges be-
e you. uuy. continental urnilure ana
carpet company.
Art Garland Base Burners with the
patented revolving fire pot. J40 to
P. C. DeVol Hardware Co., 6t4 Uroadway.
If you want WINDOW OuASS call Bell
Phone Kx), Hi tiff City Glas.-- and Mirror
Works, k; Vi West Uroadway. We make
a specialty of U LAZING ut low prices.
Alderman Beebo. Dr. Traynor, P. Ou
noudo and Detective T. B. Rlrnordson left
last evening for Alliance. Neb., and the
sand hills, on a week or more hunting
trip.
H. J. Underwood began a suit against
the Milwaukee railroad company, claim
ing (MX) damages In connection with some
stock shipments from Council Bluffs to
Chicago.
When O. B. Mason, 3 years old, a la
borer, was discovered carrying a loaded
revolver he was promptly arrested by
letectlve Richardson. In police court
yesterday morning he was fined S3 and
costs, and In defuult of payment was sent
to Jail.
Word was received from Pes Moines
yesterday that at the meeting of the state
organization of Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution the invitation of Council
Muffs to become host or hostess of the
members at the meeting next year, had
been accepted. The next state conference
will be held at about the same date next
(ear.
Orwilda Mason, who was a June bride
this year, yesterday Included her appli
cation for divorce in the big batch of
suits filed late in the day. fShe was
smiled In marriage here to Omar B. Ma
eon on June 28 and announces In her pe
tition that she was obliged to leave nun
on August 11 on account of cruelty. Shel
apptiea to juoge ouurun lur tin uiur
restraining him from In any manner In
terfering with her.
The Woman's Relief corps workers
have arranged for concert lectures by
Bofla Ktephall, famous both as a singer
and speaker, to be riven November 15
and 16. Miss Stephall Is said to be a
musician of rare ability and has had
much training in both this country and
H broad. She will he assisted by Miss
aiernlce Lagrop, both In the capacity of
Soloist and accompanist on the piuno. The
concerts are for the benefit of the corps
i . . . . - , l-M M 1
relief fund.
An automobile owned and operated by
tornev Wallace Benjamin got into
trouble through Its energizing agency, tne
gasoline tank, and became a thing of
terror instead of an object of affection
for Ita owner.' It. was nblar.e from one
end to the other, and the firemen were
compelled to make a run to 103 Park
avenue to save It from complete destruc
tion and also adjacent property. The In
cident occurred yesterday morning. Good
work with the chemical prevented eerlous
damage.
Senator C. G. Saunders left for Daven
port last evening, where he will speak
todav before the State League of Com
.nercial Clubs on the subject of terminal
taxation. Senator Saunders was chosen
to present to the last Iowa legislature the
terminal tax law prepared by City So
licitor Clem F. Kimball, acting In his
official capacity as chairman of the leg
islative committee of the League of Ipwa
Municipalities, ana made a brave fight
for Its life, but failed. He has given the
subject much thought and Investigation
and his address at Davenport ougnt to
be very valuable to the cause In the fu
ture. A new arrangement was made by the
mayor and members of the city council
yesterday, by which a closer supervision
may be had of the opening of street
pavement for any purpose. Heretofore
all that was necessary was for a plumber
to go to the cltv clerk's office, securea
permit and muke the required deposit to
cover the cost of relaying the pavement.
Now this Is also required, but before
any work may be dune, either Mayor
.loney or Alderman aiinnicx, ciiMninu
tho streets and alleys committee, must
nntlrieri. and one or tho other must
n'iiiian v the Durson wanting to open
the pavement and determine whether it
is necessary. If 'flu-re Is -airy possibility
of preventing It )v making use of longer
lines tnrougn yarus anu iio, n mi
tia in ..inter! unon. If toei-mlsslon Is granted
the alderman or the mayor will see to It
that the pavement la properly laid and
that no open ditch remains a minute
longer than Is necessary. Kxcavution
will have to be commenced early enough
In the day to insure completion of the
work before nignttaii.
Bla Bara-uln In Wall Paper.
El
. . Jt : n ..Ivlna .. r. ,1 Auvrm in
nr window to select from: 300 paper for
lOtS. Many other designs, best duality, for
Be. 7Vfca and 10c. Its a good chance to
get that room papered cheap. H. Eor
wlck, 211 So. Main St.
Real F.atate Transfers.
The following transfers were reported
The Bee on October 20 by the Potta
wattamie County , Abstract company of
Council Bluffs:
Paula Muller and hus. to Louise
Kreidler Sly, ft. of lot 1. blk. 4,
.... -u m.AA ... raminiil llluffs. IlL..
r n i iv .
w. d 50
Earl Hatch to Charles A. Jones, und
l- Interest In lots 41 and 42 In blk.
ic in AVriirht'a add to Council
uinffii. w. d 600
Charles A. Jones and wife to Clif
ford Hatch, lots 41 and 42 in blk.
is In Wrighfa add to Council
Bluffs, la., qcd. ........ ..............
Ixroy C. Hatch and wife to Alice
HatSh et al.. lots 41 and 42 In blk
lrt In Wright's add to Council
Bluffs, la., qcd
Clifford Hatch et al.. to Dewey and
Alphonso Hatch, lots 41 and J In
blk 1 In Wright's add to Council
Bluffs, la., qcd
J P Iless, trustee, and wife to
Mary F. Wallace, lot in blk
In Benson s sec. aim 10 council
.ii..ll. T a A
r?.'ancy Smith to Cyrilla S. Preston,
lot A 111 Ul. V ill v yj.
Seven transfers total 11,101
BAM BNTDER LOANS MONET on
hmikhold goods, horses, cattle and all
chattsl cecurltles at a big discount of the
Usual rate. Office over 329 West Broad
We ' make mirrors with or without
frames. Bluff City Glass and Mirror
Warks. Bell phone 699.
Council Bbnff Produce Market.
The following quotations, showing
prices paid to producers, are corrected
dally by William HIggeson, city weigh
master, for publication In The . Bee:
Corn, Gt4j67c: new, 65c per bu. Wheat.
Jr. ncr bu. Oats. fcc per bu. Hay (loose)
Ill.OtrlJ-ou per ton. Alfalfa (loose! ll2.tK
(i'lS-tv per ton. jroia-,o-, unwc per iu.
Apples. SiKStjO per bu. Butter, 2ac per lb
Kggs. $5.0ii per rase, case count. Chick
ens, 8c, live weight.
Marriage Licenses. I
JMarrlage licenses were issued yesterday
Zo the following named persons;
Name and Address. Age.
Henry Helssenbuttle. . Fremont, Neb. if7
fv.ru Putteraon. I'hlladelohla. Pa "7
"Paul Meyer, Kingman, la .
Iartha Peterson, Council Bluffs........ 4
Psrslstent Advertising Is the Road t
P!g Returns. -
Council Bluffs
GRAND LODGEStSSION OYER
Odd Fellows Install Officers and
leave for Homes.
LAWS WILL BE CODIFIED
Stymest J(fmon of ( oiincll ninffa
Instnllrd as Graud Msatrr
AdraNsInn Fees llghtly
Increased.
The sixty-fourth annual meeting of the
grand lodge of towa Odd Fellows closed
Friday afternoon, and the thousands
of Odd Fellows who have been In Coun
cil Bluffs since Monday left for their
homes In all parts of the state. The
declaration was made by members who
have attended every one of the slxty-
for meetings and others whose more
youthful cge permitted the attendance
of a lesser number that this meeting was
.n all respects the greatest feathering
of Odd Fellows ever hold In the state
and likewise the most Important.
Iho final meetings of the grand lodge
were busy sesKlons. The first matter
tpken up ycr.terday, morning was the
election of trustees for the orphan's
home, resulting; In the selection of A. A.
Crosslcy of Mason City as resident trus
tee for the three-year term,-and Past
Grand Master L. W. White of Wood
bine, for two years to fill tho vacancy
occasioned by the resignation of Past
Grand Master I G. Snyder unon re
moving from the state.
' C. E. MatCnnon, official rf-porter, fur
nished this synopsis of the secret meet
ings:
Official Hcport.
There was adouted a resolution tim.
vidlng that the grand secretary shall
attend the sovereign grand , lodge, and
that his expenses be paid by this grand
lodge.
A resolution, was adonted appropriat
ing tU.OUO for the maintenance of the
orphans' and old folks' homes at Mason
City during the ensuing year.
- The finance committee reported the r.
colpt of the sum pf i.!'7i bequeathed
to the grand lodge by Slater Phoebe Nie
kirk, to be used as the beginning of an
endowment fund for tho homes.
Iho per capita tax for the malntenanca
of the Orphans' home for the ensuing
year snail do m cents, w cents to be
collected in January and 10 cents to ho
collected- In July, and that the per capita
tax on account of the construction of the
Old Folks' home shall be 60 cents, "Si
cents to be collected In January and 25
cents to he Collected in July,
1 ho finance committee presented an
estimate of the expense In conducting
the affairs of the grand lodge during the
ensuing year, amounting to fll).-j, and
that amount was appropriated
Mrs. Liewls was continued In the posi
tion of matron of the home.
A committee was ordered named to re
vise and codify the constitutions of the
grand lodge and subordinate lodge, and
present such revision and codification
to the next meeting of the grand lodge.
The Intention of such codification la to
put the laws of the order In such form
as will make them convenient and ac
curate of reference.
A resolution thanking the local com
mittees, the Odd Fellows and Rehekahs,
the city officials and citizens generally
for the splendid reception and hospitality
extended and. the public- press for the
generous spaoe devoted to reports was
unanimously adopted.
- A resolution providing for the Installa
tion of a heating plant at the home of
sufficient capacity to provide neat for
three buildings, thus providing for the
possibility oi a tnira Dunning being con
siructed within the next ten years, was
adopted.
A resolution was aaopt'.'ci providing
that the fees lor admission to the order
shall not be less than 114. Instead of 111.
as at present, the new fees to be In ef
fect January 1, 351 J. ' - .
The board of Instruction presented the
names of forty-one members of the order
who had pussed satisfactory examina
tion In the unwritten work, and other
wise being qualified were recommended
to be commissioned to instruct in the
unwritten work.
There was presented an amendment to
the laws of the order making it oonga
torv uuon the grand master. In ap
pointing deputy grand masters, to select
past grands who aro qualified to in
stinct In itif unwritten Work, and are
holders of cummiusiona from the board
of instruction, approved by the grand
master.
The credentials committee reported
that there had been a total of 3iti past
grands who received the grand .lodge de
gree, the largest number at one session
or lhe'-gran4.a-dgtf:.slnc. llijp, w-heit the
oi-nnrl liwlifA 31)11 lit t'l'frston.
The public Installation of officer was
proceeded wit n. wnen tne iouowing of
ficers were inuianeu:
Grand Master - Stymest Stevenson,
Council Bluffs.
Deputy urand Master-;, w. cutting,
Dc corah.
Urand Warden Henry F. Wagner,
Slgvturney.
Grand Marshal Fred Sharer,. Lewis.
Grand Conductor J. I. J-amljeelson,
Albla.
Grand Guardian K. Mefferd, Wood
bine. ('rand Herald S. S. Hall, Benton.
Grand Messenger W. C. Joseph, Coun
cil xilutfs. .
(.'rand Chaplain (J. ivigm, vauey
Junction. , '..
ijrand Reporter C. E. McCanon, Cos
Moines. '. '.
Board of Instructlon-N. Jasper Jones,
W. W. Brunton, F, V. Wrate, George S.
Dunn and J. Richards
Committee on Appeals H. C. Ring,
Zala A. Church. J. H. Henderson, W. VV.
Moore and It. Vv White ,
l-'lnnncfl Committee F. L. Ingala, C, E.
Alexander, Harry Cheney, E. V. Harper
and Fa. u. Kigaon. ....'.
Credentials Committee A. A. Montgom
ery, chairman.
Judiciary J. P. Starr, chairman.
Memorial Edmund Pendleton, chair
man. Saturday Specials.
In our big grocery and meat depart
ment. Brooms, special for Saturday
Regular 49c carpet broom, 20c; Quaker
Oats, package, 8c; 90c box soda crackera,
05c; tomatoes, per basket, 10c; fancy cel
ery, 4 stalks, lSc; Wisconsin cabbage, lb..
2c; sweet potatoes, per peck, 15c; new
horseradish, per bottle, lie; Pancake
flour, per sack, )3c; 2jc pail Karo syrup,
19c; yellow Lananas, dozen, 15c; Swiss
cheese, lb., 30c; fancy hand-packed table
corn, 7 cans for 65c; 10c Palm Olive
Toilet soap, 4 bais for 25c; lettuce, 2 for
5c; our Way Up flour, none better at any
price, every sack warranted satisfactory,
per sack, 11.45; 3-lb. pall lard. Sic; fancy
pork roasts, lb., 12Hc, 15c; fancy boneless
rib roasts, lb., 15c; dressed spring-chickens,
lb., 12!ic; t-ologna, lb., luc; breakfast
bacon, strip, lb., U'ic; home-made hambur
ger steak, per lb., UVic; choice shoulder
steak, lb., U'Vjc; choice rib roast, lb.
l-lc; summer tausage,. lb., Ikc; home
made sausage, lb., l.c. J. Zollcr Mer
cantile company, the big' -uptown store,
100-2-4-6 Broadway.- 'Phone .330.
SWITCHMAN1" KILLED WHEN
ENGINE STRIKES A TRAIN
MARSHALL. Tex:, Oct. 20.-After re
versing his engine when almost upon i
freight locomotive, a Texas dc Pacific
railroad passenger train engineer jumix-'d
to save his life -today. The two loco
motives collided with sufficient force to
start the passenger locomotive backward,
and It continued' unchecked In the local
yards, crashing Into eastbound passenger
train No. 4 on the Texas & Pacific rail
road, killing Clint Hall, a switchman
of Whelan, Ark., and Injuring sixteen
persons, mostly passengers.
Council Bluffs
Host of Lawsuits-
Get Under the Wire
in District Court
Pretty nearly a record number of peti
tions Instituting suits In the district court
were filed In the clerk's office yesterday.
At S o'clock tho number was nearly
thirty and attorneys were still hurrying
to get others In. It was the last day
of filing for tho October term. A ma
jority of the suits were for damages,
which constitute more than one-half of
the regular court business and Its heavy
expense to the taxpayers. None ot the
suits was of great Importance. The di
vorce docket was Increased by about ths
average number of new roses.
Joo Kanim asks $1,500 damages from
William Roper, whose automobile, driven
rapidly down North Sixth street at dawn,
on the morning or August n. sirucn
Kamm's buggy at the Mynster street In
tersection, smashed It and painfully hurt
him.
F. E. Wasser brings a suit against
II. H. and Cora Sherman, owners of the
old Aylcsworth fruit farm, on Kaat
Broadway, to recover a balance of $W5.0R.
alleged to be due as wages from August
10, WIO, to July 7, 1911. In accordance with
a verbal contract to give Wasser and hlsiriatlnnnl lecturers, whose duties are to
wife $50 a month, he to work on the farm
and she In the house. Credits of only
$.77.95 are mentioned.
R. H. Emery sues Floyd Jones, owner
of a local automobile delivery, for w
on account of alleged damages sustained
on October 2, when a buggy In which he
was riding was hit by a machine driven
by young Jones.
The Iowa Fruit and Produce company
sues the street railway company, claim
ing $500 damages for injuries to a wagon
and valuable horse, when the wheel of
the vehicle stuck In a track at the east
approach of the river bridge, on June 8.
Peter Nelson and Jens Larscn want
2l0 damages from O. E. Ellsworth, for
alleged trespass of the Ellsworth dairy
stock on field crops, cultivated In the vi
cinity of the dairy In the southwest
part of the city.
U C. Beslcy asks $5,000 damages irons
tho .street railway company for a re
markable condition which, he alleges, ex
isted at Manawa, when a dam constructed
by tho company to raise the level of the
water In the lake. Injured a large tract
of agricultural land by cauBlng an over
flow of water. It Is not asserted, now
ever, that the Injury was inflicted In the
drouthy Bt"mmer of 1911.
A remarkable suit Is filed by
II. Richards against Cteorge 1". colon.
He alleges that on March 13. 1010. that
Colon, confederating with Robert Brown,
Edward Dawson and others, got him
drunk and Induced him to buy a pre
tended Interest In a pretended Council
Bluffs saloon and to sign a note for
$4,500 secured by mortgage on a good
Iowa farm located near this city. He
also alleges that during the first five
months of 1910 they secured from him
$5.2(W In cash. He asks a Judgment
against them fo. $9,700 and cancellation
of the mortgage.
A suit Is brought by J. D. West against
Merrltt Ellis and Fred Brown for $350
commission due from the sale of a $13,
000 stock of shoes In Council Bluffs.
II. R. Wygert sues O. C. Irown for
$150. - alleging that he ran Into, with his
automobile, and smashed an autocycle
whWh he left' standing at the street
curb. . '
A damage suit wherein $2,500 Is claimed
for personal Injurlea was Instituted by
C. E. Venard against Wlnfleld V. Mayne,
son of Harley Muyne. It Is alleged that
Mayne was driving . an automobile on
the roadway north of the city on Aug
ust 31 and In attempting to pass the
wagon driven by Venard struck It from
the "rear, overturned It and painfully
hurt Mrs. Venard and her sister, Mrs.
Sadie Sage, and his nephew, Joe De
Vere.
Among the batch of divorce suits Is
that of CaraUne Alice Hausor against
William Hauser. They were wed in
Omitha September 21, 109. She alleges
cruelty and asks for the custody of
their child, and title to the homestead
property with 'all of Its contents, located
at 61? Oakland Drive. She also says he
has property located at 2304 West Broad
way and other Investments which should
be equitably divided.
KJerstlne Jensen married Jens Marlus
Jensen In far. away Denmark on April
1, ist3, and came with him to this coun
try, She lived with him until Septem
ber 8, this year when she says she was
obliged to leave on accounty of cruelty.
She wants the custody of three minor
children and such other relief as the
court may give. Estella May Allen
teeks divorce from Henry Allen on the
.'rounds of cruelty. They were wed In
Council Bluffs on date left blank and
sepal ated on September 10, 1911.
Two damage suits against the street
railway company are brought by the
father of Clara and Hattle Jacobson for
Injuries alleged to have been sustained.
by the children while changing from the
Manawa car to the North Eighth street
car. Small amounts are asked, $300 in
one case and $450 In the other.
. Hatardar Specials.
In our big hardware department: Wash
machines, up from $3.67; bird cages, up
from Kc; Economy cobler outfits, com
plete set for fixing shoos, 6So; No. 8
extra good waffle Iron, 71k-; 6Pc galvanized
water pall, S5c; $2 extra heavy, copper
bottom wa-h boiler, $1.W: willow, clothes
baskets, 7tc; 0-Inch stove pipe, 12c; 6-Inch
stove pipe elbows, 12c; fire shovels, up
from 2c; heavy oil cloth rug, O'K; wood
lined stove boards, 58c; charcoal, per
pac kage, loc; Perfection oil heuter, $3.20;
boys' handled axe, Wc; men's handled axe,
$3c; kindling hutchets, up from 16c; axe
handles, up from 15c; 16-Inch Japanned
coal pall, lic; extia large, heavy galvan
ized garbage can, $2; Iron pumps, up from
ll.flO. J. Zoller Mercantile , company,
the big uptown store, 1UO-2-4-U Broadway.
Phone 320. ;
Wsnted old mirrors to. resllver to look
like new. Bluff City Glass and Mirror
Works. Bell phone 699.
! California wines. 60c per qt. Kentucky
whiskies, bottled in. bond, $1 per qt.
liosenfe'.d Liquor Co.. Tel. 3323.'
MRS. HENRY GIBBONS '
DIES AT KEARNEY HOME
' KEARNEY. Neb., Oct. 21.-(Speeial
Telegram.) Mrs. Henry Gibbons, wlfs of
Henry Gibbons, master of the grand lodge
of Masons of Nebraska, died at her home
In Kearney ut 5 o'clock Thursday after
noon. The funeral will be held at St.
Luke's Episcopal church on 8unday aft
ernoon at I o'clock. Grand Secretary
Francis K. White and other prominent
Masons of the state will be present.
Council Bluffs
Mayor Malonoy
Will Designate
Land Show Day
Not sufficient Important htialnet-s rather
thnn a press of other diitlos that hsvc
kept the city offlclnls and aldermen con
stantly busy nil week caused the con
templated council meeting Inst night
to be postponed, A brief meeting of the
council, with Just a quorum, was held
during the afternoon for the purpose of
assessing the Broadway paving, but no
other business was done. The Work re
quired several hours and a Journey over
the now pavement.
One of the things expected to be
brought up If the meeting had been held
was the acceptance of the Invitation to
attend the Omaha Land Show and the
official designation of Wednesday. Octo
ber 25 as Council Bluffs day. This nlll
be done at the meetlrg on Monday night,
and Mayor Maloney will Issue A proclama
tion designating the day. It will bo one
of the big days of the show with a num
ber of special features. Including moving
pictures showing tho nature-color films
taken In the Yosenilto and Yellowstone
National parks with explanatory lectures
by Bruce Lcfflngwell and II. II. Have.
describe and familiarise the public with
the great natural park reserves of the
country. The pictures are made by the
new natural color process nnd are the
next best thing to a visit to the places
described.
Pianos In all the latest fancy veneers of
the very best makes procurable, at A.
llospe Co.. 407 W. Broaflway, Council
Bluffs, la. Easy payments.
N. Y, Plumbing Co. Tel. 240. Night L-1701
THE REAL RANKIN IS NOW
NEMESIS OF MILLIGAN
J. I). Rankin, the real Jesse Rankin
of Tarklo, Mo., arrived In Council Bluffs
yesterday afternoon for the purpose of
securing a timely Interview with the
young man who lias been trailing the
family escutcheon In the dii3t. When
Mr. Rankin, at his home lit Tarklo, read
In The Bee the story printed Tuesday
morning announcing the wild escapade of
the fellow posing as the grandson of tho
late David Rankin, one of the men whom
tho people of northwestern Missouri
have long known and honored, the tele
phone was lmmedlatey used and the
Council Bluffs police department In
formed that the man who married 15-year-old
Maude Blumenstlne Monday
evening and was In Jnll two hours after
wards was Jess or James Mllllgan, a
former resident of Tarklo and well
known there. Mf. Rankin took the first
train to Council Bluffs, not for the pur
pose of protecting the family name, but
to Insure the holding ot the lmposter un
til he ran be returned to Missouri. As
there Is a Jess and Jim Mllllgan, Mr.
Rankin was In dodbt as to which It
might be. i it
He confronted Mllllgan In the city Jail
Immediately after reaching the city and
told, the police it was Jim Mllllgan. Mr.
Rankin, who Is a young man of refine
ment, Connected Willi the largest bank
ing fiuslness In thai portion of Missouri
and' married and providing for his family
of wife and two children, told briefly of
some of the Mllllgan exploits.', He said
the boy's father Is now In Jail at Rock
port charged with bootlegging, and that
another brother Is being sought by the
federal authorities for the same offence.
He said Mllllgan went to Kansas City
some, time ago and engaged a fine livery
team and carriage upon the representa
tion that he was J. 1). Rankin, drove nut
of town end sold the outfit. He .was
next heard from at North Platte, Neb.,
where he became connected with a .valu
able fur overcoat, again giving the name
of J. I). Rankin. He Is also wanted for
crime committed at bprlugfleld, Mo,
The sheriff was expected, to arrive from
Tarklo last night to take Mi'llgan, back,
It Is now recalled by the police and
others that Mllllgan came to . Council
Bluffs in July and represented himself
as J. D. Rankin, The Rankina are ex
tensive dealers In automobiles, and Mllll
gan came nearly concluding operations
for the purchase of a fino car from . a
Council Bluffs dealer. Ho was only pre
vented getting away with It when the
garage men sent a chauffeur with him.
All he got was a good, free ride about
town, It Is also recalled that Mllllgan
was around the Goodrich hotel during the
afternoon of the evening that James
Gunz attempted to lino a dozen men In
the office and rob them and the rush
register, firing half a dozon shots. Mllll
gan was In his company and was drink
ing with him and In believed now to be
largely responsible for the crime of tlo
itquor-cruzed man. One of the patrons
of the hotel had his pockets picked that
evening before Gans made his wild at
tempt and Mllllgun is believed to be re
sponsible for the loss.
An enormous amount of embarrassment
has been caused Mr. Rankin and his
family by the persit-tnt Impersonation
by Mllllgan. Mr. Rankin said he re
ceived a postal card about ten days ago
from a strange young woman, directed
to Tarkio, In which the young woman
said she arrived home safely and thor
oughly enjoyed the trip with lilm, al
luding to many Incidents of a shady
character. Mr. Rankin said Mllllgan
would now be retired for a good long
time. The only request that Mllllgan hud
to make when he met Rankin at the city
jail was for "a good cigar."
Hundreds of new mouldings and frames
to select from for those pictures to be
framed, at The Fauble Art Shop.
' Grlaaell Pioneer UU Years Old.
GRINNELL. la., Oct. 21. (Special.)
Children and grandchildren are gathered
here -today to celebrate the ninetieth birth
day of Squire Miles Chuffee. He was
born In Sprlngvllle, N. Y., but came to
Grlnrvi'll with his invalid wife in Hecem
bcr, lfctS. He has been elected Justice of
the peace for twenty-eight consecutive
years, township claik for the same time,
overseer of the poor seventeen years, city
treasurer six years, county coroner five
years, deacon In the Congregational
church twenty-four yeais and in all these
cases has never sought the office. Mr.
and Mrs. Chaffee will celebrate their six
ty-fourth wedding anniversary on Tues
day, October 24. :
'llln l aw" for Chicago.
CHICAGO. Oct. 21 Chief of police
McWeeny today promised a "blue law" in
regard to gambling, since Assistant Cltlef
rUliuettler, who said he could slop
tumbling, hii been given charge ot a
lclal squad to stop gambling. He said
Schuettler's men would make no dis
tinction brtvtU-en pallor bridge whist
and home penny ante games ana the pro
fessional guinea of roulette, faro bank
and poker.
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WHEN DAMS BREAK LOOSE
Wrath of Ee$i$tlesi Waters, as
Pictured in Fiction.
ROMANCE MIXED WITH DISASTER
Charles Read Describes the Ter
rible t'oMrsnrsrrt ot a lam
tilt In Way I "pile of
rrfrnnllnil,
With the admixture of romance over
looked, Charles lteade's description In
"Put Yourself In His Tlacc" of the burst
ing of the dam at Onsley reservoir, near
Hillsborough, England, gives In fiction a
thrilling picture of the realities ot the
disaster at Austin. Pa.. September 30.
1S11, and at Johnstown, Pa.. May 31. ISM.
The novelist describes the dam, Its great
width and strength, and the special pre.
cautions of the constructor to enable
any undue pressure of the water to be
relieved without delay. Then came the
finding of a crack In the dam, the open
ing of the sluice pipes, and the Inspection,
all too lute to avert the disaster which
the giving away of the dam brings on
the Inhabitants of tho adjoining valley.
The most remarkable of the escapes was
that of Henry Uttle and Grace Coventry,
two lovers who had been separted, Grace
having married Frederick Coventry. Fol
lowing Is a description of the scene:
"What seemed a mountain of snow
came rolling, and burst on them with ter
rific violence, whirling gieat trees and
fragments of houses r",t 'lvl'n incredu
lous velocity.
"At the first blow, the house that stood
nearest to the flying lake was shattered
and went to pieces soon after; all the
houses quivered as tho water ' rushed
round them two stories high.
"little never expected to live snother
minute; yet. In that awful moment, his
love stood firm. ( Ho screamed to Grace,
The houses must go! the tree! the tree
-get to. the tree!'
"But Grace, so weak, at times, was mow
than mortal strong at that dread hour.
" 'What! Live with him,' she cried,
when I can die with you!'
"She folded tier arms, and her pale face
was radiant, o hope, no fear."
Now came a higher wave, and water
reached above the window sills of the
badroom floor and swept away the lad
der; yet, driven forward like a cannon
bullet, did not yet pour Into the bed
rooms from the main stream; but by
degrees the furious flood broke,' melted
and swept away the Intervening houses,
and then hacked off the gable-end of
Grace's hous, as If Leviathan had bit
ten a piece out Through that aperture
the flood camo straight In, leveled the
partitions at a blow, rushed Into the
upper rooms with fearful roar, and then,
ruining out again to rejoin the greater
body of water, blew the front wall clean
away, and swept Orace out Into the
raging current.
Tho mighty reflux, which, after a shprt
struggle, overpowered the rush of water
from the windows, and carried Grace's
helpless body away from the tree, drove
her, of course, back toward the houses,
and Bho was whirled past Little's win
dow with fearful velocity! Just as he
was going to loap Into the flood and
14-rlsh (n an insane attempt to save her.
With a loud cry he seized her by the
long floating hair and tried to draw her
In at the window, but the mighty water
pulled her from him fiercely, and all but
dragged lilm In aftor her; he was only
saved by clutching the side of the wall
with his loft hand; the flood Was like
some rvast solid body drawing against
him, and terror began to seize on his
heart He ground his teeth, he set his
knee agulnst the horizontal projection
of tho window, and that freed his left
hand; he suddenly seized her arm w-lth
it, and clutching violently, ground his
teeth together, and, throwing himself
backward with a Jerk, tore her out of
the water by an effort almost super
human. Such was the force exerted by
the torrent n one aide and the des
perate lover on the other that not her
only, but her stockings, though gartered,
were torn off her In that tierce struggle.
" 'A jsevr Danarr.
'A' new danger soon brought them both
to their senses; an elm tree whirling
past grazed Coventry's plane tree; It
was 1 but a graze, yet It nearly shook
hi mi off Into the flood, and he yellod
with fear; almost at the same moment a
higher wavo swept Into Little's room,
und the rising water set everything
awah, and burst over lilm us he
kneeled with Grace. He got up, drenched
and half-blinded Willi tho turbid water,
and, taking Grace in his arms, wadded
waist high to his bed, and la'id her down
on It
Fearful as the situation was, a sicken
ing horrcr wud added to It by the hor
rible smell odor, a compound of carthl
hcus und putrescence; It smelt like a
newly-opened grave; it jiuralyzcd like
a serpent's breath.
Stout as young Mule's hcurt was, 11
fainted when he raw his bedstead, and
hla drawers, and iiis chairs, all slowly
riving toward the ceiling, lifted by that
coltl, putrescent, liquid tliu'.h.
But a men, und even anlmuls, possess
(.renter power ot mind, us well us of
body, tliun they ever exert, unless com
pelled by dire nccissity; and It would
have been strango Indeed If a heart Su
stanch, and a biuin so inventive, as
Little's, hud let his uarllng die like a rat
drowned in a ho'e, without some new an
masterly attempt first made to save her.
To that amount of horror und paralyslt
succeeded an activity of m!ud und body
almost Inciedlble. Ha wnded to the draw
ers, took his rifle and fired both barrels
at one place In the celling, bursting a
hole, and cutting a narrow Joist almost
In two. Then he opened a drawer, gut an
ax and a saw out, und tried to wade
to the bed; but the water now took him
off his feet, and he, had to swim to It
Insteud. He got on It, and with hl
ax and saw he contrived to paddle th
floating bed under the hole In the ceiling
and then with a few swift and powerful
blows of his ax soon enlarged that
aperture sufficiently; but at that moment
the water curried the bedstead away from
the place.
He set to work with h!s saw ami ax
and puddled back again.
, Tainble of Houses.
lit' dre.v himself up through the uper
ture, and Grace, holding hla skirts with
her hsnds and the bed with her feet,
climbed adroitly on to the head of the
bed a French bed made of mahogany
and Harry drew her through the aperture.
They were now on the false celling, and
nearly Jammed against the roof. Little
soon hacked a great hole In that Just
above the parapet, and they crawled out
upon the gutter.
They wero now nearly as high as
Coventry on his tree; but their house -a-rocking
and his tree wss firm.
In the next house were heard the de
spairing shrieks of poor creatures who
saw no way of evading their fate: yet
was ns open to them as to this
air.
"Oh, my angel." said Grace, "save
them! Then, It yoi die, you go to God."
"All light," said Henry. "Come on."
"Qiey dnrted flown the gutters to the
next house. Little hacked a hole In the
slates, and then In the woodwork, and
was about to Jump In. when the house
he had Just left tumbled all to pieces
like a house of sugar, and the debris
went floating by, Including the bedstead
that had helped to save them.
Little Jumped In. hacked a hole In the
celling, and yelled to the Inmates to give
Mm their hands.
There was a loud cry of male and
female voices.
"My child first! "cried a woman, and
threw up an Infant, which Little caught )
and handed to Orace. She held It, wall
ing, to her breast.
Utile dragged five more souls up.
Orace helped thetn out, and they ran
along the gutter to the la-t house with
out saying, "Thank you."
The house waa rocking. Little and
Cirncs went on to the next, and he
smashed the roof in, and then the cell
ing, and Orace and he were getting the
people out, when the house they had Just
left melted away, all but a chimney
stack, which adhered In Jagged dilapida
tion to the house they were now upon.
They were now upon the last. Little
hacked furiously through the roof and
celling, nnd got tho people out; and now
twenty-seven souls crouched In the gut
ter, or hung about the root ot this one
house; some praying, but most ot them
whining and walling.
Despair ami IIoim.
At this moment was heard a sound like
the report of a gun; a large tree whirled
down by the flood, struck the plane tree
Just below the fork, and cut It In two as
promptly as a scythe would go through a
carrot.
It drove the upper part along, and, go
ing with It, kept It perpendicular for
some time. The white face and glaring
eyes of Frederick Coventry sailed past
those despairing lovers. Ha made a wild
clutch at them, then sank In the boiling
current, and was hurried sway.
This appalling Incident silenced all who
saw It for a moment, but then Little
started to his feet and cried, 'Hurrah!"
There was a general groan.
"Hold your tongues!" he roared. "I've
got good news for you. The water was
over the top windows; now It la an Inch
lower. The reservoir must be empty by
now. Keep quiet for two minutes, and
you will see."
Then no more waa heard but the whim
pering of the women, and, every now
and then, the voice of Little; he hung
over the parapet, and reported every half
minute ths decline of the water; It sub
sided with strange rapidity, as ha had
foreseen.
In three minutes sfter he had noticed
the first decline, he took Orace down,
through the roof, on the second floor.
When Grace and Henry got there, they
started with dismay; the danger was not
over; the front wall was blown olean
out by the water, all but a Jagged piece
shaped like crescent, and It seemed a
miracle that ths road, thus weakened
and crowded with human beings had not
fallen In.
"We must get out of this." said Little.
"It all hangs together by a thread."
He called the others down from the
roof, and tried to get down, by the stair
case, but It waa broken Into sections and
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floating about. Then he cut Into tKe flnn"
near the wall, and, to Ma Infinite sur
prise, found the first floor within Jour
feet of him. The flood had lifted It
bodily more than sis feet.
He dropped on to It. and msda Grc
let herself down to him, he holding htf
around the waist and landing her a.
light as a feather.
The Aftermath. '
Henry then hacked through the door,
which was Jsmmed tight; and, the water
subsiding, presently the wrecks of the
staircase left oft floating, and stuck
In the mud and water; by this means
they managed to get down, nnd found
themselves In a layer o mud, stones and
debris, alive and dead, such as no Imag
ination had hitherto conceived.
1 'reading, however, to remain In s.
house so dlsembowled within, and
shattered without that It seemed to sur
vive by mete cohesion of morta:-, be
begged Grace to put her arc around
hla neck, and then lifted her and car- 1
ried her out into the night. 1
"Take me homo to papa, my angel,'
said she.
He said he Votild and tried to find hlj
way to the road which he knew led u; .
tho hill to Woodbine Villa. But all lsnt-J
marks were gone; houses, trees, hcdges.i
all swept away; roads covered $ f et t '
thick with rocits, and stones, and bricks,
and carcasses. The pleasant valley wa
one horrid quagmire, In which ha could)
take few steps, burdened as he was, ,
without sticking, or stumbling against
some sure sign of destruction snd death t
within the compass of M yards he found
a st cam boiler and its appurtenances
(they must have weighed some tons, yet
they had been driven more than a mile),
a id a cow, and ths body of a wagon
turned upside down (the wheels ot this
same wagon were afterward found tit
teen miles from the body).
Pointed Paragraphs.
Gossips tell all they know and
then
some.
The social
girl giddy.
whirl has made
many a
Most of life's so-called tragedies are
merely comedies.-
The motto of a grass Widower: "Onco
stung, always shy."
Money makes the mare go; the lack
ot It makes her go hungry.
Many a self made man nisrsly offers
an explanation that doesn't explain.
People who take the will for tho deed
never break into the millionaire class.
A wise girl never tries t fool hsr
mother. She lets the old lady fool her
self. The one way tn help a worthlon tman
along la to administer a swift kick In
the proper place.
It sometime happens that man who
never even saw an airship flies Just
as high and falls Just as hard. Chi
cago News.
Killed While Dark Ilaatlng.
ANTIOCH, III.. Oct 21. Attorney
Charles G. McRobertn ot Chicago wss
shot and Instantly killed while hunting
duoks at Grass like, near here, today.
A guide, Ben Cobb, waa with McRoberta
In a dock boat. As the ducks came by
the guide shouted to the attorney to sit
down, but the attorney misunderstood,
and stood up In the boat Just as Cobb
fired. The charge tore the -whole top of
Mc Roberts' head off. .
ndy on Mountain Peak.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Oct. 21.-Unclad.
and with the throat cut, the body of -Henry
Connelly waa - found- today at I
the top ot a mountain peak near Bun- -land.
Connelly, who had been employed 1
on a ranch, disappeared two weeks ago.
A letter received today, addressed to .
Connelly, Indicated that he had a brother '
living at 168 North Central avenue, Chi- ,;
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