Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 30, 1889, Page 6

THE OMAHA BEE. COUNCIL BLUFFS OFFIUE. NO. 12 PEARL STREET. Delivered by carrier in any part of the City at enty Cents per Weck, A, W, TILTON ....MANAGER TELEPHONES: Busixege Orrice No, 42, Nionr Epitou, No, 2. MINOR MENTION, N. Y. P. Co. Gleason coal. Council Bluffs Lamber Co., coal. Boston store, the leaders in dry goods. Carbon Coal Co. wholesale, retail, 10 Pearl. Railroad Commissioner Smith will com- mence an inquiry into the Milwaukee col- lision at 8 o'clock this morning. Judge and Mrs. W. C. James will enter- tain the High Five club to morrow evening 8t theirresidence, 524 Third avenue. ‘The gasoline stove case 1n Squire Schurz’ court was decided in favor of Mrs. Perry Knight, who found the missing stove at the store of & Broadway second hand dealer. It will not do to_forget that next Friday is election day and that all voters who have not yet registered must avail themsclves of the opportunity if they wish to take a hand i \he coming battle of the ballots. The first Royal Arcanum party of the sea- son was given last evening by IMidelity coun- cil at their parlors. It was a very enjoyable event and the atteudance was very large. The guards cutertain in tho most hospitable manner. The Union Pacific railway company 18 re- moving all the freight platforms and other work at the aummy depot that were used be- fore the opening of the new freight house on Ninth avenue to Omaha, where it will again be psed. . The case of State ve Kissell and Smith tins been dismissed for want of evidence, and Frea Kissell has been granted & new trial of the case 1n which he is the sole de- fendeat, to answer to a charge of highway rovbery. Dr. Duryea’s address at tho Broadway M. E. church'last evening was listened to b large audience, The meeting Friday evon- Ing will be held in the First Baptist church, a8 the Methodist church has been enguged by the Nashville students, ‘The ludigs of the Rebekah degree enter- tained @ Socinl atOdd Fellows' hall last evening, at which a lyrge number of men bers of the order and their friends were pre ent. The occasion was a most delghtful one, and the evening passed very pleasantly. The remains of Kngineer James Pullen, who met his death iu the rauroad accident east of the city Monduy night, were yester- day incased in o handsome casket, and taken to Perry last evening, in charge of A, 13, ook and J. J. Stock, of St. Alban’s lodge, K. of P., of which order the deceased wus a member. el bad The Pullman restaurant, 534 Broadway. Dwelling for sale on easy payments. Also building lots at lowest market prices. Call and examine our list. . H. Sheafe & Co. orsie Vil Bixby has removed to Merriam block. kit Always on Tim~, 1f you wish to purchase a good and reliable watch 2 per cent loss than club rates, and on easy terms, then call at once and make your own selection at C. B. Jacquemin & Co., 27 Main streat. e R g 1800 T.edgers and journals, special ruled, extra first class paper and well bound, by More- house & Co., Pearl St., Council Bluffs. Asinka o ding Let Rasmussen beautify your house in best style and cheap. 12 North Main. - - Swauson Music Co., 335 Broadway. ne il C. B. P. Co., Stephan & Harmer, 32 Pearl (S el Lo C. B, steam dye works, 1018 Broadway. Rt Mot 53 Personal Paragraphs. Mayor Rohror is visiting Phil Armour at Cherokee, Ia. Peter Bartelle has removed to Seattle, Washington territory. Mrs, McKune has returned from Western Springs after a four months’ absenve. John Lindt, esq., of Mynster, Lindt & Beabrook, left yesterday for Colorado. Mrs. J. H. Hershey, of O'Fallon, Neb., 18 visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. McCrary, H. H. Clark and wife, of Boise City, Idaho, have returned home after a visit with Dr. F, C. Clark. Forrest Smith is preparing for another trip to Pierre, Dak., to look after his real estate interests. Harry Birkinbine, chief engineer of the Council Bluffs waterworks, is home from an extended business trip through the north- west. Miss Belle Gibson has returned home after & four weeks’ visit to Harrison county, ac- companied by her sister, Mrs. J. J. Weston, and children. W. C. Brown, superintendent of the Iowa lines of the Q" was in the city yesterday, accompavied by J. M. Bechtel, division passenger and ticket agent, of Burlington, Mr. and Mrs. L. Holst returned yesterday from a southern trip, Mr. Holst was one of the delegates to the convention of postal clerks held in New Orleans. On the return ho stopped at Chattanooga and inspected the big brewery established there by Mr. Geise, formerly in that business here. He reports the enterprise as proving profitable, it b E. H. Sheafe & Co. give special attent on to the collection of reuts and care of property 1 the city and vicinity. Charges moderate. Ofice Broadivay and Main strects. A oS Meschendorf’s popular meat market, finest in the Twin Cities. 833 Broaaway. h e New Ogden, largest and best hotel in western Iowa. Special attention to commer- elal mea, S A, A fow maps of Cass, Gutherie, Adair, Harrison, Shelby and Pottawattamie counties for sele by C. R. Allen, civil enginegr, room 235 Merriam block. — ‘Three dollar cabinets only $1.75, Schmidt's, 220 Main, e Money loaned at L. B. Craft's & Co.’s loan office. on furniture, pianos, horses, wagons, personal Yronurly of all kinds, and all other articles of value, without removal, All business strictly confi- dential, e New Officers of the 1. O. G. T, The following were elected officers of Councit Bluffs lodge, No. 175, L 0.G.T., 1ast evening, for the ensuing quarter: W, 0, C. C. Rearick; W. V. C, Miss Clara Sketchloy; chaplain, G. H. Gable; W. M., Plumer Dodson ; secretary, Lizzie Goodehild } treasurer, J. It. Bell; financial secretary, G. W. Delong; I. G, . G. Prouty: O. G, J, V. Vao Patten; trusices, 0. W: Brown, C. M. Burgess, G, H. Gable. ‘Western Lumber and Supply Co., 18th and 14th streets and 2d and 3d avenues, carry the largest stock of lumber, piling pole, ties, limi cement and building material in the wes! E. W. Raymond, manager, Desirable dwellings for rent at mouerate jcos. K. . Shoafe & Co. rentul Agonts roadway and Main streets, up stairs, ‘“The Famous' cash bargain house, 200 B'y e e Fine dressed chickens. G. Mottaz, Tel. 173, B Steam and hot water heating, first-class lumbing. Work doue 1n both cities. John albert, cor, Pearl st. aud Willow ave, e Finest market i ciy—J. M. Scaulan’s, e e J. G, Tipton, real estate, 527 Broadway. i Water Notice. October 31 is the last day for ing water rents for the fourth auarter. Water supply Wwill be cut off from all premises where rent s not paid on or before above date, and & charge of §1 in adaition to the water rent will ‘be collected before the vater will be turaed on. Office will be open until § o'clock P w., Thursday, October THE OMAHA DAILY BEE:(IWEDNESDAY. IT WAS A RACE WITH DEATH. The Milwaukee Wreck Caused by a Careless Engineer. FORGOT TO WAIT AT GLENDALE, Later Particulars Concerning the Fntal Railroad Accident Last Monday Night—Result of the Coroner's Inque The Milwaukee Wreck. 'l show that — —— —— on the “Rocky” that he don't know anything about running an engine, and I'il show him the way to Neola in‘'a way that he never saw be- fore,” was the vow of Engineer James Puilen, one of the oldest and most trusted knights of the throttle in the employ of the Milwaukee railroad company, as he climbed npon the footboard of No. 635 at the transfor Monday night and prepared to take out No, 4, the evening limited express, for & trip across the first division of her 500 mile run to Chicago. Pullen was known a% a skilled engineer, and his long service in the company had been remarkably free from accident. His ability to urge his iron race horse to in- creased speed was known to all the men along the line, and many was the wild ride across the prairies that the employes of the line had enjoyed under his gaidan He promised anothor exciting mde, buat those who heara it trembled for the result, for he was not the genial,steady, ccol-headed man of iron nerve with whom they had taken previous trips. “I'd a darned sight rather take a freight train,” muttered Baggagemaster Williams, as he looked dubiously toward the engine. “Jim ain't himself to-night,” he added, tusn- ing to Express Messenger Stuart, who on! replied, I know it, Jack, but we must go. So with many misgivings, and thoughts of friends and loved ones they might never soe again, the two busied themselves with their ies as the train dashed on through the darkness. way in the rear shone the glaring head- light of uvother locomotive, rushing east- ward at a furlous rate, anda the other ap- parently slowed up a little and waited for its competitor to come up abreast. For twenty miles ahead stretehed two double bands of steel rails, scarcoly more than 800 fect apart at any point, and often upproaching close side by side, To reach this destination first, regardless of consequences, was the purpose of one excited brain, while to do so if po: ble without unduly endangering the previous lives behind him wus the other. Theso two were not alone interosted. Car loads of pas- sengers were intently watching this stroggle of the giunts, as with rumble and roar they flew by corn fields and over bridge. Suchi was the situation at a few seconds after 10 o'clock. as these meteors on wheels went rushing along a few miles east of this city. Mile after mile, and no perceptible ad- vantage hud been gained by either, Pullen seemcd to be hardly keeping his vow. What wouder that an order to wait at Gilendale siding for west bound freight 710 passwas forgotten in tho wild exc ment of the race! Glendale siding was reached and left be- hind, and the speed was undiminished. A ' headlight appeared a short distance ahead, butit must beon the Rock Island. Suddenly, as a little curve in a trifling cut was rounded, that deceiving headlight ap- peared full in front, and scarcely a hundred ieet away. “Jump Jim, jump for your life! That train is No. 7,and is not on the Rock Island!” and with these words Fireman Raite, of train No. 4, sprang from the eogine and saved his life. ‘What thoughts flashed through the mind of the forgetful engineer in the one brief instant that he had to comprehend the situa- tion may be perhavs imagined, but hardly described. The forgotten train order, the lives entrusted to his care, home, wife, children, aud yes, himself, recreant to his trust, disgraced—all must have passed be- fore him quicker than the lightning’s flash, Before that terrible crash, the air brake was apolied, the engine reversed and throttle thrown wide open, but it availed nothing. Before it could be perceptibly felt, the mighty machines struck each other. There was a crash, and in an instant an awfol scene was pro- sented. The two locomotives, like iron giants locked 1n a death struggle, formed the centerpiece. Freight cars broken, de- raileq, twisted in every conceivabie shape, were flanked ou one side,while upon the other, ‘was a mass of broken timbers, from which the flames were already ascending, and bleeding human beings were blindly groping their way through the smoke. At once tho work of rescue was begun, but there was but little time for work be- fore the flames drove them away, and the conducter hurriedly assembled the suryivors and began checking over his tickets. All but one wore present und that one was in that seething cauldron of flame, ‘When the crash came the Rock Island train was bnt 100 feet away, and the collision was witnessed by many of her pussengers and crew. A stop was made as quickly as possivle to fully ascertain the situation. Then the train pulled out as fast as possible for Weston, six miles away, where the alarm was given, und the telegraph called into requisition to summon assistance from the Bluffs, and from Manilla Junction. A switch engine was hurriedly dispatched from Weston and anotner from the Bluffs, When they reached the spot the Pullmun sleeper and the day coach 1n front of it had been uucoupled and pushed back, and in these were the passengers, the dead and the wounded. Under a sheet lay the remains of the man who had guided them to this fearful catastrophe. Oce of the passengers in the smoker was ulso killed, ~Tne body of the latter, however, could not be secured, as the fire was burning fiercely above it. The switch engine was attached to the saved cars, and tha passengers brought back 1o this city, where physicians attended the injured. ‘Among the injured were three Italians, who were enroute to Rhoades, Ia, where they were to securo employment in a con- struction gang, and Travelng Eugineer Obey, of the Milwaukee. The latter was badiy injured and was taken to the residence of George H. Champ, of Kimball & Champ, of this city, who was also on the tramn but was not injured, with the exceptiou of @ small cut on the right lez. Mr, Obey lost everything he had with him, even his cloth- ing being nearly torn from him. The Ital- ians were considerably bruised, but were not seriously injured. Express Messenger Stuart was seriously hurt, his nose being split_open, a severe cut inflicted on his head, and besiaes numerous other gashes and bruises he sustained inter- nal injuries, which, it is feared. may termin- ate fatally. He was removed to his homeson "ll“('nlh street, where Dr. Pinney uattended ' Buggageman John Williams, of Marion, was also badly cut, but his principal injury was a deep burn ou his right side. When thecrash came, ho was thrown to the floor, and the lsmps fell near him, the burning ol from which set fire to his clothes, He managed to get out of the car, and lay down 1 a lmluJX}fl‘ of water, which was fortunately at hand, thus extinguishing the fire and saving his life. He has a wife and two children at Marion, and was taken there on Monday morniog’s train. The Rock Island train backed up from Weston, and rendered such assistance as was possible, Many of the through passen- gers took the Rock Island at the scene of the wreel, and it was therefore impossibie to obtsin a full List of passengers. The follow- ng is a list of the injured: AGGAGEMAN JOMN WiLLiams, of Mil waukee. JExrrrss MessERGER StuarT, of the MH- waukee. Dx, ana Mrs, H.C.Kenrer, Wapaklometa, Mus. Sanan Wi Mgs. Sanan P. 1a. M. GLexx, Oxford Junction, Guonos WaviLr, Waukesha, Wis. Miss Exma HOWLAND, Miss May ANN Youss and SAMUEL Youss, Moaticello, la. Joux PrrersoN, Mauilla, Ia. Prriio FaLve, Guiserri MORETTI, AXTO- mg E¥A<.l-( Ji Sh Py A o ersey Shore, Pa. m.lr. Km.h utul & h'n'd cut on ana.v‘v;:lt -ng right arw was sevi ®) an fl 8 erely spri Among the other passengers on the train AKLEY, Oxford Junction, were Thomas Hassett, wife and daughter, of Portago, Wis, The freight train was in charge of Con- ductor Thomas Lilley, Engineer Willlam ‘Wright and Fireman J. H. Wasson. The engineer and fireman jumped, and were not injured, The freight was running about -fifteen miles an hour, having just slowed up % make the siding. The first oar was loaded with coffins, and this was burst open, and the coffins strowed all over the wreck, where they burned. ‘I'he freight train consisted of twenty-two cars of time freight billed to the coast. The rear half of the cars were not much injurdd, and was pulled back to Weston, but the others were torn almost complately to pieces. The shock was hardly felt in the sleeper, and some of the passengers scarcely realize what had happened. The place where the wreck ocourred is about three-quarters of a mile east of Parks' mill, where the embankment is about twelve feet'nigh. The smoking car was thrown into the ditch, but the others remained on the tracks and all were burnod. Passenger engine No. 658 is a total wreck, the cab being burned and the tender torn to pleces, but the freight engine, No. 662, was not 8o seriously aamaged. Engineer Pulien was caught by the coal, which was thrown from the tender against the boiler by the foroe of the collision, com- pletely filling the cab, The entire back por- tion of his head was torn away and he was thrown through the side of the cab to u spot thirty feet away. His remains were talk to the undertaking rooms of Field & Estep where the inguest was being held. Tho wreck was cleared away about 8 o'clock, and trains will run as usual. Before the track was cleared the Milwaukee trains run over the Rock Island as far as Neola. The remains of the passenger, an Italian, wero found yesterday in the ruins of the wreck, a blackened and charred mass, which could hardly be recognized as the remains of ahuman being. They will be buried from the undertaker's rooms. At 10 o'clock the coroner began an inquest upon the body of the unfortunate engineer and tho blackened mass of charred bones und vetebra about two feet long that repre- sented the incinerated body of the poor Italina laborer, The only witnesses sum- moned were the crews of No, 4. the passenger, and: the firat scction of No. 7, the freight. The first witness was Charles R. Cornelius, conductor of the pussenger. He produced copies of tue orders for the move- ment of the trains with respect to the meet- g point. The first section of the freight was late, but the first order was to Ym;s it ay the city depot. When the train pulled up at the loca! depot the red light was displayed, and all the tran crew knew that special orders had been given regarding the meeting of No.7. Ho took the orders from the operator and read them. 'They directed the meeting of the trains at Glendale. He took both copies and deliverea them to the engi- neer, at the same time telling him that all traing were to meet at Glendale, The engineer took the orders, but witness did not know whether or not he read them, 1m- mediately after the train started he began the work of taking tickets, commencing at the smoker. In this car were nine passengers. In the front part, occupying two seats, were four Italian track workers riding on a ‘pass. There were four other passengers near the center of the coach, and on a rear seat was Traveling Engineer Obie, in the employ of the compuny, The second day coach con- tained but few people, and he had gone half through it when it occurred to him the train should be near the Glendale siding. He looked through the window, but did not re- alize they had passed the siding. He looked through the window a second time, and an instant after felt the air Lrakes, but before he could reach the door the crash came. Thomas Campion, fireman for the passen- ger train, gave the first important informa- tion. He had been firiug for Pullen for the past three months. Just before the train started he and the engineer quarreled, and Pullen threatened to throw him off the engine. He was very angry aud sullen, and would not speak. ‘'he quarrel arose over Campion’s leaving Pullen in Omaha on Mon- day afternoon, and neglecting to wait for him while he stopped at a photograph gal- lery on Farnam street. He did not hear the conductor tell Pullen whut the orders were. Pullen did not read his orders, but crumpled them in his hand and dropped them in @ box at the top of the cab. He did not know the meeting point was at Glendale. Saw the switch lights and knew when they passed the siding, Would have toid the engineer if he bhad known the orders, The lights and siding were on his side, but Puilen could see them also. Saw the headlight of No. 7, but was sure it was the Rock island track. The Rock Island passenger train was only a train length ahead, and thought there would be a collision on that road. Told Pullen, butan instaot after saw the train wason our track; called to Pullen to jump, but he did not an’ swer. Saw him turn on the air and throw her over, and then jumped. Pullen did not leave the engine before the crash came. Brakeman Hollis, of the passenger, testi- fied that he saw the conductor deliver the orders to the engineer and neard him state the meeting point was Glendale. The evidence of other members of the crews of the wrecked trains was taken, all tending to establish the fact that the engincer had reccived the orders, and for the probable reason that he was angry and excited neg- lected to read them, aud paid no attention to what the conductor saxd, The wreck and all its awful consequences: were 80 clearly the result of the engincer's own neglect, that after hearing & mass of testimony the jury returned a verdict -exonerating overy other employe and fixing the responsibility upon him, The following is the form of the verdict: “That the sald James Pulien and Angelo Gillotte came to their deaths from injuries received in a collision on the Chicago, Mi waukee & St. Paul railroad near Glendale, Monday evening, October 28, 1579, and that the said collision was the result of the neg- lect of the said £ngineer Pullen to observe his train orders.” ‘The aead Italian was identified by his fel- low sufferers, who are being cared for at St. Bernard’s hospital, as Angelo Gillotte, aged twenty-nine. He, with Lis three fellows, had lived in Omaha for some time past, and had a room on Thirteenth street near Web- ster. The injuries of the others are but slight. Traveling Engineer Ovie is also at St. Bernard’s, He is badly bruised about the legs and hips. He will be taken to his home 10 Mineral Point, Wis,, as soon as the doctors give permission for liis removal. The report that Engineer Pullen was drunk when the collision occurred is stoutly denied by the Milwaukee officials, A search- ing investigation was made and no founda- tion whatever is said to have heen founa upon which to base such a rumor, s Morehouse & Co., m'f’g blank books, bank and commercial work. e Get Fountain 5¢ cigar, next to Eiseman's, ———e Slow Grinding in District Court, Yesterday was & busy day in the district court, still the amount of business disposed of was small as compared with what it was expected to accomplish. Motions for new trials in three cases were assigned to be argued, butonly one of them was heard, which was that of State vs Feurhauken, and the matter was taken under advisement. The injunction case of T. T. Snow vs A, O. U. W., to restrain the committee appointed for the purpose from ruporling on his case, was also argued and submitted, ‘To-day the arguments for new trials in the case of State vs Brooks and State vs Meln- tosh will be heard. Sentence is fixed for to- morrow morning, at which about half a dozen criminals will receive their just de- serts, Al WaNTED—Rooms furnished or for doctor’s oftice in good locality, Bee oftice. urnished M. 29, e That Police Investigation. That much desired police investigation does not seem to be forthcoming at a very lively rate, and it is now a matter of con- Jecture whether the mayor intends to look into the situation at all or not. *‘¥You can't blame the mayor very much if he doesn’t do anything in the matter,” said an ex-city off- clal yesterday. ‘“He doesn’t appoint these men because ke has picked them out as first- class policemen, but because he must be- stow his patronage in certain chanuels, There are certain powers to which he mu cater, and when these men say appoiut s certain man to & place on the force, the chief t:ix‘:c;’ullu does mothing but folow the vid- “When a complaint is made it must be winked ut, unless the derelict policeman has overstepped the bouunds too far, in which ~of the man: case he must be dfi.fl as it would oco: sion too great a howl to retain him, The trouble 18 not so mhqg with the men a8 with the fact that theré 8 no discipline and they are not held down'to their work. There should undoubtediy be a few changes, but the force 18 in the main composed of men who would do first rate work if thay simply were required to. Everything is ron ina happy-go-lucky kind of a way, and the result is & hap-hazard, go-as-you-please, catch-as- catch can kind of a foreo, and the same kind of work. The ‘force is ridiculously small, but if the force is to be worth: less, it is bettor small than larger. The size of tho force should be just about doubled, and then, With a fiwd chief and captain, the city would be well looked after. The city ought to pay enough for chief of police to get & good man to accept the pos! tion—one who hasa practical knowledge of volice work, and can handle his men to the best possible advantage. This den of detail: ing policemen to collect the city licenses of the saloons and houses of prostitution, thus giving them a chance to plead that they are looking after special work when found in these places, is the veriest nonsense. The prime thing needed is a captain, who will keep his men on their beats 80 that they can be found. “There are a few of the men on the force who now attend to business, but they don’t get any more credit for it than those who do not, and as their salary is the same, you seo the' inducement or encouragement is very small. For the pastsix months the other men on the force have been treated to the pleasing () information that Oficer Scott, now jailed for murder, was not only the best man amoug them, but was also the best man for police business in_the state. As nearly all, if not every one of tho men knew just how Scott was conducting himself, thewr only hove of winning like fame was to follow in his footsteps. It is cortain that some of them did it, and they are the ones who are averse to an investigation of the matters t have been going on for the past few montus. There is no question but that the recen tragedy will prove to be a great purifier for the force, for a time at least. but this shovld not deter the mayor and chief from knowing absolutely and certainly just how the men are fulfilling their duties. Closer attention to the working and harmony of the body and less time devoted to schemes for per- sonal advancement would result much better ull arouna.” ——— Ledgers {"thlc for your especial use by Morchouse & o, REERY G B A Great Apple Country. One who is thoroughly conversant with fruit culture in this and adjacent counties is authority for the estimate that 00,000 bushels of apples have been barrelled at Hamburg and shipped io every direction; 80,000 bushels at Malvern, 100,000 bushels at Glenwood, and numberless wagon loads hauled to Council Bluffs and Omaha. The crop this year has been immense and the price hus averaged 50 cents a bushel in the orchard. Jonuthuns, Golden Pippins and Ben Davis are the favor- ite varieties. Golden Pippins arc now on tho market at § a barrel. e L ‘Wanted—Tinner who understands furnace work. Enquire 737 Broadway. petaiatciobidad A BONANZA OPERATOR DEAD. James McCray's Expericnce in the Days of the O1l Bo The death of James M. McCray, at his residen in Franklin, at 12:10 a. m., October 14, will bring to the minds of many of the old timers of the o1l re- gions the recolections of the palmy days of oildom, when money flowed 1ike water, and the bootblacks would go down in their clothes, flash their money and offer to bet you $5) with the utmost nonchalance, says an Oil City, P’a., spe- cial to the Pittsburg Dispatch. Late in the '60s, about 1868-9, one of the largest wells of the district was struck on the MeCray farm, owned by the subject of our sketch. Oil ut the time was ran ing in price from- to- $7 per bar and inside of six months McCray’s pro- duction was netting him over $4,000 per duy. Great was the excitement that followed, and fabulous amounts were otfered for his farm or a lease of par tof it. Having enough ready money for his moderate wants he refused every ofter and stored the bulk of his production in enormous 1ron tanks, declaring ‘‘he would hold 1t until it was worth $10 a barrel,” until he had over two hundre: thousand barrelsstored in different sec- tions of the country, where it stood un- guarded and was the prey of every dis- honest man in this section. One party, consisting of three men, tapped his tanks in what is now known as the Third ward of Oil City, and stole over twenty thousand barrels, amount- ing in value to the sum of at least $100,000. Owing to the fact that they had substituted water for the oil the 1oss was not discovered for some time, when they were arvested. Notwith- stunding the fact that their guilt was clearly proven, he allowed them to com- promise by paying about one-third of what the stolen oil was worth, After refusing several offers of 5 per barrel for the balance, he finally sold 1t at a trifle over $1 per barrel, taking in part payment therefor his present residence in I'ranklin, Many interesting reminiscences are exchanged of his eccentricities. The tollowing will illustrate the character Being in the county seat while the oil thieves were being wried, he stopped the well-known banker, Foster Mitchell, with the exclamution: *I want to borrow a little money.” **All right,” says Mitchell, *you can have it if you have good security.” ‘'Secur- ity?” says Jumes. My name is James McCray, and my farm is covered with oil.” "z\h ght, Mr. Me- Cray, how much do you want?” was the next answer. ‘“Twenty-five thousand doilars,” was the answer. So well known was he by reputation to the banker that the latter took him to his bank and guve him the amount in crisp greenbacks, only taking his note in hand for the same. Noted far and uear for his generosity and prodigality, it was no wonder that he was the prey of sharpers of every de- seription,but such was hs disposition up to the last that no, man, worthy or un- worthy, was allowad to go away with his wants unsatisfied, It wasa stand- ing suying in thig section that when every other means was exhausted to se- bure a lease from the oid gentleman, it was only necessary to send some female sharp to him in the guise of a poor widow in distress, #nd with her tale of woe she would, by" Working on the old man’s sympathy, dccomplish what the sharpest businéss-man with plenty of money failed to dp. With all his prod- igality and benevolence he, unlike the majority of old-time *‘highflyevs,” has kept his farm intact owing to the great- ness of his income and his almost inex- haustible wealth;and by the good man- agement of his wifa, who died a short time since. e A NEW ALASKAN BEAR, Named Afier the 5t. E Mou Whose FoothiUs Lt Inhabits, This country has done its part in fur- nlshing new species of bear, according to the Sitka Alaskan. To the old world list it has added the cinnamon bear,the true black bear, the roach bear, or sil- ver tip, and the most terrible of all, ursus lerox (the grizzly), the most formidable brute that wa{ the surface of the planet, Recent accounts from the Alaskan Alpsiodicafe that America has even broken its own record. Two miners, who had set out from Yakutat to prospect the foothills of Mount St. Elias, were crossing a _valley densely wooded with yellow cedar, fir and hemlock on the southeasterly side of the mountain, and had sat down afew minutes to rest oo au immense log,when they heard a slight noise at one end of it, followed by a loud eaiff. Glancing in that direction they saw an animal resembling a bear in size and other respects,save that the bear seemod rather broader, and the color, at o distance of a dozen yards, was that of a silver-gray fox or a brindied wolf. Thiee or four slugs, delivered in quick succession from a Winchester in the hands of one of the miners, laid the animal lifeless in the thick, soft mos beside the huge log. Inall generic particulars the creature was then found 10 be n bear, but his pelage was made upof a thick undercoat of fur of a slate-gray color, out of which grewa mconK coat of longer, coarser hair, both black and white, giving the beast its peculinr bright gray and brindled tints. The skin seemed to be so fine that the men took it off, and on their retarn trip two days later car- vied it to Yakutat. "It proved to be a considerable prize, for a trader had offered them $50 ‘for it. 1In an.adjoining Indian village they saw a similar skin, for which the natives had refused $100, which was used as a hunt- er’s talisman. A chief had killed the animal, he trader told the two miners that hides of this bear was only occassionally brought in by the native hunters and he had never heard of them elsewhere. Several other furriers confirmed the statement that this species of the genus a is peculiar to the foothills and val- ys of the St. Elins range. [t is dis- tinguished at Yakutat by the hunters and trappers of that region from the black and grizzly by the name of the St. Elins bear AT Stopped the Prayers. One of the oddest cases on record has lately been occupying a justice’s court at La Crosso, Wis, An elderly German with a young wife was the plaintiff. A young man of the ncighborhood sought to persuade the youthful wife that her husband was too old for her, and prom- ised to spend 100 marks in the purchase of prayers for his death in case she would take up with him afterward. Her husband remounstrated and was hustled. Ho sued for prospective and implied damages from the adverse prayers and direct damages from the assaulc. After hearing many witnesses the court fixed a fine suflicient to carry costs, and the young man promises not to pay for any prayers. o S e U The Big Guns Coilapsod, val authorities in England are panie-stricken by the coilapse of both the 111-ton guns of the warship Vie: torin while they were being proved. They cost $05,000 apiece, exclusive of $150,000 for carriages, mountings und machinery necessary to work them, ana threw o projectile ~weighing 1,800 pounds. ‘The result has somewhat dampened the ardor of the advocates of big guns. 5 An Awful Sore Limb skin entirely gone. Flesh a mass of disease, Leg diminished one third in siz> Condition hopeles: Cured by the Cuticura Remedies in two months, Cured bv Cuticura For three years I was almost crippled with ai awful sore leg from knee down 1o 1 ng 1o skin w and the flesh was sease. Some physiclans pro- able, 1t had diminished about 16 5120 Of the other, and 1 was ina hopeless condition, After trying all kinds of remedies and spending hundreds of dollars, from which T got no relief whatevar, 1 was per- suuded to try your CUTICUILA REMEDIES, and the result was as follows: After three days I noticed a decided change for the better, and at the end of two months 1 wus y My flesh was purified, and the bone (whi been exposed for over a yoar) got Soun flesh hegan to grow, and to-day. and for two years past. my leg is a8 well as e sound in every respoct, and 1ot & sign of the disease to be seen, 8, G, AHERN, Dubois, Dodge Co.. Ga. Skin Disease 17 Years 1 have been troubled with o skin and scalp Qisease for seventeen years, My head at times was one running sore, and 1y holy was covered with them as largo s a half dollar. 1 tried great many remedies without effect until T used The CUTICURA REMEDIES, and am thankful to state that after two months ot thelr use I am entirely cured. T feelit my duty to you and the public tostate the above case. L. R. MCDOWELL, Jamesburg, N. J. Another Marvellous Cure The CuTtcuis, OUTICURA RESOLVENT und Cu- TICURA 80AP haVve brought about a marvellou cure in the case of o skin disease on my little son eight ycars old, 1 have tried almost all remedies sud also the most eminent doctors, all xcept the wonderful CUTICURA ED. N, BROW 720 N. 16th 1., Omahu, Neb. Cuticura Resolvent Thenew Blood Purifier and purest of Humor Remedies, internaliy, and O the great Skin Cure, and exquisite Skin Beaniifier, externally are a Vi are for every disease and humor of the , sealp, und biood, with loss of hair, from bles 10 scrofu CuticuRa, B, Prepared by tha AL CORPORATION, $27-8end for “How to Cure Skin Disenses,” 64 ) illustrations, and 100 testimonial Dblack-heads, red,rough, chapped and ofly skin preventéd by CUTICURA S0, HOW MY BACK ACHES, che, Kidney Pains, and Weak- reness, Lameness, St Curicy tirstand only instantar.eous pai Liehig Company's EXTRACT OF MEAT, For improved and economic cookery, use it for Soups, Sauces and Made Dishes, In Havor—in- compurable, and dissolves pe: fectly clear in water. Makes do- licious Beef Tea and keeps in all climates for any length of time, 11b equal to 40 1bs of lean beef. Only sort guaranteed genuine y Justus von Lie- big and beurs his " 5 signature in blue, thus: SPECIAL NOTICES. COUNCIL BLUFFS. T FORSALE AND RENT. VW ANTED-4 " tow Tuble boacrdors at 801 o. | 'OCTOBER 30, 1889 Coall A. T. THATCHER, Chicago, Ills. Coall H. A. COX, Western. Sales Agent, OFFICE: 114 Main Streot, Brown Bullding. Telephone 48, We will sell to consumers direct, SE following reduced prices: GRATE AND EGG RANGE AND NUT CHESTNUT - And the best grades of Soft Coal. 43.60, Jackson #5, Cedar screened, $3.00, Gas House Colke 12¢ per bushel, or $7.00 TERMS—Cash with order, delivered. COUNCIL BLUFFS FUEL COMPANY. All coal Hs Dealers in ALL NUT, OLIV RAIL CL The Best Fqnipped Establishment in the West Goods of every description and material. 1 JCTED ANTHRACITE COAL at the $8,26 8.50 8.60 Wyoming Lump $7.00, Walnut Block , Cannel $#6.50, lowa Nut, Extra Large size and roller \mr ton. fresh mined, well screened and promptly AN BRIGHT HARD COAL nlso ROCK SPRINGS, and TOWA TLUMP und NUT COAL, Lime Cement, Plaster, Haiv. "TWIN CITY STEAM DYE WORKS. Does Dyeing ana Cleaning of Garments and y Cleaning ot fine Garments a Specinity, Out of town orders by mail or express, will recéive prompt attention. Works on Motor Lina, Corner 26th St. & Ave. A, Council Bluffs "OMAHA OFFICE, visited 100 Main street, where goods are b rs without middlemen’s n's heav) at the factories, and estal give the customer a mar £00ds sold and warrante: 1shments that by reliable men. boot tc tho uest lady's sho iy dire in that will be an extra {nducement, added 1521 FARNAM STREET. GEO. SCHOEDSACK, od establish- and_given ar from the han ever botore and in large quantities can ‘ to tie bast Call and be convined. st and haaviest sto manufacti We do this, 8. A. PIEROE, 100 Main st., Council Bluffs. N in West Broadway property N.. room b, Bverett block, onthly psyments QTS in Terey dditto 4 Everett block. N. C.Phillips, room ARGAINS In all p city. C. Phililips, room 5, N. ANDS for sale or exchange . Phillip room 6. Everett block, N.C. IFE INSURANOE at actual cost. A, E. Blufr Addres Daugherty, Canning st., Council houses and lots in all parts of Coun- Tou $30) 1o 8,001, that I can sell on monthly payments, or any terms to suit pur- chasers, sis of parilcular advantage to Omaha merchants, clerks, mechanies, or people who desire a home near the business center of Omaha without being compelled to pay ex tant prices. C. B, Judd, 63 Broadway, Council Bluits, HAV cll Bluir: rasy terms. N, O18 in Central sup cheap. Lic. Phitiips, room 5, E I‘ or city property. N. C. Phillips, Everett block. or lent—Garde 102 Main st., VENUE A lots, corners, great bargains. Benson & Shepherd, § Maiu st. T,O%ion 4 uvenus, Van Brunt & tice's su, Benson & Shy I Main st. laud with housos, ncil Bluits. A neat young girl to help in gen- W ANTED. work, Mrs Jacob Sims, 316 vral house Platuer st. i’ OTS on Glen ave, genuine snaps, Bonson & 4 Shepherd, 9 Maln st. 1,018 0n Manawa motor lin Jcash, balanco 810 per mol Shepherd, 9 M corners, 10 h. Benso & R it and mold / changed, Spectal attontion given to exam- ination of tifles.” W. C. James, No 1) Vearl st. BT corne Broadway. opposite 1o house' Benson & Snephierd ¥ Main st. LE—Acre lots in Orchard place. This v 15 located in the itice nursery, o main part of the city, 114 miles 0. Metealf, 1) Poarl st. Drop: south of froy court houss, ¢ (8} and lots; cash, balance easy. 9 Main st, goi = ‘ TM. SIEDENTOPF, Real Estate. ecial attention given to examnation and cor- rection of title to lands an lots in city and county. No. 8 North Main st, O1'S 1n Muliin's sub, $10 cash, balanco $10 por Jmonth. Benson & Shepherd, ¥ Main st. LE—120 acre farm in Jasp ted near coal minos thay are in oporation. Thereisa five n of coal under the farm, Geo. Metcalt, No. 10 Pearl st. locations or Main and Broadway Geo, Metcalf, No. 10 JOR Towa, lo i at great bargains. Peari st, Ol SALE—1mproved and unimproved prop erty in every part of tho city. Raro oppor tunitiés for investors who seek speculations; splendid opportunities for those ‘who desire homes. Geo. Metcalf, No. 10 P )t BALE—80 feet lake frontage located bs Finon 675, bont house and Manaw peach Alsow numbor of cholco lots Iu ltegaita place G s 01t RENT—Good business. front, 637 Broad- way. A fine retail point. In good condi- ton. Inquire E, E. Mayne, 619 Broadway, Council Blufl, COAL. COAL. COAL. 1 propose to give consumers value for their money in Coal, and until further notice my prices are—all rail Anthracite: Grate and Egg, No. 4 and Range, 80.60; Chestnut, 850, Also Hest rades or lllinols and Jowa Soft Coal— Edinburg, Dlinols, lump, #6.50: lump, 81.5; Centerville, Iowa, Tump, nut fock lump, $3.50; Hamilton lump, 8. Whitebreast lump, #.60: Whitobreast nut, ¥ Poa, 82.60; Steam, £2; Slack, 31,80, Terms cash with order or delivered C. 0. D, WM, WELCH, 616 South Main street. Telephone 4, NEW MEAT MARKET ! 1 have opened & new meat market on the corner of Sixteonth St. and Broadway. It will be my aim to please my customers by giving them the best meats to be obtained, fiverything to be found in a first-class butcher shop wil! be furnished at the lowest prices, Please give me & call and ispect my new establishment. JOSEPH WARDIAN, One seven-room house on rourth one elght-room house on Hece nd one eight-room house on Tenth 1 up with all modern conven- W. W. Bilger, Pear| stroer. ANTED—A good cook, woman preferred. Enquire at 711 Broadway DR SALE—To quit business, my entire stock of furnituro, stovesund carpets, will o s0ld av cost, without reserve, Persons fur- mshing good references can by on inst ments, mAKing weekly payments. A. J. M dell, 23 and 3% Broadway, ANTED —Good girl for general house- work, 221 Bouth Seventh #t. 1LQZ8 on éth ave. and 10th et very Snaps, Benson & Shepherd, Malu OTS on Broadway, anywhere botw T 6ap T ere between Coun- ot Bluffs aud Omaba, Benson & Shepherd, o Maia st. O DELL BROS. & CO. loan money. iberal terms offered. 103 Pear! st. The most BOOTS AND SHOES, ~=—0F ALL KINDS— AT VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH, Bargaius in Bchool Shoes and Winter goods at E. A, SPOONER'S, 521 Main Btroet, BELL & BERLINGHOF, ARCHITECTS AND SUPERINTENDENTS, Room 2, Opera House Block, Council Bluffs, Towa. R SALE-An old and well established drug store, established in 1346, Cash re- uired, 83,60, balauce real estate, Address A 9" ike: Countl iufr BABUAIN -4 lots lo_Riddle’ Urud‘I:w all pfi,ld $4)) each. sub, on 0t av N.C. Phillip 41075 each. N, Phillips, room 5, Everstt block. I OTS 1n Va0 Brunt & Rice's &dd 8250, Easy s, N, C. Philiips, room b, Bverett LIK, — e THOS, OFFICER, W. H, M. Pusky OFFICER & PUSEY,| BANKERS. Corner Malo and Broaaway, COUNCIL BLUFFS, 10WA. Dealers in foreign and domestic exchange Oollections minde and luterest pald on time de- I posits, Prepare For Winter. i Peninsyla heating stoves are tho best i the market. Have handled them for five years, Every sale gives satisfuction, Befors you buy € them, ‘he new Boyton furnaces are con- ructed upon the most approved scientifio r noples, and are the best und most economi a furnace in arld.” For sale only by W J Luuterwasser, 8)7 Broadway, Couu i Stoves, Stoves, Stoves! Tue best The best The by ove on earth The by #7.50 wood stove, The best #).00 Oak coal st0¥ Cheap stoves at all price: We are the sole and only agents for the cele- brated Radiant Home heaters, the genuine P, P, Stowart hoaters, the famous oft coal Oa stoves, guaranteed to hold fire over mgit, Wo have tho best stoves, the largest stock of stoves and tne lowest priccs on stoves, and even our cheapest we guarantee. Don't fail to see us. On Ruaiunt Homes and Stewarts we are cheaper than 2ny other western cn( from %3 to 83 slnu\m] o quotn prices to outsiae parties, and eliver stoves within fifty miles of the city, Cole& Cole, 41 Maln st, opposite Citizens' bank.a P. 0. DeVol's Stove Sale, 500 stoves and more coming. Mouday “morming I will commence the saje B0 pocketknives af 400 pocketknives av 1o, 800 pocketknives at 10c, . Remember tha Fuller & Warren make the P, P, Stewart stove. None other genuine, I handié thefr brand, and will close ont my stock atcost, to makeroom for another carlond of Peerless Garlauds, the world's best. To be without & Peerless (Garland 1s to be behind the times, Do not get behind. Come in and see my No. 8 cook stove for 810 and my better grades, the Cnarter Oak and Family Qarland. Am alfo agent for the Climax, Excelsior, Acorn, Maud D, Mon- itor, Charter Onk and GARLAND ranges. Bpoclalsales for weok will bo Peorless Gar- 1and stoves, stove bonrds, coal hods and 3,000 ocketknives, Come in and see the Art Garland LOPEMMON. 6 DeVor, 104 Brondway. ot .\c'.m BLUFFS Omnibus, Cariage an{ Transfer L WM, WELCH . The Finest Line of Landai Hacks 1n the Cit 1 have a new s atin-lined carriage for priv ate call. lv is the most elogant conch in the city. Weciul attention gi and’ theatrical tron civy for handiing s Proprietor, Coaches and en to commetclal men Bost facilitics In the OGDEN HOUS| Telephone ephone No, 93, BARN. Telophone No, 236, The only line suthorizeed to ansy turned in to Am. Dist. Tel. Co. er - calls 7 elts, Ch tectors, Etc, Agents wantea, C. B. JUDD, PROF. WHITE'S PHYSIOLOGICAL MANIKIN Adapted to the public schools. Tho only complete thing of its kind in existence and ine Qispensible in the school room. Scnool Boards Qesiring the most perfect heip for the teacher aro invited to examine this, Address H.A.BALLINGER, General Agent, No.27 Main St, Over Jacquemin's Jewelry Stor' D. J. KDMUNDSON, Pros, Vi CHAS, B, HANNAN, Cashier, CITIZENS' STATE BANK, OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, Pald up Capital....... $150,000.00 35,000.00 Surplus ’ 3 Liabllity to Depositor: 3385,000.00 Dinecrons—1, A, Miller, F. 0. Glez. ghugart, &, B. Hart, J. D.' Edundson, Chias, R, Hunnan, Transact’ general banking husiness Largest capital and surplus of any bauk in Northwestern lowa, Interest on timie deposits Flower Pots. Something entirely new, and the handsomesy article of the kind that ‘ever adorned & bs) WINAOW OF COREIVALOFY. WIé OUr BOW DRInLo and ornamented Flower Pots and Vases fof house plauts. These goods are entirely new and aresold exclusively in Council Bluifs by us. “I'he Rustic Pots are highly orasmentsl and will beautify any house, One grade is smoothly uinted in bright colors ready for decorution by ladies who patut. These hendsome g 4o vold at prices columonly asked for piaini c for palute and saucer, wnd plain at co et rl‘:l. LUNB HBHOS, T Al il Ly . ‘% Madu Strcets