Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 21, 1890, Page 6

WERNER FOUGHT THE INCUBUS And Dashed His Best Friend from a Three- Story Window, HORRIBLE FATE OF L. 0. SECREST, He Retires to Bed with J. J. Werner d One Hour Later a Almost Dead in a Court, L. O. Secerest, of Hebron, , lies in room 45 on the thivd floor of the Merchants th, while two years past, J. J is held at the cen- with assault with hotel lingering between life and de for hron, chosen friend also of H s station intent to commit Early yesterday morning the thrown from the window of his sle former was ping apart- ment by Wer nd o few minutes later was found a bruized and bleeding mass, beside the cast wall of the hotel Seerest and Wernerare Masons and are at- tending the grand o that fratornity now in session in this cit They have lived in the samo town for eight years,and for the last two of these they have o of been boon compuni When they came to Omaha the flvst of the weck, by cholee tney went to the sume totel ived i room together. Sinee that time e attended the sessions of the lodge have caten their All this time ther 1 between them. som at the hotel meals and slept any, has been no Whitt oc with thi hour an urred single w half, is who is charged with in_that little square room, window, during the next kuown' only to the man an_ attempt to murder his friend and the nmn at the hotel who is the victim either of a deplovable accident or a fiendish assault. All was quiet upon the hird.floor where the men slept, and nearly ali of the guests cp, when, some” time between 1 and L u series of the most agonizing » the plood and stilled the by rd them, clad in a nightgown rushed with frenzy down the b and falling upon the desk of the the startled night clerk, gasped : “My God! I have killed the best friend I had! O, my God! my God ! 1 underwear 1 stairs, Lotel before ev t drops of perspiration stood upon the man's forehead. His eyes were dilated us though looking upon some horrible thing His fingers moved convulsively us if he wis suffering untold agony. e night clerk, Alfred Ross, and the few others who werd in the hotél ofiice at the time, thought the wan insane and simply gazed compassionately at him as he raised an almost nerveless avnt and, pointing out of a window into an area, muttéred : “There, the A minite will ater been cating a late lun Thompson, who had Leon at Little's oyste house around the corner on Fiftecutl strect, rushed into th i und annoanced that a man lay dying in the narrow passagewiy be- taveen the sidoon and the hotel, A hasty examination was made and a man, crushed and bleeding, was found lying wherd Thompson had designated. The limp and wupparently lifeless body was carried into the hotel, where it wais identified as that of L. O. Séerest. A 1 was sent to the central the policeman on that beat, whose had bee atracted by the shouts of cited “The patrol accompanied by station by attentic the ex- con responded immediately, L number of officers, lifeless form of Se the streteher which had been taken from the wigon and the oflicers bore the man 10 the room from which he had but a few stwas moments before made such a terrible exit. He was attived in astarched linen shirt and lisle thread draw The shirt was bloody from cuts in his face and neck. Twmetliately, friends of the injured man and Werner from’ Hebron, also attending the and lodge, were summoned and Dr. Smith also from thie same place attended to the in- jured man. Dr. Ayers, Dr. Sussdorf and Dr. Cum- mings were also summoned to the man’s bed- side. When the body was brought in, became more frantic than ever and found nec 'y to administer him. He was then tion and locked up. Werner it was to st Werner, when asked for an explanation of affair while in the hotel office Thursday night, said, to use his own words: and seemed to be whose eyes glared at HAr2 o'clock 1 awoke under a huge animal, me. 1t dug its nails into my throat and and thon with a mighty e 1 vose from my bed and hur it through the window. That fully uroused me, and for the fivst time 1 r Killed my friend.” Ihere was so much_excitement ized that I had about the hotel that very few who witnessed the excitin ¥ recollect clearly the de- tails of the affai The mght clerk, Alfred Ross, men camie in some tune after 11 ¢ their key and went up stairs. They iwe sober uml seemed to be on the best of “terms, Jaughing together oversome joke of Werner's, Other guests sitting about the hotel make similar statements, Dr. Smith, who rooms across the hall, that he didu't hear any noise until Werner begun sereaming, The officers who bore the body up stair sty that the bedelothing had not been tu bick. Werner accounts for this by that it was so warm that they lay down upon the outside of the bedelothe: ‘There are all kinds of rumors afloat —there always arc in these cases —but the friends of both men scoff at the idea of there being any trouble between the two und show an incling- tion to accept W as the truth, “The room had not been disturbed particu- larly, not more anyway than two men would make in vetiring for the night, but there were bloodstains upon one of the pillows and upon the door and window. Werner is in a terrible state He still sticks Jto the story of a night-mare during which he imagined that he was being devoured by some kind of wild beast and never realized what had happened till the crash came und his friend disuppeared down the court, Showing the cut on his thumb he explained that t had bitten him, “How do you know that if you were uncon- scious " asked Captain Mostyn, Well, I don't see how else it could have bappened,” he replied. yesterday morning Judge d with applications for an audience with the prisoner by brother Masons. They all got the requested permission, and to wll of them Werner repeated his sto He was finally taken into Chier S vate oftice and interviewed on the trouble, No new particulars w o1 Werner insisting that Secrest wa st friend, and that his previous story was all he knéw of the matter. Wern countenar He was dressed in the garb of o prosperous business man. He has blonde hair and mustache and wears gold-rimmed spectacles. He is known to numerous Omaha ople, mnong them County Attorney Mu- honey und Robert Duncan, who claim that if his story is not true they arve very much mis. take He isa ling citizen of Hebron, proprietor of u wholesule implement house and deputy county treasurer of the county. He has a wife but no children One side of his face is covered with fresh cuts and his thumb bears the marks of a se vere bite which would indicate a scufile of HOWIO SOI wrest, the have had a troublous life. Some time ago he brought suit against a fellow townsman for alienating his wife's affections. He lost the fiest suit and on the wial of the second one for the same cause was given 81 and the costs of the cause were paid by the defendants, His wife then left him and went to live with @ man uamed Apple in Hebron. — Apple wanted her to vlope with him and on her re- AYS from the men of mind. is & middle-aged man with an oy o n is said to im of the affair, fusiug to do so blew out his braius with a revolver. Lawyer Alex De Graves occupied a rvoom jmmediately under that of the two partici punts, Ho'suid “1 didmot retire ti)l late, about 1 o'clock or later, I think, and had just got into a doze when I was startled by & Crash and a scroam of some sort and realized at once that some n from a window. sh and the scream seemed o come w‘,uuu aud 1 dow't kuow whether the voice was fre anove The om above or below, o me till the fall came injured man_remained prac ally un- ! T'H K LY AND GOMPERNS. ’ rowne The Two Great American Labor Chiefs conscious all night and yesterday up to 3 | at Out o'clock. He hud but one lucid interval in all | Okt STastel Wothh that time, and that was when County Attor- | 4 and Master ney Maho visited him at 11 o'clock to note | Man Powderly replied in a letter t afte his condition and ascertain any facts, if possi- | noon saying he would meet President Gom- ‘Do Secr ‘W man held of “Did last ni SO T “Do dow - Seer and fu il of V rest down ne years ago in beside him to fix the and upon sitting vou remember Mahoney of Leonora, L hat, Tim Mahoney i asked the s, How aré you, Tim¢" and he | ut his hand i 1 you have any trouble with Werner asked. it the public prosceutor th 10, we didn’t have any trouble, you know how you fell out of ‘the win- tiow you got I at's thoughts began to wander again rther attempts to obtain any lucid re- plies to questions were futile, plo i in whi Bet buildin area, | tom s The lust ni wi tl [ wires and th In br " 1o ond, and wi flicted covers broke pavement belo: Jow it e low the window hotel was visited by a great many peo- ixious 1o have a look at the alley ch the man had fallen ween the hotel and the rear of the s along Fifteenth streeet there is an w0t more than four feet wide. The bot- puved with stone. room occiipied by Werner and Secrest ght is on the third tloor, and the one ntains is about fifty feet from is und. t the second sto A telephone i t plant. the: wore strung, the first ¢ second ond of the el terrible fall ng the first wir bending the sec iile the collision with these in- bruises, if the injured man re- it will be die to those two wires which the force of his descent upon the i tie chances It waa a terrille fall and aprainst Secrest's recove He is o man of e than medium height, well formed, davic haiv and mustache and appar- ently about thirty-twe years of age. He is a pente Hebron, where he has lived cizht years, He is said_ to be sober, indus- trious, and popular. He has a brother, farmer, living near Hebron, who has beéen telegraphed for. i Wer wils su imagin had ney We sum of # nk being o Directors Decid Cine world's fair formally for the I was on was then adopte on the roid ar ured s e with such disastr ty of Ch stated yesterday afternoon that he bject to fits of nightmare in which he ed u wild beast was attacking him, and d five or six visits of the kind, but ults, will be admitted to bonds in the 000 which will be furnished by his friends, Buker, United States attorney, and I, Ransom, will defead Werner, both ld-time friend THE WORLD'S FAIR. in Pavor of the Lake nt Site. 20.~The directors of the declared a preference sake Front site thisafterroon. There nting vote. A resolution nstructing the committee to cuter into negotiations with 2o, the Hhmois Central r nd all other interested parties to a on the Lake llmluf!m[ less tha I June \co, Iy one di punds ure 1 two hundred and fift to be bounded on the north oy reet. The directors are to hold another meeting June 23, 8 is just prior to the gathering of the national commissioners, Lot Vincen asked whether the government would requi the Uni duties make w the imy Unde tions on « conditi In the Com 50, June In the t, conservative member mmons tonight for Sheficld, ited States to amodify the prohibitive on British products before it would uy moditications in the rules governing ortation of Amcrican cattle. Ferguson said the rest ttle were based solely ou sunitar Vincent thereupon gave fotice of a motion declaring that the bouse will consider whether a free market ought longer to be n t ishgoc Smit insteud bills from session to session he Gladstone's suggestion that a tee be the pi 0 the competing products of a foreign state which puts a prohibitory taviff on Brit- s h, governn of moving gi v nt leader, announced that olition continuing had adopted lect commit- ppointed to inquire by what -means sugze of the bills considered at oue scs- sion could be fucilitated at the next, ‘\tr. ——— Steamship Arrivals. lasgow-— The Prussian, from Philadel- State of Alubama, from New York. ¢ York—The Trave, from Bremen; the City of Bevlin, from Liverpool; the Can- ada from London; the Augusta V ctoria, from Hamburg. At London —~The Australian, from New York. At London - Sighted: The Holland, from :;{mlv Yorl; tue City of Chicago, from New ork. Q e FE r Persons Killed by a Tornado. Dixo a portic doing t lette m Iyn township a school htee viously Brnre of c e the gr. the s Brakeu several the the run Arcmson, Kan,, June 20, fering famine, plant a out water, hence the cil @ freight train on the Pennsyly 1 bre 1t off the supply of water from N, 111, June 20.— A tornado swent over mof this county carly this evening, errible damage. In the village any buildings were destro Kilied and others fnjured. In the out- untry many farm houses weve dum- wd people more or less hurt. In Brook- house wus wrecked, injured, but how se'- n children being has not, yet b A Runaway Tr; orn, Pa., June 20. - The first \lutmu rail- oke In two on top of Buffalo Mills last night. ‘The rear part ran down 1o at tervible speed and crashed into on. Joseph Martin and nan Little were instantly killed and U The men in oth fously injur caboose went to slecp and fuiled to stop AWAY cars, tehison This city is suf- from the unusual experience of water aused by the tlood. The exceedingly night burst the water mains iine at The gas works and electr s > light re not able to continue operations with- v is also deprived of its usual means of illumination. For Um.llnl.md Vicinity For I slightly cooler in southwestern portion ; —— The Weather Forecast, Showers. slightly coolers, vari- owa— I : no change in temperature; vari- able winds, For South Dakota perature; variable winds. Bost nd, Best ti ‘ondl, time 2 Was the We the hou the tos! Hubba in gentlen Billy vide not dri all the comple class, $500 deti last 1 Fair; no chunge in tem- st i RS Mystic Park Rac 0N, Muss,, June 20.—Summary of to- s at Mystic park Pimlico won, Free Trade Daisy R. fourth. ohn Handon third, 2l £00—Dawson won, {le third, Sunshine fourth, me cluss, G Pickerel Best - OF Course INGTON, June 20, —President Green of stern Union submitted in writing to 1se committee a statement in reply timony 1 by Bates, Rosewater and vd. He denies flatly, emphatically and il many statements made by these nen - He Wanted t Mostyn churte nd be ven at a high rate windows out of the Ride Fast. od hack for an hour's ause the horses were of speed he kicked concern. Billy lice station tod his vide by being driven 0 the po- R A Batcher in Trouble, Ed Kuppig, for maintaining a slaughter house within the city limits, was lodged in fail lust night. The objectionable place is on West Leavenworth str A Burning Rubbish, The burniug of a barrel of rubbish in the the rear of Kuhn's drug store drew the de partment to Fifteenth und Douglas at 1 | o'clock this morning The Ch reasing. Mabiin, June The cholera epidemie s decreasing at Puebla cellvo, ‘Two cases are reported at Gandia. injured | to | del Rugat and Mouti- | feration of Labor at He added that pers of the Amoeriean F Cooper union this evening. Gompers was in error in his letter of yester day in saying that the knights had been pro paring for this meeting for severnl weeks. Ho (Powderly) had no intention until Monday | evening ~of takir up the sub- ject of the inst the knights emanating lquarters of the federation, He said he would talk on other matters, but in deference to Gompers® wishes would first discuss the subject at issue, allow Giompers some time to reply and then take up other matters, He denied em- phatically that his invitation to Gompers was in the nature of a challenge, Gompers issued a written r that he believed Powderly never od his “challenge’ to be aceepted, o, pted, the idea was to entrap him (( ‘ ) into a rked meeting. He ac owde dealer. He adds that he meeting or anywhere else to all he said about the knights. Gompers was not present at the meeting of the Knights of Labor tonight. Cooper union was crowded and many peoplo wnable to gain admittance attended an overflow meeting out- side. In the hall, after the reading of Gompers' letter, Mr, Powderly invited Mr. Warner to take the platform, who said that as this was aregular meeting of the executive board for a specific purpose it would not be proper to adopt Gompers’ suggestions to give him half the time of the meeting for a purpose not con- templated in the call. At this point about two of- I)I\' to the it ym- uses 1y of being a pettifogger and a double as ready at the peat and prove hundred men arose as if by prearrangement and left the hall. Powderly then said: “All who desire to leave will please do so as there are hundreds outside who can- T'his was der] eived with g cheer Pow: v then spoke on the insinuations made inst the management knights and read a seument showing t were the first to suggest th e cight-hour principle, In the fu- turce they would continue in the eight-hour movement to help those who are wiliing to help themselves, He went into an analysis of the statement of the membership of the federation and asserted that the large appa ibership was made up by elaiming bor as members of the fed- eration t trouble between the or- wizations oceurred when the knights su Jed in having the wages of the cigarmak- “increased. The man who headed the union was little better than a and the knights nad to expel him. man was now ready to oppose the best interest of labor, All workingmen should stand together and he (Powderly) was 1y to resign in favor of Gompers if the working- men of the country would unite under him The Knights of Labor have borne insult and sutation in silence long enough. they will strike back when at- 2 —_— THE LOTTERY BILL, Holders of Mexican Stock Deter: to Win at All Hazards. Batox Rove, La., June 20.—In a lottery discussion this afternoon Representative Shattuck created a sensation by stating that dore Newman, the largest holder of Mexi- u stock in New Orleans, came to a friend of ined ¢ the Loui lottery people sev and said that they were dete 1" on the Louisiana proposition. If were refused the would go to the legislature and make an offer of a million and a quarter a ‘vear: if Louisiana people meet it raise it to a million and a half, and t was raised go as high as five millions, wise they were determined to be in on the proposition The Louisiana bill was read the thivd time this afternoon. The district attorney filed an information charging Representative Stamant with hav ved at various times bribes from Louisiana lottery people for his influ- ence. Stamant gave bonds of 5,000, e Pishop Keane Badly Bruaised. Wasiminaroy, June 20.—Bishop Keane, who w: injured m the Baltimore & Ohio wreek today, is badly bruised and shaken, but no bones were broken. e Murs, Parncll Pensioned. WasmiNGroy, June 20.—The president signed the bill granting a pension to Delia T. Parnell, mother of Charles Stewart Parneil. —— A Missouri Town Burning. MongLy, Mo, June 20.—The village of Higbe, ten miles distant, is burning. Aid has been sent from here. LoNDOs ridge, Briti MINOK MENTION. N. Y. P.Co. Couneil Bluffs Lumber Co., coal. -un_in yesterday for ped- it in Towa witho it a Coun- cil Bluffs license, Owing to a sevious washout the incoming train over the Kansas City road that should huve yesterday morning did not get in until last evening. The public schools of the city closed at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon for the summer vacation, and thie pupils will now forgetstudy and school bells until September 1. “Phe bill of sale of the lumber rd of the lat. orge Bebbington to George A. Houg- laud of Omalia, has been filed with the county recorder. 'The consideration wis £5,600. Snodgrass died last evening at the w home of diphtheria, aged twenty- seven years. She came here thice weeks ago from Sioux City, with a little babe, and was obliged to scck shelter at the home. of Denver, and Mi pton, Ta., were married v evening by Rev. T. J. Mackay, at sidence of Shropshire, No. 2606 nue A, in the presence of a few invited friends. The Washburn concert guitar donated by Mu.J. Mucller of the Mueller musie company to the pupil in- the high school graduatinis ng the mu\l rapi 1 advancement ng the four years' classical course, was vded to Miss Carrie Morgan, corge A. Holme: torney, is bl Dby his democ nds to become late for congressioual honors. It is tho & v expressed opinion of the leading politicians of both partics, however, that neither of the_congressional nomiuees will be from Pottawattamie county. The following prizes will b Churis glven to ressful marksmen at the Schuetzen Verein at contost Manawa tomorrow afternoon First , beer mug valued at #1250 ond, silves moustache cup valued at & ushreceiver valued at 8. Shooting gin at 2 o'clock. Admission free, Frances Lillian, danghter of Mr. and Mrs H. A. Ballenger, died yesterday morning diphtheria at the family residence, No. Willow avenue, aged four years, five mor und seventeen da; The funeral exer will be held at 10 o'clock this mornin rewains will be interred at Fairvi tery. Rev, Dr. Phelps will ofieiate, Hugh A. McDonald is rejoicing because he has just received word from his father, whom he bas not seen or heard of in forty years, v cemme- The old gentleman is now ni rs of age, and 15 living with ughter at No. 4 | East Twenty-ninth street, New York. T sister wants Hugh to come east on a visit, and he will probably go in & very fow days For some time the Burlington hus been cramped for trackage facilities, and yesterday a force of 200 men was put to work laying three new tracks trough the vardson Fourth street from Sixteenth to Eléventh uvenues This will give over a mile more trackage and | will do away with much of the incouvenience | heretofore éxperienced in handling freight Suit wus_ yesterduy instituted against | Alderman E.I. Waterman to recover § | Which, it is alleged, he illegally drew as com pensution for services us a membe of the board of equalization ) some of the other ex-aldermen | same boat. 'This suit is* brought | case to decide whother the views of City torney Stewart on the subject are founded Messrs, 1 m the a8 i test At well H. Hauscom, O. P. McKesson and L. A Devine, general western manage for Aultmun, Miller & Co, and the lurg | arwy of clerks und Buckeye hustlers who bave their headquarters in this city, w smoking cou stitatory cigars vesterday upon receipt of a telegram from Dillas, Tex The wire announced unother great vietory for the Buckeye over all competitors in the Texa | Wheat tields, OMAHA DAILY BEE, EWS A B You popular at during t this y Pueblo, Dubugque Neb, an retail ea tomers ¢ confe to the try a vox of their lad hey wan 1If you real esta Street, u lo.m mon A ple Miss the resid nue, the Tn of this ci “When t Raey In My Mother Grahain, and * The commencement acaomy 50 institution was opened vis composed of Miss Mar, Dempsey Sheafe § zabeth ( dev “The Brid ABOUT" THE BLUFES Commencement Exercises at 8t. Francis to Take Place Next Thuraday. EASANT BIRTHDAY ~ SURPRISE. ith of a Well Known Council Bluffs ng Man While on His W ding Trip - General and Personal. dises of St. Francis will take place in the hall of this institution next Thursday evening clock, The art exhibit will be open he evening, showing the work of the pupils during the past year with brush, crayon, pen, peneil and neddle. The attend- anco during the year has by which is fully as good ns “during any year since tho The graduating cliss Honkle, Miss Katheriné Duane, Miss Maude Young, Tekamah, s Mary Hughes, Council Bluffs. - Brothers have reopened their store at 105 Main street. Cus- u'be served with the most delicious nery that can be made or is known wde.” Gentlemen desiring to present th most delicious confections to y friends will find nere just what it. Colo, ; 3, I d Mi ni =il wish to negotiate a loan on chattel or wnu at lowest rates, see E. H. brokers, Broadway and Main Dstaits, - S. B Wadsworth & Co., 207 Pearl street, ey for Lombard Investment company. — A Birthday Su ant surprise par am Thu rise. was tendered day evening at of her parents on Scventh ave- oceasion being her sixteenth birth- iere were fifteen couples present, in- aal from Omaha. The evening oted to dancing, social games and enc Among the vocal numbers were nd’s Burning,” by Miss Ida Miller and Mr. W. Brown of Omana; he Tide Comes Home,” h\ MRy ' Miss Ji S Triumphy. At My Father's Home, ina by W. W. Brown. - — The gasoline stove 1s more dangerous than the unloaded gun, using th gas SLove Gillette & Freeman's, Choice for About left Cour wedding Noith Cc Mr. ber acqu her brot acquaint home of expe would day, duc prep: the tel Young w uched the home of remony took place e cor prew rapidly woi \ a week after his the morning, o'clock t ceived tha same dr it wit dle by E. H. Shed Judd & Wells Co., C. B. Judd pi Broadway. Vie Jennings Mr. Jennings' house that M she came on from her castern ceremony Save life and property by B. Gas and Electric Light Co.’s ey e Gy Buy WallPapes. Pearl s ettt oy esidence property centrally located & Co. e C. " - ir propert call on the ssident, 606 —_——— Died on His Wedding Trip. ten days ago Mr. Henry A. Yonng icil Bluffs on the happy mission of ayoung lady, Miss Amie Avery, at jllins, N. Y. She was a cousin of of this city and it was at Young formed years ago, when home to nurse her who was very ill atthe time. The ance ripened into wedlock and the was duly performed at the the bride on Thursday, the 12th, It eted that the newly wedded ones arrive in Council Bluffs yester- id the friends had made rations for a merry greeting, when ible tidings came instead that Mr. as dead. He was not well when he bride, but the mar- s arranged malignant._diphtheria_deve se, and on Wedn s e he passed o'clocl in aintance about two His death occurred at id the funeral held at 4 The sad news is re- t his bride is also very ill with the read disease, and friends here will I great anxiety for further informa- at afternoon. tion as to the result. T'hi Mr. You and life see; ing here had won them his abil portion of @ just reward. pleted a and furn for whi of active in the C¢ ‘Workme whom th great she consin, way. Al The postpone last even attendan have beer hundred hundred. | that i these 8508 U1 | ¢ travel w increased begin ne laying th te death tion of his bride. He wis one of the le ing salesmen for the Keystone manufactur company, thus occupying a desirable posit having fo 3 employ of Wies & Clausen., the charter members and The band concert evening in not generally known that the | spending thew Sunday af cessful, t one of the saddest possibl ng was not quite thirty years of age, vy full of proinises. Com- about ten y lm as ago, his among Strungers, f He had shown such b ity that it had brought to him som He_had just com- Madison street wdy for the new home on south ishy 1it throughout, 1 I he had become well fitted by yea ence in the implement trade, been for several years in the He was_one of ave active one ouncil Bluffs lodge, No. 270, United 0. On all sides there are friends to © news of his death will _come as )ck. His parental home is —_— The Manhattan sporting headq’ts, 418 B- TS S s New Map of Council B Just issued, 4 ctin_ size, with eve addition 1o dif Address C. K. Allen, rooms block, Council Bluffs, e e Pairmount Park Conc . announced for Thursda airmount park, and which was d on account of the rain, was given ing from 5:30 to 8:30 o'clock. The 2 was much smaller than it would n but for the postponement, as it was ert would con be given last evening, The programme v the same as previously published, and was excellently rendered. Those in_attendanc were highly pleased with the concert These concerts are alvready becoming very popular. und there will certainly be an un usuul crowd in attendance tomorrow afte noon. All arrangements should be made ac- cordingly. If the weather is pleasant the motor trains will be taxed us never before, iday afternoon when the first concert u the motor cars carried 4,000 peaple to the park, u single car carrying about. eight sevew on and 'he another other ne made up concerts bacome established su 1d the public becomes accustomed to 100ns in the park sed to more than doubl over four cu the ¢ ill be incre: what it was lust Sunday and there will | ten thousand pegple who will want ation. To make it pleasant and suc lious waiting must be avoided, and 1 service will'be called into play, T motor company s now _distributing new girder rails on South Madison street and ham - avenue, and will Xt Mond: h morning the work of re While this work is being Bies to aecomnmodate wade and addi [ ased travel will be tional sidings to allow of better service will | undoubtedly be put in; The work will r quire about two weeks to compl - From now until July 1 we are going to knock all provious atfempts at low prices Weo will guarautee to sell you goods cheaper thun you ever bought thé same quality or money returned. Best quality Tudia challies 3 and 5 cents yard, Good sateens 8, 10 and | 121, cents yard; the quality canuot be dupli cated in the city ut the price. All of our y.dress buttons at just half price, Just think of it Wi ) can you get such bar guinst Ouly at Cully's, We will sell you yard wide sheeting b 1 that is beiter than Lawrence L. L.' Good yurd wide bleach muslin e yard, worth 5. Go dress ginghums B¢ yard, worth 5 We will Buvo you 1 y on all white g 5, lace toune &l » | mitts, hose, corsets, fans and parasc Buby | caps 4t your own price; w have too many. f you should happen to want o fine wool dre we will Save you at least 2 per cent. 1 y¢ are after bargains we bound to get you ) wude, Ladies' imported hew stitehied batds SATURDAY, | I t | rpyrE JUNE kerchiof: worth 10e. Hents' imported hem stitehed handkerehiefs, 10c, 3 for 2 that arc_worth just deuble. This s pretty k; call and see the goods and satisfy wiv a handsome cush yourselves. W present with each and amount of &1 328 Broadwa, - ND CO Ladies, Save the One and Procure the Other at the Boste o C. C. Cuiny. HONEY o Today and tomorrow will pre oppor tun 8 for the ludies who have delayed buy inge th vasols. They will be procure the latest novelties at o e tion from ¢ y season prices, The ladies nr Council Bluffs never saw a finer line of_both umbrellas and parasols than is now disp! at the Boston Store, Look at these pric and qualities, whichewill prevail today and tol TOW ¢ j-ineh glord £1.50, formor inch or silk £1.10, formor | sillc $1.90 and 81 worth ln-u\ and bamboo The handles ave in ||u||||ul crooks, oxidized sil We have just rece 150 samples from a New York manufacturer which we have marked £2.50, & and £.75. The same goods are jobbed from £ to £, with silk cov Every one furnished Our guaran mbrellas range in price from & 3,75, are each marked “Boston Store’” and warranted for one yea See oilr line of misses’ and children’s from 24c to#1, all the latest novelt Ladies’ fancy pavasols at greatly reduced pric If you have an umbrella that is worn tha. you prize highly or is too good to throw awa e can recover it for you as good s new one minute, BO! IU\ STORE Fotheringham, Whiteluw Cotneil Bluffs. 5 e estate, — The Boat Club Fails to Meet. The adjourned meeting of the directors of the boat club should have been held last evening, but a quorum failed to assemble v it again this ev atters upon which ln‘]u»x(\.u hd plans are to be perfected for a club 1egatta, steam neaung, sanits ife building, Omaha; block, Council Bluffs. g reel free with ey J. . Tipton, red 27 Broadway. engi- 202 Merriaw A good h hose purel ry 100 feet of Dr. H. 8. West, porcelain crown and bridge work, No. 12 Pearl. ———— Dissolution Notice. Tho partnership heretofore existing be- tween C. L. Gillette and W. E. Freeman, under the firm name of Gillette & Freeman, is this day dissolved, C. L. Gillette will col- lect all b and assume all obligations of the firm and continue the business at street, N. Y. Plumbing ( - PARAGRAPHS J. P. Covalt has gone to West Point, Neb., where he will locate. C.S. Lefterts left Thursday Boston on & business trip. Mrs. Maggie Marsh of visiting friends in the Bluffs Hon. W. H. Ware of this city will deliver the Fourth of July oration at tnw.vm City Mrs. Dr. John ¢ Waterworks §16 PERSONAL evening for Hebron, Neb,, is from a three wi H orado. Mr. H Moore of Uti N. Y., arrived in'the city yesterday morning on'a visit to J. H. De on Damon street, and W. D. Youlen on Worth street. Mr. J. Mueller reccived word yesterday from Hong Kong that he is now o granapi, his_daughter, Mrs. Dr. Simons, having given birth to a finé baby boy on May 1 P. W. Ry Dunton’s Spirit of the Turf, R ¢ morning from Denve I remain here over Sunday with his family, leaving Monday for Minnesot Chet Stevenson returned last evening from Towa City, where he has just graduated from the law department of the state uni- He was one of sixteen in a class of sixty-four who received honorable mention. He will remain at home for several weeks to | est, e s et e e e e e e When Baby was sick, wo gave her Castoria, When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, When she beeame Miss, she clung to Castoria, When sho had Children, she gave them Castoria, Electric Truqe es, Belts Chest Protectors, Ete. Agents Wanted. DR. C. B JUDD, I‘K;ANIL_I(I:.()AII\\'AY, COUNCI L T10WA purchase to the | MAXON & BOURGEOIS, ARCHITIROTS SUPRRINTIN DI FINE o 250 Merrium 1610 N, ¥ N1'S, INTERIOR DECORATIONS. Block, Council Blufts, Life Bullding, Omaha, Neb. Wil be pald to any eompeteat ciemist who wil) o find, on analysls, & particlo of aercury, Potash, or other polsous in Swift's Speciflc (8. 8, 8.) ‘AN EATING SORE Tendervon, Tex., Aug. 99, 1899.— “For elgh. teen months 1 had an eating sore on my tongy 1 was treated by the best local physiclans, but obtalned no relict, tho ssoro gradually growing worse. 1 concluded finally to try 8. 8. 8., and Tos, Orricen, WoH M. Puser OFFICER & PUSEY, BAN K EIRS, Main Cor I Brondway, was entirely cured aftcr nelng a fow bottles, souricll Bluff i You have my checrfalpermission to publish th T A bove statement for the benefit of these slmilarly sits > s efficted.” C. B. MoLemone, Henderson, Tex. Treatise on Blood and 8kin Diseascssmailed froo, LA b " s TIE 8WIFT 8PECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. CitAs, R 1 KA Cashie ; B lllk CitizensState Be F: OF COUNCIL BLUFKS, Paid Up Capital. $160,000 Surplus and Profits 50,000 (&} H RISTIA N Liubility t0 Depositors.. . 50,000 » Dk ne <1, A, Miller, son, B L MENTAL - SGIENGE. ': oy B din i L nsaet general banking busis Jiasses instructed, pationts received for pital and surplus of uny tr lnnv\lxl, .n‘m calls u-wknmlnd to. The | WK o ern Towi. poor and neody always welcome. Intoreston Time Deposit MRS. M. B. BENEDICT, - \ - 304 High School Avenue, THE LARGEST STOCK OF Council Bluffs = - - - - Jow PICTURE : FRAMES AND MOULDINGS Ever bib W on sl the were bought our ontl wholesalo st stor The J. A. Murphy, Adler, MANUFACTURING CO., atsherit's sule: at less than per cent of 1st Avenue and 21st Strect. ..‘,,.‘,' o e EhEe for. oK COmPrISes tho Sash, D()()I il Blufs, s made. 00 B and Blinds ! Adwiy F, M. ELLIS & CO, Architects AND BUILDING SUPE Rooms 430 and 45 Beo Neb., and Rooms 26 and Council Blufts, Ta. ~ Cor 18 MAIN ST. 1AL INADI RN i siwdust tirst-o W.A.GOLIIRI PRACTICAL TIORSE SHOER. First Class work guaranteed in every respect. by, th INTENDENTS Buildin; Omaha, 5 Morriam Block espondence solicited 88 Fourth Street. Shirts 10e. Collar Cuffs 4¢. Under- Council Bluffs | - - LoV al | s o3 Socks de. ISFACTION GUARANTEED. JOHN SAN KEE. dfs AB); JACKSON Guaranteed Dentlstru Gold ecrown and bridge work, § 27 MAIN STREET, FerAnestheties given whe Over C. B Jacquemin & Cos Jewelry stor (Gl LR THRE JEWRI. as Stoves and Ranges These stoves are the very best of their SPECIAL YTICES, COUNCIL BLUFFS. JOR SALE or houses, by J. Blufls, H t—Garden land, with tice. 102 Main st., Council who Is i d 5 old pr Jo OOK Keepers Wi man and has b 1ee s 1001 tod - Permunent position b permonth. Must work 1150 use i few tallors. F. M | X salesmoen wanted to travel in cos prny With others. Only those who hive had two yeurs' expericnce traveling in country selllig £oods desired. Come at onee to Green field, i, or write to Macedonta, L. Salary froni 860 10 $125 per month and Cxpenses p: to sell dry goods to farmers on oue y ciar's tie . M. Joties., WANTED-Two enerzotic young uen and women. Wi 150 por day. No Mynster street, Council Blufts, - | A party with 5,000 to sod investment and eni- fitable business. For pur- Bee, Council BIuirs, 1a BUSINESS Ch O can find |1Jn\|w ntin a pr veulurs address 7, Ci WIRITING Rhodes hus opened a general shorthund and typewriting and is p take dictation efther at the offic rthunid class. They are made in all designs and sizes, for all purposes, and their durabil- ity insures them to last a lifetime. Gas - fLonly costs $1.50 per 1,000 in Council Bluffs, and one burner consumes 10 feet an hour, making the cost of running about equal to gasoline, with none of its danger and disagrecableness. Jewel Girculating = “ Water Heater. Thin Tlenter Ia 1o o conncoted with: tho kitchen R A AT L iR weal oty T et o it } 0 o e v w L Water . |;4 iter in the world that s powerful und (||Hll.lhllr\tul 1It! Try to mateh it Buy one, for Council Bluffs Gas % Klectric Light Co. 211 AND 210 MERRIAM BLOCK. g B T C. A. BEEBE & COMPANY Wholesale and Retail Dealers 1n + FURNITURE. Targest Stock and Lowest I Dealers. send for Catalogue. Nos. 205 and 207 Broudway, and 204 and 206 Picrce Street, Council Bluffs, ‘ PROFEbSlONAL DIRECTORY — l[ul lic 1 t Engineer. !’lzmu, istimate II Bll‘l\lnl)lll(. Sp .fl‘.'n.l{.m:l.:. "'\'.Immvim:n of Public Work. Browa Building, Coucil Blufls, lowa. S ., —Justice of the Peace. O.fice over American Express, No. 4 NS chupz Friuseclin Hestey SRR O y N ] 36 . —Attorneys alaw. Practice in the S tate and Fed Stone & Sims Ayt itam 1 ana s Shuga oo’ Block Council Blu low . The Omaha Medical and Surgical I[nstitute. s— s Deposition! legal copyin ul | sttention. Roouid Brown builaing | WV ILY iy rent whon you ean by o homo on the same terms, and fn ¢ Cyour death utany time leave y i howe clewr on the followinzs trm WOrtl 81,0 it $12 per month, | 1300t #18 per month, 5000 it 824 por month | X0 4t 45 per month A hie 4,000 ut 18 por wonth, Other priced homes on the same twrms. The ubove monthly payments fnelude prineipal und interest, For il particulars call on or ddress the Judd & Wells Co. 006 Broadway Conncll Blufrs, T ok RENT 1 ol moaern houses. W W. Bilger, 25 treet POk RENT-The 0, No. I8, fronting on Peirl st W f "III\\) yer fuls ro bou that wo will trade W 1 viatan 10ts 10 Omaha or Cou bluffs, The Judd & | Wells Co., Councll Blufts, la, 1 ot the troatment f all CHRONIC AND SURGICAL DISEASES Tira-es, Ap Trugson. Bost Fucliies. Apparatus aud Itemodies S ont quiring Medtoul et NINFETY ROOMS KOI FATIENTS witles and B Inhinlation n Defe it Accou ulnre Tatalysin, Epliepsy. Kidney 5 I WOMEN a specialty B 1a 1y k-1 Departient for Women during Conbneumeat King a speeliity of PRIVATE DISEARES, © poison removed from the aystem without fiartios u Ty e treated at cin anll OF expresy. i rrod. Call und conull N FREE, upon Pryaste 1 liat ex ivo Treatm All comm i1 Tarks t « € your cuse, a New Rest cortasp ndence curely pucked. us or send history 1 we Bpecial or Neryous Diseases, Impotency Omaha Medic sal (nul Surgic atlons ¢ A €0 with quest 1l Institute, Gorner 9th and Harney Sts., Qmaha, Neby