Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 3, 1892, Page 6

. ¥ i 8 THE OMAHA BEE. ('4)[';T1ITI‘I.ITI"I" 3 NO. 12 PEARL & OT'FIC TREF Deitvory .\ d by Carrler to any part of the City. MANAGER, | TILTON, | Business Office I Night Editor HONES MINOR M 'TON. N, Y. Plumbing Co ¢ Council Bluffs Lumber Co., coal. i Craft's chattel loans, 204 Sapp block, Trinity guild will noid its regular meeting today at 2:30 p. m. with Mrs. Budio, Souta Flirst street, The Daughters of Rebekah, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, will meet this eve ing at the hall for drill in degree wovk. Sheriff-elect Johu ‘I, Hazep bas rented house on Third street and will re instoad of in tue jail buildiug as decescor has done, The Board of Supervisors will meet next Monday, and on that duy the new county officers who were elected iast full will file their bonds and immediately take their places. { A reception was tendered Secretary J. C. Roso ana wife lusy ovening at the Young Men’s Cheistian association rooms, A large audienco was present, the first part of the evening being taken up with addresses made by a number of representative citizens, A social 1ime followed, in which many availed themselves of the opportunity to get veiter acquainted with the new secretary and his wife, a ide there nis pre- e Drs. Woodbury denti hotel; fine work a speci { —— s,next to Grand lty. Tele. 145, Deputy Marshal Fowler's Tussle with an Unruly Prisoner, FINALLY QUIETED WITH A HEAVY BLOW. an Unpleasant New Year's with I Officials— owered and Plac in oa Steel Cell, Dan Rhodes is a colored man of large framo and vigorous disposition who has had his ins and outs with tho peace oficers on various occasions. Yosterday he ran against a snag. He was terrorizing the pedestrinns on Upper Beoadway by his loud ad threatoning tal and his indecent ac- tions. Some one reported his case at the city building and Dupaty Marshal Fowler started in pursvit. He overhauled Rhodes near the corner of Broadway and Benton atreets and took him to the police station, where e was booked tvith drunkenness, using loud and obscene language on the street and insulting lalies, Just as he was about 1o be put behin:d the jail bars ho tried to bloci proceedings by aiminz at Fowler's head u vigorous blow, which was neatly dodged. Fowler saw that Rholes meant business, and seizine a chaic he lmd it inst the check of the colored man with such force that he caused bim to measure 1 tho jail i IRhodes sprang to bis feet and would undoubtedly have pul- verized Fowler had not Marshal *Templeton dealt him a couple of vigorous blows over the head with the biz jail koys. He was then overpowored and placed in i steel _cell, where lie speut a haif hour washing off the blood thay had flowed during the sncounter. De Haven has his usual stoc k of beau tiful do’ls. Thoy are worth secing and Carman Feed and Fuel company, o wholesale and retail hay, grain and [ feed, Special prices on hay und gr ) in car lots. 706 Main street. Counci ] Bluffs, et e i PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS, Miss Minnie Unthank week with the family of D. Avoca. 7 M. Wallman and brido will live at 13 Ban- croft street during the winter. They are now at home to their friends. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Miller of Petersburg, 101, ave visiting their duugkters, Mrs. id Drake and Miss Reta Miller on Thiva avenue, Knocked the Persimmon, Superintendent Sawyer of tho city schools and his nine teachiers returned last evening from Des Moines, whoro they attended the meeting of the Stato Toachers association. ‘When they went away they took with them an exhibit of penmanship from all the grades, showing daily work, picturcs showing school ] buildings and the interior of the High school, been spending a F. McCarty at drawings from the grades avove the second grade, specimens of H school work in German, chomi 4 physics, zoology, and physics, and dis and mounted insects, Besides these were report blanks showing something of the working of the schools and the superintend- ent's complete report of the schools. Al- though those who arrauged the exhibit haa only three days in whict to do the necessary work, while all the other schools had threc mouths, and although each city in the state whose schools have a veputation for exce lenco was represented 1n the exnibit, Council Bluffs did not suffer at all by comparison. The following clipping from the Des Moines Leader shows how well Council Blaffs kept up with the processicn: ¢ For u purely edacational exhibit—a display of every diy school room work, a mo lel hibit 15 that of the Couneil Biuffs sc The speciniens of ‘penmanship are Incomp: ably suverlor to anything yet seen in Dos Mofnes wv any mecting of ‘the associution. while ‘those In draw ¥ excellent Drawing was not in in the Coun Bluffs curriculum until last Septembver. In view of the shortperiod of Instruction these samples of prozress are wonderful, The ex- hinit of hich school work in physical geog- raphy, geometry, alzebrw and pliysics is very BUDORIOr I That 1615 not Speclally preparei for this exhibiv but s taken from” every day i school room exercises. Councii Biufrs is to ho conzratulated upon the excellence its schools have attained. Superintendont Suwyer and ten of his tencliers are nere with the exhibit. Ttattracts much attention and muny fuvo able comments from the assembled peda- gogues. The other papers wero as generous in their praises as the one ubove mentioned. The object of the exhibit was to enable the teach- ers to dacide what sort of an exhibit to pre- pare for the World's fair, The exnibit which will be made on that occasion will ve- the same in its general nature as that which was s0 favorably regarded at Des Moine: although n:ore time and pains will be devoted to its preparation, and the displuy will con sequently ve still mor creditabie. tut, 25¢ per bushel | at C. 0. D. Brown’s, | 845 B'way, Council Blulfs, — Reiter, the tailor, 310 Broadway, has | all the latest styles and new winter goods. Sutisfaction guaranteed. —_— Episcopal Ladies Re Tho pleasures of New Year's day were greatly added to by the recoption in Royal i Arcanum hail by the Episcopalian ladies of the city. At 2 o'clock the hall was thrown open and shortly aftgrthe callers began to arrive. A steady stream of them flowed in and out all afternoon, and all were enter” tainod in anunusually bappy manner, The hall had been transformed into a magniticent parlor, the floor beinyg buried deep in rugs and all the hght furnished by ascore or more of parlor lamps with various colored shades, which made a brilliant scene. The foll ow- log ladies assisted in receiving the guests: Mesdames J. N. Baldwin, S, T. McAttee, 1. y J. E.-Myers, Thomas Metealf,C. Bowers. George D. Brown, Babcock, Atkins, James Beard, Richmond, H. , Gault, Charles T. Stewart, E. I, Test, W. A. Maurer, Van Brunt, McDowell, E. W. Hart, Sackett, Rockwell, D, C. Bloomer, Bert Sargent, John T, Stewart, Odell, M. E. Smith, W. W. Loomis, W. H. Treynor, Gus Keoline, J. McConnell, Rice, Alford, W. . Sapp. Misses Stewart, Daven- crt, Bowman, Botts, Bennott, Angie Wick- um, Osvorue, Oliver, Robinson, Reynolds, | Helen Bowman, Nellie Zurmuehlen, Pierce, Rockwell, Refreshments were served in the northwest corner of the room, tho table being superintended by Mrs. J. L. Stowart and a bevy of pretty girls from St. Paul's parish, The evening was given up to dancing. One of the largest and most brilliant crowas ever i seen at any social affair in the Bluffs was present, and the eveniug passed pleasantly, refreshments being served at 11 o'clock, Sl Swanson Musle Co., Masonio temple W. Archer H. Commercial men, Hotel Gordon the | best $2 house in Council Bluffs, Atoes. 25¢ per bushel at C. O, D. Brown’s, 845 B'way, Council Blnfls, First of the Season, To the Commercial Pllgrims of America velongs the distinotion of giving the first leap year party of the season, The members of the council, with their wives, children und sweothearts, assombled in the Royal Arcanum ball Thursday evening and passed avery ploasant time in cards, dancing ana other amusements, Just after the hour of miduight had been apuounced by the clocks, one of tho gentlemen arose and stated thai from that time on the affuir would bo in the nature of a leap vear party, and that the ladies would be exvected to take the initia- tive in providiog entortainment. It was a surprise to every one, and it Look sowe time to wear the rust of three years off ana get the ladies in the habit of looking after the wants of thelr gentlemen guests. The novelty of the thing was highly enjoved, however, and the early morning hours were spent in a delightful mauner. Solid silver and plated ware for less money than anywhere else in the city at E. Burhorn's, 17 Main strect. i Calanthe assembly’s 20d annual ball, — Walnut block coal, $4. livered anywhere in \ 100 Main street. 25 per ton. De- ty., Carman’s way down in prices. Walnut block and Wyoming coal, fresh minud, received daily Thateher, 16 Maiun. Chance for New Developments, Elmer Sayers and D. L. Wiison, who were jalied for contompt of court Thursday after- noon, were released on an order of court yesterday on their own recognizancs, and their attorneys confidently expect to have their feilow-sufferers disnosed of in the saiie way today. The contempt case and the as- sault case will probably both be triea today, the former in superior court and the latter before Justice Hammer. The dofendants claim that they will beable to show a very different state of affairs from that already publisbea. Tbe report of the receiver, James Peters, 13 to be made in superior court today, and 1t will be tho occasion of o vigorous fight. The Suyers outfit claim that the houso in which Peters was when tho sho ing took place was their house and ho had no vight thero. Thoy had been away all day and returned late at mght on their way to @ coon hunt, Ross Sayers intending to o in ufter a ' pair or glov According to the story he telis he was just avoutto try the door when he heard w report and a bullot whizzed past his ear. He did not relish the 1dea of being run out of his own house and de up his mind to euter at auy cost. He ordingly broke in the door and hada hand to haed fight with Poters, 1n which the latter was rather worsted. He denies that he shot Peters, and thinks the shot that were found iv the ujured man must have come from the gun in the hands of the boy who was with him in the house. Ho also deuies that there were more than ono or two shots fired by the members of his gang. A gun is now in the hauds of the attorneys for the de- fence, with its barrol bent almost at right angles us the result of a territic blow aimed ut Peters by Ross Sayers, but which missed its mark and spent its force on a defenseloss stove near by, Sayers claitns that the whole difticulty was caused by the dishonesty of Peters in his sapuity of receiver. He charges Poters with tailing to account for half of a crop of over 2,000 bushels of oats, the grain being moved to Plumer’s farm as soon as threshed and mixed in with Plumer’s 5o as to prevent an fccurato measurement of its amount. An attempt will be n.ade to show this fact when the report of the receiver comes up for an ex- amination. Tt is also said that W. H. Plumer laid him- self liablo to a presecution on the charge of perjury when he wade the aflidavit on the strength of which the four men were jailed for cuntempt, ho having no knowledge upon which to base his assertions excepting such as he had picked up on hearsay. 1t is likely that a case of this kind will pe instituted against him iu a fow days. Be sure and attend the grand ball this evening at Masonic temple given by Calanthe _assembly, No. 1, Pythian Sisterhood. AN / kindergarten in the city 1s in the Merriam block, next to the Young Men's Christian associntion. Bxpori- enced tenchers aud only one-half usual vates are charged, The onl Acc Iy Shot. P. J. Emig received o telogram Thursday night aunouncing tno ‘sad and suduen death of his youngest brother by accidentally shoot- ng himself at Massena, In. It has been the custom for years there for all marksmen to participate 1 a grand shoot on the last duy of the year, and as Mr. Emig wus an_expert with the gun be always took a leading part and bas never failed to take the highest prizo. As far as can bo ascertained by the tolegram, he was brought home to his” aged parents dead. . J. Emig and sister, Miss Regina, left on the fivst train and were joined at Avoca by their brother, John. The do censed was well known 1n this city. Jurvis 1877 brandy, purest, safest, best. The lndies of the Episcopal church will receive their friends in the R. A. hall on New Yewr’s day from half-past 2 to and from 8 to 12, All are cor- dially invited to be present. Wat rty. The new year was ushered in Thursday night by a party of gay young people at the residence of Wiiliam Van Arnum, at the corner of Tenth strest and Third avenue. ‘The evening was spent in games and other amusements and at midnignt refreshments were served, The following were present: Misses Minnie Barrett, May Hollis, Jeuunio Guitar, Edith Reynolds, [da Dowpster, Edna Luring, Carrle Woods; Messrs. George Clark, Will Van Avoum, Will White, Walter Luring, Jed Cole, Allen McNitt, Albert Bar- vett, Waltor Joseph, ———— Jarvis wild bla ckberry is the bast Bigzost bargains in holiday goods in the city at % Burhorn's, il Genuine tortoise shell combs at Bur- horn's. Burroughs-Oldham, Henry Studley Burroughs and Mi: Ella Frances Oldham were married last Wednes- day at the residence of tho bride's relatives n Chicago. The bride is better known in this city as Miss Nellie Hatcher, and she bas & host of friends who will extend con- gratulations, Mr, d Mrs, Burroughs will reside at (46 Washington boulevard, Chicago, and will be at home to their friends on Thursdays in Fevruary We have our own vinayards in Califor nin. Jarvis Wine company, Co. Bluffs Murdered u Pugnio, Colo., Jau Johu Dolts, an ex-fireman, was found dead in frontof his residonce, having been shot by some one uukuown, Robbery appears to have been the motive, as his watch and chain ana #0 in cash were missing. - Fire Kecord, Cranksyiiny, Tenn., Jun 1.—Fire here early this morning destroyed & threestory brick bullding, & notion and general store known as *“I'he Fair,” the old Planters hotel aud 8 dry goods store, Loss and insurance not knowa, 1 Biaxonaw, Als, Jan, 1.-—A fire which DAILY THE broke out OMAH! early this morning in the Jacksonville block destroyed 15,000 orth of property, three-fourths covered by insurance, Numerous families who roomed in the ouilding narrowly escaped with their lives. Prrrsnvre, Pa, Jan. 1.—At 4:30 o'clock thi® morning fire broke out in Jeanotte, P’a., and before the flames were subdued o dozen vuildings, including @ hotel and several business houses were destroyed. Loss, £0,000; insurance, $25,000. piben il THE DEPREDATION CLAIMS. Tuu oxperionce of Tue Ber Crauws Buneau has brought out the fact thav many of its subscribers do not understand that the Indian depredations act passed by the last congress annulled all previrus coutracts for collecting claims urder it. This isa fact that thoy shouid know for their owa protoo ' tion. When the act was signed all contracts | with agents were made vold by its terms. The holders of claims were then free to make | with their agents as thoy ch pleased, or could rofuse to make any bargain | s vargains at all, The framers of the act found it necessary totako this step for the protection of the | claimants, Atthe time when there seemed little chance that such an act would be passed hundreds of claimants haa contracted with agents to pay outrageous fees in case the moncy could be collocted, Cases are | known in which thoclaimants nad contracted togive upto the agents over ono-half the | umount collected. Cases in which one-third | was promised were not at all uncommon. T'o aliow these contracts to stand would make | the law not an act of justice, but an act of exiortion for the benefit of the claim ugents. The clause was- inserted annulling all the contracts, good, bad and indifferent, and limiting the percentage to be charged by agents to 15 per cent, with an extra d per cent allowance for special cases, The cl ugents naturally objected to this, asserting that it was beyond the povers of congress, but the bestopinion of both houses was that contracts mado to collect claims under a law that did not exist could be anvulled in thse manner. On the 4th of March, therofore, the claim- ants who ad signed contracts wero as free from obligations to agents as those who had uot. If they were satisfied with theiragents and wished to siwn a new contract within the Eitof compensation fixed by the law, it as thewr right, but nene of them were under any legal obligation to doso. The more unscrupulous of tho agents naturally represented to their clieats that they were bound to renew their contracts, with merely the substitution of the terms named by law for the outrageous commissions av first de- manded. Cases have been brought t the attention of Tus Bez in which this policy bad been followod succes 11y, by unscrupulous agonts. They had 1n aword bullied the claimants into hiring them when if the claimants had understood that they wora free of obligation, they would have choson other reproseatatives. As others aro being worked upon in the same way,tho facts of the cose are set forth for their pro tection. 1If thoy aro satistied with the men they first chose they are right in re-engaging them. 1f they are not satified, they are freo to eupage anbody they choose. - Tue Bee Cravs BUreau was established solely for the protection of the public. It was establishod on account of the complaints of its subscribers who thonght they were being uujustly weatod, and tHose, still more numerous, who applied to it to find a retiable agent. It wiil collect the claims at only such charges as will pay the exp:uses of tho Lu- reau. It is expected4hat it will rarely hup- pen that tho limit set b7 tho law wiil be aceded to pav the expese of colleciion, Many of the claims can doubtless be collecte for 5 per cont of their face. The bureau 1s at the service of the subscribers and public a4 large. Thoso who take advantage of its offor will_save money by it. Those who do not placo their claims in its charge will save money, t0o, for it has put a check on the ra- pacity'of the ngents who would otherwiso feol free to take last penuy the law al- lows. 1Itis the privilego of a great news- paper to bonefit ali. s DID MUCH DAMAGE. Fire Destroyed a Drug Store, Tailor Shop - and Printing Ot About 2:15 o'clock this morning flames were seen burstiug from the drug store of M. A. Johuson, at ihe northwest corner ol Twentieth and Lake streets. The alarm was turaed io from box but before the fire departuent arrived the flames had guined a good headway and were rapialy eating their way iuto the adjoinung build- iugs. Several streams of water were needed to put the fire out. The Jolnson drug store was a total wreci by thetime the firemon left. Nothing of the roof remained but a few rafters and the bare walls. The contents of the store were totaliy destroyed, not evon a bottle remaining un- broken, The fire spread iuto an adjoining tailor shop at the Lake street front and burned the roof off the one-story building. In the rear of thu drug store was annther frame story-and-a-half structure oceupiedgoy I3, H. Cannon as a job printing ofy The stock of the printing outfit was totally d stroyed with the exception of the pross, which may posstbly be saved, All the buildings in the block are owned by George W. Beard, and his loss will be between $2,500 and $3,000. The Johnson drug store outfit is nsuved and will lose about #1,500 or £2,000. As only the roof of the tailor shop was burned the loss there will not amount to much. = THEY WOULD CELEBRATE. 7, Many Men Who Dallied Too Long at Job Burleycorn's Shrin Last nigh? was a great one for drunks. The pclice patrol wagon was kept busy from about 8 o'clock until midaight making runs and hauling in tho celebrators. Iv seomed us if everybody from councilmen down were opening the new yoar by imbibing the ved liquor which makes & man eager to sing or to kill. T'ne police blotter was filled with ‘John Dbves” from No. 1 to No. 12, and it Kkept the jailor busy toting *‘svake raedicine’’ to unfortunates who had celebrated a little too much, A temperance lecturer could have found food for & dozen talks at the jail last night. The streets were particularly quiet, but the saloons were full of people, and as’ soon as a drunken man showed himself on the streets unable to take care of himself the police took him in tow and gave him a warm room and good care at the jail, Christian Scientists Censured, Buniixaroy, Ia, Jao, 1.—The coroner's jury in the case of the boy Clarence Lay,who died wulle under Christinn scieuce treat- ment, today brought in_a_verdict of gross negligence and censured his parents routdly They denounce the practicound order the cor- oner to bring proper action ngainst the sci- entist in question, Mrs. Vandewater, Chasing a Murderor, Sevyour, Ind., Jan. 1.—Early this morn- ing L. W. Marsh, a promivent cltizen, was shot and killed by a burglar who had en tered the house, Oficers and citizens ave in Lot pursult of the burglar. If he is captured justice will be swift and summar, i NEW BOOKS AND PERIODICALS. We have just reccived the twenty-first volume of the American State Reports, con- taining the casos of general value and authority subsequent to those contained in the “Auierican Decisions” and “American Reports,” decided in the courts of last resort f the soveral states, selected, reported and anuotated A. C. Freeman, aund the associate_editors of the “American Deci sions.” No lawyer’s libvary can be regardod as complete without a copy of these invalu- able reports, aud, in fact, we do not see how an uttorney with'sny kind of practice can possibly do business unless he has theso re- ports or sometning similar, The volumes are strongly bound, and typograpbically they are all but perfect. Published by the well known firm of law publishers,the Bancroft- vy bitnoy company, Sar. Franeisco, Cul, The sixth number of the Illustrated World’s Mair for December contaius a special article filling one page by Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, discussiug the effect of the World's Coluwmbian Exposition on the human race; u clever skotch by Opie Read, an interesting coutributior. by 1. Hough and articles oy Frederick Muayer, Jawmes Martland, Anni Oldtield Wiggs, togetber with some excellent ortraits and photographs of the World's Fair bulldings and people. Jewell N. Halll gon, gonersl managur, MoVicker's thewter 1 building, Chioago, 1l BEE | trusting to any Lessons Drawn fronf'the New York Oen- tralsWreck, RAILROAD EBUILDING', FOR THE Th Burie Drifts, York ilrond, Christmas eve, gives a The terrible wreck on the New Central r | fresh impetus to the demand for the bloc m of handling trains,. The New Yo k World ,oicas the genoral “Tho for wnd sentiment in this vigorous style: managers are still move to blame man's diligence alertuess in a matter involving 80 groat & visk of human lives. It is because of their greed and negligence that this great railroad is operated upon an an- tiauated, unsafe system for years after a better one has been in use on all well- managed lines, “Their neglect to adopt the block sys- tem of automatic signuls is eriminal, and the law is defective if it does not hold them criminally linble for the con- sequences of that night. **And this is true whether the failure to adopt modern appliances resuits from indolent indifference to duty on the part of the management or from a stingy re luctance to spend money for improve- ments. No manager of i great railrond can in any wise excuse himself for trust- ing human lives in such fishion to the uncertain hazard of one man’s porform- ance of duty, whon there exists an automatic system of rendering safety absolute.” Stat The dec Rights and K A Taxes, on of the United % preme court in the Maine railrond tax case, says the St. Louis Globe-Demo- crat, 1s of more than usual importance by reason of its departure from the line of previous decisions in the sume rela- tion, It establishes a new precedent and may lead to a complete reversal o the position heretofore held by the court with regard to the regulation of inter- state commerce. The case turned upon the question of the right of the state to tax the gross receipts of a railroad for each mile operated within its limits, regardless of the fact that said road ex- tended into another state and thus was brought under the interstate commerce law; and the decision is to the effect that this right exists. It is a mistake, the court holds, to say that interstate commerce can not, be taxed by a state under any circumstances. W hen a state imposes a uniform tax upon all railroads without discriminating between those that are wholly within the state and those that are not, it is constitutional, the court declaves. © Such a tax is to be construed as a tax on franchise, and s0 does not signify an interference with interstate commerce. That is to say, a state bas the right, according to this decision, to tax for revenue purposes the menns or subjects of interstate commerce within its borders, provided the same tax is levied uponthe means and sub- jects of local commerce. This view 1s directly opposed to that which w en in the original package case and in the case of the tux on drum- mers, The court practicaliy held in both of those cases thut interstate commerce could not be reached by the state for purposes of taxation in any form or degree. This latter decision is cer- tainly more reasonable. A state should be able to tax all of the railroads that have the privilege of doing business within its borders, under the protection of its laws; and the fact that some of them happen to have lines extended into another state should not exempt them from the obligation to pay their due share of the public expenses, The plan of taxing gros re- ceipts by the mile is probably the best that could be adopted, and, as Justice Field points out, it cannot be asidered an interference with inter- state commerce, buf, must be regarded merely as a rule for ascertaining the value of the business transacted by the corporation. Five of the nine justices agree in the decision, which is 10 say that it may be changed when a new j jus- tice shall be appointed in place of one of the present incumbents, It is to be hoped, however, that a decision so clenrly right and practieal will be al- lowed to stand. The railroads ave likely to escape more or less taxation in any event, and it is to the interest of the people that the right of the state to tax tho franchise of all rouds or parts of roads within its boundaries shall be fully recognized and maintained. % The Engincer Regai 1 Iis Nerve, When a railwiy engineer grows old or has had several narrow escapes, he fre- quently “‘loses his nerve,” us railrond men put it. He becomes too cautious, and as a vesult generally brings his train in late, says the Chicago Tribune. The engineer in question—nover mind his name or his road—had “lost his nerve.” He had a passenger engino and twice he hnd been told that if he couldn’t get his train through on time he would have to begin hauling freight. He was meek about it and promised to do better, *I’ll bring her in on time if there’s a house on the track,” he said the last time. He came into the office after his run a day or two later, looked about the room, glanced up at the ceiling and then aske “Seen any of it? Of what?” askad the official, “Coal,” veplied the engineer. “Why, no. What I guess it hasn’t come down yet,” he said quietly. ome one left a coal car on the main track.” “And vou—you——"began the official, ST got in on time.” “But the coal car. How did you get around——" “Ididn’t get tiound. I pulled her wide open and ¢ame through. There’s about a hall a tod pf it on the roof of the rear coach, and L was expecting to find the rest of it here somewhere. And i HWell P ¢ *The smokestdclk of the engine 1s gone, there’s no pilot left, and the cab windows are broiken, but, of course, I was acting under orders, And say again!”? *Well, what is it?” *“Just put down on your books some- where that an engineer who husu’t lost his nerve, but is tired of keeping it, re- signed from the service of the road today, and is going to look for a job on a farm,” ) Loat in the Snow stories are always acceptable, and particularly at this time of the yoar, when the mercury is anxiously trying to reach the bottom of the thermometer, Did you ever hear the tule of how an express teain mysteriously disappeared in the gnow, and was not found for two days? asks the Express Messenger. This occurred in 1880, in New Jorsoy. It was in the month of December, A passenger train started from Penn’s Grove on the | Delaware River railroad, [ts objective | PAGES. point was Woodbury, somo twenty miles distant. 'When half the way had been made, huge snowdrifts were encoun- tered. The locomotive bravely battled against them, plowing its way thro igh light drifts, which sometimes renched to the top of the smokestack. Little hendway, however, could be made. The conl on the tender was being rapidly ex- hausted., At lust communication was opened with the president of the road. That gentleman seut to the conductor the fol- lowing dispatch: “Uso all the fence rails you your hands on if your coal giv Throw in a barn or two if necessury. an lu s ou I that fails, take all the pork offered at $6 per hundred, Keep your steam up, and come through at any cost.™ ‘I'his has vightly been characterized as. a plucky dispateh. But there was more pluck to be shown in eareying out the instructions than in wording them. They were carrid out, however, to the letter, Woodbury was reached at 10 p. m. A funeral cortege had been waiting there for tho train since 5 Once the road had been opened it was determined to keep it open. At midnight the train started back. At 2 o'clock it stuck in a drift. The telegraph wive had blown down. v messenger was sent across the fields asking for unother engine. But the conductor had omitted to state in his dispatch wh he could be found. 50 the powerful engine that was sent out got lost in its turn.” In fine, both train and roliel engine utterly disappeared from vicw, and were finally discovered by sleighs sent out for them. - - CALIFORNIA JAMS, . Details ot a Suceessiul Experiment in Los Angel Between 850.000 and 400,000 pounds of manufactured fruit of almost every variety grown in Southern California, being “put up” in the crvstalized and glace confections of Weisbaden processes in sirups of compots and other methods of preserving, 1s the output of the lust sea= son of the Pacific Pruit company in Los Angeles, suys the News of that city. The work of the fuctory this season was for the most part experimental, The spirit of the work is the superin- tendent, D J. Boehm, an expert and scientific operator in preserves, who has spent many years both in America and Turope in this class of wock. *“There were many drawbacks to my applying my methods of preserving to the Califor fiuits,” said Mr. Boehm this morning, *“TI'he fruits are so dif- ferent from those we have in the easi of this country and in Europe. At Wies- baden it takes fourteen ys to make the sirup presoives, which® are wholo fruits in sirup und known upon the mar- ket as **Wiesbaden goods.” It took me three wecks to make them when I first commenced in the spring and the cost was greater than we can get for the manufactured product, but after that the conditions and properties of the Cal- ifornia fruits were fully understood, and we got the processing to su 1t » perfec tion that we do the whole g in day. PFruit therefore comes into the factory in the morning and work on it is never stopped until it is in glass ready for the market, which isan end achieved some time in the night. All fruit must el to us as soon after it is picked from the orchards us possible. If it is grown at a distance it comes to us by express. ‘We caunnot take any risks with freight- ing it.” The fruits purchased by the company auring the year were as follows: Of cherries, figs, prunes, and white pe.ches, 100,000 pounds each; of apricots (Ven- tura), and strawberries, 300,000 pounds each; nectarines, 125,000 pounds; rasp- berries, 125.000 pounds; blackberries, egg plums, Bnglish walnuts, and Japan plums, 50,000 pounds each; pears, £0,000 pounds; and chestnuts, 10,000 pounds, There was also over 300,000 pounds of sugar used. Of this sugar it must bo re- gretted that only a few bags of the China sugar were used. The sugar was tried, buv it was found to contain too much sbda, and it was not alltogether clean. It is anticipated that this fac- tory will next year turn out 1,000.000 pounds of manufactured products and will consume 600,060 pounds of sugar. If the lactory does not eliminate the ob- jectionablo properties in manufacturing sugar it will not be able to sell any or its output to this concern. The sngaf now used comes from the Havemeyer refineries in San Francisco. Mr. Boehm says the finest fruit pro- duced in southern Californin is figs. He haslived in Smyina and other ori- ental countries, but they raise no such figs ther The only thing needed, Mr., Boehm says, to give the California fig a world wide reputation is a proper method of drying or preserving, He ards the ligs made by the worlks this year as the finest product turned out. ‘The prunes used come from San Jose and Pomona; the former are a dark ricty und the same as are known in Germany; the latter are red and move proferred by Mr. Boehm. All of the goods are of the very finest qualities, excelling the French product: There isa tariff of 25 per cent upon the foreign goods and Mr. Boehm believes the works will be able to drive them almost entirely out of the market. He took a number of samples to San Francisco u short while ago and they were eagerly purchased by the jmporters and deale:’ there, even when they had their shel filled’ with imported goods. These dealers. he says, have not heretofore hundled California preserved fruits, dealing ' .clusively in fruits processed in thee stand Europe. Kaufman Bros,, the largest grocery importing house in this country, have taken hold of the goods and by circulars and agents are introducing them to the wholesale trade all over the country. “Our great trade,” says Mr, Boehm, *will lie outside of California. The trade will not be local, though we will supply that ton. Next year we shall be able to reduce the price of many of the products we make; the Wiesbaden goods, for in- stance, are imported ata cost of $8 50 er dozen, We shall sell them at $ 3y January 11t is expected the entire output of the year will be sold, as there ave only a few hundred pounds now left in the works,” “Phe fuctory will start up April 1 next, cherries with processing and straw- berries. The Chinese govern- went has finally awakened to the iwmport- ance of partioipating in the World's fawr. A speciul representutive of tho.emporor is now iu this city and toworrow will call upon Director General Davis to learn what apace China will be given. Ho promiscs that the Chinese exbibit will be one of the largest, most uovel and_picturesque of any, The envoy is Chow Yu Ling, a member of the Chineso logation at Paris. He bears a lettor of introduction from Secrotary Blaive. SRR Tho following oicers of Union camp, No, 134, Division of Nebraska Sons of Veterans, | Cuicaco, 1L, Jan, 1, - ANSWER THIS, A Move That Forc Charg) That tho 85 Off r Con- cealad a Trick or Schema. It is Praotically Ranewed to O.xa'ia Patient for tae Rest of the Winter—A Jealous Fhysicians ircular Lettor and How Dr:. Oopeland and Massfi-ld Reply to It—Their Location in Owaha a Permanent One — Thay Came to Btay. stated period created a genuine sur prise, not only among doctors and drug gists, among newspaper reade ally. It was such w radieal departure wener: persons claiming to be specinlists tha the public. Of course, the rate was no! exceedingly profitabie to the physician tiiemselves, wnd in some case those of patients out of the city, need ing entailed a positive loss, [n spite of this, however, Drs, Copeland and Mansfield “Thera Is some trie! ibout it they sald SThey ire 2ol to 6L more money some Way. They eannot treat patients and (urnish medl clnes ut 5 a month.” But in spite of this v gent newspaper readers who lrad care fuliy watched the career of Dr. Cope lund and hi that they Omaha, knew that there about it. land and Mansfield r w cordial ana response. Di offer met with overwhelming land and Manstield did what th «smd could not be done. They not only for one month, but for three consecutive months, Their incredulity guve place to anger. realized that a telling blow had been struck at the unreasonable system of heavy fees and expensive prescriptions. After that a remark frequently made by discomfitea physicians wa 1 that to got *Oh. true; they are simply dol ot all the D Jwd of foop e After they s they want and mk lot of money. One physician, in another city, envi- ous of the success of Dr. Copeland and his associates, went so far as to embo iy this remark ina circular letter (written ou a hektograph) which he mailed to all the names he could got. Well, we are prepared to show the wenkness of this methol of attack just as clearly as we have shown the weak- ness of other attacks from a similar source—unuble to continue the general rate as it stood. Weare going to rene tlents who ein cometo the office for treat- went or mediciy n faet. for all cases inthe rate does not entail u positive Out-of:town paticnts will be only. In addition to this rate. the wholésale cost of whatever speci prepirations or appliunces they may need. lo local patients we will maintain the rate of % a month for all medicines and treatment mu nder of the winter months, Jun- February. We beilevo this thor- 1y demonstrites what we have been nt- tempiing 1o show, that patients can bo skill- fully, thorou=hly and successfully tre at one-fourth, yes. one-tenth the cost charged by muny who eluim (o be specialists. v the offer toall pa- Th-ir L-ca'ion Pe manent. There is one other remark that has beon made which calls for a very direct and u very forcible answer, the reduc- Lion of the rate to $5 a month uptoa speeifiea date g e to the remark rom a certain source, something like thi. <Ol they can up to that dute, oftice and leave the town. T.ot it be clearly and distinetly stated that Dr. Copeland and his associutes NEVER CLOSED AN OFFICE, their loca- tion heve is permenent, their leases and contracts ave for a term of years, they are here Lo stay and less successful phy- sicians need not delude themselves with the hope thit they ave going to leave the city, they are permanently located in Omanha and will permanently give skillful, thorough and scientific treat- ‘ment to all at low and uniform rates. Let there be no misunderstanding about this, they ure toing to tuke in all the money then close their TWELVE YEARS DEAF. Ths Remarkable Cure of Mrs, Mary E. Cornell—8t1l Adding to the Long List of Test Uasas, from catarrh for d two years ago L had an at- pes sinco that time it hus been growinz worse. [ lost my hearing and could scarcely hear an ordinary conversation, which y digagreenble My heid was stopped up and a_continual buzzing and ring- Ing in my ears, also o constant hawking and spitting cansed by dropplugs from my nose into my throat, and often at night bieeding at the nose tless nights and getting but very little nd on arlsin in the morn- 1ng becom 'ng 50 dizzy Ghat v would be several minutes before I could got up to uttend tomy T have been a sufferer twelve yenrs, tack of the zr Ve MRS MARY E. CORNELL. usuul dutios, as I wis more tired than when golng 10 bed. No uppetite; nothing ssemed o asree with me. Every winter for yeurs Ihavo been subjct Lo severe Witacks of sore throat, suffering fom w at u tme—continunlly having & bad coughi my heart trovbled ni greatly: puins In my hoad, shoulders und chest. Having tried several eminent phys'- ol nd recolving only temporary reliof I will be installed together witi the new ofti cors of the Grand Army of the Republic and | the Wormen's Rellef corps, on the evening of | Jauuary 5, 1502, at Columbus; H. B. Reld, | captain; A, Gailey, first lieutenant; | George C'ouch, second lieutenant; E, O, | Early, “rst sergeant; F. Wurdemann, quar- termaster; J. C. Tschudy, color sergeant; | S, B. Brimblecom, post' musician; A, E Searl, sergeaut of the guard; J. B, Tschudy corporal of the guard; Churles F. Miuor camp guard; C, Wurdeman, chaplain; R.W. Laoe, picket guard, | niuls of persous In rog had becos suraged, und thousht 1 never could be cured. But on reading the tostimos 1 1o the treatment of s Copelund, Shepard & Mansfield. I conclud- tolgive thei o teinl Thoy gave nie but ttle Tat first. but after a few months' an to guln rapidly, and av th's time I feul better than [ hive for yoars. My heuring 1s entiiely Festor i, iy cou < Is gon the droppings in my throat cured. and { feel like & now person, 1 would be glad to give any further estinony Lo any one personaliy, and for the kindnoss and skifitul treatniont of Drs. Copeland, Shopard and Muustield In wy vor Sesiles tio from the big foes usually charged by at fivst it could ha dly bggunderstood by L especinlly pecial preparations or apparatus to supply the piace of office treatuent, it ‘ning, intelh- associntes during the time bave practiced medicine in was no trick They knew that Dvs. Cope- iously kept their promises to the pub.ic, and tho almost Cope- rivals did it | Iinvicus doctors they will riise their rates . TR bares T cheerfully cndorso them and Fecoms 1 any one simiine.y affected to them fot ment MARY E CORNELIL, Wi0 Mason Street. REPRESENTATIVE RESIDENTS. What They Say Concerning the Suceess ol Drs. Copelandy Shepard and Mansfield— A Well Known Clergyman Gives His Ex« perience—Other Tes imony Oy 1 have see sthce then th street. “Indeed, I folt miserabl, seemed 1 would never b the doctorving 1 did a did me no good, Af il tar v psfiol | had tr mind to try their syst ] P LWO YORES 120 my troubl in begun, and ny_ miserablo days wnd nighis M W. T Callahan, of 127 8 all the time, und 14 ny botter, for all e 1 too cading of numeron Drs. Copeland and ssstully, I made up "™ 1 \ Today th s 0ms a The five-dollar rate which Dis Copos | pana 1 teck bettor arors e thiif i are ath land and Mansfield introduced for n ' Several years' ['am vary thankfui to Dre Copeland and Manstiold, s TRl 2 Irad A2 SR t REV, I €. SWANK, of the Theologleal Seme | Inary, writes to Drs, Copelund and Manstiold g | s follows: “I take gro it ploasure In Known 1o you that 1 by vod beneiits from vour trestn or five v I have beenatii ted with rrh of the and throat, which, at tiu us distross indeed, in . leadin: to bel eve th must ¢ive up public speaking. I tried remedies but received no rellef untii | | toyou, wnd L am happy to write and inform o | you thine T win entlveiy cured, all my sy pe 1 | tows of eatareh having aisapoo red.” 9 lived vigorously up to the terms of their | , A%, MENA DOLL G Louvinworth stroety offer and in no case was u patient | nehos no i or spittine, and 1 foel frash 1-1.1:||~uml more than 5 a lmuuth for med- :\‘\"1‘4’.‘.:-Nfi“..»n..”'"" e in '!‘irvf i |n«T.':i Envious and less suceossful doctors | all bwill aludiy ropunt wiy story.s o> looiced on at first with increduality. ST TN S MG tinz, no sore throat, my houd, 2| censod unid my eyon 2 - | eannow read the papers. cven ut feel like u ¢ ent pof ) el p cannot b given Drs, Cop nd Mansfield fort olr nd ors. SAMULL SMYTH, 710 South 16t street: © hupplest man in the city. feeiing ve found whit I thou ht lost forever iy cood henlth=and wnyone who knows me Lam w well man: [have no wore tsi no pain in the chest orshoulder- T cough no more and Iam gaining in flesh every day. not siy too much for the zood Copeland any Mansficld doné in my cuso. Mit JOHN MALONE, 1804 South “I heartily recommend Drs. Cope Muunsfield's treatnent as the onlv treitment thut ever gave me any relief, and nad I knowi of them sooner it would liave sived me yeurs rine and much money. d PAEN MARTIN, South Oma wonderful success of Dr sfield I thought I would try o cared, and Tam thank il did, for they have acconiplished wonders in my eiise. After treating with them my symp- toms have all d suppered and I am us well as evor Lwas in my lfe MISS LAURA GOODHEART, 3120 Erskin 1 ennnot say or do too much for Drs, nd Mansfiold, for they have cured d'me In better heafth generally 1 and conselentions work in ny heartily recommend them to afl e and than T coul i ever hope for MR C. W. FOSTER, 613 North 42 My head nnd nose are clear. goo: d street! ppetite) ore night sweats, ind my lung troubie ig feved, and’ T have no further feuf ption.” T can't say too much in rs. Copelund o Ly suved my 1ifc 1 Minstield, for theg Their Credentinls, . As hos been said, Dr. W, I Copelund wa pres dent of h s ut Bellevue Hospital Medieal Colle e, Now York, whore he grads uated. the most fumous Institution of its kind it the country, 11is dAiploma bears the written endorse s ent” of the medical authorities of New York, of the deans of prom nent medleal collozes in Pennsylvanin. Dr. T, B, Mansflold’s credentials are no loss abundant and unquils o 1118015 formally Indorsed by tho soc- of various county und stits medical socicties, These centlomon, aftor thorouzh hosp tal experience und practics. have do- voted their lives to the practice of thelr spoc- tics, with what success the columns of tha daily papers show. DR. C. & SHEPARD, who was president of his eluss ut Rush Medicnl college, Chieazo, which Is acknowledzed to be the leading in- stitution of its kind in the west. Is now asso- eiuted with the Copelina Medieal Institute. Dr.Shepard, atter u thorough hospltal experi- ence and speciul study of the discasesSof the eye. ear. nose and thiont. p aces him among theleading spocialists in the west. H's diploma nlso bears the written endors ment of the seereturics of the state bourd health of Nebraska. Copeland Medical Institute ROOMS 311 AND 312, of New York Life Buildinz, Cor. 17th and Farnam 8ts., Omahy, Noeb, W. H. COPELAND, M. D. C. 8. Sueraro, M. D. T. B. MANSFIELD, M. D, Consulting Physieians. Spoctaltes: Ear. Oatareh and all disuses of ths n! Lunzs, Nervous Dis- Skin Chronie Diseasos. Offics 9 to 11 a, 1, 2 105 p. ., 7100 p. 1 Sunday 10w m 04 . Cutirrhal troubles and treated successfully by stamps for auestion letters to Copelund York Lite Bullding. On; Thront kindred disoases mall. Sond 4¢ In Addross all 1 Institute, New Nob. CITIZENS STATE BANK Or Council Bluffs, .. $150,70) TG STOCK., SURPLUS AND PROFITS, 70,000 TOTAL CAPITAL AND SURPLUS...,.$225,000 Direcronra~I A, Mil.er, I, O, Gleason, B L. Shugart, B E, Hurt, J. D Edmundson, Charl R. llunnan. Transuct gonoral bunking busi ness. Lurgostcupital and surplus of uny bun ¢ in Southwestern lowa INTEREST ON TIM:Z DEPOS3ITS FIRSTNATIONAL BANK OF COUNCIL BLUFF3, ONA Paid Up Capital 100,000 Oldest organized banis lin tho olty. Foreign and domestio oxenangs anl 03l waouritian 440080 attontion paid to collwotlons. Aeoount) 0f fndivias uals, banks, bankers and corporations solicital Corrosponidance in vit 1. GKO. . BANFORD. Proildent. A W. RUBKMAN, Oashlor. AT RICH Assliiant Cashlae ——— NOTICES, BLUFF 3, / = 1 woman to cure fora buby,’ ner week. Apply to Mr vorner Sth street und SPECIAL COUNCI'. \ JA A Wages 8500 Horace Everott, avenue. /] \‘ ANTED—By wn experienced electriclury wsituation. Huve hid six yeurs in elecs tric lzht works, Address V20, Bee, Councll Bluirs YOR exchungo. K res of lund in Sonth Chlenzo, S0t platting for Omuba property or cloar Neoraska lund. ' Address at ance F, 23 Bee, Council Biuds. o f -+ (OIt BALE or exchunze—i0 acres lmproved land 344 miles from postofiice. Wil tukd vieant property. Greenshields, Nicholson & 61 Brondway, Counell Binirs. Co., T WANT wbuy stock of grocerion or hogs nd shoes: will pay part cush and pirt by ) roo'n house and lot in Omuha. G 8 Bed/ Council Bufs. s {OMPLETE outht b v fixtures and two podl o Jtubles for snle nnd bul ding for rent, (10 location. K, H. Shoufe, over OMoer & I'asey » Uik Rt G el DARMS, gardon lands, houses, lots and busin blooks for salo or rent. Day & Hoss, 9 Pourl streot, Councll Bluffy