Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 23, 1892, Page 7

THE OMAHA BEE. COUNCIL BLUWFS, OFFICE: NO. 12 PEARL STREET, Deilvered by Carrier to any part of the ¢ 1. W. TILTON MANAGER ty TELEPTONEs | RN R 0L —_— MINOR MENTION. N, Y. Plumbing Co, Council Bluffs Lumber Co., coal. Crafus chattel loans. 204 Sapp block. The funeral of Earle Fauble will be this aftarnoon at 2 o'clock. | The funeral of Mrs. Almy will occur this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence of Judge W. C. James, on Third avenue, The Congregational social to have been given at the residence of 1, W. Otis nas been postponed until further announcement, The Women's Christiun association has passed appropriate resolutions on the death of Miss Laura Cole, who was one of 1ts most honored and esteemed members. Ihe funcral of Eva Montgomery took place yestorday afternoon ut the residence of | ner parents, Dr. and Mrs, P, H, Monteomery, | on Fourth street, Rov. G. W. Crofts offici ating. Elmer Petersou died last evening of diph- theria, aged 4 years, Tho funeral will oc cur this morning at 10 o'clock at. the resi- denco of his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Jacob Peterson, 2315 South Ninth street Frank M. Compton, who has been con nected with the firm of James & Haverstock for the past niao yours, has severed his con- nection with that firm and gone into part nership with N. A. Taylor in the grocery business. In the district court yesterday a default was takon in the case of Samuel Weston against G. A. Keeline ana the U.ion Depot company; judgment was rendered against Keclino and a decree of foreclosure against both the defendants, A suit was commenced in the district court yesterday by D. S. Erb & Co. azainst C. M. Oberholizor on two notes, for #4i8 and $575 rdspectively. H. H. Oberholtzor gunrauteod the payment of them, and ne (« made a de- fendunt along with bis son. Mrs. H. R Jones entertainad o large party of friends Wednesday evening at her home on Washington avenuo, in honor of her gu Mrs. L. A. Clutter of Moberly, Mo. The evening was pleasantly passed in daucing, music and games. Kefreshments were served at midnight. Wier, Shugart & Co. are keeping pace with the times, Manager Atkins placed in their tablishment what is known as a long dis tan ismitter, whereby direct communi- cntion can be had' without the aid of baving the same repeated. Lincola, Neb., was called and the faintest whisper was dis- tinctly hoard. These instruments are only used for toll work. Mr. Atkins 13 now ready to furnish this style of instrument to those who wish them at small expense. Samuel Stogelin, the prosecuting witness in the larceny case against Fred Kissell and “Duteh’ Boyiogton, was dismissed {rom the city jail a few days ago after serving a sen- wence for drunkenness, but failed to show up when the time came for the hearing of the cases in wnicn ho was Lo testify. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest by Judge Mc(ico and he was brought in last evenme by Deputy Marshal Fowier. e will prob- ably have a chance to plead to the chargo of contempt of court. The following directors have been chosen by the stockholders of the Union Driving park: N. W. Wells of Schuyler, Neb.; Guy 3arton and J. H. Millara of Omaba; J. T. Stewart, George Wright, Charles Stewart, Charles Gregory, E. A. Wickham ana William Moore of this oity. The directors then held a meeting and selected the following ofticers: President, J. T. Stewart; vico president, Guy Barton; secrotary, George Wright; treasuror, William Moore.” "The directors decided to hold two big meotings during tne coming scason. L. T. Kittle, sheriff of Monona county sent a telogram to the chinf of police yestor- day asking that a man described in the tele- gram be arrested and held, and stating that he would arrive in tho city at 6 o'clock to gounim. A n.an answering the description was found wandering about the strects and arrosted. He was tuken to the city jail, whero he introduced himself as J. R. Mitch” ell, and was slated with being a fugitive from justive. The Moaoua county sheriff failed to show up as he is said, but ho 15 ex- ccted this morning. No particulars can be learnoaso far as to what Mitcnell is wanted or. Some excitement was caused on South First stroet yesterday morning by W. A. McMillen, who visited tho house of his brother-in law, Charles Stephan, and carried away his 3-year-old child in spite of the loud protests of Mrs. McMillen. [t seems Mr. and Mrs. McMitlen have haa some demestic Aroubles which resulted a few months ago in their separatiug, Mrs, McMillen taking her child und poing to live with her brother. McMillen went to tho house to get the child and take it home, in_the hope of effecting a reconciliation, but tho brother of the woman put chase and there was a lively littlo run- ning match for a few minutes. McMillen finally boarded a motor and was soon out of roach. Stephan wanted a warrant issued for his brother-in-law’s arrest for kidnaping, but was informod that McMillen was as much the owner of the child as his wife. The case was finally settled by Stephan taking the child back Lo its mothel e Walnut block and Wyoming coal, fresh mined, received daily Thatcher, 16 Main. Dr. F. T Seybert has removed to the Grand hotel. Telephone —_— Jurvis 1877 brandy, pu IRSONAL PARAGRAPHS, held pst, safest, best. r Miss Early of St. guest of Miss Lena | nue. Mrs. Joln . Hazon and daughter Maud lefu yesterday for Avoca tospend a day or two visiting frionds. £dith aud Margaret, the two littlo daugh ters of 1. N. Flickinger, 916 Fourth avenuo, aro ill with scarlet fover. (Goorge RRoss has returned from a trip to Chicago, accompanied by his wife, and has resumed his place as day clork of the Grand hotel. Judge K. Peak of Blenco, Ta., one of the largest and most prosperous farmers of Mo nona county, is in the city for a few days, the guest of . J. Rockwell, on Third avepiue, Mr. A. H. Goidstein of Kansas City, the chiof propriotor of tho Model Ciothing com- pany of this city, arrived 10 the city yester day morning to look after the interests of tho business bere. Mr. McClure, futher of Mrs. Alworth, is vory ill st his daughter's home, Some time ago. while visitiug his old home in the east, he sulfored a slight stroke of paralysis. He had just returned hero when a second and more severe stroke came. which renders him almost helple Robert Ceare of Auburn and Gus Graff of Wymore, Neb., two of the most_prominent imploment dealers of the Nouth Platta coun try, were in tne city vestorday, protitably spending their timo in the wholesale agricul tural imploment districtunder the chaperone- ago of Mr. W. M. Jonesof the Sandwich Manufacturiug company. eph is in the city, a rth, on Fourth uve- Lending drugstore and news stand, Davis, We have our own vinaya i 13 in Califor Jurvis Wine compiny, Co. Bluls e Reiter, the tailor, 10 Broadway, has nll the latest sty I new winter goods. Satisfuction guaranteed. Flurey About the Grand Jury, There wero no new developments yoster day concerning the grand jury and its consid eration of the Kimball and Champ cases, John N. Baldwin hotly denies that he fnsti- | gated tho Investigation of the conduct o Su porvisor Gratam and Auditor Hendricks in advising the grand jury to keep down the | expenses and show care about fiading indict ments. County Attorney Organ, in an inter- view, takes the whole responsibility of the investigatios ou his own shoulders, but does | not say what further he is going to' dv about it. As there is considerable feeling aroused over the various claims of the differont ones concerned in the trausaction, some further moves aro naturally 1o be expected. | Violated the Law Concerning | cluding the care of the poor. | 1s not | those b | at NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS. Tax Levies for Three Years, STARTLING DISCOVERY OF OFFICIALS. Afairs Sadly Mixed How the It Wil tawattamie County ult of an O It s a Re Mit sight ablle Arranged. Tho recent disclosures {n regard to the coufercnce that was held batween the grand Jury and two representatives of the board of supery1sors has brought promineatly before the public for tne firt time the fact that a reduction of almost # per cent has been made this year in the funds appropristed for the carrying on of the county goverament, in That the ro and it ces duction was madé was knowa to fe likely that the exact circumsta connected with it would have ever been brought to the attention of the public had thoy not become known semi uceidentally Until about three years ago each county was authorized to levy a tax of not to exceed 6 mills on the dollar for ordinary county revenue, and this was always made the basis of taxatiou until this year. The Fweatieth general assembly passed a bill providine that 4 mills should be the maximuin figure, ox cepting that in counties whose population was 20,000 or less, untess their area exceeded 900 square miles, a levy of not to exceed 6 mills. might be madge. In some way the fact that Pottawattamie county was oue in which a levy of 4 mills oniy could be | made was ovorlooked and the county board weut on levying the taxes at the 6-mill rate. At the last 3ession of the supervisors it was discovered for the first time that the law had been violatea for tho last three years and a change was decided upon. Ihe thut taxes had veen levied was not mentioned by the county officials for fear that some whose property was so extensive that an additional taa of 2 milis would difference would bogin suit against the county to recover the monoy that' had been unwarrantably collccted, and thus bring the county into considerable litigation that would bo avoided by keeping quiet about it The amount provided for maintaining the county overnment under the law as it now stands is much too smali, and groat dissatis- faction is being expressed. Itis feared that unless some way is devised for increasing the tax lovy the county will incur suchan in- debtedness that the value of warrants will begin after o time slowly, but surely, to de- preciate. No way hus been sugzested 5o tar to remedy the evil, but it is likely that by the time Pottawattamie county has had a fair chance to see the workings of the present law the logislature will be called upon to re- viso its statutes. ———— WOOL GOODS FOR LMOST The Great Semi-Annual Cleari Boston Store, Council Blufty, I, Opened Wednesday morning. The store was closed all day Tuesday to mark down goods and make preparations for this ereat event, which is looked forward to with deep interest by almost every housewife in Council Bluffs and sur- rounding countr Bolow is only a partial list of the thousands of bavgains that are offered atthis sale. For a better list of prices see Council Bluffs daily Nonpareil and Globe: 40-inch brilliantine, former price, 50c; for this sale, 25¢. 36-inch all wool plaids and plain flan- nels, 50¢ geods, for 33c. 54-inch alt wool ladies’ cloth, ., for 404e. 50¢, 75¢ and 95¢ novelties in polka dots, camel’s hair stripe and plaids, all in at one price for this sale, 474c. 46-inch all wool henriettas, price 95¢, saie price 59c. 50 pieces all wool red shaker flannel worth 33c, sale price 203c. 25¢ all wool red twilled for sale onl, 6 heavy unbleached flannel, 3% Allour fur capes and muffs at just one-half the original price. $6.50 cipes for $3.25, $10.00 capes for $5.00, $12.00 apes for $6.00, $17.00 capes for $8.50. Muffs—33¢ muff for 17¢, 75¢ muff for 38c, $1.00 muff for 50¢, $2.00 mufl for $1.00, $4.00 mufY for $2.00, $9.00 maff for $4.50. All our stock of muffs the same way. Toys and Fancy Goods—We must have room for our immense stock of wall paper which is now on the way. All our toys, dolls, baskets, clocks and bric brack at just half price for this sule, 18¢ Bannock Burn suitings 12c. All our stock of prints, including best blues, silver grays, black and whites, heavy twilled seryges, all usual so'd for 7e and 8e, for this sale o S4-inch wide suitings, formor 15¢, for this sale Gte. nch wide Armenian ser, and white, former price salo 10c, 124c and 15¢ outing flannels for 10c. Best apron ginghams Gic. Coats’ and Clark’s best 200-yard spool cotton for B¢, Belding’s 100-yard spool silk for 5, Belding’s 100-yard spool twist for le. All our children’s couts in two lots, 2.75 and 5. All our newmarkets, that sold for $10.00, $12.00 and $15.00, all in one lot for $1.98; a chance that should not be lost sight of. Ladies’ sho: 5 $8.00, A SONG. Sule at the worth former flannel, 19¢ flannel cottor price s, in black 15¢, for this for for conts—$5.00®couts .00 and £10.00 conts cmbroidered $14.00 gar- y garments, s and revered front, ments for #7, 00, BOSTON STORE. FOTHERINGHAM, WHITELAW & Co,, Council Blufts, [a Aflidavits In Abundane A numbor of afidavits were filea in the district court yosterday by the plaintiffin the divorce caso of Mary Olinstead azainst D. R Oimstend. One was by James 1. Danlels, in which Eo alleges that Mrs. Fisher uas lived in tho same house with Olmatead and has passed herselt off publicly as bis wifo with out any protest or objection on the part of Olmstéad. At one time the two roomed to- gether to Lis positivo knowledge. Ho further alleges that Olmstead has improved ten acres of luud claimed by Mrs. Fisher. AMdavits woro also fled by K. H. Steafe, H. V. Slead, L. T. Woodman und George Cannin which the value of the defendant's prop is variously estimated at from ) to per acre. Maggie Daniols fles au afidayitin which sho also alloges that she has heard Mos. Fisher say that she and Olmstead were warried aud that e, referring to herseit and Olmstead, were intending in the spring to buila u house on & picce of land owned by her. A motion was filod by the acfendant ask ing that the aMants bo compelled to come iuto court for @ cross-examination on tho subjocts referred to iu their afluavits. A ro sistance to this motiou was filed by the plaintiff, sho alleging that she had vo money With which to secure the attendance of the witnesses in court, und askiug that the de feudant bo roquired to denasit in court a sum of woney suMicient to pay tbe witness fees. There are still a large sautiful Jap voods ut store, 817 Broadway, and frenght back to the coast all wil fmporters’ cost for the next seven days, Ladies of this city and Omuha will find this the best opportunity of their lives to get these goods at Suan Frareisco wholesalo prices. Funeral of . . Stacy, The funeral of O. B. Stacy took place yesterday moraing from the Congregational church. Rev. G. W. Crofts conducted the exercises, using as the subject of his re- quantity of the Japan- 0 suve he sold make an appreciable | THE OMAHA | knowest all | marks thin the text, “Lord, thou "fhou Knowast that I love Thoe," which had been quoted by (he deceased a short time before his ceath, Music was furnished by a choir consisting of the Misses | Winnie Crofts and Ola Ogden and Messrs, C H. Ogden ana E. S, Allen. A large sumberof friends werw present and the sorvicos were very aftecting throughout. Among those prosent were the members of the Board of | Kducation, who attended ina body out of | respoct to Member W. C. 'I'racy, the father | of the deconsed. All five of tho brothers of | the dead man were also present. The floral offering wero many and eleborate. At the | closo of the services the remains wers taken to their last resting place, followed by many frien s of the family, The pall bearers wero | Messs, Hoagland, Rice, Risser, Davis, itch and Allen. Two apprentice nurses wanted at thoe W. C. A, hospital, corner 9th street and 6th avenue. Jarvis wild blackberry is the bast ———— Death of J, M. Palmer. J. M. Palmer died yesterday morning at 10:25 o'clock at his residence,corner of Ninth sireet and Fourth avenus, of paralysis. He has been confined to his bed for several months past, he having received a paralytic shock about eight vears ago. Three years agoa second stroke came, aud ever since then he has been very feeble, For several months past he has been a constant sufferor, and he and his friends knew that tho end was only the question of a very shori time. The doceased was born March 10, 1827, in Chester county, Pennsylvania, where he was raised and reccived his education. At the age of 21 he was engaged near Coatsville in buying ani selling cattle for the Philadel- phia market. Here he resided until 1854, when he located in Council Bluffs, engaging in the real estate business. He was active in the building line, one of his rirst movements being the erection of the block in which the Nonpareil is now located, in 1556, Sinco that time he has erected a number of large build- ings, among them several of tho structures now oceupied by agricultural firms. He hold several public ofices. In 1560 he was chosen assessor and a year later elected mayor, and re-clected in 1862, In 1870 he was agzain called upon to fill this im- portant office. A year later he embparked in the hotel business, and was thus engaged for o period of five yoars, disosing of tho busi ness to Mr. Markel. Ho then roturned to the real estate business and contiued in that line until a few years ago, when fil-health caused him to retire from activo business. He was married May 10, 1850, in_the town of Atwater, O.. t> Miss Helen Day. Four | children were the result of this union, three of whom, with Mrs. Palmer, survive bim. They are Lieutenant Charles I’almer, Mrs, Mate Stelling aad Miss Hattie Palmer. The two daughters reside 1 the Bluffs, while the son is located at Atlanta, Ga. He was noti- fied by telegraph, and no arrangements for the funeral “will be 'mads until’ nais heard rom. —— ‘The ladies of the Presbyterian church will entertain a Kensington tea in the church parlors on Friduy afternoon, January 22, from 2 till 6 o’clock. All ladies invited. ——— . H. Sheafe has eastern money on hand for real estate loans, O For Washington, A telegram has been received from Attor- ney General John Y. Stone, now at Des Moines, stating that heis confined to his room by serious illness, and that there are some doubts as to his boing able to go to Washington to look aftor the interests of lowa in the Cut Off oase, which is to come up beforo the suprome court during the coming week. It was decided at a special meeting of the city coun- cil that City Attorney J. J. Stewart and Hon. Smith McPherson should be employed to look after the case, and Mr. Stawart started for Wasbington last evening. He will meet Mr. McPherson at Chicago and from thero will proceed to Washington. Should Mr. Stone recover sufficiently to make -the jour- ney ho will follow the latter part of the week, but the case will be well attended to in any event, both the attorneys sssisting bav- ing beon copnected with the case for several months past. ———— The Boston Store, Council Bluffs, Ia., closes every evening at 6 p. m., unless Mondays and Suturdays. Mondays 9 p. m., Saturdays 10 p. m. Fotheringham, Whitelaw & Co., Council Bluffs, la. Early Ral ading. Mrs. B. S. Torwilliger of this city has re- coived the nows of the death of her uncio, Mr. W. C. Purdy, whose home was in Rome, N.Y. He was one of the oldest railway men in the country and many interesting compar- 1s0ns are to be made between the trains of nis early eogineering and these latter day fybrs. In 1346 he ran his first engine from Utica' to Syracuse. It consisted of one freight car. The trip took two days. The ongine was a small one, weighing but fifteen tous. Sometimes it would have to stand still au hour, wailing for steam. ‘I'he regular passenger run between Utica ana Syracuse, a distance of fifty-four miles, was made in tho carly years in three and a half hours. "The fastost train in those days was the one that carried the goveruor's message, making the trip 1n two and a quarter hours. Many of Mr. Purdy’s carly experiences have fur- nished interesting reading matter for the eastern papers. Drs. Woodbury,dentists,next to Grand hotel; fine work specialty. Tele. 145, Flsher is Wanted, A telegram was received yesterday from the sheriff of Grundy county, stating that Ju- lius Fisher is wanted, and requesting Shoriff Hazen to hold him until an officer can be sent for him. Iisher will bo remembered as the man who delivered himself up to the sheriff Inst weck, stating that he had stolen a draft for $10 in Grundy Center three years ago, and that he waunted to stand s trial in orde; to ease his conscience, —_— Swinso1 Masic Gy, Misoai: temple -— THE CHILIAN ARMY. Small in Numbers and Poorly ¥ Some Figures. The Chilian army comorises less than 10,000 poorly equipped men. In 1883 it contained two regiments of artillery, ten battalions of infantry and three regi ments of cavalry, with 1.023 officers and 12,450 men, By the law of 18584, how- ever, this establishment was reduced and limited to 10,410 at most. In 1891 the strength of the standing army on puper had fallen to 397 ofticers and 5,719 men, organized in eight battalions of in- fantry, two regiments of field artillery threo regiments of cavalry, one battalion of sappers, and one battalion of coust ur- tiliery The effective strengtn of this army, however, was estimuted by a German colonel last year as only 2,305 men, for during 180 no fewer than 1,15 had deserted. There is a service in Chili ipped— universal linbility to wnd therefore there is the fiction of a **people’s army,” such us is supported in France and” Germany, but in fact most soldiers ure prossed into the service and are paid to stay in it, while exerting all their political influence to get out. When political | influence fails an unwilling * soldier | merely takes his cuse into his own ) hands and deserts, as the figures just quoted show. Tourists in Chili Tre- | quently have much to say about the | strength und eflicicney of ‘the fire de- | purtments in the lurge cities there. An | planation of this is that every tiremun | 18 oxempt feom military service. —As it is not customary in Chili, however, to drill the five and police organizations | for service in the field, the Chiliun fire- | men would not be any morg available | for o war than the rawest recruits from the provinees, Besides its 2,383 reg government his in times of | tional guird of 48,602 men and | ficers, to which every Chilina upposed o be ong. national guard, like the regular is much more omsiderable pipor thun in veality the beginning of ast year it was estimated to contain but | ,000 men and 1,055 officers, wm,vl 1 the Chilian DOACE B D 2,110 of le to I'he army, beur arms is on DAILY | thr BEE: SATURDAY ., JANUARY 1892. 23, 3 e ———— e ——————_——,—,—,—,—,—,—,—_—_————————— drilled and armed and *#tmost undisci- plined. This force i¢*@ivided among thirty-four regiments,of. infantry and Y separate compan batteries “The organization of the Chilian army,” wrote a German military author- ity, “is a pretty wretched affuir. and pateiotic Chilians haye long thorough reform. 'THie, training hardl for instance, the cavaley is dvilled nc cording to the Spanish system of 1507, On the other hand, the weapons of the regular srmy are suietontly modern. The artillery has Kripp gins and the infantry has Mannlicher rifles. Tho ammunition factories and repair shops are under tho supervision of German officers. Not the least of the serious defects of the Chilinn army is that it has an ama ingly large number of commissioned offi- Every battalion has one colonel, two majors and two captains. The change, moveover, from the peace for- mation to the war formation has been in no way provided for. The weakness of the Chilian &y my is more the result of poor management of war minis and inspectors general than lack of good material. The Chilian soldiers are fair fighte as 50,000 of them showed in the war with Bolivis and Peru some twelve years ago. They are, besides, rdy and uncomplaining, and of phenomenal enduranco. In the lust war the Chilian infantry did some astovishingly good marching. Marches of thirly or thirty- thren miles a day, beyond the power of the highly trained ~European troops were for them nothing extraordinar) The cavalry showed similar ability to withstand fatigue. Marching day and night, it several times covered sixty miles at a stretch. The secret of this endurance of the mounted soldiers is that every Chilian is at home on horse- back, and that every horse when ridden at a gallop, the only gait of the Chilian cavalry, has almost inexhaustible strength Because the Chilians are famous riders, however, it 1s not correct to draw the inference that thoy are poor podes- trians, This is shown not only by the work of the infantry with Perua, but also by the vecords of the couriers and pro- fessional runners. The latter often cover forty-five miles aday, although carrying burdens of forty pounds on their shoulders. That from such material fine soldiers can be made is self-ovident. ' - EDISON'S LATEST INVENTION. is ers Telegraphing Great Distances by Means of Thomas A. Edison has perfected and patented another wonderful electrical invention. Itis one that is intended notonly to further the interests of com- merce, but to protect human iife at sen. Itis in substance n system by wh telegraphic communication can be ried on between ships at sea, between ships and on the shore, and between distant points on land. The most re- markable part of it all is that this inter- communication ¢:n be maintained ab- solutely without the use of wires or cables, Here is one of the ways in which the invention will work: Suppose ail the ships that sail the seas are fitted with the prover apparatus; an ocean greyhound—the City of Paris sny—becomes disabled at sea; nota sail isin sight; an operator skilled in the transmission of Morse characters man- 1{:‘\.\“1%“ key located, for instance, in the chartroom; away below the horizon is another ship, so far'that not even her topmasts are visibley 'the Morse signals are hoard: on the other ship and an- swered. 2 The disabled ship gives her position and the other speeds to her aid. The other ship might be a small bark or brig proceeding under sail and incapable of rendering aid. In such a case tho bark or brig would sound her signals, which would be heard by any ship within a ra- dius of, say ,thirty miles. Then they might be neard by another sailing ship, also too small und too far away to give the assistance required, but she in turn would begin signaling, covering another radius of thirty miles, "The signals might pass along to halfa dozen ships before they reached one large enough to aid so big a vessel as the City of Paris. When they did reach one, however, she would roply that she would go to the disabled vessel’s assistance, the word of cheer would be passed back from ship to ship until it reached the City of Paris again. Collisions would be impossible. Every ship within a radius of thirty miles would be uble to tell each othér who, what and where they were. Ships out of sight of each other at sea could spenk and ask to be reported. There are innumerable other exam- ples that might be used to explain the vay the invention works. The principle involved is that of induction. In his specifications filed at the patent office in Washington, Mr. Edison says: “T have discovered that if sufficient elevation be obtained to overcome the curvature of the earth’s surface, and to reduce to the minimum the earth’s ab- sorption, electric telegraphing or signal- ing between distant points can be carried on by induction without the use of wi connecting such distant lminls. This discovery 15 especinlly upplicable to tele- graphing across hodies of water, thus avoiding the use of submarine cables, or for communicating between vessels at sen, or between vessels at sea and points on land, but it is also applicuble to elec- tric communication between distant points on land, it being necessary, how- ever, on land (with the exception of communication over open pluces) to in- crease the clevation in order to reduce to a minimum the inductior orbing effect of houses, trees und elevations in the land itself. At sea, from an elgvation of 100 feet, 1 can commuunicate electrically n great distance, and since.this elevation, or one sufliciently high;’can be had by utilizing the masts; of o ship, siz- nals can be sent and received be tween ships separated at consider- able distanco, and by mepeating the sig- nals from ship to ship comwmunication can be established between points any distance apart, or oss the largest seas and even oceans The collision of ships in fog can be. prevented by this character of signaliye,, by the use of which also the safety of & ship in ap proaching a dangerous coast in foggy wouather can be assured. In communi- cating between points on land poles of great height can ugJSused or captive balloons. “'At the elevated points, whether upon the masts of ships, upon poles or bal- loons, condensing surfaces of metal or other conductor of electrieity are lo- StJacobs0il cures agk‘;{‘\c}leS: ache, .he Het ot riach’ and all AGHES PrompTLY s, eleven squad- | rons of cavalry and a faw old fashioned | urged a | better than thegrganization. So, | ed. ach condensing surfa | nected with the ground through the | water by an clectrical conducting wire. If a balloon in New York should be sent up toa great height, squipped with | a condenser, and held to the earth with a rope cable in which thore was a strand of wire, and another similarly equipped st ould besent up from London, a circuit would bo formd through the earth, and through which messuges could be lashod at gre ter speed than has ever been at tained by any other system. All that is necessary to do is to locate the can densers at a safficient height to over- come the curvature of tho carth's sur- face. This is similar in many respects to the train telograph system invented by My Edison and now in use on the lehigh Valley railrond by moving trains and at stations and from one train to another. he new invention has boundless possi- bilities. All that it can accomplish can as yet only be conjuctured by Me. Edi- son, who has unlimited faith in its ef- ficacy. i Took Him for n Sucker, John L. Beard of Mission San says the Sun Francisco Chronicle, was one of the early graduates from the old College of Californin, has been mem- ber of the Bohemian club for yoars and has traveled extensively. As he came over on the boat, a few ago, he told of one his early experiences in New York. “Out here T consideved myself well dressed,” he said; “‘but I hardly touchea New York before 1 knew I wusn't quite in it. A man rushed up to me, grabbed my hand and snid, unctuously ‘Hello,” Tompkins? How's everything in Kankakee?' 1 wasn’t as green as I looked, however, and merely said: ‘Fine, Smith, fine! but let go, for I'm working that game my- self.’ “'I at once ordered u suit of clothes from a Broadway tailor, bought a Dun lap hat, patronized the swellest huber- dusher T could find ana kept to my hotel until the clothes were ready When [ was attired in my new suit I funcied that I couldn’t be singled out from the loungers of the avenus on unday aftor- noon. But, my friends, the bunco steerers kept right after me. I couldn’t go half a dozen blocks before 1I'd be hailed and have my hand shaken. I was Patterson from Helena, Boyd from Bodie, Claney from Muskingum, and Smith. Jones and Robinson from all sec- tions of the broad land which the im- pressionable jay rules as his demesne. [t got to be a dreadful bore. *‘Finally, when I had been accosted twice in one block, I suid to my new uc- quaintancy “‘See here, old mau, I'm on to you. Butif you'll tell me how in the devil you fellows all spot me fora wild western sucker T'll give you $10.’ That’s easy,’ he said, reaching for ‘Those high-heeled boots in here in New York when I was a baby.’ 'So I have concluded that t adage must be changed to read: man is known by his boots. s S His Victim May Recover, YANKTON, 8. D., Jan. 21. -[Special Tele- gram to Tk Bre.|—Archibald Green Van Allen, the Cedar county, Nebraska, farmer who shot E. N. Lathrop, a laborer in this city Tuosday, was arraigned in the justice court in this city vesterday on the chargo of assault with intent to kill. Ho waived ex- amination and was held in the sum of §,000 bonds to appoar before the grand jurv. 'He obtained bondsmen and has gone to bis Ne- braska farm. Lathrop. the mau who was shot, is resting easily, but his woand will keep him in bod three months. Mrs. Van Alien, the cause of tho troublo, is here, de fant and determined to fix Van Allen so that he can_not harm her. Onc of her rela- tives from Towa has reached the citv and will help her to secure a portion of the Van Allen property, which is ull in her name. The sympathy of the Nebraska neighbors of the family seems to bo dividea between the husband and wife. —_— Our National Statue of Liberty. The bronze state of Liberty which has crowned the dome of the Capitol build- ing at Washington for the past twenty- nine years is 19 feet 6 inches high and weighs 14,985 pounds. The figure w cast in five sections. the heaviest being of 4,740 pounds weight. The statue was all completed except the headpicee prior to December 2, 1863, the finishing being reserved for that day. Crawford, who designed the figure, submitted his model a days fairly aciist JIAL JAL HAI Did You Get a Free Ti ket of that jolly " 0 2 Spectlic Oxyeen? Ad s : aid, and find it the ple 10 LLd antest, sucedi st.most t A DAY tural remedy 1 ever t The b auty of it is. it warms, soothes. strenth- £ns the WOrnout nervous syst and for Ca- tarrh—wel', there’s nothing like it." You sce. it's not n drug, so it's safe even for ehildren and invalids. For 10 years! Specific Oxygen has heen cu Ing ARRH, Broneliitls, La Gripp Asthma, Consumption, Headache, Dysppsia Prostration. We still oft nutely a FREE TICKET, ONE WI CALL todny —scores have. and it's fre minent Physicians fn constant att at Omana offices. Consuitation and inrg FREE. Call or write THE SPECIFIO OXY3EN OO, Suite 310 Sheely Ruilding, Corne 15th and Howard st aha, Neb, SPECIAL NOTICES. COUNCIL BLUFF Iy i bllv"rlvifl \dance hook W ANTED -Girl to do, Inquire of Mrs, or at 41 Muin street QOR SAL chaser piy to 1 YOR KENT-—Fine ueres, Just south fine hiy Auvply W ANTED - J. Ly man, 02 ral housewo rk 12) Avenuo I A toam of good mures 110 puy for same iverett. pur- Ap ik and dairy farm, 40 its: 00 neres o pustire and farm lun | Iverctt, Couneil Biutrs, Tu bod, honest boy ut once. Mrs, llow ave. DOR RED cornerdth ave, door OFF house, with b and 0th st Ing; h roon, ire next bargalns in ds cres ¥ rods A Krounds. caster suring-hrook, land ) riit ie, fine orch windmill und fine situited on My sroposod motor Hine. one wnd one-hialf m rom e 1 BLufTs postofMce. 9 acres of very choice plowed land on Grand avenue. 13 miles from postoflice, 110 acres 44 miles from city | house, birn and outbuildinzs: i creat hargain at &.5K. Eusy torms. 8 ncres. ohoice fruit farnn, 6 ncres in bl berries, 60 youne fralt troas, &0 grape vin s House, bura and outbulldin s’ A'very choice barsain, ony 25 niles vist postofice in Council’ Bluffs ‘W, O Stacy Opera House block. Council B s, OWA farms; fine 20) acre farn, ¢ #1,000 cagli, bislance on lonz t were furm, #8800 down, bilance easy: furins of il sizes end forlist, Jolnston & Van Patten Coune il Blufrs R the followin: choler north of th | siope, fine sp Ve 20 acres on Chiutaua in s and fin 1l of I per acrs, buy stock of groseres or booty Wil pay part cash anl part by and in Omaha. 5 Hoo. [N and shoos \ 5100 1 101 8e G Conneil B uffs AOMPERETE outfit tibiex for sale location. E I Sk | bunk. DARMS, 15, b businos: ks for sale Hess, 9 Pearl street, Counoll ir fixtures wnd ding for rent. ( vor Otficer & | had | » is con- | adorned with a “liberty cap,” but Jeffor- son Davis, then secretary of war, ob- | jected to such & headeovering, saying that the old Phrygian emblem was a | relic of u degraded people. The sccre- | tary's objections wero sustained and the woll known Indian headd wis stituted for thecap. Crawford got $3,000 for the plastor model of Liberty: Clark Mills got $9.800 for casting her in bronze: money expended for labor and | metai ran the towal cost up to $23,766 82. | - | Mrs. Corsettight “ou little wretch, you have been fighting again, I know you have. What was it all about.’ | © Froddy—*It was just this way. You see, Jimmy Brown and me, we put our pennies together to buy apples, an' 1 | was to havo the cores of what was | bought ia the morning and. ho was to | ‘have the cores of what was bought in | "heafternoon. Mrs, Corsettigh nnfuirness in that Freddy—"Yes, but 1in the afternoon he went and bought bananners, ™ sub- “Ido not seo uny Price | "'Worth a Guinea a Box." | 26¢. EECHAMg (QUICKLY SOLUBLE PLEASANTLY COATED;) cure Sick-Headache, and all Biliousand Nervous Diseascs. Renowned all over the World. Ask for Beecham's ani take no others W0 dealers, New York L opot, 107 CITIZENS STATE BANK Of Council Bluffs, TAL STOCK. . vicoicsvnseasess$150,09) SURPLUS AND PROFITS vsees 10,000 TOTAL CAPITAL AND SURPLUS .. $225,00 M LA Miller, £ 0. Gleason, ™ L Shuart, B E. H et . D EJmundson, Charlys R. Hannan Transact gondral banking busi- Larzest capital anl surplus of any ban¢ in Southwostern 10w INTEREST ON TivV: W. C. ESTEP, DinEcTOR DEPO3'TS FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER, 14 N. Main., Council Bluffs. —Atto at 1 Sims & Saunders =iy ie 'S fedoral courts. Rooms o & and 5 Shusar Beno block, CouncllBiuifs, La. —Attornoy v LawN) H. J. Chambers, T4 ahar vae tush- neil's store. Telephons No. 233 Busloess hours- §a. w. toJ p.ow, Council Biu¥s L THE SHORTEST LINE TO CHICAGO is via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y, as represented on this map. Electric Lighted, Steam Heat- ed Vestibuled trains leave Omaha daily at 6:20 p. m., ar- riving at Chicago at 9:30 a. m. City Ticket Office: 1501 Far- nam St., Omaha I. A. Nasu, Gen'l Agent. C. C. LincoLy, Pass. Agent. ens i af (lass I 1 i AT LOW PRICES. Complete Line of F ich <» Sandw W. M. JONES, | COUNCIL BLUFFS. | D, Wells&o | Agricul'vra! Tmplemonts of huyers. W mend them the Lest houses o deal with in Councii s, KeystoreMis.Co W, A Muin St Counell Blufts ft £ Agrieul ur ploments, e, busgles, i Suuth M 11 kluds wag Russell & O, B, 1 Larm Fugines v o "iir. sher ireo awors Shugart §:ed Tnports, | i ot 0o Marseilles Mo, 1226 South Maln &t Bluts Wostern Braoeh " Jubbers in Agricultural Lmplements, Wt ale Pory’ Lkt { orice yaii 1 | Write for cataiogu | Francisco A good appetite can be bought, like anything clse And good diges. tion after it, too. Both of thon come with Doctor Pierce's Golden lical Discovery. hat starts the bid liver into action, and en® —_— riches tho blood, deanses and repairs the system, returny tealth and_ vigor, and builds up flesh and strength, For all discasos that como from a disore or impure blood, Dyspep- dia, Biliousness, Scrofulous, Skin_and Sealp Discases—even Consumption (or Lung wn-)~ ula) in its carlier stages, the ** Discovery " s the only remedy so sure and certain thnt it can be g A 1€ it doesn't beneflb S cure, in ey aso, you have your money back On these terms, its the cheapest blood- purifier sold, 1o matter how many hundred loses arce offered for a dollar (or less)—for with this, you pay only for the good you get. Can you nsk for better proof of its superi- ority over all other blood-purifiers | PATENTS For Inventions PROCUR™D BY THE Bee Burean of Claims OMAHA, NEB. Fqual with tho tnterest of thosw having olaln agninat thogovernment L thit of INVENTO RS, who Often lose the benefit of valuablo invontians bas inve of tho Incompotency o8 ALt of tho ALLoFiay s employed to obtaln thole pateats eannot be exercisad In o msloying oo upstant and Tollable #ollo trs L ProCLFS PALONLY. for L1 vAlID of n patent 4 pends grotly, 1€ notentirely, upoa thy SKILLOf the attor Withthe view of protocti less or ear. tons BUR practic ‘g tht inroa- tont . THIE 804 xport 0 patyak sand ist patents, Conduct interferenos: Make special examinati Frosecite rejected canes. Kegister trade marks and copyright: Render opinions astoscope and valid. ity of patents Irosecute an:d defent infringans n suits, ete., ete. 1 Invantion on hand sond THE REA ch or photogeaph thoreof, together with a brief deseription of the lmportant festares, o1 will o 0neo ndvised a3 o tho bait 0orirse to ue. Modols Are not Doca4wATy unle s the inven- of a_complicatod nature. If othors aro ln- fringing on your rights, or I€ you ars cnarged with Infringement by otuers, submit the matter to T BUREAU for a reliable OPINION beforo acting oa the matter. THE BEE BUREAU OF CLAIMS 220 Bee Buillinz, Omaha, Neb, ¢¥"This Burean Onaha Bee, the I Francisco Examiner. 1fyou have BUREAU A Is guaranteod by the oor Pross and the San Cuj this out and send it with your in quir, Q INDIAN DEPREDATION CLAIMS Persons who haye lost property from Indian raxds should fiie their ciatms under the Indian Depro tution Act of Marsh , 181 The time ls limited, un | the elaims are taken up by the court i the order in which they are received, Tak: Notice thatall contracts entorod into with at rneys prior to the Aot aro mads null and void. Information given and all elatms promptly atended to by the BEL BUREAU OF CLAIMS. ¥R20 Bee Building. OM AHA, NEBRASKA, P This Burean s guaranteel by the Omahia Bee. the ioneer P'ress anl the San xaminer. Cut this out and send it with your in :'m:.\«;n: l;l;l;l"l"fi'i Galvanized Iron Cornice Works I GRAIIL & SON, PROY and 1017 Broadway, all kinds of Galvanized R0 g Store Fronts and Artistic Work speclalty. Corre \deriee sollcited from points ) wiiles from 10156 Ménufaoturing <% BUYER'S rocke 'y G essware anctl Blufts and Omaha. SANDWIOCH GRINDE RS, ‘SEDITL MOT LY T S8 0L J0 aur oyl ¥ \ Co. General Agent, IOWA. The nime of the houses pas | (1, B Moyems, GUIDE |5y Brodway Blutts Russell & Co., Massillon, O. Beanch Ofice 510 1enrl Stroet nell Blutls, - Ia Manufacturers of the Wissell Auto Mancer Daquatle & Co. Jub- | Mfrs and Jobbers of Famous I Rud mona, ¥ ralt Juice Tublots and_Po monm Cough Tiab 1ite Counell BT | i Weic-StnzartCo l Bl Tn Bieel Vianters,