Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 16, 1895, Page 3

THE OMAHA DAILY B THE OMAHA DAILY Bew COUNCIL BLUFFS. OFFICB, - NO. 12 PEARL STREBT, Delivered by carrier to any part of the city, H. W. TILTON, Lessee. TELEPHON No, 4 editor, No. 2. _—— MINOR MENTION. Grand hotel, Council Bluffs, recpened Oct. 1 Mayne Real Estato agency, 539 Broadway. For Rent—Large private barn near court house. Apply at Bee office. City Aesessor Hardin is at work on the assessment hooks for the ensuing year The motor company has opened a skating Tink just east: cf thé bridge on Avenue A Miss Chesebrough of 714 Mynster yesters lost a small gold* watch 38—Business office, night strect marked involeing. sale there Look has out ever Sargent 18 biggest shoe Council Bluffs Mr. and Mrs. Moses Newman, whom F Bates charged with stealing thirteen chick- ens from him, were discharged, Bates fa to make a case against them. D. C. Bloomer {8 making arrangements to have the sermon, which was delivered by Rev. E. J. Babcock last Sunday in honor of of his wife, printed in pamphlet form. Justice Cook performed two martiage cere- monies yesterday, the parties being M. M. Riley and Mary E. Lee, and Arthur Wood- ruft and Ida B. Fairrer, all of Omaha, A lamp expleded in €. H, Sherraden's pic- ture gallery yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. 1t did_seome little damage to a lot of un- finished pictures, but none to the building. The Rebekah Rellef association will meet Wednesday at 2 p. m. at Independent Order of 004 Fellows hall. A cordial invitation is extended to all Rebekahs and thelr friends. A festival was held at the Fifth Avenue Methodist church last evening. A large number were present. Quite a sum was realized from the sale of fancy articles and refreshments. Den, the little and Mre. Ira | the brain Monday. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 2 o'clock, services being held at the residence, 2206 Avenue A, Rev. E. J. Babcock officiating. Judge Thornell has decided that the part ot Manawa which was recently severed from the town, embracing about per cent of the whole town, is to be held responsible for its share of the town’s indebtedness. A number of claims are still to be abjudicated. M. 8. Roop, who recently disappeared, leav- ing some unsatisfied creditors, was made de- fendant In an attachment suit in Justice Cook's court yester The People's Furni- ture and Carpet company had a claim ot $30 against him, which they satisfied In this way. A colored man was caught in Omaha yes- terday with an overcoat in his possession which Is supposed to be the one stolen a few days ago at the Bloomer hotel. The owner, a boy named Welch, who lives at the corner of Tenth street and Fifth avenue, will make a trip to Omaha today to see if he can iden- tity the coat. . The trouble between L. E. Phillips and his wife, whom he accuses of being a party to a scheme to defraud him of his wind pipe, will be alred in justica court - tcmorrow. Phillips has in his po on more than a dozen recommendations from prominent citi- zens of Harlan, and expects to use them in fighting any charges which his better half may make against him. Auxilliary No. 17, Ladies’ Veteran Legion, installed Thursday evening. Mrs. S. J. Watts was in- stalling officer. The following are the new officers for the coming year: Lottie King, resident; Mary Anson, senfor vice; Minnic Willlams, junior vice; Mary Crisp, sceretary E. F. Wiliams, treasurer; Martin Miller chaplain; Con Caroath, guard; Andrus, color bearer. A privato Shakespearian recital of Mr. George B. Willlams of New York {s arranged to take place In the Congregational church Thursday evening, January 24, Mr. Wil- Lams will give the first three acts of King Henry 1V, and will conclude the program with Howell's farce, “The Sleeping Car.” The recital is given under the patronage about seventy-five well known ladies and gentlemen of this city, and will be an event of more than ordinary social and literary interest. for been the in of Mr. d of inflammation of of the Union their officers last Wo have $400,000 to loan upon improved farms in Towa and will take all the gilt- edged loans offered at low rates. We do not want wild lands, and will not loan in Ne- braski. Lougee & Towle, 235 Pearl street. PERSO) GRAPHS, John Y. Stono of Glenwood is registered at the Grand. Ell Brown I8 enjoying the society of the black-eyed senoritas in Cuba. J. B. Rishel has been called to Lewis, Ia., by the serious illness of his father. Harry Inman has returned from Mi Valley, after selling out an immense of clothing. A. U. Wyman and Henry Ouren left yester- day for Flerida, where they will stay the Test of tho winter. H. H. Van Brunt, who has been confined to his home for a number of weeks past by a serious illness, is able to be’ about again. 0. P. McKesson has recovered from a re- cont spell of sickness. The trouble was a gathering in his head, which, it is feared, has destroyed his hearing in one ear. Gracle Ferson, who has been very sick with typhold malaria, was reported” much worso yesterday, and fears for her recovery ‘were entertained. Charles A. Fox, Bd Canning and I’ S, Muccl leave today for a turkey shoot on Tom Owens' farm, east of the city. The turkoys are not anticipating any serlous trouble. uri stock Save Your Money. By Investing it in the stock of the Savings, Loan and Building association of Council Bluffs, Incorporated in 1877. Monthly pay- ments of $1.00 per share, netting the investor about 10 per cent interest. Ten series al- ready paid out, which fully demonstrates the ability of the assoclation to mature its stock in_about seventy-fiye monthly pay- ments, No loans made outside of Council Bluffs, and all applications examined and passed upon by a majority of the board of directors, Good loans wanted, Full informa- tion can be obtained at the office of D, W. Otis, secretary, 110 Main street, or any of the following directors: H. W. Hazleton, Frank Grass, Join Brown, A. S. Hazleton, H. C. Beebe, A. B. Walker, E, Hart, F. C. Lougee, S. §. Leonard. Domestic soap outlusts cheap soap. Burglarvs wt Work. The residence of W. S. Mumaugh, toll keeper at the motor bridge, 1107 Fifth av- enue, was entered by burglars Monday night and a gold watch was stolen. Mr. Mumaugh had $100 of the company’'s money in a sack at the house, and it is supposed that the thieves were after it, but failed to find it. Owen Wickham's house, corner of Seventh strect and Seveuth avenue, was also en- tered. Mrs. Wickham awoke about 2 o'cloc yesterday morning, and, looking into an ad- Joining room, saw the reflection of a man's form in a mirror. She awakened her hus- band, who jumped out of bed and made a dash for the reflection. Both the burglag and the reflection disappeared through a front window, which had been conveniently left open. Nothing was taken. Colonel D. B. Dailey’s residence, on Second avenue, was entered, but nothing has been missed so far, The following numbers received Robinson Bros.' twenty-third annual free gifts last night: 8,002, 211, 833,142, 8,267, 284, 17,680, 676, 7, ridun Coul. Thie new coal from Wyoming for sale only by H. A. Cox, 37 Main street. Telephone 48, Ask for circular: Try Bagle laundry, 724 Broadway, for good work. Our medium *gloss finish can't be beat, but we do strictly hand work, domestic flulsh, when preferred. Telephone 157, @round ofl cake $1.30 hhd. at Morgan & Co.'s drug store, 134 Broadway. Washerwomen use Domesilc soapy NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS Ccunty Commissioners Investigating the Work of J. J. Watts, TO SEE THAT VETERANS GIT JUSTICE Commissioner of the Soldiers Relief Fand on the Carpet for Alleged Nogleot of Duty in a Number of Instances. The Board of Supervisors held a meeting yesterday afternoon for the purpose of being convineed that J. J. Watts, the commissioner of the soldiers’ relief fund of the coun totally unfit man to have charge of anything. A lot of witnesses were summoned and called upon for their stories, but the sum total of the damaging Information obtained was a dis appointment to those who had hoped to him painted a deep black. The prosecution carried on under the ausplees of Abe Lincoln Grand Army of the Republic Lindt, the well known friend of the soldler, lent his talents and his vocal chords to the cause, and with the assistance of E. R. Fonda F. A. Sackett, the other members of the com- mittee from the post, did his best to see that eternal justice got her due. Mrs. Mary Welch, who lives at 1115 Twen- ty-fourth avenue, was the first witness called. She said that she went to Watts every month during 1892, and always received help, al- though Watfs was not as pleasant about it as she might have wished. In 1893 she received an $8 pension, and after that she went to him no more. Her main grievance against him was that hie always asked her so many ques- tions about the ages of her children, and the coffee W. H. Bradley gavo her on Watts’ or- ders would be compozed of sticks, peas, cherry pits and other delectable substances. This last, however, she admitted could not exactly be charged, up against the commissioner. Watts was always urging her to send her chil- dren out to work, which she positively would not do unless she wanted to, and she did not think it was any of Watts' business, Mrs. Mary Lance, the second witness, was troubled with a very nebulous state of mind as to the present whereabouts of her soldier husband, but rather thought he was in a sol- diers’ home somewhere. She had one son years of age, who tried railroading, but finding it too hard work, had tried nothing in the work line since. She got §2 a month from Watts for awhile, but one time Walts turned her away, telling her that the grass would be green pretty soon and she could live on that, nd I did,” she added, naively, “until the grass died, and then I came back.” Watts never talked very insultingly. to her, but one day told her not to come again. SHE HAS A MATRIMONIAL RECORD. Mrs. Graham, formerly Riker, had been married five times, and she did not think it necessary to get a divorce from one of her sbands before marrying the next line of succession. John Lindt ob- to this line of questioning, on the ground of incompetency. “The law,” said Coloney Daily, s not give the right to help from the soldiers’ fund to people that are guilty of bigamy. She admitted just now that ‘she did not know whether her former husband was alive or dead, and said that it was not necessary to know. And yet she comes in here, a feloness, and wants to take the bread out of the mouths of needy and deserving women and children.” Mr. Lindt, on the contrary, held that moral character had nothing to do with the case; the only question was, whether she was the widow of an honorably discharged soldier, If she was the proprietress of a house of ill fame she would be entitled to Lelp from the public fund, and the sentiment of the soldier element would be in favor of giving it to her. Judge Wadsworth held that the witness could not be questioned as to acts of a criminal nature. Mrs. Graham testified that during the time she was recelving assist- ance from Watts she was keeping a “boarder,” and that the “‘boarder,” her 30- years-old son, and her grandson, all got the benefit of the assistance Watts gave her as much as she_did. Dailey fired a large volley of questions at the witness with reference to her various matrimonial entanglements, which made an interesting, but not very profitable feature of the investigation. She separated recently from the man whose name she now bears but still more recently Graham has returned to herebed and board. She said Watts re- fused to help her the first time she went to him, saying that she did not keep a respectable house and that she had too many men hanging around. After December, 1892, when she made the aflidavit against Watts which was introduced in this investigation, she was treated better, having received as- sistance on a number of occasions. When Watts refused to help her, she said she com- menced to cry. Walts said, “Get out of here with your bawling. I don’t want any of it here” She sat still and went on with her lachrymose operations, and Watts rose to his feet and told ber to get out or he would kick ler out. She got out. Mrs. Willets, who lives on First avenue, a lady with a very active tongue and & willingness to use it, did a good deal of talking, but all she said was that Watts refused to help her when her husband was drawing a pension of $4 a month. Mrs, Schultz of Tenth avenue testified that she went to Watts with the papers that showed Mrs, Riker's husband was a soldier and that Watts threw the papers in her face and wouldn't have anything to do with them. The investigation will morning at § o'clock. s a was post, in the jected be resumed this BUCK HEALS BY FAITH, Can Cure Anythlng from Corns to Pucu- monla, if He Only Wants To, Elder Buck is here. So is his wife. They lave opened a series of divine healing meet- ings, and the doctors will now have leisure in which to do their collecting, refilling of bottles: and repainting thelr signs. Elder Buck s not exactly the kind of a looking figure which his name might imply. Rather small of stature and of slight physique, he is a bundle of nerves, which have been ting- ling, apparently, for fifty or sixty years. Ho has a crippled foot, which the divine healing does not seem to have reached, although he has wielded the wonderful power of healing others for nearly thirty years. “Why don't I heal that foot? Well, T'll tell you. The Lord tells us we must go forth as lambs among wolves. Now it would be a mighty mean wolf that would jump onto a poor crippled lamb like me, wouldn't 1t? 1 have had men get €0 mad at me be- cause I told them the truth that they would have killed me, if I hadn't been a crjpple. See? That's why I don't want that fool cured.” To assist this limping lamb there is car- ried in the elder's hand a cane of diamond willow, a curicus stick, which the elder himself has carved in his bours of medita- ticn. ‘The artistic deslgn has not been com- pleted, but eufficient has been elaborated to indicate it is intended for a represent of Eve being pursued by the serpent. E back s turned upon the serpent, and the elder’s jack knife has so cleverly done this part of the carving that there can be no doubt it is her back. The tempter Is evidently about to be sat down upon, but he does not appear to be so discouraged as to give up the contgst, for his fangs are thrust out in a startling proximity to the unprotected flesh of the falr daughier of Eden, Elder Buck is, however, more enthusiastic over his powers of healing than over his powers of carving. “I've just started meet- ings In the Overton mission, but, bless your soul, the place won't begin to hold ~the pecple just as soon as they find how the work is going. 1 shall need the biggest hall in town. Just a fow caees cured, and you will see the people tumbling over each other to get to me “What do you charge for your services?’ “I dow't make any charge. That is, I let folks who are curcd give me anything they teel like, and one day in tho week 1 treat those who are not able to pay anything What do 1 do the other days? Well, I ask those who are able to pay to give me a dollar, and o5 much wore as they are able to. I' used to heal for nothing, and let them give me or uot, just as they saw fit, but I found I wasn't getting enough even to buy oatmeal for breakfast, So 1 went to the Lord about it, and be told me £ DRESS GOODS, G64-inch all wool ladies' and French serge 46-inch all All cur $1 henriettas, ¢ a yard. An odd lot of fancy ALL BLACK DUCED PRIC! ENTIRE STOCK OF 1) OUR 3% Worth from $1 98¢ a yard. SHEETINGS. T £ Sie quality 3¢ a yard. 7c muslin Lockwood a yard. Lockwodd yard. Lo yard. Lockwood yard. Lockwood yard. Lockwood X XX 4-4 A % 5-4 ambleached wood 64 unbleached Lol yard. Lockwood ard. Lockwood yard. Lockwood yard, 6-4 muslin, Gc a yard. 15c quality plaid drese goods, 6%c a yard. clcth mixtures, worth from 50c to $1, to close, 39¢. Our_entire stock of 50c all wool henriettas reduced to 29 wool henriettas and fine serges our regular 75c goods, to go at 48c a yard. India French whip cords, reduced to 67¢ a yard. Our entire stock of fine novelty drese goods, worth from $1 to $1.75 a yard, c a yard. dress goods, from 39¢ to 76, to close at 25¢ a yard. DRESS GOODS AT RE: NATCHA BLACK DRESS SILK, to $2 a yard, reduced to unbleached sheeting, yard wide, reduced to e a yard. unbleached sheeting, sheeting, sheeting, 9-4 unbleached sheeting, 13%c a 10-4 unbleached sheeting, 42-inch bleached sheetings, Sc 45-inch bleached sheetings, 9¢ Dbleached sheetings, 9-4 bleached sheetings, 10-4 bleached sheetings, Fruit of the loom and Lonsdale bleached ARY 16, 1895 Commencing Thursday morning at 9 o’ today (Wednesday HOSIERY and fancy at 13c each, at_25c each. derwear, reduced to twills and Gents' 150 cach. 50c and 7fc duced to 87 Gents $ to CHILDREN'S hea to close at heavy ¢ each. worth 69c. a DUCED pair. 50c and 65c quality ‘ 8o Ladic 8c a 9 a cashmere hose, worth 16¢ GLOVES $1.50 and $1.75 colored suedes, worth 11c to close at 89¢ a_pair. Misfits 10c a palr, Ladies' cashmere mitte 15c a 17c a 19¢ quality ladies’ 19c quality ladies’ vests, to close at 9c. ¢ quality heavy vests and pants, to go 500 duality heavy ribbed vests and pants 75e quality ladies’ non-shrinking wool un- 4 cach, 75c a suit. $3 quality all wool union suits, $1.50 vy cotton underwear, reduced to $5 wool heavy all wool shirts, reduced from UNDERWEAR PRICE HOSIERY. 17¢ quality infants’ wool hose, to close 5¢ a 26c quality children's wool hose, plain and ribbed, reduced to 17c a pair, all sizes. children’s cashmere hose, to close, 30¢ a pair. all wool hose, were 35c a pair, re- duced to 19c, or three pair for 50c. 50c quality ladies’ cashmere hose, to close 85c, or three pair for $1. Our entire stock of ladies' from pair, to close, 4Sc a pair. 26c quality fleeced hose, AND MITTENS. mousquetaires, $1.5 stock of Saxon Beauty kid gloves, in one lot d odds and ends in kid gloves, ity, to close at 123c a pair. and wool mittens, to close, Sc a pair. R e R R oy All ladies® $10 garments, $7.50 garments, $6.75 garment garments, $2.60 garments ach. underwear, re- 98¢ each. AT RE- $1.75, $2.75 98c. to go at 84 g0 at $169 a and ¢ a yard. sats 12 muslin 25 fine wool and 65c to 85c a 123%c a pair. 7-foot felt cach, opaque black and 0, and our entiro at 43¢ per roll. Ingrain papers, . regular 25c qual- fancy goods at children's heavy 1 clock and continuing for ten days. ) marking down goods and getting ready for this great event. The question of COST or VALUE of MERCHANDISE will Our aim is to REDUCE STOCK. SEE SECOND FLOOR. and children's cloaks at HALF This includes every garment nothing withdrawn, Cholce of our entire stock of wrappers at Some of these sold as high as $4. Thompson's Glove Fitting corsets and C. B. a la Sprite, that sold at §1, c per pair. chenille $1 6-4 chenille covers, to go at Goc. $3.50 chenille portieres, slightly soiled, to pair. 3¢ figured Canton flannel, to go ma and sateen drapery goods underwear at COST PRICE. window window , 7c and Sc gilt and mico paper, to go 12%c full gilt, to go at 8%e per roll. 10c per roil. All toys, baskets, chinaware, satchels and HALF PRICE. not be considered e qualit 12 Ladies’ a exactly PRICE, to A good $1 bed co $5 all wo extra valu $3.50, §4 to §2.98. quall yard, In the store, G a 33c, 39¢ damask red ALL TAB BIG ¥ $1.25 $1.50 and table covers to go at Indigo b close, 2¢ a Good sta S¢ and 1 yard, qualit 7¢ and 1 a yard. Shirting to worth 25e, to All All All Al Al Al Al Al Al All shades, to go at 20¢ silver toys cloak furs remn baske SRR AR 1899. ANNUAL CLEARING SALE. 1895. shaker flanne! Store closed all day during this sale, WSITONY WIINIDOW IDISE=TA Y THR FOLLOWING PRICES SPEAK FOR THEMSRELVES: AND UNDERWEAR. DOMESTICS, y shaker flannel at 3%c a yard, , to close skirt . 8te a yard, all wool patterns, worth close, §0c each, size bed comfort, 4Sec. smforts reduced to 7ic each, ool gray blankets to close at $2.98, and $475 white blankets reduced ty all wool red flannel to close at and 45c quality Turkey red table duced to 25c a yard. LE LINENS AT COST PRICE, REDUCTIONS IN NAPKINS. WASH GOODS, bluo dress ard. ndard dress prints, 2¢ a yard. 0c outing flannel to close at 5 prints, worth e, y cotton batts, 3¢ each. 0c apron ginghams reduced to prints, 3c a yard. HALF PRICE LIST. Jewelry half price. rware half price. half price. s half price. half price. ants of ribbons half price. dress goods remmants half price. ets half price. satchels half price. fancy goods half price. FOWLER, DICK & WALKER. to charge them a dollor. Anyone can raise a dollar, and if they haven't got it them- selves they can borrow 1t, and if a man hasn't got credit enough to borrow even a dollar, then the Lord don't think he's worth curing.” The elder's wife claims to be a prophetess as well as a healer, and she was among his first patients, twenty-six year ago. She was dying with consumption, when he prayed with her, annointed her with oil and in a twinkling she was, by faith and divine power, transferred from an invalid to a madonna of the wash tub, and soon nine young Samuels and Deborahs were found to be in their matrimonial quiver. “‘Are her lungs all right now? Well, you should just hear her preach. You'd think they were all right, Just come down to the meeting tonight and hear her shout once. As she claims to be gifted with the power of seeing persons and places miles away, it was suggested to her husband that her search light be directed. toward the mysteri- ous hiding place of the body of the missing Scott. The elder had heard little about the tragedy, and didn’t seem to take much inter- est in the suggestion until his attention was called to the footing up of the numerous re- wards offered, when his eye scemed to twinkle with inspiration, and he promptly promised to have the prophetess and scer glance about a little and locate the missing treasurer. ©DNGREGATIONAL CHURCH MEETING, Reports Show the Organization to Be In n Very Healthy Condition. An annual church meeting is one of those events generally shunned except by the faith- ful few, the terrors of balances on the wrong side and the probability of meeting hats which pass in the night, the dreariness of mathematical showings of what had not been done deterring the lukewarm attaches of a church from appearing. Not so at the annual meeting of the First Congregational church Monday night.. There were 130 pres- ent, and they wore smiles. They devoured the church supper with the relish of those who had won an appetite by honest, hard work in the vineyard, and the coffee, though strong, didn’t begin to compare as a stim- ulant with the reports which followed. Com- plete statements in writing were presented from every department of the church, the trustees, the treasurer, clerk, Sunday &chool, Missionary and Young People's socicites, the Ladles' Aid society, in fact, every detail of finance and work was gone over accurtely, the few dimes spent for fixing the bell on the parsonage not belng overlooked, nor a broom bought for the sexton's use. The to tals showed the church to be financlally in better condition than for years past, the in- debtedness reduced, despife hard times, and numerous improvements made, There had been added during the year forty-four new members, and there were corresponding in- creases in the Sunday school and various societies. The showing was a very flattering one for the pastor, Rev. Dr. Askin, whose work in this fleld during the past eighteen months has been attended with marked suc- cess, There was a unanimity in the elec- tion of officers, it belng, in fact, a unanimous re-clection, no changes being made, the trustees being E. E. Hart, D. W. Otis and E. C. Smith; treasurer, J. D. Edmundson; clerk, E. 8, Allen, Arrange your business so as to catch the 6 or 7 o'clock train Thursday night, which will take you to the finest resort in the west, Manawa, Every purchaser at Davis a choice sheet of music free. Domestic soap breaks hard water. drug store gets ¥ree Mothodist Meoting. The Free Methodists will hold their second quarterly meoting in Council Bluffs beginning Friday evening at 7:30 and continue over Sux day, Rev. J. H. Wilson, district elder, pre- siding A Tevival meeting has been in progress at this church for #ix woeks past, during which time & number of persons are reported con- verted and sanctified and several united with (he chureh, The revival still goes on and the interest is increasing. Everybody is invited to come and hear the elder preach and get a touch of revival fire, The churca is located on the corner of Twelfth street and Avenue A. J. H. Brittain is pastos St. Anne Ald Soclety. In pursuance of the request made by their pastor, Rev. P. Smyth, the ladies of St. Francis Xavier's church met for the purpose of organizing a society to carry om, in a systematic and effectual manner, the work of furnishing relief to the poor. After the object of the meeting had been stated by Father Smyth it was determined to effect a permanent organization and that the name of that organization should be the St. Anne Aid socfety. By vote of the majority of the ladies present the following officers were elected: Director, Rey. P. Smyth; president, Mrs. A. Darraugh, trea urer, Mrs. William Maurer; secretary, Mrs. Kate M. Wickham. Groceries, fuel, bedding, clothing, shoes ete., were furnished to seven ty-cight families, forty Catholic and thirty- eight noncatholic. Expended during the year, $324.40. Unity Guild will give an experience social Wednesday evening in the guild rooms of Grace church, corner of Pierce and Union streets, Friends cordially invited. The attractions at Man: a tonight will be skating, music, hot coffce and dancing. Trains leave at 6 and 7 p. m Will Pay the Claim. The Board of Supervisors at their morning session yesterday decided to pay the exces- sive tax claims which have so far been put in as soon as they have been checked over and their exact amounts ascertained. The list of property owners whose claims are to be thus honored covered nearly a typewritten manuscript. Chairman worth of the board was appointed a commilg tee to go through the treasurer's books and ascertain the amounts due, which will be pald by warrants on the county fund. The board decided to pay §75 for the type- writer now in use in the auditor's office, which shall then become the property of the county. Sargent biggest Council is invoicing. Look shoe sale there has Bluffs out for ever been the in Davis gel's drugs, paints and glass chenp w. At the annual meeting Christian association yeste: the Royal Arcanum parlor: the following women were elected to serve for the ensu ing year: President, Mrs, Anna B. Phelps; vice president, Mrs. Bella C, H cording secretary, Mrs, Minta Gaines; responding secretary, Mrs. Laura J. Bride; treasurer, Mrs, Edith M. Reed; audi- tor and finance committge, Mrs. Emma G. Lucus and Mrs, Allie H. Orcut; commissary committee, Mrs. Sarah Roher and Mrs, Car- rie Keeline; devotional committee, Mrs. Ellen Montgomery. The above women constitute the board of managers, with the additional names of Mrs. Zoe Ross, Mrs. Sarah Roher, Mrs., Mary Sherraden, of the Women's day afternoon, in Gas cocking stoves for pent and for sals at Gas Co.'s office. Keep your eye on Manawa Thursday night. The laundries use Domestic soap, Moving the Headguarters Westward. BOSTON, Jan. 15.—Augustine McCraith, secretary of the American Federation of Labor and ex-secretary of Typographical union 13 of this city, was tendered a fare well banquet last night by his friends. Presi- dent Davis of the Typographical union pre- sided and among the speakers were Frauk K Foster and other labor leaders. Secretary McCraith left today for Indianapolis where the new headquarters of the federation are established. LOS ANG Judge Ross this morning sustained the demurrer in the case agalnst Rev. N . Ravlin, charged with having made an incendiary speeeh during the strike last summer and inciting riot Ravlin was discharged. e Shiloh's Cure is sold on a guarantee, cures incipient consumption. 1t is the best cough cure. Only one cent a dose; 26c, 60¢ £ad §1.00. Sold by Goodman Drug Co, It ARE NEARING A SETTLEMENT All Differences Except the Union Pacific Poycott Out of the Way, HAVE MADE LOMAX A PROPOSITION That Ofiicial Has the Matter Uuder Advise- ment and the Opinlon is Expressed This Last Dificulty Will Bo Surmounte d. CHICAGO, Jan. 15.—The transcontinental lines have now adjusted all their differences with the sole exception of the Union Pa boycott and there is a chance that it will be out of the way before the end of the week. Today the Canadian Pacific, Great Northern and Northern Pacific agreed on divisions on Pacific coast business and all the lines Lave agreed that the old round trip rates of $104 from Chicago to the Pacific coast and $50 from St. Paul to North Pacific coast points shall be restored. The rate clerks were put to work on the tariff sheets today ‘and the rates will be formally announced as $»0n as the clerks have finished their work. This will be in the neighborhood of February 1. So far as the Union Pacific boycott is con- cerned there is a sirong chance of a settle- ment. General Passenger Agent Butis of the Burlington, who is chairman of the com- mittee of transcontinental lines having the Union Pacific boyeott under considsration made the proposition to the Union Pacific that if it would forego its claim for the long hanl on all coast business going via Denver the other lines would not insist upon any change as concerns Ogden, allowing the Union Ps to have the long haul on all trafic going via that gateway. The Union Pacific has taken the matter under consideration and the gen- eral belief is that it will accept the proposi- tion, If it does the last obstacle in the formation of the Transcontinental Pagsenger assoclation wilk be removed, SALE OF THE "FRISCO CON RMED, New Owners Will Make a General the Operating Officlals, . SPRINGFIELD, Mo, Jan: 15.—Colonel John O'Day, in an interview today with a re- porter, confirmed the dispatch sent out a few days ago, stating he had gained possession of a controlling interest in the St. Louis & San Franclsco railroad. His coming into the company at this time, Colonel O'Day said, was due to the culmination of a deal that has been on for some time. He sald that the Seligmans, together with himself, had bought $6,000,000 of the stock which, with what they already owned, gave them the en tire control of the road. The price paid was 40 cents on the dollar. Colonel 0'Day further said the policy of the road would be to advance the interests of Springfield, by moving all the most important offices to thig city. The office of general superin dent, ho said, would go to D. H. Nichols, and a complete change in all subordinate positions would be the result. One of the first changes to occur, it is sald, will be the removal of the passenger division to this place. What effect may follow is problematical, but it is generally believed the recent purchase would not have been made if it had not been seen that a way could be found for getting the road out of the receiver's hands, and sever- Ing its connection with the Santa Fe Not a few belleve It 1s o be a part of the scheme of the Chicago & Alton to invade this terr tory by bullding across the state to this point Mr. O'Day today sold his stock in the Ex- change bank here ,of which he Is president and was relieved by J. T. Keet. Change Missourt Koads Oraored to JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Iroad commissioners today the Banta Fe branch from Richmond Lexington Junction, the St. Joseph & Bel mont branch of the 8t. Louls, Tron Mountain & Bouthern, the Springfield’ branch of the Re Rates. Jan. 15.—The ordered that to s i dai ;fi!\\!“ A SRR RN e All kinds of Dyéin and Cleaning dne 1 the highest stylo of the art. Fadcd and stained fabrics made to look good as new. Work promptly done and delivered in all parts of the country. " Send for price list, ©. A. MIACHAN, Proprietor Broadway, near Northe western Depot, Counell Blufts, Iowa. Tel. 3 HANHOOD “CUPIDENE" tion of n famous French physician, wiil aulokly cure ¥om of aif ner: vous or diseases of Ansomnta, s | Pimples, U Consti nesvof di allte ) kidney atrengthons ind res fTerers nre not cuced by Do It rgc, ors of the res i il BEFORE ano AFTER CUPIDEN The renson ontntitin, CUP 2. writted guaranteo glven and moncy return 30 a'hox, s1x for 45.00, by mal,Kend for ¥ F AN, MEDICINE CO., P GOODMAN DRUG CO., 1110 system, and the Columbia branch of the W, sh hereafter charge 3 cents a mile for passengers instead of 4 cents us hereto- P C EEMS IN SIGHT, Probability that Transcontinental Lines Are Near to an Agreoment, Indlcations now seem favorable to an agree- ment among transcontinental lines, and a transcontinental association seems entirely probable. Mr. Francls, general passenger agent of the Burlington, in speaking of the outlook and stating the position® maintained by the roads boycotting the Union Pacific, s0 called, eald to a Bee man yesterday “Mr. Lomax of the Union Pacific is taking to himself the right to interchange business at any point on his line. In taking off one way tickets he exercised his right to con- duct his department as he belived to be just. When we trip tickets with the Union Pacific we ex- erciezd our right, and 1 desire now to say that our right was only exercised because of L 's action. The general passenger of the Union Pacific now comes for- ward and says that he will continue to ex- cise his right to say where he shall re- sive business, but declines to allow us the right which is ours by the very nature of things. However, this matter is now under consideration, and I do not believe it would bo right to go into the detalls of this affair 50 long as arguments as to the position of both sides is going on. The committee to which was referred the boycott on the Union cific proposed arbitration, and the names of W. A. Thrall, George H. Heafford and George Charlten were suggested, two of whom are known to be friendly to the Union Pacific, but Mr. Lomax would not hear to it, and so the matter dropped. Now there scems o be reason for believing that an agreement will be reached between the Unlon Pacific and the so-called boycotting lines, in view of the perfect understanding as to the immigrant divisions, and no one will more heartily welcome peace than myself.” Railroad Notes, Munn has gone to Chicago transcontinental passenger James W. attend the ing The law department of the Union Pacific was In high feather today on account of the elevation of Mr. Thurston to the eenator- ship. The Union Land company held fts mecting Monday In the law department of the Union Pacific and clected five directors for the en suing year, viz., 8, H. H. Clark, Oliver W. Miok, E. Ellery Anderson, Jobn W. Dosane to meet- Untitmess to Marry, Exhuusting 1) DEN i the only kniown remedy to cure without un oy ceased to interchange round | Uie KCHCFAVS orgiie, St a1 ? n tho Biick, Seminal L inissii Nmfi:‘flflmfig‘ Virio it Aighn ol tosden by duy oF pight™” B ovents quivis e ot ehec a0 Bpermatoriioun and riniry orging of all Ampurites. > e 1YeEs the ! Wik Oran. or 18 becitune Tinoty Der cent aro troubled with v 17l B doon not lfoch i iorssanns nar: reular and tostmoniats, gl o 0. Btox 2070, Sun Frauclsco, O, Thr Sate by rnam-st. & LESLIE & LESLIE, Omaha, Nebraska. GEO. P, s’l\'N ORD, A, W. RIEKMAD dent! ) Cashien First National Bank of COUNCIL BLUFFS, lowa. Capital, ] Frons, . © . " . S0 inks in tho wtate 85 and eoll Ui’ dcposita, W se One of the ol We solicit you pay b per cent pléased Lo seo st DUFFY'’S PURE MALT WHISKEY, All Druggists. B B A g . b SINS & BAINBRIDGE, ic and Pederal Courts. Rooms $08-7-5-4 Block, Council Bluir:, 1ow, =="=Snecial Notices Counelil Bluffs Y8 CLEANED; A CHIMN AULTS CLE. HIMN) 8 CLEAN , 638 Broadway. R RENT NEAR Apply at Bee office, Council Tufts, PLAIN SEWING, MILLINERY WORK OF ALL Kinds, new hats made from old maicrial, ai reasonable prices, 1013 Third ayenus LAIC Court house. ST, BMALL GOLD ¥ marked 3. G.; also fob. 10 Bee office. IN WATCH, tmn for B ——————— and Frederie R. Unlon Pacific. The Oregon Coudert, receivers of the Raliway & Navigation pany has been having considerable trouble with snow for the past two weeks, snow plows being necessary to break the way for trains, Nrs. W. { master In com- D. chancery | Mrs. C. S. Mitchell | In Omaha, enroute | went west on No. 1, Cornish, wife of the s of the Union F and M'ss Cornlsh to Mouterey, Cal, clal cifle, are They