Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 25, 1900, Page 4

THE OMAHNA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1900. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. BLUFFS. ~ COUNCIL INOR MENTION. Davis sells giass. “Mr. Rilay,” 5-nent clgas, Fine Missouri oak. Gilbert Bros. Gas fixtures and globes at Bixby's. Fine A. B C. beer, Neumayer's hotel. Wollman, scientific optician, 49 B'd'y. 3chmidt's photos, new and latest styles. W. J. Hostetter, dentist, Baldwin block. Moore's stock food killa worms, fattens. Bee Schmidt for slegant holiday photos. Drink Budwsiser beer. L. Rosenfeld, agt. Leffort, jeweler, optician. 23 Broadway. Christmas pictures at C. E. Alexander & Co.'s, 338 Broadway. W. F. Graff, undertaker and disinfector, 101 Bouth Main street Phone 508, (et your work done at the popular Eagle Yaundry, 74 Broadway. 'Phone 157. W. C. ¥atep, undertaker, 28 Pearl street. Telephones: Office, 97; res{dence, 33. meet _at the PLEASURES FOR THE POOR Kind-Hearted Folks Look After Material Wants of the Unfortunate. REAL CHRISTMAS SPIRIT IN EVIDENCE lower Mission, Elks and Other So- Give of Their Substance Christmas will not be without some of its joys to the poor of Couucil Bluffs, as Avenue school. The cantata, “Beautiful Echoes,” will be rendered under the dire: tion of Mrs. E. E. Cook and Mrs. C. H. W Brown. Therd will be a Christmas tree and Santa Claus will be in evidence. BXPRESS INTERVENES, COMPANY Am « The American Express company last May issued to Mr. and Mrs. W. B, Musser of this county twenty-six travelers' checks of the aggregate value of $1,800 at the in- stance of Officer & Pusey, who guaranteed their payment. ia turn Mr. and Mrs. Mus- ser secured Ofcer & Pusey by paying them $500 cash and giving their note for the balance. During Mr. and Mrs. Musser's trip in Burope these checks were cashed from time to time, exeept one for §100, making 10 all $1,700 that the express com- pany paid out on them. The express company yesterday filed a petition of intervention in the Officer & Pusey recelvership, in which it states al- DEEMER WILL NOT CHANGE Bupreme Justics Decides to Decline Univer- sity Chancellorship. REGENTS MAY NOW ACCEPT AN OUTSIDER General Expectation in T Successor Will Be a Ma Some Other State—App Are Numcrous and DES MOINES, Judge Deemer Dec. 24.—(Special. by announcing his decision not to the offer made to him by the regents this morning settled the matter of his leaving the supreme bench accept turn. She alleges that this was done in April of 1506, at which time she was in A partially demented condition and claims that she was not responsible for her ac tions. She states that she was Induced to leave her home in Omaha and to come and live with Mrs. Walrod at Biroum, la., and that after she had thus been brought under the control of the conspirators she was Induced to sign a paper, the exact character of which she does not now re call, through which she claims that Names collected the money from the firm at Clin- ton with which it was invested. The case will come up for trial at the January term of the district court, MASSACRED BY BOXERS Dy of the Marder of Dr. and Mr odme at ng Fu Recelved At Cednr Rapids. CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia., Dec. 24.—The first positive and definite details of the tragical death of Dr. and Mrs. Van Rensselaer Hodge of New York, missionaries at Pao Ting Fu, China, were recelved here today by Robert 8. Sinclair, head of the T. I ot | Sinclair company, a brother of Mrs. Hodge. Under date of October 22, Rev. J. W. Lowrie, |tallen, as the area of white extends to the horizon, and by the largest bullding, the mill in Salton, great heaps of seeming encw are piled, gleaming and scintillating in the cun. But the snow is salt. It is 1ot the salt left by the ancient sea, but the deposit of pecullar springs that are ever runcing down from the distant mountain The salt s spread over a great area, and |18 80 pure that all that is necessary to do |18 to collect and dry It Usually steam- |heating appliances are necessary to dry the product of salt mines, but the intense heat of Salton {8 all that fs needed. | The method of obtaining the salt is to plough it up by steam, the plows culting furrows elght feet wide and six inches doep, the harvest for each plow each day being 700 tons, which s suggestive of the fmrmensity of the deposit. The salt Is put on cars, which are run out into the salt lake. 1t is then hauled to the mill and dried, when it is ready for transportation. Thousands of tons of salt are heaped up in small mountains here, presenting a re- markable appearance. Huw men can work in such a clin seems one of the mysteries, but the omly real difculty one has at Salton is from the glare of the salt, which makes green The according to directio; alleviates and cures suffering,overworked women and men as nothing else has ever intelligent use of Orangeine nevery package, done. It cures, builds up, sustains, compels natural action of nerves, stomach, liver; always ready, always handy to ward off nerve sickness, colds, headaches, asthma, neuralgia,&c,, and cure the cause, Bold by di ista genorally in 25 and 80c acknges, A tria] packago will be sent 1 any wddress for 2-eont stamp. ORANGEINE CHEMICAL €O., . Chicage, HiL A SKIN OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER the State university of the chancellorship. The judge hias been criticised for not having writing from Pao Ting Fu, says glasses a necessity degrees in New York for five A temperature of 150 minutes R. T. FELIX GOURAUD'S ORIENTAL “'Phey. 5 AL BEAUTIFIER. The Lady Maccabees will though Officer & DPusey had received $800 | They, the Hodges, CREAM, OR MAGIC usual time and place this afternoon. g o tac Simeox family and oupi d e panic overal ot the eharitable orgavizations have rendered a decision sooner, but the fact is would fill the hospitals and create a panic, wves Tan, Pi o o | e Ol that not only should the little |cash from Mr. and Mrs. Musser it bas re- | that he wus in doubt up until today and his Dr. Taylor, defended themselves to the last | byt at Salton n case of sunstroke is un- Freckies, Moth Patcnes: mfiv’"ff"u' !.'41"1"2:‘:\13','}""'m.-'v;":.u'm.fil'i e embered by Santa Claus, but |¢eived nothiug. It alleges that Mr. and | closest friends knew nothing of what his in the Simcox house and all perished in the | known, This 1s due to the fact that the .dn:hm"‘!_v'-; Morgan & Kiels, uphofitering, turniturs | 20, B s of the families should not | Mrs. Musser, since their return from final decision would be. He went to his |flames, but the two Simeox children, Paul | humidity 18 very low here. Molsture is C3. blemish on beauty, ropalring, mattreas making. 12 8. Main st [ that the " Cheletmas. dinnee Europe, have paid the note, and it asks home in Red Oak Saturday to spend Sun- [and Frances, who nearly suffocated, ran [almost elimivated from the atmosphere. G/ and defies detec: Miss Hila Risenfeld has gone to Des | want for a Christmas he young women of | that the receivers be ordered to pay over day and Christmas and will mot return fout of the house and were decapitated by | This feature has given this part of the tion. It has stood ‘ Moines for & month's visit ‘with friends | Yesterday aftersoot o Immense Christ- |0 it the §800 deposited in cash by the Mus- | until late in the week. His decision ren- [ the Boxers and thrown into a well.” desert fame as a health resort, and at Indio e TR : O int can in s Siee Wt Wik fegty, [ o8 O sers and tho proceeds of the note and in- | ders necessary another meeting of the re- - The same attention given to a want add in Council Bluffs as at the Omaha office Mrs. J. W. Kavanaugh of Kansas City arrived yesterday on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Arthur W. Slack of South Sixth street Shertdan coal, once tried always used. #mokeless, no #oot, clin aiphur. Price %, $.50. enion & Contractor Wickham - Ing of North Second st yesterday by using Galesburg brick at the intersection of Vine stree George Kellog, chief of the fire depart- ment of Sloux City, In., was in the city yestorday vieiting Chief Templeton and other friends. Mrs. Mary Christiansen, wife of C. B. Christlansen, 1316 Third street, dled yester- day from leumrlluu, aged 23 years. tico of funeral will bo given later. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Binford of Lincoln, Neob., are spending the holidays with T. G Tove and amily. Mrs. Love's mother, Mra. M. H. Binford, Is also a guest at the Love home. The case of 1. G. McCrarey, charged with murderously assailting his wife, was con- tinued In police court yesterday'until Jan- uary 8. His bail was fixed at $200, in de fault of which he is still languishing at the city Jall. Frank Faul, formerly of this city, but now of Denison, In., where he owns and edita the Demokraf, a weekly German aper, 18 In the city with his family, spend- FiK the holidays with relatives, Mr. Faul wag elected county clerk of Crawford county at the last election. The case against Henry McDonald, Jamea and Alfred Richardson, George Leslie and Robert Haucks, charged with mulicious de- struction of trees on the grounds of the Omaha Gun club, was continued in Justice Vien's court yesterday until Friday. All of the defendants are out on bail. The members of the fire department were smoking cigars yesterday through —the courtesy of Manager Hart of the Water- works company, who sent a box to each hose house. Mr. Hart also remgmbered the lice department in a similar manner, as 1d Manager Nichols of the Gas company. Carl Carlson, wanted here to answer to tho charge of breaking Into V. Battin's carpenter shop and stealing u atantity o tools, valued at about $00, last June, was brought across the river from Omaha last evening by Detective Weir. Ho at firat re- fused to return without requisition papers, but reconsidered the matter. It 18 eald you will mins a treat if ¥, don't see_tho big farce comedy succens, ‘A Merry Chase,” at the Dohany theater Christmas matinee and night. Matinee 3 p. m. Latest speclalties, newest son and novelties portrayed by a strong com- pany of players Come and laugh at one of he best farce comedies on the road. L, C. Lowery, a colored man, Was ars rested after midnight Sund: charged with assaulting his wife. a white woman. The Information was filed in Justice Vien's court, but when the defendant was brought before the court yesterday morning the wife refused to prosecute and the charge was dismissed The costs were taxed against the woman. The case of James Hall, the negro charged with assaulting with intent to kil Mrs. Mary Burns, an aged colored woman, was continued In'Justice Vien's court yes- terday until Wednesda Mrs, Burns is Il being cared for at the police station, as the landlord of the house where she had a room previous to the assault re- fuses to iel her go back there. Colonel J. J. Steadman, clerk of the United Stafes district court, has recently laced on his Harrison county farm, near unlap, fourteen pure-bred, blooded Here- ford cattle. Part of this beginning of a pure-blood herd of Herefords came from the Riverside ranch, near Ashland, Neb., and part from the Comstock ranch'at Al: bany, Mo. The last of these cattle came through yesterday, having been on ex- hibltion at the fine stock shows in Omaha and Kansas City. Colonel Steadman is very proud the cattle, which have been greatly admired by stockmen, N. Y. Plumbing C telephone 250. drink and be merry. This is the glad day of the year, and the man that partakes of that famous whisky bought in bond and sold at the Hoffman will be glad that he is alive. Real Estate Transfers. The following transters were filed yester- day in the abstract, title and loan office of J. W. Squire, 101 Pearl street: Mary 8. Healy to Fritz Bruhn, w # feet of lots 4, 5 and 8, block 11, town ot Avoca, W d.............. Mrs. Mary Jones to James i, Hems- worth, lot 8, block 2, Judson's 2d add, $ 7,000 o st | | John C. Dahlstrom and wife to Mary Esther James, lots 12, 13 and I, block 19, Rallroad add, w d e 1,060 Sarah J." James to the Convent of Mercy, lots 12, 13 and 14, block 19, Railroad add, w d. 100 Sheriff to Towa Business Men's Build- ing und Loan association, lot 10 and part lots 9 and 11, block 6, town of Carson, 8 d....... : 8 Claus Albees ‘and wife to John T. Gl tt, n 200 feet of lot 83, Avoca Land and Loan company's subdly of part of 9-77-39, w d A Casady and wife to 'N en, lot block 3, Highland Place, w d Total, elght transfers Howell's Anti-Kawf Gravel roofing. A. H. Rend, 541 Broadway. cures coughs, colds. Marriage Licenses. Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to the following persons: Name and Residence. Age. Charles O. Millsap, Council Bluffs A% Kmile B. Mynater, Council Bluffs 1 J. Truman Jones, Council Blufts.......... 21 Harriett B. Worley, Council Bluffs........ 20 ‘Willlam Coszad, Council Bluffs 3 Minnie Heiser, Councll Bluffs C. H. Patterson, Omaha. Gertrude Shater, Council mas tree at the Dodge Light Guards armory for the special benefit of the poor children of the city. The tree was laden with toys, which Robert Wallace, lu the guise of Santa Claus, distributed among the little folk. Today the Salvation Army will ser the poor at its barracks on Broadway a bers of the army have made arrangements (o feed upwards of 300 persons and those who through sickness or other causes wili be unable to go to the hall will bave their dinners taken to thelr homes. The local lodge of Elks has donated $100 today. of the Councll Bluffs Benevolent assoclation. and by this means many & poor family will be permitted to realize something of the gladness of Christmastide. The Elks did tian Home, and Mgnager Lemen was given an order on a local firm for 200 pounds of have a real Christmas dinner this afternoon, followed by Christmas exercises, as im- portant feature of which to them will be two Immense Christmas trees, over fifteen feet high, which will be laden with toys and gifts for every one in the institution. These gifts have been sent to the home trom every part of the United States The rellet soclety of the Woman's Chris- tian assoclation under Mrs. Phelps has not been idle and numerous families on the list of the association will today be provided with bounteous Christmas dinners, In con- nection with the arrangements made this year for the poor, it is pleasing to state that the number of families dependent to a great extent on charity is far smaller than 1t has been for several years. Two services will be held this morning at 8t. Paul's Episcopal church. An early celebration of the holy communion will be held at 7:30 o'clock and at 10:30 o'clock there will be morning prayer, wermon by the rector, Rev. G. E. Walk, and holy com- munion. A special program of Christmas music will be rendered at this service. Services will be held at Grace Episcopal church at 10:30 o‘clock this morning, when the choir will render a speclal program of Christmas music. Services will be held this morning at St. Francis Xavier's and St. Peters Catholic churches. At 8t. Francls Xavier's the pastor, Rev. Father Smyth will be asslsted by three clergymen from Omaha.’ The services will be as follow: First mass at 6 a. m., sec- ond mass at 8 & m., lust mass—high mas: with sermon by a Jesult father—at 10:30 a. m. In the interval between these mas: private mass will be held. Music will be rendered by the children’s choir, owing to the fact that the church cholir is at pres- ent disorganized. After the last mass will come the benediction of the adorable sac- rament. Christmas services at St. Peter’s church will be as follow: High mi at 6 & m, which will immediately be followed by a low mass; high mass at 10:30 a. m., with & sermon by the pastor, Rev. Father Thomas; rosary aud benediction at 8:45 p, m. ‘The children of the Sunday school of the First Congregational church held their an- nual Christmaas exercises last: evening. There was a large Christmas tree from which Santa Claus distributed gifts for the little ones. Mrs. W. J. Leverett presented a number of steropticon views {llustrating Christmas stories and scel from the bible. The Sunday school sang ‘“The Birth- day of a King’' and the program also in- cluded a number of recitations and songs by the children. At the Second Presbyterian church the children of the Sunday school celebrated Christmas last evening with a tree and & program of appropriate recitations and musie. At the German Evangelical church the Sunday school held Christmas exercises last evening and the little ones were made happy with gifts from a big Christmas tree. The cantata, “Joseph and His Brethren,” was given. At Trinity Methodist church the Chrint- mas cantata called “‘Santa's Surprise” was rendered last evening by the Sunday school under the leadership of Miss Myrtle Faul. The Sunday school of the Fifth Avenue Methodist church also held its Christmas exerclses last evening. ‘The Broadway Methodist church Sunday school held its Christmas exercises last evening. A number of the Sunday schools will hold thelr Christmas exerclses this even- ing, The children of the Sunday school of the First Baptist church will render a cantata and a program of recitations and songs and will have a Christmas tree. At the Epworth Methodist church the an- nual entertainment for the children of the Sunday school will he held this evening. There will be a Christmas tree and gen- eral exercises. The Union Band Sunday school will hold Its exercises tonight at the Woodbury NENS SHOES 50¢ ALL COLORS AT HAMILTON'S SHOE STORE. 2Snow Storm Reminds one that it is Rubbers and Overshoes he needs. This point being settled, the mext is to know where to buy them. There is one place in town where you cannot make a mistake if you want something serviceable LOANS ted in Hastern Nebrasks FARM S, Rt Save Your Money.:s: SAVINGS, LOAN AND BUILDI 143 Pearl Street, ¢ and at reasonable prices— that’ SARGENT™ Look for the Bear. Christmas dinner and none will be refused | 80 long as there is anything left. The mem- | oo "0 $225, in cash to be distributed among the poor | Elghty dollars of this amount was placed in the hands of Rev. Henry DeLong, | not forget the little children at the Chris- | dressed turkeys, and the little folks will | terest which they paid. The company asks that Its claim be decreed a preferred one. Frank Stegall filed an application in the Officer & Pusey matter yesterday, in which he asks that the receivers be ordered to pay over to him the proceeds of a pension order collected on a New York bank by OfMcer & Pusey In December, 1899. The Stegall states that at different times he recelved $40 from OMcer & Pusey and now asks that the balance be pald to him by the receivers. John Mithen, as guardian of the estate of Mary Mithen, filed a preferred clalm yes- terday of $2,000, Wednesday will be the last day for cred- ftors in which to file claims ainst the Officer & Pusey bank. Recelvers Bereshelm and Murphy are hopeful that the court will adopt their suggestion that a certain amount of the fucds now on hand be withheld for the purpose of paying the preferred clalms when adjudicated, and that they In the meantime be permitted to declare a divi- dend on the general claims. If the court will make this order the recelvers expect to pay a dividend of about 25 per cent be- tore the first of the new year. ‘This 18 the day that everyone should be glad that turkeys grow, and they are doubly lucky If they have a small decoction of that famous whisky bought in bond and | #old only at the Hoffman, where “Sappho,” from her perch on the wall, smiles with | you. Open Till Noon. The Boston Store will be open until noon today. Davis sells paint. More Smalipox. Leone, a little daughter of Grant Schoup, was pronounced yesterday by the city phy- slclan to be suffering from smallpox. This makes the second case in the Bchoup fam- ily and the elghth in the city since the disease broke out. The Schoup residence at 2409 Avenue A has been under quaran- tine for the last seventeen days and the pericd will now be extended forty days. The city council held a short session yesterday evening as a Board of Health and took the necessary legal steps in con- nection with this last case of smallpox. Another daughter of Schoup was taken sick with the smallpox a few days ago. Both cases are said to be of the mildest torm, The three patlents at the city pest hous are rapidly convalescing, but canaot lea there until their forty days' quarantine oxpired. The two cases at the Woman Christian Assoclation hospital are almost convalescent despite their extreme age, Commonwealth 10-cent cigar. Iowa Ploneer Dead. T. H. Sketchly, a former resident of this city, dled recently at bis home in Beattle, Wash., after a short {liness from pneu- monia. He was a ploneer of Iowa, having come to this state in the spring of 1846, He resided in Hamllton county for a num- ber of years and moved from there to Tay- lor, Pottawattamle county, where he en- d in farming for several y Later he came to Council Bluffs and resided here for elght years. In the fall of 1897 he and his wife went to Seattle, Wash., where they have since made their home with a daugh- ter. Mr. Bketchly was 69 years of age and kad only recently celebrated his forty- seventh wedding anniversary. His wife and ten children survive him. Mr. Bketchly was well known throughout Harrison, Mills and Pottawattamle counties, where he had a large acquaintance. Open T Noon, The Boston Store will be open until noon today. Mra. Sadowakl Asks Divorce. Mrs. Cora Sadowski, whose husband is & tugitive from justice, commenced suit for divorce in the district court yesterday. She recites the fact that a warrant Is out for the arrest of her husband on a charge of attempted criminal assault and that he has fled from the city to avold arrest. She asks for the custody of thelr three minor children and that she be awarded $5 a week permanent alimony. Sadowski is a well known railroad man, who left the city about a month ago to avoid arrest and his present whereabouts are unknown to the authorities. Christmas at Postoffice. Tbese hours will prevail today at the local postofice: Stamp window, general delivery window and money order division will be open from 8 until 11 a. m. Car- riers will make but one delivery, leaving the postoffice at 9 a, m. There will be o business collection made at 7 a. m. and one in the afternoon at 1 p. m. New Century Watch Meetl FORT DODGE, Ia., Dec. 24.—(Special.)— A twentleth century service of more than usual Interest is being planned by the pastors of the Fort Dodge churches, to be held on New Year's eve, December 31. Arrangements have been made by which leading business and professional men and women of the city will speak of the advance which bas been made in the century just closing along various lines of human ac- tivity. Among the subjects treated will be the press, manufacture, art, education and agriculture. The meeting will begin at 9:30 o'clock In the evening and will last until slightly after m'dnight, the last hour being devoted to services of a devotional character. Ruling in Polson Case, SIOUX CITY, la., Dec. 24.—(Special.)— Judge Wakefleld of the district court has rendered an interesting declsion in a case In which the Masons Fraternal Accident as- sociation of America refused to pay $5,000 on a polley which was held by Fred C. Hills, president of the Sioux City, O'Nelll & Western rallroad. Mr. Hills dled after eating some breakfast food, which had been poisoned to kill rats, and which was served on the table by a new servant girl. A pro- vision In the policy states It does not cover death resulting from ‘“taking poison." Judge Wakefle'd held that this refers to the taki of pofson voluntarily. The insurance com pany will probably appenk gents to select a chancellor. | chancellor, Emlin McLain, It will be hard to choose a school. Dancing Teachers' Swindle, in Charles City, mourning the dey ing teachers who worked the what they could get out of them. formed classes in dancing and all these towns. General Manager A. | Keokuk & Western raflroad, of the Burlington system, his control and be made a operated from that point. Goodrich a position elsewhere. State Treasurer Recoverin G. 8. Marls of the state treasure fice returned this morning from Chicago, where he visited G. 8. Gilbertson, the state Mr. Glibertson is recovering from the opera- tion which was performed on him and the The operation was performed on December 6 and he ex- pects to be able to be in the state treas- office by January 7, the day when the transfer of the office will be made to He treasurer-elect, who is in a hospital. wound has alrcady healed. urer’s him by Treasurer Herriott. It 1s reported here today that Arthur Reynolds, the head of the proposed Des Moines & Northegs Iowa rallroad, s about to dispose of his right of way and corpora- tion to the Milwaukee and that the latter s Boone line from Boone to Clarion along the right of way This will give the Mil- waukee connection with the Mason City & company will extend thus cured. Fort Dodge road. It is learned here that In the rearrange- ment of its business the Postal Telegraph Cable company has in contemplation the establishment of a division office in some city west of Chicago for the purpose of handling all the business of lowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and parts of Missouri and It 18 expected in Des Moines that be made here, but that has not yet been determined. last week the stamp sales at the Des Moines postoffice Kansas. this division headquarters will During the six days of averaged $1,704 a da; Mra. a great deal of attention here the Mrs. Broadbent, was decided today. No divorce was granted. The present has been con- nected with the law school of the univer- sity many years and is an able teacher. successor. There are several active candidates in the field, but it is generally expected the re- gents will go outside of the state for the man to be placed at the head of the law A great many of the residents of Inde- pendence, Manchester, Oclwein and Water- |1oo and a iesser number of those who live H Greene and Nashua are rture of a firm of danc- towns for They collected | small sums from many students and then |left the country, leaving unpaid bills in 1. Goodrich of the now a part has announced | that the Humeston & Shenandoah branch of the Burlington will soon be placed under part of the Keokuk & Western for operating purposes. He also states that the headquarters of | the Keokuk & Western will remain in Keo- | kuk and the Humeston line will also be It had been ex- pected that the consolidation of the Keokuk & Western with the Burlington system would result in a removal of the head- quarters from Keokuk and give to Mr. Richardson Gets the Children. The Richardson case, which has attracted past month, and which was Incidentally the cause of the mysterious attempt on the life of Mrs. Richardson was granted $125 a month for maintenance und the custody of the chlldren. Ilinols-lowa Dase Dall League, CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia., Dec. 24.—(Special.) —It Is probable that a meeting will be held in Davenport or Rock Island about January 15 for the organization of the Illinols-lowa Base Ball league. Thero has been a move- ment on foot for several months in a num- ber of the lowa and Illinois cities looking toward professional base ball for the com- ing seascn, and while there have been many discouragements, the movement now bids fair to culminate in the organization of a strong league. Billy Gant of Quincy will visit the several cities immediately after tho holldays, snd from reports that have been received it is belleved he will have no trouble in swinging elght good cities into line. The probabilities are that the league will be made up of Quincy, Peorla, Bloomington, Joliet, Rockford and Rock Islaud, 111, and Cedar Rapids and Daven- vort, Ia. The plan generally favored pro- vides for the posting of a $500 guarantee to play the season through and placing the salary limit at $900 or $1,000 & month, in- cluding manager's salary. Mrs. Lapole Loses Her Sult. WINTERSET, Ia., Dec. 24.—(Special)— Mrs. Lapole falled to secure the $10,000 damages for which she sued P. J. Cunning- ham and others on a charge of having sub- Jected her to indignities and physical vio- lence during the progress of the search for Daly and Brewer, who had been jailed for assaulting Cunningham's father, but who had escaped through Banker Davies oxit way. Mrs. Lapole's charges were sen- sational and seventy-five witnesses were ex- amined, but the jury was out only a short of- | time before returning a verdict for the defendants, Escaped mvict ptared, NEVADA, Ia, Dec. 24.—(Speclal Tele- gram.)—Charles Yancy, who was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for attempted murder, and who escaped ten months ago, has been captured and returned to the pententiary at Fort Madison. pects Rural Delivery. WEST SIDE, Ia., Dec. 24.—(Speclal.)—J. F. Grote of West Side has been appointed en inspector of rural mail delivery of Iowa. A GREAT LAKE OF SALT. Wonderfal Snow-Like Dep Colorado Desert. The greatest wonder of the Colorado desert is its crystal lake, as white as driven suow, a lake of chloride of sodium extend- ing for miles, In which, with plow and shovel, work the Coahullla Indians ten hours a day in a temperature of 160 de- grees. So level is the region, so singular in all its detalls, that the irresistible con- clusion is that ages ago the entire country was part of the Gult of California. Indeed, the old shore line can be traced, and along the rocks the traps of the early fishermen scen In the center of a wide valley 280 feet below the level of the Gulf of Calitornia, says a New York Sun letter, glistens a sheet of molten silver. No bank of virgin snow is more beautiful. During the day it is dazzling white, a lake of crystal, indeed, and as the sun goes down a crimson hue pervades it, and a transformation scene of marvelous beauty is set on this desert stage. The traveler who reaches the region which is an oasis in the desert, a health resort is rapidly growing up and winter and spring find many consumptives here. The Colorado desert from Indio to the sea 1s an Interesting region, abounding in min- ing claims, from copper to coal. Here one may go down, as at Indio, 300 feet below the sea, a literal hole, which would be filled and become a deep lnke it the sea should break through from the gulf. This was the cause of the Salton sea some years ago. The Rio Colorado broke its banks and flowed out upon the desert, forming a vast lake and demoralizing the Indians, who fled to the mountains and watched the fill- ing of the great depression with fear and trembling. Midway between there and the gulf are many mud volcanoes of exceeding interest, suggesting the uncertain charac- ter of the crust in the vicinity. Asserted Himnelf. Chicago Tribune: The hero of the his- torical novel stepped forward to take com- mand of the troops At this critical moment George Wash- ington grabbed Algernon Fitz-Murgatroyd by the collar and thrust him in the back- ground. “You may be the greatest man In this story,” exclalmed George, “but you must not palter with the plain and accepted facts of history! Stand back! This Is where 1 take the leading part!"” It was thus, by the exercise of the ut- most daring and firmness, that the Father of His Country asserted and successtully maintained his right to be the principal personage in the memorable performance of Washington crossing the Delaware at Trenton. at night might well imagine that a miracle bad occurred and that a snowstorm had THE D 01D MUSCLE, 1t Plays & Pr nt Part in the Tatlor's Husiness. “It {8 a rare thing," eald the talking man to a Washington Star reporter, “to find a merchant tailor who can get a ‘perfect fit’ in the clothes he makes. So rare in fact that I have sometimes thought that tallors, of all artisany, know least how to do thelr work right. Yet the tallor, or the cutter, rather, 18 not always to blame, for a per- fectly cut garment may be often set askew by a careless maker, who by a crooked seam or a slight departure from the line set for his nuedle muy throw the ‘whole thing out of plumb. Still, a good tatlor ought to know when a garment fits and should efther be able to correct its unfitness oF mot let it leave the shop. Bpeaking of the cutting part, 1 remember an incident that occurred once at a convention of cutters held in Cincinnatl. The subject for discussion was the cutting and fitting of arments and a testy old Scotchman had he floor, He sald in effect that if a coat wero cut to set right upon the de'told muscle that the wearer would always find it comfortable and well fitting. “'In fact, sald he, ‘the deitold muscle dotermines the fit of & coal ““Will the gentleman state what and where the deltold muscle 18?' asked a cutter on the other side of the chamber. “The Bcotchman turned on him sharply. «'gir,” he said, angrily, ‘do you claim to be a cutter and not know where the deltold muscle is located? Don't you Know, sir, that a knowledge of the human anatomy is as important to the tal'or as it {8 to the wurgeon? Do you expect to cut a garment to it an object whose every line and curve you do not know? You might as well try {0 fit a plug to a hole without knowing the size of the hole. No, sir, the gentleman Will not state what and where the deltold 1t I8 your duty, #ir, to know the not mine to instruct you. ‘he discussion ended there, simply be- cause there was nobody present to carry it on, for 1 don't belleve' a man in the place :pt the old fellow knew anything about Qeitold muscles. I know I didn't, but as ¥oon as 1 got to a dictionary T looked it up. Tater 1 gave the matter some study and I found that the Scotchman was right.' muscle is deltold muscle harmiess we tast of similag Dr. L. A #aid to & fae of the haut-tom patient): “As you ladies will use them, I recom. nd ‘GOURAUD'S CREAM' as the least rmful of all the Skin preparations.” For ale by all Druggists and Fancy Goeds lers in the U. 8. and Europe. FERD. T. HOPKINS, P 87 Great Jones N. MARVEL B25%"C The new Vaginal Syringe. Injection and Suction Hest—Safest—Most Con venient, ItCleanses Instaatly. Ask your druggist for It. it be the Tor Mius. Tt gives full Invaiatie el pontic NewVork %] The Standard Hair Coloring d tor Gray or Bieached iatr, durble and pertectiy haril 8| Coloring. Any natural BAir beautitul, clean and gloss; APPLICATION LASTS MONTAS. Bample of hair colored fres. Privacy asaured. Send for Pamphlet, IMPERIAL CHEMICAL MFG. CO., 22 W. 234 St., New York. 8old by all druggists and hairdressers. Hot Springs, Ark. The Favorite Winter Resort For information. pamphlets and books on the springs, call at TICKET OFFICE: CORNEG 14TH AND DOUGLAS. PERFUMERY... We have undoubtedly the largest assortment of choice perfumery in medium-price bottled goods in the city. We carry Palmer' Dabrook’s, Spiehlel Seeley' Colgate’s and French's, in all size bottles for 25c and upward. Just the thing for Christmas Two elections in the lowa National guard were reported today. Lisle W. Brown has been elected captain of the company at Marshalltown, to succeed C. 8. Aldrich, who is in Alaska, and Ralph H. Whinery takes his place as second lieutenant. In the com- pany at Oelwein H. B. Arnold bas been elected second lieutenant vice Van Wirt, resigned. New incorporations: The Wayland Lum- ber company of Wayland, incorporated by T. E. Brittingham, J. M. Mixon and C. M. Donkle, with $6,000 capital; the Shrader Drug company of lowa City, to manufacture stock food, by W. E. Shrader and others, capital stock $10,000. The capital stock of the Davenport Malt and Grain company has been Increased from $55,000 to $75,000. D. B. Lyons of Chicago is preparing to embark in the municipal franchise business. Ho has written Mayor Skinner of Creston ating he s ready to submit to the city counell a proposition for the establishment of a lighting and heating plant in Creston. He will probably present the matter within a week. Poultry Show at Cedar Rapids. CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia., Dec. 24.—(Special.) —The arrangements have been completed for the sixth annual exhibition of the West- ern Poultry Fanclers' assoctation, which will be held in the new auditorium January 14 to 19, Inclusive. Secretary Richards is sending out the premium lsts and not le than 2,000 birds from the leading breeders of the middle west are expected. In addi- tion to the regular percentage premiums for single birds and pairs, the association bas offered a number of cash collection, display and grand sweejstakes specals to exhibitors. Prizes of §26 in cash will be given to exhibitors showing ten highest scoring birds In the American, Asiatic and Mediterranean classes, while amother $25 prize will be given to the exhibitor show- Ing the largest number of birds scoring 60 poluts or better. Fine silver cups, valued at 360 each, will be given to exhibitors showing ten highest Light Brahams and ten higbest scoring Barred Plymouth Rocks, Prizes of $15 and $10 each will be given to exhibitors showing ten highest scoring birds in all the leading varietles. The judges for this show will be James A. Tucker of Congerd, Mich.; Ben S. Myers of Crawfordsville, Ind., and G. D. Holden of Owatonna, Minn. The association hi added this year departments for fancy pigeons, Belgian hares and cats and sepa- rate judges have been secured for each She Charges Fraud, FORT DODGE, Ia., Dec. 24.—(Special.) A petition has just been flled by Mr George Hewill of this city, in which she charges that L. W. Names, Mrs. Kate Wal- rod and W. J. Baker have, through con- spiracy, detrauded her of the sum of $1,800, which sum she claims they have divided smong themselves and have falled to re- “MOTHERHOOD"” A Book for Girls SENT FREE T tells plain factsthat everyone of the gemler sex ‘(f ought to know. 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