Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 4, 1901, Page 4

MINOR MENTION, Davis sells giass. Davis sells drugs. “Mr. Riley,” 6-cent clg Fine Missouri onk. Gilbert Bros. Gas fixtures and globes at Dixby's. Fine A. B C. beer, Neumayer's hotel. Wollman, sclentific optician, 49 B'd'y Bchmidt's photos, new and latest styles. W. J. Hostetter, dentist, Baldwin block. Moore's stock food kills worms, fattens Drink Budwelser beer. L. Rosenfeld, agt. Leftert, jeweler, optictan. 2% Broadway. Fine line of platinotypes at Alexander & Co.’s, 433 B'way. W. F. Graft, undertaker and disinfector 101 €outh Maln street 'Phone 506 Get your work dor Yaundry, i24 Broadway o W. C. Estep. undertaker, 28 Pearl street Telephones: Office, 97; residence, 33 Try our 2)-cent meals, Ladics’ and Gent cafe, 1 Broadway. Open all hours Morgan & Kletn, upholsterin repairing, maitress making. 122 8. Main Park Commisstoner Tibbits yesterday chased two monkeys for the 2 mount park Miss Lucy Dailey at Mincola, fa. 8 friends in this city Roy Fryer, 15 Graham avenue, was re- ported to the Board of Health yesterday as Suftering from scarlet fever A want add In The Tee will bring results. The samo attention given to n want add in Council Bluffs as at the Omaha office. Bheridan coal, once tried always used Bmokeless, no &oot, clinkers nor sulphur. Price $5, $.60. Fenlon & Foley, sole ugents eorge H. Kahman of Kaneas City, a nt raflroad contractor, who bullt a Tirie portion of the Fort Dodgy & Omaha Toud, is in the city George Knowles, a farmer Iy mi'es cust of the cify, Auffered o & yosterday at his home, resuiting in the fracture of his right arm at the elbow Mrs, James Burns was arrested yestorday morning on complaint of a neighboring family named Lelbold, who charged her with disturbing the e. Mrs. Burns nd and the hearing was set for Jun- lar Eagle who I« teaching sehool it the holidays with g six ineil_camp, No. 14, Woodmen of ti World, and Palm grove, No. i1, Woodman Circle, will hold a joint ‘installution of offi- cers this evening, *Following (he instalia- tlon coremonies there will be progressive high five and dancing Willlam Summers, who attempted to steal eight pairs of trousers from M. Marc gtore on Broadway, had his preliminary hearing in police court vesterday morning and was bound over to the grand jury. He was removed to the county Jall. Dudley Buck's Christmas cantata, “The Coming of the King, was glven last even- ng at St. Paul's Eptecopal church before an appreciative th The chol D. Smith A, sololsts The funeral of John Madden will be to morrow afternoon at 2:3 o clock from 8t Francis Xavier's church, The funeral cor- will leave the famfly residence, 11 st Plerce stroet, at 2 o'clock. Interment Wil be in_Falrview cemetery. Deceased nd Mr. Ose leaves a wife, father and four sisters, Ther for record here yesterday & releas American Loan and Trust company to the Union Facific Rallrond company of it mortgage on the latter my equipment, given to secure bonds n the amount of $2.5%,00, which have been redeemed. The release s dated June 25, 190, Bob Scott was released from the county all on his promise to leave the city, H. A tunnells of Red Oak, who Is shortly to ve for South Africa’ in cha signment of ho and mules for British army, secured Scott's relen promised the authorities he would along. Scott left the city last ev company with Runnells. Mrs. David Hardma ot 514 North Seventh sireet Wednesday night gathered up what she supposed was a quantity of rubbish, neluding some pasteboard hoxes, and threw it all into the st A series of explosic Tollowed, scattering ilve coals was narrowly 1 It mong the rubbish was a number of loaded shotgun shelis. Will Babbington, the young man caught in Smith & Bradley's store on Broadway Just. Monday about midnight, having ef- fected an entr had his preliminary hearing before Justic Vien yesterddy morning and was bound over to the grand jury. His bond was fixed i the sum of 330, In default of which he was committed to the county fall Tonight the Chase-Lister company will present “La Belle Marie” at the Dohany theater. During the week of Its engage- ment o far it has drawn erowded houses and the performance each evening his iven good satisfaction The company hax floen greatly strensthened stnce 108 Tast ap- pearance here. The repertoire s above the Rverage of similar companies and some of the speclalty acts are well receive Karl Karison, charged with breaking into V. Battin’s carpenter shop last June and stealing about $6) worth of tools, was bound over to the grand jury vesterday by Jus- tice Vien. He was releaged on his own recognizance. A number of people have in- terested themselves In the young ma's be- half, and it is belleved that if he succeeds in Keeping out of further trouble this case will be dropped. Friends have secured him W position. 1o served six montha in jail in Omaha for a similar offense cominit there and {t is urged on his behalf t both robberles were the result of a drunken spree. N. Y. Plumbing Co., talephone 25C. n ages for Elevator Accldent. Mrs, Clara Breckbill commenced suit In the superior court against Nathan Merriam to recover $10,000 damages for alloged per- wsonal injuries received as a result of an elevator accident. Mrs. Breckbill recites that on the afternoon of December 16, 1889, &he was on the second floor of the Merriam block and rang the bell for the elevator; that as she was stepping into it the boy In charge started the elevator with “great rapidity,’ with the result that she was caught between the top of the cage and the floor of the landing. She says the base of her brain was Injured and that she also recelved Injurles to her hip. Gravel roofing. A. H. Read, 541 Broadwa Real Estate The following transfers were filed yester day in the abstract, title and loan office of J. W. Squire, 101 Pearl street Andrew Petersen and wife to John It and Margaret H. Lynch, n 62 feet of lot 57, O. P, C. B, w. d $ 1,00 John Fraser to Heiry Grove, part ni 10t 16, block 15, town of Wolmy Jumes G. Kirkwood to Enos fek, part whe 4 part nb lot 6, 1n 22-76-41, w. d 2,900 Alpheus J. Tucker and wife to Carl Thompson, n sely 14-18-43, w. « 500 N. P, Dodge and wife to W, P, Web ster, lot 18, block 31, Feiry udd to Counell Blufts, = w. d... -0 A, M. Powell Powell, part n Total six transfers Howell's Antl-Kaw hildren's glt Slippers e HAMILTON'S SHOE STORE. FARM LOANS egotiated In KEastern Nebraska a"nxnlovl. James N. Casady, Jr. 12¢ Main 8t Council Bluffs, B, A Save Your Money:::: SAVINGS, LOAN AND B LD A58 Pearl Street, COUNCIL BLUFFS. Barber and Grant Companies Are to Get Their Certified Checks Pack, Aldermen Hammer and Longee Oppose Advantage In Taken of MeDonald's Absence nents of Asphaltum, - strip. It was, however, suggested that the lots in question would not becr the full as- sessment and it was finally decided to re. duce the amount to $153.73, which will be teenth street caused by the right of way of the motor comuany was nssessed as follows: To the motor company, $181.91, and $171.21 to the Iilinols Central railroad. The yardage of this plece of paving Is 2,375.42 yards, the cost being, cash, $4 200.58; certificates, $1,505.14. This portion SURPRISE IS SPRUNG IN CITY COUNCIL| of nroadway is paved with Des Moines brick on conerete base Interested property owners have thirty days in which to e their ohjections to the assessment, the plat of which will be on file in the office of the city clerk. Commonwealth 10-cent cigar, | accomp company for the paving of four streets in |the ifourth ward rejected and their certified | checks, deposited as evidence of good faith, ordered return opposed by Al on the grounds that the abseuce of Alder man McDonald ought not to have been taken advan should have been deferred until the regu In the absence of Alderman McDonald | RECEIVERS it the speclal meeting of the city council sterday aftornoon Alderman Boyer, with he assistance of Alderman Clark, su ded in having the bids of the Barber | Asphalt company and the Grant Paving | the i to them. This action was ormen Hammer and Lougee o of by the opponents to th sphaltum paving and that the matter ve tonx of Offlcer & ¥ Lereshelm an Recelvers Officer court actions under the order of the court from of their appointment including | ventory showing the receipts and disburso- ments voluminous pages of typewritten matter. The | wale at $5.95. covers many the cash on hand at_the time of the appointment of the re- Monday afternoon bad been called g assessment ro fall | was to be brought up. The council had disposed of the assess when Alderman Boyer moved that the bida the mo- | an seconded by to his feet with a vigorous protest against being taken alderman from ab- Fourth purpose of fixing the Alderman Lougee opposed the same grounds and objected to Judgment” being taken on Alderman Me- Donald in that manner. opinion that the people who favol absence of Alderman McDonald Alderman Boyer retorted, saying he di¢ rot see wherein he was takiug any undue advantage of his confrere from the Fourth The matter had come up in open counctl and it was not his fault if Alder- man McDonald was not present. been trying for a long time to dlspose of the matter and he belleved this time was as good as any other. Alderman Clark said he thought it was best to get the matter out of the way and then If those In favor of asphaltum desired to bring it up again, fresh petitions could be secured and i . He ventured the oplnion that if fresh pe- [ CIVers say: The total cash on hand at were obtained that a majority of the property owners on the streets affected He had presented to the council show opposed to as- After further discussion on both sides | Beresh e R Alderman Lougee asked Alderman Boyer if | Feceivers show to the court that they are e wonld Dot withdraw his motion and let | £0XI0us to make distributions to the cred- the matter so over until the regular meet. | 110rs Of said fund, that s large number of ing on Monday night certainly will do nothing of the kind. (sl e : have been trylng to get this matter through | the delay in makiug a dividend and they ad nothing has been shown | Fespectfully urge upon the court to mako o through the skylight, | Boyer replied: for a long tim here why It should not be done at this time | & SP as well as any other.” On the motion belng put to a vote, Doy r. | ttors are claiming a preferen the | Bs8e n | dend may be made at the earHest practica- Alderman | ble moment In addition Alderman Lovelt was absent. North Second street, Bryant street, Tenth avenue and lower Broadway the aldermen repaired | qne bhank the to the council chamber a8 | celvers hold as ass: Bryant street, as shown by the city 1's Teport, is 2 improvment certificates, as follows of the city property, structed to Contractor Wickham able by the city. to Bear the Cost. On North Second street the total yardage | claiming that they are entitled to have a warrant in Cash, $3,638.63; certificates, ! Two pleces of property were found of in. | by open deposit account or time or de- value to bear the entire cost of |mand certificates, set off in whole or in Alder- | part against their past due notes. And man Hammer at the corner of Vine street | theze receivers ask the court to instruct is assessed at $407.12, for the paving was [and direct them what they shall do in re- to be pala|spect to allowing and making sald offsets.” the| The receivers also ask the court to in at [struct them what to do In cases of notes the cornor of Washington avenue the as-|he'd by the bank which wero not due at sessment was cut from $304.27 to $220 on |the time of their appointment, but which the east side and on the west side the city | have fallen due siuce or are not yet fallen The city on this |due. 4 street will have to bear $627.48 of the cost | The report shows that under various or- of the improvement On Tenth avenue it assessment. The property of the difference improvement case of the the | to certain creditors property would in every instance bear the | Eiven, funds deposited by them after ::‘ cost of the improvement and on this street | death of Thomas Ofcer and prior to th it. |appointment of the receivers the sums yardage Is 1,507.53 ceriificates, asxessment Broadway paving several questions arose. [of W. H. M. Pusey as truste i the | in fact belonged to the bank and which North- ' has since been conveyed to the recelvel 1,600 western Aepot It [ing claims in Co conveyance | th of escaping It poss! the | tur was for the council decided ‘o assess the cost against | Puse the full lots without NOT ALWAYS We don't claim SHOES fn this clty, but we do claim to sell the best shoes made )f any house in the coun- into consider- | }ist A modest statement. your money go to SARGENT™ Look for the Bear. G ASS'N, colvers was $143,450.60 and that there has sinco been collected on bills receivable, accounts, ete., $43,165.23, making the total of receipts with which the recelvers charge themselves $186,605.83. Against this is set forth and charged the various payments and dishursements ordered by the court, amountiog to $7,664.42, leaving a balance |of cash en hand at the date of this re- port of $179,041.38 | Continuing, the report shows the amount of claims dpproved by the receivers and , | Med with the clerk of the district court 1 and no question up to date as follows | Time certiicates of deposit $102,615 98 Demand certificntos of deposit 15,6315 Hammer | Deposite subject to cheek 181,413 tal ©o e $600,090.08 Claims Agninst ank. Alder- | These claims inclufle those which have MecDonald and he objected to see ad- | becn filed as preferred clalms and in which go taken of his absence from the meet ing, which had been called for the specific | @8 Well as the general claims in which no paving assessments. | Preference has been claimed as yet on| The first report made by Receivers Bore- ‘spap | #heim and Murphy showed that the elaims | agatnst the bank aggregated $624,468.08. | He gave it as his | This shows that claims amounting to $23,- od brick | 768.05 have n 18 against asphaltum would not desire the | to these cialms which the books of the bank the | 8how to exist, by petitions of fintervention have been filed, t yot been fled. Referring which have uot yet been presented, the receivers say: “A number of clalms, as shown by the books of Officer & Puscy, have not yet been presented to the receivers for their approval and the ask the court In Its order herein to giv them directions as to thelr obligation and | duty with respect to approving such claims. These reccivers, as required by the order of court appointing them, publisked the no- tice to creditors therein required and also malled written notices to them, as re- quired by sald order and under said notices and the terms of sald order, the time for December 26. As to the matter of a idend the re- the close of business, December 1900, as shown in this report, is the sum of $179,- 04138, which is now on deposit in the Coun- cil Bluffs Savings bank (o the credit of Bereshelm and Murphy, receivers,”” These the creditors are very seriously Inconven- 1 [ tenced by the closing of the bank and by dy disposition of all petitions of in- tervention pending herein wherein cred- e out of the s of sald firm to the end that w divi- Demand of Creditors, Regarding the demand of creditors that deposits be offset agalnst notes held by recetvers say 'hese re s of the firm and among 1ts bills recelvable, notes which fell paving onfgue before the appointment of these re- engl- | coivers. In a number of instances, at the the cost of | yime of the appointment of the recelvers, Cagh. | tho parties owing these notes to the ban this | haq qivers and various sums of moncy amount the city will have to pay $1,000.84, | sanding to their credit on the deposit ac- of which $965.85 is for the paving in front | ccunt of the bank, subject to check; that, in The auditor was in- | oiper instances, parties owing these notes favor of | {5 (he bank had deposits standing to their for the amount pay credit on the books of the bank on which time or demand certificates had been is- sued to them. Some of these persons are whatsoever money they may have on d posit with the bank, whether evidenced |ders of the court the receivers have repaid a list of whom is nd the cost, | amounting in all to $4,277.31 The receivers give n list of the property Jower | held by the Thomas Officer estate and that s, but which The list includes lands in th state, Ne- braska, Hlinois and the Walter Scott min- orado They also show recelpt of $10.000 on a polley of in- n the life of W. H, M. Pusey over to the receivers by Frank report also gives in detall o wortgages canceled on payment of | the amounts due and other data connected l\\llh the transactions of the receivers, of ) Enforce Stockh Barl M. Cranston, recelver of ple's National bank of Denver, Ci brought su't in the United States clrcuit court here ugalnst Joseph I ford of this clty to enforce the latter's individual lability &% a etockholder in the defunct bank The People’s bank went into the hands of receivers | found necessary to enforce the individ labdlit amount of their stocy and such an assess- ment was made against them. The original ders' Linblliiy, he Poo- lo., has this was reduced one-halt and the stock- Lolders cnly called upon to pay $150,000 Sanford held se each In the bank Cranston Is™or $3,550. the sult of Reeciver J. 0. Crowe ~ Suit, the kidnaping of Edward Cudahy, jr. | ruary to filing claims against the estate expired on | cember 20, 1889, and it wes | hap of the stockholders to the full | | nesessment was $300,000, but in October last | Eva nty-one shares of $100 John J. Crowe and his sister-in-law, Miss Alice Adams, threaten to bring suit for damages for tkelr arrest in connection with Their attorney staled yesterday that suits THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 4 INTEREST FROM IOWA. ation the conveyance of the fifteen-foot: would be brought it they could find the persons responsible for their arrest and de- tentlon in Omaa, Miss Adams claims she was practically ‘abducted” by the Omaha officers, as she #ays they told her that If she would go to Omaha and explain certain matters by so doing she could at onee secure the release of her brother-in-law, John J. Crowe. It was on this understanding, she avers, that she fed the officers across the river. On reaching Omaha, however, sho alleges she was put in the “sweatbox” and de- tained untll late at night under arrest. Miss Adams at one time was a school teacher and feels keenly what she terms her arrest. Davis sells paint. BONTON STORE, Council Blufts, Towa. Tomorrow (Saturday) only, commencing at 10 o'clock a. m., you can have your cholce of any Jacket, cape or suit in our cloak de- partment. This lucludes our entire line of garments, ranging in prices from $7.50 to ch to go at the ridiculous price o $10.00 to $25.00 ladies’ plush capes on sale at $5.95. $15.00 to $25.00 ladies' plueh Jackets on $7.5 .95, $7.50 to $27.60 ladies’ box f mobile jackets on tale at §6. $10.00 o $25.00 ladies’ taflored suits on salo at $5.95 Millinery at half price. These prices are good for Satury WHITELAW & GARDIN Boston Store, Council Blufts, Ta o $10.00 ladies’ cloth capes on sale at nt and auto- ay only. R, IOWA COAL MINERS MAY QUIT uption Between 0, Diggers, Resuliing ernl Tle-Up, Possible Dix ators an n GRINNELL, Ia., Jan. 3.—(Special.)—The convention of m'ne operators and miners, whick 18 0 be held in Ottumwa in Feb- ange a scale of prices for 1601, likely to witness a disagreement between miners and operators which may result in the closing up of all coal mines in lowa The trouble {s not an imaginary one, but extremly real. The miners are fixed in the opinion that they have a grievance, and the operators are equally insistent that they will not yield the peint, It was first Intimated that the miners might ask for a change In the pitch of screens so that more coal weuld run sver them to be paid for at veale rates. Now influentinl leaders of the Mine Workers' union favor a straight de- | mine run scale of 60 cents or | mand for a better for all conl mined, but from the present disposition of the operators the de- mand will be met by a determined fight. At present the scale varies from 90 cents to $1 a ton for screened coal and the opera- tors make no payment for coal going through the screens There Is a “m'ne run” clause In the agreement by which the cperators may, when the trade demands it, work mine runs and shall pay 60 cents a ton for this class of mining. The changing from scrcen to mine run basis is optional with the op- erators, however. The operators sey that it the miners attempt to enforce their des mands they will have to stand a strike, and reliable in ion indicates that the miners are willing o do so I necessary The Iowa miners gre now thoroughly or- | ganized all over the state and intimats that they will not waste sevoral months n reaching an agreement with the operators as they did last year. They will dellver their altimatum the start and if thelr dewands are not acceded to wil adjourn and a sirike will probably result immedi- ately. e Faith the Agent, FORT DODGE, Ta., Jan. 3.—(Special.) A consclenceless school book agent has been doing an extensive business in the counties of northern Towa by getting contracts from school hoards adopting his books for five years. It Is sald that he tells all kinds of fairy stories about his books, one of which I8 that the county superintendent indorses them. It is even said (hat he offers pecuniary inducements to the school boards. He has secured five-vear contracts from dozens of school hoards in the Aifferent countles in this vicinity, but a recent teachers' convention a discussion of the agent's tactics disclosed the alleged mis- representations of the agent and several echool boards are seeking an annulme of their five-year contracts, Railroader Retived and ¥ CLINTON, la., Jan. 2.—(Special.) a continuous service of over thirty-seven 4, & record p :ps without parallel y W. D. Walden, superintendent of the hridge | and buflding department of the Northwest- ern Railvay company, hes tendered his resignation. Mr. Walden s 76 vears of | age. The entire main Hne of the Northwest- ern company in lowa, with @ number of the branches, was under his suporvision and he employed nearly 500 men. His last big ac complishment was the building here ab a yeer ago of the now Northwestern round- Louse, the largest in the world. He is re tired under the new pensior at $100 per month Archbishop Keane i Expected. FORT DODGE, Ia., Jan. 3.—(Spectal.) Word has been received In this city that | Archbishop Keane of Dubuque will visit Fort Dodge on Sunds ¢ 12 Elabo- rate plans are already on foot for the arch bishop's recention. An elaborats musical program and the other exerclzes of the day will be in keeping with the occasion. Dur- Ing his stay in the city Archbishop K will cenfirnt a large number of children und | the ceremony on this occasion s expected to be unusually impiessive and beautiful, Has Prowmise of a Novelty Fouand 8I0UX CITY, la., Jan. 3.—(Special gram.)—The citizens of South Sioux Ciiy are enthualastic ever the prospect of got ting a novelty fron works and foundry | which Lamb Bros. of Duluth propose to establish there. The citizens are now en gaged [n ralsiug a bonus of $1,500. Lamb Bros. promise to employ forty-five men, At a town wmeeting Wednesday night $500 in cash was raised. The new company will bo kuown &g the Lamb Manufacturing com- | 51€€ and will ba capitalized for $50,000 % the Clinton Cluh, Ia., Jan. 3—(€peetal Tolo N. Pillsbury defeated twen CLIN grom.) —He Ty ty-one members of the Clinton Chess cluh | will be divided into wards A after which new city cficials wiil be elected any town ever objected to be ) @ contest which began here last night wnd was not concluded until this morninz He won all the games, which were played simultaneously, and at th s I duplicate whist and pla several games of checke and Sy Luura Smokes ‘Poo Much, LEON, Ia, Jan. 3.—(Special.) formatory at Mitchellville, lave had her mind unbalanced by smoking clgarettes. Tuesday night she took car- bolle acid and was only saved from death by prowpt and vigorous medical attend- ance. thought to New Bullding for lowa City. 10WA CITY, Iu, Jan. 3.—(Special)— Dennison Bros., dry goods merchants of Cedar Falls and Dubuque, are to erect a four-story building here for thelr own use. It w//l not injure the most delicate skin because of it's Escort to Washington Would Have to Be | at ItsOwn Expens t When They Have elr Own Fare, MOINES, Jan, 3.—(Special.) companics of accompany his staft vhen business. petition irom the companies at Sloux City be ussigned to the job of Washington, There hud been some consideration of the advisability of usking that two companics of the Natlonal guard be taken to Wash- ington to make as great a military display as possible for lowa, and the governor and the adjutant general cussed the matter. asking that they dealers. informally dis- if any were to be taken it was agreed that the ones selected would be the two companies that in inspection, so there could be no charge of ftavoritism the adjutant general stand highest vestigation precedent {0 any such act has nmever paid the expenses of companics golng outside (he state to attend political the time of the Columbian exceptional 3,000 to send a company from Sioux City to Washington and back and the state cannot the time Harrison | Stoux City | to attend the ina | nothing more than g [ secure the right to crose the various s | The Dubuque company once made the irip to the Yorktown centennial at the | to Chicago at inaugurated gural, but the state did permission and soon anl urge that the change be mude reason that such a change is desired is to strajghten out ths political muddle fnto | cots, 1.’ Other goods in which the Towa dispensers of patrosnage have v of several persons for It 18 expected that 1"‘ the revenue collection district is enlarged to | include South Dakota as well as half of Towa Collector Patterson will be more cer- tain of reappolntment to his present posi- It is now given out that the old offi- cers in both of the federal districts of lowa wi'l all be retained under McKinley's second term. The open fight ha the places held by Attorneys Miles and M Millan, but a quiet effc dicplace both the collectors. to break the slate at any one point would result in reopening the entire question of the federal patronage in the state the lowa dclegation In congress is reluctant (o make any suggestion of changes. officials feel confident they will be able to retain thelr places for the next four years. wrote the Sloux City people today denying | their petttton. It any company desires to | will secure the permission {and the governor will Interpos | tion, but the state will not pay t¥ The Board of Railroad commissioners is | kept busy. tion fore and since the commission plaints, which Indicates that business will | the board inspected three new interl The secrelary of the executive coun- cil is today sending out the blanks to rail- road officlals pon which the executive council bases the slatements other years and If they are actually filled out and sworn possession of Information not before had to he council all cases actual companies have failed the value of the property them no estimates bave boen secured a very few of the companies operating in Towa have been willing to give actual value of the varlous properties. I have been fixed so | evaded as In other ye |alty fixed for in accordance | has never been applied and the companles have been permitted to go on year, glving estimates which afferd little clue to the actual valuo of the propert time 15 anticl the assessmont From some of There is a pen refusal to make the returns the council gots at matter this year. Necome Cities, Six lowa towns will become citier of the count of the last fede will become cities batore the spring elec- tions are held City, Cora- population—Monticello +dy been made cities of the second-class As scon as the neces | sary notices are published the towns named | by special charter. oming a city. same time hold | tnheritance Tax inheritance In the last four A from this source this amount lown Is a great su years the amount recely been $194,010.98, Laura | ¢5000 was received , @ forter inmate of the girls' re- | and there are many knotty points coming up in regard to inheritances. Mining Company The Enterprise Mining company of Diag- onal, Ringgold county, was Incorporated tos “The object is to develop gold mining the Gold Run miring district three and a half miles from The capital stock is $26,000 and | ¢ W. E. Shaw, Incorporates, the officers are: | Dingonal; vice president, Charles Bordiner, Ogden, Utah; secretary, Ray Brittain, Diag- onal. 25,000 Fire in Des Moines, Fire this morning did damage in Des Moines to the amount of about $5,000, The injury was done to the Sinclalr Packing | company, the Hawkeye Transfer company and the Des Moines Incubator company, all PERFUMERY. We have undoubtedly the largest assortment of cholce perfumery | fn medium-price bottled goods in the city. We carry Palmer's, in warehouses in East Des Moines. The | Dabrook’s, Spiehler's, Seeley's, property was all well insured. 1 lement Denlers Are Irate, Towa implement dealers, in their ses sion today. declded upon the formation of & mutual insurance company for members amittee to organize the company and begin doing business at once. | Resolutiona were introduced, which will be | passed tomorrow, severely scoring the man- s for alleged ui- businesslike methods of conducting their The association has virtnally des | | clared war on the makers of harvesters, be- cause they put their own agents and licitors in the field and undermine the " The president, in his annual ad- aress, referred to this and severely scored the harvester companies, and also de- nounced the twine trust for its methods, He also referred to the high prices which were forced on the dealers during the year and the fact that many of them were caught with heavy stocks on hand when the down- ward tendency began. and directed a ¢ ufacturers of harvest Revenue Dintrict Changes. There is a movement on foot, credited to the Towa delegation in congress, to effect a considerable change in the revenue districts in this part of the country. What is now known as the Third district of lowa, al- though there are only two districts in lowa, northern half of the state, but it is not as large nor as impor- as some of the other districts. Collec- in Dubuque, where the headquarters of the revenue department ta tor Patterson, who liv for the district are, 18 favorable to enlarge ment of the district to include the #tate of South Dakota. It is claimed that South Dakota could be reached easier from lowa than from Nebraska, to which it is now at- tuched for revenue purposcs. This would mean, in all probability, that North Dakota | would then be attached to Minnesoia. Col- lector Patterson s going to Washington to consult with the lowa delegation One e federal jobs Collecting Buck Taxes. The firm of “tax ferrets” employcd by Polk county to colleet back taxes on prop- erty hitherto hid by the property owners and not properly assessed, reports that | 000 was received from the delinquent taxpayers. It is expected | that this month the collections will amount | to over $10,000. This record is similar to that reported from n last month over § the state. Want Fine Reu Ited, Governor Shaw has been forwarded a county at-| A flght against the amendment will he potition, signed by the th torneys of Black Hawk county for the last vears, asking him (o remit a $200 fin awsossed against John Awmbrose, who was | The following officer; 0 of selling intoxicating | G- Plerce, Maryvi convicted in 18 liquors at Gilbe teville without a license Judge €. F. Couch was on the bench at the time and in passing sentence on th prisoner cxtended the time of the pay- nt of the fine for some good reason During the time that W. C. have not made a demand for payment, & it was overlooked. The fine now fnter feres with the title of some real estate in the hands of the family and the goy- ernor 15 arked (o wipe it fr John Ambrose is no longer a resident of n the records this county, Ne v ‘Phones in Cresto CRESTON, la., Jan. (Special.)~The ;2 A Measure of Mert ! cured 280 subscribers | and put in & $15,000 plant of such excel- lence that a speaker can be heard when Bell company has n campatitor h | the Creston Mutual ‘Telephone company, which bas already s standing ten feet from u transmitter. stlugs Hotel ix TINGS, Neb., Jan, ransfe (8pe " discases, lasy Workers Strike, BARNESVILLE, 0., Jan omployes of the able to work satisfactorily with it, Defective R reat Western Chicago last ni| been made for t has been made to Inasmuch as All of the old 1y other counties of Mullen was county attorney the fine was not pald, and the two county attorneys since that tims lal.)—The Hastings hotel changed hands this weok, George E. Tamiriea of Corning faking the | management of tihe house. Mrs. H. Kountze, former owner, has opened her sanitarium for the treatment of women and children's Over 50 ew easiern Ohlo Window Glass factory have gone on miilke. They ccmplain of the quality of glass produced and refused to work longer unless there s an improvement. They claim they are un. MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 3-—The Chicago enger train that left t and was due here at|Pbeclaily at night, caused me wuch miser; Colgate’s and French's, in all 1 size bottles for 256c and upward. | Just the thing for Christm presents, Dell G. Morgan’s Drug Store. Centerville Coal And coal from the best mines in the country. Also hard coal and wood. Prompt delivery is our motto. Transfer Line Between Council Blufis and Omaha. Council Bluffs Office, No, 23 North Main St. Telephone 128, Omaba Oftic 311 South 12th Street. "Telephone 1308, Connection made with South Omahy ransfer. WILLIAM WELCH, BARTEL & MILLER 100 Broadway=Tel. 350, 142 Broadway, Council Bluffs, PLOLR— Chimes of Normandy, none DOLLOP vueaneierorre eeeen 8100 Il Our Best . 110 Red Cross L3 Big A 120 mond Bluff 1.2 L CANNED GOODS— I3 Cans Tomatoes ......... 3 Cans Corn Peas Beans s nUIT— Plums, 10c; Peaches, 121, wtlen was wrecked near Bargent Minn., early today. Two engines we pulling eight cars thirtg-five miles an ho and the engine struck a defective T nd was overturned with the The latter was burned. The seve left the track, but were not overt Buggageman Groen, Conductor Healy Ruffet Car Porter Hudson were serloust bruf WILL FIGHT MORTGAGE TAX Agents Declure hnt rnt to Constitution Keeps Capital Ont of the State, KANSAS CITY, Jun. 5.-Seventy-five real estate and loan agents from different parts of Missouri met here today and or- ganized an association to fight the third amendment to the constitution of the state placing a tax on morigages. The amend- ment, which was adopted at the last elec- tlon, has, accorling to the assertion of the members of the assoclation, made outside capital so cautious that the num- ber of loans made since it has heen In effect hus been reduced greatly and the rate of interest increased 1% to 2 per cent. The loan men say that indirectly the amundment has deerensed the value of farm property and other sccurities because of its having created a demand for great so- curlty for loans. made through the supreme court if the proper proceedingx can be institated were elected: W, Mo., president; P C. Rowse, St. Louls, vice president; B. H Ambler, Kansas City, secretary; H. 6 Buckingham, 8t. Joseph, treasurer. Stunrt Has a Schem CARSON, Nev, Jan. &—Dan Stuart, tho prize fight promoter, has arrived here He made the statement that he was here the tn\erest of a prize fight to take plac in the latter part of May. He states that Jeffries, in all probabiliy. would be here, When asked 1f Fitzsimme would ko against the chumplon, he m dental, but stated that he haid plen aterial entioned M a his tars, ) for an arena, which gives the impression that he means busi- ness. Omaha Citizens Should Welgh Well This Evidence. Proof of merit lies In the evidence, Convincing evidence in Omaha, Is not the testimony of strangers. But the endorsement of Omaha people. That's the kind of proof given here. The statement of an Omaha citizen. Mr. J. Flick, of 1608 Caes street, says: “Doan's Kidney Pills are the best remedy 1 ever used for kidney complaint. A friend of mine recommended them to me and I procured them at Kuhn & Co's drug store. I was troubled for several years with sharp pains when stooping and the Irr ular action of the kidney secretion: