Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 2, 1901, Page 4

4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: RIDAY AUGUST 2, 1901 NEWS O F INTEREST FROM IOWA. BLUFFS. COUNCIL MINOR M Davis sells drugs. Btockert sells carpets and rugs. Willlams makes $4 photos for $2 Fine A B C beer, Neumayer's hotel, Victor heaters. Bixby & Son, agents. Wollman, sclentific optician, 409 Broadway, C. E. Alexander & Co., plctures and frames. Tel. 366, Judge Westcott s serlously home on Mynster street Get your work done at the popular Ea laundry, i24 Broadway. 'Phone 157, City Physiclan and Mrs, H, B, Jennings are home from an outing at Spirit” lake Major John M. Burke, In advance of iuf- talo Bill's show, was in the city yesterduy Mrs. O. N. Darling of Osage, [n., 14 the guest of Mra. . J. Montgomery on' Fourth street, There will be_no meeting of A Rellef corps No. 1% until Friday sust 16, A L. Wellman 6f the Manufacturipg company on a vislt to Chicago, Willlam K. Sledentopf left | tor a month's visit in Chicago. Mre, Sic- | dentopf will join him there v | sdgar Harknews (s home from the Minne. sota state law school to spend the month of August with hix mother fn (his city. W. A. Hickmun of Beatrice and Dr. €. E. Hobbs and J, 8. Newton of Wymore, Neb., were In the city yesterday visiting frienas Rev. J. W, Wilson, pusior of the First | ongregational church, Wiy leave today T wonku: Vinlt AL Rix 0ld home in | Northfield, Minn { Attorney 1. N. Flickinger 1s three weeks’ outing at Like OKoboji Flickinger and chiidren will remain at the iake until September The smalipox quarantine on th dence on HAFrison street anc Batton to n South Fifteenth win ralsed yostorday ondition of School Treasurer W | eratock was practically umchang yesterday and he has not rog el complete consclousness H. A. Cunningham and Dora W. Marnell, both ‘of Omaha, were married yesterds afternoon In the office of the clerk of the district court by itev. 4. Y, Atchison. Mra. Julla Gibbons of Zanesville, 0., who | has been the guest of her cousin, Mra, O. | M. Brown of Bouth Seventh street, left last evening on u visit to Colorado Springs, The case againet Frank Weimer, charged | with stealing & horse the "property ot e eourt yester ¥ inorn: ng Dr, J. M or Chicago. lake trip tc They expect | il at his | | Linco'n | Au | H { last Bloom r evening R’ laft evening Fuller | on the | street | | Arsto! A wife left last even- ko rom where they Will take the Pan-American exposi- thon, ) be gone about two weeks Prine returned Sns! of the High school has rom. fowa Clty, where e hus been engaged in ttute work :|nr|n.(‘ the summer. He Is removing his residence to 340 Tenth aven Mrs. O. M. Brown of South Seventh strect will leave today for Chicago, where s Will join # party of friends from Kunsae City ‘for Macanaw, where they will spen the remainder of ihe summer. o] /. C. Shisler of Stanberry, Mo., nrd I!::Ml"l" b of Gentry, .\'h» .n‘wen: "I‘l“(r)-‘ ernoon " a e conun G wlnn(n- Edward Walk of opal churen performing the Claar, Christensen pnd Gallagher hAs:'gce'l7ll<ll"\:“ the rule "1l| \‘Ilul‘l;l; A{\l; onth, been placed on the day fol ) Kigusi ana Officers Swauwon, John Smith and Busse transferred (o the night dc fall, The change means the firat day work for OMcer Claar during the ten years he has been on the police force. Gus, Willlams, Frank Shieids and James carroll are being held at the city Jul pending investigatlon Tw of the/men 4re c ave been pre h i;‘.?-';':«'m:fdnf the people tu the residence lstricts. When refused a free meal in &“Main street restaurant they started t make @ Tough Mouse and were arresie Carroll is thought to be wanted in Ne N. Y. Plumbing Co., telephone 250. Lease of the Gas Plant. which the Citizens’ Ga tric company I8 operating the gas ;?.“.l'.'fm. Council Blufts Gas and Electric company was filed for record yesterday. The instrument is dated December 21, 1900, and the lease of the plant runs for ninety-nine Y nder the terms of the leaso the Citizens' Gas and Electric company is to pay an an- nual rental equivalent to 90 per cent of the net earnings. In order to arrive at the net earnings the following are to be deducted from the gross receipts: All ordinary op- erating expenees, interest on bonds of both the Council Bluffs and Citizens' Gas and Eleetric companies, sufficient money to pay for sinking fund provisions in the mort- gages of both companies, all moneys for improvements and maintenance of the works and electric 1ight plant which in the opinlon of the Citizens' Gas and Electric company should be pald out of the earnings, the salaries of oficers of the Citizens' com- pany and taxes and ordinary expenses of both companies The lease under Davis lls paint. To Set Aside Asneasment. Mrs. H. Everett and Leonard Everett filed their sult yesterday against the Board of Review of the city to set aside the sessment for taxation purposes made on lots 1 and 2, block 118, original plat, and lot 3, block 4, Bayllss' first addition. The lots were assessed at $2,500 each and the plaintifts assert that their true taxable val- uation ls $1,999 each. Davis sells glass. Resents Manawa Treatment. Howard Wygant, an employe of the Bos- ton store in Omaha, has consulted an at- torney with & view to bringing a damage sult against the motor company. Wygant alleges that he was pulled from a crowded car at Lake Manawa by two special officers and otherwise roughly handled. Te Prevent Liguor Sale. County Attorney Killpack brought suit in the name of the state yesterday in the dis- trict court agalnst Bert Forney and H. A. Filter, to restrain them from selling in- toxicating liquors at 1028 West Broadway Gravm roofing. A. H. Read, 541 Broad's. Ganymede Chocolates and Opera Bon Bons Made By John 6. Woodward & Co. “The Candy Mei Council Blufts . Towa Steam Dye Works 304 Broadway. Make your oid clothes look like n Cleaning, Dyeing and Repairing. LEWIS CUTLER Funeral Director [Buccessor to W. C. Es 38 PEARL STHEET. he! FARM LOANS 6::t: Rapeiined o B & Maln 8t., Council Bluffs, ISTABS TRAINMASTER FOX Jim Hugher, Discharged Switchman, Uses an Ugly Knife ESCAPES AFTER MURDEROUS ASSAULT Seeks to Get Hin Job Back and When Abusive—Fox wn and is ashed, W. H. Fox, trainmaster of terminals of the Iilinots Central raflroad at this point, was murderously assaulted last evening about 5:30 by Jim Hughes, a discharged switchman, who stabbed him in the abdo men with a knife. The assault was com mitted on the platform of the passenger depot. Hughes effected his escape after the assault and up to a late hour last night had evaded arrest. Mr. Fox wus removed to St. Bernard's hospital, where his wound was attended He sleeping quietly last night under the influence of chloro form and the attending physiclans are of the opinlon that his injuries will not ter- minate fatally unless unforescen complica tions set in. Meager particulars of the assault were obtainable last night, as Mr Fox was under the nfiy o chioroform and the only witness, L ates, a treight conductor, was calied on his run shortly after Hughes was formerly in the Illinols Central in this discharged elght months ago. It is sald | he laid his dismissal to Trainmaster Fox and cherished a grudge against him ever siuce. After his discharge here Hughes went to Kansas City, where he worked for the Santa Fe. He returned to Council Bluffs about three days ago. Shortly after o'clock last evening Hughes called at Tralnmaster Fox's office in the passenger depot and asked for a ‘clearance” card Mr. Fox told him that the card had been sent for, but had not arrived. Hughes then left the office. Fox Knocks 8t to. wa, « out the employ of | city, but was | Him Down, At 5:24 Mr. Fox left his office and went to the platform to meet passenger train No. 5. After the train had pulled out he went toward the lower yard and encoun- tered Hughes, who had evidently been walting for him near Avenue B. What passed between the two is not known, but it is supposed that Hughes asked to be reinstated and on being refused made some threats, as Fox knocked him down. Fox then turned back toward the depot and had reached the end of the platform when Hughes overtook him. Fox turned round and as he aid so Hughes lunged at him with a knife, striking him in the middle of the stomach. Hughes then ran south, followed by Conductor Coates, who had witnessed the assault. Reaching Second avenue Hughes turned westward until he reached Sixteenth street, where he made for the aloon at the corner of Broadway where several of his companions were gathered, ates reliuquished the pursuit when Hughes entered the saloon, as he inferred from the manner of the men outside that they would resent any attempt on his part to follow him. Hughes secured a driuk and then left, The entive police force was put on his trail, but up to a late hour last night no trace had been secured of him. Leaves a Trail of Blood. After being stdbbed Mr. Fox walked into the waiting room where he met Day Dis- patcher Dietrick, to whom be remarked that he believed “that man had got him.” | With the assietance of Dietrick he managed | to reach his office on the second floor, a trail of blood marking his progress. Phy- | siclans were at once summoned, who gave such temporary rellef as was possible at the time and Mr. Fox was then removed in the ambulance to St. Bernard's hospital Examination of the wound showed that the blade of the knife had entered the full length, making a cut about three inches deep, but missing the outer walls of the abdomen. Had the cut been a quarter of an inch deeper the doctors believe the wound would have proved fatal. Mr. Fox s a large man of strong physique and unless complications set in it is expected he will soon recover. When the assault was first reported to the police it was stated that Al Kilgore, a well known switchman, had committed it and he was arrested three times within an hour Dbefore the police leatned that Jim Hughes was the man wanted. Had not thix mistake been made Chief Albro believes that Hughes could have been captured within a short time after the assault. THIS SPOTTER IS DISCOVERED Conductors Don't Like His Offensive- ness and Take Possession of His Report. | The contest will necessarily men without cause, The spotter filed a complaint with the motor company and sev- | eral of the conductors were hauled "l"‘"l the carpet yesterday, but received nothing warse than a lecture. | No rr.nl Dissolutio The firm of E, H dissolved by limitation. All accounts E. H. Sheafe & Co. will be settled by H W. Binder & Co., who are authorized to collect all indebtedness to E. H. Sheafe & Co. H. W. BINDER & CO. FIGHT IS OVER JUDGMENT Stro) Develops Among the has been of Sieate & Co Oppositio) Democrats Against Ren Ayleaworth, inat) A strong feeling of opposition cently developed in the rank and file of the democratic party in Council Bluffs against glving Judge B, E. Aylesworth a renomination for judge of the superior court and T. E. Casady Is being prom- inently mentloned as the likely reciplent of the nomination at the party convention August 15, T. E. Cassldy at one time was assistant United States prosecuting at- torney for this district and his friends say they feel assured that if he will enter the race he will have no difficuity in wresting the nomination from Judge Aylesworth. be fought out at the city primaries, as the delegates from the city precinets alone will nominate the candidate for this office James O'Nelll of this city is out for the democratic nomination for sheriff and e waging an active campaign. Jeft Dietrich, formerly deputy clerk of the superior court, is also sald to be an aspirant for the nomination and the name of J. R. Black of Waveland township has been men- tioned. For the nomination for county treasurer the names of George 8. Davis, former treaeurer of the school district, and Brooks Reed, chalrman of the democratic county central committee, are mentioned and it is sald-both are willing to accept the nomination if tendered, but that neither will make a fight for It Ex-Alderman L. A. Casper is being urged as n candidate for the nomination of one of the seats on the Board of County Super- visors and It is sald he will be perfectly willing to accept the nomination if given him. The name of 8. G. Underwaod of this clty 13 also mentioned for this nomination. Morris Hough of Crescent township, it is said, will have a walkaway for the other nomination for the Board of Supervisors. | L. P. Judson Is the only candidate in| sight for county surveyor, although he may have an opponent in his son, George L. Judson, assistant city engineer. The nomination for county coroner, it ls expected, will fall to Dr. J. C. Waterman of this city, providing he is willing. In connection with the nomination for county superintendent of schools the names of J. K. Cooper and H. M, Sawyer are freely spoken. Mr. Cooper has held the position before and Mr. Sawyer was for- merly superintendent of the city schools and held the office of county superintend- | ent prior to the Incumbency of O. J. Me- Manus, The name of L. A. Casper is mentloned in connection with one of the nominations for state representatives, while the other will go to some man from the east end of the county. has re- Real Estate Transfers. These transfers have been filod in the ab- stract, title and loan office of J. W. Squire, 101 Pearl street: Thomas J. Evans and wife to Lewls W. Ross, undiv 1-12 1ot 1. block 9: lot 6, ‘block’ 10; Tot 14, block 10: lota 17 and 27, block 20; lots 15 and 31, block i lots 5, 18, 21 and 29, block 33; lots 3,"13 and 33, block 3; lots 2 and 10, block : lots 8 18 and 26, block 29 1ot 17, block 42, and lots S and 24 block #,'in Ferry add, q. c. d.. Permella A. Leech to C. H. Me- Cready, sig lot 9 and lot 16, block 11, Macedonia, w. Aaron W. Pearce and wife to Shad- rach Aukland, 6 acres In swi, sely 207440, w, d... i e Milton H. Parks and wife to David B. Kinse W 19 rods of lot 1, Auditor’ sabdiv of swiy nwif 13-75-40, w. d.... Willlam J' Martta and wife to John J. Gordon, lots 5, 6 and 7, block 3, Wil- lams' ddd o Hancock, w. d..... Mary E. Sprogie and husband o the Sisters of Mercy of Council Bluffs, mlr'l of lots 9 and 10, in original plat, J. B, F. MoGee and wife 9, except w 35 feet, In AT L E R R, J. McKee to T block 12, Hall's add, and lots 1 block E. Perry's 20 add, w. d.. A. T Hall to Frank B. Hall, undivij of ‘part of sel nwi 29-75-43, ly foutk of county road. w. d . Leonard Everett and Mary L. B oxecutors to Mary Nixon Everett, lot 18 block 13, Willlams' 1st add, and lot 15, block 1, Robbed of T C. G. Plerce and his wife, living at Thirty-seventh street and Second avenue, had, by hard work, cultivated and planted with cucumbers and tomatoes an acre and a half of ground, from which they expected to derlve a livelthood this summer. Up to Wednesday their expectations were be- ing realized and they were making from 45 to $8 a day by the sale of their garden truck. Wednesday all their hopes were blighted, for during the previous night LY 1,700 1707 $ 1,000 to same, Tot original plat, ot 10, nd 2, M. MeK oo, 1,510 Taking one consideration with another a spotter’s life is not altogether a happy one. The motor company, like the rail- roads, employs secret agents to watch and check up the conductors on its lines. Once In a while the conductors get wise and catch on to the spotters and the useful- ness of the discovered spotters in this sec- tion of the country 1s a thing of the past. | One of the motor company's spotters had the minfortune to be spotted by some of the | conductors a few days ago and his willing- ness to surrender the reports which he had | prepared for the company alone saved him from a severe drubbing at the hands of a number of Indignant employes. The spotter in question had been working the several lines of the motor company as- siduously all day and by night had prepared & lengthy report to submit to the company He happened to turn into an eating house on Broadway which Is a resort of the motor company's employes to get a late | lunch. Several conductors after a hard | day's work dropped Into the same place and soveral of them quenched the thirst that| results from a hot day with a number of glasses of foaming lager beer. The spotter thought he saw the oppor- tunity to augment his report and not know- | Ing that he had been already recognized | drew out his notebook and entered in it the numbers of the conductors who were taking | & glass of beer while thelr suppers were | being prepared. | Haviug entered the numbers he placed | the memorandum book back In his pocket and turned again his attention to the food | before him. A whispered consultation was | held among the employes of the motor | company and then they descended upon him in a body. In language more forcible than polite they told him that they knew he Was a spotter and submitted two proposi- tions to him, for him efther to hand over his report or else take a good drubbing which they were ready to give him. Seelng the men were determined, the | spotter, realizing that diseretion was tho | best part of valor, at once turned over his ( book contalning his report and hastily pay- 1ng for his supper sought safety by fight. The men seek to justify their action by clalming that the spotter had not adhered to the truth in his reports and had llsted | bers and | Bessle E. some miscreant had entered their garden patch and torn up & whole acre of cucum- tomatoes. The Plerces had had some trouble with 4 neighbor, named Ben Cash, and it is alleged that he had threatened to get even with them. He is said to have made the statement that the Pierces would not get a dollar out of their garden If he could help. Cash was arrested yesterday on an information filed by Pierce, charging him with maliclous trespass and mischief. Pierce ecstimates the damage done to his garden at over $100. Des of Heart Failure, Mrs. Virginia Campardon, who, since the death of her husband, Bernard Campar- don, has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. A. Loufe at 601 Mynster street, was found dead In bed yesterday morning, death having evidently resulted from heart fallure. Mrs. Campardon was 68 years of age and had teen a resident of Council Blufts since 1877. Three daughters sur- vive her, Mrs. M. Duquette of (faicago and Mrs. A. Louie and Mrs. A. Metzger, both of this city. The funeral will he Sat- urday morning at 9 o'clock from the resi- dence and burfal will be in Falrview ceme- tery. Marringe Licenses. Licenses to wed were to_the followlag Name and Residence W. C. Shisier, Stanberry, Mo Hash, Gentry, Mo H. A, Cunningham. Omaha Dora W. Marnell, Omaha SHOT DURING SHAM BATTLE Oliver Mitchell of Rockford in Killed by a Comrade at Mason « issued yesterday Age. | 18 | 3 ty. MASON CITY, Ia., Aug. 1.—Oliver Mitch- ell, a prominent young man of Rockford, Ia, was shot In the back this afternoon during a sham battle and died soon after The accident occurred during a Soms of Veterans' celebration at Rockford, the young man being shot by a comrade. | the years 1886 and 1804 do not STATE INSTITUTIONS SUFFER Not Lneugh Money in Hands of Poard of Contrel for Actual Needs. | FAMILY FEUD ENDS IN FATAL SHOOTING Two ¥ Washington County Flght Over a Calf=Epworth Assem- Bly in Session at Clear Lake— Railroads Not Consolidated. (From a Staff Correspondent,) DES MOINES, Aug. l-—(Special.)—Owing to the drouth und consequent shortage in crops the State Board of Control finds ftselt up against a hard proposition. It is that of getting along during the next half year on the aliowances made for the support ot the fourteen state institutions under control of the board. The institutions have been reporting their esti- mates for the next quarte The estimates show that & much larger amount of produce and feed will have to be purchased than usual or than contemplated by (he board early in the year. For Instance, the estimates from Clarinda show that about 00 bushels of potatoes will have to be purchased for the use of the hospital, and the estimates for purchasing about 4,000 bushels of potatoes. The board will have to pay about $1 a bushel for these. In former years the in- stitution at Clarinda has had potatoes to sell and the same is generally true of other institutions, The potato crop has been Injured more than any other in lowa and this entails a large expemse on the board. the state hospitals for the insane, wher the allowance {8 §12 @ month for each in- mate, and 49 per cent of this goes in sal- arles. All canned stuff will be higher, the jobbers refuse to make quotations ex- cept in small amounts. The coal estimates call for 53,000 tons of coal and bids on this will be opened August The price of flour is so uncertain that the board has laid aside the question of making contr on flour for the next season until millers find out what they can do. The estimates call for 9,300 barrels of flour. The board will have to excrcise the great- est cconomy to meet the increased and un- looked for prices ou produce for the insti- tutions. Wenther Record for One M the Dr. Chapel, local forecaster for the Des Moines Weather Bureau, has completed the record for July weather. In comparison for the same month covering a period of are equal to those established for July, 1501, either n lack of moisture or for excessive heat. Officially this month is re- garded as phenomenal and in comparison with other mopths it is believed a great many vears will elapse before its equal is again experienced. The month of July for show the temperatures, the mean maxi- so MNttle average rainfall. In maximum mums and point of precipitation it is found that no | estab- | month since the Weather Bureau wi lished has so little rain fallen, during this month. The following figures show for themselves the extraordinary conditions during the month of July, 1901 Mean maximum: temperature, 96.2; mean minimum, 71.7; bighest, 109 on July 23; lowest, 59 on July §; rauge of temperature for the month, 50 degrees; greatest daily range, 35 on July 22; least datly range, 11 on July 28, The maximum above 90 was found to have continued during this month for a period of twenty-five days. The mean tem- perature above 77 continued over twenty- six days. The monthly mean temperature for this month was 76 degrees, an excess of § degrees over twenty-three means. ‘The accumulated excess of tem- perature since January 1, 1801, is 503. The mean t:mperature for July, 1901, was 4 degrees higher than for the same month in | 1886 and 6 degrees higher than in 1894. These two years are the years of drouth and the fact that July was 80 much in ex- cess in every point is nothing short of re- markable. The total amount of rainfall for the month of July is found to bave been but 1.67 inches, compared to a mouthly average covering a period of twenty-three years of 849 inches. Tragedy in Washin News has been received here of a tragedy on a farm in Washington county. Henry Humm, an old soldier, about 60 years of age, shot and killed Willlam Buntenbach on a farm about a mile and a half south of the city of Washington. They had quar- reled over a calf, but there had also been a feud of long standing between them, Humm secured a gun and shot Buntenbach, who will die. The latter was a wealthy ro- tired farmer, a German, who had formerly lived in Scott and Muscatine counties and owned property in both counties. He leaves a wife and several children. Cast Adrift by Husband, Mrs, Linn Beebe and her little daughter, claiming Sheffeld, I, as thelr home, came into the city last night from At- lantic and applled to the city jailor for lodging. This morning the overseer of the poor was asked to provide transportation for the woman, but declined, on the ground that the county cannot be expected to fur- nish railroad fare for people who go from one state to another visiting relatives. The woman is not disabled, but simply wants to join her husband at Shefeld and he has not sent money for fare. New Corporation Kentucky Coal, Timber, Ol and Land company of Marshalltown has been incorporated, with & capital of $100,000; J. G. Van Orman, president; J. F. Harrigan, secretary The ( has fil The a eston Masonie Temple association 1 its articles; capital, $25,000; presi- dent, C. A. Nemeyer; secretary, H. M. Fry. The Mason Lime and Cement company Incorporated; capital, $10,000; president, A T. Lien: secretary, J. J. Long, Mor » Meeting. membership of the chureh of Latter Saints in central lowa has been in- creasing rapidly in recent years and now regular camp meetings are held. The camp meeting for the Des Molnes district will be held at Rhodes, beginning the 15th of the present month And continuing ten days. The district comprises fourteen coun ties In central Towa and a number of the leading elders of the church will be pres ent several members will go from bere. Th Day and Deny Consolidation. of the railroad to be any con this time with The authori- lowa Central is going omclals deny that there solidation of that road at the Minneapolis & St. Louls zation of $25.000,000 of bonds {s stated by them to mean that the road will be im proved and extended ‘n many directions and that it will be made a first-class road in respect. -They state that while consolidation may be effected some time it will not be at this time, nor until the Jowa Central ts made just as valuable a road as the Minneapolis & St. Louis Epworth gue Assembly. The Epworth League Assembly of North- ern lowa is holding a ten days' meeting at every yearly | is | and was allowing It | beads of these | came down and did good The most difficulty will be found at | | 8| | | twenty-three years it is found that no rec- | | ords the | | stands with criukly | streams with tendency toward gravely sub- | ®oll there will be few ears of corn to the the penitentiary call for | | favorable weather for the maturing of crops Clear Lake and as the weather {s fine the attendance promises to be excellent. Today H. W. J. Ham of Galnesville, Ga., gave his lecture, “The Snollygoster in Politics,” to A large audience. Yesterday John T Graves of Georgla delivered his lecture on The Relgn of the Demagogue.” Other speakers for the ten days' assembly are Dr. Blodgett of Cincinnati, Dr Anna Shaw of Philadelphia, George C. Fort of Clear Lake, R. H. Conwell of Philadelphia and L. J. Beauchamp of Hamilton, 0. CROPS IN GREENE COUNTY rmers Around Better efferson Wil Be In Financial Conditio Than Ever, JEFFERSON, Ia, Aug. 1.—(Special.)— The Jefferson Bee of today contains a de- talled report covering crop conditions In every township in Greene county. Discuss- ing the situation, which is approximately similar to that throughout the corn belt, the Bee says Greene county will not have any corn to sell this fall and winter, but it will have plenty of fodder for all cattle, horses and hogs within its borders. All corn was in a precarlous Saturday, but that night and Sunday | night the heavens opened and the rain The trouble Is that it did not come down uniformly. In some places it did not come down at and therefore corn condition in these sections stiil leaves and withering tassels. In these sections and in other por- tions of the county where the soil is sandy, the corn early planted and along row. But these are exceptional cases and there are exceptions when we have a full crop. However, the majority ¢ wake approximately as much money year as they did lasi, providing we tarmers will this have from this time forward. The Bee has been to considerable pains | and acnowledges the courtesy of the able as- sistance of the Jefferson Telephone company | and operators in this work, in ascertaining | as nearly as possible the exact crop con- ditions in Greene county thls week. There are some discouraging reports, but on the whole the situation is much better than we had suppesed before making inquiries Summaried, It may be sald, conserva. tively, that Greene county will have a nalf crop of corn If weather during the next six weeks Is anything like favorable. On the basis cf cash value, should we have a half | crop the farmer will have lost practically | nothing, as corn will undoubtedly be worth nearly twice as much as last year. Of course for feeding purposes there will be a loss, as a bushel of 2i-cent corn will put Just as much beef on a steer as a bushel of f0-cent corn. However, cattle, although slightly lower at present, will be much higher. Cattle are lower just now because Kansas and Nebraska and Missouri farm- ers, with cornflelds burned up beyond | hope, are sushing their stock to market | and the effect is, of course, to bear the market. However, this will not last long. | The Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri cattle will be absorbed, or such portion of the | cattle as farmers are compelled to dispose | of, and then will come the reaction. Corn being high cattle must be correspondingly high, 50 that the Greene county farmer who has cattle will be able to secure a price high cnough later to compensate fin a large degree for the loss In bushels of corn, The oat crop is falr; not the bes. we ever produced, but quite satistactory, and the quality is good. ‘The price of the grain will be higher and the net revenue from its sale probably larger than in ordinary years. The hay crop is exceptionally fine. The quantity 18 not noticeably larger, but the quality is magnificent. Tame hay is par- ticularly fine. The weather seems to have been just exactly right to leave the hay in such a state as to produce the best possible results as to nutriment. That s, a ton of hay will put on more flesh than it has been known to for many years. The yleld has been ibundant and the weather such that 1 ‘s all stacked in good condition or in barns. The price of hay is high and it will be higher before spring. Not only that, but with good rains from now until fall there will be a second crop of hay upon many flelds. Potatoes will be & very short crop and the quality poor. From present indications Greene county will not produce sufficlent potatoes for home consumption, and the tubers will undoubtedly have to be shipped in. However, these rains may materially help the potatoes. We will not cross that bridge until we get to it, unless there are no potatoes in the hill and the tops are dead With average weather there will be no Iack of fodder for cattle this winter. The yield ot ears may be diminished, but the stand of stalks is fine. Cornstalks make fine fodder when cut at the proper time and cornstalks will be cut and put where they will do the most good this fall. | HERRIOTT WINS IN GLENWOOD Delegates Are Elected to the State Republican Con- vention. GLENWOOD, Ia., Aug. 1.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Herrlott won the republican con- vention today. Although a motlon to in- struct the state convention delegates for | Herriott was lost, all the delegates elected were Herriott men. These nominations were made: For representative, Charles W. Black; for treasurer, Ed Carson of Emer- son; for sheriff, W. H. Morgan of Glen- wood; for superintendent of schools, W. H. Moore, Pacific Junction; for coroner, W. R. Whitnell, Hastings: for surveyor, Seth Dean, Glenwood. Lightning Fails to Kill. CLARINDA, Ta. Aug. 1.--(Special.)—One of the most peculiar freaks of lightning ever recorded occurred during the thunder- shower Wedpesday evening about 7 o'elock James Owens of Hawleyville had been sit- ting in his front yard under a shadetree and secing the rain coming, concluded to go into the house. In doing so he in a careless manner took hold of the wire clothesline to slip easily through his hand as he walked toward the house He had not gone far until lightning struck the tree to which the clothesline was at- hed. The electric current, passing down the line, struck Owens' fingers, passed di- agonally down his body and off at his feet, leaving Its mark ae {t went. The hand and fingers are badly burned and a black line nearly an inch' in width ghows the current’s track across his body. soles of his shoes were knocked off and the grass under both feet wae burned to a crisp. His son standing near by, was only slightly shocked by the bolt, Owens was immedi- ately cttended by his family and many friends, but did not recover consclousness until atter midnight, and only partially then. However, the next day he seemed apparently as well as ever. Fatally Kicked hy n Horse, LEMARS, la., Aug. 1.—(Special )—Ed ale Heuell, the 14-year-old son of €. Hen- ell, a farmer douth of town, was kicked in the head by a horse He died of his injuries in twenty-four hours in Land Lottery, AUDUBON, Ia, Aug 1.—(Speclal Tele Win | Those | Great Western ratlway | earliest settlers of this county and a noted G. H. Jones, 1648, Lawton: George Bailey, | 045, El Reno; Grant Smith, 92, El Reno. Most of those who went from here returned today. PYTHIANS AT CEDAR RAPIDS Aspiring Candidates Launching Thelr Hooms for Election nt August Encampme CEDAR RAPIDS, la ~The thirty-second annual convention of the grand lodge Knights of Pythias of Towa will be held in this city August 11-15, also the blennial encampment of the lowa brigade, Uniform Rank, and the eleventh annual session of the grand temple, Rath bone Sisters of lowa. Two thousand visit ors are expected A lively fight is being waged election to the office of grand chancellor to succeed Bernard Murphy of Vinton There 16 an unwritten law in lowa Pythian ism that the grand chancellor shall hold office but one term. The struggle for the election 1s between Dr. Frank W. Porter- fleld of Atlantic and Frank W, Smith of Davenport. Both are prominent Pyhtians and have a large following They will elect two supreme representa- tives to succeed T. B. Hanley of Tipton and Charles B Pickett of Waterloo, Both gentlemen will probably be candi for re-election. Other candidates are Salinger of Carroll, Luther Baker terloo and Fred J. Blake of Fort Aug. 1.—(8peclal.) for tho 1 of W, Dodge Two grand trustees will be elected succeed W. M. Clark of Marshalltown and J. C. Langan of Clinton. The incumbents are candidates for re-election, Other can didates are A, W. Harris of Sibley and G W. Enstwood of Monticello. John W. Butler of Muscatine and Otto Ternes of Dubugue are candidates for elec tlon to the offico of grand master-at-arms There are no announced candidates for the other offices. H. D. Walker of Mount Pleasant, grand keeper of records and seal will be re-elected without opposition, as will Frank Cook, grand master of the ex- chequer. J of | New Depot for Missouri Valley. MISSOURI VALLEY, Ia, Aug 1.— (Special.)—~The Northwestern surveyers are busy cross-sectioning the stock yvard land jn the eastern part of this city. This seems to confirm the semi-offictal report that the Northwestern will erect machine and car repair shops here. There {8 no doubt that a large union depot will be erected this fall. At present the company 1s working large forces of men cn the double track extension east of here, which will give the road double tracks from Chi- cago to Councll Bluffs, Rallroad Springs n Surprise. WATERLOO, Tfa, Aug. 1.—(Special.)— who objected to the building of a spur track from the wholesale house of Slas & Cole to the main line of the Chicago were surprised to find this morning that the track was com- pleted, having been bullt in the night be- tween 9 o'clock and midnight. Judge Blair and Judge Platt were both absent from the city and no injunction could be secured to stop the work. The track fe on the rallway land and that owned by the Slas & Cole | company. Escape from Lightning. WATERLOO, Ta., Aug. 1.—(Special.)— During a thunderstorm lightning struck the top of the house of Clark Gilmore, ran down the wall and shattered the headboard of the bed, which was occupled by Mrs. Gil- more and her daughter. Nelther was In- Jured. DEATH RECORD, Iarnel M. Pi of Baltimore. BALTIMORE, Aug. 1—Israel M. Parr, senior member of the grain firm of 1. M. Parr & Son and one of the most prominent of the old-school merchants in Baltimore, dled tonight at Fernwood, his country home near Baltimore. He was 79 years old. Death was due to heat prostration. Mr. Parr was once president of the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce. Congresaman John Dav TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 1.—Ex-Congressman John Davis died today, aged 74 years. He was born in Sangamon county, [llinols. For many years he was prominent in the labor reform and populist movements, and he rep- resented the Fifth Kansas district in con- gress from 1390 to 1892 as a populist. He had written much on economlic subjects. Benjamin FAIRFIELD, Neb.,, Aug. 1.—(Special.)— Benjamin F. Royce dled at his home in Dewees yesterday. He was one of the Royee. He was also a veteran The Masons and the G. which Indian fighter. of the clvil war. A. R, have charge of the funeral, occurs today. Ole Went. SIBLEY, Ia., Aug. 1L—(Special Tele- gram.)—Ole West, for twelve years in the service of the Omaha line and recently section foreman, dled yesterday of quick consumption. He left a wife and one child. Major Willlam E. Almy. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—Acting Adjutant General Ward has received a cablegram an- nouncing the death of Major Willlam E. Almy, Porto Rican regiment, at San Juan today, from appendicitis. Major Dudley of Naper. BUTTE, Neb, Aug. 1.—(Special gram.)—Major Budley, a veteran war of the rebellion, died today. postmaster at Naper. Tele- of the He was | Wireless Company Incorporates. 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