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THE TL LSDA O(‘T()IH R 1 ()\lAIL\ I)AlL\ ) NEWS OF MINOR MENTION, Davis sells Arugs Stuckert_sel Fine A B Gas fixtures Wollman, scier For Sale—App Giibert C. E. Alexar frames. Lily camp, Royal will meet tonight Misses Bessie Cc ®on are visiting in ) For Rent quire at No. Main Mre, Gec sanford home from the northers Misgour! ouk body wood, Weich, 28 N. Main st. Tel Frank H of his brother, Rolla J. Shugart Get your work done at the popular Eag laundry, 724 Broadway. 'Phone C. R. Tyler arrived ho York yesterday. Mrs. ‘Iyier Friday The Ideal ciub will meet this afte 3 o'clock with Mrs, Metcalf to reorg for the season Recelvers Murphy and Beresheim of ‘he Officer & Pusey bank have secured offices in the Sapp block “The Two Merry T Ward's big farce comedy, in the ncar future Augusta grove gives a Thursday in Woodman of the Tickets 2 cents each The third of a serfes of free be given tonight In the parlors of Congregational church Rev. G. W, Snyder of 8t Lutheran church will attend #ynod in lowa Clty next week €. W. Huntington, a farmer of Dow City, has been taken to the Woman's Christian Assoctation hospital for treatment Pat Cleary, charged with assault battery on J. C. Morrow, was fined §1 costs in Justice Hryant's court yesterday The date for instituting the Odd F ows' lodge at Weston, (his county, has een changed from October 2 to October 12 Willlam Beswick of Norfolk, Neb., | the guest of his brother, Captain O E Beswick, speclal officer for the Rock Island road A _bill of sale on n 8tock of groceries 821 Maln street, from . F. Knudsen to I Meyer, was filed in the recorders offica yesterday Achle Myers, neph was killed few da by falling under a tr brakeman The Woman's auxiliary of (¢ copal church will meet at the hc George H ckson, Klrst stre day afternoon For upholstering, repairing, mattress work, feather renovating, Ostimoor ‘elt mattresses go to Morgan & Klein's, 122 Houth Maln street Solemn requiem high mass was celebrated yesterday morning In 8t Peter's Catholic church in memory of the former paator, Rev. Father Adolph. Charles Walte, a ranchman of Reld, Mont., was taken {1l while journeying east and was placed in the Woman's Christlan assoctation hospital Monday was a busy day treasurer's office, it being the last day the payment of the second half of taxes for 19% without the penaity jeorge H. Mayne and H, M. Metz, com- mercial agent of the Ilinojs Central, have gone to Boyd countv, Nebraska, on a chicken hunt. Karl Mayne will join them tomorrow A. B. Mitchell, known in police circles as “The Minneapolts’ Kid,” is under arrest at the city Jall as a suspicious character an- 18 to have a hearing before Judge Ayles- worth this morning. Mrs, John L. Lutz, assisted by her daugh- ters, Mrs. Wallace Shepard and Mrs. Wil llam Pyper, will entertain the Ladies' Ald goclety of the Firet Congregational church Wednesday afternoon ", C. Reed yesterday filed articles of in- corporation of the Council Bluffs & Omaha Transfer compar naming the capital wtock at $20,000. Emmet and H. L. Tinley are the board of directors. Edward Postlewaite, a conductor on the llinols Central railroad, and Miss Carrie Lewls, both of this city, ‘wers married Sun- day afternoon by Ju Bryant at ihe home of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Martin Contractor Wickham has completed the paving of Stutsman street from Broadway to Plerce street. The work on Upper Broadway s expected to be done today Heavy ralns have delayed the paving on Glen avenue. Articles of incorporati man Seed company we the county recorders porators are: Oscar Yo and W. €. Grote. The « placed at $16,/00 The a Willlam Blackburn, orter, charged with the theft of $0 from Frod Clausen's barber shop, was dismi sed in Justice Ferrier's cour terduy, h grand jury, to which the matter was re ported,” having failed to return an indicts ment Bullding permits as follows: F. W dwelling and * barn 30.000; Peter Monsof and rugs Neumayer's hote glc Bix optician, 400 s at Sidentopf's place, s« carpet beer, nd " ‘Broadway. A G and | Cos pletures Nelghbors of America Ta m residence street and lakes .50 cord 128 %r0 In- chiidren are Wm New return from will it nize Wood and wiil be seen here dance on next World socials will the First the loww v of Justice ago n Moberly, on which hé Bryant, was 1ce ne t pls. ot Mrs, u- for the county tor the for the Younkor- filed yesterday in flice. “The incor- kerman, A. F. pital stock were lssued yesterday Miller, two-story framo on _‘Oakland avenue, one-story frame cot- tage, at Twenty-second street and Sixth avenue, $1200; H. D. Howard, one-story frame cottage on Falrmount avenue, $1,400. John Bird, supposed to be from Sfoux City, who was picked up by the police Sun- day ‘as being mentally deranged, was te fore the commissioners for the insane ve - terday. Bird’s condition wus such nothing could be learncd from him. was committed to St. Bernard's hosp for observation “Midnight in Chinatown” which will be presented at the Dohany tomorrow night, is 8ald to be one of the few sensational melo- dramas of the present day that can lay claim to being a sensational production 11 all its situations and climaxes yet consist- ent in every sense and detall. Though con- talning numercus thrilling situations 1he author has interaced a beautiful heart- interesting love story with good wholesome comedy and pathos.” The scenes presented are exact reproductions of places of fn- ferest in the Golden Gate City of the Pa- ¢flc coast, and an oplum den in 8an Fran- o Walter Wellman used to tell some har- rowing tales of life {n the convict mines of 8iberin. The theme {x one that has always clalmed close attentlon from the public, Wwhether presented in lecture form, as b, Wellman, or n dramatic gulse. Theie ought to be unusual interest In the offering of the Dohany theater tonight, for it deals with this subject and In a thorough-going and reallstic fashion, ording to a'l ace counts. The play adverted to is the one entitled “For Her Sake." Tt fs a four-act melodrama, tnd it has to its credit a long Iiat of Indorsementa frinted in other cition The plece 18 especlally commended for 1hs clever ing the light and shade effects of its plot The comedy Is sald to be of unusual inter- He ttal e Ganymeds clmcnlatas and_QOpera BonBons Made By John 6. Woodward & Co. “The Candy Men." Counct! Bluft lowa. Towa Steam Dye Works 304 Broadway. Make your oid clothes look Cleaning, Dyelng and Repairing like oew. LEWIS CUTLER Funeral Director (BUCCEssOr 10 W. O, kstep) PEARL STHREET. uno FARM LOANS 6% N':‘uunm ln Lluern NeLrasKa Canady, Ir., h Mein ll.. Calmflll Blufta, ", fo Crewd- | that | Shugart of Chicago 1a the giest | | waiks | low hall, John's English | Mo., | 'INTEREST FROM BEE: [(:)\N//\. City Council Unable to Dotermine the Low- est Entimaten. QUESTION OF GRADING COMPLICATES CASE | Registrars Are for Novembh Elec Appointed—Claim dinn for In- Creek Uprising Are Promptly Made. Owing to the question of the grading the city council was unable Monday night to determine which was the lowest bid for the four-foot sidewalks, that of L. C. Besley or that of John P. Weaver. The tabulation furnished by the city engineer and his re: port ehowed that Besley was low on the west of Eighth street and Weaver on the walks east of that dividing taking the grading into consideration. Bosley contended that the grading should not be considered and after considerable discussion the matter was referred to the city solicitor for his opinion Registrars for Election. These registrars for the November elec- tion appointed on the recommenda- tion of the chairmen of the republican and democratic city central committees Ward—First_precinct (rep), 4. T. Young (dem ) James Peterson (rep.), J. J Second Ward—First pre (rep.), J. W. Hat inet, J. D. Johnson Bates (dem’) Third Ward—First prec (rep., J. O'Nell (dem.); S M. Goss (rep.. J. H. Bryant (dem.) FFourth Ward—First precinet. ¢, « €on (rep., V. Badollett (dem 1. J. Whittaker (rep.) were Flrst John Corliss nd precinct, Kline (dem.) ict, J. W. Blan dem.); Second (rep.), ' Edward ct, John Chizum nd precinet, 1 Robin- Second pre- ritz Frohart precinet H. Aker (dem.) ond pre- Bartel Nelxon P. J (dem.) (rep.), First Bowman Strock (rep.), fih (rep.), E. B cinet, J. H (dem’) Sixth Ward—First precinct, Cilnt Mercer Hafullton Ward G thon (dem.) Applications fo Owners of the property on the north slde of Broadway between Scott and Sixth streets, represented by attorneys, asked that an alley, for which they were willing to donate the land. be established at the rear of their buildings. This and the ap plication for the establishment of an al- ley between Seventeenth and Eighteenth avenues and Seventh and Eighth streets were referred to the committec of the whole. . Alleyn Clatms for Creek Damnges James Malone, living on North Eighth street just north of the bridge over In- dlan creek, complained that through the carelessness of some of the city oficials in pot properly attending to the bank of the creek near his house his premises had been flooded by the overflow Mrs. L. Dickinson complained premises had been flooded by the over- flow in Indian creek and asked that she be compensated by the remission of taxes for 1900, as she could not afford, she sald, to pay taxes and repair the damage done by the overflow. Her request was referred to the judiclary committee Dark that her Holes Are Heard From. Alderman McDonald called attention to the need of an electric light at First ave- nue and Sixth street. He sald everyone knew it was a dark hole and needed light- ing. This brought several of the aldermen to thelr feet with the announcement that they also had a number of dark holes in their wards, with the result that sugges- tions for new lights were referred to the commiftee of the whole. [ eet Footbridge. Alderman Hammer, chairman of committee on city property and bridges, whom was venth s the to referred the matter of a foot- bridge across the creek at Eleventh street, reported In favor of constructing a foot- bridge east of the Northwestern railroad's bridge, on which there were four tracks. To build a sidewalk across the rallroad bridge he considered too dangerous. The cost of a separate footbridge he estimated at $125. He also recommended that in the event of the bridge being built a sidewalk be lald from Broadway to Avenue A. The matter was referred to the committee of the whole, Mincellanes The street supervisor was clean Broadway west from Elghth street, North Eighth street, Mynster street and Washington avenue, which are covered with » Matters, instructed to craftsmanship displayed in comb ne- | a doposit of mud left by the overflow of the creck Thursday night Contractor Wickham was instructed to repair two bad places in tho paving on North Main street just north of the creck bridge. The city engineer was instructed to en- force the completion of John M. Harden's contract for the grading of Avenue H and Tenth street. The request of Dr. F. be permitted to erect a frame barn cov- ered with sheet fron in the rear of his residence at 534 First avenue was referred to the committee on fire and light Tho appointment by Poundmaster Burke of Ernest Nerling as deputy poundmaster and dog catcher was approved The council adjourned to Thursday after- noon, B. Seybert that he N. Y. Plumbing Co., telophone 250. Davis.selle glass | Gravel roofing. A Read, 541 Broadway. H or Clerk and Carrler The United States Civil Service Commis- slon announces that on November 20 an ex- amination will be held in this city for the position of clerk and carrler in the post- office serv! For application blank, full instruction, specimen examination ques~ DOHANY THEATER:C Wednesday, Oct, 2 W. 0. EDMU Big Sensational and Comedy tion In Four Acts, “MIDNIGHT IN CHINATOWN?” Perfectly presented by a company of capable artists—Embellished with pruous scenic inveatiture and ma velous electric and _calclum~ effects Beautitul Mountain Top—The Office of Big Bonanza—Molggs’ Whart and San rancisco Bay treet in 'Frisc The Owl Resort “THE INTERIOR OF AN OPIUM DEN 1 Prices—3sc, Cut Prices on Millinery PENNELL MILLINERY, M1 Broadway, Council Blufts, Produe- e, Boe. wwwsAnY OF HEAVY BURDENS | selling lquor at | Des Moines as his home, | Laton had been fully identified by Lapidius | nied being the thief and said | police officers, and if I had been the thiet | then and there, | at_that amount | Jury. | W and salaries of the different position to Fred JohRuon | board plication should be ot the local Applications must be on file retary of the local board bef of closing business, October 22 LUCIUS WELLS GETS VERDICT AL Nars, made secretary with the s re the he James Patton [ Judgments Agninst Thousand tor Two Intereat and Thé sealed verdict in the case of Lucius | Wells against Jawes A. Patton was opened by Judge McPherson United States court yesterday morning and was found to be for the plaintiff, giving him judgment for $2,000 and interest and costs of the sult. Patton was given until October 7 to file notice of appeal, but is understood none will be taken, Wells sued for $10,000 for his services in reorganizing the old First National bank and effecting a settle- ment of the Indebtedness of the Council Bluffs Gas & Electric Light company, the stock of which the bank held as security for a large loan | The suit brought by W. S. Balduff of Omaha agalnst F. Collins and others to restrain them from interfering with his business at Lake Manawa and charging them with conspiring injure his busi- ness, was dismissed at plaintif's cost. The sult resulted from an attempt on behalf of | the Walters' union to restrain Balduff trom the Lake Manawa Casino in A last summer. Judge McPherson will devote tod to bankruptey matters. Wednesday he will take up the Grand hotel receivership mat- ter. The Grand Hotel company filed an| answor yesterday to the petition of inter- ventfon of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance company, denying the latter's ownership of the furniture In the hotel The case of A. Teitsort, administrator against the Chicago & Northwestern rafl road, having en settled out of court, was dismissed and costs taxed against both par tes The five suits in which B. Elseman ap pears as plaintiff and which have encum bered the docket for eleven years, Qismissed for want of attention by any the parties. TO JAIL FOR THEFT OF STONE James Laton Acts as Hisn Own Coun- With the Usanl Result Client. wero of nel, o a voung man who claims acted as his own counsel before Judge Avlesworth In police court yesterday morning, to the charge ot stealing a ring-testing stone from the pawn- ehop of Henry Lapidius on West Broadway James Laton, When Lapidius was on the propounded this question to the thief. Laton as stand him “Would you swear that I am dressed the same way now as | was when I stole the stone " The court smiled, but the young man falled to notice that he had practically ad- mitted the theft Laton, when placed on the stand and ex- amined by Assistant Attorney Kimball, de- “Now, It is 1 took this stone, because the pawnshop I met several not likely that when 1 left they would surely bave arrasted me right and not waited until the next day Latin's logic did not have weight with the court. Judge Aylesworth concluded he was guilty and sentenced him to ten davs In the county jail. The value of the stone was $1.50. PLEAS ARE OF NOT GUILTY Men Indicted for Snloon Nuivance and Pleking Pockets They Are Innocent. Sny Carl and Willlam Negothon, charged un- der an indictment with malntaining a nul- sance In the shape of a floating saloon on a steamer in Cut-Off lake, were arralgned before Judge Macy in the district coart yesterday and entered a plea of not guilty. Fred Smith, Albert Brown, A. R. Willard ond G. W. Harris, alieged pickpockets, charged with robbing a farmer named Hes- ter, at the Union Pacific transfer depot, were arraigned under the indictment re- | turned against them and entered pleas of not gullty. In the case of E. G. Pugh, against Sarah | Profit, a suit over a road in Rockford township, Judge Macy overruled the de- murrer and a motion to strike out part of the petition In the Ofcer & Pusey recelvership, Day & Hess filed an application that they be sold elghty acres in Lewis township, be- longing to the bank at their offer of $5,200. The recelvers bhad been offered $5,050 and the court had been askd to approve the sale The trial of the famous suit of James Doyle, against James F. Burns, president of the Portland Gold Mining company, is to be begun today before Judge Macy and a Dancing academy, Royal Ar- reopens for beginners Tues- day, October 1; children 4 p. m., adults § p. m. Complimentary reception to past puplls and their friends, “adults,” Friday, October 4. Clreulars at Whaley's drug store. Chambers' canum hall, Davis sells paint. Marringe Licenses. Licenscs to wed were lssued yesterday to the tollowing: Name and Resldence. Edward Postlewait, Council Bluffs . Carrle Lewls, Council Bluffs Harry E. Mendenhall, Plerce, Neb. ..., Ella E. Burnworth, Council Blufts....0 M. Perkins, Loveland, Ia.... Rebecca Price, Loveland, Ia.... A. J. Stanley, Red Oak. la Balile Johnson, Lake Clty, Ta DOHANY THEATER OCTOBER 2i Age. Woed & Ward's big company presenting | aveaue | sleeper was not | Killing her, “The Merry Trampe.' 1 Wilson ¥ not Cope With in His Church, Rev. John W nds He Can- Conal . n Rev. John W. Wi resignation as pastor the First Con gregational church and a meeting of the church board has been called for Wednes- evening to consider it. The resigna- tion 1s to take effect January 1 or sooner if the church selects his successor before that date. In letter of resignation Mr. Wilson says:. “The reason which has had most to do with my decision is that [ have grown weary under the strain of heavy burdens, and 1 find that my resources are not suffi- clent to cope successfully with the situa- tlon as I find it in this church. And I heerfully vacate my office and commend you to the leadership of some experienced man who will come fresh from another fleld and with resources that are inexhaustible.” No statement has been made by Rev. Mr. Wilson as to his future plans, but it Is known that he has received a business offer from his brother-in-law In Minnesota, and it 1s thought likely he will forsake the pul- pit for the commercial world T Chalrman Brooks Reed of the democratic county central committee said yesterday there would be no public meeting on tha sceasion of the visit to this clty Wednesday of T. I. Phillips, democratic candidate for governor. Mr. Phillips will be accorded an informal reception at the Grand hotel, and a meeting of the big guns of the party will be called to formulate plans for the cam- paign In Pottawattamie county has tendered his day his reet Phillips Formally. ac Searched for Omnha Albertl, Justice Bryant's Shoplifting. Constable from noon, on a warrant jssued ourt yesterday after- searched the premises at 824 Seventh occupled by Mrs. Nathan Massey arrested in Omaha on a charge of shoplift ing. Dress goods, lace curtains and other articles, sald to have been stolen from the Boston store, Omaha were found. The in formation on which the warrant was ssue was sworn to by L. E. Grier. & Tonrnaments. Hunting and Gun club clery Thursday night to perfect organization. The club plans to secure grounds for weekly trap shooting The charter members are: Painter Knox, Frank Watson, O. Hill. Amos Utterback James Howarth, W. F. Maus, Georgo Crane, jr., H §mith, Clyde Lioyd Jay Helsler Weekly Sh The FEnterprise will meet at the Cy K Real Estate Transfers These transfers were filed yesterday the abstract, title and loan office of J Squire, 101 Pearl street F. J. Duerr to Jesse Barr. lot ety lot 8, block § Highland w'd Heirs of Consigny, 39; lot 1 T J. W Cora L. Day to J. W of lat & and e 12 feet of lot 10, in subdiv of hlock 4. Avoca, w. d Helrs of Samuel G. Daman to Goorge E. McMahon, Johngon's add, w. d Peter Wisch and wife to 1 roll, 1ot 10, block 30. Avoca, w. d Executor of D. C. Bloomer to . 8, 1ot 23, block 25, Central sub- in w R A 1ot 15 Davis nsigny to Cassie ficlal plot of o ark add to Avoca, Davis, w 10 feet dward Car- 100 o Otto block 14 Sorensen and wife Skodsholm, lots 13 and 14, Burns' add, w. d........ 1.800 Total seven transfera WRECK ON NORTHWESTERN Omaha Pa eavea R at Dunlap, hut Nobody s enger Train Injared. DUNLAP, Ia, Sept. 20. gram.)—Passenger train Northwestern rallrond was wrecked near while running nearly Conductor Chi The train (Special Tele- No. 1 on the due here at 6 a. m., here this morning forty miles an hour. les Campbell was In charge. was eleven minutes late, but would have run into Council Bluffs on time | is considered | but for the accident, which A most fortunate one, not a single passen- ger on the train being injured A broken rall Is supposed to have been the cause of the derallment of two chair cars, two sleepers and a tourist car. Tha locomotive and other cars kept the track and after thirty minutes' delay the locomo- tive, with the cars on the track and all the passengers, got away for Blufts The track was wreck will not fora tomorrow curred at coaches turned from them there loss of life. One badly be fully night the coal damaged and the cleared away he- The accident chutes and had the toward them instead of would have been great of the passengers in a aroused by the accldent ON DAUGHTER'S CONFESSION Dr, Do Wo pe orth Held for arged with Defrauding Aged Couple. Trial, FORT DONGE. Ta., Sept. 20 The mystery which has surrounded the al- leged fraudulent procuring of the deeds for the Kempley farm, located in Webster county, bas been cleared away by the con- tesslon of Mr. Kempley's daughter, Mra. H. M. Wonders, She confessed in the trial of the case that the hold Orrin Wood- worth had over her was stronger than fillal love and that, without other consideration than his demand, she had made possible the scheme (o deprive her parents of thelr farm. At the end of her evidence both sides submitted the case without argument and Judge Hall at once held the prisoner, Dr. Woodworth, to answer, with ball fixed at $10,000. PICKPOCKETS ROB A PARSON ke =a Five undred and Dollars and Twenty- Escape, Ta., Sapt. 30.—(Speclal E. Day was robbed in the Northwestern passenger station this afterncon, a wallet containing $125 and valuable paper benig taken by pickpockets. There {8 no clew to the robbers WEBSTER CITY, Telegram.)—Rev. F. rke County's OSCEOLA, Ta., Sept. 30.—(Special.)—The district court of Clarke county adjourned to- day after a sesslon of two woeks. Clarke county has had her share of criminals to deal with thiz term, there belng in the county jail at the beginning of the ses- elon three men who were indicted by the grand jury. Two of them, Bd4 Hilton who was arrested at Murray for stealing barness, and Jim Monyh the prisoner who was shot in the neck in the spring while being captured and afterward broke jall and was recaptured in about a week with & whole jewelry store on his back have had their cases continued until the December term and will be placed in the penitentiary for safe keeping. 'The other one, “Dutch” Lowe, who assaulted his wite with a razor last May and came near pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit inurder and received a ten-year sentence. Criminals, and | s 8 | Counefl | (Special.)— | |BLYTHE WILL AID CUNMMINS Maton City Man to Take Part in a Big Rally at Creston, | i | | | VIGOROUS PLATFORM CAMPAIGN WORK Senatgr Alllson and Speaker Hende son Announced to Speak nt Man cheater Next Week=Gen eral Lowa News. (From a Staff Corresponde DES MOINES, Sept. 30 republican state committee announcement that arrangements had made to have James E. Blythe of Mason City speak with A. B. Cummins at Creston tomorrow evening, and thus make of it a general rally of republicans. Mr. Cummins went to Lenox this morning early to speak in the afternoon, and tomorrow afternoon he speaks at Red Oak. [t was thought best to have another speaker with him for evening meeting and Mr. Blythe was sent for. In the preliminary contests they were arrayed agalnst each other, and have gene | erally represented opposing factions in the party. Some years ago both were candi- dates for the position of republican com- mitteemsn for lowa, but they have always been personally good friends. A big rally for the Third district has been arranged for Manchester on the 10th, when Senator Allison and Speaker Henderson will speak with Mr. Cummins 1t (8pecial.)—The today made the been Court Report Rendy. The judges of the supreme court today approved volume I1T of the Towa supreme court reports just published. The volume | was at firat disapproved and the judges re- | fused to accept the volume offered becaus }n( poor typography and had proof reading A new edition had to be prepared Members of the state law commission are here preparing for the first examination of applicants for admission to the bar under the new law. There will bo a amall class of applicants, owing to the stringent re. quirements for admission, not more than a dozen having signified a willingness to try th cxamination The auditor of state today ters to the People's capital $30,000, ers’ tssued char- Savings bank of Albla, and the Farmers' and M Savings bank of Albia, capital $25,000 the the two banks will begin business in | the same town at the same time. The Lake View Furniture company, capital $1,50, | has filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. Sues Farmer for Dog Bite. The sensational case fn Hamilton county. n which A. Kowry of Fort Dodge, a ped- dler, was nearly eaten up by a big dog, and for which Ward Deffenbach was ar- rested for assault, but acquitted, will come up in a new form in court at Webster City | s0on. Kowry claimed fn the criminal ca | that Deffenbach held him while the dog did the biting, and at any rate he was so se- verely injured by Deffenbach's dog that he was confined to his bed for weeks. Now he has brought suit for $5,000 damages against Deffenbach. The surgeons who at- tended Kowry found thirty-six places where the dog had bitten him. Inspect f County Hospitais. Dr. M. N. Voldeng of this city, the newly appointed superintendent of | sane hoepital at Cherokee, started out this | morning to make investigation on behalf of insane hospitals of Pocahontas, Sloux, Woodbury and some other counties in northwestern Towa. The State Board of Control made new rules and regulations in regard to these county hospitals and pro- vided that if these rules should not be com- plied with In one year they would have to | place their insane in a state hospital. The present inspection is to determine whether the rules have been complied with. A sim flar inspection will he made of all the county and private hospitals of the state by doctors from the four state hospitals. Webster, State Support of Hig hools, Superfutendent Barrett in his blennial re- port to the governor will recommend the adoption of what Is known as the Cowles bill for support of high schools. This bill provides that the etate would offer a bonus of $400 to any district high school that would maintain the high &chool free of tu- ition to all persons from the country. The bill was beaten in the last legislature be- cause it was not understood. The superin- tendent approves the bill and with the ap proval it is likely to become a law. The general purpose Is to afford to residents of the farms as well as of the towns a chance to secure high school education. Eviden E. . Musgrave of this city was summoned to Cedar Raplds to testify before the Lynn county grand jury relative to F. C. Kauff- man, formorly of this place, who was ar- rested at Portland, Ore., charged with ob- taining money under false pretenses. Ho was brought to Linn county on a similar charge and is now in grand jury of that county. Kauffman while here represented himself to be the manager of the American Paper Stock company. At one time he was arrested here on the charge of obtaining money fraudulently, but was dismissed because of insufficient evidence to hold him. Later he went west fald to have swindled a large number of paper stock merchants wko were induced to cash his drafts upon their being 0. K.'d by the home office at this place. He I8 sald to have fleeced Cedar Rapids parties and it 1s for this crime he 18 under Investigation. Tt is understood charges will be preferred against Kauffman in this county as soon as Linn county Is through with him RIOT ON STREETS OF MARION Handred Agninst Kauffman, Two ersons, and Oficers, Wome Flaht Over = MARION, Ia, Sept. 30.—(Spectal Tele- | gram.)—A riot involving a large number of persons took place on the streets here at 6 o'clock this evening. Two brothers named Woods, from the northern part of the county, attacked Clinton Chesmore, a farmer, as a result of legal differences now pending in the courts. OMcers interfered and a general fight followed, the wives of the brotbers and a number of other persons attacking the officers. Finally 200 men became involved in the rlot, and the services of thc whole police force of the town and the sheriff and his is made easy to the mother, stror;g earty and healthy. arents and relatives simple and effective liniment, relieving ing the muscles. There is llnlhlr\‘: 1 Soid byall Dr. or sent by e THE BRADFIELD R e cipt the hands of the | and 15 Including | LATOR C0., Atianta, RS AAARRAARARAAAAARARARARAARAARARARARAR ARARRING \Ir.. L. A. Harris, “ Doctors have there is any trouble, a perfect a Prominent Member of a Chicago W oman’s Political Club, tells how Ovarian Troubles may be Cured with- out a Surgical Operation. craze f nothing but an opera She operations. n The do them ; one minuts will hundred dollars and costs, and included in the costs are pain, and agnn\', and otten death. “I suffered for eight years with ovarian troubles ; spent hundreds of dollars for relief, until two doctors agreed that my only chance of life. pound. I did so as a last resort: My sister ha operation was 1 been using Lydia E, Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound for her troubles, and been cured, and she strongly urged me to let the doc used it s go and try the Com- faithfully with the Sana. tive Wash for five months, and was rejoiced to find that my troubles were over and my health restored E. Pinkham's Ve would occur.”—DMgs, K3000 FORF menstruation, weakness, lencorrhe womb, that bearing-down feeling prostration, or are b lassitude, excitability, irrite “all-gone ” and * want-to-be-le If women would only try Lydia table Compound L. A. Harris, 278 Fast AT IF THE ABOVE T When women are troubled with irregular, a, displace infla ) ache, bloating (or flatulence), general debility, indi ft-alone ” feelings, blue: 7 1¢ TTER IS nmatic they should remember there is one tried anc Finkham’s Veg wer Slat sur wcal operations St., Chicago, NOT ( NUINE, or painful went or ulceration of the t with such symptoms as dizzine bility, nervousness, 1 of the ovaries, back- estion, and nervous faintness, leaplessness, melancholy, true ind hopelessness, remedy. Lydia . stable Compound at once removes such troubless nohany Theatre, Tuesday, Gel. Ist. E. J. CARPENTER’S {FOR HER SAKE the State In- | the State Board of Control of the county | SUCCESSFULLY.” deputies were required hefore the principals were overpowered and landed in jail As a result of the trouble one of Woods brothers fs Iying in a eritical con- | dition in the county jail, and Samuel Dan lels, ex-postmaster, and L. P. Dardwell, editor of the Pilot, were Iy L us to require the attention of physicians John McG the Vi el of tm of Weeds Fulton s CLINTON, Ia 30,—(Speelal gram.)--Mrs. John McGonnell an widow of Fultcn. met with a terrible a | dent on Saturday which resulted in | death this morning. Her clothes caught fir while she was burning weeds in her vard | with the aid of kerosene, and she was im | mediately enveloped In flames. He | brought neighbors to her assistanc unfortunate woman ad | burned and she suffered untold agony | this morning when death. 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