Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 31, 1902, Page 3

N EWS OF THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, INTEREST FROM BLUFFS. COUNCIL MINOR MENTION, Davis sells druge Btockert sells carpets and rugs Metz beer at Neumayer's hotel. Wollman, sclentific opticlan, 408 B'way. Pasturage, Judson, 929 6th ave. Tel. 348, Jewel court, Tribe of Ben Hur, will meet Tuesday night. The monthly meeting of the park board will be Tuesday night. Easter novelties. C. E. Alexander & Co., 833 Broadway. Telephone 366. Burnt leather goods. C. E. Alexander & Co., 33 Broadway. Telephone 366. and W. Woodward, architects, room 8, Everett block, Council Bluffs, la. Missourl oak hody wood, $.5 cord. Wil- Hlam Weich, 23 N. Main street. Tel. i%. R. A. Nicholson, postmaster New Bharon, la., is guest of C. E. and family. Mrs. C. C. of her sister, Beventh strect Misses Dora and Lena Dorhem of Ports- mouth, la., are guests of Misses Hilburn of Fifth avenue. For rent, one furnished room or two une furnished 'rooms for light housekeeping. Address M, Hee office. Otto Hansen has reported to the police the theft of his overcoat from the office of Dr. Roe in the Merriam block. Go to Morgan & Klein for upholstering, mattress making and feather renovating. 12 South Main streét, 'Phone 5. Miss Rice of the High school faculty ts spending the ter vacation with friends at the Nebraska State university in Lin- woln, The city councll will meet in adjourned session Tuesday night, when the appropri tion ordinance will come up for final a at Price Goldren of Chicago 1s guest Mrs. Frank Wright of Soutn leld, Neb., is visit- and M L. W , auring the daysa. Miss Lilllan Price Catherine’s college spending the Easter parents ' Mrs, John Camp of First avenue has as her ‘guests Mrs. Fred Linderman and daughter and Mrs. John F. Rice of Dela- van, Wis The Ladies' Ald soclety of the First Con- egational church will meet Tuesday ternoon at the home of Mrs. Mueller on Washington avenue. ‘“The Deestrick Skule and ‘Thursday evening, April 3, in opera house for the benefit of Grace church. Parquet nd boxes, %c; parquet cirele and balcony, be. Rev. Harvey Hostetler, pastor of the Becond Presbyterian church, will lead the discussion at the meeting of the Council Bluffs Ministerial_assoclation this morning in the Broadway Methodist church. Word has been received here of the death of Theodore Bray at Cheyenne, Wyo. Mr, Bray was a ploneer resident of “Councll luffs and for years was engaged in the ivery business. ' Ten years ago he moved to the Pacific coast. He Is survived by hig wife, his daughter, Mrs. Fred Johnson of this ‘city, and a son, Charles Bray of St. Louls. The funeral of Thomas Dafley will be at 10 this morning from the home of his si- ter-in-law, Mrs. Arthur Dempsey, %8 Oak street. Burial will be In Fafrview is at vacation from St. Ta., her home Davenport, with Exerbition™ ceme- tery. Deceased was a son-in-law of James Caffald of this city and had for years de- voted himself to mission work of the Re- organized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was on his way from his fleld of labor in Nevada to the general con- ference of the church in Lamoni, Ia., when he was taken ill. He died on the train. N. Y. Plumbing Co. telephone 250. Reg! tion 1s Meavy. The registration Saturday was evem heavier than had been estimated, and when the registrars met yesterday morning at the office of City Clerk Philiips and com- pared notes it was fourdd that $18 pames bad been added to the lists.. As on the pre- vious two days of registration the heaviest registration was in the Second precinct of the Second ward, where 120 names were added to the lists. The registration by precincts Saturday was as follows: First ward, First precinct, 5; Second precinct, 6. Second ward, First precinct, 74; Second precinct, 120. Third ward, First precinct, 65; Second precinct, 80. Fourth ward, First precinet, 45; Second precinct, 58. Fifth ward, First precinet, 65; Second precinet, 75. Sixth ward, First precinct, 95; Second precinct, not reported. Total, 818, The registration on the two days of the week previous was 430, making with that of Saturday a total of 1,248 Today any elector who was out of the city on all three days of registration, or any forelgner who secured his naturalization papers since Saturday, will be entitled to have his vote sworn in by the registrars. Plumbing and heating. Uixby & Son. Jail is Out of Quarantine. James J. Payette, who, the day following his arrest on the charge of breaking into and robbing the Cole-Brelstord Hardware company's store, was found tg/be suffering from smallpox and has since been quaran- tined at the city jafl, will be removed to the county jall this morning, the grand jury having returned an indictment against him. Yesterday he was thoroughly fumigated. ‘The elty Jall 18 now open for business again, the quarantine having been raised the place thoroughly fumigated and disinfected Gravel roofing, A. H. Read, 641 Broadway. Bables Want to See Pablie. ‘The women of the Associated Charities In- vite the public to visit the Creche in its new home, 180 Glen avenue, today from 2:30 to 5:30 p. m. and from 7:30 to 9:30 P. m. Tea will be served to the visitors and the bables will be up to recelve the guests. Each visitor is asked to bring a donation of some article needed at the Creche, An ' Accepted Fact BLATZ BEER MILWAUKER 18 A QUALITY LEADER. Original Methods have had much to do with the unpreceden- ted auccess of these brews. Not a bottle of Blats Beer leaves the plant that has not beea thoroughly ma- tured and sterilized. BLATZ MALT-VIVINE (Non-Intoxicant) Tonle. Druggists or direct. VAL BLATZ BREWING CO., Miiwaskee. REPUBLICANS SEE VICTORY Obairman Brown Expects Party to Elect Mayor and Oouncilmen. SOLID BUSINESS VOTE FOR MORGAN His Majority Over Je: casted as Three H Comtests for Ward Al- dermen, Although the municipal campaign prac- tically closed Saturday night, several of the candidates improved the opportunity to put in a few finishing ‘touches Sunday. The campalgn while short has been lively, and both parties have been working day and night since the nominations to secure supremacy at the polls today. Two years ago the city campaign was quiet and the work done was on the still-hunt order, but this year things were entirely different and for the last two weeks the city has been in the throes of onme of the warmest political campalgns seen in many years. What the result of all this hard work on the part of the candidates and thelr sup- porters will be, the ballots today will tell. Chalrman Brown of the republican city central committee sald yesterday he was pleased with the situation and the outlook for a republican victory was exceedingly bright. He said: “A careful canvass ot the situation throughout the city indicates that the republicans will elect their en- tire ticket, including the six ward alder. men. A careful estimate has been made and it shows that Dell G. Morgan will be elected by a majority of at least 300 votes over Victor Jennings. The rest of the ticket will be elected by safe majorities. Mr. Morgan's candidacy has gained strength daily and nothing except a complete land- slide, which s not at all probable, can prevent his defeating Jennings In addi- tion to the loyal support of his party Mr. Morgan will receive a large number of votes from business men in state and na- tional politics affiliated with the demo- cratic party. Mr. Morgan will be the next mayor of Council Bluffs, and he will have a republican city council and administras tion to work with. Hughes Huoys Up Democratic Hepe. Chairman Hughes of the democratic city central committee said yesterday he was confident Victor Jennings would be electea by a safe majority. This assertion was made despite the well known fact that Jen- nings is meeting with opposition in his own party and that to be elected he would have to draw strongly from the republicans, which is not likely. Figures taken from the results of the city election in 1900 may prove interesting at this time, considering many of the candl- dates there are in the fleld again this year, Mayor Victor Jennings two years ago had as his opponent Dr. Barstow. Jennings was elected by a majority of 398. City Solicitor Wadsworth ran against G. H. Scott, since elected judge of the superior court, and he only succeeded in defeating Scott by fifty-two votes. His opponent this year is S. B. Snyder, who will poll the full vote of his party and who s re. garded as a sure winner Frank True, re. publican candidate for treasurer, two years ago defeated A. K. Cooper, democratic nom- inee, by 288 votes. This year his opponent is Peter Jensen, a cigar manufacturer, who, although successful in his particular line of business, has had absolutely no ex- perience In managing the finances of a city, he would be called upon to do in the event of his election, which Is not at all probable. Frank True during his connec- tion with the city has shown himself an efficient and capable officer. F. L. Evans in 1900 was reelected auditor by a majority ot 506 votes over Kelly, the democratic nom- inee, and this year he will doubtless rolt up an even larger majority over Vigo Ba ollett, the democratic candidate, who was given the nomination when no one else could be found to take it. Will Be Different This Year. Two years ago City Engineer Etnyre had as his opponent Harley Mayne and defeated him by 435 votes. This year he has Thom: ) Tostevin as the republican candidate against him and the story will be totally different. Mr. Tostevin is regarded as one of the most experienced civil engineers in this section of the country, and the record he established while filling for several terms the office of city engineer entitles him to election today. Mr. Tostevin, besides serving as city engl- neer, has filled the office of mayor of this eity. Frank Everest was elected city assessor two years ago by a majority of 188 over Vigo Badollett, the democratic nominee, who this year Is the democratic nominee for auditor. Frank A. Bixby, Mayor Jen- nings' former chiet of police, s the demo- cratie candidate this year against Everest and this means nothing short of a walka- way for Bverest. Blxby's political record ie agalust him and It 1s sald he will not even secure the loyal support of his own party at the polis today, Higgeson, present dem- ocratic welghmaster and candidate for re- election, was elected two years ago by the small majority of 38 votes over Joe Spald- ing. This year Higgeson has as his op- ponent Charles E. Sackett, an old soldler and an old-time cltizen, who stands well in Contests for Ward Aldermen. The coutest for ward aldermen in some of the wards promises to be exciting. In the First ward the republicans will put up a strong, fight to wrest the ward from the grasp of democracy by defeating Charley Huber, who was elected two years ago by 138 majority. With J.-R. Bell as the re- publican candidate this year they belleve that Huber can be defeated and relegated to private life. Huber's record as chairman of the streets and alleys committes, it is urged, should be sufficient to defeat him. In the Second ward Alderman E. H. Lou- gee has as bis opponent Thomas Malone; the democratic nomineg. The citizens of this ward are satisfied with the representa- tion they have bad during the last two years in the city council and Lougee, who two. years ago defeated J. N. Casady, the democratic nomineg, and\ J. D. Johnson, who ran independent, will be elected by a sure majority. In the Third ward Alder- man E. H. Brown was elected two years ago over E. P. Searle by a majority of 9, This year he has pitted against him M. H. Tinley. Alderman Brown has always looked well after the interests of his constituents and has been successtul in securlng public improvements for his ward. The contest un- doubtedly promises to be interesting, but Brown's re-election is said to be certaln. Alderman McDonald in the Fourth ward was elected two years ago by a majority of 114 and this year it Is conceded he will be re-elected hands dot In the Fifth ward the two candidates are new in the feld. J. C. Fleming, the republican pominee, has as his opponent John Brough, who served in the councll some years ago, but was retired to private life after voting in favor. of 1he street rallway COmBAsY as om- tension of its franchise for fifty years. Fleming is regarded as a sure winner at the polls today. The Sixth ward alderman contest is inter- esting this yéar, as the same two candidates are pitted againet one another as two years ago. In 1900 lsrael Lovett, republican, de- feated Al Wells by a majority of 20, and this year he {s expected to defeat him again and win out by a larger majority. Open from Seven to Seven, The polls will open this o'clock and wil] close at 7 o'clock in the evening. THe polling places in the twelve precincts of the city are as follows First Ward, First Precinct—Wheeler & Hereld bullding, corner of Broadway and Benton street First Ward, Second Precinct—No. 113 East Broadway. Second " Ward, First Precinct—23 Bryant street Second Ward, Second Precinct—T# West Broadway. Third Ward, First Precinct—Creston house, 217 South Main street Third Ward, Second Precinct—919 South Main street Fourth Ward, First Main street Fourth Ward, Twelfth avenue Fifth Ward, First Precinct—County build- ing, corner of Fifth avenue and Twelfth street Fifth Ward, Becond building, 1511 South Thirteenth street Sixth Ward, First Precinct—County building, corner of Avenue B and Twenty. fourth street, Sixth Ward, Second Precinct—Magnussen bullding, corner of Locust and Fifth streets. morning at 7 Precinct—3 South Second Precinct — 612 Precinct—County Davis sells glass. Dog Licenses Expire. Owners of dogs will have to renew their licenses by the purchase of tags, as the tags issued last year become of no account after Tuosday. The dog catcher, however, will mot begin fctive warfare against un- tagged canines for several weeks, in order to permit owners to comply with the eity ordinance. During the year just ending City Clerk Phillips issued 531 dog licenses. Davis sells glass. IOWA SOLONS MAKE HASTE Legislators Are Anxious to Speed Up the Gear of Law- ducing M (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, March 30. (Special.)~The legislative session appears to be nearing a close. The senate has already adopted a resolution to limit the time of debate and to hold night sessions from this time on. The house has similar resolutions ready. Sifting committees will be named early [this week. An effort will be made to push through this week all of the important legislation yet to be considered. The com- mittees have done their work. The calen- dars are now well filled. One day last week the senate calendar appeared with 130 bills upon it for consideration, and every one was of some {mportance. A night sesslon was held one evening and twenty bills disposed of, but they were mainly legalizing acts. The calendars tomorrow morning will show from 100 to 1 bills on each one, and this does not include those that are of greatest importance, the ap- propriation bills. But the disposition is to make haste from this time on and unless something unforseen comes up, the legisla- ture will gc* through the middle of next week and aajourn. Appropriation Matters. 0o better condition than they were a week ago. The conference subcommittees of the two approoriations committees are at work trylng to reach an agreement on the main approvriation bills. Thera must be a cut- ting down of the bills at some point and the committees are finding their task a difficult one. During the last week they have made practically no progress. The members of the State Board of Control were before the entire legislature one evening to discuss these bills or those relating to the various penal, charitable and correc- tional institutions; but they were not able to point out how and where deductions should be made in the estimates they have already furnished the legislature. The committees have decided upon not making | avorovriations for the various park pur- poses suggested. There was to be pur- chased a park at old Fort Atkinson, an- other at Spirit Lake, and 8o on, but none of these projects will be realized. Some of the bills for appropriations will be condi- tioned on the securing from the general =overnment of the war claims of the state. The legislature is certain to greatly in- crease the expenses of the state. One mem- ber of the senate had figured it out that if the bills all get through that are in con- templation the salary list of the state, in- cluding that for judges and for various county offices, will be increased about $150,000 annually. ducation Institutions. The bills for the appropriations for the educationa] institutions have not yet been acted cn. There are bills to be passed not only for the support of the three great collegiate institutions, but for each one separately there s a bill for giving a spe- clal tax levy for bullding purposes. These have yet to be considered in detall. They have been held back awaiting final action on the general appropriation bills. The bill to place the educational institutione under management of one board instead ot three has been beaten in the house, where it originated. The heads of the state in- stitutions at once made a hard fight on this bill and insisted on continuance of the old order of things. The bill had been post- poned, but the agitation on the subject has been such as to make it reasonably certain it will come up at another session and re. ceive more consideration. Rallroad Measures. The railroad legislation is in a peciliar state and some interesting developments are expected the coming week. The rail- way assessment bill was defeated in the house after it had recelved consideration in the committee only. The vote was over- whelmingly against it. The Molsberry bill, which was vetoed by the governor, is still & live issue and may cause lots of trouble for the legislators. The consideration of the veto has been put off until Tuesday. In the meantime a new bill has been pre- pared and presented and is on the calendar for consideration. It is generally believed that the veto will be sustained and imme- dlately following this the second bill will be passed, and with it the Hubbard bill, which is declared to be a part of the same legislation, and which supplements the Mols- berry bill These two bills will be seat over to the house and that body will pass them on promptly to the govermor. It is anticipated that he will not hesitate to veto them, but that the legislature will be able to pass both of them over his veto. To do this is sure to cause an es- trangement belween (he executive and legisiative branches of the government and to bring about political couditions fraught with great danger in the future. But it is on the program to push matters through to an immediate crisis This may take up more of the time of the week than it s entitled to, in which case the general work of the week will be delayed. General Legislation, The only eral legislation which has become & 1 by the passage of both bouses aad bas beea signed by the gov- The appropriation bills are in practically. ernor, is of comparatively little interest. This includes such bills as reduction of interest rate on county warrants from 6 to 5 per cent, providing for mnotice to garnishee before judgment is entered, ap- peals from commissioners of insanity, mak« ing taxes on property in hand of a receiver a first lien thereon, making it lawful to vote tax ald for trolley lines, giving state board of health power to do work neglected by a local board, providing for semi-annual inepection of coal mines, permitting savings banks to receive larger deposits, taking off limit of tees for filing incorporation papers, authorizing library boards to condemn ground, prohibiting sale of cocaine, except on prescription, providing heavy punish. ment for kidnaping, punishing for having burglars’ tools in possession, providing for a code supplement and new edition of the Towa code, and a concurrent resolution looking to an amendment of the conatitus | tion for biennial elections. |OUTLET TO ATLANTIC COAST ns for Road from Pittsburg Out- lined by Joseph W. Reinhart. PITTSBURG, Pa., March 30.—In the midst of the present {nterest over a new seaboard outlet from Pittsburg a full statement of the plans and purposes of one of the most interesting as well as one of the most mys- terlous of those projects can now be made. Thie is in connection with the Chesapeake Western rallway. The statement comes from Joseph W. Reinhart, formerly president of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, and who is now at the head of the syndicate which is furthering this project. Mr. Reinhart says It is not generally known, but it is a fact that before the Pennsylvania Rallway pany secured control of the tide-water e through the putchase of the Baitl. | more & Ohio, Norfolk & Western and Chesapeake & Ohio, a number of men quletly took up the’ project for the con- struction of a line of rallway from the Ohio river through the northern West Vir- ginia coal fields and from Virginia to the Atlantic coast. This enterprise has been carried forward and has now a foundation upon which the whole structure will shortly be erected. This project is known as the Chesapeake Western rallway. It begins at Gloucester Point, or York Harbor, Va., where a large acreage of land for tidé-water terminal has been bought. The line runs northwesterl and westerly, taking in the Chesapeake Western railway twenty-seven miles, bullt and in operation in the Shenandoah valley, Virginia, which is owned by the syndicate, through 100 miles of the coal fields of West Virginia o @ point near Parkersburg. Construction work on over 100 miles of the line westwardly through the Shen: doah and Allegheny mountains Into West Virginia is now under way, with fourteen miles of track laid and over half of the entire line has been surveyed and located, | estimates of construction made thereupon and preparations are now being completed for general construction The line is in no sense a parallel road with any existing railway, but opens up new r;u‘u prolific territory throughout its length. The greatest care was exercised by the owners to secure an ocean tide-water ter- | minal that would be in every respect sult- {nh!.- for handling the largé trafic of a | trunk line raflway, and Gloucester Point was selected. It 1s of much significance that the west- ern terminus of this profect {s at Parkers- burg, W. Va., to which city a line is now | being bullt by the Goulds from a connec- tion with the Wheeling & Lake Erle at Zanesville. 1t ‘is also significant that George J. Gould, the head of the Gould In- terests, spent a week at Gloucester Point last summer and is thoroughly in touch | with the whole situation. - |OMAHA INCLUDED IN PLANS | | Rosd from Duluth to Ka P as City to Through ISwa and Nebraska. MINNEAPOLIS, March 30.—C. H. Law- rence has returned to Detroit with one of the biggest contracts ever given to a | Detroit concern The paper binds the In- ternational Construction company of De. troit to bulld 800 miles of railroad, ex- tending from Duluth to Kansas City. The total amount of the contract is for $12,195, 71112, Most ‘of the money to be put into the enterprise s foreign capital, one of the principals to the contract being the Soclete Generale Francals et Belge, the great French financial concern, having its head- quarters in Parls and doing business in France and Belgium, Another party to the contract s the Gult & Manitoba Rallroad company of Iowa, which probably will be the title of the new road. The road will pass through Minnesots, Towa and part of Missourl, & branch run- ning to Omaha. The contract prescribes that $7,695,711.12 shall be paid in cash and that the remaining $4,600,000 shall be paid in bonds of the railroad. Mr. Lawrence sald that work on the railroad would be begun without delay, the engineers to go into the fleld next Tuesday. TUNNEL THROUGH SIERRAS Work Is to Cost Millio and Will Require Y for Completion. of Dollars ars AUBURN, Cal, March 30.—A corpa of Southern Pacific surveyors and engineers has just completed the survey for the new tunnel through the Sierras, which will be one of the longest in the world. Accord- 1ng to the records of the survey it will be five miles and elght hundred feet in length, It will eliminate nearly 1,000 feet of grade and will reduce the length of snowsheds twenty-eight miles, or from forty, thelr present aggregate length, to twelve miles. The proposed work will cost millions of dollars and consume years in construction. PLANS OF THE FEDERAL LINE New Railroad Scheme Said to Be Fos. tered by the Milwaukee for Black Hills Business. PIERRE, 8. D, March 30.—(Special.)— The purpose of the newly incorporated Fed- eral Rallroad company is the comstruction of 1,000 miles of road in South Dakota, 375 miles in Wyoming, 300 miles in Idaho and 200 miles in Nebraska. The Dakota lines are to extend from Rapid City to Sioux Falls, and Sloux City, crossing the river at Chamberlain; from Chamberlain to Watertown, by way of Huron; from a point in-Stanley county to Aberdeen, by way of Plerre, and from Chamberlain to Omaha. The capital is represented by 180,000 shares, of which 60,000 are to be preferred 6 per cent stock, and 120,000 shares to be common stock. It is clalmed from some sources that this move has back of it the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul road, which desires a line into the Black Hills from its terminal at Chamberlain, and that the new line is | to use the ltmes of that road east of the river. OUR FRIENDSHIP WITH Treaty W Sign it When He Retu; to Madria, MADRID, March 30.—The tr ship between the United Statps ahd Spain will be signed as soon as Beilamy Storer, the United States minister re, returns to Madrid. Mr. Storer is at in the United States. - MARCH 31, 1902. IOW A BURCLARS OF EASTER HUES % Two Black Housebreakers Oaught Red- handed on Gray Day. ONE MORTALLY WOUNDED BY OFFICER Promot of Colfax Interurban Line Suddenly Vacate Field—Plans for Grand Army En- campment. (From a Staft Correspondent.) DES MOINES, March 30.—(Special.)—Two colored burglars were caught redhanded at an early hour this morning and a col- ored officer who apprehefided them had to inflict a fatal wound on one before he was able to get them in hand. The officer was Ira Miller, who heard the crash of glass and golng Into an alley found two negroes with their arms full of small notions boxes, which had been stolen from a jobbing house In that vicinity. The officer attempted to arrest the burglars, when they attacked him, one of them striking the officer on the 11p with a sharp instrument, which inflicted a bad wound. Miller then shot one of the men and took them both to the police station. They gave the names ot Alfred and Walter Jackson and said their home 1s in Springfleld, IIL; that they haa been here but a few weeks and had nothing to do. They claim their father is a preacher in Springfield and gave thelr ages as 25 and 17. Alfred, who was shot by Officer Miller, was wounded in the groin and was taken to & hospital in terrible agony. His wound 1s regarded as certain to result in death. Municipal Campaign Closed. The Des Moines city election {s to be held tomorrow. The mayor and about halt the aldermen and miost of the other city officers are to be elected. At the republi- can primary held a few days ago nearly 10,000 votes were cast, but it {s expected that the entire vote in the city will not bs over 14,000 In spite of this apparent enor mous majority of republicans it is gen. erally regarded as decidedly uncertaln as to the outcome, especially on the head of the ticket. James M. Brenton, the repubs lican nominee for mayor, is an cnergetic campaigner and has been doing good work, but his opponent is running on a “citizens™ ticket and will not only get the entire dem- ocratic vote, but also that of many repub- lican business men who have been pleased with his administration and for business reasons prefer that there shall be no change in city affairs at this time. Both sides are therefore confident of victory tomorrow. A unique feature of the aldermanic cam- paign is the candidacy of Al Moore, a well known newspaper reporter, for alderman in the second ward on an independent ticket, his platform being antagonism to jobbery in the council. Moore has more than state wide reputation as a writer, especially on raflroad matters, but he has been for many years fighting jobbery and corruption in city affalrs and is making his campaign on the record thus made. Interurban Line Abandoned. Although a fight for a new franchise for a street rallway to be operated in connection with a proposed interurban raflway to Col- fax and beyond had been projected into the ¢ity campalgn, and a citizens’ committee is engaged in making a fight for a council that will grant mew franchises, the pro- moters of the line to Colfax yesterday un- expectedly announced that they will mot ask for a franchise. They had been at work for more than a year securing franchises and right-of-way east of Des Molnes and it was supposed they were in & position to enter the city if they secured a franchise here. But they have announced that they are out of the field and do not want to bufld an interurban line into Des Moines. The promoters have claimed that they rep- resent large capital from Cleveland, O. Grand Army Encampment. A local committee of arrangements for the Grand Army encampment to be held in Des Molnes, beginning May 20 mext, has made a preliminary announcement of the program for the encampment. On Tuesday evening, the first day, at the auditorium, the festivities will begin with a public campfire. There will be an address of wel- come by the mayor of the city, a response by the department commander, a welcome on behalf of the state by the governor, a response by the commander-in-chief of the Grand Army. General Dodge, Governor Van Sant of Minnesota, and many other distin- guished men will be present and will be heard. On Wednesday, the second day, the annual parade will move at 2 o'clock p. m. We can assure the comrades that the line will be 8o short that no one will be tired out with the march. After the parade the afternoon will be devoted to regimental and other reunions. Easter Bluster. Easter Sunday, aside from its usual in- teresting features, presented an example of changeful spring day in Iowa The day was as variegated as the styles, first the wind was blowing s terrible gale, carrying dust, then the sun would shine and the alr become quiet, and agaln at intervals snow fell with great rapidity and hid everything from sight. The entire month of March had been pleasant, but at the close the weather has turned to disagreeable. “AL " Party Delegates. The Towa delegates to the conference of the “allled” party etart for Loulsville, Ky., tomorrow. The conference is to be held April 3 and includes representatives of all the various minor parties now in the “allied” movement. About fifteen will go from Iowa, where the movement has been systematically worked up the past winter, VICTIMS OF MOVING PICTURES Women and Children Hurt Tryin, Escape from Blase Started by Clnematograph. BARCELONA, Spain, March 30.—A fire occurred here todsy at a cinematograph exhibition in & bullding filled with women and children, many of whom were injured in endeavoring to escave. The building was destroyed. e to Think Taft is R LONDON, March 31.—~The Times, in an editorial in which it compares the Philip- pine problem to Great Britain's Boer prob- lem, says it thinks that Civil Governor Taft's declaration before the senate com- mittee on the Philippines, reports the popu- lar view and that although it would be absurd to give the half-civilized Filipinos oll the rights of the American legislation, the great majority of the American people favor the retentlon of the islands. Will Respect Open Door. VIENNA, March 31.—The Wiener Alle- gemeine Zeitung asserts that Russis, in response to inquiries made by the United States, recently declared she was not dis- posed to evacuate Manchuria until ample guarantees for the preservation of order bad been given, but that she would respect the principle of the “open door.” Colonel Grimm's Case, LONDON, March 31.—The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Mail says he has learned that Colonel Grimm, who is to be tried on the charge of having revealed Russian military secrets to forelgners, sold plans to Austria and France, and not to » &8 Bas been previously stated, up to $2.00, department to $4.00, partment at . LOT S$-Includes worth up to $5.5, ment departmen colo price and black; DRES: all prices. price. The JOHN BENO CO. COUNCIL BLUFFS Children’s and Misses’ Jackets At Reduction Prices In our basement Cloak department we ofter you three special lots of children's and misses’ Jackets for spring wear. Any gar- ment in these lots fs worth several times the price we ask you. 50c¢ LOT 1-~Includes children's Jackets in 2. 3, 4,6, 6 8 10 and 12-year in our ba LOT 2-Includes children’s Jackets in sama sizes as above and a few misses’ Jackets in 14, 16 and 18-year sizes, some worth up & (i nraaaavd TOU $1.50 children’'s Jackets in 6, § 10, 12, 14 and 16-year siges, In our base- [ Rt Swagger Garments cr spring wear (Second Floor.) WOMEN'S JACKETS—In colors and black, new effects, upward from $.00. WOMEN'S "MAN-TAILORED smart styles; WALKING SKIRTS—TIn all eolors and mix- tures, exclusive designs, $2.50 up. SKIRTS—Newest NS—Fashion's favorite; ocloth and shower-proof materials, MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S GARMENTS —At the same low prices. o8, some worth e 30C and missen” $1.50 SUITS—In lowest all sllk any creations, almos b 32 OLEO BILL, THEN CHINESE Senate Expects to Hear from Philip- pine Government Bill Alse This Week. WASHINGTON, March 30.—The friends of the oleomargarine bill hope to secure a vote on that measure Tuesday, and as soon as it is disposed of the Chinese exclusion bill will be called up. -Accord- ing to the present proposition Senator Mitchell, who was largely instrumental in framing the exclusion bill, will make the first presentation of its merits to the sen- ate. He will be followed by other support- ers of the bill, and it is the hope of Son- ator Penrose, who has charge of the meas ure, that the senate will be able to conclude its consideration within ten days after it is taken up. There {s no pronounced op- position to the bill as a whole, but an ef- fort will be made to amend it in some particulars. There are soveral speeches to be made on the oleomargarine bill, but it is the gene eral understanding that the discussion will be concluded during the first half of the week. It is expected that the Indian appropria- tion and the river and harbor bill will be reported during the week. Both are sub- ject to immediate consideration, even to the extent of displacing other bills, but it 1s not belleved that either of them will be used to deprive the Chinese bill of its chance for consideration. The Philippine government bill will also be reported, probably tomorrow, but its con- sideration by the senate necessarily will be postponed for some weeks. APPROPRIATIONS HAVE FLOOR Sundry Civil Expenditures Wi Up Most of This Week in the House, Take WASHINGTON, March 30.—The house, during the coming week, will be largely occupled by the sundry civil appropriations bill, which will be called up tomorrow. Such time as remains will be devoted to the consideration of the senate bill to pro- mote the efficiency of the revenue cutter service and the Chinese exclusion bill, both of which are on special orders, but they do not interfere with revenue or appropriation bills. It 18 the intention of the leaders not to bring forward the Cuban reciprocity bill until next week. Service by Papal Delega'te. HAVANA, Ga., March 30.—Cardinal Mar- tinelll, papal delegate to the United States, observed solema pontifical high mass at the cathedral this morning and solemn pon- tifical vespers this evening. Cardinal Mar- tinellf will remain here till Wednesday. PARIS SOLONS SIT ALL NIGHT Chamber of Deputies and Senate Hold Protracted Closing Ses- ion. PARIS, March 30.—Both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate sat all night last night to adjust budget differences. The senate at 3 o'clock this morning adjourned until 2 o'clock this afternoon. The Chamber of Deputies finally agreed to all the amend- ments made by the Senate and passed the whole budget by a vote of 367 to 0. It adjourned at 5 o'clock this morning. At this afternoon’s meeting of the Senate the formal elections were fixed for April 27. The Chamber of Deputies and the Sen- ate will reassemble June 1 and June 3 re- spectively. Just before the adjournment of the Cham- ber of Deputies President Deschanel, in a short speech, alluded to the increasing diffi- culties of parllamentary government and severely censured those members who had wasted public time by making astounding proposals for public expenditure, for the mere purpose of catching votes. M. Des- chanel said: “Personal power has cost too dear during the last century for France to be teripted to recommence the experiment.” The speaker also expressed his hope that thelr successors would “be able to find means to maintain free institutions with- out the abuses which compromise them. M. Meline, member of the Chamber from the district of Remirement, department of Vosges, in an important speech to his elec- tors at Remirement today, declared that the fundamental fault of the present minis- try was its admission of the sociallst, M, Millerand, to the cabinet, and that from the day this was done M. Waldeck-Rousseau. the premier, had been a prisoner of the re- volutionary party. The first principle of the new legislature, sald M. Meline, should be shown from the collectivists and a re- turn to the traditional pollcy of ths re- publican party. 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