Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 5, 1902, Page 4

= SRS S . R P TR o 5w N TRt THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, JUNE b5, 1902. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL BLUFFS. MINOR MENTION, Davis sells drugs B ockert sclls carpets and rugs. Batert evesight speclalist, 23 Broadway Thomas Bowman has gone to Chicago on usiness trip “ Pleturcs for graduation gifts, C. K. Alex- ander & Co., 333 Broadway. L et [ e @ brick of Metzge creaty. Vaniila, hc; Neopolitan, We. The grand jury adjourned yesterday noon until this morning, when it will make its Teport. Mr, and Mrs day for Fresno, Cal., thélr hom Dr. J. M. Barstow and have gone o Saratoga, N. Y., tives and friends tce | snk Nelgon ‘left yester- ErE fere they will make | daughter Ruth to visit rela- re. Merwin Maynard of First avenue u):n;mm. a visit from her daughter, Mrs. | Buckingham of Bostol E. W, Hart, manager of the City Water Works company, lert last evening on a trip to Chicago. Wallace of the High school It f Hamburg, la., is Home to spend the summer vacation with her xnm]he-r County l(nujrllrr Willlam Larson bl 2 Im.m today from Alberta prov- 1a he went with a view asing Jand, Dr. Charles \\(l!;vwl‘ll his bed at awne Sl?lflalnhrmhvr of Mrs. A flwell of this city and formerly resided here | P, M. Pryor, printer of the paper pub- Mahed at the Christian home, was found esterday to oe suffering from emallpox {ie Wos quarantined at the Institution 3 uneral of Mrs. J. M. Pelstrup wil! beneid 23" clock this afternoon from the residence of her son, Willls .Peterson, 911 Avenue D, and burlgl will be in Fairview cemetery. Mrs, Jidward Haggerty and son Wade of Missouri V: in the city vesterday visiting Mr. Frank Hahn, enroute to Balt Laike where they will spend the summer. PR uestion of the custody of the chil- dren avor the Haven divorce case was argued b e Judge Wheeler in the disteict court yesterday. He took the vnsci it Rev. Thomson of the gregational church went yesterday to attend thi meeting of the State gational churches, P. Barneft of Terre Haute and Mrs. 3.7H. “"Throop of Carbon, ind. who have been yisiting their brother, J. D. Barnett and family of Washington avenue, will leave for their homes today. Willlam N. Schaffer, the housemover charged with destroyini and cutting wires of the Telephone compuny, had his hearing betore Justice' Bryant vesterday, who took | the case under advisement. Mr, and Mrs. James McClure went to Lincoln, Neb., yesterday to attend the wed- ding of Governor Bavage's daughter. Mr. ana Mrs. McClure and the family of Gov- ernor. Savage were formerly neighbors. St. Albans lodge, Knights of Pythias, has gelectéd these delm’alel to the grand lodge at Des Moines: M. Frederick, W. 10988 W ooh: 1A Hibbits and €. B Wadn: ington. E. J. Abbott, Fred de Groat, Ovide Vien Kelith were selected as | al who was found Neb., Monday, i Mrs City, First Con- | Des Molnes Assoclation of Con- and J. rnates. The will of Mrs. Christine Ryan of Gar- ner township, who dled Baturday last, was filed for probate yesterday, It bequeaths | all her property to her husband and spe- cifieally ~disinherits all her children and thelr heirs. The probating of the will was | set for June 3 The decision of the supreme court declar- ing the deposit of the Cochran estate in the Officer & Pusey bank a preferred clalm will affect in @ similar manner the deposit of the Dan Efcher estate, making it also a preferred claim. The amount involved m the latter is about $1,000. lward C. Brows, former alderman from Ih. Third wi spector for this districe b overnor. Cum- ming and will assume the duties of his office July 1. The term of Theodore Guittar of thig clty, who has held the position for @ number Of 'years, will expire June 3. cfr"}’ receipts- in the general fund at the stian home last week were $129.08, e- Ing 870,92 below the needs of the wack, lncnnlns the deficiency to $140. fund to date. In the ma; recelpts were $18, being $1: hd Tneroasing the denciencyto ' 89,50 J. A. Gregory, whose sentence to twenty years in the penitentiary was afirmed by | supreme court Monday, was convicted ' the trial it was he had been committed. to t! on three former occasiol and his long sentence was under the habit- ual criminal act. Ernest Florimond. a guest at a lodgin house on NOFtR Maln strect, was arested | ruurdly morning, charged with exchang- ng his old coat for a new garment belong- n1 to another roomer. He claimed to the lice that he went into the wrong room By ‘mistake ‘and - aid mot motice. He whs wearing another man's coat until his atten- tion was called to it by the owner. I{Dh“ Mikesell, Edward Wheelu. Donald kesell and William Rolf h; n ar- rested, charged with creating a dhlurbnnca Bunday evening at the saloon on Broadwa. and Twenty-i fll"l street at the time. Wil- liam Fegley is d to have hurled sev- of horse stealing. At shown that penitentiary rickbats through the saloon windgw | because the bartender refused to serve him qfter the time for ‘closing. Their hearing in police court has been set for Friday. he annual of the Council Blu; ‘oman’s club fllfie held Friday lhefll: noon in the parl rl of the First Congre- fltlnul chureh, Ouly those who have pald elr dues in tult will'be permitted to vote, (alter, L Smith, preadent of "the club. is In Washin, C., but s ex- ctod home' Thu riday morning. he electior spirited one, a8 one faction favors Mrs. P. J. Montgom- arr for president, whil Mrs. Smith's friends are urging her re-election, Puck’s Domestic soap is best. Davis sells glass, 01d4 Employe of Milwankee Dies. James Johnston, one of the oldtime rail- Poad employes of this city, died yesterday morning in Perry, Ia. Two weeks ago Mr. Johnston left for Chicago to seek ex- pert medical advice, but on reaching Perry his condition became sa critical that he ‘was obliged to leave the traln and go to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Rait, at that point. Mr. Johnston was 66 years of age and came to Council Bluffs twenty years ago with the Milwaukee railroad and ‘was in its employ as foreman of the round- house at the time of his death. Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ralt of ‘Perry and Mrs. M. L. Wil llams of this city, and three sons, W, L. of this city, James of Perry, la., and John, Mving in Arizona. He w a member of the Masonic fraternity, 0dd Fellows, Men and Modern Woodmen of America. morning and the funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the residence of his daughter, Mra. M. L. Wil liame, with whom he made his home, at 748 Madison avenue. Rev. W, S.. Barnee of the First Presbyterian church will con- | duct the services, which will be under the auspices of Bluft City Masonic lodge. Buria will be in Walout Hill cemetery. N Y Plumblnl Co., lelephane 260, At Woliman's blg auction sale is the place to buy your gifts for graduation, wedd .ngs, holidays, etc. Two big sales each day at 2:30 and 730 p. w. ard, has been appointed oll 1n-x sixcy-third annual ' Whe! Rea | !SCHOOL BOARD TO TRY AGAIN The body will be brought to this city this | TICKET AGENT IS MISSING! | Thomas H. Gannon Baid to Be Short in His Accounts with Rook Island. BOOKS ARE NOW BEING CHECKED OVER Leaves Behind a Young Wife Whom He Married t April and Who is Prostrated by Her Sud- den Misfortunes, Thomas H. Gannon, ticket seller at the local depot of the Rock Island rallroad, is supposed to have 1éft the city, as he has not been seen or heard of since Monday morning, when he failed to report for duty. He is sald to be short in his accounts, which are now being checked up. Although M. O. Gay, the loval agent, declines at this time to make any statement, it is sald his shortage amounts to over $500. Gannon is sald to have lost the mouey at the gambling tables. Monday morning, before leaving, ostensl- bly s work, Ganuon handed his_ wite $60 and that is the last, she said yester- day, she had seen or heard of him. It is said that Gannon learned that his books were to be checked up, and fearing the out- come, left the city. He had -been in the employ of the Rock Island about three years, coming to Council Bluffs last Feb- ruary from Guthrie Center, la. During the latter part of April he was married to Miss Akers at Van Meter, la. His bride ot a few weeks ls completely prostrated over his disappearance and the charge of shortage in his acoounts. Mr, Gay stated laet eveming that no in< formation as to the missing ticket, cler] reabouts had been cbtained and that the work of checking up his accounts had | not been completed. Gannon, he said, waa bonded in a surety company, like .other employes, and that ag’ far as the raliroad was concerned it Would not prosecute, leaving - this to the bonding company, am official of which is expected here lall morn~ in l‘;lnnon was 28 years of age and until | it was learned that he #as frequenting the gambling rooms had - always borne the highest of reputations. His friéhds assert that when he was married-he incurred ex- | penses for furniture and other household requisites, which he was unable to meet, and this prompted him to attempt to in- crease his means through the medium of the gambling table. One of his fellow employes, who had loaned Gannon $30, #ecured = writ of at- | tachment and levied on & typewriter. Gannon was a telegraph operator in the employ of the Rock Isiand when he re- signed to enlist for service in the Spanish- American war, On his.return he was again taken into its employ by the Rock Island. digmonds, watches, jewelry, silverware, etc., at Wollman's big closing out auction saje. . Two big sales each day at 2:30 and T: ? P m. CATCH CASADY IN CHICAGO Buy _your Missing Insurance by His Bonds- man, James N. Casady, Jf., of this city was arrested yesterday = morning in Chicago, where he has been under cover for several months, at the {nstigation of the Council Bluffs authorities, His arrest was made on a charge of embézzlement ‘filed in the court of Justice Bryaut by George H. Still- | man, on behalf of the Scottish Union and National Insurance company. The informa- tion alleges that Casady, while acting as agent of the company in this city, em- bezzled $341. Casady was Indicted about & year ago by the district grand jury on a charge of embezzling $800 belonging.to John Farrell, a resident of the east end of the county. | He succeeded in having the case continued for two terms.of court and it had been set for trial at this term, but Casady failed to put in an appearance. It was reported that he was in Chicago, but efforts to lo- cate him falled. Attorney Emmet Tinley, to Chicago Monday and succeeded in locat- ing him and causing his arrest. Word from Chiet of Police O'Nelll ot Chicago roceived here yesterday afterncon was te the effect that Casady had consented to return with- out requisition papers. Sherift Cousins left last evening for the Windy City to bring him back. 3 Last winter; when Casady was reported missing, his creditors rushed in and at- tached all the ‘property be had here, which proved to be far less than had been ex- pected. Attachmenfs wer cured against the furniture in his home on Oakland ave nue, but Mrs. Casady succeeded in remov- ing all their household belongings to Omaba before the officers were able to serve the writs. She is sald to be llying with her parents in Omaha. ° Casady’s affairs are said to be in very bad shape and attorneys for castern loan firms with which he did business are au- thority for the statement that several more criminal actlons will be brought against him. Puck's Domestic soapsis bestifor laundry. Don't fall to attend Woliman's big clos- ing out auction sale. Two big sales daily at 2:30 and 7:30 p. m. e Modification tn Pk of Plerce Street Schogl to Be Made This Time. The Board of Education, at a specfal meeting last night, decided to readverti | for bids for the construction of the four | room addition tc the Plerce street scbool. Bids will be invited on the original plans with the hope of securipg figures within the $8,000. appropriation -and on modified plans. The modified plans will omit. the finishing of two rooms and all plumbing and heatiug except ‘‘roughing,” for future in- stallation of plumbing sna will call for a S ——— Slllli |ITO YUUR §! OES Allen ® powder, It cures paiatul, wharting, brpous f5e ‘sad Taarowing ‘sein flat roof, elther \in or gravel, in place of | the slanting slate roof with tin disk. In | the event of the board having to adopt the modified plans money will be asked for | next year to complete the addition accord- Ing to the original plans and make it con- form to the rest of the building. In view of the fact that Superintendent || Wday. lou by all druggists and shoo ' Clifford’'s dutles were lncreased materially i say | pach ion 8. Glmsted. Le Koy, N wubstitute. SUITS CLEANED= pressed. Special attentfon offct th .\Isu chenille $150 per annum for caring for the school and pooks, arments. cleaned, dyed e Lk lows Steam Dye Vorks lx Broadway. LEWIS CUTLER | —FUNERAL DIRECTOR— (Buccessor to W, C. Estep) $8 PEARL STREET. 'Fhone 97, Aake FREE 753‘.-': | last year by having to take charge of Ju} Y. free text books, the board last might voted .| to allow him $200 for this extra work. Be- fore the free text book system went into board paid Custodian Busbuell Member Gorman made a motion to the effect that Superintendent Clifford's ry be increased from 33,000 to $2,490 a year, but- the motion was declared out of order at this thme, as all salaries are fixed on recommendation of the finance comiaittee. The Daalsh Lumuu church was grauted d Loan Agent is | who was on his ball bend for $2,000, went |- | permiasion to occupy one room at the North Eighth street school during the time the school for the children of the church Rev. A. Overton asked for permission to occupy the Gunn school for Sunday school | purposes, but no action was taken on request. The board will inspect all the schoot! | bulldings next Monday. Chairman Macre of the committee on janitors reportsd tba the janitors as a_rule quit work the doy that school closed without putting their buildings in proper condition. It was tug- gested that the janitors be ordered to clean up their bulldings before quitting, as their reappointment would depend to a great ex- tent upon the condition the board found the buildings in. It was decided to ‘nclude this requirement in next year's contracts with the janitors, Keep clean. Use Puck’'s Mechanic’'s soap. Gravel roofing, A. H. Read, 541 Broadway. EQUALIZE THE ASSESSMENT County Board Makes Few Changes Except in the Live Stock List. The Board of County Supervieors spent the greater part of yesterday's session | equalizing the assessment of personal prop- erty as returned by the assessors for the county. But few changes of any conse- quence were made, the only changes beifg on live stock. The assessment on bulls was ralsed 20 per cent all around. In one case the board lowered the assessment, that on cows, fixing the value at $24, as against $27.65, the average assessment re- turned by the assessors. The other changes were: Two-year old colts, fixed at $40, as against $39.15, av- erage value placed by assessors; horses at $52, agalnst $51.45, the assessors’ average; mules, $60, assessors' average $53.30; 1- year-old heifers, $20, assessors’ average $19.20; 2-year-old heifers $20, aseessors' average $23.63; one-year-old steers, $24, assessors' average $23.60; 2-year-old steers 32, assessors’ average $30.43; 3-year-old ave $37.50; cat- tle in feeding $40, assessors’ average $38.63. F. E. Bender, keeper of the Bender hotel at Minden, presented a bill for $11.50 for bedding on which M. H. Sturricks, who was run over by a Rock Island freight train, was brought to this city. The bedding was destroyed at the Woman's Christian As- | soclation hospital of this city. The bill | was referred to the supervisor of that dis- trict .with power to act. F. M. Cunningham, the tax ferret, pre- sented and additional bill of $966.35 for his fees, based at 50 per cent on $1,932.71 which had been recovered into the county treas- ury since June 21, 1901, on property which had been omitted from taxation. Like his former bill this was rejected, the board de- clding to make no payment on Cunning- ham's contract until the litigation now pending 1s decided. The appointment by Sheriff Cousins of E. B. Willlams, J. H. Thomas, A. L. Jack son, James Hanks and H. 8. Tucker deputy sheriffs to serve at Lake Manawa without expense to the county wi ap- proved. The contract for furnishing the county building with fce was awarded to Gilbert Bros. at 25 cents per 100 pounds. Use any soap so its Puck’s soap. No New Road Inte Park. . At the monthly session of the park board last night Ohio Knox submitted ‘a plan for another road into Fairmont park, starting at a point between Park avenue and High street. The plan will necessitate a deep cut and a heavy fill and the board decided that 1t could not comsider it this year, owing to lack of funds, The board will go before the county supervisors today to talk over the matter of the Huntington lot, part of which, it is claimed, has been fenced in with Falrmount park. The park commissioners decided to stand on their rights if they have anmy, as the records show that the survey of the park made by the county surveyor included the portion now claimed by the county being part of the Huntington lot. Residents in the viclnity of Big:Lake filed a complaint to the effect that a person to whom por- tion of Big Lake park had been leased had fenced in not only part of the park, but 850 a roadway which they had been In the habit of using for many years. The complaint will be investigated, Plumbing and heating. Bixby & Son. Bo of Heal Acts, City Physician Houghton has «called the attention of the Board of Health to the condition of the toilet rooms at the Union Pacific Transfer depot and the board, act- ing upon his recommendation, has in- structed the city marshall to notify the rallroad company to place them in a proper sanitary condition at once or re- move them entirely. The board has de- cided to recommend the payment by the county* of the claim of George F. Miller, supervisor of the poor, for $90 for acting as purchasing agent of supplies for small- pox patients. Other bills recommended for payment, including that of James Autrey, nurse at the pesthouse, for 143 days at §5 & day. Davis sells paint, Real Estate Transfers. These trausfers were filled yesterday in the abstract, title ahd loan office of J. W. Squire, 101 Pearl street: Henry E. Nelson and wife to M. Mar- cus, lot 1, block 1, Beers' add., § 300 Hengy Whetstone {o Rasmus Hort, m block 7, Beers'- subdiv., w. d.. Guanella, guardian #20 feet of né0 f:el lot 5. biock 9, Bayliss' 1st add., Catherina J, Guanella et'a . Catherine J, “to seme, V. ton al wife to T. E. Hum lot_28, Audlmr- ubdiv. of nwi Y\E'c 12-75-40, w. d. Caroline Mcrgan and hulhand ‘to Ava Eller Garduer, lul and efi\) {eel lot 15, Johnson's ad rs. E. J. Price to Ed\ln [o lot 108, original plat, q. ¢. 4 J. M. Pullen and wife to Ls . er, lots 11 and 12, block 6, Oakland, d. 1,700 Ernest E, Hart and wife to George C. Hlsl’ll. lot 8, block 2, Allison's add. 655 800 1 l,m Nine transfers, total.. Y Little Boy Maltreated. CRESTON, 1Is., Jume 4.—(Speelal)—A lstory of cruel aad inbuman treatment of an S-year-old boy comes from Murray, & |small town east of here. It is stated that F. L. Andrews threw a lathing hatchet at Herbert Warren and knocked him down, 1n- {ficting & very serious flesh wound in the |leg. It is alleged that Andrews, who is a | carpenter in Murray, had been employed to {bulld & house for Mr. and Mrs. J. E. War- ren, the parents of the boy, who live & |short distance from Murray. He evidently became angered at the actions of tbe boy, who was playlog near where he was work ing, and threw the hatchet, with the ult |stated. 1t is further alleged by the mother of the boy that Andrews walked over to the {boy after he bad fallen asd before he was able to riée, and deliberately kicked him in the back, producing verp painful and seri- ous bfulses, will keep him confined to the house for days. No legal action has yet been taken in the matter, but am in- vestigation of the extent of llu boy’s in- jurigs is belng made. the l 110WA GETS AFTER THE FAKES church is undergoing repair, for a summer | ‘ Diamond and Other Oontract Tontine Work- ers Will Be Prosecuted. NEW LAW PROVIDES SEVERE PENALTIES State Aunditor Sald to M & Long List of Prowe- cutions, d . Attorney General Resolved onm (From a Staft Correspondent.) DES MOINES, June 4.—(Speclal.)—In- numerable arrests and prosecutions of operators of diamond contract schemes and bome-building companies are threatened in Towa. It has been ascertained that ac- tions will be begun by Auditor of State Merriam through Attorney General Mullan in order to make test cases. They have been prompted to make the move by the conviction in Chicago of two men who operated a diamond contract scheme along lines identical with the contracts sold by several companies in this state. The pen- alty s from one to ten years in the state penitentiary. Attorney General Mullan disclaims any knowledge of the action to be taken and the state auditor is at present out of the city. Nevertheless it is almost certaln that proceedings will be brought within a few weeks and an effort made to suppress all business of this character. It 1s also rumored that under the provisions of the Griswold law, passed by the Twen- ty-ninth general assembly, that proceed- ings will be commenced against the home investment companies and associations conducted on the tontine plan to compel them to immedlately come within the pro- vislons of this act. Killed by Rock Island Train. John Tyler, a farmer living between Des Moines and Valley Junction, was instantly killed by a Rock Island engine this morn- ing as he was walking along the track. He was walking from his house down to the pasture and it was convenient to go a short distance along the track of the railroad. It is & mystery how the accident happened, for {t was a plece of straight track, but the fact that he might have been watching a train coming from the east on the other track s supposed to explain his failure to hear the signal from the eastbound train which killed him. He was about 68 years old and a native of Switzerland. The attorney general has been informed that Mrs. Kuhn, serving a life sentence in the penitentiary at Anamosa, has made at least a partial confession and that she ad- mits having administered the poison to her husband, as found by the jury. Belleve Keane May Go East. There is & growing impression among the Catholic clergy of Iowa that the name of Archbishop Keane is being seriously considered in connection with the vacant place in New York, due to the death of Archbishop Corrigan. It is known that the name of Keane has been suggested to the Vatican along with the name of Arch- bishop Ireland and others. The articles of incorporation of the Well-Hord Grain company of Central City, Neb., were filed with the secretary of state today and notice given of an Iowa branch office at Crescent, Pottawattalme county. Iowa Crop Conditions. The following is the weekly review of weather &nd crop conditions in Iowa: The averag. temperature of the peven days was from 2 to 4 degrees b= S moptoak, with HeRt rainfally cxcept scattered -localities, The week closed with higher temperature and showery weather. The _conditlons were generally’ favorab for farm work, and the dry weather ai forded opportunity to cultivate the corn fields, which were becoming very weedy in all sections where rainfall had been ex- cessive. The northwestern counties need copious_rains, but the bulk of the state would be benefited by a week or two of warm, dry weather, to facilitate the culti- vatlon of corn and prevent damage to small grain by growing too rank. 'The corn acre- age Is practically all planted, and gener- ally a good stand has been secured, with fair prospects, It conditions are favorable, for timely and thorough cultivation. Pas- tures, meadows, potatoes and garden vege- tables are making fine growth. There are variable reports as to aprles, plums and cherries, but the average s below normal. Long Term for Boy. ll.lt Sonny Brafford was sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary at Fort Madison this morning by Judge Prouty of the dis- trict court.. Brafford had nothing to say before the judgment was announced. He was found guflty of highway robbery of ‘W. G. Wilson at Eighth and Center streets two months ago, when Wilson claimed he lost a watch and aboyt $4 in cash. Other chargés against Brafford will be dismissed. Supreme Court Deecislons. The lowa supreme court rendered the following decisions today: Edward Dorun against Cedar Rapids & Monon rallway, ap) ellnn Linn county, Judge Thompson; s for injury to person and killing hm’u verdk‘! for $3,300; afirmed. Opinion McClain; dissenting opinion by 1lam H Rulc against John Me- Gregor, appeilant; Crawford county. Judge Elwméfl; settlement _of partnership; re- verse Opinion by Ladd. Bharples company, appellant, against Day & Hess; Pottawattamle county, Judge Thornell; to recover anoney on purchase rice of an article; affirmed. Opinion by herwin. against Nannle M, Minnie Howrin Smith, appellant; Lee county, Judge Bank; rmed. Opinion by Waterman. George Schlosser against W. L. Hemp- hill, appellant; Palo Alto county, Judge Quarton; reversed. Opinion by Waterman, L. Schoonover against D. Osborne, ap- pellant; Jones county, Judge Treichler; re- Versed. Opinton by -Lad Hetry Oormias. 15ainst Wolt & Ohsman, appellants; Linn county, Judge Thompson; reversed. Opinion by Sherwin. H. B. Knowlton, administrator, agalnst Des Molnes Electric Light company, ap- ellant; Polk county, Judge Holmes; af- rmed.’ Opinion by McClain. JUDGE FOR ELEVENTH DISTRICT Republicans Meet at Fort Dodge to Select Their Candidates for the Bench, FORT DODGE, Ia., June 4.—(Speclal Tel- egram.)—Judge J. R. Whitaker of Boone county and Judge J. H. Richard of Webster City, Hamilton county, were renominated, acd W, D. Evans of Hampton, Franklin county, was nominated to succeed Judge W. 8. Kenyon of Fort Dodge, resigned, at the convention of tue republicans of the Eleventh judiclal district at Fort Dodge this morning. Other candidates, E. H. Ad- dison of Maxwell, Story county, and F. M. Williams of Iowa Falls, Hardin county, did ot figure prominently in the contest. Whit- eker was nominated on the third ballot, re- celving sixty votes out of elghty-six. Evans received seventy-tbree votes on the first ballot and Richard the unanimous vote on the first ballot. All countles in the dis- trict were represented by full delegations. Mounona Co ONAWA, la., June 3—(Bpecial Telegram) —The Board of Supervisora of Monona county In sefsion as & board of equalization, to- day decided to leave unchanged the assess- ment of Monona county as returned by the assessors for the varlous towns and townships of Monona county for the year 1902. The aseessment is pronounced ome of the best and most uniform ever made and the board concluded to make mo changes. At & meeting of the city council last pight It was voted to remove the electric light plant and power house to & site on Central Broadway south of Towa avenue. FIREMEN DRAW A BIG CROWD Atlantiec Wins Prize for the Largest Number of Uniformed Men in Parade. AVOCA, Ia., June 4.—(Speclal Telegram.) ~The annual tournament of the Western Towa Firemen's assoclation opened here today with good attendance. Large dele- gations came from surrounding towns. At- lantlc recelved the $26 premium for the largest department in uniform in the pa- rade, Audubon $15 for the'best appearing company. In the band contest held on the courthouse lawn the Atlantic band proved winner. In the straight-away hose race Atlantie took first money, Audubon second. In the juvenile hose race the Neola team was first, Avoca second. The runnbug coupling contest was won by Audubon, Ate lantic second. Fully 8,000 persons wit- nessed the program &t the fair grounds. 014 Settlers Dying. SHENANDOAH, Ia., June 4.—(Speclal.)— Death has been busy with the old settlers in this county during the last week, includ- ing among its number one of Buchanan township, who dled at the ripe old age of 87. Willlam Hardee came to Iowa in 1844 and settled on a plece of land near the home In which he died. He raised a family of ten children, Perry, the second son, be- ing the first white male child born in Page county. Money in awherries, SHENANDOAH, Ia., June 4.—(Speclal.)— The local strawberry crop is coming in nicely now and the fruit is commanding a fancy price. One of the local gardeners, Mr. Henry Field, has already sold $200 worth of berries off from a single one-acre patch. He expects the acre of ground to return him almost $1,000. ELECT WATSON SECRETARY United Presbyterians Choose Succes- sor to Rev. Dr. Barr of Philadelphia. PITTSBURG, June 4.—Today last day of this session of the United Presbyterian general assembly. The most interesting event yesterday was the elec- tion of & successor to Rev. Dr. Willlam Barr of Philadelphia, corresponding sec- retary of the board of forelgn missions for the last nine years. The new secre- tary of the board is Rev. C. R. Watson, pastor of the First church of St. Louls and a former Alleghenian. The following nominations made by the committee were adopted by the assembly: Trustees of the General Assembly—Rev. R. E. Stewart, James H. Scott and E, S, Morrow. Board of Foreign Missions—R. L. Latti- mer, Willlam Neely, Rev. S. G. Fitzgerald. Board of Home Misions—G. M. Reed, Rev. G. W. English, Rev. H. W. Temple. Board of Freedmen's Missions—Peter Dick, Rev. R, H. Park, W. K. McGinnis, Rev. J. W. Witherspoon, D. D., correspond- ing secretary. Board of Church Extension—Rev., J. T. McCrosery, D. D., C. F. Dean, Rev. R. L. Hays, Rev. H. Swearingen, who will succeed Rev. A. H. Calvert, D. D., de- ceased; Rev. H. G. Bdward, D. D., corre- sponding secretary. Board of Publication—Rev. H. D. Smiley, D. D., Rev. Gillesple, Hugh Kenney, Rev, J. M. Wallace, D. D. Board of Education—Rev. T. H. Hanna, D. D, H. R. Moffett, Rev. E. S. Brown, T. G. Peacock, who succeeds Hugh Nash, and Rev. W. T. Campbell, corresponding secretary. Board of Ministerial Rellef—Rev. J. G, Scouler, D. D.., Rev. W. J. B, Edward and Rev. Frank Getty, Board of Managers, Historical Soclety— Rev. H. 8. Manley, D, D., John A, Wilson, D. D. ‘Committee on the Revision of,Member- ship Covenant—Rev. J. McClurkin, D. D., Rev. J. 8. McKee, D. D, Rev. W. 8. Mc- Clure, T. H. McMichael, Rev. T B. Turne bull, D. D. The afternoon session was given up to the discussion of the reports of commit- tees. The recommendations of the committes on the report of the Board of Freedmen's missions were adopted by the assembly without debate. They provide that the presbyteries be urged to have the freed- men's work brought more prominently be- fore the churches this year and that a speclal collection to be applied to the lig- uldation of the $25,000 debt be taken on the third Sunday of October. The committee on church extension con- gratulated the denomination that $52,857 had been expended by the board last year, an increass of $12,857 over the year be- fore. The transfer of the parsonage fund from the women's board to the church extenslon board was approved. WILL BRAVE MOUNT PELEE Illinois Man Found by President to Succeed Consul Prentiss at St. Plerre, is the WASHINGTON, June 4.—President Roose- velt has found a competent man willing to undergo the dangers of another eruption of Mount Pelee in the island of Martinique. He is John F. Jewell of Galena, Ill., who today appeared before the board of officers at the State department and was examined to ascertain his fitness to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Consul Prentiss at St. Plerre. His nomination will be sent to the senate tomorrow. The department is anxious that he shall reach Fort De France as quickly as possi- ble, in order that he may relieve Consul Ayme, whose post s at Guadaloupe and who has been compelled to attend not only tc the comsular business of his own island, but to that of Martinique as well. PAY MAN FOR LOSS OF HOME Engineers and Firemen Reimburse simant on a Compromise Basis, NORFOLK. Va., June 4.—The natlonal convention of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers today ordered that the clalm of J. H. Guiltord of Trinidad, O., who claimed $23,847 damages for the loss of his home which he avers was due to the acts of the brotherhood, be settled by tbe payment of $6,000 to Guilford as a compro- mise. The convention sent a telegram of en- dorsement to Governor Dockery of Mis- sourl, who, at the outbreak of a Missourl strike, preceded the military which he had other Improvemeénts other than bulldings. The value of farfh Improvements and m: chinery was $4,476,765, and live stock $49,- 454,311, making the total value of farm property $16,045,111. The total value of farm products of the state for 1590 was $33,047,056, of which 49 per cent was in ani- mal products and the remainder in crop: Including forest products cut or produced on farms and ranges. The total value of farm products exceeds that of 1889 by 12 per cent. The mross farm income for 1899 was $26,865,746, and income from (nvest- ment 17 per cent. NEW POSTAL CURRENCY PLAN Bill s Draffed Under Direction of Administration by Special Committee. ordered out to the scene of the trouble and alded In affecting a settlement. The executive committee's report shows that $65,000 has been expended in charity since the last blennial convention. FARM RECORDS IN COLORADO ty-Five Thousand Ranches with Total Value of Hundred and Six Million. T, WASHINGTON, June 4.—The census re- port on agriculture in Colorado issued to- day shows that 24,500 farms of the state enumerated June 1, 1900, were valued at $106,344,085. Of this valuation 15 per cent was In bulldiogs and the remalnder in land and WASHINGTON, June 4—An adminstra- tion bill for the establishment of a postal currency has been drafted by the commit- tee appointed to consider the question. It authorizes the postmaster general to cause to be 1ssued postal checks of fixed denom- inations not above $1 in even multiple of 5 and 10 cents. These are to be redeem- able or payable at any money order post- office, A fee fn addition to the face value will be charged for every check issued. Theso postal checks will not be negotia- ble mor payable after the expiration of three calendar months from the last day of the month, which may be written or stamped thereon, but a duplicate may be lssued at any time thereafter by the Postofice department without charge. Duplicates will be similarly valld for three months. After the postal check is once pald the United States shall not be liable for any further claim for the payment. Postal ch will be sold wherever the regular stamps are sold. Semator Depew, from the committee on judiclary, has reported a substitute for Senator Platt's bill to suppress train rob- bery. It is in the nature of a substitute and is as follows: That if any person ehall wiltully and ma- liclously trespass upon or enter upon any railroad train, rafiroad car or raiiroad lo- comotive, within any territory of the United States or any place subject to the exclustve jurisdiction or control thereof, with the intent to commit murder, robbery or any unlawful violence upon or against any passenger on said traln or car or upon or_against any engineer, conductor, fire- man, brakeman or any officer or employe connected ‘with sald locomotive, train or car or uponm Or against any express mes- senger or mall agent on said train or in any such car thereof, or to commit any crime or offense ainst any person or property thereof, such. person shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding twenty years or by fine not exceeding $5,000 or both, at the discretion of the court That any person who shall counsel, ald, abet and assist in the perpetration of any of the offenses set forth in the preceding seotion shall be deemed to be principals therein. 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