Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 15, 1902, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JULY 15. 1902 NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL BLUFFS. MINOR MENTION. Davis sells drugs. Btockert lis carpets and rugs. Leftert, eyesight spectalist, 23 Broadway. Dr. Stockdale, First Nat. Bank bullding. Plcture framing. C. E. Alexander & Co., 383 B'way. Tel. 36, L. H. Greer has been called to Michigan by the serious iliness of his mother. Take home a_brick of Metzger's ice eream. Vanilla, 2c; Neopolitar, %c. Mrs. G. T. Joslin and sons returned yes- terday from an extended eastern trip Miss Louise Brown of 8t. Paul s the Buest of Captain and Mrs. J. J. Brown, Miss Louise Lefferts has gone to Hot Springs, 8. D., 10 spend the summer vaca- tion. Mrs. J. H. Hunter of East Plerce street has gone to Pocatello, Idaho, on a visit to Telatives, Mrs. A. C. Davis of 2002 Avenue B left last evering for Portland, Ore., to spend the summer. Bluft City Masonic lodge will meet in yegular session this evening for work in the first degree. Misses Carrle and Loretta Evers and Miss Edna Schroeder left Sunday on a visit to Cloquette, Minn. Mrs, W. E. Strock of Philadelphia, Pa., s visiting her mother, Mrs. Mary Johinson, 2061 East Washington avenue. The local lodge of Maccabees will join with the Omaha members of the oraer ina | plenic today at Courtland beach, Charles Lunkley and daughter, Miss May, will leave today for an extended trip 1o | Beattie and othér Pacific coast points. Colonel W. J. Davenport of the Burling- ton system and family will go today to Lake Okobojil for their summer outing. Dr. Mattbew Tigley is homg from New York, where he took a postgraduate course, He has decided to locate in Council Bluffe. Mrs, George Kerber and children and | Miss Phyllis Bachle of 8t. Louls are visit- ing thelr sister, Mrs. J. R. Schmidt, 2313 Avenue C. Rev, James H. Cloud of St. Louls will conduct services Wednesday evening at § o'clock in St. Paul's Episcopal church for deaf mutes, 8. V. Hiley, allas Scott, sald to be wanted in_Atiantic, Ta., has beeén released by the potice, as the Cass county authorities made | 0 effort to get the man. Mike Fahey, sentenced to four years in the penitentiary by Judge Wheeler of the {strict court, was taken to Fort Madison esterday by Sherift Cousins, The Union Pacifics defeated the Subur- puns Bunday at a good game of ball by & score of 6 to 4. ‘he Union Pacincs will play at Underwood next Bunday. Rev. W. 8. Barnes, pastor of the First Bresvyterian’ church, ' 18 visiting in South akota and until his return there will be no Bunday services in the church, Mrs. J. R. Casey of North Platte, Ne s a patfent at the Woman's Christian A soclation hospital in this city, where she underwent a severe operation Sunday. The contract for repairing the bridge E:u- Indian creek on North First street ® been awarded by Alderman Casper to aymond & Campbell, on their bid of $100, The funeral of Miss Stella Dalton will e held this afternoon at 2:3 o'clock from the family residence, 1910 Tostevine street, and burial will be in Walnut Hill ceme tery. Mrs. Spencer Smith has gone to Hot Springs, S. D. where she will join her mother, Mrs. (ieorge Keeline, and sister, Mrs. ¢, L. ‘Felt, who are spending the summer there. It is said that sneak thieves got in their work Bundlr evenl: at the motor com- pany's bathing house on the Manhattan side of Lake Manawa. They are reported to have stolen a valuable gold watch and several sums of money. The motor company has a large force of men at work constructing a dam at the r:lnt where Mosquito creek broke into ke Manawa last Saturday in order to preven the water from escaping from the ke the level of the creek subsides. Orders have been recelved changing the youte to be followed by the contractor garrying mail between. Council Bluffs and Taylor, which is Known ag Star Rout A 2. He s to 83, ffom Councll’ Blufts 't uick, thence to Taylor and will return to ‘ouncll Bluffs by way of Armour. prder will become effective July 2i. Zeph Hughes complained to the police }:a Sunday night that he had been as- The aulted by three men, named Jesse Young, onard Young and 'W. S. Rogers. The mllca arres all four and yesterday orning in_police court Zeph Hughes was ven five days on bread and water, while e men he aecused of Assaulting him were discharged. A large banner on which is {nscribed in big letters, “Headquarters of National So- ety Army of the Philippines, Council luffs, August -15" and from which were suspended two American flags, was hung_yesterday across Pearl street from the Grand hotel where the headquarters have been establlshed by the citizens’ com- mittee, to the Shugart block. John F. Plunket, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. ¥. Plunket, dled yesterday afternoon at the ome of his father, 703 t Plerce street. e was 43 years of age and his wife and one daughter, aged 12 years, survive him, The funeral will be under the auspices of Hasel camp, Modern Woodmen of Amer- ica, by special request of the deccased. It will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:3 o'clock from the family residence and terment will be in Walnut Hill cemetery. v, 3 W, Cultee, pastor of Broadway Methodiat church, Wil conduct the serv- F1GPRUNE CEREAL Fruit for Health Grain for Strength The acids and sugar of the fruit are largely respon sible for the pleasing flavor of Figprune while the ar- oma is derived from the essential oil in the figs and prune Tastes Like Coffee Better Than Coffee Boil § to 10 Minutes. 0. | proved appearance. LEVY FOR A LIBRARY SITE | Board Unanimous in Reoommending Three | Mills for This Parposs. | . T 0% HOPE CARNEGIE WILL GIVE BUILDING New RBoard Organizes by Election of M. F. Rohrer as President and Mra. Dalley as Librarian for rrent Ye The board of library trustees at its an- nual meeting yesterday afternoon deter- mined to renew its efforts toward securing |a butlding as a permanent bome for the | library by levying a 2-mill tax for & fund | for the purchase of a suitable site on which | later to erect the building. One year ago | the Itbrary board recommended such a levy, | which is empowered by statute, but the city | councll refused to certity tt up to the county | board. A€ the last census shows that Council | Bluffs has a population in excess of 25,000 the law provides that a levy of not exceed- ing 3 mills can be made for the purpose of | acquiring real estate as a site for a library bullding or for the purpose of erecting the | butlding itselt. The board was unanimous in recommend- ing the levy of this tax and President Rohrer, W. 8. Baird and Dr. Cleaver were | appointed a committee to present the mat- ter before the city council. The board has every reason to believe that If it succeeded in securing a 'sultable site for a library | that Mr. Carnegie would be willing to do- nate sufficient of his wealth to provide for | the bullding. The board also decided to recommend the | levy of 1% mills for the maintenance of the | 1ibrary for the ensuing year. Last year the library was compelled to get along on a 1- mill levy. New Béard Organises. On the reorganization of the board by the seating of Trustees Balrd, Cleaver and Stewart, the latter two taking the places of E. A. Troutman and T. E. Casady and Mr. Baird succeeding himselt, M. F. Rohrer was re-elected president for the third year in succession. Mrs. M. E. Dalley was re- elected librarian at the same salary as be- fore, $60 per month, and Miss M. E, Sher- man and Mrs. B. K. Black were re-elected assistants at the same salaries as last year, $45 per month. Trustee J. J. Stewart was selected as secretary and Mrs. Dalley as clerk of the board. It was decided to pay the dues of the Ii- brary as a member of the State Library sociation and compliment o the presi- dent his also. Last year the board paid the dues of each individual member of the board, but at the suggestion of Congres man Smith, who attended yesterday's meot- ing in his capacity as one of the trustees, it was determined that 1f the individual members desired to join the state assocla- tion they should pay their own uues. For several years President Robrer has attended the state assoclation meeting, paying his own éxpenses. The rooms of the public library have been newly papered and present a greatly im- Certaln repairs were ordered and the janitor was allowed $5 for the extra work he had done during the re- pairing. President Robrer asked that he be allowed $20, but the other members decided that the smaller amount was ample for the extra work he had performed. The report of the librarian for June showed these figures: Number of vialtors, 4,084; registered book takers, 2,802; number of books taken, 8,266; books in circulating library on July 1, 18,523; money pald for rented books, $264.40; amount received to date for same, $264.80. The report of the finance committee showed the balance in the treasury on July 1 to be $2,322.82. Use any soap so its Puck's soap. N. Y. Plumbing Co., telephons 260, HAZELTON IS NOW POSTMASTER Given Out that No Changes Will Be Made in the Employes of the Omfice. \ Hon. A. 8. Hazelton assumed the dutles of postmaster of Council Bluffs yesterday, succeeding I. M. Treynor. The legal trans- fer of the office was made by Mr. Treynor to Mr. Hazelton one minute after midnight Sunday, but neither the incoming. mor the outgoing postmaster was present at that time, both preSumably being in bed sleep- ing and dreaming over what was and what might have been. The advent of Mr. Hazelton into the postmastership will, it 1s sald, make no changes at the postoffice. With the excep- tion of the deputy postmaster all the po- sitions are held under civil service rules. George T. Phelps, who was deputy post- master under Mr. Treynor, will continue in the same position, at least for the present. In accordance with the usual cdstom, Mr. Hazelton also becomes custodian of the federal bullding, but will not assume the duties until Mr. Treynor has had time to prepare an inventory of the government property under his charge and close up the other business connected with the of- fice. It s said that Mr. Haselton contem- plates one or more changes in the em- ployes under his control as custodian. Mr. Hazelton forwarded yesterday Governor Cummins his resignation senator. It is unlikely, however, that the vacancy will be filed, as another state election will be held before the next meet- ing of the state leglalature. It is po bowever, that Governor Cummins may is- sue a certificate for the election this fall of a successor to Mr. Hazelton to provide to ANNOUNCEMENT Owing to circumstances entirely be- ond our control, and upon the solicl. ation of our friends and Dllrurl. Y‘. n' the ewelry Business in our present loca- ve concluded to continue tion at No. 49 Broadway. Our recen for a state senator from this district in. the event of an extra session belng called The Councll Bluffs postofiize is now one of the most important In the state, paying a ealary of $3,200 to the postmaster, an in- crease of $100 having been granted July 1. In addition to the regular business the Councll Bluffs postofice recelves remit- .| tances trom about 300 smaller postofiices in - | this distrlct, has charge of several rural tree delivery routes, keeps the payroll for about sixty rallway mail clerks and su- pervises the immense mall transfer at the t cloaring sale was & great success, and | Union Pacific depot. . o will Jmmediately place in stack & | “The employes at the postoffice presented test and up-to-date goods. We -will | the retiring postmaster, Mr. Treynor, with also state that jn addition to the com., ock we intend to make fome interesting prices. The store will plete new horoughl: ly remodeied and an op Yical room and jeweiry manutacturing rument added. TOMORROW WE OFFER 26-YEAR RO/ CASE EL- GIN WATOH, 15 JEWELS, $13.00. M. WOLLMAN 400 BROADWAY. Council B a handsome library table as a mark of thelr esteem and regard. Mr. Treynor - | leaves the postoffice after rving two terms with the unqualified esteem of all the employes who worked under him. Gravel roofirfg, A. H. itead. 541 Broadway, Bixby & Son. Funeral of Captain Demny. The funeral of Captain Dixon Denny, held Plumbing and heaty LEWIS CUTLER ~FUNERAL DIRECTOR— (Successor to W, C. Estep) &8 PEARL REK "Phe » T yesterday afternoon from the family resi- dence on Baughn street, was attended by a large gathering of friends and acquaint- ances of the deceased police officer snd the bereaved family. The floral tributes were many and beautiful. The services were conducted by Rev. W. B. Crewdson, pastor of the Firsts Congregational church. The local aerie of Fraternal Order of Eagles, of which Captaln Denny was a member, attended the funeral in a body, over 100 members being present. These acted as pall bearers W. H. Ware, Arthur W. Slack, Phil Wareham, S. B. Dobson, Her- man Schurz, J. W. Pinnell. Objecta to The Mason City & Fort Dodge Rallroad company began sult in the district court yesterday to restrain the board of county supervisors from establishing a grade cross- ing over what Is known as the Maxfield road in Hardin township. As the road Is at present the rallroad In crossing it will make & cut of about-twenty feet, forcing the county to erect an overhead crossing over the tracks. W. H. McClelland and others petitioned the county to change the grade and the commissioner who was ap- pointed reported in favor of the request. The rallroad asserts that a grade cross will not be feasible nor practicable, owing to the height of the embankments on each side and that, further, it would be dan- gerous and prevent the company from run- ning its trains in safety. It is further al- leged by the rallroad company that the county board has not the right to arbi- trarily determine the kind of grade and that where a controversy arises it should be determined by a court of equity. It was stated last evening that the case would in all probability be settled out of court and the petition withdrawn by the rail- road company. Grade Crossing. J. C. Bixby & Son have beeen awarded the contract for steam heating In the new C., B. & Q. passenger station at Red Oak, Ia. Puck’'s Domestic soap is best for lauvdry. Davis sells glase, Board of Education Meeting. The regular monthly session of the Board of Education will be held this evening, when the repalring of the Harrison street school house will come up for action. Temporary precautions have been taken to prevent tho bulged out wall from colllapsing entirely, nd Inasmuch as the regular meeting of the board is slated for tonight the matter of awarding the contract for the perma- nent repairs was postponed until then in- stead of calling & special meeting yes- terda; Keep cl Use Puck's Mechanic Davis sells paint. Puck's Domestic soap is best. Special Police at Manawa. W. H. Busse, a former member of the Council Blufts police department, and" P. Lewls, have been appointed speclal deputy sheriffs at Lake Manawa. This is in con- formity with the agreement entered into by the motor company and the city council that Council Bluffs men should be em- ployed speclal officers at the lake in re- turn for the city council approving the ap- pointment of Omaha men to act as specfal officers at Courtland beach. Real Estate Transfers. These transfers were filled yesterday In the abstract, title and loan office of J. W, Squire, 101 Pear] street: Willlam H, Mullane to Eliza J. Reich- art. lot 6, block 16, Neola, a. ¢, d. . M. Pike and wife"to John Halie, AT nWK nwid %-1644, 3 acres, A Stagg to Theodore Guitiar, 1ot 2. block 3¢ Grimes’ Add: w4 W. 8. Cooper and wife to Leonard Everett, lota 7 and 10, block 18, Wil- , liams’ 1st nad, w. a 4 J. J. Btewart, administrator, to Leo- rd Everett, executor, lot block ‘N dlnd all block 31, Beers' subdlv, 2,850 i lendort, nel4 and nij se an Wi nwii -76-‘&, P g . 10,000 Leonard 'verett nd x; L. Everett, executors, to Mason &'y & Fort Dodge Railroad comp: ::.P:‘t.-ol’-wny over sel nwi, 33 Bame to’ same, 28-76-42, w. d. Same to same, 76-42, w. d. s 2 leiy,u lzzmtu n‘\‘d w!sr:‘tgdlmc. game VEr Dart nwi nwig 4-76-41, s Leonard Stuckert to same, same over nwi, seld 33-76-42, w. d . Chrll‘i‘nn&elmeu to same, same over BWY 2-77-41, w. d. ne! . Benhmln Porter and ‘wife 'to same, same over nel; 33-77-41, w. 4. . Frederick Hansen and wife et al to same, same over sel nwi 8-76-42, and wife to same, Same over part nwik nei 18-76-d2, Emil O. Friend and wife et ai to same, same over self swi 23-76-42, w. d. onard Everett and Mary verett, executors, to same, same over nelf 83-77-41, w. d g % BES 3 B Maggle Blumer and husband to' same, E., st an acre In swi{ nwi 14-77-4, Jul‘iul ,' ee, sam b4 right-of-way over sey 15-77-41, w, d. George Rieder: and Trank M cops ton and wives to J. W. Col 44 of an acre in lot 1 “Auditor's subdiv, John Evers and wife o Dart swi nwiq 5-74-43, w. 4 350 George onin, and wife same, undivi swi nel nwi 5-T4-43, AR Baliay wad with ' 54 W . B e, lot 6, Mallett's subdlv, w. d.-..oore 7,600 Total twenty-three transfers.......$29,511 NODAWAY MAN DISAPPEARS Starts for Home May 31 and Not Seen or Heard ] Since. CRESTON. Ia., July 14.—(Special.)—The lttle town of Nodaway, on the Burlington road west of here, is greatly interested in the whereabouts of Amos Means, one of its prominent citizens, who has not been en since May 81. On that day he came to town from his home west of here, and after doing some trading started for home. He never sarrived and nothing bas been heerd from him. He was In the best of health and his financial affairs are said to be in the best of shape. There 1s Do apparent reason for his mys: terious disappearance and much concern is telt over his absenc: from ue Bank Opens at Creston. CRESTON, I July 14.—(Special.)~The new Creston Loan and Trust company bank was formerly opened to the public today, although many small accounts have ai- ready been opened by small depositors. This is a land credit bank modeled after the French system, in which real estate is back of every transaction, and is the-first of its kind to be opened in this part of the country. Deposits will be received from §1 upward. J. B. Harsh is pr new bank and H. W. Perrigo Trace Thieves. July 14.—(Special Tele- )=Two men giving the names of O'Brien and Stewart were arrested today for robbing the store of William Guttnecht Sherift law and his bloodhounds tracked the men to an abandoned cerncrib, & mile from town, where the men were found sleeping with the goods in their possession. This is the second trial for the dogs; they failed on the first case. Towa Farmer Drow CEDAR FALLS, la, July l4~—(Hpecial Telegram.)—Harry Gilbert, & young farmer, was drowned in the Black Hawk, near Hudson, Sunday while {n bathing. He could | not swim. The body was recovered. HEAR THE CORi’ORATlONS Telephone and Telegraph Companies Want Their Assessments Lowered. RAILROADS ARE TO BE TAKEN UP NEXT lowna Telephone Company Refuses to Treat with Strikers and Fight s Now om to = Finlsh, (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Ia., July 14.—(Special)— The state executive council met this morn- ing for the purpose of making the annual assessment of rallroad, telegraph, express and telephone property, and to sit as a Board of Review in passing on the equality of the assessments in the various counties of the state. All the members were pres- ent) The work of the Board of Review could not be taken up today because not all the reports from counties are in. The reports from Dubuque, Monroe and Wright counties came in late and the figures have been put into the tables, but Linn county is still riot represented. It is expected the auditor's report from Linn will arrive in a few days, when the footings will be made and the information will be turned over to the Board of Review by Mr. Gun- derson, bookkeeper for the auditor of state. The railroad assessment matter will be taken up formally tomorrow, and repre- sentatives of the rallroads will be heard. The council gave a hearing today of the representatives of telegraph and telephone companles. Before noon the following were heard: E. B. Smith of Davenport, tor the Towa Telephone company; Mr. Mil- ler of Clinton, representing the Tri-State Telephone company, and Representative B. F. Cummings of Marshalltown, represent- ing the Marshall Telephone company. They went over the telephone assessments and pointed out inequalities, from their stand- point, and generally asked that there be a least no Increase in the telephone assess- ments. It fs understood, unofficially, that the councll is rather favorable to some in- crease in telephone assessments. The representatives of the Western Unlon Telegraph company were heard this afternoon and some others. The executive council s not yet ready to take up the final disposition of the Burlington survey at Glenwood, although the people of Glenwood and the Burlington engineers are urging that there be no de- lay. Report on Orphan’s Home, The annual report of Supenintendent Gass bf ‘the Towa Soldiers and Sallors orphans home at Davenport, was filed with the board of control today. The report shows that there were in the home July 1, & to- tal of 474 inmates, of which 275 were sol- diers’ qrphans and 199 county charges, | there being 271 male and 203 female. The | total of the year before was 439. The aver- age attendance during the year was 470, A new turn was taken in the telephone strike today WHeD the organizer of the telephone operators announced there would be a fight to_a finish against the Jowa com- pany in attempting to bring about a gen- eral boycott. Manager Smith; fefused to further treat with representatives. of ‘the strikers. It was announced last week the strike was to be declared off today. Conditian ‘6f Iown Crops. “One-third ot the oats crop is lying flat on the ground and cannot be saved,'satd Henry' Wallace, 'the well known writer on farm topics, after & returp from a trip through the rurhl districts of the state, “It is' my opinlon that the corn acreage in the lowlands and on the flats is 45 per cent of the total acreage and nearly ruined. The winter wheat is good. Almost & full crop will be realized. Pastures were never better. If conditions remain normal until the hay crop is harvested & heavy orop will be saved. I do not belleve the clover has reached the stage where it can be damaged by the wet weather. It is true that clover lles flat on the ground, but it has not reached a stage where the decay- ing- begins, “I belleve the crops this year will be far better than those of 1901. There is lots of tilllng in Iowa this year and wherever you find a farm well tilled you will find the soll In excellent condition for working. In my travels throughout the state I found, of course, & great many flelds where the weeds are even with the corn. These flelds were less frequent, however, than one would naturally suppose after the super- abundance of rainfall.” The date for the opening of bids for the new bulldings at the Soldiers' home at Marshalitown has been: changed from July 23 to July 81. The new bulldings include an assembly hall, a hospital building, a kitchen, a smokestack 143 feet high, a laundry building, a cold storage building, & nurses' cottage and an icehouse Bankrupt Will Settle Claims. WATERLOO, la., July 14.—(Special)~ H. W. Guy, the proprietor of the Royal hotel, who filed a petition in bankruptey a few days ago, has asked that it be with- drawn, ando>he will pay up. He was brought into cotrt by some of tha partl holding clalms against the estate of his wife aud asked to account for certaln properties. Action was threatened to place him in an embarrassing position and h took the above step to relieve the pressure and will settle his claims. He was the guardian of the estate of his wite, who died recemtly. First White Child of Jefferson County. PARSONVILLE, Ila., July 14.—(Special.) —Sunday was the birthday anniversary of W. H. Coop, who was born in Jefferson July 18, 1836. He was the first white child born in Jefferson county .and “the annl- versary was the occasion for an old-fash- foned jubilee. The exercises were held at the regular hour for church services. Old Man Tired of Life, ATLANTIC, la., July 14.—(Speclal Tele- gram.)—Louis Knop, an old man 75 ‘years of age and an early settler of this county, committed suicide by hangiug in the barn at the county poor farm early this morn- ing. Despondency and old appears to be the cause. 1709 EEEEEENEER 1902 For 193 years the 3‘:@.’ f . (Jobatin Maria Parina) - O-11 EAU DE COLOGNE HAS KEPT THE LEAD pan, South Burtn T stk mont refreshing and lasting PERFUME for refined people ; is rapidly galning favor here. FOR SALE BY W. R. BENNETT CO. 8 W. Cor, 16th and Hamey Bta. THE MAN WITH TRE BIG NEAD-Go 'way! Git out! I'm sick! I want to ate! THE MAN WITH THE LEVEL HEAD—AN, you old sinner! wite's in the country, will you? You ought to s 1 did myself: take a CASCARET Candy Cathartic before going to bed? you sleep, fix up your stomach and bowel fter! You' No rest for the wicked! But why didn't you do as T told you when I left you last night, and 852 You will go on & bat while your d feel good like I do. They work while ©cool your feverish liver, and make you feel fine and dandv tha marninm «é BAD STORM AT WHAT CHEER Oloudburst Makes Torrent Out of Dry Run and Buildings Are Damaged. RIVERS IN EASTERN IOWA OVERFLOW Skunk, Iowa and Lower Des Moines Spread Out Over Bottoms and Immense Damage Done to Property. OSKALOOSA, July 14.—(Special.)—A terrible storm of wind, hail and rain v ited this part of Iowa Sunday and Sunday night and two inches of rain fell here. This place seemed to be the center of the district, with Grinpell on the north, where heavy hail was, reported, and Eldon on the south, the limits. THe rainfall here was the hardest of the year and there was much damage also by reason of wind. At What Cheer was the hardest of the storm. At 3 o'clock this morning what amounted to a cloudburst occurred at the head of a dry run which trends directly through the city of What Cheer. Usually this is entirely dry, but this morning the water came down in a torrent four feet deep and swept through the heart of the city, taking everything before it. Nine bulldings were moved from their founda- tions, including the Methodist church. One Tirge buflding, the Palade ltvery barn, was carried a mile down the stream and lodged in the trees. The following bulldings were moved from their foundations: Methodit church, Pal- ace livery barn, Ed Manony, lvery ble; Ed Crow, chophouse; Nelman's saloon, Swan laundry, J. N. Wilson, restaurant; Stanley's lumber office and yards, Standard Ol company, gasoline tank. A number of residences were moved from their foundations, but not carried away. The people barely had time to get out of their houses and escape without making |Urbs- any effort to save thelr property. The loss 18 conservatively estimated at $25,000. Improvement at Des Moin DES MOINES, July 14.—(Special.)—The flood situation. in Des Moines and along the two rivers which meet here is becoming better, The rivers are down about five feet from the high water marks of last week and are steadily declining. They are now in their banks and the work of re- pairing levees and rebullding roads and bridges has already commenced. All the heavy rains of last night were in the south- eastern part of the state and will not af- fect the river at this point. There 1s no doubt that the fce supply in Des Moines the rest of the summer will fall short of the demand. Three houses have been wrecked by the floods and hundreds of tons of ice either floated away or will melt in the black waters around the plants. Telegrams from Brighton and Coppock Skunk is over a mile wide in some places and is filled with bulldings and car- casses of dead animals. Residents along the three rivers, further down, are moving out in anticipation of a situation similar to that which prevalled here. Between Eddy- ville and Ottumwa on the Des Molnes and the territory along the Rock Island be- tween Oskalocsa and Knoxville the situa- tion is sald to be the most serious ever known. At Oskaloosa, Ottumwa, Keosau- qua and other towns in this section severe electrical storms were reported last night and nearly two inches of rainfall. At Ot- tumwa two Houses were struck by light- ning. Ottumwa & Heavy Sufferer. The crest of the flood in the Des Moines river has now reached Ottumwa and Is rapidly drawing toward the towns farther down stream. The Des Moines has risen six feet at Ottumwa since yesterday morning and is still rising. It is eighteen feet above low-water mark and has driven elghty-four familles from their bome: Trafic on the Rock Island and Towa Cen- tral raliwaye has been abandoned and it was suspended temporarily on the main line of the Burlington, trains being compelled to make a detour from Ottumwa on the Wabaeh yesterday. Eddyville and Oskalooss report great damage from floods and heavy rains last night. The Skunk river at Brighton and the Towa river at Iowa City are at their highest points, submerging many houses and dotng great damag Jowa Central Tied Up. MARSHALLTOWN, Ia, July 14—Im- mense property damage has been done the Towa Central railroad by high water in the Skunk; river. Several hundred feet of track has been washed away and approaches to the Skunk river bridge undermined, ren- dering it unsafe for use. There has been much damage between Hugent and Ollle, culverts being washed out. Passenger trains are running tem to twelve hours late and a number have been annuled al- together. I0WA CITY, July 14.—(Special)—The Towa river has joined the Des Moines in its rampage and has overflowed its barks, (n- undated sdjacent roads and submerged property in & manuer unprecedented since 1 Property loss will be large. The swollen stream is now almost a quarter of a mile wide here—whereas the normal width s but & little over thirty feet. This tremendous rise bas all come in fortys elght hours. Floods Hit Shenandoah. SHENANDOAH, Ia., July 14.—(Special.) —The blg rise in the Nishnabotna river which had been expected for a couple of days geached this place Sunday morning, and In & few hours the river was nearly & mile wide all along the bottoms. All day Sunday it steadily rose, and st dark last night was still coming up, Farm- ere and others spent the greater part of the day rescuing stock that had be caught on the higher knolls in the imm diate vicinity of the river, but so far no live stock bas been reported lost. Small graln flelds and all of the cor fields lrumediately along the river are in- undated and will be very much damaged. At Muskrat lake, northeast of town, a stream of water poured into ft steadily all day, and last night the water was standing about five feet higher than usual. The rise is due entirely to the heavy rains in the central part of the state, for it has not rained hard in this county since last Tuesday. Breaks Over Leeves. KEOKUK, Ia., July 14.—Just as the Des Moines river began to fall at the lower portion after the floods from the upper waters, another flood came and caught everybody by surprise. At the mouth the river rose elght feet today and tonight it 1e still rising one inch an hour, notwith. standing the breaking of levees. The levee of the Keokuk Canning com- pany broke this morning early and 1,000 acres of cucumbers and tomatoes and 2,000 acres of corn were flooded. The loss of | the canning company Is $10,000 and to the farmers twice as much more. The total loss here today is about $30,000 and there is danger that this will be quadrupled in Clark county, which is protected mow by only the BEgyptian levee, the last stand against the advancing waters. The cause of the ‘flood was a cloudburst near Given, Ia., with a rainfall of five inches over a large section near the river. All points between here and Ottumwa will suffer great damage and the loss in the lower fifty miles of the Des Moines river totals hun- dreds of thousands of dollars, chiefly to fine cornflelds. The Indications tonight are that the Egyptian leveg may be held by its watchers through the night. SIOUX CITY MAY LOSE SUBURB Leeds Declares Intention of With- drawing and Setting Up Muni- cipal Government. SIOUX CITY, Ia., July 14.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Sloux City is threatened with the secession of one of 1ts most populous“sub- Leeds, situated on the northeast, Is exercised over a proposed scheme to an- nex the Second precinct of the Third ward to Leeds and has served notice through its alderman, C. A. Nuessle, that if the plan is put into execution, the suburb will withdraw and set up a town government of its own. Leeds has a republican majority and the Second precinct of the Second ward, which casts more votes than the Leed's ward, is democratic. The people of Leeds fear the loss of the alderman and ineist they need a representative in the council t¢ look after thelir interests. Blacksmith Strikes Boy with Hammer DUNLAP, Ta., July 14.—(Special Tele- gram.)—M. Brooks, a Dunlap blacksmith must answer to a serious charge. While at work in his shop this afternoon he threw a four pound-hammer at a 13-year-old boy, The result is a large indentation in the boys skull above the left ear. The boy had been throwing a reflection from a glass and provoked the blacksmith, who warned the boy that he would get the hammer if he did not cease, The boy threw the light once more with above result. The lad may survive. Brooks was arrested and will be glven a preliminary hearing tomorrow at 10 &, m. New Methodist Chursh Dedicated. CARROLL, Ia. July 14.—(Speclal.)— Carroll's new $17,000 Methodist Episcopal church was dedicated today, free from debt, Bishop I. W. Joyce of Minneapolis delivering the dedicating sermon. Prac- tically all of the $4,700 was raised at the close of services in less than half an hour. About a year ago excavating for the basement of this church was begun. It can be truly said that the Carroll church is one of the finest in the dlstrict, having a leauns capwolty of about 700. 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