Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 3, 1902, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL BLUFFS. MINOR MENTION, Davis sells drugs. Btockert sells carpets and rugs. Leftert, eyesight specialist, 238 Broadway. Special offerings in rramed pictures. C. E. Alexander & Co., 333 Broadway. $4.00 photos $1.50 and a colored Medallion tree. Willlams, No. 11 South 6th stree The Lady Maccabees will hold their an- mual plenic Thursday at Lake Manawa. FOR BALE—My home at 315 South First street; a modern six-room cottage, large lot and shade trees. Call at 639% Bre way. ¢, R. NICHOLSON. The fire department was called at § o'clock last evening to the Northwestern turned In in place of a call for the police fnlrol to take a drunken man to the city jail. Irene Spalding, daughter of Captain and Mre. Joseph Spalding, Is suftering (rom a fracture of the shoulder blade, caused by /g, fall while playing with a companion = hur'dly evening. Mrs, Mary Allen yesterday withdrew her suit in the district’ court against John H. Clausen and other heirs of John Clausen, deceased. It is understood that the con- troversy over the administration of the Clausen estate has been settled. Fred Peterson, employed by John Bere- sheim, suffered a severe In‘lhlrl)’rl to hi right evening by the horse which he was riding falling and roliing over him. He was removed in the ain- bulance to the Bereshelm home on Frank Puck’'s Domestic soap is best for laundry, PAST WEEK IN SOCIAL WORLD' Manawa Parties Comprise the Bulk Mrs. Theodore Barker is visiting friends at 8t. Cloud, Colo. Miss Dickey Thursday evening. Miss Bigafoos entertained a few friends ut cards Friday evening. Miss Ora Cook of Shelby, Ia., I8 the &uest of Miss Flora Cooper. Mrs. W. A. Maurer has gone to Spirit Lake for n couple of weeks visl Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hathaway have gone to Colorado for. several weeks' visit. Miss Laura Nelson left vesterday for a three weeks' trip to Colorado points. Miss Eleanor Henning of Omaha is the guest of Miss Lida Mikesell of Avenue C. Miss Hagel Brown of South First street {, visiting relatives and friends in Eariing, Miss Cook of Avenue F entertained in- yfermally a number of friends Monday evening. Miss Laura Nelson left yesterday for a three weeks’' visit at various points 1 Colorado. The Woman's Whist club was enter- tained Tuesday at the home of Mrs, Mary B. Dalley. entertained Informally Mr. and Mrs, W. §. Cass_entertained a fex triends at supper ast evening. M Mrs. F. J. Day and family left ll'd'\ll'y” (lz‘l' thelr summer outing at o Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Keeline lett Friday | for an extended visit with friends In Wy- oming and Colerado. and Mrs 8 B. Hewett left n—w.‘ for a trip to San Franclsco a points, S Ens B Y s B and various points in 0 spen: remainder of the summer. o Mrs. ¥, m to &) remainder among the mountain resor E. M. McKune left terday for w'fll spend Los Cal., whe ‘the nnulu?u of tn' ummer. Mr, even other 0 o of the summer ts. summer. and Thomas Farns- 'm last evel for Ban Francisco Sad ot potniein Celtornia: Adah Dalley entertained a number friends 0} at he home on urth street Friday .'n-rmog Mrs. J. M. Barstow entertained a party of friends at a picnic party at Falrmount park Friday afternoon evening. Oscar Herman -nam- Llrghn lett day (ol' an extend p to Colorado, 'tah,” California and Texas points. George Treynor, who recently removed Osceola, Ia., from Council Bluffs, is i 186 0y Vistiis Feratives ‘ove Sunday. and Mrs. B. jMr. and . B Atdns, Dr. T. cey and son, T. cey, Jr, 0] Trom’ tielr summer outing’ st BpiFit Lak Charles Test Stewart and guest, nfi:‘x—h.u, left yesterday for New York City, where they will spend several week Mrs. J. Frush of First avenue, accomp nied by Miss Mulqueen, 't _yesterday fol Bolly{l of visit at Colfax Springs. Edna_Keelino. and her guest, Miss ford of Chicago have gone to the ine ranch in Wyoming' to spend sev- weeks. . Mrs. R. H. Harris of South Fi i ey LA MERL VT 'or & el onl e Mo.t & & 2 3 vernmer ool for the lndd:hnl at !cnhduEan_;..E: i, oy Barenis ! S T, 8, who monU( Te- Francisco, is spending a O weeks with her sister, Mrs. Oscar lumer, at Mineola, Ia. Hoagland and daughters, bel, left “-!fldly for a friends at Wichita, Kan., and They will be I.bl.flt about a Miss Efta Ellis and Miss Francls Bryant loft yesterday for a two months' trip along the Bacific coast. They will visit friends at D and Sali Lake City on (their way jcme. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Watts of North First ree T rst t were pleasantly surprised by a num- of their friends Saturday evening. A pleasant evening was spent with cards and music. p & . and Mrs. George E. McGrew of Chi- ies Are guests of G Brelstord_and rl‘o ts of C. W. m\y‘:‘! fi'-‘r'nl n‘;nn Mr. McGrew Is the | 1" superin dent of the Chicago toffice. Miss Nellie Harle entertained at dinner esda g! Boston, who is spending the this city. Decorations were hite roses. Covers were lald W Hazeiton summer in pink and w or elght. Miss Elizabeth Beach entertained a num- ber of young friends at Lake Manawa Thursday afternoon in honor of her guest, arion Davey ot Hamburg. ‘haperoned by Mrs. J. P. Beach, Beach and Miss Dafley. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beno and daugh- ter, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Sweeting, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Atkins, Mrs. Horace Gleason, Welsh and son Horace retarned part of the week from Spirit Lake, where they have been spending the | summer. Mre. P. J. Montgomery of Fourth street entertainéd at a kensington Wednesday afternoon in honor of Miss Kathryne uschell of Chicago. who is the guest of rs. Frank True. Mrs, Montgomery was assisted in entertaining by her daughter, Mrs. L Montgomery, Mrs. W. F. Sledentopf, Miss lorence Ste: Miss Edith Brock, Nasturtiums and as- paragus ferns were used in the decoration of the rooms. y Real Estate Tr These transfers were flled yesterday In the abstract, title and loan office of J. W. Bquire, 101 Pearl street: Orlssa Henry (o Willlam Shaw, lot 10, block 12, Everett's add., w. d..... ... Michael O'Connor and wife to Willlam McGuire, e384 feet of lot 1, block 28, Neola (except raliroad), w. d..... sters. Licenses to wed were lssued yesterday to the following: lmw Hent. Conneli Blufts unt, Coun u Mary Boggs, Councll Biuffs. Mack Tur Houston, Tex Lucy O. lds, Houston, T E—————— LEWIS CUTLER ~—FUNERAL DIRECTOR— e PR TR LY Es 'I'I.':..“. at Lake Manawa |. e Ouren has gone to Colorado ' p ! evening in honor of Miss ' G, The | ns ‘and | 20! DIVIDES ~THE LIABILITY Oourt Passes on Litigation Over Officer & Pusey Bank Failure. EXPRESS COMPANY GETS PART OF CLAIM Must Take Chances with Other Cre itors Remainder, While the Mussers Are Let Out. The long-drawn-out three-cornered con- troversy between the American BExpress company, the receivers of the defunct OM- | cer & Pusey bank and M. B. Musser and wife over the llabllity for certain travel- ers' checks issued by the express company was decided yesterday by Judge Wheeler of the distriet court in favor of the ex- press company. Shortly before the Officer & Pusey bank suspended business Mr. and Mrs. Musser, who were about to take a trip to Burop secured through the bank travelers’ checks to the amount of $1,800 from the express company. Mr. and Mrs. Musser pald the bank §800 cash and gave their joint note for the remaining $1,000. When the bank failed the American Ex- press company looked to Mr. and Mrs. Musser to recover their money, contending that a portion of the proceeds of the checks issued by it had been used by the Mussers to take up the note at the bamk. The Mussers on the other hand contended that they had made no contract at all with the expres: was solely with the bank and this they had pald up. The recelvers for the bank took the stand that the Mussers were the proper parties for the express company to look to for the recovery of its money. Judge Wheeler in his decision held that the American Express company was en- titled to a preferred clalm against the de- funct bank in the sum of $1,048 and that the balance of its claim, $757, was to be considered as an ordinary claim against the bank. The preferred clalm represented the amount of the note which the Mussers were alleged to have taken up with the proceeds of the express company travelers’ checks, while the balance represented the amount which they had paid Into the bank n | at the time the bank secured for them the checks. Puck's Domestic sosp 1o best. DeLong will print It right. With the Churches, These services will be held taday at the Broadway Meid ciwrch: i9:30 . m., preaching service; 12 m., Sunday school; | 4 p. m., Junior league; 8 p. m., Epworth league; special preaching service. Rev. F. 8. Eitelgeorge, pastor of Ger- man Methodist church, will occupy the pul- pit in the morning and the subject of his on will be, “Our Great Work.” In of the regular sermon in the even- |ing Rev. J. G. Lemen, manager of the Christian home, will _address the congre- gation. The midweek prayer meeting will be Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. * At the First Baptist church there will be preaching at 10:30 a. m. and 8 p. m. The pastor, Rev. Milford Riggs, will preach at both services. . There will be Holy communion at the morning service. Sun- day school will be at noon, meeting of Junior union at 3 p. m. and young people’ meeting at 7 p.m . Sunday school will be held at 3:30 p. m. at the Westside mis- sion at Twenty-second street and Ave- nue B. “Out of Great Tribulation” will be the subject of Rev. Harvey Hostetler's sermon this morning at the Second Presbyterian church. In the evening his topic will be JAbrabam and Lot” All services and meetings will be at the usual hours. The First Church of Christ, Scientist, ‘will hold services this morning at 11 o’clock in the Sapp bullding, when the subject of | the leason will be “Spirit.” Sunday school will be held at the close of the morning ! service. The midweek testimony meeting [ will be neld Wednesday evening at o'clock. | At the Latter-Day Saints’ church there will be a soclal service and sacrament at 10:30 o'clock this morning. Eider D. R. Charabers will preach in the evening at 7:48 o'clock. Sunday schoo} will be held at noon and the regular. midweek prayer service will be Wednesday evening at 7:40 o'clock. In the absence of the pastor, Rev. James Thomson of the First Congregational chureh, Dr. Gordon; president, of Tabor col- lege, will occupy the pulpit this morning. Use any scap so iis Puck's soap. Ball Games for ay. Lake Mapawa will be the scene of two base ball games this afternoon. The Oyclery i Blues of Council lufts will line up against | the Paxton & Gallagher team of Omaha at 2 o'clock, as follows) Cyclery Blues. Bmith Waller- Moore. . & QOs. Hunter . Keefe Hughes night T catche: ...pltcher .first_base. Mertens fons with the Crescents of this will be the lineup: Crescents. Henry Saffelder .Hoftman .. Hall nikus Lynch mpbel ot | The Union Pactfics will play the Glllmans ot Omaha at 3 o'clock this afternoon on the grounds at Thirty-fourth street and Broadway, when this will be the lineup: Gilimans. | 8a |k | i grounds the Grocers and butchers of Council Bluffs will meet on the | diamond st 10:30 this morning. [in the afterncon the West Council Blufts | team will play the Martin express team, The W. A. Maurer ball team and the Woodward candymakers will contest for supremacy on the dlamond this mbrning |at the Sixteenth avenue grounds. N. Y. Plumbing Co., teicphone 350, Wedding Invitations. Correct styles. Delong, the - Printer. Elks and Eagles Disagree, The Elks and the Bagles played base ball yesterday atternoon st Lake Manawa before ap admiring crowd which filled the bleach- ers. At the end of the Afth imning, when & controversy arose and an end came to the same, the score stood 10 to § in favor of company and that their llability At 4 o'clock the Smith & Bradleys wilk| Greatricks of Eldor: the men with the antlers, but the men who jare credited with wearing wings refused to accept it as a defeat and there the matter rests. In the fifth inning Scanlan of the Bagles had his hand hurt and Bert Mosher, one of the Smith & Bradley ball team, was | substituted for him. As Mosher fs one of |the star players of the semi-professional Smith & Bradley team the Elks objected to him playing on the grounds that had not | been named as one of the Eagle's substi- tutes whem the lineup was agreed upon. The Eagles persisted in playlng Mosher and the Elks were equally persistent in refus- | 108 to let him play, and the result was that {the game was brought to an abrupt termi- | nation. Harry K. Smith was umpire and his decislons caused no complaint. It is ex- pected that another game will be played to decide the question as to which are the best ballplayers, the Eagles or the Blks. B50e Box & DeLong, the Prinfer, 307 Broadway. Keep clean. Use Puck's Meczanic's soap. Republican Committee Meetl: | At the meeting of the republican city | central committee last night Bdward Can- ning of the Fifth ward was elected chair- man to succeed Harry M. Browh, who term had expired and who declined to seek re-election. George Gould of the Second ward was elected secretary. | J.'E. Meyers, the present republican in- mbent of the office, was nominated for essor of Kane township, outside the city ot Council Bluffs, the recent township con- | vention having omitted to make this nom- ination. Fred Palmer was appointed committee- man from the first precinct of the Fifth |ward to take the place of Mr. Canning, | elected chairman. The committee discussed plans for the | approaching campaign and adjourned to meet at the call of the chairman. | At the residence of Mrs. Bunnell, 1522 South. Eighth street, Myrtle lodge No. 12, Daughters of Honor, will hold a lawn soclal on Thursday evening, August 7. Bverybody invited. Plumbing and heating. 8ixby & Som. Glenwood Company Coming. | Captain Harry B. Dull has written to Sec- retary Knox of the Iowa Society, Army of the Philippines, that Company C of Glen- wood, one of the three companies of the Pifty-first regiment, Iowa National Guard, from out of town which will take part in the military features of the reunion, will | be present with forty men and will be ac- | companied by a drum corps. Davis sells paints. Maher Out on Hon ‘W. J. Maher, who hurled bricks through two large mirrors in Ed Rogers' saloon on Broadway, was released yesterday morning from the city jail on' a $500 bond furnished by his father, John Maher. It is doubtful If there will be any prosecution sr., bas agreed to replace the mirrors and pay for all the damage done. Davis sells ginsw, Gravel roofing, A. H. iead, 541 Broadway. TORNADO STRIKES IOWA TOWN Two People Fatally, Several Sii Injured and Great Dama, to Property. htly FORT DODGE, Ia., Aug. 2—(Special Tel- egram.)—A cyclone struck the little vil- lage of Hanna Siding, just east of Luverne on the Minneapolis & St. Loufs rallway, early this morning. H. A. Shaw and.wife lie at the point of death from injuries re- celved from being struck by timbers of falling houses and several others were lightly infured. The elevator of Way, Johnson & Co. was demolished and many bulldings destroyed. A violent windstorm extended south from Algona to Luverne, distance of twenty miles and nine mile broad. Damage to crops is said to be great. Corn 1s prostrated and small grain ruined: Towa State News Notes. In’l'hert is a movement on foot in Dubu | funes undertakers favor th i liverymen are putting forth their best ef- forts to have the funerals held on week days and the minsters say the sanctity of the Sunday should be preserved. W, J. Plerce, who lives in East Water- . He stbten that &S t land tha o states that a pleces of la that {lle{m twelve and “one-half loads " of o Joads this year, Mr. Plerce has o T with ev Gt an abundant yield. s | ,Word has been recelved in Waterloo of i the death by P, W. |livan at in Waterloo known to a large circle of friends. Yas driving home in a buggy when the horse became frightened and ran away, throwing her out and killing her. Memphis Review: Willlam Hay, a promi- nent farmer living at Brock, fell from & hay ‘mow and recelved severe injuries. He tell and struck the edge of the manger a broke two ribs. When found he was unconscious nd rel ned in that state for some time, but is now getting llunf nicely, although his injury is very paintul. On his return home Spe brought many interesting relics with him, including the chair he on during_the | 1ast congress and the same one Mr. Reed 1 used when he was speaker. He also has & highly polished three-inch shell taken from a Spanieh vessel in the bartle of Manfla, which was presented to him by an admiring friend One of the first official acts of Judge Dyer of Nevada, th 1; pointed judge in that distriet, L to tl alpsomaniac ward in the s Mount Pleasant 8. E. t | nh pro y become the commitment confirmed drinkers and regarded as the best to the new ward was course to pursue. An old_Story_county eitizen in the per- son of Erick Sheldahl is dead. He was born in Norway In 1816, coming to America in 1847 He the father of twenty chil- dren by two wives, being & years, 4 months nd 11’ days old when he died. 'Mr. Sh ahl was among the first settlers of | Norwegian colony which settled in Pal tine township, Story county, County Coroner Patty was called to Car- rollton on account of the suicide of James Gllley, Mr. Gilley was'a ploneer of Car- roll county, being a brother of William Gilley of Carroll, and was over 70 years of age. He had been in poor health for a number of years, and recently had re- turned from & (rip to California.” His mind been affecte some time. The Towa State falr management s attention to the fact that it is going to have a world:bea ing cattle show there this year. and In: vites the farmers of the country to send in their live stock applications if they want space, and to please be quick about it. There is likely to be a good deal of crowding in the stalls before the show is o Captain 8. D. Pryce of Towa City 1s in recelpt of @ letter from three lowa City oldier boys which will be of public_in- . Captain Pryce ha. et W. F. Congli V. Graham transterred ppines, ‘for which sery- ice these men :nlisted. By repeated letters ongressman Hull and others high in ary circles he has succeeded in hav- ing the men transferred to the Eighteenth Inited States infantry, which will be the rst to be sent to the islands. . who Qurin, records ol : “The membership in Towa the last year has broken all E belleve wil i It we do, Towa will t od, thian. a oan,,u':.’ Pecn. ue | favor of the abolishment of Sunday | of Sunday | new hay to the | imothy last year will yleld an excess of | the | MAY BE A CASE OF POISONING Mystory Burrounds the Death of A. M. Potter of Waverly. EFFORTS TO ARBITRATE STRIKE TROUBLE Democrats Offering Inducements for Botes to Run for Congr Agninst Speaker Hen- dery (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Aug. 2.—(Special Tele- gram.)—There is much mystery surround- ing the death of A.' M. Potter, a well- known resident of Waverly, who dled in a Des Moines hospital at 6 o'clock this after- noon. He had been drinking I night and went to a room at the Kirkwood. This morning Frank Scott called at the hotel and asked to see Potter, remarking that Le feared he might be poisoned. He went to his room and found that Potter was dying. A doctor was called, but could mot save the man. It appears he was “doped” before he went to the room. Scott has been arrested, but disclaims any criminal knowledge and declares that the dose which was fixed for him was given Potter by mistake. Potter and Scott were together last night and Potter asked a triend, & prominent Des Molnes lawyer, to get him away from Scott, which he did and accompanied him to. the Kirkwood. Scott is a morphine .eater. Potter was formerly a member of the legislature and was head of the Red Cross order, which was recently transferred to an Omaha com- pany. It is learned that efforts are being made to submit the question of settlement of the telephone strike on the Iowa lines to arbitration. The movement started at Da- venport and a proposal is under consid- eration here for an arbitration board of three prominent citizens with full power to settle the strike. The advisory com- mittee of the local Trades and Labor as- sembly has not yet consented to arbitra- tion, but may do so later. The officers of the company and leading trades unlon- ists interested are willing to dispose of It in this way. Notiees of Tax Levy. State Auditor Merriam today sent out notlces to the county auditor of the state that the state tax levy this year 7 mills on the dollar, to which should be added the one-fifth mill levy for the bulld- ing fund of the State university at Iowa City, the one-fitth mill levy for the State college at Ames and the onme-tenth mill levy for the State Normal school at Cedar Falls, making a total of 4 mills for state and etate educational purposes to be raised this year. He also sent out a notice to the county auditors to the effect that th Board of Review had made no change in the assessment on any ¢lass of personal prop- erty this year. Only personai pidperty was assessed and upon examination of t! returns from counties In the state no fault was found at any place, The ass ment appears to have been made fairly as between the different classes of prop- erty and In' the different counties of the ate. The Board of Review for the first time in several years has made no change in the assessment, so 'that there will bé no addittonal work of flguring over the ments either at. the -uunon:: o; in “m -1: raliroad ‘assessments ready to to“nt in a few d:yl o county audftors can comple :;ah:l: b:km n-’ y method of havihg all this work done by the executive council at one time has been found to work excel- lently. Anamosa Prison Report. monthly report of the. warden of lh‘:h;nlmon prison shows that there were 308 prisoners there at the close of July, an increase of fourteen in the month and a decrease of twenty-one in the year. The auditor of state today issued a char- ter to the Mount Sterling Savings bank; capital, $10,000; B. R. Vale, president; W. B. Welch, cashier. The Mallard Lumber company organized with $10,000 capitai; W. 8. McEwen, president; H. Fitzgerald, sec- retary. Adrsyuunt General ‘Byers went to Oska- loosa today to complete arrangements for the camp of -the Fiftieth Iowa regiment next week. He recelved word this morn- ing of an accident to General J. R. Lin- coln at Al General Lincoln was en- gaged in assisting in the unloading of his horse from the cars aftcr his return home from the encampment at Atlantic, when he stepped off the freight platform and fell on the rails, about five feet. He was 50 badly bruised that he iy confined to his home. Requisition No Prisomer. A few days ago Governor Cummine is- sued a requisition for ome Patrick Har- rington, wanted in Albert Lea, Minn. The prisoner was supposed to be in jall at Toledo. When the sheriff arrived at To- ledo with the papers the culprit had de- parted. 7The sheriff had been allowing Harrington his freedom and as soon as Harrington learned that a vequisition was out for him he took to the woods. Democratic Conventl The call for the democratic congressional convention in the Second Towa district his been iesued and it will be held at Towa City Septeraber 10. The date of the Eleventh district convention has been fixed for August 27 at Lemars. No call has yet been issued jn the Third district. It is un- derstood that efforts are being made by the democratic national committee to induce ex-Governor Bofes to make:the race in the Third district agalnst Colonel Henderson and they have offered to supply him with all the money and speakers he meeds for that purpose. In the Second district the democrats will nominate Judge Wade, who had intended removing to St. Louls, but who has postponed his departure from the state until after the election in the fall. Prominent Lawy News has been received here to the effect that John F. Duncombe of Fort Dodge, one of the veteran lawyers of the state is crit- ically 11l and practically all nope of hiy recovery has vanished. Mr. Duncombe was & ploneer of northern Tows and participated in the famous military expedition to Spirit Laks to fight the Indians after the Spirit Lake massacre. He was for many years prominent as & democrat, but in recent years has not dabbled in polities. He has been the attorney for the Ilinols Central rallroad many years. Will Brokes, The will of the late Conrad Danfel Relnk- ing, one of the ploneers and wealthiest citizens of Des Moines, was today broken by Judge McVey and as & result Capital lodge No. 119, Ancient Order of Free and Accepted Masons will not receive the §20,- 000 bequest that Mr. Reinking made it in his will. Judge McVey broke the Relnking will on the ground that it was iMegal in that it called for the control and disposition of his estate through the lifetime of his children, living at the time of his death and of his children's chi ., whether born or unborn at the time of the testator's death, this latter provision vitiating the entire will, phon will all be AUGUST 3, 1902. TO BUILD NEW OMAHA ROAD e to Siowx Clty. SI0UX CITY, Ia., Aug. 2.—(Special Tele- gram.)—John C. Coombs, the Boston finan- cler who has been the leading figure in the settlement of the affairs of the Credits Com- mutation company, the pool that was made 10 take care of the property that had de- preciated when the big Sfoux City boom was exploded in 1893, has purchased the assets of the company for cash. The assets will be hypothecated as se- curity for a loan to build the Omaha & North- ern rallroad between Sloux City ard Omaha. There has been a strong fight between Mr. Coombs and Colonel 1. G. Elston of Craw- fordsville, Ind., president of the Sioux City Stock Yards company. Colonel Elston has held out against mortgaging the assets of the company for the purpose of bullding the road. 3 The principal asset of the company s the blg combination bridge across the Missouri river. Other assets are lands owned by the Gateway Improvement company and the Commutation Land company. The survey of the Omaha & Northern is completed and right-of-way elther con- tracted or pald for. Union terminals will be used in both citles. The new road will pass through the Winnebago reservation. It will run along the river until Decatur is reached, then to Tekamah, thence to Flor- ence and Omaha. The road will be nine miles shorter than the Northwestern and will be commenced at once. MAY MEAN NEW IOWA RAILROAD Prominent Street Car Men Propose te Build Electric Line from Onawa to Sioux City. ONAWA, Ta, Aug. 2.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Colonel U. P. Hord and F. Y. Keatun, prominent street car men of Da- venport, Ia., have been In Sloux City for some days looking up the chances for an electric line from there to Lemars, but not being fully satisfied with the outlook came down: to Onawa yesterday and have about decided to bulld the llne from Onawa to Sioux City. The line will be about thirty-seven miles in length and will touch ‘Whiting, Sloan, Salix and Sargents’ Bluft and parallel the Sioux City & Pacific rail- road most of the way. The towns along the proposed route ars all thriving and the country is well settled and very fertile. The line would no doubt secure a good share of the business as soon as bullt. Colone] Hord was Instrumental in estab- lishing the first electric light plant at Au- rora, Ill, and s one of the stockholders in the new electric line just completed trom Chicago to Aurora, on which it 1s claimed the cars can run seventy miles per hour. . The colonel does not belleve that e trieity will take the place of steam for long distances for some time yet, but con- siders it the best means ©of communica- tion for short distances. DRIVE WOMEN OUT OF TOWN People of Union Object to What They Believe to Be Blacke- mall, UNION, Ia., Aug. 3.—(Special.)—There has been war and rumors of war for some time in Unlon, but there has been only one real battle, and that occurred last night, when & crowd gathered and tried to impress upon Mag Hamilton Clark and her outfit that they were not wanted in Union. For some time it has been whispered that they were laying their wires to get a hold on one of the business men here, and the matter came to a focus last week when, by their attorneys, Carpenter and Miser of Eldora, they went to Albert Readout and demanded & settlement or suffer a suit for $5,000 for allenating the affections of one Mrs. Clark from her husband. A crowd was formed, with ancient eggs, rocks, etc., as weapons. The attorneys were not assaulted, but scent- ing trouble, made themselves scarce. Young Clark was n on the street and was pretty roughly handled, being hit with stones and other missiles. The crowd went to their headquarters when the women ran out the back door. They were followed and finally brought back and surrounded by the crowd and told they.were not wanted in Union, and they were given two hours to leave the town. PRETENDS TO BE HARRY TRACY Man Walks Into Afton Barber Shop and Holds Barber Up for & Shave. CRESTON, Ia., Aug. 3.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The town of Aftom, just east of herg, 18 in a great state of excitement over supposed vicit from Harry Tracy, tI moted Washington bandit. This evening & well-dressed stranger, very closely resem- bling the description of Tracy, entered the barber ehop_of Charles Huss and, drawing two big revolv declared himself to be Tracy and that he wanted a shave. He covered the qccupants of the shop, about elght in number, with his guns and com- pelled them to stand agalost the wall while he ordered the barber to shave him. | He also took all the tools but the razor | the barber was using. He refused to lle down, but sat up in the chalr and kept & nervous watch on the door during the en- tire shave. The fellow was wounded in the side. When the shave was completed he backed out of the door, with a threat that it any of them attempted to follow they would be killed. When they left the shop he had gone. GAMBLERS RETURN THE FIRE Man Who Attempts to Hold Up Covington Joint is Shot. SIOUX CITY, Ia., Aug. 2.—(Special Teleo- gram.)—A sensational holdup and shooting affair in & gambling house in Séuth Sioux City, Neb., (Old ‘Covington) which occurred Thursday night, has just come to light. Two unidentified masked men entered the house operated by “Billy” Knight and Willlam Livingston. Livingston sted and w struck over the head with a stool. The gamblers in the room began to shoot fm- mediately and in the meles one of the holdup men s sald to have been severely hot and may dle. His location and identhy are unknown, further than that he is in South Sloux Ofty and is being attended by a Sloux City physician, who refuses to di- vulge his namé. This is the outbreak of lawlessness since the gamblers were routed out of Sloux City. Increase in U unty Receipts. CRESTON, Ia., Aug. 2.—(Special)—The year 1902 promises to be the most profita- ble year ever known in the receipts of the county recorde office of Unlon county. The recorder has already turned over more than $1,100 worth of fees collected by the office for the first six months, which is In excess of the same period for any previous yesr. The month of July also shows a de- clded increase in the business, 210 papers, ninety warrant deeds, forty mortgages, twenty releases, forty chattel mortgages and twenty miscellaneous papers belng the record ia that month. A Beauty Bath in & beauty bathtub is yours if we do the plumbing for you. Every detail of the work done by us is executed in a thor- oughly up-to-date manner. And warrant- ed first class in all respects. Fine sani- tary plumbihg & speclalty. Our reputation for promptness, skill and reliability is as- surance of satisfaction. And our charges are right, too, always. If we do It, it's done right. J. C. Bixby & Son 202 Maln, 203 Pearl St., Council Bluffs, I Telephone 198, THE COMING MAN Wil always recelve attention, because he will always see to it that his clothing and linen are irreproachable. Try our facilities for laundering shirts, collars, cuffs, handkerchiefs, underwear, etc., et and you will thank us for bringing the name of our laundry to your notice. A postal will bring further particulars or representative. Bluff City Laundry COUNCIL BLUFFS. Telphone 814, 23-24 N, Main St I0OWA MEN TO GET FORTUNE Three Brothers Judioially Deolared Nevhews of Mrs, Flagler, ONCE INWATES OF FOUNDLING ASYLUM Children of Dead Sister of Unfor- tunate Woman in T H with Income on Over NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—Evidence, hundreds of pages of it, has been taken by J. K. Hedges, referee, who has prepared his re- port for the supreme court as to the ki ship of relatives of Ida A. Fl formerly wite of Henry M. Flagler of the Standard Ofl company. The estate of Mrs. Flagler, which has been in charge of a committee since she was declared to be {ncompetent, amounted to $2,230,000 on August 4, 1899, and has Increased. The net Income runs from $116,000 to $117,000 a year. An important point in the proceeding was whether Mr. Flagler had, through his divorce, lost his interest in the estate of his wife if she should dle. Mr. Flagler lald no claim to such an interest, but the question had not been judicially determined. The referee will report that Mr. Flagler has no interest whatever in the estate. A mase of evidence was ed as to how the three foundlings, who are nephews of birs. Fiagier, cawe (o ia of thalr ro- lationship. Mrs. Flagler's maiden name was Shourds. Her sister, Mary Emma Tay- lor, died on February 28, 1864, and Mary's husband, Bdward W. Taylor, gave the cus- tody of their three sons, Willlam, Richard and George, to the New York foundling asylum. Ten years later they were ap- prenticed to farmers in Iowa. In 1901, Wil- liam, who had become a harness maker, be- came interested in his family tree and the discovery of his relationship to Mrs. Flagler followed. Richard, one of tI three foundlings, is a painter, while the third Is an engineer on the Northern Pacific rallway. The relatives, as judicially determined, of Mrs. Flagler and the proportion each will get of her estate if she dies, are: Charles F. Shourds, brother, one-quarter; Stephen E. Shourds, brother, one-quarter; Mrs. Mat- tie A. Johnson, sister, one-quarter, and the other quarter will go among the three Tay- lors. The referee advises that $4,000 a year of the income be paid now to the three Tay- lors, so that each will get a third of ft. The two brothers and sister of the incompe- tent have previously obtalned orders for $4,0000 a year each from the surplus income of Mrs. Flagler. All charges against the income of Mrs. Figler, including allowances made for her support, leaves a surplus in- come of abouit'$60,000 a year. SYNDICATE LAND DEAL A GO Mosher O rn Buys Nearly Five Thousand Acres in Nort eastern Nebraska. SIOUX CITY, Ia.,, Aug. 2.—(Special Tele- gram.)—A ‘monster land deal has been con- summated by which 4,800 acres of ‘iand in Cedar, Plerce, Wayne, Knox and Dixon counties in Nebraska will change hands. ‘Two syndicates in Randolph, Neb., have been negotlating for the lands, one headed by Z. Boughn and another headed by 8. W. Mo- sher, The Mosher syndicate swung the deal and secured an option on the land at $36.50 an acre. The money to handle the deal will be borrowed from the First National bank of Bloux Olty. . ‘The lands have been owned by A. Platner of Ohio and managed by his brother-in-law, M. D. Chilson of Randolph, from whom they have been called the ““Chilson lands.”” Over 2,000 acres of the land is near Randolph, 1,000 acres near Coleridge and some of it around Allen. TRIO ASSAULTS SIMPLE GIRL Three Men Entice Martha Lawrence Aug. 2.—(Special a Lawrence, & weak- minded girl of this city, was enticed to Clarion and outraged Ly three young men Her aseallants been working on & rallroad near here. They were given a preliminary hearing this morning and held to the grand jury in the sum of $600. The girl was enticed to Clarion upon their promise of securing her a place to work in the Bayliss household. She was fnduced to get Into & buggy with the three men and taken into the country, where the outrage was committed. Later the men held a drunken orgle on the streets of Clarion. Bayliss lives at Newhampton, Parker at Belmond and Rouse at Redwing, Minn. Foul Piay & SUMNER, Ia, Aug. 2.—(Special)— Friends of Will Eskiy are not satisfled with the verdict of the coromer's jury which investigated his death July 12 and returned & verdict of sulcide. He was found in & wheat fleld with a bullet hole in his head and a rifie by his eide. The strongest point against the suicide theory that there was no whatever why he should take his own 1 g must have been near at the time of death, be- cause he led the searching party to the body of the man in the field. Burlington Chan, CRESTON, Is., Aug. 3.—(Special.)—Con- stant developments iz rallroad circles soem to confirm the rumor that the Bur- An Accidental Death Is & common thing in this big world. the broad sense of the term accidents mean carelessness. In the filling of pre- scriptions by incompenent help great dan- ger lurks. This can be avolded by having all your prescriptions filled where only registered pharmacists are employed and Where they use extraordinary care in the préparation of the medicines. We claim to be Better Prepared for Filling Prescriptions Than any other store in Council Bluffs Why is this? We have made it a special study to have everything arranged prop- erly, a private prescription room, compe- tent help and the purest medicines so that in this work, at our store, all danger is eliminated. We also state that nowhere in town can lower prices be had for pre- scriptions than prevall at our store. It you are going to Manawa stop in and get your round trip tickets. We keep 'em to accomodate our friends. GEORGE W. FLETCHER PRISCRIPTICN DPRUGCIST, TELEPHONE 275. 106 BROADWAY, COUNCIL BLUFFS. In Fine 50c¢ Box Stationery 39c¢c The very latest paper. The very latest shapes. The very latest tints. Ll 307 Broadway, Council Biuffs, lowa e ———— lington road is intending to make Creston an important railroad center. The latest is the converting of the St. Joseph meat runs, which have been going over the Chariton and Kansas City = branch via Chariton to the Creston and Hopkine branch via Creston. This brings two more train crews to Creston for their headquar- ters. . GRINNELL, Ia., Aug. 3.—(Special.)~Towa eoll bas brought an action agalnst the estate of the late Edwin Manning of Van Buren county for certain lands which, it is claimed, Mr. Manning promised to the col- lege some years ago. The land is now worth $20,000. Bdwin Manning was one of the first settlers of Iowa and was very wealthy at the time of his death, having been engaged in mercantile business practically all his life. He was the father of Calvin Manning, & prominent Ottumwa lawyer and banker. Union County Democrats, CRESTON, Ia, Aug. 2.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The democratic county convention today named J, H. Schneckner for auditor, ‘W. M. Hicks for clerk, 0. D. Moorehead for recorder, D, W. Higbee for county atter- . They selected delegates to the state, congressional and judicial conventions and adopted & platform, reaMirming the Kan- #as City platform, condemning the presi- dent's Philippine policy, for tariff reform snd municipal ownership of public utili- ties. gene Cameron, & 16-year-old boy living a short way from Lenox, a small town south of hers, is mot expected to live from the effects of & revolver wound accidentally infiicted by his younger brother. The younger brother in playing with the gun accidentally discharged it, the ball enter- ing the body of Eugene near the abdomen. The doctor says there is but slight hope of his recovery. Find Runaway Girl. FORT DODGE, Ia., Aug. 2.—(Special Tel- egram.)—Ave Ducommon, who ram sway from her home in this city last Monday, was arrested at Clarion, golng under the same of Alice Bustness of Chicago, Her mother, who has been almost distracted with grief over her daughte: @disappear- ance, has gone after her to bring her home. STORM DAMAGE IN MINNESOTA Blown REDWOOD FALLS, Minn., Aug. 3.—Red- wood Falls suffered badly from s heavy windstorm and cloudburst late last night. King Bros.' machinery warebouse was un- roofed and otherwise damaged. The courthouse roof was torn off and the city bell tower blown down, ecrashing through an adjoining building. Bhade trees were uprooted and windows broken. Water Tan In torrents in the streets. All crops are flat.