Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 19, 1902, Page 4

NEWS OF INTERE ST THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FROM 'TUESDA x IOWA BLUFFS. | COUNCIL MINOR MENTION, Davis sells drugs. Btockert sells carpets and rugs. Leftert, eyesight specialist. 49 Broadway. Mre. W. E. McConnell is visiting friends at Whiting, ia. Lost, gold Elk button. Reurn to 148 Glen avenue and receive reward. 'y Bpeclal offerings in framed pictures, C. E. Aléxander & Co, 5 Broadway. Miss Cella Mulqueen Is home from a two ‘weeks' sojourn at Colfax Springs. M. L. Alleshouse of Rockport, Mo., is the guest of his brother, P.doA uenmu;. A isses Myra and Frances Hutchin- oo have lnncl!z visit friends in Kansas. ted at once, boy with pony to carry -.‘.".'éu‘u‘ “ADDiy ‘at the office, No. 10 Peati street. iss_Mabel Taylor left yesterday for a VIR eratives and Yeiends at Red Oak and Griswold. Michael Riaski and sister, Miss Mary ki, left last evening for a sojourn at xcelslor Springs, Mo. . and Mrs. John Shefer and children home from Boston, where they spent ‘The Ladies' Ald soclety of the Broadway }-lfloflln church will meet this arternoon t the Assoclated Charities on Glen a»snue to sew for the children. The annual picnic of the Union Band Bund #chool of Woodbury avenue will held Thursday at Fairmount park. Din- ner will be served at noon. 1, Members of Abe Lincoln Woman's Re- et corps will meet Wednesday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Skinkel, Eight- <eenth street and Becond avenue. Ernest Klingel began suit in the district gourt yesterday for divorce from Lilllan Klingel, to whom he was married on De- wember' 24, 1800, He makes statutory charges. Rev. Henry DeLong has tendered the Salvation Army the use of his mission hall at 6% Bast Broadway for its meeti; the corps will hold services tnere each ing of this week. Marks & Co., proprietors Uvery barn, 15§ Broadwa equipment ' of _rubber-tir boarded and cared for, tlo_eer liverv service in the city. Teleph Esther, the Z.year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Pratt of Crescent, died yes- from cholera 'infantum. Day Saints’ church :M burial will be In the Crescent ceme- orses nth. Bes one, 108, Miss Efe Folsom, employed at the Bluffs ity laundry, lost ‘the third finger of her ¢ hand yesterday momln“ attempt- & shirt ne Ci left ha Attorneys for Wesl yne Bhoup, the porter Inmber on the North- ‘western-U Pacific Overland, bound over to the grand jury on a charge of rob- bing a Northwestern detective, were un- able to secure a writ of habeas corpui {esterday owing to the absence of Judge ‘heeler from the cfty. In anticipation of an effort to secure the release of the two men Detectives Fanning and Stevens are remaining in the city. Bherman H. Tucker, a specfal officer em- loyed Lake Manawa, was arrested ifilerdly on complaint of Mrs. 3 A unch, who ch; him with the larceny a8 ballee of & watch and chain and a ng. M sald she piacea the iry in Of Tucker's care the day of the sham battle at the lake. Tucker on Deing taken to Justice Bryant's court dt ‘once turned over the jeweiry and the case was promptly dlsmissed nch Gravel roofing, A. H. Read, 541 Broadway. Burned by Gasoline. Agnes Nejson, a 14-year-old girl, was severely burned by the explosion of a gasoline stove yesterday morning at the residence of her sister, Mrs. Fred #on, 349 North First street. #on and’her young sister were preparing Dbreakfast and in some manner the tank ex- ploded throwing the burning oll over Mis: Nelson, who was standing nearest the ve. She was badly burned about the lower limbs, but her injuries, it is thought, will not result seriously. Mrs. Peterson cscaped without injury except to her hands, which were burned while attempting to #lst her sister in tearing the burning dlothes from her body. With the assist- ance of neighbors the flames were extin- gulshed before the arrival of the fire de- partment. The damage to the house was €light, belng confined to a slight scorching of the woodwork in the kitchen. Davis sells paints. wit Grows Out of Plenie. Charles Burke, who had cha of the olored citizens' picnic at the Driving Lrl Sunday, and John Achatz, who had the concession ‘for dispensing liquid freshmen re- ts, are unable to agree over their a8 & result Burke yesterday brought suit in Justice Bryant's eourt against Achats for $25. Achatz claims that by his contract he was to pay §2 for every keg of beer he sold and that he sold egs and consequently Is indebted in the um of $24. Agalust this, however, he laims as offset $23.156 which pald out at the instance of the picnic golng. Burke declines to homor payments on the ground that Achats Was not authorized to make any payments sxcept at the request of the committee in éharge. A jury will be called upon to ar- bitrate the controversy. Plumbing and heating. Bixby & Son. Real Estate Transfers. . These transfers were filed yesterday in the abstract, titie and loan office of J. W. Squire, 101 Pearl street: T8, 16k 8. block 2, Minden: w. n‘fi.‘k?“h.n.:‘f to ‘Nancy ¥. Laugh- lin, & ac and_4% 17-77-44, res in nelq &cres near center nei fo D Ar Farlow, lot 5, Rice's sub- hnson's add, s. w. d. tnyre to na o lot 7, block 14, OB Bock L Total five transfers tt, executor, I w. weon, o L, w. d ‘Things We Like Best Ofton Disagree With Us Because we overeat of them. gestion follows. such consequences. muuwn Kodol :‘nkhdw"hlmm indigestion is. Kodol di ST T hlle the wl‘ ‘&' strength- stomach rests while ened by wholesome food. oting is un- . _Kodol digests any kind of mmmmmsnmm s Indi- ut there's a o oA Ee relive is simply ’I:.. That's all the food & oara oure o i s i s LEWIS CUTLER ~FUNERAL DIRECTOR— LR -':Zq'rfl".rnmmnnm—mm PORTLAND COMPANY TO QUIT' Decides to Leave the Btate if Btook is Assessed in Oeuncil Bluffe, ALLEGE THAT IT IS DOUBLE TAXATION He s Only Fol Making the t as He Did Last Spring. If the attempt to assess it for taxation in this city is persisted in the Portland Gold Mining company of Colorado will remove from the state of Iowa and reincorporate in some other state. This was decided upom at a special meeting of the stockholders held in this city yesterday at which the board of direttors was given authority to dissolve its Incorporation in Towa and re- Ircorporate elsewhere. Present at the meet- ing were James F. Burns, president; F. Peck, treasurer and secretary, and Judge | Gunnell, general attorney of the company. The meeting was held in the office of Roes local agents and attorneys of the In making the assessment of the city for 1902 City Assessor Everest decided to in- | clude the corporation stock of the Portland |Gold Mining company, ome of the many | Cotorado mining companies incorporated junder the laws of Jowa and having its | principal place of business or legal head- {quarters in Council Bluffs. With this end In view he left the regular blank form with Mecssrs. Ross & Ross, as the local represent- atives of the corporation, for the company to make its statement on as required by stat- ute. No notice was taken, however, of City Assessor Everest's request and no state- ment was ever furnished by the company. During the trial of the famous suit of James Doyle agalnst James F. Burns, pres- ident of the Portland Gold Mining company, the evidence showed that the corporation stock of the Portland company had a face value of $3,000,000 and an actual value of three times that amount, or $9,000,000. As- sessor Everest In the absence of any s ment from the company decided to place the actusl value of the company's stock at the market value—$9,000,000—making its assess- able value $2,250,000 or one-fourth of the actual value. He accordingly notified the company to this effect and included this as- sessment in his returns to the county aud- itor. As there appeared to be a serious ques- tion to whether the corporate steck of the mining company could be legally as- sesscd here the county auditor did not take ment {nto account when figuring assessment of Pottawattamie county for 1902. The county auditor took the pcsition. that if the courts held that the assessment was valld, the county would be just that amount ahead and the tax, if ever collected, could be readily added to the county’s revenue for the year. Position of Assessor, City Assessor Everest takes the position that he is only following the law In assess- Ing the Portland company on its stock in this city, which is jts legal headquarters. The Towa code provides that all such cor- porations shall be assessed in the place which is their principal place of business and that the basis of assessment shall be the actual market value of their stock. They are entitled, however, to deductions for the value of their real estate and for this pur- pose are required to make a showing to the assessor setting out the amount of stock, the amount of value of theif real tate and other data required in determin- ing what the assessment shall be. The company In refusing to stand for an assessment in Council Bluffs takes the position that as its stock is already taxed in, Colorado, where its property lles, it eannot be taxed again in Towa. After the mecting yesterday Judge G nell, speaking for the company, said shall certainly resist any attempt to assess our corporate stock in Iowa and in order to prevent a repetition of this trouble the mecting of stockholdes has authorized the board of directors to dissolve the Iowa corporation and reincorporate in some other state, where we will be free from any such controversy. At the same time the company would prefer to remain a corporation of lowa and will do so If no further attempt is made to compel us to pay taxi ere on the same property on which we pay taxes in Colofado. If, how- ever, the city of Counell Blufts {s deter- mined to push this matter and attempt to enforce this assessment the company will quit Towa and locate elsewhere." Asked If the state of Iowa derived any benefit by the company retaining its In- corporation here Judge Gunnell was forced to admit that it did mot. Al that the state ever recelved from the company was the original filing fee for the articles of incorporation which at the time the com- pany organized was materially lower than it 1s pow. To incorporate in lowa now would cost the company hundreds of dol- lars more than it paid at the time it in- corporated. City Assessor Everest, when informed of the action of the Portland company, stated that at this time he could not eay what steps Pottawattamie county would take to enforce the collection of the tax If any. It was a tter, he satd, for the county attorney and Board of Supervisors to determine. He had returned the assess- ment of the company with the other as- sessments for the year and that ended his duty in the matter. County Attorney Kill- pack was not in the ety yesterday and his views on the question could not be asces tained. AFTER CONTRACTOR WICKHAM City Council Anxious to Have Pavis, of Harrison §treet Com- For about the tenth time the eity counell last night passed a resolution directing the city engineer to motity Contractor Wickham to begin the paving of Harrison street. A few weeks ago the city couneil ordered Wickbam to begin the paving of s street 88 socn as he completed the work on cer- taln streets in the Fourth ward. According t3 statements made to aldermen last night by residents and property owners on Harrison street WAckbam is preparing to pave South Sixth street and has made no visible sign of intending to do any work the former street. It was stated that Wick- hum is unable to secure sufMcient Council Bluffs brick for the paving of Harrison street and that the property owners a willing that he should use any other kind of vitrified brick provided only that he be- gin the work st omce. City Bugineer Etnyre reported that he had instructed Wickham to begin the paving of Harrison street, but ue far as he knew there Was no intention on Wickham's part to com- ply with the ustructions, Mr. Etoyre stated that be had refused to set the stakes for the South Sixth street paviag until work council feared that the refusal to set the stal might give Wickham an opportunity to sue the city for damages and directed the engineer to set them and at the same time to notify Wickham to begin the Hatrison it ted to com- pel Wickham to obey the orders of the council in regard to the paving of Harri- eon street but nothl was definitely de- cided upon. One suggestion was that no imates be allowed on any paving until he had demonstrated that he intended pav- ing this street this fall. it developed that to pave BSouth Sixth street with Galesburg block whereas his contract called for Council Bluffs brick. The city engineer was inetructed to motify him to conform to the requirements of the contract. Aldermen Huber and Tinley renewed their fight on Street Supervisor Taylor and were loaded with resolutio: requiriag him to furnish all sorts of statements as to the number of men employed on each street and an itemized report of the cost of clean- ing each street, etc. The resolutions failed of adoption, as the other aldermen were of the opinion that such reports as Alder- men Huber and Tinley demanded were im- practicable and that to make them would necessitate providing the street supervisor with a clerical force. Alderman Tinley in- sisted on having a report of the work done on the streets in payment of poll tax and the supervis Instructed to make & report of the aggregate number of days work performed in payment of the poll tax, this report to be referred to a committee consisting of Aldermen Tinley and Huber to check over with the supervisor's books. Aldermen Tinley and Huber declined to ex- plain for what rgason they demanded these reports, which caused Alderman Lougee to remark to Alderman Tinley that “the alder- man from the Third ward seemed to have something up his sleeve,”” and Tinley re- plied by saying that “All of them would s00n have something up their sleeve ‘What this referred to, however, was left un- explained. On the recommendation of the committes of the whole the ordinance introduced on behalf of the motor company, providing for the narrowing of the sidewalk on Oak street between Broadway and Pierce street was lald on the table. An ordin changiug the grade of Vor- his street between Lincoln avenue and Unlon street was introduced and passed to its second reading. e MeCormick d Ploneer Implement companies complained sbout the defective condition of the paving on Tenth avenue between Sixth and Main streets, and the city engineer was instructed to notify Con- tractor Wickham to repair it at once. James Casey and C. J. Harden were granted permission to conduct a saloon at 606 West Broadway. Olty Electriclan Bradley was given leave of absence for five days. On the recommendation of the committes of the whole it was decided not to settle the Henry Lock personal injury judgment AgAIDst the city out of court. This decision was reached at a sesslon of the committee previous to the council meeting. Final action on the resolution calling for & sewer on Willlam street between Ave- nue D and Mill street was taken and the clerk instructed to advertise for bid: Alderman Lougee from the chairmanship of the streets ana alleys committee, as he expected to be out of the city a good deal of the time be- tween this and winter. His requ was granted, and Mayor Morgan said he would appoint some one in his place by the next meeting. The council adjourned to next Monday night. N. Y. Plumbing Co., ceisphone 250. Walks Out of Courtroom. Willlam Desmond, against whom a charge of assaulting wife, better known as Mrs. Emma Metcalfe, has been pending in Justice Bryant's court for two or three months, ventured into Council Bluffs yes. terday, was taken into custody and while his case was belng determined ocalmly walked out of the court, took a car back to Omaha and is once more out of the jur- isdiction of the Iowa courts. Two months or more ago when Desmond was arrested at the instance of his wife he was released on his own recognizance, but falled to put in an'appearance when his Yesterday morning Mrs. Metcalte telephoned that Desmond was at her place again and making things decidedly uncomfortable. Constable Alberti to the Metcalte place, but falled to locate Desmond. He waited around how- over and was rewarded an hour later in finding his man as h was crawling through a fence back of the premises. Before the court Desmond attempted to secure a further continuance, but Justice Bryant refused and then Desmond when the back was turned coolly walked out of the courtroom and catching an Omaha car was soon across the rive; Once back in Omaha, where he is em- ployed bartender, Desmond telephoned to Justice Bryant and apologized for so un- ceremoniously leavis his court, but ex- plained that he had to go to get & clean shirt. Davis sells glass. Let Depot Comtracts. Anderson Bros., contractors of this eity, have been awarded the conmtract for the construction of twelve depots on the line of the Great Western raliroad. The towns where the depots will be erected and And- erson Bros.' bid for each are as follows: Moorland, $2,440; Somers, $2,700; Lohrvill $3,675; Carroll, $3,044; Halbur, $1,606; Ma ning, $2,986; Botna, $1,608; Irvin, $1,94 Harlan, §3,04; Harlan freight depot, $3,198; Minden, $2,195. The plans for the depots in Council Blufts have not yet been completed, but officials of the road state that the depots in this city at least equal those of the Northwestern and Illinols Cen- tral in appearance and cost. ENJOINING MORE SALOONS Anti-Saloon l‘l:-- Roast th Sioux City Admints- tration, SIOUX CITY, Ia., Aug. 18.—(Special Ti gram.)—The Anti-Saloon league has com- menced a second crusade against the saloons by scoring the city admin- istration and by securing injunctions against eight saloons. Rev. T. Carter Sun- day night delivered an address in which he accused Mayor Caldwell's administration of openly allowing lawlessness, and saying openly that a recent rald on a sambling Bouge was & mere farce. The league people say that gambling houses are rumning in open violation to the closing order and that this is being done with the comnivance of the mayor and chief of police. The city suthorities have made no answer to their charges. Sues for Lost Business. CEDAR FALLS, Ia., Aug. 18.—(Special.)— Mrs. Lottle Lower of the Hotel at Denver has sued Bremer county for $5,000 dam- ages resulting trom the loss of trade during the smallpox scare when the officers closed her place of business and kept it closed. time and secured the eos A rival bouse held an opening during the | busta CHEROREE HOSPITAL READY Missing Portions of Machinery Arrive and Patients Oan Be Oared For. UNUSUALLY HEAVY FALLS OF RAIN ny Takes a New Tack on Its Injunction Proceed- 1 Aga the Strikers and Their Backers, (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Aug. 18.—(Special.)—Intor- mation was received today by the State Board of Control to the effect that all the matters which have been causing delay in the opening of the mew state hospital at Cherokee have been settled and that steam ‘was turned on the pipes and engines today for the first time. A large part of the de- lay had been due to non-arrival of certain essentlal parts of the machinery and to the breaking of wome other minor parts at a critical moment. The parts which had been delayed have arrived and been put in place and other parts were received by expres: ‘The hospital cannot be operated without the use of the steam bollers and engines, as the hospital is fitted with all the lat ap- pliances for ventilation, electric lights, pumps for water, ete. Already insane pa- tients are being received from the counties comprising the Cherokee district, which is the Eleventh congressional district and the north half of the Tenth district. Arrange- ments are now being perfected for the transfer of insane from Independence and Clarinda and announcements will be made In a few days of when this work will be dene. The legislature made an appropria- tion of $5,000 for the work of transferring patients and they will go by special train. Chairman Cownie of the State Board of Control is at Cherokee to assist in the opening. Telephone Company Changes Tacties. The Iowa Telephone company today with- drew its application for an injunction alnst the officers of the Trades and Labor assembly to prevent them from assisting in the removal of the telephones where orders have been given for removal and the com- pany has not complied with the orders. The court ruled against the company in the matter of enjoining the labor leaders from interfering with the company prop- erty, and now the matter of the boyocott has also been left free. The labor leaders are still at work inducing business men to take out the ‘phones. The most serious loss to the company has been In the removal of the ‘phones from city bulldings by order of the city council. Interest in the strike 1s dylng out with the public. Lightning Kills Cattle. Fifteen head of valuable killed by one bolt on a farm near Des Moinés prob- ably Saturday morning. They be- longed to a farmer named Samuel Hender- son, and the dead animals were found lying by the side of a barb wire fence, along which had passed the fatal bolt of light- ning. The cattle were valued at about $50 each and were Insured for $30 a head. Soap Company Reorganisatio: A new company composed of the Agars of the Agar Packing company, a Mr. Peets of Kansas City 4nd Captain Howell of this eity is being orgAnized to take over the property of the Puck Soap company, now In the hands ofsa receiver, and handle it with large capftallzation. The Puck com- pany has been doing rge business, but had not much capital and was forced into & recelvership, * Articles of Incorporation have been filed with the secretary of state of the Leader Department Store company, Des Moines, by Harry Blotcky and others, capital $26,000, and by the Relmer Bros.’ company of Keo- kuk, capital $10,000. The Winterset Sa ings bank has been chartered to do busine: with a capital of $25,000. Unusual Fall of Rain. The Weather bureau reports that the fall of water in Dés Moines the past week ag- gregated 4.56 inches, which is unusually heavy for this sesson of the year. The fall last night and Sunday amounts” to 2.02 inches. At Iowa City 8.52 inches of water fell yesterday. The water in the rivers is slowly rising. Jack Gunther, proprietor of the coal mines east of Colfax in Jasper county, was found dead along the Rock Island tracks this morning near his home. It s known be had been drinking and it is supposed he fell from a train. He was & man of con- siderable property and business abllity. cattle were of lightning Becretary J. F. Kennedy, of the state board of medical examiners, has com- pleted making out the certificates for the 285 osteopathic students and practitioners who were not compelled to take the ex- amination for admission to practice under the new state law. There are about slxty of these who go to persons giving their addresses as Des Molnes. The 285 ®ons who received certificates are gradu- ates from the following schools: American School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, 132; Co- lumbian School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, 5; Still college, Des Moines, 141; Minnesota Institute of Osteopathy, Minneapolis, 2; Northern School of Osteopathy, Minne- apolis, 4; Southern School of Osteopathy, Frankiin, Ky, 1. Mail Carriers to Meet. A meeting of the State Assoclation of Rural Mall carriers has been called for this city August 27. An assoclation wah formed last year and a majority of the rural mall carriers of the state have become members. They have taken a decided stand in favor of legislation that 'will benefit the highways of the state and are using their influence for better road laws Fortune for an Iowan. Private telegrams received in this city from Norwich, N. Y., tell of & fortune amounting to more than a quarter of a million which has fallen to Mrs. B. R. Mason, wife of Clerk Mason of the United States circult court. Mr. Mason is now in Norwich, called there some time ago to look after the affairs of the estate to which his wife is the only heir. Geo: Rider, the father of Mrs. Mason, died about a year ago, leaving an unencumbered est; .. He was formerly in the plano manufactur- ing business and at one time was at the head of the wood alcohol trus hich made its milllons. Mrs. Mason w the only daughter, other members of the family hav~ ing since dled, and she has now come Into possession of the entire fortune. Mason has been clerk of the court here for more than thirty years and is a brother of United States Senator Mason of Illinols. Ha County Fair Opens. IOWA FALLS, la, Aug. 18.—(Specl The thirty-second annual county fair of Hardin county opens at Eldorado Tuesday for a four days' display. With good weather the meeting this year will eclipse auy held in recent years, as the entries in all classes will be large. An exceptionally strong fleld of horses has been eutered and & fine speed program will be carried out. Two thousand five hundred dollars in prizes will be hung up for these contests. Athletic sports will form & strong feature AUGUST 19, 1902. of each day's program, besides miscellane. ous amusements. STORM IN TOWA AND ILLINOIS Telegraph Wires Down and Crops Damaged by Torremts of Water, KEOKUK, la., Aug. 18.—This city was al- most cut off from telegraphic and tele. phonie communication for the twenty-four hours ending this afternoon, when some wires were again ralsed to surrounding towns. Sunday afternoon lightning, wind and rain worked havoc all over the coun- try around here. A score of towns in Hancock and adjoin- 1 counties in Tllinols were hard hit and About 100 farm houses and barns struck by lightning. The ecity hall of Carthage was struck. Torrents poured down the streams east of here, washing out bridges, culverts and telegraph poles and delaying and stop- ping trains on the Burlington, Wabash and Toledo, Peoris & Western roads. The total damage will be great. The center of the storm seemed to be at Nauvoo, Iil., and the old Mormon town was almost panic-stricken as it became black as night in the middle of the afternoon. The large grape industry is badly damaged and corn flattened to the ground by wind and torrents of water. Bowen, Ill, was the center of damage to telephone lines, many of which were rendered uselss by li and wind. Telephone lines around the dis- trict of Carthage, Ill, are also badly crippled. The storm was as severe on the Iowa side of the Mississipp! river. Fort Madison bad smoke stacks and trees blown down in the city. Farmington had a hard storm. Lightning, wind and heavy rain damaged crops and farm bulldings throughout Lee county, and the path of damage extended into adjoining counties. The Des Moines river, which recently flooded its entire valley, is again rising fast and is already one foot over the bottom lands above here. A second storm, almost equal in severity, raged over nearly the same territory early today. TUMAN DIES OF HIS INJURIES Never tity of His Mur- derer, MUSCATINE, Ia., Aug. 18.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Jesse Tuman, the man murdered nearby, died tonight af never recovered comsclousmess nor re anything concerning the identity of the mur- It is thought perhaps more parties are implicated. Officers are at sea and clues derer. are difficult to find. Excitement here is in- tense. A stranger met two boys on a road and told them that a man lay in & hut in the midst of the woods, bruised and bleeding. They boys knew the injured man's hut and went to the place, finding Tuman nearly dead. The nude body of the woman was found about 150 yards up t hill from the house. A bloody ax was discovered 100 yards beyond the woman's body. A mysterious telephone message came to the coroner here Friday morning, saying someone was killed, but did not tell who, where or when. The message cannot be traced, but is thought to have connection With the murder. The only clue is that Williams telegraphed for money from Texas A week ago. The injured man Is at a hos- pital in this eity. The doctors performed an operation and the victim may recover sufficiently to tell of the A, but is so far unconscious. A coroner inquest will be held today. Both Tuman and his wite carried life in- surance polic! The hut is in a lonely Wwoods, half a mile from any other house or public »oad. Tuman was a woodchopper in winter and gathered pearls in the sum- mer. He never banked any money and may have had a large sum secreted. ROCK ISLAND TRAIN DITCHED Nome of the Passengers Are Killed, Though Some Are Injured in the Accld: MUSCATINE, Ia., Aug. 18.—The Kl Paso limited on the Rock Island road was wrecked by a washout early this morni: and five coaches and the engine were thrown into the ditch a mile west of Letts. The train carried a heavy passenger lst and there were many miraculous escapes from death. Many are reported injured, some, it is thought, fatally. ‘The washout was caused by a cloudburst, accompanied by a terrific electrical storm. Two houses in the adjacent country are reported burned by lightning, and it fs feared much other damage was dome, CHICAGO, Aug. 18.—It is stated at the Rock Island offices that the bagsage, mail, express and two chair cars the train ‘wrecked near Letts were ditched, but that the engine and Pullmans remained on tho track. According to their reports nobody was serfously Injured, although some were bruised. MURDERED AND BODY HIDDEN ains of Found Secreted in We Ney Red Oak, Ia., with Skull Crushed. RED OAK, X body of a ma Aug. 18.—(8pecial.)—The ipposed to be Moses Tu- nick was found hidden under some weeds near this place. His skull was crushed in and a coupling pin found nearby. The body had evidedtly lain there some time. It fe thought that the man was murdered by tramps, ay & number camped near the place a short time ago. The officers found in the pockets of the clothing a declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States by Moses Tunick, a native of Russia, taken out in New York October 31, 1887, and duplicaged October 27, 1898. There was also & recelpt from the New York Mu- tual Gaslight company for gas used at 88 Suffolk street, and dated August 8, 1901, and a Southern Pacific ferry ticket from Benica to Port Costa, dated June 24, 1903, There was no money in his pocke Towa Farmers Buncoed. WATERLOO, Ia., Aug. 1.—(Special.)—The Central Valley Telephone company has been notified of & fraud agent who has been working the country dlstricts about May- nard selling poles at greatly reduced prices to farmers on the plea that the lines in thy country were to be abandoned and the poles removed from the ground. He is careful to select men having no 'phones. Recelpts are issued in his own name for the money received. The company has uch agent out, as poles are scarce and hard to get at any price. Waterloo Grocers Wil Plenie WATERLOO, Ia., Aug. 18.--(Special.)--The Waterloo Grocers’ association has selected the Epworth League park at Colfa: o lace of holding the annual picnlc and out- ing September 11. The Great Western has granted & rate of §1.50 for the rousd trip and the grocers & majority of the other eve Louseh e cliy bave agreed o y at Colfax. CEDAR FALLS. Ia., Aug 18.—(Speclal.)— The Ploneer Prospecting Oll company of PERFECT *“Illaltafvita “THE PERFECT FOOD " BRAIN and MUSCLE MALTA-VITA is good board for all mankind. Relished by old and found nearly dead Saturday night in the woods vorth of Muscatine, his wife being found 5. young, sick or well. MALTA-VITA 'is the original and only perfectly cooked, thoreughly malted, flaked, and toasted whole wheat food. MALTA-VITA is the perfect food : perfect in taste, perfectly cooked and malted ; perfect because MALTA-VITA contains all of the elements necessary to sustain life and invigorate mind and body. Perfect health, sound, restful sleep, clear complexion, bright eyes, clean, sweet breath are the blessings that foilow a regular diet VITA. A'weelk’s trial of MALTA-VITA as a diet for breakfast as will convince the most skeptical of the su; Beware of imi ions. Battie Creek, Mich. of MALTA- perior merits of MALTA-VITA, Insist on getting MALTA-VITA, *The Per fect Food.” Requires no cooking, always ready to eat. For sale by grocers. MALTA-VITA PURE FOOD CO. Toronto, Canada Tripoll has ceased operations in the nelgh- borhdod of Frederika after drilling 1,176 feet in the earth for ofl. The funds of the company bave been exhausted and they have shipped the machinery to Streeter, where they will prospect for coal. The Wapsir Valley company is still at work but no indications of value have been found to show that oll was there in paying quan- tithe BARTHOLIN IN SIOUX CITY Works in a Poolroom, but Ca Be Found When Police Look for Him, ot SIOUX CITY, Ia., Aug. 18.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The Sioux City police believe Wil- flam Bartholin, the Chicago murderer, has been here for a week. They have received Instructions to look for him from the Chi- cago police. J. H. Smith, who runs a pool hall at 2102 Fourth street, says Bartholin came here two weeks ago and worked for him a little over a week. says the man answering the description given of the Chi- cago murderer looked seedy and hard up, came in his place and said he was from Kapsas City. He gave the name of Bert Hardy. Smith thought nothing of it until he saw Bartholin's pcture In the Chicago papers yesterday. He immediately notified the police of what he knew and hence the instructions to the Sloux City officers. Smith says the man stopped at the Washing- ton house last night and the police are searching for him. He says he is sure he is Bartkolin, KEEP THEIR SECRET WELL f Red Oak Are Mar- ut Make & Tardy Yo & Couple ried in April, RED OAK, Ia., Aug. 18.—(Special.)—En- ward A. Merritt and Miss De: Marile Rathbone, two well known Red Oak young people, have just announced their mar- riage, which occurred at Omaha April 26, ‘when Mr. Merritt was a dental student. The bride Is the daughter of J. Q. Rath- bone and the groom is the son of Rev. W. W. Merritt, one of the earliest sot- tlers of the county and a brother of the late Darwin Merritt, one of the officers who lost their lives in the blowing up of the battleship Maine. Catholies Gather at LeMars, SIOUX CITY, Ia., Aug, 18. gram.)—A widely diverging church custom will be discussed and prob- ably inaugurated at the coming retreat, which’ opens at LeMars this evening. This is the first annual synod of the dio- cese since the installation of Bishop Gar- rigan, which will be held in connection with the retreat. Bishop Garrigan will have a busy week before him. He will preach four times a day and will say mass once a day during the week. The committee in charge of the arrange ment is: Reve James Barron, LeMars; J. A. Gerleman, Sloux City; F. X. Feurstein, LeMars; P. J. O'Connor, Sloux City; J. A. Grifin, Salix. Towa Pyth IOWA FALLS, Ia. The Knights of Pythias campaign in the Grand Domain of Iowa has just opened and while the grand lodge has prohibited the use of political methods in seeeking an office in the gift of the grand lodge, some rnest solicitation will be made over the state with a view to securing the honorary positions that will be bestowed by the grand lodge which meets in Des Moines on October 8. Pastor Le His Flock. WATERLOO, Ia., Aug. 18.—(Speclal.)— Rev. G. A. Bryant, pastor of the Baptist church at Jesup, has disap; d it 18 teared he has gone wrom rowed 3246 trom members of his flock and left his famjly. He bas not been going right for some time and it is believed he has gone east to join & woman with whom he bad become infatuated. Boy Has Fall, SIQUX CITY, Ia, Aug. 18.—(Special Tele- siai ) —Ths littls year-old son of Daztel Richardeon fell from the elevated street rallway viaduct last night and is now lying ot the Samaritan hospital and may die. 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