Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 8, 1903, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 190'!. INTEREST FROM MINOR MENTION, Davis sells drugs. For rent, modern house, 719 8ixth Ave Expert watch repairing, Leftert, 40 Bway. Officer 1s selling dwellings cheap. 419 B'y. Pleture framing. C. E. Alexander & Co., 233 Broadway Cut prices on art calendars and blotters for New Year's gifte. Alexander & Co. fhe meeting of the Couneil Blufts club | for this week has been postponed until next week. The Trades Friday the held officers _of will be annual election of and Labor assembly evening We are headquarters kinds. See us before you buy Vil and Glass Co A. Boyd and F Omaha, were married in this city aay affernoon by Justice Carson Hazel camp, Modern Woodm fea, will install officers this e installation will be followed b Albert J. Ruwe and Adelaide M. Brugh, both of Omaha, were married yesteraay afternoon by Hev. J. W. Calfée of the Broadway Methodist church Charles E. Phillips, committed Bernard's hospital April 2 last, dered discharged yesterday as the commissioners on insanity. The Woman's Home Missionary soclety of the Broadway Methodist church wiil meet this afternoon at the residence of Mre. A. F. Griffith, 1 Oak , for the eiection of officers At the regular meeting of Concordia lodge No Knights of Pythias, la evening the "following officers were in stalled by Deputy Grand Chancellor Black: C, C, Frank Elgant; V. C., Stewart; P., . A Black; M. 'of W L. Hill;'K.'of R.‘and 8.' Ed Steepy: Brandt Crocker; M. of John Bchoening; M_-at-A,'H. C. Bl I.G Wempner: 0. G., Willlam McKinley. evening closed with a smoker, refresiments and speech-making C. B. Paint, A bunquet St or- by to was cured N. Y. Pl\lmhlnl r‘n, AGREE TO PAY EOE:TOH MORE Material Increase Made in lelephone 526. ary of Physician for Kane Town- ah The action of the Council Bluffs Medical soclety, In protesting agalnst the meager remuneration pald by the county for medi cal attendance on paupefs in Council Bluffs, had the desired effect. The Board of Super- for glass of ail| The | {BURGLAR PROVES FIGHTER | After Being Fired at Returns and Ta es | Shot at Oharles Poore. | BULLET MIS.ES MARK AND STRIKES BED Poore Returns the Compliment, but There is No Evidence Any of the Shots Reached Thelr In- Charles Poore had an exciting encounter with a burglar who attempted to break into his house at 109 North Sixth street, about 3 o'clock yesterday morning. Poore and the burglar exchanged ehots and che 1 i | | 1 tended Mark. | | 1 | saloon man believes that he wounded his | unwelcome visitor. As a memento of the | encounter Poore has the remains of a 38- {callber bullet which narrowly missed him |ana was flattened out against the head of | a folding bed. Two shattered windows and | holes in the curtains are further evidences of the burglar. The burglar first secured entrance to the house through the window of the bath room, but as the door of the room wa locked was unable to get further into the house. The noise the burglar made in attempting to open the bath room door aroused Poore, who got out of bed. Failing to get iInto the house by the bath room the burglar made an attempt to force a window on the north side of the house, when he was warned away by Poore. The fellow, however, Instead of leaving, went to the front of the house and sac- ceeded in partly ralsing the window. Poore in the meantime had armed himself with a single-barrel shotgun belonging to his eon and as the tellow raised the window, fired at him. Most of the shot, however, lodged In the back of a chalr next the window, but a part of the charge went through the window and, as Poore belleves, into the anatomy of the burglar. After securing the shotgun Poore took the precaution to turn down the gas, but fusilade between Poore and the | brake | This prevented 120 acres of land in this county at 365 an acre, and on which he claime to have pald $300. MUCH DAMAGE DONE BY WIND Merriam Block and Its Temants the Worst Suffe Storm. from the The violent wind o Council Blufts Tues- day night and yesterday was productive of considerable damage which will take several thousand dollars to repair. Roofs were torn off, chimneys and small bulldings over- turned, fences levelled and billboards razed to the ground. Debriu of bricks and boaris were visible on all sides and many a hang- ing sign was miseing from its accustomed place. The Merriam block probably suffered worst from the windstorm. A large section of the roof was torn loose and plaster and other debris were precipitated into the rooms of the Ganymeade club, serlously damaging the billlard tables and other fur. niture. The gas pipes in the clubroom were torn loose and for two hours, until the janitor could be reached and the supply turned off, there was considerable danger of an explosion. One of the members of the club fortunately had presence of mind enough to extingulsh the lights when the in the pipes was discovered. The firewall on the roof of the bullding also was blown over and broke a large hole in the ceiling of the public library rooms. the library being heated yesterday and the board decided to close it until the necessary repairs are made. A plate glass window in the front of the Kiel hotel was blown in, the damage being estimated at $125 The entire front of Louls Grell's meat market at 810 Broadway was blown cut, the woodwork being scattered across the street. A falling sign broke the plate glass front fn Whitney's saloon on South Main street, causing domage cstimated at $100. The windows In the adjolning building, also owned by Mrs. Lower, were badly broken. The front of Wagner's butcher shop on South Main street was blown in and tho same happened to the barber shop nearby. Boards from the Hoagland lumber yard were carried across the street by the wind and through the window of Lawson's barber shop. Telephone and telegraph wires did not suffer much, but the elsctric light company IOWA. WARNS SCHOOL tate Fund Oannot Be Diverted. Mra. Ruby Britt Disposes Her lowa Real Estate and De- parts for Her Home in Montana. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Jan. 7.- state department of public instruction to- day lesued two warping circulars to county provided for the support of teachers’ stitutes and other detalls of the financ! management of the schools. intendents, Prof. Barrett states that tice normal Institute fund, and he calls at- fled by the superintendent, and disbursements shall be on warrant of the county sperintendent. says Prof. Barrett, of law. assistants secured by the county superin- or grading manuseripts. fs no part of the institute ,and anyone em- ner as others are who aseist county work. teachers is not sens conducted for at least six working days and be apprdved by the superintendent of public instruction.” A similar circular ad- OFFICIALS BState Superintendent Informs Them Insti- ANDREW WILCOX HAS BEEN IN ASYLUM t Much of Spectal.)~The officers of the highest import relating to the safeguarding of the funds which are Addressing the county auditors and the county super- the annual reports now on file in his office show | that in some countles it ls a common prac- to violate, unintentionally he thinks, | the law relating to the expenditure of the tention to the fact that no warrant can be drawn in excess of the amount of Institute fund in the county treasury, that the bills must be signed and sworn to by the party In whose favor the order is made and veri- that all drawn by the county auditor on the written order “The prac- tice of paying lecturers from the institute fund for addressing teachers' associations,” “is clearly a violation We are required to hold also that the institute fund may not be used to pay tendent to ald in conducting examinations The examination ployed to aid in conducting the same should be paid by the coutity in the same man- in general A voluntary association of an institute in the legal The institute must in all cases be BLIZZARD STOPS BUSINESS Delayed and Wires Are Down Throughont No States, hwent ST. PAUL, Minn,, Jan. 7.—Dispatches ro. celved here this afternoon Indicate that the blizzard which aet in in both Dakotas last night has swept acrose Minnesota into tire northwest It was only 10 degrecs above Morris, Minn., today, but the storm wi the worst in many years. In southern Min- nesota it is even worse. Albert Lee re. ported business practically sispended be- ceuse of the blizzard, which has delayed all trains. Reports from the telegraph companies show that the wires all through the north- west are badly crippled and a pumber of places have been cut off from communica- tion with the outer world. Many towns in Montana and the Dakotas are snowbound, done to stock. Watertown, S. D., reports the worst storm for fourteen years, beginning at 6 last evening and still raging. Much stock has 1| probably pertshed, but the causualties can- not be learned now. All trains are tied up and business is at a standstill BROWNS VALLEY, Minn, Jan. 7.—A heavy fall of snow and a northeast wind blowing about forty miles an hour, makes {travel of all kinds impossible. All trains | are abandoned on account of the storm and no mails have been recelved or dispatched from Browns Valley since yesterday morn- ing. Some farmers who left in the even- ing have not been heard from, but as the weather is not cold it is believed they are fe. Stowdrifts om the Great Northern are reported from ten to fifteen feet deep. At Luverne, Minn., the roofs were blown trom several buildings. WEST SUPERIOR, Wis., Jan. 7.—A bliz. zard from the northwest struck the head of the lukes early today. Drifting snow is interfering badly with traffic. A sudden drop In temperature accompanied the high wind. KANSAS CITY, Jan. 7.—~A gal» bas pre- vailed in this part of the state for the past twelve hours. As a result trains are more or less delayed and telegraph and telephone service has been crippled elightly, a num- ber of poles in outlying districts having been blown down. No serious damage is reported. At Lawrence, Kan., the wind blew at a velocity of sixty miles an hour. The mercury remained close to the freezing Wieconsin and today prevalls over the en- | zero at | and it Is feared that great damage will be | Bottling in bond means the filiing of each bottle of W. H. McBrayer’s Cedar Brook | | direct from the original package, under the super- vision of the United States government. qnet of the beverag The be- » is unimpaired in the bottling which is one of the reasons W, H. McBrayer’s Cedar Brook has wide reputation. led by the Battled ot tling Only of chean whi at the neck the of stunp-—n I | Paul Woedward is Hanged at Oamden, New | Jorsay, for Murder. HIS VICTIMS ARE TWO YOUNG BOYS fes Which They Buy His Only Motive Crime Being to Rob Thewm. Puts Arsenic in to Eat, for CAMDEN, N. J., Jan. aged 17 7.~Paul Woodward, was hanged in the Camden jall today. The drop fell at and Woodward was pronounced dead ten minutes later Woodward was apparently the most un- concerned person in the party at the hang- Ing and showed romarkable nerve, The crime for which Paul Woodward to- day paid the death penalty was the mur- der October 1, last, of John Cofin, aged 11 years, and Price Jennings, aged 14 The boys disappeared from thelr homes on October 1 and thelr bodies were found point. a velocity of thirty There was no snow. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan, 7.—Wind attaining ix miles an hour has in a wood near Hadden Helghts, six miles from here, on October 4. Previous to the discovery of the bodies Woodward had gone terms “Distillery Bottling," Genuine,” the guarantee of purity McBrayer's Cedar Brook. FOR SALE EVERYWHERE [PAYS PENA TY 0N GALLOWS o long enjoyed its world The publie should not be wis- “Whiskey Distillery” and “Distillery Lot- catehlines vsad by nakers s to defrand and deceive. Look bottle for the government and inxist upon Baltimore Rye X i 4 | visors yesterday, in awarding the contract | turned it up again as soon as he had fired, dressed to the boards of supervisors calls | Prevailed throughout Ka today. It has | to the home of young Coffin and sald he for pauper medical attendance to Dr. ) J. Rice, raised his compeasation to $300 for the year, this to include pay for at- tending the prisoners in the county jail. Last year the board pald Dr. Stephenson $84 for attending the poor of Kane town- ship and $36 for the prisoners in tho county jall. Dr. Rice will also receive $20 for attending the poor of Garner township and @ like sum for the poor of Lewls township. The contract for the buflding of pile bridges In Pottawattamie county for the year beginning April 1, 1903, was awarded to the Canton Bridge company of Canton 0., at $3.60 a lineal foot. The company is required to furnish a $6,000 bond for the faithful performance of the contract. The salaries of the county officers elected last fall and their deputies were fixed as follows: Clerk of district court, $2,200, with $300 from the probate fees and $300 for clerk hire; clork's three deputies, $1,000 each; county auditor, $5,000 and fees, out of which he has to pay his deputy and clerk hire; county, recorder, $2,600, and $1,500 additional clerk hire; recorder's deputy, $900; county attorney, $1,600, and assistant, 3720, The bridge and road territory was ap- portioned among the members of the board s follows: Baker—Boomer, Crescent, Garner, north of Milwaukee rallroad; Hazel Dell, Kane and Rockford townships. Bran- des—James, Knox, Layton, Minden, Pleas- ant and Valley townships. Bullis—Belk- nap, Center, Lincoln, Waveland, Grove and Wright townships. Dryden—Garner, east of Milwaukee railroad; Hardin, Neo'a, Nor- walk and York townships. Kerney—Car- son, Keg Creek, Lewls, Macedonia, Sllver Creek and Washington townships. Supervisors Brandes, Bullis and Kerney were appointed as the committee on roads and bridges for the east half of the county, and Supervisors Kerney, Bake? and Dryden for the. west balt. No expenditure above $100 can be made on bridges without con- sent of entire committee. Kerney, Brandes and Dryden were ap- pointed a committee to secure plans for the necessary buildings for the poor farm. Brandes was authorized to make all pur- chases of supplies for the Avoca court hous . The contract for printing, stationery and other supplies for Council Blufts® house was awarded to the New Nonpareil company at the same figures as last year. The same plum was awarded to the Avoca Journal-Herald for the Avoca court house at last year's prices. The publishing of the board's proceedings will be given to the same newspapers as last year providing they are willing to accept last year's rates. Plumbing lnd heat |||. Rixby & Son. Gay Gets n Promotion. 0. Gay, local agent for the Rock Island railroad, been promoted to the agency at St. Joseph, Mo, and will leave for his new post as soon as the auditors can check him out. Mr. Gay, who has been in Coun- cil Bluffs about two years agd made msny triends by his soclal and busizess qualities, will be succeeded by T. F. Rowland, comes from Washington, Ia Real Estate T These transters were filed yesterday in the abstract, title and loan office of J. W Squire, 101 Pearl street Rarah Codner to lot 4, ‘block 3, w ow.d - M. W. Russell to Mason City & Fort Dodge Rallroad company, lot block 6, Willlams 1st add, w. d William Shaw to same, lot 9, block 20, Willlams 1st add, = w. d F. F. Everest and wife to J nan, 1€ lots in Brown's s w.d J. F. Wiicox and wife (o 1. per, lot 2, in J. F. w. d . R Drake, Prospect Place add. W, Han- subaly, A. Cas Wilcox's ‘subdiv, Total five transfers . Marriage Licenses. Licenses to wed were issued yesterday to the following Name and Residence. A Boyd, Omaha... Eliza Bheperd, Omaha David F. Cummins, Council Bluffs FfMe Mae Ferris, Council Bluffs Albert J. Ruwe, Omaha Adelaide M. Brugh, Omaha Age Mgr Thursday THE ROYAL — Includin MISS INEZ LEW POSTERLAND Prices—2%¢ to LEWIS CUTLER MORTICIAN. Council Bluffs. January §— PUTIANS, 2% Pearl ‘Phone 97. court | who | supposing that the fellow by this time had been frightened away. He roturned to the bedroom and was in the act of reloading the gun, when crash through the window came & bullet, narrowly missing his head and etriking the end of a folding bed where it flattened out. Poore instantly fired again at the window through which the bullet came, the charge making a hole in the glass within six inches of the hole made by the burglar's shot. Hastily donning a few clothes Poore went to the house of a nelghbor and telephoned o the police, but by the time tne officers arrived no trace could be found 'of the burglar. The persistent manner in which the fel- low attempted to enter leads the police to belleve that the burglar was aware of the fact that Poore usually carrigd home with him a considerable sum of money and that he was prepared to take desperate chances to secure it. Another theory Is that the tellow recelved some of the shot of the first charge fired by Poore and that in revenge h2 decided to take a shot at Poore and the turning up of the gas again pre- sented to him the opportunity. Another Heating Stove Free. The first heating stove given by William Welch to his coal customers was awarded to the Christian home. Another has been put up on the same plan, and during the one of his customers. Before ordering your coal call at 16 Nor'h Maln street or ‘phene 128. SUGGEST COMMERCIAL CLUB Large Number Slgn Call for Prelim- inary Meeting Next Wednes- day Evening. The movement to organize a ccmmerclal club In Council Bluffs is crystallizing rap- idly and businees men generally throughout the city have declared themselves in favor | of the formation of such organization. Since | the disbandment of the Merchants' and | Manufacturers' associatior. several years | ago the city has been without any organi- zation to push or look after its interests. The commercial committee of the city coun- | ell, ofganized several years ago, died a | natural death from lack of interest by the members, although General E. F. Teat, ax | president of the committee, has from time to time called the attention of the eity couneil to certain needs of the city. The committee, however, has, to all intents and purposes, been a dead letter for several years. A commercial club, however, seems now to be assured and a meeting will be held | Wednesday evening, January 14 at 8 o'clock, ih the ecity council chamber, to effect a | preliminary organisation. The following firms and business men have interested themselves in the movement: David Bradley & Co. E. H. Merriam, Robert F. Smith, Kimbali Bros. Co.. W H Kimball, H. A. Bearle, W. H. Town, ler & hnson-Shugart 1111, Dell G. Morgan, J l»n\vulmr( Peregoy & Moore company, H. Walters, the Grahl-Peterson com- ¥, the Keller-Farnsworth Furniture ! pany. Sandwich | pany, John 8, | Btewart Hros | Hazelton, Au 1C. Price, Gretzer, Wallace & Grout Co., Ernest E. Hart, A. 8. ust Beresheim, H. Binder, R. Reed, Edward Hart, L. erett. the John Beno company, Day | & Hess, Victor E. Bender, Groneweg Bchoentgen company. Peterson & Sc ing company, C. R. Tyler, R. H. Bloomer, | 117 1. Forsyth, & mer. el roofiing. A. H.Read, 126 Main 8t. a Resident of Nebraska. The question of the legal James A. Geist, recently committed to St. ‘ Bernard's hospital as insane, has been set- | tled by the Nebraska authoriti Getnt residence of ‘knu‘lrl‘(lnl responsibility for the" man's | {'care. * Clerk Reed of the Board of Com- | missloners for the Insane recelved word | yesterday from the clerk of the distriet court of Cuming county, Nebraska, tha: | the sherift had been ordered to proceed to St. Bernard's hospital and comvey Gelst to the Hospital for the Insane at Hastings, Neb. Gelst's wife recently brought suit in | the aistrict court here to have her mar- riage anbulled on the grounds that Geist was {nsane at the thme she married him and a paroled patient from the insane asy lum at Lincoln. Gelst's former home was at West Polnt, Neb. v In District Court. Matter Mrs. Meda Pace was granted a divorce by Judge Thormell in district court yes- terday from Joel Pace on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. They were married in Woodbine, Ia., July 4, 1896. Mre. Pace is awarded the custody of the minor daughter, Norma, and the husband that of the minor son, Harrof. Elton Lawson brought sult agaivst Cor- ella Allen and others to enforce the spe- clfic performance of & contract to sell him | next thirty days will be given away free to | Ful- | H Manufacturing com- | 4| T. McAtee, Lewls Ham- | had several wires broken and the lights were extinguished on two clreuits the greater part of the night. The company also suftered conaiderably from the break. age of arc light globes which ware Llown to the ground. Officer Lorensen was hit on the head by a falling sign and knocked down, but es. caped serious injury. He was the only per- son the IOWA ALSO IS STORM SWEPT Searcity of Coal at Many Points in State Aggravates the Situation, ying signs and debris WEBSTER CITY, la., Jan. 7.—(Special Telegram.)—A terrific blizzard has raged in this city all day, though the temperature has stood at 20 above. Wires about the city are down and much window glass blown trom store bulldings. The thermometer is now declining and the gale of wind con- tinues. Stock will suffer terribly should the storm continue, Scarcity of coal ag- gravates the situation among the poor. ONAWA, Ia., Jan. 7.—(Speclal Telegram.) —One of the worst wind storms ever ex- perienced in Onawa swept down last night, doing considerable damage. Telegraph, tel- ephone and electric wires are badly demor- alized. The new water tank at the passen- ger depot of the Northwestern, just com- pleted, was blown down and smashed into | kindling woed. The roof of a photograph gallery was blown off and the large corn- cribs of the Transmississippl Grain com- pany were blown down. The old creamery building was badly wrecked and many chimneys blown down. It was the worst straight wind storm and the longest in duration ever known here. FORT DODGE, Ta., Jan. 7.—(Spec'al Tele- gram.)—Fort Dodge and Webster countles have been visited by a violent windstorm, which lasted all Tuesday night and con- tinued with hardly abated violence through today. The city has been almost laolated from telegraph and telephone communica- tion, the storm playing havoc with the wires n all parts of the country. Rallroad wires are also down and trains are operated only with the greatest difficulty. The Minne- apolis & St. Louls railroad is the greatest sufterer. Trains have al? been an hour or more late today and are running with schedules in the hands of conductors. The wind was accompanied by a light fall of snow, but not sufficlently heavy to do any damage. At times the gale has blown over seventy miles and hour, and uprooted trees and shattered windows all over the ety attest its violence. The thermometer is falling rapldly and a scvere spell of cold weather I8 looked for. SIOUX CITY SHORT OF COAL Street Rallway Company Has Only One Day's Supply on Hand. SIOUX CITY, Ia., Jan. 7.—(Special Tele- gram.)—A severs coal famine s threatened in Sioux City and unless there is immediate relief several large plants in the city will have to close. There is no coal in sight. The officers of the Sloux City Traction com- pany today acknowledged that they had coal for just one more day and that unless they could get some tomorrow they would have to suspend trafic. The situation is serious and coa} dealers can offer no solution of the question. They say they have orders be filled now or later. More Trouble for Ottumwa. OTTUMWA, Ia, Jan. T7.—(Speclal)—A petition was filed in the federal court at Keokuk today asking & restraiping order against the city of Ottumwa. The special | elty water works proposition was submitted yestorday to the electors of the city at an | election and carried by over 1,000 majority. The opponents of the new plan, falling to defeat the profect at the polls, zesort the usual injunction method. The date for the hearing has not yet been fixed Serves Twenty-8ix Y. ANAMOSA, Ia,, fu Prison. Jan. 7.—(8peclal.)—~Wil- in either of the state penitentiaries, died here yesterday. He was sentenced from Johnson county in 1877 for life. DES MOINES, Jan. bell of this city, lowa’s wealthiest citizen, is very Il with pneumonia. His condition was reported this morning 4s belng no better. World Gver. For its wonderful cures—Dr. King's New Kuoewn the | Discovery for Comsumption, Coughs and | Colds. It cures or nu pay. For sale by Kubn & Co. ;}nor(@fl to have encountered any ot | in and can't say whether or not they will | Mam Dilley, one of the oldest of prisomers | attention to the same fac! vises checking up the record books the superintendents official reports of fees collected, ete. should be made with county euperintend- ents the same as with other officers. Storm Damage in Des Moines. * The storm of last night, the entire northwest, Motnes until about daylight this moruing. small damage was done telephone wires torn off and chimneys destroyed. temperature was not low, however, plant near the Rock Island depot Towa hotel. rary bulldings were blown away. This aft- ernoon the weathor cleared and the wind grew less violent. Tt Is belleved that traffic will be very Ifttle delayed by the storm. Wilcoxes Are from Des Moines. The Wilcox boys, who have threatened suit for damages brcause of the arrest of Andrew Wilcox at South Omaha on a charge of insanity, sent to the insane hospital year or so ago and it was supposed here that he was still at the hospital. Both of the young men sought to take the examina- tion for Admission to the bar last summer and it was with difficulty that they were ruled out as not having shown the neces- ry preliminary qualificatins; at the me time both have done some law busi- ness in the petty courts Their father, who was an eccentric character well known in the state, died last year. Fortune for an Heir, Mrs, Ruby J. Britt, heir of the late Reu- ben J. Bennett of Hamllton county, Just closed np the matter of the estate, hi sold a portion of the Iowa land which she inherited for $25,000 and has returned to Montana. This closes a case which occupled the attentlon of the lowa courts for several years. that Mrs. estate of the rich old bachelor, who had Reuben Bennett had acknowledged her to be his own child many years ago. Upon this evidence she established her right to the property and the courts have awarded it to her. It consisted almost entirely ot land in Hamilton county. Cost of Feeding Patients. The reports which are made from time to time of the cost of feeding the patients and inmates of the state institutions to the Board of Control show that the state gives excellent food to the cared for. The Qictary reports from Inde. pendence, just received, patients havo been supplied with abundance of wholesome food, at small cost. The cost of the bare material for the food for the patients was 5i, cents each per meal. The per meal each. The difference was entirely in the fact that more than 1,200 were fed from the patients' stores and only a few from the supplies for the officers, MITCHELL PECPLE JUBILATE Feel Good Over Success in Capitol Fight in Legl ture. Remo MITCHELL, 8. D., Jan. 7.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The news was joyfully vecelved in relocation of the state capitol city and Plerre, had in a roundabout way and the informa- tion sent out. The feeling has been strong Mitchell people that the tow out in the resubmission caucus, tull strength was never divulged. The vote showed a preponderance of strength Mitehell's bebalf, when it showed down 81 votes to Huron's 19 and Redfield’s 7. Aside from its representatives in the I lature, Mitehell business men on the ground, looking after its, interests among would win who A grand jollindation meeting will be held when the delegatlon returns from Pierre. and also ad- of the same as other and the requirement of complete Settlements which covered | did not strike Des | During the night the wind had been blow- | ing about thirty miles an hour, but early | | this morning the speed rose rapidly to over | sixty miles an hour and a vast amount of | Telegraph and | were blown down, signs The and | only a small smount of snow fell during | the day. The smokestack on a large heating | was | blown down and nearly crushed the roof of a printing plant in the rear of the | hy Many stormdoors and tempo- are former residents | of Des Molnes and while living at present | in Guthrie county, make some pretense of | practicing law in Des Moives. Andrew was | trom here a | has The supreme court finally decided Britt was the sole heir to the lived nearly all his life in Iowa without ever disclosing that he had a child. Whea Bennett died distant relatives laid claim to his estate, and they were astonished when Mrs. Britt arrived from Butte, Mont., and showed by letters and many documents that people who are being | indicate that the | cost of the food for the officers was 6 cents | this oity at noon today of Mitchell's success in the resubmiesion of the question of the Although the telegraph wires were down between this telephonic connection was though its had a delegation of twenty-five were been hard on wires. The railroad operating wires were brBken and tangled on the prairies. Today the Western Union was inyolved in the worst wire trouble it has experienced for several months, while the Rock Island had only three wires over which messages could be sent. MARQUETTE, Mich., Jan. 7.—A blizzard Is sweeping northern Michigan tonight. The temperature s falling and the snow 1s drifting. BLOOMINGTON, I, Jan. 7—A high wind, with snow, has prevailed here all day and the temperature is falling. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 7.—A snow and windstorm s raging tbrough this part of Indiana. All trains are late and telephone wires are down. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 7.—Reports from portions of the southwest and from nearly all parts of Kentucky Indicate that the effects of the northwestern blizzard are being severely felt. attained a velocity of forty miles an hour and that telegraph and telephone wires are in a demoralized condition, rendering communication uncertain with Texas and southwestern Loulsiana, where high winds also prevail. No serious damage, however, has been reported. In Loulsville the wind has been high all day, and at one time blew thirty-four miles an hour. | There was a considerable drop in the tem- | perature throughout the southwest tonight and freezing temperature Is expected in that section by morning. OWENSBORO, Ky., Jan. 7.—A blinding | | snowstorm raged here today. Business was | almost paralyzed and all small craft, such | | as gasoline boats, were driven from the | river. The regular packet from Connell- | ton would not venture out. Several small | launches and houseboats were damaged by ‘ the wind. The river s rising rapidy. MUCH DAMAGE IN THE DAKOTAS | Cutx Drifted Full of Snow and Tele- | graph and Telephone Wires Are Dow. ABERDEEN, 8. D., Jan. 7.—(Special Tel- egram.)—A furious windstorm struck here | yesterday afternoon which lasted all night. Considerable damage was done to property, windmills were broken, tin roofs torn off and other minor damage done. Heavy wind is reported north, east and south. Tralns are all late or were abandoned. It is con- sidered the worst windstorm for years. HURON, 8. D., Jan. 7.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Seventy-miles-per-hour wind ore- vailed here from Tuesday noon till this afternoon, dolng much camage. A portion of the roof of the college building was torn | off and the fourth story damaged. Several plate glass store fronts were blown in and | chimneys and outhouses blown down. Some snow fell end raflway cuts are drifted full. All Chicago & Northwestern and Great | Northern trains were abandoned last night and 1o attempt was made to move train any direction except one sent south. Téle- | graph and telephone wires are down and service is demoralized. The new bank building at Wolsey was uurcofed and other buildings damaged. DEADWOOD, 8. D, Jan. 7.-~Communica- tion between Deadwood and the outside | world has been practically suspended for twenty-four hours, owing to the gale of | yesteraay. | Hundreds of telephone poles were snapped off in the Black Hills and all wires are down. For a time it was impossible to run trains in the wind-swept stretch. There |are no trains imto Deadwood from the | east today. The wind here was not accom- | panied by snov, the weather being fair, but cold. MITCHELL, 8. D., Jan. 7.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The heavy snowstorm and wind which has been prevailing the greater share of the day abated this afternoon. There are no bad results of the storm reported in this section, as the snow came so early in the morning that but few people in the country were out PLAGUE IS SECONDARY EVIL| Mexicans Fear Qui fea More Th .. ntine by Amer Sco. PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 7.—Gus B. Brook- fleld of San Francisco arrived here today from the west voast of Mexico, above Maz- atlan, He bas been for weeks trylng to work through the plague quarantine lines to this country, coming up via Guayamas. That city, he says, is belng cleaned as it never was before. Streets are swept daily and garbage burned with sulpbur and chili Most strenuous preventative measures have been taken, and he believes the plague will be prevented from coming further north Memphis reports that the wind there | | fair and warme: could find the boy It & suitable reward was offered Investigation it was learned that Wood- ward had been seen In company with the Iads on the day of thelr disappearance and that the three had purchased ples near where the murder was committed. Wood- ward was subsequently arrested An analysis of the boys' stomachs showed that they died from arsenical polsoning. The police learned that Woodward had bought arsenic a few days prior to the boys' disappearance and, upon having been indicted by the grand jury, he was placed on trial and convicted of murder In the first degree. After being sentenced Judge Garrison an appeal was made to the pardoning board on the ground of in- sanity, but the board refused to take action. Counsel for the prosecution claimed that Woodward bad polsoned the boys for the purpose of robbery. When they left home the boys had $10 in their possession, but of the clothing did not coutain & penny. Will Not Advance Wages. ' TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 7.—The comnflttees representing the conductors and brakemen of the entire Santa Fe system, in session here, were today notified that their demand for a 20 per cent wage increase was out of the question. The officials declared that such a raise was simply impossible. FORECAST OF THE WEATHER Cold Wave is Over and Warm Days WASHINGTON, Jan, 7.—Forecast For Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and South Dakota—Fair Thursday; warmer Fri- | day. For North Dakota—Warmer Friday warmer. For linols—Falr and co'der Thursday, | except snow in north portions; Friday, brisk northwest winds. For Montana—Fair and warmer Thursday, except enow in west portion; Friday, fair. For Wyoming and Colorado—Fair Thurs- day and Friday; warmer Thursday in east portion. Thursday; Loeal Record. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU, OMAHA, Jan. 7.—Official record of tem: perature’ and precipitation compared with the corresponding day of the last three years 1903, 1902, 1901. 1900, Maximum temperature .. 27 M50 Minimum_ temperature .. 16 16 3 Mean temperature . . . 42 Precipitation . 4 T Record of temperature and precipitation at Omaha for this day and siuce March 1, 1902: ‘mal_temperature “Bxcess for the da Total excess since March Normal precipitation ency for the day... Precipitation since March . Deficiency since March 1 Deficiency for cor. period, 1802, 681 inehes Deticlency for cor. period, 1901 74 inch Reports from Statlons at 7 P, M, 03'inch 3 inch inches inch CONDI v WEATHE 1® oanywa. Omaha, partly cloudy Valentine, clear North Platte, clear’.. Cheyenne, partly cloudy Sl kellvv partly cloudy Rap {uron Williston, Chica 8t. Louls, 8t. 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