Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 20, 1903, Page 4

NEWS COUNC /$ # MiNom W Davis sells drugs For rent, modern house Expert watch repairing Officer s & & dwellings cheup. Born. Mr, and Mrs rison street, a daughtier. Wanted, good cook. Apply street, corner Third street Palm grove No. 11, Weodmen Circle meet in regular session this even.ng. J. F. Lelton of the Grand hotel s home from a three wocks 1 in Kansas City Reduction sale on framed and unframed pictures. C. E. Alexander & Co o Bway Wanted, at once, boy with pony to rry Bee route. Apply at the ofilce, 10 Pearl street We are headquarters kinds, See us betore you buy. Oll and Glaes compuany Concordia lodge, Knights of Pythias, will meet In regular session this evening ior work fn_the second renk. The Willing Workers of Ufiity Rebe lodge will meet Vednesday ufternoon o o'clock In Odd Fellows' temple. Mre. James Ward of Chicago, who has been the guest of Mre. M. F. Rohrer of Vine street, has returned to her home. Rev. Allen Judd of Dy Moines will duct communion_services at 9:3) o clock this morning at Grace Eplscopal churc 719 Sixth avenue Leftert, 48 B y 49 By of Hur jeymour at 203 Stor; will of all Palat for glass B. h The Woman's auxilfary of ( Epis- copal ¢hurch wiil meet Thirsday afternoon at the home of Mrs.”G. H. Juckson on Bouth First street. The children of thé Edgewoo! Sunday £chool have donated §1 o the ASs0- clated Charities for the purchase of cioth- ing for the Creche. County Superintendent McManus has ar- runged to conduct an examination oi ap- pilcants for state teachers' certificates some time early in March A mhrringe lHeense was lssued vesterday to C. ¥. kunath, aged , and ) J ewitt, ‘aged 3i, both of Creston, Tho ceremony was performed by Just uren. Andrew Matson, charged with the theft of an overcoat belonging to Floyd Lowrey from a Broadway restaurant, was bound over to the grand jury yesterday by Poce Judge Bcott. Contractor Wickham has begun work on the excavations for thé foundations of th: Yuller & Johnson-Shugart building on Main treet, to be erected by Warehouse Con- struction company No. 2. Mrs, Anna 8. Richardson, formerly con- nected ‘with newspapers in' Council Bluffs nd Omaha, now with the McClure syndi- cate In New York, is in the city visiting friends, enroute 1o Grand Island to visic her daughter. Mies Ella Spalding of Sloux Clty guest of Mr. and Mrs. M. . Rohrer of Vine street. From here Miss Spalding goe w0 San Francisco to spend the remainder of the winter, visiting at Excelsior Springs on her way. The iederal Labor unfon has elected J. Jacobsen - president and James Matthai | secretary. There were elected ns deie- utes to the Trades and Labor assembly ave Evans, F. Crocker, Jacobsen and James Matthai. County Treasurer Arnd distributed among the &chool treasurers of the county yes- ‘terday s the quarterly collection of ' ti school fund tax, amounting to ¥,472.32 Th proportion of the fund belonging to Coun- ¢l Bluffs is turned over monthly. For December It amounted to $2,49.51. Osborne, J. Plumbing and heating, Bixby & Son. Maiters in Distriet Court. On convening district court yesterday Judge Thornell handed down his decislon eustalning (he motion of the city to set ide the judgment for §2,000 entered inst the municipaiity June 25, 1901, in favor of Henry Lock for alleged personal injurles received by a fall on a defective sidewalk and a jury was impaneled to try sult, The ovidence for tho plaintift ‘was not completed when court adjourned for the day. FaJohn J. Hes hers appear John W. Fund Life association to recover on a policy of Insurance for $5,000 issued to Edward Meadimber of Omaha, March 1886, which was payable to his wife, Mar- garet Meadimber, and children, share and share glike, on his death, which occurred January 31, 1901 “Another Hi The first heating stove glven by Willlam Welch to his ecal customers was awarded to the Christian home. Another has been put up on the same plan, and during the pext thirty days will be glven away free to one of his customers, Before crdering your coal call at 16 North Maln street or ‘phone 128, Stove Free. Arranging for Epworth League. The cabinet of the Council Bluffs District Bpworlh league Is arranglng for the annual | meefing of the league, which will be held this city June 15. A number of depar ment committees have been appointed and the cabluet is planping to secure several ; noted speakers for the occasion. U, G. Johnson of Denison is president of the organizatien and Arthur Sanford of this city the recording secretary. The Council Bluffs district of the Methodist church embraces thirty-six different church soci eties, all of which have branches of (h Epworth league and which it ls expected | will send delegates to the annual meeting here. N. Y. Plumbiog Co., Telephone 526. Favor Sloux City Plan, The committee of fifteen appointed to draft 'a plan for the organization of a commercial club in Council Bluffs will meet this afternoon in the city council chamber to formulate its report. Victor E. Bender is chairman and Alderman C. W. McDapald | secretary of the committee. The plan under which the Commerc'al club of Sloux City is organjzed and condueted Is much favored by the committee and it is chought it will | recommend the adoption of a somewhat similar plan for the organization of the local club. Gravel roofing. A. H. Read, 126 Main St Peal Estate Transfers. These transters were filed vesterday In she abstract, title and loan office of J. W. Bauire, 101 Tearl street Emma O Armour to Willlams, part nlg sl n s w. d Aent County tressurer to John 8 Crooks, lot i, block and lot 5, block 11, Potter & Unbbs Ist add, t. 4 4 Elizabeth H 20-T6-M, $ 5,000 Bame 1o came, lola 1'and 2, block . . Benson's 1st add, AE Same to same, lois 3 6 6 block 18, 3 enson’s 18t add, t. d.. e “sare. iots 8. 11, ‘block i3, nson's 1st add, . d 3 Same to same, lots 10, 11 Hutchinson's 164 add, t. d “block nies' Saving bank to Bamuel "'.“."3. w 8 ! lot 6 block T, S mes’ add, w. d 4,000 Ol Knight and wife to Tra Hruce, clo'l<I K,hglucl 13, Stutsman's 3d add, w w. d. . et r Samuel Snyder, Mary & Fienn (o Sam A t lot 6 block i, Grimes’ FVE" Seascroll (o Warren Lewts, o part block 10, Mill add, ind part fot Wlock 11, Mynster's add. w. d d Improvement ny to Willlam Arnd, lot 10, PO Park add, w. d..... : huenemann to Lucy P, , lots 5, 6 block 26, Beers’ Yook & o Harry m Crook and e > Weerls, mwhi swi:dnd part swi Rl BT, W, Goseneinen Total thirteen transfers — LEWIS CUTLER MORTICIAN. 28 Pear] 5t, Councll Bluffs. 'Phone com- block OF is ths | Mendimber and s plaintiffs in an original ice of sult against the Mutual Reserve | 205 l,mul frem { (FINDS PARENTS BOTH DEAD !'L. 0. Hanrahof Oakland Discovers Them with Their Throats Out DESPONDENT OVER FINANCIAL REVERSES Woman ¥ Evidently Killed Her Aged Husband and Then Cat Her Own Throat with Butcher Knife. Mr. and Mrs. John Hannah, an aged couple, were found at an early hour terday in their bedroom at the home of their son, L. C. Hannah, a well known farmer of Pottawattamie county, living two miles northeast of the town of Oak- land, with their throats cut. Both had apparently been dead several hours when ¢iscovered by their son. The man wae lylng on the bed, clad only in his night clothes, while the body of the woman, par- tially dressed, lay on the floor within a few feet of the bed. In the hand of the | woman was tightly grasped a large butches manner in which the aged couple | ting their throats. This thecry cf a double suicide was, however, dispelled later on by | the discovery of a note in the handwriting | written in | of Mrs, Hannah. This note, { pencil on a small slip of paper amd not addressed to anyone, was as follows: “I am going to kill the old man and | myself, as we are of no use to you. 1t is supposed that Mrs. Hannah intended the note for her son. The note indicates that Mre. Hapnah cut the throa of her husband as soon as he had retired to bed | and then cut her own. Mr. apd Mrs. Haonah, who were both | about 70 years of age, formerly lived in| Fremont county, where Mr. Hannah owned | considerable land and was reputed to be a man of considerable wealth. From Fre- mont county they moved onto a farm in | Mills county, but for some vears past have | | made their home with their son, L. C.| Hannah, near Oakland. Durjog recent years Mr. Hannah lost most of his property and h's troubles were aggravated by a serfous iliness which neces- sitated his undergoing an operaffon at the Woman's Christlan assoclation hos- pital in this city in November, 1901. Fail- ure to regain his health and the fact that Eis fortune had elipped away from him had made the old man despondent and he constantly worried over his condition for the last year or more. The aged wife had worried over her husband’s despondency un- til it is believed she must have become partially demented, although friends of the couple say they had not noticed.anything | strange in their actions. The discovery of the tragedy was made by the son. When the couple fafled to appear at the breakfast table at the usual hour he went to thelr apartment. The sight which met his gaze on entering the room unnerved him and he was complstely prostrated by |lhe tragedy. - None of the members of the family had the slightest intimation that the aged couple intended tak'ng theip Jives, s when they retired Sunday night they appeared to be ae usual. Whethef they had talked the matter over and agreed to | end their lives together, or whether, as intlmated by the note left by her, Mrs. | Hannah first killed her husband and then | took her own life, will never:bs known. Mr. Hannah and his wife were people of intelli gence and high character and much re spected in the community in which they lived. Coroner Holds No Inquest. to the scene of | Coroner Treynor went | hold an inquest. | to light’ further facts connected with the death of the aged couple which tended to show that Mrs. Hannah had killed her husband before taking her own life. Wounds on the old man's head and the | atscovery of a blood-stained hammer under | the bed indicated that Mrs. Hannah had stunned her aged husband while asleep in bed and then cut his throat with fhe butcher knife. There were several wounds on the throat showing she had made sev- | eral attempts before severing the jugular | vein. On the woman's throat were nine or ten | deep gashes, some of them evidently made with # penknife. Two blocd-stained pen knives were found in the room, cne on the | window sill and the other on the floor mear | the body of the woman. It is thought pos | sible that Mrs. Hannah may have first at- tempted to cut her husband's throat with one of the knives. The point of the butcher knife, which was found tightly clasped in the dead woman's hand, was imbedded in her throat. From what Coroner Treynor learned he stated last night that he was firmly of the opinion that Mrs. Hannah, by constantly brooding over her husband's sickness, had become mentally deranged Mr. Hannah was 76 years of age and his | wite 74. The funeral will be held Wednes- day afternoon TELEPHONE COMPANY REPLIES Its the Recognition of Out Sets The Nebraskd Telephone company yester- {day filed Its answer to the quo warranto | suit brought by County Attorney Killpack | in the name of the state of Tows, attacking | the validity of the company's franchise in this eity and asking that it be declared null | and vold. The answer is i general denial | of the allegations containud in the county {attorney's petition and a setting forth of | the facts to show that the franchise under which the company has operated since 1888 has been duly recognized and valid and | binding by the city and state, | The answer sets torth that the company . has been operating a telephone exchange | and system in the city prior to sud since | the passage of the ordinance in October, 11883, granting It the right to the use of the streets and alleys for its poles and wires. It further calls attention to the fact that the company has in compliance | with one of the provisions of the ordinance always given the city the use of its poles i and other apparatus for the fire and police arm system of the city and that it has always furnished free telephone service for the city's publie offices. Attention is also called to the fact that | in February, 1500, the city passed an ordin- ance creating the office of city electrician and defining his duties and providing the manner and method of construction, main- tenance and operation of electrical appli- ancee, ete. In conformity with the requir ments of this ordinance the company states 1that it has repeatedly applied for and ob- talned permits for the erection of poles and had | | ended their lives | | At first 1t was supposed that both, being | { tired of living, had eought death by cut- | the tragedy last evening and after making an investigaticn of the facts dec'ded not to | THE OMAHA DA INTEREST FROM stringing of wires In (he streets and alloys of the eity, for which permits it pald the nocessary fees. This in clted to show that the company was recognized by (he eity authoritien as having the right to uee the | streets and alleys for such a purpose under tts franchise. It further shows that the company as a corporation operating under a franchise granted by the city furnished bond in the sum of $1,000 as reyuired by 'mu last ordinance conditioned on f.s com pliance with the requirements of this or- dinance. As another tranchise has both the city instance to show that its always been recognized by and the state the company sets forth the fact that since 1888, the aate of its charter, and even prior thereto, both the city of Council Bluffs and the state of lowa had levied taxes assessed on its property, namely Its poles and other fix- tures necessary to operate its system in- cluding “the right on the part of the com- | pany to continuously occupy such streets | and alleys, in the assesed value upon which sald taxes were levied and collected.” |CONDUIT MATTER SIDETRACKED Alderman Olson Joins Oppen Effort to 8 ¥ on wnd end Rules The city council failed last night to pass the ordinance providing for the placing in underground conduits all telephone wires within a prescribed area. Alderman Olson, whose vote had been counted on to pass the measure, joined forces with Aldermen Casper and Tinley and at the last moment assisted in defeating the motion to pass the ordinance to its third reading under a suspension of the rules. When the ordinance was brought up in the form in which it had been redrafted by the city attorney, the judiclary committee reported that the Nabraska Telephone com- pany had filed its consent to the city using its conduits for the wires of the city's police and fire alarm systems. The motion to pass the ordinance to its second read- ing under euspension of tke rules was op- posed by Alderman Casper, who made an amendment to the effect that the measure lay over until the proceedings commenced in tbe district court by the county attor- ney, attacking the validity of the com- pany’s franchise, be determined. Alderman McDonald stated that he failed to see the reason for delayicg the passage of the ordinance, and if Alderman Casper's sug- gestion was followed it might be a year or more before the sult in the district court would be decided. On being put to the vote Alderman Casper's amendment was lost, he only having Aldermen Olson ana Tinley to support him, Alderman Olson then switched around and voted for the passage of the measure to ite second reading, but when it came to the third reading he again voted with Al- dermen Casper and Tinley. An ordinance introduced on behalf of the Great Western rallroad, vacating Garfiela avenue between Woodbury avenue and the sou‘h line of the railroad’s right-of-way, was passed. The vacation of this portion of Garfield avenue does away with the ne. cessity of an overhead crossing at this point, the railroad in return donates ground for a road from Garfield avenue alongside of its right-of-way and inter- secting Woodbury avenue at a point a little turther e An ordinance was introduced permitting the Stewart Bros. company to make a drivewar across ths sidewalk on the west slde of South icain street In front of its proposed warehouse, o as to enable its wagons to back up and ioad or unload at the bullding. The measure was referred to the committee of the whole, H. H. Van Brunt and Dr. Charles Wood- bury appeared in person before the council and objected to being assessed for the ewor recently laid on Third street, on the ground that it had not been placed deep enough to permit them deriving any benefit from it. The matter was referred to the streets and alleys committee and city cn- gineer to report back at the next meeting | of the city council. The ordinance pledging the city to levy annually $7,000 for the maintenance of the | knife covered with blood, evidence of the | ILY BEE: TUESDAY, IOWA, NARKSMEN HAVE POOR EYES Bhooting of the Natonal @uard Shows a Falling Off Last Year. SUPREME COURT HAS PLENTY OF WORK hor Commi: Boards to Help Enforce Factory ory foner Asks Sehool the (From a Staft Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Jan. 10.—(Specia].)—If the state of Iowa should pur-hase a state range for the natfonal guard and ho'd all en- campments there each year it would be the policy of the inspectors of small arms prac- tice to have all the rifle practice at the state range at the time of the encamp- ments. This Is the earnest recommend tion of Colone: W. B, H. Morse of Algona, inspector of small arms practice, in his report for the year, made to the adjutant general today. He recommends that all record-firing should be at the state range, or It there Is no state range, then it should be under the dircction of an inspcctor at the several ranges at stated times. This is also in accordance with the views of the adjutant general. The report on this year { shows a falling off, which the inspector at- tributes to the wet scason and the fact that most of the ramges arc on low ground. However, when the commander of a com- pany is an energetic rifieman the members | catch the same spirit. Over 50 per cent, or of the entire guard force fired at the 200-yard targets, a falling off of 274 from last year, while 705 completed the state course, an increase of ninety-five. The Fifty-sixth regiment, which stocd first for several yeais, dropped back to second place and the Fifty-third went to the front | because of the emergy of Captain J. G. Cuehing, assistant inspector on duty with that regiment. The Fifty-third was the only regiment of which every company sent In a report. The companics making the bighest scores were: Dubuque, Captain Thrift, 108.5; lowa City, Captain Howell, 92.9; Red Oak, Captain Logan, 84; Fairfleld, Captain Luca: Mason City, Lieuten- ant Helbig, 63.8. Captains Thrift and How- ell are commended for having every mem- ber engage in rifie practice. The roport shows the following as to the standing of the regiments, with the total regimental strength and the number completing the state course: Mem- Com- Stand- bers. pleting. Ing. Regiment. Fifty-thizd, Col. v Col Dows Coughlin. Lincoln Supreme Court Coming. The January term of the state supreme court commences tomorrow. The docket is rather larger than usual, ihough the im- portant cases for disposal or likely to be decided are not numerous. There is an unusually large number of criminal cases. The attorney general today filed briefs in twelve cases to be submitted. Some of these are rehearings and the number of applications for rehearing s constantly growing. One of the most important of the rehearings is in the Brady case from Polk county, in which the attorney general asks the court to change @ rule established in the original decision in relation to pos- session of stolen goods being evidence of guilt. This and 4'number of similar cases recently decided ‘have ‘aroused the oppo- sition of the bar of the state and they all eclare that if thé deeision stands as origi- nally made last October it Will make it very diffcult to convict of larceny in a large class of cases. All the members of the court are on ‘hand and ready for the opening of the term. Judge Bishop will for the first ime preside as chief justice. Eaxton Case Submitted. | Attorney General Mullan returned to his ioffice today after having made a second trip to Washington to appear before the | United States supreme court in the Easton bank case from lowa. When he was be- JANUARY 20, His investigation brought | public library to meet the conditions on ) f0re the court in December he succeeded which Mr, Carnegle offered to donate $70,. | !0 having the case sct for the first thing 000 for a lbrary building, was passed unani- | 10 the January term, but when he went | mously. to Washington he found the court had ad- The council adjourned to 2 o'clock this | YaDnced other cases ahead of the Easton afternoon. 1 Richa: s Gets Sherim ouney. SIOUX CITY, Jan. 19.—(Special Tele- gram.)—If it is true that ex-Deputy Mar- hal W. A. Richards was jmplicated in the’ Hamilton robbery the State Sheriffs’ e ciation stands to lose $600 through him. It was Richards who was employed by the State Sheriffs’ assoclation to hunt down Karns, the murderer of Sherift Strain of | Monona county. After a long correspond- ence between Sheriff Jackson of Woodbury and President Anderscn of the association, Secretary Powers levied an assessment of $5 against the ninety-nine sheriffs in lowa and Richards was deputized as the Sher- lock Holmes who was to run Karns to earth. He was to report to Sheriff Jackson of this city, but the Woodbury county sheriff never heard from him. He was to obtaln valuable information from Sherift | Strain's brother at Onawa, but never went near him. State Senator Narrowly Escapes. FORT DODGE, Ia., Jan. 19.—(Special Tel- m.)—Senator T. D. Healy of this city escaped unhurt from a serious wreck on the Chicago Great Western near St, Charles, 11, on Sunday morning. The train rolled down an elghteen-foot embankment. Mr. half a mile to & farm house, where he se- cured clothing. He later recovered all his property and bears only a few bruises | mementoes of the wreck, in which the en- | gineer was fatally scalded and several pa: sengers injured. Run Away with Coal POCAHONTAS, Ia., Jan. 19.—(Special.)— On the arrival of the westbound freight | Saturday there were over 150 teams in waiting for the coal, there being one car Chicago, Rock Island an¢ Pacific coal. Be- fore the train came to a standstill there were over fifty men mounted the cars and began throwing off coal to the ground. The | train men uncoupled the train and ran to the next station and left the coal there end then came back after the rest of the train. Joh MUSCATINE, Mahin Retires. la., Jan | disposed of his paper to the Lee syndicate, | will retire from an active fifty years' sery- ice today. He has had a distinguished career. Fund to Prosec MANILA, Jan. 19.—~The defense at (h trial of Major Glenn tried to introduce testimony to ow that money was col- Major Glenn and other officers. Bvid showing the existence of & fund was ad- mitted. Healy freed himself by breaking out a win- | dow, and shoeless ahd in scanty attire ran | for the regular dealers and three cars of | 19.—(Special.)— Editor John Mahin of the Journal, having cted in the island of Samar Lo rrosecute g | case. The case waited nearly two weeks | betore it was finally submitted. Mr. Mul- lan argued (o sustain the Iowa courts in convicting Easton, who was president of o | national bank at Decorah, of the crime of | having received a deposit after he knew ! the bank was insolvent. An attorney from | Mason City and another from New York | resisted this and sought a ruling that in- | asmuch as the bank was a national bank the state law could not regulate such m: | ters. The case is regarded as a test case and a hard fight is being made for this reason. Easton fought it through the state | courts and finally took it to Washington, | being out on bond in the meantime. Truant Oficer Needed. Edward D. Brigham, sta —— ey FOOD vs. DRUGS. A Drug Ma Wisdom that Counts. A Drug Man's Wisdom Counts, It's a shrewd man who, while in the drug business, learns that alihough drugs {are all right in their place, the use of | proper food will make medicine unneces- | sary in the majority of cases. | “Travellng through various towns," | writes a drug salesman from Lancaster, Pa., ~drinking different waters to which |1 was not accustomed, eating strangely- prepared meals at irregular hours, I con- | tracted dyspepsia, accompanied by nerv- ousness, loss of sleep and consaquent loss of energy. 1 often had the ‘blues,’ that indescribably tough feeling which makes | one look on the dark side of every picture and see the ehadows of life rather than the substance, imagine the thousand ca- lamities that were never in existence and so render life almost unbearable. Many | thousands of men under the circumstances | would have resorted to stimulation from | drugs or liquor. 1 happened to read an article on Grape- Nuts about & case eimilar to my own and determined to give the food a trial. It agreed with me from the start and the | miserable distress that usually came after eating did not manifest itself when I ate Grape-Nuts. | asked for this food at every hotel at which I stopped and made it the principal part of the meal. My stomach soon got so that I could eat any kind of rich food in tonmection with Grape-Nuts without it distressing me. My dyspepsia and nervousness disappeared and life | looked bright and happy once more. I am now well, healthy, happy and able to work sixteen hours out of the twenty- four and csn sleep like a bealthy child the other eight hours. My family soon tires of mushy cereals, but we mever tire of Grape-Nuts. The | children thrive on it and enjoy it. You | may publish this if you think it will en- | courage others to try Grape-Nuts instead | of medicine or spirituous remedies that timulate the system for a time, but do not build it up.” Name given by Postum | Cereal Co, Battle Creek, Mich. Jabor commis- 1009, wioner, apent afl of Jast wesk In Purling (on making factory inspeotions. e fawnd o Iarger number of factorien there than b oxpeeted and conditions substantially In other citien of the siate He appen before the sehool board and by requ ported on conditions In relation to the em ployment of child Iabor in the factories, urging that the school board appolst truant officer to check up the employos of all factories and determing whether ehil dren who aro by law required to be In school are, in fact, working in the factories Mr. Brigham reports that there is not suf fclent funds at,the command of his de partment to cover the state fully as to factory inspection and he s unable to make a complete Inspection in every city, New lowa Corporations. The following incorporation papers were filed with the secretary of state today Hawthorne Glove and Novelty company, at lowa City, with a capital of $25,000, by F. K. Stebbins, Ira Curtis and others Personal Heip Publishing company, at Des Molnes, with 4 capital of $5,00; G. H Knox, president: W. A, Knox, secretary Inwa State Military band, at Des Moines, with a l’upllll of $1.000; J. E. Agnew, presi- dent; E. E. Herring, secretary. Columbia_ Mutual Telephone company, at Columbia, Marion county, with a capit $2,00: J.' A. McCorkle, 'president; J Shultz, secretar: Mason Cit, Lime ana Cement increased ite capital from $10,000 to Northern lowa Loan and Trust comps of Est ‘ville increased its ¢ tal tc The Yorkshire Land and Cattle com of Maine. with a capital of $100,000, and Yorkshire Creamery comyp y of Maine with a caplial of $50,000, became incorpor- ated under lowa laws Real Estate Assessments, State officials are becoming anxious about the real estate assessments which are being made In Towa at the present time The | real estate is assessed only every other year and when the railrond assessment question was up last July the representa- tivec of the rallroads were able to make a showing before the executive council to the effect that real estate in Towa was paying taxes on an assessment of less than 20 per | cent of its selling value, as shown by the | records, instead of on the 25 per cent con- templated by law. It was because of this that the council failed to make tha ex- pected great increase in railroad assoss- | ments. Now the council desires that the real estate asscssment be brought up to | something like what it should be or the | council will be unable to increase railroad | assessments in the right way. Reports from counties indicate that the assess- ments will be increased very materially be- cause of the higher prices prevailing. Carnegle Offers n Library. MOUNT PLEASANT, Ta., Jan. 19.—(Spe- | clal.)—Andrew Carnegie has offered the | clty of Mount Pleasant $15,000 for the con- | struction of a library building providing the city will give $1,500 a year to its sup- port. DEATH RECGRD. Judge Edwin Hale. DAVID CITY, Neb., Jan. 19.—(Speclal.)— Judge Bdwin W. Hale died at an early hour this morning. He had been in his usual health, but complained Saturday that he had a cold. Last evening he entertained company and was in his usual good health. About 2 o'clock this morning Mrs. Hale awoke and noticed that ho was not breath. ing paturally. She called for help, & phys!- cian was called, but they could not restore him to consclousness. He died at 5 o'clock He served in the capacity of county judge for six years, from January 1, 1894 to Janu- ary 1, 1900, and at the time of his death was about 40 years of age. He was at one time a prominent member of the Nebraska National guard, and for two years was judge advocate general of that organization. He was a member of the Independent Order of 0da Fellows, Knights of Pythias, An- clent Order of United Workmen and Mod- ern Woodmen of America. He leaves a widow and three small children. The re- mains will be shipped to Oconomowoc, Wis., for interment in the family ceme- tery. John Conkling. SILVER CREEK, Neb.,, Jan. 19.—(Spe- clal.)—John Conkling, an old soldier and for many years a resident of this vicinity, died early this morning at his home north- east of town. When Mfs. Conkling arose to start the kitchen fire he seemed to be sleeping, but on her return to the room he was gasping for breath and died in a few minutes. He had not been well for a long time, but had been able to be around and his eudden demise was wholly unexpected. Mr. Conkling has a brother living in Polk county, and leaves a wife and adopted daughter, a woman grown. The Grand Army of the Republic post here will have charge of his funeral. Jacob Rink. HOOPER, Neb., Jan. 19.—(Special)— Jacot Rink, a prominent farmer living about five miles north of Hooper, died last night at his home after a few days' ilincss with pneumonia. The deceased has suffered trom lung trouble for some time, but has only been confined to his bed since last Friday. He leaves a family of several chil- dren, most of whom are grown. His wite died almost a year ago from the effects of an operation for appendicitis. The funeral services will be held from his late home or Wednesday. The deceased was about 60 years of age and at one time was interested in a hardware business here. A. C. Vanmetre. PIERRE, S. D., Jan. 19.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Word was brought to this city this evening of the death of A. C. Van- metre, at his ranch about fifty miles out, he having dropped dead while at work at his barn last evening. Mr. Vanmeter was one of the first Dakota settlers, having lo- cated among the first settlers in Clay county near Vermilion and over twenty years ago located at Fort Pierre, living in this section ever since. Jacob Zeeb. PAPILLION, Neb., Jan. 19.—(Special.)— Jacob Zeeb, one of the substantial farmers and ploneers of Nebraska, was burled today from the Lutheran church in Papillion. Mr. | Zesb leaves a wife and seven children. He was 67 years old. He owned a fine farm two miles and a half southwest of Papil- lion. Chartes M. Butler. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Jan. 19.—(Special.) —Charles M. Butler, who formerly. resided n this city with his family and worked in the Burlington supply department, died in Lincoln last night. Deceased leaves a widow, three sons and one daughter. Mrs. Carrie Dougl SUPERIOR, Neb., Jau. 19.—(Special.)— Mrs. Carrie Douglas, widow of the late Willlam Douglas, dled this morning after an illness of several months. She leaves | two young children J. W. MeCausland. DENVER, Jan. 19.—J. W. McCausland breeder of racing horses, and a driver with an international reputation, is dead in this city from peritonitis. He was 42 years old. e he Best Cure for Col Is Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump- | tion. Sure, pleasant, safe and R'J!uznnull to soon ecure or Do pay. 50c, $1.00. For sale by Kuhn & Co | puit Ball on Board Fre Ya. ANTIAGO, Jan. 19.—Admiral Rivet N ander of the Atlantic division of the French fleet, and the officers of the fia #hip Tage entertained the local oficlais and prominent residents of the city yesterda Efternoon and evening. There was a bull on board last might. Havana todsy. UngtoRamTysides 1 guarantesing 1 'ty bottle of Bottied in Bond Every bottle sealed by the United States government and stamped with Its age and date of bottling FOR SALE EVERYWHERE, PLAGUE RIFE 1IN °FRISCO| National Health Oonference Aunounces Dread Scourge Found in California. Specialists in all DISEASES and DISORDERS of MEN. 12 years of su censful practice in Omaha, CHARGES LOW, ‘" JCOCELE HYDROGELE and SYPHILIS cireust, " Siediena “fromt “toe s & om Excesses or VICTIMS “A;(T e refunded om. 8¢ ory sign. and laappears i t4 BREAKING OUT" of e iejarious mealeinen. with BARLY SEVERELY BLAMES LOCAL OFFICERS Calls on City and State Ofcials to Co-operate with Federal to Fight Disease Ravaging ¥ cific Town. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Surgeon General Wyman of the public health and marine | hospital eervice and the representatives of the health authorities of nineteen sfates, Indian Territory and the District of Co- mbia met in conference here today to onsider the subject of bubonic plague in the United States. Among those attending are: Dr. Matthew Gardner; cured with & new Bome treat Tment. No pain, no detentios and Dladder Trowbies Weak Frequency of ing. Unine 7 sediment on standing. STRICTUR from business. URINARY, Kidney Back, Burniog Urin California Connecticut, Dr. C A. Lindley; Colorado, Dr. H. R. Bull; S rtion Free. Treatment by Mail, ::l-llamarnv, Dr. C. W. Cooper; District of Call or address, 110 5. 14th St. olumbia, Dr. Willlam C. Woodward; In- OM. dian Territory, Dr. M. B. Thompson; lowa Illl- SEAHLES & sullf.& Ifi‘ Dr. T. L Kennedy; Indiana, Dr. J. N. . il il Hurty; Louisiana, Dr. Arthur Nolte; Maine, Dr, Charles D. Smith; Maryland, Dr. J. 8. Fulton; Minnesota, Dr. H. M. Bracken; New Jersev, Dr. Henry Mitchell; North Carolina, Dr. R. H. Lewls; Pennsylvania, 10 1\ jo ore often dus se extmumted Dr. Benjamin Lee; Rhode Island, Dr, G. T. 5 es are the capital that titions, se their capital they Swartz; South Carolina, Dr. T. G. Simons; Vermont, Dr. H. D. Holton; Virginia, Dr. ing; New York, Dr. Gannett C. Tennéssee, Dr. J. A. Albright. Surgeon General Wyman announced that the states represented had asked for a conference. He sald the subject of the | recent plague outbreak in Mexico was to be considered, but that it was ‘‘deemed best to consider first the situation as it exists In Ban Francisco. erve force we o scek u means of getting it here is a way, certain and Arralgns Consular Service. feed the nerves, making them steady and strong as steel, We do not believe they can fail to cure Nervous Debility and physical ex. haustion: that's why we agree to refund your money if six boxes do not cure you. o100, per. box; 8 boxes 45,00, mated cu aled 1y se pou receipt of price, The surgeon general then advised the conference of the action of the marine hospital service in sending Dr. A. H. Glen- nan to San Francisco to invastigate, and of his (Wyman's) pevsonal visit to San Francisco. He also read a telegram from Dr. Glennan, dated January 17, giving the present status and review of the situation, as follows: Efghty-feven “cases have occurred In Chinatown, six sickened. in_ other parts of LAl "l.l" lfll - g h o' Diug, Store, a Davis Drug Con Council Bule: the city, hone proven fo have originated Japanese and " elghty-three Chinese since EADING | IME last month. Last case outside of China- town, October 31. As m; is here again, with ita) long evenings. Twentioth Contury Farmer in's personal habits were’ bad, possibly Chinatown origin, but could not’trace connection. The surgeon general read a letter from Dr. Glennan, in which he stated that of a total of twenty-two dead rats found in Chinatown within a given perlod, eleven $a choak fufl of the ldese were discovered to have been infected. Of the country——well known 354 rats caught alive, four were found to have been infected. A discussion followed situation in Californin, The following resolution was adopted: The presence of plague In California is en, selocted as writers, bey know how ing pay. One ideamay a hundred dollars to you. 24 to 48 pages, weekly. relative to the established beyond debate by: 1. The investigations of KKellogg of the San Francisco Hoard of Health, 8. Ry fogel of the Callarnia State Board of Health and Kinyoun for the United States hospital service. . By the later investigations of Pillsbury for the State Board of Health and by those of J. White, M. White, Flint, Currie, michael, Blue and Glefinan for the States Marine hospital s 5. By the findings of F and Norkner, special committee under federal authority. 4. By the findings of independent and dis- interested lnvestigators, supplied with ma- terlals from autopsies made at San Fran- elsco and working in San Francisco, Bos- tow, Chicago, Washington, Baltimore, Phil- adelphla and Ann Arvor, 6. By the occurrence of a case of human plague in Ann Arbor, due to an accident during “the manufacture of Haffkine's prophyiactic fluld with a culture ot plague accillus obtained in California. 6. By the autopsy recerds of nmety cases of plague, now in the possession of the United States Marine hospital service and of the 8an Francisco Board of Health, and published in part in the Occidental Medical Times of 8an Francisco. Censures Local Oficials, Marine 2. B Inited Barkner acting The following resolutions were adopted, after considerable discussion: The present danger to California and to the United States lies to the persistence, during nearly three years, of a definite nidus_of plague infection in the part of San Francisco known as Chinatown, but the gravity of this circumstance is in- creased by gross neglect of official duty by the State HBoard of Health of California and the obstructive Influence of the recent governor of California, by the failure of the city government of San Franc to support Its City Board of Health and by the obstacles § sed to’the operations of the United States public health service, also The conference will consider the safety | of the country sufficiently assured as soon | as satisfied that a competent City Board of Health of San Francisco and a competent State Board of Health, in co-operation with the United States public health service, will proceed under definite, harmontous and effective laws and ordinances; that they are provided with ample funds and they are Jointly and severally in the free exercise of their lawful powers. o Sir Gllbert YORK, J , the novélist, Minnetonka Pl L1 gried al Kinda iy rlom et Affer taking ¢ coutinaing th f them Lo wy fi morning i AMCAI e red C. 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