Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 21, 1903, Page 8

5~ NEWS O COUNCIL F S MINOR MENTION, wella druj th, artist 08 B'way. e Expert watch repairing, Leffert, 408 B'y. | Elegant new photographs at Schmidt's. | Bmalil photos, Carveth, artist, 38 B'way. | For rent, modern house, 719 Sixth avenue, | Born, to Mr, and Mre. George H. Clark of | Third avenue, & £on \ Wanted, lady for office work. Address B, Bee office, Council Bluffs | Last week of discount sale on_pletures | and picture frames. Alexander & Co, | The regular meeting of White Rose | Rebekah lodge will be held this evening Mayor Morgan is etill confined to his | home with a severe attack of the grip. The public Ifbrary will be closed all day | Monday In observance of Washington's | birthday. | The women of the First Christian church | will_hold an experience social this evening at the church H Unity Rebekah lodge will meet in regular | gession this afternoon at 2 o'clock In Odd | Fellows' temple We are headquarters for glass kinds. See us before you buy. C. B. Ofl and Glass company. Rev. Harvey Hostetler, pastor Becond Presbyterian church, will c pervices Bunday afternoon at the Edgewood | ehureh. d Maurice Waller, who has been serfously of an! Paint, | ili at Manning, la., is visiting at the home of his brother, B. N. Waller on Platner street. . The children of St John's Engiish | Lutheran church will give a George Wash- | ington reception In the church pariors londay evening. Miss Gertrude Roy, daughter of Mr. anil Mre. C. E. Roy, aged 20 years, died last night at the home of her parents, rear of 18 First avenue. | No stock of sheet music Is more complete than that kept by the Bouriclus Plano House, 385 Broadway, Council Bluffs, la., whers'the organ stands upon the bubiding | John W. Carey, city editor of the Sloux | City Journal, was in the city and attended | the debate at the high echool. His siste Miss Loretto Carey, helped win the debate | for Bloux City. | Sherift Cousins has issued orders_that no one be allowed to visit either Mrs. @ila Mc. Danlels or Bert Livix at the county Jjall without a written order and then only in the presence of the jeller. | The regular meeting of Abe Lincoln post, Grand Army of the Republic, will be held this evening at 7 o'clock, instead of at § o'clock, on account of the soclal to be held by the Woman's Rellef corps. The funeral of Mrs. Abble Waldron of | Sixteenth avenue and Thirty-fifth street, | will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from | Lunkley's undertaking rooms and burial | will be in Lewls township cemetery. | A case of smallpox In the famlily of J. Knudsen of Elliott street was reported to the Boara of Health yesterday. The prem- | ises were quarantined. ‘This is the only ! case of the disease in the city at present Word has been recelved here of the birth | | of a son_to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Daw- son at Washington, D. C. Mr. Dawson fs | secretary of the American legation at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and is at present home | on leave. Mrs. James B. Norton, who has been at the Woman's Christian Association hospital for_the last month with typhold fe has sufficlently recovered to be able to be re- moved to her home on South Sixth street | yesterday. Mrs. Belle Gerspacher, aged 55 years, dled | Thursday night at her’ home, 1il1 Second | avenue, from paralysis. The’ funeral will | be held Sunday morning at 10:3 o'clock | trom the residence and burial will be in | Falrview cemetery. The members of the Conncil Bluffs and Tuesdiy History clubs will visit the Lininger Art gallery in Omaha this_afternoon. Those desiring to go will | meet at the rooms of the Council Bluffs ‘Woman's club at 1:15 p. m. Dietrich E. Grimmelman, aged 70, dled at an_early hour yesterday morning at hi home, 1513 Avenue D, from blood polson- ing. He leaves a wife, two daughters and five sons. The funeral will be heid SBunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from tue residence and burlal will be in Walnut Hill cemetery. Frederick W. Craig, eminent grand com- mander of the Knights Templar of lowa, who {nstituted a lodge of Royal and Select Masters in this_city Thursday night, lert yesterday for San Franclsco to arrange for quarters for the [owa sir knights who will attend the blennlal conclave to be held in that city in 1904, The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Barnes, who died Thursday at St, Bernard's hos- pital, will be held this morning at 8 o'clock from the residence of Mrs. J. J. Dowell, 1806 Sixth avenue. Services wiil be held at ¥:30 o'clock at St. Francis Xavier's church, following which the remains will be taken to South Omaha for burlal in St. Mary's cemetery. Baptist Misslonary Meet A missionary conference which will last over Sunday begun last evening at the First Baptist church. Rev. Henry Wil- liams of Des Moines, district secretary of the Baptist Missionary unlon, is in charge of the services. An interesting feature of the opening service last evening was the | presence of Rev. and Mrs. A. F. Groesbeck, | missionaries from this state at Unkung, China. They both gave addresses, telling of | their experiences in Chins and the work | foct last July, but which was only brought } being done by the American Baptist Mis- sionary union in the Orient. , The devo- tlonal exercises were led by Rev. C. H. ‘Wyckoff of Clarinda, Ia. Services will be held this morning from 9 to 12 m. and in the afternoon beginning at 2 o'clock. There will be services .his ening. This is the program for today: 12 . m.—-Devotional meeting, led Miss Anna Petersen, “Into All the Truth “The Sphere of the Local Church,” Rev. W. E. Btory, Glenwood; “Motives to Mis- | sions,” Rev.'W. I Cole, Hamburg; “Mls; slonary Literatire, 1ts Place and Power,’ Rev. R. K. Eckles, Omaha. Baturday Afternoon—Devotio) weeting, led by Miss Jennle Guitar, ngues of Fire.'” An open and heart-searching con- | nce concerning the following themes, ders will occupy ten minutes in opening discussion. “Prayer and Mission: and Mis- D. A. Trumbuli; *Money slons, the Moral Dignity of Giving." F. 1 Evans; “Misslonary = Meetin Thelr Value," D."B. ““The Responsibili- tes_und Rewards of Pastors in_Relation to Misslons,” Rev. J. A. Shaw, Red Oak; “The Relation of Our Youhg Peor'e's So- cleties to _the A. B. M. U." Miss May rae; Denny; “Woman, Her Power and Place in Missions, Mrs. C. W. Miller, state secre- 8. of the west. tary of lk;n W These transfers were filed yestorday in the abstract, title and loan office of J. W. Squire, 101 Pearl street Sherift's jury to Mason City & Fort | Dodge Rallroad company, right-of- | way over | lot 12, block §, Riddles’ subdiy, a. d Vidiandh o Bame to same, tor's subdiv swiy sely , same ove tor's subdiv swi nwi and lot | onstrated ! oratory over the Councll Blufts High school | tppine { tord H | resented by Miss Della Metealf, | was lavishly decorated | ! deputy sheriff. The communication gave | no reasons for Iris actfon, | ing to present plans, on expending $12,000 BLUFFS. SIOUX CITY WINS DEBATE Judges Stand Two ;—0; in Their Markings | of the Oontestante, { BLUFFS TEAM SORELY DISAPPOINTED | Had Confidently Expected verse the Verdiet of Li v to at Year— itors Are Entertained After Debate. | The Sioux City High school again dem- | its supremacy in the matter of by winning the debate last contest was exceedingly close, night. two of the | The | judges deciding for Stoux City and one for | Council Bluffs. The handsome silver cup | presented by Jvequemin & Co. will become | the permanent trophy of the Sioux City | High school The question debated was, “‘Resolved, The United States is not justified In re- | taining permanent possession of the Phil- islands.” Sioux Oity had the af-| firmative and Council Bluffs the negative The members of the Sioux City team were Miss Loretto Carey, Shreve Coe and Wil- | Keeling. Council Bluffs ‘was rep- | Charles Campbell and Alfred Hanchett. Th® debate was opemed by Sioux City, Miss Carey teing the first to speak. She was followed by Alfred Hanchett of Coun- cil Bluffs. Keeling then spoke for Sioux | City, followed by Miss Metcalf for Council | Bluffs. Coe closed the arg:ments for Sioux City and Campbell did the same for Coun- efl Blufts. The rebuttal for Council Blufts was presented by Hanchett and the debate losed with Miss Carey presenting the re- buttal for the visitors. Markings of Judges. The judges werc Judge Kione of Des | Moines, Superintendent Gordon of Lin- coln, Neb., and Superintendent Buckley of Mapleton, Ia. Judge Kinne and Superin- tendent Gordon decided in favor of the af firmative, while Superintendent Buckley decided iv favor of the negative. test was exceedingly close, the total mark- | The con- | ing for Sioux City being 1,000 against 988 | for Council Bluffs, The markings given by the different judges were as follows: Kinne, afirmative 315, negative 303; Gordon, afirmative 352, negative 345; Buckley, negative 338, af firmative 333. Victor E. Bender presided. The audi- torlum of the high school bullding, which in the colors of both schools, was filled to its capacity by an interested gathering. The delegation from Sioux City, shity strong, occupled the front seats and when the result was an- nounced thelr enthusism knew no bounds. They mounted the platform and hoisted their champions, at least the two male ' members of the team, on thelr shoulders. Charles Campbell of the Council Blufts team was congeded to be the star orator of the evening and he recelved the highest | _marking. The loss of the debate was a great disappointment to the Council Bluffs High school, as ‘1t had been confident of retrieving its defeat of last year. Following the debate the visitors were tendered a reception, followed .by a dance in the ballroom of the Grand hotel. N. Y. Plu_ibing Co., Tel, 250, Night, Fes7. DEPUTIES ARE SURE OF PAY fes in Sherif’'s Office Not De- pendent Upon Amount of Feen Earned, The Board of County Supervisors figured out yerterday afternoon that the salaries | alone of the sherifl's force would, under the | new law, cost the county $6,500 a year, | whether the fees of the office reached that | sum or not. Under the old law the sheriff,| received a salary of $2,500 which, with the salaries of his deputies, had to be paid out of the fees. If the fees were insufficient ' the deputies did not receive their full ries. This was the case in 1900, when the | four deputies had to be content with $150 less than the full amount of their salaries. Under the new law, which went into ef- to the attention of the county hoard yes- | terday, the sheriff and his deputies will re- | celve the full amount of their salaries no matter how small the fees of the office may be. The mew law provides that the sheriff | shall receive annually $3,600, out of which | amount he will have to pay the salary of one deputy. This practically leaves the lary of the sheriff where it was before, it has been the custom to pay the depu- | tles $1,000 a year each. The salaries of the | other deputies, which may not exceed $1,000 | a year, are to be pald by the county direct. The supervisors have the power to deter- mine the number of deputies. The sherift is permitted to deduct his mileage and his | ry from the fees earned by his officc | heretofore, but all in excess of this | must be turned jn the county treasury. Sherift Cousins presented’ a communica- | tion to the hoard notifying it that he re- voked the appointment of Ed Canniag as | The board agreed to allow Cox & Schoent- gen, who have the contract for furnishing the plans for the bulldings tor the poor | farm, $500 for the wok, including the su- perintendence ¢t - censtruction, providing the total cost,of the improvements does mot | exceed $13,000. In the event of the building | costing to exeeed this. the arcbitects are to | be allewed 5 per cent on the additional | amount. The board contemplates, accord- on the buildings. The supervisors spent the greater part of yesterday inspecting bridges at Loveland and held but a short session in the after- noon. This morning théy will take up the hearing iu the contest between- the papers | over the publication of the board’s pro- | ceedings. | the Insurance on Peterson's building and | general stock, which were destroyed by fire | at Weston on January 1, {said that his wife had implicated Larsen | the chicken thefts, but that he (Thordsen) est to the caucuses this evening. cuses will be held at the following places First Ward: First Precinct—Wheeler & Heraid bullding, six delegates. Second Pre- cinct--Wheeler & Herald bullding, six del- ezntes Becond Ward seven delegates Broad First Precinct— City hall, Second Precinct West | , seven delegates Third Ward: First Precinct—No, 3 Fourth street, six delegates, Second Precinct—No. 1 hose house, five delegates. Fourth Ward: First Precinct—Farmers' bhall, court house, six delegates. Second | Precinct—Smith's hall, Sixteenth avenue five delegates Fifth Ward: First Precinet—County build- ing, Fifth avenue and Twelfth street, eight delegates. Second Precinct—County ‘bulld- | ing, Thirteenth street and Fifteenth ave- nue, five delegates. Sixth Ward: First Precinct—County build- ing, Twenty-fourth and Avenue B, seven delegates. Second Precinct—Fifth and Lo- | cust street, two delegates, At a meetink last night of the democratic | city central committee in the office of Chairman J. J. Hughes, it was decided to hold the school convention Thursday night, February 26, at 8 o'clock, in the county courthouse. Caucuses to select delegates to the convention will be held Monday | night, February 23, at the following places First Ward—First precinct, Jennings barn, 10 delegates; Second precinet, McRob- erts’ office, 10 del gates. | Second Ward—First preeinc! 10 delegates; Second precinct, store, § delegates. Third =~ Ward—First precinct, Creston | house, 7 delegates; Second precinet, Main | street hose house, § delegates. ! Fourth Ward—First precinct, Farmers' | hall, courthouse, 7 delegates; Second pre- cinct, 8mith’s hall, 8ixteenth avenue, 7 del- egates, 1 Fifth Ward—First precinet, county bubid- | atrol barn, | rvis' feed ing, Fifth avenue and Twelfth street, 9 del- egates; Second. precinct, county bulldfng, | South Thirteenth street,’ 7 delegates | Sixth Ward—First precinct, county bufld- | ing, Avenue B and Twenty-fourth street, 10 | | delegates; Second precinct, Locust street, 2 delegates. It is sald that Dr. Don Macrae, jr., it he | will accept it, will be given a renomina- tlon. Charles Lacey, the Harrison street | grocer, is a candidate, as is said to be Dr. C. H. Bowers. The name ot E. H. Merriam tioned in conmection with the nominations. of the David Bradley company is also men- Gravel roofing. A.'H. Read, 126 Main St. Matters in District Court. “The sults of Petrus Peterson against the State and Anchor Insurance companies are being tried together in the district court betore Judge Thornell snd a jury. The amount involved in the two suits is $2,676. The defendant companies refused to pay 1902, alleging fraud and misrepresentation. A similar sult against the Des Moines Insurance company, tried at the last term of court, resulted in verdict for Peterson for the full amount of the insurance sued for. The next case assigned fo trial is that of the State of Towa against Ben Woods, charging with picking the pocket of a pes- senger at the Burlington depot last fall. At the November term of court the jury failed to egree. Creditors filed in the district court yes- terday objections to the final report of H. D. Harle, administrator of the estate of Erasmus C. Brown. A motion for a nmew trial on behalt of the plaintiff was filed yesterday in the suit of 0. F. Asmussen against Michael Daily. Plumbing and heating. Bixby & Son. Lays Thefts to Wife. Charles Larsen, the young man lving on East Plerce street, 'who was ‘arrested charged with being implicated with John and Willlam Thordsen in the numerous re- cent ralds on poultry houses, was dis charged In Justice Ouren’s court yesterday afternoon. Larsen had been arrested on information furnished the authorities by the wife of John Thordser, but when Thordsen was placed on the witness stand yesterday he in order to shield herself. Thordsen de- clared that Larsen had nothing to do with had been assisted and accompanied byl his wife in his raids. He declared that his | wite had donned top boots and breeches | and otherwise disguised herself as a man when accompanying him on his midnight raids on poultry yards. The court was at first inclined to think that Thordsen was inventing such a story | for the purpose of shielding Larsen, but | he stuck to it and the court was obliged to discharge Larsen. A warrant for the arrest of Mrs. Thor¢sen was issued, but it | was found that she had left the city. ‘ Women Fail to Turn Out, | Owing to the small attendance, especially | of women, at the mass meeting held in | Labor hall last night, State Organizer T.| P. Menton of the lowa Federation of Labor did not attempt to organize a local woman's union label league, as he had contemplated. ! He outlined the objects of such a league | and spoke on labor matters generally. He said he expected to return to Council Bluffs | in the near future and perfect the organi- | zation of the league. Regarding the installation of a labor bureau and labor agent in this city by the Trades and Labor assembly, about which | there has been some dispute among the | different unions, Mr. Menton safd he fully endorsed the plan and declared that in every place where they had been estab- | 1'shed they had proved a success. Mr. Menton will spend today in the city looking over the ground and conferring with the leaders of organized labor and will leave in the evening for his home. George Skaith I Generous, Following the recent death of George | Skalth the court appointed Frank Morrow | administrator of the estate on the applica- | tion of all the heirs. The mecessary steps | had been taken to administer the estate, | when two days ago a will was discovered | in which Skaith bequeathed all of his! property, both personal and real, to his son, George S. Skaith. The son, however, refused to accept the bequest, and yester. day filed in court a written relinquishment and asked that the administration of the | estate by Morrow be carried out and the property equally divided amoug the heirs. Pagilist ix Bitten. SIOUX CITYT, la., Feb. 20.—(Special Tel- Republican Caucuses Tonlght, lAlfllAnr'l :rbdl\'dnl:"&. nwle 3; lot 2 n neiq, an N nelg neiq Same fo same, same over ' acre In 1 Wand 2164, 8. d..........o.0.. B Bame to same, same over part nei, W 37741, &, d....... AR ) Same to same, same over part swij WG 28-75-43, & d....... 50 | Bame to same, same over n 11 acres lot 3, Mallett's subdiv, a. d... H. H. Ernest ari wife to M. ¥ Schlager, lot 9, block 15, Mul add, Republican caucuses to select delegates | to the school convention will be held this | evening in the several precincts of the city. | The convention will be held Wednesday | egram.)—A “get rich quick* scheme known as the Montana Mining, Loan and Invest- ment company, has gathered in the surplus cash of “Australian Billy” Murphy, erst- while lightweight the world,. with that of other Sioux City 3. Ehmandt iKeiner to August’ Gres ”“"imm next in the county court house and 'residents. The letters addressed to the ‘man, wiy swi, 4 and elg sely and sel ! will be made up of seventy delegates, | company have been returned marked nely l‘} 41, w. d... i Cevaas 11,60 | The convention will nominate two ean- | “fraudulent.” The circulars direct that all O e S i 5 47w ihelm ' | didates for the Board of Education, the letters should be addressed mot to Butie, Amdnds gecomb and Rusband | terms of President B. M. Sargent and Dr. | Mont, but to the president, Henry L. Haupt, to Frank K. Robinson, w 10623 | Don Macrae, jr., expiring this spring. Mr. acres, nwig 8-TT-4, . d.....ooiis A L. Newland and wife to Cora and Calt Garmong. ek nwiy 2-7i-42, w.d. 1,70 Margaret Dollen and husband to Mason City & Fort Dodge Rallroad company, undiv 13 part nel nwis +TAL W ... e Total, fourteen transfers .. i S —————teeee———— LEWIS CUTLER » Sargent, while he will make no effort to secure the nomination, will not refuse i®if | offered him. Colonel W. J. Davenport Bas | consented at the urgent request of friends and many patrons of the schools to room 222, No. 225 Dearborn street, Chicago, Hossack Trial Nears Eud. WINTERSET, In., Feb. 20.—(Special)— Nothing new was developed at the Hossack trial today. Witnesses told of seeing blyod ! be a candidate for one of the nominations. | spots on Mrs. Hossack’s nightrobe and | Mar Bouricius, the well known music dealer, is also a candidate. Harvey Swartz is the | eandidate of the Sixth ward, which claims it is entitled to representation 'on the board this year. The fact that there are wirtually four cendidates 1a the fleld will lend some lnter- much the same routine was carried out a on a former trial. There was a rumor this afternoon that the defense would put Mrs. Hossack on the stand tomorrew. Her at- torneys would not afirm the report. Mrs. Hossack seems more cheerful thas ¢ any time during the second bearing. 1 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SBATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, INTEREST FROM IOWA. .2 (READY T0 TRY WALKER CASE Two New Witnesses Who Say They Saw the Finkelstein Murder Cemmitted. STATE BOARD WATCHING THE ASSESSORS Armonr Company Pleads Not Gul to Violating the Oleomars aw—Copper Roof for Capitol B (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Feb. 20.—(Speclal)—The county attorney today had subpoenas issued for the witnesses for the prosecution in the case of the state against James Walker, colored, who I8 to be tried next week in the district court for the murder of Isanc Finkelstein. These subpoenas disclosed the fact that the state has at least two impor- | tant witnesses who did not appear in the trial of Harry Levich for the same crime some months ago. These are Ada Hazle- | wood and Bertha Offerd, two women of mot very enviable reputations, who will testify that on the night of the murder they were passing along the street where Finkelstein was murdered; that they saw the conflict; that they saw the blaw struck with a whip- pletree which killed Finkelstein, and they will fasten the crime upon Walker. These women did not appear in the case orig- inally tried and their testimony will all be new. If the state can hold their testimony unshaken it will go far toward the convic- tion of Walker, who bas been lying In jall since last summer awaiting trial. The state bas had transcripts made of the testimony of the principal w'tnesses in the Levich case to be used in conmection with the Walker trial and it will be a hard-fought case all the way through. Watching the Assessors. The secretary of the state executive counell, which body acts as a Board of Re- view of the assessments of the state, is en- gaged In securing information for the use of the council when the assessment matter comes up, so that the council may know exactly what s being done by the assessors and the local boards of review with rela- tion to the state real estate assessments. It is learned that in many parts of the state the assessment IS being left sub- stantially as it was tw s ago, no ac- count being made of thd¥ increase in land values. If this assessment is to be re- tained the income of the state will be much l1oss than anticipated by®the state officers and the legislature and the council will be up against a hard proposition in the assessment of railroad property. To guard against this the couacll will s#cure an unusual amountgof information relative to the actual assessments being made this year. A Copper Ro6t onm the Capitol. The capitol commission has been; com- pelled to change its plan with reference to the roof of the capitol bullding and substitute copper *for tile. The capitol commission which reported on the improve- ment of the capitol pronounced in favor of tile to take the place of the plesent slate roof. The commission finds that this Is fmpracticsl and a copper roof will be placed on the bulldilig. The work of re- pair on the interfor has been inspected this wesk by the commission and it fs found to be good. " Educationdl Exhibit. The committee on rducational exhibit at the St. Louls expositior’ will meet in Cedar Rapids tomorrow, and this evening Super- intendent Barrett of the state educational department and Superintendent Sheakley of the Des Moines schools weat to Cedar Raplds to attend thc meeting, which was called by Senator Trewin, chalrman of the educational committee of the state com- mission. Already considerable work is be- ing done in some of the schools of the state looking to preparation of school exhibits, especially In manual training, for the ex- position. The committee will probably recommend to the commission the employ- ment of a competent man to take charge of the collection of an educational exhibit. Armours Plead Not Guilty, The Armour Packing company, by its at- torney, Judge Conner of t! city, appeared in district court today and entered a plea of not gullty to an indictment found by the grand jury ten days ago with relation to the sale of oleomargarine in this city. The indictment charges the officers of the com- pany with unlawfully selling oleomargarine of a yellow color contrary to the statutes of Towa. The indicement was secured by the state dairy commissioner for the pur- pose of making a test of the matter and having the courts determine whether the lowa law will shut out of the state the commercial oleomargarine now being sold everywhere under the United States rev- enue laws. The state law Is somewrat dif- ferent from the national law and there is doubt on the part of the dairy commis sioner and the makers of oleomargarine a; to how it can be applied. Embalmers ¥ it Hard. Out of a class of sixty-six who were ex- amined by the State Board of Medical Ex- aminers for ecmbalmers' certificates the board this week granted only forty, the other twenty-six having falled. A commit- tee of the State Undertakers' assoclation this week waited on the state board ‘o ask that the standard be raised and that the board make the examinations more difficult | 80 as to shut out many applicants for em- balmers’' certificates; but those who tried the examination here say that it s sufi- ciently hard now. Among those who failed in the examination were a number of ex- perienced undertakers. CRESTON, Ia., Feb. - The semi-annual meetin western lowa Medical association closed hero last night. There were about Afty delegates present and the session proved the most interesting and profitable yet held by the association. The reports of the of- ficers showed the assoclation to be in a prosperous and flourishing condition, and some new members were taken in. The ! oficers elected for the ensulng year were: President, J. E. Howe: first vice president, C. H. DeWitt, Glenwood; second vice pre ident, J. F. Aldrich; secretary, B. F. Gil- more; treasurer, J. P. Claybaugh, Creston. 20.—(8pec of the South- pugilistic champlon of | In the evening ths visiting physicians were entertalned as guests of honor at a soclal gathering given by the Oreston club at their rooms. Farmer Commits Suicide. CRESTON, lIa., Feb. 20.—(Speci: Frank Carnes, a farmer living near Thayer, a small town east of here, committed sul- | cide last night by stabbing himself in the heart with & common pocketknife. The man was 38 years old and bad been an in. valid fov fifteen yeal with rheumatic trouble and it is thought that despondency over ill health prompied the act. The cor- oner went this morning to investigate, Court Terms Comfliet. CRESTON, la., Feb 20.—(Special)—The March term of the district court, which was to comvene March 23, has been post- 1903. poned until March 30 on account of a conflict In the dates of the district court and federal court, which convene in the same place at the same time. INSURANCE BILLS TO FORE Valued Polley Goes to Governor and Anti-Compact Passes the Houne, PIERRE. 8.D., Feb. 20.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The expected motion to again call up the valued policy bill In the senate today was not made and all that is now required to make it a law is the signa- ture of the governor. Senate bills introduced today were: By Stoller, creating the Ninth judicial cir- cult of the counties of McPherson, Ed- munds, Walworth and Campbell; by Bot- tum, authorizing sinking fund levies to pay for artesian welle. The senate committee reported against H. R. 49, to secure a State Board of As- sessment, and amended 106 to increase the power of the board to increase valua tions, and favorably reported it. The sen- ate passed house bills rclating to uni- form first and second grade teachers' cer- tificates; to prohibit the use of firearms by childrea; providing for Board of Con- trol of charitable and penal institutions, and reeolution asking congruss for the abolition of the tarlff on lumber. The senate passed senate bills to pre- vent pools and combines, and resolutions providing for long-time lease of state lands, and increasing the scope of securities which may be used as investments for the tunds. ¥ The house held an all-day session and practically cleared up the calendar be- fore adjournment. House bills passed were for the protection of trust funds; in- creasing fees for purchase and lease of state lands; reducing interest on county deposits; allowing no exemption on prop- erty on the purchase price for same, and the compact insurance measure; allowing incorporation of clties of 500 population, granting to boards of supervisors of towns the right to establish fire limits; providing more stringent penalties for violation of pure food laws; authoriing the incorpora- tion electric street railways. Bills killed by the house were, to give doctors preference right on professional bills; requiring state mutual companies to provide reserve funds; providing for the annual meeting of school officers, and fix- ing compensation for same. The house proceeded to make laws by passing senate bills to adopt the anemone @8 a state flower, in which debate was cut off by the previous question; requiring bonds from depositories of county funds; giving right of action to any aggrieved person in cases of seduction; providing for a uniform system of bell signals in mines; appropriating $3,000 for cottages at the Soldlers' Home; appropriating money for deficlency in salary of adjutant general; legallzing certaln acts of the Board of Education of Beresford; making conviets in penitentlary competent witnesses. The principal new bills in the house were by Fillmer, providing for county examiners to go over the records of town officers; by Gross, to provide for filling unused wells; by Jackson, to pay for horses killed on account of glanders; by Hildebrandt, to appropriate money to pay a judgment against the state held by Margaret Mel- lette; by the committee on state affairs, to provide for the admission of epileptics to the Asylum for the Feeble Minded. The anti-compact insurance measure was passed by a vote of 74 to 6, but not until it was amended to make It apply to joint stock companies, which practically relieves state miutuals from its provisions, in which effort there was a protest from Brown of Sanborn, who {ntroduced the bill and who objected on the ground that the move to £0 amend was coming from sources which had been fighting insurance measures all along. This called out several warm pass- ages, with personalities, between Brown and Longstaft and others. Welch attempted to secure the recon- slderation of the bill to require mutuals to provide reserve funds, but soon found his effort talked to death, as a majority of the members have Interegts {n mutuals. The house appropriations committee killed the bill for a twine plant at the peniten- tiary by adverse committee report, as they did also attempts to increase the salaries of mine inspectors and public examiner. National Guard Appointments. PIERRE, 8. D, Feb. 20.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Governor Herreld today commis- sloned Cyrus C. Carpenter of Faulktor major of the First squadron of cavalry; Ed- ward A. Breckwith of Plerre, adjutant First regiment irfantry; P. J. Armstrong of Faulkton, adjutant First squadron cavalry; H. C. Babcock, Faulkton, quartermaster First squadron cavalry. REVOLVER FOR PROTECTION Gemeral Duncan, Charged with Shoot. ing, Tells Why He Carried Weapon, PITTSBURG, Feb. 20.—The trial of Gen- eral Ellis Duncan, charged with the shoot- ing of Charles Head, was continued today. The desire to hear more of the sensational testimony which was offered yesterday aft- ernoon brought a large crowd to the court room. General Duncan again took the stand for cross-examination. He was self-possessed and parried the interrogations of the dis- trict attorney. When on the stand Duncan 1d that he carried the revolver for self- protection, having learned of the rough characters of the camp. He had not thought of the legal conse- quence that may have followed his action, but even it he did he would not have changed his ccurse of actlon. ‘When Duncan's cross-examination con- cluded Head was recalled to prove that the | letters discovered after the shooting were written by Mrs. Duncan. He admitted that Mrs. Duncan had writ- ten him six or seven letters before she came to Pittsburg. Dr. Duncan was recalled and said he had made a copy of the letter written by Head to Mrs. Duncan. The original, he said, was destroyed by Mrs. Duncan in his presence. Head was shown the copy and admitted that he had written a letter something like the copy. The letter follows: Sweetheart: 1 will be out for you Sunday about 1:8. You know what to tell Miss Alma, but let me know over the 'phove what you have done and how you have arranged to get away. [ am better in body, but not in mind. Have had the blucs for & day or two. You did not seem over anx- jous to talk to me last night. 1 hope you had a nice time at the club, Yours BRUCE. The defense them rested and Judge Fra- ger closed his charge to the jury at 4. No verdict had been returned when the court adjourned. ———— What Makes Ruby Lips. The pure, rich blood made by Dr. King' New Life Pills. They promote beauty. 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R BAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20.—Behind a de- cision handed down by the United States court of appeals in the case of R. D. Mc- Dougall against the Northwestern Com- mercial company there is'a pathetic story of suffering. The case was brought by McDougall, who recovered judgment in the Second district of Alaska. The appeal was taken to the appellate court. ANl the papers were sealed in a box and given in charge of Charles Low, who started from Nome overland for Seattle. In the party were Low, Dr. Miller and a man pamed Griswold. When Illfamna bay was reached Dr. Miller perished of the cold. The others decided that their only hope to reach Seattle was to leave all their inoum- LOUISVILLE, KY. brances behind, so they pushed on after burying the box containing the records of the case. An effort was made to perfect the records from memory, but it was Ineffectual and the court was forced to dismiss the appeal H A N D because of the incompletepess of the s 4 P 0 L IO records. 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