Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 24, 1909, Page 3

Council Bluffs Minor Mention The Council Biuffs Office of the Omaha Bee s 15 Soott Sireet Both 'Phones 43. Davis, drugs. . CORRIGANS, Undertakers ‘Phones 148. Lewis Cutler, funeral director. 'Phone ¥1. Woodring Undertaking company. Tel. 339, FAUBT BEER AT ROGERS' BUFFET. | w you want reliable want ad adver- tising, use The Bee. BAIRD, LONGENBCKER & BOLAND, Undertakers. 'Phone 122, 14 N. Main St. Dr. W. W. Magarell, vptometrist, moved to %-208 City National bank building. Pictures and Art Novelties for Gradua- tion gifts. C. E. Alexander, 33 Broadway, Hurmony chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, will hod a special meeting Tuesday evening for initiation. A megting of the Bc hak been called 312 West Broadway The Ladly Maccabees of the World will give a eatd party and dance at the Macc bee hall, Thursday evening May 27. Mrs. 8. W. Richards, 249 Vine street, is home from Tulsa, OKl, where she was called by the serious iliness of her sister, Mrs. H. C. Pouder, formerly of Neola, la. The third annual reunion of the lowa Btaie Elks' assoclation will be held at Dubuque cn June 16 and 17. A number the members of the Council Blutfs lodge planning to attend. uth First street chapter of the guild of 8t. Paul's Episcopal church whi meet Monday afternoon, :30 o'clock, at the bome of Mrs. G. H. Jack- son. 015 Bouth First street Johri #, Caise, son of Mr. and H Carse, 10 Kourth avenue, is at the Clarkson "Memorial hospital in Omaha where he underwent an operation for ap. pendicitis last Thursday, He is reported to be recovering rapldly. The (wenty-sixth annuay conference the lowa Swedish Baptists_will be in this elty, opening May and over Bunday, May . The sessions wiil be held in the Swedish Baptist church on Nortu Saventh stre The fire department arter noon . yesterduy Mantin Mortensen at 162 street. A member of the family while cleaning beds with gasoline inadvertently struck a match, The damage was slight. W. A. Harrison, amster_in the em- ploy of Contractor George W. Turner, while returning with a load of brick from Omaha yesterday morning, fell from hia wagon, the rear wheel of which passed over his right arm, fracturing it at the wrist Thuysday assocla- evening Barbers Monday for ar The § Woman's Mrs. J of eld was called shortly to the residence of 1 South Eighth cvening next, after the reg- ular meeting of Pottawattamie tribe, Im- pioved Order of Red Men, the members Wil turn the hall over to their wives and caugliters for a soclal séssion. There wiil be dancing and cards and refreshments will e served Mayor Muloney, while in Omaha yester- duy recelved assurances from tre officials of the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Rail- Way company that arrangements to epiinkle between the tracks In this city, s Is done in Omaha, will be made by the company this week. Wiillam Arnd and Haraim, Who have in tion of tae new general petition of consent for the saloonmen of this city, announced last cvening that they have secured about 50 names. This leaves about 700 signa- tures. yet to be obtained. Charles W. Miller of the Union Pacitic railroad auditing department, Omaha, will be the speaker at the Young Men's Chris- tiun associution meeting at the First Bap- tist_church at 4 o'clock this afternoon, “Dreams Fulfilled” will be the subject of Mr. Miller's address. Miss Etta Baird will sing Harry M. Brown, cierk of the district court, received notice vesterday that Wil- liam 'Slingerland of this eity, who was committed to the state hospital for in- ebriates at Knoxville on May 11, had es- caped Friday. The local authorities are requested to pick him up should he return here and send him back to the institution. The funeral of the late A. M. Bennett will be held this mornivg at 10:3 o'clock from the family residence, 1620 Avenue G- Burial will be in Walnut Hill cemetery and the following will serve as pallbearers Mayor Thomas Maloney, Street Commi sioner T. L. Flood, Councliman Bellinger, Chris Carlson, Robert Huntington and O, E. Beswick. Hartford Reed, the horse trainer charged with the larceny as bailee of two horses entrusted to his care which he is sald to have sold, was arraigned before Justice Connor yesterday. He denied the charge und his preliminary hearing was set for next Wednesday morning. In default of bail placed at 3400 In each case, he was sent back to the county jail. The ftuneral of Simpson Grant Culver, clork in the railway mall service, will be leld this afternoon at 3 o'clock from St Paul's Episcopal church. The services will be conducted by the rector, Rev. J. W. Jones, and burial will be in Falrview ‘ceme- tery. Members of the rallway malil service from this city and Omaha will attend in A body as will members of Excelslor Ma- sonic lodge, (o which the deceased be- longed.# The, members of Excelgior lodge will médt “al the' Masonic temple at 1:30 o'clock. Mrs. Mafy M. Chambers, wife of L. P. Chambers, 520 Towa avenue, died yesterday morning from _pneumonia, aged 79 years is survived by . L 8 of Besides her husband she tiree gons, W, of Omaha Clovis, N. M.; aud Claude of Malvern, Ia., and five daughters, Mr=. O. W. Meacham of Henratta, Okl.; Mrs. King of El- dorado, Kan'; Mre. W. I Wiison of Mitch 8 D. Mrs. J. A. Butte of Wichita, Kan., and Mrs, J. McCarger of this city The fureral will held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family residence and buria) will he in Walnut Hill. Rev. Edgar Price, pastor of tife First Christian church, of which Mre Chambers was a member, will conduct the services. City Assessor W. D. charge the circula- RAND JURY ! MEETS MONDAY Judke Wheeler Will Fill George W. Jensen. Place of The district coubt grand'jury, which re- convened Jast Mofjday only to suspend its | deliberations the. next day owing to one of its members, George W. Jensen of Nor- walk township, being overcome the Odgen hotel, ,will take anoth Monday. As Jensen is still hovering tween life and death. Judge Wheeler [ yer terday fssued an order for the whole pane | to report and a seventh ju to till Jensen's place r will be drawn County Attofngy Hess secursd a tempor- ary injunction against L. R. Bloedel, a saloonkeeper at Cut-off, restraining him from tHg Ulegal sale of liduor. The hear ing on the application to make the order permanent will come up at the next term of court. In the district Judge Green Hess Friday court of Avoéa where presiding County Attorney secured the convietion J. Martin of Hancock, former representa- tive of Pottawattamie county, on the charge of unlawfully interfering with & public highway erecting a dam o as to prevent water from the highway passin@ through a culvert. He was found guilty before the justice of the peace and appealed (o the district court The jury brought In a Verdict of guilty after deliberating for three minutes. is St. Franeis Commencement. annual commencement exercises of rancis’ académy wiil be held We day evening, June 16, in the auditorium of the institution; The annual banquet and reception of the Alumnae assoclation will be held Tuesday, June 15, the recepgion in the afterncon and the banquet in the even- ing in the large dining hall of the academy. On Wednesday, June 16, the alumnae will attend mass at § o'clock in 8t. Francis Xavier's chuseh, meeting of .the The officers of the Alumnae assocfation are: President, Miss Mary Paschel; vice presidents, Mrs. Tda Hughes Fox, Mrs. N O'Brien and Mrs Bell Htacher Brown; secretary, Miss Mary O'Neill; treasurer, Miss Nell Wickham; historian, Miss Mary Mithen. T st nes- assoclation will lasting | with gas at | start | of R | Martin was chagged with | following which & business | be held. | fONDAY MRS, ALTA WIELDS PITCHFORA | Street Commmssioner Flood and Gang Are Stood Off, WOMAN IGNORES COURT'S ORDER Grand Jury Ordered to meport Mon- ay, When a New Juror Will Take Place of G. W. Jenwen, Who is 11 Despite the order of Judge Whegler of the district court dissolving the tem- porary injunction secured by Angel Alta | restraining the city from cutting the Pettibone ditch through his property at Fourth avenue and Twenty-first street the ditch is still proving a bone of con- tention between the municipal authorities and the property owners in that section of the city, Yesterday Street Commissioner Tim Flood started a gang of ten men at work on the ditch, but they did not get very far along when there was a cessation of Aig- ging. Mrs. Aita, armed with a pitchfork, drove the men from the ditch and held them at bay. None of the men were anxious to tackle the pitchfork, and when Boss Flcod returned from Inspecting | other work In another part of the city he | found his men taking things easy. Flood tried to pacify Mrs. Alta, but the more he talked the more she waved the pitch- fork in dangerous proximity to his per- son. Finally Chief of Police Richmond was applied to and he sent Patrolman Allen to the scene. When she saw the | officer Mrs. Alta retreated to her house | and the men succeeded in digging about fifty feet of the ditch by quitting time. Commission Flood sald last evening that he expected the ditch would be filled up | again before morning, as has been the case twice before The court wil} be asked Monday to issue an order restraining. Mrs. Afta, her hus- band and all others from Interfering with the work on the ditch. Big Doings {n Base Ball, “Casey at the bat.”" Thursduy afternoon the time and the Hustlers' ball park the place. Mayor Thomas Maloney, who Is now taking a post-graduate course in the rules of the game, will bo umpire. Major George H. Richmond, chief of police, will detall a platoon of patrolmen to protect “his honmor" for fear that his decisions may arouse the wrath of the fans. The game, and it promises to be a great | one, will be for the benefit of the Asso- | clated Charities’ creche. Indications are, by the way the tickets are selling, that all { Council Bluffs and then some, will be | there. The players will be two teams from the Council Bluffs aerle, Fraternal Order of | Eagles. One team will be picked from the | “Fats” and the other from the “Leans.” Street Commissiorer Tim Flood will be official scorer, with Councilmen Skods- holm and Younkerman as his assistants, Bullding Permits. Buflding permits were issued yesterday |to the Consolidated Construction company as follows: For G. W. Ketchum, dwelling, Windsor’ Place, $2 For D. E. Hall, two-story frame ing, Central sub., '$1,660. For C. A, Empkle, two-story. dwelling, Hyatt's sub,, $4,500. For E. C. Hutchinson, one-story cottage, Beer's sub., $300, For E. C. Hutchinson, | cottage, Beer's sub., $300 For Paul L. Van Order, one-story dwelling. Street's add., $1,60. For E. O, Shannon, ome-story frame cot- | tage, Twin City Place, $900. two-story frame Aawell- frame frame | trame | frame one-story Real ate Transfers. ! transfers | ! were reported to The | | Bee May 22 by the Ppttawattamie County | Abstract company of Councils Bluffs Leonard Everett, executor, et al to Mary A. Edwards, ely sel 23, nelq nely -42, w. d. Jane Dalton, widow, (o ' Nellie Roberts, lots § and 7, block 9, in Hughes & Doniphan's add to Coun- il Bluffs, w. d... Total, Past Week in Blufis Soclety, Mr. Myers Hansen returned Wednesday from Hot Springs, Ark., much improved in health. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hendricks will enter- tain the Tuesday Night 500" club Tuesday evening. ¢ Mre, B. Talmer of Loulsville, These $ 8,620 R | | two transters i | | Buest of Mrs. Willlam Barghausen, 229 Har- | rison street. eb., 18 the Mrs. M. F. Cunhingham, 4 South strg was hostess to the ldle Hour club | Thursday afternoon. High five was played, three tables being used. Prizes were won Mrs. Glynn and Mrs. Shoup. At the of the game a two-course luncheon was served Mrs. George W street, entertalned day afternoon, Mrs J. M. Lane will entertain the day afternoon. | Mrs. Mary Watts of | rived yesterday on a visit to {James W. Mitchell J..W. Bell of Fifth o the L. F. T. C. Wednesday afternoon. M 8. F. Henry Henry left Wednesday to spend the summer Mrs. Anne Brockway of Duncan the guest of her daughter, Mrs. ywman, 810 Avenue B Mrs. R. B. Tubbs of Willow rived home Friday from a | Visit in New York City Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dudley were called to Vermont Friday by news of the serious fliness of Mr. Dudley’s father. | Miss Daisy Powell left Friday for Vin- cennes. Ind., where she wilk spend the sum- mer with relatives and friends rs. Charles Beno returned home Tues day morning after & visit_with friends in Chicago and St Mary's, Knoxville, where he visited her daughter, who is attend- Mg school The Cotillion club entertained at th closing dancing party for the season Mon- 1 day evening At thé Grand hotel | The Misses Plppin. 6% Seuth Firss street, | will entertain the Ebony Warblers Monday evening at & “hard times” party | Mrs, J. B. Atkins, 840 Sixth avenue, en- | tertained _informally\ Wednesday evening | for Mis. F. Shepard of 8t. Joseph, Mo. ! | Mrs_ A. P. Hanchett has issued invita- | {tions for a ten Monday afterncon in_ honor of Mrs. and Miss Platt of Elkpart, Ind Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kooder of Los An- geles, Cal.. arrived Friday on a visit to Captain and Mra. John H. Clark of Sixth | avenue. | Mrs. W. W First Sancha 105 Knepper the Plate club Wednes- | of South Seventh street C. M. L. club Wednes Searlle, Mr. Wash.. ar- and Mrs. avenua Bridge was club | and Miss for New Tla W gland ., is Anna E avenue ar- | two months' Wallace and daughter, Miss Helen Wallace, of Bluff street, lefi Fri- | day for Denver, Cclo where they will pend the next six weeks with Mrs. H Qsborn Mrs. Ethel W. Thornton and daughter, Marth who were the guests of Mrs, Thornton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. R Witter, have returned to thelr home in Sait | Lake City | The members of the Woman's Auxil'.ry | of the local branch of the United Com- | mercial Travelers will be entertained at the home of Mrs. Cook In Omaha, Wednes- day afternoon | Helen HBagely | Miss Emily Bonhy | were guesis durh Hazel Hanna Friday evening Mrs. George entertained at « | Pa., and 1L, who of M homes, | of Corey. of Roekford, & last week returned to their Damon_of Turley avenue | ards Thursday 'afrernoon complimentary to Mrs Paul DeVol Fiv hundred - wa played the prizge beng | (awarded to Mrs. A E, Brock. A thel | entertarmed { he | who | was spent | northwestern passenger | combat near | written on stationery of the Omaha Y | troubles course luncheon was lald for twenty-tw close of t Kame a s being w and Mrs members 1. Walker, 0. D. Wheel Mrs. Frank T. True will_entertain the | »f the Atlas club Tuesday after- noon &t luncheon at Lake Manawa. The luncheon will be served in the cafe in the club grounds The Joily Jokers were entertained Wednesday evening by Mrs. J. A. Hermsen, | 625 Bluff street. Five hundred was played t prizes being awarded Mi Mami er, Miss lLeone Plerce and Mrs. Tinley. At the close of the game ments were served Mrs. Hendricks and Mrs. Dawson vnl»r—' tained at the home of the former Friday afternoon the Friday Fork club for the last meeting of the season. Prizes at ‘o0 were awarded Mrs. W. Martin and Mrs. E. 1. Duquette. At the close of the game a course Tuncheon was served. Miss Baker of 420 North ond street | informally Monday ening in Miss Packard of Ottumwa. Tw were in playing bridge, th being awarded to Miss Packard an . Cole, Ligh refr during the evening. Miss Gertrude Hehshaw entertained a | house party last week, her Ruests being Miss M. Hurleigh, Mes. Devar and Mrs. G. M. Allhouse of Fairbury, Neb.; Mrs o) e and Miss Kate Kirsch of Bos- ton, Miss Ruth Henshaw of Denver. The latter will make an extended visit Mrs, Harry Van Brunt entertained at an informal luncheon Wednesday afternoon in honor of Miss Bmily Bonham of Rockford, 111, and Miss Helen Bagely of Corey, Pa, | were the guests of Miss Hazel ‘Han- The dining room was prettily decor- ated in pink and green. Covers were laid for seven Ruests In honor of Miss Helen Bagely of Corey Pa., and Miss Emily Bonham of Rockford, 11l., a dinner party was given at '_hr Hen- shaw in Omaha, Wednesday evening, cov ers being lald for Miss Bonham, Miss Bagely, Mise Hazel Hannan, Mr. George Van Brunt, Mr. Will Schnoor, Mr. Ward Price and ir. and Mrs. Charles Han- nan, Jr. Mrs. Drayton W. Bushnell, vice president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, was tendered a surprise party Tuesday afternoon by the members of the Jocal chapter, at the home of Mrs. Donald Macrae on Fifth avenue. The afternoon socially and refreshments were served. Mrs. Bushnell was presented with a pair of candlesticks by Mrs. T. D. Met- calf on behalf of the chapter. The Klatter Klub_ was entertained Fri- day afternoon by Mrs. Henry Cutler. 218 Turley avenus. The afternoon was pieas- antly spent at 50, three tables being used in playing. Mrs. H. H. Pinney was awarded the prize for the highest score, Miss Ellen Organ, the second prize and Mrs. Frank Pinnev the consolation prize. At the close of the game light refresh- ments were served Mrs. T. G. Turner entertained at a pre tily appointed luncheon Thursday afternoon in honor of Miss Emily Bonham of Rock- ford, 111, and Miss Helen Baxkely of Corey, Pa., the guests of Miss Hazel Hannan. A course luncheon was served in the dining- room, which was decorated in pink and green, a large mound of sweet peas form- ing an attractive centerpiece to the dining- room table, which was Jighted with pink shaded candelabra. Covers were lald for twenty guests, Bridge was played during the afternoon at which Mra John Davis recelved the prize for the highest score and presented it to Miss Bagely, guest of honor. refresn. tables use: nan AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIES. Sperling & Triplett, 327 Broadway. Tramp;‘FiElt On a Train, One Killed Ben Sloan Held at Missouri Valley for Throwing Another Man Off a Train. MISSOURI VALLEY, Ia., May 23.—While No. 11 en route to Sioux City from Council Bluffs last night was running at a speed of fifty miles an hour, three hoboes beating their the tender engaged in mortal Crescent. One was pushed over the end of the tender and was crushed to death. On arrival here two or three men who had been riding the tender were arrested by the train crew and held in the bag- gage car until taken in charge by the marshal. They gave the names of Ben Sloan and Jack Pyatt. ‘The latter sall Sloan got into a fight with the third man, and finally threw him off near Crescent The baggage men say they think the man thrown oft was run over by the train Sloan Is marked about the face, but Wwill | not talk. COUNCIL BLUFFS, la., May 2.—(Spe- clal Telegram.)—The Pottawattamie county coroner was called to Crescent tonight (o take charge of a body found on the track near there. The dead man Is supposed to be the one thrown off the train by tramps who got into a fight The body was brought to Council Bluffs shortly after midnight and taken to Cut- o's undertaking rooms. The left side of the head was crushed by & wheel and the face is unrecognizable. The man who apparently about 2% years old was in clothing of cheap grade, but d clean, and in good condition letter which probably —reveals was in one of his pockets. It way on » was dressed neat A identity his was | oung Men's Christian assoclation, and addressed to Mrs. David Wallace, 231 Central~Park, ! Edinburg, Scotland, and was signed James Wallace, It was dated May 9, and had not been stamped. In it the writer expressed a regret for a misspent life, and sald that | thq letter would like & voice from | the grave. He sald he hoped to see his mother soon and- that his ambition from now on would be to get back home. The letter was well written in & good hand and the writer was apparently a man of good education. ’ BY | seem POISONED WILD PARSNIPS Virgll Hayatt of Boone Dies While Being Rushed to Hospital. BOONE, la, May 3—(Speciai gram.)—Virgil Hayatt, 16 years old, & high school student and member of the Moore Literary soclety, started walking to Ledges, a summer resor. near town, last night. He was taken ill and'a mes- sage sent his mother, who secured an automobile and rushed to the country home of Frank Moerke, where she found the lad nearly unconscious. In the ma- chine the boy was carried to a hospital but breathed his last as he was placed in bed. He had been seriously poisoned, supposedly from eating wild parsnips Preacher Drowned at Waukon, DUBUQUF la. May 23.—Rev B P Longridge, aged %, pastor of the First Bap- tist church of Waukon, Ia., was drowned Saturday while bathing in the river, His wife, three sons and a number of his parishoners who were attending a church plenic were on the river bank but they were unable to save the minister. The body was not recovered, A Ton of Geld could buy nothing better for female weak- lame back and kidney trouble than Bitters. Sc. For sale by Beaton nesses Electric Drug Co. Hoarseness, bronchitis and other throat are quickly cured by Foley's Honey and Tar, as it soothes and heals the inflamed throat ané bronchial tubes and the most obstinate cough disappears. Insist upon having the genuine Foley's Honey and Tar. For sale by all druggists. | ot | Car company, but he asked Attorney Gen- | twenty-th {10 cents per Towa HAYWARD AShS BIG MONEY | Iowa Secretary of State Asks Pull- man Company for Fee. | COMPANY OFFERS THREE DOLLARS State Ofcer Demands Over One Hundred Thousand, and Thinks Amount Should Be Close to & Million. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, May 23.—Not only did Sec- retary of Hayward formally demand $108,01S as fees for filing articles incorporation of the Pullman Sleeping State tod eral Byers bringing to Investigate with a view uit for $100 per day penalty for ars because the company business in Towa legally has generously offered to pay 8 to Secretary Hayward as record- ing fee. This amount will hardly be ac- cepted by the secretary, however, since he belleves the state Is entitied to something like $950,000 inatead. For some reason the Pullman company, it has Been discovered, has never: filed articles of incorporation in Iowa; hence, 1t has never been legally doing business here. When this fact was put up to the company, the latter tendered a copy of the articles together with a recording fee of 100 words, or about $3. Sec- retary Hayward adds this $3 to the fil- ing fee of $100,015 and “bones" the company for $100,018, calmly announcing that he leaves the collection of the penalty of $539,- 0. of has never done The company Federation Ocers. the State Federation of Women's Clubs just concluded in Davenport Mrs, Jullan Richards of Waterloo was elected president for the ensuing year. Mrs. J. W. Watzek of Davenport was made vice president. Mrs. H. M Towner of Corning was made recording secretary and Mrs. Freeman Conway of Ames corresponding secretary, Mrs. B B. Clark of Red Oak was elected General federation state secretary; Mrs. Mary Johnson of Humbolt, treasurer, and Mrs. Pearl Holbrook of Onawa, auditor. At Nebraska-lowa Coal Men. Five hundred coal men from Nebraska and lowa will be in Des Moines June 15 to 18 to attend the annual convention of the Retail Coal Dealers' association of the two states. One feature of the con- vention will be an inspection by the deal- ers of the coal mines In Polk county. The officers of the assocfation are: Pres- ldent, George Gregory of Marshalltown, la; secretary-treasurer, H. L. Laird of Marshalitown; executive committee, M, A. Moore of Lemars, Ia; H. T. Folson of Lincoln, Neb.; W. H. White of Platts. mouth, Neb.; C. H. Chisam of Council Bluffs and W. M. McFarlane of Water- loo, Ia. Governor Names Delegates, Governor Carroll today named delegates and alternates to the third international conference on state and local taxation, to be held in Loulsville, Ky., September 21 to 2. These are the delégates: Senator J. H Jackson, Sloux City; Senator A. ! Sav age, Adair; Charles McLean, Dubuque. Alternates: F. G. Pierce, Marshalltown: F T. True, Council Blutfs, and Karl John. son, Osage. The governor also named the following delegates to the Transmississippl congress, to be held In Denver, Cola., August 16 to 21: James A. Dunn, Bloomifleld; Austin Hains, Grinnell; Lamonte Cowles, Burling- ton; Judge D. J. Lenehan, Dubuque; B. P. Birdsall, Clarion; E. C. Roach, Rock Rap- 1ds; J. M. Anderson, Indianola; Robert Healy, Fort Dodge; Lafe Young, Des Moines; Frank Simmins, Ottumwa; James A. Bmith, Osage; Freeman Conway, Ames; Jerry Sullivan, Des Molnes; Daniel Ham. {iton, Sigourney; Walter I. Smith, Counell Bluffs, and Henry Wallace, Des Molnes. Signs Sheepskins, As president of the Board of Regents of the State university, soon to pass into ob llvion, Governor Carroll today signed 50 diplomas for graduates from the State uni- versity this morning. It Is thought that the new educational board of control law relieves the governor from this duty here- after, Two Are Drowned. While fishing from a boat on the Twin Lakes, near Belmond, late yesterday after- noon, Albert C. Peckham, 1425 Thirtieth street, Des Moines, a solicitor for the Amer- fean Life Insurance company, and James Montague, a pool hall proprietor at Bel- mond, were drowned. Thelr boat capsized OLD CHURCH HISTORY RECALLED Destruction of Charles City Revives Some Memori CHARLES CITY, la., May 23 —The wrecking of the Evangelical church property on Kelley street recalls some in- Structure teresting church history going back nearly | two decades. In the early d of the | German Methodist Eplscopal church it was | the custom for men and women to occupy | seats on the opposite sides of the church, but when the brick church was erected on husbands and wives sat together. after this a change of pastors and the new minister changed back t 0ld practice. This created occurred opposition and the question was carried to the conference, | when the presiding elder suggested to the pastor that it better not to insist upon his position in the matter, but this availed not, the 'church dividing, those op- was | Posing the minister joining the Evangelical asscciation. church and strong soclety The church years until one of the bishops got mixed up in a sen- sational scandal resuMing in a division of the church organizatien in all parts of the country, including the, Kelley clety, when a portion of the withdrew and erected a church on the West Side, which represented the element that sustained the bishop 1s now in good condition. They ereeted the Kelley street parsonage, forming quite a prospered a few street so- membership dnd the society In the meantime the parent church prospered, alded by the influence of the college; they outgrew thelr Wisconsin street quarters and erected a fine new mgdern edifice on the corner of Kelley and Harwood streets and then aban- doned the separate seating system and per- mit their members to sit together as they Iike. FREIGHT CASHIER IS ARRESTED Edward Rogers of Cedar Alleged to Have Stolen Money. CEDAR RAPIDS, la, May %.—Edward Rogers, freight cashler for the Milwau- kee, was arrested today charged with the embezzlement of 35,000. It will take several weeks to determine the extent of Rogers' defalcation, the estimates run- ning all the way from $6,000 to $20,000. Hampton Boy Arrested. HAMPTON, la, May 23-—4Special According to a dispateh recelved here this evening from Los Angeles, Blaine Taylor, & well-known young man, who was born —(Speeial,) | the | of the i it 1s merely chil - cleansi form. SR A SN Dishes have to be washed 1095 times a year— Why not let the Gold Dust Twinsdo the work? It stands to reason tnat if you save a little labor each time you wash your dishes, it will amount to a great deal of relief at the end ear. Gold Dust softens hard water, cuts dirt and grease from the disfles and with its use the dishes require little else than rinsing and wiping. Washin dislh&s in the old way meant drudgery—with Gold Dust s play. Gold Dust makes dish water that o hidden particle of dirt and germ life and sterilizes as well as cleans. It goes deep after every Do not use Soap, Naphtha, Borax, Soda, Ammonia or Kerosene with Gold Dust. ngrflunlitiel in a perfectly harmle Gold Dust has all desirable and lasting e Gold Dust Twins need no outside help. Made by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, CHICAGO Makers of Fairy Soap (the oval cake) “Let the Gold Dust Twins do your work.” and reared here, was arrested there today for forgery. The telegram says: “Blaine Taylor, aged 26 years, an attorney and the son of T. B. Taylor, a capitalist, and the nephew: of ex-Governor Van Sant of Minnesota, was arrested here today on | charges of having passed fictitious checks and forging others to the amount of nearly $1,000. Taylor denies that the money he has obtained is anything like the sum charged and he says that $80 or 18100 will cover the entire amount." T. B. Taylor, the father of the young man, was one of the earliest settlers of this city. |YOUNG MAN DROWNED IN DES MOINES RIVER Donald Wagner and Miss Dorothy Vorse Thrown from Canoe and Man Loses His Life. DES MOINES, Ia., May 2.—Donald Wag- ner, aged 22 years, freshman of the State university and =on of Superintendent J. A. Wagner of the Des Moines Union rail way' was drowned this afternoon, while | boating in Des Moines river here, with party of friends. The canoe was overturned by another member of the party stepping into it and young Wagner and Miss Doro- thy Vorse were thrown into the wate: John Trollin, brickmaker, and Charles Zugenhuhler 14-year-old bhoy, who saw the accident, and plunged Into the water brought Miss Vorse to shore, but were unable to save her companion, who went down in sixteen feet of water. Young Wag- ner was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity and a prominent athlete, a a ONE MURDERED Interurban Car Hits Farmer—Chi- cagoan Found in Creek. IOWA CITY, la., May 23.—(Special Tel- egram.)—On his way to an ice cream sociable Charles Pidima, a young farmer, living near Fairfax, was killed by interurban car last night. ONE KILLED, an | Chicago was found in the low water of Clear Creek, near Oxford,,at 10 o'clock this morning. C. L. Concannon of Daven- | port, a young man 28 years of age, was | captured by Deputy jail held picion. It is alleged he was person with the murdered man | oner is investigating on sus- the last The cor- Towa News Notes. | CEDAR RAPIDS-Alexander credit man of the Sinclair Packing com- | pany, is under arrest, accused of being short in his accounts. The alleged shortage |1s said to be $1,50 RED OAK—Robert H. McMullen, miller has filed a voluntary petition in bank- ruptey. His liabllitles amount to $,111, ail of which are unsecured. The available as | sets are but $100, of which he claims 350 exempt | WHAT CHEER—At a | the Board of Education Prof. T. M. Prall of elected superintendent of the What Cheer | schools. Prof. Prall has been principal of the Grant Park school of Des Moines, | CORNING—After the first of July, Corn- | Ing postoffice goes Into the second class, The postmaster will draw a salary of $2,000 per year, being allowed an assistant and | one clerk, and if the receipts of the offica | warrant it, the arrangement will be per- manent MASON C. Noble, cial meeting ot held last night, | Des Moines, was | | 1 CITY—The grand council of Order of United Commercial Travelers lowa and the Anclent Order of Mystic Bagmen of Bagdad, will meet in this rity r a three day's session beginning June 1 t {8 expected that at least 1,00 members of the oers and their wives will attend BOONE—The seventh annual convention of the Woman's Home Missionary board of the Boone district, Des Moines conference ended in this city last evening In the Mar- | fon street Methodist Episcopal church. The attendance was large and enthusiastic and the convention brought many dis- | tinguished visitors to the city BOONFxOWINg to many narrow escapes in thig city from serlous injury and perhaps death, the police department has started @ crusade against the reckless driving of autos. Many reports have been made to Chief of Police Jones of speeds which run up to nearly seventy miles per hour on the paved streots In the residence section and Many reports of narrow escapes have also been made from time to time. OSKALOOSA—Preparations are being made to entertain a large gathering al the national and state holiness camp meet- ing at University park, this city, which | opens June § and continues until June 14, The campmeeting will in in charge of national and state workers. including Dr. C. J. Fowler, president of the national as- soclation of Boston;, Dr. B, Gasrradine of th of The dead body of Howard Keveney of | | | SBheriff Scott \\'I!x-nn} | the corner of Wiscorsin and Blunt streets | and is in the county it was decided to abandon this custom and | Shortly | | and Rev | and ten are young men ANNOUNCEMENT Important Ghange of Time Chicago & North Western Railway Beginning Sunday, May 23rd, through train to the Black Hills will leave Omaha at 3:55 P. M. Additional train leaves Omaha 2:15 P. M. for Fremont, Lincoln, Hastings, Superior, Nor- -folk Jct. and intermediate points. New train for Chadron leaves Norfolk Jct. 7:30 A. M. daily. Correspondingly improved service eastbound. NOTE: Three trains daily between Omaha, Norfolk" Jct. and Long Pine; two between Special lotw round trip rates daily to the Black Hills and Wyoming throughout the summer months. TICKET OFFICES 1401 - 403 Farnam Street OMAHA, NEB. LOW FARES EAST ROUND TRIP FROM OMAHA TO May 27, 28 29; return limit, June 30. Atlantic City, N. J., standard lines ............ $44.25 Differential lines ..843,90 June 1, 2, 3, 4; return limit, June 22. . . o} Louisville, Ky. . A, June 5, 6, 7, 8; return limit, June 19, Milwaukee, W vaiaansemhse s §E540 June 18, 19, 20; return limit June 24. Cincinnati, Ohio ... weonse . $2308 June 20, 21 3; return limit June 29, VIA THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE @ ST. PAUL RAILWAY The above are some of the reduced fares (open to everybody) which are made for conventions and meetings in eastern cities. SUMMER TOURIST rates to Wisconsin, Michigan and other ea: ern resorts. Information and folders free. F. A NASH, : General Western Agent. Asheville, $23.35 99 o y @y & 1524 Farnam St. Omaha, Neb. Louls, Rev W. Nash of Indianapolis A B chran of Kansas City ONAWA—The largest class of boys and girls ever graduted from the Onuwa schools will receive thelr diplomas next week. Of next Sunday evening at § o'clogl and R inton Lee of the Congregational chur will preach the scrmon The class day ex ercises are 1o he held in the high sehool {assembly room. The commencement exer- the twenty-three, thirteen are young women | Cises will be held in the opera house Thurs- The bacgcalaureate 94y evening at So'clock. W. J Syckow of service will be hield at the Methodist church Grinnell, will deliver the address Bt «