Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 13, 1909, Page 3

THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13 wilow, and her son, “Jack' Herne, the gervants got out without Injur but saved few of (heir effects. Loss, 350,000, SUDDEN DEATH OF PIONEER with Council Bluffs Towa Milk Ordinance [LAW VIOLATED, SAYS UNION Up to the Court| ’ - Bluffs SEEK TO QUASH l.\l)lt'[)fl‘;xl' Motion Filed at Council Bluffs with & Demuirer in Mabray Case. CLAIM OHARGE IS INDEFINITE | Council When “Doc” Ash Died Towa What Happened in a Little Town When an Assassin Set a Trap BANKERS HIRE DI“TE(TIVES or ‘Sehet to Murder a Man Béloved of All as He Entered His Home at County Fn::-d“:.:l by Side | the Close of a Day of Work at His Little Drug Store Towa Crooks Too Smooth for Regula Officials. Electrical Workers Make Inspection - ESTHERVILLE, la, Dec. 12.~(Special.)— of State Trolley Lines. corge H. Weat, sr., a ploneer resident of met county, was found dead by the | roadside yesterday. Weat hitched a team ROBBERIFS BECOMING GENERAL[“ISI0 " started to Eathorville, When |about a hait mile from home, in order Beltet Molnes ng Mede [to avold the rough road, ke turned to the Headquarters, with No One to |slde where about a foot of water had p frozen over.. This not being Atrong enough b ok e ofbviay to bear up the horses, they broke through and became entangled In the harness. Mr. West unhitched one horse and it went back home, but the other he never un- hitched, as he was found with one foot broken through the fce, where he had tallen backward. It is thought that either heart faflure or the bursting of a blood vessel cased his death, as the doctor found no scratch or brulse on his body. Mr. West was 73 years of age at the time of his death and has lived in Emmet cdunty forty-three years, having homesteaded his farm, which is threa and one-half miles east of the city, and he has lived on the same place all these years. Beven boyi Robert J., George H. Jr.; Willam J Francls L., Joseph 8] Charles E. and Thomas B. and five girls, Lilllan, Hagel, Anna, Mrs. Marle Leo and Mrs. Irwin and his wite survive. MURDER doesn't mean much to you who live In the citles. Over your coffee you open tha mor- ing paper and exclaim as your eves catch the biggest and blackest headline: “My! Somebody's killed Brown “Is that so?" 'Yep—atone dend on hix doorstep. T-t-t-t! Too bad. The police ought to do something. Onc's life lsn't sate a minute any more—'" But just then Mary comes In from the kitchen to tell you that the ash man didn't stop and the ash can is running over, and you forget Brow! stone dead, on his doorstep. But it fsn't like that In Our Town Bomebody killed “Doc” Ash last night and it wasn't at all like that. It was cold—twanty-four below somebody said—so cold that you had to warm your horse’'s bit so it wouldn't take the skin off his tongue—this in the afternoon, too— and at night it was worse. You could tell by the way people's shoes squeaked on the snow when they came home from the Presbyterian concert. You wondered if the hydrant was going to freeze and all the pipes burst, and If it wouldn't be cheapor to pay a plumber a salary than to hire him by the “job,” since he was there every day thawing pipes anyhow. But, be fore you decide, you are asleep, and, pretty soon, In your sleep vou hear a shot— muffled—ominous—~somel ow you feel—you know—the conviction creeps through your drowsy brain that it hit something. It wasn't at all like the: clear ringing shots of exuberant “drunks” riding out of town. It was dull, deadened, like shooting Into a bale of hay. TIs It imagination, vou wonder, Maybe. Tt len't & gun fight, you the stars. It was “Doc” Ash erying elp, nelghbors."~“Doc” Ash that sold you a magasine last evening. You feel again that curlous nausea. And the neighbor-woman with her testh chattering through nervousness, tells you how it was and you see it—described In her direct, unpretenious way—as though you had been there. The little tar-paper shack—there it Is through the window—across that vacant lot. As she talks you can see the rusty shotgun wired to the stove in the corner, the mussle pointing toward the door. You can see the new pack-rope fastened to the trigger and around the stovepipe and bed- stead and to the door, fastened In a serie: of ingenius knots and smooth running siip- neoses, tied by, a hand that ‘sabe" the diamond hitech and the various knots pe- cullar to the mountains and range. And| this bear-trap—the kind hunters sometimes piace at bear-balt—was all In working or- | der, walting for “Doc” Ash's hand upon the door-knob. In your mind's eye you can see him walking toward his tar-paper shack at midnight, big, young, affable alwa: happy In his growing prosperity. You ean hear the squeaking of his shoes upon the path across the vacant lot. You can hear him fumbling at the lock, the turning of the door-knob, the pushing open of the door to admit his big body. Also you can see the new pack-rope growing taut upon the trigger, the slip nooses running per- fectly, the knots holding well. He s In the doorway, facing the muzsle, wondering perhaps where he left the lamp. He pushes the door a little wider and then, simultaneous with the muffied roar of a shotgun fired indoors, “Do¢’’ Ash Is wilth- ing in the snow outside, a hideous hole in his abdomen, the arteries and Intestines riddled with shot. Somehow, someway, he gets his feet and | staggering, falling, crawling, rising to fail again, he makes his way toward the hos- pital, a trail of steaming drops behind him freezing to red globules in the snow. And so, shrieking In his blind agony, he makes his way along the street until with a last despairing ‘“help, nelghbors!” he talls to rise no more “Heip, neighbors is a cry which brings & quick response in our town. This appeal Judge Snyder Must Decide on Merits | ofthe Fight for' Fure NEW RULES FOR COLLEGE GIRLS Article. Allegntion Made Letters Set Were Not Written by Any Defendants—Crime Out- side Distriet, Forth ot Co-eds at Drake itesentfal Beeause sy The question of the valldity of the pure | milk ordinance requiring dairymen and | dealers of milk to take cut a Iféense is now up to Judge Snyder of fhe superior | court to determine. The case against * J. W. Taylor, one of the dairymen W em o indictment re- | With a demurrer to the indictment Fe-| . 0q with gelling milk without -a t ¢ ede . ury in Coun- | Urtied Dy Shuetedcunt aads jnty license was submitted Saturday to Judge ol Bluffs against J. C, Mabray and other Snyder. This 18 a test case and Taylor | alleged members of the “blg store” swin T e clatl dling synditats thére was filed Saturday |!8 backed by the Dairymen's association. oo By d i b ‘the thlctment. The|At the conelysion of the arguments Judge o g W g W Snyder took his decision under advisement otion an er were filed by counse oo Sy haniamin Marks of thia clty, [And will hand down hls rullng Monday 4 | mornin John R. Dobbins and Joseph E. Wright. | ™2 f‘w_ Nl MuRIENA at Bh ssteed.] he prayers, are ally _ |8tewart counsel for the Dairymen's as-|ing that he has been on & tour of the state After makingthe usual perfunctory ex- [ ¢ A Sli e Bakte et Jorth SUDHBIS Aol i AMICUBABL A th FOl oWt |t B i1 (tos | Losnscting ticliey lnek. . H&' GomplAng to objections, In brief, are set forth: in the information filed by City Sollcitor | the board that the latter's regulations in The {ndictment fails to show that the|Kimball With the exception that the de:|regard to the Height of troliey wires in crime of conspiracy ‘mtl‘mlrlul to b,lf“/v\fl‘"nl “‘fllfi:ln\nw'fuxl) ’s‘o\nnx v‘n”::‘.‘ aq. | Des Moines are not enforced. On the Fort charged was commitied Withiu the juris- | Attorney Stewart In his argum s 11 odne Intarriiroad ine he NG Meksore- diction of this court |'mitted that the municipality had the right > s The Inaicment attipmatively shows tnat | (S L e T B easuires to | Ments at thirty places and found the wires the crime attempted to be therein charged | were from meventeen to nineteen fcet Was ‘ot committed within the boundaries |insure the health of Its citizens, but he | WOl #h . | of the southera-distriet 0f 1owa, or within | contended that under the Iowa laws a |&bove the rails and the state regulations the state of lowa ci” within the Jurisdic- | j,oenue could not be Imposed by a muni- |Feduire twenty-four feet. Mr. Perrin will cipality except where the law specifically | VIsit other clties of the state and will in- stated that a city coald: compel sist on behalf of the electrical workers that the law be lived up to. This s the tion of this court Not Within Statite of Limitations. The indictment shows that the crime at- X s templed 10 be charged, J commiited tain trades and prof to take | wll, Was committed At « (e not widin the |aut a license. The statute, he sald,|first time there has breen any inspection period of the statute limitations, dld not include milk dealers or dairymen | of the interurbans. The indictfnent wtle s o enarge G | 1 defendants With €onspiracy,lo commit the| a8 occupations that a city could ligense | Viaduct Settlement Possible. and therefore the requirement under the | Mayor Mathis states that an effort will ordinance of a license was fllegal. L'is nisde to attett & wettiestent ot all dife If a license can be 1"u"']~’ffl 151 “""Y“x..cm.u with property owners over the y-are not specifically named men when they are not sp P | amount of damages for the proposed Sev- | enth street viaduct. The city makes ob- of Regulations Prescribing ber of Callers They May Have, Inquiry. fean (From a Statf Correspondent.) DES MOINES, I, Dec. 13.—(Special | Telegram,)—OwIng to the frequeney of bank robberies In central Iowa this season and the Inability of the officials to get even a clue to the persons responsible therefor, bankers are said to be organ- | 1zing to employ private dstectives to take | up the cases. The bank robbery at Car- lisle follawed two other similar jobs There is evidence that the robbers make headquarters In Des Moines and that In each Instan~o they have come direct to the city after a bank robbery, but local offi- clals have accomplished nothing. Granite Man i Mute. Ralph Webster, secretary of a loeal com- pany engaged in handling marble and granite, was ordered by the district court placed In custody of the sheriff until he will answer questions put to him by the grand jury. The grand jury is investigat- ing an alleged trust among the dealers and Webster refuses to make any state- ment on the ground that it would incrim- inate him. After he had been admonished by the court he still refused and was or- dered committed for contempt. Prof. W. J. Spiliman, in charge of the tarm lands department of the agrioultural department at Washington, today gave emphatic warning to lowa people regarding thelr farm methods at a conference with the corn show. He declarcd, “lowa farm- ers do not realize tne crisis at hand in farm management. “Towa farmers err in the matter of crop rotation. “lowa farmers should now ralss more clover than corn. “Iowa farmers should raise corn to feed cattle, hogs and sheep, and not to sell “Iowa farmers are not intensive enough. Collector in Trouble, L. M. Connett, local treight collector for the Burlington railroad, has been arrested (From a Statt Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Dec. 12.-(Special.)—An organization of the brotherhood of elec-| trical workers has entered the state of lowa with a view to enforcing better ob- servance of state regulations regarding the placing of electrical wires The Board of Raliroad Commissioners last evening re- celved a communication trom R. E. Perrin, special agent of the brotherhood, Indicat- Keop Chamberlanis Lintment on hand. it is an antiseptic liniment and causns wounds to heal in less time than by any other treatment. TEAL -CASE IS DISMISSED Woman Charged with Subornation in Gould | Divorce it Freed, e ssions NEW YORK, Dec. 1. — The indictment against Mrs. Ben Teal, wife of the stage manager for subornation of perjury in connection with the sult of Mrs. Frank J. @ould, against her husband for divorce, was formally dismissed In the courts here today. The court of appeals recently reversed the conviction of Mrs. Teal and expressed the dictum that she should never have been indicted. The court of appeals ruled that Mrs. Teal could not have been gullty of the crime with which she was charged, for the reason that the evidence which she was alleged to have sought to secure was immaterial and was not admitted at the divorce trial. It te still— Then vou hear the strangling groan of a Then a shriek. GoA! what HOLD SIR BLECTION | must have reached the sky. Officers Selected at Annunl Meetings of the Year The following lodges and organizations held thefr annua: election of officers dur- ing the last week: ¢ crime desetibed In seetioh 5480, revised statutes of the United States, but the fac.s | chiarked show..that the Dretended con spirdcy Into which it was claimed tnese P fendants and otharw entered, was, If an hing, & f’u"“'m“i\'! part of nmv l«'l}mn by the statutes as people whom the city e, I e itrWeLe"CEgec 2077 oan’ compdl to take out s Moenss, What s | Ll TR R B oligt: The facts stated in the indjctment do not | there to prevent the city from compelling | * to some of the awards made to|tell yourself, or there would be more shots show a conpifacy to commit the acts do | newspaper reporters, grocerymen or an- POperty owietp, , ciiung ‘they (&N . 100 gnd ivoloes. Dounced aseriimes by secion 10, ievised | oy from taking out a loense?" Attorney | hBh. But it ls now belleved that & set-) yqy jigen—yide awake now. The indictrent s indefinite, unceriain | Stewart asked. Mr. Stewart sald if the | tiement can be effected and thus it will be | . b 0 0o the town Is. and contradiciory, and dues not contain & |court ruled against him he would appeal | Possible for Des Moines to get started With | " youna™ e B Eenses Or nois with Which tne defendancs | the case. | ts fifst viaduct over railroad tracks. E51ui aginial, ure churgta, A R Cotiege Girls Resentful, & shidk! - It he indiciment fails to charge that the | LODG RiRA ralii: S B8 youh ! 4 o B & women Who | Anown opening, or design to open correspundcnce | 2 y nother, and another, like a man screa n by the United States maila was an essen. atiend Drake university is causiig & ric- |ing with his mouth wide open—his brain :Icuhng:rz'\{ r-‘!x':m?c::;f;f conspiracy ol ton at that college. The new matron has|jncapable of forming words. Wil thuy The averment as 1o the devising of any | {ssued orders which inciude the following | never stop! The long, tremulous agony and not by diredt statement, and there Is ot roms: find yourself shutting vour hands tight. no charge whatever, except by Inference | See tuat the girls do not have company or implieation, that the defendants in- tended, as @ part of the scieme charged, to effect the same by ' opening —corre: spondenge through tho postal establishiment of the United States, or that a design to open such corfespondenice by means of the ostal establishment was a part of the al eged scheme or design charged against them. No Vielation of Statutes. The facts stated in the |ndictment with which these defendants até charged as con- piring to do, would mot, If consummated, constitute, & violation of section 6480 of the ised ' statutes ofs the United States, or constitute the acts by sald act made a crime. 1t appears from ‘the (ndictment that the alleged fofters-neferred to were not writ- ten by any b the defendants 1o any of the ersons whom, it is claimed, thate was in- cnt lo defraud, nor by any werson whom 1 s allcget yete ntended to e datraudod to the, defendants, and the indictment shows that said letters coula not have been inciuded wichip agy griginal scneme (o do; fraud, ,andthat tie vxiting or malling of sald letters net copstitute any of the overt fcts required to'be done in order to enubje; the government to maintaln this prosecgtion. ¥ No gvertaats i o of the .l gt LA TANRTED, S, b ment; The facts:dn the said pretended indict- ment. statad ,do bt show that. the de- fendants have committéd any orime. The Indictment seeks: to charge these de- feridants with comspiracy to commit a erime, of which a_conspiracy would be an essentinl part, and. (he facts alleged with reference 1o '@ pretended conspiracy by thewe defendanth and others, € true, would 0f tiu nspirac; 0 violate any oF s Taws ot e UN ted Btaten and would ot constitute & nspiracy to violate sec- Tion Mo of e Tevised statutes of the United" States:: « ¢ Snloon Mearing Held. In_the district court yesterday afternoon Judfe Gréen had' before him the hearing of the six salogn men of Neola, charged with being in, contefipt of court in that they, it Is allegeéd, sold' liquor in violation of the Towa t law after an injunction had been, d against them. The com- plaint on which the saloon men wére haled into court was sworn to by the wite of §. P. Willlams, city marshal of Neola. The testimony of a large number of witnesses was taken and at the close of the hearing Judge Green took his d clsion under advisement until Monday, Real Hstate Transfers, These trafisfers were reported to The Bee December 11, by the Pottawattamie County Abstract company of Council Bluffs: Leonard, single, to Joseph PR oonatds awik Wi RK SWK And N nwig, 18- : Joseph | H. W. Leonard, 5w st nwiq seld, 13-74-38, q 10,000 Charles B. Ruckle and wi r Simonsen, sel w4, 16-77-40, w. d. 5,000 Treasurer to William Arnd, lot 2, block 16, yliss & Palmer's add. to Coun- cfl Bluffs, tax d........ Bame to J, P. Greenshields, fot 4 biock Lo Dgrv'a 0 add. to Councll Bluffs, Total, five transfers. $10,000 Marringe Licens, Licenses to wed were isstied yesterday to the following Name and Residence. Geotge 8. Turner, Omaha....... Lydia M. Hasik, Omaha............ Willlam llg, Cincinnati, O... Ora Wroth: O ! maha. E. P. Tiog Dalsy Wi YOU ARE CURABLE WE CAN CURE YOU AVERAGE TIME TO-CURE Rurrose _ One Visit HYpi e One Visis Vitcacais One Visik CaTaRaces . 10 Days Cancer ..30 Days CATannn 30 Days 7. Evo. 30 D " W D 3w 5 Dasys DRains 51030 Dags Ot 10 9 Daily afgman BSTORs THE FASHION Fas the reputation for doing first class Ladies TAUOMNg and Fitting. You can al- ways tell our garments by their lines and style. WHen ¥ou aee them If they are made to order or ready to wear, wo guar- antee, If you try us, to give you the best fit, up-todate At very reasonablo | prices, We do all kinds of alterations ulso in furs Open Evenings Till 9 P. M. 33 South Main Street " TIDINGS, GENTLEMEN At My New Locetion, 10834 South Main, T am Now prepared to do first class tailors ng, Eive you the Best goods, beat stylas, 1is, Elitoriala; Dedt workmanshiy aad the best values. e Make You & suft of St. Albans Lodge, No. 17, Knights of Pythias—Chancelior ' commander, 0. M, Jensen; vice charcellor, Dr. G. Riccard; prelate, J. G. Hollenbeck; master of work, W. A. Brockie; keeper of records and seal, | Edwin J. Abbott; master of finance, C. A. | Tibbits; master of exchequer, A. C. Law; master-at-aims, B. A. Beaumont; inner guard, Poter Nelson:; outer guard, E. C. Hammack; trustee for three-year term, Ray Cook. Concordia Lodge, No. 62, Knights of Pythias—Chanccllor commander, W. H Barghausen; vice chuncellor, Henry Haar- man; prelate, S. J. Bradford; master of work, F. E. Marlowe; keeper of records and seal, H O. Thomas; master of finance, | Brandt Crocker; master of exchequer, Dr. J. M. McRoberts; master-at-arms, H. V. Ross; Inner guvard; F. B. Hatch; outer ‘:ulnlrd, M. R. Bates; trustee, Clem F. Kim- all. Counell Camp, Woodmen of the World— Consul_commander, Charles H. Grim; ad. viser, W. C. Smith; escort, L. R. Ogde banker, A. C. Lane; clerk, Dell G. Morga secretary, C. M. Maynard; _ watchman, Fred Haenen: sentry, J. F. Eakin; musi clan Frank Kiger. Evergreen Camp, Royal Nelghbors of America—Oracle, _Mrs. Alloe McAdams; vieo oracle, Mrs. Emma Fricke; ohancellor, rs. Anna Ward; recorder, T Mary Schicketanz; receiver, Mrs.' Mary Keller; marshal, Mrs. . Emma Thomas; {nfer sen’ tinel, Mrs, Sarah Simpson; outer sentinel, Miss Cornilla Merrell; managers, Mrs. Mary Butler, Miss Margaret Thorniton. “John Huss 'Castle, Royal Highlanders— Tliustrious protector, Frank Eigan; chiet | counselor, Mrs, Stella Skipton; Worthy | evangel, ‘Mrs. Fannie Collins; secretary- | treasurer, Mrs, Laura J. Meneray; warden, H. B. Thomas; sentry, Charles’ Hinkle; member board of managors, Dabney Ham: ton. Woman's Rollef Corps—President, Mrs, Esther_Spencer; senior vice president, Mrs. Mary Warren; jualor vice president, Mrs. Martha Roper; treasurer, Mrs. Eva Over- meyer; chaplain, Mary Abhott; conductor, Mrs. Belle Marks; guard, Emma Miles; | delegate, Mrs. Augustan Cook; alternate, Favorite Weatherby Council Blutfs Lodge, Rail ning: tory, Denn Ladies' Auxlliary of Brotherhood Rallway Trainmen—Pest presids Piel; president. Ma:tie Lunning; vice p indent, Minnfe Quackenboss; secretary, Mary Montgomery; treasurer, Emma Ben! | nis; " conductor, Maude 'Hunt; "chaplain Catherine Burnes' warden, Myrtle Snyder; | inner guard, Isabella Snyder; musiclan, Carrle Johnson, Brotherhood ay Tralnmen—President, J. T. vice president, A. C. B. Norris; of | Lan- | W. Lamb; se treasurer, A, Bee Want Ads are Business FELLOWS Boosters. oDD ANNIVERSARY Grand Warden of Iowa Attends Fortieth Year Celebration, | Hawkeye lodge No. 184, Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows, celebrated the fortieih anniversary of Its organization Friday night with an entertainment and banquet at which 160 members of the order were present. The banquet was served by the wives and daughters of the members of the lodge. Stymest Stevenson, grand warden of Iowa, officlated a» toastmaster. Be- tween the talks the Elks quartet enter- tained: with & number of selections. Ad- dresses were made as follow “The Inception of Hawkeye Lodge No.| 184, Brother J. F. Spare, secretary Hawk- | eye lodge No. isd. Hawkeyo Lodge as T Know It Brother R, N. Wykotf, Hawkeye lodge 184. Council Bliffs Lodge No. 49, Father of |0aa Fellowship in Council Bluffs,"” Brother C. A. Chapman, Council Bluffs lodge No. 4. | “Is the World Benefjted by Odd Fellow- ship?” Brother C. G. Saunders, Park City lodge No. 608, “‘Patriarchal Branch of the Order,” Pa- triarch H. O. Maxwell, Twin Brothérs en- campment No. 42. dd Fellowship in General,” Brother D). B. Gunn of Red Oak, grand master of Jowa. Remarks, Brother N. Jasper Jones, of Shelby, past grand master of lIowa. The members of Counetl camp, Woodmen of the World, and Palm grove, Woodmen Circle, held a reception and banquet Friday evening In honor of John W. Geiger, state manager for the order for Iowa, Minne- sota, North and South Dakota, who re- cently moved his headquarters and resi- denge from Cedar Rapids to Counetl Bluffs. Mayor Maloney extended Mr. Geiger a welcome on behalf of the city, and toasts were responded to by Captaln C. H. Gra- ham, Dr. P. J. Montgomery, W. J. Lauter- wasser, Mrs. W. B. Rue, Mrs. Frank Hitoh. cock and others. Daneing brought the fes. tivities of the evening to a close, 250. 'Night, L-1702 Faills in Wintér, R. B. Wallace yesterday appointed by Judge Snyder of the superioe coligh re- celver for the coal business of Edwin | Steepy. Mr. Wallace's bond was fixed at $3.000. The assets are sald to be about 81600 with labilities of lomelh%‘O\'er | $1.000. The application for the appointment | of a receiver was made by R. B. Wallace | s exccutor of the estate of the late W. W. Wallace to which Steepy ‘18 Indebted for rent. Mr. Steepy has been wgriously. iiL for some time and his stepson,’ H, B Thomas, has had the management of the business and will continue to do so under the recelvership. N. Y. Plumbing Tel Coal Man elothes. t does not prove satiafactory, it's my suit Lukegord, The Tailor Special values, solitaire dlamend rings. cholce selected stones, ¥ to 989, a¢ Lef- fert's, 3 Broadway. New location. | City, more than Lwo evenings a week. Lhat the cailers do not siay later than 10:30. inat the girls inform their every time they go out in the where they are going and with whom. Reappointed Soldier Home Head. Colonel C. C. Horton has béen reap pointed by the State Board of Control at Marshalltown, nearly thirteen of the state. Hailroad Commerce Cases. The following cases were filed in office of the Loard of Raliroad Commis sloners during the week: Chicago Great Western Railroad Com: pany against Cora A, Edwards and Mrs. Aiice wwdwards, Belmond; application fu Bht 0 conaemn lana 1oi_depot purposes. . G. Wyile, Des Moindd, aganst Chi cago, Burlington & Qpincy Rairoad Com COMPIAINL TegUiuilg lo8s In transit 0. Gamble, Coin, against Chicago, Burlington &'wuiney Rairoad Company complaint regarding drainage nmighway. M. Siriegel et al against Chicago at Harper, Keota and West Chester. E. M. Bourne, Wiota, complaint regarding routing of car of em. igrant movables. H. K. Groubech, Jewell, against Chicago |& Northwestern Rallway Company; com- plaint place. _Lewls Morell, Colo, Northwestern Hailway Company concerning station service at tha complain regarding lack of facilities at stock yards. L. C. Deets et al, Des Moines, agains Chicago Great Western Raliroad Company complaint regarding station service at At ton Junction. Chittenden \& Eastman Company, Bur lington; application for reduced rating «n children’s collapsible ‘go-carts. Cases Closed During Week. The following cases were closed during the same week: New State Telephone Company, City, against Chicago Railway Company; their station at Mogrhead. Company stalled telephone as Trequested. Cumberland _Commerefal Club, Cumbsr land, against Chicago, Burlington & Quinoy regarding r the Cumberland branch. Upon the matter being taken up with tne company by the railroad commission a new installed, which was Railroad Company; complaint train service on train schedule was satistactory to the complainants. plaint concerning drainage. New State Telephone against, Chicago Railway Company; Company, telephone in its station at Danbury. Rall way company flled contract with compla'n ant for malntenanace of a telephone in *he depot at that place. New State Telephone Company, City, against Chicago & Nortl Railway Company; complaint concernin, | faflure of rallway company to install & tel ephone in depot at Whiting. Telephone was installed as requested. New State Telephone Company, City, against Railway Company; complaint pleton a8 required by law. John Roach, Manson, against Rock Island & Pacific Rallway Company. complaint concerning condition of private to maintains one crossing in good condition, crossings. Rallroad company agreed which 18 all the statute requires. M. A. Hughitt no's Central Raliroad Company; complain regarding station service at that Tliinols Central, which controlled station agreed to remedy conditions complained of. _Leon Commerclal Club, Leon, Chicago, Burlington & Quiney Railwa: Company; complaint regarding station ser lce at that place, Case closed upon reques of complainants Citizens of Shannon City against Chicage Great Western Railway Company plaint regarding statign servic Company Agreed to rerh plained of at once. (<8 edy conditio Ing overcharge B00ds, charge had been made. Herman Frerichs, Remsen, on shipment against o and also as to interstate rate Complaint founded on on of excessive frelght rate misapprehension, rain Money Dividends— Health Dividends— Which are best? You might have both by correcting your diet. Try Grape-Nuts “There's a Reason" landladies evening to be commandant of the state soldlers’ home He has been in charge years, and the home has Brown into one of the largest Institutions ihe on pubilc .\ Rock |1sland & Pacific Raliway Company; com- plaint concerning condition of stock yards against Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company; against Chlcago & Stoux & Northwestarn 3 complaint concerning fallure of company to install telephone in C. Rollins, Denison, against Chicago & Norihwestern Rallway Company: com. Company agreed to remedy conditions complained of, Sioux & Northwestern complaint concerning faflure of rallway company to maintain a Sloux western ol Sloux Chicago & Northwestern concerning maintenance of telephone in depot at Ma- Company agreed to maintain same Chicago, | % 3 Gypsum, against Chicago Great Western Rallway Company and Iilli- place. | against com- | Rallroad | ns com- Bartine, Zearing, against Iowa Cen- tral Rallroad Company; complaint concern- of household Investigation disclosed that no over- - nois Central Railroad Company; complaint cerning fallure to furnish grain doors, as and grain You pull the shade from the roller trylng to ralse it. Outside the shadows lle dark along the fence across the street. The sky looks cold, as though It were studd:a with glittering points of lce. There is no slgn of life. Nothing. It Is as though all the world were dead save the single human being shrieking under the stars, He is moving, you know, for the cries grow farther away. They are falnter now, dying; but before they are gone you cateh the words, “Help, neighbors!” The weak, appealing wall, the pathos of it, you will remember always. It Is still again, and you walt for the s0und of hurrying feet, of excited volc:s. But the stillness continues, all fs as be- fore, and after awhile vou tell yourselt that it was probably a fool drunk letting his fool gun go off in his fool pocket, and taking himself to the hospital, having shot himselt in the heel or blown off his fingera. There are no sounds, s véu decide that this must be &0, and go fo sleep. In the moraing a charp rap upon your back door startles you. It is a nelghbor woman, pale, her grey eyes wide'With horror. il “'Doc’ Ash was murdered last night, she says, and her voice breaks. * ‘Doc’ Ash was murdered last rlght,” you repeat stupidly. “At midnight.” . “At midnight,” you echo, and the horror in her eyes is reflected in your own. It was “Doc” Ash, then, shrieking under ) t of one human being to his kind finds & ready answer. Every difference is forgot- ten when necessity call “Neff, from lowa’ ran barefooted through the snow to lift his head. “Old man” Pulley was there as soon, and “Shorty” Allen, who never missed a fire or fight in all his lite. They carried him quickly, gently, to the hospital, but no human skill could catch and tle the shattered arteries. The doctors knew it is the end; the pitying white-faced | nelghbors know it is the end; and ‘‘Doc" Ash knows it is the end. S0, with a malediction upon his lips for his unknown enémy, and’a last word for the girl he loves, “Doc’_Ash slips away to the other side. And while.the town mourns, we wonder, these of us given to wondering, what the sensations of the man may be, the man who knows so well how to set bear-traps and tie the knots and.nboses of the range? | Was he wailing somewhare *last night, | bitter, vindictive, gloating for the sound | which would tell him that his bear-trap had worked without a hitch? Or was he riding his smoking horse through gulches and draws to be far away? And when he heard the news, when he learned that| “Doc” Ash had staggered screaming | through the snow with his intestines rid- | dled, was revenge as sweet as he had an- ticlpated? We wonder. S And that's how a murder1s in our town. CODY, Wyo. t doors were promised b; 1 - doors P y company immedi A. E. Price, Van Wert, against Chicago, Burlington & Juincy Rallway Compiny; complaint concerning excessive rate on em- igrant movables. Incorrect rate quoted by agent, for which mistake the company is not liable. J. E. Trotter, Des Molnes, against Chi- cago, Rock Island & Pacific Rallway Com- pany; complaint concerning delay in tran- slt of shipment of coal to Jamaica. Cause of delay remedied and satisfactory expla- natlon made by company. National Petroleum Assoclation, Cleve- land, against Chicago, Rock Island & Pa- cific Rallway Company an dthe Chlcago, Buriington & Quincy "Railway Company; complaint regarding the refusal of thwe companies to accept shipments of ofl. Mat- ter was taken up with the companies aud satisfactory adjustment made. Randall “Lumber Company, Ellsworth, against Chicago & Northwestern Railwi Company: complaint with reference to de- | lay in transit on carload of lumber. Ship- ment located by company and forwarded at_once, Board decided complaint of Charles H Bradley et al. against Americqn Express Company et al, ordering respondent com- panies to extend their free delivery limi in the city of Dubuque. The board ordered hearings as follows: December 14, Inspection trip on Newton & Northwestern. December 15, condemnation proceedings in Marion county. December 16, condemnation proceedings in Montgomery county. December 17, condemnation proceedings In Jetferson county. New Rule as to Requisitions. Governor Hadley of Missouri has made a | new rule which will cause trouble for Iowa peace officers desiring to bring back from Miesouri persons sald to be fugitives from Icwa. He will require additional proof of gullt in the form of an affidavit from the covnty attorney and an affidavit from some third party, even where the accused person 1s under Indictment. This will cause mucl delay in getting persons back from Mis souri. Shifting Falr Superintendents, The State Board of Agriculture assigned the new members to departments. Charie Escher, jr., takes charge of the sheep anc poultry department and E. M. Wentworth will look after public safety. Harold Pike of Monona couity was shifted from sheep to cattle and therefore takes the place long held by Governor Packard. Stiver Cup Rem The silver cup which was won for Iowa a: the Natlonal Hortleultural congress for best display of apples remains in the office of the secretary of the State Horticultural soclety. it was given the soclety by the winners. | | Armory Bosrd Called. Adjutant General Guy gan has called the armory board to meet here on the 16th, This board consists of Colonels E. E. Lucas, L. J. Rowell, F. 8. Holstein, M. A. Tinley |and T. J. Mahoney. Reports from all com- | panies in regard to the armories will be | received, and an effort will be made to bring alf the guard armories of the state up to a certain standard. Hereafter no company will be organized without evidence that an armory will be bullt, Argue in Behalf of Murd, Charles E. Lyon, assistant attorney eral, and John Mulvaney started to Wash- ington today to make an argument on Mon- day before the United States supreme court | involving the liberty of Charles Thomas, & young man serving & life sentence for the killing of Mabel Scofield in Des Moines ten years ago. It claimed that the laws and procedure in Iowa are in contravention of the federal constitution, and if the case is won some changes will be needed In Iowa laws. Minister Leaves Creditors Short! Rev. Mr. Long, Newcomer at Plain- | field, Borrows Much Money and Disappears. PLAINFIELD, Ia, Dec. 12.—(Special. “Wanted by. the Methodist Episcopal church, Plainfield, Ta., a thoroughly dyed- in-the-wool, and good preacher. Must have no_past, and his backtrail must be clear of doubtful transactions, Above all else he | must pay his bills. None other need ap- ply." The above expresses the sentiment of the consTegation of the Plainfield Methodlst church, which s at present pustorles baving recently expetlenced, while they slept, the departure of Rev. Mr. Long, who bis creditors say, took much with him | when he left that had not been pald for. The appointee assigned to the Piaintleld | charge at the recent conference, for some unknown reason, did not come to taks charge. A fow weeks later a Rev. W. M Long, carrying apperently satisfactory credentials, but short of ready money, and presentable ' clerical garb, applied to Dis- trict Superintendent Blssel for a pastor- ate. The Rev. Mr. Long said he came from Missourl, where his credentials were dated. After consulting the trustees of the Plainfield churck, Dr. Blsscll, so It s al- leged, loaned the Rev. Mr. Long §25 that he might improve his personal appearance before presenting himself to the Plainficld people. This he aid In due season, bringing with bim his family, and all the Longs were duly Installed In the parsonage. Rev. Mr. Long entered upon his work with spiritual zeal and enthusiasm, and so won the peaple of hir congregation that an in- crease in saiary was allowed without delay. | A few days ago Rev. Mr. Bissell heard | disquieting reports from southern Iowa, | which concerned one Rev. Mr. Long. Fol- Jowing up the investigation it was learned that the Rev. Mr. Long of southern low, had miked a number of people. Armed with Information which it was belleved as authentio, Rev. Mr. Bissell sent Rev. | Frans Cole to Plaintield. He confrontgd and accused Rev. Mr. Long of being the Long of southern lowa. The latter at firat denled, attempted to establish an alibi, then confessed. He promised to make good his outstanding obligations and resign. The following day the entire Long fam- fly disappeared, taking with them such furnishings of the parsonage as were port- able. Thelr destination has not yet been ascertained, and It is rumored that ofticers are in search for the head of the family, If he is found he will be returned to Bremer county to answer charges for fraudulent tramsactions. Every mother shoule know that Cham- berlain’'s Cough R’Ofl! is perfectly safe \ accused of embezzlement of about $1,000. It was found that he had been trying to support a wife and family on $56 a month and it was an impossibility. James Herne’s Home Burned. SOUTHAMPTON, L. I, Dec. 12.—The home of the late 'James A, Herne, actor and playwright, was destroyed by fire early today. Mrs, C. Herne, the actor's Mrs. Teal had already spent ten months of her year's sentence in Blackwell’s Island prison. A Burning Shame is not to have Bucklen's Arnica Salve to cure burns, sores, piles, cuts, wounds and ulcers. %e. For sele by Beaton Drug Co. Washingfon Apples Free - .~ wArbushel box of the beautiful Washington apples will be given away each day, except Sunday, during the Corn | Exposition at the Great Northern Railway’s Washington and Mohtana Exhibition Cars, located at 13th and Jones ‘ gtreets, Omaha. Register in the Great Northern Railway Exhibit in the Corn Exposition, or at the cars and receive a number entitling you to a chance in the drawing, which takes place at the cars each day at 4 P. M., covering regittration for the preceding 24 hours. Cars open 9 A. M. to 7 P. M. These cars contain the finest and most interesting dis- play of ‘‘The Big Red App]es_" and other fruits, grains and grasses ever collected from the states of Montana and Wash- ington. E. 0. LEEDY, Gen’] Immigraticn Agt., Great Northern Ry The Red.Cross Christmas Stamp This little sticker will be sold all over the United States dur~ ing the coming holiday season, Where you can Assoclated Charitie Bes Bullding, News \d, John B Florist, Boyd Theater. Pea Office, 17th and Farnam. Beaten Drug Co., 16th and Farnam. Crissey Pharmacy, 24th and Lake. Milten Darling, ifth and Farnam. Donahue, F Farnam, 16 and 17 Mrs. Finley, New York Lite Bldg. Haines Drug Store, ¥arnam neer Kilpatrick's Store. 15th and Douglas, tisn Basaar, 1614 Fernam k Store, 16th, near Doug. 14th and Farnam. h and Farnam Dooley, 18th near Douglas | Drug Co., 16th and Howard. ol Drug Co, 18th and Far Mra. Wm. Beriy, 1414 N. 36tn 8L, South City Hall #32. [+ for tuberculosis prevention. buy the stamps: Stewart d Stere, 16th. near Capitel ve. Thompeon-Belden, 16th and Howard Y. M. C. A, 1Tth and Harney. Y W.C. A, 17th and Howard. Ginters, ‘Dundee Drug Store. Brandels Stors, 16th and Doug! Bennett Co., 16th and Fi oy - 16th near Far Brown's Jewelry Bto: ith, Farnam, 14th and'16th nell, 14th and Dedge. Loyal Hotel 16th ane hicago. Douglas. Farnam. 8 Kohn [J Megeath, 16th an Pray, 14th, near Howard Bommer Bros., Grocery. Welch Grocery. Buits Bros, Gragary lke & &Mitehell, Grocery. Put a Red Cross stamp on every Christmas package