Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 2, 1910, Page 4

THE BEE: OMAHA, VH'J)NF‘*DAY FEBRUARY 2, “Bluffs Council PLAYS TO WIN AND LOSES| John Hermelbrecht Thought He Could | Beat the lnbn’flmo. THATS WHY HE WENT AFTER IT ) p— S0 He Tells in Court Where the Mate ter of Hid Five Thofisand Dol Ilnrs i Charged Frank Scott. He played to win ana lost. 91 went stralght bome and tells mine trku dot T loose 5,00, declared John FHer- mylbrecht, & Baperoft farmier, complaining witness against, Frank Scott, on trial in Qistrict court at Council Bluffs, charged with larceny as a stéerer for the Mabray gahg, whigh is alléged to have miked the ingocent German by & fake horse race. Hermelbrecht was the first witness ennod‘ when the state began the taking of test mény. Hermelbrecht told his story with the same frankness that he did as a wit- ness against John R. Dobbins in the notable | case brought by T. W. Bellew. the mil-| lohaire banker-mike from Princeton, Mo, T those In the court room who had heard | the Dobbins trial ‘there was a very appar- | ent chango I Aaéties op the part of the defense as compared with the Dobbins cate. Emmett Tinley, lawyer for the de- fenss, conducted the cross-examination in & Bilch moresgeptlewagithan ke did when he was engagéd in the process of putting | “Buck-em-Ail"” Ballew Pn. the grid. Hermelbrecit fold his #fory under the di- rect examination of H, W. Byers, attorney general, who 'ls leading the prosecution. The examination) of this witness probabiy | will take up'ithe' entirs day. The defense ald néat joverlook the point brought out fn the “Dobbins case in en- deavoring to make the mike con‘ess to culpable motfyed in:gelting into “» race scheme. ‘“¥ou thought you wauM get somebody’s els¢ money sure without risking your owh?” asked the lawyer. “Bure, 1 vas sure der ben no chance to 1088," answered ‘the candid frmer. The jury gelecd¥ed to ‘try Scott is com- posed as follows: G. P. Kemp, H. Steffen- | time, . Council Bluffs Grand Jurors Will Look Into Arson Charge | Testimony of Richard Foréman Re" sults in Holding of Alexan- der Sigman. As & result of the testimony of Richard Foreman, a horse trader, given at the pre- liminary hearing before Justice Cooper of Council Blufts yesterday afternoon, Alex- ander Sigman, charged with arson in con- nection with the burning of his feed barn |at 501 East Broadway at an early hour | Bunday morning, was beld to await the me- | tion of the distriet pourt grand jury. His bond was placed at $600, which he fur nished. Sigman was arrested at his home imme- diately following the fire by the polics and | he spent Sunday In the oity jaill. On the case being called in police court yesterday, Towa LABOR ' MEN'S ENDORSEMENT | Executive CommTuTnf Towa Federa- fiu “Acts. ALLEGIANCE TO BYERS IN NINTH Decision Reached to Act « dates for Le Den Moines Will Ad- vertive. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Feb. 1.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The executive committee of the Towa State Federation of Labor held an | Important meeting here yesterday to out- line its policy In regard to political matters and legislation. It was decided In wffect that the federation would generally sup- port the progressives in the srimary cam- palgns, and especially as related to na- tional affairs. It was decided that in the Ninth district Byers would be supported As against 8mith, but in the Seventh the Fremont Benjamin, attorney for Sigman, took a change of venue to the dourt of Justico Cooper, where the hearing was neld | during the afternoon. Foreman testified that about two weeks | 280 Sigman asked him what he knew about | killing horses and whether strychnine would do the work. Sigman aid at the | 0 the witness testified, that he in- tended burning down his barn and offered him (Foreman) $26 to do the job. Foreman reufsed the offer and stralghtway told the police of Sigman's offer and his statement rogarding his intention to bura down the barn. Sigman, so Foreman: declared, ex- plained that he intended to place lighted | candles in boxes filled with shavings so that when the candles burned down to the shavings the latter would become {gnited and the start the bullding on fire in a num- ber of places. y Foreman said he ‘was at Sigman's barn Saturday evening about 7:% o'clock and saw Sigman lighting matches {n the hay loft. The witness hung around the place awalting developments and’ shortly befare 8 o'clock Sigman left the barn by the back door and meeting the witness said “You can hike on home, the fire s alroady lit attitude of the labor leaders as between the two candidates was left to the presi- dent of the state federation. All legisla- |tive candidates will be passed upon lnd4 especially those representing the counties in which there are lahor organizations, as it 18 the plan of the labor leaders to urge several new laws. It was also decided at this meeting that action will be deferred | In the matter of asking the national fed- eration to reinstaté Towa. Nothing will be done until the electrical workers' quarrel is ended. Ministers Take Hand. The ministers of Des Moines at their weekly meeting today decided upon asking the candidates for the city council to state thelr ‘position in the matter of an open or closed city, and to Insist that all candidates recelving the support of the church people shall be pledged to main- tain strictest observance of the laws as to saloons. At a meeting.of a local cominittee today it was decided: upon a campaign durlag which the city will spend $10,000 for each of three years to advertise Des Moines. The maney will largely be spent in east- ern magazines. Elgh’t‘jfiFour Thousand for Woman’s Silence CINCINNARL O, Jan. #—Righty-four thousana dull was the prieg Charles L. Warriner, Iting local trefigurer of the Big Four falltoad, pald for & woman's sllence. Featfnk. exposure of his short- comings he gave Mrs. Jeanefte Stewart- Ford an average of 81000 a month for Seven years, the payments stopping only when the exposure came from other sources, November 21 last. Buch was the substance of the startling testimony which Warriner gave today at the trial of Mrs. Ford on & charge of blackmalling him. Mrs. Ford sat through the recital with immovable counteriance. “Twice only dur- Ing the day ala shé allow her feelings to show. The. first ipstance came before Warriner appeared, when Judge Swing ore dered her two children removed from the court room. They had entered with their mother, but when Attorney for. the prose- cution objected the two were sent to an- other room in charge of a nurse. Mrs. Ford's .second ordeal came, at the end of the procedings. Just before adjourn- ment of court. letfers were Introduced by the state, Which she had written to Fdgar 8. Cooke, formerly an employe in the Big Four railway offices here. The missives mentioned visits she had made (o “W." and was couched in the most endearing terms, Her infatuation for Cooke was clearly re- vealed in them and as her declarations of affection were read to the jury, Mrs, Ford shook and tears streamed down her cheeks. Warriner testified that the initials in the letter referred to him. He probably will resume the stand when the trial is taken up again tomorrow. Binger Hermann On the Stand Former Land Commissioner Denies All Charges Made Against Him in Oregon Trial, D. E. THOMPSON NOT INTERESTED Nebraska Finauncier 1910, Two Machines It Writes and A&ds at One Operation It Writes or Adds as the Operator Wills emington Typewriter (Model 11) with Wahl Adding and Subtracting Attachment 5 Remington Typewriter Company ancorporses 1619 Farnam Street, Omaha BANK SCANDAL IS MEXIC Note Holder Alleges that His Collat- eral Has Disappeared. Denies Report that He is Either a Director or Stockholder in De- funct Bank. MEXICO, Feb. 1.—Sensational develop- bank, and he infers that they had been hypothecated by the bank to some other institution. Simpson did not ask that any arrests be made, but filed his compiaint as a matter of protection, The fact that Jose I. Limantour, the Mexican minister of finance, offered to make arrangements with the Natlonal Bank of Mexico to tide the United States Banking company over its financial diffi- cultles, just prior to its suspension, devel- oped today. David E. Thompson, former ambassador to Mexlco, asserted that Mr. Liamantour was willing and anxious providing the bank could secure securities, to see that it ob- tained all the required funds, but the bank was unable to produce acceptable collat- Klttrcdgc Mcn After Control of Gathering Meeting at Huron Today May Result in Opposition to Vessey if Stalwarts Win. HURON, 8. D, Feb. Ll—(Special Tele- gram.)—~Whether the stalwarts will name & full Uekel and cowe out ln the open and the place ought fo go up pretty Red Oross Solieits Ald. PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. L—Former Con. |ments In connection with the suspension of | €¥al. In & statement Issuéd to the press |against Governor Vessey at the convention sog R. C. Hartwell, F'. A Fox, C. W.|go0n," fron The Towa branch of the Red Cross soclety greusn\un\;ggur Hermann took the stand | the United States Banking company, which | 0day, Mr. Thompson sald that he went |depends on the strength the. friends Boges, William . Umble, 8. T. MoAtes, Foreman staied;thef haiwes & Borve)is wot o e lorer asking the people of IoWa | yegrerday in his own defense in his trial in [may in clude criminal charges, are looked |0 Mr. Limantour in the interest of hun- [Of ex-Senator A. B. Kittredge can muster Clkty Rus, W, B, Bbiss, Louls Whitehshd, | crager by protession and that he lived ¢ | to sive toa fund i iy of the boor peopie United Btates distriot ourt on & sharge of |2or ‘(i the nesr future, The firet legad | 4reds of Ainerican rasidents in this atty | 6h \he canysation floar.. The plan.te name F. K. Messmote #nd Pebar Smith. With the | 1) r3ien street. of France who have suffered from the ter- | ., oivios (o ‘deffaud the government of |&ction to be taken by any creditors since | Who would suffer if the institution closed. | & full state ticket is being fought by Con- exdeption of il ®ho s a farmer of | When Foreman was called to the wit- rible floods. State Treasurer Morrow is i In the same statément Mr. Thompson | Eressman Charles H. Burke of Plerre and Hardon townghip, m.\ members of the jury are residents of Céundl Bluffs, At the close of the opening statements of | the!counsel, Judge Thornell adjourned conrt | until this: forning and placed the jury in the dustody of Captain L. B. Cousins, the court: bafliff. The jury, while engaged in the! trial of the case will occupy at night, the. pew quarters fixed up in the ‘TuFg room formerly known as “Farmers' hall” in the basement of the, court hoyse. : Ivn‘h M-l 10" Chse) | ¢ opent: ent for th ‘wag§ made ch Attorney ' Heéss while that for the det was made by Attor- nv ‘Emmet Tinley. In reply to a query m‘?g + probable length ot t ‘mfiu “would taled) County Attorney He: aid he thought it would occupy three or four days at least. Judge Thornell accordingly ex- cused the members of the petit jury panel not. engaged on the case ‘untll Thursday, uniess ‘rotitled that 'they neéd not” uppear. until a later date. ' Attorney General H. W. Byers {4 pfesent and assisting County “Atforiey” Fess in the prosséution - of the iohse on behdll 'of the state. Scott is defended by H. O, Ouren ‘and Harl & Tinley. Col. ‘Stokes, of Craig, Mo, attoiney of Craig, Mo., which was Scott's home Before he moved to Pender, Neb., is in'attendance but Is not_ expected to take any active ‘part in the defense. John Hermelbrecht. whom = Scott s charged with' stéerlig against the Ma- bray gang, 48 on hand and will, it is ex- pected, be the-first witness for the state this morning. Hermelbrecht kept In the background while the Jury was being em- paneled but as soon-as County Attorney Hess commenced--to make ~his opening statement to the jury ‘and desoribe the methods of Mabray and his gang by which they parted their. victims from their money, he became: deeply interested and moved up to the fremt so that he could hear all that was sald. Empaneling, .of the jury was but par- tially. completed at ‘the time of the noon adjournment , for dinner and but four of the twelve peremptory challenges al- lowed had been exercised, As Attorney Tinley was engaged in an examination of & witness in the Soldier ditch matter brought here from Harrison: county, which was had Dbefore Judge Wheeler in the other court ‘room, - Judge = Thornell at noon ordered an adjournment until 3 o'clock in Ehe afternooh., The empaneling of the NM"- tmlel.fl horuy before 8 o'clock, MULSION The Disfinguishing Feature of Ozomulsion 48 its CURATIVE QUALITY, © Which' All - Other emulsions: Lack. IMPARTS NEW ELEME IFE S TO THE HUMAN BODY W We. have many Testimonials saying that Worn out Mothers after taking it-—Recleve new vitality and strength. Puny, Sickly Children after taking it—Grow up Sturdy,, Ro- bust and Healthy. Anemit Emaciated Men stter taking Ji.~Begome strong and Vigorous, = & ok Thin Women after taking Ht—Become Plump and a thousand times better fitted for the duties of life. Ozomulsion is & Blood-Making, Tis- sue-Bullding, Nourishing, Strengthen- ing POOD as well as a Household MEDICINE. Ozomulsion is known, recommended and sold by worthy drunl-u avery- where In 16 oz, and.8 oz. bottles. Always ask for Ozomulsion by name. That all may selves what this will do, a 3 os. sent by malil to all y{ dress, by posteard Grlal wulsion Co., 648 Pes ive preparation bottle will be neas stand Attorney Benjamin ked him it he did not carry a revolver. Foreman decilned to answer and Benjamin started to swear out an information charging the witness with carrying concealed weap- ons. At this point Assistant County At- torney Ross, after a brief consultation with- the witness said that Foréman was prepared to admit he cafrfed a revolver and the weapon was produced. Foreman stated that on entering the court rgpm he | had “offered’ to. turn ‘the weapan oer to Offiger, Richurdson but the, Iatter by told ‘nim “to' kep it. “The ofMoer corrobo- |- rated this statement later. Attorney Ben- Jamin insisted that the assistant county Witnéss for going armed”bul Mr. Ross de- clined to do so under:the circumstances.. Captain Schafer of the police force testi- fied to Foreman warning the police de- partment of Sigman's alleged Intention to burn down the barn and that in consé- quence ‘the place had been watghed and O!flkzcr ‘Rlchardson had’ been afound the bartf, dntil’ after wnidnight Sittirday. " A:'C.'Walker, an Insurance agent testi- ¥ that Sigman had placed §2,000 insur- ance on twelve horses, elght buggies and Vvehicles, harness, feed and. other.. gquip- ment of the barn. ~During ‘the; hearing it was shown that recently Sigman_ dis- posed of all' his good horses! replacing them with stock, which it was said, were not worth over 315 a head. Charles Huber, owner of the building, testified that he had notified Sigman that he wanted the pldce by February 1. He also testiffed to finding a two-gallon Jug of coal ofl in a smail room In the loft. Huber sid he took the jug. to a blacksmith nn:o adjoining the barn and told Sigman that he Ald not want his place burned down. : Slgman denled setting fire to the place and swore that he had been at him home from § o'clock Saturday evening, and that the fitst Intimation he had of the fire was when the officers came to his place. His statement as to belng home Satur- day eyening were corrohorated by mem- bers of his family. Justice Cooper In deciding to hold Sig- man to the grand jury sald that.in his opinlon the most damaging evidence agalnst the defendant was that he had disposed of the horses upon which he, had placed insurance of $100 a head and re- placed them with animals wWhich the ac- cused himselt admitted were not worth more than $15 a head, i< ¥ £ i HELD SAME Members of. Hroagdway Methodist Church Evolve New Plan. The members of the: Woman's Home Misslonary soclety, the. Waman's Forelgn Missipnary. society and the Ladles' Ald so- clety of the Broadway| Methodist church will tnaw @ new pign. of holding their whetings, beginning with today,; Instead of each organization devellng ‘A separate wfternodn to its monthly session, thé mem- bers of the. three societies awill: gpend. tho dey at the church and ‘hold the. different mectings at periods ‘during” the day, At rodn a lusich will be sgrved 16 ,which the n of the congtegation ard Invited. Wheel 0. 1 will serve the lunch today The soclal feature will be a large #etor at the meeting today and all members of the three socleties are Invitel to brifig thetr friends. The Program for the day follgws: Jo'iomen’s Home Mission Soclety Sefatomint —Lesson topic, 4 v A 3" Cramplon; 033?(‘,3: s, aQuotations roll_cdll; Qi ht m Mrs. “Has ' Slavery a Harry A ' Mres. H. J DAY MEBETINGS 4 What Is It?" M Learned “About Clvilization () “About Morality, a L Mieker W. Anthony; @) *. About Re ll:lun e W. Jones Rmh Alp.;lvllll vocal solo, 4 dlacl “What Qur Soelety 1 the Bureau for Florida,” Mrs. M. Willlams; (2) “In the East Céntral Mrs. H. D. Howard, o Lunch at 12 m, PN Women's Forelgn "llllo"l% Soclety Ses- glon at It p m. Sublest, “Tno Gospal i leader, M A 1. Conoway: president; ~Our Yeork in’ Magloo:" (huk\- Hood; “Current Events and in Contral Ameriea” Mra. Sook: g Wark n X Mras. 8 L. read “The. Sencra's Ators " . L. Conoway; voeal solo, selpoted, Ruth Allflnwlll Ladies’ Ald Soclety Bulinn at 3 P M- Mrs. L. E. Renard, president. Marriage mes. * Licenses to wed we to the following. Name and Residence, Willlam K. Johnson, Omaha. Dalsy Dismant, Omah Wllllr ‘Brodlhl }‘runk Brockman, Council Bluffs uu M. Mels, Councll Bluffs, New York Lona J, Mahan, New Tork . ) ¥ uln w umx, m ,‘g v v Beity Hvezdu, Omaba o) attorney. file.an. information nwainst the (had fallen from his sled near the bottom “|'of protection and mutual interest. - % | Jett to continue. treasurer of the fund. Merger of the Phones. The final merger of the two telephone systems in Des Moines was completed the last week, when the employes of the Mutual were notified that hereafter they would be pald directly by the Bell gom- pany. No changes were made And the two exchanges will be operated separately for the present, It Is the plan, however, to hl\'e @ complete merging of th& exchanges. Lost Hye in Sliding. James Thompson, a boy of South Des Moines, had his right eye gouged out by an accident as he was coasting down hill. He of the hill, when another boy ran into him, | and the runner of the sled struck Thomp- son's eye. Squires to Form Trust. ' A permanent organization of the justices of the peace, constables and others con- nected with the justice courts of Des Molrfes” was' formed_libre for” the' ptifose It Is proposed that there shall be adopted uni- form rules of practice and also that a com- mittee be nameéd to look after legislation affecting the office of justice of the peace. Wallace Receives Homor, Henry Wallace, the veteran editor and public speaker, member of the Roosevelt Country Life commission, has recelved word that he has been selected as one of two graduates of Washington and Jefferson college to be honored by having the college annual dedicated to them. The other ls Dr. McCormick, chancellor of the Univer- sity of Pittsburg. Mr. Wallace graduated in the class of 1550, Demand More Pay. The carpenters of Des Molnes have made @ demand for an increase of wages in the spring. They want 6 cents an hour more pay and larger liberty for holidays. They say they do this because of the enormous increase In the cost of living. It is prob- able that the employers will resist the in- crease, but owing to the enormous demand for labor and the outlook for much work, no strike is anticipated. i Many Accidents On' the Railroads Nearly Thonund—;lled and Twenty Thousand Hurt in Third Quarter of Last Year, WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—During the months of July, August and Beptember, 1909, the total number of persons killed on the rallroads of the country, according to reports recelved by the Interstate Com- merce commission, ' was 82, and the in- jured 19,241, These figures Include only ac- cidents to passengers and employes actually on duty at the time of the accident. The number of persons killed and Injured In the quarter under consideration, as compared with the same period of the year before shows an increase in the number killed of 118, and in the number injured of 2,606 A Safegunrd to Childrem. i “Our two children of six and elght years have been since Infancy subject to colds and eroup. About three years ago I started to use Foley's Honey and Tar, and it has never falled to prevent and cure these | troubles. It is the only medicine I can | get the children to take without a row,' The above from W. C. Ornstein, Green Bay, Wis, duplicates the experience of thousands of other users of Foley's Honey and Tar.—Sold by all druggists. PRESGRIPTION FOR KIDNEYS Sald to be the Best Bver Compounded for Kidney and Bladder Complaint. The following simple prescription. works wonders for sick kidneys, liver of bladder: Buy from any good druggist one-halt ounce Murax compound in original sealed pack- age, one-halt ounce fluld extract Buchu, six ounces good, pure gin. Mix and take one to two teaspoonfuls after each meal. (Be sure to get the genuine Murax com- pound In original sealed package.) n in the back, frequent or highly voil’::ed urination, scalding urine, rheu- matic puu In the hlnu. puffuess under th oyes, news, are ot kidney troudle. ¥nun should be given promt .lun(lon. ‘hese sywploms are nature's danger signals and may velop quickly in dread diabetes, awful Bright's disease or chronic rheuma ‘l'lu above rescription will eleanse the Kkidn low them to fitter the blood of nrle Mld aud polsonous waste matter. If these impurities are not removed, disas- | death. if | was a letter in his pocket from &8 South public lands. His testimony was a general and specific denial of any connection whatever with any conspiracy. Hermann testitied that he became com- missioner of the general land office in 1897. About 1900, he sald, he became aware that under the lien land act of 1897 spec- ulators were defrauding the government by securing ‘‘base” located in forest re- serves and exchanging this “base,” which, was frequently. on wqrthlu: land, for val uable fand outsidé ihe; peserve. Because this ‘buse” was dx ble for govern- ment land, located afiywhere in the coun- try, speculafors wefe able to sectire the ernment: w mfl { ’rhsnw?nn" ‘the' Hefentant testitled, he consls«ently: opposed-the creation. of. forest reserves In Septerabgty 1901) My, #ermann wald, he remembered being in Portiand and of hav- ing paid a visit the office of Henry Melarum, United surveyor general of Onegon. It is the government's contentfon that on this visit to the surveyor general's office ‘Hormant :éntered into a conspiracy with B. P. M4ys) an Oregon politician, which resulted In the formation of the Blue Mountain forest reserve. Hermann said that on the visit to Meldrum's office he did not.see Mays. Hermann next entered & specific denal to the evidence of government witnesses that he had-ever, suggested to Surveyor Meldrum that. Meldrum purchase some school land within the proposed reserve. The defense called to the stand C. A. Halstrom, sald by H. L. Patterson, a wit- ness for the prosecution, to have been pres- ent In the surveyor general’s office In Port- land when the conversation occurred be- tween Mays and Hermann which developed in the alleged Blue Mountain conspiracy. Halstrom denfed positively that he ever | saw Mays and Hermann together In the ‘surveyor general's office. Gas Stove Tragedy Still-a Mystery Theories of l(u; and Suicide, in Cincinnati Murder Case Cannot be Verified. CINCINNATI, Feb. 1—The cause of the death of Mrs. Jesse Van Zandt, whose bound and roaated body was discovered lying on her kitchén stove last Saturday morning, 18 tonight as great a mystery as whea the corpse was found. Theories wére brought forward today of both murder and sulcide. It is claimed on the outsidé that the ‘woman bound her feet with the Intention of hanging her- self and had then drunk a portion from a bottle of bella donna, which was found subsequently near the body. Overeome by the polson she 1§ supposed to have fal- len across the gas stove. The motive Is found In her unhappiness over the ad- mitted Infatuation of her husband for the young girl whose tather caused her to be placed in ‘a convent on account of Van . Zandt's aitentions. On the other hand, one of Mrs, Van Zandt's nelgh- bors declared today to. the pollce that she had seen a man runoing down the alley from the Vgn Zandt home shortly after the approximate time of the woman's This witn, a woman, gave a description of the man, for whom the police are now looking. In the meantime, Jesse Van Zandt, the dead -woman's husbend, who is being held by the police pergisists under the most rigld examination on his original stat ment that when hy left his home on Ba urday morning his wife was well and ap- parently. happy. Light was shed today on the domestic difficulties of Mrs. Van Zandt by the woman's relativ who came here from the east. Letters brought by her aunt, Mrs. Jennie Sicles of Phfla- delphia, showed that the woman's mis- #ivings of her husband, Jesse Van Zandt began months ago and had increased un- ul after Christmas. M. 1S FOUND DEAD WATERLOO, Ia., Feb. Special Tele- gram.)—The body of H. Masey of Council Bluffs was found Sunday under a bridge near Vinton, where it had lain five days. Bvidently the unfortunate man had fallen from a train on the Milwaukee road. There Baxter street, Councll Bluffs. The man was evidently about 7 years of age. The coroner’s Jury rendered a verdiet of acel. Qental death, trous results are aimost sure | low.~Adv, tQ fol- | The key to the situation. oa Want 4a- the bank closed its doors last Wednesday miorning was filed today by Howard H. Simpson, & mining fhan, formal complaint before the procurator of Justice, alleging abuse of confidence. Simp- 80n names the president, vice president, di- rectors and manager of the institution. He alleges that some time ago he obtained a loan of $19,000 from the bank, giving three notes for the amount, by the deposit of 180 tock of a valuation who made a which were secured of approximately $100,000. for the purpose of paying the notes and receiving his mining shares, but the col- most valuable land possessed by the gov-lateral was not forthcoming, and that he Was told to return later, when the shares would be restored to him. of all forms of food. Recently, he alleges, he went to the bank “Simpson says.he learned that his shares were no longer in the possession of the took occasion to correct an erroneous fm- pression, saying that he was not & stock- holder nor @ director in the United States Banking company, having some time ago declined to serve on the bnnrd A Fierce Attack of malaria livetderangement. and Kkidney trouble is easily oured by Rlebtric Bitters, the guaranteed remedy. 60c. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. —— ) Fatally Hurt by Dynamite, MARSHALLTOWN, Ia., Feb. 1.—(Special Telegram.)—Chris Wilking, aged %, was fatally injured by a delayed explosion of dynamite, which he was using to blast out stumps. One stick falled to go off, and Wilking started to dig it out, when the ex- plosion followed, - ripping off part of his hard and arm. Eben W. Martin of Deadwood. Seth Bullock, United States marshal, ls apparently working against the naming of @ ticket. The opposition to the plan is on the ground that naming a ticket. is ocon- trary to the spirit of the primary law. The Missourl river marks .the dividing line In the sentiment of the delegates. The western delegates do not want a ticket and the castern delegates are supporting Kiit- redge. If the Kittredge adherents are suo- cessful ex-Governor Samuel Eirod of Clark or B. L. Abel of Huron will be named to oppose Governor Vessey. 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