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Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22
COUNCIL BLUFFS DEPARTMENT :
READY ron THE SCHOOL ELECTION.
Board OF Education Selects Polling
nInces md Nnmcs the Officers.

The Board Of Education held a special meet
Ing last evening for the purpose of making
| the necessary arrangements for holding the
school election March 9. The meeting was
called somewhat hastily, as the law makes 1t
necessary for the board to pass its resolution
submitting the proposition to vote bonds two
weeks before the day cf election and at the
same time publish its proclamation, calling
for the annual election.
While the members were preparing their
reports designating the polling places in the
various wards and the names of Judges and
clerks, an informal discussion took place
upon the subject of tuition of outside pupils
Only one of the principals had c-mplied with
the orders of the board to report the names
Of all nonresident pupils, and that was Prof
Eastman of the High school. His report
showed that there were six nonresident
pupils there. and only one of them had paid
tuiti-n. The discussion indicated that the
members of the board were generally in
favor of the greatest liberality in the treat
ment of the matter The sections of the law
bearing upon the subject were carefully ex-
amned and while no action was taken, it
was tacitly agreed among the members that
II the parents or guardians of any nonres-
ident pupils came before the board and asked
the suspension of the rule the request would
be granted and the pupils exempted from
the payment cf any tuition
The secretary submitted the election procl1-
nation and it was ordered published. The
board then fixed the polling places The
law requires each member of the board to
act az one of the judges in the election
booth, and permits him to name another
who will act in his place after the polls have
been fairly opened. The polling place for
the First ward will be at 500 East Broadway.
Judges Morgan and Wilson; clerks, w. A.
Colc.ough and James OBrien.
Member Snyder was absent, and the Second
ward voting place was not designated His
report will be given to the secretary today.
Third ward voters will cast their ballots
at Smith & Co.'S bakery, Eleventh street
and Fifth avenue. e. r. Fonda and G..
Shictetanz will act as judges, and Henry w
Brown and j. J. Hughes as clerks.
Fourth ward at Terwiliger's livery Will
liam Moore and B. Terwiiger, judges, and
Arthur Slack and T. c. Jackson clerks.
Fifth ward at p. Smith & Co.'S bakery,
Fifth avenue. and Eleventh streets. Judges.
DR.. Robertson and w. w. Cones; clerks w.
s. Goodrich and w. C. Morris.
Sixth ward at 2020 Broadway. Judges w.
II. Thomas and Ed Bates; clerks, A. b. Mix
sell and d. S. Kerr.
Voters in the Sixth ward who live in
East Omaha, will have to cross the river If
they wish to vote.
The board decided that the S. 900 school
bonds to pay for the four-room addition to
the North Eighth street building should run
ten years. The rate of interest will be
fixed by resolution after the bonds are
authorized by the voters
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22
SHE HATES HIGH HATS.
Council Bluffs Woman After the Wa


Ing PIumcS of Thenter-GOcrs.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Feb. 21.-To the Ed
itor CT The Bee: 1t may be out of my sphere,
but 1t seems as though some one ought to
speak. l went to see the play last night, be-
cause l had heard so much in favor of the
Woodward company, and to please my hus-
band, and because it is cheap. 1t was only
10 cents, but actually, l didn't get cents
out CT 1t. Not any fault of the managers,
for there was some grand acting done. l
could hear the fins oratory il am old, but
there were four ladies in a direct line in
front of me with great, big hats on, with
plumes waving high in the air, and, bless
me, l could not see even Jack Mason on the
stage. Now, If the ladies would just wear
a fascinator and remove it during the play,
or take off their hats, we could all see. The
gentlemen Just sit there like martyrs and
endure. Now, 1 speak from woman's
standpoint, and say ladies, let us remove our
hats CT wear some head dress that will not
loom up before the stage and shut off the
stage effects, not only from the gentlemen
little boys and girls, but from the ladies'
Let us think about this and experiment now
while this splendid company is with us.
JENNA JANE JENKINS.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22
NORTHWESTERN TRAIN WRECKED.
sixty Cars piled Up Along the Rail-
wuy TrNCl<.

BOONE, Ia, Feb. 21.-(Special Telegram J
AT o'clock this morning wreck took
place on the Northwestern road west of
Moingona. double header freight train of
about sixty cars was coming down the hill
when brake beam came down. derailng
four cars and breaking the train in two. A
large number Of cars remained on the track
and proceeded on down, the hill at terrific
rate, crashing into. the front end about a
mile nearer Moingona. At this point seven
cars were derailed and smashed into frag-
ments. Brakeman Grimm was crushed in
the wreck and will probably net live The
wreck occurred very near a point where
yesterday afternoon a man named Peterson
was struck by train and injured SO that
he died within a few hours.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22
Insane Mans Sad Plight.

BURLINGTON, Ia, Feb. 21.-(Specal Tcle-
gram.)-An almost naked man rushed into
the police station claiming protection from
imaginary foes who were about to dissect
him at one of the hospitals. Investigation
proved him to be an escaped patient from ST.
Francis hospital, who, during the temporary
absence of the nurse, had barred his room
door and dropped from a second story win
dow to the ground with only a small part of
his clothing on. The cold was intense. but
did not seem to effect him in the least. j.
became necessary to strap him to his cot in
the hospital when he was taken back. His
name is Frank Spielmann and he claims to
be from Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22
Old JuriSt WILL Retire.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, Feb. 21.-(Special
Telegram.)-The Republican tomorrow morn
ing will editoraily announce that Hon
James II. Rothrock of this city has deter
mined to retire from the supreme bench
January /, 1897 He has been on the bench
for thirty years, twenty-one years of which
have been spent in the supreme court, and
feels that he has earned rest He does
this in spite of the fact that assurances have
come from alb parts of the state that he
would be renominated.
The republicans of Linn county today
nominated David Brant, city editor of the
Gazette, for representative to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Dr. McClel-
land. The special election will be held
March 2
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22
Held to the District Court.

Deputy Sheriff Compton has returned from
Percival, where he was a witness against
John Veach and George Poland, who were
charged with grand larceny.
Veach was arrested in Council Bluffs and
Pollard in Omaha. both by Deputy Compton.
They were accused Of having stolen har-
ness. lot of hogs and an assortment OF
jellies and preserves from resident Of PEI
c!val. They We're given a preliminary hear
ing before Justice Kramer and both held to
the grand Jury OF Fremont county in the
sum OF $780, In default of bail both we.c
taken TO Sidney and confined in Jail.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22

Eccentric OLD Hermit of Carroll, Ia.
ScnalS threatening LctterA.

Eccentric OLD Hermit of Carroll, Ia.
sends threatening Letters.
Henry Ghensen, an old hermit, who has
town Of Carroll, Ia, has never enjoyed, to
any great extent, the comforts and pleasures
of life, but all Of his little troubles have been
as nothing to the deep tribulatons through
which he is passing new. Henry has stead
fastly refused to see visitors, and in the
course of time events have occurred that
made it necessary for some of his fellowmen
to communicate with him. They wrote him
letters, to which he never replied. These
letters were followed by others equally i'm
portant, but more urgent. They were treated
with the same contemptuous silence. Finally
it unfortunately occurred to the old man
that he could write some letters, and for
while he found his chief amusement in writ
ing the most peppery kind of epistles to his
correspondents. After he got his hand in he
found it to be lots of fun TO send out red
hot stuff. Some Of the letters were of such
character that they plainly came under
the ban CT the postal authorities, and
batch of them were turned over to the de-
partment for investigation. Two of the let
ters sent to Peter Huffman were selected as
fully meeting the requirments of the case
and Ghensen was arrested
He was brought to this city yesterday and
arraigned before Commissioner Steadman.
His soul was not sweetened by his arrest,
and he refused to make any plea. All in
uuires were greeted with sullen silence The
case was finally disposed of by binding the
old man ever to await the action OF the grand
Jury and fixing his bond at $780, He could
not give the latter and went to jail
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22

Is it not some amateur doings?
No, 1t is not!
Who ever heard it?
S'me Of the greatest, wisest and best have
paid to hear 1t.
They were delighted and instructed, and
they endorse the entertainment in glowing
words.
The story is thrilling!
The facts are important.
The whole is new and largely unknown.
Go and hear all about it and you will find
it to be better than we can tell. First Con-
gregational church tonight.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22
brought a Fnir Price.

w. II. Thomas and Ira Hendricks have
made their report TO the district court as
referees appointed to sell l20 acres CT farm
land near Nicola. a partition sale growing
out OF the suit Of Lena Grote against Ada
line Hansen and others.
The referees reported that the highest
bidder for the property was Gerhard Ost-
dick, who offered S37 per acre in cash. The
referees recommend the acceptance of the
tiI.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair, with Variable Winds for Me-
bruslSn Today,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2l.-The forecast for
Saturday is:
For Nebraska and Wyoming-Fair; varia-
BILE winds
For Oklahoma and Indian Territory
Cloudy, with showers; tou heaster.y winds.
For lowa-Fair; warmer in the eastern
portion; southerly winds.
For Missourl-Increasng cloudiness, posi-
ply followed by showers at night; warmer
in the southern and eastern portions; south
eesterly winds
For Kansas-Increasng cloudiness, poss-
bly, followed by showers at night; winds be-
coming easterly.
For colorado-Fair, but partly c,oudy;
For Dakota-Fair; southwesterly winds
For Montana-Fair; cooler in the western
portion, westerly winds.
Local Record.
OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU.
OMAHA, Feb. 2l-Omaha record OF tenn
perature and rainfall, compared with the
corresponding day of the past four years:
Maximum temperature ii 10 II i'S 81
$!::i$;;.'s: $$i:$E% !:$ss$!s5: +
Condition of temperature and precipita-
lion at Omaha for the day and since March
!, 1896:
Normal temperature ................ 27
Excess for the day Observation-Disclosures. 8
Normal precipitation .............. .O3 inch
deficiency for the day y................ 03 inch
Total precipitation since March q 20 inches
Deficiency since March 1........ ll.72 Inches
L. A. WALSH. Observer.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22
WOMAN BRUTALLY ASSAULTED
Mrs, James Burgo 0boked and Beaten by a
Drunken Tramp.
CLOTHING TORN OFF IN THE STRUGGLE
Victim of the Assault Bruised from
Head 20 Foot by Kicks from
the Brutc's Heavy Boots-
AssniIunt Escapes.

Warrants were isst ed yesterday for the ar.
rest Of an individual designated as John
Doe, alias William Florida who is charged
deious assault upon Mrs. Ida Burge se
of James Burge, laborer living near Sew
enteenth street and Fifteenth avenue.
The assault was made about o'clock on
Thursday evening. Mr.. Burge had gone to
the home of f. NJ. Phillips, ne ghbor a few
doors away and left his wife alone. lie had
been absent about half an hour when his
wife came to Philips house showing un-
misiakable evidence of having received very
rough treatment. Her clothing was torn
and blood was flowing from wounds on her
face. while her throat bore the imprint of
strong fingers.
The stcry Mrs. Burge told was to the effect
that shortly after her husband left, and
while she was taking care of sick ne!ghbor
woman. n man came In whom she thought
she recognized former boardcr at the
neighbors house, and without provocation
made savage assault upon her. He seized
her by the throat and beat and kicked har
until she was almost insensble. When the
womans husband and his friend Phillips
reached the house the assallant had disap-
peared.
There does not appear to have been any
expa nation for the assault any further than
that the fellow was drunk and VICIOUS. He
has been identified as switchInan who
once worked in one of the railway yards.
and was there known. as William Florida
The assault was reported to the police HIr
ing the night, but the parties refused to
come up town and file an information and
nothing was done until yesterday afternoon.
Then 1t was discovered that the woman's as
sailant had recovered from his drunk and
aed the city.
The woman was severely bruised about
the face and throat. where the brute had
struck her with his fists, and from her ankle
to her hip on one Limb, where he had kicked
her with his heavy boots
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22
COnhnurunl.
COnunu rum.
Is T. lecture?
Ia II n lpcturpS7

Is Z a lecture!
Is It a lecture??
Is 1t lecture???
No, 1t Is different!
1t is Story!
A true story!!!
Every word of it'll!
1t Is cyclone of fun!
A mountain Of facts!!
A beautiful painting in words!!!
Others have paid dollar to hear 1t.
What do i pay?
Only 20 cents.
First Congregational church tonight.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22
Lite WorI. I'm the Legislature.

DES MONIES, Feb. 21.-(Specal Tee-
gram)-The senate judiciary committee made
some amendments to the Berry BILL governing
mutual beneficiary associations, mostly of a
minor nature, and recommended the bill for
passage. The Blanchard anti-compact in
surance bill passed the senate, AZ to 8. The
Carney bill, providing for the nomination of
all candidates for public offices by a system
of primary elections was lost, IL to q.
The house adjourned till Tuesday.
Salvation OIL Isl a certain cure for head
ache. toothache. ealrache, etc, Only % cents.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22
Not Entitled to Notice to Quit when
No Rent IL Being Paid.

No Neht ~ belhH
SIOUX CITY, Feb. 21.-tSpecial)-A
curious proceeding, growing out Of the
anxiety of the Northern Investment COM
pany of this place to keep its buildings oc-
cupied even though it is unable to collect
rents for their use, has just been settled by
the district court here. Among the com
pany's property in the city was a store build
ing which, having recently been on fire, the
local manager thought it best to keep oc-
cupied rather than vacant at the cost uf
giving it to someone free of rent. An offer
of this kind was accordingly made to j.
M. Percy, local merchant, who promptly
accepted, and has been in possession since
last October. few days ago the company
secured a regular tenant, but on asking
Percy to vacate were met by refusal
except upon thirty days notice or the pay
ment of such damages as he might sus-
tain by a sudden removal. The court has
decided that a tenant under such conditions
as those which existed in Percy's case was
not entitled to the privileges claimed, and
ordered him removed without further notice.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22
HE WROTE THnEATENING LETTERS.

John r. Rose Takes the Wrong
Method to Collect from II Creditor.
John r. Rose of Modae Ia, was brought
in last night by deputy marshal and ar
raigned before Commissioner Steadman,
who held night session for the purpose.
Rose was subcontractor on some govern
ment work on the Missouri river, near
Modale. He got his contract from another
subcontractor named l.. NJ. Mitner. When
the work was finished, Mtner owed him
$500, which he neglected to pay. Investiga-
ton showed that Mitner had no bond, and
Rose was unable to collect a dollar of the
debt. While the men who had cut the
willows and worked for him were clamoring
fer their money, Rose grew desperate and
sent Mtner a number Of sharp dunning
letters. In some Of them he made threats
Of what he would do to get even with the
bankrupt contractor These letters were
turned over to the postal authorities. f. p.
Maher of Chicago, special agent for the de-
partment, came out and signed the informa-
tOn
Commissioner Steadman did not conclude
the case last night, but continued 1t until
today, when District Attorney Fulen will
be here to look after the prosecution. The
question of Miners liability to thegovern-
ment will also be looked into
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22
Only Two Weeks Left.

In which to buy your frames and pictures
at Just half price. Our sale closes March
1. You cannot afford to miss this oppor-
tunity to beautify your homes at just half
the usual cost. II. l.. Smith & Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22

We offer you only clean crisp snow white
laundry work and best delivery service at
Eagle laudry 72f Broadway. Telephone 157.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22

Full line Of baby cabs received yesterday
by the Durfee Furniture company, 1856 1888
Broadway Special sale continues
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22

In the suit OF Wetherbee against Mul-
holland. claim for 500 wages. the Jury in
Judge Thornell's court returned a verdict
for S75 in favor Of the plaintiff.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22
Hot He'd Sash.

We have 1000 hot bed sash which we are
going 10 close out They went last long.
How many do you want? We will make you
a price that can't be duplicated. C. b.
Paint. Oil and Glass company, Masonic Tenn
pie, Council Bluffs
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22
Taken to the Federal Court.

The suit of Rebecca Armstrong and that
Of Ida May Barcus against s. II. ii. Clark
and the other receivers of the unon Pacific
railway have been transferred to the federal
cnurt.
Mrs. Armstrong and Mrs. Barcus are the
widows of the engineer and fireman who
were killed in the Union Pacific wreck near
South Omaha about a year ago The suits
were commenced in the district court some
time ago and were then transferred to the
federal court, as the defendant company is
now in the hands of receivers and under the
jurisdiction Of the federal courts The case
Of Carroll against the Nebraska Telephone
company was also transferred to the United
States court.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22

Don't miss our special sale Of aluminium
ware for the next ten days. Cole & Cole.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22
Wetherbee Got a Verdict

Columbia bicycles. Highest of all high
grades. Call and see them at Cole & Cole.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22

Buy your groceries, fcur. feed hardware
tinware and erockery OF Bradley and receiyt
a ticket in favor of the Christian Home
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22

Wanted, good farm loans in western Iowa
at lowest rates. Money loaned for local in
vestors ON best of security netting per cent.
Fire insurance written in reliable companies.
Lougee 4 Towe, 235 Pearl street.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22

Stephan Bros. for plumbing and heating;
also ine line Of gas hxtures.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22
smokes We're Rotten.

A day or two ago while hose cart No. 2
was making run to fire one of the wheels
went to pieces when the cart made short
turn at street corner. The driver and men
on the cart had a narrow escape from being
killed or severely injured, but fortunately
escaped. The broken spokes of the wheel
were scattered over the street and were
picked up by the curious crowd that col
lected. Some Of the spokes got into the
hands of experts, and the material was found
to be OF the most worthless nature. The
carts are warranted to the city, and the
wheels are supposed to be made OF the very
best material, second growth hickory. One
of the broken spokes was found to be the
brashest OF ash and another was made from
red oak. the poorest kind Of oak that grows
The matter will most likely be taken up
by the city council and the company fur
nishing the cart will be asked to make good
its guarantee by supplying full set Of safe
wheels for the cart
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22
COnunsl slrunl.

Does any one know what is going on at
the Congregational church tonight?
No.
l am going.
So am l. Everybody and his wife will be
there.
Yes. pewsey, Tilden, Kleever, Felps,
Anhcer, lawyer, Bekrow, Klark, Weeser,
Dawdge, Aunter, Brauxman and all the great
men, myself included, have caught the fever
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22

, The Indian medi-
cine man cures by
charms and incan-
tations. He fright
ems away the evil
spirit I" who causes
the sickness. He
does all sorts of
things that civilized
people would call
idiotic and barbaric,
but the civilized
folks are not SO very
much ahead after
all. They do just
as foolish things as
does the medicine
man. They go along
Careless1y and al.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22

low the little sickness to grow into the
big sickness. They allow constipation to
grow into indigestion, heartburn, dizzi-
ness, headache, insomnia, and hundred
other distressing conditions They do
this frequently because they do moi know
the cause of their trouble. II is pretty
safe rule to look for the source of e-Iotlls
of human sickness in this one simple and
appalling,y prevalent trouble. Another
foolish thing that smart people do is to
take some alleged remedy for constipa-
ton and keep OH taking it. day after day,
month after month and year after year.
Perhaps it is better to take the medicine
than not to take it at ali, but OF course If
they stop taking it, their trouble will
come back. This last statement is true
of every other medicine prepared for this
purpose except DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pei
let's One Pellet is gentle laxative,
and two mild catllaric. They are gentle
and efficient in their action, permanent
in their results. You don't become
slave to their use. as with other pills.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22

Have you seen the new gas heating stoves
at the company's Office?
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22

Davis, only drug store with registered clerk.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22

Dr. Cleaver's office moved to COO Broadway
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-22
IEUN'TEsssvIl.IE.

The question Is how to proceed for
the betterment of Outten street. which
Is getting In quite n bad condition
Remember this stree; Is compact with
very respectable residences.
Mrs T.. c. DoHier who has been on
visit of quite a period to her mother.
Mrs. NJ. V. Mercer Cos Central avenue
has returned to her home, In Lawrence
vile, Va.
Attention was called in Sundays vir-
gilman to the rare gem of art to be
delivered by the carrier boys on Christ
mas day to subscribers. 1t is a beauty
and will be presented with the com
pliments of The Vlrginian and its car
rier boys.
Mr., Joseph Klepper, a well-known
citizen of this town, who was paralyzed
last Monday. died at 1 O'Clock Sunday
morning at his home, on Washington
avenue. He had heen resident OF this
section for a number Of years and for n
long time kept summer garden on
Church street. In later years he had
been In the real estate and rental bust
ness and had considerable property of
his own. He leaves n widow and five
chi.dren-Mrs. Hugo Arnold, Mrs. En-
nest Hartman, Miss Emma Keeper
Joseph ID. Keeper and Frank Keeper
the last named being yet lad. The de-
ceased was about 65 years of age, and
was veteran of the Union Army. He
was member Of Worden Post G.. y. r.
and of Huntersv.lle Lodge. !. O. O. r
At one time he was n member of the
American Legion of Honor and carried
an insurance of $1,000 In that order He
reduced the original amount of this
policy and recently dropped out of the
order altogether. The funeral will take
place from his late residence at 2:30
| O'Clock this afternoon. ana will be at
tended by the organizations of which
he was u member.
Tonight at $40 O'Clock MI S. NJ
Morisett and Miss Daisy l.. Baylor will
| be married at Grace Raptist church.