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Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08


SlBLEY, Ia, July 7.-tSpecial Telegram.)
The republican representative convention
of the Osceola, Dickinson and Emmett dis
trict met at Sibley today and organized
by the selection of R. NJ. Barnhart of EN-
met chairman and f. f. Lyon of Osceola
secretary. The convention adopted a reso-
luton declaring in favor of fair and equita-
BILE distribution as between counties in the
district in the matter of legislative nomina-
tions. Osceola county insisted on explicit
resolutions of instruction for Senator Gear,
but Emmet county, while protesting to be
for Gear, Joined with Dickinson in Goting
them down.
The following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved. by the republicans of the
Eight-first Iowa representative district, in
delegate convention at Sibley, assembled
That the loyal, faithful and efficient admins
tration of President William Mckinley, in
peace and in war, meets our hearty COM
mendatiOn
That the high rank of our senators, Hon.
William b. Allison and Hon. John H. Gear
and OF the Iowa delegation in congress is
placing our great state in the front rank
in the councils OF the nation, as 1t is in
the front rank in agricultural pursuits"
There was but one candidate before the
convention, w. II. II. Myers of Milford
Dickinson county, who was nominated by
the votes of the Dickinson and Emmett dele
tions. There will be no republican oppos-
tion to the election of Mr.. Myers. He is
grain dealer and has resided in Iowa for
forty-eight years. He is a union veteran,
having served in the civil war in Company
IL, Thirty-eighth Iowa volunteers.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08
Chief Bixby Carries His Point as {,
Needed Changes.

Chief Bixby Carries His Point as to
Needed Changes.
Chief of Police Bixby has at last car
ried his point and in short time will
have the satisfaction OF seeing the much
needed alterations and repairs in the second
story of the city Jail carried out Acting
on the authority conferred on 1t by the
city council the committee on police and
health has at last taken steps toward carry
ing out the improvements at the JAIL and
the second floor of the building will be re-
modelled.
In the first place the old wooden floor
which has become rotten from old age and
the accumulation of years of filth will be
taken UP and replaced with steel plates.
These will be so arranged that the floor
can be flushed every morning and the
water drained off into the sewer. The old
board partitions, which have become alive
with vermin of all kinds, will be taken
down and replaced with walls of cement,
which can be washed daily, The outside
walls will also be coated with cement. In
the room reserved for female prisoners the
old wooden beds will be taken out and con-
signed to the flames and in their place iron
beds will be provided. The room for sick
prisoners will be treated in the same way.
In the large room reserved for dodgers
iron hunks that can be moved around will
replace the present stationary ones, and by
this means 1t is hoped that the place in
the future can be kept passably clean The
improvements, it Is estimated, will cost in
the neighborhood of $500, the contract for
the steel flooring, which has been let to
Barney Grahl of this city, calling for $685.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08

and the funeral was largely attended The
funeral sermon proper will be preached later
on, as neither OF the parents were present
at this service. Upon hearing the sad news
Tuesday morning Mrs. Whitesldes, mother
of the murdered girl, lost her reason and
is still deranged, and her husband has had
to be with her continually since the tragedy
took place. County Attorney w. f. Gray
went to Des Moines to assist his brother
Bert, and his little sister, May, in getting
the body home.
The body of Ludwick, the assassin. it is
understood. was turned over to the author
tiles in Des Moines.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08
johnson is Exonerated.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, July Especial TeIe-
gram .)-ANert Johnson. the sung man
who shot and killed John Camerer at Saix
yesterday afternoon, has been eXonerated
by coroners jury. 1t was found that he
fired the shots in self-defense and in the
defense Of his home and his family, John
son was at once released from the county
Jail, having signed his own bond for his
appearance whenever wanted In the courts.
1t is doubtfuf II anything more will ever
come OF the case. However, the Johnsons
expect to remove from this locality as soon
as possible, as they fear that II they remain
there will be more bloodshed.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08

QUEER FREAK OF LIGHTNING.
CurIew Ua) People at Dinner Table
SeriOusly Hurt During n Storm.

seriously Hurt During Storm.
FORT DODGE, Ia, July 7.-(Special)-
queer freak Of lightning occurred yes
terday at Curlew, la, Lightning struck
the house of Thomas Carroll who lives
two miles west of town. The lightning
descended to the dining room by means of
stovepipe, and coming in from the kitchen
through the kitchen stove, it glanced from
the pipe to the dinner table, around which
were seated four Of the family and Mr.
Mr.. Carroll's foot and burned his leg
from the knee down. Mrs. Carroll was
burned about both hands, but not seriously.
Hattie, 12-year- daughter was badly
burned. probably one-ffth of her body being
covered with scars. the burns being es-
pecially severe about the back. A daugh-
ter of years was burned, but not seriously
Mr.. Franklin was struck in the right groin
and his pantaloons and shoes were torn to
shreds. He was unconscious for several
moments and his body was badly burned.
A dog lying between the chairs of Mr.. Car
roll and Mr.. Franklin was killed
The storm in this vicinity caused con-
siderable damage. The spire of the Sacred
Heart Catholic church was struck by light
ming and badly shattered and a house in
the north part of the city was also struck
and damaged At Tara the storm was ac-
companied by severe wind which worked
havoc with several large boarding tents put
up for the convenience of the men engaged
in the work of constructing the Fort Dodge
& Omaha road. The damage was consider
able,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08
BANKS ARE SHORT on CURRENCY
Cannot Secure Sufficient Paper None.
for Their Needs.

Cannot Secure Sufficient Paper Money
for Their Needs.
Although there is no lack of money the
banks of Council Bluffs are and have been
for several weeks past experiencing a regu
lar famine In currency. They cannot secure
a sufficient supply of paper money to meet
the demand and the prospects for an early
relief In the situation are not, 1t Is said,
very encouraging. OF silver and gold tho
banks have all and in fact a great deal more
than they need, but paper money, especially
bills of the smaller denominations, are diff
cult to secure. The same conditions. 1t is
reported, exist all over the state and in the
east and the local banks which depend upon
their eastern correspondents for the supply
OF currency are obliged to take what they
send them which is about one-tenth of
what they ask for.
Inquiries at the banks yesterday showed
they were all experiencing the same diff
Guilty. Their customers refuse to accept
gold or silver and demand they be paid in
bills.
Cashier Hannah Of the First National
bank said the call for currency was due
to the demand throughout the country for
money for moving the crops. I'VE write
to our eastern correspondents" he said,
asking them to remit us say 100000 in
currency and they send us perhaps 1000,
with the explanation that they cannot pos
sibly send us more. We are lucky II we
get one-tenth OF our request for currency.
Our customers will not accept gold, as they
do not find 1t so convenient to handle as
bills. The situation is greatly changed
from year OF SO ago, when everybody
wanted gold and we had more currency than
We could use. This demand for currency
is, In my opinon, sure sign that times
are good"
Cashier Beresheim of the Council Bluffs
Savings bank said they had experienced
gSeat dficulty for the last few weeks in
obtaining currency. Said he: 1--WE push
gold over the counter TO our customers, but
they invariably push 1t right back, saying,
Can't you give me bills?' The same con-
ditions prevail, understand, in Omaha
and reports come from all over the coun-
try that there is regular currency famine
About year ago nobody wanted bills;
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08
Scientific optician, wollman. 100 Brdway.
Davis sells the best hammocks.
sup.rior Court ndjourns.

Judge Aylesworth adjourned the July term
OF superior court yesterday TO August IA.
He handed down his decision in the case of
f. o. Armour against Thomas Oficer, which
involved the title to eighteen acres in the
northwest part of the city. He held that
the tax sale to Officer was void and that
the plaintiff had permission 90 redeem by
paying Officer the amount he had paid
with per cent interest. Judge Aylesworth
also held that the property in controversy
was not exempt from city taxes, as had
been contended by the plaintiff.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08
snnin,s Greatest Need.

Mr.. A. p. Alivia OF Barcelona, Spain,
spends his winters at Aiken, S. c. Weak
nerves had caused severe pains in the back
of his head. On using Electric Bitters,
Americas greatest blood and nerve remedy,
all pain soon left him. He says this grand
medicine is what his country needs. All
America knows that il cures liver and kid
ney trouble, purifes the blood, tones up the
stomach, strengthens the nerves, puts vim
vigor and new life into every muscle, nerve
and organ of the body. II weak, tired or
ailing you need IT, Every bottle guaranteed;
only so ceats. Sold by Kuhn & Co., drug
gists.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08
ARRESTED A CLEVER SWINDLER
II. II. Morse of Kansas City Is Accused
of ROhbing widows

KANSAS CITY, July 7.-B. H. Morse,
representing himself as district agent of
the Alaska Klondike improvement and Min
ing company" was arrested at his office
here today on information furnished the
local police by Mrs. Richard p Bland,
widow of the late congressman. The police
seized Morse's books, which, according to
Chief of Police Hayes, prove him to be a
clever swndler. whose operations have COW
cred every part of the country. Morse's
plan, it appears, was to collect from the
widows of prominent men, lately deceased
whom he always represented had some time
since bought certain mining stock of him
and left a small balance unpaid The "bal-
ance," generally ranging from SIS to $12,
appears to have been paid without ques-
tion. A long list of Morse's alleged vic
tins was discovered among his books.
Among them are the widows of Judge j. S.
Emery of Lawrence, Kan, L. G. Hastings,
Wichita; C. G. Foster, Topeka, and Fred
Schuler, st. Joseph, Mo.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08

PORTLAND, Ore, July 1.-THE National
Editorial association today elected the :ol-
lowing officers: President, r. H. Henry.
Jackson, Miss; first vice president, Matt
Parrott Waterloo, Ia; second vice pre5i-
dent, F. B. Balls, Cleburne Tex; third vice
president, Albert LaZoier, Portland Ore. (;
corresponding secretary, J. NJ. Page, Jer-
SEVILLE, H.; recording secretary, r. NJ.
White, Mexico, Mo-; treasurer, James j..
Gibbs, Norwalk. O.
New Orleans was chosen as the place OF
holding the next annual convention in Feb
ruary. The vote on place of meeting was
as follows: New Orleans, 232; Hot Springs,
Ark, 9S; Detroit 22 Saratoga, !.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08

Mrs. Maude E. Benjamin filed a petition
in the district court yesterday asking for
a divorce from her husband, Fremont Ben
jamin, the we'll known attorney Of Avoca.
The grounds on which she bases her suit
were not made public. An agreement was
filed taking a change of venue, and the
court issued an order transferring the case
to Polk county The plaintiff is the second
wife of Attorney Benjamin, who has been
nominated several times by the democratic
party for judge of the district court of
this district, but has always failed to be
elected.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08
Barbers' Association Disintegrating

The case of Fred Klepfer the proprietor
OF the barber shop at the Metropolitan
hotel, charged with keeping open last Sum
day, will come up for trial this morning
in the superior court before Justice Wen,
who will occupy the bench during the alb
sence of Judge Aylesworth, who left on a
trip to California last evening There is
disintegration in the ranks of the Barbers
Protective association, and seven proprietors
OF shops have signed an agreement to keep
their places open on Sundays, commencing
tomorrow.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08
Real Estate Transfers.

The following transfers were filed yester-
day in the abstract title and loan Office OF
]. w. Squire 1O1 earl street:
Charles r. Jones and wife to John
Hartley, lots 10 and 20, block S5 and
lot 4, block SO, Fleming & Davis. -oo
same a% to same lot H. block IS, Elem ~
ing & Davis add, W d..,.............. 100
Sheriff to City of Council Bluffs, lots
l6 to % inclusive block l, and lots
IA, block .. Evans Bridge add $ d.. LOIS
Same TO same lots 2, 3, H., r. block ];
lot 49, block .; lots and !, block s;
lots l. .. o. II. l. IL, "A and Is, block
s; lots Z, H. Is and l6, block 0, Ben
sons I'd add d.: -; 2'oi
Omaha Railroad company, lots g. I, -
8. block 2, Mullins subdiv, " d., $50
Sheriff TO city of Council Bluffs, lot
i2 block 6, Williams lst add, d =. 32l
Same to same, lots and . block 2S.
Pgrry's 1st add: lots and u. block
80: lots q and 26, block 36; lots H. II
and 10, block 37 lots ., 3. 4, 8, g. s,
TO- II and r. block 3S, and lot 4, block
49, Central suhdiv, d..,.......,,..,.. $500
Seven transfers totai..............s SO. 46l
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08
IDLE COKE OVENS TO RESUME.
Many Men Will BE Given Employment
in Pittsburg District.

PITTSBURG, Pa, July 7.-Orders have
been issued for the resumption on Monday
of all idle coke ovens in the country, and
all ovens heretofore on five days week
will be put on full time. This will be the
first time in the history of the coke indus
try that all ovens will be on in full and
means the resumption of thousands of ovens
that have been idle for years. Many more
men will be given employment as a conse-
Quence
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08

SAN FRANCISCO. July THE police are
still in the dark regarding the poisoning
of Mrs. Elsie Scheib and Miss Campbell, who
were taken violently i'll after eating poi
soned candy sent through the mails. The
victims have no suspicious or if they have
they will not disclose them. and the police
have completely eXonerated John r. Rathon
and his wife from any implication in the
case
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08
Rendered Insane by Tragedy.

ROCKWELL CITY. Ia, July 7.-(Special.)
The body of Miss Bertha Whtesdes, who
was murdered Tuesday morning in Des
Moines by William Ludwick, was buried
late Wednesday afternoon The funeral
service VAS held in the Christian church
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08

Licenses to wed were issued yesterday to
The following persons:
Name and Residence Age.
Johs Heilemann, Omaha .................3 80
Lena Absolute, Council Bluifs........ ...19
A. i. Wilson. Omaha Observation-Disclosures
Frances l.. Ruzicka, Missouri Valley. ....24
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08
VIM. WEIGH TRANSFER LINE

between Council BIuns and Omaha.
Rates Reasonable. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Council Bluffs office. No. North Main
street. Telephone Us, Omaha ohic, re-
moved 70 322 South Fifteenth street. Tele.
phone 1908.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08
WAR In READY PRINT FIELD
American Press Association Will Establish
Branches in the West,
FIGHT IS OVER THE PLATE BUSINESS
II Makes the Country Printer Smile
Burglar Robs Chief of Police of
Dcs Moines-Iowa city
smallpox.

DIES MONIES, Ia, July 7.-(Specal Tele-
gram.)-Th American Press association
today announced that it would open
branch in Des Moines Today the deal was
consummated and the manager of the new
concern, l.. e. Chaplin, arrived. The coming
of this big establishment to Des Mones
means one of the biggest ready print fights
ever attempted in this county The Ameri-
can Press association is rated at millions,
while the ready print combine also has
money by the barrel.
These two gigantic organizations will be
pitted against each other in the ready print
field of the west. The American Press will
establish branches at Chicago, Des Moines,
Dallas, Tex. St. Paul. Omaha, Denver and
San Francisco. The reason OF the big fight
Is over the plate business The ready print
houses of the west have been manufactur-
ing plates and going into the field occupied
by the American Press. The ready print
houses having both patents and plates had
the advantage over the American Press and
a halt was called.
Another reason the American Press and
the ready print houses are at outs is over
the refusal of the latter to go into the
trust
Robs the Chief of Police.
For burglar to get ahead of Chief of
Police johnson seems an impossibility to
the average citizen. But one of the fra
ternity, with possible assistance, did so
last night. He secured $40 in cash and a
gold watch and chain with charm, the whole
valued at $S5. Johnson slept in an upper
room of his house He hung his trousers
on the door jam, leaving so in one pocket
His coat and vest were hung on chair
near his bed. When he awoke this morn
ing at o'clock he noted the blank space
the door frame; then the loss of his
coat and vest. He found the whole business
down stairs in the sitting room minus the
valuabes.
Smallpox at Iowa City.
The State Board Of Health received re-
port from DR.. Shrader of Iowa City stating
that the three cases of smallpox there are
doing as well as could be expected and
that there are no new cases to report The
city has erected temporary hospital just
outside of the limits and the patients have
been removed to it. The hospital first
erected was in adjoining township and
the authorities there got out an injunction
against the city to restrain them from
keeping smallpox patients there. The in
junction was granted by Judge Scott, but
it has now been carried to the supreme
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08

Lowest prices. easy terms. The best and
largest stock of pianos at swanson MUSIC
company, Masonic Temple.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08
Davis sells glass.

Write Younkerman & Co. for prices on
berry boxes and grape baskets.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08
Five Per Cent

Perry pictures for sale. C.. f. Alexander
& Co. i5 South Main street.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08
Marriage Licenses.

of on quarterly bills until July 10th
Omen Saturday and Monday evenings.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08

Get your work done at the popular Eagle
laundry, 724 Broadway. Phone 157.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
is the one perfect strengthening laxa.
tive cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per.
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
Or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from senna and
other aromatic plants, by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package,
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL
LOUISVILLE, Ky. NEW YORK NJ. Y.
For sale by all Drggists.-Prioe soc, per bottle.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08

"What might have been"-if that littla
cough hadn't been neglected-is the sad re-
fection of thousands OF consumptives. One
Minute Cough Cure cures coughs and colds
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08

N. Y. Plumbing company. Tel. $50.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08
EDUCATIONAL.

BRADFORD ACADEMY-Founde 1SO3.
~ For the higher education of young wo.
men. Classical and Scientific course ~
study, also Preparatory and Optionai
Large amply equipped buildings, rs acres
or beautiful grounds. Year begins Septem-
Der 20. 1893: Apply to Miss Ida c. Allen
Principal, Bradford. Mass. ''
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-08

welsbach burners at BIxby's. Tel. 1sa
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-13
A spAuish Friend.

We may not be able to think very
highly of Spain as nation. but opin-
ion OF individual Spaniards is another
matter. One of them certainly deserves
kindly consideration from all Amer
leans. for he once showed effective
good will to a representative OF the
United States. Most people says the
New York Times. know Capt. Eulate.
late OF the Vizcaya, as the man who,
when he left New York, promised in a
rather threatening way to come back
again soon: but there was time
when Capt. Eulate-he was not captain
then-got himself into serious trouble
by helping an American.
1t was at La Guayra, Venezuela, in
1891, when the city was raided by one
OF Dictator Mendoza's generals, and all
the foreign merchants and seventeen
foreign consuls were thrown into pris-
on. The American consul happened to
escape the net, and rowing out to the
only foreign warship in the harbor.
asked for aid. The ship was the Jorge
Juan-destroyed at Nipe not long ago
and its commander was Capt. Eulate.
then a sublieutenant.
The consuls story was heard with
sympathy, and the guns and men of
the Jorge Juan were instantly placed
under orders The dictator's general
was informed that unless he released
the prisoners in twenty minutes the
town would be bombarded. The gen.
eral released them.
But this was not the end Of the mat
ter. The Spanish government, less
| generous than the lieutenant. was in
dignant at the action he had taken.
He was ordered back to Havana. de-
prived of his command and sent to
Moro Castle. A court-martial was or
| dered. and the lieutenant was charged
with piratical acts while at La Guayra.
Ruin seemed to stare him In the face.
But the court-martial and disgrace
were not to be the end. Again public
opinion changed. Before a decision
could be rendered, the Spanish govern
ment received the thanks OF nineteen
| foreign governments, ranging from the
| gigantic empire of Russia to the little
kingdom of Hawaii. This opened the
eyes of Spain. She did not disgrace
her lieutenant. She recognized the in
Justice that had been done to him. He
was released from custody, received
one of the highest naval decorations,
and was placed on waiting orders.
Within short time he was made a
captain In the Spanish navy, and ap-
pointed chief of the arsenal in Havana
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-13
Gold and E,iauet.e.

Two peasants. man and wife, lately
made their appearance at the vatican,
bearing letter of Introduction to an
Official. AS soon as 1t was presented
they found themselves the objects OF
the most distinguished considera-
tion." as the French have 1t, and with
good reason. They brought with them
f3. 200 as an offering from donor who
did not wish to be known and dis
trusted ordinary means OF conveying
cash. It was to be delivered into his
holiness own hands. and all obstacles
imposed by etiquette were speedily set
aside In favor Of such valuable visitors.
Just now the calls on the papal re-
sources are exceptionally heavy, and
his holiness did not hesitate to accent
the gift. and to say that It was es-
pecially timely.-W Westminster Gazette.