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Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
NEW SUITS FOR HOLIDAYS
Promise Of a Busy Time at the Coming
Term Of District Court.
ATTACKS THE TELEPHONE FRANCHISE
Damage. and Divorce Suits FREEDOM
mate in the Actions Filed UP to
the ~Present-City Defend
ant in One.

Charles r. Hannah Of this city has begun
suit in the district court against the Kan
sas City, st. Joseph & Council Bluffs Rail-
way company and the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Railroad company to recover
81, 999 for the burning of hay in the stack
and in the field. Haunan is the owner Of
sixty-one acres Of land adjoining the tracks
OF the Burlington system south OF the city.
On July 20, 1901 sixty tons Of stacked hay
and thirty-one acres of growing grass,
ready to be moved, were destroyed by FIRE.
1t is alleged the fire resulted from a spark
from an engine. Efforts to settle the case
out Of court, It is said, failed.
The petition in the quo warranto action
against the Nebraska Telephone company
Instituted in the name of the state of lows
by County Attorney Killpsck. was filed
yesterday. The same allegations attacking
the validity OF the franchise under which
the company is operating in Council Bluffs
which were set forth in the original notice
OF suit appear in the petition.
w. l. Baughn, who purchased from c. W.
Napier a residence which was nearing COM
pletion when the Great Western brought
condemnation proceedings against the prop
erty for it's right-of-way and over which
there was considerable litigation, has
brought suit against Napier for $500, alleg-
ing that Napier removed the heating plant
and other Hxture5 in the building pending
the determination OF the condemnation pro-
ceedlngs. - ~
Miss Lizzie M. Crocker,, teacher in the
city schools. commenced suit against the
city Of Council Bluffs yesterday in the dis
trict court for $40, 600. Miss Croeker suf.
fered a double fracture Of her right leg and
dislocation OF the ankle on October IL last
by stepping into a hole on the bridge over
Indian creek at North First street. The
structure was subsequently condemned and
closed to trafic.
Mrs. Meada Pace began suit for divorce
from Joel Pace, to whom she was married
| July 4, 1896, in Woodbine, Ia. She alleges
cruel and inhuman treatment and asks fol
the custody OF their two minor children.
Mrs. Bertha NJ. Smith commenced suit fol
divorce from Ellis T. Smith, to whom she
was married July 20, 1895, in Plattsmouth
Neb. She alleges cruel and inhuman treat
ment and failure to support, by reason o
which she was compelled to leave her hus
band two years ago. She asks also tina
she be awarded the custody Of their minoI
son.
B. e. Fields appears as plaintiff in sew
eral suits to recover on alleged contract
for fruit trees and other nursery stock
The defendants and the amounts claime'
are: NJ. p. Chapman, Buffalo Center, Ia.
$25; william Hansen. Humboldt, Ia, $S4
Ike Levlness, Fremont. Neb.. 500; Ann
Bartholomew, Humboldt, Ia, 500; E. Rice
Estherville, Ia, $40.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
MINOR MENTION.
sells drugs.
stockert sells carpets and rugs.

Davis sells drugs.
Stockert sells carpets and rugs.
Expert watch repairing. LefTert. 4G9 Bway
Ohicer is selling dwellings cheap. 4l9 By.
Burnt wood and leather goods. Z. E.
Alexander & Co., S3 Broadway.
Miss Adelaide Swanson Is spending the
holidays with friends In Creston, la.
We are headquarters for glass of all
kinds. See us before you buy. {. b. Paint,
OIL and Glass Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Bixby left last evening
for a two weeks visit with friends in Chi
cago and other eastern points.
Charles Reynolds is home from the State
Agricultural college at Ames, Ia, to spend
the holidays with his parents.
Dr. a. p. Hanchett delivered an address
on the subject of "BaCtcriOlOgy' at the
meeting Of the Councll Bluffs club last
evening.
The high school minstrels have abandoned
their proposed tour of this section of the
state, having found that the undertaking
was too great.
Mrs. w. o. FrCggatt and daughter Helen
OF Knoxville, Ia, are guests Of Mrs. Frog
gatt's parents, Rev. and Mrs. w. b. Crewd-
son, for the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kissell of Denver,
Colo, are guests of Mr.. Kissell's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B.. Kissell, 2l0 North Sixth
street, for the holidays.
John Taylor, against whom an informa-
ton had been filed by Thomas owens, was
adJudged insane yesterday by the commits
eioners and committed to st. Bernard's
hospital.
Herman Martens, a dairyman, living near
the Iowa School for the Deaf, has pur-
chased the Creston house on South Main
street from Father Thomas Burk and will
take possession January Is.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
Plumbing and heating. Bixby q Son
santa Claus on second Round.

Santa Claus is still in evidence in Coun-
Gil Bluffs and made his appearance last
night at st. Johns English Lutheran
church, where he distributed gifts among
the children Of the Sunday school. Pre-
ceding the arrival Of Santa Claus the chill
dren rendered the Christmas c~antata,
christmas Among the Pixies"
IAN Old-Time Christmas Party was the
title of the cantata given by the children
Of the Union Band Sunday school at the
Woodbury. Avenue scboolhouse last evening.
Presents for the young folk we're distrib-
uted from n large Christmas tree.
The children Of the Sunday school Of st.
Paul's Episcopal church will have their an
nuAl Christmas party and entertainment
this evening in Royal Arcanum hall. Lunch
con will be served at 6 o'clock, following
which the evening will be spent in games
and the distribution OF gifts. The even
ing's entertainment will be brought to a
close with a dance for the Older young
people.
At the Union mission, 1888 West Broad
way, the annual Christmas festival will be
held this evening. The children OF the mis-.
sion Sunday school will render a program
suitable to the occasion, after which lunch
will be served.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
IOWA TRAINS ARE TIED UP
switchmen Fighting for -Four Cents
Increase Threaten 10 Make
Strike General.

MARsHALLTowN, Ia, Dec. 26.-The
strike of switehmen on the Iowa Central
threatens to spread beyond Marshalltown.
1t was thought at first that the company
would grant the advance Of 4 cents asked.
but so far no settlement has been reached
and the switchmen say they will call for
a sympathetic strike in Albert Lea. oska-
loosa. Monmouth and Peoria.
Switchmen at Albert Lea already refuse
to handle any lowe Central cars and II is
said that those in other towns will do the
same when requested.
Freight trafhc is at a standstill here; no
trains have gone out for two days and the
yards are congested. A coal famine is
threatened, as the Iowa Central hauls so
per cent Of the coal used here.
The general superintendent will meet
the strikers committee tomorrow.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

feet eight inches. Her engines, which are
placed amidship, take up most OF the hold
space Of the boat, leaving only a narrow,
cramped little cabin to live in and a small
compartment 10 store provisions, beside the
water and oil tanks.
1--WE left College Point, L. l., on the aft
ernoon OF July 8 and started for the At
lantic by the way of the Sound and around
Montauk Point. We had on board about
1000 gallons OF water, 700 gallons OF oil
and provisions enough to last sixty days.
We could use salt water in our engine.
ION the evening Of the twelfth day out l
noticed a peculiar looking cloud on the
horizon, and even as l looked 1t seemed
to grow until it lowered like a mountain.
l knew then that we were in for a storm
Of hurricane proportions, and we disposed
Of everything on the ship, so as to trim her
to keep her balance through the great
waves l knew would break on us.
THE storm descended on us like an ava
lanche, and in a few minutes we we're
either upon the pinnacle Of q great comber
or in the valley Of two great waves. The
hurricane had not been upon us for more
than an hour when we were compelled to
stop the engines and go into our little
cabin, fasten down the matches and trust
to the buoyancy Of our little boat.
For three days we were rolled about iE
the Abiel Abbott until we we're covered
with bruises. We could not eat no: could
we sleep. And during every lull we dropped
on our knees and prayed that we might he
saved.
when the storm finally blew itself out
we were so exhausted that it was almost
two days before we could ire the engine
and begin to make headwav again. Then
we proceeded along smoothly. encountering
only two mole storms, but neither Of them
was bad enough to put our engine out OF
commission.
Finally, after thirty-siN days OF the
most terrible suffering, for ou- exhaustion
from the great storm had completely
broken us down, we reached Falmouth. We
Immediately took up lodgings there and
engaged a physician to help build us up.
We had both lost our memory and could
not for nearly eighteen days remember n
single incident OF the voyage. In fact, IT
was all we could do to remember our
names.
when we did recover we gave the Aolel
Abbott to a charitable institution and We I:
to London. From London we went to Bre-
men. where l saw my parents, whom l left
when l was . years old"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
FLIES MAN LIFTING KITE
Dr.. Graham Bell Succeeds in FIRST Step
Towards 0Onquering Air.
AERIAL MACHINE MAY FOLLOW SOON
Inventor Forms Theory and Expert
ments Largely to substantiate it
So Far, with Most Gratifying
Results to science.
AERIAL MACHINE MAY FOLLOW soon

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-Dr. Alexander
Graham Bell. who has Just come from his
summer home in Cape Breton island, made
the following statement tonight in con-
nection with reports that he had invented
a flying machine:
l have come to the conclusion that a
properly constr cted flying machine should
be capable of being flown as a kite, II
anchored to the ground, and that, con-
versely, a properly constructed kite should
be capable of use as a flying machine,
II provided with suitable means of pro-
pulsion.
My experiments have been directed to
building a kite capable of carrying up,
in a moderate breeze q weight equivalent
to that of a man and engine so formed
that 1t could be used as the body of a
flying machine. 1 nave successfully ac-
complished this, but do not care at the
present time to make public the details
of construction.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
CLOUDS ON CHRISTMAS Joys
Death Angel Comes to arken Portals
of Numerous Council Bluffs
Homes

George W. Fletc, + died yesterday morn
ing at his home, 702 Third street, from
consumption, after al illness Of nearly
three years, aged 26. His wife survives
him. Mr.. Fletcher was proprietor Of a drug
store at LOG West Broadway.
Conrad Nansel died Thursday night at the
home Of his son, Joseph Nansel Of Island
Park. a few miles south Of the city. He
was 70 years of age and had been a resi-
dent Of Council Bluffs and vicinity for up
wards OF twenty years. Three daughters.
Mis-. L. F. Livrey of Palmer Settlement,
Mrs. Maggie Owens Of Keg Creek and Mrs.
Mary McGeary Of Imogene, Ia, and Ave
sons. Godfrey OF Galloway. Neb.. Joseph of
Island Park. Michael and William Of Mon
roe. Neb., and John Of Cozad. Neb.. sur
vlve him. The funeral will be held Sunday
morning at 10: 80 o'clock from st. Peters
| church, Rev. Father Burke conducting tho
services, and interment will be in st. Jo-
seph's cemetery.
Jacob Henton, aged II years, died yester-
day morning at the home Of his daughter,
Mrs. Harriet Johnson, 1909 Fourth street,
after an Illness OF one month. Besides his
wife and the daughter at whose home he
died, another daughter, Mrs. Anna Peter
son, residing south OF the city. survives
him. The funeral will be held THIS after
noon at 3 o'clock from the johnson home
and burial will be in Fairview cemetery.
william Mercc' aged 81 years, died yes
terday afternoon at his home, 232s Avenue
q. from paralysis. He is survived by hi
wife, two daughters and two sons. Mr.
Mercer was q veteran Of the civil war
having served in Company X, Seventeenth
Iowa volunteer infantry. He enlisted March
2, 1862, and received an honorable discharge
April 10, 1865. The funeral will be helt
Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock from tn
family residence and interment will be n
Fairview cemetery. Rev. G.. W. Snyder
pastor Of st. ohn's English Lutheran
h.-a In ooudnct fha aaruiraa
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
FATHER AND DAUGHTER KILLED
Buggy I'm which They Were Riding
struck by Train ON Mil

PERRY. Ia, Dec. 26.-(special Tele-
gram.)-way freight No. 90 today at 4:3o
p. m. struck a covered buggy on a crossing
about two miles east Of Bayard, a town
twenty-five miles west Of here on the MIL
waukee road, demolishing the buggy and
killing instantly the occupants, John Duffy
and his little daughter. Nellie. The train
was stopped and the bodies we're taken
back to Bayard. Further particulars can
not be obtained. The coroner will hold an
inquest tomorrow forenoon. Engineer j.
H. WATSON claims to have blown his whis-
tie for the crossing. but as the top was up
II is supposed the people in the buggy did
not see or hear the train.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
HoLDUP MEN TAKE ORGANS HAT
Unable to Find Any Money They Are
bound to Have Something
for Trouble.

Richard Organ. son OF Attorney John P.
organ, had an exciting experience with
three hold-up men late Christmas night on
East Broadway while on his way to his
home on Blun street. When near tho cor
ner OF Oak street he s~nOQuptsred threeimen
walking east on Broadway They hailed
Organ and demanded his money. He as
sured the fellows that he had spent all OF
his spare cash for Christmas presents and
that he had not a cent on his person. The
fellows laughingly told him they we're from
Missouri and had TO be shown. At this
young organ made a move as II to get
away. when one OF the men told him he
had better stand still and hold his hands
up, Organ then realized he was against
the real thing and decided that It WAS the
best policy 10 obey; 50 up went his. hands
The three fellows then proceeded to
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
COST MIR. BLAINE DEARLY.
speech I'm which He Aroused the En-
nifty of Senator Roscoe COnkIing.

nifty of Senator Roscoe COnkIing.
The widow Of Henry Winter Davis, who
was once a very conspicuous figure in
American politics, died at her home in
Baltimore recently. The circumstance re-
calls a speech made by James G.. Blaine
in the house Of representatives in 1866, in
which the name of her husband figured.
II was this speech which incurred for
Blaine the undying enmity OF Roscoe Conk-
ling and which cost him, according to some
historians. the presidency.
Conkling. and Blaine had INDUCED in a
tilt. Blaine was speaking, and, turning to
Mr.. Conkling. who was accentuating his
profound indifference to what the gentle
man from Maine might be saying by writ
ing busily, made this utterance:
"As to the gentleman's cruel sarcasm, l
hope he will not be too severe. The con-
tempt Of that large minded gentleman is SO
whiting, his naughty disdain. his grandilo-
quent swell. his majestic. supereminent,
empowering, turkey gobbler strut, have
been so crushing to myself and all the
members of this house that know 1t was
an act Of the greatest temerity for me to
venture upon a controversy with him"
Referring then to the statement Of a
newspaper that the mantle of Henry Winter
Davis, who had died in 1865. had fallen on
Mr.. Conkling (Which he Interpreted sar-
castically), Mr.. Blaine continued
"The gentleman took 1t seriously, and it
has given his strut additional pomposity.
The resemblance is great; IL is startling.
Hyperion to a Satyr, Thersites to Her
cules-mud to marble, dunghill to diamond,
q singed cat to a Bengal tiger, a whining
puppy to a roaring lion. Shade Of the
mighty Davis, forgive the almost profana-
tion OF that jocose ~satire!"
Mr.. Davis became prominent as a brill
liam orator ana controversialist in the Scott
canvass in 1852. Two years later be was
elected to congress from Maryland, and
was reelected in 1856. In 1859 he became
a republican, and in 1860 announced him
self as an unconditional union candidate
for congress and conducted his canvass al
most alone amid a storm OF abuse. He
nevertheless received about 5000 votes.
When Lincoln was nominated in 1860 Mr..
Davis was offered the nomination for vice
president. but declined II. He was again
elected to congress in 1858. On his death,
In 1865. congress set aside a day for the
commemoration OF his public services. an
honor never before paid to an ex-member
Of congress,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
BACK FROM A PERILOUs TRIP.
Remarkable Ocean Voyage Made in a
Kerosene Launch.

Captain William C. Newman has re-
turned. crossing the ocean in a little thir-
ty-eight-foot kerosene launch. accompanied
by his 16-yeEr-old son Charles.
THE little craft that weathCred us
through several fierce storms and pounded
through mountain-like combers for thirty
six days" says Captain Newman to a New
York World reporter. "is named the Abel
Abbott, and though thirty-elght feet long
Is little more than a light shell that losses
at The pleasure OF an ocean swell She has
only nine feet beam and a draugh. Of three
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
RenI Estnte Transfers.

These transfers were filed yesterday In
the abstract, title and loan office of ].
w. Squire, 1l Pearl street:
Carrie p. Zinkeisen and husband to
r. II. Lougee, neh swA and seA
James Cunningham to F.. j. Day. lot '
%, block 81, Central subdiv., W. d.. 200
Leonard Everett and wife to Newell
McGeorge, lots 8 and 6 block "a,
Burns add, W. .................. 40
J.. d. Edmundson and wife to Lars
Hansen, lot 8, block ~, Riddles
subdiv., W. $50
Herman x. Barnard and wife to e. d.
King, lots 3 and 10, block Al, Rid oo
]. d.. Edmundson and wife to e. f.
King, lot 10, block 4S, Riddles sub
lie Roy futile and wife to e. F. ~
King, lots IL and IL, block -, Rid
Elizabeth schram and husband to F.
A. Warren. lot u, block 4S, Rid
dies subdiy;; v; d."@-....."..; 800
wives to Harry Claussen, eh swk
4-77-4N. q, C, dnm...-,"i......".3 $3.50
H %iTss aP 10 Y 4uEo cf Sinasssn n aRa
willla% william W. FFaInam. trustee. and i'''"'
wife to L. p. Nevins, lot II, block
As. Riddles subdiv.. s. W. d....,..... $50
lot . and W % feet lot s. block 9, 70,
Louise Pretsfeid ct al. to Z. F. King. -
lot IA, block Al. Riddles subdiv.. -.
W. lssssssss. ss..ss ssss.sHsssHssssHs AZ
l.. w. Arthur 10 Chicago, Rock
Island a. Pacific Railway company,
eh lot II. block Al, Riddles subdiv.,
Same to same, Ell lot p and Wa lot
10, block Al. Riddles subdiv.. W. d.. rs
8. A. Burbank to same, lot 16, block
Al, Riddles subdiV., W. d........,. 15C
Lars Hansen and wife to same, lot
0. block AZ, Riddles subdiv., W. d.. Isl
E.. II. King to same, lot l3, block a.,
Riddles subd'Y., W. d,..,.......... 20
8. p. Leet TO same. lots Is and II,
block AZ. Riddles suhdiv., ". d.. %
]. L.. Jordan to same, lots Is and l6,
block 43, Riddles subdiv., W. d.. 32
p. +. King to same, WY lots IL and
~, block Al Riddles subdiv., W. d.. III
Same to same, lot IA, block Al, Rid
dies snbdiv.. ", d..,."..v-x,n-; III
& Pacific Railway company, lots
IL and -, block ~, Riddles subdiv.' 80
Frank Mackie to same, lots 10, Is and
16, block 40, Riddles subdtv., W. d.. ~
3. +. Star TO same, lot IA, block AZ,
Riddles subdiv., W. .........:.. 10
W. u. Thompson 70 same, lot IA, block
40, Riddles sub, Nv, W, d,,.......-. IS
p. NJ. Williamson to same, lot 10,
block q. Riddles subdiv., w. d.. IA
f.. A. Warren TO same. lot II, block 4S,
Riddles subdiv., W. d,,,............ 81
J.. z. Nevins to same, lot IL, block AZ,
Riddles subdiv., W. d.....,-.."...... %
Twenty-nine transfers, total. ..... 1914
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

"frisk'' him and went through his pockets
in the manner prscticed at police head
quarters. Failing to find any money on
him the fellows relieved Organ OF his col
lege pin and his hat, a new one which he
was wearing for the FIRST time that day.
They then told him to continue on his way
and young Organ lost no time in complying
with the order. He FASTENED to police
headquarters, where he gave a description
of the fellows and secured a cap to go home
in. Of1cers we're sent to the scene Of the
hold-up, but the fellows had disappeared.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
Run Down by Train.

Louis Moore, a carpenter in the employ
Of the Northwestern railroad. whose home
is at "a South Fifteenth street. this citv,
was killed yesterday morning in the raii-
road yards at Clinton, la. From the infor-
nation received here II appears that Mr..
Moore stepped from behind one train i'm
mediately in front of another. He was "A
years of age and is survived by his wife.
The remains will arrive here this morning
from Clinton.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
Another Heating stove Free.

The first heating stove given by william
Welch to his coal customers was awarded
to the Christian home. Another has been
put up on the same plan, and during the
next thirty days will be given away free to
one Of his customers. Before ordering your
coal call at 16 North Main street or
phone 12s.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
So They HurrIed HIm AIonE.

Chicago Post; You must have enjoyed
the m Of that country cousin Of
yours. He's a stranger to art, isn't he?"
''Of course
and so original in his remarks. Did he
see that copy OF The Temptation OF St.
Anthony"
Yes"
What did he say about it?"
HE said II was the first time he ever
wished he was a saint. After that ]
hurried him along"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
Gravel roofing. A. H. Reid. las Main st.
Queer way to celebrate Christmas.

queer way to celebrate Christmas.
C. A. Guthrie. 1926 Avenue A. and Elmer
James, Ills Avenue G. charged with cele-
brating Christmas by abusing their wives
and families, were among the prisoners in
police court yesterday morning. Guthrie
was charged with going home Christmas
eve and beating his wife and two stepsons.
He was fined IS and costs.
James was arrested after midnight
Christmas night on complaint Of his wife,
who accused him of beating her, and in
support Of her charge appeared in police
court displaying a number OF bruises and
scratches. Justice Bryant, who was hold
ing court in place OF Judge Scott. SEN
fenced James to twenty days on bread and
water. but later suspended the sentence
during good behavior, 1t being shown that
the family would suffer II James was kept
from his work.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
Ice Gorge Causes Great Damage.

WATERLOO. Ia. Dec. 26.--(special Tele-
gram.)-The ice in the Cedar river broke
today above the dam, causing a Jam below.
and the water has risen to its highest
point OF the year. The Union mill plant
is closed and great damage to property
will result unless the jam is broken by
warm weather.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
Small Des MoInes Fire.

A fire which originated in the cellar be-
meath the rooms occupied by the Green
Candy company at 516 Walnut street, in
ficted damages estimated at $1,000 to 81 200
on the building and the one adjoining on
the east, and damaged the stock Of con-
fectionery to the extent Of $1,000. all OF
which is secured by insurance. The fire
started at 3 a. m. and its origin is un-
known. The Great Western railroads city
ONCE was slightly damaged.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
Capture a Robber.

PARKERsBURG. Ia. Dec. 26.-(special.)
H. Yordy. with bloodhounds from Water
loo, captured COoney C%ottner. who robbed
the postofhce here. He had stamps and
money In his possession amounting to
Sl,l5O.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
MEXICAN Cabinet MInister.

NEW YORK. Dec. 26.-Genersl Mona. re-
Gently appointed minister Of war Of Mexico.
| arrived on Celtic
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
Would Recover Unpaid Fees.

Suit was commenced in the district court
today by the administrator Of the estate
of the late General r. V. Ankeny, for many
years county coroner. claiming OF Polk
county about $1,000 in fees which were due
him as coroner during his lifetime and
unpaid. The administrator claims that fees
were not paid during many years and that
these disputed claims rightfully belong to
the estate.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
Marriage

Twenty-nIne transfers. tOtal....
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

Licenses to wed were issued yesterday
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

L. w. Arthur 10 Chicago, Rock
Island a Pacific Railway company,