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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-16
PROPORTIONAL GRAIN RATES.
chicago Great western Plan II Tried VIII
ne Met ny Competitors.

The Chicago Great Western Railroad IL
going to meet with very active opposition
ln"Aso it tries to put into effect proporticnal
rates On grain in connection with it's new
Omaha line, The intention Of tho Great
N"'r"rr if il adopts proportional rates
WI h. to rake a grain market at Omaha
nam" officers Of The Burlington ard OF
he Northwestern, two systems that are
particularly Interested, have decided That
y VI" proportional rates are put into ensc'
'n,"y viii adopt local rates, equal to ~"
'itheo Gcst Western proportion, be-
t"een Omaha and Chicago.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-16
THE HAlGHT 4 FREE Sc CASE.
Attorney GENERAL Declines 10 Bring Ac'
ton TO Dissolve the Corporation.

ALBANY. Oct. Is. = Attorney General
Cunneen to-day dismissed the application
made to his department for the beginning
of an act ion to dissolve the Haight Freese
corporation, a brokerage concern which
was alleged to have defrauded Gust omers.
Tho decision was based by the Attorney
General on the ground thai the proofs
given in support Of the application only
Tend to prove improper business methods.
for which redress should be. sought in
private litigation. and DO not establish
any ground on which the Attorney Ger eYal
should move to have the corporation dis
solved
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-16
CHANGE IN RAILROAD EXPENSES.

Cincinnati. Hamilton 4 Dayton Had to
Pay Sll3,O0s More for Fuel Alone.
In the report Of the Cincinnati. Hamilton
and Dayton Railroad for the year ended
June 80 last, made public Yesterday. Presi-
dent NJ. d. Woodford says
The Transportation expenses OF the past
wear have been very largely in creased by the
higher prices paid for labor and material OF
ali kinds. In the single item Of fuel for loco
motives. this increase was 3il2 085. or nearly
70 per cent,
The number Of miles OF road operated
nv the company has increased to l,ols,
as against eli miles operated in the year
previous. The income account will be found
In another column.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-16
Ex.Justlce stanton Acquitted.

Ex-Justice OF the Peace Samuel Stanton
of Hoboken, who was convicted with DR..
Charles G. Hendrick OF Bayonne in the Big
gar Bennett conspiracy case, was acquitted
ty Judge John A. Blair in the Court Of
Special Sessions. Jersey City, yesterday
Of the charge Of crimnally sssaulting Gertie
produced several witnesses who swore that
he was visiting his sister in Manhattan at
the time the child said the alleged assault
took Mace
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-16
AMBULANCE OVERTURNED.
An Unconscious Patient Slides Out Int
the Street.

An ambulance Of the Cumberland Street
Hospital, Brooklyn, hurrying with patient
suffering with conclusion Of the brain,
was upset at Adams street and Myrtle
avenue last night about 10 O'Clock. The
driver, John Rooney Of 34s Stockton street,
was caught under the overturned vehicle,
while Dr. Nathan Wins and his unconscious
patient fell into the street.
The patient, Joseph Smith, 20 years old,
of 81 Putnam avenue, had fallen down
stairs from the elevated platform at Fulton
Ferry. After the ambulance's overturn an
other ambulance took him to the hospital
His condition is serious. The doctor and
the driver we're not much hurt
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-16
GuLF AND SHIP ISLAND r. r..
Increase In Net Earnings Reported, Despite
Big improvements Made.

r0 IMPROVEMENTS '"s00'
The report Of the Gulf and Ship Island
Railroad Company, made public yesterday,
makes a prosperous showing. There was
an increase in gross earnings Of $3.50 ,Sss,
or 24Os per cent, and in net earnings Of
3l9l ,259, or H.O5 per cent. After payment
of dividends the company's surplus
amounted to 1888, 7ls, an increase OF ~, $50
over the previous year
President j T. Jones states among other
things that the channel from Ship Island
Harbor to the companys pier at Gulfport
has been completed, and it is expected
that the anchorage basin will be completed
by Jan. 1, 1904. Great improvements have
been made in the terminal city, Gulfport,
and large and commodous hotel has been
built there No change has occurred in
the company's mileage,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-16
Hoss Cox buys . Trust COmpan,

CINCINNATI DC, rs George b. Cox,
the noted Republican les der Of this city,
with a number Of associates, to-day pur-
ol.ased from Cleveland men entire control
Of the Cincinnati Trust Company. Nego-
tiations had been on for some time
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-16
Daughter Of Bernard Biglin 10 Marry.

The Hon. Bernard Biglin, we'll known
in New York Republican county politics
for the last thirty-five years. issued cards
last night for the wedding of his third
daughter. Polly Katharine, to Edward
Gleichman, Jr,, at the Hotel Darlington,
at $50 o'clock, on the evening Of Oct 81
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-16
Court Of Appeals Calendar.

ALBAsY Oct i5-Cour Of Appeals calendar
for to morrow; nos I. g. !. = and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-16
Quoted Price Of Copper Cut Is Of Cent

MI GRADES Of copper were reduced one
eiah, h " a cent a pound on the Metal Ex
change vest eday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-16

The temperature yesterday, as recorded by the
otf'cial thermometer Is shown in the annexed table
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-16

trader who il said to be heavily short OF the
market and declined more than 1 per cent.
but il quickly recovered and closed at the
highest price for the day, showing a net gain
of :. per cent. In the late trading Nor
folk h Western became an object OF attack.
Wolf Bros, Wasserman and Currie Bros.
sold 1t down. Baltimore d Ohio was under
pressure throughout the day and Pennsyl-
ynnia was also the recipient Of bearish at
tention. The selling Of these stocks was
accompanied by a good deal Of bearish COM
ment, but brokers were unable to detect
any real liquidation.
Some very conservative houses. several of
which have been bearish on the market for
a year or more, are beginning to feel bullish
on the railroad list They are OF the opinion
that liquidation in this quarter of the market
has run its course. and suggest that while
the depression incident to the liquidation OF
industrials prevails good railroad securities
may be bought to advantage. The selling OF
pennsylyapia. Norfolk and Western and
Baltimore and Ohio has the appearance. to
some observers. Of q campaign. and II ~ a
question on the part Of those who so regard
il whether the object is to weaken confidence
in the railroad list or whether it involves only
the stocks named They are all Pennsylvania
At ocks," so-called The crowd responsible
for the anonymous literature periodically
circulated as the expressions Of "A Promi-
nent Banker" has been attacking b. and o.
Bearish criticism of Pennsylvania was re-
ceiyed yesterday from Pittsburg and Phila-
dslphia. The substance Of II was that If any
road is to suffer from loss Of tonnage due to
depression In the steel and iron business,
L. H. o,yIxTn amin Il
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-03
school Election Approacbes.

The annual school election will be held
the second Monday in March, when the
electors of the Independent school district
of Council Bluffs will be called upon to Sc
lect two members of the Board OF Educa-
ton to succeed President b. M. Sargent
and DR., Don Macrae, jr., whose terms ex-
pire this year. Mr.. Sargent has stated en-
phatically that he will not be in the field
for reelection under any circumstances
Friends Of DR.. Macrae are insisting that he
stand for reelection, but it is said that
the doctor has not yet made up his mind
whether to do so.
The Sixth ward. which has not been rep
resented on the Board OF Education since
the retirement OF l.. NJ. Shubert, is in the
held with a candidate, and is insisting on
its rights to name one Of the two directors
to be elected next month. Harvey Swartz
of 34O0 Avenue C is the Sixth wards can
didate, and, although he will appear on
the republican ticket, it is said that he is
the general choice of the voters and resi-
dents of this ward. His friends and sup
porters assert that his nomination is q
foregone conclusion, as they claim they
have the promise OF the Second. Third and
Fifth wards that they will not oppose the
nomination Of a candidate from the Sixth
ward this year.
Up to date Mr.. Swartz's name is the
only new one mentioned in connection with
the approaching school election, but others
are expected to appear in the arena before
many days.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-03
GREAT WESTERN NOT SOLD
stickney Denies There VIII he
Change and Becomes President
of Mason City d Fort Dodge.

FORT DODGE, Ia. Feb. 2.-Cspecial
Telegram. j. w. Colt, president OF
the Mason City & Fort Dodge
railway, in charge of the construction OF
the Great Westerns new line to Omaha,
has resigned his position in that capacity,
to become effective on February 10. An
louncement of the resignation was made
for the first time today.
William B. Causy. at present chief engi-
neer of the Elgin, Joliet G. Eastern rail-
way. has been appointed as superintendent
of construction on the new line.
President A. b. Stickney OF the c. At
Western has been elected president of the
Mason City & Fort Dodge Railway COM
pany. President Colts resignation was ac-
cepted. and President Stickney was elected
to the position at a meeting Of the stock
holders Of the Mason City & Fort Dodge
held in New York early in January.
President A. B. Stickney, General Mana
ger S. C. S. %Stickney, Vice President An
sci Oppenhelm, Tracy Lyon, assistant gen-
eral manager, and f. r.. Coates, chief en-
gineer OF the Great Western, arrived in
the city Saturday night, and made a run
over the new line as far as built Sunday.
Today they have spent in the city.
President Stickney denied a report that
negotiations were proceeding for the sale
Of the Great Western. With reference TO
the Sioux City line, he was willing to say:
I'VE have a good line up there but de-
clined to go any further.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-03
Gravel roofing. A. H. Read, 1875 Main St
PORTLAND ANNUAL ELECTION
Death Of w. :. stratton Causes The
Change in Board of Di-
rect6rs.

At the annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers OF the Portland Gold Mining company
Of Colorado, held yesterday morning in the
office OF. Dillon l.. Ross, these directors
we're elected: James F. Burns. Thomas
F. Burns, r. c. Shannon. Irving Howbert
and Frank G. Peck. Mr.. Shannon succeeds
the late w. s. Stratton as member Of the
board.
Those present at the meeting, ex-Con-
gressman r. c. Harmon, who came from
New York; Frank G. Peck, secretary Of
the company, and Judge A. T. Gunnell,
who held proxies for the majority Of the
stock. James f. Burns and his brother,
Thomas Burns, the base ball maSnate,
we're in Omaha, but did not cross to this
side of the river.
In addition to the reading Of the reports
a resolution was adopted ratifying all that
has been done by the officers and directors
Of the company during the last year. Pres
fdent James F. Burns, in his annual re-
port, PAYS a high tribute TO the late w. S.
Stratton. and intimates that the now IA
nous suit brought against him James
Burns) by James Doyle, in which the lat
ter secured a verdict amounting TO nearly
$500, 900, was of no substantial interest to
the stockholders of the mining company. =
The treasurer's report showed receipts
for the year of $3.50, 10S, and disbursement
Of $500, 500, which included $270, 900 in divi-
d nds and a considerable sum paid for new
claims. The report showed a balance on
hand January l, 1903, of about 5000, 900.
The statistical report showed that since
April, 1894, to December, 1902, 37S.496 tons
of ore had been produced from the property,
the value Of which was SIS, 472, $40.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-03
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
MINOR MENTION.

Davis sells drugs.
Expert watch repairing. Lenert. 400 BY.
Annual reduction Oh pictures and picture
framing. c. +. Alexander q co.
Wanted, at once boy with pony TO carry
bee route. Apply at the once, 10 Pearl
street.
]. p. Weaver and daughter Miss Laura,
are. home from a trip TO ColfaN and Des
Moines.
Mrs. o. NJ. Brown Of South Seventh
street left yesterday on a visit to relatives
in Kansas city
During the month Of January ffty-four
marriage licenses were ISSUED by the clerk
Of the district court.
We IRE headquarters for glass of all
kinds. See us before you buy. Z. b. Paint,
Oil and Glass company.
A marriage license was issued yesterday
TO Austin Cushenberry, aged p, and Laura
Martin. aged IL, both OF Omaha.
The BoAsd Of Health held a short session
last night after the meeting of the. city
council and allowed a number Of bills.
Karl Mayne, while on a business trip
through Kansas and Nebraska, was taken
sick at Butte, Neb., Sunday, and had TO
return home.
J. Flynn OF Troy, n. Y, is the guest Of
Henry Spetman at the Kiel hotel Mr..
Flynn and Mr.. Spetman toured Europe to-
gether two years ago.
j. s. Smith, a retired merchant Of Nicola.
Ia, and wife. are guests Of j. w. Kelly
and family OF Perrin avenue. They expect
10 locate permanently in this city.
Miss CTameT or w South fOurtn street
Is suffering from injuries received from
stepping into a hole on Fourth street. said
to have been lstt unprotected by a house
moving firm.
The commissioners for the insane yester-
day granted the parole Of Miss Anna Nelson
from ct. Bernard's hospital in care of her
guardian, A. J. Falk. Miss Nelson was
committed to the hospital on March q, 1902.
WllllLm II. Baker filed al information
last evening before Justice Ouren charging
j. r. Jones with malicious mischief, alleg-
ing that Jones had torn up the sidewalk In
front of ten lots in the southwest part OF
the city. Jones gave bail for his appearance
in court this afternoon.
Alderman Israel Lovett is home from at
tending the convention OF the Northwest
ern Electrical association in Milwaukee
on his way home he visited In Chicago,
where he made a thorough Investigation of
the conduit systems used by the different
electric light, telephone and other COM
panies.
Frank Moore, alias Mail, the negro ar
rested for the theft of a silk skirt from the
residence of Mrs. II. Westcott, when ar
raigned in police court yesterday insisted
that he be Above to take a change OF
venue to a Justice of the peace court. Judge
Scott, believing that Moore was anxious tc
get a county jail sentence and thus be sure
of three meals a day for the next thirty
days. continued the hearing until this
morning, intimating that he would simply
give him a bread and water sentence on a
general vagrancy charge and not try hin
Oh the larceny charge, thereby preventing
a change of venue. d.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-03
real Estate Transfers.

These transfers were hlSd yesterday in
the abstract, title and loan office Of J. w.
Squire. 1O1 Pearl street;
John Dermody and wife To John G.
Marker, lot 5 and ma lot 6. block A.,
Allen & Cooks add, AVOca, ". DIS 400
+. II. Hancock and wife To Fred ].
Boie. lot 5, block ?, Hancock, W. d.. IS
Hanpah Latham and husband to Nick
Judson's list add. Nicola. ". d.. 500
August c. Suck to Charles Billo. lots
and 10, block &c. Avoca, W, d..,,..... 500
l. Koch. sr., and wife 10 FIT. 2
sehuning lots 1, ?, 3 and 4. block II,
Min1en. ". 30
Margaret l.. Niece and husband to
Edna M. Jackson. lot s. Glendale
Extension, W. 400
John +. Garner and wife 20 Joseph
Ferron. lot A. Auditors subd.v. in
swh nwA l~6-T5-4S, W. d........y. 100
Heirs OF John l. Childs to ID, NJ. Rolf,
1881 acres In neA swh AID SEA nWA
2S-I5-43, W. d.. LUZ
r. c. Lougee and wife 70. O.. p. Peter
son, lot 10. block 10 Galesourg add ,-0
Same 10 Alfaretta h. Hulitt. lot 0,
block IA, Stutsman's % add, W. d.. 80
James Kirby and wife TO otto w. and
Henry q Speet. eA eh 25-li-4., WIG
swL and sell swh @-74-4l, ". d.. 1925
Henry Speet and wife To Theodore +.
Schoenning. VIZ seh mex sela and
south rod of seh .sWh 29-Ii-42, ". d. 9NO
Charles T. Ohicer and wife TO Mar
garet Anna Frank. lot II. block 3,
Jeneris' subdiv., ", d..........'''''' AVN
Thirteen transfers, total............''I 'T''
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-03
Increases Prison PopuIatIon.

CRESToN, Ia, Feb. 2.-(Special)-The
January term of the district court, under
Judge Towaer, has closed and the prisoners
who were convicted of criminal offenses
have been taken to the penitentiary at Fort
Madison. Clarence Poe, Robert Decker aud
Harry Miller, who were convicted OF as
s~aultine Charles Ellington with a deadly
weapon and robbing him of IS in money and
his watch last fall, after he had taken
refuge in a boxcar at Cromwell for the
night, 'were given ten years each; RADIO
Porter. found guilty OF grand larceny for
stealing hogs OF Ed Sullivan, received a
sentence of two years.; Fred Rusk, who
pleaded guilty to the charge OF forgery.
was sentenced to eighteen months; Teddy
DeVoe and Charles Hanson. the IA and Is
year-old boys who held up and robbed a
younger boy were sent to the reform
school; one man was sentenced to the in
ebriate ward OF the asylum. and nearly all
the law and probate matters were disposed
Of before adjournment.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-03
Too Much Wet Fodder.

CRESToN, Ia. Feb. 2-(special. 1.-The
peculiarly contagious and fatal disease that
was reported to have made its appearance
among the cattle Of Union county some
weeks ago, which killed 80 many cattle. has
been discovered to have been no disease at
all, but all the cattle died from the effects
Of eating too much wet. musty fodder
Hazard Dunn, who resides a short way west
OF town, lost thirteen head OF calves under
similar conditions to those in the east end
Of the county. all but one of his calves
which took sick dying and the veterinary
said IL was from too much fodder. The wet
weather has made the fodder very unsafe "a
feed and it can be fed only in small guam
titles and then great care must be exer-
cised. Reports come from all parts OF The
county of deaths Of cattle from the SANE
cause.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-03
Plumbing and heating. BIxby & Son.
Matters in District Court.

John Wilson, who was indicted on a
charge of stealing two overcoats from the
hotel in Minden. Ia, entered a plea Of guilty
terday and vas sentenced to one year in
the penitentiary. Wilson will be taken to
Fort Madison today by Sheriff Cousins.
County Attorney Kiiipack commenced
suit in the name of the state of Iowa yes
terday in the district court to restrain the
Krug Brewing company, Fred Bunting and
Charles Dobbins from selling intoxicating
liquors in the saloon at the corner Of Main
and Story streets. conducted by Bunting
II is alleged that the owners of the salobn
are violating the provisions Of the mulct
law, especially la one respect, and that Is
that the windows on the side are placed at
such q height as to preclude a view OF the
interior OF the building. Bunting and Dob
bins were recently charged by the police
with maintaining gambling in connection
with the saloon, but the case was dismissed
for want Of evidence. An effort to secure
their indictment by the grand jury also
failed.
On reconvening district court yesterday
Judge Thornell opened the sealed verdict
returned in the suit Of Henry Allen against
the Wabash Railroad Company. II gave the
plaintiff 800 damages and costs. the latter
amounting to S103. Allen sued for $500
damages claimed to have been sustained by
a collision between bis milk wagon and a
switch engine. This was the second trial
OF the case, the jury having disagreed al
the former one.
The suits OF Max l. WoOlfson and wife
against the Council Bluffs Produce eom-
pany and Attorney Emil schurz against City
Bnlposter C. W. Nichols were dismissed a
the cost OF the plaintiffs.
In the divorce suit Of Nellie Kirby against
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-03
Put Bar ON Games.

CRESTON. Ia, Feb. 2.-(Special.)-The
school board is about to place an official
ban upon the game OF foot ball and basket
ball for the pupils of the high school of
this place. Superintendent French. in his
monthly report, deplored the spirit Of
rivalry that the indulgence of these games
instilled into the pupils and said that it
was working against their school duties. The
board did not take any formal action upon
the matter, but from the general discus
sion that followed tn, reading Of the re-
port 1t was evident that it will withdraw
its official sanction to the games as far as
match games are concerned at least. 1t is
now proposing the organization of military
companies to provide the physical educE-
tion that these games afforded. The mill
tary plan does not seem to meet the ap-
proval Of the pupils, VINO Will prepare a
petition TO the board asking for the privi-
lege Of continuing the games.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-03
YOUNG BUCKS.
TeIephone Company Accepts.

The Nebraska Telephone company hled
with the city clerk yesterday its accept
ance Of the conduit ordinance requiring the
placing Of all it's wires within a prescribed
area in the business portion OF the city
Under ground. The acceptance of the oTdi-
rance binds the telephone company to the
condition requiring It to provide space In
It's conduits for the wires Of the city's hre
and police alarm systems.
The American Telephone and Telegraph
company, commonly known as the Long
Distance Telephone company, paid Its an
nual pole tax of $1O1 to the city yesterday
At the time the company secured Its fran
chise in Council Bluffs the city exacted an
annual tax Of 81 on each pole maintained by
the company within the municipal limits
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-03
3 N. Y. Plumbing Co., Tel. $50. Night. Fss1.
woodmen circle Grand n.odge.

The Iowa grand lodge of the Woodmen
Circle will meet In this city and hold a
four days session beginning Tuesday. The
meetings will be held in the Woodmen OF
the World hall. Tuesday evening the grand
lodge officers and delegates will attend the
meeting at Palm grove, at which there will
be work in the protection degree. Wednos-
day evening the grand lodge officers and
delegates will be rendered a reception and
banquet. Mayor Morgan will deliver the
address Of welcome and Mrs. Emma B.
Manchester, supreme guardian OF the Wood
men Circle. Will respond.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-03
YOUNG MAN LIES IN STUPoR
Unconscious as the Result of Riding
Horseback mt Rapid Gate
Into buggy.

WEBSTER CITY, Ia, Feb. 2.-(Special
Telegram. )-Delbcrt Stafford, a young man
residing near Blairsburg, east Of this city.
has lain unconscious since Saturday night
as the result Of a collision with a buggy.
He was riding horseback at a fast rate
of speed when the accident occurred. HI
was hurled headlong to the ground and sus-
tanned injuries to his head. He may re-
cover.
The occupants of the buggy were Snin-
jured.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-03

Delos s. Cook, aged 70 years, died yes
terday morning at his home, $40 Avenue F,
from pneumonia after an Illness Of ten
days. His wife and one son, Egbert L.
Cook. of 800 Avenue +. survive him. Mr..
Cook was born July 6. 1880, in Otsego
county. New York. and had been a resident
OF Council Bluffs for thirty-six years. He
had been in the employ OF NJ. f. Smith &
Co for twenty-three years, The funeral
will be held Wednesday afternoon at 8
O'Clock from the residence and burial will
be in Fairyiew cemetery.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-03
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.

William Kirby the plaintiff yesterday fled
a motion asking that she be allowed 5000
temporary alimony, $500 suit money to Sc
cure evidence to "refute the scandalous
charges" made against her by the de-
PENDANT, $3.50 attorney fees and that the dc.
PENDANT be ordered TO pay 10 the clerk Of
the court $50 monthly for the support Of
the plaintiff aud their child during the
tendency of the suit.
The trial Of the suit of Fremont West
against John X. Winchell was begun yes
terday afternoon before Judge Thornell.
The plaintiff sues for 81. $50. alleging that
Winchell sold him what was claimed to be
a farm Of 44O acres near Blair, Neb.. pos
session Of which he was to get February,
1902. a survey Of the land, it is alleged.
showed it to be a number OF acres short.