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Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-08
Council Bluffs

the foreign field. He will address the
pastors and laymen of the different Meth
odist churches OF the city at a lunch to
be held today noon in the Dutch room at
the Grand hotel. In the evening he will
address a mass meeting to be held at
Broadway church. The public generally is
invited to attend the union service in the
evening.
Al the regular meeting Of the West Coun.
Gil Bluffs Improvement club last evening.
a resolution was adopted calling upon the
city officials to provide that section of the
city with gas and electric lights. Another
resolution called on the city officials to
take the necessary steps to open up the
streets in the western section OF the Fifth
ward. The present condition of this part
of the ward. II was stated, hindered the
investment OF capital there. The action OF
the city council IN making Twenty-fifth
street the dividing line OF the two precincts
in the Sixth ward was commended and a
vote of thanks was adopted.
James w. Jacobs. a resident of Council
Bluffs since 1863. died at a late hour Mon
day night at his home, 500 Seventh avenue,
from apopleXy, after a years illness, aged
s. years. He is survived by his wife. two
daughters and one son. Deceased was a
member of St. Adams lodge, knights of
Pythias; Council Bluffs tent, knights Of
the Maccabees, and the Knights and La
dies of Security. The funeral will be held
from the family residence this afternoon
at $50 o'clock, and interment will be in
Fairview cemetery. DIR. o. o. Smith. pastor
Of the First Congregational church. will
conduct the services. In which the knights
of Pythias will participate.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-08
VERDICT IN JOHNsON's CASE
Jury Finds Death Came by
Fall Of Dump Car.

CorOneYs Jury Finds Death Came by
Fall of Dump Car.
At the inquest held Tuesday afternoon
by DR.. ". L. Treynor. coroner. over John
Johnson, who was killed Monday morning
in the Union Pacific yards while assisting
in transferring a load of steel dump cars
from one fiat car to another. the jury,
consisting of Divide Wen. Theodore Guitar
and w, o. Groneweg. returned the follow
ing open verdict:
We find that the said John Johnson came
to his death while in the act of removing
a stake from the car which was holding
the dump car that was to be unloaded. said
car falling on top of said John johnson,
which caused his death.
The witnesses examined were Peter Soren-
son. foreman of the gang with which John
son was working: Charles Johnson. brother
of the man killed. who was working with
the same gang; Joe Zaloudeck. Frank Da-
gang of laborers.
The testimony of all the witnesses was
to the effect that before the tackle Of the
derrick had been fastened to the dump car
Johnson removed one of the stakes at the
side OF the flat car which held the tier OF
dump cars In position. This caused the
cars to tilt and the top one fell on top of
Johnson. crushing the life out of him.
Johnson's funeral will be held this after
noon. There will be brief services at the
residence. 1929 Eighth avenue. following
which the body will be taken to the swed-
ish Lutheran church, where services will
be conducted by the pastor, Rev. Erick
Glad, at 2;O o'clock. Burial will be in
Fairview cemetery.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-08

The year closed with 80 per cent more in
the general fund OF the treasury than at
balances have been steadily higher the last
the close of the vious year and the
winter thar they were the previous winter.
From the first of the year the available
funds in the state treasury have steadily
increased, and while there has been the
usual fluctuations due TO the fact thai the
funds for some OF the Institutions are
drawn in large lump sums and frequently
at times when there are few remittances
from county treasurers, yet it is a fact
that at no time has the state been EN-
barrassed and at no time has there been
any occasion for worry as TO state finances.
About 81, 500, 600 will be appropriated.
Tine heads Of appropriations committees
figure that in view of the most excellent
condition Of state finances, due TO the
careful and business-like management OF
the affairs Of the state by the republican
party IN recent years, the appropriations
may with propriety be slightly increased
this year. Nobody seems alarmed Just
now about how the legislature Is going TO
get the money to pay off a deficit of at
least S75O,OOO' and keep the institutions
running.
The state levy will probably remain as
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-08
Council Bluffs
MILK REGULATION Is NEXT
City Physician Tubbs Favors More
Stringent Measures.
BAN PUT ON TUBERCuLAR COWS
Better Price for Pure LacteaI Fluid
Promised ~ the Dairymen Pay
Heed TO Peoples
welfare.

DR.. r. b. Tubbs, city physician, in his
annual report TO the mayor recommends
more stringent regulations as to the sale
OF milk m the city. AS a result OF his
suggestions, IL Is likely that an ordinance
governing the matter will be introduced
in the city council at an early date.
In his report DIR. Tubbs has this to say
about the milk question::
At present there are several dairymen
in Council Bluffs milking tubercular cows.
In milk delivered in this city may be
found dirt, hair, feathers, threads from
clothing. and. most common OF all. water
which has been taken from wells at
houses, or which have received drainage
from adjacent premises.
] know that II the public and the dairy
men get together and talk over the mat
ter at least five things will happen:
mon win go out OF business. We will
get clean milk. Milkmen will easily get
II rtter price for cleaner milk. There
will be less disease, especially among chill
dren.
He makes the following recommended
tons:
All diaries should be inspected by the
health department.
All %dairymen. or others selling milk from
one or more cows. should be compelled to
hold a license.
This should not be granted unless they
hold a certificate showing that each and
every COW tney own mas Deen tested ana
found free from tuberculosis and other
chronic diseases.
IAN milk should be delivered in bottles.
and these should be marked with a tag,
label or cover. with the license number
of the dairyman.
The license should also appear on each
Wagon.
Persons with chronic or infectious dis
eases should be restrained from handling
or delivering milk.
Dairy stables should be required to be
constructed so that drainage would be
provided.
All manure should be removed at least
twice a day and should be piled where
cows will not nave access to II.
Sheds should not be covered with hay,
straw or manure.
Cows should be kept reasonably clean.
Milk should not be permitted to be taken
into a kitchen or other parts OF a dwell
ing to be bottled.
This work should be done In a special
place used for the purpose only.
MIX should be delivered TO consumers
within eight to twelve hours after milk
ing.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-08

POstomce Branches Much Patronised
by People.


That the five branch stations established
by the postoffice are a great accommoda-
ton to the people of Council Bluffs and are
much patronized by them is shown by the
annual report OF Postmaster Hazelton,
which he completed and forwarded to
Washington yesterday. The sale OF stamps
at the five drug store" branch postoffices
aggregated for the year ending March 81,
S,1ll.2S, while a total of s. 01 money orders
were issued and l,142 pieces of mail were
registered.
The business Of these branch stations is
restricted TO the sale of stamps. the is
suing of money orders and the registering
of mail. The five stations are located as
follows:
No. l-2sl5 Broadway, j. f. Danielson in
charge.
No. 2-Union Pacific transfer, C, c. Dick
erson in charge.
No, S-142 Broadway. Dell G.. Morgan in
charge.
No. +6T Main street. o. II. Brown in
charge.
No; 5-Ns Sixteenth avenue, A. W. GARD
In charge.
The following shows the business done
at each station;
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-08
PLANS ron BETTER SEED coRN

Experiment station TO ne Maintained
st Poor Farm.
The experiment station designed to i'm
prove the quality OF seed corn used by tho
farmers in this state will be maintained
at the county poor farm at McClelland
again this year. The Board of Supervisors
at yesterdays session decided to sppro-
PIRATE the sum of $500 asked for Monday
by A. II. Nelson of the Iowa State Agrl-
cultural college at Ames. who is in charge
Of the experiment station work. to defray
the expenses of the experimental work at
the poor farm.
Supervisors Baker. Johns and Setz voted
for the appropriation, while Supervisors
Bulls and Spencer voted against It, The
two members of the board who opposed
the appropriation did so on the ground, as
they clsImed. that the authorities OF the
state agricultural college had not carried
out their agreement made in connection
with the establishment OF the experimental
station last year. They claimed that while
the judging Of the seed corn was done,
none of the farmers who had planted seed
at the station had received a report on
the results as wa promised. The failure
OF the college authorities to furnish these
reports, Messrs. Bulls and Spencer de
III 49, OOUh a nv uAGoRAOAlNNugHN
to the farmers interested in the results OF
the seed growing. The other members of
the board suggested that II his matter
was brought to the attention of the authori-
ties at Ames thai the reports would prob
ably be forthcoming. In any case this mat
ter will be taken up with the college au-
thoritles.
The board decided to grant the govern
ment the use of the south court room for
federal court purposes during the period
that the ,postoffice building will nave to be
vacated during the work of remodelline
and construction of the addition. It was
decided to ask a rental of $3.50 a month
from July l for the use of the south court
room, the four rooms adjoining and the
jury room on the third floor and this
proposition will be submitted to the de-
partment by Postmaster Hazelton. Col. w.
F. Baker, the city member of the board,
was authorized to act in the matter for
the county when the board should not be
in session.
gineer in charge OF drainage district No. {.
the Nishnabotna ditch. was sllowed pay at
the rate of Sc a day for preliminary work.
The plans of the railroad for a highway
crossing under the tracks OF the Great
Western on the Geise road in York town
ship, about two miles east of Bentley. were
approved by the board. The acceptance OF
the plans is. however. subject to the an
prevail of the State Railroad commissioners
At the afternoon session the board took
up the usual large grist of bills and
claims.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-08
Iowa
LAW MAKERS SPEND MONEY
Iowa Legislature Takes Up Bills for
Appropriations.
USE HAS SITTING
BODY
Senate Again Declines to Name
Sitting Committee-FinRnces Of
state shown in Good
Condition.
(From a staff Correspondent


DIES MONIES, Ia, April 7.-Cspecial Tele-
grom.)-The house Tuesday passed
the two big Appropriation bills for state
institutions calling for more than a million
dollars; also a bill to raise the pay Of court
reporters.
The senate again refused to authorize the
appointment OF a sitting committee and
passed the bill for a laboratory at Des
Moines TO manufacture serum for the cure
OF hog cholera.
The house OF representative went to
work today upon the list of bills in the
hands of committees under guidance OF a
sitting committee, at the head of which
is Representative White, of Story, with
full authority TO present the order in which
bills are to be considered. One OF the
first things the committee did was to re-
port for passage a bill from the senate
which it Is stated will have material eff
feet upon the saloon business in Iowa.
since 1t provides that no brewery or owner
of a brewery, shall have any interest what
ever in a saloon in Iowa. As a great many
breweries outside the state own saloons
in Iowa this will cause some shaking up
in the business. The bill will go to the
governor at once.
The house also passed the Seeley bill
from the senate which exempts from taxa
ton the stock Of outside corporations
owned in Iowa where It is shown that the
corporations are taxed upon theLr pro-
perty elsewhere.
Abandon All COnsOIIda ttOns.
The senate committee on retrenchment
and reform today Withdrew the bul to
place under the new Board of Education
the state library, the geological survey and
similar departments, and this marks the
end OF all efforts made TO effect consoli-
dalton OF departments at the capitol. Bills
that were introduced on behalf Of the gov
ernor were all defeated and there will be
nothing done looking TO any change in
business methods at the state house.
The senate passed the following; To
designate what bonds bank Investments
may have. To permit towns of 1000 or more
to make street Improvements the same as
cities. To permit the nomination OF can
didates for city office al a nonpsrtisan
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-08

The city council held a short session
yesterday afternoon mainly for the purpose
of assessing up an old brick sidewalk con-
tract recently completed by Contractor
Wickham
Tn Council Bluffs Automobile COM
pany recently established at 81 Pearl street
was granted permission to install a Easo-
line supply tank under the sidewalk in
front of its warehouse.
The city clerk was directed to advertise
for bids for the usual supplies for the
year for the several municipal departments.
The council adjourned to Thursday after.
noon at which time some recently con-
structed sewering will be assessed up to
the AUDITING property.
The meeting Of the committee of the
whole scheduled for yesterday afternoon
was abandoned.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-08
Mccnnid stncL snIh.
GIRLS sETTL HAT QUESTION
Right of Man TO Criticise Coal seattle
Millinery Debated by Fair Ones.

IOWA CITY. Ia, April 7.-(special)-
Has mere mortal man the rIsht to critcise
the Easter millinery creations worn by
women at this time Of year is the question
which a girls literary society in the Iowa
City High school will debate this week.
The debate will be judged by women.
The question is stated as follows Re
solved that the men should be allowed to
criticize the ladies' hats
Fannie Bradley and Della Prudy will af-
firm the question and Mary Alt and Bees
wcmankind TO wear a Merry Widow hat
without protest from men.
will stand up for the rights Of
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-08
Iowa

1t has been for several years, which is a
fair average with the rate for a dozen
years. The fixing Of the levy, however.
is always left to the state executive coun-
ell to be reckoned after the council mas
adjusted and approved the valuation OF the
property of the state in July.
Yeome Meeting on.
The annual meeting OF the Yeomen was
held in Des Moines today. There were
many charges that Cannon rules were be-
ing pushed down the mouths OF the dele
gates and there were many appeals from
the decisions Of Chairman Dension.
Nee usid stock sold.
H. S. Chase today purchased the stock
of the McQuaid Grocery company. which
failed several weeks ago. The MoQuaid
company was one of the largest. concerns
in Iowa and was thought to be doing a big
business. Many banks and wholesale
houses were caught in the failure. H.. S
Chase is the owner OF a string OF stores
in Des Noines.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-08
Ten Dnys for cheatinR.

J. w. Beck charged with cheating oy
false pretenses and thereby acquiring a
weeks meal ticket without cost was sent
yesterday, by Justice Cooper, to the county
Jail TO board with Jailer Hin for ten days.
/. solomon who conducts a restaurant on
South Main street was the complainant.
He said Beck represented ne was working
for the Great Western railroad and on the
strength OF this statement, gave him a rs
meal ticket, taking as security an assign
ment OF Beck's supposed wages from the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-08
Protest from WyomInE.

CHEYENNE. wyo.. April 7.-Th wyom-
ing Stock Growers association. represent.
ing practically all the cattle growers OF the
state, today adopted a resolution protest.
ing against the removal of the tariff on
hides.
The resolution asserts that in view ot
the high tariff on manufactured leather
goods, the placing of hides on the free list
is an unjust discrimination against ths
cattle growers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-08

Real Estate transfers.

These transfers were reported to The Bee.
April 6 by the Pottawattamle County
Abstract company OF Council Bluffs:
X. j. Chambers and wife to Eliza
beth NJ. officer. and. a Of lot IL
in block /, and lot %, in block s. and
out lot D. m Bsbbitt Place Add
ton TO Council Bluffs, qcd. ..........S %
James c. Brunow and wife to Paul
Olsen part swh sea Of s4-T7-2.
Nd "",-..,. 80
II. F. Knudsen and wife 10 ] NJ.
Ellis part sWA sci. and seh SEX Il
sI-,o-Ss We $40
Jessica J. Siedentopf e. al to C.. F..
Reynolds, lot So. In Origin Plat OF
Council Bluffs, ocd ............... /
A, J. Mccormick and wife to Ben
jamin Fehr, Real Estate Co. lots
$ and 10, In block 20. in Benson's
I'd Addition to Council Bluffs. wd.... 1O
--
Total six transfers ..."..-.-"....S7,s4l
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-08
Council Bluffs

railroad company. After Beck had eaten
up all but about 81 Of the meal ticket. Sol
omon attempted to get his cssh on the as
signment OF wages. It was then that Solo
mon discovered he had been 'stung" Tho
railroad disclaimed any knowledge OF Beck
and the latter. so Solomon told the court
only scoffed at him when he told him he
was a delusion and a fraud.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-08
hoy Killed by LightrInu,

WATERLOO. Ia, April While driving
in a buggy today near Ieaporte, Ia. Ben
jamin Brandt, Is years old, was killed by
a bolt of lightning that slew both his
horses.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-08
Old Engineer Dead.

WATERLOO, Ia, April flames Place.
for fifty five years engineer on the Illinois
Central and one of the oldest engineers In
service, died here tonight. aged II.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-08
Council Bluffs
Minor Mention

The Council neHffu office q tAs
ouahR Bee ~ ~ II Saess BsrvsA
10tk PhonAa e.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Stockton, Sacramento and Davis
STOCKTON CRATER
CONVICTED BY JURY
Councilman w. T. Shepard Will
Be Removed From Office Be-
cause of MaIfeasance

STOCKTON, May 22.-Councilman W.
T. Shepard of this city. accused by the
grand jury of malfeasance in Office was
found guilty this morning by the jury,
which was out but Is minutes The
court set a week from next Tuesday at
, o'clock as the time for pronouncing
judgment, which is removal from office
The trial occupied nearly two weeks
and attracted large crowds of specta
tors. The defendant will probably ap-
peal.
Councilman Shepard was accused by
the grand jury with having used his
office as a club to prevail upon saloon
men and heads of local corporations to
buy shares of stock in the Todman
paint company at $100 each. 1t was
also charged that Shepard had ar
ranged that his name should not be
known in the corporation so that he
could do city work. a violation of the
charter.
1t was charged also that he had fire.
quently borrowed money from saloon
men, the means employed being to ex-
hibit to them ordinance which pro-
vided for changes detrimental TO their
interests.
Another count charged. that he had
endeavored to have workmen put bills
in TO the city for work performed for
his firm he to o. X. the bills as chair
man of the finance committee, and he
was also accused of asking his partner
to charge the city eXorpitant prices for
labor and material There were II
counts. all bearing on the charges men
toned.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
BASKET PICNIC HELD
AT The STATE FARM
Three Thousand Attend Merry
Making as Guests of Uniyer-
sity of California

SACRAMENTO May 22.-Three thou
sand men. women and children from
all parts Of central and northern Cali
fornia congregated at the University
farm at Davis today and. celebrated
with basket picnic the dedication of
the institutfon's new dormitory re-
Gently completed at cost of $4,000.
The event was arranged by the
University of California, under the
direction of Dr. Leroy Anderson, super
intendent of the farm for the express
purpose of acquainting as many per-
sons as possible with the Importance of
the work
The formal exercises were held in
the pavilion building. and the intro
ductory remarks were made by Super
intendent Anderson. who introduced
Rev James x Stage of Davis, who de-
hvered the dedicatory prayer. Several
old English ballads We're rendered by
Mrs Mary Roberts Coolidge of Berke-
lay, accompanied by Mrs. Roger Rob-
erts of Davis
The addresses of the day were made
by Arthur NJ Cleghorn, principal of
the school Of agriculture; George w.
Pierce of Davis; Edward J. Wickson.
dean of the college or agriculture: Lee
roy E Smith. director of the Califor-
MIA correction school; Rev James
X. Stage of Davis Benjamin Ide
Wheeler. president Of the University
of California. and II. A. Jastro, presi-
dent Of the State agricultural society.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Dirigible Balloon Race Ends
In Dead Heat

. BERLIN May 22.-Berlin was the
scene late today of the first special con-
test of dirigible balloons over a course
of about u miles, which resulted in a
dead heat The semirigid Gross II,
commanded by Major Sperling. COM
peted against the flexible Parseval II.
commanded by Saptain George.
The start was fro mthe Tegel air
ship practice grounds, Gross II getting
away first. The Parseval quickly fol-
lowed and both made directly across
the center of Berlin toward the turn
ing point three high factory chimneys
at the edge of Tempelhof field.
The Gross II maintained but did not
increase its lead and as the airships
turned the goal under excellent control
the motors of both We're put at top
speed Neither, however, gained or
lost any advantage and the balloons
finally returned TO the starting point
without having changed their posi-
tions. The recorded time of the flight
was exactly 80 minutes.
Virtually the whole population OF
Berlin was able to watch the maneu-
vers of the airships from start to fin
ish, as they kept about 500 feet above
the earth
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
DICTATOR is PREDICTED
FOR REPUBLICAN FRANCE
Logic and History Said to Pre-
sage Chaotic Period

The republic has now lasted in France
for nearly 30 years. It's first leaders
helped the Germans TO destroy the en-
pire by refusing TO allow the army 10
be put into a proper state and now the
republic in its turn is being undermined
Dy the anUmilitariSts. the socialists and
the anarchists. who are TO the republic
what the republicans We're to the en-
pire- At the great meeting of reVolu-
tiOnaries held at the Paris Hippodrome
lament" that very parliament freely
elected by the people, which was boast
ed as the one panacea for all the ills
the country could possibly suffer from
Time brings its revenges. The par
liamentary republic has lasted longer
than any form of government since the
death OF Louis XVIII and much longer
than most people thought likely for the
French, admirable people as they are in
many respects, are not suited really to
the parliamentary form of government
BY all logic and history a period of
chaos followed by a dictatorship is now
due and the first dictator seems likely
to be that very sordid Napoleon the
secretary of the electricians union. who
plunged Paris in the dark some months
go. and is melting every one to strike
and make life impossible.
What these strikers hope to gain no
one knows not even they themselves
but tke Inevitable result VIII be that
when the country gets tired of them a
military dictator will arrive and wipe
them out; and it is quite on the cards
that the military dictator viii be a
kaiser and not a Napoleon.-London
Globe.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
STRANGE CONSIGNMENT
COMES FROM CALCUTTA
Man Eating Apes, Monkeys and
Great PytflonS on One Ship

One of the biggest and strangest con-
signments of wild animals ever import
ed into the United States came into BOs-
ton harbor recently aboard the HanSa
liner from Calcutta. A number of man
eating apes from BQrneo. 1000 mon
keys. a dozen or more 40 foot pythons.
a half dozen beautifully plumed cassa-
varies and thousands of birds of rare
and brilliant plumage were aboard the
vessel
The 5000 mile voyage was full of try
ing experiences for the officers and men
of the vessel Chief Engineer Neuman
was bitten on the wrist by one Of the
apes and painfully injured. Then one OF
the apes wrenched the iron bar from it's
some of the pythons took sick and one
died. The animals went to New York
with the Observation-Disclosures IN. H
Union.