Daily Leader from Davenport, Iowa • Page 6

THK DAVENPORT DAILY LEADER. FRIDAY. JANUARY 20 Highest of all in Leavening Uuost I'. Sk Gov't Rcjwrt. Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE mm IN KIAL MEETIKG 01 DAVENPORT QA COMPANY TODAY.

Cutsta- dmg $84 60O Bonds A sain. tne Gaa Ccmj.an Taken UD Thi Mvin Dbve port coneoliduU- Com, any Possession of ti uld Comptiiy's Frupt-rt. Last night A. O. Branln arrived at th Kimbali House from frna eaily this moining the linal step looking to the transfer of the propeu.

of the old gas company to the Con sol. dated Gas. Elecinc Light and SteaL Heating company were taken. Tin matter has been hanging flit for tl past year owing to a number of com plications which now beei straightened out. The tmal papers in the transfer be signed this evening or torno.

row forenoon and i then be filed record and the Davenport Gas compan. will be dissolved. Directory All Here, The arrival of Mr. Brania completes the directory of the old company am this afternoon at tho Kimball house i into session for the purpose up the affairs of the old com pauy and completing the transfer the property The dnectory is compos, ed of A. O.

Bramn, of Louisville, Elliot Pendleton, of Cincinnati, N. G. Pendle ton. S. D.

Bawden and Thomas G. Gay lard. In addition to these there were also present the attorney. of the parties It was found that tin outstanding against the olc company were all taken up by the Con solidated company and that theie va nothing, except the ordinary details in cident to a transfer of the magnitude this to present the transfer being made The matter of perfecting these detail was at once undertaken. The bonds referred to vere issued against the o'd com pany in September.

1SD2. They y.erc due and payable on the first of Sepiem ber, 19 ft 2, vnth an option clause provid ing that they might be paid prior 10 that time. This morning E. C. Walsh.

of the new company, arrhed in the cit and the first thing he did after tin opening of the bank to make a set- tlemfnt with the trustees of the bond- holders, M. Richardson and Richarc Andressen as to these outstanding i bonds which was completed and N. Pendleton turned oxer all of the can-j celeJ coupons. I The New Company. The Davenport Consolidated Gasj Electric Light and Steam Heating company was organized in this city some thing over a ago by E.

C. Clinton. It was afterwards the sac- cessful bider on the contract for light ing the city of Davenport securing the contract for a penod of 25 years. As! soon as the matter of the contract for lighting of the city was settled for a certain. it opened negotiations for the; purchase of the plant and rights and I franchises of tht Dasenport Gas com-! pany and though the negotiations have never been closed still the new com- pany, acting under a separate contract with the gas company, controlled the plant of said company and furnished the light for the streets of this city in accordance to the contract with the, Other Provisions.

In closing the contract with the new company the city imposed certain gatlons npon it which it has since that tamed out. Among were the laying of a certain number of feet of new gas main and reducing the price of gas to $1.25 cents a thousand feet. This gives the city the cheapest gas I the state of Iowa and at the same time the company, under its contract furnishes lights for the streets of the city at the lowest rate of any city in the' i This not all. The company agreed to put in a steam heating plant and to lay one mile of beating mains durinc last year. This it has done too and this that a jiiiMic heating plant is not onlj a su cess bin that it a benefit to th-e owners of large buildings.

The recent 1 snap, the coldest weather we have had in several yo-ars. has been a severe lest and it was fouaO that not a single -om- plalnt had been irade where th'-re was sufficient radiating: and the l.irfc of surface was no', the- fault of company. Tic-ix i a all over the city ibat romiag of the Bros, to was Mir! thiiie for which jrrat 'ul f.r.f. that -fl'''- f-i-' ar i fcpoa thc.s«* -n so able in thf- pas: T-ir thvr: is ut that the people also frel gratt aem for what they have done anu' art iomg. It is only that through th of these men, who were the i a promoters of the prcsen.

company. The Davenport Consolidate LB, Liectnc Light and Steam Heatln ompnny. it has been made possible fo he city to riot only increase the llghi ng of the streets of the city without ai id-ease of the cost at a proportionate but to secuie gas for lighting am paling for both private and other con umption at the lowest rate that ha ver been charged In this city and at th ame time to give us a steam heat he wholesale plan. The New Company. The Consolidated Gas.

Electric Ligh nd Steam Heating company was or anized as was said, by E. C. Walsh, Clinton, and the incorporators of th. company in addition to himself wer his brothers, M. A.

Walsh. J. W. Walsl and C. H.

Walsh. They have interests them in the enterprise several ad ditional capitalists of Burlington ant Clinton, notably among whom aie Geo H. Higby, of Burlington, and vel Known all over the state of Iowa am entire west as a man of great busi ness sagacity and as a leading capita. ist of the state, and J. J.

Ransom, presi dent of the German American Saving bank, of Burlington, who is one of th wealthiest men the state, and is th head of the Ransom Drug company that city and is inteiested in a larg number of enterprises throughout th. state. J. P. Colnan, of Clinton, who i also a well known capitalist and th general manager of tie J.

P. Colna Construction company, of Clinton, an. J. T. Rerney, who is president of th State Savings bank of Burlington.

Of the Walshes there are six who ar interested in the company. They ai- A. Walsh, father, E. C. Walsh, Mark A James Charles and Alfred 1 the sons.

E. C. Walsh is looked upo as the leading man of the combinatio and the head of the concern thoug George H. Higby is president of th company. Something of Mr.

Higby. It is hardly necessary to speak of WL as he is so well known among the moc eyed men of the state that anythin that may be said concerning him wou. seem superfluous. He is the head of tt great iron works of that city which i known all over the west. With alsh he is interested in an.

president of the Burlington Improvt ment company organized in 1895 an aUo president of the Burlington Rai way Light company which is no- about to take control of the consolida; ed lines of that city and which at thi time furnishes the light for the This last company has $1,250.000 cap. tal and will be one of the largest con solidated plants in the state as soo: as the present negotiations are com plted. In addition Co these, as has beei already stated, heisaheavy stockholde and president of the Davenport com pany. Burlington Litigation, In this connection it may be xvell tc state that the court in the case of th. American Loan and Trust compan against the Burlington Electric Railway company, reference to which wat made la last Suncay's issue of this pa- j'T.

the court that the position taken the Walsh Bros and their as sociates was right and that if the Rodi ester Loan asd Trust company wishet. to intervene as a bondholder that i would have not only to allegro fraud bu ID prove it as well. It did allege fraut bui did not prove it and what mor could not- It now learned that tht sti-r Loan and Trut-t company ha application tc get into the new on the offer that was made tc litigation was coffiTn'-nced TV; knovn today or no c.v-al had or cot, but i'. was thought thai it would bv without doubt. In the even" that it is there wi3 Inn thjw bonds outstanding with th- of the- sevt-n which Jos' a furth'-r effort -a ill made Jo fint arc not found the gv on and the prop pro rata of 1 sak will l- plaofd in band io 1 called for by th yoin up.

C. hold of UK- and Match company of thu't city In 1S8C, which lu- sold to tlie DVuiuxid Match company the noxt yvnr, after putting It on its feet. In Ife also undertook the get- i out of of abstract books for Clinton count, which he afterwards in 1890 to Skinner of that city. In 1891 he organized the State Hlcctrlc conipituy, which now owns and the street railways of that city, tnd he is at thl time president of that Concern. In 18S 1 and 1892 he took hold of the BurlingUm Elfctrlc Light company.

It was In bad shape and at the of the last that it operated inder the old management it was $300 debt to the city cf Burlington, which had the contract of lighting. Instead of having anything coming to it. Tti oixipan)' now has a capital of nd is In a flourishing condition. In 93 he rganized in that city the Iftir- us and Fuel company with a caplJahza 'ou of $150,000 and ft now wns the new gas plant of that city Is one of the most complete in he suite. In li 1'e purchased the Burlington Ra) Iwav company which is nov being reorgi anized and put upon a fiay UK oasis.

is also president of the Mining company, which a lie best toe of Gi'tpin county on wha' is known "Colorado hill," whflch a his time is working three shifts of men raw in i ALL DAT LONG TflE STATE'S WIT. HE8SE8 OCCUPY THE STAND. for Defense Make Every Point Within'J heir Power for Their Client -SUttn Put Up a Good Case and Rested 1 tale Afternoon Witneusee for Defense Called. The case of Bess Mounts on trial for the murder of Joseph Goodness was occupying the attention of the court and jury today and a largo crowd of spectators filled the court room, who were anxious to hear what was being said. The taking of testimony is proceeding very slowly as the attorneys for the defense are very careful not to let any objectionable testimony be given and subject each witness to a heavy fire of cross examination.

The defendant this morning sat as near his attorneys and was visited by his mother and wife although they were not alowed to sit near him. last witness on the stand last self and got straightened out The code utecriug committee reported tho last oaglgnmcutof code titles among the standing committees, und the code revision committee reported a number of sections on which It had completed work. Ellison and Junkin were added to the cities and towns committee, iii line of tho policy of strengthening the more important committees, so that when they report there will bo little danger of failure of their measures on the floor. When the routine of co1o work resumed, county and township law was taken up. The dog tax seemed to agitate 1 senators more than any other feature.

The present law provides thai the dog tax shall go into the domestic animal fund. Probably most people never heard of the fund, but it Is there, and its object is to pay claims for death of stock caused by dogs or other animals. Ranck declared that the tax on dogs was a general tax, and that ii could not constitutionally be dovotHl to any special fund: it must go into the general fund. He offered an amendment to make the tax payable to the genera, fund. Ktlburn demanded the years and nays, and Cheshire raised the point that! his demand must be concurred in by! Get This Package When You Call for It about 14 years of age.

He was one 01 he boys who saw the trouble between Goodness and the Mounts boys, and his night and ty and from a one-htindred testimony was clear and to the point oot shaft is taKing out gold ore which assays $95 a 'ton. The Intention Here. It ia the int ention to make this Dav Consolidated Gas. Electric Ligh and Steam Heating company of i one of the finest if not the fines: plant in the state. It will be the larges the kind in the state as it is and the improvenn ms i be continued right long as fi.st as possible It is the in tention to put in a perpendicular cor iss engine at the plant which will ised for tlte furnishing of power for far eenerator f.

The old engines will not aken out but will be used for reserve wh en needed. The people of thi city may well feel proud of the wort hat has been done here by the cons iany and the city fathers may feel saff hat they did the best for the city that in their power and that their judg nent in tho matter was right- testified to seeing the Mounts boys meet Goodness near the landing and Bess Mounts go up to Goodness and offer to shake hands with him: he also testified to seeing Jake Mounts strike GoodnesB with an oar and knock him down and then seeing Bess Mounts kick him. He did not know whether Goodness struck Bess Mounts first. The next witness caled was Olie Clark effect. The chair ruled otherwise, and on roll call the amendment was carried --31 to 10.

Rauck had submitted a opinion of the attorney general that present method of handling the tax! was unconstitutional. Pusey offered an amendment to trans fer to the county general fund any surplus from the road and bridge fund, bu; it was defeated after some discussion The mileage of supervisors, in going to i and from meetings, was changed to 5 cents per mile. It was made op-', tional with the supervisors wln-thc: TH ys unt offlcei allow have testim TM-Y sub ties. The board was required to fur-i stance the same as that of young, nigh an offlce aad gtatlonerj to i county attorney. Strohn.

The next witness was Charles Moore, a young man from Buffalo, who testi- Blanchard offered au amendment tc fix at $1.200 the salary of county auditor' QUOTATIONS. by special Wire to Chicago Board of Trdt i. J. 109 MAIN STREET Provisions, Stocks and Bonds Chicago, Ja.i. 29-- The folowing art tie closing quotations on New rocks today: Yorl- since they were little boys and that he knew Goodness by sight.

He also testi- increase with the population. It Then Garst offered an amendment toi a der he was walking with the Mounts; boys from the levee when they met, 5S to $1.200. Cheshire opposed it, and after some discussion it was adopted, with! heard Jake Mounts say: "Don't hit my! brother," and saw him strike Goodness! diln Su a a aboat the matter for a Iou 1876; B. 741; St. Paul.

Manhattan, Am. Tobacco, U. Tel. C- N. UchiFon.

Missouri Pacific, Jersey Central, The following are the com. It was H. Hoepling, the- 'hicago. being for opening, highest owest and closing in order given: Wheat--Cash, 73; 72; 73; 73; July, 71; 721.4 70" Corn--Cash, 22; 22: May 24M; 24-V, July, 5- Oats--Caah. 15; 15; 15" 8 May July.

9Vs: 19s. Pork--Cast. 7.75; 7.67; 7.t5. 7.87- 777: 785. Lard--Cash.

3.87; 3.87; 3.87 'ay, J4.00: 4.o2; 3.97; 4.00b; July, $4.07 4.07: 4.07. Ribs--Cash, $3.95: 3.97; 3.95; 3.97 lay. $4 00; 4.05: 4 OOt 4.02. Receipts today: Wheat, 26; corn. 220 oats, 153: hogs, cattte, 3,000: 9,000.

Estimated receipts tomorrow: Wheat 0: corn, 290: oats. 200: hogs. 20,000. Hogs left over. 1,000.

Hoe market steady. Mixed, good heavy. $3.20 47: rough heavy, light Cattle market steady; sheep slow. Hogs close easy. Light.

$3 3503.55; mixed, Cattle closing easy; sheep close weak Ton can be well when your blood is rich, pure and nourishing. Hood's Sar- aparilla makes the blood rich and pure and cures all blood diseases, restoring lealth and rigor. ather-in-law of Joseph Goodness. He did not get to a vote, and will come up. COMPANY IS NOT LIABLE.

testified that he was a photographes ind that last April he was in Buffalo agam toca Uving in a cabin boat with Goodness his wife. He testified that Goodness went across the river that day and about 5 o'clock and went Supreme Court Says Switchmen Must That about 5 or 6 o'clock a Keep Behind the Engine. Afternoon the Mounts boys passed hiss in a skiff and asked if Goodness; Joe supreme court of Iowa has de- was there, saying that they were look-; ciaed that railroad companies are not "ng for him and wanted to lay him out. He further testified that be saw Good- for damages for the injury of em-1 ployes who board moving switch cn- again about 6:30 o'clock near the Sines from the front, providing the men bridge and Goodness told-the witness' charge of the engine are exercising rhat he had been struck with an oar.j reasonable care. Yard switchmen That the witness then followed Good-! should board the machine by standing ness home.

at the side of tne lra -ck and catching the He further testified that when front hand rail, which projects to the' the cabin boat Goodness groan-1 sid a sufficient distance, or they should, ed a great deal and kept the other occu- pursue the safer course of stepping on I pants of the boat from sleeping. At rear foot board. The opinion is as, about midnight he arose from his bed! follows: md went out when he returned he lay! George W. Ferguson vs. Chicago, Mil down on his couch and aperently i waukee and St.

Paul Railway com-' iteeep as he ceased groaning. This pany, appellant. Woodbury was the last heard from him until I George W. Wakefield, judge. Revers- morning when his wife arose and cov-j ed; opinion by Deemer.

ered him with a comforter not know-1 Action at law to recover damages for ng that he was already dead. At about personal injuries sustained by plaintiff 5 o'clock Hoefling arose and going to in being run over by a switch engine in other end of the boat he saw defendant's yards 1 Sioux City. At the' Goodness was dead and that his face, time of the accident tne company had turned black. It was then, that Dr Berwald was called. After dinner this winter was recalled COMPOUND ATRUE NERVE TON1CJ A.RELIABLE LAXMTVE AND DIURETIC STREW RENEWS Y1TAUTY.

PURIFIES THE BLOOD. RE6UIATESTHEKIDNEYSJ UVERAND30WELS PlUIPARED WELLS. PROPRIETORS BURLINGTON.YT. using an ordinary road engine foi switching purposes. It had.

however.i taken the pilot off and had placed flSit Don't Be by Any Substitute ind on further examination, rails and foot boards at the forward that when he met Goodness near thej and rer end of the engine. Plaintiff bridge he was bleeding from the nose! stood In middle of the track to: and ears and seemed in great pain. catch the middle of etaoin etaointaoin' The next witness was Mrs. catch the board and rail of the Lll" Goodness, the wife of the defendant; preaching engine- The board was icy' who came into the court room learning! and he fell. He was dragged some dis- on the arm of her father.

She is a little, tance and his foot was cut off. sickly woman. stance the same as that of her husband Made and Maintains thrconfidence vas the last for the ol the people in Hood's medicme cures yon when yon arc sick; if My for Uje defense made a it cures your neighbors and your friends the cage from lhe ary ei when they are ailiog; if it mates wonder- i dgc consider the evidence himself. The, supreme court holds the persons in; Her testimony was brief and in sub-, charge of the engine were not at fault. i not stopping the engine at once, since the plaintiff had disappeared in 1 front the boikr and it was to be as- T- sumed he was safe.

The court says to. further: "The foot board aad band rail he' at the forward end of the engine extended a foot beyond either rail and MOLINE MAX HOXOREP. aspired to office of any kind. D. Wiman Appointed Oi Tanner's Staff Honor has come to ont- of ful cures of many diseases everywhere, I The motion was overruled by the court there was a hand ra'l and foot board at; has appointed on staff tbcn beond any question that medicine and the taking of the testimony for the, the rear of the engine.

Tho plaintiff of Gov. Tanner, of ap- posscsscs merit. That is jast the truth defense was commenced. could with safety have mounted the' Hood's Prepared by i The first witness for the defense was' forward footboard without placing i nn ..,,1 Matthew Durr. HP testified that was biiaseif in the center of the track in RHEUMATISM DR.

RiCHTER'S PAIN EXPELLER 31 HIGHEST AWARDS. in Ih" ly Tf" solo -A' a vfit to xmpauy. took combination, pro port ion and process unknown to olber medicines, bas curative powtrs peculiar to We know it POS.WVMT prrsi merit it has Made for bim to baie would bavo for bta to haie until tb" the fncin- tt wherr tir and thea to have onto the foot board." Cures, not one? or Swire or hundred bat in and of We knoir 5t Jr ntn others foil to do any cowl cr. known Jo merit or the power to is Goodncss bad and lb" Monnls known 4o be the on 3t is known to be Eonest ly i snd HJVM. tnay mud lake Sarjoijin: lo the cl olber la Ijict.

Merit Mcdc nnd tbc confidence of tbc ppopJe in CORPORAT1OXS MEBT. A corporations at ibc room of the B'isln this for of orpaoizjiiK against a Matthew Durr. He testified that was hiiaseif in the center of the track in i at the camp across the river from Buf-. front of the engine, or a more prudent falo the afternoon of April 26 and that' affr had had a quarrel with over Rome- Bibical followed and i twice threw him down on the ground. but they were separated.

He testified that afterti-ard he. tbousbt the defendant bad gone across- the riii-r be was going after him' and startt-d out Ja a boat for that pur- nose to take any witS' him. He that i was mhen in an 5ntovJat-j f-d condilkxn and that he came over tol Buffalo about or 30 after' KEBRrAKY WKATHER. following fcummarj" of th" a period of 25 for staunch Wiman mor of February has been oom- of C- H. Mr.

Wiraar. vd ta Davenport weather bureau. The or normal temperature for tliv month during this period was coldest month was that of tiith an average temperature of and the warmest that of 1 v. ih an average of 09 dt-grei-s. Tb" temperature was that of facJon man in niakir.g i The ha? man to Chicago the follo'n'jnc to sa of Mr.

Wiman: his ar.d account of Gov. for his father-in-law. Charles H. Cvre. was born in Canada.

May the lowest on i sx it down to 21 t.ii:.»n of rain or snow during th'' pc-rioij was 1-57 inches, the average of days wjtlj .01 of an inch or him. At to press this wiim-ss sti3) on stand th4- fiw of to 3'ass a law for what th-y unjust listing of corporasson 3n c-n-niJ. it and F. H. MiS'cr and E.

H. Ran. T3j- nj'CwliJig was sti33 in lime of going Jo press. 3T an anc SALARIES or COUNTY OKKlCKRft. 1WSJ.

and is a of Erast'is Wj- I3K Pr-cipitation The monttli pjTcipitaUoo was in 1S77. greatest amount of on in any 24 bours was on tbc ISsh aad 5n ifvs. Tb" amount of in any 24 cons-ccuUvo hours was Jnchwi on the Mb and Sn av-naw owrolx-r of rarJ cloudy. and cJoudy. jo.

rvvaihng winds rf-uriajt this frow the northwest. Toun-i an hour first in Anvr- cin lh 2S the S5afn finar.c-r. of wlih bjs 3o Island, be Jived unul his to 3n iho at in and for as of an Jf Hood's Sarsaparilla Question That tbt 1 tion of the State St-natc. T3r sen a of features of rTinly and township ri1 i and on A51 if XVnvch and on Staun Jslaml. ira Mr.

Wiman laj-r anl iv in th- in l.jn- coin park. "H- marrw-2 in Ono-lxr. 1-5-1. io si Mis-, Nnna daughl'-r of in o-f the measure to Anna Tmt s-btriffs on and to -T a. aiTl hn" 1 of 1'nion Mr.

Wiffian pr'-sii1-Tii lion Tt' Tm- BVort rnrflfr. AU ay 1 TMTM C4yam if rur nOOd PlllS e. was jriaied la tbc cf to trj- to undo his work of ago: but hr cTrpJained TTio now -r Jba? JTr- 3.car tho -vftTaz- i as i ol HA1T1ST MEETINGS. Tlif luroonl of peopk- was BapiJrt Jast and aft-r E. H.

bad th" of John. the broth-prs as a trio- "Can a Boy Korgt-4 Mother's Mr. Ijovctt i 3. VHI, "Vi Tbero wj53 bo at Illinois naial mililw and 3 ar an roan and cinrr-b this ovoning and JVVfcjy in Staton Kland as a "in an ariirc part 3n rolitscs. bti: fhf of Christ I GJorj by.