Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 1, 1902, Page 4

; THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JULY 1, IOWA. NEWS OF INTEREST FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS. MINOR MENTION. Davis sells drugs. Btockert sells carpets and rugs. Leftert, eyesight specialist, 238 Broadway. Dr. Stockdale, First Nat. Bank bullding. Pictures for wedding presents, C. E. Alexander & Co., %3 Broadway. Take home a_ brick of Metzger's ice eream. Vanilia, 2c; Neopolitan, 3oc Miss Neison of Columbus, Kan the guest of the family of H. Ouren of Fourih | street Council Blufts lodge, Tribe of Ben Hur, will meet tonight fof the Inswailation of officers, Y G. B, Hardell took out a bullding permit yesterday for a one-story {rame cottage, 10 cost $800. Mrs. Merwin Maynard will leave Thurs- day for Portland, Ore., to spend the sum- mer with her son. Mrs. F. B. Buckman and daughters left 8unday evening for Brookiyn, N. Y., Where they will spend the suminer. Dr. and Mrs. R. O. Willlams are home from the we« & trip to K ville, Ia., and are located at 928 Ka Pierce street Mrs. M. R. Siyter nd _#on Alfred Washington “avenue ret yesterday from & trip to Colorado and South Dakota points. The Ladles’ Ald soclety of the First §ongregational church will meet this after- foon at the residence of Mrs. 5. F. Henry, 808 Sixth avenue For rent, five-room cottage, city water in Kitchen, K60d out buildings. $8.50 per month Call on "B F . Watts, Bee office, or 165 North First atre The three children of Major and Mrs. Hugh Gallagher of Washington, D. C., are Visfiing thelr Kradparents, Mr. and Mis. Henry Paschel of Willow avenue | try F. Jackson and Mrs. E. Blake both oF Omaha, were married in_this elty ot leray afternoon by Rev. W. 8. Barnea Y heGiiet Prespyteriun church parsonage Mrs. J. Buckifigham of Boston, who has | bors. Siting her parents. Atr. ‘and Mra | Merw ard of First avente, left yes- | ferdsy for Chicago, where she will make her home "Ihe school year at the Towa School for the Deat closed yesterday and the 140 eld-r puplls who remained at the Institution after the fire were sent to their homes. The school will reopen October 1. The office of the clerk of the dfstrict court will be_ kept open on the morning of July 4 from 7 to 10:3) o'clock to enable the old soldiers to file thelr pension papers, it being the quarterly pension day. Burglars attempted to break fnto the residence of Luciue Wells yesterday after- noon during the absence of the family, but were frightened away by some young men who were playing tennis In the vicinity | Willlam Larsen, deputy county recorder, ‘was wearing a big, broad smile yesterday and handing out fragrant Havanas to the Attaches at the county court house. It was all on account of a new baby boy at his house. H. D. Plerson of Omaha, secretary d\n«l anager of the State Detective amsociation, Was In the city yesterday. It s sald that the purpo: his visit was to consult with the business men who are in the movement to organize a merchants’ police force. Luclus Wells is home from Peorfa, Tll, having severed his connection with the agricultural implement firm of Kingman & Co. Mr, Wells 18 anxious to resume business in this city, but providing the op- portunity does not present itself will re- move to Chicago. During the month of June 170 transfers of real estate were flled in the county re- corder's office, with a total consideration ¢ $210,108.17. The first six months of this §pa'f have proven a record breaker, 1760 transters being filed, with & total considera- tion of $3,673,909.21. Willlam E. Park, sald to belong to a prominent family in Des Molnes, is in the county Jjall, charged with embezzling a 0ld watch and chain, the property of Misa Keva Papst, & young women employed at the Revere' house. Park borrowed the timeplece from the young woman an alleged to have pawned it jn Omaha. Miss Papst _recovered her ‘witeh yesterday. and it 18 likely that she wiil drop the case. Charles A. Miller filed an i{nformation in ADMITS KILLING OF MOYER Otto Roderick, Arrested as a Buspect, Makes Oonfession to Ohief of Police, ALLEGES HE STRUCK IN SELF-DEFENSE Men at Restaurant Contradict a Por- tion of His Story and Admitted Engaged in & Fight. The mystery surrounding the a Clark W. Moyer, the rallway mail Saturday night, which resulted in his death at St. Bernard's hospital Sunday morning, was cleared up yesterday after- noon at the Inquest. Otto W. Roderick, the suspecy arrested by the police Sunday night, made a confession, in which he ad- mitted belng the person who had struck Moyer, felling him to the ground. He claimed that Moyer struck at him first and that when he hit back he had no idea that Moyer had been badly hurt. The coroner's jury, consisting of O. H. Lucas, J. W. Scott and A. J. Stephenson, brought in a verdict to the effect that Moyer came to his death as the result of a blow or blows inflicted by Otto W. Rode- rick, the latter being aided and abetted by one John Williams, Willlams is a farmhand working on the Martin place, near the lowa School for the Deaf. He waa arrested yesterday after- noon following the inquest and is in the county jall with Roderick. An information charging Roderick and Willlams with the murder of Moyer was filed In the court of Justice Bryant yesterday afternoon. It ie expected that they will have thelr prelim- inary hearing some time today. Roderick all of yesterday morning con- tinued to adhere to his story that he had nothing to do with the assault on Moyer, that he did not even know the man and was not in the vicinity of the Creston House saloon at any time Saturday night. After he had eaten his dinner and shortly before the time arrived for the Inquest, however, he broke down and admitted to Chief of Police Tibbitts that he was the man who had struck Moyer. He claimed that he had only struck him after Moyer had made two passes at him. Roderick’s statement to Chlef Tibbits, which was substantially the same as he made at the inquest, was as follows: Statement of Roderick. Ho sald that he and John Willlame had taken supper shortly before 9 o’clock at Bllly Gray's restaurant on South Main street, near Seventh avenue, and after- ward he and Willlams had come uptown. Shortly before midnight he and Williams started to return down Main street. In front of the Creston House saloon they passed a “bunch” of men. Someone in the “bunch” made an insulting remark to Willlame and the latter went back. He ad- vised Williams not to pay any attention to it, but to come along. He then went back to assist Williams and three of the men in the crowd ran, but a heavy-set man, wearing gl whom he afterward learned was Moyer, struck at him first with his right and then with his left hand. He warded off both blows and then struck ult on clerk, Justice Bryant's court yesterday charging Fd Heaton with assault with intent to infiict great bodily injury. Miller ~and ieaton both room and board at 1305 Avenue B and Miller clafms that Heaton is jealous and ordered him to leave the place. This Miller declined to do and, he alleges, Sun- day night Heaton drew a large knife and attempted to slash him with it and would probably have succeeded had not some of the boarders interfered. No Ground for Scare. The officers at the city jall were treated to a smallpox scare yesterday morning. Edward Sigmar, a laborer, who came here a few days ago from Sioux City, walked into the jail and announced he was suf- fering from smallpox. Assistant County Attorney Kimball, who happened to be there, made a rush for Chief Tibbits' office, where he locked himself in, while Ser- geant Gardiner had business out on the street. Chief Tibbits, who {s immune from almost apything, stood his ground and tel- ephoned for City Physiclan « Houghton. When the latter arrived he declared the man's allment was not smallpox and that the officers had been needlessly alarmed. Plumbing and heating. Bixby & Son. Gene: Miles Cannot Come. Secretary Knox of the Iowa soclety, Army of the Philippines, has received re- plies from General Miles and General Ains- worth, regretting their inability to accept the invitation to attend the meeting of the national soclety In this city in August. Davis sclls gluse, Real Entate Transters, These transfers were filed yesterday in the abstract, title and loan office of J. W. Bquire, 101 Pearl stree James McNaughton and wife to J. J. Stewart, lot 8, block 11, Baylies' 2d 80, W, 4500 oo keonis b Wes U Y Leonard Everett and wife to Frank BE. T. Cook, lot 14, block 1, Balrds add., w. d... B R R v Charles E. Armour and wife to Georg W. Sumpter lot 8, block 12, Beel BUBAIY., W it thaannsanterheissse . B Bellows Falls ‘Savings Institution to James O 1, 50 feet lot 5, block C, Curtis & Ramsey's add., w. d . Henry Coffeen and wife to J. P. Hess, trustee, lot ®, original plat, w. d Five transfers, total... Marrisge Licenses, Licenses to wed were lssued yesterday to the followin Name and Residence. August J. Miller, Omaha. Clara Schulte, Omaha. Harry E. Jackson, Omaha Mrs. E. Blake, Omaha. Thomas M. Bromwell, Omaha.......... Anna M. McCullough, Council Bluffs. & BOHEMIAN “King of all Bottled Beers." Brewed from Bohemian Hops. Order from H. May & Company SUITS CLEANED-— Dyed and pressed. Special attention Moyer with his left hand, knocked him down and he and Willlams continued on their way down South Main street. He sald that when he struck Moyer the latter went backward and “kind of sunk down."” He daid not stop to see if the man was seriously Injured, as he supposed it would cause trouble. He sald he had not been in the Creston House saloon that night and had not been there for six weeks or two months. He sald he did not know Moyer and as far as he knew had never met him. He sald that Moyer muttered something when he struck at him, but he did not hear what he said. He sald he had never seen the three fel- lows who were with Moyer before and de- nled having had any trouble with them earlier in the night. The three fellows ran when he started to go after them. He denfed having told any person in Pabst's saloon that night that he had knoeked out Clark Moyer. Contradicts Roderick, Roderick's statement that he did mot tell anybody about knocking & man down in front of the Creston House safoon was con- tradicted by two witnesses, Roy Jones, em- ployed as a cook in Gray's restaurant, and John Clary, who was visitigg Jones Satur- day night. Jodes testified that Roderick and Willlams came into the restaurant about midnight Saturday and that Roderick asked for the loan of 25 cents with which to get across the river. He sald that Roderick told him he had had a fight near the Cres- ton house with a big fellow who wore glasses. Jones told him he could not loan him the money and Roderick, he said, then told him to go to h—1l. Jones told him that place was too hot for him and Roderick, he sald, answered that he had just put one four-eyed there. Clary's evidence was in corroboration of Jones' testimony. Former Alderman E. . Brown_ testified to finding Moyer lylng unconsclous on the eldewalk in a pool of blood, with a wound under his right eyg These were the only witnesses before the inquest, Coroner Treynor deciding that im view of Roderick's admissions there was no need for further testimony at this time. The jury then brought in the ver- dict as above. Roderick s & young man about 28 years of age and claims Council Bluffs as bis home. His wife lives in South Omaha, but it is said has been separated from her hus- band for some time. Roderick is a laborer and has been arrested more than once by the police for being drunk. He had been drinking Saturday night when he had the trouble with Moyer. Roderick in his statement sald Moyer was wearing glasses and this is probably true, as he usually wore them, but when he was found unconsclous on the sidewalk there was no sign of the glasses and they bave mot been found sipce. Melatives of Moyer Com Word was recelved yesterday afternoon that a brother and sister of the dead man would be here today to take charge of the body. Moyer was a member of the Knights of Pythias in good standing. He belonged to the lodge in Fairfield, Ia. John H. Merckens, county elerk of Jefferson county at Fairfield, in a letter to City Clerk Phil- lips yesterday, asked for Information con- cerning the death of Moyer and stated that the only relative of the dead man there was & brother, who was a patient i the tnsane ward of the county hospital. Roderick's statement that Moyer first struck at him is not credited by those who the were acquainted with dead man. Moyer, while known §iven lndies’ garments. Also chenille curtains npeatly —cleaned, dyed and {feased. ‘Phone L-8it lowa Steam Dye ‘orks, 34 Broadway. LEWIS CUTLER ~FUNERAL DIRECTOR— (Buccessor to W, C. Estep) 88 PEARL STREET. 'Ph or and a frequenter of - saloon: knggn to raise his hand against any mal For quite & while he had been almost a eripple, bhaving within the last two years suffered two fractures of his legs, and until quite recently was forced to walk with the assistance of crutches. The pelice are still trylng to locate t! three young men sald to bave been with Moyer at the time he left the saloon, as they undoubtedly would be able to throw considerable light on the tragedy. Now that Roderick hae admitted to being the person who struck Moyer and it has been shown that they were not responsible for the mssault, the authorities are hopeful that they will come forward and tell of their own free will all they know about the affair. HOW TO TEACH THE CHILDREN e Things Necessary Bealdes I planting the Things in the Text Books. Superintendent McManus' expectations wera realized yesterday as the enroliment at the Pottawattamie County Normal in- stitute reached the 300 mark. Miss Maud Summers in her lecture yes- terday morning on “Primary Methods” made several suggestions as to how teach- ers might interest the children each month as Hallowe'en, Thanksgiving, St. Valentine's day, tional holldays. For Hallowe'en she sug- gested that teachers have social gather- ings for the children from kindergartens up to the fourth grade and by means of Christmas, ing of the day. She pointed out the fact that many times the teachers fail to im- press upon the minds of the children the true meaning of Thanksgiving day and euggested that they be told the story of the Pllgrim Fathers. Christmas to some she sald, had come to mean selfishness. The idea of Christmas had by many children their little neighbor. They should be taught different and taught to make their own presents which they intend to give thelr playmates and parents. Above all she suggested to teach them the story of the Christ child. The birthdays of Wash- Ington and Lincoln, she sald, should be especially emphasized in the public schools, as this Is one of the great opportunities of teaching patriotism to the pupils and a true love for the Stars and Stripes. She suggested that Memorial day be observed in schools in much the same way as Wash- ington's and Lincoln's birthday, thus cre- ating’a stronger spirit of love for the vet- erans who fought for thelr country in the civil war. Wanted—Young lady of neat appearance; salary $1.00 per day. Address A, Bee office, Council Bluffs. Puck's Domestic soap 1s best for laudry, N. Y. Plumbing Co., telephons 250, Matters in District Court. Attorney H. G. Wernimont effected a settlement yesterday afternoon with M. Woolfson and wife and the Groneweg & Schoentgen company and the summary proceedings which have occupled the at- tention of Judge Wheeler In the district court for several days were dismissed. It was alleged that Wernimont was with- holding certaln moneys which he had col- lected for the Woolfsons, The dismissal of the summary proceedings will, it s ex- pected, result in the diemissal of the case in which Wernimont {s charged with em- bezzlement. The application of the Pomona Trust and Land company for an injunction to re- strain the Mason City & Fort Dodge Rail- Wway company from interfering with or ob- structing Pomona avenue w: submitted before Judge Wheeler yesterday. The rail- road, which was represented by State Sena- tor Healy of Fort Dodge, took the stand that it had the right to temporarily ob- struct the road during the construction of its grade. The court took the application under advisement. In the matter of the estate of James Ryan, who dled recently in St. Bernard's hospital, Judge Wheeler decided that $856 which bad been placed on deposit in the Farmers’ and Merchants’ bank of Neola by the deceased belonged to the estate and ordered it turned over by the clerk of the court to the administrator, David J. Ryan of Chicago, & son of the deceased, A daughter, Mrs. Sarah Jane Haffey, had laid claim to the money. William A. Bridgman brought suit against C. Poore and others to restrain the sale of liquor on certaln property at Manaw: The trial of the suit of W. H. Town to recover $1,000 for the death of his pacing horse, “Black Blondin,” w resumed in the superior court yesterday. Good bargalns In homes, vacant lots and farms. Charles Officer, 419 Broadway. Davis 1ls paint. Puck's Domestic soap is best. Cru Against Filth, The municipal authorities are preparing to wage a crusade against dirty alleys and back yards before the heated term be- gins. For over a year, since the services of a health officer have been dispensed with, no effort has been made to have the alleys cleaned and refuse matter and gar- bage of all kinds has been permitted to accumulate. Officer Rue, who was stationed at Cut-Off, has been recalled to the city and it is understood will be appointed spe- clal health office: any soap so its Puck’s soap. Gravel roofing, A. H. Read, 541 Broadway. Keep clean. Use Purk's Mechanic's soap. Says Schaupp's Deed Stands, FORT DODGE, Ia., June 30.—(Special.)— A decislon has been rendered by Judge Ellwood in the case of A. G. Wedge against J. M. Schaupp of this city in favor of the defendant. The ownership of half a sec- tion of land, valued at $75 an acre, was involved in the suit. The land formerly belonged to W. C. Sawyer, a former Fort Dodge resident, who dled mysteriously in Chicago about a year ago. Several years ago Mr. Schaupp bought the land at a sherift's sale for the satisfaction of a $300 lumber bill owed by Mr. Sawyer. Shortly after Sawyer's death Wedge, who lives in Minnesota, appeared with a deed which he claimed to have secured from Sawyer and brought suit to be permitted to redeem it or to set aside Schaupp's deed. Aba; IOWA FALLS, Ia., June 30.—(Special.)— Al Moore, & veteran newspaper man of lowa, retires from active newspaper work for a time at least and will devote his time to the completion of a book on which he has labored for some time. It will be devoted to stories and experiences of rall- road lite. lowa County Clerks to Gather. IOWA FALLS, Ia., June 30.—(Special.)— The clérk of the court of this county, Tom C. Meader, has just issued the notices for the annual meeting of the State County Clerks' association, which will meet July 16 and 17 in Marshalltown. There are ninety-nine clerks in the state. smallpox in Blackhawk County. CEDAR FALLS, Ia., June 30.—Smallpox has agaln made its appearance in this county. An auctioneer of Waterloo, re turning from Canada, brought home a o of it 4 & woman of this city, Mrs.! Blain, on returning trom a visit to South Dakota, came home il of the disease. during the year, especially at such times | Arbor day and na- | stories teach them the history and mean- | is to have more presents than | TURNS D(;WN ASPHALT BILL Mayor of Des Moines Vatoes Resolution and Ohampions Brick Industry. TELEPHONE STRIKE SETTLEMENT REMOTE Girle' Sympathizers Urge Patrons of Concerns to Diseard Instruments Pending for Sale of Mutual Plant. (From a Staft Correspondent.) DES MOINES, June 30.—(Spectal.)—Mayor Brenton this morning vetoed a resolution which had paseed the city council author- izing the use of asphalt for paving certain streets In the eastern part of the city. The mayor made his veto strictly on the ground that the use of asphalt in Des Moines would be injurious to the brick industry in the city. The property owners had petitioned for sphalt paving on this street and there are already a number of residence streets in the western part of the city that are paved wifh asphalt, but a protest came from the manufacturers of brick in the | city, and the mayor will not allow the use | of asphalt on Des Molnes streets. Nearly all the paving in Des Moines is with brick and it has nearly all been put down in the last ten years. The entire paving question will have to be opened up | again and the property owners who are in- | terested and who will have to pay for the brick will make an effort to force the city to adopt asphalt where they want it. In nearly all of the smaller towns of lowa | brick is used exclusively as a paving ma terfal, but the brick is nearly all made | in Des Moines, where the clay is just right | for paving brick. It is feared by the brick people that if asphalt is used here it will | induce the people of the towns and smaller citles to discard brick. Strike Settlement Remote. The arbitration committee of the Trades and Labor assembly and the special com- mittee named yesterday to advise with them commenced a systematic canvass of the city today to induce the users of tele- phones to order their instruments out to- morrow as a protest agalnst the position of the companies in maintaining their fight against the telephone girls. The commit- tees went at it systematically and thor- oughly and claim that they eecured many pledges from the telephone users. At the same time a movement has been inaugurated for a sale of the Mutual plant to a new company. E. H. Martin of Web- ster City, C. H. Deering of Boone and G. N, Bandy of Perry are in the city, all owners of telephone properties, and have submitted to the directors of the Mutual a proposition for purchase of their plant. They are already interested in the com- pany, through their connections, and Mr. Martin has been asked to take personal charge of the business for the present and to make the fight against the telephone girls. | ‘The manager of the Iowa company states |that none of the linemen who went out Saturday in sympathy with the strikers were regularly employed and all their line- men are non-union men. There is less pros- pect now of a settlement than last week. Crop Situation in Yowa. Director Sage of the local weather and crop service, while he refused to give a di- rect opinion relative to the amount of dam- age excessive rains have already done in Towa, is extremely apprehensive as to the outlook. His weekly weather and crop bul- letin, issued tomorrow, will be far from encouraging, though it is likely the director himself will hardly hazard a question as to the amount of injury brought about by the excessive rains and the exceedingly low temperature for the month of June. All depends on the character of weather through the month of July. If it turns off hot and dry the entire crop will be ruined. Plants throw their roots deep into the ground during dry weather to gather mols- ture. During wet seasons the roots lie along the surface. Hot, parching weather would have the effect of actually baking the roots and destroying the plant. Con- siderable anxlety is therefore felt relative to the character of weather during the com- ing month, Sewage Dispo Plants, The state board of control today adve tised for bids for new sewage disposal plants at the hospital at Mt. Pleasant, the reform school at Mitchellville and the orphan’s home at Davenport. The bids are to be in by the 12th of the month. There are three separate plans proposed, one on the plan of the International Sew- age company of Boston and two on the septic tank system. It has been found that there is no way of securing disposal of the sewage at either of the fnstitu- tions by ordinaray dralnage and the state has been put to too much expense to care for the waste. The board hopes to get offers for plans that will solve the prob- lem. Bar ston May Extend. It 1s announced that the Burlington com- pany expects to complete the extension of the Burlington & Western to Des Molnes before fall and thus will have an entire new route from Burlington to Des Moine: The entire road from Burlington to Os- kaloosa widened yesterday, it having been & parrow guage, and despite the fact that rain fell all day the work was done. This is only a step toward running the line trom Oskaloosa’ to Tracey so that Burling ton trains can come by the new route to Des Molnes. The change in gauge leaves but one narrow guage road in Iowa, that from Bellevue to Cascade, owned by the Milwaukee company. Des Moines Postoffice B ness. Recelpts from the Des Moines postoffice for the fiscal year ending this morning were $386,963.35 as against $334,633.25 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901. This is a net Increase over last year of §51,908.48. The total receipts for the month of June, 1902, are $33,256.90 as against $26,483.13 for the same month last year. This repre- sents as a total increase for the month of $6,775.77 or 25.58 per cent. The Des Moines postoffice receipts have been increasing steadily for the past four years, running from $229,000 four years ago to $387,000 at the close of the fiscal yea 1902. The receipts are almost twice thos of St. Joseph notwithstanding the Missour| city’s population 1s 40 per cent more than that of Des Molnes. The figure is within few thousand of the total receipts of the Omaha postoffice located in a city nearly twice as large as Des Moines. New Corporation Papers. The following incorporation papers were filed with the secretary of state today lowa Upholstering company of Des Molnes; capital $2,600; by Nellle Rhoads, John Prettyman and others. Calhoun Creamery company of Church; amendments changing time of meeting. Arlington Telephone company of Mo- ville; capital $5,000; by W. 8. Sanborn, M E. Southwick and others. Malony Clgar company of Council Bluffs; capital §10,090; by Thomas Maloney, Frank 8. Hoas, Will F. Stedentopf and others. Bluff Road Telephone company of Mus- THE HOT ONE-I don't 80 how you keep 80 cool and clean and comfortable THE COOL ONE—Simplest thing in the world. I keep cool an: outside. I take a CASCARET Candy Cathartic every night before hot fermentation in the stomach and bowels, Wwhile you sleep, make you feel fine all day. d c‘lOI.n inside, and that makes me teel cool and ol going to bed. It cleans and purifies the system, stops and makes excessive perspiration impossible. You know they work this blistering weather. 546 catine; capital $1,000; by J. B. Hartman and others. JTowa Land and Townsite company of Creston; capital $10,000; by Lyman Water- man, Charles R. Glover and W. C. Elliott. The Boyson creamery of Cedar Raplds; capital §15,000; by H. J. Boyson and others. Towa City and West Branch Mutual Tel- ephone company of Scott township, John- son county; capital $2,000; by J. T. Struble and other: California Fruit and Lumber company of California Junction, Harrison county; cap- ital $25,000; by Charles House and others. Pushing New Electric Rallway. OSKALOOSA, Ia., June 30.—(Special.)—R. H. Hall, promoter of the Oskaloosa & Tama Electric Rallway company, wae in the city yesterday after a tour of Poweshlek, Ma- haska and Marion counties and reports that work will be commenced on the con- struction of the road by September 1. The road will extend from Tama City on the north to Buxton on the south, a distance of ninety-two miles according to the sur- vey which has just been completed. Spe- cial elections are being arranged for Bus- sey and Hamilton In Monroe county, and Montezuma and Barnes City In Poweshiek county. Petitions have already been prop- erly filed for all the elections. The propo- sition in each town is the voting of a tax of 3 per cent to assist the company in the construction of the road. The work will be commenced at Buxton, the southern ter- minus of the road, a coal mining town in Monroe county, Elks Festival at Fort Dodge. FORT DODGE, Ia., June 30.—(Speclal.)— The Elks’ lodge of this city has announced that it will hold a midsummer festival to run from July 28 to August 2. The Jabour circus, a carnival attraction, which has showed successfully at Des Moines, Du- buque and Minneapolis, has been secured s the feature of the carnival and have signed a contract that it will put in an appearance. Other attractions will be se- cured and the festival promises to be one of the largest held In northwestern Iowa this summer. Yowa Normal Will Graduate. CEDAR FALLS, Ia, June 380.—(Spe- clal.)—The attendance at the Normal sum- mer school is fully up to the average of last year, despite the hard time the stu- dents had getting here on account of wash- outs. A clase of twenty-five will be grad- uated next month from the regular courses, which will make & total of 260 graduates this year. Towa Central Shop Men Out. MARSHALLTOWN, Ia., June 30.—~Two hundred employes in the Iowa Central rail- road shops walked out this afternoon. Ma- chinists, bollermakers and their helpers and blacksmiths' helpers are involved. The bollermakers want ten hours pay and nine hours work, while the helpers want 25 cents more a day. Elect Honorary Members. KEOKUK, Ia., June 30.—The Audubon soclety of the state of Iowa today elected to honorary membership Rev. H. A. Percl- val, Rev. R. Keane Ryan, Rev. M. E. Faw- cett and Rev. F. C. Priest, all of Chicago. The election was In recognition of their pulpit attack on the big Kansas City shoot. Yowa State News No John A. Drake, the Derby winner, Is the son of General F. M. Drake of Cenferville, formerly governor of lowa. The Davenport Republican notes that the Waterloo Board of Trade has purchased & number of factory sites in order to inéuce new institutions to locate there and de: clares t e is & good way to help a city grow. Jowa now has a squab farm. George Dickman and Frank Fairburn are the pro- moters of the idea, their farm being located at Fonda, where they are raising hundreds of Plymouth Rock homer pigeon squabs for the general market. 0N _squabs always in demand and for as high $450 a dozen. Eighth district democrats will meet in convention at Creston on July 11. Senator Claud Porter_of Centerville, J. B. Sullivan of Creston, V. R. McGinnfs of Leon and A. W. Maxwell of Beymour, members of the state central committee from that district, have been mentioned In connection with the nomination. Messrs. Porter and Maxwell have declared, however, that they will not permit their names to be used. There id 1o be an unprecedented de. mand for wind millg in northwestern Iowa and southeastern Dukota, in the reglons swept by the recent storm. Hundreds of Wing ‘mills were not oniy biown down, but demolished. On_the large stock farms where the water is all pumped by wind power, it-is impossible to get along without the mills. In Le Mars and Ireton scores of wind mills were disposed of in a fow hours after the storm had visited that region. Judge Platt of the district court at Waterloo has rendered a decision in an- other tax ferret case, this time taking up another polnt of law of the statute of limitations. The case was entitled P. J. Seiberling, guardian, t H. B. Crop- per, county treasurer, Sleberling was the' guardian of the Manson estate and in 1896 “was assessed ‘on one-third of the amount of money in his hands. Treasurer Cropper charged the ta: up to the guard- jan and brought sult to recover. Judge Platt says that it was the duty of the treasurer to see to it that the property was properly assessed and not the duty of an ofcial elected six years afterward. He holds that the five years' fimitation holds good In the case of estates and set the assessment aside. The case will go to the me court. sed with Murder an., June 30.—Mrs. Ed. been arrested, charged s Edwards, e coroner's Kansas Woma BURLINGTO! ward Edwards has be with the murder of Viola Glag her 4-year-old stepdaughter. child came to its death ury found that the y being stamped and trampled on by Mrs Edwards. The woman, who is in jail here, man Killed the chiid. Mrs. dwards' third wife. The child by Edwards' second wife. Sargent to Assume New Office. PEORIA, Ill. June %.—Frank BSargent will leave Peoria today to go to Washing- ton to assume his dutles as commissionei tion. He will be succeeded a grand master of the Brotherhood of Lo motive Firemen by John Hannahan, pr ent vice Mr. Sargent will tponed. NEW YORK, June %.—Stockholders of the United States Steel corporation were to hold a special meeting today to formally ratify the bond conversion plan, but in view of pending Ntigation the meeting was postponed for two weeks. CROPS DAMAGED BY FLOODS| Wide Bpread Ruin is Wrought by the Exoessive Rains, LOSS IN ILLINOIS ESPECIALLY HEAVY In the Vieinity of Alton the Rail romds and Many Manufacturing Plants Are Also Among the Sufferers. 8T. LOUIS, June 30.—A low estimate placed on the damage wrought within a ra- dlus of 150 miles of Alton, 111, by the storm of wind and rain that prevalled Saturday night and Sunday s $1,000,000. While the farmers are the heaviest losers the rail- roads also suffered severely. In the Ameri- can bottom farming district the farmers are ruined. Wood river, a small and usually harm- less stream, overflowed its banks early Sun. day morning and the farmers in the vast expanse of bottom lands were forced to get into the upper storles of their homes to save their lives. Their houses were flooded. After spending a night full of terror they watched the daylight come in only to see that their crops had been washed away. The Reuter brothers, extensive farmers, residing near the banks of Wood river thres miles from Alton, suffered a loss of $10,000, and when the waters subside they may learn that their loss is twice this amount. This is only one Instance. Rallroad traffic through the bottom lands fs completely shut off and will not be re- established before this evening, as the washouts are such that they cannot easily or rapldly be repaired. Among other con- cerns that suffered s the big plant of the ‘Western Cartridge company at Alton. This was flooded and President F. W. Olin this morning states that his loss will be no less than $5,000 and may be more. Reports recelved this morning from the Plaza creek district say that the farmers in thelr anxiety to get their stock out of the valley into the hills neglected to save any of their shocked wheat and lost all. The crops there are lost. DANVILLE, Ill, June 30.—A heavy rain and wind Saturday night and Sunday have | ruined the oat crop and seriously damaged ‘wheat and corn. Vermillion river is out of its banks and higher than for thirty y All crops on bottom lands are practically ruined, and fences, small buildings and con- siderable live stock have been carried away. NEWS OF MISSING VESSELS Good Prospect that the Jeanle and Portla Wil Be Saved. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., June 30.— The steamer Centennial reached port to- day nine and a half days from Cape Nome, bringing news of the safety of the steam- ers Jeanle and Portland. It also brought word that the story of the loss of the United States revenue cutter, Thetls, is untrue. The steam whaler, Belvidere, arrived at Cape Nome on Junme 20, and reported that Jeanie and Portland were sighted In the ice pack on June 17, eighty miles north of Cape Prince of Wal and the Diomede islands. 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