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IOWA MILK INSPECTOR TALKS
Say Dairymen, Not Cows, Most Re
sponsible for Impure Milk.
I Council Uiutts. U., July 29. Dr. O.
Thompson. Iowa state milk in-
pector, arrived in Council Bluffs and
will spend several days visiting the
local dairies In company with Deputy
Milk Inspector Smith.
"There Is lots of misapprehension
about tuberculosis cows and their poi
soned milk," said Dr. Thompson. "I
have little or no faith in the efficacy
of pasteurization unless it be done at
once, and then It is of doubtful util
ity. We have clearly established this
fact. The cow Is the least responsible
for tuberculosis germs in milk. We
have tested hundreds of cows react
ing to the tuberculosis test and found
cows seriously affected giving pure
milk, but the eliminated waste mate
rial from every animal thus affected
was found to be swarming with the
germs- The dairymen put the germs
pnto the milk, not the cow. We have
shown that only 6 per cent of tubercu
losis In human beings comes from
milk that has been Infected by cows.
The dairymen are responsible for the
other 96 per cent. And this Is why
the state of Iowa Is now going after
Its dairymen so vigorously We are
going to have clean dairies or put every
milk producer out of the business. All
of the Infection comes through filthy
carelessness, that would make the
users of milk shudder If they knew
about It."
VIADUCT WORKERS
, DEMANDICE WATER
Des Moines Laborers Make It
Basis of Strike.
Des Moines, July 29. Work on the
new Des Moines Seventh street via
duct was suspended, owing to a strike
of day laborers. The men are de
manding $2 a day for nine hours
work, pay every Saturday and Ice
water.
Mayor James A. Hanna and Dr. E.
Bolton delivered addresses at the
Highland park graduating exercises.
Mayor Hanna was formerly head of
the liberal arts department at the col
lege.
While Des Moines did not get any
of the rain which has fallen In the
last twenty-four hours, the weather de
partment reports that rains have been
general over central and northern
Iowa, and in places an Inch and a half
of rain Is reported. The suffering
Iowa and the crops are In a precarious
condition.
ALLEGED FORGER IN JAIL
Frank Lewis of Mt. Ayr Charged With
Forging Bogus Check.
Creston, la., July 29 Frank Lewis
of Mt. Ayr is under arrest here,
charged with passing forged checks
on local merchants. Lewis is a strang
er here and attempted to pass a check
for $18.90 upon one of the clothing
men in payment for a bill of goods
amounting to $5, but was turned down.
Later it was learned he went to one
of the hardware stores and' bought a
$1 revolver, tendering a check payable
to and indorsed by and signed by local
citizens, for $7.90. Here he succeeded
In his game, but after a time the hard
ware man noticed the signatures on
the check were all In one hand and be
came suspicious. Calling un the par
ties on the check, he learned It was a
forgery. Then the poiice officials
"got busy" and soon had the man.
When searched he had the revolver
In bis pocket, loaded, together with
the first check he had attempted to
pass on the clothing man, and $8 In
money. An Indictment for forgery
was placed against him, to which he
pleaded not guilty, and he is now
locked up, pending a hearing.
Capitol Grounds Improvement.
Des Moines, July 29. A movement
has been started here to revive the ef- j
fort to Induce the legislative to make
a large appropriation for Improvement
of the grounds surrounding the state
capitol. It is desired that the resi
dence property opposite the grounds
,.. .11 l. 1 J 1, . -
De nearly an rtuicuast-u miu .uui a
complete scheme of landscaping the
grounds ana surroundings oe inane.
Warth Charged With Murder.
Burlington, la., July 9 Charles M.
"Warth was arrested here on the
charge of murdering Chief of Police
Struble of Clinton, III., in that city on
he night of July 13. Warth Is a mem
ber of a reputable family, the father
tielng the proprietor of a successful
entering business.
Body Recovered From River.
Iowa City, In., July 29. A tnunder
slonn brought the body of Harold
Fitzgerald to the surface. It is sup
roRi'rt vho Ml from his canoe while
asleep He drowned In three feet of
water.
Plncliot Coming to Iowa.
Dra Moines, July 29 It Is an
nounced her.' that Clifford I'inrliot 13
pxpeetod in Ill's Moines next week to
Ve h" gue?t of Henry Wallace, his as
poriu'p on the country life comm!
;nn W r'i 'A Boon Cnautjuqua Trnts
Bo.n In., J i!.' 18. tnrrlfio wind
and thunders!. !. n i-rc4 kr and
!l tin; t.'iits of the Rt-dpnth-Vawter
cliantMiqua were blown to the ground.
No one was injured.
BRYAN WILL
CONTINUE FIGHT
Democrats Urg:d !o Vct3 for Op
tion to Icr Lc2 slaters.
ISSUES STATEMENT AT LINCOLN
Says Efforts Have Not 3een in Vain,
as Initiative and Keferendum Are
in Eoth of the Platforms Urges
Optionists to Get Buy in All Legis
lative Districts.
Lincoln, July 29. W. J. Bryan will
continue the contest for county option.
He Issued the following statement:
"While the lailure ot the Democratic
convention to indorse county option
was disappointing, still the fight for
county option in the Democratic party
has not been in vain. In the first
place It has helped to secure a decla
ration in favor of the initiative and
referendum In both parties, and now
that all parties have declared for it
there Is no doubt of the necessary
amendment being submitted at the
next session of the legislature.
"The Populist party declared for
county option two years ago, and it
was to be expected that It would de
clare for It again. The work now to
be done Is to secure county option
candidates la every senatorial and
representative district. The Demo
crats who favor county option should
turn out at the primaries and noml
nate a candidate favorable to county
option. The Republicans in favor of
county option should be as active In
securing the nomination of Republican
candidates favorable to county option.
County option candidates should be
nominated by all parties In each dis
trict, and ! have no doubt that this
can be done in a great many districts
If the Democratic convention had In
dorsed county option the Issue would
have been eliminated from our cam
paign for state officers, congressmen
mid senator. But even as It Is it will
not be a controlling factor except In
the case of governor. There Is no
reason why anyone's vote for other
state officers should be Influenced by
the attitude of the candidate on the
question of county option, and there
Is no reason why we should not vote
for our congressmen with a view to
securing representation on national
Issues."
STEEL CEILING FALLS
One Man Severely Hurt and Other
Plasterers pinned Down by Debris.
Omaha, July 29. Five plasterers
narrowly escaped death when the
metal celling in the basement of the
City National bank building gave way
and crashed down upon them without
warning. Tom Daniels Is now in St.
Joseph's hospital, badly injured, as a
result, while the other meii hi some
manner escaped unhurt. Mr. Daniels
was caught within a few feet of where
he was standing when he first saw the
celling giving way, and as It fell Its
terrific weight jammed his head onto
the mortar board, where he was pinned
until fellow workmen released him.
C. S. Jones and Frank Jones of
Council Bluffs were also caught under
neath the heavy mass and were una
ble to move until the load was pushed
up from beneath and they were pulled
out. A. Carlson and J. A. Jones suc
ceeded in jumping from the platform.
Boy Killed by Lightning.
Grand Island, Neb., July 29. Roscoe
Carl, a lad of ten years, was killed by
a bolt of lightning while on his way
to the home of a neighbor, whither he
had been sent during a slight thunder
storm. The little sister, for whom
he had been sent, found the lifeless
body fifteen minutes lujfr, when re
turning to her home. It was lying in
the middle of the road. The bolt left
a cut In the shape of a cross on one
shoulder and many blisters, In spots,
on the body. The body will be in
terred at Wood River.
Hastings is After Speeders.
Hastings, Neb., July 29. Mayor
Miles and the city council have Inau
gurated a crusade against fast automo
bile driving. Some days ago the may
or had the police department purchase
a motorcycle with which to run down
reckless joyriders, and this week the
council passed an ordinance limiting
the speed of automobiles to ten miles
nn hour in t!ie business and' closely
built up residence sections and fifteen
miles an hour In other parts.
Plumbers' Strike at Omaha.
Omaha, July 29. The plumbers'
strike, which has remained In statu
quo for seven weeks, wns given a de
elded turn of Interest by the arrival
here from Kansas City of forty work
men. These were assigned to various
shops and they will go to work at
oiiie. Master plumbers denied that
the Imported men are strikebreakers.
"They are here to work and will t
main here," said T. F. Iialfo.
Mechanic Meets Death.
Auburn, Neb., July 29. Chr.rlra
Smedley wns killed while oiling We
machinery of a dredge boat. A crow
bar slipped out, crushing In his ribs
E. B. Barton Passes Away.
Lincoln, July 29. E. B. Barton, fath
er of State Auditor Barton, died at
his home In Aurora. He had been sick
for the last ten days.
MADRIZ 13 TJiiriED DOWN
Sot'jH to Invcke Services of Germany
Against United States.
Berlin, July Zi Germany has de
clined to cziUTtiiin a request of Presi
dent Mudru tiu.t this government use
Its friendly offices to stop what is
termed Interference of the United
States In the affairs of Nicaragua.
The Nicaraguau circular note to the
powers, in which a protest against
the attitude of Washington toward
the rebellion was coupled with a plea
for foreign Intervention, was received
by the foreign office June 16 by cable
direct from Managua.
As Nicaragua has no diplomatic rep
resentation at Berlin the reply was
made through Herr de Busch, German
minister to Central America, resident
at Guatemala City. The latter was In
formed of the receipt by the foreign
office of the communication from Mad-
rlz and was directed' to answer that
the German government could do noth
ing In the matter.
FREIGHT TRAIN HITS AN AUTO
Two Women and a Man Killed at a
Grade Crossing Near Warsaw, Ind.
Warsaw, Ind., July 29. Mrs. Mell
Brooks and Mrs. C. II. Thoring were
Instantly killed and Mr. Brooks fatally
hurt a mile east of Gretna Green when
a Pennsylvania freight train struck
the automobile In which they were
riding. Mr. Thoring was severely
but not dangerously hurt. The Thor
Ings lived In St. Mary's, O., and the
others at Lima, 0. ,
MISSING CASHIER
AT WHITE PLAINS
P;I'C3 L'cata Man Charged
V.tfi Theti cf S600,000.
New York, July 29. When the
grand jury began its Investigation Into
the theft of $(100,000 worth of secur
ities from the Russo-Chlnese bank, dis
covered recently, it reported that the
police not only know the whereabouts
of the missing cashier of the bank,
Erwin Wider, but have under sur
veillance the house In White Plains,
Where he Is said to be. Officials at
the district attorney's office would not
deny the report.
The grand j.iry began its Investiga
tion with eight or ten witnesses un
der subpoena. Ariong these was
Leon B. Ginsberg, counsel for Wider,
and a chauffeur, who Is said to have
an Important story to tell regarding
the movements of Wider as recently
as last Saturday. '
UNWRITTEN LAW FOR WOMAN
Louisiana Club WoulJ Have Rulg Ap
plied to Woman Who Killed Man.
New Orleans, July .9. Easing their
plea on the "appl.ciition oi Ue unwrit
ten law to women, ' the Era club, one
of the leading women's organizations
of Louisiana, has called upon all other
organizations of women to pledge
their support to secure the exonera
tion of Mamie McLoughlin, charged
with murder. Miss McLoughlin shot
and killed Hugh Smith, a wealthy sa
loon proprietor, whtn she met him, ac
companied by another woman, on St.
Charles avenue several days aso.
Taft'i Ocean Cruise Ends.
Bldileford Pool, Me., July 29.
President Taft's cruise along the
Ma:ne coast ended when the Mayflow
er b.iiled' into Beverly harbor nnd cast
anchor off the summer White House.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
National League.
' At St. Louis: RILE.
St. Louis 00 0 0 000 0 00 5 1
Chicago 00 1 0000 0 23 8 1
Willis Bi esnahan; Overall Kling.
At Cincinnati: R.H E.
Cincinnati ..000 200 000 000 002 10 1
Pittsburg ...020 000 000 000 024 10 I
Suggs-McLean; Adams-Gibson.
At New York: R.II.E.
New York 0 0000000 11 8 3
Philadelphia ....20000100 03 4 1
Mathewson-Myers; McQuillan Dooin.
At Brooklyn: R.H.E.
Brooklyn ....0000000000 11 7 2
Boston 0 00000000 0 00 5 2
Barger-Bergen; Curtis Graham.
American League.
At Philadelphia: R.II.E.
Philadelphia ..0 3 0 0 1 01 0 0 05 5 5
Washington . .2 00001)01 16 11 2
Morgan-Livingstone; Relsllng-IIenry
At Cleveland: R.H.E.
Cleveland 00000020 02 5 1
St. Louis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 01 4 0
Fanwell-Bemls; Powell-Stephens.
At Ix-trolt: RILE.
Detroit 1 000001 0 02 8 0
Chlenco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 5 5
Mullln Stanage; Young Payne.
At Boston: R.II.E.
Boston 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 14 14 3
New York 3 0200000 05 10 1
Hall-Carrlgan; Quinn-Mltchen.
Western League.
At Wichita First game: R.II.E.
Vwchlta 0 0 30 1 0 3 0 7 9 0
Onaha 0 00000 0 000 2 2
.L.rnlgan Sl;aw; Melter-Oonding.
r.'cond game; R.H.E.
Omaha 0 00002 1 0 0 4 7 4
Wichita 000 0 00 10 0 10 13 1
Altrhlson Shaw; Stowers Cadnian.
At St. Joseph; R.II.E.
Sioux City 1 0 00 4 0 1 2 08 12 0
St. Joseph 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 05 8 2
Wilson-Millers; Manske-Frambcs.
At Topelta: R.H E.
Topeka 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 G 7 4
Ik s Moines 1 o 00 0 1 0 0 02 7 3
IlarrlH-Loir.i; Hcrche Clemniona.
GRIPFEN HELD
ON MONTROSE
Message Frcn Vessel Said to
Contain Sews ol His Arrest.
GREAT SECRECY MAINTAINED.
Steamer's Captain Thought to Have
Asked Canadian Authorities for In
structions In Case Suspect on Board
vessel is Said ta Haws Been Posl.
,,,, iH,tiH
tlvely Ident.fled.
Father Point, Que., July 29. A wire-
less message was received here from
the captain of the Montrose. It was
addressed to the colonial government
at Ottawa and was Immediately . for
warded under the closest secrecy. It
Is reported here, apparently on good
authority, that the captain said he had
absolutely uncontrovertible evidence
that the suspect on board was Dr-
Crlppen and asked for Instructions.
New York, July 29. That tho Identi
fication of the two passengers aboard
the steamer Montrose, suspected to be
Dr. Hawley Harvey Crlppen and his
fugitive companion, Ethel Leneve,
wanted In London In connection with
the disappearance of Belle Elmore, is
not yet conclusive, Is the purport of a
wireless message received by the As
sociated Press from the operator
aboard that vessel.
Neither of t'"j suspected persons has
been placed under arrest, and beyond
the fact that they answer to the police
description sent broadcast, nothing
definite concerning their Identity
seems to be known.
Other messages fished out of the air
were addressed to Quebec, Montreal
and Ottawa. The authenticity of soma
of them was denied, but all were In the
same tenor Indicating a growing con
viction that the world wide hunt for
Dr. Crlppen Is at last nearlng Its end'.
16,000 CHOLERA DEATHS
Mortality From Dread Disease In Rus
sia Is Nearly Fifty Per Cent.
St. Petersburg, July 29. The extent
of the cholera epidemic Is revealed in
figures made public by the govern
ment sanitary commission. The strick
en region now Includes forty-two prov
inces and territories of European Rus
sia, and since the outbreak of the dis
ease last May there have been a total
of 37,632 cases, with 1G.C51 deaths.
Recently there has been a startling
Increase In the number of victims.
During the week ending July 23 no
less than 13,374 cases were reported
and of these 5,975 terminated fatally.
Kansas Farmer Murdered.
Great Bend, Kan., July 29. The
body of William Miller, a farmer, was
found In a cornfield near i tent, in
which he lived, three miles south of
here. There was a bullet wound In
the head. Miller's horaea were gone
from their Ftnlls.
HEAVY TONE IN WHEAT
Receipts at Primary Markets Nearly
Double Those of Last Week.
Chicago, July 2S Willi the receipts
of wheat at primary markets today
reaching a total nearly double that ol
a week ago and considerably larger
than at the corresponding time last
year, a heavy tone developed. The
July delivery was an exception, be
cause tho wheat that Is arriving can
not be unloaded into public elevators
soon enough, as a rule, to bo available
tor this month's contracts. The close,
although showing a full cent advance
for July, was off "J.r.'sC for the other
options. "Colder weather and rain let
down corn, which finished at a net de- hearing, and lu that petition apolo
cline of 22';ic Oats made a similar giZed to the court for anything which
record to the extent of ll'c and
provisions 10ff30, barring July pork,
a fixture at last nights' level. Close:
Wheat July. $1.08'!,; Sept., $1.03)
GlM'Yt ; Dec, $ 1.05:,E( 1.05.
Corn July, 63"ic; Sept., G3'4 G3c.
Oats July, 38';c; Sept., 37:,lc.
Fork July, $25.83; Sept., $21.87',i.
Lird July, $ll.G7Vi: Sept., $11.72Vi
Ribs July, $12.00; Sept., $U.52',.
Chicago Cash Prices No. 2 hard
wheat, $1.03:,1',4j 1.05'i; No. 2 corn, C5
C3'.c; No. 2 oats, new, 37',jC
South Omaha Live Stock.
South Omaha, July 28. Cattle Re-
celpts, 2,541; steady; beef steers, $u.4U
!ti.70; cows and heifers, $-'.J0(if4.OU;
Blockers and feeders, $J.10((j 5.25;
calves, $3.00(8 7.00. Hogs Receipts,
8,271; 10(320c lower; heavy hogs ol
good quality moved around HM6i
8.05, and rough dropped below the $8
mark; mixed went at a wide range,
common mixed selling as low ns $8. M
and good light mixed' bringing $3.3ufo
8.35; light and bacon weights met
with the bomilar demand, selected
lights topping at $8.7u. Sheep Re
ceipts 3,9d();
steady; grass wethers
moved at $4.13; ewes sold as high as
$3.75; bulk of fat lambs, $7.23(7.50.
Chicago Live Stock
Chicago, July 28. Cattle Rocelpls,
6,000; slow; beeves, $4.10fi8.23; west
em steers, $ 1.75(f) C.tJO; stockorn and
feeders, $l.00fr0.25; cows and heifers,
$2.50fiG.40; calves, $G.50(fi 8.73. Hogs
Receipts, 18,000; 10c lower; light,
$8.55(0 8.95; mixed, $8.23? 8.80; heavy,
$7.900 8.70; pigs, $S 03j 9.0H; bulk of
sales, $8.&0ffz 8.70. Sheep Receipts,
8,0(0; steady; natives, $2.7Hi4.50;
westerns, $2 0O(f4.no; yearlings, $4.60
(U5.75; lambs, $l.50fi7 G0.
STAFF FOR WAYNE NOrMAl
U. S. Conn of Columbus Is President
and Has S.xteen Department Heais.
Lincoln, July 29. The slate uormal
board elected tue following as the
faculty ot the Wayne state normal:
President, U. S. Coun of Columbus;
dean and head of department of edu
cation, Superintendent II. 11. llahu ot
Blair; mathematics, Proiessor Charles
H. Bright of Wayne; physical science,
L II. Brlttell of Columbus; biological
science, II. 11. Hickman of Wausa;
history, civics and economics, J. G.
W. Lewis of Broken Bow; English. J.
T. House of Chicago; registrar, W. D.
Redmond of Lincoln; Latin and pre
ceptress, Elsie Piper; German aud
preceptress, Elizabeth Kingsbury;
drawing and Industrial art, Sarah J.
Klllem of Adams, Neb.; manual train
ln& and athletics. E. J. lluntmer of
WayM. m.&tan Mr8 C- RrlgDt of
Chicago; primary critic, Edith Stock-
lng of Wayne; grammar critic, Rachel
Falrchlld of Peru; commercial, Mary
L. Smith of Ann Arbor; geography and
assistant in mathematics, Lillian Jew
ell of Peru.
The positions for music, reading and
secretary are still vacant.
N. A. Bengston was elected to suc
ceed Professor Brownell at Peru.
RULING IN FILING SUIT
Court Holds Only One Fee Necessary
Where Same Name It on Two Tickets.
Lincoln, July 29. Judge Frost sus
tained the demurrer of the Btate in the
suit filed by Victor Rosewater to pre
vent candidates being put on two tick
ets when they had paid but one filing
feo. The judge said that he was Inllu
enced' In his decision by the fact that
tho attorney general had given out
his opinion beforehand that such a
move was possible and that only one
fee was required.
COMPLAINT
BANKASSESSMENT
Burt and Washington Assessors
Object to Douglas Method.
Lincoln, July 29. Morton C. Grover
of Washington county and Frank Han
sen of Burt county, both county as
sessors, appeared before the state
board of equalization and protested
against the method of assessing banks
In Douglas county. They alleged that
some banks In Douglas county listed'
their property for assessment on
blanks used by the state board for
last year, which provided for a deduc
tion on account of accrued and unpaid
interest on time certificates, and also
for additions on account of accrued
and uncollected Interest on bills re
celvable. It Is alleged some banks
made deductions, but made no addi
tions. The blanks sent out by the
state board this year make no pro
vision for these deductions.
It was also alleged the county board
In Douglas county made a reduction of
3 per cent In bank valuations on loans
on account, of poor paper. The state
board will write to every county as
sessor In the state to ascertain the
methods used throughout the stnte,
and If It deems It necessary will call
upon the Douglas county assessor for
a hearing.
EGAN APOLOGIZES
Attorney's Application for Reinstate.
ment Will Be Heard Sept. 21.
Pierre, S. 1)., July 29. The supreme
court has set Sept. 21 as the date for
hearing the arguments in the applica
tion for reinstatement to tho bar,
which has been filed by George W,
Egan. Some time ago Egan filed a
petition with the court "asking for a
he might have said which was deroga-
tory to the court. He filed an amend-
ed petition, In which he goes a great
deal further than he did In his first
petition. The amended petition says
lu 'port:
'"Tl.itt h? Is now aware that he has
not In Ma tnuduct toward the Judici
ary ot tin statu at all times recog
nized his duty as a member of tho pro
fession. That he has been hasty, In
r.onslderale and unfair ho admits, nor
does he undertake to excuse hluiHelf
or Justify his shortcomings by resort
,0 ,.(,f.rniinnl ions agulnst nny tribunal
or individual. That ho was blinded ns
(o j,8 ,,nn ,iuty to uphold t.io courts
of n Btat(, he now can see. That for
all he has done, all he has Raid and
all he has printed, which might he
construed as reflecting upon this cour
or any Individual member of It he
npnloglzes, and in so doing knows
that he honors himself."
Jackpot to Back Fight Pictures
Chicago, July 29. Thirty thousand
dollars for a "Jackpot" to finance
campaign to force the Jeffries-John
gun prize fight films upon Chicago was
the subject of a city hall rumor after
Mayor Busse had refused to iHsue a
permit for exhibition of tho moving
pictures. Six Interested parties wero
said to have contributed $3,000 each,
In addition to $ii0,000 paid for tho Illi
nois rights for the films.
High Water In Kentucky.
HaweEvllle, Ky., July 29 Nearly
every bridge In Hancock county was
carried away and railroads waHhed
out In many places as a result of a
twelve hour rain. Mnny homes on
streams throughout the county hive
been abandoned.
BIG RIVER SHIP
! DROPS INTO MUD
I
i
Launching cf the Frisco al Du
buqus a Fiasco.
FORTY PERSONS ARE INJURED.
Man With Axe Fails to Hear Ontof
to Cut Hawser and Stern Swerves,
Breaking Supports of the Ways.
Will Require a Week to Get Crafl
Back In Position to Launch.
Dubuque, la., July 29. The attempt
at launching the transport Frisco was
a failure. When all was lu readiness,
a man stationed with an axe at the
bow rope became confused and failed
to hear the order to cut the hawser.
The stern swerved down the greased
ways, breaking the supports, dropping
the 2,000-ton craft Into the mud. The
hull must be dug under and Jack
screws Inserted. It will require a
week to get this, the biggest craft ever
built In Inland' waters, back In position
to launch. Forty men on board were
badly bruised and shaken when the
hull swerved and dropped.
The Frisco Is the product of the Du
buque Boat and Boiler works. Th
craft Is 303 feet In length, 52 feet 6
Inches amidshlp nnd over the guards
90 feet. It is wholly of steel and will
draw, fully loaded, four feet of water.
Tho boat Is tho property of the Fris
co line, and will go into service as a
train transport at Baton Rouge, Iji.
GOOD YIELD OF WHEAT
Crop In Central Iowa Declared Largest
and Best In Years.
Marshalltown, la., July 29. Wlntor
wheat lu central Iowa Is going to be
of the best quality In years, and will
yield from twenty-five to thirty bush
els per acre in practically every field
threshed out so far. F. II. Glfford has
just completed threshing at his farm,
north of the city, and forty acres
threshed out thirty bushels. On Mer
ritt Greene & Son's farm, In the edge
of town, seventy acres averaged' twen
ty-five bushels, weighing sixty-three
pounds to the bushels, or three pounds-
above the required standard. Tho
largest acreage near the city Is on
the old Governor Packard farm, Just
west of town, where Peter Nelson
has 105 acres that will go close to
thirty bushels to the acre.
MANIAC ALARMS FARMERS
Large Force Beating Woods fof
Strange Man Near Waterloo.
Waterloo, la., July 29. The pres
ence of a wild man In the densn
woods along the west fork or the Ce
dar river, near New Hartford, has
greatly aroused the farmers, wh
formed a po.-ise and searched for him.
The man had offered a farmer $50 for
revolvers nnd 500 rounds of cartridges.
The farmer ran away and gave th
alarm. This Is at the point where a
strange young man was found mur
dered last week. Tho sheriff with a
large force Is beating the woods.
Apoplexy Caused Death of Coalson.
Des Moines, July 29. William M.
Coalson, one of the best known ne
groes In Iowa, died suddenly of apo
plexy at the Inn hotel, West Okobojl
lake. His body, accompanied by Mrs.
Coalson, arrived In Des Moines. Coal
Ison bad been messenger for five Iowa
'governors.
Young Wife Is Doubly Afflicted.
Mason City, la., July 29. Ill and:
;weak with the exhaustion of grief and
a long Journey, Mrs, James Ryan ar
rived here from Livingston, Mont.,
'with the dead bodies of her husband,
Ikllled In a railroad accident, and' that
of her one month old babe, who died
en route.
Grinned Farmer Shot and Killed.
Marshalltown, la., July 29. Hamor
Shockley, aged fll'ty, of Grlnnull was
shot nnd killed on the George Morris
farm near Grlnnell while loading oats
Into a wagon from Morris' granary.
If known by the officers, they hava
not given out who did the shooting.
Democrats Name Men for Bench.
Council Bluffs, lu., July 29. The
Democratic convention for the Fif
teenth congressional district met at
the court house and nominated F. W.
Miller of Council Bluffs. C. A. Bolter
tif Logan nnd 13. M. Wlllard or Atlantic,
us candidates for the Judgeship.
Carroll Names O'Conner Judge.
Des Moines, July 29. Governor Car
roll appointed K. J. O'Conner JudEe ot
the superior court at Oelweln to fill
the unexpired term of Judge M. D.
Porter, who lias resigned to enter up
on the practice of law ut Cedar Rap
Ids. Wade Mississippi at Burlington.
' Burlington, la., July 29. Lyman
Roth and Frank Dcweln of this city
waded across the Mississippi river.
The deepest water rnrounteied was
Sive feet. As a consequence of the low
"ntcr the greater part of heavy river
traffic tits had to b" nhandontd
I Trampled to 7-a4li by Horse.
ToA-a City, la., .July 29. Fred L.
Kll;:ec;;cr, lit;'', twenty-Fix, was
trampled by n horse while threshing
In an oat field, and was killed'. Th
accident occurred near Swisher.