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TOCSC Witt KILLS SELF
Council Bluffs
Deaf Mute Girl Fires Ballet Into Her
Heart.
MOTHER FINDS HER DEAD BODY
Ilnaltaad'a Appetite for l.lqfior I
troy Home Man and Wife
buffer from nme Affliction
Victim Foster Child.
on Stutsman street, to which they had
pnrtly moved and would hava occupied
Monday.
Mm. Rrdfleld via born In Osceola county,
Iowa. February M, She was married
In Council Bluffs October 23, 1907. She la
survived by her mother and one brother,
the latter residing in Kansas. Arrange
ments for the funeral will not be made until
he arrives.
Iowa
SCHOOLS WILLCALL LURUSH
Three Iowa State Institutions Will
Have Large Budgets.
CRUSADE AGAINST HITCH RACKS
Crushed under the weight of Imaginary
trouble! and too despondent to longer re
sist them, Winifred Kedfield, a dPaf mute,
ended her lift yesterday morning by firing
a bullet Into her heart at the home of her
mother. Mrs. Samuel Barnhart, l."8 Broad
way. The act was committed during the
temoprary absen- of her mother, whose
watchful anxiety for her daughter was
only relaxed for a few moments at break
fast time. Death waa Instantaneous and
when the, mother returned to the room
where ahe had left her daughter In bed she
found her with a 38 caliber revolver lying
by her aid and her gown stained with
blood and powder burns.
Mra. Kedfield was 26 years old and hnd
been a deaf mute from Infancy. She was
a bright and lovable girl, with natural
graces of character which endeared her to
all who knew her. She waa educated In the
Nebraska Btate School for the Deaf at
Omaha and also attended the Iowa school.
Two years ago ahe waa married to Rimer
Redfleld, a deaf mute printer of Omaha
and they lived very happily for a while in
a coxy home on Soutb Eighteenth street In
Omaha. Her husband was kind and lov
ing and they were very happy until a year
ago, when the young husband suddenly
developed an uncontrolable appetite for In
toxicants, when his love turned to indiffer
ence and his whole attitude toward his
young wife changed. Ills conduct became
auch that about six months ago his
wife waa forced to leave him and returned
to her mother's home In Council Bluffs.
The young woman waa the step-daughter of
Mr. Barnhart, but she was the only child
In the family and .was deeply loved
by them both.
Befaate Waa Open.
When she returned to the shelter of the
comfortable home that was always opep to
her, every effort waa made to cause her to
forget her unhappy marital experience. She
had no need to face the world alone, but
recently she became Impressed with the
Idea that she must make her own living and
despite the protests of her foster father and
mother, she went to Omaha and pro
cured employment In a candy factory lo
rated aa near aa possible to her former
home on South Eighteenth street. On
Thursday her mother heard that she was III
and Immediately went to her and brought
her home.
Friday afternoon the young woman de
veloped unmistakable signs of suicidal
mania and her mother was at her side all
Friday night. It waa thought that every
means by which she could do injury to her
self had been removed, but when the
mother left the room a few momenta the
girl found a loaded revolver that had been
secreted and used It with deadly effect.
Mr. and Mrs, Barnhart had recently re
moved from their home at 424 Olen avenue
Into apartments on the second floor of a
building recently purchased by Barnhart &
Klein, while a new home waa being built
Kirby Anxious
to Go to Jail;
Family on County
Oakland, la., Man Who Tried to Rob
Bank, Will Not Fesist
Charge.
Klrby, the Oakland, la., farm hand who
attempted to rob the McClelland bank
on Friday afternoon and was shot and
captured by brave young Walter Julius, Is
still wearing the bullet in his left arm
deposited there by the lad. He. is occu
pying a secure cell In the county Jail,
but says he would not try to escape even
If there waa nothing to prevent him.
Dr. Hanchett has decided not to make
ny attempt to extract the bullet until
Monday. The wound has been well cared
for. but the arm Is very much swollen
and painful.
Assistant County Attorney Ross yea
terday afternoon went before Justice
Gardiner and awore to an Information
charging Klrby with attompted robbery.
Kirby saya a trial will be merely a for
mality, for he Intend! to plead guilty
when he is arraigned before the Justice
and also when he appears In the district
court. Klrby's wife made anxious In
quiries yeaterday about him and seemed
terribly crushed over the wild attempt
he had made to better the condition of
his family. It was said yesterday that
the family waa likely to become a county
charge for a while at least, but the heart
broken wife Is making a brave attempt to
stem the tide of misfortune.
State Board of Health Attacks Prob
lem from Saaltarr Standpoint
Hirers Will Be Storked
with loons Finn.
Iowa
CIIII.IMIKX SEE LANTERN VIEWS
l.eetnre of BeV. Francis J. Van Horn
Delights Youngsters.
A large number of delighted children en
Joyed the trip to the ley summit of Mount
Rainier as shown by Rev. Dr. Francis J
Van Horn of Seattle, In the Auditorium
building yesterday afternoon. The pictures
are a splendid collection of rare views, af
fording In themselves an entertainment of
the most Instructive and enjoyable nature
and when supplemented by the graphic
words of Dr. Van Horn become doubly so.
Miss Julia Officer, through whose bene
ficence the children were given the oppor
tunity to see the pictures, provided addl
tlonl entertainment by engaging Whaley's
bam to lead the procession of expectant
youngsters who marched around the
s tree is before going to the Auditorium.
She has also engaged the Dohany theater
for religious services this afternoon which
will permit many Council Bluffs people
to hear Dr. Van Horn preach. On tomor
row evening the Auditorium will be again
thrown open for Dr. Van Horn's Illustrated
lecture for the enjoyment of the adults and
all others who choose to come, and all en
tirely without charge of any character.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, Oct. 2 (Special.) The
three state educational Institutions will
If the recommendations of the new board
are followed, cost the people of Iowa con
slderably more in the next few years
than In the past. The last legislature
made the most unusual Increase In the
support funds of the colleges, but the
board announces the Intention of asking
for a still further Increase In the appro
priations for the institutions A con
siderable Increase will be asked for the
medical school and other sums for other
branches of education. The excuse of
fered is that there has been an enormous
Increase In the cost of living and that I
other colleges with large endowments
are able to make offers for good men so
that competition forces the payment of
better salaries. The budget for the col
leges, therefore, will be a large one.
The board will also recommend the
purchase of a large additional amount of
land for the State university. The board
believes that the atate should have pur
chased land on the west side of the Iowa
river and commenced the building of a
large campus before the main buildings
were erected, but even now this should
be done. The change contemplated In
the way of removing the duplication of
work at the colleges will also cause ex
pense. The legislature will also be asked to
make special support for the secondary
college or high school at Ames. This
course, the 2-year course for preparatory
work, has been adopted only as a tem
porary matter and unless the legislature
makes provision for -keeping It up without
drawing upon the college funds It will be
abandoned.
The board will ask for the continuation
of the millage taxes for new buildings.
This will mean, in the aggregate, about
a million and a half for additional new
buildings at the colleges In the next five
years. These are all needed now, for the
building haa only Just commenced. In
regard to the general policy of the board
on educational Institutions, the report
eays:
There can be no effective organization
without structure and definite plan. It
Is too early to expect such structure and
plan to be completely formulated. It may
be said, however, that the board alms at
economy in education as in business, and
to make the various departments of our
educational system meet the needs of the
people of Iowa.
It has been and shall continue to be
the purpose of this board an far as pos
sible to put an end to rivalry and reduce
duplications to a minimum. Necessarily
work along these lines must be well con
sidered and too rapid progress must not
be expected. It was natural that there
should be duplications of work under the
old system, and It will not be possible to
an away entirely wun these duplications
even after the lapse of some years, but
the board feels confident that they can
be and will be reduced to a minimum.
As an example of how this latter pur-
pone may be accomplished, It is pointed
rrut that the two schools of engineering
one at Ames and the other at lwa City
may In time be so co-ordinated that one
shall do the undergraduate woik In engi
neering and the other the graduate work;
and that the State Teachers' college end
the. I'niverslty School of Education may
be similarly co-ordinated.
Antl-IIItehlna; Baek Crusade.
The State Board of Health Is carrying
on a strong crusade to banish the hitch
ing rack from the smaller towns of the
state. The fight against the hitching rack
has heretofore been largely for esthetic
reasons and these have not always ap
pealed to the persons responsible. Now the
rroblem Is being attacked from a health
standpoint. Secretary Sumner, In a recent
letter on this subject, said:
In writing my Instructions regarding this
matter I had in mind the health of your
community, as It la being demonstrated
dally that a large percentage of sickness
In any community is due to sources of
filth and uncleanllness. Many cities In
Iowa will not permit horses to be hitched
longer than thirty minutes In the streets.
I'eople coming to town to do trading are
compelled to put their horses in stables
and care for them, where their filth can be
taken care of, instead of llowtng It to be
dropped on the streets to dry and be blown
In dust Into stores and homes to be
breathed and to be deposited upon the
food products to be consumed by the Inno
cent.. Iowa Is Just now passing through a ser
ious epidemic, which Is extending from one
border of our state to the other, and It
behooves every cltlxen to do all In his
power to keep all streets, alleys, backyards,
stables, dairies, homes and every place
In a clean and sanitary condition, thus pre
venting the spread of disease.
Lt it be remembered that the making
of money and the piling up of wealth
should not be done to the detriment of the
health of the people, which should In all
Instances be paramount.
In this connection let It also be remem
bered that no amount of wealth can fill the
vacant chair.
Stocking; the nivers with Flan.
George A. Lincoln, state fish and game
warden, will be ready very soon to start
out with his special car to distribute young
fish to the rivers of the state. He Intends
to start out in about a week If he can
secure the fish from the Mississippi river
bayous.
He hopes to secure at least two or three
carloads of fish at Sabula to take out.
The extent of the fall distribution ia purely
a matter of conjecture, however, as the
low water on the Mississippi has dried up
all the bayous and ponds that formerly fur
nished the supply of fish for this work and
the general outlook Is not very encour
aging. Mr. Lincoln Is receiving frequent reports
from the men, who are at work clearing
the various lakes of the state from ob
jectionable fish. Where this work Is being
prosecuted Is at Okoboji, Clear Lake, Wall
Lake, Spirit Lake, Lost Island and Trum
ball. One report from Okoboji announced
that In three hauls of the seine 15,000
pounds of buffalo fish had been taken from
that lake, and all the waters are being
relieved of large numbers of the poorer
varieties. His assistants are now at work
arranging for the beginning of the fish
season, and the sportsmen of the state will
hope that he will be able to replace the
objectionable fish with an abundance of the
gamey varieties so the fishing may be good
next year.
The Incident la Closed.
It is expected that with the termina
tion of the Carroll trial In a verdict of
acquittal under the Instructions of the.
court there will be nothing further heard
of the charges with reference to miscon
duct at the state institutions.
It Is not the Intention of the prosecu
tion to give the matter any., further con-
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slderalon. Mr. Cownie, the .iroxocutinR
witness in the case, stated today that he
would do nothing further. His friin.ls
take the position that with ahandonmtnt
on the part of the defense of r-.nv claim
that the accusations in regard to the
board and the institutions were true
there is therefore no reflection upon Mr.
Cownle.
C'onrt Takes n Beeeaa.
The state supreme court today took a
recess until October IS. No decisions
were filed, but the court granted one of
fifvy-four applications for rehearing
asked for by attorneys.
Reports to the st-.ne bonrd cf henith
on infantile paralysis todny came hwii
Alton. Laurens, Sioux Center and Hlng
sted. The state board has been requested
for the first time to make letal'ed re
ports of all cases of this disease to the
health authorities at Wakhlnijton. .
Menr Candidates.
Nomination papers were filed today for
H. II. Crenshaw of Adel, as democratic
candidate for the state senate to succeed
Senator George Cosson, who Is repuollean
candidate, for attorney general. His re
publican opponent to fill the vacancy is
Anthony McCall of Woodward. E. E.
Dennis of Iowa City, filed as a c-iu llii.ite
of the republicans for representative in
Johnson cciunty. J. W. Young of Birming
ham filed as republican candidate for
Judge, and A. J. House, L. J. Horan, Wil
liam Theophllus and II. E. iakor its
democratic candidates for Judges in the
Seventh district.
Railroad I'ays Fire Damage,
BOONE, la., Oct. 2. (Special. )-The Mil
waukee Railway company has Just settled
for a fire which occurred at Slater some
time ago. The Nlelson A Dueland mill at
that place was destroyed by fire and the
evidence proved that the fire was atarted
by a spark from a passing locomotive.
The Insurance on the mill amounted to
$5,000 and the companies which carried the
insurance notified the railroad company
that it would be expected to stand for the
amount of the Insurance. The railroad
company sent a number of officials to that
city and took the evidence of a number of
people who assisted In fighting the fire and
a few daB agao mailed a check to Nielaon
& Dueland for $5,000. The company had
18,000 invested In the proposition.
has yet been found In the Cedar ttr is the
property of K. K. Knutson of St. Anacar
lie found the pearl In the river bear his
home It weighs twent four grains an.l
Is of a very rich, red'sh color. It Is known
as n corral pearl. Those Ho have seen It
say that It Is a much finer stone than the
Troge pearl found about three weeks ao
and which sold for $l.2"0 Mr. Knutson will
not part with his find for less than I1.50J.
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SENATOR LA F0LLETTE IS TO
GO UNDER SURGEON'S KNIFE
At Rochester, Minn., and Thursday la
Iate Set for l"rrforinln the
Operation.
ROCKHRSTBU. Minn., Oct. 2. Senator
Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin will
undergo an operation at St. Mary's hospital
Tuesday morning for Infected gall bladder
and possible complications of the appendix.
This Is the result of a conference between
Mayo and Dr. Thilllp Fox, the senator's
attending physician, following examinations
lasting two days.
The case is not a serious one and it is not
considered that the senator will suffer any
KM (it inconvenience thi otmh the ordeal.
According to the statement of the Mayos
an operation at this tltre is not vital, but
would be required sooner or later and for
tlisl reason Is advisable. When seen tonight
Senator La Follette said he was In the best
of spirits and had no fear of the outcome of
the operation.
Dr. Fox stoted that the senator was In
excellent condition. "I have not the slight
est fear that the case will reach a' critical
stage," said the doctor.
Hundred and
Fifty Miners
Are Kntombcd
Accumulation of Gas Causes Explosion
and Probable Death of Entire
Night Shift.
Iowa News Notes.
BURLINGTON-Vlola Cain, an Inmate of
the Orphans' home here, has Just Inherited
$2.0(i0 by the death of an uncle, W. A.
Ogden, at Madison, Wis.
WEST LIBERTY John Dowler, a Vin
ton, la., young man was found dead and
horribly mangled on the track of the Rock
Island near here last night. It is believed
that he was killed while trying to board
an extra freight which went through here
during the night.
FT. MADISON Three rrison guards at
the Iowa prison here have been discharged
for attending the annual encampment of
the Iowa National guard without permis
sion to quit work. Considerable discus
sion has been raised throughout the Btate
over their dismissal.
ELDORA At the annual meeting of the
Hardin County Veterans' association, held
here today, the following officers were
elected: Colonel, J. L. Karrlngton, Iowa
Falls; lieutenant colonel, M. J. Wheeler,
Alden; major, Rev. W. E. Stanley, Eldora.
Iowa Falls was chosen as the meeting
place next year.
MASON CITY Elowln Lyon, son of Mr.
and Mrs. O. M. Lyon, who left this city
eight years ago. met with Budden leath
Thursday, according to news received here
today. The telegram stated that he had
suffocated In a wall, but details were not
given. He lived at Dogden. N. D. The
body will be brought to this city for burial.
O&AQE The most valuable pearl that
There la little danger from a cold or
from an attack of the grip except when
followed by pneumonia, and this never
hapnens when Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy Is used. This remedy has won
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its remarkable cures of colds and grit
and can be relied upon with Implicit con
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KAGLK l'ASS. Tex., Oct. 2 One hundred
and fifty miners, possibly more, are en
tombed and believed to be dead In mint
No. 2 at l'alau. .Mexico, in the l.as Ksper
atixas mining district, operated by the Na
tional Railway lines of Mexico, as Un
result of two explosions, presumably, bo
cause of an accumulation of gas. last night
and early today.. The men entombed are
mostly native and Japanese .miners', al
though the number Includes several Ameri
cans. At the time of the first explosion the en
tire night shift, estimated at from 150 to
UX) men, were at work. Of these none had
reached the surface at a late hour today
and probably are dead.
The second explosion occurred shortly
after a rescue party, composed largely ol
Americans, had descended. That they waia
killed is tliouttht eel tain.
However, inloi inatloe. received here an far
has been meager. Officially no statement
has teen niado other than that the disaster
was serious. A spicial train with physi
cians'aiul nurses left C. 1'. Dlas early today
for the scene.
William IIollls, material agent for the
government railway, under whose super
vision the mines are conducted, has also
pioceeded to the mine.
l'alau Is located ne.tr the town of Mua
quiz, in the state of Coahulta. An explo
sion occurred 111 the same mine a year ago,
several hundred Mexican ami : Japanese
minors losing their lives at the time.
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