Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-12
FORTY NINTH IOWA LEAVES
AlA
Last of the Four Havwkeye Regiments to Go
to the Front,
MAKE THE START FOR JACKSONVILLE
VIII De Under the Command of Cen
eral Fitzhughi Lee-ProTress of
the Trial OF Betsey Smith
for Murder.

DIES MONIES, June 11.-(Special Tele-
gram. 1.-THE Forty-ninth Iowa, the last OF
the four lows regiments to go to the 'front.'
left this morning for jacksonville, Fla,
where they will be in the army corps under
the command of General Lee. The Fiftieth
Iowa is also in that corps. The Forty-ninth
which left today, is composed OF the follow
ing compnaies: A of Dubuque, b Of Water
loo, c OF Cedar Rapids, ID of Charles City,
Of Independence, f Of Upton, @ Of Vinton,
II of Marshalltown, l Of waukon, X OF To-
ledo. l. Of Clinton and NJ of Maquoketa. Col
oneI william G. Bows of Cedar Rapids com
mands the regiment.
Before leaving the city, President Still
well of the Pittsburg G. Gulf railway said
that in the near future he would invite the
Commercial Exchange of Des Moines to
take a trip over the road to Port Arthur
with him as guests of the road.
The Des Moines Savings bank announced
yesterday that IL would take subscriptions
for the government war bonds. Thus far
5000, 900 have been taken at that bank and
all together Des Moines parties have en-
gagged 81, O0O, 900 worth of the bonds.
DR.. S. S. Still of Kirksville, Missouri, to-
day purchased a 5000 property here. He
will erect a $40, 900 building at once aud
open a school Of osteopathy.
Clyde Strong, a young man whose father
is brennan of the Des Moines Union rail-
way, took too much morphine today, sup
| posedly with suicidal intent. He was found
near the starch works in the southeast part
! of town, almost paralyzed by the drug. Sec
ton men on the road brought him on a hand
car to East Fifth and the Wabash track,
to a small station house and Notified the po-
lice. Strong was taken to Cottage Hospi-
tai and 1t is thought will recover.
Progress of Smith Trial.
The direct examination of Betsey Smitl
by the attorneys for the defense in her tria
for the murder of her husband, Mike Smith
was concluded this morning. In the direc
examination she denied everything which
would tend to incriminate herself and con
tradicted the testimony of zach of the state
witnesses from one to fifty times each
County Attorney Howe commenced tn
REORGANIZATION OF Betsey Smith thi
morning. She told HIM that the first tim
she met Frank BelaiFe was in a place II
Whitechapel at a dance and that a weel
later he came to herszRousc to room. Sh
admitted that a few weeks later In coTpan,
with other well known characters, she wa
arrested at 2 o'clock in the morning. Sh
made other admissions witch the state con
siderS damaging.
There is a movement on foot to have tn
Omaha base ball team transferred to De
Moines. -
The coroner's jury today rendered a yer
diet on the death o. NJ. f. Howard, who wa
found dead in a vacant room over an cas-
side saloon one afternoon two weeks agt
The jury finds that he came to his death b
heart disease. g.. -
Practically the entire vote Of the Cd
Fellows lodges of the state has been cas-
for grand lodge officers. The following wi
probably be the successful candidates
Grand master, e. H. Hibben, Marshalltown
deputy grand master, ]. J. Mcintyre, Osce
ola; grand warden, DR.. N. Jasper Jone:
Shelby; grand secretary, William Mussor
I Des Moines; grand treasurer, A. ]. Morris
son, Marengo; grand representative, G. "
Bowen, Centerville. The grand lodge meet
in Council Bluffs the third Wednesday l
October. The election will then be mad
effective.