Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-11
TO BUILD NEW IOWA ROAD
Rock Island Employees File Articles for the
Gowrie & Northwestern Railway.
ROUTE EXTENDS FROM G0WRlE TO SlBLtY
Recruiting Begun in Des Moines for
the Thirty-Second Regiment
United States Volunteers
Insane Farmer Arrested.

DIES MONIES, Ia, July 10.-(Special
Telegram. )-Articles OF Incorporation OF
the Gowrie G. Northwestern railroad were
filed today with the secretary of state. This
is the road which the Rock Island has been
planning for some time to construct, run
ming up into the northwestern part of the
state. The incorporators of the road are
all employees of the Rock Island. They
are: w. M. Hobbs division superintendent
@. j. Phillips, division freight agent; j. A.
Stewart district passenger agent; j. II.
Mather, state claim agent. and ]. f. Gill
son, assistant treasurer. The officers of the
new road are: President, W. NJ. Hobbs;
treasurer, G., F. Gilson secretary, ]. H.
Mather. The exact route of the new road
is not certain, Several surveys have been
made. The most favored route extends
from Gowrie to Sibley and would make the
road 125 miles in length. The grading for
the new road will be done this year and
the work will be we'll advanced before win
ter comes. Final survey and the purchase
of right of way will be commenced at once
and the work will be pushed as rapidly as
possible.
Thirty-Second Regiment Recruits.
Captain McQuiston began today enlisting
recruits for the Thrtysecond regiment OF
United States volunteers. This was the
closing day for enlisting recruits for the reg
ular army to be sent direct to Manila, and
hereafter the enlistments will be for the new
volunteer regiments. The volunteers en-
listed here by McQuiston will be sent to
Fort Leavenworth, where the Thirty second
regiment will be modified. 1t will remain
there for some time being drilled and
equipped, and will then be sent to the Phil
ippines and take the places of the state vol
unteers now returning.
Farmer Attempts to Kill His Wife.
Sheriff Payn of Dallas county came to
Des Moines this morning and arrested Joe
Sellsby Of Adel. Sellsby, in a fit of insan-
ity, this morning attempted to kill his wife
He is prosperous farmer of Dallas county
and owns fine land within eight miles OF
Adel. He has been more or less out of his
head for a long time, and has twice been
in the asylum. Early this morning he be-
came angry with his wife and threatened to
kill her. She became frightened and ran
to a neighbors, he following with a gun in
his hands. The gun was not loaded, but
as he ran he was making a continued effort
to load it before she got away from him
She finally reached the neighbors house and
summoned assistance and Sellsby was dis
armed. He Immediately set out for Des
Mones, and arrived here shortly before
noon He was captured on the east side
after dinner.
Protest Against His Pardon.
Governor Shaw received letters from par
ties at Webster City protesting against the
pardon which has been granted S. G. Gill
coin, the Blairsburg bank robber. Gilcoin
is now on the Atlantic bound for Sweden
and it is hardly probable the authorities
wi frv to han ha ctata
officials think it is better to have him away
from this country than to force him
to serve the remainder Of his sentence and
then turn him loose again in Iowa.
Articles of incorporation were filed In
the secretary Of states office today for the
Dolliver Savings bank of Dolliver Ia. The
capital stock is $4,000