Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-24
REFORM SCHOOL Is WRECKED
Rioting Girls Assail the Building ant
Demolish the Contents,
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS DAMAGE
sheriff and City officers Have Dill
Guilty in supprcssing the Disorder
Young Girl starts to Depot
and Is Found in River.

DES MONIES, Oct. 23.-(Special Tele-
gram. )-Ihe rioting girls in the State Re-
form school at Mitchellville, small town
east of here, are still on rampage, but
Sheriff Stout and the Des Moines officers
who are in charge there now believe that
they will be able to quiet down the rebellion
by tomorrow morning. Ten thousand dol
lars worth of damage has already been done
by the girls and they may yet burn some
OF the building. All of the doors and win
dows weie broken out, furniture destroyed,
all the kitchen utensils and dishes demol-
ished, window sashes and doorframes kicked
out, and at last reports the girls were try
ing to pry off the window sills. Twenty
of the ringleaders, including Maude Jehries
and Lenora Allen of Des Molnes, have been
captured one at time by the officers and
will be brought here in irons tonight to be
confined in the Jail until the State Board OF
Control which is now at Mtchellville, de-
cides what is to be done with them. Three
of the escaped girls were captured in box
car in East Des Moines today, they having
walked to the city during the night.
The local health officer at Washington, Ia,
today reported cases of smallpox from that
vicinity to the State Board of Health. The
victim is a railroad man, who contracted
the disease while running on an Iowa line
in Albert Lea, MINI. This Is the second
case of smallpox reported to the board lately.
The first case was that of young man who
had been riding across the country on
wheel and came down with the disease at
Ottumwa a few weeks ago. The case at
Washington has been closely quarantined'
The democratic state central committee
today announced that Mayor Garter Har-
rison OF Chicago, Ex-Governor Boies ana
Fred White will speak here on November e
The Ministerial association met this morn
ing and decided to fight the movement being
made here to secure a big brewery
The state auditor today received dis
patch from Bank Examiner Bennett giving
/ the extent of the defalcation OF Jerry henu-
rick of the Citizens bank OF Sioux Center,
who absconded Friday afternoon The loss
! will amount to SILL 500. Ten thousand dol
lars OF this sum will be borne by the
! American Surety company Of New York and
it will not affect the financial standing of
the bank The Surety company is making
| strenuous efforts to capture kendrlck.
Kendrick was short with the Continental
bank of Chicago, the Security National
bank of Sioux City and the county treasurer.
! Strange Fate of Girl.
] II now turns out that the woman found
dead in the river here Sunday is Miss Mabel
Schofield, 21 years old, daughter of DR.. A. j.
Schofield of Macksburg. There is some
thing very mysterious about her death. sat
urday night she went to the train with her
mother, who had been visiting her, and from
there on she was notEheard of until found IN
the river by fisheRmen.. The coroners jury
is making a thorough investigation.
Today's decisions OF the supreme cour'
were:
j. E. Roth appellant. against Dennis Col
Inns Jefferson district, affirmed ,,,
| E L. Seven against y. c. Blake and tiller
C, Blake appellants, Linn district. athrmeu
| First National Bank of Peterson, Ia
against David Benrdeais, Clay district, re-
versed. IT, n 1Iou,
| c. A Pratt appellant, against Il. =. HOW
ard, Sac district, reversed. ,. 1,o
| Anna S. Woods, appellant, against rye
lyn Allen and Reuben Allen, POLK dlstric'
E A. West against Averill Grocery Com.
pany, appellant, Cedar Rapids superior
court, reversed. to-. A., 1,,t,
D. II. Anger. appellant, against 1i,e, the CITY ~:
B. l.. Collins and others, appellants
against w. H. Gregg, Tama district al
firmed. , c,oe. ~
pellant, Crawford district, afnrmeo