Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-12
AN WILL COME TO OMAHA
Summer Meeting Of Veterinarians is to Be
Held Here.
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES APPOINTED
Iowa state Agricultural Society
Elect six Directors to Fill Va
cancies-Des Moines Signal
Corps in Cuba.

Iowa Su0Ne Rr1culuuFu Swiftly
Elects six Directors to FIJI Va
cancies-Des Moines Signal
Corps I'm Cuba.
DES MONIES, Ia, Jan. 11.-(Special
Telegram. 1.-THE formation OF an Iowa-Ne-
braska veterinary association, which will
hold a meeting biennally, was agreed upon
by the Iowa veterinarians at their closing
session Wednesday afternoon.
DR.. A. T.. Peters Of Lincoln, Neb., made
his report as chairman of the committee
appointed at the meeting in Omaha during
the exposition to communicate with state
associations throughout the Mississippi val
ley relative to the formation Of a transmits
sissippi or western society. Reports from
Illinois, Missouri and Kansas were u~nfavor-
able to such an organization. Minnesota,
Wisconsin and the Dakotas failed to answer.
The Iowa association then appointed a COM
mittee to act with q similar m from
Nebraska to organize an association Of the
veterinarians Of the two states. The first
meeting will be called some time this COM
ing summer and will probably be held In
Omaha, the Iowans all favoring that point
because of it's central location. officers were
elected, as follows:
President, DR.. D. H. Shipley, Sheldon;
first vice president, DR.. H. e. Tolbert, Des
Moines; second vice president, DR.. P. o.
Koto, Forest City; secretary-treasurer, DR..
]. Z. Brown, Oskaloosa.
Committee to call the first session Of the
Iowa-Nebraska association to complete the
organization OF such an organization: DR..
A. T. Peters, Lincoln; DR.. 8. N. Johnson,
Carroll, Ia; Dr.. ]. E. Brown. Oskaloosa, Ia;
board Of censo-s, DR.. s. Whitbeck. DEBORAH;
DR.. G. E. Stewart, Charlton; DR.. s. A.. Haz-
let.
Agricultural Society Elects Directors
The State Agricultural society elected six
directors to fill vacancies this afternoon and
the new board will meet tomorrow morn
ing to elect a secretary and treasurer. The
directors ELECTED were: J. P. Manatrey Of
Fairfield, reelected; C. e. Cameron of Alta,
reelected; W. w. Morrow Of Union county;
A. L. Plummer of Ivy, reelected; Dan She
han Of Usage, reelected; John Howatt Of
Clinton, for o}e year; J. F. Hartman Of
Franklin count and R. J. johnson Of Hum
bolt county, we're unanimously reelected
president and vice president, respectively.
T. G. ellison of Marion county, P. T. Moore
Of Harrison codhty and W.. N. Ousler OF Sac
county were ELECTED the finance committee.
A resolution recommending to the legisla-
ture a change ! the law so as to provide for
the election Of bne director from each con-
gressional district and one director at-large
from the city d Des Moines, was laid over
for consideration at the next annual meet
Ing. The candidates for secretary actively
in the fight are p. H.. Fowler, the incum-
bent, and .Gide4 McFall of OskaAoosa. ].
E. Whelan, assistant state a~djutant general,
10 p,optinpod looruo Wy L1ropLlip ~ tbie
city, who was d{eated for reelection to the
board OF director, is said to be a candidate.
George Van Ho2en, secretary of the State
Horticultural sochty, is also a candidate II
it becomes a~pparent that Mr.. Fowler will
not be reelected. Z. G. ellison Of Knoxville
) will not be a candidate. The chances favor
: Mr.. Fowler.
> In his annual address before the society
i Wednesday President Hartman recon-
mended the construction ofa stock pavilion
=! to encourage the establishment Of stock
I auctions and fine stock shoN here. Secre-
. tary Fowler made his reporth nd this even
ing the society was banquaed at Evans
cafe by the new board OF diretors.
Des Moines Signal EOrps.
= A special dispatch from Maanzas states
that the Twelfth signal corps, composed o.
= Des Moines and Iowa volunteers is now en-
= gagged in building a system Of telegraph
= lines in Cuba.
n General Manager John M. Baker Of thu
e Iowa Telephone company is dad at his ole
home in Hudson, Mich. He WIS we'll known
y throughout Iowa.
At the annual meeting Of be Town Mu'
). tual Fire Insurance companythe following
officers were elected: PresidAt, c. J. An
derson, Lenox: vice president, Ed N
Kitchen, Mount Pleasant; s~ecetary, G. r
Harsh, Des Moines; treasurer Levi Lewis
Victor. G. E.. Harsh and ]. Whisenant
IS were elected delegates to the l~ational con
lr vention to be held in Chicago
Fast Freight and DrunkA Farmer
-, A Rock Rapids dispatch staff that a fas
" freight on the Burlington, Cedr Rapids 4
Northern went into the ditcha half mill
west Of there last night as dresult OF
10 drunken farmer getting his ten entanglet
in a cattle guard and abandoFg the ami
l. mails there. The engine and te first carr
rolled down a six-foot embankdnt. No on
was seriously injured.
Judge Shiras Of the federal curt has dis
missed the case of the Name ster Insur'
ance company against the audpr OF state
T. ruling that the state has the rht to regu.
late the business Of insurance cnpanies do
q, ing business within its borders The actor
of the state was for the collec1n Of a taa
against the foreign companiesl larger thai
the tax imposed upon home corAanies.
"a A. H. McVay Of this city, le %attorne!
Nc for the insurance companies, sat an appea
"a to the United States supreme DIRT will b.
taken at once.
Injunction IL Dismised.
A special dispatch from Duique says
+ Judge Shiras today ordered dmissed tn
a bill for an injunction filed by II Manches
40 ter Fire Insurance company ehl agains
er Auditor Mccarthy and Treasur Herriott
es to restrain collection of insurGe license
m The state license of 3k per Gel on gross
OF receipts Of foreign insurance cppanies Il
ee not a tax laid upon the propel OF com
ne panies within the state. but ! simply
declaration by the state Of terms pom which
he foreign corporations may continl to carr!
o. on business ia the state, the ste havint
ed absolute right to determine upon hat term
such foreign corporations shall bpermittet
Ise to continue in business within Il state.
to Train Wrecked by q lam.
ROCK RAPIDS. Ia. Jan. 1t(Specia
Telegram 1.-THE Burlington. Get Rapid
& Northern fast freight was .ecked
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