Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-07
OLD MURDER CASE REVIVED
Attempt to Blsokmail q Greene County
Farmer il Unsuccessful.
AePosTIoNNeNr or STATE SCHOOL FUND
Dcs Moines Ctcraymnn Leaves Tor Wa
niia to lie Missionary bishop
woman Sues Butcher for
Loss of Husband.

niIa to lie Missionary bishop
woman Sues Butcher for
Loss Of Husband.
DES MONIES, March 6.-(Special In
terest in an almost forgotten murder mys-
terry in Greene county has been revived by
an attempt at blackmailing a prominent
farmer living near Scranton. The farmer
J. F.. Moss some time ago received a
letter, which had been mailed at Cando,
n. D., demanding of Moss the sum OF SiOO
for keeping silence in regard to matter
about which Moss was presumed TO be
familiar, but the matter was not stated
Mr.. Moss is a wealthy farmer, but was not
at all disturbed by the receipt OF the letter.
the contents of which he made known
Yesterday he received another letter from
the same source which made explicit
charges against Moss and threatened him
with exposure and prosecution unless he
pays the money The letter connects him
with the death OF man whose body was
found north of Scranton about five years ago.
| There was never any clear explanation OF
| why or how the man came to his death. but
| no suspicion rests on Moss. The writer
declares that one K. =. Myrs. a resident
of Cando but formerly living in Greene
| county, Iowa. is familiar with the facts
! He says that the evidence possessed by
Myrs and the writer is sought by detec-
tives and unless he is paid money he Will
give it up. The money was TO be sent to
| T. NJ. Fee, Cando n. ID. The matter Is
| being investigated
| school Fund AppOrtiOncd.
The apportionment of the permanent
' school fund of the state has just been
made by the state auditor The total of the
fund January I, 1901 was $3.50, ,5lO.i2. This
money is loaned real estate security
| through the counties Of the state and IN
terest is apportioned 10 the counties in ac-
cordance with school population. The
amount OF interest thus distributed at this
time is slOS.H5.il. The amount given to
counties in the western part OF the state Is
as follows Pottawattamie. s2,334.3l; Mills,
| ss6S.51; Montgomery, $s57,33; Cass, $l.112.-
29 Harrison, sl,26L95 Shelby. $957.97;
Adams, s6sl.S3; Fremont sS1775; Page, ST.
| 1882; Union, 1851 %; Taylor, s937 .69 Craw-
| ford, $l,153.29.
To Preach To FiIipinos.
Rev. Dr. Homer c. stuntz started today
| for San Francisco on to Manila, where he will
| take charge of the religious missionary work
| in the Philippines for the Methodist church.
| DR.. Stuntz spent eight years in the mis-
sionary work in India with remarkable sue
cess. On the eve OF his departure for his
new field he gave a lecture on India to a
large audience at Mount Vernon, where he
has lived for some time, which was at
tended by nearly 900 persons.
The Mount Vernon church complmented
him with a series of commendatory resolu-
tions and the congregation made him a
present OF SITS, The Epworth league gave
him handsome gold watch. The church
in Manila is said to be growing very fast,
| over 5000 persons having united In the
past six months. Before starting for his
post Or. Stuntz who Is to be missionary
bishop of Manila. visited Washington and
had a conference with the president and
members OF the cabinet, with view to Sc
curing their views on the work in the
| Philippines.
| Sues Butcher for Loss of Husband.
A sensational suit has been commenced
| in the district court in Calhoun county by
Mrs. Lille M Mccormick OF Lake City
against Raub McKim, formerly butcher
of the town. She claims damages in the
sum OF $4,000 for the death OF her hus-
| band which death she claims was due to
his having eaten meat from a 'lumpy jaw
| animal sold by the butcher. 1t is claimed
that the deceased contracted the disease
known as "lumpy jaw and died there
from, and the widow sues the butcher.
Bayard Capitalist Dead.
Scott Horne president of the American
Mutual Insurance company Of this city, but
a resident of Bayard, Guthrie county, died
| suddenly in Perry of concussion OF the
brain and was buried at Bayard today. He
was president of the bank at Bayard. a
member of the school board and mayor OF
the town. He had many other interests and
was a popular man,
VIII Vote on Franchise.
After overcoming many obstacles those
in favor OF the proposed franchise for ar
; electric railway in Creston have secured
/, an order that the franchise proposition b'
voted on at the spring election. The city
| council refused to order the submission o
the matter to the people, claiming that thu
, proposed line to Winterset, where 1t woult
connect with Bes Moines lines, would in
= jure the busineSi of Creston. A petition
: was circulated among property owners ant
! in this way the matter was brought to thu
point of being voted on. The residents o
Macksburg and Winterset will also vote
; on the same subject, but in these towns thu
! feeling in favor of the road is much more
favorable than lat Creston,
New
The articles of incorporation of the Acm'
Life Insurance company of MarshaltowI
I have been amended and its name change,
! to the Continental Life Insurance compan!
! of Des Mones. John d. Wells is presiden
and |. w. Shriyer secretary,
: The Dewitt Electric Light and Powe
i company has increased its capital stool
to $4,000
. The Stocker Mercantile company of Lo
I gan has been incorporated with $l500O cap
ital; Frank d. Stears, secretary and pres
a ident; |. o. Leonard, vice president, an'
n Louis Thomas, treasurer.
e The Hostetter Furniture and Carpet com
!, pany of Waterloo. capital 100000, has beei
: incorporated by e. l.. Hostetter and w. c
I IIoxie.
! The Columbus Junction Telephone com
y pany with a capital OF $4,000 has been in
!, corporate1; A. S. Thompson, president an
= manager; f. NJ. Mosebery, secretary, an
u n. T. Hendrix, treasurer.
Z The State Line Metal company has bee
Incorporated at Sioux City. The capital