Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-05-03
THE NEWS in IOWA

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i The Boone county republican con
sention instructed its twenty-five del
sgates to the state convention TO vot'
i tor "A. II. Cummins for governor.
/ Robert Loofbourrow Of Baker uni
versity, Kansas, won the twenty
eighth annual contest of the Inter
state Oratorical associa ton held al
Des Moines o few nights ago. His
subject was "The Orient and the Occl'
dent" w. r. Davis Of Ripon college
Wis, took second place, and Z. NJ. "a
vance of Iowa Wesleyan university.
third. Davis spoke on Hamlet" and
Cavanee on "True Republicanism."
Osceola had fire few days ago
that for time threatened the de.
struction Of great amount OF prop
erty. The Osceola and the Central
hotels were destroyed, the fire orig
| mating from an unknown cause in the
Dsceola house. The loss will be about
"a 900. while So 900 insurance will help
recompense the owners for their loss
es. Owing to a scarcity in the water
supply the fire came near getting be-
yond control and the firemen and citi-
zens worked hard to save contiguous
property.
Lamont has at last been established
by revelation as one of the two homes
of the Latter Day Saints church. Re-
Gently the president of the church
gave to his people reveal ton desig-
mating Lamont and Independence, Mo-,
what is called stakes, by which is
meant, in short, headquarters. On
April 30 the stake was organized at
Lamont and full set of officers were
installed. The result no doubt will
be to increase the price of real estate
in that vicinity, as people from every
part of the world being Latter Day
Saints look to Lamont as the head OF
their church,
Judge Burnham in the district court
at Marshalltown sentenced w. 0. He'd
rick, the forger and wife deserter, to
three years in the penitentiary at
Fort Madison. A strong effort was
made by relatives and friends of the
prisoner to secure Il parole. The
Judge, however, had investigated his
past history and concluded there was
no good reason for showing leniency
to that extent. The court said he
had learned that Hedrick had been
married four times and had treated
his former wives little better than the
one whom he deserted in MARSHALL
town while she was helpless from
stroke of paralysis. The fact that
Hedrick took all his wife's money
was another fact that operated
against him. Hedrick's aged mother
was present when the sentence was
pronounced and wept bitterly over
her sons fate.
The saloons of Reinbeck have been
enjoined ana closed. They are the
places of Carl Steinmeyer, Peter
Clausen and Link Hickson. They
have been operated for some time be-
cause the public raised no objection.
The 65 per cent petition did not carry
and the places were being run under
the old law. For some time they
have paid no license but $40 a month
to the city, claiming they could not
be held for mulct tax, as they did
not run under the act. Several wo-
men of the town have been holding
prayer meetings in the places and
they have been aided by Fl. II. Abrams
of the Anti-Saloon league. The cases
will come up for hearing before
Judge Plat of Waterloo.
! Clay county people have faith in
the recently reputed oil discoveries
there and they have filed articles of
incorporation for company which
controls the supposed oil lands at
Greenville, and which will sink sew
eral wells at once. The company
will be known as the Clay County
Oil and Mineral company. The in
corporators are A. w. Greene and
O. a. B. Newton of Spencer and w.
A. barley, c. Z. Conklin, II. B. Col
Inns, N. S. Whistler, S. S. Truman, N.
c., H. Z. and George Harvey, F. Barg-
LOT, A. Younger and Byron Jones.
Their authorized capital is 100000.
At present they will issue $4,000
worth of shares. When the $4,000
worth have been disposed of it will
give the company an income Of
$4,000 with which work on the oil
find at Greenville will be started.
Officers are not selected as yet, but
will be as soon as the stock is sold.
Senator l.. r. Bolter died at his
home in Logan on the goth, after an
illness of but few days. His illness
was of an acute nature from the be-
ginning, but all the relief that medi-
cal aid could give was of no avail. Sem
ator Bolter was born July 81, 1894, in
Richland county, Ohio. and came to
Iowa, locating in Harrison county in
1868. In 1865 he vas admitted to the
bar, and soon worked his way up high
in his profession, and even when a
young man his opinions were sought
by many men whose age in the pro-
ession would lead one to believe them
to be his superiors, and he has ever
since been leading light in the legal
practice through out the state. In the
fall of 1865 Senator Bolter was elect
ed to the house of representatives, be-
ing for the Eleventh general assem-
bly,. He also served in the same capa-
city in the Fifteenth. Sixteenth, Nine
tenth and Twentieth general assem-
blies. Following this he was elected
state senator, serving in the Twenty
first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third,
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