Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-23
CUARDSMEN LOSE INTEREST
One Company Disbanded and Two More
are in Poor Condition.
DIES MONIES BUSINESS MAN EL0PES
Former Publisher of Register Brings
Islander Suit. which - an Ont
growth of the Congress
sfonnI Fight.
DIES MONIES BUSINESS MAN ELoPEs


FROM a bAhu correspondent
DIES MONIES, Oct. 22.-tSpeciaL)-The
lack Of interest among the members Of
the Iowa National guard is causing some
apprehension for the future of the guard.
only a few weeks ago the a~djutant general
ordered that the company at Stuart, in the
Fifty-hrst regiment, be mustered out and
this was done. The company had been
In existence a little over a year and not
been strong at any time. The attendance
at drills had fallen so low that it became
necessary to order the company disbanded.
The report Of the drills made to the ad-
jutant general for the quarter ended oc-
tober 1 shows that two other companies
have become very weak and interest is
slight. These are the company at Marshall
town in the Forty-ninth and the company
at Hampton in the Fifty-second regiment.
The percentage Of attendance at both fell
below so. in the case OF Marshalltown being
ana and at Hampton "a lis. The adjutant
general has ordered the inspector general
to go to these places within the next ten
days and make an inspection and report
whether the companies shall be dlsbanded.
Military authorities are unable to account
for the marked decrease In interest in the
guard companies in the state.
Railway Surgeons Meet.
The annual state meeting Of the Iowa
Railway Surgeons association is in prog
ress here. with about fifty surgeons for rail-
way companies in attendance. A. L. Wright
of Carroll is president of the association.
The association has a program which will
continue over tomorrow. The railway sur
geons formed this association several years
ago and it has grown into one of the strong
est in the state.
EIOPement From Des MOines.
John NJ. Lawyer, for SOM time a prom
met business man here, has eloped, leav-
ing his wife, and was married before leav-
ing a Miss Maude Pierce, sister OF Frank
Pierce, once famous as a constable in Des
Moines in prohibition days. Mr.. Lawyer
sent his first wife, who was a Miss Grahm,
a resident OF Des Moines, to Hartford for a
visit. He then packed his household goods
and shipped them away and was married
here before leaving. The whereabouts Of
the couple is not known.
Attempted Suicide.
Because Barkeeper Vic Holmberg re-
fused to give him any more liquor at the
Columbia saloon, Fifth and East Walnut
streets, ]. F. Hannahan drew a small vial
from his pocket and in an evident intention
to commit suicide, swallowed the contents,
two ounces of bromedia.
A moment later he stepped outside the
saloon and fell to the sidewalk in an un-
conscious condition. This was at IL O'Clock
this morning. The patrol was called and he
was taken to the city jail, where he still
lies in a Rip Van Wrinkle sleep.
SANDER Case Affirmed.
The supreme court of Iowa today affirmed
4 n iudQmanf for dc ma a0 In a aIandar paSa
from Crawford county in which Grace
Cushing obtained judgment for $1,000
against Patrick Hederman for damages for
slanderous remarks against. her. She had
also obtained a judgment against the wife
of the defendant, but this judgment is
not satisfied. In ruling on the case the
court declared that in SANDER cases where
the unchastity is asserted OF a woman IL
is not necessary in Iowa to prove that the
object Of the Islander is unmarried, The
following are the decisions rendered today;
Grace Cushing against Patrick Heder-
man. appellant. Crawford county Judge
Elwood; affirmed by Judge McClain.
Frank Jarowzewski against Grant Allen
ct al, appellants; Dickinson county, Judge
Helsell: affirmed by Weaver.
NJ. Wallin against w. T. Murphy & Co.,
APPELLANTS; Wright county, Judge Whit
taker; affirmed by Deemer.
Adam Eckert against Town OF Walnut,
appellant; Pottawattamie county, Judge
Wheeler; affirmed by Sherwin.
William Hamilton against p. II. Finne-
gan. appellant; Dubuque county, Judge
Matthew'S: reversed by Ladd.
Politicians Go Into Court.
A suit was filed in district court today
by Richard P. Clarkson claiming of John
C. Tate, clerk of the courts, damages in
the sum of $25, 900 for alleged defamatory
%utterances during the campaign of last win
ter for the nomination Of a republican
candidate for congress. Mr.. Clarkson was
then publishing the Register and supporting
Captain Hull for denomination Tate was
manager for Judge Prouty, who opposed
Hull. Out Of the heat and excitement OF
the campaign ugly charges were made and
finally af1davits were resorted to and some
of them published. For publishing one OF
them Tate sued the Register for s25, 00C
damages, and this suit Is now pending
Today Mr.. GARRISON replied in that case
and filed a counter claim for $25 900 dam
ages for the utterances of Tate and his
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