Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-30
CUMMINS ON SPEAKING TOUR
Goes to Burlington Tuesday and from
Thence to Minneapolis,
STATE BUILDING AT CHEROKEE DAMAGED
Older Brother Arrested for Com
pIicity In killing of Frank LRveI-
Ieur, whose Body Was Found
in Burned Building,
From a STAFF Correspondent

ernor Cummins went to Burlington last
night. where he spoke this evening, after
which he will go to Minneapolis to speak
before a republican club on Wednesday
evening. He spent the day making some
dals%ed appointments Of commissions and
places. He appointed the following doctors
as delegates from Iowa to the American
Congress of tuberculosis in New York City
May 14-16 next: H. H. Clark of McGregor,
j.. 1. Gibson of Denison, c.. f. kellogg OF
Clinton, c. H. Preston of Davenport, W. e.
Hartman Of Ames, F. w. Porterfeld Of At
lantic, J. NJ. Emmert Of Atlantic, L. w. Lit
tig of Iowa City. ]. R. Guthrie of Dubuque,
E. f. Dorr Of Des Moines, w. S. II. Matthes
OF Des Moines, d. McCrae Of Council Bluffs,
George p. Neil OF Fort Madison, c.. b.
Adams of Estherville, w. S. Lessenger OF
Mount Pleasant. r. P. Berry Of Clermont.
r. e. Conin Of Sioux City, A. J. Hobson of
Hampton, E. Porterheld Of Indianola, J. W.
Lauder of Alton, F. H. Little of Musca-
tine, w. j. Eyloff Of Mason City, A. B.
Poore Of Cedar Rapids.
Appoints Two Commissions
Governor Cummlns has appointed dele
gates to the National Conference Of Chart
ties and Corrections at Detroit as follows
Rev. H. De Long, Council Bluffs; Mrs. f.
A. Willard, Burlington w. L. Casper, Keo-
kuk; Isaac A. Loos, Iowa City; B. J. Miles,
Eldora; NJ. T.. Gass, Davenport. and Marie
Jenney, Mary A. Stafford, Mrs. Ogilvie. Mrs.
Hills. P. S. Hollingsworth, Bruce Sheperd
and w. H. ~Stingerland OF Des Moines.
The governor also appointed the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition commission for Iowa
as follows: william Larrabee, Clermont;
w w. Wilmer, Des Moines, at large, and
A. NaIfouItzr Ror tha dfgtrt,tas Iarny A
Palmer, Mount Pleasant; George NJ. Cur
tbs, Clinton; w. F. Hartman, Hampton;
Thomas Updegraff, McGregor; ]. H. Ire
win, Cedar Rapids; Samuel S. Carruthers,
Bloomfield; S. NJ. Leach, Abel; P. L. Prem
tbs, Delphos; w. T. Shepherd. Harlan; C.
]. A. Ericsson, Boone, and p. X. Holbrook,
Onaws.
Damage to state Building.
The storm of last week damaged the state
hospital at Cherokee by blowing down a
part of the roof. The building, which was
injured is not yet finished, but the roof had
been on for several years. The wind was so
strong that it lifted and dropped the roof
and broke the thing so that large areas
were completely destroyed. The work was
defective in the first place and the repairs
will be quite expensive.
state Revenues Coming In.
The auditor of state today received from
Pottawattamie county the next to the
largest remittance of state taxes yet re-
ceived for the year, Scott county being
larger. The remittance was $14, $685. 40 on
the state rcvenue, s569.75 on the university
tax and 1868. 81 onrthe state college tax
Doctor Under Arrest.
DR.. H. L. spaulding, an eye and ear
specialist of this city, is under arrest or
suspicion of being connected with the
death of Jessie Freiburg OF Madison
county, who died, it is alleged, from an
illegal operation a few days ago. Frank
Crow was arrested in Madison county
several days ago on a charge of completely
in the crime. DIR. Spaulding denies any
connection with the affair. The girl had
been in Des Moines and had returned
home before she died.
Another Arrest in Murder Case.
A second arrest growing out of the al
legged murder of Frank Lavelleur, a farmer
residing near Newton, was made this
morning. Henry Meyer, an older brother
of Herman Meyer, the 14-year-old stepson
who was arrested Saturday night, is now
charged with completely in the crime, and
it IL said a third arrest will be made.
Lavelleur's body was found in the debris
resulting from the burning Of a small shed
on his farm, his skull having been crushed
in two places by some blunt instrument.
II has been shown that Mrs. Lavelleur
and her sons quarreled often and violently
with Lavelleur, which fact is chiefly re-
sponsible for the arrest. The officers also
claim that Herman Meyer, the younger son,
made conflicting statements in explaining
the tragedy and that he admitted having
set fire to the barn, but claimed It was
accidental. No membe Of the family ad-
mitted having ever noted the absence Of
Lavelleur up to the time his remains were
discovered by neighbors.
File i'm Furniture store.
Early this morning employees Of L. Gins
berg. furniture dealer at Third and Wal
nut, discovered fire in the basement under
his store and 1t was with difficulty that
the blaze was put out in time to save the
block. The furniture stock. valued at