Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-20
THROWING OUT COAL STOVES
Iswa People Are Placing Furnaces tOr
Burning the Iswa Product.
MAYOR TOM JOHNSON MAY CONE TO IOWA
Hearing on Appeal of Two Con-
demned Murderers - C~onsresa-
tIonaI Churches of IOwa
VIII Meet.
cFrom a stan Correspondent

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DIES MONIES, oct. 1e.-(Special.)-The
manufacturers Of furnaces in Des Moines
and other cities OF Iowa claim that never
before in the history Of the state has there
been such a demand for furnaces in which
TO burn soft coal. and that thousands OF
Iowa people are placing these furnaces in
their homes and business houses and intend
to give UP once and for all time the use OF
anthracite coal. The hard coal stoves have
been thrown out because OF the strike and
furnaces substituted In which soft coal may
be burned. In this city alone II is esti-
mated by the furnace men and the dealers
in coal that fully half Of the population
that made use Of hard coal has commenced
the use Of soft coal. In other parts OF the
state the proportion is greater, for tho
presence of the mines near Des Moines has
always made coal cheap here. Furnace and
coal men estimate that in the future Iowa
people will hardly consume more than one
half of the anthracite coal they did before
the strike and this will be a permanent
matter. 1t is a trade lost to the Pennsyl-
vania operators they will never get back
again.
want One Rally.
The democratic state committee Is max
ing an effort to secure a speaker for at
least one political rally in Des Moines this
year and negotiations have been entered
into for securing Mayor Tom Johnson of
Cleveland. o.. for a speech about October
q. He is to appear in Chicago about hat
time. 1t is the understanding that he and
his Ohio friends are anxious to get in touch
with the democrats Of Iowa and, therefore,
he will probably make two speeches in
Iowa this year. II so one of them will be
in Des Moines. An effort is being made to
have former Governor Boies also speak In
Des Moines, but he has dates for nearly
every night in the Third district. His son,
Louis Boies. has also gone on the stump
for him. The democratic committee has
been unable to secure any speakers from
outside the state.
Murder Case on Appeal.
The Iowa supreme court will tomorrow
listen to arguments in the appeal case Of
Albert Phillips and Lewis Brooks, two men
under sentence Of death. II the supreme
court refuses to order a new trial they
! will be the first men legally executed in
Iowa in many years. and their hanging will
take place in December at Anamosa. Brooks
and Phillips robbed a. bank at Greenviile
in Clay county and were tracked to Albert
/ City In Buena Vista county, where they
were surrounded in a depot. They shot
John Sundblad, the town marshal, and
escaped. but were pursued and captured
and afterward convicted. Appeal has been
taken to the supreme court on a number Of
technical grounds and the attorneys desire
to be heard orally in the case.
congregational Church Meeting.
The Central Association OF Congregational
Churches holds a semi-annual meeting in
Ames. beginning Tuesday next. Among
those to be present are A. r. Dodd. Mon
tour; A. w. Moore, Reinbeck; John A.
Holmes, Toledo; w. A. Hobbs, Traer; L. B.
Bickford. Radcliff; A. W. Sinden, Marshall
town; F. e. Drake, Belle PLANE: J. @. TIL
den, Ames; o. Smith, Grinnell, and z. A.
Berry, Cedar Rapids.
The Iowa Lutheran synod. in session at
Davenport, has selected the following to
represent the synod in Baltimore next
June: J. ". Funkey, Fairfield; C. ". Mag
CART, Cedar Rapids; G. W. Snyder, Council
Bluffs; T. e. Hansen. Nevada; Andrew
Hans, Newton; w. H. Bailey, Iowa City.
The alternates are J. w. Writ. Des Moines
w. H. Blancke, Davenport; W. A. Like,
Webster City.
Acquitted Of Murder.
Lee whitlach was acquitted at Charlton
Buchanan a year ago. Buchanan had lived
alone In a cabin in Lucas county and wal
found murdered. Whitlach was arrested
on suspicion, but the grand jury failed tc
indict him. Then Governor Cummins Of
fered a reward for the conviction of the
murderer and Whitlach was again arrested