Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-09
STARTS TALK At WATERLOO
List Of Prominent Speakers for Formal
Opening Of the Iowa Campaign.
ASPHALT GETS FoOTHoLp IN DIES MONIES
New Railroad Building Through Iowa
TO 81. Louis Thought 20 BE n
scheme Of the Roc
Island.
tFrom a star cOrrespondent.l

DIES MONIES, Sept. ESPECIAL THE
date for the opening Of the republican cam
paign in Iowa has been of necessity changed
from September % to September q, at
Waterloo. This will be the formal opening
in the Third congressional district and will
be addressed by Speaker Henderson, Gov
ernor Cummins and Senator Dolliver. The
date had to be changed In order to secure
the hall for the speaking in the evening.
There will be a few meetings held, chiefly
by local speakers. in other parts Of the
state prior to that date, but the Waterloo
meeting will be the formal opening OF the
campaign. The fact that the three dlstin-
guished Iowa men are to speak on that date
together leaves no room for doubt about
the brand or harmony prevailing. This
morning Governor Cummins received a
pressing invitation from Chairman Charles
Dick OF the Ohio republican committee to
go to that state and enter the campaign.
Telephone Company Suits.
Judge Mcpherson OF the United States
district court today issued an order that
the testimony in the case Of the Iowa Tele-
phone company against T. p. Mention and
others OF the strikers for permanent in
Junction be taken in this city by a referee
In the next ten days and be transcribed
Tor use In the court at the hearing in Coun-
ell BUNS, which has been changed from the
10Th to the Path inst.
The total value of telephone and tele-
graph lines in Iowa that were assessed by
the executive council at the last time n,
assessment was $1,542, 927. "A. These foot
ings have Just been completed on the con-
clusion Of the work of sending out the an
nual certificates and It is the first time that
an accurate computation has been made and
a record kept Of the telephone valuations.
Inc telephone, telegraph and express as
essment viii all be published this year
Tor the first time in connection with the
report on railroad assessments.
Asphalt Paving wins.
A long controversy has been waRed IN
Des Moines between the makers OF having
Brick and the makers. Of asphalt having
: Inc enorts of the asphalt people to get a
toothold In Des Moines have been tbyarted
many times by various plans. The makers
ot Drlck nave insisted that Des Moines
should be paved only with brick because
the prick is made in Des Moines. Today the
asphalt men won a signal victory in the
council by securing an order for the navino
OF quite a number OF streets with asnbaIt
Ihe night between the two has been wased
80 bitterly that aldermen have been ne.
Iitioned by their constituents to resign he.
cause they favor one or the other kind NJ
paving. On one occasion the mayor vetoed
an order for asphalt paving on the sol.
GROUND that brick paving gives empIoymen,
to laborers at home.
May BE Rock Island Scheme.
There is a belief here that the new 1ovo
q ST. Louis railroad, which is being con-
structed from a point in Monroe county
Ia through Centerville and on south 10
St' LOUIS is In fact a part Of the scheme
u gam entrance into st. Louis from Iowa
Polnts Tor the Rock Island road. II 10
learned that the Iowa G. st. Louis Is 70
use the Rock Island terminals into 81
Louis, and also go over a part of the PocL
isIands new purchase in Missouri. II is
learned also that the road will no e1-
TENDED on northward to Knoxville. wbere
u VIII connect with the Oskaloosa branch
OF the Rock Island, then go to Indianola
anu come into Des Moines over Rock
ISiand tracks. The new line runs nearly
all the way through a good coal country
largely undeveloped. In Monroe and Marion
counties, Iowa, there are great coal beds
which will be reached by this new line,
IL VIII nearly parallel the Wabash TO ST
Louis and AFFORD the Rock Island and other
roads a direct line into st. Louis,
Portland Mine Case Appealed.
The famous Portland mine case from
fottawattamie county has been appealed to
the Iowa supreme court and TODAY the
abstract in the case was filed with the
clerk, the same making a volume of 427
pages, which includes about all the eyI.
dence taken in the case. The verdict O,
the jury in the case gave James Doyle a
judgment Of SAG, 927.73 against James r.
Burns and others interested in the several
mines forming the Portland group.
Entertain Confederates,
Croker post, Grand Army OF the Re-
public, of this city has already made ar
rangements for the entertainment of the
ex-confederates who are to be here next
week and attend the Odd Fellows grand
lodge. 1t is expected there will be several
hundred ex-confederates at the lodge meet
ing, representing a number OF the southern
states. They will be given a fine reception
and entertainment especially for them BY
the veterans OF the Croker post and the
old soldiers Of Iowa.
Suit for Heavy Damages.
Viola Glidden OF Ames, Story county
through her attorney, John ]. Coull, has
commenced action in the district court of
Polk county claiming damages OF Fremont
Turner, a contractor Of this city, to the
amount OF $40, 900.
The plaintiff is Administrative OF the es-
tate Of Charles Glidden, who was killed
while in the employ OF the defendant at
Sac City during the month Of December,
1901. 1t is alleged that in walking about
some scaholding, improperly placed, Gid
den fell a distance OF forty feet to his
death. 1t is charged that plaintiff was
aware Of the imperfect scaffolding, but
negligently and carelessly failed to men,
tion that fact to Glidden.
Turner resides In East Des Moines and is
engaged in the business Of erecting stand
pipes, tanks. etc. Glidden was in his en-
ploy at Sac City at the time of his death.
Gil MORE IS RADLY SCoRcHEn