Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15
BUSY WEEK FOR DES MONIES
Sovereign LOdg, Of Odd Fellows to Bring
Thousands to the City.
HORSE SHOW AND VETERANS HELP OUT
Now Thought that Mother May BE
the one Who So Cruelty Beat
the Little Thompson
Child.
(From a STAFF Correspondent

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DIES MONIES, Sept. 14.-(special.)-The
city Of Des Moines commenced a busy week
today. The meeting Of the odd Fellows
lodge for the entire United States and
Canada commences tomorrow morning, a
meeting Of the state Union Veterans Union
commences in the afternoon and the
Des Moines Horse Show commences
Monday evening. The horse show
this year promises TO eclipse all for
mer shows, and the last two years the
Des Moines exhibition OF fancy horse flesh
has compared favorably with the finest ex-
hibitions in the larger cities Of the country.
More than a thousand horses have been
entered for the competition, and these in
clude horses from a dozen states of the
union and from Canada. The association
offers large prizes and besides a number
of handsome trophies are to be commended
for. The show is TO be in the pavilion be-
longing to the state on the state fair
grounds and It is one Of the finest places
for an exhibition Of the kind ever con-
structed. The horse show is in charge of
D.. R. Mills, who originated It, and the
judges include we'll known horsemen from
the larger cities of the country.
The meeting of the sovereign lodge Of
Odd Fellows, will bring great crowds to the
city. This morning Grand Sire A. G. Cable
Of Covington, KY, arrived in the city with
a large party of Odd Fellows from Ken
lucky, Ohio and Indiana. They came on a
special train. A large number Of the
special trains today and tomorrow will
bring the delegates from the east and south.
The encampment of the Patriarchs Mill
tant on the state fair ground will bring to-
gether several thousand of the uniformed
Odd Fellows and for several days they will
have competitive drills and maneuvers in
uniform. Over So, 900 in prizes have been
put up for the competitive drills. The pa
rade on Wednesday will probably have
20, 900 men in line. The problem OF caring
for the crowds has been Of great seriousness
during the last few weeks to the people of
Des Moines, but an effort will be made to
have them all cared for.
Mother May BE Guilty One.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lloyd, who are under
arrest in connection with the extreme
cruelty to the infant son Of Mr.. /. n.
THOMPSON, stoutly maintained their inno-
cence and declare that the beating the child
evidently received was done by another.
They have refused as yet to talk much
about the case, but It is understood that
Mrs. Thompson, mother OF the child, who
abandoned her husband and the child, is
to be arrested and tried for having a
part in It. The claim is made that she
visited the Lloyd home on several occasions
and hat she was a party to the abuse OF
the child. Her location is not known
but it is believed she is in the city. Both
Of the Lloyds have been placed under bond
and their preliminary hearing will occur
next wednesday when It is expected they
will tell what they know about the case
The child is still alive, but is in a pre-
carious condition and 1t will be almost a
miracle IL he survives.