Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-01
MAKE TROUBLE FOR SPERRY
Clerks In Pension Office Prefer Charges
Against One Of Their Number,
LAST or PARoLtD cOSWcTs is LET OUT
storms of Pas, week Have Done some
Damage 20 Crops, bat the Rains
Have More Tha Conn
p~ensated.
CFrom a stan correspondent

slon Agent Sperry. In charge OF the Iowa
pension district. announced today
that he has asked the Pension department
at Washington to make full investigation
OF sundry accusations against Charles ~.
one Of the clerks In the once, which
have been current for some
time, and finally took the form Of a protest
by a large number Of the women
clerks employed In the office. Several for
mer clerks resigned their positions in the
ofhce because OF the manner OF Marine
toward them was such as to be highly Of
fensive. The women under him complain
that he has been rough and coarse In his
manner. that he has subjected them 10 in
dignities and that he has shown marked
favoritism amcng the clerks, in some cases
incorporating to his superiors the ef-
hciency Of the clerks. Marine Is a brother
of a former agent Of the pension ONCE and
has been retained under the civil service
rules. Agent Sperry Is a candidate for
reappointment to the position for the next
term and the disclosures that there is such
marked friction in his ONCE and that II
has existed for a long time without his
knowledge, may cause him trouble In Sc
curing a reappointment.
step-ChiIdren Released.
Henry and Herman Myers of Newton,
their stepfather, Frank Lavalleur,
have been released, the coroner's jury fall
ing to find that they had any connection
with the tragedy.
Change in the Commission.
The governor today made a change In
his commission on the st. Louis exposition,
naming VIII C. Whiting Of whiting,
Monona county, in place Of Holbrook. The
commission contains eight republicans, the
remainder being democrats. Organization
will be effected in a few weeks and the
plans be laid for the lows exhibit at st.
Louis. The commission appointed to pre-
pare preliminary plans reported on plans
to cost about $3.50, 900 and asked for an
appropriation to cover this amount, but
the legislature cut the estimates in half
and appropriated 1926, 900.
Last Parole Goes Into Effect.
The last of the paroles signed by the
governor on recommendation of the legis-
lature went into effect today and Joseph
McCrary of Mills county left the Fort Mad
ison prison. He returns to Mills county.
where It is expected he will be given en-
plOgD lChl NY lAAOhNS OhO WIZ u
mental in securing his release. He had
saved up 81. 200 of his earnings while in
the prison and has paid $1,000 to his at
torneys for inducing the legislature to
grant the parole. He is an industrious
man and has a good trade at which he can
work. sE'
State House Changes.
Custodian McCurdy of the state capitol
today announced the appointment OF Joseph
Deemer as engineer of the capitol. o. X.
oleson, T. J. Albers, Webb Hankins and
John P. Stevenson as j~anitors and James Y.
Murphy as elevator tender.
The contract was let by the State Board
Of Control today for another deep we'll at
Cherokee to supply water for the state
hospital.
New Corporations.
Articles of incorporation were filed today
for the Cedar Rapids Plumbing company,
capital $40, 900, by c. E.. Brown and others
The st. Anthony Savings bank has beer
chartered, with a capital Of $40, O0O; H.. A,
Church, president. and c. M. Church
cashier.
The Middle River Cooperative Churn as
ISOLATION Of Madison county has been in
corporated with $4,000 capital.
Iowa weather and Crops.
The weekly bulletin of Iowa weather and
crops issued today says:
During the past week the cycIonic winds
and duststorms, which are somewhat char
acteristic of the season in this portion OF
the continent, eliminated In copious show
ers, bringing abundant moisture for pres
of the state. Some damage was caused by
the high winds in numerous localities, and
o. or too deespiY covered by drifts of dust in
many exposed fields; but the resultant
showers brought ample compensation in
The fields are in excellent condition to alb
serb the moisture without hindrance to
farming operations. and in all districts
planters. A beginning has been made In
the southern section, and planting will be
the coming week. Potato planting is now
fai: growth. Reports indicate that foliage
and Lloom on fruit trees are coming as
early as usual. All farm operations are
well advanced.
New school Law RuIInga.
Attorney General Mullen has rendered an
opinion upon several points pertaining to
the school law OF the state. One of the
most important features is the positioH
which he takes with regard to the exami-
nation Of teachers for county certificates,
He holds that such examination must b.
made in person before the superintendent
who issues the certificate. At the recent
meeting Of the county superintendents in
this city 1t was pointed out by some OF the
superintendents that provision should b.
made for the ISSUANCE Of certificates by one
superintendent upon the representations o.
another who had held the examination
necessary. superintendent Barrett took tn,
position, which is upheld by the attorney
general, that such an arrangement canno
be made under the present law. His ant
other less important holdings OF the Attor.
ney general will be printed in the new edi.
tiOn OF the school Law supplement. which
the state superintendent will bring out II
the near future.