Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-02
CONVENTION TINE IS NEAR
Speaker Henderson and Representative
Cousins to Be Renominated Today.
KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF SECURITY MEET
Police Admit They Are Making No
Progress I'm Solving the Mystery
of the Murder of Peter
son children.
CFrom a STAFF Correspondent

republican district convention tOr the Fifth
district is to be held today at Cedar
Rapids and Hon. Robert G. Cousins Of Tip
ton will undoubtedly be renominated for
another term in congress without opposi-
ton. The convention will have about 200
delegates. There has not been a whisper
OF opposition to Cousins. He will be pres
ent at the convention and address 1t after
his nomination. The Third district conven-
tion meets today also and it will renomi-
nate Speaker Henderson.
The republican state committee will meet
here a week from tomorrow ana determine
on the place and date for the republican
state convention. The convention will be
held in Des Moines.
knights and Ladies of security.
The biennial convention Of the Knights
and Ladies of Security. a frsternal society,
commenced in Des Moines today, nearly
every city and considerable town in the
state being represented. A. S, WATSON
of Sioux City was elected president. An
address Of welcome was delivered by c.
e. Bonner Of this city. Miss Mary E. Ellis
Of Winterset was elected secretary. Re-
ports show that the society is growing and
prosperous. Among the candidates for the
position OF delegates to the national con-
hNAch VI NhC SOSADNy IL SNs ASNAe "a W.
C. Hayward, Perry; J. F.. Lewis. Missouri
Valley; F. l.. Hayes, Council Bluffs; c.. e.
Byrkit, Des Moines, and DR.. WATSON, Sioux
City.
Slow Work on Murder Case,
Peter Peterson, the father Of the two chill
dren murdered early this month in High
land Park. called at police headquarters
today to inquire If the detectives have any
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the city authorities are completely in the
dark as to the murderer. Nothing has
been accomplished that gives hope of cap
turing the criminal. The detectives say
they have turned up some new clues. but
DO not divulge the same. The case is still
a great mystery to the public, for not a
drop of blood has been found anywhere, or
the weapons with which the murder was
committed.
Looks Like Evasion of Law.
The secretary of state has received the
articles Of incorporation of the Bankers
Tontine Mercantile company Of this city,
but has as yet refused to file the articles
and issue a charter. There are internal
that the company thus sought to
be organized is to do a business like that
which is aimed at by a bill passed by the
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to come under the building and
loan laws of the state. The attorney general
is Of the opinion that the company should
be required to make a more specific state
ment of Its plan of business before being
An Iowa Mans Speciality.
Thomas Nelson Downs, an Iowa man more
famous in Europe than at home, is visiting
his aged mother at Montour. He has been
Europe for three years as a spe-
cialist in sleight Of hand tricks and has
made a great success at it. A few years ago
he was a telegraph operator in Marshalltown
and made a study Of the tricks OF special
engaged in amusing the public and
became convinced he could do them as we'll
as anybody. He went to New York and
In variety hall work awhile, then
made a short tour of this country in con-
.nection with Sam Siegel, violinist; later
went to Europe, where for three years he
been engaged in the leading cities. He
now has engagements ahead for at least two
years, but returned home for a brief stay
with his mother and his son.
Artillery from the Philippines.
The Iowa State museum has just been
by the addition of a number Of in
specimens of Filipino weapons
by American soldiers in the Phil
ippines during the war. They were sent
here by favor Of Congressman Hull. Two
bamboo cannon are crude and ugly. They
are about Ave feet long. One apparently
has a metal core made especially for it,
around which are bamboo pieces bound with
heavy wire. The other appears to have a
piece Of gas pipe for the barrel and the
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iron bands. Neither piece has ever been
A small mounted brass cannon
is about three feet long and has a bore OF
about two inches. 1t is a pretty weapon,
the large truck is Of crude wooden con-
and cumbersome. A brass salut-
ing mortar stands on end about eighteen
inches high and was fired only for making
a noise. A rife is made out of a piece OF
gas pipe about FIVE feet long, set in a
crude wooden stock and bound with iron
bands. II is so heavy one man could not
hold 1t up and so crude that it would appear
to be more dangerous to fire than as a
The State museum now has
eighteen pieces of artillery. including sew
eral Chinese guns and mortars and a fine
collection of old guns Of various sorts.
Red Cross ReOrganized.
Delegates from six states met at Cedar
Rapids today and recognized the Red
Cross association, a fraternal beneficiary
organization.
Upon application Of the Peoples Savings
bank. c. w. Rogg and the Des Moines
Photo company. Judge Smith Mcpherson
this afternoon appointed E. d. Samson
Of the Warheld-Chase company,
filed a petition in voluntary bank
Saturday. His bond was fixed at
81. 1000.
Struck by "a Car.
A man named Martin was run down by
an 1ngersoll avenue car this morning, his
skull fractured and other injuries sus-
tanned that may result in death. He was
taken to the Methodist hospital, where he
is unconscious, and his first name and ad-
dress cannot be learned. According to the
motorman's story, the man was walking
by the side of the track between Thirty
and Thirty-hfth streets. The car
slowed down as 1t approached him as a
matter OF precaution. The motorman states
when II was within a few feet Of Mar
tin he suddenly stepped on the track and
knocked down.
In district court today William Smith was
Of numbering Charles Johnson.
The tragedy occurred in a saloon, but all