Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-22
IIOWAS SHOW AT ST. LOUIS
House Committee on Appropriations FavOrs
$4,000.
SUM WILL PROBABLY Be REDUCED
Hundred Thousand Dollars Voted for
East wing Of state Historical
Building, and Monuments ON
B~attIeheIds Are Favored.
CFrom a Stan Correspondent

Nb6 IOudy bBTctu I AhNOI a. hppiOpi 10 w
of $3.50, 900 for the lows exhibit at the st.
exposition. though 1t Is more probable
that the sum will finally be reduced 10
500, 900. The same committee agreed to
report favorably a bill to pay 100000 on
completion of the east wing OF the State
Historical building. the same to be paid out
OF money collected from the government on
war claims, but this is to be after the state
is paid from the fund sec, 900 for a state ar
senal.
The senate committees have acted favor
ably on bills for monuments at Lookout
Mountain and vIcksburg Park.
The resolution offered and urged by the
labor unions Of Iowa on the Hoar bill In
congress-, to prevent sentencing strikers for
violation of strike %injunctions, has been
having a hard time Of It all session. The
resolution was originally beaten In the
house after 1t had passed the senate. Con-
ferees reported a modified resolution,
which Immediately passed the senate. Today
the conference resolution was defeated in
the house on a tie vote Of 43 to 43. Another
conference was ordered.
The bill to provide for opening the refor-
matory for women, which was established
two years ago, came up in the house. 1t
provided regulations for the same and an
appropriation for carrying 1t on. The bill
was then amended to change the location
from Anamosa to Knoxville. where It is
proposed to make use Of the states idle
buildings. but after this was done the bill
was defeated.
either county to abate a nuisance which
extends over a county line was passed.
This is to enable the Tama county people to
begin suit in their own county to prevent a
nuisance from the drainage of the Marshall
town glucose works.
The bill presented by Governor Cummins
to grant Jurisdiction to the United States
over any ground which may be purchased
for federal buildings was adopted.
The senate spent the entire forenoon dis
cussing a bill to Ak definitely the salaries
Of sheriffs, grading the salaries from $500
to $4,000, according to tho size Of the
county. In the afternoon a substitute was
passed, 81 to 9, which will be satisfactory
to the sheriffs OF the state.
New Corporations.
The following Incorporation papers were
nied with the secretary Of state today:
Iowa Land and Mining company Of
onawa. Capital. 5000. A. Kindaii, presi-
dent; II. b. ~Fessender, secretary.
81 LS %rr DISTANCE SeTper Telephone company
president; L. Middiedorf, secretary.
Ernsdorn Buggy company Of Dubuque.
dent; ]. B.. Ernsdorf, secretary. pe
Fidelity savingS bank Of Marshalltown.
PsnoTa q ss sSRlssi bank bank to S SSGGS, ,,o mn
w: g. Roberts, president; Charles Wall,
Dora wOOten Pleads Guilty.
Dora Wooten, who was arrested at Omaha
and brought to, this city, pleaded guilty in
district court to the. charge OF larceny from
a building. when arraigned, and was bound
over to the grand jury.
Jennie Crews, who Ia accused of having
stabbed Ed Pillow at a colored dance last
Friday night. pleaded not guilty when ar
raigned and her trial was set for the 22d
at 2 o'clock, her bail being placed at $500
She was arrested on the charge Of assault
with Intent to commit great bodily injury.
Philippine Development.
Of the big Philippine Lumber and Develop.
ment company, organized by Congressman
Hull Of this district, has just started FOL
the Philippines to begin active operation
there. Mr.. Gibson is connected with otheI
enterprises with Captain Hull. and hal
made several trips to the Philippines. H,
accompanied Captain Hull to the islands
last summer, when the property was in
vestigated thoroughly, and 1t is now an
nounced that work In the securing OF valu
able lumber will be begun soon. The com
pany is composed almost entirely of low
men.
Young Seeks q Pardon.
The friends of BILLY" Young, a life con
Wet in the state p~enitentiary. are hopefu
that he will be granted a parole. He wa
sent up from Sioux City a number Of year
ago for life for murder, but Il is now state,
by the then county attorney and the judg
that he should not nave been convicted a
all, as the shooting was in self-defense
He is a young colored man and has a goo
record at the prison.
, Northwestern Teachers.
Governor Cummins has accepted. an In
~vitation to speak before the annual meet
ing OF the Northwestern Iowa Teachers as
ISOLATION at Spencer April IL. Presiden
MacLean Of the State university Is also o.
the program. as well as Henry /Houck
deputy state superintendent In Pennsyl
vania. The program has Just been issued.
! Contracts for the Hospital.
The State Board Of Control today let tn
contracts for T20 single bedsteads, wit
springs, for the Cherokee insane hospita'
to Smith & Davis. st. Louis. The boar
|, has been engaged the last ten days buyin
the fixtures, furniture and accessories 70
the Cherokee hospital and It is to be ntte
up within a few weeks. The state Ia
? taken possession of its new big farm an
a the hospital employees are nearly all Sc
cured.
A Denes City OmciaIs.
9 William Welch. son of che contractor VII
. carries the mails between the depot an
postofice. enjoys the unique distinction
being immune from arrest and. II he car
ries out the plan which worked so success
: fully this morning. he will be able to laug
y at Mayor H~artenbOwer and his entire polio
force. WEIGH is wanted because Of an q
legged violation OF the eity's laws. He n
fused to be taken into custody on Il
ground that the police have no right
y interfere with the mails. BY means OF
maTsack which he carries about with hT
to and from lunch and to bed. II It Is nece
sary, the police ofheers do not dars to ID
a hand on him for fear of mourning Il
wrath Of Uncle Sam. For two and on
q half hours civil and federal authoriti
T. FLASHED over Welch in the alley back OF Il
10 postomce this morning James Miller, d
\, perintendent of mails, dened the once
10 make the arrest, terminating the diff
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