Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22
REMAINING PROVES POPULAR
Guardsmen Of Later Day Like the Change
from Volunteer Numbers.
CONVICTED MURDERER WANTS NEW TRIAL
Glass Troubles at state University I'm
Way of settIement-schoOI Census
shows a Decrease I'm school
children.
tFrom a stan correspondent,

as made recently by the ad1utant general
by order Of the governor, has proved the
most popular thing for the betterment Of
the militia service devised in recent years.
The four regiments, instead Of being tho
Forty-ninth to Fifty-second inclusive, are
now the Fifty-third to Fifty-sixth inclu-
sive. Originally the guard regiments were
First to Fourth, but after the reorganiza-
ton. because Of the service in the Cuban
war, the regiments were given the same
numbering as the regiments in the volunteer
service, the plea for this being that many
Of the men who were in the United States
volunteer service would stay with the regi-
ments in the guard. This proved to be the
most unfortunate thing that could have
been done, for those companies in which
the veteran volunteers dominated proved to
be most troublesome, as all the men who
had seen service wanted commissions and
crowded out the younger and newer MEM
bers. The abandonment of the numbering
which has been used now about three years
has been well received. Adjutant General
Byers has received letters Of congratula>
tton from many Of the officers Of the guard,
and not one complaint, either by letter or
orally. Under the new arrangement there
will be no danger Of confusion OF the pres
emit guard companies with the Iowa volun.
teer companies and regiments. This pleases
the volunteers who have not gone into the
guard and the guardsmen who were not
in the volunteer service. At the time Of
remaining the regiments some OF the COM
panies were moved from one regiment to
another, SO as to better group the COM
panies in regiments on sectional lines, and
these changes have caused no protest,
though an effort to make some changes
Of this character last year raised a storm.
General Byers is now confident the Iowa
National guard will gain rapidly in strength
and Importance and that it will be COM
paratively easy to maintain the companies
OF the four regiments. There are two va
cancies now-one in the Fifty-third and
one in the Fffty-hfth-and these will be
filled some time during the winter. Gen.
eral Byers goes to Washington after the
holidays and will work with the Iowa dele
cation to secure the passage Of the Dick
military bilE which would enable tho
guardsmen to go into camp with the regu>
lars each year and effect a closer alliance
between the guard and the United States
army.
Election in a Regiment.
The election for a lieutenant colonel In
the Fifty-fourth regiment, which is in the
southeastern part OF the state, will be held
on Monday. This will be the second cleo
tion, the first resulting in such a division
OF the vote that no candidate had a ma
Jority. The ranking major of the regiment,
John A. Dunlap of Keokuk, received 1O1
votes, the second In rank, Major Frank w.
Bishop OF Muscatlne, received 1Ss and the
junior major e. z. Lambert Of Newton,
received 1919. Since then Major Dunlap has
withdrawn and sent a circular letter to his
friends asking them to support Bishop for
the place and Bishop will be elected. He
will take the place of Lieutenant Colonel
H. G. Haynes, formerly OF Centerville, who
has left the state. This contest has been
the most spirited Of any contest in recent
years.
Tyler Wants New Trial.
Chester Tyler, coIored. has asked for a
new trial from the supreme court. He
was convicted Of murder in Jasper county
and is serving a life sentence, He was
convicted Of the murder OF DR.. B. M. Tailor
OF Newton. in September, 1901, the doctor,
who was an old resident and quite wealthy.
being found dead near the walk from his
house to his ONCE. The evident purpose
OF the murder was robbery. Tyler had
been seen in the city that day, but had
disappeared. Later he was arrested and
held in Ottumwa for awhile and released
because there was no evidence against him.
He Travelled about the country and came
to Des Moines. A young woman who was
we'll acquainted with Tyler later limited that
she knew where DR.. Failor's watch could
be found and detectives made a search and
found the watch in the possession of one
who had received 1t from Tyler. On this
simple beginning the evidence was sufhcient
to convict. He asks a new trial. alleging
many mistakes in the trial Of the case and
especially insisting that II was wrong to
allow the foreman Of the jury to sleep dur
ing the trial at the home of a nephew Of
the murdered man.
University Troubles Settled.
The recent disgraceful conduct OF some
Of the students OF the Iowa State university
at Iowa City has now been entirely dis
posed OF so far as IL relates to the classes
as a whole. President AaeLean Of the
university was in the city last night con-
sdlting With state officers and others. He
spoke very hopefully Of the outlook. The
students of one class had practically
broken up a banquet given at a leading
hotel by another class and caused great
damage to furniture and windows. The
faculty demanded that members Of the
class pay the damages and settle up the
matter. President MaeLean states that he
does not know whether the damages have
been paid, but the class has agreed to pay
the damages and To make all matters
right. THE anair was very unfortunate
for all OF u.s." said President MacLean.
and 1t was very bad, but It was also
greatly exaggerated in the papers. Hav-
ing dealt with the class as n whole, we
are now ready to deal with individuals and
shall do so as fast as we can discover
them. We will not tolerate rowdyism at
the university and shall certainly wipe out
the disgrace brought upon 1t and the class
by this conduct"
Iowa school Figures.
According to the returns from county
superintendents made TO the state superin-
tendent Of education. there are not as
many school children in Iowa as formerly.
The enumerators found only 72s, $40 in 1902,
which is 1851 less than we're enumerated
In the previous year. This is regarded as
merely the result OF inenicient enumera-
tiOn Of the children OF the state. Al the
same time the average school attendance
Increased somewhat above that OF last
year and the enrolment in schools was
substantially the same. The pay Of male
teachers averaged higher than ever before,
but there we're not so many OF them in
school or attending the normal Institutes.