The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-26

IOWA


IOWA
LELAND MAY HOLD ON
Dozen Candidates for appointment to the
State Pharmacy Board.
S. DIES MONIES. IOWA-The< contest over
the appointment of member of the state
pharmacy commission to succeed w. u.
Leland of Hawarden has become unusual
ly exciting by reason of the large field
of active candidates. Mr.. Eeland's term
will end in April and he is seeking an
other There are about dozen other
candidates, the most prominent OF whom
are Fred Russell of Rockwell City, Bert
f. Keltz of Webster City. Albert E. Lien
of Whittemore, Ed NJ Burns Of Mason
politicians Of the eleventh district are
seemingly unit for Leland and this fact
is in his favor and may lead to his re-
appointment. Such men ISL. y. Sammls
of LeMars, Fred Watkins of ,Hawarden
Judge Hutchinson Of Alton, William Mil
christ of Sioux City and numerous others
have fairly .deluged the governors office
with letters urging the appointment Of
Leland. keltz. also has strong indorse-
ments. ss:..ss
Another appointment that is giving:
trouble is that of a judge Of the Polk
county district court to succeed Judge
G. P. Holmes, who died this week. The
scenes in the governors office resembled
a continuous session Of the Polk County
Bar association, and this in spite OF the
fact that Judge Holmes remains had not
yet gone to the grave. There are nu--
merous candidates, the leading ones being
James c. Hume and w. Fl. Baily. =
e H. J. Evans Of Hartley, who has been
assistant dairy commissioners, has re
signed, to take effect March i. Mr.. Evans
is ranked as one Of the two or three
leading butter-makers of Iowa. and ne
will go into the creamery business on
leaving office. P. II. Kieffer of Straw
berry Point, who is the champion butter
maker of Iowa, will probably be appointed
by Dairy Commissioner Wright
. Equal suffraglsts Gaining.
Unusual activity prevails among the
equal suffragists i The work Of organiza-
ton, lecturing and distribution Of litera-
| ture is being pressed with unwonted en-
ergy Miss Daisy Deighton of Shenan-
| doah and Mrs. Lois McMillen of Iowa
Falls are engaged III the field work, and
are reporting good results. Miss Delgh-s
! ton, who was head of the legislative COM
mittee last winter. has been doing suc-5
cessful work in Howard, Allamakee and
Winneshiek counties. Mrs. McMillen has
organized four new clubs in Hardin
| county making nine clubs in the county
She will prosecute a. campaign In jackson
county also. : ........
Plans are made to promote the selection
Of members of the legislature Who are
friendly to suffrage and cut off the heads
Of others who have a record against SUI
frage and are up for another term: Great
hopes of success in the next legislature
are entertained. Secretary Ritchey re-
! ports a change in the attitude OF the
press of the state and says the papers
| fa1-C
- - Dawson Makes a Change.
r Allan Dawson, news editor of the Regis
ter and Leader, has signed a five-year
contract to enter the employ of James M.
Pierce The contract will take effect
JAN 1. Mr.. Dawson ranks as one OF the
foremost newspaper men in Iowa, and is
rated. by many as the ablest editorial
writer in the state. %s-#
= SIOUX CITY, lOWA-Mr. and Mrs.
| James Hedgewood, formerly Of Mime
apolis, have yet scarcely recovered from
| their narrow escape from asphyxiation
Tuesday night. when they were saved
from death only by dream. Hedgeweod
! dreamed he had been attacked by two
men, who were attempting to strangle
him. He wrenched himself away and set
up in bed to find the room filled with gas.
He aroused his wife with difficulty
| Mrs Isaac w. Daggett, whose husband
! is worth $4,000, and whom she married
thirty years ago, has sued for, divorce
On the ground that he forced her to do
| her own washing and all the housework. =
| A jury in Judge Brentano's room Of the
criminal court at Chicago has acquitted
C. G. Mcneil, president of the Mcneil
Grain company; of Sioux City, and Ben
jamin c. Jolley.s confidential clerk for
the Weare Commission company, OF the
charge of conspiring to defraud the Weare
| company. ..-. p $ss2a&
! PELLA, IoWA-The movement for the
increased endowment of Central college,
which was to have been completed by
June, has brought the required sum, $685.
900, seven months before the time
planned. In addition to this conditional
pledges have been made that will bring
the amount up to $4,000 by next June and
also secure a presidents house. The
classrooms are overcrowded.With students
!, and the board Of trustees is to meet soon
to plan new buildings. The plans are
to remodel the main building by adding
wings and christen it Memorial hall.
GRiNNELL, IoWA--E. Harmon, the
student at Iowa Wesleyan university, Mt
Pleasant, who committed suicide. was the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Harmon, wht
live near GrinDel.-The funeral of r. M
Haines was held Wednesday morning ii
the congregational church. IT was. con.
Quoted by Rev. E. M. Vittrm, assisted by
President Dan F.. Bradley and Professor
L. F. Parker of Iowa college.-At the cleo
ton of lieutenant colonel Of the Fifty
, fourth regiment, Company K of this place
,, cast its entire vote for Major =. E. Lam
bert Of Newton. .r~-- =.
IOWA FALLS, lOWA-The mid-winte
meeting Of the Hardin County Editoria
: association is to be held some time mex
hrgof hn mil
? tee will meet at Eldora soon to, select TIT
, date and make preliminary arrang ements
: Oliver j. Smith is observation-disclosures
messenger Tom l.: Hamilton fell down al
enlbankment and broke one Of his knee
caps His physician regards the tnjur!
as serious.
sALGoNA, IOWA.-HarrY Adams killet
his wife with a shotgun and then blew GU
his own brains. 1t is said she ran away
, with another man. but afterwards re.
turned to Adams.
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