Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-04
HELPS TELEPHONE GIRLS
City Council Will Not Pay Tolls Unless
Service is Improved.
RAINS DO GREAT DAMAGE TO CROPS
From One and a Half to Three and n
Half Inches OF Rainfall Upon the
Already Soaked Farms
OF Eastern Iowa.
RAINS DO GREAT DAMAGE TO CROPS
(From a star Correspondents

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other new turn was given the strike Of
telephone operators this morning when the
city council took a hand and virtually
decided upon interference to bring about
a settlement of the quarrel. The council
passed a resolution by unanimous vote
indicating that the city will refuse to pay
for the use of the score or more of tele-
phones in use by the city unless some
thing is done to improve the service at
once. The resolution is regarded only
as one step in the direction of forcing the
companies to yield by compelling them to
go into court to collect all their rentals.
At the same time a movement has been
started for arbitration, and this comes
from telephone men who have connections
with the Des Moines companies. The man
ayers Of the company at Knoxville re-
fused to send In linemen to help out the
Des Moines operators and declared that
the demands Of the girls were reasonable.
Thus far all efforts to get the committees
together in Des Moines have failed this
week.
Judge McHenry in the district court to-
day overruled the motion for a new trial
in the case of the Dorr Cattle company
against the Des Moines National bank, in
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Was rendered some time ago. After the
verdict had been rendered it developed
that during the trial one Of the jurors
had been approached by someone ostensi-
bly, with the view to bribing him. The
motion for a new trial was based largely
on the belief that the bribery matter had
actually affected the jury, and on this the
case will be appealed.
Severe RaInstorms
The state of Iowa got its worst rain
storm of the season about midnight last
night. Over a large part of the state north
east of Des Moines the appearance this
morning was one of almost desolation. The
weather bureau records showed a fall OF
S.43 inches Of rain during the night at
Waterloo, three inches at Iowa Falls, .2.15
inches at Charles City, Las at Cedar Rap
! ids. 1.57 at Iowa City, 1903 at Maquoeta and
heavy rain at Marshalltown, Ogden, Osce-
ola, Keokauqua, Forest City, Estherville
and other places. This heavy rainstorm
was accompanied by severe lightning. The
trains from the north on the Great West
ern, the Cedar Rapids line, the Iowa Gen.
trail and others were all laid out. Much
track was washed out in the valleys OF the
Iowa and Cedar rivers and along che
Boone river. Reports from various sources
received here indicate that the damage to
crops val enormous and that as this Sec
ton of the state had already been pretty
we'll drowned out with heavy rains, this
storm came to complete. the destruction.
There was no damage done in the imme-
date vicinity of Des Moines, but in the
eastern part Of the county along the Skunk
river there has been much damage.
The counties which suffered most severely
are: Hamilton, FraRklin, Wright, Cerro
, Gordo, Hardin, Butler. ~Blackhawk and
Grundy, although counties in the north
western part Of the state suffered severely
from foods. The Chicago Great Western
Is the only railroad reaching Des Moines
which suffered seriously. 1t lost 600 feet
Of track and a bridge near Hicks and the
track was damaged at a number of points
between Oelwein and Waterloo. Traffic be-
tween these points was suspended today.
Washouts near Parkersburg delayed the
Illinois Central and the Blue Earth divi-
sion of the Chicago Great Western.
The Rock Island, because Of washouts
north and SOUTH, is running trains into
Waterloo over the Illinois Central tracks.
The Boone river rose Ave feet at Web
ster City today and the eastern part Of
the city lie threatened. A large part Of
the residence section of Waterloo is under
water and many persons were rescued from
their homes in boats. The business sec
tons are flooded and mercantile losses will
aggregate thousands of dollars, The total
loss to the city is estimated at $50, 900.
One hundred yards Of track on the
Waterloo 6 Cedar Falls Interurban rail-
way was destroyed by a landslide. The
Denver line Of the same company was
washed out in twenty places. The cleo
trio and gas plants are closed and only a
small amount Of gas Is on hand in the
storage tank. Cedar river has risen IF
teen feet at Waterloo and is higher than
at any time since 1880.
The socialist party OF Iowa is to hold its
state convention at Davenport September
2, which is the day before the democratic
state convention In Des Moines. A full
state ticket will be nominated.