Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-10
CLENWOOD KEEPS THE ROAD
State Council Grants Right Of Way to
Burlington Through Fair Grounds.
CUTS DOWN CAPTAIN LoTHRoP's FEE
Encampment Of the Fifty-secOnd Reg
iment at Fonda Broken Up on
Account of the Wet
weather.
FrOm a stan Correspondent,

(From a Stan Correspondent
DEs MONIES, July 9.-(Special.)-It
rests with the State Executive Council
to say whether or not the Burlington rail-
road shall build it's new line into and
through Glenwood, Mills county, or con-
struct 1t about three miles south OF the
city. The matter had been pending about
two years. When the Burlington COM
pany decided upon reconstruction Of the
line through Iowa a survey was made,
which went three miles south Of Glen
wood In order to avoid the heavy grades
and curves OF a direct route through the
city. Citizens appealed to President Per-
kins not to thus destroy the business in
terests Of Glenwood and a dozen or more
surveys have since been made to reach
the city. 1t was found the best routes
lay through the grounds Of the state In
stitution for feeble minded, and an act was
passed by the legislature authorizing the
Executive Council to sell a right-of way
through the state property. Today a dele
cation Of Glenwood people and representa-
tives of the railroad company appeared
before the Executive Council to plead for
permission to run the new line through
the state ground. The route selected runs
between the main buildings Of the feeble
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way and cuts through a big grove Of ma
tive trees, running very close to some Of
the buildings and necessitating a cut OF
about twenty-five feet. Mr.. Howard, right
of-way agent for the company, and Mr..
Beckwith, engineer, insisted that this Is
the only practicable route which will make
possible the necessary grades and avoid
ance of curves. 1t will put the tracks In
Glenwood fifty feet higher than now and
the maximum grade of thirty-fve feet to
the mile will be followed through to Pa
elf Junction. 1t will cost the company at
least s400, 900 to build this line more than
by the first surveyed route. The repre-
sentatives of Glenwood were: w. s. Lewis,
c. H. Dewitt, L. T. Genung, william Lamb,
]. Y. Stone, Seth Dean, Frank Ridgeway,
e. s. Bogart, H. s. Fleming, J. e. Fleming,
d. L. and Albert Heinsheimer. They asked
that action be taken at once by the council.
: Members of the State Board of Control OBJ
jected to the running of the track quite
so close to the state building, but are
willing the road should go through the
state property.
This evening the Executive Council APP
proved the route proposed through the
state property at Glenwood, but will not
fix the damages to be paid until after a
visit there.
Had Two bullets In His Brain.
Governor Cummins was today notified Of
the death of a convict in the state peni-
Tertiary at Anamosa under peculiar circum-
stances. He had been in the penitentiary
since October % last, at work all the time
until ten days ago, and had two bullets in
his brain. His name was Carter McComsey
Of Dickinson county, serving 1--WE years for
assault to commit murder. and he was
known to havei Been shot in the head. A
few days ago the governor gave permission
to have him taken out for examination in
a doctors Office will an X-ray machine to
determine the location of the bullet. Be-
fore this was done he took sick suddenly
and died yesterday. An autopsy developed
the fact that instead OF one bullet in his
head he had two and both were actually
embedded in his brain. Both were encysted
and pus had commenced to form. The
doctor reports that 1t is little short Of a
miracle that McComsey lived at all after
being shot.
Fee for Collecting War Claims.
The state executive council this morning
allowed Captain ]. S. Lothrop OF Sioux
City the sum Of $500 on his bill for serv-
Ices to the state in ferreting out the war
claim Of nearly $500 900 just received and
pushing 1t before the departments at Wash
ington. Captain Lothrop had put in a bill
lor $Zo'lO2.S3 for his services, or 5h per
cent OF the collection. TIL council allowed
the sum named above and Captain Lothrop
was Immediately paid in a state warrant.
as the legislature had passed a bill per-
mlttlng such settlement. Captain Lothrop
Is a we'll known lawyer OF Sioux City, for
merly revenue collector for the northern
district and for two terms in the state
senate. He expresses himself as we'll salts
ned sayig he has been repaid for his actual
labor, and yet he felt that his bill was
none too large considering the service he
mad rendered the state. He had been en-
ployed without any agreement whatever
as to compensation.
State Collecting Big Fees.
The state Of Iowa is doing a bigger bus
mess In fees this year than ever before.
Today the secretary Of state turned into
the state treasury fees for the month OF
June, amounting to $21, SlS.7 10, nearly all
having been received for filing and record
ing articles OF Incorporation. This is the
largest months business ever done by the
ONCE and already during the half year
$4,000 more has been received by the secre-
tary Of state than In the entire year 1901.
Much OF the increase is due to a
change in the law removing the limit
of fees. but some of 1t is due to the fact
that the companies are being organized
more rapidly than ever before.
Encnmpment Given Up.
Governor Cummlns, through Adjutant
General Byers, this morning gave orders
that the Fffty-seeond regiment break camp
at Fonda and the companies return to their
homes today. Colonel Humphrey, in charge
OF the camp, had reported that It was too
wet to do anything and that he had to move
one battalion out Of the camp. Major
Hume reported that 1t was wise TO give up
the camp, as nothing could be done this
week, and SO the order was given to quit.
The ground was low and very wet and the
rain had made it impossible TO go out on
drill. Governor Cummins and members OF
his stan were preparing to go tomorrow
for review of the regiment.
Pea Crop Injured by Rains.