The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-06
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VICTIM oFsMocK MARRIAGE III
,Stone,sANho Has asl-egal Wife, Indicted at
H Il MI 4Des MoInes. sofJ
s% DIES MOINES.sION A.--The Polk county
grand jury has returned an indictment
against Walter e. Stone, until a short
time ago manager Of the Des Moines Auto
mobile compah ysaasS He is charged with Sc
ductlon,. Miss Alice Donatue of this city
Il boesiin Il complainant. Miss onahlle al
Sleges she was made the victim o. q mock
marriage In this city last Jun e. 49, She
charges tina tssoiis a. Sunday morning. she
was induced to go to Stone rooms where
a. marriage ceremony was performed by an
lndlvldual giving his name as Rev. Mr.
Williams. \ From that time on until Sep
TENDER, she and Stone lived together as
husband and wife Stone then left fol
the east telling Miss Donahue he intend
ed&to return soon. He did not return and
was arrested on. a warrant based on an
information. filed here the day after he had
married a young woman Of Cleveland. The
case has aroused "a sensa ton. 5. s. ~ -
81. To Go A-Junketlng' ,,
y The capitol improvement commission
decided to-day to take trip east early
IN. January for the purpose of gathering
needed information relative to lighting,
hea ting, ven tilating, and, decorating the
capitol. y The commissioners will visit
Washington, New York, ! Philadelphia,
Boston and other. cities containing build
2ings that may fifty serve as models for. the
commission to follow In expanding the
quarter Of a million appropriated by the
last general assembly. zy
4., Want Way for Chairman (
A strong movement is on among tenth
district. politicians for the election of S.
x. Way of Wesley; as airman Of the re-
publican state central committee to sue
ceed State Chairman R. Fl. Spence Of Mt
Ayr. Mr. Way will have the support Of
the Cummins element on the committee.
There is a question; however, whether he
can be elected, as six Of the five members
Of the committee are antiCummins. The
Cummins forces hope to gain a member at
the next state convention and If so will
be able to elect Mr.. Way. Dispatches
from Wayerly are to the effect that Repre-
sentative Burton e. Sweet of Bremen
county will be a candidate for state SEN
ator in the Butler Bremen district, to sue
coed Senator Craig Of Allison.
:. - :, -. -. Annual Possum Supper
Z. The: fifteenth annual 'possum supper OF
Colonel Jefferson Logan was served at his
home:here last night and was attended by
the usual long list Of politicians from this
city and other parts of the state: Gov
ernor! Cunmins was present and many OF
the state officers. = Letters Of regret were
received from Secretary Shaw, Congress
man Hull, rex- Governor Drake and others
President Roosevelt was invited, but was
unable to=come and sent his regrets. Col
onel Logan, who has long been janitor OF
the sena tie cloakroonl, and who Is close tc
every prominent politician In Iowa, is 81
years of age and was@formerly Missouri
slave. g. 49,. .s..' ....
+ STAMA, lOWA-The canvass for a peti-
tion sjof. consent to establish saloons in
Tama county has been completed and has
/ failei{f: It lacked only q few names and
|, the: friends 4of the petition stated; that ii
7 they o1,ld-haye had g: few more DAYS in
3WhichSto work. they, would have secured
the requisite number. The law requires
thiatt ssa canva SIS he completed in thirty
TfsERVlELE s1oYi A-The.Ss {. circula-
tipltz of a petition ofsconsent for SALOONS in
Erltflat county, has been completed land
. the petition. will mot be4filed with the ar-
sditor as its lacked az sufficient number OF
signatures: It is stated that the petition
lacked about Is sofss the required z65 pei
cent Of they oters. Circulation was begun
immediately after election -" - ..-'.
MARsEtALLTowN, Iiowx-conrad We.
|tcera; a young slIaa1 Faiving near this city
was run over by a North Western. trair
and cut in two at Nevada. He was en-.
gagged Ing 4couplingssca rs, when his fool
slipped. 1.-THE bodya was taken to Quarry
this county, for buEial.
HARLAN, IOVVAs-Lewis Moore. a bar
Der, died Wednesday night, following an
amputa ton of his left arm for Hood poi
soning: He had shaved "a corpsea and in
lection through small scratch on his
hand caused the hood poisoning.
HAVELock, ToWA-Havelock has q
complete local. telephone system. Within
two weeks the company expects to have
in opera ton two country lines. 1t al
ready has connection withia country line
which is owned by farmers.
LIE MARS. IoWA.-suit has been
brought by Martha Munson against the
Omaha railroad forfs1 800 damages for the
death of her sister, Mrs Margaret Bal
singer, who was killed at the Shearon
crossing July Is. a2s}E T. s--@.
OTTuMWA, %tOWA-The city council
last nightflet the contract for the temper
airy waterworks plant, regardless of the
decision of the court Of appeals that the
city is beyond it's, legal limit of indebt-
edness.E -, g. uE,-,.. -
BURLINGTON, loWA-F. H. Jordan
discovered a broken rail on the main
track of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
and stopped the fast mail in time to pre-
vent a wreck. ..-.
CORNING, ToWA-The new city hal
was dedicated last night with grand fire
mems ball and supper. > =