Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-16
HEAVY RAIN At DES MONIES
lightning Strikes Several Houses and Fire
msn Are Kept Busy.
sWNDLtR WORKS NARY BUSINESS MEN
PIucky white woman Comes 20 Res
cue of coIorsd I'M ana
Drives on Ter Assaflant-
Levich Case Continued.
Trom a stan Correspondent


From a Stan Correspondent
DIES MONIES. Aug 15.-(speciaI.)-Be-
tween minight and morning more than two
and a half inches Of rain fell in this city
and at the same time there was a heavy
windstorm, accompanied by lightning. The
Des Moines river, which had got down TO
nearly its normal condition for this sea-
son Of the year., suddenly rose two feet
The streets were flooded and street car
trafie early this morning was stopped. The
home Of +. ". Stilwsil on Fourth street
was struck by lightning and the house set
on IRE. The roof was burned on, the loss
being covered by insurance. The inmates
Of the house we're unframed. They were
Mrs. stilwell. Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. steadman
and Mrs. John Barber and daughter, Of
Atlantic. The storm had awakened Mrs.
stilweiI who had got up and was engaged
in re~assuring the children in their room
when the lightning struck the chimney. All
In the house were stunned by the shock
but not injured otherwise. A neighbor saw
the lightning and gave the alarm Of IRE. Mr..
stillweil is a travelling representative Of
the Twentieth Century Farmer. The cleo
tricsl storm kept the IRE department busy,
as a number Of fires were started By the
electric wires. Reports OF some damage
10 the lallIOau companies IuaNC DCtu To-
ceived but trains were not delayed long In
any direction. 1t is believed the storp did
very little damage throughout the state
10 growing crops. In this city there was
also some hail and this killed hundreds Of
sparrows whose dead bodies were found
this morning strown along the sidewalks.
Reports ON Institutions.
The July reports on state institutions,
made to the board Of control. shows that
the balances In the special and support
funds aggregated s1,O4s. sOs.se at the end
Of the month. There were increases of pop
ulation at Mt. Pleasant, s.. and Clarinda -,
and at all other decreases az follows:
Anamosa. 10: Fort Madison. 8; Council
Bluffs. 1877; Davenport. 90; Marshalltown.
8; Gienwcod, re-; Eldora. 10; MITCHELL
VILE. 8.
swindled Nineteen Firms.
A smooth swindie was worked on nine
teen business firms Of Des Moines by a
stranger, who got about $40 dollars by his
trick, He arranged a program for an al
legged walters picnic to be eiven by the
list OF specialties and entertainment, and
solicitated hrms for an advertisement In a
program to be printed. He printed the pro-
gram and collected the money In nearly
every case and left the city before any Of
the walters got onto the game. They had
never thought Of a picnic much less ar
ranged for the printing Of a program.
Levich Case Continued.
The case Of the state against Harry
Levich, in connections WITH the Finklestein
murder. was continped today In justice
court on account Of d ahsance of a city
detective from thei citySf The defense made
an effort to have an immediate trial. but
the justice granted a continuance for a
week. Nothing was developed as to the
evidence.
Piucky woman Fights Brute.
Mrs. J. z. Brown. who lives southeast Of
the city. was driving along the road IN
the edge OF the city when she heard
screams from a woman by the roadside.
She saw a co.ored woman struggling with
a white man. Mrs. Brown seized her buggy
whip and rushing to the rescue Of the col
ored woman commenced TO lash the william
over the head. He beat a hasty retreat
and the cclored woman was rescued.
Pay OF New Judges.
Attorney General Muilan today rendered
a decision on behalf OF the auditor o.
state affecting the salary of Z Judge ap.
pointed to hll a vacancy since the passage
Of the law increasing the pay Of Judge.
from $500 a year to $4,000 a year. Judge
w. 8. Kenyon Of Dodge and Governor Cum.
Minis appointed George. w. Dyer Of Ne.
vada to MI the vacancy for the unexpiret
term. The state auditor was at a loss Il
know what compensation TO pay Dyer
since the law Is now that a Judge shall hav,
the larger salary. Attorney General Null
Ian quotes the section Of the constitution
referring to the term OF ONCE being fo
four years and that the pay OF a Judge shall
not be increased or diminished during hi
term. I'm the case under consideration,
Gays the attorney general, Judge Kenyon
was elected for the term OF four years
At the time Of his election the compensa
tion fixed by Law was $2.5o0 per annum
It is clear that under the provisions o
tho constitution referred 20 his compensa
tion could not be increased OF dimsnishe.
during tho term for which he was elected
Judge Dyer was appointed to All sucl
vacancy. The term Of omee whicl
he was appointed to MI Il q par
Of the same term to which Judge kenyon
was elected. he stands precisely IN tn
anne position, so far as the term Of ono
which he holds Is concerned. as Judge Ken
yon would have stood had he not resigned
with the single exception that under hi
appointment he only holds the term Il
which Judge Kenyon was elected unit
the next general election" The ATTORNEY
general. therefore. concludes that It is tn
same term OF once ana the salary cannc