Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-21
Was an Iowa Pioneer.

Was an Iowa Pioneer.
BENJAMIN Greene, whose death occurred
the other day near Abel. in Dallas county,
was one OF the pioneers of central Iowa.
He was a lawyer in Oswego, N. Y, but his
health was poor and he was advised to seek
an outdoor life. He came to Iowa in 1S49
and patented the land on which he had
lived ever since and on a part Of which the
town of Abel now stands. He was elected
school fund commissioner in 1850 and
prosecuting attorney for the county. He
was elected representative in the Iowa leg
i~slature in 1852, when the district COM
prised all the counties west and north of
Dallas to the northwestern corner of the
state. Later he was again elected in 1856,
when the district had been reduced in size.
He was SO years old.
Closing Out the Evil Resorts.
At the instigation of property owners in
that part Of the city known as White
chapel" where the houses Of ill-repute
have been for many years huddled together,
a deputy United States marshal has been
engaged today in serving notice on the
tenants to move out. The occasion for the
notice is alleged violations of the federal
law in regard to liquor licenses, but in
AoSNg ~ 10 q W a. NhoN "
OF its occupants. The Burlington railroad
has it's passenger depot in close proximity
to the district and is planning to erect a
! larger depot, but desires first that the dis
trict be cleaned up. The policy Of the city
administration has been to permit the
w~ickedness of the city to congregate in the
district and this action upsets all plans.
working on Peterson Murder Case.
The detectives have not yet given up
hope of ferreting out the Peterson murder
case, and 1t is said that not less than a
dozen different detectives are now actively
at work on 1t. They have been quietly
gathering evidence in Highland Park, near
where the murder was committed, n 1t
is believed something will develop from
their efforts. The father Of the murdered
children, who was bitterly opposed to the
churches and objected to the children going
to church on the night they were murdered,
has professed religion at a campmeeting be-
ing held in the eastern part Of the city.
Governor CummIns to WOOdbine.
Governor Cummins went this morning
to Woodbine where he is to deliver an ad-
dress at the commencement Of the Normal
school there. He had attended a soldiers
reunion at Stanhope the day before. He
has not yet appointed the judge OF the
supreme court to succeed Waterman
though there has been no change in the
situation.
Adjutant General Byers has returned from
Griswold and Atlantic where he went tc
locate the annual encampment OF the Fifty
first regiment, Iowa National Guard. TIL
camp was located at Atlantic on account
OF that city proving more accessible. This
makes the last location necessary to be
fixed for this years camps. The date
named is July 22. The Forty-ninth will
camp at Cedar Falls July 16, the Fiftiett
at oskaloosa August 5, and the Fifty-sec.
ond at Fonda July 7.
Judge May Not Get Well.
Judge C.. P. Holmes Of the district court
is seriously i'll and his condition took 8
turn for the worse today, so that It II
feared he will not recover. He has mo-
been able to hold court for three months
and his place has been taken by Judge
Church OF Jefferson and Judge Wilkinson o.
Winterset. He has been renominated fol
another term and will be elected again 1
he lives.
The state auditor has issued a call FOL
reports of state and savings banks in low
at the close OF business June IS. Thu
call is not made in conformity with that o
the national bank call. as usual, but is tn,
regular call from which the quarterly state
ment will be made up.
FIRE ENGINES To GO.