Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-20
PREACHER IS DISCHARGED
No Evidence to Convict Him with tht
Beating Of & Pony.
THREATENS TO RETALlATE ON POLICE
Kept in Jail over sunday and Bail
Refused, while His COnEreRa-
tIOn Was Deprived of
Pastor.
fFrom a stan correspondent.l

(From a Stan Correspondent)
DEs MONIES, June 19.-(special)-The
preliminary trial OF Rev. +. Lomack, col
ored, pastor of the African Methodist Epis-
oopal church in this city, was concluded
today and he was declared gulltless. Lo-
mack had been arrested on a charge of
cruelty to animals. He was arrested, so II
was alleged, while engaged in beating
pony over the head with a heavy whip.
The fact that the pony was badly used was
proved, but the state failed to connect
Lomack with the case, and he claimed
that the pony was in charge OF boy and
that he merely went out in the street to
assist the boy. Lomaok was compelled to
remain In jail over Sunday, the police re-
fusing to accept bail which he offered and
taking no steps to allow him to get out so
that he could hold services at his church.
Now Rev. Mr.. Lomack, having been ac-
quilted, threatens to retaliate by prosecu-
ton Of the woman who filed the informa-
tion against him, and also by attacking
the police for their part. Rev. Mr.. Lomack
has had a great deal of trouble. He was
the man who was walking with woman
one night when she was shot by a colored
man and nearly killed. Afterwards Lo-
mack married the woman. II was claimed
the shooting was done through Jealousy.
Charities and Corrections.
The annual meeting of the Iowa Confer
ence of Charities and Corrections will be
held in Des Moines, commencing Novem-
Der 10 next and the program is now being
prepared. The program will relate to gem
eral charity work and correctional matters.
Judge L. @. Robinson of the State Board
of Control is president of the conference
and is at work on the program. An ef-
fort is being made to secure someone of
prominence outside of the state as a fea-
ture of the convention.
slow with the Contracts.
The State Capitol commission has been
as yet entirely unable to let the contracts
for the work to be done on the state capitol
on the bids that have been made. The
prices are all so high that to undertake the
work as ordered by the legislature will en-
tail expense far beyond what is warranted.
The Sigourney Produce company filed
articles of incorporation today with cap
ital of 5000, by l., b. oliver and others.
Judge Smith Mcpherson OF the United
States district court this morning signed
the following discharges in bankruptcy:
James j. Doud, Stuart; Augustus c. Reit-
her Indianola; Nicholas Everhart, Collins;
Ruben Ed Sears. Marshalltown.
waiting for Something to Happen.
The state military authorities and the
peace officers at Dubuque are not agreed as
to what ought to be done to start the cars
in Dubuque The governor has declined to
send troops to Dubuque unless there is
some overt act done that will render it
necessary. He will not send troops there
merely to act as guards for street cars in
anticipation OF trouble II they start At
Dubuque they are waiting for the governor
to act. In the meantime the strike at Du-
buque is on and nothing is being done with
the street cars.
Arrangements have been made to bring
back from Clarlnda state hospital sixteen
of the insane from this county and they
will be kept in the county asylum as in
curables. The matter of bringing them
back has been a bone of contention for
over a year.
knights TempIar Plans.
The next meeting Of the grand COM
mandery Of knights Templar will be in
| Spirit Lake for the week beginning July T.
There will be about dozen go from Des
Moines and the program for the week In
cludes liberal amount of time for recre-
| alton. Sunday afternoon at o'clock, July
! 5, there will be devotional services by the
grand prelate. the Eminent and Rev. Sir
| Frank l.. LoYeland OF Vinton. Monday
will be general preparation day. Tuesday
will be the opening of the commandery
with officers reception In the evening and
dress parade The sessions of the COM
mandery are held in the forenoon, the aft.
ernoons and evenings being given UP tc
band concerts, recreation, dress parades
and entertainments. Wednesday evening
the commandery will be entertained by the
Newton Knights Templar band and Thurs
day evening by the Iowa Templar Ladies
club. Friday morning there will be public
installation Of officers Of the commandery
at the pavilion and at IL o'clock the fina
session Of the commandery. The command
| cry will adjourn at noon.