Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-31
FIND DEAD BODY ON BRIDGE
Police Undeci led Whether II is an Accident
OF a Crime.
CONFERENCE oF IOWA sUPERlNTENotETS
state Finds IL DiaicuIt to Secure Good
Farm Horses and Cattle Even by
Paying High Prices for
Them.
(From a Stan correspondent

DA1S 4aClAN61t oVs-NopcCidl.J-
peculiar accideat or crime Is being invest-
gated by the coroner's jury. Late last
night Vernon Powell reported to the cor
oner the finding Of the dead body Of his
half brother, George Waddell, lying on the
bridge over the DesMoinea river at East
Ninth street Waddell was found lying in
the roadway with his head twisted under
him as II he had fallen from the top OF
/ the bridge. The discovery was made that
he had in one Of his pockets an electric
| light bulb taken from the top Of the bridge
! and It is supposed that he had climbed
/ up on the bridge to steal the light and had
/ lost his footing and was killed. Powell
was held by the police pending an in
vestigation. as It was learned the two
men had had trouble. They also suspect
that possibly Powell and Waddell we're to-
gether engaged in stealing the lights when
the accident happened. Waddell was about
S5 years old and much given to drink, and
II is supposed he was intoxicated at the
| time Of his death.
Woman Cuts Her Throat.
Mrs. Mary Heenan, wife of John Heensn.
an employe in the shops Of the Rock
Island railroad. killed herself at an early
hour this morning by cutting her throat.
She had been In i'll health some time and
acted queerly 50 that she was watched by
her relatives. About o'clock this morn
ing she got out of bed without anyone
knowing It and taking q razor from the
bureau drawer went out on the porch and
cut her throat. She died soon after she
was found. The family is an excellent
one, consisting Of father and three daugh-
.Frs, and the woman was popular.
First of Conferences.
State superintendent Barrett goes this
week to Burlington to attend the teachers
convention of the Southeastern Iowa asso-
citation and the first of the series of con-
ferences of county superintendents. as
provided by law. The association meeting
begins on Thursday. The president of the
association is Superintendent s. ]. Finley
of Oskaloosa. There will be an address by
N. C. Shaeffer, superintendent Of public
instruction in Pennsylvania; one by John
Mcdonald, Topeka, Kan; one by e. A.
Winship of Boston; by Howard J. Rogers.
| st. Louis, chief Of the educational depart
ment OF the exposition; the state super
| intendent Of Iowa, and by numerous state
educators Superintendent Barrett goes
| first to Upton. where he speaks before a
teachers institute in progress there.
New Corporations in Iowa.
( The following incorporation papers were
filed with the secretary of state today:
Invincible Bank Protection company Of
Mason City, capital. 100000; NJ. ]. How
ard, president A. l.. Noel, secretary,
Estherville Rescue Investment company;
capital, 5000; BY H. o. sellige and others.
! Craft Hardware company Of Fort Dodge;
capital. $4,000; by G. Craft and w. A.
Shepherd NJ. Youhker, Incorporated.
Keokuk; capital. $4,000. Radcliffe Mutual
Telephone company; capital. 81 500; s. L.
Iverson president; John e. Humel. secre-
tary. The Randall Lumber company has
increased the capital to 10000 ard the
Peterson -shaag company of Council Bluffs
has increased to $4,000.
Ordered for Examination.
A military board has been ordered to con-
vene In this city on Thursday and examine
Frank E. Wetherell Of oskaloosa, newly
elected major of the Fifty-fourth regiment,
| before being commissioned; also to examine
the following: F. Z. Chavannes. second
lieutenant, Des Moines; q. II. Reichmann,
second Lieutenant, Toledo; Chase Pierce,
captain signal corps, Des Moines; Frank d.
| Grout frst lieutenant, Emmetsburg; W. w.
Weatherwax, second lieutenant, Charles
City; James e. Williams, captain, Emmets-
burg; Peter Prahm, second lieutenant, Ma
quoketa, and Clyde H. DeAcres, first lieu
tenant, Vinton.
The inspection Of the company In the
Fifty-sixth regiment at Perry is reported
to have shown the. company in rather poor
condition, with prospect that 1t will be
mustered out and the company be sent to
some other city. The company has had
many changes and great many new re-
| cruits
Locate New Cottage.