Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-17
DEVISE GOOD ROADS PLANS
Iowa Association Resolves in Favor Of
National, State and County Aid.
CHILD KILLED BY POISONED CANDY
Suit started to Determine who Shall
Pay the Debts of the Red Cross
FraternaI Insurance
Society.
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(From a Stan Co~rrespondent.)
DIES MONIES, April 16.-(Speclal. 1.-THE
Iowa Good Roads association adjourned at
noon today. II was regarded as In every
way satisfactory and that good results will
probably follow. The convention resolved
In favor Of national, state and county aid
for highways, and provided for annual
meetings to be held in Des Molnes each
year hereafter. The following were the
resolutions adopted:
Resolved, Tha we declare in favor Of
the organization of a permanent GOOD roaos
association. along the lines sugReSteo IN
the preliminary report submitted by TINS
That we declare in favor OF national aid
for the building of permanent highways
within the respective states OF the union
conditioned, first, upon the just ana rea-
sonable distribution of such aid among the
respective states; second, conditioned upon
the contribution, Of substantial hnaneiai
aid to such work by the states, counties
and localities which such roads traverse,
and third. upon the preservation to the
localities directly interested In such roads
OF the right Of selecting the roads to be so
improved; fourth, upon the conduct or the
public work incidental thereto by the 10,
c~alities or political subdivisions interested
therein, with the cooperation, IN an ad-
visory way, of national and state authort-
ties; hfth, we hereby request our senators
and representatives In congress to aid In
the enactment OF such national legislation
and request the thirtieth general assembly
to enact suitable leBiSlatlOn lot the puT-
pose of securing the cooperation of the
state OF Iowa, the several countieE and
townships in the carrying out OF the spirit
That we recommend such amendment to
section 1850 OF the code OF Iowa as Will
concentrate the responsibility for the ex-
penditure OF the county road fund upon the
several boards of supervisors, and to that
end to empower the said boards to desig-
nate the leading county roads extending
| from the cities, railroads and trading CEN
tiers in the country districts, and to restrict
the expenditure of the county road fund tax
upon the Improvement OF such ROADS so Sc
lected from time to time.
That We commend the enactment by the
I twenty-eighth general assembly of chapter
Iii of the acts thereof, and deprecate all
agitation for its repeal.
The officers were elected as follows:
, President, Merritt Green Of Marshalltown;
secretary. d. B. Lyons, DesMoines; treas
urer, Homer A. Miller, Des Moines; vice
( presidents, J.. s.. McKerney, Jefferson county;
l.. ]. Mason, Scott; Eugene Lande, Du-
buque; William Larrabee. jr., Fayette; G.
A. Huston, Linn; J. w. johnson, Monroe; C.
F. Curtiss, Story; w. w. Morrow, Union;
M. Mcdonald, Guthrie; Henry Hsag,
Greene; Henry Harlow, Monona county.
Suicides A~ntecedenta
But very little was learned today by the
officers in regard to the past of Arthur
Perry, the young man who committed sui
eide after attempting to murder Mrs. Bruce.
1t was learned that a few years ago he
lived in Moravia. Ia, but his parents have
not been located. Mrs. Bruce is at the
hospital and the physicians fear lockjaw,
but otherwise she will recover. But little
sympathy is expressed for her as by her
own confession she had been leading a dis
solute life. Her lover, Jack Harms, was
both a printer and a baker. and has worked
in Omaha, Sioux City. Des Moines ard
Burlington in recent years. He claims that
Perry had no reason to think that the girl
intended to marry Perry, and that he would
have married her. He directed that she be
cared for and he would stand the expense.
Killed by Poison Candy.
The eating of poisoned candy is supposed
to be the cause OF the death Of Earl Evans,
ar S-eight-year-old boy, this morning. He
and his friends secured some cheap candy
at a grocery store last evening and ate
freely of the same. He was soon after
taken Ill and grew worse during the night.
baf1ing all attempts OF the doctors to re-
lieve him. He died this morning. Twu
others Of the family who partook OF the
candy were Ill, but will recover. The candy
will be analysed and an investigation be
made Of the cause of the death.
More Red Cross Litigation.
A suit has been commenced in Bremen
county end has been assigned for hearing
June ~. to decide on who shall pay the
debts of the Red Cross society, now de-
funct. The Red Cross was organized sew
eral years ago and at the head of it was
A. NJ. Potter, who committed suicide in
Des Moines last winter. Shortly before
this the business OF the society was sold
to the Bankers Union OF the World OF
Omaha. A suit was commenced to prevent
the consummation of this sale and then a
contract was entered into by which the
Bankers Union was to pay S25 900 to the
Red Cross creditors. II was subsequent 10
this that the courts interfered and pre-
vented the sale, and as a part Of the case
it was insisted by the Bankers Union that
II should be relieved from the payment OF
the sum specified. The courts have been
appealed to by creditors OF the Red Cross,
who insist that the company should pay
the SIS, 600 despite the fact that the sale
was never completed.
Convention of knights of Columbus.
The second annual convention of the
Knights Of Columbus for Iowa. has Just
been called by J. NJ. McFadden, state
deputy. The state society was organized a
year ago and now has prosperous branches
In all the leading cities Of the state. The
state convention will be held this year in
Davenport May 5.
shiloh Monument Dedication.
The members OF the Iowa commission on
Shiloh monuments held a meeting here to-
day and practically completed the detail
OF arrangements for the journey OF Iowa
old soldiers to the Shiloh battlefield May
30, when the Iowa monuments now under
course OF construction will be completed.
The route by way OF Padueah was decided
on. but the arrangements for the transpor-
tation by boat up the river have not been
completed. Governor Cummins is to de.
liver the address for the state and Genera