Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-09
MORE STATE CERTIFICATES
New Law Opens Door to Graduates Of Large
Number of Schools.
HORSE TRADER KILLED IN A FIGHT
Rev. Thomas Green Resigns as
Rector of Grace Episcopal church
in Cedar Rapids After Fiji
teen Years Service.
oRSE TRADER KILLED IN A FIGHT
(From a Stan Corre,nondent1


/ ent with the state superintendent. The
/ principal business Of the meeting was to
! arrange all the preliminaries for the put
! ting into effect of the new law relating to
! admission to examination for state GER
! tificates Of the graduates of certain schools
| prepared for normal training Heretofore
/ the only schools and colleges recognized
| In the state were the state institutions
and a number of the best colleges having
! high grade normal courses, but a law
passed at the last session Of the legislature
providing for recognition Of certain other
secondary schools in the state in which
normal instruction is given. About dozen
Of the schools secured this recognition and
are prepared to turn out candidates for
teachers state certificates. None of the
| graduates OF these schools have as yet been
examined. Today the state board provided
| for blanks to be sent to the principals OF
the schools and academies, to be filled out
with the names of graduates and for appll-
! cations from students who graduate. 1t
is expected that in this way a large num-
! Der of additions to the number of teach
! ers holding state certificates will be made.
! The board is encouraging In every possible
way the teachers in securing state certi-
! fcates, and today the board effected some
notifications of the rules tending to make
1t easier for applicants to secure examina-
| tion.
Divorce Case From California.
A suit for divorce was commenced in the
district court here today by Ethel Wilson
Trepanier of Los Angeles, Cal, against
Ernest Trepanier, formerly and for many
years a resident here and whose mother
now lives in Des Moines The petition re-
cites that Trepanier and Miss Wilson were
married in Los Angeles in April. 1901. and
that he deserted her three days later and
! has not lived with her since. She sets up
! that after his marriage Trepanier specu-
lated in oil and made $4,000 but that since
that time he has transferred all his prop
I erty to his mother, and she is accused of
! being thus in conspiracy with the defend
! ant to prevent the plaintiff from obtain
! ing alimony in the suit 1t is understood
/ the defense will be that young Trepanier
/ was drunk at the time OF his marriage
and was not aware of what he was doing
Mrs. Trepanier mother of Ernest. is the
widow of l.. Trepanicr for many years
the leading merchant OF Des Moines, now
deceased
| Killed Horse Trader.
Edward Puckett was arrested at an early
| hour this morning accused of numbering
| Alex Youcker, an itinerant horse trader.
| Youcker had been living with his wife and
children in tent In the east part of the
! city for several weeks. Yesterday after
noon Youcker and Puckett got into a
| quarrel over horse trade and a fist fight
followed. Puckett struck sYoucker on the
head with mis- fist and Knocked him down,
and at this point there was interference
and Puckett ran away. The injury was
not supposed to be serious, but this morn
-.
from bed and placed under arrest. 1t ap-
/ pears that Youcker had received a bad
wound in the head few years ago in st.
Joseph and that Puckett happened to strike
him right where he had been previously
wounded, causing the rupture OF blood
vessel. 1t is beheved that under the cir
| cumstances Puckett cannot be convicted Of
anything stronger than manslaushter.
Indignation of DR.. Green.
Rev. DR.. Thomas E. Green, rector of
Grace church in Cedar Rapids. last night
rendered his resignation, to take effect
June Is next. Dr. Green is one of the best
known men in Episcopal church circles in
the state. He was a candidate for bishop
of Iowa at the time Morrison was elected
and his candidacy created almost a break
in the church. 1t is not known what are
the intentions OF DR.. Green. He had been
pastor at Cedar Rapids for fifteen years.
Churches WIN Unite.
As result of the agreement reached at
the church conference in Pittsburg by
which the work of the Congregational, the
United Brethren and the Methodist Protes-
tant churches is to be done under one gel-
eral mana cement two of the leading East
Side churches in De5 Moines will be united.
| Pilgrim Congregational and the Castle Me.
moria! United Brethren churches stand side
by side both being strong churches and
having capable pastors, but under the
agreement made at Fittsburg churches in
this position are TO be united and the con-
gregations will get together Both pastors
are willing that this shall be done and that
one of the church buildings may be sold.
There are a number of other churches OF
both denominations in the city, but no other
will be affected as In this case.
Settling Railroad differences.
The railroad commissioners go TO Storm
Lake on the 1ith to try to settle little
difference between the Minneapolis st.
Louis and the Milwaukee railroad COM
panies relating to stock yards there. They
do not agree as TO possession OF certain
land and a way to get 70 the yards
The commissioners go also to Mingo the
I'D, WneTe lneTe lS COInpldlnl VI pooI uioih-
age, due TO the building OF the Great West
ern grade and damage from overhowed
water.
state University Funds.
The Iowa State university has Jared very
we'll In the matter. of funds secured from
the special levy provided for by legislative
enactment for building purposes. The legis-
lature made a special lilo mill levy ana pro
vided that in case the taxes from this levy
should exceed S55.OOO in any one year the
residue should go to the general funds. To
date the university has received the follow
ing on account OF the taxes thus levied:
Tax for 1898, S5L63o.sO; tax fo- 1899 ;5s,54s.4S;
tax for 1900 $5439.44; tax for 1871 S556 .45
The only year when the receipts exceeded
the limit fixed by the legislature was for
the taxes OF 1901, and this small sum will
be turned back. The legislature then
doubled the tax. making II Is mill. but re
moved the limit. This will give the State
university more than $1,000 year, and
with the added assessment may run II up
TO S125.OOo a year, all for building purposes
EIks to Build Club Room.
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