Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-11
No CONTEST ON MOLESBERRY
Likely to Receive Unanimous Election as
chancellor Commander Of Z. o. P.
STATE COLLEGE PRESIDENCY UP AGAIN
Old Trouble Breaks out in a New
Place Among the Republicans
of Hardin County - TeIe-
phone Tax Decision.
CFrom a staff Correspondent.l J

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DIES MONIES, June 1O.-(Special) )--Des
Moines members Of the Knights OF Pythias
are much interested In the coming session
of the grand lodge In Council BLUFFS. Aug
ust 10 next The delegation from here will
favor the selection Of Senator f. NJ. Mols-
berry OF Columbus Junction, for grand
chancellor. Some months ago It was an
nounced there would be at least two other
candidates for the grand chancellorship,
but at present the indications are that Sem
ator Molsberry will be accorded the honor
without contest. There will be a lively
contest for supreme representatives. There
are two Of these representatives and three
active candidates. Senator c. c. Dowell
Of Des Moines is a candidate for a second
term, and will be accorded this by custom
Carl Keuhnle of Denison is a candidate for
a third term, and is opposed by Bernard
Murphey of Vinton, state printer. The
race between Murphey and Keuhnle for the
second place is likely to be warm one
as both candidates are already active An
other matter sure to come before the grand
lodge is that relating to the proposed
knights of Pythias sanitarium and hos
pital at Colfax. The members from this
part Of the state are in favor of this and
IT has been acted on by two grand lodges.
The matter of the grand lodge giving as.
sistnnce to the committee in Sioux City
working for monument to the memory
OF Andrew Anderson, who lost his life In
the flood in Sioux City eleven years ago,
will also come before the grand lodge at
the Council Bluffs meeting.
Want to Select n President.
The board Of trustees OF the iowa State
college will make another effort tomorrow
at the meeting at Anes to select a presi-
dent for the state college. No new names
have been brought into the controversy
recently and 1t is generally believed that
the matter lies between Stanton and Cur
tbs. A committee has recently gone to
Idaho to investigate the qualifications of
President Mclean of the idaho university
who has been highly recommended for the
place and this committee is ready to re-
port. The general committee Of the board
on the presidency will make a report but
II Is understood the committee is not unan-
imous on any candidate, and the matter
will have to be settled in the general board
meeting. The friends of both Stanton and
Curtis are confident. The members Of the
alumni and the students have taken an
active interest in the matter, but are d.
vided as between the two men.
Getting Certificates for st. Louis.
The hotel men in St. Louis are asking
state officials and others of Iowa who
attended the dedication ceremonies in st.
Louis in April forsstatements In regard to
the alleged extortion of the st. Louis ho-
tells at that time. So much was said about
high prices being charged that the hotel
men of st. Louis have felt 1t necessary TO
get some certificates to be printed showing
that they did not practice extortion on
their guests However. only a few of the
Iowa delegation have received the requests
for statements and they are persons who
! got rooms at very reasonable rates. The
] others have not been asked to write any
thing.
Trouble I'm County Convention.
The republican county convention in
Hardin county developed a big row and
threats OF an independent republican
, county ticket. The trouble grew out Of an
| old factional feeling Mark Furry, mem
Der of the house, was renominated for a
third term, and in addition he was the
chairman of the county convention. His
longtime political opponent, ]. II. Funk
! Of Iowa Falls, formerly member OF the
| house and speaker one term, bitterly op-
posed the nomination Of Furry. He claimed
there had been fraud in two townships in
order to beat his candidate for sheriff and
Furry, as chairman, refused to permit the
matter TO come before the convention in an
irregular way. AS a result ex-Speaker
Funk and about dozen other delegates
! representing one township bolted the con-
vention and refused to participate further,
1t is announced they will fight the ticket.
Telephone Taxes Disposed Of
In the district court an important mat
ter relating to telephone taxes was disposed
of by Judge McHenry. Suit had been
| brought by the county treasurer TO compel
| the Iowa Telephone company to pay some
back taxes claimed to have been ferreted
out by the tax ferrets The company con-
| tended that inasmuch as 1t is taxed by
! the state authorities the county officers
have no, jurisdiction in the matter OF as
sessing the property, hence the tax ferret
law does not affect them. This was sus-
! taincd by the court and the case thrown
! out
| Articles of Incorporation were filed today
with the secretary of state for the Center
vile Water Works company, capital $780,
600, by II. E. Valentine, 2. K. and l.. II
Tying.
Accounting is Accepted.
The friends Of Edwin H. Brown Of siouS
City in the Iowa National Guard, have
learned that the suit recently brought
against him by the United States govern
ment for an accounting for about $500
worth Of commissary supplies during thu
| Cuban war. when he was commissary o
the Fifty-seeond iowa volunteers, has JUS
been dismissed. It was a suit TO compe
an accounting and the government is salts
fed with the accounts rendered. Th'
trouble grew out Of the necessary irregu