The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-09-21
AROUND THE STATE

AROUND THE STATE.
George M. Finnemore, living on the
w. A. Prince farm, adjoining Harvard,
was shot and instantly killed by his
17-year old son, Otis Finnemore, the
son mistaking his father for burglar.
A conference of leading democrats
from all parts of the state was held at
Des Moines to devise means to assist
M. j. Wade in his fight for reelection
iu the Second district. The situation
there has grown decidedly warm for
democrats in the past few weeks and q
call has been sent out for help.
Patrick Kinney, aged 74years, was
run down and instantly killed by a
switch engine at Dewitt.
George E. Taylor. of Ottumwa Iowas
only presidential candidate, and the
nominee for the national liberty party,
a new organization of negroes, has
completed his letter of acceptance and
mailed it to the party's notification
committee, Hon. Stanley p Mitchell
of Memphis. Tenn. In it Mr. Taylor
bitterly denounces both of the old line
parties. His attack upon the republi
can party is especially bitter and he
declares that republicans have betray-
ed the rights and interests of the ne
groes.
Congressman M. J. Wade of the Sec
ond district opened the campaign in
Sioux county last week by a speech in
Orange Citv.
The republican leaders of the state
at a meeting with the chairman of the
county central com pittees of the Sec
ond district held at Davenport decided
to make the Second district the battle
ground of the state and for this pur-
pose to import number OF speakers of
national reputation, including Con-
gresham Cannon of Illinois.
A nest OF wasps in country school
house in Plymouth county drove the
teacher and the pupils out of doors.
several were badly stung. Jacob Rea-
son, 7-year-old boy, requiring the
services of q physician.
Leonard Elliot lost his left leg and
had the toes on his right foot mashed
while trying to board an engine at
Cromwell; His injuries will probably
be fatal.
The Still College osteopathy at Des
Moines has tabo .ed football because it
is contrary to the teachings of osteo.
pathy, the articles of faith of that
school of medicine being founded pri-
marily upon the proposition that a
large portion of human ills and all
ments have their primary cause in dis
placements, dislocations, subluxations,
and other physical arrangements or
malpositions of parts of the human body
with relation to adjacent parts. It.is
expected that the move will be follow
ed by other schools OF osteopathy
throughout the country.
Shortly after the Iroquois theater
fire last winter Webster City's only
opera house was closed by the owner,
who said he did not care to take any
more risks in running his opera house,
and since that time it has remained
closed. He is still firm in his determi-
nation not to open the doors and in all
probability that city will be compelled
to do without theatrical attractions
during the coming winter
Webster City, which has heretofore
been nonunion city has at last sue
cumbed to the general tendency of the
times and has entered the union class.
Last week the carpenters and joiners
of that city succeeded in organizing
and it is expected that all the first-class
workmen Of the city will soon join.
The Modern Woodmen of America of
Franklin county held their annual fall
picnic at Hampton Saturday.
The campaign in Marshall county
was opened last Saturday by speech
by Gov. A. B. Cummins.
Louis Item, head of the Item Cracker
Manufacturing company at Clinton.
died suddenly last Wednesday. aged sc
years.
TheSl0,000 Carnegie library at Ames
was formerally dedicated and opened
to the public last Friday, President A.
B. Storms of the Iowa State college
making the principal address.
Rather Pleasant.