The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-10-05
AROUND THE STATE

AROUND THE STATE
| A large brick wholesale warehouse
of the Collins-Heaslip Carpet company
Of keokuk the largest ia the state in
that line, was struck by bolt of light
ming during thunder storm last week
and was destroyed by fire. The loss is
estimated at 5000 900, the insurance
being SIS, 900 Had it not been for the
drench ng rain general conhagration
would have ensued.
The Waterloo CnaJaqua association
helda meeting last week at which It
was decided to make the Waterloo Cha
| taqua permanent event and to this
end fiue new building will be erected
and the ground will be beautifed. 1t
is the plan to have the Chataqua en-
dowed by wealthy people, to accept
contributions for its support and sever
al ministers have assured the commit
tee from the association that under
these plans their churches over the
state would take hold o. the matter
and make contributions along the lines
prescribed
Chas. TT Bird, we'll to do farmer
living seven miles north of Eldora, on
returning late from school meeting
one night last week, discovered his fine
house in ashes. his three younger child
Zen burned beyond recognition and his
wife in critical condition from'sutfoca-
ton. The family had gone to bed and
the origin of the fire is not known
The citizens OF the little town of
Traer with 500 inha btants have sub
scribed half the monev for d $4,000
opera house which will! be erected
there this fall.
Ambrose Mogsaysay and Leon Ines.
two students from the Philippine Is
lands, have recently classified at the
Iowa State college at Ames in the civil
and mechanical engineering depart
ments. Ames seems to be making a
I
makes six Filipino students besides
Boza klelnwska, the Polish countess, q
student from the Argentine republic
and one from Chile
The funeral of the late James Gala
han, the millionaire philanthropist,
was held last Thursday afternoon from
his home in Des Moines. The deceas-
ed was probably the wealtniest man n
the state of Iowa his estate being esti-
mated !. from s. 100000 to Sc, 900 Goo
Fred W. Woader of Onaw va, has
started newspaper at Soldier which
will be known as the Soldier Reporter
and will be an independent paper, a
six-column folio. with two pages of
home print.
Burglars entered w. A. Kings place
of business at Hawarden and succeeded
in carrying Off about $500 worth of Jew
! elry, consisting of watches and rings.
Entrance was gained by breaking
through rear window and the work
was evidently done by boy or very
small man, as the hole through which
4 entrance was gained was not large
enough to admit the body of a full
grown man.
Last week in Des Moines, William
Smith and Charles Jennings confessed
to the theft of $4,000 worth of dia-
monds from o Cohen last June and
were sentenced to fourteen years in the
state penitentiary.
The fall meeting of the Iowa Won
ems Press association was held at Cedar
Fails on Monday and Tuesday of this
week.
The band men OF Atlantic are ar
ranging for big band tournament tt
be held in that city October ii to 10
They have raised more than 81 600 tt
pay premiums and defray the other
expenses. There will be about twent,
bands in attendance, coming from al
over the state
Ira Stevens. one OF the oldest set
tiers OF Guthrie county, and the las
survivor in that part of the state of tn,
Mexican war, died asst week at hi
home four miles southwest of Bagley
, at The age of So years.
The Iowa college OF Law at De
Moines will try William Taylor TO
= murder. Taylor was indicted by
: Kentucky grand jury for the murder o
William Goebel, both contestants TO
the governorship of Kentucky, but thu
. former fled to Indiana and the Cover
nor of that state has since refused t.