Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-16
AFTER INSURANCE COMPANY
Kansas Would Like to Have Securities
Deposited with Iowa oficislL
MORE TROUBLE FOR NORTHWESTERN LIFE
Prospects Not Enough Signatures
VIII He Obtained to Petition to
Enable Brewery 90 start
in Des Moines.
CFrom a stan Correspondent.)

CFrom a staff Correspondent
DIES MONIES, Aug. 15.-(speciaL John
L. Upton, insurance commissioner Of Kan
sas, is In the city today from Topeka con-
ferring with Attorney j. A. Dyer concern
ing suit which It is expected TO start
next week to ask for a receiver for the
Northwestern Life Insurance company and
to secure possession of the 80, 900 Of Sc
curties deposited by the company with the
state auditor OF Iowa. Commissioner Up
ton has made an examination of the COM
pany recently and 1t is on his showing
that the suit. it is claimed will be based.
The Northwesterny Life Insurance company
about two years ago absorbed the North
western Life and Savings of this city, a
tontine company on the gold bond plan.
Recently on the demand Of the insurance
departments of Minnesota and Iowa the
company, which has it's head Office iD Min
nesota, made a change Of officers and prom
ised many reforms and an economy of ex-
penditures for salaries.
Deserter Assaults woman.
In order to desert from the Eleventh
cavalry Harvey b. Bump today assaulted
the daughter of Mrs. Mary Kent and then
ran from the house In company with an
other boy Bump went to the Kent house,
where boarders are kept. and changed his
them talking about the possibility of cap
! ture and tried to hold the door and called
for help. Bump had just changed to citi-
zen's clothes and In making his escape
struck the daughter in the face and fed
May Mean No Brewery Here.
The circulation OF the petition OF con-
sent for a brewery TO be established in
this city has thus far secured but 600
names and 1900 more are necessary before
the legal number is secured 1t is claimed
| that the promoters will not put in brew
| cry until $500 more names are secured and
| there are some doubts now to whether
| or not the names will be secured. One of
the men prominent in soliciting signatures
for the petition is quoted as saying that
the additional names could not be secured
inside a month and all that time the anti
saloon league will be working to get peo-
! pie to withdraw their signatures. For that
reason It is thought the required number
will not be secured.
Edward GebhRrt Drowned.
Edward Gebhart boy 10 years old, was
drowned today in the Raccoon river. His
| parents live at Tenth and Center streets.
| Gebhart had gone to the river for swim
near some sand barges. At about II O'Clock
while beyond his depth he was seized with
cramps, II is supposed, and before help
could reach him he drowned. The body
| was afterwards recovered, but too late to
/ resusctate him.
Indian hand for G. A. n.
The state fair has agreed to loan the In
dian band which will play at the fair
grounds to the Grand Army OF the Re-
public for use on Wednesday morning,
| August 30, at the ceremonies attending the
removal OF the battle flags to the inches on
ie that
the plastering put on the inside Of the
inches will not dry soon enough for the in
terror to be painted.
The last Of the scagliola was put in
the house chamber today and the painting
there is all completed with the exception
! OF a small amount at the tops OF the scag-
lola columns, which has been delayed
while the scagliola work was being done.
In two or three days the work of tearing
out the scaffolding in the house chamber
will be commenced.
Loss IL But Slight.
A. II. Dawson, secretary of the execu-
tive council, stated today that he be-
lieved the loss in population as compared
with the federal census for the state five
years ago will be less than ! per cent,
and probably about two-thirds OF l per
cent He stated furthermore that he be-
lieved the population of the state had IN
reality increased but that the seeming
decrease was due to the federal census
being padded
st. John Has Operation.
Word was received here today that Past
Commander r. P. st. John of the Iowa
G. A. K. has Just undergone an operation
for appendicitis at St. Mary's hospital in
Rochester, n. Y, and that he was doing
nicely. He will be unable to attend the
horticultural department but hopes to be
sufficiently recovered to attend the @. A
X. encampment at Denver
Corn in Good Condition.
Director Sage Of the weather and crop
service today gave out the following state
ment on the condition of crops
The past week brought the highest av-
excess ranging from four TO Ave degrees
at all stations. There was very high
percentage of sunshine, and conditions were
favorable for threshing and stacking grain,
except for tho oppressive heat during the
working days of the week.
Nearly all observers reported n short
age Of moisture on the surface, and gave
| expression to general fear of damage by
drought and hot winds, but the coplous
and well distributed rainfall on Saturday
of serious injury to the immature crops
from that cause. Corn has made great
advancement toward maturity and the gen
eral condition of the crop is highly salts
/ factory. Good reports continue to come
as to the excellent yield and quality of
oats, and the spring wheat crop gives
promise OF a better output and higher quail
ity OF grain than the state has produced In