Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-24
.TWOARRAlCNED FOR MURDER
Men Accused Of Killing Frit1 westbrOOk to
Bavs Hearing September 7,
MAN WITH HEAVY INSURANCE DRowNS
Companies VIII BE Called on TO
Pay Three Hundred Thousand
Dollars on Account of
Accident.
CFrom a stan Correspondent


DEs sMOINES. Ia. Aug. 23.-(special
Telegram.l-At the arraignment Of Albert
Latham and william Denberger this after
noon, charged with the murder of Fritz
Westbrook, the men plead not guilty, and
tie date OF their preliminary trial was set
for September I.
Hits Life Insurance Companies.
Ben F. Elbert, a prominent Iowa capitalist.
met death in a email river south Of Des
Moines today while driving. His team ran
away and jumped OF the bridge into the
stream. Elbert was drowned before assist
ance reached him He carried life insur-
ance aggregating more than SSO0,oOo.
Pioneer Hotel Man Dead.
Word reached this city today of the
death in Cable. Mont, OF J. c. Savery,
the pioneer hotel man of this city and the
builder of the Savery hotel. Death was
due to an attack Of heart failure. The
body will be brought y this city and the
funeral, Il is expected, will be held here
Friday. He was one Of the most prominent
business men Of this city at one time.
Secretary Haley Dead.
F. E Haley, secretary of the Iowa
Travelling Mems association, died at To-
ronto, Canada. this morning at sl5 from
hemorrhage. He was also secretary of the
state association Of the Catholic order OF
Knights of Columbus.
Iowa POpuIists Meet.
A meeting of Iowa populists has been
called for next Tuesday in this city, at
| which time It is announced Hon. Thomas
E. Watson OF Georgia will be present.
The meeting will be held in Trades and
Labor assembly ball. The call was issued
today by j. B. Norman, state chairman.
Muscatine County Loses.
The population of Muscatine county as
announced by the census department is
| n .sl1 and fve years ago it was 2S,A2 The
population of the city of Muscatine is
1A,S27 and five years ago was h.O1S
Fifteen Pass Examination.
| II was announced at the pharmacy COM
mission once that fifteen Of the last class
had successfully passed the examination
4 for certificates. This is an increase over
| the former proportion. Heretofore there
has been complaint that the commission
made the examinations too hard, Those
who pessed successfully are Jesse V. Bur
| key Of Casey, w. H. Carmody, jr OF Naf-
lev Junction, Homer D. Junkin of Musca-
tine, Don Roy King OF Cain, A. w. McIsaac
of Fonda, Arthur W. Rice Of Des Moines,
| Louis Won Steenburg Of Abba, L. A, speng-
| Ter Of Ackley. G. s. Underkofier OF Ban
| croft. Allan +. Beck of Fort Dodge, w. Il.
Beard, jr. Of Dewitt, Carroll j. Barragy
OF Rockwell, Joseph Ray. Campbell of Des
MoinesS Dey w. Middleswarth OF Mount
Ayr and John schaetzle Of Dubuque.
Corn Passes DrOuth.
According to the weekly crop report for
the state the corn crop is past all danger
| from drouth. Director Sage reports that
the moisture in the ground is SUFFICIENT
even II the weather should be unusually
dry for the rest of the year and that with
ordinarily good conditions the crop will be
unusually large.
BusIaess Closes one. Day.
Secretary John C. Simpson of the State
fair has succeeded in inducing the postal
| authorities to give the mail carriers halt