Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-16
GIFT FOR lOWA'S COLLEGE
School at Ames to Get Sl75,0O0 from Bs-
tate Of Late George ". Gait
IMPROVEMENTS At FORT OES MONIES
Post TO he Greatly Enlarged and All
Three Branches Of the Service
Are 20 he Repre-
scented.
IMPROVEMENTS At FORT DEs NOME
Crrom a staff Correspondentl

From STAFF. Correspondent
DIES MONIES. Oct 15--(Special.)- 1.-The
Iowa State Agricultural college at Ames
will get a bequest of $175.0OO from the
tate. Of the late George W. Gait of New
York. The information was made known
today. The estate amounts to $4,000 and
is to remain in the possession of Mrs. Car
RE Chapman-Catt, and at the time OF her
death one-half will go to the State college
at Ames. Mr.. Gait is an Iowa man, having
been born near westside. He is a graduate
Of the State college and gained his start at
San Francisco in building a bridge for the
Southern Pacific.
bigger Fort Des MoInes.
Congressman J. A. T. Hull announced
today that he had just been promised by
the War department that Fort Des Moines
at this place will be made into larger fort
and not only be a cavalry fort. but that the
three branches of the service, infantry,
cavalry and artillery will be brought to-
gether at this place. This statement carries
with IL the announcement that extensive
new buildings will be erected in addition to
those now being erected and that the work
will all be well under way within the next
two years. The buildings for the cavalry
will be completed first. Then additional
ground will be purchased and buildings
erected for a battalion of infantry, and
following that ground and buildings Sc
cured for four batteries of artillery.
Men Held for the Attack.
Tom Powell and Patrick OBrien are both
under arrest and were arraigned Saturday
before a justice of the peace for an assault
with the intent to commit murder on
Samuel McConkey. the old cobbler. Friday.
The men pleaded not guilty, but are identi-
fed as the men seen running from the
house at the time of the assault. McConkey
is still alive.
Printers Have Tuberculosis.
Des Moines printers have secured the
services OF a physician here to investigate
the conditions OF the various printing shops
II has been discovered that in one month
/ out of thirty deaths ten were from tubercu-
losis and this large percentage has startled
the officers and members of the union.
Contract for Brewery.
1t was announced today by Matthes Bros.
here that the contract for $4,000 worth of
brewery machinery has been closed for the
proposed brewery here. The stockholders
OF the corporation will not wait for the
testing Of the matter in the courts but will
proceed at once to erect the buildings and
install the machinery.
Colonel Clark Judge Advocate.
Adjutant General Newman of the Iowa
| Grand Army of the Republic has received
! information from Corporal Tanner. now
commander-in-chief,t that he has appointed
| Colonel Charles e. Clark of Cedar Rapids
to be Judge advocate general of the Grand
! Army of the Republic. An order will be
| issued shortly to that effect. Colonel Clark
has been mentioned as the probable candi-
date for department commander of . the
Grand Army of the Republic OF this state
| for next year and a possible candidate
| for commander in chief following that. He
was the presiding officer at the state fair
grounds this year on soldiers day. when
Corporal Tanner made the address OF the
= occasion.
Council with Public Schools.
The Iowa conference of secondary schools
| will meet in this city December l in one OF
the high school buildings. This decision
was reached by the executive council at a
meeting Saturday at the Elliott hotel. The
meeting Of last year was held at Drake
| University in this city and the year before
that at the state university at Iowa City
| An extensive program is being arranged
| and educators OF national prominence will
participate.
Governor to Speak.
Governor Cummins will make three ad-
dresses in the state this week. Monday he
will make the address OF the occasion al
Audubon at barbecue. Thursday he will
address the District Corn Belt Meat Pro.
ducer's association at Ottumwa and Friday
he will address the Daughters of the Amer.
lean Revolution at Dubuque.
ReOrEaniEe Police.
A complete reorganization OF the police
department OF this city was further hinteC
at by the resignation OF George Yaeger on,
OF the detectives. The department has beer
severely criticised in some sections of tn,
city because OF its declaration that tive
deaths recently were from suicide wher
the coroners jury declared them murder
and further for failure to capture any o
the murderers in half dozen recent case
where there were no eye witnesses to tn,
crime.
Few PardOns Expected.
Thus far there have been but six re
quests for a pardon at the hands Of tn
next general assembly. The last date Of
which applications can be made will b
November 20, but 1t is believed that tn
greater number who intend to apply hav
already sent in their application TIL
fact that a pardon is TO be asked mus
be advertised in the newspapers four con
secutive weeks and the last publication
must be at least twenty days before tn
opening of the legislature. The legislator
convenes January s.
AmBhitheater of Concrete.
IL II now proposed to build the amphi
, tbec;er for the state fair grounds entirel
OF cnnerete using no steel in the eonstruC
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