Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-11
MONEY TO PAY FOR SEARCH
Wealthy Man Leaves Estate to Pay for
Finding Missing Woman.
BolLtRMAKtRs REFUSE TO GO ON STRIKE
small sum bid for Land which was
Formerly ned of Missouri River in
Harrison County, Now Owned
by state.
CFrom a Stan Correspondent

DIES MONIES, Aug. lO-(SpectaL)-t
developes today that Harvey Antrobus
wealthy Los Angeles resident, has died
and expressed the dying wish that his
property and wealth be expended to the
last cent II necessary in the search for
Mrs. Mary McCown, the Des Molnes woman
who has been lost in Paris Further in
/ vestigation discloses that in a letter re-
, Gently received by Mrs. Thomas James OF
I this city, a lifelong intimate of Mrs.
/ McCown. the latter. writing from Puris,
said: Il am just leaving AK la Chapelle.
/ My English friends go on with me as far
I as Rouen and then travel the rest OF
/ the way to my little dovecote alone" The
| los Angeles church which sent Mrs. Nc
| Gown abroad TO pursue studies In music
was the Broadway Avenue Christian
! church. When the first definite information
that Mrs. McCown was lost was re-
ceived Harvey Antrobus OF Los Angeles
mailed a check for 50 900 to the American
| consul at Paris to be used in searching
! for her, and since his death a few days
ago his entire fortune has been made avail
able for that purpose
Eagles In the City.
A trainload Of Eagles. delegates to the
national meeting OF the order at Denver,
/ reached this city at 1850 and at once be-
| came the guests of the order here After
being escorted to the Kirkwood by a band
they were loaded into special street cars
| and given trolley ride about the city.
! They departed at 1140 for Kansas City,
where they were to be entertained this
! evening. The delegations were from New
York and Chicago.
Fort Dodge Fret ght Rates.
Railroad men here declare that the re-
ports of Fort Dodge getting better freight
rates than Des Moines, Council Bluffs and
! other towns are without foundation.
1t is claimed that Fort Dodge has been
! trying for years to secure better rates
than Des Moines, but the Minneapolis &
st. Louis officials claim that better rates
have been refused and there is no prob
ability that they will be reduced in the
future It being claimed that all roads
agree that the heavy grades and location
OF the city are against lower rates. The
officials claim that the objections OF Des
Moines and other towns are groundless
Refuse 10 Quit Work.
, Twenty boilermakers of the Great West
, ern employed here today refused to obey
orders from the union, headquarters at st.
Paul and quit work. They were ordered
out on account of trouble at Oelwein. They
claimed they knew nothing Of the trouble
and were satisfied with, their conditions
here and would remain at work
Guardsmen Here for Target Practice.
Two hundred and fifty members Of the
! guard were gathered in the city by 7 this
evening for tho annual rifle practice which
will determine the selection of the men to
compete IN the sea dint. N. j., shoot. The
guardsmen will remain shere for several
days. The shooting begins tomorrow on
the federal rife range and Governor Cum
minis fires the first shot.
Jasper's Census.
The population of Jasper county shows
: slight gain over that Of five years ago
I according to the official census figures
l The population is now H.156 and FIVE years
3 ago was Br967. Newton, the county seat
] and largest town. has gained from S,6s2 tC
D 1899.
Anti-sRIOOn League Fights.
Y Oficers OF the state anti-saloon leagu,
4 informed Tax Ferrets Worthlngton anC
Boynton that the state Ant-Saloon leagut
would lend assistance in the courts in thu
Tight to compel the saloon men to pay tn,
e mulct tax for the past five years for liquo
s held in storage buildings. The case will
n come up before County Treasurer Murrov
+ this week and will undoubtedly be appealet
e TO the district court and which ever way
g is decided will be carried to the suprem
Y court as the question was never befor
( raised in the courts.
buy He'd of River.
At the land department Of the office o
secretary of state today a bid was receive,
for lS acres of land in Harrison count,
which was formerly the bed OF the Mis-
souri, river. The bid is from George Coult
. hard. The land is about three miles ives
of Modale and for appraisement has bee
. divided into four tracts, two OF which hav
been assessed at IS an acre, one at SI25
= and the fourth at $50. Coulthard has biz
81 an acre FOR that appraised at S. SIS
| for the $3.50 and SO for the $40 land DC
= tober 20 is the day set for the sale and
" no one bids higher Coulthard will get tn
| land
, Might Force Put On.
= Beginning tonight night force was pu
:, at work on preparing the iron frames an
;, doing the plaster work in the four niche
- in the rotunda Of the state house TO hav
them ready for the flags by the time tn
= fair opens.