Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-05
AFTER COMMERCIAL MUSEUM
state University of Iowa starts out
90 Rival city of PhiIa-
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if rom SlaH correspondent
DIES MONIES, July 4-(Speclal PROF.
w. r. Patterson Of the State university,
who is in the city doing the expert sta
tisdcal work on the state census, will
leave I'm a short time for Portland ore.
to attend the Lewis and Clark exposition
for the purpose Of gathering material for
the commercial museum at the State uni
versity. a vast amount Of material was
obtained at the exposition in St Louis,
and with that gathered in Portland Prof.
! Patterson hopes to make the museum a
close rival to the Philadelphia museum,
| after which It is patterned. The museum
( is now stored in a section OF one of the
/ university buildings, but II is the expecta-
ton that sooner or later It will deserve a
| building Of its own. In the museum
/ Prof Patterson already has the products
OF nearly every country on the globe,
and is now endeavoring to complete the
| collection Of all the bi-products that arc
| manufactured from the various articles.
For the first time in ten years there have
! been no commitments to the state peni-
| Tertiary for an entire month. The report
| to the governor from the pcntentiary OF
| the commitments is n blank piece Of pa
| per. Ten years ago in June there was on,
commitment, in 1897 there were 3; 1895, s
1879, c. 1900. IA; 1901 3; 1902 S; 1905 I; 1904, g.
The Grand Army Of the Republic OF thi
! city has secured lower rate for the Den
yer cncampment than was ever before
! given TO this city to Denver, and as a re
suit II Is expected there will be AT
enormous delegation from this state. TIL,
! rate is $780, and the rate that was giver
the Epworth league to the same place wal
$3.50
Governor Cummins has named as the vot.
| Ing machine commission: Henry NJ. Bel
vel Of Des Moines, democrat; Hon. Isaac
| Brandt, Des Mones, and John G.. Hempe
| of Elkader, republicans. Belvel was on
| the commission before. The duties of thu
commission are to pass on all voting ma
chimes before they can be sold in the state
Hon. Fred II. White of Webster, whit
! spent some time in Omaha hunting fol
his son, Virgil, returned TO this city and
left today for his home. He is confden
that his son will soon make his where
abouts known, but will not give up tn,
search, though himself worn out. Mr.
White says his son was respondent ove
the slow growth Of his law practice.
Mrs Elizabeth D. Jones of the Human
society Of Iowa has undertaken to pus
a project for the erection of a Newsboys
home in this city with reading room &C
| compartment. Inc puDlc VIII De ahhe
to subscribe toward the enterprise.
Miss Alice Needles of Des Moines LEI
Frank Smith Of Nodaway by the hand t
a justice shop in this city today and they
were married. Miss Needles is 10 year
old. She did the talking and her bashfu
companion said nothing more than the Lax
required for him to enter the carriag
contract. They will live in Nodaway.
A thirty-day reprieve will likely be give
by Governor Folk to Edgar Bailey o
LaPorte, Ia, who is under sentence o
death for a murder in Kansas City. A
the Slavery hotel here today Governor Fol
said "A number of Bailey's friends me
me at Kansas City last night and inter
coded for Bailey. 1t is customary to gran
a thirty-days' reprieve in hanging cases.
Governor Folk, speaking of Missouri, sal
it is a law-abiding state. "All over tn
state. with the exception of one county, tn