Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19
SOLDIER KILLED By GUARD
Was Attempting to Escape from Guard
House When Fired Upon.
PEOPLE OF GRIMES GREATLY EXCITED
Placing of Guard over crave Of Rich
Farmer Causes Circulation of
stories of Plot 20 Rob
Grave.


DIS MOINES, Nov. 1S.-(SpeCial Tele-
gram.) Private wilmer at Fort Des
Moines. in attempting to escape from the
guard house late this afternoon, was shot
and killed by Private Light wilmer was
shot below the shoulder. Private Light
was not taken off duty.
Printers on strike.
Because the night foreman was given an
under position at the Iowa Printing COM
pany. the night force went on a strike
tonight. The company does the state print
ing under contract with the state printer
and is now working on the census and
other important work. Three of the men
later returned and went to work. The
others are still out. The company has
been working a night force because work
is 50 rushing
Grimes People Excited.
The people OF Grimes, a suburb OF Des
Moines, are excited over the strange action
OF men being placed in the village cemo-
terry to guard the grave of one of the
wealthy farmers Of that village Joseph
O'Donnell died last week in Davenport
and Saturday, the 18th inst was buried
at Grimes Every night since that time
some one has stood guard over the grave
with firearms. Wild tales of threats Of
enemies OF Mr.. ODonnell to dig up his
body have been related as explanations
for the action. The fact is Mr.. ODonnell
being fearful lest medical students should
dig up the body and dispose OF 1t at some
college, made provision in his will for a
watch to be placed at his grave every
night for several months. The relatives
merely carrying out the provisions Of
the will.
weIEert Case Affirmed.
The supreme court today affirmed the
conviction Of II. c. Wiegert. a vtapathic
doctor. for practicing without a license in
Pocahontas county. Weigert, since HIS first
conviction. has been arrested at Boone on
the same charge. The case was one prose-
cuted by the State Board of Health.
Nearly Bury Child Alive.
J. NJ. Johnson. a sewing machine agent,
driving toward the army post saw some
children burying an object. The head of
the object moved and he thought It a live
dog and went to the children only to find
that they were burylng one of their own
playmates. The little girl was nearly suf-
located and IL was necessary to call p ply
stefan.
Text Book War On.
Thirty-hve counties Of this state will
adopt the kind of text books they will use
for the next five years, beginning the first
OF next year For this reason there is a
ueluBe OF DOCK agents u lOOh dlNCl tht NOh
tracts The profits on the fve-year con-
tracts for the thirty-fve counties Is esti-
mated by school men to be about half d
million dollars The war will be on during
the session of the legislature and II 1t be
comes as hot as it some years age
there is apprehension that the Legislature
may take up the proposition to adopt q
uniform text book law.
IIIiterRcy In Iowa.
According to tables compiled today by
Prof. w. r. Patterson of the State uni
versity. who is doing the expert work or
the state census, there are but Is per cen
Of the people of Iowa who cannot read OF
write. OF those under q years is per cen
are unable to read or write. OF those be
tween the ages OF q and 45, per cent an'
OF those over As, 80 per cent
LATE Young Returns.
Hon LATE Young, editor of the Dali,
Capital, who was one of the Taft party Il
visit the Philippines. returned TO De
Moines today. Mr. Young did not accom-
pany the party on the return trip, but wen
on west through Asia and Europe thu
making the trip around the world. TIL
Grant club the chief republican club o
the state, will hold a meeting in honor o
Mr. Young some time next month.