Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-24
NOVEL WAY TO BOON A CITY
Keokuk Votes Large Sums TO ksnufao-
tories Out Of City Treasury.
FORTY THOUSAND IN ONE LUMP
Inspector Insists that Under the Iowa
Law the Act Constitutes EmbeE-
Observation-Disclosures Prisoner
wanted


(trom stan Correspondent)
DIES MONIES, Nov. 2S.-(speeial.)-
Boosting a city in Des Molnes is ohild's
play compared with the methods Of doing
things in the city OF Keokuk, according TO
the report Of the inspection OF the Keokuk
city accounts. as made by the inspectors
from the Office Of the state auditor. The
report has been filed with the state auditor
and also with the mayor and city clerk OF
the city Of Keokuk Here are the two big
gest things that Keokuk did to boost its
city: Appropriated $4,000 for the beneht
Of the cereal mill which had burned; ap-
propriated $4,000 and built a factory build
ing which was leased free to a concern to
induce II to locate in Keokuk. There is
another item Of 5000 which the inspectors
unearthed as having been appropriated to
the Keokuk & Hamilton Power company,
besides some other minor items along the
same line.
These facts are brought out by the state
inspector because OF the fact that such
use of the public funds is clearly illegal
and is defined by the statutes as embezzle-
ment
RequisitiOn for BeadIe.
A requisition was issued today at the
governors Office on the governor Of Ne
braska for Charles Beadle, who will be
released at the Nebraska state penitentiary
at Lincoln on December /. Beadle is wanted
in Pottawattamie county for the theft
Of 500 ,phaeton from Charles Green Of
lewis township.
Cheap Rates for Conventions.
A rate of one and a third fare for the
round trip has been granted for the Corn
Belt Meat Producers convention, State
Farmers institute and agricultural con-
vention, Horticultural society convention
and Park and Forestry convention, all Of
which will be held here the week beginning
December II. The conventions will bring
! together more prominent men than has ever
been brought together at these conventions
thus far.
Iowa at stock show.
| Iowa will have its share and more in the
International Fat Stock show at Chicago
next month. In some ofN the breeds Iowa
men are exhibitors Of half of the animals
entered for the exhibits. This is especially
! true in the Angus breeding cattle. In
| shorthorns, Iowa breeders have a big per-
centage of the entries and are well repre-
sented in all.
| In the exhibits Of steers in the Angus
class the State college has one entered
and w. j. Miller of Metz has nine. In
| Herefords the State college has one. In
! Galloways ]. E. Bales & Son of Stockport
have five In Red Polled A. P. Arp Of
.Eldridge has four. In Polled Durhams,
! Shaver & Denker of Kolona have one. In
grades and cross-breds r. NJ. Anderson &
/ Son OF Newell have two, the State college
| six, n. A. Lind Of Rolfe two. and w. j.
| Miller seven. In ShoFthorn steers c. S.
Barclay Of West Liberty has one, N. A.
\ Lind of Rolfe three and d. Tertzen OF
Bellevue has two.
ministers Accuse Ministers.
\ A Jury composed entirely of members OF
the Methodist church is trying Rev. John
/ II swift. minister of the Christian church
at Winterset, for using the United States
mails to extort money from Banker W. j.
! Cornell at Winterset Ministers OF this
Christian church are witnesses against theii
brother minister and the entire population
is stirred. The trial Of Rev. John H. swit
began IN the federal court today. III
\ pleads that though he wrote the letter
} he did not attempt to ext0rt money an'
wrote the letter to Cornell only as a min
lister in order to save Cornell and tn
church from scandal.
school Teacher Gets wealth.
Miss Margaret Walker author of M
, Lady Hollyhock" Is a West Des Moine
school teacher. Her royalties on the boo
win amount to $1,000 or $4,000 She sen
manuscripts 70 FIVE publishers simuitans
ously and all accepted them.
Service of OIL Companies.
United States Marshal George M. Chris
tian today received the papers to b
served on Iowa companies in the standar
3 Oil suit at st. Louis. The papers wer
4 notices of the ST. Louis suit to be serve
on the Standard Oil company Of Iowa an
the Continental Oil company of Counc
: Bluffs, which is a Standard Oh concern.
"a wholesalers loss enables US to, Sc
a special lot Of women's undergarment
! at half price. Main door. The John Ben
! Company.
BIG LINE OF FINE woRsTED TRoUs