Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-30
ATLANTIC TO Be INSPECTED
City officials Ask Examiners to &c Over
the Public Accounts.
HoGUi DECLINES TO run FOR SENATOR
Iowa Man Becomes Insane worrying
for Fear He Cannot secure Enough
Help 20 Harvest HIs Bis
Corn Crop.

tFrom a STAFF Correspondent
DIES MONIES, Ia. Sept. e.-(Special.)-
Atlantic is the next city which If TO have
its accounts investigated by the inspectors
from the Office OF the state auditor At
lantic is less than 5000 In population. but
a request has come from that city for an
investiga ton and any city can be investi-
gated II the mayor, city council or small
per cent of the people ask for It. Cities
OF 5000 people or more must be Investigated
at least once In every two years. There are
only twenty-five cities in the state that
have a population of over 5000 and to in
vestigate these alone will require but little
time and II is the intention to use the
bank inspectors and insurance inspectors
between times in their other work. II a
large number of the cities Of less than 5000
people ask for investigations. It will be-
come necessary to make special appoint
ments Of inspectors TO do that work ex-
clusively. Cities of over 5000 people can
have more than one examination in two
years II they request II and IL there are
later requests of this kind It will further
necessitate the appointment of special in
spectors.
HORue IL Not Candidate.
Information has reached this city that
Senator Ernest L. Hogue of Blencoe has
declined the denomination given him as SEN
ator from the Harrison Monona- Crawford
district at the convention last week. The
position will be filled by the central COM
mittee and there is a rumor that It viii go
to Harrison county. Senator Hogue having
come from Monona county. Will c. Whit
ing, formerly democratic representative, is
understood to be likely to secure the demo-
org 10 inc Nhot
trict.
Rtnehart FRvors Sells.
George F. Rinehart of Newton is out in
an editorial in his paper supporting the
candidacy of Hon. Cato Sells for demo-
cratic national committeeman from Iowa in
opposition to Wilbur w Marsh Of Water
loo Rinehsrt is a strong Bryan man and
has been himself mentioned for the posi-
ton OF committeeman.
Daughters In Iowa City.
The state association OF the Daughters
of the Revolution will meet in Iowa City.
October 25 at which time the conference
of the Mississippi states of the order win
also be held. Mrs. Mclean. the national
president, will be present.
Insane over Corn Crop.
Bert Christiapson. farm hand at Al
commission of Polk county today and de-
clared insane. It developed in the examinn-
ton that the big corn crop is responsible
for his condition. First Christianson worried
for fear an early frost would ruin the crop.
and when all danger of this passed he
worried for fear the crop would be so big
that the state would never be able to har-
vest it.
Love Toots Cut Out
In answer to a request for the city au-
thorities that unnecessary whistling OF
| locomotive engines be eliminated because
of the disturbance to the nerves of the
wealthy residents of West Grand avenue.
officials of both the Rock Island and the
Minneapolis & st. Louis railroads have
| promised cooperation with thu city and
! have issued orders to that effect 1t II
! asserted by the residents Of the wealthy
section that as soon as an engine strikes
town the engineer blows a series of uu.
earthly screeches following a particular
and agreed succession Of long and shor,
toots. in order to inform his wife or sweet
heart that he is in town. This must now
all be cut out
May Distribute Registers.
BY agreement Of all parties, Judge Bren
nan, in the district court. today dissolved
SO much OF the injunction against secre
tary OF State w. B. Martin as RESTRAINED
him from distributing the Official Register!
already In his possession. The injunction Il
the one issued restraining the state from
paying State Binder Howard Tedford To-
the work of binding the Register becaus,
the work was done outside the state 1
was shown the court that the OficiaI Reg
lister is in great demand and is an import
ant document to many people OF the state
The representatives of the labor unions VIII,
were instrumental in securing the injunc
ton said they did not wish to interfere il
case of a public necessity and consentes
| to the dissolving of that much OF the in
junction.
| Appeal from POttawattam
Elmer NOVEL; has appealed to the su
preme court the case against him in whicl
he was convicted in the Pottawattamie dis
trict court at Avoca af the charge of muir
dering Leroy Addison Addison was sho
and killed at Avoca September 13. 1906 an,
the question is whether he killed hlms 1
because of a love affair and the fear tina
Mary Samms was not true to him o
whether NOVEL; shot and killed him. Tn
difficulty In the latter case Is to find a mo
tive and In the argument that was h'e
today with the clerk of the supreme cour
the attorneys claim as one of their stron
contentious the fact that there was no mo
tive for NOVEL; committing the murder. Tn
two had been good friends and meeting a
Avoca apent a couple OF days drinking 10
gether They were In a coal shed when tn
shooting took place. NOVEL; claims tina
Addison shot himself after saying some
thing about Mary Samms. Addison live
for a time and witnesses claim that h
charged NOVEL; with the crime.
Appeal TO the supreme court was ais
made today in the case OF Jennie Bromle
against the Evans Laundry Company Q
Council Bluffs. a suit for personal injur
In a mangle.
LAWYER TRIES To KILL HIMSELF