Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-14
CONVENTIONS IN DES MONIES
General Assembly Of Presbyterian 0hurcl
OOnvenss Thursday,
GRAIN DEALERS WILL MEET WEDNESDAY
Governor Mickey Of Nebraska Will
BE one of the Speakers at state
C. A. r.. EncRmpment at
Boone.
CFrom a stan Correspondent

DIES MONIES, Ia, May l3.-(Special)-
Des Moines will this week be the meeting
place of many conventions and the city
will be literally given cover to them The
largest is the general assembly Of the
Presbyterian church, which will bring to
the city 1850 delegates and visitors. The
convention meets on the 18th and continues
till the 9th. The Iowa Grain Dealers as
ISOLATION meets the 18th and 18th, The
Western Milliners Jobbers' association,
covering seven or eight western states,
meets on the 18th and 18th and the Iowa
State Medical society the 10th, nth and 18th.
Mickey Comes 10 Town.
Gov Mickey of Nebraska is expected to
be in attendance at the state encampment
of the Iowa department of the Grand Army
Of the Republic at Boone, June 8, and {.
The encampment this year is to be the
most thoroughly and deliberately arranged
of any yet held. In addition to Gov.
Mickey, Gov. Cummins of Iowa and ex-
Gov. Van SAINT of Minnesota have signi-
fed their willingness to attend. Command
er-ln-chief Corporal Tanner, Senator Dol
liver. Senator Allison, Congressman Con-
nor and Hon. George D. Perkins of Sioux
City. will all speak at the encampment.
one Iowa Company Loses.
Only one Iowa insurance company has
sustained loss on the Pacific coast as
result of the earthquake there and that
loss was but 5000. Auditor Corral has
asked all the life insurance companies do
ing business in Iowa to make special reports
on the San Francisco losses and three
have reported that they will have to sus-
pend doing business because of the heavy
San Francisco loss. These are the Ameri-
nn,fn I.NW.l ,Na
and Traders of Chicago. The losses shown
are from small amounts up to 100000.
Several companies lost from 100000 to
s., 10000 The largest reported is by the
Fireman's Fund company, amounting 20
100000 and this company will continue
business
Campbell Arrested.
Robert Campbell, who spent some months
in Omaha and recently in Des Moines ar
ranging for the publication of book en-
titled Familiar Faces in Thin Disguise
was arrested in Cedar Rapids by the police
on the strength Of a telegram received
from the police at Lincoln, Neb. Subse
uuently he was ordered released by tele-
graph and has now declared his intention
to start proceedings against the Cedar
Rapids officials. Campbell was arrested on
the claim OF the Lincoln authorities that
he was wanted for forgery of a 500 check.
1t is understood that he was released on the
discovery that the forgery was committed
by someone else.
wireless Telegraph War.
A small war is on in this city between
opposing wireless telegraph forces. The
Marconi system has, asserted that 1t will
establish station here and the DeForrest
I system has already made a start towards
establishing a system. Tie Marconi system
/ managers declare that they have exclusive
contracts with all coast steamship lines
and coast cities and that the DeForrest
concern cannot do business.
EpIscOpaIians at Cedar Rapids.
The fifty-fourth annual convention of the
Episcopal church of Iowa will he held at
Cedar Rapids May IS, Is, and II. The Ri.
! Rev. Theodore 1. Morrison OF Davenport
will preside at the meetings.,
Republican Conventions.
Republican county conventions to be held
during the rest of this month thus far
called will dispose OF III delegates TO the
state convention. These convention dates
and the delegates each county has to the
state convention are as follows:
May i5-Keokuk, l6
May l7-Webster II.
May 9-Louisa, u; Wapello 2 Tama,
II; Des Moines (convention), %; Clarke, 10
May 24-Fremont, IL.
May 8-Delaware, Is; Jackson, 49, Iowa,
Is; Cass, l6; Warren (caucuses), Is; De-
May 2s-Wright, Is.
May 29-Pottawattamie, IS.