Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-28
iowa STATE FAIR PROSPERS
kir,hip Proves the Greatest Attraction to
'1'-'s the Many VisitsrA
BUILDINGS FOR EXHIBITS CROWDED
Management Compelled TO Erect TEN.
pOrary Structures to AccommO-
date Them-Farmer Assaulted
on the Grounds.
tFrom a STAR correspondent.l

(From stan Correspondent
DIES MONIES, Aug. 27.--(Special Ideal
cool. clear weather greeted the Iowa state
fair today and II the weather continues
through the five days of the fair there is
| every indication that an attendance far
exceeding anything yet had will be present
President Morrow said today that II the
weather continues favorable there will be
over 10000 persons admitted on Wednesday
this year. The fair opened formally today
and every exhibit Is in. The barns are all
crowded and temporary shed barns have
been erected for the accommodation OF the
horses, which this scar far outnsimber the
| stall capacity of the fair ground. There are
$50 breeding horses on the grounds besides
about $50 race horses. Tents and sheds
have been erected during the past few days
| TO accommodate them. The cattle barns
| are full and swine breeders have been
! turned away because Of the lack Of space
| for the exhibits. The machinery exhibits
| cover a twenty-acre field and the exhibits
for the agricultural and dairy building far
exceed the capacity OF the building. The
building cost the state of Iowa $4,000 and
| has been used but two or three years.
/ Tents and board sheds have been put up on
| the grounds adjoining II to accommodate
the exhibitors. as the management desires
to accommodate everybody and dslkes
turning exhibitors away. The attendapce
OF today. Des Moines Day, far exceeds that
OF last year, though the exact attendance
was not known late tonight.
4 The success Of the day was the Knaben-
shue airship II is estimated that large
per cent Of the people at this years fair
will come primarily to see the airship. 1t
| made two ascents this afternoon. The first
| was to a height of only about 100 feet, be-
/ cause OF an inferior grade OF gasoline. The
| second was to a height Of 400 feet and the
| navigator cut figure 'S'' in the air to the
delight Of the crowd on the grounds.
Assaults Union County Farmer.
Grant white, q wealthy Union county
farmer. who has an exhibit Of stock at the
state fair, was today assaulted and knocked
unconscious by Ed 0xberger. Oxberger
is under arrest and there IL no known ex-
PLANTATION for the assault. White was walk
ing along the fair grounds street when OK
berger attacked him from the rear. White
was carrying a roll OF meat and a can Of
gasoline. Oxberger struck him on the jaw
knocking him fully ten feet. White is ac-
companied here by his family, who are
tenting on the grounds He has filed charges
against Oxberser.
Trumpeter Sentenced.
| ITuUpeteT banueTtOu, lEOOp N VI liic
Eleventh United States cavalry, was today
sentenced to four years in the military
prison by a court martial at Fort Des
Moines for attempting TO set fire to suel
spauldings drug store, near the army post.
A dishonorable discharge Will follow the
imprisonment. N'@ '''
Requtsition or walker.
After hearing tbs, attorneys for c. II.
Walker president ofIthe Omaha Umbrella
Manufacturing company, this morning
Governor Cummins granted a requisition
for the return OF Walker to Omaha,
Walker Is now under, arrest in Sioux City
charged with embeEzling funds Of the COM
pany to the amount Of 1900
- Convention Dates Set.
| Fifty OF the ninety-nine counties OF Iowa
1. | have held their conventions for the nomi-
nation OF county officers and representa-
tives. The rest must hold their conven-
lions this month, as the time for filing the
nominations OF Representatives with the
secretary OF state'is limited to thirty days
before the election. The democrats are
! far behind the republicans and have made
only a handful Of nominations for the leg
islature For senator the republicans
have made ten nominations and have
twelve to make. Dates for conventions
have been called by the republicans in
seventeen counties as follows: August 20,
Floyd; August 30 linton; August 81. Linn;
September l. Appanoose, Blackhawk, JEFF
ferson; L. Buena Vista; 8, Wayne. Wapelio,
Tama. Decatur. Iowa: IL. Pocahontas; 10,
Emmett, Henry; 10, Monona; %. Marion.
MRS. Butler Sells Road
Mrs. Alice Butler, the promoter Of the
st. Joseph, stanbery & Northern inter
urban railway, which was to be run from
st. Joseph to Dies Moines. has sold to the
F. M. Hubbell interests of this city and II.
! @. Cue and w. II. Kitto all Of this city.
The new owners assert that the financing
of the road will now be pushed and that
, the completion Of the road win be in sight
soon. The intention is to run the line
, from st. Joseph to stanberry and then to
: Creston and connect with the Des Moines
winterset and Creston line.
Trades Cure for Boys.
, The report OF superintendent Drake Of
the Industrial School for Boys at Eldora
. filed today with the state Board OF Contro
declares that trades are a cure for incor-
) rigibiiity. In connection with the report
9 he recommends that the legislature raist
the age limit OF admission to the schoo
to the ages of 10 to IS instead of from tC
l6 as the older ages will learn trades more
: readily and he believes the younger boys
, should not be In an Industrial school. The
: school now teaches bricklaying, stone
: masonry, harness making. farming, car
4. pentering. plastering. painting, printing
stenography, telesraphy and number Of
other trades and Industries and the legis
lature is asked to make It possible TO teach
the trades more Thoroughly The boys nov
erect all the buildings on the grounds thai
the legislature approprfates money for
: but when an appropriation, for building
2 Is exhausted the course OF instruction mus