Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-25
END OF INSURANCE HEARINGS
Iowa Legislative Committee About
Ready 20 Commence on It's
Report.
cFrom a Stan correspondent)

DES MONIES, Aug. A.--(Special. )-Open
hearings by the legislative Insurance com
mission will be continued but three or four
days longer, after which the work OF pre-
pairing the report will be taken up. Some
work has already been done on the report,
particularly the preparation of a form OF
policy for a uniform policy bill. This has
been discussed and will be submitted TO
Auditor Carroll before finally decided upon.
The executive sessions OF the commission
for work In preparing the report will be
continued till about September 10, at which
time district courts over the state open.
Three Of the members Of the commission
are lawyers and will necessarily be absent
during September The commission will
meet again in October and finish the re-
port which will then be filed with the
state auditor.
Chairman Woods OF the republican state
committee today opened the quarters in
the Observatory block. Furniturs and rugs
were put into the rooms and stenographers
were engaged. Committeeman Converse, in
charge of the speakers bureau was in
stalled behind a desk with a big calendar
and railroad maps and the campaign of 1906
can now be said to have started The
speakers bureau is asking each congress-
man to give them ten days This will allow
, he use of each congressman at least once
" each Of the congressional districts out
/. n II his own Some Of the congress-
nl.>T Q have no particular fights on may
be ss 20 give more time. Both Chair
man eds and Committeeman Converse
will remain permanently in the city from
this time till the close OF the. campaign.
Though the speaking campaign on the part
Of the republicans does not open till the
first Of October the committee headquarters
will do a great deal of work before that
time and the literary bureau will be started
at once, probably next week. In addition
number Of speeches will be made before
October 1. Governor Cummns is scheduled
to deliver one address at Missouri Valley
before that time and may make other
speeches. The governor will leave the first
OF next week for a vacation outside the
state. whether he will go to Colorado.
Minnesota or Michigan to the lakes and
summer resorts has not been definitely de-
cided. He will be absent about a week or
two.
Miller I'm New York.
Chairman G. w. Miller Of the democratic
state central committee left today with
Mrs. Miller for New York City to welcome
Bryan. He will return with Mr. Bryan
| and expects on the trip to take up the
matter of his speaking in Iowa. Mr.. Mil
Ter hopes to secure an address from Mr..
Bryan in each of the four or FIVE congress
slonal districts which the democrats this
| year are counting on carrying. During
| Mr.. Miller's absence in New York Clint
Price OF Indianola. the secretary Of the
committee, will be In charge of the cam
paign here.
Three Gold Badges for Guardsmen.
Three gold pendant badges, each of a
value of $50 were presented today to three
members of the Iowa National Guard who
| have been I'm guard work for twenty five
years and over. One OF the badges was
presented to Adjutant General w. H.
Thrift, another to w. H. Evans of Red
Oak, and a third to Colonel James Rush
Lincoln, colonel of the Fifty-hfth. who lives
at Ames. The badges are given by act
of the Legislature The bronze badges ani
bars to be given TO members of the guard
who have completed FIVE years service ol
| over have not been finally determined upor
as yet. AS soon as they are decided upor
by the committee they will be made and
mailed TO the members entitled to them.
Print Election Laws.
Because of the demand there will be foI
VI the eieCtion law at the COHint
general election in November the executive
council has ordered printed 5000 copies o.
the election laws OF Iowa and will dis
tribute them 20 the election judges a shor
time before the election. They will prob
ably be distributed through the county aud
itors.
Physician at Fair Grounds.
A hospital and competent physician will
be maintained at the state fair grounds al
next week during the state fair. The di
rectors will use the same building that wa
used last year for the hospital and DR.
Granville Ryan has been engaged as tn,
physician to be In charge.
1t is the expectation that more old soldier
will be present this year on old soldiers
day. which will be Tuesday. than the fai
has ever known before OLD soldiers an1
their wives and widows, and their children
under fifteen years of age will be admitte,
free. Arrangements have been made 70
5000 seats in and about the tent where tn
reunion will be held.
Wanted for kidnapping.
A charge of kidnapping has been sworl
to in the justice court of Zell Roe In thi
city against Mrs. Clara Thompson. Sh
is charged with KIDNAPPING Rosie Dearth,
l2-year-old girl Of1cers are also LOOKING
for her husband. Ferd Thompson. and the.
are suspected Of being at some place II
southern Iowa.