Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-09
RATES UP TO THE SHIPPERS
Railway Commission Now Waits on bay
and Stone Quarry Men.
ORGAN GRINDERS ARE SETTING RICH
Police Arrest Them for Making Their
Monkeys Dance. ovsrtime-wOman
Searches for Hsr Husband
and Her sister.

(From STAFF Correspondent
DIES MONIES, Aug. S-(Special.) III
the farmers and stone quarry men
Of Iowa desire any cheaper rates on
stone and hay they must make their
wants known to the state Railroad com
mission. Commissionsr n. S Ketchum re-
Gently conducted an investigation on the
stone and hay business to ascertain why
50 many stoue3 quarries are idle and why
80 much hay il allowed to rot in the
field. He has not concluded his investi-
CATION but is coming to the belief that 1t
fs the freight rates. In spite OF the fact
that many newspapers OF the state pub
llshed the fact that he, was Investigating
the matter the stone men and farmers have
shown no interest in the subject I'm
less they do it is quite likely that moth
ing may be done.
.-~ organ Grinders Rich.
Two italian organ grinders, who came
to- this city from St. Joseph, Mo, were
arrested today by theS humane officers on
the charge that the Italians were liter
ally dancing their monkeys to death to
make them living. When the men
were taken to the police station It was
discovered that one of them in the two
days he had been in Des Moines had
taken in 1881 and that the other had
taken in $40. Further evidence was dis
closed that the men during their stay in
st. Joseph had collected about 5000 each
which they had sent to relatives in Italy,
starting in broke in Des Moines. The
humane authorities watched the men and
discovered that they kept their monkeys
dancing from early morning to 10 o'clock
last night and ascertained from persons ac-
quainted with animals that ,the monks
,oA ln,, N he
der such treatment. When the heavy,
gaudy coverings were taken from the
monkeys 1t was discovered. that they were
nothing but skin and bones and nearly
worn out now. .
Iowa Rsopls wed.
! The county clerks office in this city did a
rushing business today in marriage licenses
for people living elsewhere in the state.
Licenses were issued to c. Whitcomb and
Gertrude Phelps of Atlantic; Harry Schoon-
over and Eva Halterman of Adelphi: ]. F.
| Mudd and Miss Jessie Pearl Darr of Polk
City; II. C Grossbeck of Lorimer, Ia, and
Miss Henrietta Foster of East Peru, and
Fred Kale and Annie Link of Winterset.
Hunts Eloping Sister. =
| Mrs. Arthur Munnel of Newton is in this
city searching for her husband and her 10
! year-old sister. whom she asserts eloped
! together She suspects they are in hiding
in this city Munnel is 25 years old and
Miss Zena Muriel Smith, his wife's sister,
is Is years old. Munnel dressed himself as
woman and left home with the girl and
at Colfax 1t is supposed, changed his raj
ment to that of a man. Mrs. Munnel had
| suspected the elopement and had taken
measures to prevent'it but in vain. She has
offered reward of $50 for their arrest.
Examine fire insurance.
Arthur Hawkhurst, who has charge of
! the fire insurance business of the Marshal
| Field company in Chicago, today appeared
before the Iowa, Insurance commission and
gave evidence from, the standpoint of the
insured. He is the first OF the witnesses
on fire insurance officials of the various
fire insurance companies of the state will
appear before the commission from day to
day. The investigation of life insurance,
both old line and fraternal, is now about
concluded.
Omaha Man Arrested.
William Moore, young colored man who
! claims Omaha as his home, was arrested
and taken before Justice Hinze today oil a
charge of vagrancy. He pleaded not guilty
and asserts he was on his way to the Ep-
worth league chautauqua when arrested.
His hearing has been set for next week.
Cigarette Fisnd to Knoxville.
The first cigarette flend to be sentenced to
Knoxville to the Iowa inebriate asylum was
sentenced today by Judge James A. Howe
Of the Polk county district court, Marion
Marsh, a, youth, was given the sentence.
He is also addicted to the use of cocaine.
Petitions out for Cook.
Petitions are being circulated in Mont
gomery county in the interest of r. E.
tCook Of that county as an independent can
dldate for representative. The petition is
to get Cooks name on the ballot He will
run in opposition to- Representative Jones
Of Villisca who has been renominated.