Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-17
REPUBLICAN PLAN WINNER
Meetings in Downtown District Held
Daily and Nightly.
HEALTH OFFICERS CONFERENCE
Men Indicted for Conducting Bucket
shop Close Up and Disappear
After Giving Two Thou
sand Dollar Bond,
From a staff Correspondent.O

From a staff Correspondent
DIES MONIES, oct. 16.-(Special.)-The
local republicans are making a great sue
cess of daily meetings to listen to speakers
on political questions. A double store room
on the most prominent down town street
has been fitted up by the county committee
and republican meetings are held at noon
and every evening, local speakers alone
taking part. These meetings have been
well attended and a great deal of enthus-
iasm has been aroused. At first it was
feared tn. campaign was so quiet that this
method of work would fail, but the COM
mittees are well pleased.
Republican speakers are largely in south
ern Iowa this week. b. F. Carroll, auditor
of state, is dated for meetings at Oskaloosa,
Bloomfield, Slgourney and Abba. Governor
Cummins is today at Lamont, in the Eighth
district, where he speaks for Hepburn.
Tomorrow he will be at Charlton and then
into the First district TO aid Congressman
Kennedy. Attorney General Byers is speak
ing in northern Iowa.
Iowa Health Conference.
About $50 persons attended the opening
session of the Iowa Health conference in
Des Moines today. This is partly under
the auspices of the State Board Of Health.
In his address as president, Z. w. Doo-
little of Decatur county, called attention to
the great need of more active work in the
interest OF the general health Of the state
and of cooperation among all those who
are entrusted with health matters. The
need of laws under which it will be pos
sible to secure better enforcement of quar-
antine regulations was pointed out. The
whole trend of the conference is in the d-
r%ection of improving laws and for greater
agitation in the interest of better health
regulations.
"BucketshOp" Men Flee.
When officers sought for o. NJ. Olsen,
under Indictment for fraud in connection
with a local "bucketshop' or irregular
board of trade office, they failed to find
him. Olsen was one of the two men in
dicted this week. Both had been operating,
it is charged, in Des Moines contrary to the
state laws and the grand jury investigated.
Olsen gave bonds in $1,000 and went about
his business. He stated he would fight
the case and continue, but 1t was found to-
day that his office has been deserted and
he cannot be found for trial. His friends
say he will return but the court officers
believe he will forfeit the bond.
Reward for n Murderer.
Governor Cummins has offered a reward
Of $500 for the conviction of the unidentified
person who killed Policeman Widman at
Waterloo one night this week. Widman
was a night Waterman and apprehended a
burglar who shot and killed him and made
good his escape.
Want n State School Board.
An effort is to be made at the next ses-
sion of the legislature to secure a law pro-
viding for a permanent State Board of Ed
ucation to have supervision in a general
way over the education affairs of the state.
The board is to have the state superfn-
tendent as president, with the president of
the Normal school and Of the State uni
versity as members, and other members to
be appointed.
To Go as Missionary
Miss Jessie Ankeny, a graduate Of Simp-
son college in the class of 'OS, will leave
soon to enter the missionary field in China.
The money for her support was pledged
by students OF Simpson college. She has
been prominent in the college world there
and is eminently fitted for her life work.
Mason City Gets Headquarters.
Mason City instead of Des Moines gets
the headquarters of the Order of Modern
Brotherhood of America, which was de-
cided today at the meeting at Davenport.
Des Moines sent a large delegation to So
cure the favor. The order is young and
growing.
A large delegation Of members OF the
Order of Redmen returned today from
Iowa City, where they attended the state
meeting. The next meeting will be at
Cedar Rapids in 1909. New lodges were
instituted the last year at Nevada, Guth-
| ria Cantor ROndnrant Mount AYR napap-
port, Dubuque, Ogden and Atlantic.
We take your old Jewelry, no matter
how badly disfigured, and either bring 1t
back to its original shape and beauty, or
make of it something entirely new-and
better, more acceptable, because new and
different. Leffert's, 400 Broadway, Council
Bluffs.