Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-05

lowing officers were elected President,
r. b. Anderson; vice president. l.. r. Har-
tung; secretary, a. j. RhOades; treasurer
Arthur Pitcher.
WATERLOO-After an illness of Just
fifteen minutes, Mrs. Henry Caesar died at
O'Clock this morning of heart trouble.
aged 81 years. Th aged couple has re-
sided IN this county thirty-eight years and
seven children survive.
CRESTON-Word was received by rcla-
ives here yesterday of the death of Mrs.
Frank McGregor formerly Miss Blanche
McDlll, at her home in Amarillo, Tex She
was the third daughter of the late Judge
place.
CEDAR FALLs-President H. H. seerley
OF the Iowa State Normal school with Mrs
Seerley left tonight for New York City
where he will he in-attendance at the meet
Ing of the Simpllfed Spelling Board which
CohNenes IN the WaldOrf-Astoria on Tues
day, April T.
CEDAR FALLS-Fire this afternoon
destroyed a barn six miles from this city
consuming six horses ten cows and all The
farm machinery owned by August Dor
man. The loss also includes all the hay,
oats, corn ard / III, hogs on farm.
n partial insurance.
ESTHERVlLLE-Th Free Methodist
church, organized by John Sutton in the
court house in Estherville i'm 1901. has now
been freed from mortgage. The last pay
HenI was made last week, and at a spe-
clal meeting held by the members of The
curch the mortgage was burned.
ONAWA-Five or six steam dredges are
now IN active operation on the Monona
county ditch. The Canal Construction com
pany will start its third dredge in about
TWO weeks. The big Ferris-kisse dredge
after being nearly rebuilt, started up Fri
day on the Monona-Harrison ditch.
ESTHERVILLE-Mrs Eliza Wiley died
at the home of her son, l. G.. Wiley i'm
Estherville. Mrs. Wiley was over Il years
or age and had lived in Iowa since ls55
she is survived by seven sons and two
daughters, her husband having died On 1904
For the last year she has made her home
with her son here.
ONAWA-The Northwestern road has
taken out the telegraph instruments at
Turin, Castana and Soldier and Turin and
Castana conduct all the business by tele-
phone from OnaWa. Train orders are not
handled at these stations. The company
claims the movement is necessary on ac-
count of the new law.
MARSHALLTOWN - An all-star team
from the eight clubs of the local indoor
league has been chosen to meet a team of
crack players from the Des Moines Young
Mems Christian association in game in
this city on the evening of April 8. This
game, 1t is considered. will be for the
championship of the state
CEDAR FALLS-Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Miller, pioneer residents of Black Hawk
county on Saturday celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary on the home farm,
where they have lived continuously for
forty-one years. Six of their seven chill
dren were present at the festivities, one
absent.
ATLANTIC-In accordance with the pro-
posed ordinance for the safety of the pub
lie of this place the school board is now
engaged in putting in exits in all the
school buildings OF the city. The ordinance
will also compel the remodeling OF the
Majestic theater, Nose hall and the outside
doors to the opera house so as to swing
outward.
LAKE CITY-Mistaking for collie med-
cine, preparation used TO blister spavins
swallowed nearly an ounce of the mixture,
and he was taken in a serious condition
to hospital; Gayisk made the mistake al
later was found wandering aimlessly about
on an adjoining farm
WATERLOO-The city plumbers are all
on a strike and all work is at a standstil
The demands Of the union men for an
eight hour day were granted. but the en-
ployers refused to grant the request for
an increase from $3.50 TO $3.50 to the steam
filters Efforts to effect a reconciliation
last evening failed to accomplish any
settlement with the disaffected workmen
and it. is feared that the strike will be of
long duration.
MARSHALLTOWN-T Reflector. which
FOR years, until a short time ago, was the
democrattc organ OF Marshall county, was
sold today to Henry ]. Thompson Of Chi
eago by Merritt Greene and c. T. Hatcher,
who have owned the paper for a little
more than year Mr.. Thompson Is
young man and for several years he has
been connected with various departments
of the Chicago Record Herald 1t is said
that he contemplates changing the weekly
into a daily
MARSHALLTOWN - To celebrate the
building OF his first home, which was one
of the first log cabins to be erected in
Timber Creek township sixty years ago
next Monday, j, n. Cooper, an old retired
farmer of this city, Will gather about him
April the members OF his family and a
few friends to celebrate the event. only
three members of the family are now liv-
ing who were living az that time The
farm on which the cabin was built was one
Of the first in the township to be decided
by patent from the government.
LAKE CITNH-While hunting near Lake
Creek in Elm Grove township. the young
sons OF Isaac Jason discovered human
skull on the slope OF a small hill. An in
plete skeletons were uneaTthed. The
skeletons appeared TO be those OF a man
and woman about 20 years OF age, and an
aged person and a small child.
LAKE CITY-H Sprague has discovered
fullers earth on his place near here. An
employe OF Mr.. Sprague, while working in
a portion OF the well. On closer obssT-
walton he discovered that the peculiar look
ing vein was genuine fullers earth. Mr..
Sprague was notified and further work was
done at once, and with the result OF find
Ing twenty-foot vein.
ATLANTIC-With land selling at 8DO
per acre and farmers paying cash for arti-
cles bought at public sales, a would ap-
pesr that Cass county was pretty prosper
qua l.. c. Robinson Of Anita sold ten