Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-15
RIVER CLAIMS TWO VICTIMS
Colored Man Saves One and Makes
Effort to Bring Out Another.
BLUFFS YOUNG MAN WINS HONOR
Possibility No Candidate May Receive
Necessary Thirty-Five Per Cent
of Total Vote for Railroad
COmmissiOner.
fFrom a staff Correspondent.l

From a Staff Correspondent
DIES MONIES, June lA-(Special Tele-
gram. 1.-Two men were drowned In the Des
Moines river this evening by their launch
being swept over the Center street dam.
The dead are Edward Ebersoll and William
Jennings. There were in the boat with
them william Ebersoll and Earl Jennings.
The two Jennings were brothers and the
two Ebersolls brothers. Men in boats are
searching for the bodies. A negro, Grant
Ferguson, Owed into the river and rescued
william Ebersoll, and would have sue
ceeded in rescuing one Of the others had
not Ebersoll chung too closely to him.
Council Huns Boy Wins.
Henry Peterson of Council Bluffs won
the most coveted prize at the commence
ment of Drake university law school, the
prize for excellence in grades through the
entire course. The commencement exer-
cises were held last night. Ira ]. Stonier
was second, W.. p. Blalr third and Fred
swanson fourth. The commencement adj
dress was delivered by Tfon. Jerry Sullivan.
who was the democratic nominee for gov
ernor four years ago.
The other prizes given by the school
were:
| senior CLASS pTlZeS. f1TSI, COQe pledQlnB,
Earl NJ. Sinclair; second. constitutional law,
Jacks. q =, .
york George Mankie took first priz1, hoy
Kelley second and George G. White third.
Special junior prizes were awarded as
Equity. David s. KruIlenier.
Negligence, Walter A. White.
Evidence, George Padgham.
One general prize was given for excel
lenee in freshman work to ]. G. Dunn;
First, forts, c. B. Hexteii
Second, real property. Clarence Young.
Third, code pleading Harry Hanson.
the highest average in criminal law and
criminal procedure.
shOIIenberger Resigns.
George N. Shollenberger has resigned his
position of inspector of risks of the lows
Travelling Mems association and has ac-
cepted a position as assistant secretary OF
the Illinois Commercial Mems association.
strikers Ask Injunction.
The striking workmen of the Iowa
Central shops at Marshalltown have re-
taliated by asking the federal court here
for an injunction against the road. The
road asked for an injunction against the
men to prevent them putting out pickets
and intimidating the other employees. The
n strikers now ask for an injunction against
the TdllTOhu pTOHiDlllHb NueIl lTOh WOIhlnB
in its shops at reasonable wages" They
also ask SO, 900 damages from the road for
loss of time.
Contractors Fail Again.
For the second time since the new COM
mission form Of government arrived at
Des Molnes the contractors on public i'm
provements have failed TO make any bids
on paving. This time It is the paving on
Center drive, which is to be of asphalt.
There Is a growing suspicion that this is
ell because the city has refused in several
instances lately to make extensions of time
on the completion Of work. City officials
say they will so before the next legislature
and ask for a law allowing the city TO do
It's own paving in such cases.
ProhibitiOnists FIX Convention.
The prohibition state convention will be
held in this city on June q, the day before
the republican state convention at Water
loo.
Candidates spend Money.
The last OF the candidates expense state
ments under the new law reached the off C
of the secretary of state today. Among
them were o. ]. McManus OF Council
Bluffs, candidate for the republican nomi-
nation for state superintendent, who spent
$526; Frank H. Keys OF Council Bluffs,
candidate for the republican nomination as
railroad commissioner. who spent $2,Ol1.2si
Joseph Cockfield of Cedar Rapids, candi-
date for railroad commissioner, sac. 20
James Trewin Of Cedar Rapids. candidate
for congress. $2,4sl.91 II. w. Byers for at
torney general, $3.50; John L. Bieakley foI
state auditor. $24.50; Senator Frank NJ
Hopkins for state auditor. S815.77.
Ketchum Vote Nearly In.
Thus far the vote on but eighty-five Of
the ninety-nine counties of the state OF
railroad commissioner have been received
These show that the vote is very close il
, the three correTed fight, with Ketchum IL
the lead. The vote is;
! ketchum bO,53
Cocktleld s.s''....A a., ~
Keys .4AOo
! There is a bare possibility still that M
/ candidate will get 80 per cent OF the yot,
: in the state and that the nomination viii
] be thrown into the convention. II the tota
, vote on railroad commissioner with tn,
t other fourteen counties reaches 10000, Mr.
Ketchum must get 52.5OO in order to hav,
/ IS per cent OF the total on that office a
required by the primary election law.
ISwa News Notes.
WOODBINE-About forty attended tn
fremen's tournament at Denison, la,
Wednesday. Woodbine firemen took frs
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