Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-04
IOWA AFTER LOWER RATES
Attorneys in Washington to Argue
Cases Before the Commission.
GERMAN BAPTIST GATHERING
Des MOines Attorneys Reach MichIGan
Too Late 60 Prevent the Extra
ditiOn Of Frank shercIine
TO Colorado.
(From a staff correspondent

DIES MONIES, Ia, June 3.-(special)-
II. c. Wallace Of the Corn Belt Meat
Producers association z. C. wylie, freight
commissioner Of the city OF Des Moines
and N. 7. Guernsey, attorney for the
city, are in Washington to argue two
cases for securing lower rates In freight
for this state. The case of the Corn
Belt Meat Producers association will be
argued tomorrow by Clifford Thorne Of
washington, Ia. The association will
argue that the rates on live stock from
Iowa points to Chicago are higher than
the Iowa rate on live stock. are higher
than the rates from Missouri points to
Kansas City. higher than the Nebraska
rates to Kansas City, higher than the
Nebraska rates to Omaha and higher than
the Michigan rates to Chicago for the
same distances, The other case which
will be handled by Guernsey and Wylie
has TO do with rates on merchandise into
Des Moines.
Gathering of German Baptists.
Five hundred German Baptist Brethren,
the men in hats and ministerial garments
Of black. the women in simple gowns and
sombre pokebonnets, are at the fair
grounds waiting the opening OF the
national conference tomorrow. Every
train arriving in the city is swelling the
numbers of the church men, and when
the first hymn is sung in the big audi
torium between 10000 and $4,000 will be
present.
The first devotional services, those in
celebration Of the founding Of the church
200 years ago, will be held tomorrow
evening in the main pavilion. Elder 1. D.
Parker Of Indiana, will deliver the open
ing address. He will talk on Church
Policy"
shercIi6e Goes to Colorado.
While local attorneys were preparing to
go to Lansing, Mich, to prevent the TAX
ing of Frank Shercliffe, to Leadville,
Colo, to face a trial for murder, the
Colorado officials extradlted the man.
Word has just been received to the effect
a Des Moines attorney who arrived in
Lansing last night for the purpose of
securing Shercliffe's release. was disap-
pointed TO learn that the man had already
been taken back to Colorado. The MUIR
der is said to have been committed In
1901.
Disconnected Police.
Charles Young. arrested and brought be-
fore tho police court today on a charge OF
vagrancy, disconnected the police and court
for a time. Charles had such a feminine
way about him that the court was un-
decided. His VOICE was feminine. He
brushed a stray lock of hair back into its
place and blushed becomingly when he
plead guilty to vagrancy. An investigation
was ordered, but it disclosed that Charles
was not a runaway girl.
Must RepIant Corn.
The weekly government crop bulletin TO-
day says:
From Monday morning to Friday night
the temperature was considerably above
normal, with frequent and general showers
The rainfall was excessive, the total for
the week at many stations exceeding the
monthly normal. Continuous rains pre-
vented any field work being done until
Saturday, and the loss to crops by washing
and floods will be considerable. A great
deal OF corn will have to be replanted and
as a result there Is now nearly as large
an acreage to be planted as there was
two weeks ago. The early planted fields
are becoming very weedy, but the more
favorable conditions which prevailed during
the last two days afforded an opportunity
TO do some ~cultlvating on high and vel
drained land. All small grain, grass. clover
and potatoes have made rank growth, bu1
reports indicate that the condition is good
except on low land, where the grain Is
becoming yellow.