Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-01
Iowa News Notes.

ONAWA-Rev. Leape, pastor OF the
Onawa Christian church delivered the ad;
dress at Oakland, Ia, at the memorial
oNAWA-over seven inches Of rain has
fallen here in May according to observer
Perkins, and it is getting too wet for
oNAwA-The rural carriers of Monona
county met at Castana, Ia, Saturday to
state association. B.. c. Child, state organ
izcr was present and delivered an address.
GLENWOOD-Glenwood's High school
graduated an unusually brilliant class COM
posed Of two young gentlemen and ten
young women at the opera house last
evening. The III. s." glee club under
cal numbers. The grafton Of Paul Gill
land, and the response of Merrill Myers
In accepting the class gift on behalf OF
the school were unusually brilliant efforts.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT c. S. Percival,
aged SO years, wife Of c. S. Percival. the
first chaplain of the Iowa Soldiers Home
pal church, died at Rockford, Ill. Today.
Mrs. Percival was mother-in-law of the
late Byron Webster of this city, a we'll
known Iowa newspaper editor and a for
mer state senator and collector of in
ternal revenues
SIOUX CITY-Rev. S. L. Chandler, dean
spite Dr. W. S. Lewis election TO a
~btshopric in the Methodist Episcopal
church he will remain as the head of
in order that he may complete the work
of raising the endowment fund before
gong 70 a new field. DIT. Lewis was as
missionary field in China with a resi-
dence at Foo Chow,
ONANA-The democrats Of Monona
county have decided TO file in the names
Of the candidates at the primary Tuesday,
June ?, and the central COMMITTEES has
made the following nominations: county
J. NJ. Elliott; superintendent of schools,
g; w, Mason coroner. Dr.. Minthrow,
made will complete the ticket. VIM. NJ.
Rowles OF Belvidere is the democratic
candidate for representative. He was form
erly an Omaha contractor.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES for aggre-
gate damages of Sll,999 were filed in the
district court OF Blackhaw county today
by local attorneys for Willard Stalnaker,
who is suing the Illinois Central and the
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern raj
roads for the death Of his son, Ray
employed as a motorman for THE Water
loo line and he was killed in a collision
with an Iowa, Central passenger train last
fall, Both the defendant companies are
charged with gross negligence in the man
ner and method Of the operation Of their
train and electric car.
MARSHALLTOWN-In Linn precinct
No. 2. which includes the Soldiers Home
H. was thought for a time that the letter
CT the statewide primary law could not
be carried out, because a democrat TO act
as clerk on the precinct election board
could not be found. The home was
searched for a democrat high and low
the qualification being that he must be
able TO read and write. Finally, after
much search Frank stoddard. who filled
the qualifications. was found AS far as
Is known Stoddard Is the only democrat
at the home who is able 10 read and
write. More than nine-tenths OF the mem
hers are republicans.
MARSHALLTOWN-TheN sixth importa-
ton OF strike breakers. numbering sixty
five, reached the city yesterday and were
where the employees are out on strike,
which IL now in It's sixth week. Alto
getheT the ompan has imported more
than 500 men. II now has about $50 on
its payrolls In the local shops. Many OF
the strike breakers have been discharged
after being employed for a few days be-
cause OF incompetency. Since the dis
orders that marked the early weeks OF
the strike nave ceased there have been
ers and strike breakers