Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-26
BIG CROWDS At STATE FAIR
Street Railway Taxed to Capacity to
Handle the Visitors.
DOWNTOWN HOTELS CROWDED
Indiana Officers Must Make a Good
showing or Governor win Not
Grent RequIsitiOn for
Mrs. stein.
From a staff Correspondent)


DIES MONIES. Aug. 25.-(Special)-With
thousands of people pouring into the city
ana with every street car running to the
grounds crowded the indications more than
ever point to a record breaker fair. One
Of the unique features of the Iowa state
fair Is to see the Iowa members Of the
Independent Harvester company Interest,"
ing their friends and neighbors in the
machinery manufactured by a harvester
company Of which they are proud. Many
of them have coine in from over the state
wearing a large badge bearing this, II am
a member of the Independent Harvester
company
The great crowds OF fair week have
swsmped the downtown hotels and II is
almost impossible to get a room. So great
is the crowd in the hotels that a large
number of travelling men who reached the
city Sunday could not get into the big
obstetrics and had to apply to the in
formation bureaus for rooms. Most OF
them are now in private homes. e, r.
Fosmer, formerly of Creston, Ia, came
all the way from Cheno, Cal, TO see the
fair. with the exception Of last year he
has not missed a fair in twenty years.
stein May Have Killed Self.
Mrs. Morris Stein and Mrs. Mary Bayard,
held under srrcst here in connection with
the mysterious killing of Morris Stein and
Miss Hester Porter I'm Loudenville, o., will
not return with the officer from Ohio when
he arrives for them today unless the officer
can convince Governor Cummins that he
las evidence such as would warrant their
trial on a serious charge. 1t was disclosed
today that since Stein left the office Of
the Iowa Automobile company, where he
was employed on August u, there has been
missing from there a S2-calibre revolver.
The defense, in maintaining the theory that
Stein killed Miss Porter and then himself,
say this will be shown to be the same
revolver found at the feet of the two dying
people in Loudenville.
In case the two women are brought to
trial the defense will try to prove that
Stein was insane and killed Hester Porter
and then himself. To substantiate this
theory 1t has been disclosed that the last
two days work of Morris Stein at the
Iowa Automobile company was that of a
crazy man. 1t was further stated that
Stein left the city like a distracted man,
leaving all the windows of his house open
and his watch at home ON the couch. An
=, autopsy was held oRa STEMS body yester-
day and doctors now declare 1t would have
been possible for Stein himself to have
fired the fatal shot. 3
For the first time since the tragedy,
Emery Aaron Porter, brother of the muir
dered woman and constant companion OF
The two accused women. gave out an inter-
view this morning, He declared that He's
ter Porter, the dead woman, was a miser
and saved every penny she got her hand on.
He also denied that his sister, Mrs. Bay
4 ard a - Ipr daY1hfovI Agra Gfain ry.r,
under any financial. obligations to Miss
Porter. He stated that his father died
about twenty years. gupand his estate was
divided, leaving about 500 to each of his
children. This was the basis of Miss Hester
Porter's fortune.
War on Drinking Cups.
Away with the drinking cups and the
tin pail in the public schools" will be the
slogan OF the health department of the
city, backed by Drs. Losh and Morse, city
physicians, when school takes up, the first
week I'm September. The physicians be.
lieve that more disease comes from the
children in the public schools drinking from
the same cup than from any other cause
The health department will inaugurate al
once a move to have the city abolish the
drinking cups and institute in their place
constantly bubbling fountains, such as are
used in the schools in New York City.
Lay Y. w. G. A. Cornerstone.
In the presence of several hundred en-,
thuslastic young women the cornerstone fol
the new Young Women's Christian asso
citation building was laid Sunday. The prin
cipal address was made by Governor Cum
Minis, who voiced his appreciation Of tn,
work the association was doing. Gov
| ernor Cummins said he never realized unit
he took the reins Of office into his hands
5 what pitfalls there are in a city for younl
women. He heartily commended the worl
t of the association.
3 Would Keep Recruiting Station.
1t is probable that prominent bushes
} men of the city will ask Captain Hull t
use his influence in keeping the recruiting
Z station I'm this city. The War department
recently ordered the closing of the loca
e station. II met with the general disap
Q proYal of business men.
Railroad Increases Stock.
e An amendment raising the capital stool
o OF the newly organized st. Paul & De-
e Moines railway to $4,000 was filed thl
A morning in the secretary of states office
D The previous capital stock was Sl,OOO,O 01
The recording fee was $500. The st. Pau
d & Des Moines railway was ormerly tn
n Des Moines, Iowa Falls & Northern.
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