Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-10
Iowa
HARLAN WILL Be CURATOR
Historical Board Will Select Him as
Successor to Aldrich.
HOT CONTEST FOR ASSISTANT
Attorney General Byers Holds Memo
rial Day il Not = legal Holt
dap and that saloons Need
Not close.
prom q Staff Correspondentl

CFrom 4 staff Correspondent
DIES MONIES. May AT this time
II is. quite generally conceded that
Mr.. Harlan. who has been nominal curator
Of the historical department since the
death OF Charles Aidrich would be selected
curator by the historical board, which Is
composed Of tho members OF the supreme
court. the governor and the supsrinten-
dent Of public instruction. The most in
teresting contest is for the assistants
place. -Four women were candidates. Alice
Steele, who has been employed in the de
partment for some years, was the leading
candidate. Others were Mrs. John Drake,
Miss Laura Reid and Miss winterrand.
Saloons Open Monday.
While not handing in an official opin-
ion on the subject, Attorney General By
ers in a letter written to City So
licitor Joseph r. Frailey Of Fl. Madison,
says that May 81, although it may be OBJ
served as Memorial day, is not a legal
holiday as designated by the statute and
therefore saloons cannot be compelled TO
remain closed on that day. The attorney
general suggests that II the saloons con-
suit their own best interests, however,
there will be nothing doing in the al
coholic beverage line on May 81.
This view OF the attorney general will
not only affect the Monday after Mem
orial day, but likewise the Monday fol-
lowing July 4, which also falls on Sun
day. Interest in the question has been
intense in all sections of the state.
Reinstate Police MntrOn.
BY mandatory injunction of the district
court, Mrs. Babcock, police matron of Des
Moines, who was recently fired by Coun-
Gilman Hamery, is reinstated. 1t being held
by the court that she was discharged with
out sufficient cause. Mrs. Babcock says
she will take her old place and remain as
matron until they make it so disagreeable
for her she can no longer stand it.
Building Contract.
The trustees of the Ames Agricultural
college have let the contract for building
the new s25, 900 ceramics building at Ames
to a Waterloo construction firm. The new
building is to be given over to the study of
earth and clay works.
aybra Further Identified.
r. H. BOYER of Sioux City, who is a
prominent business man, visited the county
Jail here Saturday and identified j. c.
Maybray as a customer OF his tailor estah-
lishment in Kansas City during the month
Of June, 1908, when ]. ]. Mccain, the ST
Louis horseman, disappeared and Is sup
posed to have been murdered by Lord"
, Frederick harrington. Boyer remembered
his old customer, he said, because his
clothes were about the same proportions as
his own. He did not know Maybray's busi-
ness at the time he was in Kansas City.
Alleged BiRnmist.
Charged with wife desertion, Erie b.
Dodge. "A well-known civil engineer and
contractor Of Des Moines, was arrested at
Kirksville, Tex, Saturday, following his
indictment by the grand jury, and the
sheriff of Polk county has gone after him.
Dodge did the concrete work on the Polk
county court house, the new federal build
ing and the Locust street bridge. News
of his marital troubles is a complete sur
prise. His wife not only charges that he
deserted her, but alleges he has married
another woman, Florence Henderson of
Savannah, I'll.