Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-27
Iowa
GATHERING OF POSTAL MEN
Resolutions Likely to Favor Postal
Banks and Parcels Post.
HAS EARMARKs OF swNDLE
state ~nterested In Settlement OF
Estate ON of Inher-
itanoe rax-Mrs. Reynolds
Bound over.
From a staff Correspondents

From a staff Correspondent.)
DIES MONIES. Aug. @.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-Postmasters OF the third and
fourth classes Assembled In Des Moines
today for their annual convention. They
probably will pass resolutions favoring the
parcels post, postal savings banks and
bonding Of postal employees by the govern
ment. Nothing was done today aside from
the address OF the president. The resolu-
tions, which have been drawn. will be
adopted tomorrow. Senator Cummins and
Congressman Hull will attend.
Looks Like Fraud.
Though It is omitted at the state treas
urer's office tina what looks like fraud in
the settling Of an estate mas been I'M
covered. the names OF the persons and the
location will not be disclosed. 1t is learned
that in a town I'm northern Iowa a Swedish
man died, leaving but two sisters, one in
his home town and the other in Sweden.
It is asserted at the funeral the mayor of
the town induced the resident sister to
sign a paper which asked his appointment
as administrator The farm was appraised
at $50 an acre and sold at S5A. The man
who bought II sold it a few days later for
twice that amount, which is the element
of fraud. The state treasurer will institute
an Investigation to ascertain IL the state
has not been cheated out Of its inheritance
tax and the Cosson law may be invoked
to have the mayor removed.
Grief Induces Suicide.
Joseph Stuckes, $3.50 East Fifth street,
attempted suicide. today at the Mcbride
undertaking parlors because of his grief
over the death Of his little son, Joe, aged
6, his only child. Bystanders prevented
him.
Mrs. Reynolds Bound over.
Mrs. Nellie Reynolds, an ex-actress,
charged with stealing many hundred dol
lars worth Of diamonds in Des Moines,
Omaha and other cities, was bound over
to the Polk county grand jury In Justics
Roe's court today.
No Relief fin Train Service.
No relief is in sight for the people of
Indianola and towns south OF that on the
Burlington thus far from the ''mis-con-
nectlons' with the Rock Island at Indian
ola. The Des Molnes Commercial club
took the matter up with the railroad COM
mission, and II gottP. S. Bustis of the
Burlington into correspondence with John
Sebastian of the Rock Island In an effort
to get train schedules so ARRANGED that
people in the southern part Of the state
on the Burlington could get to and from
Des Moines through Indlanola over fhe
Rock Island. letter which Mr.. Eustis
wrote to Mr.. Sebastian wal forwarded to
the railroad commission today and in 1t
he says 1t will be impossible for the Bur-
lington to change its schedule out of In
dianola without missing connection with
the main line with No. 8 westbound and
No. 17s eastbound. The only relief must
be in the RooknI Island going back to Its
old schedule onssthe branch to I~ndianola.
Engineering shop.
The contract for the erection of the en-
cheering shop at the State university
will be let to c. w. Ennis Of Toledo, Ia.
Five bids were opened. TIL Toledo mar
was lowest with a bid Of SIS, 1888.
Divides the state.
The Iowa Corn Growers association has
divided the state into districts for the
purpose OF the corn exposition to be held
In this city In the coliseum in November.
The state is divided into four sections, the
two northern tiers OF counties being the
northern section, the next two tiers the
central, and the fifth and sixth tiers the
south central and the three southern tiers
the southern section. Each section Is d.
vided into three districts making twelve
INistricts in the state. Prizes will be
awarded for the best corn grown in a dis
trIct and finally for the sweepstakes
prizes Of the state.
In the northern section the counties west
Of Kossuth comprise district No. l, those
east of Mitchell and Floyd district No. 3
and those in between district No. 2. In the
third and fourth tiers of counties all west
Of Humboldt and Webster are district No.
l. all east of Butler and Grundy. No. 6,
and those in between, No. 5. In the fifth
and sixth tiers those counties west of
Green and Dallas are district No. Z, those
east of Tara and Poweshiek, including
Muscatine and Scott are No. 8 and those
in between are No. 8, In the southern
three tiers all west OF Madison, Ringgold
and Union are. district No. 10, all east of
Mahaska, Monroe and Appanoose are No.
12 and those between are No. II.
A $500 silver cup Is to be given for the
best bushel of eighty ears and a 800
driving wagon is to be given for the best
five yellow ears.