Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08
Iowa

CITY is minus a purse whose contents were
worth more than sl$l, Presumahly the re
was absent from her home a few minutes
YESTERDAY. The supposed guilty party was
tracked 10 the railroad yards, hut the trail
was host there and there seems 10 h no
other clue whatever.
FONTANELLE-The large and beRuti-
ful home Of Wendell Ma1heE OF F~untanelle
was burned Wednesday noon. The house
WIS very large and partly constructed OF
hardwood. 30 was some time In burning
Most OF the contents OF the lower rooms
were saved and some from the upper
rooms. No insurance was carried on elther
the house or the furniture
TAMA-with mis- hands hound with iron
shackles and with chains upon his legs, Roy
HuIl. who IL serving a life sentence in the
AnRmOsR refOrmRtory for the murder OF
Daniel Leary 6 little more than 8 yenr
ego, spent three hours IL the city yeBter-
day afternoon attending the funeral Of his
father, George Hull. The elder Hull was
killed by a Nurthwester train in the local
yards Tuesday
CREsTON-At a recent meeting Of the
=. X. o. society q new set o. officers were
elected. as follows MRS. Clara lexis. presi-
dent. Miss Mae johnson. vice president
Miss MyTa Wilson. recording secratRry
Mrs. Hal Chlds, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. L z. EdEeton, treasurer, and Miss
Mallory. chaplain. Delegates u the state
convention are Mrs. Clara lexis and Mist
Mary COyle.
CRESTGN-The recount OF the congress
i EtDnHI vote OF ADAMS COUNTY Af hIlDLlNeT
Hepburn disappointment, ar but three votes
uf those contested are conceded by Ttnley.
JRmieson's attorney. There were ffty-
three disputed votes In the county and OF
these. Hepburn's attorney claims thirty
four belonged 10 him., bur JRmieson'E law
Yer win concede but the three. Jameson
majority in the county is 1SA
DUBCQCE-For an hour ana a half the
entire system OF the Dubuuue Telephone
company was tied I'D by a strike Of the
hello" girls, WHO went out because Of
their dislike for one Of the girls who re
fused 10 obey the orders OF The chief OPP
orator. This young woman resigned be
cause the O-bstreperuus miss refused tr
comply with her REQUESTS. The strike was
speedily settled by the company diEcharE-
ing the disliked one.
FORT DODGE-The Woodman circle 81
the Woodmen Of the World will hold its
state convention In Port Dodge on Marcel
2 10 and Il. Fifty delegates from various
chapters Of this wunEn's auxiliary viii bt
In attendance and Willow Grove camp, the
Fort Dodge che pter. will entertain one
evening at an elaborate banquet. An in
teresting program il planned. but not conn
plste as vet Supreme officers OF the lOdgs
from Omaha will attend
FORT DODGE-Officsrs o. the Stats
High School Debating league have decided
that team " the ohampiO school. For
Dodge, shall meet Cedar Pals, instead o.
the three girls from Tabor who won tn,
championship OF the southwest Iowa Ctty
will meet Tabor on March S, when For
Dodge meets Cedar PeIs at the LATTER
place. Cedar Falls has been winning witt
the affirmative and viii retain that SIDE
allowing Fort Dodge 10 continue with TIT
negative. which II debated In the last CON
test. The state championship VIII lie be
tween the TWO teams winning March 8.
FORT DODGE-Dr. J. W. KIM. stat
Tuberculosis lecturer and strenuous cttl
councilman. has announced himself
candidate for mayor Al the coming eiec
ton. He has KEEP; things stirred up in tn
city during the present democratic admins
trariun and now announces thai ne WI
appeal 10 common sense N conducting
The camuai-n and VIII give no cigars, bee
or money, and promise no offices 10 any
one" He plans, II elected. 10 appoint
committee OF successful business men Il
act as his advisors during the ADMINISTERS
ZION, but reserves the right 10 uss his Owl
Judgment IN choosing Whist Of their Sdvic
70 follow.