Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-14
Iowa
INDICATIONS OF MURDER
Farmer Tells Police of Struggle and
Suspicious Actions.
IDENTITY OF VICTIM MYSTERY
Milwaukee Road Reduces Freight
Rates from Des MoInes 10 Min
nesota and south Dakota
Points.
From a Sad Correspondent.)

DIES MONIES, Aug. 13.-(special)-A D.
Shupe, a farmer living a mile south OF the
state fair grounds, today told the police
that he believed a murder had been COM
mitted within a stones throw Of his house.
He heard a woman's cries for help, quickly
followed by two thuds and silence. Then a
man ia a buggy drove quickly TO the river
bank ard back again and took a woman
into the buggy with him and drove rapidly
toward town.
Shupe next day found a broken woman's
side comb and q bent brooch with other
evidences of a struggle. The police are
investigating, but have only the comb and
brooch as clues.
Freight Rates Reduced.
The Milwaukee railroad has announced q
reduction Of freight rates to Minnesota and
the Dakotas from Des Moines, amounting
In some instances to p cents on the io
pounds. The Des Moines Commercial clut
claims the reductions are still short of re-
moving all the determinations complained
Of before the Interstate Commerce commits
sion.
Statement by Larson.
Secretary c. w. Larson of the State
Pharmacy commission today gave out q
statement concerning his controversy with
the board arising over his resignation as
secretary. In 1t he claims that two mem.
bers of the commission have assured him
they did not sign the statement published
as purporting to come from the board
He denies the accusation made in that
statement that he had violated the phar'
macy laws and claims that he was 'sus.
talned by the authority to which the IN.
depreciation of the laws of the state are
referred" which is understood to NEAR
the attorney general. He claims that the
receipts Of the office since he has beer
secretary are 81, 262 more than for the cor
responding period of last year.
moker to EibOeck.
Colonel Joseph Eiboeck, editor of the
Iowa Stats Anzeiger, published In thii
city, will be given a smoker in the Del
Moines Press club rooms tomorrow nigh
in honor of his fiftieth year in the news.
paper business. His first newspaper wal
started in Clayton county, Iowa, fifty year!
ago tomorrow. 1t was an English paper
The smoker is to be given by the Pres.
club.
Corn Growers September Two.
The Iowa Corn Growers association viii
meet at the lowe State Fair grounds Sep.
TENDER 2, in the college exhibits building
which was formerly used as the women
rest building. There Will be a meeting Of
the Farmers Short Course association IL
the afternoon.
Cancels Western Dates.
Senator A. b. Cummins has Cancelled hi,
date to make a speech before the Irrigation
congress At Spokane because of the late
ness of congress in adjourning. which mad,
1t impossible for him to be there, and h,
also cancelled his date to speak at Seat
tie at the exposition.
WapeIIO saloon Case.
The brief and argument of the appellan
in the case OF the Ottumwa saloons reached
the supreme court today. There are thre,
cases of appeal, all involving the same is
sue, with different saloons named as de
PENDANTS. The question turns upon thu
meaning of the word voter" The temper
anoe people claimed to rave a sufflcien
number OF signeps to their protests to knocl
the saloons out in Ottumwa. The cour
denied the temporary writ of Injunction OF
the grounds that 10 OF the signers haC
not voted at the last general election, anC
that they therefore had no right to slgi
the protest. The temperance people elaine
these ITO would have given them a majorit!
and that they were legal qualified voters
even II they had not voted at the last gen
eral election.