Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09

OF this place, was fined 500 and costs in
the federal court at Cedar Rapids Wednes-
DAY morning for selling liquor to an In
dian.
DIKE-while gathering the family wash
ing from the line In her door yard late
yesterday, Anna Eyers, aged II years. was
The bolt struck the house and travelled
along the wire to the girl.
CRESTON-Officers have announced that
the old Fifty-first Iowa regiment, which
went to the Philippines and had planned to
hold a reunion at Red Oak OF the surtiV-
ors this year, will not be held.
BODE-Nicholas Oringer. aged 60 years,
was killed Wednesday near here by either
falling or being thrown from his wagon, in
which he was driving to town. The horses
ran a short distance and were stopped at
a nearby farm. When Oringer's body was
found he was dead.
HARLAN While Peter Swanson. a
farmer here, was burning stalks yesterday
a burning shuck blew onto a load Of hay
near a barn, setting the hay afire and,
with a high wind raging, several of his
farm buildings were destroyed.
HARLAN-Al Corey, a blacksmith Of De
fiance. was seriously injured yesterday
when a belt running an emery wheel in his
shop caught in the glove he was wearing
on his right hand. breaking his wrist In
two places and decorating the flesh Of his
arm.
GRUMPY CENTER - Charles, aged s
years. the son of Mr.. and Mrs. L. Aswez
gan Of Stout, was struck and killed by
lightning late yesterday during a thunder
storm. During the same storm the home
of Charles I. Keiter and the office Of G. l..
Keiter, lumber merchant, were struck. Fire
damaged both places.
HARLAN-Jesse F. Carlson, son of Soren
Carlson, a prominent Lincoln township
farmer. and Miss Hazel Dell Custer, daugh-
ter Of Bent Custer OF Fairview township,
were married at noon yesterday at the
Custer home in Fairview township, Rev.
+. V. Mccormick Of the Christian church
officiating at the
GARNER-John Reibe. aged "A years. was
accidentally shot and instantly killed by
his companion, Henry Schlighting, at the
formers home early Wednesday night. The
Reibe lad was wheeling a wheelbarTow into
the barn while Schlighting was following
him, carrying the loaded rifle. The latter
stumbled and fell and the gun went off,
the bullet entering Rebels head.
ROCKWELL. II. Brown. president Of
the Farmers State Grain Dealers asso-
citation, died at his home here Wednesday
night. Mr.. Brown was one Of the very
! farmers movements which have become so
widespread. He was recently urged to be-
come a candidate for railroad commissioner
but had declined.
CRESTON-The latest change in officials
Of the Burlington is the transfer Of w. f.
Giles, trainmaster at Chicago, to the same
position at the Beardstown, ILL.,, yards, to
succeed w. II, Chlttenden, who is made as
sistant superintendent at Aurora. The
trainmaster's place in Chicago will be filled
by II. b.. Ruggles, chief yardmaster of that
place.
HARLAN-After a serious illness OF a
few days judi Mcknight passed away
Friday afternoon at the Methodist hospital
in Omaha, whore he had undergone an
} operation for appendicitis the day before.
Z He was a prominent young man and was
postmaster at Defiance, Ia, until his health
became poor, and he resigned, moving then
to a farm near Defiance. He was q
years old.
CRESTON-Oskaloosa dairy men and the
city council are engaged in a tuberculosis
war, the dairymen refusing to nave the
cattle tested and threatening to discontinue
the milk supply If forced to test. DR.. Gull
. ford H. anne secretary OF the state
Board Of Health, has been called upon by
: the council to defend their action, and the
women's clubs are taking up the question
also.
HARLAN-The 3-year-old laughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Graves of Center town
ship was seriously burned yesterday aft
r ernoon by falling into a bonfire which
= Mrs. Graves had started with leaves and
rubbish in the farm yard and left for a
5 child was severely burned about the
/, head, hands and breast and the chances
for recovery are very light.
Observation-Disclosures railroad switch
men are to receive 3 cents an hour advance
/ in wages all along the line, the same as the
men in Chicago and the eastern terminal
Of the road, through the efforts of F. L..
Barnes OF this city, chairman Of the griev-
{ ance committee Of the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen of that system. This agree
| nelL WAS IGdCllGu ia SllCdBO yesterday AT
a conference with the operating officials.
The switchmen OF the entire system will
also be governed by the same rules as the
Chicago employees.
CRESTONICaptain j. C. Poston of VIII
lisca, one of the best known officers of
the National Guard, head of Company B,
Ffty-fifth regiment, will have to stand
trial on a charge o. embezziement from
his company's payroll, using his armory
J rentals for improper purposes and generally
mismanaging the company,s financial af-
fairs. 1t Is rumored that the military au-
thorities are suspicious Of several company
commanders, but Poston is the first one to
} be prosecuted.
HARLAN-The prohibition county con-
~vention was called to order at the court
house yesterday afternoon by C. Durant
Jones. state chairman. j. c. Carter, Irwin,
w wars elected sSS Re Sou Z, %SR od9F@Iok for Of t tT9
city was chosen secretary. Delegates to
the state convention to be held in Des
J. G. carter, William Constable, James
Wittrup, Irwin; w. II. Wllfong, Botna;
Rev. A. w. Harmed, Shelby. A county
ticket will be put in the field.
HARLAN-The second of a series of
burglaries along the Great Western rail-
road came yesterday morning about 1 a.
! m, when two robbers broke into the
Branson store at Irwin, la. Obtaining a
scoop shovel at the Great Western depot
they broke in the windows In the front
of the store and carried away rings,
watches and valuable jewelry valued at
/, $500. The postoffice, which Is located in
the same building, was not bothered. The
two men were seen going west about 2
o'clock in the morning towards the rail
road yards, where officers found they
had discarded the jewelry trays, and are
, supposed to have Jumped on a passenger
train going west, The town has no night
/, Waterman.
Observation-Disclosures new mayor.
w. c. Cross, the first mayor elected under
, the commission plan, has thrown a bonn
; into the camp Of the reform element and
churches by outlining the policy Of the new
administration. telling them that the ad.
, ministration was no kindergarten and
, would not be expected to look after the NOR
{ ais Of the youth of the city; II the churches
did not like the way the cheap theater and
picture shows were taking their audiences
away they should furnish counter attrac-
I tons; that there we're recognized necessary
evils, which, II not sanctioned, should be-
, approved, and that there would be no inter.
ference with Sunday base ball nor theaters
3 in the city. The address has aroused tbs
4 reform element,
CRESTON-Proceedings in the fedora
. court came to a close Tuesday evening al
, this place. Six true bills were returned bN
the grand jury and all were disposed of
: John Hodges, indicted on a charge of boot
S leggiug, pleaded guilty and was given q
2 fine OF 500 and costs and sixty DAYS In
which to pay the fine. The cases of Jane,
and May Mullen, James Miller and Bucl
Graves, indicted for bootlegging. were car
, ried over to the next term. Raymond Har
risOn's offense of imp~ersonating an office
was also continued. The charge agains
Barl Ryder for sending defamatory post