Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-14
Iowa News notes.

TABOR-Dolph Boggs, fireman on the
7. & N, fell from his engine Friday and
Injured his hip and ankle and is laid up
for repairs.
ESTHERvILLE-The funeral OF Edward
Kennedy Of Wallingford was held here
yesterday. Deceased's death was caused by
pneumonia, his age being 16 years.
ESTHERVILLE-That some of the EN-
met county farmers are dissatisfied with
farming in Emmett county is proved today.
Five carloads of stock and household goods
left on one train for Cheyenne, Wyo, near
which place these people have taken home
steads and 60 to try dry farming.
LoGAN-A large audience, composed Of
representative business men, greeted the
interurban promoter at the meeting held
will receive the full support of the cit
liens Of Little Sioux. j. M. DAILY expects
to complete his york at Magnolia BY
at once on the Little Sioux.
MARSHALLTOWN-Mrs. Mary De
Mango, the aged State Center woman, who
In her kitchen stove, died this afternoon.
She never regained consciousness. Her son,
Ernst EF1ia ReMange' wh9 was badly burned
injured his mother, will probable recover.
MARSHALLTOWN-The executive COM
mittee of the Liberalen StaatsveFbund, an
organization of Germans OF the state which
was recently perfected at a meeting held
at Cedar Rapids, liz to be held in this city
on March IS. Translated, the German name
Of the club is State Personal Liberty league,
II being an organization which has as its
object the combating Of the anti-saloon
movement.
CRESToN-The canvass for funds for
the new Young Mems Christian association
building will begin in this city Monday
and a ten days campaign will be waged
by three teams who will have charge OF
viii G be 500 g. Is during SrRSs'S the 'T Campaign apai aSf tSs
woman's auxiliary will furnish MONDAY
lunches for the campaigners in the down
town district.
Ia past grand master of the Odd Fellows
lodges Of Iowa, conducted a school of in
struction for Zenobia Rebekah lodge In
this city yesterday. Mrs. Belle Boyd Het-
eel, Avoca. past grand president from Iowa
OF the Rebekah order, Mrs. Stevenson Of
Council Bluffs, a present grand officer, and
members OF the lodges at Kirkman, Avoca,
Hancock. Walnut and other nearby towns,
we're present,
HARLAN-Ed. Olsen, an Audubon county
farmer, had his team W in the East
N~lshnabotna river near here yesterday
afternoon. He came near losing his
life also, but was fortunate enough to
catch hold ana cling to some willows, until
help reached him, which was not for three
hours. The river was out Of its banks,
and Olsen, being unacquainted with the
roads, missed the bridge and drove into
the main channel Of the river.
HARLAN w. w. Wheeler, for over
thirty years a hardware dealer in this city,
has retired on account OF III health and the
business has been sold to L. c. Wheeler
& Co. During Mr.. Wheeler's career he
has had forty-three different competitors,
and In a business way he has outlived them
all. He has been prominently connected
with the fine stock interest OF this state
and was president of the Shelby County
State bank for several years. He win move
to Chicago.
wATERLOo-The funeral Of Joseph
Keenan,, the engineer who was killed near
Des Moines on Wednesday, was held here
at . a, m, today. The funeral was held
from st. Joseph's Catholic church and in
terment was In Calvary cemetery. The
wife Of the dead man arrived last night
from Estherville, Ia, and accompanied the
remains here. A COMMITTEES from the To-
cal lodge OF the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Engineers had charge OF the funeral ar
ransements.
wATERLOO-The action against the
Rock Island Railroad company that was
begun about a week ago by DR. ]. A. Jer-
ger, a practicing physician of Waterloo,
has been dismissed upon the motion OF
the states attorney here. In his informa-
ton against the Rock Island DR.. JerGsr
states that he was on the way to see a
patient and that he could not get to his
destination, owing to the fact that three
OF the streets were completely biockaded
by trains that were held at the crossing
He lost twenty-eight minutes IN this mat
ter, he claims, and when he finally could
pass after the trains had pulled out he
had lost his patient, another doctor hav-
ing been called