Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-06
IOWANS MAKE FLYING VISIT
Senators Dolliver and Cummins "a
Open Campaign.
BIG MEETING FOR DIES MONIES
Two Politicians VIII Make Marry
Up visit Probably Next Tuesday
20 Put Life In LnERinE
work.
tFrom a stair correspondentl

DIES MONIES. May 5--(Special Tele-
gram --Informaton was received here this
evening that Messrs Cummins and Dolliver
will return Immediately to Iowa to take
part in the political campaign for one OF
two days only next week. They are dated
TO have one big rally in Des Moines, prob
ably Tuesday evening This will formally
open the state campaign, which has been
tagging because Of the inability OF the sena-
tors to get away from their work in con-
gress.
New InteruFban Line.
committee of Des Moines business men
has been appointed to confer regarding
the advisabity of a campaign to sell stock
for the proposed .interurban line between
Red Oak and Des Moines. Preliminary work
on this interurban project is complete and
the rlght-of-way has been secured. If it is
built it will mean line 100 miles long to
Red Oak via Greenfield.
Two Men Captured.
Steve Mohan of Des Moines and Dave
Cunningham of Colfax were arrested to-
day at Unionville. eighteen miles south OF
Abba, by Sheriff Grffing. The two men,
II is alleged, had stolen a team, buggy and
harness at Given last night and were cap
tured at the point of a gun after chase
across the eighteen ullleS VI CouhhS'
JunkIns Case in Court.
The case of John Junkins' of Ottumwa
was reached in the Iowa supreme court
today. Junkins is under sentence to be
hanged in July next for the murder Of
Clara Rosen more than year ago. 1t
was an atrocous crime solely to secure
kscm jewel9y on her person. He con-
fessed the whole thing. Judge J. c. Nit
chel appeared to plead for him on the
ground that he is congenital degenerate
and wholly irresponsible, therefore should
not be hanged 1t is regarded as not at
all probable the court will interfere with
the sentence passed upon the negro,
Taxes ON Plaster Trust stock
In a case from Blackhawk county, that
of Morrill, against Bentley, the supreme
court held today that the stock OF the
L. S. Gypsum company, held by twenty
five residents of Waterloo, was assessabie
in Iowa though admitting that in sense
it would be in the nature of double tax
alton. The owners of the stock had not
returned the same for taxation, but the
tax ferre.s made the assessment
Supreme Court Decisions.
George p. Johnson, appellant against
Story county, Story county, affirmed
j. A. Tucker, appellant. against w. O.
Stewart ct al. Dubuque county, reversed,
Charles Morrill, ct al against r. r.
reversed.
Fairfield TO Have ArmOry.
There was filed with the secretary of
state today the articles Of Incorporation
of the Fairfield Armory company with
500. 600 capital; also the Washta State bank,
s2j COO: the Bancroft Farmers Elevator COM
pany, $4,000 and the Farmers Implement
company, Sac City, $4,000
OptOmetry Board Mt work.
The State Board of Optometry is engaged
this week in making examination of fifteen
applicants for certificates under the OPP
tometry law as to their ability to fit
glasses, etc The law has been in force
little over year and but a small pro-
portion of the opticians of the state have
been examined
state Medical school Safe.
president MacLean of the state university
has issued a statement to the press in re-
gard to the status of the State Medical
school at Iowa City, in which he states that
the medical school is a fixed part of the
institution and not in the slightest danger
of being abandoned or transferred. So much
discussion has been aroused over the effort
to save the medical department of Drake
university that an impression has been
created that the state was to abandon it's
school.
Protest Against InsinuatiOns.
The State Bar association appointed a
committee which today waited on the own
ers of one of the daily papers to protest
against publication of article relating
to the sudden death of the late ]. X. Ma
comber, in which there seemed TO be an
| insnuation that his death was not from
natural causes. 1t develops that there was
| In fact nothing mysterious about his death,
May Be n strike.
Local members of the freight handlers
union met last night at the Trades and
Labor assembly HAN and voted whether or
not to strike The result of the vote is
| not known. 1t was telegraphed TO Chicago
| where the votes are being counted. If the
majority rules there will be a general
| alkCut