Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-08

IOWA CITY-George Lennardis of Iowa
City today started suit against the Rock
LS o ra al io Gla tgy0 bs ee9nan 9 in
terpreter flung him from a handcar.
IOWA CITY-The Perkins scholarship
to Harvard university, open to any stu
Yves awarded today to Floyd Thomas OF
Iowa City Ia, senior in the state Uni
versity of Iowa.
WEST LIBERTY-A man whose name
Island tracks just north Of Columbus juno
ton, south Of here, last night. Friends or
relatives cannot be located.
IOWA CITY-Major William Jepson,
head Of the F1fty-siXth regiment, Iowa Ma
tional guard hospital corps, has refused
sion Of the recent Mexican unpleasantness,
owing to duties at the hospital Of tint State
University of Iowa.
IDA GROVE-The opera house here is
TO be enlarged to double its present size
and the stage so improved that II will be
able to handle the scenery for the larger
cured for a lay-over here on the route
from Des Moines TO Sioux City.
COLFAX-The Iowa state declamatory
contest will be held In tbs city next FRAY Tray
educators OF the state will be in attend
ance and forty eight high schools will be
represented by speakers In the contest for
the state gold medal in oratory.
MARSHALLTOWN-Th following dele
gates to the state camp of the Modern
WOodmen OF America were elected today
order, which was held here: L. o. Cross,
Marshalltown: w. II. BOllenbRcher, Mel
bourne, and A. A. Richards, lie Grand.
NEWTON-The new 500. 900 Jasper county
court house was formally dedicated with
appropriate ceremonies Thursday. Judge
Horace e. Deemer of the supreme court
delivered the principal address. The new
building is artistic in architecture and the
equal OF any county court house in the
state.
FORT DODGE-Rev. o. S. Bryan of
Fonda, only active surviving charter mem
Der OF the Northwest Iowa conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church, has re-
signed his charge because Of i'll health. He
will be succeeded by j. o. Crawford, a stu
dent from the Garrett Biblical institute Of
Chicago.
FORT DODGE-Mrs. Bridget Miller, wife
of NJ. L. Miller, promoter OF the once pro-
posed Fort Dodge g. Spirit Lake interurban
and the Des Moines & Sioux City interur-
ban, is suing for separate maintenance in
the Webster county courts. She alleges
cruel and inhumRn treatment, nonsupport
and desertion. Mr.. Miller is now in Ala
bama.
IOWA CITY-"Black Ham" letters of q
murderous type were received today by
Frank MOrgania, a Greek, assistant fore
man on the Iowa CityLCedar Rapids In
terurban railway. They threatened death
to him II he continued work in his pres
ent capacity later than Sunday Of this
week. Eight men were arrested today, but
later released.
FORT DODGE-DOmestic science will be
introduced into the Fort Dodge public
schools next autumn, according to the de-
cison of the new school board at its in
itial meeting this week. The new board,
with c. r. DuncOmbe as president, also
will make It chief aim to make the high
school a poor boys college introducing
practical courses Including stenography,
bookkeeping and typewriting
COLFAX-William Bauer a ColfaX young
man, who had been arrested for embezZle-
mont OF funds while secretary OF a local
miners union at ZeiEler, H.. and made
his escape from Jail at Benton, was re-
captured here Wednesday evening and
taken back to Illinois. The amount of
money appropriated is said TO be nearly
s.. 600. The young man is "a years old.
FORT DODGE-David Rhinehart, q