Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-14
WILL MOVE TO DES MONIES
Iowa Central Railroad Company Decides to
Shift Ib Headquarters.
PRESENT LOCATION IN MARsHALlTowk
Business of the Company II TO he
Centralized by Transferring IT
to the state Capital at
an Early Date.

Business OF the company IL TO he
Centralized by Transferring 1t
to the state Capital at
an Early Date.
DES MONIES, Ia, Dec. 13.-(Special
Telegram.)-The headquarters OF the Iowa
Central Railroad company, now located at
Marshalltown, are soon to be moved to Des
Moines. Once room for the general ofices
has been secured in the new union depot.
General Manager Martin and the general
freight and general passenger agents will
have their Offices in the building. The
change will result in the bringing OF many
families to the city Of Des Molnes. as there
are over 100 heads Of departments, assis-
tsnts and clerks in the offices at Marshall
town. 1t il the second largest road in Iowa
operating from headquarters within the
state, the largest being the Burlington,
Cedar Rapids Northern, with headquar-
ters at Cedar Rapids. The entire system Of
the road will be operated from Des Moines
1t extends from Peoria, ILL.,, to Oskaloosa and
thence to Mason City, Centerville and Des
Moines, with branches to Montezuma, Story
City, Belmond and other points. There will
remain at Marshalltown only the officials o!
the mechanical department and the machine
shops.
Osborn Deignan, the hero Of the Merri-
mac, will be here Thursday night to attend
a reception In his honor to be given by Des
Moines lodge, No. 98, Of the Order Of Elks
Deignan will arrive from stuart by the S
p. m. train and 60 to one Of the hotels and
at 1880 a reception is to be given In the
Elks' lodge room at Seventh and Locust
streets. This will be for the Elks and their
wives and invited guests. Deignan will in
a few days leave for the east to resume his
duties as boatswain and many friends say
they will see that he gains admfttAnce to
the naval academy at Annapolis.
The State Board Of Control and the heads
Of the state institutions Of Iowa opened
two days conference. The meeting has
been called by the Board Of Control to pro-
mote Acquaintance among the heads Of the
various institutions that the methods Of
conducting the business Of the state in these
departments may be freely discussed by all.
The program Of papers had not been COM
pleted, but number Of superintendents will
read papers on subjects Of interest to the
institutions, followed by informal discus
sions. Tonight the board entertained the
representatives Of the institutions by an 8
| o'clock dinner at the Savery house.
HOrticultuPists Meet.
| The Iowa State Horticultural society
opened its thirty third annual meeting at
the state house today, with President
Charles F. Gardner Of Usage presiding. A
large number Of delegates arrived yester-
day, so that the convention opened with a
good attendance. This mornings session
was given over to the reports Of directors
of the society from the twelve horticultural
districts OF the state. These reports make
only fair showing Of the fruit crops in the
different parts Of the state this year. The
only exceptions to this are the Ninth and
Twelfth districts, where the apple crop was
unusually good. From the former apples
were shipped to south Dakota, Illinois, Min
nesota and Northwest Iowa. In the Twelfth
district more fruit was grown In 1898 than
in any one previous year. In some parts
Of the district the apple crop was so large
and the knowledge Of how to keep 1t 50
meager that carloads were sold for 26 cents
per bushel. Committees were appointed at
the forenoon session and in the afternoon
the address of the president, together with
| the reports Of the secretary and treasurer
were made. Secretary Van Houtsn. In his
report. recommends making the society q
bureau of information and states that he
contemplates adding a card topic index to
the society publications to make them more
accessible for information. Both recon-
mendations are likely 70 be endorsed. Most
of the afternoon and evening was devoted
to the reading OF papers by prominent horti-
culturists from all over the state.
Troop A Of Dss Moines. the first company
Of cavalry to be raised as part Of the Iowa
National Guard, was commissioned today.
The State Anti-Saloon league today Sc
cured the services Of the famous temperance
lecturer, Francis Murphy Of international
fame for . series of meetings to be held in
Dss Moines end other prominent Iowa cities
this winter. Meetings will be held here for
tive weeks, commencing Sunday, and q big
crusade against the saloons will be inaugu-
rated. An attempt will be made to close q
number Of saloons here suspected Of VIC.
hting the mulct law.
Oakland school In North Des Moines wai
ordered closed today by the local Board oi
Health because of the prevalence Of diph-
iberia in that suburb. The disease is quite
prevalent here now, but seems to be well
in hand and the health officers have no feai
Of an epidemic.