Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-21
In BEHALF OF SHOP GIRLS
Humane Society Takes the Matter Up Into
the Courts.
PROPOSES TO HAVE THE LAW ENFORCED
smallpox Breaks out i'm Paris Town
ship, Howard County, and the
People Are Frightened-Crop
Conditions Poor.

DES MONIES, June 2O.-(special Tele-
gram.)- first action brought in this city
under the new code section requiring seats
for shop girls commenced by the Humane
society in Justice Aylesworth's court today.
J. B. Ackerman, manager of a 10-cent store,
is the defendant, and is charged by the So
ciety with neglecting to provide suitable
seats for the use of female employees in his
retail store. The section makes this an
offense against public health and reads as
follows:
"All employers Of females in any mercan-
tile or manufacturing business or occupa-
tion shall provide and maintain suitable
seats when practicable for the use of such
female employees at or beside the counter
or workbench where employed, and permit
the use thereof by such employees to such
extent as the work engaged in may reason
ably admit Of. Any neglect or refusal to
comply with the provisions of this section
by any employer shall be punishable by
fine not exceeding $10.'
1t is claimed by the officers OF the Humane
society that the health of the girls Is greatly
endangered and that their lives are made
miserable by being compelled to stand upon
their feet during the entire day, and that II
convenient seats were provided they woufd
be allowed occasionally to get little rest,
which would be a great rellei.
DR.. Kennedy of the State Board of Health
received q telegram this morning stating
that three cases of smallpox had been dis
covered in Paris township, Howard county.
The source of exposure comus from Cresco,
the county seat of Howard. A number OF
cases were reported from Cresco sometime
ago, The usual careful precautions were
taken. Everybody was vaccinated, the
schools were closed and a strict quarantine
enforced and 1t was thought the spread of
the disease had been entirely cut off. DR..
Schraeder, one Of the members of the State
Board of Health, was called to Cresco at
the time and assisted in handling the cases.
The patients have all recovered, but the dis
ease has spread into the country districts
and has claimed three victims in Paris
township The farmers Of the adjoining
townships are wild with fright, but Dr. Ken
nedy says the cases have been reported as
in a mild form and that every precaution
will be taken to prevent the spreading OF
the disease. The population of the entire
township will be vaccinated. All travel will
be stopped no one will be allowed upon the
highways and the strictest of quarantine
rules have been established.
Crop Conditions Poor.
Crop conditions are poor. The weekly
bulletin of the Iowa weather crop outlook
today says
The average temperature of the last week
was about normal. Very heavy showers on
the 18th and 18th brought great excess Of
rainfall on the western slope and over the
greater portion of the northern half of the
state Following are some of the heavier
amounts reported: Harrison county, 655
inches; Carroll, 426; Crawford, 3.73; Adair,
$40; Mills, 274; Monona, 2.7S; Palo Alto,
2SS; Buena Vista, 2.65; Webster, 2.56;
Black Hawk, 4.4S; Bremen, Alb; Wright,
45O; Humboldt, 4.04; Franklin, 1856; Win
nebago, $40; Floyd, 2.64; Howard, 2.26; Win
neshiek, 2.29.
Considerable damage by floods and soil
erosion resulted from these showers and
needed work of cleaning the corntields was
delayed. On the 18th considerable damage
was caused by local hail and windstorms in
some of the counties in the central and
northern districts. Despite these drawbacks,
fair progress has been made in cultivating
the cornfelds and in finishing planting in the
southern section The condition of corn Is
very uneven and the output uncertain, but
with favorable conditions in the future 1t
is possible to bring the crop up to nearly
an average in the larger part of the state.
Reports from nearly all sections confirm
previous advces as to the rank growth of
spring wheat, oats and barley and the dan
ger OF loss by lodging, Grass, potatoes,
garden and small fruit have been favored
by the abundant moisture
The mayor and city council today received
letter from Albert E. Boone of Zanes-
Vile, o., promoter of the Black Diamond
system OF railroads, saying that the road
will enter and cross Iowa on its way from
Port Royal. S. c., Knoxville Tenn, Vim
cennes, Ind, to the Red River valley OF
the north, proceeding along the same to the
Canadian line, making 1914 miles of main
line. The letter adds 1--WE cannot touch
Des Moines with the main line, but are
willing to give your city belt line at least
forty miles in circumference and connect
the same with the main line on the east
and the Omaha cutoff on the west. A free
right-of-way and liberal subsidies will give
your city great freight trunk line to the
Atlantic"
Heavy storm nj Ames.
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