Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-23
ASK THEIR RELEASE.
Parents Apply to the Board Of
Control
GIRLS COULD Do BETTER At HOME

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Knoxville Woman HAS Two Daughters
mt Mitchellville, Who If Kc-
leased Would Soon
be Married.
Des aioines, Nov, 1s.-The out
break in the Mitchellville school
has caused an increase of APP
plications for the release of girls con-
fined there. The friends and parents
of the Maynard girls are addressing the
board of control, some pleading that
The inmates in whom they are interest
ed be given their freedom and others
demanding it in strong and even in
solent language. A Knoxville woman
who has two daughters in the institu-
ton writes to the board that she
has "fellow" who stands ready to
marry the older one even if he has to
go to Jail to do it, and that she would
have no trouble in soaring up hus-
band for the other daughter if the
board would only turn them loose so
| that the weddings would be made pos
sible. This woman calls the board s
attention to the fact that she has rights
threatens to begin suit against the
that even they must respect, and
state at once. making the board party
to the action, unless her daughters be
given their discharge Immediately.
| The board will pay no attention TO
the communication In looking over the
records it was found that the girls
mentioned had been confined in the
institution for several years. They had
travelled about the country as members
OF hoochie-cootchie aggregation and
the state was obliged to lay restrain
ing hand upon them, because their
mother showed no disposition to do so.
The board takes no stock in the story
that the girls condition would be bet
tered by the carrying out of the mar
rage scheme mentioned by the moth
er; in fact, feels that the husbands
would not be selected with due care.
The board prefers taking chances of
costly litigation to burning the girls
loose at the present time.
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The state executive council held an
adjourned session yesterday to consider
the amendment to the articles of incor-
poration of several building and loan
associations. Among the concerns in.
terested We're the Iowa Business Mems
Building and Loan of Marshalltown
Maquoketa Building and Savings asso.
citation and the Easter Iowa Building
and Loan of Upton. In the case of the
Marshalltown company the changes
proposed We're practically full re-or-
ganization. or rather, substitution OF
articles. 1t istnot believed that any OF
the proposed changes will meet objec.
lions at the hands of the council, as
they appear to be reasonable and for
the good of all concerned.
| It was said at the State house yester-
day that the next legislature should be
asked to pass law prohibiting the use
of the capitol building for everything
but state purposes. This bit of gossip
grew out of the holding of the banquet
there last evening by the mothers oil
the Fifty-frst. When the matter oil
last nights banquet was first mention.
ed to the state authorities the latter
said they could not comply as to
do so would be to establish bad pre-.
cedent. Many organizations had been
refused like requests in the past and tc
permit dinner to be given within the
big building would result in all kinds
of complaint and dissatisfaction. But
this was before the mothers presented
themselves in columns Of four and stat.
ed to the said officials that the state
house was none too good for the pur.
pose for which it was asked; That the
event would be of sacred character;
that not in the life time of any one
now living would the building be pu,
to like use. and that there should be
no such a thing as refusal in any mat.
ter where the returned volunteers were
concerned. The result of this attack
was the capitulation of the entire exec.
utive board. Every man ran up the
white flag and surrendered uncondit
ionally. 1t was the part of wisdom te
do SO. The mothers We're too big Q
proposition for them to oppose singly
or jointly, and the banquet was held
as is well known. But officials and
employees are grumbling unde,
their breath, and even the mem
bers of the executive council who sur
rendered so ingloriously before the at.
tacks of the mothers, assume grave
and serious air and frown upon
the practice of converting the state
house into banqueting hall. However
: the dinner was the biggest success tina,
has been scored in this town in an age
and the state building does not show
any marks that will not yield to soar
and water.
Speaking of the mothers banquet
the event brought to the public notice
one little incident of the campaign ir
the Philippines which otherwise nigh,
have remained secret for some time
AS the volunteers We're lined up the
key and dressing and pie aud cake and
all in plain sight, one of them remark
ed to another, "this beats our pancake
feast" Every volunteer within hearing
distance laughed long and loud and i
was evident that rood story was he