Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29

peea Tho board has Been o.on.il1er.
- whether "a publish ii. renort, On
- private asylnms of Tho STATE
1aere are three 81 these. and th.v NM.
6een visited. Some W the ~ ~, ~. ~ =
where they ara located have aaled far
0optea Of tho report, but the hoard IN .
lot yet Indicated whether Il win rive
tAom ont. "a # sd 78's s. "A n
IS y probable that the subject which
! ill create the principal interest aud
result in the widest range 81 discussion
sat the coming session 81 the lerisla ture
Vii be proposals TO change the system
Sof caring for the insane sc the state.
There arc three branches to the pres.
ant system: Counties care for their
insane either in asylnms OF in poor
houses; private institutions care for
insane; and the state u its state bospi.
eais cares for and cnres the insane.
The board Of control ID against the
s0unty system and it would favor the
enactment OF law preventing further
Investment in county asylums, and
requiring tho removal 81 al insane
PATIENTS IN counties having no asylums
0r hospitals to tho state institutions.
This means the removal Of about GOO
patients, sufficient to Gil Cherokee,
about In view AZ this possibility the
board asks for &35O, 600 to finish the
Cherokee hospital The board does
not recommend the removal OF patients
from county asylnms to the state hos
pitals, but would stop the extension of
county care further than the present.
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Secretary Kennedy, of the state
board of health is in receipt Of reports
from further outbreaks Of smallpox in
tlle state. One case il reported at
Jesup, buchanan county; another is
In Washington township, Buchanan
county, and third has been re-
ported at Independence. The reports
Indicate that tho best quarantine
measures have been adopted, but do
not state whether the cases are of a
malignant type. Another new case
WIS reported from Monroe county.
Several have previously been reported
Mt Coalfe1d, and yesterdays report
locates a case in Mantua township.
IT has been quarantined. Previous to
this, cases have been reported at four
places in Buena Vista county, at
Storm Lake, Marathon, Sioux Rapids
and in Providence township Then
there are cases in Northwood. Worth
county; in Silver Lake township,
Worth county; at Alvord and Doom.
Lyon county, and at Corning, Adams
county. In all, fifty-seven cases are
now known to exsist, in the state,
most of them convalescent. There
have been three deaths. This years
outbreak proves more malignant. In
1898 there were ESQ cases renorted in
the state and only two deatla L ~.
- 2B,
x dispatch from Houston, Texas,
reads MS follows: An Iowa syndicate
headed by D. Il. Hurd and a. H. Nc
vey. of Des Moines, secured options
on 10, 424 acres Of land in Jefferson
county, for which they aRreed to pay
Sls5. 600. The same parties also secur-
ed ninety-day option on another
tract, which makes the total transac-
ton amount to purchase OF l4,264
acres. which is to cost them $225.O0O.
The gentlemen act as trustees Tor
syndicate now being organized in Iowa
to 60 into the rice business Oh large
scale. This syndicate is projected
with paid up capital OF $500. 600. and
in addition to raising rice. it IS to be
be cleaned and graded ON the farm:
The plan has progressed 50 far that
the trustees say options on the land
were necessary to . complexion OF the
organization. Farmers from Iowa
are to be brought 70 Texas to do the
work. and they will be stockholders:
Certified checks have been deposited
for S per cent of the purchase money.
Adjutant General Byers, since his
return from Washington, has received
information which leaves him conf
dent that the Iowa war claims against
the federal government, amounting
now to about $50. OC0, will be paid be-
fore the close of the present session OF
congress-. CONGRESSMAN Hull has
agreed to push the bill vigo1 ously. a
,sTbe Iowa Mexican Plantation com
panv. q New Jersey corporation that
desires to do business in lows, has
fled amendment articles OF incorpor-
ation with the secretary OF state. The
The concern is ca pitalized at 81. Os7.500.
The fling fee amounts to $l.lO6. ~.
This CORPORATION is the one that took
exceptions TO the secretary OF states
ruling in the matt Ter Of fees. but finally
decided to comply with the require
ment fin every respect and through it's
local attorney put an end to the con-
troversy that had been going on Tor
some time by presenting its check for
The amount demanded by the secretary.
The school board Of West Des MONIES
has decided to introduce German into
!. the courses Of study in the grades.
Tho report Of the committee on Sol.
diers' home was lied with Adjutant
Black Of the Iowa department, G. A.
Z. last week, but will not be made
public until the two members OF the
committee who were unable to visit
the home recently with the body OF
the committee have visited it. The
report is said to endor1e the manage
ment Of the home both BY the efficient
.eommandant and by the state board OF
!. control.
PEOPLE WERE SHOCKED.