Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-08
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL.
Des Moines. November 8. 1900

Des Moines. November 8, 1900.
John Cownie of the state board
of control has returned from Daven--
port, where he closed the purchase
of a bit of land for the state. The
Orphans home, as it is at present.
is without a garden, and it was felt
that it was absolutely necessary for
the state that land be purchased 70
keep those capable of working in
that institution busy. For this pur--
pose an appropriation was made by
the legislature. The entire matter
was placed in the hands of the board.
The purchase made is known in Day-
export as the Tondorff tract, and
adjoins the Orphans home.
State Superintendent Barrett win
issue circular in a few days re,2t-
ing to the plan of transporting chill
dren from rural school districts to.
| township centers as was provided by
the Twenty-eighth general assembly.
The idea is being used in a number
of places in the state. and has been
adopted with especially fine success
in BuEalo township, Winnebago
| county, where six buses are run
every day and ninety-eight children
| from the country districts are con-
veyed to Buffalo Center. The school
at Buffalo Center is a good one. and
six teachers are now employed there.
\ In speaking of the economy of the
new system as well as of its other
advantages, Mr.. Barrett said that
last year in one of the counties of the
state there were three school dis
tricts where the combined attendance
of the children did not average quite
five. Each of the three teachers was
paid $50.
Among the nctables IN attendance
At State Epworth League convcnh n
were Bishop Isaac w. Joyce of Min
neapclis, president CT the Epworth
Leag-e; DR.. Il. l.. Berry of Chicago,
general secretary; DIR. Il. i. Paine OF
Lincoln, Nebraska, and Rev. DR.. J. c.
w. Coke of Washington, Iowa, mem
bers of the General Board of Con.
troll; Mrs. Lucy Ryder Myer of Chi
cago. deaconess; and DR.. s. L. Haml'
ton of Los Angeles, CAL, travelling in
the interest of the International Ep-
worth League convention to be held
at San Francisco next July. This
Eleventh convention was the largest
AMI most enthusiastic one in the
history of the state organization.
at the closing services on Sunday
evening a grand revival service was
held and fifty Oh more seekers were
J TT the altar. at least helf tbs uuruher
testifying to a glorious experience.
In the trial of the peculiar Mary
Gordon case before the county In
sane commissit ners an old slavery
Law of the state of Missouri was
quoted to support the contention OF
one of the parties. Mary Gordon is
n young white girl who ran away
from her home in Missouri and mar
red n colored man. Her father and
other relatives overlook her in this
city, whereupon she set up the claim
that she had negro blood in her
veins. derived from her mother. and
that her father had abused her and
,vas pursuing her to get control OF
property she inherited from her
. grandfather. 1t was shown under
the law of Missouri that colored
: person, no matter how slight the
trace of negro blood. cannot inherit
: from white person. II the girl is
colored she could not inherit the
property in question. The father
preferred charges of insanity. AMI
: the court sustained the charges. II
Is proposed TO place her in private
asylum in Missouri.
The auditor OF state has learned of
4 swindling operation which has
been practiced on the farmers about
Minburn. Ii. +. Boyd, Justice OF
the peace at Minburn. informs the
insurance department that there is
m association called the Threshers
National Protective associa ton with
headquarters at 531 Wabash avenue
Chicago, which alleges it is doing
an insurance business. Its represen-
/. tatives have insured n number OF
threshing machines about Minburn
: taking notes therefor, together with
the applications for insurance and
: promising to send policies insurina
: the machines against fire and light
: ming. None of the policies have ever
J been sent. G. +. Miller, president OF
2 the concern. has sent the notes ia
Boyd, claiming he was an innocent
purchaser of the paper and wants
! his money. The auditor has sent q
|, letter to Boyd informing him he vas
right in surmIsing the scheme Q
fraudulent one. as the company has
no .egai right to transact business
in Iowa. The persons who entered
into the scheme are supposed to have
given ordinary promissory notes fol
which they will probably be held re