Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-02-02
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DES MONIES. ElCD. 81 A"oo.
The result of poll of the house oy
Stallcop, of Sac, makes the tnture looN
biaclr for the normal schools bill. Mr.
Stallcop has been quietly looking inc
matter up for days, and he deciat 81,
positively the three normal schools OLA
Is beaten in the house.
bill for woman reformatory az
Anamosa has been introduced IN 1ne
house by Representative stewart "
Polk. it has the sanction OF the boaro
of control and of the organizations
such as the w. C. T. U. which have
been opposing the methods OF tne
pirls' reform school ut MitcheilVllle.
THE bill is a long one, specifying. IN
detail points regarding the organlza
ton and management of the proposed
institution. The reformatory shall be
in two divisions, q retormatory ana a
penal section. Both shall be under
the management of a woman superln-
tendent to be appointed by the board
of control with a salary fixed at 81 900
per wear. The departments are to be
kept in separate buildings, the reform
atorv to occupy the entire building
now used as the female department OF
the penitentiary and the penal depart
ment that portion of the criminal in
sane building now used by female
convicts. The reformatory division is
for the care of such women over 10
wears of age as may hereafter be con-
yicted of crimes other than murder or
of such girls over IA years of age as the
board of control NAV see fit to transfer
from the girls industrial school at
Mitchellville The penal department
is for the safe keeping OF girls ana
women over Is who have been convict
ed of the crime of murder or are for
other reasons not eligible to the
reformatory division.
The secretary of state says the fees
he received during the month of Jan.
uary from the filing of articles of ms
corporation exceed those of any pre-
vious month in the history of the Office.
They have at present reached tho
S., 900 mark. This fund has been
swelled by large fee of So, OF paid by
the c. B. q Q. road in fling articles OF
incorporation covering the double
tracking it is soon to do. The articles
include those of the company which
will build the double track from Muir
ray, Clarke county, to Creston, and the
other from Fairfield to Ottumwa. The
first has stock of S2,0oO,0 900 and the
second 81, 100000.
The board of supervisors on the. 3Oth
granted a postponement of ten days
for further investigation of the saloon
petition by the ministerial association.
This means that the saloons of Des
Moincs will be closed during that per-
iod. The investi alton revealed the
fact that out of 4 ,457 names on the Pc
tition, 293 cannot be found ON the poll
books, 1858 names are duplicates and 20
are forgeries, af1idavits being present
ed to back the statement. Thu petit
ton, if the statement is correct, re-
duces the petition to 1897 names or
200 short in names of voters to make it
sufficient. 1t is believed that if
more discoveries are made the sal+
men will withdraw their petition
commence the circulation of ans
The Chicago, Burlington &
road, despite fears entertained
contrary, has signed contracts u
the new union passenger statios
9.e
Senator Townsend, the democ
member from Monroe county, in
ing q resolution of sympathy f. :
Beers, explained that he was y
all sure that the Beers needle
sympathy of the Iowa senate. in
of the recent developments in =
Africa, but thought those same 1
opments might be calculated toS :
the members to a proper view of
situation there. The resolution va s
not acted upon but went over unde,
the rules.
A warm discussion ensued at a meet
ing of the printing and binding COM
mittee few days ago. Clarke, of Dali
las, appeared before the COMMITTEES in l
behalf of his bill for the adjustment
of the offices of state printer and binder
and was replied to by Temple, of Clarke.
Ayers, Prentis, Temple, Anderson of
Warren, Hilsinger, Blakemore and
Wilson of Buena Vista were appointed
a special committee to give full inform
alton of the present rates fixed by law
before action is taken. A hard fight
is expected in the committee.
The fight between doctors has been
resumed and will continue the preserl
session with the same bitterness tlsf
has characterized it in the past. Prem
tbs, of Ringgold, has introduced Il bill
providing that all superintendent in
hospitals for the insane shall not be
from the same school of medicine. At
present they are all allopaths. It is
claimed by supporters of the bill that
more than one-fourth of the taxpayers
Of Iowa patronize other schools Of med
icine and are entitled to treatment by
representatives of their faith. A bill
somewhat similar passed the house
four years ago and failed in the senate.
Last session it lacked one vote of pass
ing the house.
May Surrender Delagoa Bay. =
LONDON, Jan. 3O-The Lisbon CORE.
spondent of the Standard SAYS: II