Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-07
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Des Moines. December 4 I 900,

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Des Moines. December b. 1900 M
The state executive council has
I concluded the official canvass of the
votes cast at the last general cleo
tion for electors, state ticket, con-
stitutional amendment and biennali
election amendment. These official
figures do not vary from the UNI
official and show that Baldwin, re-
plurality of 0s,543, the other re V
publican clcctor-at-large, received
publican candidates following close
ly behind. The candidates OF other
parties received votes as follows:
Eiboeck. democrat, 209,265; Buchan-
an, prohibition, $500; Weeks, peo-
pies, 613; Fraulson, socialistic la
Dor, 257; Benkert, united Christian,3
1866; Work, social democrat, .2,742.
Iowa State Travelling Mems Assoc
iation w. H. Wheeler was reelected
president without opposition, as
was +. 4. Haley to the Office Of sec
rotary and treasurer.
Judge Robinson of the board Of
,ontrol has recently inspected the
institutions at Cherokee and ut In
dependence. At Independence he
says the typhoid epidemic is abating:
There are forty persons still sick.
There have been four suspects re-
Gently, but aside from these, there
have been of late no new cases. The
epidemic has been severe one. The
number of male attendants and en-
ployes who have had the disease Is
eighteen, and The number of female
attendants and employees fifteen.
The number of male patients who
have been sick is 10S, and the fe-3
male ninety. There is a total Of 23t.
that have been afflicted. One female
attendant died, fourteen male pa
tients and eight female patients, q
total of twenty-three. While the
city water at. Independence is said
to contain matter calculate j to fOs-:
ter germs. no germs have been found
in the water before introduction to
the building. For some weeks only
sterilized water has been used in the
hospital. -.
Another chapter has been added TO
the court house squabble by the fl
ing of I: petition in the district court
asking that an order be issued re-
straining the board of supervisors
from taking any further action IN.
the court house matter and declar-
ing that everything done so far was
illegal. Mr.. Windsor, who filed the
petition, represents the river front
people.
Messrs. Jones and May Of Cleve-S
land, the engineer and business agent
of the Cleveland Interurban Electric
Hallway company, who were in Dea
MOines last July to look over the
route of the proposed electric line be-
tween Des Moines and Newton. have
been in Des Moines again within the
last two weeks. They were accom-
B. Hanna and the Cleveland capital
lists who propose to build the road.
and made another inspection of the
proposed road. They came unherald-
ed, either did not register or regis
tered under assumed names, and
were in Des Moines and vicinity for
three days at least. The fact that
they We're here leaked out. through
men who have been consulted by
them relative to the project. From
them it was learned that the gentle
men say there is no question but the
road will be built if the necessary
concessions in the way of franchises
can be obtained. In Des Moines Il
franchise will be asked for one line
from the east city limits to the busi-
ness center over some street to be
named. and the towns of Altoona.
Mitchellville, ColfaX and Newton will
be asked to grant franchises for the
operation of the road through those
towns. and over certain streets. Tt
ton will be taken up with the city
council in Des Moines during the
winter months, and that building
operations will be commenced as
soon as spring opens up if the proper
arrangements can be made.
Immediately after the Easter holi-
days Des Moines will become see
city. DR.. McGorrisk, one of the dele
gates to the meeting of the suffragan
bishops at Dubuque, stated yester-
day that he had taken canvass Of
the bishops in attendance and found
not a dissenting vote on the ques-
ton, even the Davenport bishop not
objccting. IL
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