Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-09
MOI N l'
The LeMars Man Declines to Be-
come q Candidate For the
sscretaryship.
Speaks in High Praise Of Hobart
A Christian Science Funeral
Service.
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Whitney Cars Gift to the Univer-
sity-Dss Moines Saloons
Opened.

slty-UeS MONIES Saloons
Opened.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June ED Chassell of |
Plymouth county, has not only tele-
graphed to his friends here that he is
not candidate for secretary of state,
but his paper, the LeAIars Sentinel, of
mention of the candidacy Of Senator
Hobart.
The first funeral ever conducted by
! Christian Scientists in Des Moines was
held here yesterday. when that#of Mrs.
| Frances S. Sabi1l was held at her home
at the Hotel Sabin. The services We're
conducted by Mrs. Mirie Stewart, who
4 is the first reader of the local church,.
4 Mrs. Sabin has been member of the
iocal society for number of years. The
service consisted of gospel hymns and
ireadings from the Bible and Mrs. Many
| Baker Eddy's book, evenly divided.
A. Whitney Carr, Of Jordan, n. Y,
1 who announced a gift of $4,000 10 the
State University at Iowa. City Thurs
4 day, is in Des Moires today. He is 20
i years old, and made his money in Iowa
land. He has a brother at Riverside.
l Iowa. The only condition of his gift
4 to the university is that the university
,ashall pay him an income of $l,oO0 a
4 year until death. He has no immedi-
ate heirs and his entire estate will go to
1.-the university This is the first private
4 |endowment the university has enjoyed.
Il A man named Edmunds, a resident OF
New York, offered the university an
a estate of 100000 about ten years ago,
& on condition that the university would
Il keep him for the rest of his life The
Legislature tackled onto the conditions
Iyof acceptance the clause, If the cost
{ does not exceed the income from the
Il estate This made Mr.. Edmllnds mad
a and he withdrew his offer. lis under
stood that President MacLean Will
4 make an effort TO secure further en-
dowments from different sources. 1t is
the Intention of the regents of the uni-
sversity to loan the $4,000 out at as high
Y a rate OF interest as can be secured,
: and it is expected that during MIR
ICam's lifetime it will yield from S1,5o(
to $2,O00 net per Year.
), After having been closed for four
I months the saloons of Des Moines
), opened today. About forty applied te
:, the city council for resolutions of con-
! sent, and the council held a special
!, meeting for the purpose of accommo-
, dating them. Originally there We're
. about sixty saloons in Des Aioines, but
! a number Of the proprietors closed tbs
: doors Of their establishments and LEFT
: the city in disgust. Good lawyers here
. say that there never was any use OF tht
: saloons closing in the first place. Wher
the judgment of the supreme court, re,
: quiring them to get new petitions o.
: consent was suspended the saloon:
here reopened. but about o'clock on,
Iday John Webber. who had owned
brewery in prohibition times. go
scared. closed his doors and Wen
! around to the other saloons and fright
- ened them into closing. After the.
] were closed it was of course impossibl
y to reopen without a new petition an
lit was over this question that the sa
loon and the anti-saloon people hav
been lighting for four months.
ae;I HlSnlaEQ fSaEkY SOiitSe " dix ti Z, wv
:os eminent military yinstructor5to teach it
,r young men military tactics and prac
sGtstice. Negotiations were carried on 10
ID some time With Maj j. \. Olmsted,
retired army officer in this city, Who
y -Iinspector general OF the Iowa Natlonf
IN Guard. but latterly the thing has bee
of delayed The instructor at Cedar Fall
4 Normal School, Maj Dinwideie. fla
4 ( : ~, f,oiS, 4. ,t
le ganize the battalion. If the governmer
~ will detail an officer for the schoo
Mai. Olnlsted will insist, If he goes II
upon one thing, and that is that the AZ
n thorities of the college will stand be
pr hind him ii, cases of dispute over dis
8 cipline. il is understood that thel
ID were negotiations on foot to place Ma
= Olmsted in charge of the battalion ;
n the State University, but he decline
y, because as he understood 1t the disc
an pine insisted upon by the commandai
! was not fully sustained by the untve
ha sity authorities.
At the rate which the executive coul
ell is going on the question Of buildi1
no and loan, it will take two or thr
C. months to complete the examinatit
St anu u VI iiiSo' u
in ration of building and loan compani
i'll under the new law. The MarshalltoN
IT. company was the first one to be Civ,
consideration, ard its articles
amended have been approved, but
ga far no others have been. This iasd
81 largely to the difficulty which attorne
~ for the building and loan companl
,is seem to meet. 1t appears froii, .ne u
an tticles which were submitted that t
~ only provision of the law to which ge
eral attention was paid is the one +
lating to the charging of not more TIL;
S per cent interest. The council figur
ay on having circular printed instTue
nd ing building and loan companies as
81 its rulings upon different sections of I
ne new law.
las
It may be said on the best Of authc
lity that Auditor Merriam will not !
-. woke the certificates Of Illinois comp
IN IN MES which are doing business in Low
~, 1t has been published far and wide tn
M he had such action under considerati
- and In all probability would shut
companies out. 1t comes from a soul
,el- close to him that the department d.
m- not regard the contention OF tho 10
company which WAS shut cut Of q