Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-13
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. Eecsmber 2. 1900


The state executive council has
concluded the official canvass of the
votes cast at the last general cleo
ton for electors, state ticket, con-
stltutional amendment and biennial
election amendement. These official
hgures do not vary from the un-
oihcial and show that Baldwin, re-
o plurality of 9s,543, the other re-
Pupnean elector-at-large, RECEIVED
publican candidates following close
ly behind. The candidates Of other
parties received votes MS foIlows.
Eiboeck. democrat, 2O9, POS: Bucbani
an, prohibition, $500; Weeks. peo.
PIES, 6l3; Fraulson, socialistic la.
Dor, 257; Benkert, united Christian
100; Work, social democrat, 2.7i2.
AT the annual convention of tho
Iowa State Travelling Mems Assoc.
iation w. III. Wheeler was reelected
president without opposition, as
was +. Il. Haley TO the office of seq
rotary and Treasurer.
Judge Robinson of the board OF
control has recently inspected thu
institutions ut Cherokee and at In
dependence. At independence bs
says the typhoid epidemic is abatiny.
there are forty persons still sics.
There have been four SUSPECTS r.
Gently, but aside from these. tbere
have been of late no new cases Tn.
epidemic has been a severe one The
number of male attendants and am.
ployes who have had the disease 4.
eighteen, and The number of female
attendants and employees ffteen
The number of male ratie, rs Nh,
have been sick is los, and the 70,
male ninety. There Is total of "a,
that have been afflicted. One fem,Ia
attendant died, fourteen male n.-
tients and eight female natierts
total of twenty-three. While ~.
city water at Independence IL STA
10 contain matter calculated 10 fo..
ter germs, no germs have been found
in the water before introduct;o, -
the building. For some weeks on,v
sterilized water has been useJ !, ~
hospital. IN sn'
another chapter has been added TO
.ne court house sqrabble by the fl
ing OF petition in the district court
asking that an order be issued re.
straining the board of supervisors
from taking any further action In
.ne court house matter and decIar.
ing mat everything done so far wa.
Illegal. Mr.. Windsor. who filed tb,,
petltion, represents the river front
| people.
Messrs. Jones and Nav of CIeva-
| anu, the engineer and business apen,
VI .ne cleveland lnterurban Electra
naii"ay company, who were in Des
Moihes last July to look over the
route OF the proposed electric line be-
s"een Des Moines and Newton, have
been in Des Moines again With, az
last two weeks. They were accom-.
! panied by other Representatives ~ I !.
| Is. Hanna and the Cleveland cap;tal.
| ISIS who propose to build the road
ana made another inspection of tbs
proposed road. They came unherald-
ca, either did not register or regis
tered under assumed names, ana
were IN Des Moines and vicinity for
three days at least. The fact THAI
they were here leaked out through
men VINO have been consulted bv
tneih relative to the project. From
them IL was learned that the gentle
men say there Is no question but the
road Will be built If the necessarv
concessions In the way of franchises
can be obtained. In Des Moines n
franchise will be asked for one line
from the east city limits to the bust
ness center over some street to he
named. and the towns of Altoona.
Mitchellyille, Colfax and Newton win
be asked to grant franchises for the
| operation of the road through those
towns, and over certain streets. II
was claimed that the franchise cues
ton VIII 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 holj-
days Des Moines will become a see
| city. DIR. McGorrisk, one of the dele
gates to the meeting of the suffragan
bishops at Dubuque, stated yester.
day that he had taken a canvass of
the bishops in attendance and found
not dissenting vote on the aues-
tion, even the Davenport bishop not
objecting.
State Treasurer-elect G.. S. Gilbert
son went to Chicago to be operated
| upon for appendicitis. Fletcher How
ard received a telegram from him
saying the operation had been per.
formed and he was getting along all
ripht