Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-21
IOWA BELIEVES IN MUSIC
Much Attention is Paid to Its Production at
State Institutions.
COMPLAINT ABOUT FEDERAL PRISONERS
Committee Raising Funds to Help Vet
eran Bank Examiner-PoIk County
Court House Closed on Ac-
count of smallpox.

fact was brought out at the quarterly con-
| ference of the superintendent of state in
stitutions today that the state of Iowa is
/ paying more for music at the various hos
pitals and other places than any other
state of the union and that more atten-
tion is paid to music than in other states.
Since the present board has taken control
bands have been organized at the Soldiers
home, at the Asylum for the Feeble
| Minded, good orchestras established at the
insane hospital al Mount Pleasant. at the
prison at Anamosa and at the Girls Re
form school at Mitcheilville.
| The state employs music teachers and
bandmasters at practically all the state in
stitutions and purchases the best of in
struments for them A paper by Supern-
! tendent Fitzgerald OF the Girls Reform
| school on the value Of music in state insti-
! tutions showed that music is regarded
everywhere as of inestimable value to the
state institutions State Superintendent
Barrett discussed before the conference the
subject of the relation of the public schools
to the schools in state institutions and ad-
vised closer relationship. One topic much
| discussed was that OF indeterminate SEN
tences for prisoners and the general i'm
preston prevailed that the indeterminatc
sentence is the best form of melting out
I
sympathy was sent to Or, Hoyt, superin-
tendent of the hospital at Mount Pleasant,
who has been i'll for some weeks.
| Cross-Country Electric Line.
Next week persons interested in the pro-
posed electric railway across the state,
passing through Nevada. Eldora and wa
verify and connecting Charles City with Des
Moines, will make tour OF the towns
| along the line to ascertain what conces-
| sions or aid can he expected from these
towns In case the line is built along the
| route mapped out. Letters have been re-
ceived here from prominent persons inter-
| ested in the line, which indicate that II
| there is encouragement such road will
be built. The company is already organ
ized to build from Charles City to Greene,
! Butler county.
New Corporations.
The Clinton Commercial club has been
organized with 81 900 capital stock presi-
dent, c. +. Curtis; vice president. j. ID.
Lamb; treasurer, A. G. Smith
The Record Publishing company OF Sioux
City has been Incorporated, to publish a
stock paper; capital, $4,000; incorpor-
ators, John G. Kelley, Gerard Bruce and
A. T. Zeller.
The Cowan, Hamilton & Loring Co. of
lo'h"''ooo mas b''h WIN SO,UUD.
The Seeley- -Howe-LeVan Co. OF Des
Moines has been Incorporated with 500 900
capitalst eaa&
! COmpfn infAbout Federal Prisoner.
Recently letter of complaint was re-
ceived by Deputy United States Marshal
Healey from an unknown correspondent who
stated that there was United States
| prisoner in the penitentiary at Anamosa
| who had been, in the hospital for many
weeks and was not receiving attention.
| The deputy marshal was sent to the prison
| 10 investigate and found that the prisoner
In question, one William Brown, sentenced
| by Judge Woolson from Decatur county for
| six years for counterfeiting, is i'll and
has been some time but that he was being
well cared for and had no complaint to
make. His time is now up, but he was too
Ill to leave the hospital and will be cared
! for by the state
Helping sick bank Examiner.
General George A. Stone of this city who
has been national bank examiner for Iowa
the last fifteen years, is lying i'll at his
home and 1t is not expected that he will
| recover. committee has been named by
the national bankers TO provide fund for
the support of General Stone and the COM
! mittee has set out to raise 81, 900. Already
|
credit at the bank and the committee has
sent out circular letters to about 175 banks
OF the state calling attention to the needs
OF the veteran examiner. He is an old
soldier with an honorable record and was
| ilrst appointed bank examiner by President
| Cleveland in his first term.
Scare About smallpox.
| The habitues of the Polk county court
| house are experiencing a genuine scare
about smallpox. A collector employed in
the sherlh's office was last night taken i'll
with the disease, and the county treasurer
ana deputy are i'll, but 1t is not yet
| known what Is the matter with them Some
time ago three cases of smallpox developed
| in the court house among the prisoners
confined in the Jail portion This caused
temporary adjournment of court, but It
was resumed again. Today the courts
again adjourned and one OF the courts is
being held in private law office in another
| building There has been no time the last
six months that the city has been free
| from smallpox.
Severe Iowa storm.
The storm which begun here Monday
evening has not abated materially as yet
and snow fell practically all day yester-
day and today The snow has not mater
|
! cause the ground was bare before the
storm commenced, and 1t is regarded as
a storm worth a great deal OF money to
the farmers of Iowa. The Des Moines and
Coon rivers have risen Ave or six feet and
are running full of Ice and driftwood. It
| Is expected that II the weather turns off
warm they will rise much more and cause
damage to bridges.
The base ball club OF Highland Park
college In this city has made arrangements
Tor two games during the college base ball
season with the University of Kansas club
One game will be played here on April q
and the other In Lawrence on Memorial
day, June 30. The Kansas club has also
arranged for game with the Simpson
college nine at Indianapolis on April 20.
Worried Over Murder Case.
w. +, Haines OF Warren county has been
sent to the insane hospital for treatment.
He is said TO have lost his mind on ac-
count OF the Hossack murder case. He was
prominent witness before the coroner's
| Jury and also before the grand jury and
has allowed the matter TO weigh so heav-
| lily upon his mind as to derange il. His
testimony, however, is a part of the rec
ords OF the grand jury. He was near
| neighbor to the Hossack home and II is
a.