Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-25
Spreading.
Des Moines in Bad Way--Epi-
demic Beyond Control
Fifty Cases.
Polk County Primaries Set For
April ~ Despite Fosters
Protest.
Liquor Dealers Will Have In
surance--Hail Insurance on
the Increase.
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De5 Moines, March 25-There has
never in the history of Des Mones been
such general feeling of insecurity on
account of the smallpox as a the pres
ent time. The city has got thru the
winter without great expense from the
epidemic and nothing has yet trans
pired which has hurt trade or hinderedl
the constant flow of business to the|
city But the city health physicianll
states that there may be fully fifty
cases of smallpox in the city and that
practically every person in the city has
been exposed to the danger of infection.
is largely accidental. Quarantine reg
ulations have been very lax. Practical
ly no quarantine is maintained A man
with pull need not fear quarantine.
The one who has no friends or much
money will have TO submit to rigid
quarantine. The smallpox broke out in
a hotel of the city during the winter 1t
is hotel owned by two rich and in
fiuential persons. The quarantine was
raised in thirty-sx hours and the hotel
went on doing business with a certifi- |
cate of cleanliness. Another hotel di-
rsctly opposite the street got a case of
the same disease and was kept rigidly
quarantined for thirty or forty days. No
sooner does the smallpox appear in one
part of the city tlian some one can be
found 10 declare thatit is not there. A
few days ago a man stepped into Il doc
tors office and said he had come to be
examined for life Insurance. The doctor
looked at him a minute and told MIN to
go home as he had the smallpox
Seemingly the disease is 50 mild that in
some cases the patient does not come
down with it until the breaking out
occurs. The clerk in a county Office
who is i'll with the smallpox. whose
sickness has caused the shutting down
of the court house. was honae with the
grip for a week before he devsloped
symptoms of smallpox. The fear of the
people is not 50 much from the disease
as II rnanifests itself now. but that in
another year it Will be more virulent
and cause a greater number of Deaths
Its mildness is the only thirg tha. pre-
vents q panic now.
The county central committee inaily
located the date for the county pris
mary April p, TWO days ahead II the
time which was practically greed ups
on, and this in opposition 70 The protest
OF Sidney a. Foster who wanted later
date fer primary and county conyen-
ton. The convention will be h-ld May
4. and It viii be knewin before that time
when the state convention Will b. heldtl
and the number of delegates thf. county
is entitled 20. Another thing the repuD-
licans Of this county Will b. asked toI
settle at the primary is whether rr not
they will do away with the primary
system and return 10 a caucus method
Eof making nominations. The primary
system has been in use in Polk county
a long time, end it is believed it will b 1
retained, altho some revision of the
rules may be needed in the future.
A new fraternal insurance and bene-
sficiary association is gaining a footholti
in Iowa. This is the Knights of the
Royal Arch. a society organized By the
dealers in liquor and other classes who.
are generally excluded from fraternal
orders and many insurance companies
The liquor men found that they We're
missing a good deal in life by this. eX-
clusion of .heir class from these orders.
hence the. are organizing a society of
their own. Local lodges have been in
stituted at Burlington, Muscatine. Ma
quoketa. Clinton. Dubuque Davenport.
and Cedar Rapids Des Moines and
other interior cities are to be organized
soon, after which there will be formed
grand lodge for the state. 1t is claimed
there are members in thirty-one Of the
states, aggregating nearly 10000
The extent to which hail insurance
has become popular in Iowa is surpeis-
ing. The one company a strictly mu-
tual company which has engaged in
this business has increased it's business
in Iowa past the expectations OF
its founders for in some states these
mutual hail, tornado and grasshopper
companies have proved failures thru
bad management. But the company in
Iowa has been more successful than any
similar company in the world. Recently
its leading officers withdrew and are
now forming a new company which will
work along the same lines. Undoubtedly
1t will also be success and demon
Strate there lS room tor several such /
companies. The mutual insurance idea
takes Well with the farmers. They find
that mutual insurance is an easy way OF
the rapacty of the lnsur-
ance companies which pile up millions
to be used for speculative purposes by
the officers. Hail insurance seems to be
one of the most popular forms of in
surance for farmers.
L
There is much probability that the
burned Frankel department store will
not be rebuilt. a least by the present
firm for the purpose for which it was
used; for deal pending ever since the
big fire for the consolidation of the
Frankel interests With the Harris
Emery interests. If the Frankels can
purchase the interest of Capt. Emery
in the Harris Emery firm, which is |
controlling interest the Frankel build |
ing will not be rebuilt as department
store. Ultimately the Frankels will |
own the Harris Emery business. The
deal has been stoutly denied but is still
pending and may be closed any day. In
case 1t is closed the plans for covering
the ground occupied by the Franke1
store vptll no nhanrsd