Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-03-14
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. March 10. leol


Sioux City Medical society to the eff
feet that there was not a case or
smallpox i'm the state and that what
is pronounced smallpox in Sioux City,
at least, is the Cuban measles or
some underlined disease brought from
Cuba by the soldiers. DR.. Ross In the
course Of his talk said that if the
disease now so prevalent in the state
were actually smallpox there would
be some deaths resulting from 1t, or
at any rate there would be at least
one virulent case. In reply to this
the secretary of the state board OF
health takes occasion to tender DIR.
Ross some information. number
of deaths resulting from smallpox
have been reported to the board since
January 1 and this does not actually
present the number that have occur
red because of the failure of many
physicians to report them. As to
yirulent cases there have been large
number in many parts of the state.
Ii was stated by DIR. Ross, according
to the report received, that he had
examined the nine cases of alleged
smallpox in Sioux City and found
none of them to be real smallpox.
He makes the somewhat unique sug-
Sestion that IL the disease actually
is smallpox il would be the part of
wisdom to turn all its victims loose
in order that the entire state may
get it while it is reigning i'm so mild
n form. Circulars are now being sent
out from the board of health head
quarters in which strong criticism
of physicians Is made because of fail
ure to recognize smallpox in its early
stages and so prevent the spread Of
the disease.
State Superintendent Barrett has
handed down decision in an appeal
case, holding that the question of
how far IA child should travel in order
to reach the public schools has not
been determined by the laws of the
state aud ruling that one and seven
Fights miles is not an unreason-
able length. The case was appealed
from the school township of Marion,
in Plymouth county, and arose nut of
the refusal of the board of directors
10 grant petition for the establish
ment of new sub-district. The
county superintendent affirmed the
action of the board, whereupon it was
appealed to the state superintendent
and again affirmed. IL was contend
ed by the petitioners that their chill
dren did not nave proper school IA
cilities because of the great distance
they had to travel. The question Of
maximum distance is one to be de-
tcrmined by the board and to be gov
erned by conditions, and as there are
good roads i'm this ease n distance OF
one and seven-eiohth miles is said to
be not too great.
Adjutant General Byers has return;
ed from Washington, where he at
tended the inaugural ceremonies
While in Washington he practically
concluded arrangements for obtain
ing battery of light artillery for
Iowa. He expected to arrange for
equipping the guard with magazine
rifles and for the payment of the
claims due Iowa on account of the
Spanish-American war expenditures.
On account of the confusion incident
to the Inauguration, he did not look
after the rifles or the claims and will
make trip to Washington later oil,
| for this purpose. He was assured,
| however, in the ordinance department
that requisition for guns would i've
honored without delay. He expects
Oh the return of the governor to for
ward n requisition for four Hotch-
Kiss pieces.
Professor c. A. Cumming of the
| capitol Improvement commission, in
speaking of the work before the COW
mission, mentioned the fact that a
crack had been discovered in the east
wall of the state house. An eXamina-
| ton, he said, had disclosed there was
long crack near the entrance, run
| ming from the foundation to the sec
ond story. lie said this discovery
had given the commission some cor
Germ, but it did not appear anything
could be done to better it. He said
the engineer at the state house
thought he could detect n rising and
| settling on each side of the break,
caused by the changes in the weather
and their effects on the foundations
The members of the state board
Of control decided to reject the prop
osition of Nebraska to send some OF
the prisoners to this state to be
cared for until it's burned peniten-
tiary can be replaced. The question
might have been decided differently
had it not been for the fact that Ne
braska has learned that it could care
for its own prisoners.
Governor Shaw has appointed
Henry Il. Hawley of Des Moines as a
commissioner to the Pan-American
exposition. The governor is required
by legislative act to appoint five com
missioners to look after the interests
and exhibit of Iowa at the EXPOSE
ton. Mr.. Hawley is a native of New
York and of the vicinity of Buffalo.
He has relatives living there now.
He contcmplates getting up an exeur,
sion to the exposition next summer,
and hopes to be able to bring about
a representation of the resources
and products of the state. This is
expected to prove difficult because
of the absence of any appropriation
to that end by the general assembly
or by the state agricultural depart
ment.
The expert accountants, Phil ii.
skinner and William Hedges, who
are going through the accounts Of
the different offices at the state
house, have just finished work in the
Office of the clerk of the supreme
court. The next offices to be exam
ined will be those of the adjutant
general and superintendent of
schools. 1t will be some weeks, IL
is expected, before the experts begin
an examination of the accounts in the
Office of the board of control.
senator Carriers New Job.
Washington, March 9.--Former
United States Senator Carter of Mon
tana has been appointed by the pres
ident as United States commissioner
of the st. Louis exposition. He has