Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10
WILL NOT TAKE PRISONERS
Iowa Board Of Control Revsrsa Decisions
Concerning Nebraska 0onviots
MILITARY EXAMINATIONS ARE STRICT
Death of Des Moines College Man
Msccabees to Have state Conven-
tion-Farmer Gets Eighteen
Months for Parricide.

DES MONIES, March Especial. THE
State Board Of Control, having charge of
the various state institutions, this after
noon reached final decision In the mat
ter OF afordlDg temporary quarters for
some Of the convicts left homeless by the
burning OF the penltentiary at Lincoln. The
board has reconsidered its former decision
and will not accept any OF the convicts.
This is done because the board desired not
to set precedent which would be trouble
some and which would bring upon the board
much criticism.
While the board reached the conclusion
that 1t has the undoubted right to make
contract for caring for Nebraska prisoners,
1t would not be good policy to do 80. II
would necessitate an increase Of the guards
and attendants at the Iowa penitentiaries
and there is no provision for this. The
whole proceeding would be irregular and
would certainly subject the board to criti-
csm inasmuch as there are many who are
seeking an opportunity to criticise the board
for various reasons. The Nebraska authorl-
ties have been notified Of this decision. 1t
was also learned that there is a probability
that Nebraska will not care to send the
prisoners out OF the state.
The Board OF Control has employed Prof.
w. r. Patterson OF the chair OF sociology
in the Iowa State university to prepare the
statistical tables for the annual report Of
the board to the legislature. He was en-
ployed for this work last year.
Military Examinations.
The military board which examined the
first class OF elected officers In Guard com
panies for recommendations as to commits
sloning them, made report today, but rel
fused to give out the names Of those who
a Al. a a ,rn
ten In the class; six passed and will be
commissioned. two failed one was passed
conditionally and one will appear again for
examination. II was expected that all who
had been elected would be found competent,
but the board gave them rigid examina-
ton and rejected entirely two who had been
elected to company offices. The effect Will
be to make companies more ceraful about
the election OF officers, and those who are
elected will be more careful to prepare
themselves for their positions. The next
examination will be In April Adjutant
General Byers will 90 to Winterset Monday
to muster in Company q OF the Fifty 1rst
regiment.
shorten Routes to Chicago.
Two important railroad extensions in the
eastern part OF Iowa appear to be more
than probable this year. The Burlington
has in contemplation a new line from Mount
Pleasant through Muscatine to Davenport,
for the purpose of making shorter route
from Omaha to Chicago than at present. It
Is said that The construction OF this line
would give the Burlington a half-hour
shorter run for the fast mall train. The
Milwaukee also proposes the construction
OF a short line between Ottumwa and Dav-
export to shorten its route from Kansas
City to Chicago materially.
Death Of College Man.
Prof. j. NJ. Mehan, for many years the
president OF the Capital City Commercial
college in this city and known in the state
as leading educator, died at a sanltarium
in this city today. after an illness of
nearly six months. lie was also newspa-
per man and correspondent for a number Of
newspapers in the state.
Miners Agree ON Wage scale.
The Joint conference of miners and mine
operators at Ottumwa came to close this
afternoon and resulted In an agreement on
the scale. The last matters to be considered
were the price of coal to miners for their
own use. and this was left AZ In other years
at cost, and also the wage for hosting en-
gineers. etc. The last few days of the con
ference were devoted entirely to consldera-
tion OF minor matters as 1t had been evil
dent all week that an agreement would be
comparatively easy on the main points 10
be settled,
Iowa MnccRbecs To Meet.
The Iowa Maccabees hold a state con-
vention in Des Mones next week, beginning
Thursday, and 1t is expected there will
be 200 or 300 delegates here. The order
has been growing rapidly in Iowa the past
few years and now numbers about $500 in
the state. There are two active candida tes
for state commander and several for the
minor Offices. The candidates for state
commander are j. NJ. Ermerins of Des
Moines and Il. A. Hawley of Marshalltown
The former Is temporarily filling the po-
sition OF state commander by appointment
and the latter has been state representa-
tive for several years. There are four
candidates for representative J. G. Wooley
Council Bluffs +. w. Marshall, Sioux CITY;
Paul stelnmetz. Muscatine, and f, T. Lynch
Ottumwa.
Was a Farmer That Was Killed.
The name OF the man who was killed yes
terday morning on the Northwestern rail
road between Des Moines and Ames was
Aaron Sloppy. a farmer living In Story
county. Mr.. Sleppy was walking down the
track intending to visit his brother In
law. Henry Sills. who lives near the town OF
Kelly. He had Just sold lot OF mules
and Intended going to Oklahoma to look fol
q location. He leaves a wife and ten child
Ten. ....-.... ........
Judge Church in the district court al
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