Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-28

While en- route to his work Mt the pack
ing house in Ottumwa, Will e. l.csan, n
wcli-l,nown Young man, was thrown from
his horse, receiving fatal injuries. lie
struck upon the right side Of his head,
aud the horse in struggling to regain its
feet, apparently stepped upon the left
side Of his head, causing n bad con us
sion.
Estimates of the appropriations which
the State institutions desire the stare
Board of Control to ask of the coming
legislature are being filed with the board
by the supcrintcndcnts Of the State insti-
tutiuns Superintendent Powell of the
Institution for Feeble Minded at Glen
wool has asked for Sl24,500. Superin-
tcndent Class of the Institution for Or.
phans at Davenport has asked for $780,
$40. Superintendent Mcclure of the Col
lcgc for the Blind ut Ninton has asked
for Sl7,o0O. Superintendent Fitzgerald
Of the School for Girls ut Mitchcllsil!c
has aske, for two new buildings and
81. 100, amounting to about 100000 alto
.cther. Superintendent Powell. following
his annual custom, has devoted part
of his biennial report to the discussion
of the needs of the States cpilcptics.
There is Que cpileptic for each 600 peo-
pic, making about 1000 of the bli.htcil
people in Iowa. There are but 30 in the
institution III Glenwood. Again does Mr..
Powell urge the legislature to establish
Il colony for the care of these detectives.
He recommends the Craig colony plan.
The board of Control is in favor of this
system
Mrs. James Callahan, wife of the we'll
known Iowa capitalist and phlanthrG-
pist, died Mt Des Moines from injuries
received in runaway.
George Peetz. convicted in April for
the lnt1rder of William Higginson at Ce.
dar Rapids, Feb. ~, and sentenced for
three years, has been pardoned by Gov.
Shaw.
The Southern Iowa Prospecting Com
pany, which has been seeking for coal in
Ccrro Gordo County for the last two
foot vein has been found in Falls Town
ship at depth of 1GO feet.
frank Hawks, a prominent farmer liv-
ing northwest of Conrad, committed sui
eide by shooting himself. 1t is thought
he was temporarily insane.
An electrical storm struck the barn OF
II Grant County farmer, George Fixsell
killed his son, Roy, 4 years old; stunned
NiXseil. killed horse and set fire to the
barn, which burned. The 15-year-old
daughter. Lizzie, showed herself n hero
inc. She led from the blazing building
the ten horses, wild with fright. Th.
halter of the last one was in blaze
when She staggered out of the door. The
dead body of the boy and the insensible
body of the father We're removed before
injury by the blaze.
Crime is rampant in Des Moines and
the present police force seems powcrless
to prevent nightly visitation of the homes
of the city by thieves whose bold acts
surpnss anything which local police his
tory has recorded in years. The other
night no less than dozen homes were
picked out to be victimizcd by the bold
thieves. These burglaries, which have
been reported nightly, the string growing
longer every day, have cnused the citi,
zens of Des Moines to live in state OF
alarm and extra locks and barricades
will be employed from this time on.
City Attorney John Hudspeth. of At.
lantic, has brought suit against the
Mayor of the city for $4,000 damages