Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-17
AFTER The STATE OFFICES
Many Already Have Announced as Willing
to Serve In Iowa.
MARCH STORM HITS HARD IN SECTIONS
Township Trustees Defy Vaccination
story of Deserter Glass-Program
for Teachers MeetinG-Res-
ervatIon CIean-Up.
From a stan Correspondent)

1lE0 MOlNEoa NGANA ~ ~
ready much interest h being felt in the
coming state political campaign. and sew
eral candidates are engaged in looking
over the field. denomination for second
terms is conceded TO W. 3. Martin, sec
Rotary OF state. and G. S. Gilbertson, treas
urer OF state, both now serving FIRST terms.
For clerk Of the supreme court there will
be q number OF candidates. c. I. Jones.
the present clerk. Is . candidate for re-
nomization. Others who are considered
candidates are J. E. Whelan, Of Red Oak;
John s. Crockett OF Eldora; J. H. Buchal,
OF Grundy, and p. II. BosqueL, OF Pella.
There nay be still others in the field.
There will also be . sharp contest for
auditor Of state to succeed Merriam. who
has had two terms. He has been consid-
cred q candidate for q third term but may
not enter the race. His present deputy.
Amos Brandt, is an svowed candidate for
the place and will have the support of
Polk county IN the state convention. B. F.
Carroll. a newspaper man Of Davis county,
has been announced as a candidate for the
place. F. r. Bennett, Of Sioux City, has
also been announced as q candidate. The
convention will also nominate q candidate
for railroad commissioner N. s. Ketchum.
Of Marshalltovn, is the only avowed can
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The convention has not yet been called but
delegations have already been selected for
Il In some counties.
March storm I'm Central Iowa.
The storm did not fully break upon cen
trail Iowa until last Saturday night and
this morning there was an inch Of snow on
the ground, a hard wind blowing from the
northwest and the thermometer showed
that the temperature had gone down from
so to less than 20 degrees. Following as
it did q long series Of spring days the sud-
den storm caused a good deal OF suffering.
but the season had not been far enough
advanced to place fruit trees in danger
from the frost. The Ice has already gone
out Of the rivers and there is but little
frost in the ground. so that in a few weeks
spring work may be commenced on the
farms.
whole Township Rebels.
The secretary OF the State Board Of
Health has called the attention Of the
county attorney Of Carroll county to a
plain violation Of the law by the authori-
ties Of a township in that county. Twenty
cases Of smallpox exist in RoselIe town
ship and the health board Of the city Of
Carroll has been compelled to quarantine
against II, but the township trustees
passed a resolution declaring q belief that
more persons are killed by vaccination than
by smallpox and therefore In the interest
OF public safety refuse to order vac
ctnation. The State Board OF Health Is
powerless to act IN ouch cases, though q
bill will soon become . law which will
give the board full power to proceed 70
the township and establish quarantine and
safety regulations
Describes Glass In Des Motue,.
The man who Is the subject NJ pr..l
dent Rooseveit's FIRST veto is a colored har-
Der In Des Moines. John Glass, who has a
little shop in the suburbs. He in disan.
pointed because OF the veto Of the Hill IN
remove the charge Of desertion from his
record. HE story Is that he was Is years
oid' enlisted as a powder boy for one year.
Was on a vessel at Cincinnati In March
1854, and became aware Of many facts re-
garding the captain Of the boat which the
captain wanted kept a secret. and the can
tain one day took him in a small boat nm
the river and set him on land with S11 in
money and told him to 90. The feet inn
mediately steamed away. He claims he was
only a boy and thought he had to obey his
superior ofacer. He has wandered over thu
world a good deal and has been IN Des
Moines several years.
Iowa Teacher.
Superintendent Barrett has received
copies Of the program for the ninth annual
meeting Of the Northwestern Iowa Teach
ers' association. which will be held at
Spencer April 10. IL and u. A strong pro-
gram has been prepared. Governor Cum
minis viii address the teachers Thursday
evening. April 10. at the Spencer ouera
house. Friday morning President MscLean
VIII speak. Superintendent Barrett "a on
the program for q prominent part in the
superintendents' and principals round ia
BILE to be held the afternoon Of April 10.
He will also deliver an address April II.
A feature OF the meeting will be an ad-
dress by Hon. Henry Houk. deputy state su-
pertntendent Of Pennsylvania.
FumiEate Indian Reservation.
President Al Of the State Board OF
Health visited the Indian reservation IN
Tzma county last week with q view to ar
ranging for the work Of cleaning I'D and
fumigation. He went to the Indians. ac-
companied BY the Indian agent, and re-
ported what was to be done. The Indians
showed a disposition to resist the contem-
plated cleanup. They will be paid for the
stun burned or It will be replaced, but as
they are not disposed to sell at reasonable
prices or accept anything reasonable, Il Is
feared trouble viii be had. The president
will return TO the reservation this week
and proceed with the fumigation ana II the
Indians are not traetable force viii be used.