Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-08-15
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Des Moipes. August Is. 1904.
Two trains freighted with 2 UNIQUE
passenger list will be run to Cnerokee
hospital when It Is opened. Inese
trains will De specials containing .ne
insane patients that are to be trans
ssi ferred from Independence and ga
rinda hospitals to the new INSTITUTION
~ Cherokee. The board Of controi mas
q aiready arranged for the transportA-
flns. Tho special from independence
a Cherokee will transport about jay
inmatee !, and attendants. That from
r,larinda viii contain about 200 IN
mafes and attendants The patients
viii Sc nnguarded save by the attend
ants. There will be one Of these for
every fifteen patients. The board VIII
send no patients from the Mt. Pleasant
hospital to Cherokee. There will be
16O patients, however, sent to Clarinda
from Mt. Pleasant and 100 from MI.
Pleasant to independence. They Wild
20 In special cars
Governor Cummins has announced
the selection Of Miss Elsie Macomber
10 christen the cruiser Des Moines.
Miss MAcOmber has accepted the
honor. She was selected by the COVER
nor after a conference with Mayor
Brenton. The cruiser VIII be christen-
ed September 20 in the yards OF the
b Grin on1 EnUina nnmnQnv
1t Quincy, Mass. The ceremonies will
be carried out in the presence of Gov
ernor Cummins and stan and delega-
ton Of prominent Des Moines citizens,
including PROBABLY Mayor Brenton-
Before the expiration of Governor
Shaw's term, he selected Miss Frances
West for the honor of christening the
cruiser. Recently was announced
Miss West decnned, as she was about
to leave for the Orient, to be the guest
OF the Congers in PeKin. Miss West
sailed for China short time ago.
DR.. G. A. Newman Of the state G. A.
r. has received general order from
the national commander at Min
neapOlis. One of the matters touched
on In the order is the announcement
OF the appointment of committee to
represent the national G. A. r. in the
organization Of the department of his
tory OF the Memorial university OF the
s. Of ". at Mason City. The commit
tee consists OF James o. Pierce Of
Minneapolis, L. B. Raymond of Hamp-
ton, Governor S. r. Van SAINT of st.
Paul. T. d. Wallace of chicago and
RIyf11S~n A IT fndlon Y,0IIS
Announcement is made that the uni
versity will be opened September 10
with from 100 to 200 students. Tho
order says it is hoped the president
of the United States will be present.
"A NUMBER Of Iowa farmers are max.
ang an effort to hold the Chicago,
Milwaukee and ST. Paul railroad re-
spOnsible for damage resulting from
the unusually heavy rains Of the past
few weeks, and the decisions in the
test cases to be brought will be IT
great interest and importance. The
contention of the farmers is that the
railroad has not provided culyerts
sufficiently large to carry on the
floods following up the heavy rains.
and as result the embankmeuts Of
the company have held back the
water, flooded the fields and ruined
the crops. It will be extremely diff
ficu1t to fix standard size of open
ings for culverts in various locations
and circumstances, and the claim
agents of the Iowa roads await with
much interest the finding of the
courts.
Tax ferrets in Clayton county have
been busy during the past few months
and as consequence have in hand
for the state treasury collections that
amount to $2,S3703 This is the
states share Of the collections made
In Clayton county by the tax ferrets
and is wholly unexpected cOntribu-
ton to the general revenue, as vel
come as unexpected The auditors
Office has Deen apprised of the col
lections which will be turned over
In cash in the near future.
The state board Of control has re-
appointed Superintendent H. ". Roth
ert as the head Of the school for the
deaf at Council Bluffs. The new term
of Superintendent Rothert begins Aug.
30 and will extend over a period OF
four years. The board has also re-
appointed Dr. Max E. Witte as super
intendent of the Clarinda hospital, his
term being four years and beginning
September 80.
The board Of control has disposed
Of the question of insane infants as
far as the board is able to do so.
Recently board Of insanity in Mus
E catine county declared one Homer D.
Johnson, baDy OF years. to be In
sane and ordered him committed to
the hospital at Mt. Pleasant. The sup
erintendent of the hospital refused to
receive the child when it was taken
to the hospital and told tle people
from Muscatine county that he had
no provisions for taking care of in
fants In that hospital. The child was
taken back to Muscatine and later the
board received letter from the coun-
;ty authorities of Muscatine county
reciting the facts and asking what
would be necessary to secure the adj
mission Of the insane infant to the
state hospital Tor insane at Mt. Pleas
ant The letter stated that the child
was regularly declared insane by
competent board and was properly
committed to the hospital. The board
replied to the letter stating that the
law makes no distinction as to the age
Of the persons who may be admitted
to the hospitals, and if an infant IS
committed properly the state must
care for it the same as for an adult.
But the board suggested to the Nus
catine authorities that for child Of
four years its home is a better place
than state hospital where there can
be no provision for kindergarten