Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-06
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DIS NoINEE. July 4-E2scaLl-It 81
plsrDe1 b. TIE rspubllcsas q Iris city tazf
nearly hslf a bloek q FOURTH street vin
y PLACED under canvas for TIE coming re-
publican state convsntior 20 b used as q
Convention lobby. This portion q TIE stree,
s1yoins the leading hotel sn1 Sc rear the
hall IL vkich the correntfon will Be held.
l. viii be closed 70 trs6c ans kept clean
for the Use Of the delegates 70 the coz
T~ention- The pace vas set by Cedar Rapids
last year IN arranging = temporary or street
lobby 20 that the delegates nesd not be
crowded together II . hotel. and Da Moinss
viii Do the sane thing though the hotel
lobbiss are more connodio1s sn1 Il is rot
Anticipated that the Convention viii this
year Be 80 largely attended The Local
committees have completed all the arrange
ments necessary. In this inp-ovised tsnt
lobby e local band will dispense music
during the tine the convention II not sct1-
ally IN session The hall In which the con
v%ention viii be held - large enough 70 seat
Z.S1 pertons. With many other IL the
sisles AID on the stage. The convention
will Be held Juiy % and Congressman
Smith viii be the presiding oncer. All Of
the member Of congress and several otherz
Of the Iowa contingent in wsshinEton will
be present. II was hoped that Secretary
Shaw would come, but be will not Be able
20 do 50.
Captain Hull f. ImprovInK.
A letter received here from Congressman
J. A 7. Hull states that be is improving In
health and that be expects 20 be home to-
day. Captain Hull was very III last fall
and never fully recovered all winter, though
he attended TO ais duties, and be has re-
Gently been III again. As soon as he gets
home Il Is expected he will dispose Of the
postofies situation IN Des MOines, there be-
ing several candidates for the place, and
alsO he will announce 70 his friends what |
he will do in regard TO the pension once.
RedIstrictInE state for Hospitals.
In the redistrcting OF the state with ref
erence 70 the state hospitals Polk county.
which always has the largest number Of in
sane patients for the hospitals. is TO be
placed in the district which supplies Clar-
india. Heretofore this county has sent all
It's insane 70 Mount Pleasant. The Board
Of Control has partially completed the re-
districting in anticipation Of the opening
Of the new hospital at Cherokee. When
this is opened all the counties Of northwest
ern Iowa will supply the Cherokee hospital
! and about 400 will be removed from the
other hospitals. As most Of the insane
patients from the northwestern counties
were sent TO Independence and Clarinda
IN the past. most OF the removals will come
from these places. The date for the open.
ing Of the Cherokee hospital has not yet
been fixed.
Pin Organ for the Blind.
The State Board Of Control is arranging
for installing a pipe organ in the State
School for the Blind at Vinton. The chief
education Of the blind people Of the state is
In the matter OF music and the school has
never yet been properly equipped. The or
gan will be installed before the beginning
Of the next school year.
The state executive council will on Mon
day take up the assessment Of telegraph
and telephone companies and give hearings
to all who desire TO talk about the sub
Ject. Reports have been received already
from more than 700 telephone companies in
Iowa.
With 200 delegates on the ground tonight,
the biennial tagsatzung. or business meet
ing, OF the North American Turnerbund IL
ready for the opening session at Davenport
tomorrow. Delegates have been arriving all
day and have been greeted by reception
committees, speakers, bands playing Die |
Yacht am Rhein" and other patriotic Ger
man airs. This evening a special train
brought the Chicago delegation and many
delegations from eastern states. while a
large contingent came from st. Louis and
the south. Nearly every state in the union
which counts any number OF German-Amer-
leans Ia represented. The main question TO
come up, the location OF the next national
funniest, is being discussed by energetic
Hobbies. Both Chicago and st. Louis are
working most aggressively. Chicago would
make the national funniest a part OF the
olympian games OF 1904. and 81. louis
would make II a feature OF the Louisiana
Purchase exposition.
The meeting will last four days. The
Davenport Turner's, who number over 100,
have made great preparations TO entertain
tho delegates. A grand concert. river ex-
%cursion, volkBfest and commers are features
Of the entertainment which will Interrupt
the business sessions.
The meetings will be held in Davenport
Turner hail, which is the second largest
Turner building In the country.
Convention of the Gideons.
The national meeting Of tho Gideons, or
association Of Christian travelling men. COM
menced yesterday in Cedar Rapids. There
are about 800 members OF the Gideons in
Iowa and about a dozen other states were
represented at the meeting. The last ma
tional convention was held in Madison,
Wis. The meeting this year will extend
over three days and on Sunday the mem
bers will take part in religious services in
the Cedar Rapids churches.
The next convention will be held at In
dianapolis. The following officers were
elected:
President. Frank A.. Garlick, Chicago;
vice president, A. D.. T. Moore. Cedar Rap
ids; secretary. John N. Nicholson. James
Vile. Wis; treasurer. p, J. Knights. James
Vile; chaplain. l.. c. Smith, Oshkosh.