Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02
EFFORT TO CHECK DISEASE
Appropriation Of $1,000 20 Be Used in
Cleaning Indian Reservation.
COOPERATION OF GOVERNMENT WANTED
Contractors OF steRm-HeatinE Plant
in Industrial College Are n
Blaine Gets Five Years I'm
Penitentiary.
From a star Correspondent.)

DIES MONIES, March 1.-(special .)-Gov-
ernor Cummins has signed the bill appro-
priating $1,000 for the use Of the president
Of the State Board Of Health and the In
dian agent on the Tama Indian reservation
in cleaning up the reservation and prevent
ing the spread Of smallpox from the same,
and today he sent a telegram to Commits
sioner Jones OF the Indian ONCE in WASH
ington as follows:
There is imminent danger of a spread of
Indian reservation In Tama county. To
meet the emergency the general assembly
e ess Places eous ssTpO fs at the the SisRSsSi Of Of s sns Sy-
ing Indians with substitutes for articles TO
be destroyed and for expense Of fumisa-
cooperate with our State Board Of Health.
giving him such directions as will au-
thorize the destruction Of infected articles
and property and the complete ~fumigation
OF the camp. immediate action rs highly
Country from the plague. 1 hope your ap5
Precipitation bill will provide for Reimburse
ing the state. Wire me your conclusions
and any suggestions as TO our course.
The state appropriation is made imme-
diately available and It Is expected that DR..
Linn, president of the Board Of Health,
and Mr.. Malin, the Indian agent at Tama,
will proceed at once to have the camp
cleaned up and the quarantine raised. The
Indians are reported to be quite restless
and anxious to have intercourse with the
world again and have shown great patience
in the long delay. 1t is believed the pres
emit method Of meeting the emergency is
the only safe one.
Behind on Contracts.
The State Board Of Control has informa-
ton that the contractors on the steam
heating plant at the Iowa Industrial school
at Eldora are about two months behind with
their contracts and Il will be some time
before it is finished. The bids will be opened
next week for contractors, amounting to
more than $4,000 for work at the Cherokee
hospital, and as yet only a few bidders
have manifested interest in the matter, and
It is feared the bidding will not be salts
factory.
The Wapello Club Realty company OF
Ottumwa has been incorporated by Calvin
Mannings, A. G. Harrow and others with
S11,0 900 capital stock.
Five Years for Blaine.
Judge Prouty Of the district court this
morning sentenced Tip Blaine to five years
in the penitentiary for stealing a saddle
from a farmer In the north part Of this
county. There we're four persons con-
nected with the crime; one turned states
evidence and another has been sent to the
penitentlary in advance Of Blaine. At the
time Of the a~rraignment Of the four, Blaine
was out on bond and departed, but was
recently arrested In Idaho and brought
back for trial.
March weather is Bad.
Although the entire month Of February
was as pleasant as 1t could well be in Iowa,
the first day Of March has showed a de-
cided change and the entire state has ex-
perieneed a storm. The rain Of the previous
night was this morning turned to sleet
and snow and the wind has turned sharply
to the north. The local weather ONCE re-
ports that unfavorable conditions are re-
ported from all parts Of the state.
Legislature to Visit Ames.
The faculty Of the Iowa state college at
Ames has extended an invitation to the
members of the legislature to visit Ames
and the college next Wednesday afternoon
and 1t is probable that this invitation will
be accepted. The legislature visited Iowa
City, Cedar Falls and Knoxville. The trip
to Ames will take but half a day and will
be by special train. The proposition to
vote a special tax levy Of one-hfth OF a
mill for the building fund Of the college
is before the legislature and 1t is also de-
sired that there shall be a liberal appropri-
alton for the college for immediate use ia
erecting a new building.
Fatal Fall.
From a fall on a walk yesterday after
noon Mrs. Martha Peterson of APO Des
Moines street received an injury to the
brain that resulted in death at an early
hour this morning. A fracture Of the
skull and the bursting of a blood vessel
defed the medical attendants and she never
regained consciousness. Mrs. Peterson was
a widow, aged 70 years.. She leaves three
daughters.
Candidates for Auditor.
B. F. Carroll Of Davis county is out a.
a candidate for auditor OF state before
the republican state convention. Mr.. Car.
roll is editor OF the Bloomfield Republican
has represented the Davis Appanoose dis.
trict in the state senate and is exceed.
ingly popular throughout southeastern
Iowa, in addition to having a fine state
acquaintance. Amos Brandt Of this city
now deputy state auditor Is also a candi.
date.