Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-07
PAVING WAR IN DES MONIES
Asphalt Combine Wins Second Round in
Injunction Suit,
GETS PERMISSION TO FILL A CONTRACT
Effort of Brick Men to Force Conn
petitors out of Business Fails
to stick on Final
Hearing.
tFrom a staff Correspondentl

Nfrom q stan correspondent
DES MONIES, Nov 6-(Special. Am
other turn was given in the fight Of the
brick combine Of this city against the
makers of asphalt paving. Some time ago
one district Judge issued a temporary re-
straining order to prevent the paving OF
certain streets in East Des Moines with
asphalt. the reason being that 1t was al.
legged the asphalt was made by a trust and
the contracts were against public policy.
The property owners along the streets
who will have to pay for the paving had
asked for asphalt and there was little op-
position to 1t except among the makers OF
brick in Des Molnes who act together for
the purpose Of controlling the paving busi-
ness. They have been engaged in ighting
the asphalt movement from the beginning.
Today the matter came before another
judge of the district court who dissolved
the injunction against the council and the
asphalt people and permits the beginning
Of work on the contracts already let, but
not fully entered into. The paving mat
ter In Des Moines had been hung up all
the year by reason of the fight between
the companies and the desire of each to
crowd the others out of the business.
Question of Vaccination.
The State Board Of Health today spent
the entire day discussing the question OF
methods of vaccination. A number OF
smallpox cases have been reported from the
state and one from Des Moines. The
board desires that measures be taken early
to head OFF an epidemic. At a recent meet
ing the board passed resolution declar-
ing that no method Of vaccination should
be recognized but that which is by in
lection OF the virus beneath the skin in
the ordinary manner. The board was asked
to rescind this and give recognition to the
method of inoculation by taking the medi-
cine internally. The board has not yet
done so.
Letson Ballet Of Baker City, Ore, ar
rived in the city today for the purpose OF
being present in court tomorrow when
Judge Munger OF Omaha arrives and dis
poses of several matters he has under con-
sideration. He has before him an argu-
ment for a new trial in the Ballet case
the written arguments having been sub
mitted to him by Lewis Miles, United
States attorney, and Charles A. Bishop of
the Iowa supreme court. If Judge Munger
overrules the motion for a new trial he
will sentence Ballet on his conviction of
using the mails to defraud in connection
with his advertising OF the White Swan
BOlu mines AT BAKER City.
Consolidation of Companies.
The officers Af the Security Life and
Savings Insurart te company of this city, of
which State All tor Merriam is president,
today entered Ito q contract for sale OF
the entire bnsi4 4ess to the National Life
and Trust company, of which Secretary
Shaw is a director and which was organized
by ex-Secretary Of State Dobson. The sale
will be ratified and consummated later.
These are two OF the big semi-insurance
companies organized under the Iowa in
surance laws and doing a speculative busi-
ness in savings.
Paying for Inebriates.
The state auditor today sent out to the
counties the first bills for the keeping of
the inebriates at the Mount Pleasant hos
pital. The inebriates come from many
counties, generally only one or two In a
county, and the counties must pay for
their keeping the same as insane persons.
State Labor Commissioner Brigham is in
Council Bluffs making factory inspections
and gathering labor statistics for the state.
The T. F. Phillips company OF Dubuque
has incorporated with $4,000 capital.
Chnirmen Go Home.
Chairman Spence of the republican state
committee and Chairman jackson of the
democratic committee have gone to their
respective homes and headquarters have
been closed. They will get no further re-
| turns. Not before in many years has the
exact figures In regard to the votes in
Iowa on the head OF the state ticket been
so hard to get at, as all interest was con-
centrated in the congressional fights. Tho
democrats are claiming they have made
considerable gains this year in the number
Of county officers they have elected. They
also made some gains in the judiciary
owing to local fights.