Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23
DELAY is CAUSING TROUBLE
Government Neglected. in Cleaning the
Tama Indian Reservation.
THREAT TO LIFT THE QUARANTINE
Indian Trade IL vaIuabIe-Larger Pro-
gram for G.. A. n. Encampment-
Seeks Damages for Pulling
Wrong Tooth.
(From a star Correspondent.l


From a Staf Correspondent
DIES MONIES, Feb. 22.-(Special.)-The
delay of the ofncials at Washington In
arranging for the cleaning up of the Tama
Indian reservation in Iowa is causing the
local authorities Of Tama county q great
deal Of trouble and annoyance. The people
at Montour, one Of the towns near the res
ervation, threaten to lift the quarantine
against the reservation and permit the In
dams to come to their town. as the trade OF
the Indians is valuable to them. There
we're several cases OF smallpox in Montour.
but none lately. At Western college Of
Toledo one of the students was taken Ill
and is being cared for; another, Miss Abba
Cox, was pronounced Ill with the chicken
pox and sent to her home in Madison
county, near Earlham. The State Board Of
Health here was notified and Investigation
showed that she had smallpox. The presi-
dent Of the State Board of Health has noti-
ned the people near the reservation that
they must continue the quarantine until
the Indian bureau has funds to pay for all
blankets and clothing burned and cleans up
the reservation. The Indians are restless
and as spring approaches desire to get of
the reservation and II the matter is de-
layed much longer they cannot be re-
strained. A few days ago a peddler went
on the reservation and purchased a lot OF
the blankets which had been used by the
sick Indian and started out to sell them.
The people of Toledo heard of Il, organized
a posse, pursued the man and burned his
blankets.
G.. A. r. Encampment.
Arrangements are being made to include
In the annual department encampment Of
the Grand Army Of the Republic, which
meets in Des Moines May 20, reunions Of
regiments and brigades to which soldiers
will be invited from all states adjoining
Iowa, and 1t is expected that a large num-
Der will be here from those states. chiefly
former Iowans or members of Iowa regi-
ments. The committees are preparing for
an attendance of from 1000 to 5000 at the
reunion. Governor Van San Of Minnesota
will be present, also Commander-in-Chief
, Torrance. The chief address at the open
ing Of the encampment will be by General
@. NJ. Dodge Of Council Bluffs. There
will be reunions Of several brigades and
regiments and the program as now being
made up will be unusually fine.
New Corporations.
The McCallsburg State bank has been
incorporated at McCallsburg, Story county;
capital. $25, 900; B. M. Rasmussen, presi-
dent; e. o. Dillon, cashier.
The Maquoketa School Furniture COM
pany has been Incorporated; capital, $685.
OOO; by W. B. Sutherland and others.
For Pulling Wrong Tooth.
t. w. williams of Keokuk. has sued the
Keokuk Medical college for $1,000 for dam
ages to his face, by which he claims his
former beauty has been permanently and
painfully injured to the extent of $1,000.
It is claimed by the plaintiff that one
of the doctors at the institution gave
him a cause of action by wilfully, neg
~Iigently and maliciously pulling a sound
and very valuable tooth Of the plaintiff
without his consent, decorating his mouth,
causing him pain and permanently injuring
has looks.
Patriarchs Militant.
The department convention Of the Pa
trlarch Militant will be held in Des Molnes
next year. This was decided at the meet
ing held In Marshalltown. The department
also pledged $500 toward the fund for the
entertainment Of the sovereign grand lodge
Of Odd Fellows In Des Moines this year.
The Patriarchs passed q resolution indors-
ing the bill pending in the legislature to
make 1t a misdemeanor for anyone to wear
a secret society emblem who is not a mem
Der OF the order In good standing. There
was a large attendance at the convention.
Insurance Companies Come Back.
Some time ago the leading foreign in
surance companies doing business in Iowa,
paid their annual tax of 8 1-2 per cent on
gross business done in Iowa, and at the
time of filing their certificates Of tax pay
ments, they notified the treasurer and au-
ditor that they had paid under protest and
reserved the right to question the legality
Of the payment. This was equivalent Tn
withdrawing from the state, for the au-
ditor refused to issue them certificates
at hat time under the circumstances These
foreign insurance companies have since
withdrawn their protest and received their
certificates to do business. At the same
time a bill has been acted on favorably In
the legislature to take of the dlscrlminat-
ing tax on foreign insurance companies and
leave them on the same basis as the do
nestle companies. paying 2 1-2 per cent.
Another bill is to be introduced to fx the
rate for both foreign and domestic com
panies at 2 "a per cent. There has been
complaint that so many of the foreign
companies have withdrawn from the state
that it Is hard to place insurance on some
large manufacturing industries.
COntest of the Colleges.
Drake university is making big prepara-
lions for the state oratorical contest to be
held next Friday night at the Drake
auditorium. A crowd Of at least 700 is ex-
pected from the different colleges who will
take part in the contest. 1t is expected
there will be fifty from Ames, seventy-nve
from Cornell. $50 from Simpson. seventy
hve from lowe Wesleyan. 200 from Des
Moines college. besides others from other
points. On Thursday evening a banquet
will be rendered the visiting delegation at
the savery at Q o'clock. and on Friday aft
ernoon a reception will be held at the home
Of Chancellor and Mrs ". B. Craig. for
all visiting students and presidents of the
different contesting colleges.
Smallpox situation.
DR.. A. M. Lynn. president Of the Iowa
State Board Of Health. after a personal
investigation regarding smallpox in Des-
Moines. issued an oficial statement tonight.
saying:
Present effective methods are expected
to soon relieve Des Moines of the disease.
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