Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-06
COTTAGE PLAN FAVORED
State Architect Will Recommend
New Plan for Permanent
Asylum Buildings.
Bryan Will Lecture in Iowa and
Conservative Democrats Are
Frightened.
Government Spent $4,000 in
Prosecuting the Balliett Trial
...Precedent involved.
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SNecial to llmeS-1te
Des Moines, June 6.-State Archltect
I,iebbe will recommend to the board OIL
control and to the legislature, Whei 'he
time comes for the erection of perma-
rent buildings for the School Tor the
Deaf at Council Bluffs, that an entirely
different plant be followed IN the con-
struction of the necessary new build
ines. The old buildings for the dear
school followed the old style in regard
to colleges and seminares-that OF one
immense building and dormitory into
which to huddle everybody. 1t was
three stories high and while at the time
II was built it was regarded as an eX-
celIent building it was not in any sense
modern. Had the recent tre occurred
1T night the loss of life would have been
frjehtful Mr.. Liebbe would have cot
tages erected to take the place of the
large building. A cott2sge would be
home for perhaps dozen or twenty OF
the students at the school. Each cot
tage would have it's matron In charge
and be independent of the others. Ihey
could be grouped about in circle with
the administration or school pulidins III
the center They would have sepa-
rate building for the kitchen and dining
room. None of the buildings would be
more than two stories high and each
one would be completely separated
from the others so that in case of fire
not more than one of the buildings
would be sacrificed. There Is ample
room for such an arrangement on the
state grounds now used for the deal
school, 1t would be economical and far
better in every way. The plans for the
temporary structures to be erected at
Council Bluffs have not yet been COM
rleted. The preliminary plans for the
school room and large shed for tools
and a workshop have been made. The
school building will be a vIry plain
two-sto structure with nearly flat
roof. The class rooms, of which there
will be about twenty five, will be COM
raratively small, but will be well
lighted.
The main contractor at the Cherokee
state hospital is almost done with his
work, and now has only half dozen
men engaged in finishing the odds and
ends of the contract. The delay at
Cherokee is largely due to the impossi-
bility of securing the generators for the
electric plant and other similar ma
chinery which should have been in
place long ago. The contractors on the
subsidiary buildings are pushing the
work rapidly. The big hog house is the
first of the minor buildings to be fin
ished and the state now has palace
100 feet long for Cherokee hogs.
While the Silverites in the democratic
party in Iowa are saying that they are
perfectly willing to concede now that
their pet theory is a dead issue and
there is no use talking about it, the fact
that William ]. Bryan is being brought
into the state to deliver course of lee
lures at all towns where the price can
be secured among the faithful followers
Of the prophet is taken by some of the
conservative democrats to indicate that
the Bryan wing of the party desires to
hold on to the last. Bryan is scheduled
to speak at Creston, at Perry and sew
eral other towns In the state where
democrats of his way Of thinking are
said to be numerous. All the demo-
cratic politicians agree perfectly that
free silver is dead issue and can not
be taken up again, but not all of thela
agree as to whether or not Bryan is
dead duck as some of them affect to
believe. So far as could be discerned
the meeting of the committee yester-
day was harmonious and agreeable in
every way.
In the trial of Letson Ballet several
things were eXemplified. His was
gigantic scheme of deception and fraud
and was reasonably we'll carried out.
He was remarkably bold in his meth
DDS and no doubt escaped so long
chiefly by his boldness and air of
confidence. But this did not save him
in the end. He had the ablest counsel
and his case was certainly well tried
but this was not enough. The govern
ment showed that when it is desired
to make an example of an offender no
money or pains are spared. This case
cost the United States over $4,000 di-
rectly. But the government would
have spent double that If necessary
TO secure the fullest evidence against
Ballet 1t was desired that this should
be precedent and that the postoffice
authorities may know how far they
can go in shutting out questionable
schemes Of this character. The inten-
ton is to follow this conviction, pro
vided it is upheld to the end, with
orders to similar concerns engaged i1.
securing the money of gullibie ins
vestors thru the mails that they must
quit using the mails If the orders
are made pretty broad and are fol-
lowed up carefully it means that a
great deal of mail business will be
ended. One who listened to the trial
of the Ballet case said that 1T looks
like the time is not far distant when
one may not write a falsehood to an!
man and send it thru the mails II there
is any question of money involved.
At any rate the tendency is in that
direction and the Ballet case ana its
outcome of conviction of the defendant
has greatly strengthened the postoffice
department in it's effort to reform the
world by and thru postal regulations
The governor has called the Iowa
commission to prepare an Iowa ex-
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