The Leon reporter., 1902-02-20
the township the unit or road dis

trict.
Des Moines, Feb 17.-Senate.-S. F.
1872 was made special order for Tues
day at 10:S0. 1t extends the power of
the state board of health over locali-
ties i'll which the local boards fail to
enforce quarantine and vaccination in
contagious diseases. A quorum was
present during none of today's ses-
sion S. Il. PIT was introduced by
Hartman and went to agriculture.
1t relates to and provides for draining
swamp lands in Iowa.
House.-The bill increasing the sup
port fund of the College for the Blind
at Vinton to $22 per month for nine
months in the year, was taken up
and discussed, but owing to the small
number of members present action
was postponed until Thursday. Fields,
called up HI. F. 130. amending section
1547 of the code, to prohibit the taking
of fish from the Big Sioux river except
with hook and line. The bill passed.
Wilson of Buena Vista called up H. q.
121, removing the limit on fees to be
charged by the secretary of state fory
/ filing articles of incorporation. At
present the maximum fee is $4,000.
The bill passed.
Wright called up HI. r. 1876, amend
ing section 106 of the code, relative
to the time of settlement of the aud
itor of the state with the treasurer of
state, making it at definite periods.
The bill passed. Among the bills in
troduced We're the following: Pro-
viding that express companies shall
make reports to executive council at
same time as telephone companies;
making appropriation increasing the
per capita allowance for the inmates
of the Industrial School at Eldora
from 50 to S11 per month; providing
for a bacteriologist who shall be
physician and director of the state
board of health meteorological labor
atory, and who is to receive a salary
of $4,000 per year; increase appropri-
alton for health department from
$4,000 to $1,000 per year.
Des Moines, Feb. 7.-Senate-Sev-
eral legalzing acts were passed. A
bill was introduced in the senate pro-
viding for l1shway over the Bona
parte dam IN the Des Moines river,
which now prevents Mississippi river
| fish from coming north.
House.-In the house, the time was
devoted to discussion of the Cum
mings bill to increase the salaries of
4 the supreme judges from $4,000 to
$4,000. An amendment to place it at
$4,000 was defeated by narrow mar
gin. The house judiciary committee
decided to report for passage the bill
defining habitual criminals and which
is designed to reach persons engaged
in safe blowing 1t is the measure
fathered by A. U. Quint, of the Bank
ers' Mutual Casualty company.
TREATY FORMALLY RATIFIED.
Senate Adopted Agreement for Pur-
chase Of Danish West Indies.
(. Washington, Feb. 1S.-Yesterday,
in little more than an hours time.
the senate disposed of the treaty with
Denmark ceding to the United States,
for consideration of $5,00O,OOO, the
| islands of ST. Thomas, st. John and
st. Croix, composing the group of the
Antilles known as the Danish West
Indies and lying just east of Porto
Rico, and thus, SO far as this country
1 is concerned, consummated trans
action which has been under consid-,
Grafton intermltrently since the adj
min4stration of President Lincoln
The treaty and the report on it were
read at length and more or less dis
cussion of the proposition was indulg-
ed in. Senator Cullom as chairman
OF the committee on foreign relations,
made a speech explaining the advant-
ages of the acquisition of the islands.
and Senators Bacon and McLaurin, of
Mississippi, made brief remarks, say
ing that while they could not endorse
all the provisions of the agreement.
they would place no obstacles in the
way of ratification. At the conclusion
of Senator Cullom's remarks his mo-
ton to ratify was adopted by a viva
| 1000 KILLED I'm EARTHQUAKE.
Details of the shamaka Disaster Are
i Slowly Arriving.
| Baku, Trans -Caucasia, Feb. 1S.-De,
tails whicn are slowly arriving from
Babu Shamaka, shows that 1900 per-
sons, mostly women and children per-
| ished as result of the earthquake
last week and that four thousand
houses were destroyed.
Thirtyfour villages of the country
surrounding Shamalla also suffered.
To add to the terrors of the neigh
borhood, volcano near the village of
Marasy, eastward of Shamaka, has
broken into active eruption. A great
crevasse has appeared from whence
immense flames and streams of lava
are being thrown out. The course of
the river Geonchaika has been altered
in consequence of it's bed being dam
med with earth which has been dis
turbed by the earthquake.
Battalions of guards and detach-
ments of soldiers with tents haye been
dispatched to Shamaka to aid in the
4 work of rescue.
The Red Cross society is active in
alleviating distress.
/ PRINCE HENRY ON HIS WAY.
Starts for America With Mission of
Good viii.
l Bremerhaven. Feb. 16-Prince
Henry sailed for New York at 3:43 p.
m. yesterday.
| Kiel, Feb. 16.--What looked like half