Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. Sept. $. 1909.

A steady decline in the number of
convicts at Anamosa prison is shown
by the annual report of Warden Hun.
ter for the year ending June 30, 1902,
which has been filed with the board of
control. Since July 1, 1898, Warden
/ Hunter says, there has. been steady
decrease in the number of convicts.
This decline was heaviest in 1899.
July /, 1898, there were but 626 prls.
oners. June 80. 1902, there were but
Alp. June 80, 1901. there were AZ
In the year there were 202 prisoners
received and 23S discharged. OF the
total Az in prison June 80, 1902, 36a
males were state prisoners and seven
United States prisoners. There wers
20 female prisoners. Four prisoners
of those received the past year ar
under death sentence. OF the 20S re.
ceived, ITO are addicted to liquor.
Woodbury. county mas furnished the
largest share of the 20S sent to Ana
mosa IN the past year, there being 30
from that county. A table is present
ed, showing the number of new prison
ers received at the prison since 1873.
In that year there were SO, while in re-
cent years the number runs from 200
year, and but one was returned for
violation of the parole. One gave him
self up, and was received back at LIS
own request. Warden Hunter again
expresses his belief a parole law and
indeterminate sentence measure
should be enacted. There were no es.
capes or attempted escapes in the
year. The value of the labor put into
various articles manufactured at the
prison In the year, estimated on the
basis of the values of free labor, was
S72,521.29.
Everyone is looking for the old
bureaus, sofas and tables that their
mothers once owned, because they
were well made and artistic. Chase &
West, 712 Walnut. Des Moines, have
the largest and finest stock in the
state. They carry exclusive styles In
antique and colonial mahogany high
post and Napoleon beds, old sofas,
dressers and bureaus. Do not fail to
visit their store.
The executive council has appro-
priated $4,000 out of the providential
contingent fund for the Iowa State
college. The sum Is to be expended
by the trustees for the erection of an
addition to the present temporary
building used for class rooms. 1t Is
seriously needed on account of the re.
cent fire, which destroyed the south
wing of the main building, this wing
having been left intact in the preced.
ing fire. The appropriation made by
the council leaves $1,000 in the provi-
Dental contingent fund. 1t originally
consisted of $4,000. An appropria-
ton of $4,000 was made for tempor.
airy buildings at the institution for the
deaf at Council Bluffs following the
fire there. This left $4,000 in the
fund. and the appropriation now made
cuts the remainder down to $1,000.
Governor Cummins has issued a
proclamation, offering a reward of
$500 for the arrest and conviction Of
Ed Carnes, who September / shot and
fatally wounded Sheriff Strain of
Monona county. The shooting took
place at the farm of John Upton, two
miles west Of Whiting. the evening Of
September /. There had been a fight
among the members of a threshins
crew, and Carnes started out with a
shotgun to get revenge on one of the
number who had worsted him. Strain
endeavored to arrest him was shot
| fatally.
The Des Moines Horse Show, Sept.
| 1920, will present a nalf million dollar
display Of fine horses and magnificent
| equippages-the most gorgeous ever
| seen in the west. and 1t will be given
| in the mammoth new State Fair pa
yiiion. All railroads in the United
| States will give cheap rates and the
whole country will be represented.
The Des Moines Union company has
a large force of men working on the
Coon river bottoms raising and broad
ening the grades upon which its num-
erous switch tracks are laid. The pur-
pose is not only to get the tracks high
enough so that traffic over them VIII
| not be DISTRACTED by recurrence II
the food of last July. but to make
them serve the purpose of levees 20
protect the big property holdings It
has In the district. The tracks are SO
located that by raising them to a GER
tain height and Strengthening them
most OF the river bottom east OF
Twelfth street will be protected.
The state treasury has received the
sum of s13,019.6S in collateral inheri-
lance tax collections from two Iowa
estates. The two estates which have
just paid over the tax are those o.
Margaret Amelia Hodgdon of Dubuque
county, and l. Kirchner. Jr., of Web.
ster county.
Prof. s. r. Macy of Highland Park
college was injured in a gasoline ex.
plosion last June. In lighting the fire
one morning he used gasoline thinking
il was kerosene. The Great Western
company had a short time previous Ia
the accident insured the professor
against such injuries. A prompt set.
Element was made. Now tie accident
company has brought suit against
Cline Bros, grocers, who sold the
gasoline to Macy, to recover the
amount of the policy, which aggre.
gated $4,000. 1t is claimed the gro
cerymen had violated the state law In
that they failed to properly mark the
can containing the explosive. The
state law provides that gasoline should
be carefully marked before delivery.
The claim is made by the accident
company that the can used by Prof.
Macy to light the fire had no marking
whatever and that even a chemist Is
liable to just such a mistake as Macy
made.
Grew Too Fast.
Little Tommy when told that he