Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-24

ot the district who have contests on
their hands. The congressional situa-
ton in the Second district is likely to
cut some figure in the state convention.
Scott county has II candidate for clerk
of the supreme court. Some persons are
50 wing that Charley Neal Will be an i'm
lortant factor in the contest and that
the Second district will be solidly for
him. But it is now conceded that Scott
county wants the congressional nomi-
nation and will get it, Il this is so
some of the counties of the district will
porting also a Scott county candidate
tor clerk of the supreme court.
John r. Carter. code editor. is hard AT
work here on the preparation OF cop
for the supplemental code OF IONA. ne
has been delayed by failure OF the ar
rival of the annotations from Judge
McC'lain, but a goody batch of the copy
arrived today and it is promised that
here will he no other delays in the
preparation of the code matter.
The board of control has been IN
formed of an unfortunate circumstance
IN connection With putting the new law
in regard to nebriates into effect. Inc
newspaperS had published over ana
eyer again that the inebliate ward, as
provided by law. was not established at
amy of the hospitals: but it seems this
information WAS not known a t Creston.
fo,. the officials there caused the trial of
enc j. II. Copenheffer. an attorney. tor
md
Corning for trial before Judge Towner.
The Judge sentenced him to serve 'lihe
in the inebliate ward at the Clal'hda
state hospital. This was before the
definite location of the inebrate Wafd
had been decided upon. He could nave
been received under the old law at Cla-
r:nda. but not under the new law. Ihe
town marshal took the attorney to Cla-
r;nt,a and presented the commitment
ard was informed that it was not good
there. He was taken back to Creston,
The commitment changed and he was
sent to Mount Pleasant
The newspaper boys of Des MONIES
have taken hold of the problem OF pro-
vitiing for the working newspaper ineN
y no come to the state convention neNe
week and recalling what Was done at
Cedar Rapids last year they have made
arrangements for the use of the corner
room in the Slavery House for newspa-
per men. This has been secured by
courtesy of the committee in charge OIL
the odd Fellows gathering, which COM
nittee will yield the room for few
days. There will be typewriters and an
attendant and everything they want.
This will be an innovation In Des
Moines. 1t has long been regarded as
impossible to get Des Moines people to
know or care anything about newspa-
pers and they have a constitutional
habit of looking upon newspaper men
as a necessary evil to be avoided as
much as possible. This movement pro-
ceeds from working newspaper men
themselves.
Insurance men of this city are at the
head of a movement To induce the
agents of insurance companies all over
the state to stiffen up the rates for fire
insurance in the leading cities. An cr-
ganiZation has been formed here to do
educational work in the matter OF
rates for fire insurance. The plan is to
send out competent insurance men en-
tirely familiar with the rate question
and TO hold meetings in the leading
cities of the state, where the local
agents will be gathered together to
consider the good of the insurance
business. 1t is claimed that under eN-
listing conditions the Very life of insur-
ance companies is threatened by the
low rates prevailing in Iowa and that
unless the local agents and the state
agents can do something to remedy the
matter the insurance companies Will
have to either Withdraw from the state
or reduce commissions to the agents. a
meeting was held ut Burlington this
week and the following from Des
Moines attended, 9. w. Fracker. T. II.
armstrong; w. NJ. Black, I. A. Robin
son. III. C. Stuart, NJ. e. Leese B. Il.
Hough and w. a. Hand. Other meet
lngs will be arranged for soon and a
general campaign of education on the
rate question Will be carried on during
the year. 1t is understood that practi-
oally all the foreign countries that
withdrew from the state last year are
again doing business in Iowa