The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-13
IOWA G.. O. P. CONFERENCE
Opportunity for DipIomacy-Spet.
Fixed as the Date.


DEs MONIES, IOWA-state Chairman
Spence, after comforting with leading re-
publicans has fixed Sept 4 as the date
of the conference to arrange plans for
the campaign. The conference will be
held here and will be attended by Sena-
tors Allison and Dolliver and all the
members Of the congressional delegation,
by the members of the state central COM,
mittee, the nominees for state offices and
the heads Of state Offices. The date is
but one day later than the democratic
state convention, which will be held Sept.
8. In view of the hostility of several
leading members Of the congressional
delegation to the Iowa platform. 1t is ex-
pected the conference will be highly in
teresting proceeding and will call for
the exercise of plenty of diplomacy. 1t is
expected Congressman Cousins will not
feel like attending in consideration Of his
vituperative attack on the platform and
the men who framed it.
Advices from the first district are that
John ]. Seerley of Burlington, exScon-
gressman will probably be nominated on
the democratic ticket against Congress
man Hedge. Prominent democrats from
the second district say they believe Judge
NJ. J. Wade of Iowa City will run for con-
gress there. There Is no longer doubt
that E. l.. Boies, son of the ex-governor,
will be settled on as the democratic can
Private Secretary John Brier of the
governors Office has returned from Mason
City, where he was the first person out
side Of the family to see Thomas A. Way
since the latters' severe attack Of pneu-
monia. Mr.. Way is still far from we'll,
though he Is improving. He will go to
West Baden to recuperate and after a
month there will go to Asheville, N. G.
The board Of control has just made a
ruling permitting 4-year-old insane
child to be admitted to the state hospital
ct Mt. Pleasant from Muscatine county.
The child was committed by tn einsanity
commissioners. Superintendent Apple
gate at Mt. Pleasant decided to receive it.,
but the board Of control ruled it had no
legal power to exclude the infant from
the hospital. The board Of control has
decided to allow Polk county to receive
back its incurable insane from the state
hospitals. These exceed 100 in number.
The board has divided the state into new
insane districts, owing to the approaching
opening of Cherokee. The Cherokee dis
trict comprises the counties in northwest
Iowa. Patients will be committed to the
new hospital after Aug. IS. The date Of
the transfer of the patients from other
hospitals to Cherokee has not been fixed.
DUBUQUE, IOWA
James Kelly, known to the local police
as Hobo" in the county Jail on the charge
OF vagrancy, stabbed fellow prisoner named
Conway three times with a penknife yesterday
afternoon. Two of the wounds are in the
stomach and the third. which may cause Con-
ways death, IS in the breast The stabbing
sion OF a newspaper. Conway hit Kelly with
q cuspidor and Kelly retalated with knife
In few months ground will be broken at
Main and Ninth streets for modern seven
story hotel. Negotiations for the sale OF the
site are now pending and ia stock company
will build the hote l:-James Finn, aged &C
years, died at st. Josephs Mercy hospital fol
the insane.-One Of the Burlington railroad
detectives was in the city looking for clues
Limited near Savanna While in Dubuque
the detective found barber on Clay street
who stated that he shaved the man who was
killed few days before the robbery was
committed