Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-31
Hold THEM IN CONTEMPT
Insane Confined at Mount Pleasant
Asylum Object to the Pres
ence of Inebriates.
PATIENT DISPLAYS OFFENDED PRIDE.
Uniform Fire Insurance Policy for
Iowa Established-Coal Strike Has
Hit State, Dealers Henvily-Su-
preme Court Decision Will Add
Millions in Taxes.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
Des Moines, Ia, Oct. 27.-The insane
confined at the state hospital at Mount
Pleasant have made forcible objec-
ton to the state hoard of control
against the housing of inebriates at
the same institution. They hold the
inebriates in supreme contempt. When
John Cownie, of the board, was in
Mount Pleasant on an inspection tour
last week one of the insane patients
was taken by him for an inebriate.
Mr.. Cownie began condoling with him
on his unfortunate habit, when the
insane man flew into rage and fairly
screamed: "Mr. Cownie, l want you
to understand, sir, that am no drunk
en- sot." With that he walked off, his
head in the air in the majesty of Of
Tended pride. More than 100 inebri-
ates are now confined at Mount Pleas
ant, and on account of the large num-
Der it is necessary to place some of
then in one of the insane wards. This
has met with intense indignation and
resentment on the part of the insane.
Will BE u Midway.
Relative to the agitation started by
some of the Iowa papers in favor of
the elimination of the midway plai-
sance from the worlds fair at st. Louis
in 1904, Mr.. w. M. Price, business
man of that city, who has been in Des
Moines, declares that there will be
midway, but it may not be known I'M
der that name. He declares that the
worlds fair directors are absolutely
unable to eliminate it, for the demand
for it is tremendous. The Register
and Leader, of Des Moines, has led the
crusade against the midway PROPOSE
ton, and other influences in the state
have been interested in the movement
with view to making an organized
protest to the managers of the fair.
Uniform Insurance.
The auditor and attorney general of
state have issued standard or uni
form fire insurance policy for this
state. Heretofore there has been
none. An effort made in the last leg
islature to frame one was fruitless.
The new policy provides specifically
that any fire company which writes
loss must bear its pro rata share of the
loss with all other companies which
have written policies on the same risk,
whether the other companies be au-
thoriZed, solvent or otherwise. This
prevents the companies from forcing
the insured to insure only in compa-
MES which belong to the Iowa board.
and absolutely defeats any effort
which may be made to combine to fix
rates and compel their payment by
insured. Heretofore the companies
have inserted clause which provided
that their policies became null and
void when policies in unauthorized
were written or held BY in.
surers.
Coal Dealers Hit Hard.
The delay in settling the hard coal
strike is estimated to have lost the
hard coal dealers in Iowa one-half of
their business. The foundries of the
state and the furnace makers have
been working night and day to make
soft coal CRATES required by hard coal
furnaces and to make furnaces to take
the place of hard coal stoves. Coal
men, furnace men and stove men esti-
mated that not one-half of the hard
coal will again be used in this state
that has been used heretofore. 1t is
thought that about $4,000 cars of hard
coal have been brought into Iowa each
year. This means 100000 tons, or 49,
100000 worth, at former prices. The
soft coal men expect to get at least
81 100000 year of this business from
this time forward. Coal men also state
that the same condition exists in all
of the western soft coal producing
states. Even the miners organiZa-
tons are much encouraged, and be-
lieve that they will have steady work
for some years to come on account of
the changes due to the hard coal strike.
Calls for boycott.
Auditor of State Merriam has issued
a circular letter 20 the people Of Iowa
about $50 insurance companies
not formed in this state which are not |
authorized to do business in Iowa, and |
asking the people in this state not to |
patronize them. This is the first move
in an effort to put these companies out |
OF business SO far as Iowa insurance is
concerned. The law requires compa-
MES which do business in Iowa to take
out certificate and pay taxes to the
state. Some of them do not do if. There
is no penalty attached for failure, but
the auditor hopes to make it interest
Ing for them by inducing the people
to withdraw their insurance from Thu
class of companies until they take out
certificates.
Hold High Positions.
Des Moines and Iowa newspaper
men occupy high position at Wash
ngton. Julian w. Richards is private
secretary to the presiding officer of
The national house, Speaker Hender-
son; formerly he was Iowa representa-
tive Of the Chicago Tribune, and work
ed on the Waterloo Courier. Robert
B. Armstrong, formerly of the Des |
MONIES News, is private secretary to |
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw. j. G.
Lord, who worker for the Des Moines
Capital in 1900, is star man on the
Times; on the same paper
IS Jack Elliott, formerly of the Des
Moines News, and who worked in Wa
crloo and Sioux City; o. P. Newman,
ormerly of the Des Moines Leader is
N the Times, also; and Robert Patch.
II, OF Des Moines, is one of the New
.ork Herald's representatives in the