Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-21
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines, August 10. 1909.

already arranged for the transporta-
ton. The special from Independence
to Cherokee will transport about $50
inmates and attendants. That from
Clarinda will contain about 260 In
mates and attendants. The patients
will be unguarded save by the attend
ants. There will be one Of these for
every fifteen patients. The board will
send no patients from the Mt, Pleasant
hospital to Cherokee. There will be
100 patients. however. sent to Clarinda
from Mt. Pleasant and 100 from Mt.
Pleasant to Independence. They will
go in special cars.
Governor Cummins has announced
the selection OF Miss Elsie Macomber
to christen the cruiser Des Moines.
Miss Macomber has accepted the
honor. She was selected by the COVER
nor after a conference with Mayor
Brenton. The cruiser Will be christen-
ed September 20 in the yards of the
Fore River Ship and Engine company
at Quincy Mass. The ceremonies will
be carried out in the presence of Gov
ernor Cummins and staff and delega-
| ton Of prominent Des Moines citizens,
including PROBABLY Mayor Brenton.
Before the expiration of Governor
| Shaw's term, he selected Miss Frances
! West for the honor of christening the
| cruiser. Recently was announced
Miss West deemed, as she was about
to leave for the Orient, to be the guest
of the Congers In PeKin. Miss West
sailed for China short time ago.
| Dr. G. A. Newman Of the state G. A.
r. has received general order from
| the national commander at Min.
neapolis. One of the matters touched
on in the order Is the announcement
of the appointment OF committee to
represent the national G.. A. r. in the
organization of the department of his.
| tory of the Memorial university of the
s. Of V. at Mason City. The commit.
tee consists of James o. Pierce of
| Minneapolis, l.. B. Raymond of Hamp.
| ton, Governor S. r. Van SAINT of st.
Paul, T. d. Wallace of chicago and
William II. Armstrong Of Indianapolis.
| Announcement is made that the uni
Versity will be opened September 10
with from 100 to 200 students. The
order says 1t is hoped the president
of the United States will be present.
A number of Iowa farmers are maxi
ing an effort to hold the Chicago.
| Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad re.
| sponsible for damage resulting from
the unusually heavy rains of the past
| few weeks. and the decisions in the
| test cases to be brought will be of
| great interest and importance The
contention of the farmers is that the
railroad has not provided culverts
| sufficiently large to carry off the
| floods following up the heavy rains,
and as a result the entertainments of
I the company have held back the
water flooded the fields and ruined
| the crops. 1t will be extremely diff.
| ficult to fix standard size Of open.
ings for culverts in various locations
and circumstances. and the claim
much interest the finding Of the
| courts.
Tax ferrets in Clayton county have
been busy during the past few month";
and as a consequence have in hand
for the state treasury collections that
amount to $2.S3703. This is the
| states share of the collections made
in Clayton county by the tax ferrets
and is wholly unexpected contribu-
| ton to the general revenue. as wei
come as unexpected. The auditors
| office has Deen apprised of the col
| lections which will be turned over
| in cash in the near future.
The state board of control has re.
appointed Superintendent H. w. Roth
ert as the head of the school for the
deaf at Council Bluffs. The new term
of Superintendent Rothert begins Aug.
| 80 and will extend over a period OF
| four years. The board has also re-
| appointed Dr. Max Z. White as super
| intendent of the Clarinda hospital, his
term being four years and beginning
September 80.
The board of control has disposed
of the question of insane infants as
far as the board is able to do so.
Recently board OF Insanity in Mus
| catine county declared one Homer ID.
Johnson, BABY of 4 years, to be in
sane and ordered him committed to
the hospital at Mt. Pleasant. The sup
| erintendent of the hospital refused to
| receive the child when 1t was taken
to the hospital and told the people
| from Muscatine county that he had
| no provisions for taking care of in.
fants In that hospital. The child was
| taken back to Muscatine and later the
board received letter from the coun.
| ty authorities of Muscatine county
reciting the facts and asking what
would be necessary to secure the ad.
mission of the insane infant to the
state hospital for insane at Mt. Pleas.
ant. The letter stated tnat the child
was regularly declared insane by
competent board and was properly
committed to the hospital. The board
replied to the letter stating that the
law makes no distlnction as to the age
OF the persons who may be admitted
to the hospitals. and if an infant is
committed properly the state must
care for it the same as for an adult.
But the board suggested to the Mus.
catine authorizes that for child Of
| four years its home Is better place
than 4 staIe hospital where there can
be no provision for a kindergarten
| department.
Even the teetotaller must sooner or
later take to his bier.
/ Commenting on the fondness of
young students to use long words and
Latin quotations in order not to az.
| pear conventional, DIR. Lorimer, of
New York, says: Il once knew a
| promising candidate who was given
charge of funeral in the absence of
the pastor OF the church. He knew
that 1t was customary for the minister
TO announce after the sermon that
those who wished should step up 20
view the remains. but he thought this
was too hackneyed phrase. and he
said instead: The congregation will
now pass around the BIER"
A certain literary critic in quest of
| expert opinions Wherewith to build him