Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-09-12
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. Sept. II. 1908.

year was $1.542.S27.44.
State Labor Commissioner e. d.
Brigham. who has Just returned from
Keokuk and Fort Madison. where he
was engaged in factory inspection
last week. says he met with q general
disposition among factory owners to
comply with the laws OF the state
governing the management Of these In.
stitutions. The most serious omission
which Mr.. Brigham found was the
lack OF fire escapes, but wherever
owners were notified of this failure
they expressed a willingness to comply
with the law. Some sanitary improve
ments were recommended. and owners
were advised to discharge all child
employees after being assured that the
child labor and compulsory education
laws Of the state would be enforced
to the letter.
Recent events Of more than passing
interest have directed the eyes of the
nation in this direction, and Iowa"
and "Des Moines" are names very fire..
quently heard. In fact Iowa is an in.
teresting state, focal point, so to
speak, and in no one particular Is she
more prominent than in her Life In.
surance institutions. This is emml.
nently true of Des Moines, the Hart.
ford of the West" whose progressive
companies are pushing rapidly to the
front. the most remarkable being the
National Life and Trust Co., now do.
ing business in twenty states. The
phenomenal business done by this az.
10 Inc k1sa1
der of the life insurance world. The
agency forces have been augmented
by the addition of large number Of
country, and their presence is already
Speculation in cheap northwest
lands, the demand for money from
stockmen and farmers with which to
buy feed for stock, and from mer-
chants with which to discount bills for
fall stocks just being received, Is cut.
ting into the deposits of Iowa banks at
q considerable rate. The stateme
of the Des Moines Clearing House as.
ISOLATION, of which all but three Des
Moines banks, the State Savings, Val.
ley Savings and Iowa State, are mem
bers, shows that compared with year
ago the deposits in local clearing
house banks have fallen off $3,249,457
The last three clearing house state.
ments with comparisons are as fol.
lows:
July Z, 1902 .......$ SIT ,619, 451 SO
july 3, 1871 ............ 1910, 1880
August II, 1902 ....... 16,9O1 ,93515
August IL, 1902 ......... 8,4I1 ,615.40
September 8, 1902 ...... 15,664,278.43
September 9, 1902 ...... 1898, 1856
The last call for reports from Iowa
state and savings banks, made June 1S,
shows that since the preceding call OF
April s. deposits had decreased in the
state $1,423.913.45. The July call of
national banks in the state showed a
corresponding decrease in deposits.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany has commenced the use of girls
in its Des Moines office for messenger
service. Five girls have been employ.
ed, furnished with messengers books
and started on the work of delivering
messages. These were secured in re.
Spouse to an advertisement Offering
employment to ten girls over the age
of sixteen years. It is the intention TO
add at least five more girls to the force.
The decision to employ girl messen-
gers in Des Moines is the result of an
experiment made with them in Chicago
at the time of the strike of the mes.
senger boys. 1t was found that they
did the work in the Chicago field so
admirably that it has been decided to
try them at all points where trouble
has been experienced in securing boy
messengers.
Harry Lloyd was arrested on a
charge Of assault with intent to com.
nit great bodily injury on the 2-year.
old baby of l. N Thompson of Dallas
Center. Mrs. Lloyd was not arrested.
but an information was prepared hr
the humane officer in which she is
charged with assault and battery on
the child. The baby, which is able
to stand, but hardly able to talk, was
found by the father at the Lloyd home
covered with bruises. The child's
eyes were blackened, the left cheek
was black and blue, the left ear was
rapidly turning black, the right cheek
was marked with black and blue
streaks. the left side of the head was
covered by small bruises, which had
bled at one time; the scalp seemed
pulled out, the left leg had been cut
below the knee, the front of the legs
were covered with black and blue
| marks and the back was solid black
and blue except in streaks which were
black. Some blows had brought blood,
apparently, for there were scabs, one
Selng cleay acgass tie back Lloy1,s
bonds were fixed at $500 and he was
unable to give them. He was lodged
in the county jail. The case is before
Judge Silvera. Mrs. Lloyd has four
children, one of whom is not at homo,
and one of whom, baby, is sick. The
humane officer decided not to place
her under arrest before her arraign.
ment, and then she will be permitted
to return home until her trial. Mrs
! Mrs. Lloyd is a half-sister of Mrs.
Thompson, who recently deserted ne1
husband.
Wireless telegraphy is almost as
wonderful as tallsless woman.
Mrs. Eva Devoe, of East Syracuse.
N. Y, Is an up-to-date girl, although
she is 100 years old. She wants a BIZ
cycle, as she hates to be behind the
times. My family" she says, "seem
to think I'd better not have one, and
maybe it would look queer to see the
mother Of 72-year-old girl whirhne
on Wheel"
A laundryman in Paris cleanses fine
linen and other fragile fabrics with.
out using soap or other chemicals. In.
stead Of these he uses boiled potatoes
which he rubs into the goods and then
rinses them. It is said that this meth