Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-06-19

company and regiment strength was
reached by the organizations. It was
found impossible to get 1O6 men In
the companies In most of the COM
munities, and the idea was aban-
doned. It is the half-filled companies
and regiments which make the prin-
cipal difficulties in the handling Of
troops in war time.
Will Go Outside.
It has been decided by the trustees
of Drake university not to expend all
of the energies of the management
in this state hereafter, In raising
funds for the endowment of the in
stitution, but to go outside of Iowa
for help. Contributions will be asked,
therefore, from all Of the Christian
congregations and people of the en-
tire west. It is believed that in this
way the endowment of the institution
can be quickly and largely expanded
and the attendance also can be In
creased, the work Of the great insti-
tuition being called to the attention
Of the people of other states.
Applied Science College.
Dean L. G. Weld, Of the State uni
versity, has completed plans for the
opening of college of applied sci
ence at the university next fall. This
will be designed to turn out men
thoroughly equipped as professional
technical scholars of science. It will
be q university school, and not
school of mechanic arts. The aim OF
the college will be to make the de-
partments Of pure science in the uni
versity contribute to the practical
education of all Of the students, In
Guiding those in the engineering de-
partment.
New superintendent.
George Morgridge has been APP
pointed superintendent of the insti-
tuition for the Predetermined at Glen,
wood. He has been assistant to DR..
F. NJ. Powell for four years. DR..
Powell retires from the position July
to take charge of private insti-
tuition for the care Of the feeble
minded persons at Red Oak. DR.. Pow
ell plans to take care of patients who
are placed in his private institution
by people of means who shrink from
committing their relatives to an in
stitution of public character like
that at Glenwood. AS there are
more than 100 applicants for admis-
sion to that institution, also, it is
thought that the private institution
will be well patronized and very sue
cessful. It is subject to the inspec-
ton of the board of control, of
course, under the new state law, and
DIR. Powell is one of the best equipped
men for such an institution that
there is in the country.
| One Tax Refund.
But one refund of collateral inheri-
lance taxes has been made by the
state. That amounted to $1,000 and
the amount wentsto the heirs of the
George w. Lowell estate, Of Month
cello. The taxes had been paid be-
fore q decision Of the supreme court
declaring invalid certain section Of
the collateral inheritance tax law.
The state has assumed the attitude
that collections made under that In
valid provision should be returned
to the payers, even though the COLI
lections were technically legal at the
time. However, there are few es-
tates interested, and no taxes will be
refunded which are not claimed.
VIII Send for Them.
The only man in Iowa, at least in
the city of Des Moines, who had rela-
tives at Kshineff, where the recent
Russian-Jewish massacre occurred,
was Mr.. Samuel Steinberg, a laborer
of this city. His wife and two chill
dren live in Kishineff, and he is in re.
ceipt of a letter from his wife plead
ing with him to send for her. She
says that she is willing to live on
bread and water in this country
rather than to endure longer the hor-
rors through which she has passed
/ since Easter time. Mr.. Steinberg will
send for her and the entire family
Immediately. He has been here a
year and half, and was distracted
until he heard from his wife for fear
/ that she was one of the victims Of
the horrible butchery.
Lack of Funds.
Lack Of funds is responsible for the
abandonment of the college at Hull
It was known ns the Hull educa-
tional institute, and was founded in
1882. C. Z. Davidson, former railroad
commissioner of the state; his
brother, and others assisted in es-
tablishing the college. It was man
aged under the direction Of the Con-
gregational church of Iowa. It be-
came impossible suitably to endow It,
/ and the trustees decided to close It
rather than struggle with pecuniary
troubles, the bane OF the forty-odd
colleges in the state.
LEON BROWN.
Tumbler Works Burn.