Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-29
NO MONEY TO MAKE REPAIRS
Board Of Control will Ask Authority to
Create an Overlap,
DEPEND ON LEGISLATURE TO MAKE GOOD
Damage to GlenwoOd Institution
Might Have Been Much Worse
Had New Boilers Been
in Place.
tFrom a star correspondent

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man Cownie and Judge Robinson of the
State Board of Control returned early this
morning from Glenwood. where they went
with the state architect, H.. l.. Liebbe, to
plan for the repairs and improvements at
the State Institution for the Feeble Minded.
They made arrangements for the work that
is Immediately necessary at the institution,
but they have arrange for a meeting Of
the state executive council next Monday
to see what the state can do in the way
of securing an emergency appropriation.
The actual damage to state property Is at
least $4,000, but more than this would oe
needed to replace the buildings as they
should be replaced. The board has no
money at its command for repairs. The
providential fund at the command OF the
state executive council is now down to
less than $4,000. In 1895. when the main
building at Glenwood was struck by light
ming and burned, the executive council gave
SAC, 600 for immediate use, although 1t had
not a dollar at its command legally, and
later the legislature unanimously Endorsed
this action by covering the appropriation.
The council will be asked to do something
at this time toward relieving the board.
The funeral Of one OF the victims of tho
storm at Glenwood occurred yesterday, but
they were waiting for the relatives of the
other child. There were 100 children in the
dormitory when a part of the roof was
broken down. This is one of the oldest
buildings at the institution and was origi-
nally built for the Iowa Soldiers Orphans
home in 1866. A temporary roof can be
placed on the part not torn down. The
| school at the institution is TO be closed
and that building used as a dormitory. The
power station was badly injured by the
fall of the eighty-foot smokestack. The
board was fortunate in that three boilers
soon TO have been installed to take place
of old ones removed were not yet in place,
but can be set up in two or three lays.
The light for the custodian building and
hospital is now furnished from a plant III
the former building. The board was for
tunate in that an independent pumping
plant has been provided and was started
only this week, SO that there is water for
the institution.
I'VE might have Jared much worse"
said Chairman Cownie this morning. I'VE
were fortunate in that only two were killed
and the injured will all get well. Three
are in the hospital now"
Major HuIPs Promotion.
News has been received here to the effect
| that Major John A. Hull Of the Judge ad-
vocate's department of the army and sta
toned in Omaha, has received official no.
tice of his promotion to be lieutenant colo
mel. Major Hull and wife visited the last
week with his father, Congressman Hull,
in this city. His promotion has been ex-
pected some time. He Is very popular in
Des Moines and his promotion in the Judge
advocates department is we'll received.
The secretary OF state today received no.
tice of the Incorporation of the Slater MI.
tual Telephone company, capital $4,000, by
J. H. Larsen, D. D. Void and others. The
Western Mercantile company OF Keokuk
has become Incorporated, capital / 0,O00.
The Dempster Manufacturing company of
this city gave notice today of increase of
capital to $3.50, 900.
Chief of Police Arrested.
Chief of Police Bracket was arrested on
a warrant sworn out by J. H.. McCabe
Tho latter went a few days ago to the
police department to make inquiry about
certain furs held as evidence in the case
against McCabe for receiving stolen prop
erty. An alteration followed and McCahe
was thrown out into the street and in
jured. Yesterday the Indictment against
McCabe was dismissed and he has COM
menced a damage suit against Chief of
Police Bracket for illegal arrest and caused
his arrest on a charge Of assault.
College Athletic Meet.
The state field meet of college athletics
was held at the state fair grounds with
nearly 5000 present. Scores made were:
Drake. ~; iowa State university, 80; Grin
nell, 25; Ames, %; State Normal. 7. No
scores were made by Des Moines college
and Cornell and Simpson college refused
to enter. Swift of the State university
broke the state record on discus throwing.
State EmbaImers' Convention.
At the State Funeral Directors associa-
ton today resolutions were adopted re-
questing the State university TO establish
a school OF embalming. providing for a
higher standard for embalmers' certificates
and for better regulations for shipping GER
tihcates. Dubuque was selected as the
place Of the next meeting. ]. H. Hadley
of Eldora was elected president. c. NJ.
Wood OF woodward vice president. Fret