The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-01-01

SA0 eSSltonS, the TlVeTS TO De repre-
scented by cinder paths. The commits.
sion is considering this idea.
Treating Liquor Users.
There are now 90 dipsomaniacs or ex.
cessive users Of drugs in the inebriate
department at the Mount Pleasant hos.
pital and 43 at the Cherokee hospital
More than 200 have been committed to
h wards, but have been paroled or
discharged cured Members of the
board of control are now making an
investigation into the situation in
these hospital wards with a view to de,
termining whether it will be necessary
at once to open a new ward at Clarinda
hospital. Superintendent of the hos.
pitfalls say that the establishment Of
the wards has been of value to them
in giving them an opportunity to study
the effect of alcoholic stimulants.
They have been astonished at the
rapidity with which inebriates recov-
er. They are placed under the strict
discipline of early rising, early retir.
ing, regular hours, regular meals, sim
pie diets and nj liquor at all. The re-
suit is usually immediate recuperation,
The tapering off process of abandon
ing the drink habit is found unneces-
sary in their treatment. But, unfor.
tunately, what the hospital cannot do
is to give the victims will power to
keep from drinking after they leave,
perfectly cured.
Breaks All Records.
The work of the Polkcounty district
court for the term lasting from Sep
tember to January broke the record in
tho matter of criminal prosecution il
Iowa.. The grand jury indicted 40 per
sons and "a were convicted. Two
were acquitted by the juries and four
were discharged by the count before
the trial was finished. About ten 9TH
T were indicted and will be tried at
the coming term of court. These fig
ures were never before equaled in the
history of any court in the state. It is
an evidence of the wayin which the ad.
ministration of James Brenton, as
mayor of this city, has cleaned up the
town and sent criminals to the peniten.
tiary. But whereone has been indicted
a half dozen have been run out of the
city, The result is that Des Moines is
cleaner to-day than it ever has been in
its history. The custom which was in
vogue, formerly, of licensing disorder
ly houses, has been stopped, and scores
of unfortunate women have been
forced to leave the city.
DR.. Adams Resigns.
George d. Adams has resigned the
presidency of the Des Moines college,
the struggling Baptist institution in
Des Moines. DR.. Adams was expected
to devote most of his time to raising
the funds essential to keep the insti-
tuition running, and this was extreme
ly distasteful. j. X. Richardson, a
member of the board of trustees and
president of the East Des Moines Bap.
fist church, was elected acting presi.
dent of the institution. Rev. w. NJ.
Walker, of the First Baptist church;
DR.. Richardson, President Harper, OF
Chicago university, and othermembers
of the board of trustees, have beenap-
pointed on a committee to secure a
permanent president, and an appeal
will be made to John ID. Rockefeller.
May Divide Diocese.
At the recent meeting of the suf.
fragip bishops of the diocesex of Du.
buque, Davenport, Lincoln, Sioux City,
Omaha and Cheyenne the proposition
to divide the Davenport diocese
and make Des Moines the see city
of the new diocese wal favorably con.
sidered, and it is said that a recon.
mendation to Rome to this effect will
soon be made. A movement toward
the division of the Davenport diocese
has been IN foot for a long time, but
was not very favorably considered, al.
though Bishop Cosgrove was said to- be
sincerely and heartily favorable to it..
If Des Moines were made q see city a
large number of Catholic institutions
would be established here.
Favorable to Government.
The judge of the federal court has
decided that the United States army
has a right to construct asewer on its
own land, emptying into any stream in
the state. The injunction proceedings
against Maj. Turner, who has been
building a sewer leading from the Des
Moines army post to South river, have
been dismissed by Judge Mcpherson.
However, the questions has not been
fully settled because the property
owners along the creek into which it
is proposed to empty the army post
sewer threaten to bring action after
the sewer is built on account of the
sewage emptied into the river. The
government is inclined to stop work
until the matter can be adjusted salts
f~actorily.
COnvlcts Increasing.
The number of conyicts in the state
prisons is increasing slowly, and the
cold weather is given as the reason
therefor. There are now S72 at the
two prisons. The first of November
there were but SAT. The number of in
sane is now 3,211, which is the largest
in the history of the hospitals. There
remains in the cash fund for support
~ the state institutions the euro, ~