Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-28
Neyer Mustered out


Never Mustered Out.
L. Surber has made application to
the state of Iowa for 5000 Of back pay
for 400 months Of service as private
soldier. He served in the home guards
during the war, but was never mus
tered out He claims that his CONTRACT
with the government was that ne
should receive S13 and rations until
mustered out. Since he was never
discharged he claims the back pay for
the time intervening since the war.
First Suicide in Years.
The first suicide in state institu-
ton for several years occurred at the
Cherokee insane hospital last week.
Mrs. Myron Barton, a wealthy patient
from Forest City, hung herself. Super
intendent N. M. Voldeng says that 1t
was an unavoidable tragedy. 1t is pos
sible that the state board OF control
will be requested to make an Invests
cation into the matter. A curious
thing occurred at the state hospital at
independence recently, about q dozen
Of the workmen striking for higher
wages. They walked out and refused
to return to work, although few In
dividuals did return to work after q
few days, It was claimed by them
that the superintendent, needing men
for the fields, paid the new men higher
wages than the old men were getting,
Favor Separate Institutions.
The county attorneys of Iowa have
gone on record in favor of separate
institution for the care and cure Of
inebriates. At present they aFs eent
to the insane hospitals, where ward
is devoted to them. The attorneys re-
gard this as degrading to the insane
and to the inebriatss both. They will
memorabilia the legislature In favor Of
the equipment OF separate ilstltu.
| ton in which powers OF restraint can
be enforced 80 that the inebriates COM
mitted cannot escape at will, as they
now do from the state hospitals, where
| there are no means for the restraint OF
inmates The attorneys will also me-
morialize the legislature to cre9h
board of pardons and take that power
out of the hands Of the governor.
Designs Inspected.
!, A committee Of Iowa soldiers has
been in New York inspecting designs
for the Iowa monument to Dc =. 'Sslsa
to the memory of the union soldiers
from this state who were in the siege
OF Vicksburg and participated in the
| victory of July 4, 1863 The commit
tee was composed of L. G.. Blanchard
of Oskaloosa. ]. F. Merry of Dubuque
and H. H. Rood of Mount Vernon
They were the guests of Gen. Granville
M. Dodge in New York city. They met
! Gen. 0. o. Howard in New York, aid
were also entertained by President
Fish Of the Illinois Central. About
/, $100,00s will be expended on the Iowa
monument at Vicksburg and about
| $4,000 on the segimental monuments
to Iowa soldiers
Had Narrow Escape.
"A party OF Iowa teachers, principally
from Des Moines, were at Mount We
( suvius on June 2, when the volcano
eruption occurred. They were on the
side OF the mountain at the time and
had to hurry down to escape injury
which they narrowly avoided. They
were caught in a rain and
hailstorm on the mountain and
almost lost their way. Among
the party were Elizabeth Per-
kins, niece of George D. Perkins, Of
Sioux City; Josephine v. Williams,
Ella Malone, Josephine Taylor and
others Of Des Moines. News OF their
| mishap has just reached their friends
in Iowa.
1 Policy Holds Good.
Judge A. H. McVey, OF this district,
has just decided that clause in an In
surance policy which provides that the
policy shall become null and void ii
the beneficiary engages in blasting,
mining, handling Of dynamite, ETC.,
does not apply to the use, single