Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-04
IOWA RUSHING ITS BUILDING
Hopes to Have it Completed Before Labor
Becomes Scarce at Fair.
lNEBRIATeS LEAVE THE ASYLUM
No Extra Session of Legislature to
BE Called, as Desired Result
Could Not BE Thus
obtained.
CFrOm a stan correspondent.l

LES hOlNES, June OTk
on the Iowa building on the grounds of the
Louisiana Purchase exposition is being
rushed as rapidly as possible because OF
fear of labor troubles and complications
that will make the completion Of the build.
ing more difficlt or expensive. This was re-
ported to the state commission in session
this morning by W. T. Shepherd OF Har-
Ian, superintendent OF construction. Help
is plentiful now," he reported, but 1 look
for complications later My hope is that
we may be able to progress so rapidly that
we may get through each stage Of the con-
struction just ahead of the jam that will
make the probable 'holdup' in each impos-
slble." AS yet there has been no holdup of
the commission or contractors because the
work is being done before the fact becomes
generally known at st. Louis. In fact, Iowa
had the building we'll under way before
some of the officials, as for instance the In
surance department. knew anything was
being done. Superintendent Shepherd re-
ported that the building is up to the second
story. He has employed ]. o. Wickersham
of Harlan as actual superintendent of con-
struction at 800 month. One car of
lumber was rejected. He recommended the
purchase of the motor for the organ and
I the electrical fixtures at once.
The members of the commission present
today were Messrs Larrabee, Wilmer, Har-
riman. Trewin, Shepherd. Curtis and Bailey.
The chief work was auditing bills in re.
gard to the construction work at ST. Louis.
1t was found that the contractor was not
presenting receipted bills in all cases as re-
! quIred. A report was presented from
Superintendent F. J. Sessions on the work
done in the educational department. He
has opened headquarters at Cedar Rapids,
is preparing the first general circular Is in
correspondence with college faculties and
the library commission and will take up the
matter with heads of state institutions.
There will be no living exhibit from the
state institution schools.
Fifty Inebrintes Walk Away.
More than fifty of those sentenced to the
state inebriate hospitals walked out of the
hospitals at Cherokee and Mount Pleasant
during the month of May. The report from
1 Mount Pleasant shows that June 1 there
were ifty-six inebriates in the hospital, that
! there were seventy-three a month before,
| that thirty-seven escaped and forty-one
were discharged, and there is out on parole
| now total of sixty-six At the Cherokee
| inebriate hospital there are thirty-nine in
mates, as against fifty-three May 1, that
fourteen escaped during the month ana
forty-two are now out on parole. The num-
ber of insane at Mount Pleasant, June l,
was s75, decrease of eight; and at Chero-
kee there were 614, an Increase of two. The
I number OF inmates at the Boys Industrial
school at Eldora, June l. was 514. and at
the Girls Industrial school at Mitchell.
VILE, 2ll The penitentiary at Anamosa re.
ports a total of 424 an increase of six for
the month. OF the nineteen received, six
were for second terms.
No Extra Session.
There will be no extra session OF the
! state legislature on account of the great
losses from floods In the state of Iowa. The
city council OF Des Moines passed a resolu.
ton asking for a special session that some
law might be passed under which the city
might make a special levy for dikes, and
thus give employment TO a large number OF
men. The matter was looked up today and
it was found that this process would be
very unsatisfactory, that any measure the
legislature might pass could not be got
into force until after the next session of
the gslature and no tax levied could be
collected anC made use of this year, II
would, therefore, be Just as we'll to walt
for the regular session Of the legislature.
The city council committee has not yet
called on the governor to make formal re.
quest for a special session and the gov.
ernor will not take 1t up until the commit
tee presents its plan.
SandIIand Has Appealed.
The appeal papers in the case of the
State against Andy Sandiland were filed
with the clerk OF the supreme court today
Sandiland was convicted of breaking and
entering a car in the night time and taking
therefrom some beer. This happened at
Avoca, where he got a sentence of a year
in the penitentiary.
New Iowa Corporations.
The reincorporation of the sanborn State
bank was accomplished today. The bank
has a capital of S25, 900; c. d. Ellis. presi
dent; @. NJ. slocum, cashier. The Oska-
/ loosa Bindery company has organized,
capital $4,000 by T. NJ. Shockley and Phil
Hoffman. The East Carroll Land company
OF Cedar Rapids has incorporated with
$4,000 capital, by J, II. Trewin, j. M.
{ Grimm, G. T. Hedges and ]. NJ. Ristine.
/ The waukon Consolidated Milk company
was organized. with $780, 600 capital. by w. C.
Earle. president, and w. II. Neihaus. treas
urer
state Farms Are Backward.
Judge Robinson of the State Board OF
Control returned today from Cherokee,
where he had visited the State Insane hos
pital and the state farm. He reports that
the crops on the big state farm in Cherokee
county are good and that despite the vet
weather the farm will yield well. 1t is To-
Gated on high and rolling ground. But this
is the only one OF the farms at various
state institutions concerning which such
a favorable report could be made, as in
every other instance the farm work has
been greatly delayed by the bad weather.
/ These state farms are scattered we'll over
/ the state and are representative OF the
/ conditions as they are found.
brigham TO Lamont.
Johnson Brigham. state librarian, went 70
I Lamont, Ia. today. where he is to speak at
/ the commencement exercises OF the college
| OF the Latter Day Saints. He win discuss
/ the educational value OF Christianity
Governor Cummins was to have gone to
( Charles City today 20 speak before
school commencement but he waited in
the Union depot for several hours last night
and the train was 30 late that connections
could not be made through and he Was
compelled TO remain at home
Good Roads Meeting.