Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-09
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. April S, 1903.

lies moiHcS, april D, lsUj-
Governor Cummins has appointed J.
I. Lane, of Davenport, member of
he board of regents of the State uni
yersity, to succeed George W. Cable,
'esigned, representing the Second
congressional district.
e. H. Hunter, member of the com
nittee on transportation to confer
With the railroads with regard to
getting reduction of rates on the
occasion Of the approaching visit of
he president and party, has returned
rom Chicago Mr.. Hunter stated
hat he was given to understand by
ne Western Passenger association
hat round trip rate of one and one
bird fare would be put in within a
'adius OF seventy-five miles of Des
Moines by all the lines April q and
IS. Tickets will be good returning
Until April %.
The state capitol commission has
ct the contract for the erection of a
ware house on the site of the heating
plant near the state capitol. The
building will cost little less than
b29, 900. The state warehouse will
De handsome stone faced building
,et back II feet from the sidewalk,
:No stories high, with ample basement
md containing fireproof rooms large
enough to hold all the public docu.
nents and stores not in immediate
Use. .H
Governor Cummins and Adtutant
General Byers have decided definitely
hat all the companies and the band
If the Fifty-fourth regiment of the
Iowa national guard will go to ST
louis the latter part of the month tc
participate in the parade at the dedf
cation exercises.
The regiment numbers about $50
officers and men. 1t is composed OF
ne following companies: Company
A, Abba; Company B, Davenport;
Company c, Muscatine; Company d,
Washington; Company E. Centerville.
Company F, Oskaloosa; Company G,
0ttumwa; Company H, Burlington;
Company X, Grinnell; Company y
'owa City; Company L. Newton; Com.
,any M, Fairfield. The regimental
oand is located at Ottumwa.
The reports of institutions for
March, which are coming into the
office of the board Of control, include
he report on the inebriate depart
nent at Mt. Pleasant. This shows
hat no less than 43 inmates escaped
March. There were l29 inebriates
It the end of February, and this has
decreased to 103 in spite of the num-
ser of admissions. A few were parol
I'd by the regular method. 49,.
State Labor Commissioner Brigham
Who has been in Dubuque, says he
inds a gratifying effort to comply
WIN the state law on fire escapes
Deputy Commissioner Holder, who
vas in Oskaloosa, Bussey and Albis
.ecently, says the authorities at Oska
oosa are working hard to see that
buildings needing fire escapes are pro
yided with them. Mr.. Brigham
has been looking up cases where the
owners of factories having promised I'd
comply with the law on safety applR
inces, nave not done so. Mr.. Brig
lam has given notice to number OF
ielinquents that he Will begin action
| the courts unless the law is lived
Up to. He finds a disposition on the
part of some to promise all sorts OF
| 'eforms and fail to make them.
The state Of Iowa is managing to
store away a good many Sheckels liz
is Golfers through the good Offices OF
he Iowa hog The members of the
| BOARD of control who have just return
ed from the semi-annual inspection Oh
he institutions at Eldora and Mar
,halltown, have marvellous tales TO ten
If the success of swine raising on the
arm of the industrial school at FL
iora Since January $4,000 has been
'ealized from the sale of hogs from
he Eldora farm and $4,000 more will
| De obtained before the season is muck
arther along. About 500 young pigs
| viii be reared this summer. Chair
nan Cownie says the farm is being
.un in first class manner, and aside
rom having large number Of hogs
% sell, the boys at the school have all
4.e fresh pork they can use.
After preserving the secret for fif.
zen years, S. r. Dawson at last has
revealed to another his method OF
| making Damascus and Hercules steel
;. c. Taft is the recipient of his con-
idence and these two are the only
living men who know or have known
he secret of the manufacture of the
steel which, harder than any other
Known metals, is elastic. Mr.. Taft Ia
president of the Damascus SCeel com
oany. This company contracted with
Mr.. Dawson, not only for his knowf
edge and labor, but for the secret as
| we'll. The directors the past week
selected Mr.. Taft as the person rep
.esenting the rest of the company tn
whom Ine revelation should be made
Mr.. Dawson promptly discharged his
| obligation under the contract. He Ink
uated Mr.. Taft into the mysteries Of
his discovery and opened his pupils
eyes to the secret of ages long gone
| Not only did he instruct Mr.. Taft in
the simplicity of the formula, but also
taught him how to make the pro
iuct. Mr.. Dawson has said, during
his fifteen years of struggle that at
the proper time he would reveal the
secret to the proper person. This he
wished to fully protect the secret, not
only for the benefit of his business as
sociates and his own memory, but for
he use and benefit of the whole world
.his he now has done. ....
INJUNCTION is DISSOLVED. r.