Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-10
IS Duty Of The STATE
Care of Blind-Deaf Child at
Knoxville Deyolves Upon
State of Iowa
GENERAL INVESTIGATION HELD
Entrance Of This Particular Child Into
Institutions to Which Application
Has Been Made, Is ImpossibIe-Esti-
mated That Cost Of Care and Tuition
Would Be Nearly $500 Per Year.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Nfoines. Ian. 1O.-Now that a
great deal of interest has been aroused
in the state over the blind-deaf child at
Knoxville, who is being utterly neg
lected and who should be placed IN
some state institution an inquiry is be-
ing made into such cases generally.
John Cownie, chairman of the board OF
control, has secured the last report OF
the Perkins institution and Massachus-
etts school for the blind, and letter
from the eminent director. Michael An
arnos. THE letter is in reply to the IN
ouiryi from Mr.. Cownie as to whether
or moi Miss Stein could be placed in the
Institution, even If funds were PROVIDED
for sa doing. Director Anagnos states
that it will be impossible for them to
give any assistance to the chllo. Oul
school is full and overfiowlng' lie
writes. "and we have on our waiting
list children belonging to our state VINO
have a claim on us. Allow me to sug-
gest that the work in behalf or tMs
deaf blind girl is one which the state
of Iowa should undertake, as is already
done In several of the states. The cost
of the care and tuition OF such douply
afflicted child, necessitating a spec1al
teacher. can not be less than $iOu per
annum, and can assure you from per-
sonal experience that 1t is very dlHcuit
to raise that sum by private contribu-
tions year after year. The work pe-
longs of right to the state, and nope
that YOU can secure its cooperation
The child can then be placed In either
the school for the deaf or the college for
the blind for tuition with special
teacher" Mr. Anagnos, in his report
as director refers to Iowa as among the
states which provide for the education
OF the deaf blind, mistake made be-
cause of the Linnie Haguewood case.
He says he hopes that the mistake may
be prophecy If 1t was not a reality
The report shows that the Perkins in
stitution was authorized by act OF the
legislature in 1886 to receive those both
h'ilad and deaf. the legislature merely
an amendment t. the law max
ing 1t possible for the director to admit
sl1eh as he rsaay deem expsdient The
first to profit by rnfs srs--a -as-aith = M.
I,nan.er,-e,sd another was Albert A.
Noeln. The number educated there has
been small.
The Shiloh monument commission
has perfected arrangements for the
dedicatory ceremonies, as far as 1t is
possible to do so now. Col. Crossley, of
the commission, says that there will be
over ], 900 Iowa soldiers go to Shiloh on
the 3Oth of next May, and they will
have q splendid reunion there. The
Iowa boys will go with half fare rate
to Paducah, where they will take a
steamboat and go up the river to the
landing. The fare on the steamboat
will be $40 for the round trip, including
sleeping and eating and two days at
Shiloh. There will be a big campfire on
the second day, and confederates and
union men will mingle freely. The COM
mission has funds with which to ar
range splendid program at the un-
yelling of the monuments. The Ohio
and Illinois monuments are already
erected. The Iowa monument will COM
pare favorably With any of them. The
shaft will rise over 100 feet in the air
and be a beautiful one The regimen
tai monuments will be large stone
tors have until April Is to complete
their work. The dedication will be May
80.
In Dallas county one Ed Conger is
now candidate for county treasurer.
He Is relative of the Ed Conger who
got pretty good start in politics about
twenty-five years ago by being made
treasurer of Dallas county.
There is rumor that w. L. McNa-
mara, the newly elected judge of the
superior court Of Keokuk, will be an
assistant to James c. Davis as attorney
for the Chicago & Northwestern. Mr..
Mcnamara came to Des Moines to help
Mr.. Davis fix up his Office and get his
work started. He does not take his seat
on the superior bench until in April.
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In Mills county there are now two
avowed candidates for senator to sue
ceed Joe Junkin. They are Shirley
Gillil and d. Il. Heinsheiner. Henry
j. Baird, of Malbern. is candidate for
representative to succeed Black.
The judicial fight is beginning to
warm up a little. A conference is to be
held at once to try to eliminate some
of the numerous candidates who are
seeking the place. II this had been
done before the appointment was made
it would have helped out Governor
Cummins.
scHURMAN ON philippines.
His Address at the University convo-
cation Yesterday.