Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04
CHARITY CASE FOR PUBLIC
Unfortunate Child for Whose Education
There is No Pr.viIion.
STATE OFFICIALS FILE THEIR BONDS
New Coal Find In Dallas County
which Is the Fartbest west IL Has
Yet Been Found I'm Iowa
Up to Date.
STATE OFFICIALS FILE THEIR BONDS
tFrom a STAFF correspondent

(From a STAFF Correspondent
DIES MONIES, Jan. 3.-(special)-Iowa
has another case of a poor child. blind and
deaf. growing up in neglect. unable to find
any public charity to care for her-another
Helen Kellar OF Linnie Haguewood. Little
Miss Stein, s years old, was brought to a
sanitarium In Des Moines a few days ago
to be examined. The child's mother had
been told that possibly the little one could
be cured of her deafness at least, but ex-
animation was made and the doctors
reached the conclusion that nothing could
be done. It was at first thought the deaf
ness was due to some brain pressure which
might be relieved by an operation. This
diagnosis was not confirmed by the sur
geons here. The attention Of the State
Board of Control was called to the Knox
Vile child by the fact that Chairman Cow
ME was on the train when the child and It's
mother were coming to Des Moines. He
became interested in the case and with an
other passenger he passed the hat and Sc
cured S14 to give to the mother. He learned
that the mother is poor and that her hus-
band had deserted her and she takes in
washing for a living. As a matter Of course
the child is neglected. He made investiga-
ton as to whether or not there was any
place the state could care for the unfortu-
nate little one. The state cares for the
blind and the deaf, but has no provision
for one who is both. Linnie Haguewood,
for whom the legislature makes appropria-
tions, is being educated into a cultured and
self-supporting young woman. She was
taken in at the school at Vinton only after
private charity had raised a land and her
home county afterwards gave her support
and a special attendant.
Superintendent McCune OF the Vinton
School for the Blind suggests that the child
be sent to the Perkins institute at Boston,
but that would require a special fund. Mr..
Cownie is DESTROYS that the people of Iowa
should know the facts and take some ac-
ton. The education OF the child should
be commenced at once, as she Is nearly 6
years old. Mr.. Cownie recalled that in Col
orado, where the blind and deaf schools
are together, they are educating at state
expense a child both deaf and blind and It
is making progress.
1t lie suggested that the people raise a
fund for the employment of an attendant
and have the child cared for and educated.
There is no other way Of doing so now as
the state has not provided for such cases.
Filing Their Bonds.
New state o1icials and those whose terms
begin anew have been hling their bonds
today. The new state auditor filed a fidelity
bond of 500, 900 and his deputy and insur-
ance clerk each SIS 900 bonds. The treas
urer Of state filed a new $500, 900 bond and
his deputy one OF 500, 900, both personal
bonds. An arrangement has been entered
into which will change the rule in regard
to banks designated as state repositories.
The state executive council will here
| after require OF them that they shall
Il fnrnnal1U n q q resolution taking nnnn
the banks the full responsibility and shall
make application by the president and
cashier and the directory board. At the
same time a record will be kept OF these
matters, as never before. All the states
money is kept either in the treasury or in
Des Moines banks.
New Coal Fields Found.
Des Moines capitalists have uncovered a
vein OF coal in Dallas county in a field
hitherto unknown. This lies northwest Of
De Soto and southwest Of Abel. A vein
from three to three and a half feet thick
of good coal has been found, almost crop
ping out, as the discovery was made at a
depth of about sixty feet. They propose
opening a mine and it is probable tina; the
Milwaukee railroad will construct a spur
to the mine. This coal field is the farthest
west Of any discovered and is probably not
very large.
Hotel Fight is Ended.
The big controversy in Forest City, Win
nebago county. over real estate matters
ard hotels has come to an end. Real estate
owners were rivals in booming the two
ends OF the city. Two companies were
formed and each one built a hotel. The
hotels were of a size and quality to suit
a city ten times as large. After both
notes.-the Waldorf and the Astoria-had
been run at a loss for several years, one
company bought both. This week the COM
pany sold the Waldorf. which cost $50, 900,
and provided that It should be torn down
and the ground cleared. 1t was sold for
s12, 900.
Governor Appoints Given.
General Josiah Given, who a year ago re-
tired from the supreme bench. was today
appointed by Governor Cummins a district
Judge to succeed the late Judge Holmes
Of this city. Given was not a candidate
and his appointment was to avoid making a
choice between I'VE rival candidates who
had conducted such a strenuous campaign
that the governor could not choose between
them. 1t was also announced today that
republican primaries would be held in nine
weeks, when a judge will be named who Will
be elected in the fall. General Given will
hold until a judge is nominated.