Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-01-08

TO eight dollars; prohibiting all child la
Dor Otis now prohibited in mines, only;
establishing juvenile courts and segre-
eating children from older persons in
Jails; establishing an asylum of deten-
ton for inebriates committed under the
inebriacy law OF 1902 and who are sent
to the state insane hospitals; establish
ing colony for epileptics; redistricting
the state consressionally; licensing auc-
1oneers, firemen, eye glass doctors,
magnetic healers, horse shoers and bar
bers; pardoning II applicants who are
serving life sentences in the peniten-
tiary; appropriating $685. 900 to rebuild
the college for the deaf and dumb at
Council Bluffs, either there or elsewhere.
TWAS burned twoyears. Giving the state
board of control power to inspect jails,
county poor houses and hospitals, and
homes for children, including "baby
farms" and granting power to correct
abuses found; requiring candidates for
marriage TO pass a physical examination
before competent physicians before be-
ing issued license; establishing reforma-
/ tories for men and women; changing the
time of school elections from March to
July; requiring county attorneys to adj
wise the board of supervisors on it's re-
quest.
Inauguration Ceremonies,
The ceremony of Inauguration of Gov.
Cummins and Lieut.. Gov. Herriott will
be held at Fosters opera house here
January IA, in the afternoon. This has
been determined by the joint committee
of the house and senate on inaugural ar
rangements. The ceremony at the opera
house will be preceded by parade In
which the governor, the members of the
legislature, the state officials and the
national guard will participate 1t will
move from the capitol to the opera house.
| Tickets of admission to the latter will
| be issued to the legislature who will dis
| ribute them to invited guests.
| The School Law.
The organization of county superin-
tendents favors some drastic changes In
the law governing schools. They would
establish in Iowa the plan followed in
Minnesota of having the examination
of teachers conducted by a board of ex-
aminers instead of by the county super
intendents. This would make certific-
| Gates held by teachers good anywhere in
the state, whereas now the teacher who
moves to an adjoining county must pass
an examination there before she can re-
ceive certificate. The superintendent
also advocate a minimum wage scale of
Il a hn OF bo%
of the friends of the teachers expected
to agitate for was a law fixing minimum
wages at $35 month. The superintend-
ents would also change the date of school
election from March to the middle of the
summer between school terms
Against Sunday Funerals.
\ A movement against Sunday funerals
has been started in this state by the
clergymen who object to putting all the
work of a week into Sunday when their
4 energies are needed for the church serv-
ices Of the day. The Ministerial Asso-
citation of Des Moines has discussed the
matter more or less and tacit agree
ment has been reached to discourage
Sunday funerals, while at Sioux City the
ministers and undertakers have formed
sort of mbination bound to refuse to
serve at funerals held on Sundays, ordi-
narily.
Pensions for Teachers.
The educational council, which is the
senate Of the State Teachers association,
went on record at its recent meeting in
favor Of pensions for teachers. Such a
system is in vogue in all of the European
countries, The salaries paid in the west
are SO low that the educational council
thinks it impossible for teacher long
engaged in the business to- save any
money, and 1t is urged that they should
be taken care of in their old age by the
state.
Criminal Statistics.
There were 1877 less persons convicted
of crime in Iowa during 1903 than In 1902
according to the official report Of the Sec
rotary of state with respect to criminal
court business. Twelve less were sent
to the reform schools. OF the 1902 con-
victed Of crime the past year, only 440
were sent to the penitentiary, the Others
being fined or sent to Jail only. The cost
! of administering justice in criminal
cases was slightly in excess Of $40O, 900.
or about so cents per capita for all the
people Of the state.
Going to Jerusalem.
a G. j. Kephart, of Lisbon, has been
given full charge Of the plans for taking
. steamboat load of Iowa people to Jeru-
salem In April to attend the world sun
day school convention to be held in that
ancient city on that date. Twenty-six
persons already have signified their In
tention of making the trip. The steamer
Gresser Kurfurst has been chartered by
the Sunday school people for this jour
ney.
LEON BROWN.
SHORT SESSION OF COURT.
Trial of Senator DIETRICH Adjourned
to Await Arrival of Impor-
tant Witness.