Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. Oct. 8. ]

Des Moines, Oct. 8, 1904.
Judge Brennan has set the case OF
w. J. Chamberlain VS.. the Capitol
Commission. to restrain the letting of
the decorative contract to Artist earn
sey, for Oct. 26. Attorneys General
Mullan withdrew his demurrer and fl
ed an answer to the petition. The mo-
ton for q temporary Injunction will
be heard on its merits. Judge Carr
also appeared for Artist Garnsey and
the state. The state claims that ex-
press power Is given the capitol COM
mission to make contracts and to i'm
prove and complete the capitol; that
mural decoration such as Is called for
In the Garnsey contract requires spe-
cial artistic skill, and that there are
but few artists who can do such work.
Wesley Green. of the horticultural
department, has returned from st.
Louis, where he was an interested
spectator OF the horticultural dis
plays Of the different states. The APP
preparation for the Iowa exhibit was
so small that the commission attempt
ed to make display in apples only,
and In this they have rivaled the best
work OF New York, Illinois and Mis-
souri, Iowa has an exhibit of 1900
plates, embracing more than hun
dred varieties, and In addition has a
fair display of pears, plums and
peaches.
Iowa has between 1000 and 5000
consumpuves. II Is safe to say the
number approximates 1900. These
figures have been estimated by Judge
l.. G. Kline, OF the state board of con-
troll, after having received reports
from 1,470 Iowa physicians. The last
legislature directed the board of con-
troll to compile data regarding the ex-
tent of tuberculosis in the state.
| Blanks were prepared and sent to
every physician asking him to report
| all cases treated by him, giving name,
age, nature Of ailment, success OF
| treatment, etc. These blanks were
mailed three or four weeks ago, $500
In all having been sent out. The re-
plies are coming in so rapidly az to
| warrant the assumption that much
more than 80 per cent will elicit re-
sponses. A similar experiment In
| Maryland two years ago ELECTED re-
sponses from but 30 per cent, which
was considered good. The number OF
cases indicated by these reports Is
approximately what had previously
been estimated by the state board OF
health and other medical bodies. The
agitation in favor Of state hospital
for consumptives may be renewed be-
fore the net legislature and the data
now being gathered will be OF great
service.
The state executive council has
Just made Its formal announcement
| Of the assessed valuation Of telegraph
and telephone lines In Iowa. Tele.
graph companies have 10,023 miles OF
wire in Iowa and pay tax upon an as
sessment of $730,2S6 which Is esti-
mated as one.fourth the actual value.
! There are 30,437 miles Of commercial
| telephone lines which are assessable
| at $1,261, 023, which Is estimated to be
| one-fourth their value. The rural
| phones are assessed on 25 per cent
basis at s21O,696, there being 1904
miles. This Is an increase of 70 per
cent over last year.
There Is possibility that State
Labor Commissioner Il. ID. Brigham
will have the selection OF from fifty to
one hundred and fifty field agents to
do the work Of collecting the Stats
tics Of the manufacturers Of Iowa for
! the census Of next year He has
written to Washington to find out IL
the census bureau expects him to Sc
lect tho field men. The government
will pay the men, but tho manner OF
their selection has not been deter
mined. II he Is to do 1t, he wishes
20 be quickly notified, so that he may
begin the work. It Is estimated that
| there are $1,000 manufacturing estab-
| lishments In Iowa. The work of col
lecting the statistics the government
| census bureau wishes to have cleaned
I'D In sixty days. This will require
an examination of from 200 to 800
factories each day. To do this, IL Is
estimated that force approximately
numbering one hundred men will be
required. E. t..HJ,. s,tti ~ /
Robert Mather, recently elected to
succeed L. F. Loree as president of
the Rock Island company, Is brother
| or j. ii, Mather, claim agent or the
g., r. /. & p. In Des Moines. w. P.
Hobbs, promoted to superintendent OF
transportation of the company Is
former Des Moines man, having for
| merly been superintendent Of the
Iowa division here. The two men
now hold two of the best railroad
positions in the United States, Mr..
Mather receiving $4,000 per anEum
and Mr.. Hobbs $4,000. /,
An indictment has been returned
against J. II. Robson, charging him
with bigamy. The prosecuting wit
ness Is Clara Robson, who Is com.
mon law wife of the accused man.
and now appears against him upon
learning that he secured license to
wed another. She stated that she
and Robson have lived together for
| over fOllr years as man and wife, and