Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-27

ARTISTIC WORK ON CEILINGS
sixty-five Tons of Steel and Fireproof-
ing Will be Used in the Ceilings
Alone-cummins Position on the
Esch. Townsend Measure-MedicaI
Examinations in Iowa.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des MOines, Feb. 27.--In another
| week the work of repairs at the hall of
the house In the capitol building will
begin to take on definite form. The
plasterers will then be we'll into the
work. When the next legislature meets
five tons of steel and fire prO0flng
hanging over their heads in suspend
improvements will follow the old plan
but will be more modern and more ar
| tistic. The ceiling before was OF wood
/ en- construction. The present ceiling
! is of concrete and steel lath All around
and above the ceiling walks have been
constructed so that electricians and
others can work. An extra stairway
has been constructed at the extreme
north end of the building giving ac-
cess to the space above this ceiling.
If this had been constructed before,
the fremen could have gotten at the
| fire much better and could have done
more effective work
At the present time the house cham
Der is filled with scaffolding and all
sorts of tools and Workmen's appll-
ances. The steel lathing is in place for
the window castings and all the finish
iings about the hall which were form
erly of wood. There will be three rows
of incandescent electric lights about
| the ceiling of the chamber to light IT
besides arc lights, the positions OF
which are not definitely decided. All
| the work thus far done is done under
contract by Grahl & Peterson, OF Coun-
1 Gil Bluffs. They have turned the leg
! ielative hall into a factory. All the
/ work of making The ornamental de-
| signs of plaster of paris for the dec
orations and the blacksmith work and
the like is done there.
| A report has reached Des Moines that
| in mis- address at Corning, Colonel w.
p. Hepburn criticised Governor Cum
MINIS for condemning the Hepburn
bill, and in a dramatic manner said
he had as yet failed to see or hear Of
the governors approval of the Esch-
Townsend bill. If Colonel Hepburn
has failed to learn of the governors at
titude on the Esch- Townsend bill it is
| not the governors fault. He has taken
the position that the bill is an improve
ment over the Hepburn bill in some
respects, but that it does not grant the
power to fix rates which shall go into
effect Immediately and remain In ef-
| feet until some court decides other-
wise. The governor has very clearly
defined his views in the matter that
any bill that is passed should have that
provision. The Esch-Townsend bill
does not carry that provision.
|
State Dairy Commissioner H. R.
Wright will attend but two farmers
institutes this week, and they will be
the last for this year. Mr.. Wright was
out over the state all last week In
the northern part. He says there is
a slight change in the opinions that
are expr by the farmers at the
cony IS. The feeling seems 10 De
n lat perhaps the sessions OF con-
gress was a little short and there We're
a great many other things that had to
be attended to. Hence the people are
| disposed to be little charitable. But
they expect the president to call an
extra session in the fall and at that
time will expect to have the legisla-
ton they wish OF propose to know why.
They are pinning their faith to Pres
ident Roosevelt to secure it for them.
Mr.. Wright says the question contin-
ues to be widely discussed. He thinks
| it is a hopeful sign that democrats and
republicans alike support the presi-
| ~, 40 n ma
politics can not be told by the way
| he talks on the railroad rate question
| William Chambers Phillips of Clar-
linda and John Charles Bridgeman of
Radcliffe, received the highest percen-
tage at the examination before the
board of medical examiners for GER
tificates to practice medicine in Iowa.
Both received marking of 80 plus.
Phillips is a graduate of the College
of Physicians and Surgeons of Chica-
go and Bridgeman a graduate of the
Rush Medical College of Chicago. A
number of others received markings
| very close to it. Edwin Atkins Mer-
| rit of Emerson, a graduate of the Uni
versity of Omaha, received SO plus.
] Three candidates received IS plus.
| They were Ruth Mcdaniel Wright OF
| Des Moines, graduate of Still Col
lege; William Edward Meaklin, of Des
| Moines a graduate of Toronto School
of Medicine; and Francis Frederick
| Malone of Auburn, Neb, a graduate Of
the Northwestern University of Chi
cago.
The issue of the Iowa Health Bulle-
| tin just out contains the report of the
| Investigating committee on the charg-
es by DR. Lewis Schooler of Des
| Moines that copies of the question for
| the examination of candidates for doc
tors certificates had been secured and
purchased by the candidates about to
take the examination. The report of
the committee states that the aues-
tons are not printed till one or two
days before the examinations and are