Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-07
BOARD DEFENDS HOSPITAL
Food Furnished Inmates at Mount Pleasant
Asylum Held to Be Adequate,
HAS ROcKEFELlEEs FATHER LOCATED
Des Motnes Paper Thinks much
Talked of Man e. a Resident
of shenandoah-Ready to
Assess the Railroads.
From a star correspondentl


DIES MONIES, July 6.-(special)-Gn a
fourteen-page letter the State Board of
Control today answered the complaints of
the Scott county commissioners Of insanity
that the food furnished the patients at the
Mt. Pleasant hospital was OF too meager
variety. In brief, the letter states to the
commissioners that the board believes they
did not investigate sufficiently to gain
knowledge OF what the food really was and
mistook bean soup for stew of beef and
potatoes, and that the evidence they pre-
sent OF the insufficient variety Of the food
with the exception Of one meal in one ward.
would not be received by any court to
establish any fact, however trivial"
The letter Of the Board of Control takes
up carefully the complaint and afhdavits of
the commissioners, which state that the
articles Of food served were of excellent
quality and we'll cooked" and that with
one exception they were unanimous in
finding the hospital all that could possibly
be asked for" This one exception was that
the variety was too meager. The board
proceeds to show that the commissioners
were present while the patients of one ward
were finishing the noon meal and made no
effort to thoroughly investigates; and fur
Their states that the meals are not all the
same, as the commissioners seemed to
think, varied each day. The Scott county
commissioners claimed that eggs and milk
should be served each day, and to this the
Board OF Control answers that all patients
needing such articles are given them and
that all the patients have such articles &C.
casionally In closing the board thanks the
commissioners for making the complaints,
but deplores the fact that the complaints
were made public by the commissioners,
thus causing unnecessary anxiety to tens
OF thousands OF people who have relatives
and friends in the hospital"
RocIxefeIIer's Father.
An evening paper here sent reporter to
! Shenandoah today and claims to have To-
! Gated William A. Rockefeller, father Of
John D.. in the person of John NJ. Phipps
of that city According TO the story printed
| in the local paper this evening John NJ.
Phipps OF Shenandoah has been a mystery
! for twenty-five years. He keeps his own
| counsel and rarely talks unless spoken to.
He resembles John D. Rockefeller in APP
| pearance and is worth about $4,000. All
/ the copies OF McClure's magazine contain
| ing the Tarbell article and picture of VIII
! liam A. Rockefeller have been sold that the
! dealers in Shenandoah had in stock and
] more sent for.
! Increase Capital Stock.
! Articles OF Incorporation were filed with
! the secretary of state today by the Inter
| urban Railway company of this city in
creasing the capital from $3.50. 900 to 1880 900.
The increase is to take care of the extern
sion being built TO Woodward and Boone.
Harrison County Loses.
! Official figures given out today by the
census department OF the state house show
that the population of Harrison county is
! %, 759, which is 1,73S less than hve years ago,
! when the population was 1851 Missouri
| Valley, the largest city in the county, also
shows a loss the population being now
| 3,32s and five years ago 1t was 4,O1O or 6S2
more.
Fifty-Sfxth in Camp.
The Fifty-sixth regiment went into camp
at the permanent camp grounds south OF
the city today. The first company to ar
rive was Company Of Algona, which was
ordered to guard duty for the day. Other
companies arrived at all hours of the day,
The regular camp program will begin to-
morrow and continue for seven days, whcr
the Fifty-sxth will be succeeded by the
Fifty-hfth, which is located in the south
west quarter OF the state.
Mayor May Stop Flower Fete.
The first annual flower fete planned by
the women Of the city may be a small at.
fair tomorrow. 1t was the plan of the
women to beautify the now city hall park
by making numerous flower beds. Mayor
George Mattern said today that II any flow.
ers are planted in the park they will be
planted in the iron urns, and that under
no condition will he allow the newly laid
sod to be torn up by the women.
Ready for Assessments.
The executive council Monday will begir
the hearings on the assessments of the
railroads. Only one road in the state show
a gain in the gross earnings. and that Is
the Great Western. All the others show
loss. The Burlington is the lowest as
sessed and the Burlington, Cedar Rapids q
Northern is the highest assessed, accord
inB to figures given out by the executlv,
council today. The percentage of assess
ment, according to the earnings as giver
out by the executive council today Is: