Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-06-01
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! Des MOines Letter
: Ttsans Of Interest from Our Correspondent
s.ss at the State Capital

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Big Insurance Policies Paid.
During the year 1905 Des Mctnes
ranked sixty.frst among the cities Of
the United States and Canada in the
amount of life insurance paid on
death claims, s373,432 being received
on policies held in all companies, &C
cording to the annual statistics pre-,
pared by the Insurance Press.
According to the ngures gathered
by the Insurance Press, the total dis
tribution during 1905 to life insur.
ance policy holders in the United
States and Canada amounted to over
$400, 100000, but this included an esti-
mate of $100,000,000 in payments to
foreign policy holders, annuitants,
dividends, and surrender values. the
actual sum paid for death claims
amounted to S3o9,019,972, of which
Des Moines' share amounted to almost
100000. New York City ranked nrst
with s26,7S5T97.
II Iowa the amount Of claims paid
during the year was $3,37S,521, an
increase of about half million dol.
lars over 1904. Des Moines ranked
first among the cities of the state,
Dubuque being second with $1os,279.
Davenport third with S190.590, Cedat
Rapids fourth with s145,376, Council
Bluffs fifth with s14o.S5S, and Bur
lington sixth with $i30,936. No other
city in the state received payments
amounting to more than 100000.
The largest payment made during
the year on policies held by any indi-
vidual In Iowa, was to the estate OF
B. +. Ebert of Des Moines, amount
ing to $108022. Others on whom
payments Of over $4,000 were mace,
were ]. B. Morrison of Des Moinea.
$50, 600; William 8. Potter of Burling.
ton, $4,000 Fred w. Faulks OF
Cedar Rapids, $10,S72; James D.
Lamb Of Clinton, $35 900; Charles
Henry Stephen of Council Bluffs,
s13. 900; Peter e. Roddewig Of Daven-
port, $11,000; Marshall M. Walker OF
Dubuque, $4,000; Austin s.. Gillette
of Glenellen, $4,000; Warren Beck.
with Of Mount Pleasant, $4,000, and
Lot Thomas Of Storm Lake, $4,000.
Want tuberculosis Hospital.
To date, sites for the state hos
pital for consumptives have been OF
fered to the board Of control ct
twenty-five different cities and
towns as follows:
Des Moines, Algona, Cedar Rapids,
Summerset, Earlham, Sioux City,
Goodell, Riverside. Ogden. Strawberry
Point, Jefferson, Madrid, Tama, NOR
tezuma, Toledo, Mason City, Forest
City, Fort Madison, Newton, Creston,
Camanche, Polk City.
At some of these places several
sites have been offered by different
persons. At Des Moines, for In
stance, dozen offers are ON file.
Judge Robinson is in the east
where he will visit some Of the in
situations devoted to the care and
treatment of tubercular patients.
Mr.. Cownie and Mr. Hamilton have
been making semi-annual tour OF
the northern Iowa institutions.
| Upon the return Of the members
to Dss Moines they will at once take
up the question Of selecting site
for the new hospital. The require
ments have been listed heretofore
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the general rules referred to, 1t will
be possible to limit the number al
sites which 1t will be necessary to
visit. The visits will be paid within
the next few weeks and q choice
made In all probability.
The movement to fight tuberculo,
sis In Iowa started at Fort Dodge
and Des Moines. Fort Dodge has moi
asked for the hospital Des Moines
will Offer number Of very desirable
sites The large number of physi
clans here hope that 1t will be 10
Gated near Des Moines.
/ Monument on Prospect Hin.
At meeting Of the Iowa synodica.
committee and committee from
the general assembly headed by DR.
a. 3. Marshall, arrangements were
complstsd for the building Of a mem
orial manument on Prospect hill
Sioux City. The committee reported
to the general assembly, and recon
mended that the body appropriate
funds for the erection Of this monu
ment. The recommendation was
adopted. The building of this
monument on the summit a
Prospect hill, Sioux City, is Of espec
ial interest to Iowans. 1t is to b.
erected In memory of the time wher
the home missionaries. Rev. DR.. Shell
don jackson, Rev. DR.. Thomas a
Cleland, and Rev. DR.. John @. I'll
lott, surveyed from this eminenct
the great valley Of the Missouri Or
April 20, 1863, looking across int
Nebraska and South Dakota and fa,
out toward the great plains of tn,
west, and dedicated themselves to th,
development Of the church in tha
4 western country. ''
Want Their Own Board.
The State Osteopathic societ,
passed resolutions asking the legisla
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