Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-30
TEACHERS CROW PERSONAL
Lie is Passed Between Educators in Dis
Oumins simplifsd Spelling,
TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL LOCATED
Governor CummiRs Issues Only Two
Pardons Daring the Current
YsRr-BrasiIians Enroute
to Omaha.
TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL LOG
LOCATED
CFrom a stan Correspondent


DES MONIES, Ia, Dec. 29.-(Special Tel
egram.)-A local paper publishes an account
OF the fight at the State Teachers asso-
citation over the adoption Of the resolution
favoring the simpihed spelling recon-
mended by the national simplihed spelling
committee, in which II is asserted the lie
was passed between President McLain OF
the State university and President seerley
of the state Normal school Seerley lie a
member of the national committee, ap-
pointed by the State Teachers association
1t is asserted he ridiculed the simplfled
spelling and the members OF the national
committee and called them inferior and
said they had to work Carnegie for the
funds to float the report The resolution
was first voted down. whereupon, Seerley
In defense, informed them they had year
after year appointed him to the committee
with instructions to work for simplfed
spelling and we're now going back on their
own instructions. The resolution was then
adopted, members of the state association
characterize the affair as disgraceful.
Tuberculosis Hospital Located.
The State Board Of Control late today
decided to locate the proposed tuberculosis
sanitarium at a point five miles north of
Iowa City, on the Cedar Rapids a. Iowa
City lnterurban. The Kline farm of 30
acres was purchased at 500 an acre, and
the Scales farm, adjoining, of eighty
acres, was purchased at SIS an acre The
interurban will build a switch and estab-
fish station on the grounds. The site is
high, dry and rolling, and slightly sandy.
1t was selected because It in every way
suited, and in addition, because II was
! close to the State university and for the
benefit Of the education In treating tuber-
oulosis on the students in the medical
school of the university. An additional
saving to the state is made by the pos
sl5ility of using the ARCHAEOLOGICAL labora-
tory of the State university. Access Is
also had 10 important steam railroads of
the state. Plans will be drawn at once for
the central administration building and
open sheds for the patients.
BrazfIIans Enroute to Omaha.
Three Brazilian commissioners, sent by
their government to study the commercial
customs of the cities of the United States
are In Des Moines today at the Chamberlain
hotel and will leave Monday morning for
Omaha. They are c. F. Lau, H. V. Zodog
and II. Sauch.
Identified as Greenfield Girl.
| The young girl who committed suicide al
Ackley Ia, by hanging herself to a rail-
road bridge, has been identified as Miss
Daisy Booher of Greenfield, Ia. The youne
woman worked in Chicago for a time and
her health becoming poor she went
to Colorado. She had but recently re-
turned and worked for time at The Carver
hardware store here, and later in the Par.
rift jewelry store. She is a daughter OF
John Bouher, a wealthy farmer Of Green.
field. 1t Ia presumed that her mind wai
unbalanced by her illness.
While II is believed the girl committed
suicide there is one suspicious circumstance
Her friends say she had considerable money
when last they saw her and when the body
was found there wac but Is cents in tn,
purse. Miss Booher was very religious
girl. The body was identified by the father
who says she had spinal trouble.
Turn over seven Acres.
F. II. Hubbeli and John Cownie, jr.. mem
bers Of the Des Moines business mems com
mittee that is endeavoring to keep the stat,
from selling of any OF the back end Of tn,
state fair grounds 70 raise money for buy
ing the seven acres between the presen
grounds and the Rock Island tracks, APP
peared before the executive council today
and reported that they had bought th,
seven acres and were holding It for tn,
state, The state fair officials desire TO pro
coed with the erection OF buildings on Oh,
ground, and It was therefore decided tina
they deed the seven acres to the stat,
now and trust the legislature to make al
appropriation to reimburse them.
Only Two Pardons.
The pardon report OF Governor Cummini
will not be made public till the Legislature
meets and the report is laid before tina
body, but II is known that only two par
dons have been issued by the governor dur
ing the last year. One was to Constable
Smith OF Abba, who killed a man Will
making an arrest and technically wa
guilty and was convicted, but whom al
the people Of Abba desired should not b
punished. He was pardoned without hi
ever going to the penitentiary. The othe
was Ralph Gibson Of this city, convicted o
insurance swindling. He is dying of con
sumption and has never been in the psni
Tertiary.