Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-08-09
DES MONIES LETTER
Items Of Interest From Correspondent | u
at the State Capital. / "

wares refusal to testify, at the
end, served to break the relations
which had existed between the de.
positors and the directors. To save
themselves, the former propose to
find out how lcng Wares specula.
lions have been going on and to
locate his confederates. II possible.
About 100000 in all has disappear.
ed Ware has confessed that it has
not all been taken in the last six
months, though he claims the bulk Of
1t was. 1t is the theory of some OF
those who have watched the disclos.
ure relative to the bank that Ware
began his absent treatment for the
banks funds when he first went into
the institution and has kept It up
ever since. To do 1t he must have
had confederates, men outside Of the
bank altogether and in no way con.
nected with it, and it is understood
that 1t is on this theory that the de-
positors have started the investigation
over which Mr.. Windsor is presiding,
In inspecting the bank many curl.
GUS things were disclosed. Money was
round in envelopes around on shelves,
IN drawers and in out Of the way
places. Vouchers were found scat.
tered around In the same way.
But enough has been disclosed to
demonstrate that whoever was re,
sponsible for the system of lootins
the institution was a master genius
OF frenzied finance. and when his
identity is disclosed Wall street will
nave place for him If Fort Madison
doesn't get him first.
Test Union Label Resolution.
Denouncing as vicious and un.
American" a resolution by the board
OF supervisors which declares that
all county printing must bear the
union label, the George A. Miller
Printing company has aled vigorous
protest with Auditor Lew Burnett.
The protestant lays claim to the
contract for furnishing blank books
and supplies. For the work the Nil.
Ter bid is $425, which is the lowest
received. The O'Donnell Printing
s43o. 800 "A
Miller demands the contract. More.
over he has retained Attorneys Bowen
and Brockett. He proposes to show
the board, he says, that the resolu.
ton is contrary to the statutes aimee
1t is In restraint OF competition.
Unless the board rescinds its reso.
luton, Miller says the case goes into
court. That done the Polk county
courts must determine for the first
lime IN Iowa whether board Of sup.
ervlsors, a city council or school
Doard can legally pass q resolution
Dor. ---
osteopaths Plan Large Hospital.
william e. d. Rummel, secretary
ana manager of the Still College Of
osteopathy in Des Moines, is at the
mead OF a movement to build a $50.
ooO osteopathic hospital to be oper.
ated IN connection with that institu.
Ton. It 70 expectsd that the -hosnitai
next year. 1t will be the flrst large
osteopathic hospital erected in the
country.
Letters have been sent out by Mr..
Rummel to osteopathic practitioners
throughout the country concerning the
proposed hospital and asking them to
subscribe stock to carry out the
plan. 1t is believed that the osteo-
pathic cause will be greatly forward
ed by the proposed institution.
1t is planned to have the hospital
placed under the supervision Of Still
college in order to insure its success,
financially and otherwise.
Palmer Names Committees.
Department Commander D. ]. Palm.
er of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie has named the standing commit
tees and aides for the ensuing year.
Phil Schaller Of Sac City heads the
soldiers home committee and S. w.
Rathbun of Marion heads the soldiers
orphans home committee. r. T. st.
John of Riceville Is made the chair.
man of the committee on state fair
reunion.
On the soldiers home committee.
besides the chairman. are ]. c. Mill
man, Logan; ]. w. Morton, Wash.
ington; T. T. Classen, Marshalltown;
q. A. Pease, Des Moines; j. H. Mills,
Redfeld.
On the soldiers orphans home com.
mittee. besides Chairman Rathbun.
are W. ]. Barringer, Columbus juno.
ton; H. P. Scott, Davenport; George
D. Dalrymple, Clinton; L. w. Archer,
Des Moines; John Hughes, Jr., vii.
liamsburg; Thomas Mccall, LeClaire.
Every Pig sty Full.
Every pig sly at the new state fail
pavilion has been taken. The agricul
| turists who raise hogs-the grea
poftgage filters of the state-are com
ing to the fair with 2.955 of the fin
est porkers ever seen under a singh
roof. There will be 1,154 pens full o
| them. 1t beats all former shows, an.
there is reason to believe that tn,
size of the swine exhibition at tn,
Iowa fair is only limited by the capa
CITY of the pavilion in which to hous,
the mortgag. filters. The entries ex
1 coed that ct any former year.
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