Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-17
Appearance of Spinal Meningi-
tbs in Southern Iowa Finds
Board Cashless
NO MONEY NOW AVAILABLE
Orders Issued That No Public Funer-
ais Shall Be HeId-captain Stevens
to Prepare Soldiers Roster-.Gover-
nor cummins' Name Frequently
Mentioned in Eastern Politics.
pecial to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April 1.-THE state has
no money with which to investigate the
prevalence of cerebral-spinal menin-
gifts. The state board Of health is
alarmed andiits hands are tied. At the
last meeting of the board the spread of
the disease thru the southern part of
the state was noted as an alarming
condition, and the board appointed a
COMMITTEES to investigate, and having
no funds to pay their expenses, asked
the executive council to find the funds.
The council has answered that 1t has
no funds available for that purpose or
that 1t could legally use for that pur-
the disease have appeared ir Polk
county, near Polk City, and the board
is still further alarmed. Nothing is
known of the disease by physicians
anywhere particularly, and still less by
the physicians in the west. 1t is in
fectious and the board has ordered that
there bes.no public funerals, and that
all precautions taken in other. infec-
tious diseases be taken in this. At
the same time, the board is without
Knowledge on which to advise the pub
lie as to methods of preventing the
disease. 1t is believed it is carried
thru the discharges from the nose and
mouth.
+ Capt Thomas l.. Stevens, of the adj
jutant-generaIs office, and formerly a
resident of Glenwood, Ia, 1t is thought
will have entire charge of the prepar-
alton of the soldiers roster as provided
for by the last legislature. Capt. Ste-5
vens for some years has beer record
clerk in the adjntant's office. and is
thoroughly familiar with the records
In the office and for that reason par.
,ticularly competent to look after the
work. He will be relieved temporarily
of his other duties in the office in or
der that he may devote all his time and
attention to the roster. In addition,
other clerks will be engaged to assist
him in the work. 1t is the expectation
that the matter will be taken UP as
soon as possible by the persons pro-
vided for in, the bill and the work
started on its way.
The primary election law is to be
given wide circulation. There will be
q copy printed for every forty people
at state expense. Some will have to
look over the others shoulder The
state Official Register will contain the
law complete. 1t is issued from the
secretary of states office and will be
ready for distribution in month or
two. The legislature ordered 5000
copies of the law printed in vest pocket
pamphlet size. In addition there will
be 10000 copies of the session laws
printed and sold to the lawyers in.
which will be the primary law.
Charles f. saylor, of the United
States department of agriculture, in
whose acquaintance in Washington
is extensive, has Just returned from
there, where he went on business. IT
was surprised" he said. ito note how
frequently the name of Governor
Cummins is mentioned in Washington
in connection with the presidential
nomination. OF course everybody is
for Roosevelt, and when they con-
slider him out of the race they talk of
Taft, and If Taft is eliminated the next
name is almost invariably that of
Cummins. There seems to be 10 move
ment looking to fdrthering this talk,
but it lis entirely spontaneous. The
events OF the past year or two and es-
pecially the past three months have
given Governor Cummins a national
reputation and standing"
!.
Appropriate resolutions were spread
on its records by the board of railroad
commissioners yesterday relative to
the life and death of Colonel Welcome
Mowry. 1t was voted that the board
should be represented at the. funeral
at Traer today by Col. David J. Pal
mer, who was commissioner on the
board with Colonel Mowry, and by Sec
rotary Dwight n. Lewis. who was also
with the board when Colonel MOwry
served upon 1t.
The important hearing at 10 o'clock
a. m. today before the commission de-
prived the members OF the opportun-
ity Of attending the funeral OF Colonel
Mowry in body. The hearing is like
ly to be well attended. being; on the
rates charged in Iowa on hard and soft
lumber, cement, salt. stucco, sash, lath,
Shingles, doors. blinds, lime and plas-
ter. 1t is said that the prospect for
the reduction of rates on these COM
modities is fair because Of the fact
that like the grain and live stock rates
in Iowa there is a greater diferential
as compared with the Illinois rates
for long distances than there is on
short.