Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-24

colors Of one of the old stage coaches
Of the California and Oregon Stage
Company. With the picture is framed
one Of the tickets of the company.
The picture shows Mount Shasta in
the background. The facts concerning
these old stage coach lines is fast dis
appearing and the department under
Curator Harlan is making a great eff
fort to gather all the information pos
sible on the subject.
In the face of a singing rebuke by
Chairman John Cownie of the state
board of control, delivered yesterday
before the quarterly conference of
state institution heads at the state
house, the Rev. Robert H. B. Bell of
ST. Paurs Episcopal church reiterated
his criticism of the State Industrial
School for Boys at Eldora-
Il suppose the superintendent of Ell
dora is doing as good work as any
stances" said the Rev. Mr.. Bell last
night. But it is the mingling of the
criminal boy with the boy of tender
years not yet stepped in crime that
brings about the ruin of the young
offender Personally 1 would not send
any boy that came under my notice to
Eldora except he were a most hardened
criminal"
Alleged statements by Mr.. Bell quot
( ing Warden Marquis Barr of the Ana
mosa refornatory as saying that the
Eldora school for boys is a prepara-
tory school for Anamosa. called forth
vigorous denials at the conference of
institution heads from Mr.. Barr and
Chaplain Pickworth of Anamosa, both
of whom declared that Mr. Barr had
made no such statement. Mr.. Bell last
night confirmed their denial and ex-
planned that it was Deputy Warden
Smith who referred to the Eldora
school in this manner.
Chairman Cownie of the board of
control paid his respects to the Rev.
Mr.. Bell at the meeting as follows:
M Talleyrand, the French writer,
says gentleman is one Who knowing
all about a certain subject, can hear
a man who knows nothing about it
discuss it and still keep his patience.
have to confess that 1 am no gentle
man according to that standard. for
when I hear people who know abso-
lutely nothing about these matters dis
cussing them as if they did and max
ing such statements as the one at
tributed to this minister, 1 get dis
gusted These reports were circulated
in a dozen papers and give false inn
preston
1 Charges of misconduct lodged against
Supt. F. P. Fitzgerald of the state in
dustrial school for girls at Mitchell
Vile received their final quietus yes
terday when the heads of all state in
stitutions assembled in quarterly con-
ference at the state house passed res
olutions on his resignation in which he
is eulogized as a man of marked abil-
ity and sterling integrity"
The resolutions were mailed to SUI
perintendent Fitzgerald last night by
the board of control with letter in
which the board members say they take
| pleasure in informing him that the en-
/ closed resolutions We're passed without
a dissenting vote. They were prepared
by a committee comprising Supt. Henry
w Rothert of the school for the deal
at Council Bluffs; DR.. Max E. White
superintendent of the Clarinda state
hospital; George Mogridge, superinten.
dent Of the Glenwood school for feeble
minded, and w. L. kuser, superinten-
dent Of the Eldora industrial schoo
| for boys
/ Superintendent Fitzgerald is recover.
/ ing from a serious illness at Mitchell.
vile. He will leave to make his home
at St. Anthony. Idaho. as soon as hs
! is we'll enough to travel and a sue
4 cessor has been appointed.