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TJIB OMAHA DAILY MOXDAV , JAXTATIY 2J ) . 1000. I NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL BLUFFS. MI.NOIl MENTION. Davis Fine A. II. C. beer. Xcumayer's hotel. Welsbach burners at Blxby's. Tel. 1M. ] ) udwciser beer. I. . Uosonfeldt , aent. Judge K. K. Wlllar.l of Atlantic , lit. , Is In the rlty. Mrs. J. U. Steer. * Is visiting frlemlo nt Uunliu ) . In. Ur. W. A. Qcrvals. osteopath , 201 Mcr- rlam block , Council Bluffs. Oct your work done at the popular Eagle laundry , 721 Broadway. 'Phono 167. W. C. Kst p , undertaker. 15 Pcnrl street. Telephones : OITlce. 97 ; residence. M. Sheridan lump real , J.l.fiQ : Sheridan nut coal. fo.W. Konfon & Koluy. Hole agents. Mrs. Kreil laxfleld hn li i-n called to Heoln. by the * crloitH lllncsH of u brother. Mrs. II. M. Sargent of Second avenue Is entertaining Mrn. nils * of Burlington , Vt. The placi ; to hnvf your framing done , Alexander's Art emporium. 3.13 Broadway. AV. ( . ' . Gcbhurt of the Milwaukee city ticket nlHcu spent yesterday with relatives ut Basley , lit. Miss Blanch Arlnvrlght left last evening for C'hlrnco , where she will study ceramic jmlmlnK this winter. I'lty Acf-PSHor AV. I > . ItHrdln expects to commence work on the nnmml assessment of pcrionnl property this week. The city Improvement department of the Council BlunT.x Woman's club will 'meet thin afternoon In the club rooms on Broad way. f ! . B. Jennings of Shenniidoali , a prom inent member of the Iowa bar. 1 In the rlty on business connected with the fed- ni' court. Mr * . O. C. Christiansen and daughter Irene left yesterday for Suit Lake City , Vtah. where they will Join ! M.r. Christian- Ben mid make their future liuine. llev. and MrH. Oeorgp Udwiinl Walk liaw us their Kiicstn at St. Paul's rectory Mrs. F. M. Haywnrd alid Mrs. J. II. Thomson of Kansas City. Mrs. Thomson Is a Mster of Mrs. Walk. Owing to slckneHH Jinluc Macy has an nounced a postponement of the February term of district oourt nt Avoca. from Feb ruary 6 to February 13. The petit Jury linn been notlllcd not to appear until Feb ruary 21. The Council Bluffs Ministerial association tvlll elect ollleers for the ensuing year this mornlUK. when the annual mectlnc will bo hnid at St. John's Ungllsh Lutheran church. Ri-v. .1. W. Wilson , pastor of the First Congregational church , will read a jiiiper on "The Minister Among Men. " H. A. GHiisewltz , trainmaster on the Fort Dodge & Omaha road. Is In the city lu connection with the Inauguration of the Illinois Central's through Chicago service. F. U. Wadsley of Cherokee hnf > been transferred to Council Blunts and will lie In charge of the dispatcher's olllce here , with three OHslstants. "Friendly" Informations charging Fritz Jlernhardl. the proprietor of the Ornnd liotcl barber shop , and his thrci ; asslst- nnts , Hobert Bernhnrdl. 13d Kelly and J. L. Currlp , with violating the Sabbath law were tiled before Justice Vlen yesterday. This WHS done In order to forestall similar proceedings by the Barbers' Protective as- noch'.tlon. AVIIllams and AValker , "the policy nlay- rrs , " ( unused a fair-sized audience at the Doliany last night. The show Is one of the best of its kind ever seen here and the company contains several very clever Hpeelnlty artists anil a number of good singers. The "Peerless" Corlnne will bo at the Dohany tonight IIK "The Jolly Little Host" and as In former days will receive n hearty welcome. It Is sevornl years since a Council Bluffs audience bad the pleasure of seeing Corlniie anil the new management of the Dohatiy Is to be congratulated on tiocnrlnE her and her capable company for tonight. Tuesday night Mario. I , amour In "AVlse AVoiimn" will be the attraction. N. Y. PIumblnR Co. Tel. 230. CITV cnracn. MKISTS TOMCIIT. 3.nUf ! Mnnawn > t Mhnliiiitnn llcach Ilonil Matter l ° nit N I p. The tlty council will meet in adjourned tegular session tonight and one of the principle ciplematters' lo come before the aldermen will be the change of highway asked by the Ijiko Manawa & Manhattan Hcach Hallway company In ordoj to' ' facilitate the building of Its line to the lake. The committee of the whole , to which the matter was referred , will , It is expected , make a report favoring the changn asked for , provided certain alter ations In the original proposition are carried out. out.The The proposition on behalf of the Lake Manawa & Manhattan Beach Hallway com pany Is that it bo granted the use of Fourth utrcet south from Twenty-seventh avenue In order that Its tracks may parallel those of the Burlington. In exchange for the usa of the street and Its continuation outside the municipal limits , the company will dedi cate and build a road just west of the pres ent highway on land which It has recently acquired by purchase. The council and the K Hoard of County Supervisors , which have both been over the ground , are favorable to the proposiilon , as It places the street and highway to one side of the two tracks. In- Btead of between them. . The change In the original plans of the Lake Manawa & Manhattan Beach company that the council committee doslrcs etfected Is to have the Manhattan company build Iti trnokH parallel to the Burlington nil the way noiilh from the Kansas City round house on Sixteenth avenue , Instead of starting at Twenty-seventh avenue and Fourth avenue. This Manager nimmock of the Lake Manawa & Manhattan Beach Hallway company has oxprchsed his wllllngiuM to do , provided his company can hecure the necessary liind jicar the round house over which to run its ( rock to Fourth street. All that is necessary to accomplish this will be. the purchase of four lots , whlsh may bo effected today. In order that the council may take action on the proposition tonight. If yon eat Sullivan's Berwick Hay or Solid Packed oysters you will think that life Is worth the living several times over. They ro the finest In the land. llltOH I'COlllc'w > IINI > H , Ed. Oden , who lives near Lake Manawa and well known among the rcsortK on South Main street , has.1 It appears , H peculiar mania for biting other people't noses. Dow Smith , a resident of South Main strcet , , called at the police station last evening and complained that Oden had chewed off n section of his proboscis and In proof of his charge displayed a fresh woutul on his none. According to his ftory. he wai drlnklnn In n salccii whtyi Oden came in ind made a motion as If he wished tt whisper to him. Smith placed hlR head close to Odvn'fi mouth to listen to what hf had to say. but Instead of confiding anything in his ear Odea , he alleges , bit a small chunk out of his noe. Ortcn then skipped out , leaving Smith whose time was busllj oc-upled In attempting to slop the How ol blood. Smith aUo told the police that he hat ! lieard thnt a , bartender at Bu\tcrllcld't raloon had alee lam evening lost n portion < if his nose through Odcn'a , mania for bltlns that organ. Vr | icr Srrvlt'f. The vesper .ervlcrs held yesterday at ilie Tlrst Congregational church drew an audl- K rnce that barely filled the main auditorium. Like Its predecessor * , the service of tuered tnuBlo was. admirably rendgred , and the pro- Kr m as annouitttd wuft-.Blvfn without change , saya that Mr. Slryker's solo wae omitted because the singer was allllcted wltli a severe cold. Mr Young presided at the organ In his usual artistic fashion and a notable ni-mber was his rendition of the Macbeth "Intermezzo. " FARM LOAMS Negotiated In Eastern Nebraska und iuwit. James N. Cacady , Jr. , li Malu Ut. . Council CHANGE IN THE PAYING LAW Bill Before the Legislature that Will Help Council BlufTi , SENATOR HAZELTON SAYS IT WILL PASS I'nilrr UN 1'rovlnlonx .Vn'oxmiionli Arc lo litUnilr In Proportion to the llciiclltx Derived Text of tlii' MriiNiirt1. Slat' ' Senator A. S. Hazelton returned from Des Molnes yesterday to spend Sun day. Talking of matters now pending be fore the legislature. Mr. Hazelton sold he expected that the new paving law , which he had Introduced , would be passed. This | measure Is one of Importance to Council ] Bluffs anil In fact all the Inrger cities In the state. It provides for the amendment of the present special asFensmnit laws so that special assessments shall bo made In proportion tion to the benefits derived. The bill , Mr. llazeltin said , was submitted to the fora- most lawyers In the state and Is held by them to meet the requirements of the decl- hlcn of the supreme court relative to front- foot assessments nnd assessments according to benefits. The bill also provides that cities of special and general charter shall be sub I ject to the provisions of the act. ' The enactment of this measure will enable j Council Bluffs to go ahead this summer with the murh-needcd paving of a number of streets that has been delayed owing to the unsatisfactory condition of the special arsess- oient laws. Text of the HIM. The text of the bill Is as follows : Section 1. That all cities of tills state , whether organized under general Incorpora tion laws or special charters , shall have all the powers conferred and be subject to all the provisions of this act. ( This section specifies by section the laws to which the classes are made subject. ) Sec. 2. Whenever. In the laws enumerated In section 1 of this act the words "city collector" or "city treasurer" occur they shall In case of cities organized under general - oral Incorporation laws be construed to mean "county treasurer. " Sec. 3. No part of the cost of any of the Improvements authorized by the sections of the code enumerated In section 1 of this act shall be as.sessed against any property belonging to the city , state or L'nlted States , or any public park or public ceme tery : nnd the portion of said cost which would otherwise bo apportioned to such property shall be paid In the manner and from the fund provided for paying the cost of such Improvement at street Inter sections , or from the special improvement tax hereinafter provided for. See. 4. The cost of the Improvements au thorized In the sections of the code enu merated In section 1 of this act shall be apportioned In the proportion , to the ex tent and In the manner In said sections provided , except that no lot , tract or parcel of abutting or adjacent property shall be assessed for an amount In excess of the special benefits conferred by such Improve ments upon said property. In all cases the presumption shall be that the special lienelltH conferred upon any lot. tract or parcel of ground by any such improvement are equal to or greater than the amount In said sections authorized to be assessed to such lot. tract or parcel of ground : but this presumption may In any case be over come , and whenever In any case It is found that the amount assessed or proposed to be assessed to any lot , tract or paicel of ground exceeds the special benefits , con ferred thereoih the necpsKan * correction shall be made , at the time nnd In the man ner provided In the laws referred to In section 1 of this act. for the correction of errors and irregularities. The portion of the cost of any such Im provement not assessable to abutting or adjacent property , because in excess of the special benefits conferred , shall be paid In the manner and from the fund provided for paying for the cost of said improvement at street Intersections , or from the special Im provement tax fund hereinafter provided for. for.The The portion of the cost of such Improve ments required to be paid by railway and street railway companies , being in part con sideration for the use of the streets , shall bo paid in full by such companies , without any reference to special benefits conferred j by the Improvement. Sec. 5. When by reason of nonconformity to any law or ordinance , or by reason of I any Irregularity in the method of advertls- ! ing for bids , or of the letting of contracts for public work , or of giving notice of the pendency of assessment proceedings , I or when , by reason of any omission. In formality or Irregularity , any special tax . or assessment heretofore levied or hereafter levied Is Invalid , or Is adjudged Illegal , nr In cnso of deficiencies , the council shall have the power .to correct the same by resolution or ordinance , and may reassess and relevy the same , as also an amount to make up such deficiencies , with the same effect as If done at the proper time. In the proper amount , and In the manner provided by law , or by the resolution or ordinance relating thereto : provided , how ever , that the aggregate of such tax or as sessment so relovleil shall not exceed , In- I elusive of the sums paid under the original tax or assessment , the total contract price of sucl ; improvement. The powers hereby granted may lie oxer- flsod by any city of the stuto thnt has succeeded to or may be orKanlzeil within the territory of any other city which lias levied or has attempted to levy the de fective tax or special assessment desired I to bo made valid , and the relevy authorized by this act shall have the sanif forqo 'and I ciTect as tlu > original levy. Sec. 6. Whenever In uny action or pro ceeding In court to resist , review or en force itnv special asittssment It Is found that the Ini'irovemcnt win actually made , or the work or material nctnallv done or furnished , the ns cssrpont shall bo sus tained ni l a charge enforced t the extent and for the amount for which the property could Imvo boon legally charged and UK- sussed If all the provisions of the law had been compiled with , anil notwithstanding uny defect or Irregularity In the municipal corporation or Its ottlceiv , or In any of Jhe proceedings which resulted In the a- yessmcnt. or anv defect or Imnerfoctlon In any statute under which such proceedings were had. The urovlslons of this act and the laws referred to In section 1 hereof .shall an- ply to all contract ! ' made and assessments levied In the part , as well as in the fu ture. Sec. 7. All of the cities embraced In this net shall have llu < power to levy annually. In addition t < > the tax now authorized by law. n special improvement tax of not f\- coi-dlnt 5 mills on the dollar. Said tax. when so levied and collected shall be used only for the purpose of paying the illffer- 1'iico between tlio contract jirlcc and the amount asRes ' 't | under the urovlilnns of thlH net airalnst railways , turret r.ilhvuvs and I ho abutting and ml Invent property for the nmklnif of lh ? Improvements re ferred to In this act ami for Pt.vlnic thn illffrri'iice between the contract nrlce nil the amount lawfully assessed against Mich abutting property , railways and street rail ways for Improvements already mude , and may nntlcliiiito tnl'l ' tux and pledeo til proceeds thereof , and Issue in payment ol said portion of iho cost of such Improve ments certificates or bond * , payable only out of the proceeds of such tnx. . * , Howell's Antl-"KuwP cttrc.s cougns , colds. Uniform Hank give * Us masquerade bal next Tuesday night , W. O. W. hall. D.ivls erlls paints. Sci'oml ( Jlinrcc of lucent. James Vance , the barber avrestej Satur day on a charge * of Incest wltli his 17-year old daughter. Hose , will 'have to answer tc another charge equally serious. HU ec-com daunhter. a child not yet IS years of age. is according to her story told the authorltlei > estcrday , also a victim. When the chili d _ learnoJ that her father had been placet ) Ir jail nnd BUU need be it ) no fear of vloltmci from hlm.ehe told her aunt , that last \Vodne-s day while her elder titter was away froir home her father made her submit to nlm She llko her elder slater bad been afraid tc say anything about It. as her father had threatened to kill her If she told. Vance , who Is over SO years of age , denies both charge's , but the police awert that In addition to the story of the elder sister they have ample evidence against him. Tuesday evening "A Wise Woman" Is the pleco to be presented at the Uohany theater. The freshness and unconventionality - ity of the play make It nn Interesting com edy and the various roles are tilled by com petent people. That \c\v Siitinrlmii llnlluay. AV. S. Heed , manager of the Omaha , Coun cil Bluffs & Suburbin railway , returned yesterday from Chicago and St. Louis , where ho went to Inspect some of the equipment thnt Is being constructed for his road. While lu Chicago he was hhown the plans of the cnrs that are being built for him and Mr. Heed says they excel anything In the west. The framework of the cars has been made and they will bo out of the shops In time to be placed In service here by May or the early part of June. One of the big engines for the motor house Is ready for shipment nnd the other will be ready In about thirty days. Manager Heed has experienced much dlfllculty In getting bis orders for rails llllcd , but while In St. Louis he received assurance that they would he shipped between February . " nnd 10 at the latest. The ties have reached St. Louis and are now ready for shipment as soon as the railroad can send them west. Mr. Heed says that as soon as the rails and tics reach hero the work of finishing the line between here and Omaha will be pushed 113 rapidly as possible to completion. Corlnne , who appears at the Dohany this evening. Is one of the most unctuous co- 'medlcnnes on the American stune and ens ir.ay go to witness her performance with abso- ' Into confidence that there will be nothing disappointing In the entertainment she will give. "Tho Jolly Little Host , " the play which Manager Howe has acquired as the vehicle In which to present Corlnne once again to our theater-goers , was constructed by Edgar Smith and Louis De Lange , the col laborators who have furnished Weber and Fields with all of their successful pieces. The cc nedy element Is exceedingly well worked out. the musical numbers Inter spersed throughout are good and the play is distinctly bright , tuneful and well staged. The performance has no dull moments. It moves briskly and gleefully from beginning to end. BILLS BEFORE IOWA SOLONS Appointment of Noiv Hoard of Control Kxcitc * IntcrcNt Other Mvnn- iiren of IiitDortiiiitic. DES iMOINBS , Jan. 2S. ( Special. ) In terest during the past week has centered upon the appointment to the State Board of Control to succeed ex-Governor Larra- bee. Ever since It became known that Colonel H. H. Rood was the personal fa vorite of the governor and his appointment was as good as made , the question has been the one aopic of discussion about the lob bies. Up to Friday forenoon , when Colonel Rood's name was sent to the senate , there were many who questioned whether Gov ernor Shaw would name Colonel Rood in the face of the growing opposition. But before the name came Into the senate H was considered a foregone conclusion that the appointment would bo made. Now the j all absorbing question Is , AV'ill the senate confirm it ? It is the general belief that it I will not. J , The committee Is to report at any time j the bcnate calls for a report and this is I expected not later than next Tuesday. H [ takes thirty-four votes to confirm. At least ten republicans have pledged themselves to vote against confirmation and this be ing true , the democrats known to oppose Rood , by getting three or four of the 'antl- Rdod republicans , can prevent any confir mation. .Many persons would like to know the real inwardness-of the'two compulsory edu cation bills 'which are before the senate. I One of these was introduced by Garst of Carroll by request and the ether by Hay wnrd of Davenport. There Is little differ ence between them and many have thought that they were rival bills. Perhaps in one sense of the word they are. The fact in the case Is that Senator Hayward some months ago prepared his bill , after care fully looking up the similar statutes of other states , and submlttinc the measures j for approval to the prominent school men j of lown. In the meantime the Iowa Feder ation of AVomen's Clubs secured the services of the attorney general In the framing cf the compulsory education law they wished to push. Out of Senator Hayward's bill , which was in the hands cf the attorney general , a number of sections wore taken whole and eevoral new onea were added , the penalties , however , being inoro drastic than In the senator's bill.11 was this bill which Senator Garst Introduced by request. The club women have spent much time agitating the question of compulsory edu cation and bellevo they should have the credit of the measure , if It passes. Senator Hayward has also spent time and thought I' ' upon his measure and the situation would therefore seem somewhat embarrassing to both parties. In conversation this week , however. Senator Hayward said he had no feeling whatever In the matter , that he would not for a moment detract from the Influence of the club women of the state. There teems to be a growing opposition 1 to the establishment of new normal schools In the state and the fight which was pre dicted In the start over the question will probably bo on in a short time. The house ! | committee on normal schools has referred the house bill to a subcommittee. In the , senate the committee has done nothing yet , . Stnllcop of Sac county in the house has i made a canvass , which ho says Indicate ; i to him that there will he considerable op position to the establishment of three ichools. He says two might pass , or one might stand on oven better show , but he believes the making up of a slate for three new ones will Ferve to Increase opposition i to the bill , on the ground that It U full ol politics. The Lister anti-prizo fighting bill hai i been referred to a ( subcommittee lu the ten- . ate. The judiciary committee had charge ol thin measure. It thought It was a meas . ure to prevent fisticuffs and athletic con tests , hut found upon examination that It : was a meauuro intended to legalize the sport and so decided to refer it to u ( sub committee , which might paca more curefull ) upon Its provisions. The measure proposing to allow state savings banks to carry ten times their cap ital stock U meeting with much opposition In the house the committee on banks rec ommended the bill for passage , but on Frl < day nearly two hours were devoted by th < members on the floor to discussing the mer its of the measure. Ttiooe championing li argue that the restriction on the capita stock of savings banks and not on othei kinds of banks Ifl an unjust discrimination. Illlheclle Klllx UN Kniiill ) . CINCINNATI. Jan. 2S.-In an "Over tin Rhine" tenement today Charles Hart ruff H tnnner. killed MK wife and two chlldm and then tried to t.ct the lieu > < on tin by overturning tin.- hot HI eve nnd pllliu furniture on It. The skulls of all the vie- I tlms were crushed with a blunt Instrument I Xo one saw the deed , but lt uenwlrator HurtrutT. remained In the burning roon until arrested hv the police. Ills intfllfc In said to be of the lowetit typo and hi suffers from dementia which he seems t < hnve Inherited from his father , who diet > suicide. IOWA'S ' BOARD OF CONTROL Origin of the Movement to Combine Man agement of State Institutions. SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THE IDEA CiiiKliIrrril Tnrnty Vi-nrx ABO nnil Slli'lvi'tl fur Future l' * -Miiuy livIN Hcim-tllt'il li > - Con- vonlrnllon. The eNlls of the body politic against which reformers rail rarely full to bring about the remedy. Sucresa In restating early attack i'in bo 1 ilo IIP. the authors and promoters of scandal In public Institutions MI thnt they become more reckless and thus hasten the day of reckoning. Twenty years ago at tempts were made to" concentrate hi a few- persons the management of state charitable and penal Institutions of lo\\n. hut the movement failed. A score of years were re quired to expose the glaring evils of the existing system and bring Into life thu Board of Control as It exists today. The de velopment of that idea is thus told In the annals of Iowa : The apparent success of the measure adopted by the Twenty-seventh general as sembly , of placing all the Institutions of the state , except those which are purely educa tional , under the control of a single board , consisting of three members , justifies a glance at the preliminary history leading up to the establishment of this hoard , a measure which completely revolutionized In stitutional management In this state. The mode of governing our state Institu tions through boards each Independent of the other and subject only to the general assem bly prevailed from the first. Kven the peni tentiary at Fort Madison was at one time supervised by a board of Inspectors. Thin board was abolished In I860 and the man agement of the prison intrusted to the war den , subject to supervision by the governor , who might remove the warden for cause , al though he had nothing to do with the ap pointment of that officer , except In case of a vacancy. The Orliclnnl lilrit. The first thought In respect of supervision of the Institutions , by other than their sep arate controlling bodies , was that a board should be established which should have au thority to Inspect at pleasure the several In stitutions and supervise their management without , however , authority over them. The llrst step in that direction may be found in the act passed by the Fourteenth general as sembly in 1S72 , providing for the appoint ment of a committee to visit the hospitals for the insane , with power to hear com plaints , administer oaths and even to dis charge employes or attendants who should be found to merit it. On this committee Gov ernor Carpenter appointed former Governor Ralph P. Ix > we of Keokuk. Mrs. M. A. P. Darwin of Burlington and Dr. Luther L. Pease of Mount Vernon. It was an admir ably selected committee , and Its members entered upon the discharge of their duties with zeal and earnestness. The superin tendent of the hospital at Mount Pleasant was very indignant because of the enactment of such a law ; nnd , although kindly and courteously treated by the committee , lit made a virulent attack on It , or , rather on the law authorizing its work , speaking of It in his next report to the board , as an act which warranted concerning It such expres sions as these quoted by him from others : "A calamity that has comet to the insane ol Iowa , " "n most absurd and wicked law , " "on absurdly Ignorani a'fld"vlllninouB enact ment , " "the most absurd lunacy legislation which has , perhaps , ever been heard of. " These remarks ( which appear to have been mainly uttered at a meeting of superinten dents of hospitals for the insane ) , appearing in an official report addressed to himself , elicited from Governor Carpenter a criticism , or rather an excoriation , which was one ol the severest any governor of Iowa has j.'il into an official paper. He said : Ait Executive Ilonni. "That the evils which were , anticipated as an effect of this law have not followed , so fai as the experiment has been tried , is proven by the fact that the percentage of cures and of cases Improved In the Mount Pleasant hospital has been as large during the last two years as over before in the history ol this or any other hospitals. It Is not strange that a convention composed entirely of su perintendents , jealous j5f their powers , an-1 engaged in the innocent amusement ol 'mutual admiration' should have flattered the professional vanity of each other bj ' criticising with coareo epithets a law and a legislature that constituted a tribunal will : I the powers and duties of this committee ; bin I that one of these gentlemen should , months ! after the ebullition of the occasion might be supposed to have * cooled to a better reason Introduce epithets which were thrown out ir extemporaneous and eelf-glorlfying speeches Into a grave report to a. legislature , Is an other evidence of the evil effects of manj years of unrestrained power over those In capable of self-direction , oven upon a culti vated mind. This committee 'vill have proved Itself of great utility If it accomplishes nr other good than to rid the etato for the future of such arrogance. " The severity of this rebuke was Intensl- lied by the fact that It came from one of th ( most mild-mannered of men. As Intimated the superintendent left the state ; but the . statute which so aroused bis Ire was not sufficiently repulsive to him , although It re- malned entirely unchanged , to prevent his returning to the superlntendcncy of the hos- ! pltal several years afterward and assuming i Its superlntendency. I Dlvlllfll Itl-NDOIINlllIlllV. I In his retiring message to the Slxtecntl general assembly Governor Carpenter , re ferrlni ; again to the visiting committee , thui commented on Its work : i "The committee has gone thoroughly. In . telllgently and conscientiously over tb < ! ground connected with Its duties nnd has ! made n report which should be read by even ) citizen and thoroughly studied by even legislator. Without summarizing Its faets 01 ; UK arguments I refer the entire document t : , your careful consideration. It has coh i time , thought , correspondence and earefu Investigation , and should receive merited at [ , tention. j "And here It Is proper for me to say thai j in my judgment the duties ol this commit tee , with such additional members as may ! > , thought wise , should bo widened to some . thing In the nature of a permanent board o charities , having u limited supervision of nl | benevolent , reformatory and penal Instltu , | ' tlons In the state , to Include also In tin . scope of Its duties the examination and sug , ! geiitlon of Improvements In the jalU am . j poorhoubos of the counties. The reason : . which mlgiit be adduced to enforce this sug . gestlon are numerous and unanswerable. A . present , boards of trustees of the differcn I Institutions are likely to have their judg I iiu'iits colored , as to the needs of the Insti f tullons they are set to supervise , by thi i local feeling of the town In which It may hi . located , liut this committee , looking eve | the whole field , could Impartially determlm - the relative appropriations which should bi j ' made to each. It would bo a standing com mlttee to examine am ] adjust any complaint of mismanagement. If our prison dlsciplln , bhould be advanced to conform more nearl : ; to modern theories this board could super i vleo the classification and examine appllca I ' tlons and recommend to the governor tit sub * . jects for elomency. I1 "But I cannot enlarge upon matters whicl mil suggest themselvce to the legislator. am led , however , to remark that the com- j nutiu t-oOld consider nnd re < omni'nl the i chnMcter. cost nnd style of bulUlngs which I f would be most economical and h.t t nispted to the purpose } of these several Institutions. I 1mvo long entertained the opinion thnt tin * less n public building Is Intended for orna ment .15 well au utility , or its n kind of memorial structure , brick buildings , plain In design and substantial in architecture , should always be preferred to stone. They would be far cheaper , ami , unless great cars is taken In the selection or stone , much more enduring. I have hlnteJ nt the pos sible advantages of this committee. Should these suggestions be deemed worthy of con- flderallon the details of lt < t organization must be matured by the general assembly. " | Thus was made the Ural recommendation toward a board which should hnve any sort of mtpervlslon over ull the Institutions. The plan ha- ! already been tried in some of the other states , nnd U believed to be yet In vogue wherever It linn been adopted. The proposed btmrd of charities wna , It will b noted. to be only nn advliiiry body. which It was expected - t ; pected would not only vnnko suitable sug- ' gcMlons to the governing banrcK hut would so inform Itself n to the needs of the sev eral institutions as to bo nblo to make In- | telllgent recommendations to the general j assembly euch as that body would be likely ; to heed. Senators Milan Jessup of Hardlu nnd John S. Woolson of Henry each Introduced - ' duced bills to carry out this rccommenda- ! tlon. These bills were consolidated Into i one , which passed the senate , 30 to 18. hut no action was taken In the house. Governor Xowbold , who acted as gov ernor utter the retirement of Governor Kirk- wood to enter the United States senate , made like recommendation to the Seventeenth general assembly , ns follows : | "The visiting committee continues Its I quiet but cITectlve supervision , and during i the last year has had occasion to do Important - ' tant service in clearing one of the hos- ! pltalst from some very unjust hut widely j believed chargcn of the gravest character , involving if true the grosjci't turpitude on | the part of those connected with the Instl- I tutlon. The good effect of this committee's labors , in rectifying improprieties , allay ing unfounded suspicioiiH and Inspiring de served confidence In the management of our hospitals , induces mo to recommend that Its Jurisdiction be extended to all the be nevolent and reformatory Institutions , or that a board be created for that purpose. " Itnillrnl Illforme < Mleil. Ill January , 1S7S , Hon. John II. Gear be came governor. That ( statesman's lifetime habit of acute observation led him , after visiting some of the Institutions , to believe that something more radical was needed than the creation of a new supervlwiry board , and it was not long before he In terested the members of the general as sembly In the project. Meantime , however , a special committee had been appointed to consider Governor N'owbold's recommenda tion , which committee , through its chair man , Hon. Gamaliel Jaqua of Tama county , presented , February 23 , a bill "to create a state board of charities. " On the 20th or March the bill was taken up and referred to a special committee , on which , besides | Hon. Thomas Updegralf of Clayton as chair man , and Mr. Jaqua , were Hon. N'orman I ) . Holbrook of Iowa , Hon. John II. King of Hampton and Hon. Smith H. Mallory of Lucas. This committee on the following day reported a substitute In which were embodied the ideas of Governor Gear on the subject. It established a board of man agers , consisting of three persons , to bo appointed by the governor and the executive council , which board were to have super vision of all the state's Institutions , ex * cept the university , the penitentiaries and the reform school. Kach manager wns to have a salary of $1,500 a year , which amount the house repeatedly refused to change , al though repeated attempts were made both to ra'lf'e and to lower It. The bill was amended before it passed so as to place the penitentiaries under the control of the board. The bill passed the house the same day by a vote of 04 to 29. That there was no party isnue raised on the bill is seen "THERE IS A CLASS OF PEOPLE Who are Injured by the uss of coffee. Re cently there has been placed In all the grocery stores a new preparation called GRAIN-O , made of pure trains , that takes the place of coffae. The most delicate stomach receives it without distress , nnd but few can tell It from cotTee. It does not cost ov r % as much. Children may drink It with great benefit. IScts. and 25 cts. per packaee. Try It. Ask for ORA1N-O. by the manner In which the sever.i ! parus divided , thiw Itepubllcnnc. yea IS. nay 1 democrat * , ypfi 15 , imy 6 ; greenbaekers yen. 1. nny I. When the bill readied the senate. Man ! i 23 , Us title had been changed so n. tn rend : "A bill for an net to create a board of control for certain wtate Institutions. " It Was taken tip ( he same day. A motion by Hon. Moes A. McCold of Jefferson county to iiostpone Imlaflnltely wn * lost. 'JO to 24. U was hero amended by striking from the bill the provisions regarding the agricultural college and the Normal school. An attempt to order the bill to a third read ing immediately wo * defeated , the vote standing 30 to IS , not two-thirds. The hill was then ordered to a third reading "tomorrow , " but it " happened that "tomor row" was the final day Mr adjournment , and the bill was not reached. The vote on or dering It to n third iciullnR may therefore be taken as n test of the strength of the bill In the ( vnate. Thus narrowly was prevented the . Inbllshment , twenty years earlier than iN- llnal consummation , of the l > oard of cunt ml TCMIS 1 | | ( by n Hllrxtiril. AfSTlN. Tex. . Jan. 2.S.-A1I youth nii.l control Tovnsn today visited liy n \ ei \ severe blizzard , which Increases In Severn \ as the night rows , nlul from the jireui-ni Indications will be the worst blizzard e f the winter. The temperature Ims fnllon thlrli decrees tnco noon. FORECAST OF THE WEATHER I'ulr nnilnriucr Incl > rnkn the AVIndH Slilftinu to tin- South. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S. Forecast for Monday and Tuesday : For Nebraska , Iowa. Missouri. North Da kota. South Dakota mid Kansas Fair and warmer Monday and Tuesday , winds shift ing to fresh southerly. For Wyoming Fair Monday , with warmer In southeast portions ; southwesterly winds ; Tuesday fair. lU'liort from ntntlonn nt S i > . in. 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