Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-06-19
BREvlTIEs.

tlC iONd VI law GU LES
Moines, seems to be growing faster
than any other law school, and is to
have new building this year. Neat
catalogues have been prepared by the
secretary, Prof P. S, McNutt.
primghar dispatchi In the Cram VS..
Doroty case, wherein Mrs Cram was
expelled from the Episcopalian church
at Sheldon by the defendant, and
brought suit iii the district toutb I'd
recover $1,000 claimed for damages,
the jury brought in verdict to pay
the plaintiff $500.
The great shows of Adam Forepaugh
and Sells Bros. have been combined
into one monster aggregation, which
will visit several cities in Iowa shortly.
Des Moines will be visited on June 80,
while Fort Dodge Will be favored on
July IL, The show has been doing an
excellent business this season.
A meeting of the state executive
council was held at the rooms of Gov
ernor Drake, at the Slavery, III Des
Moines, at which designs for the silver
service to be presented by the state to
the battleship Iowa were examined
and the contract awarded. ]. E. Cald-
well & Co., of Philadelphia, represented
by J. L. Thomas, secured the contract.
at the appropriation price of $4,000.
AZ Museatine recently Night Police
man Jacob Neidret, one OF the oldest
on the force, was shot and killed by
tramps while trying to arrest them i'll
Hershy's lumber yard at an early hour
in the morning. Deceased was So
years old and a member of the Thirty
fifth Iowa Infantry. Blood hounds
have been placed on the track, as one
of the tramps is known to have been
shot by the dead officer.
At the conclusion of the Drake Uni
versity convention meeting, at Des
Moines recently, Governor Drake and
President Aylesworth announced it
was the desire of the board OF trustees
to raise s25, 900, to be placed ia what
would be known as an emergency
fund Governor Drake said he would
head the subscription with cash
donation OF $1,000. Nine thousand
dollars were raised in few minutes.
Sioux City dispatch, As result of
the recent charges of corruption pre-
ferred against Alderman H. H. John
son. prominent local politician, by
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R. P. Elkins, fireman in the city's
employ, proceedings have been COM
menced for the formers removal from
Office. Elkins accuses johnson of re-
quiring him to share his salary with
him in return for the latter's influence
in securing his appointment and with
threatening to bring him and his
family to want if he refused. Elkins
has resigned his position, the better to
push his charges.
Jack Grady was shot at Denison,
by Lew Cochran, q boy about IA
years old. About year ago Grady
became interested in the wife of
Wesley Cochran, blacksmith of Deni-
son, causing the separation Of the
family. Since then Grady has been
hanging around the woman. contrib
uting nothing to her support, much
less to the happiness of the family.
OF late he has been feeling SO much at
home that he took the liberty to
trounce the children at will, and, be-
ing loaded to the gunwale with forty
rod, he was in the act of abusing one
of the little girls, when he was shot by
her brother, the ball, which was of
small caliber, entering his back in the
region Of the right kidney. 1t Is be-
lieyed he will die.
Des Moines dispatch; 1t is reported
that Attorney General Remley will
take up the Spaulding case with the
idea in view of recovering some of the
money taken by Spaulding while act
ing as secretary of the pharmacy COM
There has been much
dissa tisfaction over the state from the
fact that Spaulding was not only not
convicted, but that there has appar-
emily been no attempt made to recover
the money. Its said that heattorney
general will begin suit against Spauld-
ing. his bondsmen and the three mem
bers of the pharmacy commission. 1t
is said that the attorney general
believes that portion of the money
taken by Spaulding can be obtained
from his bondsmen. The bond which
they gave had expired at the time
Spaulding was arrested, but the
attorney gene raj is said to believe that
as much money as it can be proved
was taken while they were on his
bonds can be recovered. Spaulding's
defalcation is known to have extended
over two years, and during part of
this time he was under bonds.
Jesse Flemming, street commission
er of Oskaloosa, met with very seri-
ous accident recently by the premature
explosion of a blast. He was endeav-
oring to dispose of large rock and
was tamping the fuse when the
explosion occurred. His face was
blown full of powder and fragment is of
rock, and his eyes so injured that it is
supposed he will be utterly blind. His
brother, who was helping, received
several painful wounds and was badly
stunned, but escaped very serious
injury. FlemE2ing was already
cripple, having, while quite boy,
lost Sis leg from an accident on the
railroad.
At Davenport recently the body of
well dressed man about 80 years of