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men w'.o volunteered when the troops
were called out but who were after
wards rejected on the physical exam
nation. The only ones to receive pay
are those who were members of the
national guard April 26 came to Des
MONIES and volunteered to enter the
army and were rejected for physical
disability The entire amount paid
them will not exceed $1,000.
Expect Another Grill.
1t is not unlikely that another call
for troops will be issued and if the call
is for 100000 as expected, it will give
Iowa at least two full regiments and
possibly three. In that case former
Adjt. Gen. John r. Prime will I'M
doubtetlly be colonel of one of the reg
iments. The candidates for colonies
are numerous. The troops, like the
batteries now quartercd in Camp Nc
Kinley, will probably be kept there
and drilled NIL summer, as they will
consist mostly of raw recruits without
military training and would not be
sent to the front until fall.
Named for Congress.
Judge Lot Thomas, of Storm Lake,
who has been district judge in the
Fourteenth district since 1884 was
nominated for congress last week at
LIE Mars by the republican convention
to succeed George D. Perkins, of Sioux
City, from the Eleventh congressional
district. Judge Thomas is the Oldest
district Judge in the state in point OF
continuous service. His district is
composed of the counties of Buena
Vista, Clay, Palo Alto, Dickinson, En-
met, Kossuth, Humboldt and Pocahon-
tas. Judge Thomas was born in Fay
cite county, Pa, in 1913. He was edu-
Gated in Ohio, came to Iowa in 1868,
taught school in Warren county, read
law when he had time and in 1870 en-
tered the law department of the State
university and was admitted to the bar
and located in Storm Lake in 1870. He
has lived there ever since with the ex-
ception of few years residence In
Sioux Rapids when that town was the
county seat of Buena Vista county.
Can't Help Them.
Gov. Shaw has written to the In
dams of Tama county who appealed to
him to protect them from the advance
of civilization and especially from the
laying out of public highways through
their reservation. The governor tells
the Indians that he can do nothing fol
them. They are not living upon a reg.
ular reservation. The land was bought
for them and they own it the same as
any other private party owns land
and it is subject to the same laws as
| any other land. The establishment Of
the school for the Indians at Tama by
the government will within few
| years wipe out most of the savagery
| that now exists there.
big Falling or.
Mr.. Daniel, the chief accountant il
| the state auditors Office, estimates
| from returns of assessments received
| from about rs counties in the stat'
that there will be falling off of abou
$1,000, 900 in the personal property val
uation of the state this year as com
pared with last year. Part of this will
be made up by the addition to the val
uation of real estate on account o
new buildingsa and other improvements
but this will really be a very small
amount comparatively. The persona
property valuation last year in tn
state was sos, $780, 23, so if there is
falling off of s7,oo0,ooo or thereabout
it will amount to eight or nine pc
| cent. and will affect the rate of taxa
tion for state purposes and also TO
other purposes in some counties. It'll
feared that next year when real es
tate is assessed the falling off will b
much greater under the operation o
the new law providing for assessmen
of property at e5 per cent. of its cas-
value.
Insurance Report.
The twenty-ninth insurance repor
of the auditor of state, which has jus
been published, shows that there ha
been a considerable increase in TIL
number of insurance companies dom
business in the state during the pas
year. Fourteen new fire companie
have been admitted and only tire
have withdrawn. There has nlso bee
an increase in the number of life il
surance companies and association
doing business in the state. Forty-tw
fraternal beneficiary or secret order
have complied with the new law go,
erning such societies and are author
lied to do business in Iowa. The onl
new insurance law which has attrac
ed much attention. during the pas
year is the one requiring the auditc
of state to prepare a table of shol
rates to be attached to each policy an
to govern the rate at which that polio
can be cancelled. In this way the con
: pany is only allowed to charge for til
time it has actually carried the ris
, and must refund all in excess of tia
amount to the insured. The rates fiXe
by the auditor of state are lower tina
!, those in vogue before this law we1
into effect October /, 1897. The aud
tor now recommends the enactme1
of a law fixing the rate of cancellatio
and requiring the table showing tn;
rate to be printed upon or attached
every policy of insurance. He thinl
this would tend to lessening of di
: appointment and dissatisfaction
J. often occurring when policy holde
! seek to have the contract which the
hold with the company for insuran,
cancelled.
F. ". BICKNELL.
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