Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-10-21
IOWA CONDENSED.

At Toddville recently burglars en-
tered the store of John johnson and
blew open the safe with dynamite, Sc
curing $500 in cash, $50 in postage
stamps and $4,000 worth of notes,
insurance policies and other papers.
There is no clew to the burglars.
The dispatches announce that exam
nations have been made of all in the
Fifty-first Iowa regiment deemed by
officers unfit for service or those who
consider themselves physically unfit
OF about $50 going before surgeons
probably 100 will be discharged. The
list includes many that have long been
sick. 1t is now believed the regiment
will sail about the ED.
Herb Martin, colored, of Des NJ Dimes,
was recently found guilty in the dis
trict court of assault with intent to
commit manslaughter. The penalty
for the offense is five years or less.
Martin shot his wife, Cora Martin,
| about year and half ago. The bull
let passed through the abdomen. She
| is now in Omaha in a hospital, and
will probably die before many months
from the effects of the wound.
! The quarterly statement OF the
condition of Iowa banks. issued a
few days ago by the state auditor,
shows that the increase in deposits
which began more than year ago has
been maintained until the savings and
state banks of the state now carry
! SCI, 506.s5s of other peoples money.
The total assets of both state and
savings banks are ssl ,6s3, 39s; the total
| liabilities, Ssl .Gs3,59s. The net in
crease in assets is S1,9s5,7 net in
crease Of liabilities, 81, 9s5.753.
| Dcs Moines dispatch: Charles Say
lor, special agent of the department of
agriculture, expects to he ordered to
Porto Rico within a few weeks. Tie
will be delegated to make an invcsti-
CATION Of the sugar industry in the
island and report to the department..
Mr.. Saylor. since his appointment, has
been investigating the beet sugar in
dustry in the west. lie has been work
ing from the Mississippi as far west as
the coast for year, gathering statis-
ties, distributing seeds and conducting
experiments in the raisin" O: sugar
beets to ascertain to what extent the
industry can be INDUCED. lie has le-
come familiar with the sugar industry
and the department has selected him
as the most available man to conduct
the investigation in Porto Rico.
| Dcs Moines dispatch: The state
board of control has instructed its
employees to pay no attention to the
assessments made upon them by the
chairman OF the state central commit
tee of any political party. The board
has gone further and announced to its
employees that the payment OF such
assessments will be regarded as suf-
ticicnt grounds for dismissal. The
position of the board is that it is a
non partisan body. that all of the
institutions under its control are non
partisan and that its employees in their
official capacity must be non. partisan.
The law creating the board makes it
a mis3emeanor to ask political con-
tributior from an employee of u state
institution or for such an cmployc to
voluntarily make a political contribu.
ton. but it is silent as to employees OF
the board itself. Ex-Governor Lar
rabec, chairman Of the board Of con-
troll. said: ''We will not permit on,
| employee to pay a single dollar. On
this point the board is a unit. The
board Of control is anon-partisan body
and must SO be regarded"