Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-01-21
IOWA CONDENSED.


Charlton, it is announced, though
defeated in the attempt to assess the
5000 mulct tax against'the drug stores,
has not given up its fight. 1t has
placed in the hands of the judge the
necessary papers praying him to revoke
the pharmacy permits of the drug
stores. Much interest in the result is
manifested by the people.
The supreme court has deciSed the
case of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul railroad VS.. Patrick Solan, from
the Iowa supreme court. The case IN
wolves the constitutionality of the Iowa
law rendering void any contract limit
ing liability in cases of loss. solan
sought to recover damages on cattle
shipped and was awarded $1,000,
though his contract limited liability to
$500. The supreme court has affirmed
the opinion of the state court that the
law did not interfere with interstate
commerce and the regulation attempted
was within the province of the states.
A package containing something more
than So, 600 has just arrived at Monte
yuma. The remarkable thing about
this package is the fact that it came
from the City of Mexico and was sent
to the county authorities. When Rowe
was found in Mexico he had So, 800 in a
safety deposit vault and the Rowe
brothers owned and were operating
saloon, to which the county made
claim. The Mexican authorities, how
ever, refused to allow either Rowe or
the county to have the money until the
ownership had been properly adjusted
Clinton dispatch: The county attor-
ney has received a letter from the state
chemist at Des Moines, to whom was
sent the stomach and brain of Sell
hauscr;. who is supposed to have been
poisoned by his wife and Bertesch, who
is now her husband, saying that he has
analyzed the brain and blood and finds
unmistakable evidence of arsenic
poison. He has not yet completed the
analysis Of the stomach and intestines.
This is regarded as almost conclusive
evidence of poisoning and murder. 1t
is said that finding of the poison in the
brain is unmistakable evidence of poi
son having been taken before death, as
its presence in the stomach might have
been caused at the embalining. Mr..
and Mrs, Bertesch are still in Jail and
bail is refused.
Des Moines dispatch: The ninth an
! nual meeting of the National Guard
Association of Iowa, composed of the
officers of the National Guard, was
held i n the room of the adjutant gen.
eral at tcn state house. There was 4
large attendance of prominents present,
and it was the most successful conven-
ton ever held by the association. Res
olutions were passed as follows: Ask
ing that the old national militia law
passed in 17G2 be repealed and that a
new and modern law be passed: asking
that the national appropriation for
militia be expended in those states
where modern and efficient guard is
maintained; endorsing First Lieutenant
Harry f. Wilkins, U. S. A., for the po-
sition of captain and assistant quarter
master in the United States army. and
requesting the secretary to- send copies
of the resolution to the president of
the United States and to each
of the Iowa congressman. Officers
for the ensuing year We're
elected as follows: President. Major
j. r. Davidson, of Muscatine; first vice
! president, Major G. D. Ham, Dubuque;
second vice president, Captain j. f.
lanyard, Perry; corresponding secre-
tary and treasurer. Major John I.
Hume. Des Moines; recording secretary
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