Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-03
guy Dealers win Contest Pay
t of Two Retail Licenses.
ERD SUSTAINED CITY ASSESSOR
\, sis - 80 Il
: II is From This Decision That
they Have Appealed to the Dis
trict Court : Other Police
|. and Court News.
81.

ll,he cases of w. Y. Silvers & Co., Ja-
!, Schwartz, and j. c. Manchester,
1'l.rein the board of supervisors sus-
ir,sed the action of the assessor in as
alShg the mulct tax against these
NJ les as wholesale liquor dealers, has
-as, appealed to the district court and
Isl be brought up for hearing at the
.so,Ist term. The above firms con-
AZ both a retail and wholesale liquor
rolaess, as viewed by the authorities,
nj according to the law, are liable
DcAthe mulct tax on both places. Each
I'd of the firms pays 1880 mulct tax
4i,Hheir retail business, the same as
neg other retail liquor dealers of the
l., but contend that this tax exempts
i'm from any additional tax, as
Skinned by the authorities. The law,
'hlelating this taxation, is very strin-
- m,clt, and particularly specifies that in
ossss where persons are conducting
II i a retail and wholesale liquor trade
nj different rooms, or buildings, they
.
.ef.es. This is a point, however, which
sdls been bitterly contested in Ottum-
;d;;,and one which will probably be adj
Lied once and for all, in the courts
|; st month. The county will be rep
,lsssnted by County Attorney A. w.
ontfch, assisted by Attorneys w. A.
l,s'k. and j. n. Blake. The appel
.e,E.s have retained Jacques & Jacques,
liss;. Leech and Judge j. c. Mitchell.
srIi police court this morning, John
vettnell plead guilty to the charge of
tefeny, and was fined $100 and COM
srted. Cornell is the man who yes
mday stole two checks, amounting to
,nssyo! from Mrs. z. Eyre, of Orcard
.Fi 1T, with whom he was boarding.
h,laS money, and explained to Mrs. Eyre
wyslS he had no intention of robbing her
mn laid The fault of it all to drink.
1snu checks he found in a tumbler at
s7e boarding house, and he could not
% nst the temptation to take them.
a two men who were arrested last
crhing, and gave their names as C. w.
anlzer and Pat Brogan, charged with
laai theft of the checks, We're dis
edged.
Iiclarles Metz and John Kelly, charg-
s.,e,xith drunkenness, were each fined
i..eethe fine being suspended. Ed Cline
ms fined So and committed on the
,lgge of drunkenness, and A. Murphy,
Al similar charge, was sentenced to
;a,lfe days in Jail. IF. Larson, Dan
Panel + n 4 ffII;;ss,ylsiSs and o. Lyle
ii arrested weeKsaening charged
II jumping off ADDS ar, train. The
n We're arrested bys Harrison, a
sLington officer, and Policeman
vi Myers, in the Burlington yards.
y men were seen by the officers to
9lb.t from the train, while it was Nn
lllrin, although they strenuously de-
,At.he charge. The defendants We're
aar trial and held to the grand
ls;in the sum of 500 each. The law
5,c5 the four men are said to have
i ed. is one which has recently
;ra placed on. the statutes of Iowa,
very strict. A violation of the
a. gas been made an indictible of
p,iy and the railroad companies are
;1s.voring to put a stop to promis-
~ riding on their trains, hoping
llso2y to avert many unnecessary ac-
rtls and fatalities.
% uIActiye Harrison made another ar
lis morning. j. C. Mylon was the
q, and is charged with jumping
r Inoving train. He was arraigned
I "a Justice o. L. Campbell, and was
i,,i,,!sp the grand jury in the sum of
~ clie Cox, the vagrant youth who
e Trrested yesterday afternoon,
y I'd with stealing $40 from his
Injector, Mr.. Mum, plead not guilty