Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-07-14
BlsEVITIES,

George Krudwig LeMars butcher,
recently fell from a tall step ladder
and was caught on meat hook, which
grappled him below the floating ribs
and held him helplessly swinging un-
til help arrived to lift him off. The
hook penetrated the bowels and lie
will probably die.
l The residence of Fred Johnson, chief
of police of Des Moines, was recently
burglarized between midnight and 3
o'clock a. M, and the chief relieved OF
his watch and chain, valued at $75,
and Sal. 25 in money, while he slept in
the room. Property of other members
of the family in plain sight was not
touched.
Gov. Shaw received notice OF the pro
motion Of officers in the Fifty-first.
All the changes are in Company A,
which is one of the Des Moines COM
panies. Captain Gibson. some time
ago appointed lieutenant in the regu-
lar army, will now assume his new
duties. In his place will be Frank w.
Kilbaum, who has been promoted
from first lieutenant to captain. Park
A. Findley has been promoted from
second to first lieutenant. William f..
Parvin has been promoted to second
lieutenant.
A. Kramer, of Dayton, Iowa, jumped
from Southern Pacific train near
Burbank and taking penknife from
his peck he proceeded to cash at his
throat. The train was stopped and
the man put on board and taken to
Los Angeles. His only injury is loss
of blood. 1t is thought that Kramer
became temporarily insane from the
heat of the Mojave desert. He had
considerable money with him, rs we'll
as IL return ticket to Dayton.
1t is announced that the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific will add about
lis miles of new railroad to its Iowa
divisl on this season. 1t has been final
" decided to build the line from Cow
rie, on the Des Moines and Ruthven
division Of the Rock Island in Webster
county, northwest through Webster,
Calhoun. Pocahontas, Buena Vista,
Clay and Osceola counties to Sibley,
on the Sioux Falls division of the Bur
lington, Cedar Rapids & Northern road.
Federal Judge Shiras has just re.
Gently decided the famous Lyons
county bond case. The Aetna Ii fe In.
surance company sued to recover bonds
amounting to $3.50, 900, issued by Lyon
county in 1885. The county's defense
was that the bonds were void because
the amounts exceeded the constitu.
tional limitation by per cent value
of the taxable property. The court
finds that $40, $50 can be enforced with
out exceeding the limitation and de-
crees that the bondholders are entitled
to that amount with 10 years interest
Judge Woolson, of the United
States court, a few days ago rem
dered decision in the bankruptcy
case of Louisa Catherine OFT, of Dav
port. which is regarded by attorney:
to be of considerable Importance il
| the application of the bankruptcy Law
in Iowa. The bankruptcy law pro
vides that all taxes due states or mu
nicipal governments shall be frs
lien on all property of the bankrup
turned over to the trustees and tina
the taxes shall be paid first out Of thu
proceeds of the trusteeship. In the
OFT case property was turned owe
against which 5000 mulct tax bat
been assessed because of sales O.
liquors made on the premises. Thu
referee refused to allow the claim o.
Scott county, claiming that the mulc1
tax, so-called. is not a tax, but a pen
atty. whereupon Scott county appealed
to the United States court. Judge
Woolson in his decision sustained
this position.