Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-11
DOCTORS WILL TOUR EUROPE
Iowa Medical Men Arrange to Take In the
Paris Exposition.
ABOUT TWO HUNDRED WILL TAKE THE TRIP
side Trips Into England, Germany
and other Countries
Contcmplated-AppcaI in Inc
hcritancc Tax Cnse.

DIES MONIES, Ia, March 1O.-(special
Telegram Wv. J.. Goodwin, manager of the
Drake foot ball team, has just returned
from Chicago, where he closed up a con-
tract with A. B. Potter to coach the foot
ball team for next season. Drake came
very near losing Potter this year, as he had
offers from Northwestern university, Kan
sas State university, Nebraska university
and other institutions, but finally gave the
team that had made his reputation as a
coach the preference. Goodwin says ar
engagements are completed for a game with
Northwestern university for next fall. The
game is assured, but the date has not yet
been decided upon. However,, it will be
played in the early part of the season.
The doctors of Iowa are going to take in
the Paris exposition. The plan has been
made a cardinal point with the State Med
ical society. For more than two years
Secretary Cokenower of this city and of
the medical society has had under tow the
preparations for the coming trip. He said
today that so far there are 200 physicians
who have signifed their intention of taking
advantage of the opportunity to make an
European tour. The trip is not to be con-
fined simply to seeing the exposition in
Paris, but viii include side trips into Ger
hitthJ ii5iuI 9NONluIu, iASihhiL gnu =
GUM for those who desire to make the ad-
dition to their sojourn in the old world.
The collateral inheritance tax case from
Keokuk, which involves a recent decision or
Judge Bank to the effect that any prop
erty of collateral heirs which may be To-
Gated in another state at the time the
owner dies is not subject to the 5 per cent
tax under the collateral inheritance law of
Iowa, is to be appealed to the supreme
court. Tue suit was brought by the county
attorney of Lee county to collect the 5 per
cent tax on a valuable herd of stock be-
longing to the Weaver estate Of Lee county.
Because the herd was stationed just over
the state line in Missouri at the time of
Viewers death the collateral heirs resisted
the tax. Judge Bank holds that the prop
erty is not subject to the tax because 1t
was not within the state. The treasurer's
department, when asked about the matter
today, stated that it is likely an appeal will
be taken. Though the revenue from the tax
in this case is a small one, the principle
involved is one the state treasurer believes
should not be left without the highest courts
ruling upon it. So many plans have been
resorted to in an effort to evade the tax
that the officers who have it's collection in
charge believe in stubbornly contesting
every point. 1t is understood that At
torney General Remley believes that the
lower court decision in the case is not cor
rect and favors an appeal. The question of
appeal will be determined in a few days.
The state executive council today heard
the first tale OF woe in the matter of rail-
road assessments. w. E. Barnhart of Kan
sas City, tax commissioner for the Omaha e
St. Louis road. appeared to argue for a de-
crease in the assessment of that road for
this year. He commended that 81, 500, the
figure at which the road was assessed last
year, was too high and that at the outside
it should not reach more than S., 1000 per
mile. This argument he based on the as
that the road is in a bad condition;
that it is now in the hands of a receiver
and is being operated by a committee of
bondholders with the hope that in the next
month matters will be adjusted and the
road turned over to the management of the
Pittsburg G. Gulf line. He contended that
the rolling stock of the road is poor; that
the roadbed is also in such a poor condition
that it has been impossible to maintain a
schedule of trains for some months past.
The only other small road which has mott
fed the council that it will appear is the
keokuk d Western, which will present its
case next Wednesday.