Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-28
TAX ON THE CROSS RECEIPTS
Foreign Insurance Companies Are Weighted
with Another Burden.
SHAW AND ALLISON ARE HARD AT WORK
Governor Will Deliver Two Speeches
Daily throughout Iowa and Sem
ntor Is Also Making Tire
less Campaign.

DES MONIES, Oct 27.-(Special Tele-
gram )-Insurance companies got another
blow from the supreme court today. This
time it is in the foreign companies. The
court holds that the 3lh per cent tax against
gross receipts imposed upon them by Sec
tion 1883 of the new code Is on their business
and not against their property and therefore
not in contravention OF the constitutional
provision that the property OF corporations
1hall be taxed the same as that of individ-
uals.
In accordance with Governor Shaw S
wishes and the repeated demands from coun-
ty chairmen' for Shaw meetings, Manager
Richards of the republican state central COM
mittee's speaking bureau today arranged
two meetings a day for the governor with
one exception, that being on the date of
November 3, when he speaks at Council
Bluffs in the evening. Five hours after
Governor Shaw's arrival In the morning he
will leave for Monroe, Jasper county, where
he is advertised to appear at IL o'clock the
same forenoon Following is the Itinerary:
October 2S, Monroe morning; some point in
Monroe, evening; october 30 Corning, after
noon; Creston, evening; October 81. Alton,
afternoon; Charlton, evening: November l,
Cedar Rapids, afternoon; Toledo, evening";
November 9, Wapello, afternoon; Burlington,
evening; November 3, Council Bluffs even
ing: November 4, Smithland, afternoon; Ida
Grove, evening. The remaining two days
OF the c9mpagn Will be spent in crawford,
the governors home county.
Senator Allison was here today. He ar
rived this morning from Ames. where he
addressed large audience last evening He
left tonight for Winterset to speak Satur-
day afternoon. The senator spent most OF
the afternoon at the republican headquar-
ters with Chairman Weaver and George f.
| Roberts, director of the government mints.
| In comparing this off year with those OF
the past Senator Allison said it was his
opinion that there has been as much, If not
more, interest displayed in this campaign.
His observations through the state show
that more people are attending the repub-
| lcan meetings than in other off years, which
| implies that there will be large vote polled.
| The October term of court will probably
adjourn tomorrow. The opinions handed down
| by the court this morning are:
| The Scottish Union National Insurance
company of Edinburgh, Scotland. and Lon
don, England, appellants, against John
Herriott treasurer of state; POLK dis"
| trct; affirmed.
Margaret A. Harrison and others, execu-
! tors, appellants. against Clara A. Legore
and others: Greene district: affirmed
Ed Travis. appellant, against William A
! Hunter; Cedar Rapids superior court; af-
| frmed
| The Plano Manufacturing company, APP
pellants, against George McVoid; Harrison
district: affirmed.
| Joseph Tuffree against William H. Stew
ard, appellant; Marshall district; reversed
| Chickasaw district affirmed.
| John Lindt against August uihlein and
others, appellants; Pottawattamie district;
! affirmed