Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-20
one THOUSAND FOR PLAINTIFF
Man MulCted for Alternating the Affections
of Another Mans Wife.
SUIT BROUGHT FOR TWENTY THOUSAND
Defendant In the Case VIII Move for
New Trial-Iown National
Guard to Observe Me-
mortal Day.
SUIT BROUGHT FOR TWENTY THOUSAND

DES MONIES, May 19.-tSpecial Tele-
gram )-The sensational case of A. b. Ball
against r. w. Marquis went to the Jury at
z O'Clock. The jury returned a verdict at
$3.50 p. M, finding for the plaintiff in the
sum of $1,000 This is an action wherein
the plaintiff, Ball, sought to recover 500 900
damages from II. w. Marquis, a prominent
real estate dealer of the east side of the
river, for alleged alienation of the affections
of the formers wife. A motion for a new
trial will be made
The State Railroad commission today fixed
June as the date on which 1t will investi-
gate the accident at Hubbard, Ia on Feb
ruary II, 1898, wherein two trainmen were
killed and another injured. Senator Wallace
of Hardin county introduced a resolution
which passed the last general assembly di-
recting the commissioners to investigate the
accident
Adjutant General Byers today issued an
order to the Iowa National guard requiring
each company of the two new regiments of
the guard to report to the commander Of
the local Grand Army of the Republic posts
on Memorial day ready to take part in the
Memorial day ceremonies. According to
the order each company is to decorate the
graves of its former members who died in
the Spanish American war. Each new
guard company has men who are in the old
one and each company has some former
members who have been buried since the
last war opened.
The supreme court handed down seven
opinions this morning, as follows: Cyrus
Baker, appellant, against w. A. Mills,
sheriff, and Benjamin Chambers, intervenor,
Marshall district, affirmed Nancy Denton
against w. w. Ordway, appellant, Monona
district, reversed; in the matter of the petit
tion OF d. c. Bradley, H. G. Hanson and
others, application for drainage of lands pc
titioners appellants, Appanoose district, re-
versed; Ora D. Pitkin, executrix, against E.
E. Peet, appellant, Jones district, reversed;
Lola B. Daniels, appellant, against the City
of Des Moines, Polk district, affirmed;
George McCuena, appellant, against the
Town of Manning, Carroll district, affirmed;
j. S. Clifton, G. e. Lange, appellant, Poca-
hontas district affirmed.
Colonel l.. M. Martin, general manager of
the Iowa Central railroad, who has been
critically i'll with typhoid fever at Marshall
town for the last five weeks, arrived in this
city in his private car, "Hawkeye," &C
companied by his son, George, DR.. Getz of
Marshalltown and MIR. Rogers, his private
secretary, and nurse.
United States Senator M. L. Hayward Of
Nebraska City was Des Moines visitor to-
in an Iowa case submitted to the
supreme court today. There are six
cases pending together and submitted
at the same time. The controversy ie over
something like $4,000 acres of land lying
in northwestern Iowa, most Of it in O'Bren
county. The land as early as 1856 was in
the hands of one owner, an ancestor of
Eliza B. Hawlcy, and the other plaintiffs
Through succeeding years it was impossi-
BILE for the owner to keep up the land as re-
quired by law and before many years much
OF it had eaten itself up in taxes. The land
is worth now perhaps $1,000,O00 and the
town of Sanborn, with 1900 people, is in
the midst of It, The heirs of the former
owner who resided in Council Bluffs before
his death, brought suit to recover from the
present holders. Judge Thomas of Storm
Lake returned verdict for the present set
tiers and the heirs Of the former owner
have appealed. They make their strongest
claim the plea that the former owner was
insane and because of that he failed to keep
the taxes against the land paid up.
Late this afternoon the supreme court
granted a writ of certiorari in the will case
over the million dollar estate of the late
III. e. j. Boardman, who died a short time
ago. The fight over the fortune is between
Charles III. e. Boardman, nephew of de-
ceased, and until recently acting trustee OF
the estate, and Mrs. c.. H. Conover of Chi
cago daughter of deceased by his first We
and the second Mrs. Boardman.