Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-05-04


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SDEs MOVIES, May I, 1900.
sasion " psyins the Iowa
\ ational guard rates, during
iod 81 theirs service in the
states army, ms been brought
khe state auditor, and is now in
Ior which demands ruling.
80 time some 81 the discharged
4 have been claiming that they
y entitled 10 national guard pay in
ition u the United States army pay
eiyed from the government. A
IN al claims have been fled with
auditor setting forth these claims
behalf III several memisers of Com
~ N, EOf the F0rty-niath Iowa.
III claims are fled by Eliza C.. John
n, Of MaquOk eta. as attorney for the
aimants The names OF the claim
,ts arc Arthur Iarkey, John Minis,
RilliamsL. Foster, Frank Van Emburg,
ames p. Van Embnrg, George Hopius
md Ella G. johnson, Mr.. johnson
ms captain OF Company M. Mr.. Foster
VAS quarter master sergeant, Mr..
Larkey was q private and Mr.. Minis a
private and artificer.
Information Of a definite character
has been received in Des Moines to the
effect that Smith Mcpherson, APP
pointed to succeed Judge Woolson on
fhe federal bench, has announced that
HE will appoint senator w. C. Near
thur Of Burlington to be clerk of the
district and circuit courts for the
bourthern district to succeed =. II.
MasonSof Des Moines, clerk of the cir
cnit court, and J. j. Steadman of COun-
kcil Bluffs, clerk of the district court
Mr.. McArthurshas been advised of the
fact that he has been appointed and is
making his arrangements to remove to-
Dies Moines He has advertised his
Burlington property for sale and has
already disposed of some OF his prop
erty there. Mr.. Macarthur will follow
THE precedent set by Judge Woolson,
ri centralizing the business OF the ju-,
dietary department of the district in
Des MONIES and will remove to this
city He viii appoint deputies in Keo-;
Ikuk and Council Bluffs and will make
the offices Of Clerk Mason his princi-
pal Office. 1t is understood that Judge
MCPHERSON will also remove to Des
Moines as soon as he takes up his new
duties. II ..
The city council, sitting as a board
of review, refused to grant a reduction
in the assessment against the personal
property OF H. Hutsonpiller, acapital-
ist and retired banker of East Des
Moines. Mr.. Hutsonpiller, by his at
torney, "a. X. Stewart, fled d protest
with the board on the ground that he
had been assessed for $40, 900 worth of
United States government bonds,
which is ,against the federal and state
laws. The members of the board,
backing up the action of Deputy
Assessor Jacob Beck, acknowledged
that the assessment of bonds as per-
sonal property is illegal, but announc-
ed their intention of compelling Mr..
Hutsonpiller to prove that the bonds
were actually his own, and that the
transaction by which he came into
possession of them was business one
purely and not simply an attempt to
teyade the payment Of taxes that justly
elong to the city and county.
Goy shaw has igned the new build
loan law, which becomes eff
) An July. Under its provisions
ding and loan associatio s now
1siness in Iowa must amend
fcles by July IS to agree with
tsions Of the new law. or 60
asiness.
Executive council finds that the
pines Building s. Construction
my submitted the lowest bid for
DmpletiOn Of the historical build
Its figure was 81, 400. The other
bids we're respectively ~, 900 and
"a, 100. The contract covers the
hpletion Of the third story, the
ilding Of sidewalks, curling, etc.
he work will be begun at once and
soon as completed the contracts will
h let for furnishing the building.
wenty-one thousand dollars was ap-
bropriated by the legislature for this.
I'M The executive council has issued or
stlers that copies Of the new building
and loan law shall be printed immed-
5thVGly,# SD tllttt# companies ludy w luz.
formed as to its details.
The governor hassreceived from the
federal government drafts aggregating
ST. $50, representing the governments
contribution to the maintenance of the
Marshalltown Soldiers Home, for the
three quarters ending December 81
last. .5
The executive council during it's
recent session considered the assess.
5ment Of telegraph, telephone and ex-
press companies, under the Cheshire
and blanchard laws. The Cheshire
measure applies only to express COM
panles, while the Blanchard measure
includes both telegraph and telephone
companies There is some question as
to- the date on which the council must
take up the matter Of assessing under
the blanchard bill. The council will
have a further examination made of
the law to determine. exactly what is
intended by it; and, meantime, steps
were taken for immediate compliance
with the law. The council is required
to assess all properties of these COM
panies and to certify the results. so
far as they affect each county, to the
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