Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-20
10 PREVENT FRAUD.
The Sioux City Senator Prepares
Measure to Protect the Whole.
sale Houses.
Merchants Must Give Notice of In.
tention to Sell The Floyd
Monument
Board Of Control to Discuss It's Re-
concentrations With Ways and
Means Committee.
Special TO Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Jan. 2O. Senator Hub
bard of Sioux City has introduced a bill
chants The bill provides that when
ever merchant sells his stock in bulk
he must give to the intended purchaser
a list of his creditors and the purchaser
must give the creditors ten days notice.
of his intention to purchase the stock,
50 that it can not pass into the hands of I
a third party without the creditors hay I
ing chance to collect their claims. /
Representative Barrett, of Sioux City 7
is seeking to protect the public against |
incompetent engineers by Introducing q /
bill amending the law requiring engin-
eers to pass an examination sotfat they
must understand all about the handling
of boilers. Mr.. Barrett points out the
fact that during the month of January
forty-six boiler explosions occurred in
the United States, owing to the ignor-
ance and incompetency of the men who
We're handling these boilers. The amend
ment is merely intended to strengthen
the law already in existence.
The judiciary committee in the house
has recommended that the trustees Of
the Agricultural College be permitted TO
loan college funds at such rates of in
terest as they deem best for the interest
of the institution. The interest reduc-
ion bill for the school fund has not been
passed upon yet. There is some doubt
about what shall be done, inasmuch as
the counties are allowed a commission
of / per cent for loaning the money and
lif the rate is reduced to per cent and
the counties are allowed per cent the
state Will receive but 4 per cent and the
revenues Will be considerably reduced
An item in the Waukon Standard,
stating that in a recent haul with seines
fishermen at Waukon Junction took out
III I. 900 pounds of fish. was called TO the
1attention of George +. Delevan. state
1 fish and game warden. There is some
i talk about extending the jurisdiction of
j the fish and game warden to the middle
Eof The Mississippi river, which would
] greatly add to the work of that officer,
but would contribute largely toithe pro-
Istection Of game fish in Io@a. If the fish
are seined out at the functions of other
lrivers with the Mississippi in this fash
ion the source of supply of game fish
/ Will be seriously affected.
4 Congress has appropriated $1,000 to-
A wards the erection of a monument 10
the memory of Sergeant Charles Floyd.
X a member of the Lewis and Clark eN-
Z ploring expedition, who died Il few
miles below the site of Sioux City. Aug
20 1904. and was buried on the first high
bluff that was reached after his death.
He Mas the only man who lost his life
y in that famous enterprise. which was
the first expedition of exploration up the
Missouri river, over the Rocky noun
Itains To the Pacific. The command
started from Wood River, H., May IA
llS04. in a barge and two parogues, anc
lreturning, reached st. Louis Sept. %
5IlS06 Sergeant Floyd. after Whom IS
manned the Floyd river. was the frs
lcitiZer soldier of the United States who
/ Host his life west OF the MISSISSIPPI. II
N 1895 an organization. the Floyd Memoir
: lial Association, was formed III Siou'
i City to commemorate the death an,
burial of Sergeant Floyd and the Levi
> land Clark expedition, of which he Was
A Elnember. A stone slab was placed owe
/; his grave Aug. 20. 1895, and since tha
. time the association has secured rwel
ty-one acres of land surrounding tn
/. grave, of which one acre has beel
> fenced, planted with trees and conveys
To the United States. The grave is in
ciuded in this acre. The REMAINING
twenty acres have been conveyed to tn
I city of Sioux City for the purpose Q
$ maintaining memorial park. The leg
:, lislature is now asked to appropriat
e 10000 to be added to the sum appropri
e ated by congress for the purpose 9
& erecting a suitable monument. The bi
}. has been introduced by Senator HUI
o bard who Will take personal interes
I in securing its passage. This movemei
: 10 commemorate an incident of n
earliest history of the country that
aow Iowa deserves the apprecative a
tention of the legislature and the peop
= of the state, which it will doubtless rt
;. ceive.
'e The judiciary committee of the sena
7 has reported fayorably upon the bill il
~ troduced by Senator Trewin TO remoN
'e the protection now given to all stenoi
L raphers and confidential clerks and II
~ quire them to testify regardless OF the
confidential relations to their principal
unless they happen to be the clerks al
,e stenographers of physicians and Lax
q. yers There is considerable difference
!, opinion about this matter and it is n
a altogether certain what will be do
about it, Some members of the sena
or hold to the opinion that all contidenti
~ clerks and stenographers should be e
~. cused from giving evidence again
= their employers, the same as lawye
and physicians, while others belle
that this provision would be too &c
as eral and would give opportunity
e. conspiracy and would make it lmpc
n sible to secure evidence in many oroo
he ed transactions.
NJ. The senate ways and means comm
10 tee has reported favorably upon the /
to allow the trustees of the State Ag
cultural College to loan the collie
funds at current rates of interest, I
nd less than per cent.
he
W. The board of control and its reco
mendations will have hearing n,