Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-03-01
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In the case of Siders va. GARRISON,
suit against the State Register for libel,
the jury returned verdict awarding
81, 500 damages.
John Wood, the boy burglar, was
sentenced to the state pcnitentiary at
Ft. Madison for term of six years al
nard labor. He is only II years old,
but received one Of the strongest SEN
fences and lectures that Judge Prouty
has yet imposed upon any offender.
Wood Is the young man who, with
Fred LaSelle, broke into Lundy's gen.
eral store at Altoona and stole a guam
tity of merchandise valued at about
SIS.
The famous anti-pass bill has been
reported for passage in the house by
the judiciary committee. Several
amendments were Incorporated into
the original bill. One strikes out from
the classes of persons affected by the
all bill, state officers, county officers.
judges of the supreme, district and
superior courts, all members of the
general assembly, etc. In fact, only
one class of persons is left, and that Is
delegates to political conventions s To
this class Is added alternates and prox-
les. AS if the amendment already
named was not sufficient, the bill
changes the provision that permits all
clerks, and employees OF railroad com
panies to give evidence and prohibits
all interference with them for so doing
by the company, is stricken out and in
its place is put provision permitting
them to testify, but merely preventing
the company from bringing legal ac-
ton against them for testifying.
The bill by Stewart for the estab-
lishment of a woman's reformatpry
has been recommended for passage by
the house committee on Judiciary.
The bill is an important one and Is in
line with the recommendations made
by the board of control and the state
humane societies. The bill calls for
the appropriation of $1,000 to open the
institution and furnish it, the building
being already owned by the
state near the penitentiary. There
will be woman superintendent in
charge at a salary Of $1,000.
The senate committee on judiciary
discussed the prize fight bill, originally
presented by Lister, and designed to
subject all boxing contests for which
admission is charged, or prizes are
given, to the same penalties as prize
fights. The committee after quite
long debate developed unexpected sem
timent. Members declared they didn't
believe any new laws were needed on
this subject, and some of them said
that anyhow they didn't care to put q
stop to all sparring exhibitions, of
however innocent character, because
some of them occasionally got pretty
vigorous The result was that the
bill was reported for indefinite post
ponement by a vote of to 4. The five
who voted to postpone were Bolter,
Lewis, Hazelton, Porter and Mullan.
The four who wanted to report the
measure were Hubbard, Titus, Blanch.
ard and Eaton.
1t is learned by the state auditors
department that the ply sicians at San
Francisco have induced Auditor Of
State Merriam to GO to New Mexico or
some other higher altitude during the
wet season in California, on the theory
that he will be benefited by tho
change.
Commandant Horton, of the Soldiers
Home at Marshalltown, has employed
the Rev. Jesse Cole for chaplain of the
home, permanently. The board has
fixed his salary at 81 200.
Inquiry reveals the fact that sol bills
had been introduced in the assembly
up to February %. OF this number
nearly sixty have been indefinitely
postponed. The senate has taken this
action upon twenty of the measures
before it and the house on about thir-
ty-seven. The governor has signed
sixteen bills, thirteen senate files and
three house files, and six measures
await his signature. Among the meas
ures which have passed both houses
and reached the governor are several
legalizing acts, several minor appro-
priations, including So, 500 for the pay
ment of additional employees of the
assembly, 81, 400 to reimburse supreme
court judges for contingent expenses,
and S504. 80 for the payment of inaug-
ural expenses, and others pertaining
to various matters of interest. Among
the more important ones is the bill
providing that the endowment fund OF
the State College of Agriculture may
be loaned for at as low rate of inter-
est as four per cent; another in the
interest of West Des Moines, giving
school districts Of over 5000 popula-
ton the right to fix the number OF
voting precints in schools elections; to
allow suits against coal companies or
operators to be brought ia the county
in which the mine is located; the meas
ure in the interest of Clinton, giving
certain cities the right to levy q tax
for park Improvements and to pay for
park commissioners; one allowing no.
tice in criminal cases to be served on
the attorney as well as defendant; fix.
ing the same penalty for destruction
of electric light wires as attaches to
the crime of destroying telegraph or
telephone wires. The Hayward bill,
granting privileges to the medical col
leges of the state awaits the governors
signature, having passed both houses
and been engrossed.
Macrum's Charge Denied.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The answer