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DIES MONIES, Feb. 10. 1905
A movement is said to be on foot to
secure pardon for Delilah Fails, An
inmate of the penitentiary at Annmosa,
serving q twenty-year sentence for the
murder of jacob. Kern in 1897. Kern,
it is claimed, was a villain Of the deep
est dye and had succeeded in gaining
an intimacy with Miss Fails. Even
the mans own son, young man OF II
years at that time, out Of sympathy
for the unfortunate girl, entered into
q conspiracy with her to put his father
out of the way, and on August 80, 1897,
they waylaid him in what is known an
the Big Woods, southeast of Waverly,
Bremen county, and shot him. At the
time of the murder the son was II and
the girl 81 years old. The trial was
held in Waverly and Decembers 8, 1897,
Miss Fails pleaded guilty to murder in
the second degree and was sentenced
to twenty years In the penitentiary,
and young Kern for twelve years.
Col. w. H. Mcclure is conducting the
movement for the release Of Miss Fails,
and 1t is said a petition for her pardon
has been literally signed by prominent
people, both in Black Hawk and
Bremen counties.
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An effort will be made soon, Il IL
said, to secure pardon for the man
named Woods. who was convicted OF
completely in the dynamite outrage at
Muscatine q few years ago, in which
an effort was made to wreck the homes
of John Mahin and E. M. Messenger.
The State Agricultural Society 10 in
receipt of two or three proposals to put
on Mexican bull fight during the
state fair.
On tho morning Of the 18th both
houses of the legislature adjourned
and repair ed in body to the board Of
control rooms in the basement Of the
capitol building, where they waited
upon Ex-Governor Larrabee and told
him good bye before he retired from
public life in Iowa and started on his
trip to Europe. The visit of the legis-
lators was brief. Lieutenant-G Governor
Milliman on their behalf babe Governpr
Larrabee God-speed as he retired from
twenty-five years OF active service IL
public life in Iowa." and to this Go,
ernor Larrabee responded briefly. al
was so overcome by the demonstration
on the part of the general assembly
that he could scarcely speak. Hs
thanked them for the evidences of their
good will and friendship, saying that
as public servant he had tried to do
his duty. with little regard for his own
comfort and convenience. He spoke
particularly of the manner in which
his labors on the board of control had
been lightened by the willing cooper
alton of his colleagues. After tho
speech-making the visit terminated in
formally by general handwriting
with the governor, who left the city
that evening and sails for Europe in
short time with family party.
The house committee on printing
recommended for passage the bill BY
Clarke. of Dallas, to abolish the Office
of state printer and binder. Not long
ago the COMMITTEES determined to put
the bill over for two weeks, but this
The author of the measure appeared
before the committee and urged tina
action upon it, inasmuch as Id
sired to Introduce. another IL thia
not acted upon. Some Of the friend3
Of the present system objected to re-
porting the bill before the investiga-
ton as to the current rates of printing
and binding; but this objection did
not appeal to the majority Of the com.
mittee.
President Beardshear and the trus-
tees of the Iowa College of Agriculture
are encouraged over their efforts to
loan the endowment fund Of the col
lege, since the bill has passed allowing
the loaning thereof at discretionarI
rate, instead of six per cent. There
over 100000 to be loaned and applica
tions for 5000 have already come, i1
1t is expected the entire fund can
loaned soon. The rates vary from
to 5& per cent. The total endow4
fund is about $780, goo.
Thomas Kelly, life convict in
penitentiary at Anamosa, and WI
was to have been pardoned within i
day or two by the legislature, died II
his cell day or two ago. Kelly wa
convicted of killing Charles Archibal 4
an old hermit and miser, in 1888, Inn
Charlton. Kelly's wife was supposed
to have been implicated. The murder
was committed for the purpose of rob
berry. The murdered man and the
Kellys lived in houses located in the
same yard ana the murderer was
tracked and convicted on the evidence
of trail Of blood leading from tho
house of the murdered man to his res
idence.
Adjutant General Byers{ expects to
go to Washington about March 10,
where he will meet all of the adjutant
generals of the states. They have Sc
cured hearing before the committee
on military affairs of congress and
will present some claims upon which
the states are agreed with reference to
laws relating to national guard and
other state military affairs. tits Prob
able that the house will take up the
consideration of the bill recently in-
troduced, providing for the addition OF
q medical staff to the national guard
organization in this state. The bill
for the appropriation of S35, 600 for an
a 10 cfil1 n Tho too nv, -.