Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-04-06

DIES MONIES, April 9, 1900.

satiOn OF puDlc OHlcerS TepOrteu lOr8i
passage the bill intended to cut off the
salary OF the Hon. John Cownie, mem
Der Of the board Of control. as govern
ment crop rep0rter. The bill merely
strikes ont three words in the present
statute. These words are Tin the
state" and are found in the provision
which prohibits members of the board
from holding any other lucrative office
in the state. The office of state crop
reporterris federal office and SO tbs
law would have to be amended to pros
hibit the holding of it by member Of
the board. ~
The army post committee will CONF
mence soliciting funds at once for the
purpose of purchasing the ground
which it Is necessary to present in fee
simple to the government before the
proposed post will be established inS
grounds will be considerable, but there
is little question but that the people Of n
the city viii respond Literally to the
solicitations Of the members Of the h
! committee for subscriptions. 1t is the
desire of the people Of the city that the !
| most shall be established this year, if
tee will hasten the work of soliciting.
After the ground is donated to the
government, nothing can be done \
toward improving it for the purposes of
a post until a suitable appropriation is 1
made by congress. The present session
of congress is likely to continue until
well along in the summer, and the \
members Of the committee are antici-
pating the possibility of having the {
title to the ground reposed in the gov
eminent in time to have an appropria-
| ton made by congress this year. "a
Mrs Eldora A. Kirscher has brought
suit in the district court to break the
! will of her father, Elijah Jones, late of
| Polk county. which has been probated.
The estate of the deceased is valued at
about So. 500 and Mrs. Kirscher seeks
to have it properly divided between
herself and her sister, Mrs. Cornelia
Todd. and the widow of the deceased,
Mrs. Eliza. Anna Jones. The suit is.
| entitled Eldora A. Kirscher VS.. Mrs.
| Eliza Anna Jones, Administrative, Mrs.
Jones and Mrs. Cornelia Todd. The
will which has been probated as the
last will and testament of the deceased
bequeaths all of the property of Elijah
Jones to his widow. It is claimed by
the plaintiff in the suit which has been
commenced that the will is not the
last will and testament, that it has not
been properly signed nor witnessed
and that it was secured through the
Vaccinations of the widow.
The senate passed a bill for the es-
Establishment of woman's refOrmatOry
! at Anamosa. The new institution
/ will be under the board of control. and
a considerable number of the inmates
! of the girls reform school at Mitchell
Vile will be transferred to it. Tho
new law fixes 6 instead of ye4rSr.nSS
the minimum age at which girls may
be committed to either Anamosa Or
Mitchellville. "
The conference of the appropriation
committees OF the house and the senate
agreed on practically all the appro-l
priations for the session. The total
number of extraordinary appropria-
tions is $1,2s7.625. Of this amount
$3ss. 4s3 goes to the support OF char
liable and educational institutions and
1860. 900 is for the completion and fur
nishing of the new hospital for the in
sane at Cherokee The other princi-
pal appropriations are state university,
$11O, 900: state agricultural college at
Ames, $l67, 900, and the state normal
school at Cedar Falls, $4,000.
Secretary Wesley Greene, of the
Iowa state horticultural department,
has issued report concerning the
general status and prospects for crops
in this state at the present time.
Using 100 per cent as a basis OF perfec-
ton, the following specific estimates
are given: Apples 90, pears IS, plums
(American) IS, plums (European) 20,
plums (Japanese) &c, cherries IS,
peaches As, grapes Sc, red raspberries
66, black raspberries 70, blackberries
60, trawberries s..
Governor. Shaw has appointed the
following list of delegates from Iowa
to the Trans Mississippi Commercial
Congress to be held at Houston, Tex,
April II to 2l: Lon Bryson, Daven-
,, port; John f. Cheek, Davenport; VIM.
, j.. Roach, Muscatine; Bert E. Linehan,
Dubuque; Charles +. Alden, Clinton;
VIM. Ii. HARDWOOD. Des Moines; Abel $.
5 Roberts, Fl Madison; Edward Stew
art, TT. Madison John Schoentgen,
Council Bluffs; Leonard L. kellogg,
$ of Sioux City.
The woman's suffrage bill was de-
.. feated when it came up in the senate.
, The vote was "a yeas TO 81 nays, two
less than constitutional majority.
e The two big appropriation bill,
E passed by the house on the 4th carried
n ST., l94,974. OF this 100000 goes K
!, Cherokee. S393.O 900 to the other thir
I teen state institutions. $4,000 goes t.
d the State University. $l64,s 800 goes K
x the State Normal School. and $l67.OO'
) goes to the State Agricultural College
g An effort to defeat a part OF the Agri
= cultural College appropriation me
= with overwhelming defeat.
9 Merchandise imports into Frame
q during 1890 decreased $4,000, 900, ex
= ports increased S19.640. 900.
Challenges Russia's Claim.
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