Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-03-01
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In the case of Siders Va. GARRISON. q.
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 penitentiary at
Fl. Madison for term Of six years AZ
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 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 10
delegates to political conventions. /. To
| this class Is added alternates and PROV
les. As IL the amendment already
named was not sufficient, the bill
changes the PROFESSIONALISM permits all
clerks, and employees OF railroad com
a. fa al aui. op1 r,rphthtts
all interference with them for SO doing
by the company, is stricken ont and in
| It's 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 woman's reformatory
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 s.. 1000 to open the
institution and furnish it. the building
being already owned by the
state near the penitentiary. There
charge at n salary Of 1000.
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 didnb
| believe any new laws were needed on
\ this subject, and some of them said
that anyhow they didn't care to put .
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 vote of 5 to4. 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 tho state auditors
| department that the physicians at SAP
| Francisco have induced x.xN44ee.e d
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 the
! change.
Commandment 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 81 900.
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 IL 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 81, 500 for the pay
ment of additional employees of tho
assembly, 81, 400 to reimburse supreme
court judges for contingent expenses,
and $504. 80 for the payment of inaug-
ural expenses, and others pertaining
to various matters Of interest. Among
the more important ones is the bin
providing that the endowment fund Of
the State College of Agriculture may
be loaned for at as low a 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 OF
! operators to be brought In the county
| In which the mine is located; the meas
ure in the interest of Clinton, giving
certain cities the right to levy a 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.
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Macrum's Charge Denied.
WASHINGTON, Fob. 2s.-The answer