Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-02-07
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines, February 8, 1901.

An opinion has been handed down
by Attorney General Mullan, in which
he holds that the board of agricul-
ture has no authority to appropriate
.noney of the department for an ex-
hibition at the Pan-American expose
ton at Buffalo. The opinion was adj
dressed to $. Ii. Packard of Marshall
town. At its annual meeting in De-
cember' the department of agricul-
ture made no appropriation for an
exhibition of Iowa products at the
Buffalo exposition and it has been
strongly urged that the board now
act in the matter in order that the
state need not go unrepreseated. Mr..
Mnllan's opinion renders that inn
possible.
The negotiations for the property
CT the international distillery, locat-
ed near the packing houses, have been
completed and the property now be-
longs to f. NJ. Hubbell. There is n.
clause IN the deed which prohibits the
use OF the property as a mailing in
stitution for fifteen years, but this
clause does not prevent the use of the
building as brewery, and IL l.
thought very likely that the plant
Will be leased to the Cochrans, who
nave signified their willingness 70
open up big brewery as soon as a
brewing consent petition is secured.
Attorney General Mullan has hand.
ed down decision in relation IN
school administration, in which he
hoius that townships may abolish
suG-districts and sub-district boords
OF directors and manage the schools
on the township plan as a unit, This
Is an important and sweeping de.
| cision.
The capitol Improvement commits.
sion, provided for by the last general
assembly, for the purpose of making
| recommendations to the governor or
| improvements to the capitol building.
mas recently returned from visit tc
ieadIng public buildings in eastern
| CUES. The members of the commits.
sion are Peter A. Dey of Iowa CITY
| Y. a. Cumming of Des Moines and iii
). Joselyn of Cedar Rapids. Their
purpose in making the trip was to
| Slean IDEAS from buildings in other
states, such as would be useful in de.
| Gliding on the improvements for the
| state house in Des Moines. Mr.. Dey
who is civil engineer, took especial
notice of plumbing, lighting, heating
| ventllating and general plans OF
| buildings and gained much valuable
| information along these lines. Mr.
Joselyn, being an expert architect
studied matters pertaining to archi.
lecture more especially, while Mr.
| Cumming, who is the head of the
| Cumming art school here, looked into
the subject of artistic decoration and
arrangement. A meeting of the com.
mission will he taken then toward
| preparing report to the governor
which, according DO the measure ere.
ating the commission. is to be made
rot later than December /, 1901.
Fred Cahow. Jr., of Valley June,
lion was defeated in the supreme
| court in his suit for damages against
| the Chicago, Rock Island e. Pacific
| hallway company. Cahow brought
action in the Guthrie district court
TO recover damages for personal in.
Juries sustained while in the employ.
ment of the road in November, 1897,
| in the shops at Valley Junction as n
| helper. A verdict and Judgment for
S7,0S5 was rendered in favor of the
| plaintiff in the lower court. In al,
opinion by Judge Given the supreme
court reverses the lower courts de-
cision ON errors.
Mrs. Julia Hanna of Des Moines
has been employed by the board of
control as superintendent of the
Women's hall at the Soldiers Home
at Marshalltown. This is the new
building erected at the home as the
abode of the female help.
The naval recruiting station, which
has just been closed here, enlisted
seventy-two men.