Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-01
WHO WAS KENDALL!
A London Lawyers Inquiry
Causes Much Speculation at
the State House.
Francis Kendall Said to Have
Died in Iowa. Leaving Large
Fortune.
Pottawattamie County 5 Railroad
Assessment Hiehest.-An
Offer for Island.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April IA chance for
some enterprising fortune hunter to get
Something for nothing, or at least TO
cause trouble and annoyance, is offered
by the inquiry of a London lawyer ad-
crossed to the public administrator
and received at the state house las-
week. The letter is from Alfred Hands.
a lawyer With offices at "A Lincolns Inn
Fields, London. He recites that in the
the London Times saying that one
ing a large estate, next of kin unknown,
hut that MIR. Leighton would be resi-
dent at an address in London for one
month for adjudicating on any claims
and giving Information respecting the
estate. Mr.. Hands writes for further in
formation regarding Francis Kendall
and the estate in question. Thus far
nobody around the state house has any
lrecollection of the incident. even the
memory of Mai. Fleming having failed
/ to run back quite that far. Inasmuch
as the only settlements in Iowa at that
pected that Kendall was an Indian or
a sQuaw man. Some one even ques-
lstioned whether there was any Iowa at
that time and whether the name was
known at ali in 1922. Iowa. or what is
now Iowa, was then part of another fer
r.tory- 1t is a somewhat puzzling prob
Hem presented and any one familiar with
the estate of Francis Kendall is privi-
legged to take up the matter
\ $3.50
| Pottawattamie county continues to be
the county of Iowa which has the high
lest assessment on railroad property, ai-
tho the assessment in that county will
lsrot aggregate as much as last year. II
4 is now little less than si.400.oo0 Prac-
ltically all of the lines running into Pot
| tawattainie are valuable trunk lines and
the county is a long one. Polk countv's
railroad property is assessed this Year
at 81 .6SSS56. to which must bs addsd 4
;ffeW thousand Tor sleeping car lines not
figured in on the above. Last year Pix
icounty's assessment aggregated SloI0,-
so 80 so that the assessment remains
4 practically the same Marshall county
makes a gain on the same mileage as
\ last year. the aggregate assessment be
i ing saO774o. against sS73..525 last year
The gain in Woodbury. county is from
A s5s7. .oslsto ss3s.44
4 The state Of Iowa is offered s5 an acre
for an island in the Mississippi river be
4 low Dubuque. The island is frequentad
4 ty the pearl fishers and contains gooe
wood. A large amount Of wood has beer
4 cut and is stacked up on the island
! ready to be carried of IN boats. Theif
a are about twenty-five acres of In,
island. But the state can not sell til,
island without action of the legislature
I The attorney general was appealed Il
!. for an opinion on tfa matter and {
. hasty going over the statutes showed
that the legislature alone can sell ths
island.
The state historical department is t,
have a fine picture of the sword whicf
vas presented by Iowa people TO Capt
Robley d. Evans, of the hattleshiI
Icwa The sword was a very fine on.
end is much priced by the captain. H
viii send photograph of the sword
, together with a letter Of thanks ant
Icther documents for fhe historical de
partment. in accordance with reaues
of Capt. HUI, VINO mad the matter oil tn
presentation in charge.
The State Conference of Charities an,
. Corrections at Red Oak this week prom
ises to be one of the best of the stat
meeting. Members of the state board o
control heads of charitable institution
Il and workers In charitable and reforina
+ tory movements generally will beSpres
, cnt. 1t is noteworthy that more atten
| ton Is being given to such matters i
Iowa now than ever before and there /
!. such an awakening on the need of sys
i tematic charity and reform as ruaron
!, tees a lively interest in the work for a
future time. The state of Iowa has nc
been as nearly in the front rank in sue
matters as 1t is entitled to be becaus
e of the intelligence and prosperity of il
a PEOPLE.
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