Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-09
.D[S MONIES IS HAPPY
Action Of Woodbury. County eau.
cuses Very Satisfactory to
cummins' Friends.
Law Students Rush for Admis.
sion to Bar..Interestins
Criminal Case.
Thirteen Smallpox Reports Re-
ceived Yesterday--Tax Con.
vention Delegates.
Special TO Times-Republican.

caused unfeigned pleasure in Des
Moines among the mass of the republi-
cans. The action of the Sioux City
Is decidedly encouraging TO the
Cummins people. Not that they We're
in need of announcement
at this time, for neither Mr.. Cummins
nor his friends who are actively engaged
in furthering his political interests have
had any doubt as to the ultimate out
come of the contest, but in view of tfls
peculiar conditions surrounding the con-
test in Sioux City and northwest Iowa
the Sioux City result Is inspiring to the
Cummins people. They manifested I'M
feigned pleasure over the reports yes
;terday. One of the Cummins men de-
clared that the action of Sioux City
practically disposes of the entire Elev-
enth congressional district, and with it
goes the Tenth district. This leaves the
way open for some more harmony in the
party.
There will be very large class of APP
plicants examined for admission to the
bar at the May term of the supreme
court and the number will probably
reach 100. The applications must all BIZ
in today. Yesterday morning thirty APP
plications We're received by the clrrk of
the supreme court on one mail. Nearly
all the law students of Drake university
will be examined. After this examina-
ton the requirement. for admission Will
be harder. At present young man to
become lawyer must have had two
years in a law office or two school years
in college. must be of good character
and a resident of the state After this
the requirement will be for three years.
Because of this fact the rush to get at
the next term of court is greater than
usual.
An interesting criminal case comes or
for submission at the May term of the
supreme court. 1t IL the case of the
state Va. Loren r. Bone. from Cerro
sGordo county. 1t will be recalled that
Bone was convicted of having killed his
relative and friend James Allison. The
Two had had a quarrel over some trivial
matter and when Allison left town Bone
secured a butcher knife and followed
him. Allison was cut and slaslled 50
that he soon died Bone was convicted
of murder in the second degree and Civ.
en- long sentence. The murder wa:
committed in February two years ago
The appeal is on general grounds.
sa5s
Adj. Gen. Newman is home from
Cleveland. where he has secured COM
Portable quarters for the Iowa delega-
ton 10 the national encampment of the
G.. A. r. in September The headquar-
ters are to be ct the Colonial hotel. DR.
Newman says that they have raised
money and appointed their committees
in Cleveland and will prepare royal
welcome to the old soldiers gooG
many will take that time for going tc
the encampment and going on to Buffa.
10 to see the exposition.
The smallpox reports come in with
distressing regularity at the office of tbs
state board of health. During the frs;
eight days of the month there We're III
cases reported, besides number of re
ports Of several cases There were
thirteen reports received yesterday A
number OF reports of the finish Of all
cases have been received. but among
the places from which new cases have
Lehigh, Boone, Deep River, keota
Waoma, Ayrshire, Pulaski. Whittemore
Clinton. Frazer, Washington and Wes;
Union. The reports nearly all indicate
that the cases are not severe.
Governor Shaw has named the follow.
ing as delegates from Iowa to the ma
tional tax reform convention at Buffalo
May %: John Herriott, Guthrie county
John Cownie. Iowa; William w. Bald
win, Dies Moines; w. w. Wilmer, Polk
s. T. Meservey, Webster; Rufus L
Chase, Polk: Nathan NJ. Pussy. Potta-
wattamie: Washington I. Babb. Henry
and George d. Perkins, Woodbury. Mr.
Chase really lives in Bufralo. and vii
certainly attend. but 1t Is doubtful il
others will attend.
The state of Iowa will receive quite {
! sum from the Seeberger estate on ac
count of the collateral inheritance law
One-half the estate will go to brothe
of the deceased and the family of an
other brother, and this portion of the es
tate will be subjected to the tax.
Maj. E. II. Conger brought back from
China a knife with a history. 1t was
heavy knife with blade four inche
broad and two feet long, and handle /,
correspond. 1t was the official execu
| toner's knife in Pekin, and Major Con
ger has the records showing that thi
particular knife has cut off the head.
of 300 Cinnamon. 1t may be neecsslr,
to USE the knife in Iowa politics to keel
down the uprising.
The statement made in these column
some days ago to the effect that TN
Polk county convention broke dowI
presidents in giving Mr.. Cummins
right to choose his own delegat ion 10 tn
state convention is not quite right. 1t i
true that the precedent. II 1t may b.
called such, is to make selections b,
supervisor districts In the country an,
by wards in the city, but this preceden
has not always been followed, and ii
fact was completely shattered 4 fev
years ago in the interest of. anetfe
Polk county candidate. There iss no
another county in theistate that hasgev
err consented to divide itself up In tn
manner Polk county has been divided
and Polk county will not do 1t any more
Examination for state Ceriincates
Special to Times Republican.
Iowa City, May Disqualification n
C. Barretts official announcement I,