The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. Sept. II. 1901.

Judge PrOuU.- mas rendered Qec1-
sion in the case of +. NJ. Hubbell ct
al. VS.. the Iowa Telephone company,
holding that the company is operat-
ng in this city contrary to it's muni-
cipal laws and therefore, Illegally
The decision is result of an action
begun by hubbell and others, asking
the telephone company be ousted
from the public streets and alleys of
The city on the ground that it is OPP
Grating without franchise and is
a nuisance. The franchise granted
,he old Central company some years
ago was never renewed and when
The Iowa succeeded to the property
and business of the former no new
franchise was asked for, the COM
pany claiming that it did not have to
awe the consent of the city; that it
was here by right of the state law
which granted to all telephone and
telegraph companies the right to OPP
crate in the public highways of the
state. A writ of ejectment was stay
ed by the attorneys for the defense
filing notice of an appeal.
The cost of running the state gov
eminent as estimated is over $780,
200 more than the estimate two years
ago for the biennial period now draw
ing to a close, the total of that esti-
mate being $751; 23. OF the increase
100000 is for the institutions under
The state board of control, made nee
essary by the .act that the Cherokee
hospital will open next year and that
there has been an increase in the
population of other state hospitals
Increased endowments for the educa.
.ional institutions are also included
Iowa has two, state pensioners,
Joseph Metz and Il. M. Hull, both
Of whom were prisoners of the state
and received injuries through no fault
Of their own. The amounts annually
paid them are $240 each, and the
appropriation of $3.50 for each one,
The money is paid to the pensioners
monthly, $40 each. Inc injuries to
Metz occurred in 1876 at Fort Madi
son penitentiary and resulted in the
| loss of limbs for which the legisla.
ture first appropriated $3.50 for arti.
fetal limbs. Later the annual pen.
sion was granted. The pen
sion for Hull began in 1894, due TIC
an accident in the penitentiary, while
serving three year sentence for ar
son. He was rardoned as result of
| the accident.
The federal government repaid the
last of the principal in the bonds
of 1881. The last of the war claims
of the state were not repaid until
some years later. The proceeds from
the sale of bonds and from other
sources were used by the state gov
eminent in the equipping of troops
for the federal service.
The law firm of Cummins, Hewitt
& Wright is to be reorganized
through the retirement of Albert e.
Cummins, and the return of Carroll
Wright to the firm. The new style
will be Wright, Hewitt & Wright
Mr.. Wright, personally, will retain
his connection with the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific railroad. He will re-
main the Iowa attorney for that
road. He will have an assistant, how.
ever, in the person of Judge John /
Ollie.
| Assistant State Geologist A. G.
Leonard has returned to the capitol
after carrying on field work during
the summer. He has made survey
of Wapello county. Prof. S. M. Byers
Who has been engusru IN field work
has been investigating the coal re.
sources of Monroe county. He be
lieves this county has large undevel
oped coal resources and that it will
take the lead in the production OF
coal in Iowa in two or three years
Mahaska county is now first in Goa
tonnage, it's annual production being
| 1,O98,G17 tons.
One of the most interesting state
ments of the many that are to be in
cluded in the biennial report of the
state auditor is that showing the tax
collections during the years 1899 ano
1900, as compiled from the reports Of
the county auditors and the auditor:
of special charter cities. The tota
1880. The collections include al
corporate taxes derived from the gen
eral and special levies. A portion O.
the increase of 1900 over the proceed
ing year is due to the additional levy
VI vi VI d Hili loi tue dSilcul
tural college.
HAD NO CHANCE FOR RECOVERY.
German Medical Weekly Pointed Out tn,
'.SIistakcn Optimisn,' OF Physicians.
Berlin, Sept. 16.-Amid the extraor
| binary grief manifested here at tn,
death of President Mckinley, Ger
many's medical oracle, the German
Medical Weekly, stfikes a EARRING
note in an editorial rejecting on thu
mistaken optimism" of the presi
dents physicians. The article is pro
phetic, as it was written prior to til,
presidents relapse. 1t says:
''The buoyant hopefulness of tn.
Buffalo bulletins battles scientifi,
comprehension. If President McKin
lev had not earned name in histor,