Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-07-12
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. july 70. 100,

Four paroles of inmates of Tows
penitentiaries have been issued bv
Governor Shaw. They are Arthur
Moon, sentenced from Marshall
county on the charge of burglary:
Harvey Owens, sentenced from Davis
county on the charge of larceny; VIII
liam Voshall, sentenced from Iowa
county on the charge of larceny, and
James O'Brien, sentenced from
Bremen county on the charge of as
sault with intent to commit rape
Owens and Moon We're confined at
Fort Madison and O'Brien and Voshall
at Anamosa.
Attorney General Mullan has hand
ed down an opinion to Governor
Shaw respecting the right of this
state to recover interest on the funds
furnished by it in eQuipping troops
for the civil war. He holds that such
interest can be recovered by the
state, provided it's rights have not
lapsed, a question of fact which can
only be determined upon investiga-
ton of the while question. Attorney
General Mullan holds also that the
state cannot employ an agent to re-
cover this money, but that that work
must be done by the council
and the law officers Of the state. This
cuts Senator Lothrop, of Sioux City,
out of large commission, as it was
he who raised the question and Of.
fered to recover the money for the
state. About 100000 is involved.
S. r. Dawson, who was sentenced
to Anamosa June, 1896, to serve a
ten-year sentence for the murder Of
his son-in-law. Walter Scott, has been
paroled by Governor Shaw. The ap--
plication which led to the pardon was
circulated about three months ago
and signed by influential citizens
of Des Moines. Dawson is the invent
or of the celebrated Damascus steel
The secret which he uses in making
the metal harder than any other me-
taliic substance is known only to.
himself and has been locked up in
National bank since his commitment
to the penitentiary nearly seven
years ago. Before his sentrnce a
company was formed with capital
stock Of nearly halt million dollars,
for the purpose of manufacturing the
commodity, and it is understood to.
be the intention of the promoters to.
go ahead with the plans.
The discovery that Des Moines
milk dealer is using formaldehyde to
decrease his ice bill has stirred the
officials at the state dairy commits
sioner's Office to renewed activity in
preventing the use of the deadly
personalities. About year ago
there were four arrests made in Dav-
export on the strength of state
ment made by a chemist there to the
effect samples of the milk sold by
these dealers contained a weak solu-
ton Of fornaldehyde. When the case
was brought up for trial the chemist
was intoxicated and had to be car
ried into the justice court and his
evidence had little weight. The men
were discharged, but the effect was
beneficial just the same, as the au-
thorities have had no trouble with
dealers since that time.
The supreme court decision in the
Slinker case gives the dairy commits
sioner unlimited authority in sup
pressing authorizations of milk and
the effect has been wide throughout
the state in lettering the quality of
dairy products.
An opinion rendered by Attorney
General Mullan to Secretary of State
Martin determines unreservedly that
companies incorporated in other
states must pay the requisite fling
fee demanded of Iowa companies in
accordance with the capital stock if
they transact business within the
state the corn is reported to be
attorney general by Deputy Hites Of
the secretary of states Office was
prompted by the refusal of the Amer,
lean Grain Purifier Construction Co..
of Pierre, S. D., to conform to the re-
quirements of the statutes relating
to the admission of foreign corpora
tons. The company is capitalized at.
$250,OO0 and is making arrangements
to open a branch factory at Daven-
port. Mr.. Hites demanded a fling
fee of $3.50, which the company re-
fused to pay.
CARNEGIE WILL GIVE MUCH MORE
Pounds to Institutions.
New York, July 1.-THE Herald
says: Andrew Carnegie still has &c.
100000 pounds to give away in public
benefactions. Mr.. Carnegie himself
is authority for this statement, which
he made recently at Skibo castle to a
member of the New York chamber
of commerce committee, who is nov
in this city, but wishes his name kept