The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-01
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Des Moines. July 80. 1901.


Des Moines, July 80. 1901.
Judge Holmes has decided the
case of b. r. Granger VS.. Treasurer
Mckay and Polk county, in which he
holds that the ferrets cannot collect
taxes on personal property for the
year 1896, the five year limit having
expired. This decision puts bar to.
collections on personal property for
the year 1896.
DIR. Patterson, statistician for the
state board of control, proposes to
call the attention of the legislature
to the need of reforms in the laws OF
the state pertaining to the manage
ment of jails and poor houses. Inst1- :
tutions of this kind do not come un-
der the jurisdiction of the board Of
control, but DR.. Patterson, who has
been looking into the conditions of
jails and poor houses on his own ac-
count, has obtained a great deal Of
valuable information. He will SUBJ
init this to the board of control whenI
his statistical report is made andy
hopes to call the facts to the atten-y
ton OF the Legislature in such way as.
TO insure improvements in the laws.
The needed improvements relate not
only to the unsanitary conditions of
Jalls and poor houses, but also to the
present system of feeding prisoners,
whereby the jailer or sheriff receives
stated allowance per meal. Under
the present system the profits to the
jailer from meals depends on the
number of prisoners he has and on
this account the influence of the taller
is likely to be extended to keeping
the Jail population at as high point
as possible. Members of the board
of control are impressed with the
need of improvements along this line.
though officially having no jurisdic.
ton in the matter.
w. FL. Hanson of Luanna, Clayton
county, has written to the manage
mcnt of the state fair asking to be al
lowed to exhibit a herd of buffalo on
the grounds. Mr.. Hanson is said to-
have the only herd of buffalo in the
state. 1nasmuch as these an,mals are
becoming rare, it is not improbable
the fair management will give Mr..
Hanson permission to display the
herd mere. 1t is understood the herd
consists of eleven fine animals. There.
/
be exhibited free of charge or kept in
an inclosure and an admission fee
charged. If this question can be 49,
tied. there is n strong probability IT,.
unique exhibit will be secured.
The first filings in the noted muir
der case of the state of Iowa VS.. Mar
garet Hossacll of Warren county have
been made in the supreme court. A
certified copy of the Indictment, the
record entries, the motion to set
aside verdict. grant a new trial and
Tor arrest OF Judgment and an amend
ment thereto have been made mat
tiers OF record No abstracts OF arou-
ments have yet been fled in the ap-
peal. The case promises to be one
OF the NEST interesting of the APP
| preaching October term The attor-
neys for the defense, Henderson and
Berry and w. f. Powell, are said to
be thoroughly convinced of the inno-
ccnce OF the defendant, Mrs. Mar
garet Hossack. now in prison at Ana
mesa: and they are prepared to mako
a desperate legal fight in her behalf.
Attorney General Mullan will be-
drawn INTO the case on behalf oftha
state. The motion for setting aside
the verdict and for new trial is a
lengthy one and sets forth thirty
grounds on which the new trial
should be granted. These relate.
mainly TO alleged errors of the court
in ruling on objections and in giving
instructions to the jury.
The new rule of the supreme court
for admissions to The bar has beeAl
issued i'll accordance with the provis-
ions OF the law passed by the lwent(
ty-eighth general assembly and which
went into effect July of this year.
The new rules which will be used for
the first time at the examination be.
fore the court at the next October
term contain many radical changes
from the rules under which the ex-
aminations have been conducted in,
the past. The principal change is
requirement that the general educa-
tional qualifications of the applicants
for examination shall be determined
before allowing them to enter as to
their legal attainments and for this
purpose it is required that the appti-
cants shall pass satisfactory writ
ten examination in photography.
reading, writing, arithmetic, geog-
raPhy, English grammar, United
States, and English history, clemens
taiy algebra, elementary physics. ele-
mentary economics and civil govern
ment, and on such other subjects as
the board appointed by the court
shall deem necessary. The board
may accept, in lieu of such examina-
ton, proof that the applicant is a
graduate of collegiate course i'll
any university or college of good
standing in the United States. or is a
graduate of three years. course in
any high school having a course of
study which prepares for admission
to the state university, or in any
school or academy prescribing an
equivalent course.
Governor Shaw has appointed Mrs.
Louis Weinstein of Burlington to sue
coed her husband, Louis Weinstein, as
one of the state oil inspectors. Mr..
Weinstein was for many years a mems
Der of the Hawkeye editorial staff.
This is the first time a woman was
ever appointed to this position.
Editor Young of the Daily Capitat
publishes a statement that the al.
legged interview with Minister Conger
before his departure for China was
written in the Capital Office during
the absence of the editor. Mr.. Young
expresses deep regret at the occur