Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-08-02
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. August .. 1901

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der case Of the state Of Iowa vs.. Mar
garet Hossack 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 new trial and
for arrest of Judgment and an amends
,1nent thereto have been made mat
tiers of record. No abstracts or argu-
Incnts have yet been filed in the APP
peal. The case promises to be one
of the most interesting of the APP
preaching October term. The attor-
neys for the defense, Henderson and
Berry and w. +. Powell, are said to
be thoroughly convinced of the innO-
cence OF the defendant, Mrs. Mar
garet Hossack. now in prison at Ana
lncsa. and they are prepared to make
a desperate legal fight in her behalf.
Attorney General Mullan will be
drawn INTO the case on behalf of the
state. The motion for setting aside
the verdict and for Il new trial is
lengthy one and sets forth thirty
grounds on which the new trial
should be granted. These relate
in ruling on objections and in giving
instructions to the jury.
The new rule of the supreme court
for admissions TO The bar has been
issued il, accordance with the.s,rovis-
ions of the law passed by the AWen-
ty-eishth 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 en-
I'm, he I
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 appi-
cants shall pass a satisfactory writ
ten examination in photography,
reading, writing, arithmetic, geog-
raphy English grammar, United
States and English history. elemen-
tary algebra, elementary physics, ele-
anentary 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 q collegiate course i'll
any university or college of good
graduate of a 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 Weinste1n OF burlington to sue
coed her husband, Louis Weinstein. as
one of the state oil inspectors. Mr..
Weinstein was for many years a men,
Der of the Hawkeye editorial staff.
This is the first time woman was
ever appointed to this position.
Major Mckenzie of the firm of Nc
Kenzie & Ryan has arranged with
Judge Holmes tor Il test suit to be
brought in the district court to de-
1erlnine the right of Iowa veterinary
surgeons who are now said to DC
practicing without having registered
and who failed to avail themselves OF
the provisions made in the state
veterinary law which went into eff
feet January /, 1901. The point in
controversy. and of which the state
terInine the rights of Iowa veterinary
board is very much in doubt, is
whether or not these practicing ply
sicians have the legal right to regis
ter at this date when in fact they
have been practicing illegally since
the first OF the year, or when the
new law went into effect
AS there are more than 200 who
failed to register at the beginning
Of the year, through ignorance OF
the law compelling them to do so, the
result Will be awaited with consld
cradle degree of interest.
The report Of the collections of the
port of Des NIoines has been made
public by Collector Redman. 1t is fol
the fiscal year ending June so, ant
shows collections amounting to S23,
1903 for the year. DeS AlOineS is ;
port of delivery, where customs art
collected on imports. Only few
Des Moines people have occasion Il
pay duty on rSthing that they buy
and have shipped to them The prin
cipal collections are upon tea ant
queensware.
4 considerable quantity of thu
goods received in Des Moines come il
free of duty. The Iowa Seed com
pany annually imports large guam
1ity of seeds and bulbs, on which
there is no duty
During the year 119 different con
signments passed through the otflcs
Duty was paid ON 100 of these, and i
came in without duty The remain
ing one was simply entered to be re
warehoused. The total duties
amounted to s23,o72.01, and the fines
penalties and forfeitures amounted
10 S9s.12. making total of 500, O.93
The expenses Of the office amounted
10 SsOo.05 Last year the duties were
$25,145.7S.
There is consent III smile, while
a laugh is often q refusal.
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