Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-10-11
NOTES FROM THE CAPITA,
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appropriation of $500 from tha -.
for the continuation of ~ s'ateY
cation of the iowa Historic,,p qoii-
ord, which the society has mkt, nee
for the past seventeen years
also asks $1,000 from the stat ~
catalogueing the library. wbiab LOT
never been catalogued. The sna; mas
has been in existence since 49,
aim being to promote the stpd'.ts
history by lectures, and to nnS, ~
and difuse information req. n,,!
the history of Iowa. Rec.,i,
regents OF the university grantea y. me
society rooms in the new Arasn.he
building OF the university. WHERE G ~
valuable records and library ma.
safe. Peter A. DEFY is pres;iaa oe
the board, and NJ. w. Davis secra n. OF
An opinion in a case of consico
able interest to railroads b,s n'l,
handed down by the suprems oa peen
1t affirms a Judgment against 'a y!
Iowa Central Railway companv he
case from Monroe county. in VII, ~ .
action was brought to recover donh, h
damages for stock killed bv defsps
ants train after said stock had oan.
upon the right-of-way through . da
fective gate at private cross,n.
There was some evidence that tbn
gate had been broken down by plain
tiff's horse within two days before
the stock in question passed thronah
upon the right-of-way. The defend a
ant road commended that the cour. 4.
erred in refusing to submit special n
terrogatories and give instructions
asked on the theory that if the stock
got upon the right-of-way by reason
Of the willful act of the owner, there
can be no recovery under section 205s
of the code. The higher court sus-
tains the lower court in finding no
evidence tending to show willful
act. The breaking of the gate hv
the horse did not constitute willfml
act and contributory negligence alone
Will not defeat recovery under the
section in question.
The board of control has sent ont
requests for bids on 1880 bushels Of 4
potatoes for the use of the state ms
stitutions. Jonn Cownie of the board 4
says the state farms will furnish
about $1,000 bushels or so per cent
Of a crop. This will be approxi-
mately half the amount needed at the
institutions. The board expects to
get potatoes at price of from 60
to rs cents bushel at the highest.
The Independent Order of Red
Men at their grand council in this
city elected officers as follows: Grand
prophet, y. A. T. Smith of Burning
ton; great sachem, F. A. Day of Des5
Moines; great senior sycamore, W.
f. Mention of Boone; great junior
sycamore. DR.. Will L. Allen of Pella:
keeper of records, w. III. Knott of
Farmington: keeper of wampum,
Fred Lumpkin of Ft. Dodge. Next
place of meeting, Pella.
State Labor Commissioner c. F..
Wennerstrum, in his biennial report
just made public, points out many OPP
portunities for lettering the condi-
ton of working people in Iowa, and
shows how the Industries Of ths
state are gaining in Importance OF
the 1921 $50 population of the state.f
975. 641, or 1915 per cent, live in towns.
In the GA towns of more than 1000
population, and the cities with
more than $4,000 population various
manufacturing institutions to the
number of 14,s19 have been reported
and these employ 1858 persons ac--5
cording to the census of 1900. The
number has greatly increased since
this enumeration was made. The to-
tai amount OF capital represented
was $1o2, 1893, 1O3. The wages paid in
1900 amounted to $29,931 $50, and the
value of the products was $134, 617,s77
Important phases of the report relate
to inspection of factories as to child
labor and the Investigation of the
strikes in Iowa from July, 1894, up to- I
and including 1900. Mr.. Wennerstrum
personally investigated ZIG factories !
and his deputy, A. E. Holder, fifty.
two. Deplorable conditions respect
ing the welfare of employees were
found.
The eighth biennial report Of the
pharmacy commission has been SUBJ
mitted to Governor Shaw. 1t is for
the official biennial period ending
April 90, 1899. It shows receipts
amounting to $1s,159 for the past
year, including $1,000 cash on hand int
1899. The disbursements left $4,000
as the amount of license fund on hand
april %, 1900. The receipts to April
"a, 1901, brought this amount up to-
$21. 607 80. The license fund on hand
April "A, 1901, was $2,20O. The total
of warrants drawn for prosecutions
under section 1886 for the biennial Pc,
Rod was 81 ,432.27. The fines collected
for violations of the pharmacy law
and paid to the county school funds
amounted to $s,273.5O. The total num-s
Der Of pharmacists registered since
the passage Of the pharmacy law vas
GALS.
May Be War In Afghanistan
London, Oct. 1O.-''It is regarded
here as certain that there will be an
outbreak Of civil war in Afghanls-#
tam says dispatch from ST. Peters
burg to the Daily Mail, .'arising from
the claims of the fourth son OF the
late ameer, Mohammed Ullah Khan,
who is favored by Russia. Tele-
grams were sent to Kush today or.
7 -. T.. &c