The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-06-17
interesting Criminal Case Decided by
the state Supreme Court-Political
Conventions to Be Held-Grinnell
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Notes of General Interest.
Especial correspondence.l

OF the department in ellcltlng n claS-
styling the information secured from
labor-employing industries of the
state. Assurances are given that this
Information will, in individual cases,
be treated as confidential, by the COM
missioner. And the statistical infor-
nation secured will merely be tabu-
lated for general information. The
most interesting schedule in connec-
ton with this inquiry is that relating
to the condition of the individual wage
Garner. The following questions are
asked each laboring man in the state
with reference to his employment:
Do you work with or around, dangerous
machinery?
State in detail Desperately If desired), CIV
Ing number and character of accidents from
any cause, coming under your observation,
where labor is employed during the past
two years.
Are fire escapes or proper means of egress
provided on buildings where you are en-
ployed?
Are sanitary conditions healthful where
you are employed? If not, state any de-
fects.
both sexes? Are they kept in a Clearly
condition?
Strikes and Lock0uts.
Work begun last year of securing in
formation as to strikes and lockouts,
will be continued by Commissioner
Brigham. The schedule respecting fac
tory inspection is exhaustive. The
questions asked relate to means of en-
trance and exits, ventilation and SAM
tation, safety and power, employees, in
GLIDING number, and, if children,
whether under IA years of age, and if
children under 16 are employed in OPP
Grating dangerous machinery. The
blanks provide for information as to
accidents and for statistics of the m
ployes in factories and business houses.
Another schedule relates to new in
dustries established in Iowa since 1900,
and profitable locations for new in
dustries. Schedule No. 6 has reference
to manufactures and is calculated, if
the blanks are filled out properly,
to give exhaustive information as
to the status of manufacturing in
Iowa. Another schedule is a
blank for the gathering of wide
information as to railroad en-
ployes in the state. The information
obtained and compiled will relate to
the number of employees in the differ
ent. crafts of the railroad service, the
number of hours worked daily, the
number of days worked during the
year, the rate of wages, the total
amount paid for wages the last fiscal
year, etc. The compilation of infor-
nation of this scope has never before
been attempted in the state. Another
schedule relates to labor organizations
In Iowa. 1t is to be filled out by secre-
taries of labor organizations.
Interesting Case Decided.
The most interesting criminal case
which has been decided by the SUI
preme court for several years was
decided at the term which has Just
adjourned and was an affirmation OF
the judgment of the Keokuk county
court convicting Mrs. Sarah Kuhn OF
the murder of her crippled husband
and her sentence of life imprison-
ment, which she has just begun, al
the age of 21 years, in Anamosa. The
remarkable and interesting feature
about the decision of the court wus
the dissenting opinion of Justice S
M. Weaver, who wrote on opinion in
which he said that, as he viewed the
decision of the other five judges, they
had established a new principle in
Iowa Jurisprudence, to wit: that the
accused must prove that he is limo.
cent, rather than that the state must
prove that he is guilty. Justice
Weaver said that the woman had not
been proved guilty and that she
should not have been convicted be.
cause of her inability to prove hel
innocence. Since the decision there
have been rumors that the woman
has confessed that she killed her hus
band and implicated a young maj
with whom she kept company al
What Cheer before she married Kuhn
Warden Hunter, of Anamosa prison
however, says that he knows nothing
of any such confession, and If it hat
been made it would have had to %
through his hands.
Political Conventions,
AAo PiilieiPdA PoiiUAcdl pdrJleS o
the state have selected the places fo1
their state conventions and two o
them have selected the dates. TIL.
democrats have just fixed upon De
Moines as the place and Septembe,
3 as the date for their convention
The republicans had selected De
Moines and July 80 as the location
md lofn for thai, cfp{,
several weeks ago. The prohibition
party has selected Waterloo, but ha;
not fixed a date. These three par
Ties will get their tickets on the of
fetal ballot by certifying the nom
i~nation papers Of the candidates t,
the secretary of state. Never. here