The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-17
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NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines, April "a, 1902.
Major Turner has called for the ad.e
yertisement for bids for the Army
Post grading and certain preliminary
work in construction of buildings on
account of the contest in the district
court. j. M. Work and others have
asked the court to enjoin the city from
loaning the. water works company $40,'
900, as provided in a resolution passed
by the city council two months ago.
This case has not yet been decided.
The government Informed Major Turn
er that it would not be best to secure
bids until this legal obstacle to active
operations is removed The Exchange
committee hopes to induce Work tc
withdraw the suit, but thus far the
socialists have even declined to press
the suit for early trial, and have rather
derided the efforts of the Exchange
committee.
The supreme court reversed the YER
dict of the Warren county court at
ILdianola in the famous Hossack muir,
der case and a new trial will be grant
ed the accused woman. Mrs. Hosgack
is now serving life sentence at Ft
Madison for the alleged murder of her
aged husband. The crime occurred
two years ago at the Hossack farm
seventeen miles southwest Of Indian.
ola. Mrs. Hossack aroused rnembere
Of the family at two O'Clock in the
morning with thet cry that burglars
had entered the house and struck her
husband with whom she was sleeping
blow with an, ak. He was found to
be dying, his head split open with an
AK. and blood spattered al over the
WALL Suspicion pointed to the murd-
cred mans aged wife for the reason
that though she was sleeping in the
same bed with the murdered man, she
failed to see the assailants. The con-.
iition of the bed cover and her own
clothing was a circumstance against
her as was also the fact that
she had quarreled with her hus.
band over her favorite son and the,
disposition of his large farm. The jury
at Indianola returned verdict of
guilty on purely circumstantial evil
.dence.
Several local grading and construc-
ton firms have been asked to bid on
grading for railroad from Des
Moines westward, to parallel in large
part the Rock Island. No one seems
to know whether it is the new Des
Moines and Western, the Great West
ern, the Des Moines and Southern or
some other company that proposes to
build. But it appears that a majority
feel that the Great Western is the real
thing in this movement, though the
Hubbells and others organized the Des
|. Moines and Western company ostens.
IDLY to build west to Council Bluffs.
A decision having bearing on all
properly surveyed at the time Of the
grant in 1859 has been handed down
by the supreme court. The title of
the case is Ogden VS.. Buckley. The
former purchased many acres Of al.
legged swamp land of a company which
in general description acquired the
little of all swamp lands in Woodbury.
county. In deciding the case the lower
court held that the title of the case
was vested in the state and neither
had claim to the land. The plaintiff
only appealed. The supreme court
goes into the case at length. declaring
that this property was not included
In the grant for the reason that the
state nor the county had not perfect.
ed the titles and the conveys
ance to Ogden was, therefore with
out proper patent. The title to the
land is held to rest with the United
States, until the state demands a re.
survey.
The members of the state board Of
control have practically decided that
the 100000 Of the omnibus appropria-
ton, which is not to be available I'm.
til the next biennial period, shall be
taken out Of the building fund. This
means that only about $4,000 will
be available for buildings during the
next biennial period and the erection
OF the other buildings will be delayed
for two years. Only the buildings
most urgently needed will be erected
at this time. Just what they will be
Is not fully decided by the board yet,
and the money available now will be
expended where 1t will do the most
good. Had the entire $4,000 been
made available at this time, all tho
buildings would have been erected, but
the fact that 1t was necessary to cut
49, Yt'oSoVV SOAAOWAClC,- COuvluC0u Liz
members of the board that it could
be better spared from the building
fund than any other.
By decision of the supreme court,
Mrs. Louise Faivre of Sioux City. ia
given Judgment against John Mander.
schied and John Arendorf, two saloon.
keepers Of the Woodbury. county
metropolis. Mrs. Faivre's husband
was a habitual drunkard and she had
served notice on the saloons not to
sell him liquor. On a winter night.
after spending the evening at the
saloons of the two men named, Faiyre
started home and was later picked up.
partially frozen. He was crippled
permanently. Mrs. Faivre. a washer.
woman, then brought suit against the
two saloon men Jointly for damages