Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-28
EQUIPMENT OF THE SCHOOLS
Iowa State Board Of Education Lays Down
It's Requirements.
HIGH GRADE OF INSTRUCTION SOUGHT
Colleges which Intend to Train
Teachers Must Come IN to n
Recognised standard OF.
Emciency.
prom a star cerrespendent.l

to schools and colleges in Iowa a o~iFeuiar
in regard to the requirements Of the state
educational beard with regard to minimum
requirements for colleges that desire to
give instruction In normal work as a part
OF the course, The board has determined
upon a suggestive course OF study, or
rather two of them, one being for three
years and the other fer two years, covering
all common school branches with didastics.
Tho circular as prepared also contains a
statement Of the requirements as to the fac
ulty for these schools. There must be at
least hve teachers, two OF whom may be
special Instructors. and they must hold d.
plomas from the state university. state nor
NAL school or its equivalent, The colleges
avalllng themselves of the new law must
have a reference library OF at least 1000
books and It's buildings must be used ex-
c~lusively for educational work. and there
must be a laboratory. II Is expected hat
about twenty colleges and academies will
apply for, recognition under these instruc-
lions and as soon as they have applied will
be inspected by some member of the state
educational board, and on his recommend
alton be given the requisite recognition.
Submitted Cases ia Court.
The supreme court this morning listened
TO arguments in the case Of E. G. VanHusen
against the Omaha Bridge and Terminal
company. involving the possession Of prop
erty In Council Bluffs formerly owned by
the Union Pacific and transferred. Argu-
ments were presented by William Baird
and F. II. Gaines of Omaha. The case OF
Smith & Cochrane against Thomas from
Harrison county was argued to the court by
]. S. Dewell. This involves another phase
Of tho pnnfr1xnrgp In Hawthorn H.
to a cutoff Of the Missouri river leaving
part Of Nebraska on the east side Of the
river. The court this morning overruled a
motion for a new trial in the case Of Cowles
against the Rock Island railroad from John
son county, which had been twice appealed
and twice decided.
Freed by Faulty Indictment.
Some years ago there was great excite
ment in Wright county over the arrest of
O.. c. Jamison of the Farmers State bank,
and his clerk, w. C. Crone, accused OF using
false weights to swindie farmers. Crone has
been discharged and turned against Jami-
son. They had been engaged in buying live
stock and it was alleged that the scale was
tempered with. The first indictment was
declared to be defective and another drawn.
They were tried on the second, and to-day the
"a htAa NhaN Ut last lnulCLIuGDI WAS
also faulty in that it declared only an In
tention to commit fraud instead Of declar-
ing a fraud and hat it made a continuing
crime. The case was tried in Franklin
county on change Of venue and attracted
a great deal of attention.
Following are decisions handed down:
L. W. Johnson. appellant, against School
corporation of Cedar; Calhoun county,
Judge Ellwood; reversed, opinion by Bee
Julia A. Browne against William f. Kiel
et al, appellants; Lee county, Judge Bank;
reversed, opinion by Waterman.
county Judge Treichler; affirmed by the
Msry, L.. GudgeI. appellant. against Mary
=. Sutherland ct al; Dallas county, Judge
Gsmble; affirmed, opinion by sherwin.
Crone, appellants; Franklin eou StS jude;
weaver; reversed, opinion by McClain.
ole Rasmussen against Eastern Building
Wvattamie county, Judge Smith; affirmed. by
State against Samuel stull ct al appe,-
ANTS; Lucas county, Judge E~ichelberger:
State against Charles Boyd. appellant;
van Buren, county, Judge Sloan; affirmed,
State against Henry Mongoven, appel-
by the court.
Disposed of "a Reward.
NO'cInoT CumnlnS TO-DAY decided the
contest over the reward offered for the ar
rest of the murderer of DR.. Tailor in New
ton, involving $500 offered by the state and
a larger sum offered by private citizens of
Newton. He decided that the entire reward
should go to Eli Hardin, a detective of this
city, at that time in the employment of the
city Of Des Moines, who was responsible
for the arrest Of Chester Tyler, a colored
man, since sent to the penitentiary for life.
The reward was claimed by others.
Candidate for Railroad Commissioner.
1t is expected that Representative W. d.
Blakemore Of Taylor county. will come out
as a candidate for railroad commissioner.
The candidates at present are: e. A..
Dawson of Bremen county, the present in
cumbent; N, S. Ketcham OF Marshall
county, and A. r. Smith of Des Moines
county. Blakemore is being urged by
friends to be a candidate and will likely
have the entire Eighth district support II
he is in the race.
starch Company AbandOns Des MOines
Thomas w. Jones, who has been manager
of the National Starch Manufacturing COM
pany's plant in this city ever since IL
started up in business, has been perma-
nently let out. Mr.. Jones has not been
assigned 10 any other concern operated by
the National, but a man has been sent here
from the east, who will look after the
remains Of the big plant that was de-
stroyed by fire. This move on the part OF
the National is looked upon as meaning
that the plant will not be rebuilt. Mr..
Jones. in speaking Of the prospect today,
said he did not believe there was any hope.
The company, after getting the insurance
money, had ample time to decide on build
ing II 1t had any notion to do SO, according
to some who have been keeping close watch
OF events. They say that while the remains