Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-06-05
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and as such cannot be assigned to a
creditor without his wife's name at.
tached to the document. The case
was entitled Thos. Provolt VS.. Eugene
Van Dyck, the party who attempted
to assign his wages to the Des Moines
Credit Company being George f.
Smith. When the case came up for
trial Smiths wife interviewed on the
ground that the wages could not bel
assigned without her consent. and the
agreement was therefore void. The
issue of the case depended whether
wages were personal property under
the statute. In the Eighty-eighth Iowa
the supreme court held that they were
not. Since that decision the code has
been revised, however, and the lam
guage of the section in question has
been altered. Judge Prouty holds
that the decision Of the supreme court
does not hold in this case. and that
wages are personal property.
Governor Cummins has received
the Mckinley memorial monument
movement in this state and has sent
letters to representative men In every
county asking them to assume the re-
sponsibility Of placing the matter be-
fore the people In their respective
counties, that Iowa may do her share
In providing funds for this purpose.
The state is expected to raise not to
exceed $4,000 of the three-quarters
of million necessary.
The board Of educational examiners
Of the state, after an all day session,
competed large amount of work, the
most important OF which was the map
ping out Of the course OF study for
schools of instruction of teachers for
the common schools under the Hogue-
King law. All the members of the
board were at the session and the
courses of study were thoroughly con.
sidered. Three and four year courses
were outlined. These courses are in.
tended as suggestive and as emitting
the person taking them in accredited
schools to an examination for two
year state certificate. They are in
tended as the minimum standard of
requirement the board of educational
examiners will exact of accredited
schools under the new law. The
preparation of the courses was begun
at the recent meeting of the board Of
educational examiners following its
conference with the heads of the col.
leges, seminaries and private normal
schools of the state. The three-year
course of study includes all the studies
now required by law for a two-year
primary certificate and a number of
other studies. consisting of geometry.
primary methods, elements of psy.
chology, botany, general history and
bookkeeping. A full year of didactics.
and lectures besides, is required. For
the four-year course, practically the
same branches are required, but
longer time is devoted to each, and
practice teaching is introduced. II was
determined that high schools on the
accredited list of the state university
and having a course of at least one
year in the science and art of educa.
ton should be eligible to inspection
looking toward being placed on tho
list of accredited schools.
Governor Cummins has settled the
controversy between Detective Ell
Hardin and j. S. Connolly of this city.
over the 5000 reward offered by the
state for the apprehension and con.
viction Of the murderer of DR.. B. M.
Failor of Newton. in favor of Detec.
tifC Ildiulu. bCtCCllNc was
paid the 5000 offered by the town of
Newton in the same case. and Cover.
nor Cummins holds that without doubt
he is entitled to the $500 offered by the
state. About ten days ago the case
was heard by the governor and taken
under advisement. The reward was
offered under Governor Shaw's last
administration.
A Franklin county criminal case de.
Judge Weaver on point of law. G.
C. Jamison of the Farmers State bank
OF Bows, who conducted a stock buy
ing business for several years, was in.
dicted with w. c. Crone. and employc,
for using false weights to defraud
customers. They were convicted and
appealed and the indictment was found
faulty. Another indictment was found
and again conviction followed, the evi.
dence being that they had q small
weight which they used to make the
weight OF animals bought appear less
than they were. They talked too much
and the scheme became known. The
supreme court has again found tho
indictment to be faulty in that 1t fail.
any actual fraud but rather of an in.
tent to commit fraud. and also because
1t charged a continuing crime. The
case has been long fought and attract
ed great deal of attention at Bows
where the defendants lived and were
prominent In business.
The supreme court in Polk coun.
fy nac daafHaA n 1f, 80,
portance in connection with claims
against the city for work done by con.
tractors, declaring that while such
claims are given priority under the
Iowa statute, they are not liens until
they are made so by the court Ed.
Whitehouse, holder of a number of
such claims against Contractor King,
obtained judgment against the Amerl-
can Surety Company of New York,
which was surety for King, and the
company appealed on the ground that
King had the money to pay with when
the claims accrued and in releasing
him the laborers gave up their lien
and released the surety. The supreme
court decides that these claims are
merely preferred claims but Affirmative
action Is necessary before they become
liens. and as this was not done the
surety company is liable for tho
claims.
The ignorance which foreigners have
to combat In their efforts to open up
trade with China is well illustrated
by an incident which occurred not
long ago. Sir James MacKay is the
English commissioner to negotiate
trade treaties in China. He wrote to
one of the viceroys, earnestly plead
ing that the trade barriers in that
province be removed. He received a
rapIv from tho virarnu vino that he