The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-27
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Dies Moines. March 81. 100,

MITES FROM The CAPITAL
Des Moines, March e5, 1902.
The senate committee ON pardons
by vote Of to 3 decided to report to
to the senate against pardoning Wes-
ley Elkins, who is confined at Ana,
mosa, for numbering his father anti
mother. The question was discussed
at great length and three members OF
the committee were strongly in favor
OF pardoning him. 1t is understood,
that the house committee will report
the case out without any recommen.
dStion at all.
The house committee on appropria.
dons has recommended for passage
bill appropriating $150,0O0 to the st.
Louis exposition. The committee is
not unit in favor of this, and it is
said quite as many favor quarter OF
million as there are that favor a
less sum. The committee voted down
proposition to appropriate 100000
to the exposition. The senate COM
mittee has recommended $4,000. The
committee also voted to appropriate
100000 for the erection Of the east
wing of the historical building. There
is string tied to this, however, in a.
provision that the appropriation, shall
not be available unless the state re-,
ceives the claims from the government
for interest on the war bonds and war
warrants, and that the money shall be
taken out secondary to the 100000
that is to come therefrom for an ar
senal and adjutant generals buildvI
ing. The executive council is author.
lied to buy SO much land as needful,
which is supposed to be the land lying
between the present west wing and
Twelfth street. It is presupposed
that main building shat in the FL
ture be built between the two wings.
The original amount asked to com
plete the building was $500, 900. It is
estimated the main building, which flu.
ture assemblies are expected to take
care of, would cost 100000. The com
mittee killed the Secor pure food bill,
which carried an appropriation of
$4,000. The committee recommended
for passage the bills that have been In
dorsed by the senate committee on APP
preparations, appropriating $1,000 to
the Benedict home of Des Moines, the
Dubuque Rescue home and the
Women's and Babies home of Sioux
City.
Judge Holmes sentenced Albert
Smith to twenty-five years in the peni-
Tertiary at Ft. Madison. BY good be-
havior he can cut his sentence to thirs
teen years. Smith was convicted of
murder in the second degree, having
killed Bruce Martin. When Smith was
arraigned before Judge Holmes his
attorney spoke in his behalf, insisting
th..t Smith had killed Martin with alb
solutely no generalization. Smith
said he hoped the judge would be
easy on him" A life sentence might
have been imposed.
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The house committee on public
health has recommended substitute
for the bill creating separate board
of examiners for osteopaths. The sub
stitute provides that the present board
shall issue certificates to osteopaths
who are graduates of Incorporated col.
leges of osteopathy. This changes the
law SO as to leave no discretion with
the board, which -present has fne
power to decide whether the collegeG
are regularly conducted" or not.
Under the proposed law the simple
Ae~SS GAAoG edSy oAO AASOl PO1 dCSu Will
meet with all the requirements. Ger.
tificates are only to be issued uponr
examination in all subjects in which
the osteopaths' course of study is the
same as that of the other physicians.
They will be examined in these sub.
jects along with the applicants from
other cc.eges of medicine. If they
pass satisfactorily they will be grant.
81 certificates as osteopaths upon,
their showing diplomas from incorpor.
ated colleges of osteopathy. The os-
teopaths are understood to be fairly
well satisfied with this measure, ex.
cept that they would have liked to
have been given member of the
board. The committee also recon-
mended for passage the Dill creating.
an inebriate hospital. This is the bill
favored by H. H. Abrams, his plan be-
ing to have one of the wards in one
of the insane hospitals of the state
turned into a hospital for inebriates.
The Hughes bill providing that oil
loaves of bread shall weigh at least
one pound was recommended for pas