Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-11-07
BANKS ARE PROSPEROUS
Report Of the Auditor of Iowa Shows
That Deposits Have Greatly
Increased Since June.
NO 1leH1HEss IN THE MONEY MARKET.
LAW Concerning Sending Inebriates
to Insane Hospitals to BE Tested-
Rights of Arrested Persons Pro-
tected-CIEarette Tax Case-OtheR
Notes of General Interest.
Especial Correspondence

Notes of General Interest.
Especial Correspondence
Des Moines, Ia, Nov. 3.-The report
of the auditor of state on the condi-
ton of the state and savings banks of
Iowa on September Is, shows that
there were $s3O,oOo more deposits in
them on that date than on June 10,
previous. This is extremely crafty
ing to the state department in view of
the fear that the statements would
show a depletion of deposits. IT 10
regarded as striking disproof of the
talk about money getting tight and
the withdrawal of money from the
banks for the moving of grain depict
ing the deposits to a serious extent.
The banks, also, have $5,0Oo,ooo more
reserve than the law requires for the
protection of deposits. This state
ment covers the state and savings
banks only. 1t is thought that the
business of the national and private
banks would show duplicate of these
figures.
VIII Test the Law.
The state officials have petitioned
the district court of this county for
the right to be heard in defense of the
law authorizing the district courts to
send persons to the wards for the cure
of inebriates at the state hospitals
for the insane. Attorney General
Mullan will defend the law. It has
been attacked on the ground that it is
unconstitutional, in that if person
is insane he must be tried and COM
mitted to the insane hospital by the
county insane commission and not by
the district court; and if he is sane
and inebriety is q crime he must be
tried by a jury of his peers and not
by a judge; moreover, if he is insane
he can only be sent to an asylum or
otherwise treated through guar
dian, and no guardians have been app
pointed for the 100 or more inebriates
already committed to the wards at
Mount Pleasant and Cherokee hospi-
tails. Gov. Cummins the past week is
sued the first paroles to inebriates.
All of them are committed for three
years unless sooner cured. When
cured the governor issues paroles to
them.
Light Grain Shipments.
. Grain dealers state that the ship
} ment of grain this year will be lighter
than for several recent years. This is
due to the extraordinary weather con-
ditions. Up to two weeks ago the grain
men were not ready~to concede that
the quantity of marketable corn and
oats in Iowa was materially affected
by the extreme dampness and the cold
weather. Now they admit that there
will not be SO per cent. of market.
} able crop. The corn is large in guam.
nifty, but the quality is extremely bad
!; Most of it, in fact, lis soft corn and fit
for excellent feeding, while not mar
ketable under any circumstances.
End Of Smallpox.
Secretary Kennedy, OF the state
board of health, has issued state
;. ment in which he says that the cases
of smallpoxare fewer in number at this
time than they have been in any of the
recent years He believes that the dis
!, ease has run its length in this state
E and will continue SO to believe unless
large number of cases begin to be
reported. There are a few cases in
some parts of the state, but in most
,. OF the localities where it prevailed
during the last three years no cases
have been reported and the state
q board feels that there is almost ar
: end Of smallpox in Iowa.
Rights of Arrested Persons.
The supreme court has decided that
the authorities have not the right to
: examine the person of accused and ar.
J rested persons, against their will, and
, use the evidence thus obtained to Sc
. cure conviction. The case was that
a Of the state against Fred Taught
. from Linn county. Haught's person
2 was examined by the authorities when
: he was arrested charged with Grim.
: inal assault, and the evidence obtain
. ed was used to convict him. The court
reverses the decision and gives him 6
new trial, excluding the evidence. Or
this theory the authorities are pre-
vented from using identification pic
lures in the case of criminals who are
apprehended after having once com
mitted crime. 1t is regarded as 8
most serious innovation in the Grim
inal law practice.
> Conflicts with Uncle Sam.
: Warren county, in this state is il
controversy with the United State,
, government. One of its constable
has arrested the regular army officer
: in charge Of the construction of thu
Des Moines army post, which is 10
Gated in Warren county. The office,
is charged with contempt of the War
J rem county district court. This court
issued an injunction to restrain the
! army officer from constructing g
) sewer on right of way owned by tn.
; government to river south of the
post. The officer paid no attention tt
the injunction and proceeded to con
struct the sewer. A constable tried tt
arrest him on the post grounds ant
was thrown off because the govern
ment, and not the state, had jurisdic
tion there, but he waited just outside
and there arrested the officer.
Tax ON Cigarettes.
The cigarette tax case has been sub
mitted to the supreme court. It CONES
up to the higher court from Marshall
town, where the lower court sustained
the law in q test case. The law pro