Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-06-13
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL

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Des Moines, June 10, 1902.
The SITE treasurer has received
ss12s IN checks from DR.. A. M. Linn
nreaideht az the state board OF neaitn
this being the product OF the saie y
n ehe residue OF blankets left after sup
\. nlvine the Tama Indians out OF the ap
'nroDriation made by the last genera
81 ire state amounted to $7,OOO.
Superintendent Barrett Is sending
mt to various Arms the suggestive lis'
8. books for school libraries. as pre-
pared by the state board OF education'
q examiners. The object is to obtain
uropOsals from book concerns as 20
the lowest figure for which they VIII
furnish these books to school libra
ries Firms will be given until June
,26 to bid. There are about 50O DOCKS
'adopted BY the examiners to supple
iment the old list Of suitable DOORS.
In the district court Judge A. n.
,McVey rendered decision in the case
I OF Muller, administrator, VS.. the Nat
ional Life Insurance company OF MIN
.nesota, which If sustained by the SUI
4 nreme court. will be of vast import.
ance to the insurance interests ana
those carrying life insurance Muiier,
who was q chemist and lived IN 'aiiey
junction, committed suicide about TWO
4 years ago. Some years before ms
death he took out policy for $4,000
on his life in the Federal Life lnsur'
ance company of Davenport. This poi
icy, unlike most life Insurance poll
;cies, did not contain cause relleF'
ing the insurance company OF llablll'
rty in the event that the insured took
his own life. Later the Federal went
out of business and reinsured all ITS
business with me National The poll.
cies OF the National contain a suicide
clause. When Muller's administrator
made application for payment of the
policy, the insurance company refused
to pay, claiming that the insured had
violated the suicide clause. The ad.
iministratOr claimed that in reinsurlng
the business of the Federal, the Ma
tional had placed itself in the posi-
ton Of the Federal and was bound to
carry out all promises made to FEEDER
al policy holders, and sued. The court
held that by reinsurance the National
could not escape the liability OF the
Federal; that 1t assumed all promises
of the Federal, and ordered that judg-
ment be entered for the full amour:
Of the policy. ..s
The Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad company, through F. H. Reg
er OF Denver, has commenced suit to
secure title to lands in Sac county
valued at about 100000, having filed
It's claims with Registrar Howard Of
the government land Office in this city.
The railroad company claims title to
the lands through grant made to as.
sist In the building of the Cedar
Rapids & Missouri River railroad,
since acquired by the Northwestern.
When the Northwestern, or Cedar
Rapids road, was built in the early six
ties, it was given grant OF alternate
sections along the proposed line OF
road to assist in building the road.
It was provided tina. If the lands with
Ii the distance prescribed by the
grant we're not sufficient to fill out the
allotment that then the company
could 90 beyond the limits of the grant
Ind in the next nearest townships
AXE lands there to I'll out the allot-
ment. Prior to the making of this
grant the federal government conceded
certain lands to the state and the
state granted these lands. under the
swamp land act. to the counties for
Inc benefit of the permanent school
funds. It was provided in this grant
hat every tract of forty OF more
acres, so per cent of which was swamp
and, should go to the counties. Sac
county sold its grant to the Ameri
IAN Emigrant company and the lands
ii dispute and which had been claim
ed by the railroad were in this convey
ance. Later the American Emigrant
company sold the land to settlers. The
Northwestern road claims now that
the lands were not swamp lands
within the meaning OF the grant and
that therefore, could not be convey
ed and that its selection is prior to
the claim OF the present owners. The
lands are all located in the vicinity
of Wall Lake, in the south part Of
Sac county.
s. Governor Cummins has annOinted