The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-05
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines, June 2. le

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Governor Cummins has settled the /
controversy between Detective Eli
Hardin and J. S. Connolly of this city,
over the $500 reward offered by the
state for the apprehension and con-
yiction of the murderer Of DIR. B. NJ.
Failor of Newton, in favor of Detec-
tive Hardin. Detective Hardin 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 AMUSEMENT The reward was
offered under Governor Shaw's last
administration.
A Franklin county criminal case de-
Ided by the supreme court reversed
Judge Weaver on point of law G.
=. Jamison of the Farmers State bank
OF bows, who conducted stock buy
Ing business for several years, was in
dlcted with w. c. Crone, and employe,
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 evil
dence being that they had 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 the
indictment to be faulty in that it fall
ed to specific in accusing them OF
any acu1sI 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 has Just taken
the rare course of reversing q case
because of misconduct of counsel. The
case was that of Vernon Walch, ap-
pellee, VS.. The Union Central Life In
surance company, appellant. The ap-
peal is from the Cedar Rapids super
Tor court, T. M. Giberson, judge Max
were attorneys for appellant, and J.
w. Jamison and Will Smyth were at
torneys for the appellee, who was the
plaintiff in the trial court 1t is the
plaintiffs counsel that the supreme
court in this instance rebukes. The
action was one at law on policy of
insurance issued by the defendant
company upon the life of one Otis s.
Hogg. There was trial by jury
and verdict and judgment for plaintiff.
This is the second time the case has
been before the supreme court. In
the course of the trial below the plain
tiff's counsel, Mr.. Jamison, made a
number of remarks of a heated and
indignant nature, to which the defen-
dants counsel objected as misconduct
and asked that it be made part of
the record. 1t was made a part of the
record and much of the record is quot
ed In the supreme courts opinion
The supreme court has closed up an
other chapter in the long-standing
Wallace-Pierce controversy. 1t rem
dered decision in the action for libel
in the case entitled Henry Wallace,
appellee, VS.. the Homestead and Jas.
M. Pierce. appellant. The appeal was
from a decision of Judge S. F. Prouty'
in favor of Wallace. The supreme
court upholds the district courts de-
cision. which gave Wallace damages
to the amount OF $780, The Home
stead published several charges
against Wallace at the time the latter
was appointed as one of committee
of three to supervise an investigation
as to the efficacy of certain alleged
cures for hog cholera. October sth.
1897, and February 18th, 1898, there
were articles published to which Wal.
lace took exceptions. Wallace was re-
ferred to as a bride taker in the
course of the attacks made upon him.
The dates for the encampment of
che different regiments of the Iowa
National Guard have been fixed by Ad.
5utant General Byers. The places for
the camps have not yet been settled
upon. The first regiment to 20 into
camp will be the Forty-ninth, from
July to. IA, inclusive. The Fifty-frst
and F>ifty-second will be in camp the
same week, July II to %. inclusive.
The Fiftieth will be the last in camp.
from August 5 to IL, inclusive. The
place and date for the encampment
OF the First Signal company, Captain
G. t. Prime commanding, will be an.
nounced in subsequent orders.
Auditor of State Merriam has is.
sued his report covering the fire insur>
ance business done in Iowa during the
past year. The joint stock and mu-
tual fire insurance companies wrote
$311 .695,076 in risks and paid $2,652,-
7O7 in losses. The state and county
mutual insurance assessment associa-
tions wrote $91, 253,782 in risks and
paid $458,362 in losses. All kinds Of
companies paid SAIL, O69 in losses.
The insurance company fees paid dur
ing the year amounted to $48,2O7 and
the taxes to $194,074. Since and in
Guiding 1892 the insurance companies
have paid the state 1917, 4O4 in fees
and $1,398,627 in taxes. The sum Of
$2,161,614 was received by Iowa fire
companies in premiums; by all other
companies. $2,707,046; by other than
fire, $279,584; grand total $5,14S,246
There were 112 fire insurance, ten f.
deity, seven employers liability, four
plate glass, six hail, one steam boiler,
nine accident and two burglar insur.
anCe com panies doing husinasa In tha