The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-07
BANKS ARE PROSPEROUS
Report of the Auditor of Iowa Shows
That Deposits Have Greatly
Increased Since June.
NO TIGH1AEss IN The MONEY MARKET.
Law Concerning Sending Inebriates
to Insane Hospitals to BE Tested
Rights of Arrested Persons Pro-
Acknowledgements Tax Case-Other
Notes of General Interest.
Especial Correspondence,1

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 $s30,000 more deposits in
them on that date than on June is,
previous. This is extremely crafty
ing to the state department in view of
the fear that the statements would
show a depletion of deposits. 1t is
regarded as a 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 serious extent.
The banks, also, have $5,0OO,0O0 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.
Will Test the Law.
The state officials have petiticned
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. 1t has
been attacked on the ground that it is
unconstitutional, in that if person
is insane he must be tried and com
United to the insane hospital by the
county insane commission and not by
the district court; and if he is sane
and inebriety is 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 a 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. Jhe-corn is large in guam
dity, but the quality is extremely bad.
Most of it, in fact, is 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 numberat this
time than they have been in any ofthe
recent years. He believes that the dis
ease has run it's length in this state
and will continue so to believe unless
a 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
board feels that there is almost an
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
rested persons, against their will, and
use the evidence thus obtained to Sc
cure conviction. The case was that
of the state against Fred Taught,
from Linn county. Haught's person
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
new trial, excluding the evidence On
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
most serious innovation in the Grim
tnal law practice.
Conflicts with Uncle Sam.
Warren county, in this state is in
controversy with the United States
government. One of its consta bles
has arrested the regular army officer
in charge of the construction of the
Des Moines army post, which is To-
Gated in Warren county. The officer
is charged with contempt OF the War
rem county district court. This court
issued an injunction to restrain the
army officer from constructing
sewer on'a right of way owned by the
government to river south of the
post. The officer paid no attent ion to
the injunction and proceeded to con-
struct the sewer. A constable tried to
arrest him on the post grounds and
was thrown off because the govern
ment, and not the state, hac jurisdic-
ton there, but he waited just outside
and there arrested the officer.
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