Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-09-05
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Dee Noines. Sept. 4. 10


Determined to crush the efforts q
organized labor TO make the recent
strike against the Iowa Telephone
company effective. and smarting over
recent reversals in the state court. the
Illinois trust and SAVINGS bank OF
Chicago. mortgage Of the telephone
company, has gone into the highest
tribunal. with one exception, IN the
United States, and secured writ OF
injunction of the widest possible scope
and granting every request made ~
the Iowa Telephone company IN the
Polk county district court in the appli.
cation reviewed by Judges McVey and
McHenry some time ago. Judge wal.
ter ri. Sanborn OF the circuit court OF
appeals, sitting at st. Paul, court,
| which, in jurisdiction, is next to the
United States supreme court, has
granted temporary order restraining
S. K. Minton and others from interior
ing, molesting. or in any way menac'
ing the operations of the Iowa Tele-
phone company IN the southern dis
trict of Iowa. The action Of the tele-
phone company came as a surprise to
the representatives of organized labor
whose first intimation of restraining
order came through reporter. 1t is
not known at his time just what &C.
lion VII, be taken. The action of
Judge Sanborn however. is freely criti-
cised in that it is charged he is prac.
ticaliy extending hand into fore N
territory to assist corporation.
Attorney General Mullan, in re.
IN irr vi as
given an opinion that the abstracts
which it is required. must be filed with
town plats and additions must also be
placed on record to complete the trans
action according to the new law. The
question came up in reference to the
recording of an abstract of title to
land where the new town of Glasgow
is plated in Blackhawk county.
A steady decline in the number OF
corvicts at Anamosa prison Is shown
by the annual report of Warden Hun.
Ter for the year ending June 30, 1902.
which has been filed with the board OF
control. Since July /, 1898, Warden
Hunter says, there las been steady
decrease in the number Of convicts.
This decline was heaviest in 1899.
July l, 1898, there were but 626 pris-
oners. June go, 1902, there were but
ALP. June 80. 1901, there were 442.
In the year there were 2O2 prisoners
received and 23S discharged. OF the
total Az in prison June 80, 1902, 365
males were state prisoners and seven
United States prisoners. There were
20 female prisoners. Four prisoners
OF those received the past year are
| under death sentence. Of the 208 re-
ceived, 10 are addicted to liquor,
Woodbury. county mas furnished the
largest share of the 2US sent to Ana.
mosa IN the past year, there being 29
from that county. A table is present
ed, showing the number of new prison.
ers received at the prison since 1873
In that year there were SO, while in re-
cent years the number runs from 200
to $50. There were Al paroles in the
year, and but one was returned for
violation of the parole. One gave him
self up. and was received back at his
own request. Warden Hunter again
expresses his belief a parole law and
indcterminate sentence measure
should be enacted. There were no es.
capes or attempted escapes in the
year. The value of the labor put into
various articles manufactured at the
prison in the year, estimated on the
basis Of the values of free labor, was
$72,521.29.