Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-02-12
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. Feb. 0. 1904.

Hansen. There were two cases h
which Lewis and B. s. Russ were ap-
pellants and In which Thomas ]. Han
sen, s. r. Thompson, Albert Kopesky
and the Iowa Loan and Trust company
were appellees. Russ lived in Chica-
go and G.. l.. Lund, the big Algona
broker and land agent, got nearly
100000 from him by fraud. Lun6
was agent for Russ and got money on
forged mortgages which he carried
Tor years. When Lund died suddenly
in July, 1896. just as he was confront
ed with a warrant for his arrest, a
tract OF land had been sold by Lund
for Russ and the money turned over.
Suit was brought to cancel the con.
veyance. The loan and trust company
and Kopesky were interested. The
court holds that Lund was in fact act
ing as agent for Russ and that the
conveyance must stand. Russ must
either return the money or deed over
the land-he cannot hold both. There
was only $4,000 involved in this case,
but the principle disposes of vast
amount of litigation following the
Lund failure.
A Polk county grand jury has re-
turned indictments against M. e.
Payton and James Payton, charging
them with keeping gambling houses.
THESE men are supposed to be the pro-
pr1etors OF the gambling house at
3192 West Fifth street, raided by d.
rection OF Justice Duncan a week ago.
Both were arrested and gave bonds.
This Is the first of batch of gam
bling house indictments it is expected
tie jury will return. Witnesses were
examined as to number of places
other than the one it is charged the
Paytons kept, but no testimony was
adduced sufficient to warrant an In
dictment. The names of a large num-
Der Of witnesses were produced, how.
ever, and subpoenas issued for them.
The probabilities are the joint con-
ference of coal operators and coal
miners to fix the scale for mining in
the state for the year commencing
April !, 1903, will be called next week
to meet in Des Moines March 6. The
United Mine Workers will in all likeh.
hood hold a delegate meeting in Des
Moines week caller to determine up
on the demands to be made for the
ensuing yCdis liz CApCSIdIIOu 10 lnoS
an increase OF 10 cents in the price of
mining and of a corresponding In
crease for all mine workers other than
miners will be made.
The probabilities are that John
Walker, charged with Harris Levich
in an indictment returned last fall
with the murder of Isaac Finkelstein
on the night of August 5, will be dis
charged from custody this week. Walk
er has been in Jail since the murder
and the state. despite the fact &C
failed to convict Levich, has insisted
On holding him, more with the expec'
tation 1t would disclose new evidence
against him than in the hopes that II
would convict on the testimony used
in the Levich case and which was ad,
mittedly stronger against Levich than
against Walker. J. B. Rush, attorney
for Walker, has brought the case to
the attention of Judge Given and asked
that it be assigned. Judge Given stat.
ed that he would call the case for as.
signment and that unless a showing
Is made, would refuse a further con.
tinuance and set it down for the fol-
lowing week.
Complaints are coming in to ths
office of State Dairy Commissioner
Wright from heads of families in diff.
ferent parts of this city that children
are being made sick by milk. Several
samples of milk have been brought to
the Office of the commissioner fer
analysis, but thus far none ef the
samples examined have disclosed the
presence of any poisonous substance
used as a preservative. Further anaE
ysis Of samples will be made, how
ever President F. w. Cherry, of the
Des Moines Southern Railroad COM
pany, brought in a sample of milk
substance. His child. who had par.
taken of it, suffered from a sore mouth
and was otherwise indisposed. This
sample will be analysed.
The interurban company has COM
pleted its first survey into Newton.
The line crosses the Rock Island at
Colfax and runs two miles south in
the direction of Sewers, about three
miles south of Metz and continues
due east until it strikes an old railroad
grade five miles southwest of Newton.
This grade is followed into Newton.
The probabilities are that within the
year plant will be put in in Des
Moines for the manufacture Of cement
for building, concreting etc. Tests
of chalk stone and lime rock deposits
found in the vicinity Of the city are
now in progress to determine the quail
ity of cement that can be made from
them. So far the experiments have
been satisfactory, but it is desired to
prosecute them still further before
making any considerable investment.
The deposits from which it is proposed
to make the cement are found along
the river north of the city in large
quantities. The strata outcrops along
the river bluffs and can be mined by
drifting, and at small expense. s. G.
Lee, of the S. C. Lee Lumber company
and the Iowa Brick company, is cred
tied with having discovered the quail
ties of the material. The movement
mas been started because of the for
nation of combine by cement man
ufacturers at other points to shove up
and govern the price of cement. Local
builders, paving contractors and brick
manufacturers are interested in the
project, and have taken the matter up
as a measure of self protection to the
industries they have established.
The United States government
contemplates holding public road
improvement convention in Des
Moines soon and has written to Pres
ident D. B. Lyons of the Commercial
Exchange about 1t. President Lyons
in reply to the letter to which he re-
ceived at once wrote, inviting rep
resentative of the national department
interested in this subject to visit Des