Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-30
YIELDS TO LAW STUDENTS
Supreme Court Cuts On. Common School
Examinations at the University.
PASS ON IOWA SAFETY COUPLER LAW
IOunE Woman Is BrutalIy Beaten and
Robbed on the streets Of Des
Moines Accept New
Buildings.
From a stan correspondent

ttrom a stan CorrespondentD
DIES MONIES. Jan. 2s.-CspecialeSome
time ago the students in the law depart
ment at the State university made the dis
covery that some OF them would have to
submit to examinations in high school
branches Of study before being allowed TO
take the regular law examinations. This
is in accordance with a general rule Of
the supreme court adopted two years ago,
which requires a showing in general edu-
cation before even a graduate OF a law
school may 60 before the State Examining
board for examination. The students at
Iowa City complained of this as a hard
ship and said they should not be under
the necessity OF making a show Of general
education. Today the Iowa supreme court,
/ yielding to the pressure from the students
Of the State university, added among the
exceptions, which include possession of a
high school certificate or college diploma,
that applicants may be excused from this
examination where they hold a certificate
from the president Of the State university
that they have previously shown compe-
tency in these ordinary branches Of learn
ing, or a certificate from any college where
a liberal arts course is taught. This will
relieve all the students at the university
Law school Of the necessity Of passing the
preliminary examination. The require
ments have been steadily pushed up until
now 1t is very difficult to. secure admission
to the bar in Iowa. The court also fixed
dates for the examinations. Two will be
held in the state capitol every year.,one on
the first Tuesday OF October and one on the
hrst Tuesday before the first Thursday in
June each year; also one at Iowa City
at commencement time for the university.
Iowa's safety Coupler Law.
The supreme court OF Iowa today for
the first time decided that the laws relat-
ing TO equipping cars with safety c~ouplers
for the benefit of the employees Of the COM
panies does not apply to engines and
tenders. In Cedar Rapids an injury oc-
CURED to a railroad employe because Of
making a coupling with the engine and It
was pleaded that the company was negli-
gent in failing to place a safety coupler
on the engine as well as on the cars. The
court construed the laws as all taken to-
gether and finds that the legislative intent
was not to require the engines to be equip
ped with the safety couplers. This being
the case the injured employe assumed the
risks incident to work with an engine not
equipped with safety couplers. The case was
! sent back for a new trial on this ground.
Courts Decisions.
The following are the court decisions
filed today:
T. T. Saunders. appellant, against Mary J.
tSarf on isnd munS,asSdu agd Mneeser' con-
ion by Bishop.
Harry Brice against Burlington, Cedar
ids superior court; Judge Rothrock; per
: sonal injury; reversed. by Sherwin.
H A1oiP Gnion b eoShty ap93e adRe T Tsafos5 E rea
demption of land; reversed, by Ladd.
Judge Kelley; reversed. by McClain.
E. c. Rowell, appellant. against John c.
ing Cities; afirmed,' by Bfeemer. E"s''
Roberts & Kenning. appellant, against, G..
Brothers' Pocahontas county; Judge
Quarton; affirmed, by Weaver.
Brutal Robbery of a Woman
Two unidentified men brutally assaulted
Miss Anna Nelson late last night in an
effort to rob her. She had to go some dis
lance to reach a street car and two men
followed her. She allowed them to pass
her, when they lay in wait for her, and
before she could resist had seized her,
with evident intent to commit robbery
and had beaten her into insensibility She
aroused herself and saw them fleeing, but
fell back into an old cellarway near East
Sixth street and Court avenue and lay
there until very cold before she was able
to crawl to a house nearby and make
known her condition. She was taken home
by friends and cared Tor, but the high
waymen have not been arrested.
Mystery in n Death.
N. T. Nelson Of Hot Springs, Ark, is
being held here by the police on account
OF the somewhat mysterious death OF Dor
ris Noble, an abandoned woman. whose
husband lives in Houston. Tex. She had
received wounds at a house Of ill-fame
and was taken to a hospital, where later
she died. She was married to Ralph
Roach in osceola, Ia, and she declared
he was in Texas. Her parents and rela-
tives have not yet been located. Nelson is
known to have been with her and he is
being held to explain the mystery of her
death.
Accept New state Buildings.
The State Board Of Control will go to
Marshalltown tomorrow to accept the new
buildings for the state just erected at the
State Soldiers home. These include a
magnificent new chapel, or amusement
hall. in which all the members Of the home
may be gathered al once, additions to the
hospital more than doubling its capacity;
a new cottage for the use OF the female
nurses, which will still further add to the
hospital capacity; a new refrigerating
plant; additions to the kitchen and laun-
dry and other permanent improvements.
The buildings at the State Orphans home
at Davenport have just been accepted from
the contractors.
VIII Garry n Kodak.
State superintendent Barrett will take
a kodak along on his trip through the
state visiting rural schools and will take
pictures OF the buildings and grounds Of
country schools in all parts Of the state.
II he secures good exposures he will have
pictures prepared for illustrating his bien-
NAL report and thus be able TO place be-
fore the people an article showing ex-
actly the condition Of the rural schools
! OF the state. Mr.. Barrett has planned for
a most extensive visitation Of rural schools,
something not before attempted by any
2 state superintendent, and will embody his
observations in his report with suggestions
as 10 Improvements.
New Iowa Corporations.
I The secretary Of state today received
notice Of an increase Of the capital stock
: OF the South Muscatine Lumber company
from SIS. 900 10 $500. 600, also the following
!, original Incorporation papers: Short Line
+. Telenhone comDany Of McCallsbuFg. can