Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-21

operate with the association IN making
a creditable exhibit at st. Louis, but all
who have considered the subject admit
that one Of the most difficult things to
handle is q creamery exhibit.
Two judges OF the district court here
are expected to pass on the inebriacy
law in a few days. Some time along
last spring application was made to
Judge Deemer for writ OF habeas cor
pus on behalf of a person sent up for
inebriacy, and he turned 1t over to
Judge McVey. of the district court
Judge McVey obtained arguments from
the county attorney snd attorney gem
eral and has been thinking about 1t ever
since. The other day application was
made to Judge Bishop. of the supreme
court. for another habeas corpus writ
and he sent 1t to ex-Chief Justice Given
now on the district bench. The case
haS,.saen argued to Judge Given. Now
Judges Mcyey and Given i'll render q
joint decision on the .aw. 1t is the gem
eral expectation that they will decide
the law to be unconstitutional in that
it provides for depriying men of their
liberty without due process OF law. II
is SO nearly penal statute that the
courts are likely to hold that it is ille-
gal. Judge Roberts, in the southern
part of the state. upheld the law long
ago. but the case has not yet reached
the supreme court.
At the Home for the Aged in this
city there will be celebrated tomorrow
the Tooth birthday of Mrs. Abbie Lou
isa Beaumont, one of the Oldest persons
resident in Iowa. Mrs. Beaumont was
born on Jan. %, 1903, in Sag Harbor, n
Y, her father being .a sea captain. Mrs
Beaumont is a woman of more than
ordinary ability. having been a writer
for papers and magazines. Mrs. Beau
mont is in good health and constantly
busies herself with fancy work. gener-
ally engaging in making flowers. She
is talkative and her memory Is fairly
good. Her hearing is slightly deficient
but she works without glasses. She
recalls sesing General Lafayette on his
tour of the states. and can recall many
incidents in connection with the war OF
1872. Mrs. Beaumont some time ago
had a peculiar experience In that she
became convinced she had made Won
derful discovery impaired to her In a
vision. She had discovered a method OF
heating by saturating loose soil with OIL
and burning it. She has 4 daughter ~
years old living in Oklahoma and an
other daughter in Illinois 56 years old.
She has been living for several years at
the Home for the Aged in this city, and
on the occasion OF her birthday 1t will
be an occasion for a celebration anc
| "open house" to all ;.er friends.
There is great surprise manifested
among the mutual insurance men OF the
state over the recent ruling of the at
torney general to the effect that under
the Iowa laws the mutuals have no
right to collect contingent fee at the
time a policy is taken out. III tms
stands as the law the mutual business
will have to be reorgaEized. The repre-
sentatiyes of the mutuals held meet
ing here and appointed committee
consisting of A. G.. Parker, Des Moines;
w. N. Birdsall. Waterloo. and w. r.
Johnson, Ida Grove, 20 present the mat
ter to the attorney general and the In
surance department aId try to secure q
reversal Of the rulinf. The committee
has been assured that no action VIII be
taken by the insurance department un-
til after it is again presented to the
attorney general.
A test case has been appealed to the
supreme court in the matter OF costs
of insanity hearings involving the right
OF the counties to collect from the es-
tates of insane persons all costs CON
nected with the proceedings, ihcludine
transportation of the insane patent te
the state hospitals. In many counties
OF the state but little effort mas peeh
made to collect from the insane per-
sons of their estates or relatives inc
ccst of transportation and the INSANITY
board fees, but in some countles' IN
cluding Scott county, this mas always
been done. Now a case has been made
to test the right of the county to 40 THIS
in view of the fact that the law Is
rather indefinite.
Numerous complaints have been COM
ling to state officials rs to the imperfec-
| fion ~ some of the manuals which have