Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-01-29
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
pes Moines. Jan. 90, IS

| A remarkable case was passed on
by the supreme court in that OF Par
sons VS.. Manser from Warren coun.
ty, in which the plaintiffs horses
were stung to death by defendants
bees and on judgment against Man
ser for the value of the --llled horses
the latter appealed. Parsons was a
medicine peddler and hitched his
| team to post near Manser's farm
house. There were two bee hives
near and three others in the yard.
The horses were stung and becoming
| frantic overturned some of the bee
| hives and when found were down and
covered with maddened bees. The
| defendants daughter tried to cut the
| horses loose and threw water on the
bees but had to flee for her own life
1t was contended that since the bee
hives were in plain sight of the road
| Parsons was guilty of contributory
negligence in tying his horses near
the bees; but the court holds he was
entitled to the free use of the road
and Manser had no right to harbor
| dangerous insects there. The conten.
ton that as bees are useful and in
fact domestic animals and not wild
ones, Is not considered sufficient to
excuse the owner of the bees The
court holds the owner of the bees
fully responsible.
Attorney General Mullan has rem
dered decision to State Auditor Car.
roll on the question of soldiers ex.
emption from taxation. An inquiry
had come from Bremen county as to
whether the exemption of $500 for all
ex-soldiers applies TO personal prop
erty as well as to real estate. Tho
attorney general points out that the
exemption is general and applies to
both kinds of property. and that it
Is the duty of the officials to deduct
from the taxable estate of a soldier
$500 from the aggregate of both per.
sonalty and realty where both are
owned by the same person. The ex.
emption does not apply where the
soldier has property for over $1,000.
The executive committee of the
Iowa State Horticultural society has
taken charge Of the experiment sta.
ton for the propagation of new varie-
! ties of fruit in Scott county long
maintained under the direction of the
late N. X. Fluke. The work being
done by Mr.. Fluke at this station was
regarded as so important that the SO.
ciety determined it should not be
stopped because of his death. He had
been experimenting for the produc.
ton OF Seeding apples and other
fruits for many years and had been
quite successful, but much of the
work planned was yet incomplete. II
has been arranged that for the pres.
ent the work will be done under the
supervision of Hon. Eugene Secor of
Forest City. member OF the Iowa
house and former president of the
association. This Is one OF a number
OF experiment stations in part sus
tanned by the state and under the d.
rection OF members of the Horticul
tural society.
A reu.silion has been made out in
the Office of Adjutant General Byers
and signed by Governor Cummins for
1900 Krag-Jorgenson rifles for the
Iowa National Guard. This requisi-
ton will be forwarded at once to
Washington, and it is hoped 1t will
be acted upon at once. Adjutant Gen.
eral Byers is now in Washinston. and
he has assured Major John ;. RNfNe
in his office that the ordinance bul
reau is prepared to deliver the arm,J
without delay. 1t is not impossible
General Byers will remain in Washing
ton until the requisition is honored.
The requisition also calls for bayonets.
belts and other accoutrements now in
use in the regular service, and for
100000 rounds of Krag-Jorgenson am.
munition. The Springfield rifles and
ammunition now on hand will be turn
ed in to the government later. Ad-
jutant General Byers Las already sue
ceeded in getting $4,000 of the claims
OF the state against the federal gov
eminent on account of Spanish-Ameri.
can war expenditures allowed There
Is still $4,000 coming to Iowa, and
3 special bill will be introduced in con-
gress to cover these Gains.
Governor Cummins has been re-
luested by the committee on ceremo-
MES of the Louisiana Purchase Elk.
position to send a regiment of Iowa
troops to St. Louis to take part in
I
80 OF this year. If he cannot send a
regiment, a smaller body will be ac.
ceptable. Quarters and subsistence
at st. Louis viii be furnished free.
but the state will have to bear the
cost of transportation and subsis-
tence en- route. IL the troops go, they
will be a part of the military In the
line of parade with the president and
| hic In t.. 20
forably inclined to the proposition,
but his action will depend on the con-
dition of the National Guard fund,
the governor and his stan VIII go to
Shiloh to the dedication of the Iowa
monuments.
There is practically no longer a
question that the next general assem-
bly, will be asked to make an appro-
priation of more money for the Louis
lana purchase exposition at st.
Louis. Probably 100000 more will
| be sought from Iowa. Just how the
matter will come up in the general
assembly is not known. The members
| OF the Iowa Louisiana purchase expo
sition commission will undoubtedly
not appear In 1t. They have indicated
from the start that their policy would
be to cut their garments according to
their cloth and make no, complaint to
the legislature because they were not
allowed more funds. But while the
commissioners are delicate about
stirring up such movement. there is
no doubt they feel the need OF an
increased appropriation and would be
glad to see the assembly allow $4,000
or 100000 more. abe action of the
live stock breeders in Newton the
past week in adopting resolutions
favoring an additional appropriation
is good evidence of the disposition in
many quarters to nave the state add
to the sl25,OO0 already appropriated.