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licenses week prior to the time that
the ceremony is to be performed. unit
Ing the parties in bonds Of matrimony.
This Is on the same theory that some re-
Ngious orders require banns to be pub
lished. It is the idea that IL the licenses
were published week before the mar
riage could occur. the parties to 1t would
learn more about each other, and II
reasons existed Of any character what
ever why the marriage should not take
place, they would probably come out in
time to save the mistake. Especially is
this true of physical defects. 1t is bare
ly possible that a measure to this eff
feet may be presented in the legislature
next winter by some of the members.
Historical Exhibit.
A large historical exhibit is being
arranged for this state at st. Louis ex-
position next year. BENJAMIN. F. Sham
baugh, of Iowa City, is working out the
details of the scheme. He would have
an exhibit of the works of Iowa authors
at st. Louis. and would print pamphlet
giving information along this line. The
literary history of the state never has
been paid much attention, and Prof.
Shambaugh believes that this is the time
for it. The matter has been presented
to Thomas Updegraff, who has the his
torical exhibit in charge
At Peace with the World.
w. S. Stone, of Eldon, who was elect
ed to the head of the Order of Locomo-
tive Engineers of this country, has been
In Des Moines the past week, and an
nounced while here that the brother
hood at whose head he took the place
Of Chief P. NJ. Arthur, is at peace with
the world. He has settled three dis
putes, and none are now in existence.
He believes that there will be no
trouble next year between the railroad
trainmen and the railroads. Mr.. Stone
has not yet had time to remove his res
idence from Iowa to Cleveland, o., which
the law of the order at whose head he is,
requires that he have his permanent
headquarters. He will remove within
q short time. however.
Condition of Labor,
George A. Traylor, Of Washington, D.
c., has been commissioned by the de-
partment of commerce Of the federal
government to investigate and report
on the conditions Of labor in the state of
Iowa between the years 1890 and 1903.
Wages and hours of employment will
be the subjects on which he will report.
The number of skilled and unskilled
men employed will be shown by his re-
port The report of the state labor
commissioner, which is confined to the
organized labor, almost exclusively, has
been made public. Equal advances are
thought to have been made by the I'M
organized branch.
Colored Colonies.
Colonies of colored people scattered
over Iowa is a possibility, as an effort
to solve the southern race problem.
The scheme was preached at the recent
meeting of the African M. e. church con-
ference in this city. Bishop Grant
stated to the conference that he had
been requested by many southern peo-
pie to establish a northwestern en-
ployment bureau which could COLOMBO
southern heroes in the north. He said
that in all probability he would do this.
and would establish some Of the colon
les in this state. Employment at living
wages and a chance for the education
OF their children actuated the southern
men to make the appeal to him. No Ge-
tails have been made with reference to
the matter, but Bishop Grant said that
the state of Iowa is an attractive point
for colored people because of the fer
ulity Of Its soil and its high grade of
morality.
Want investigation.
The heirs Of the Mott Watson estate,
Of Jackson county, have appealed to the
supreme court to investigate the show
Ing made by the administrators or ex-
ecutors. These officers reported that
there was $217, 900 of the estate left for
distribution among the heirs. The heirs
claimed there was nearer $500 600. The
heirs claimed that undue influence had
been used to obtain from them certain
receipts, etc. The lower court over
ruled the exceptions made by the heirs
TO the reports of the administrator or
executors, and the heirs appealed. The
case Travelled through the supreme
court once before because of a contro-
versy as to whether a natural son
should be given part of the estate.
Soil Study.
The department Of soil physics at the
Iowa state agricultural college has Just
been opened up. 1t is in charge OF
Prof. w. H. Stevenson, of Illinois re-
Gently. The laboratory has about SO 00O
worth of apparatus in 1t. About Ion
students can be accommodated in the
drst course. 1t is proposed to teach
them the physical properties of the soil
and Its needs in the way of fertilization
The idea is to inform the students az
to the way in which to make the most
productive soils in actual farming.
LEON BROWN.
| Monument Unveiled.
The ceremonies in connection with the
unwilling of the monument erected n
honor Of the revolutionary soldier
Charles Shepherd, were held at Mount
Pleasant. Mr.. Shepherd was born ~