Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-29
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. Oct. "a. 1908.


great concert company, who appear
here in the Auditorium on the evening
of November 10th. This is her first
and only appearance In the state, and
the event is looked forward to as the
most important musical event in the
history OF the state The price OF
tickets has been placed at from s1.00
to $3.50 Chas. Johnson, secretary Of
the Y. M. c. A.. has charge of the
ticket arrangements. An open rate Of
fare and one-third has been secured
On all railroads. good to return on the
18th.
The secretary OF the state execu.
tive council has just completed the
footings Of the expense accounts OF
the various state ofices and depart.
ments FOR the biennial period closed
July l last. These items include all
expenses OF every kind, including
salaries and supplies Some OF the
leading items Of expense are: Ex.
ecutive department, 81, 1856; score.
tary of state, $5<,102.34; auditor, y4s,.
1899: treasurer, 322, 562.66; attorney
SohCt&t vi'sfvo.Uv, oVdIu Vi COutEOfy
ISL. 1927; clerk OF supreme court,
$l6.6lS.s7: adjutant generals depart.
ment. S11.2S7; superintendent OF pub
lie instruction. $s2,SS9; custodian OF
state capitol and grounds. $50, lilo;
ranroad commissioners, $36,379; SUI
preme court. $55,957; Twenty-ninth
general assembly. si51,57s.
Books, including some fare and val.
nable works. have just been ordered
by the state library board for the
state library. the law library and the
state historical department. in all
costing about $4,000 Among the val
liable books purchased was a complete
set OF Hsnsards' parliamentary de-
bates. These books are to the English
parliamentary proceedings what the
Congressional Record Is to legislative
proceedings of the United States. Har-
sards' contains the English parlimeh.
Try proceedings from early in the sew
enteenth century. 1t Is the first com
plete set which State Librarian John
son Brigham has seen offered for sale
for some time. 1t contains 400 vol.
umes and the cost is 5000 The board
also subscribed for the Victorian his
tory of Wales by counties. This IL
supplementary to the Victorian HIS
tory of England by counties. and when
completed win cost $4,000. making
one OF the most expensive works In
Dr. J. w. Crofford. the sanitarium
manager at Lamont sentenced to
twenty years in the penitentiary on
conviction OF murder in the second de-
gree for the death of Miss Maud Stone,
has secured new trial from the SUI
preme court The chief ground of re.
versal is that one Of the jurors had
expressed such an opinion In regard
to the guilt of the defendant that he
should have been excluded from the
Jury. There was also error IN admit.
ting letters written by Miss Stone to
Ira Hammond several months before
the alleged collision between Ham.
mond and Crofford for the perform.
ance OF a criminal operation on the
young lady at the sanitarium. Croft.
ford has been out on bail pending the
appeal TO the supreme court and en-
gagged in practice. though the state
board OF medical examiners refused To
restore to him his certificate that was
revoked on his conviction. The case
has attracted much attention. be-
cause the defendant Is wealthy and
put up hard fight and his sanitarium
had become well known all over tho
southern part OF the state.
as......x,. f.,, yyititnr, Tu~as ncrux
cd and convicted Of murder at Ciar-
india. argued for !, the liberty OF the
liberty Of their client before the jus.
tees Of the supreme court. Attorney
General Muilan prosecuted. The story
Of the brutal crime OF which Lucas
was convicted was retold In all OF its
nauseating details. 1t occurred :1eaI
| Ciarinda. May Is. 1902. Section neu
on the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy
entered little shanty beside the track
| and found within the body OF Miss
| Emma Moore. l9.year-old girl. cold
and stiff In death In her hand was
q revolver and bullet had penetrated
| her breast The sheriff examined tbs
! revolver and sworo there were no un
! loaded shells In the chambers. The
| testimony showed that Lucas had been
| ieen with Miss Moore that evening
snd admitted having left the shanty
in which her body was found In the
morning. The testimony showed tbs
two had had quarrels. Lucas defense
was that the woman had committed
suicide. The trial of the case awaken
I ed intense interest and finally cul
minated In the conviction of Lucas
| The appeal was made on the basis
OF insufIicency OF the evidence to con
| vict.
| The fve judges OF the Iowa su
| preme court win hear the story o.
how Nose Jacobs for twenty-five
years cried the sensational news
| stories in Des Moines to earn for
| tune, and will then decide II he Il
| entitled to his harvest or II II shall
| 20 to his father. who claims to b.
| entitled to IL through his wife's will
| A notice of appeal in the case o.
| Nose Jacobs VS.. Charles and Mar,
| Jacobs has been filed with the clerl
I of the district court, that court hav
| ing decided that Nose was entitled
10 have restored to him $4,000 of tn,
money which he had turned over L
his mother, Leah Jacobs. now de
ceased. who buried It in the cellar
where large share OF It remained
until dug up by the father
Casey they do be tellin
me that Big Moike Monohan wo
knocked down be an autymobile, yis
terday: wor there any bones broke,
| dunno?" Conley-"Troth, an Their,
wor; tn owner av tn divil-wagon go
his nose broke, tn chawfer got hi
jaw broke. an Big Moike broke tn