Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-10-23
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IS. Aleines, Oct. e. 1909.

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Dies Aleines, Oct. 80. lo0a
All Des Moines Is looking forward
10 md anxiously awaiting the coming
Of the peerless soprano Melhs and her
great concert company, who appear
here In the Auditorium ON the evening
OF November 10TH This - her 6rst
and only. appearance In the state. and
the event IL looked forward to % the
most Important musical event In the
history Of the state. The price OF
tickets has been placed ct from 800
to $3.50. Chas. Johnson, secretary OF
the Y. NJ. 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 sxecu-
tive council has Just completed the
footlngs of the expense ACCOUNTS OF
the various state Offices and depart
ments for the biennial period closed
July last. These ..ems include an
expenses Of every kind, including
salaries and supplies. Some Of the
leading items Of expense, are: En-
ecutive department, $31.265. 49, lecre-
tary Of state, $54,102.34: auditor, $Aa,-
1882; treasurer, $22. 562. 66: attorney
general SIT .40s.69. board Of control,
S57,1s0.21; clerk OF supreme court
S15.61e.37; adjutant generals depart.
ment, S11,2S7; superintendent Of pub
lie instruction, S32.SS9; custodian OF
state capitol and grounds. ,@62.l10:
ral4road commissioners, $36,S79; su-
preme court. $55.957: Twenty R:7th
general assembly, $151,579.
Books, including some rare and val
liable works. have just heen ordered
by the state library board for the
state library, the law library Aad the
state historical department IN all
costing about $4,000. Among the val.
liable books purchased was q complete
set of Hansards' parliamentary de-
bates. These books are to the English
parliamentary proceedings what the
Congressional Record Is to Legislative
proceedings Of the United States. Han
sards' contains the English p,rlimen-
tary proceedings from early Id the sew
enteenth century. It Is the first com
plete set which State Librarian John
son Brigham has seen offered for sale
for some time. It contains 400 vol
umes and the cost is 5000. The board
also subscribed for the Victorian his
tory Of Wales by counties This is
supplementary to the Victorian his
tory Of England by coun+ies. yand when
completed will cost $4,000. making
one. of the most expensive works in
DR.. J. W. Cronord. the sanitariun
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 gu
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 Han
mond and Crofford for the perform
ance of q criminal operation on the
Young lady at the sanitarium. Crof
ford has been ont 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
revos ed on his conviction. The case
has attracted much attention, be
cause the defendant Is wealthy and
put up hard fight a1d his sanitarium
had become well known all over the
southern part Of the state. 4,
Attorneys for William Lucas, accus
ed. and convicted OF murder at Clar.
linda, argued for the liberty Of the
liberty of their client before the JUS
tees Of the supreme court. Attorney
General Mullan prosecuted. The story
of the brutal crime Of which Lucas
was convicted was retold in all 'offits
nauseating details. It occurred near
Clarinda, May Is. 1902. Section men
on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy,
entered a little shanty beside the track
and found within the body Of Miss
Emma Moore, a 19.year-old girl, cold
and stiff in death. In her hand was
q revolver and bullet had penetrated
her breast. The sheriff examined the
revolver and swore there were no ur'
loaded shells in the chambers. The
testimony showed that Lucas had been
seen with Miss Moore that evening
and admitted having left the shanty
in which her body was found In the !
morning. The testimony showed the
two had had .quarrels. Lucas defense
was that the woman had committed
suicide. The trial of the case awaken 4
ed intense interest and finally cu|'
minated in the conviction Of Lucas
The appeal was made on the basis NJ
Of insuf1ciency Of the evidence to con, 4: Z
vict.
h The five judges Of the Iowa gu
preme court will hear the story OF
how Nose Jacobs for twenty-five
years cried the sensational news +
stories in Des Moines to earn q Tor
tune, and viii then decide II he u
entitled to his harvest or IL II shah
90 to his father, who clAims 10 be
entitled to 1t through his wife's will: n
A notice Of appeal in the case o. /
Nose Jacobs VS.. Charles and Mary n
Jacobs has been fled with the CLERK z
OF the district court, that court hav.
ing decided that Nose was entities 4
to have restored to him 10000 Of tne Il
money which he had turned over %
his mother, Le"h Jacobs, now de' @
ceased, who buried It In the cellar X
where "a large share Of II remained 4
until dug up by the father. "
Casey shure, they do be telAn