Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-20

TRACES OF THE FIRE NOTED
Appearance Of the Supreme Court
Rooms Is Quite UnIikeThat Of For-
mer Years-Garrison School to Be
Conducted at Fort Des Moines This
Winter-capital Gossip.
,ecial to Times-Republican.

Special to TfrneS-RepuDncan.
Des Moines, Sept. 20.-The Septem-
ber term of the state supreme court
opened today with large attendance of
the lawyers. The supreme court rooms
have an appearance quite unlike that
of former years. The water from the
upper portions of the building at the
time of the fire of January last ruined
all the decorations, and now the walls
have been finished off in plain brown
coat to remain SO until the final decor
alton by Artist Garnsey who has the
contract for the entire state capitol
decoration. The green carpet has also
for fifteen years and was much worn.
Then the water did the rest and the
carpet, long noted as the finest carpet
in the state house, was ready to be
cut up into rugs. So the court
as 1t opened today was in a strange
place. The term will be a difficult
one. There is an unusual number of
appeal cases on hand. In the first di-
vision, which runs thru September
there are sixty cases noted for oral ar
gument, larger number than at other
sessions. This demand for oral argu-
ments is because of the change in the
rules so that lawyers feel an oral argu-
ment is worth more to them than
under the old system. The law class
will not be called until the october di-
vision of the court, so that candidates
for the examination have until October
s to get their applications on file.
An interesting case before the court
is that which comes up on the appeal
of Michael Conroy. of Clinton, one of
the Burrier gang of thieves engaged in
the Clinton robberies. 1t was in the
investigation of this gang that the
sensational connection of Dennison
with the Shercliffe case came out. The
Burrier gang was one of the worst that
was ever located in Omaha. The testi-
mony as published in this case would
make foundation for novel. Bur-
rier's confession, as related on the
trial, shows that the whole gang was
as deliberate and cool in it's planning
of all sorts of crime as it would be
possible for men to be.
A novelty in military affairs will be
the garrison school at Fort Des Moines
to be conducted by one of the cavalry
officers the coming winter. This is a
new thing in the army ard especially
new in Iowa. Some time ago the sec
retary of war sought to secure guard
officers to attend this school as well
as regulars, and just one Iowa officer
asked to go to the school. This is
Captain Jerome B. Frisbee, of Sheldon,
who is already a fine officer. Frisbee
is a graduate of Ames and was leu
tenant colonel of cadets when he fin
ished the college. He served in the war
for Cuba and was afterwards in the
Colorado national guard, holding a
commission at the time Of the Lead
vile riots. He has been captain Of
the Sheldon company two years. The
school is unique. The persons attend
ing must devote their entire time to
study and work and have no time for
anything else. If successful in "gradu-
ating" from the garrison school the
guard officer gets his name on an
eligible list where he may be called for
service under certain conditions. 1t is
anticipated that in another year sew
eral will take the school course.
Governor Cummins will never allow
the Shiloh commission to have it's own
way in regard to the inscriptions on
the monuments for the Fifteenth and
Sixteenth regiments. 1t is believed by
the survivors of the regiments that the
real trouble is that the Shiloh national
commission having once decided that
these two regiments were not on the
battlefield before 10 o'clock simply re-
fuses to be open to reason in the mat
ter, hence the commission will not re-
verse itself But if the secretary OF
war and the president oyerturn the
commission there will be no complaint
The case will be carried to the court
of last resort-the president There
may be something even after that.
The state executive council discover
ed another of the numerous contradlc-
tions in the code of Iowa, this time In
relation to the pay Of deputies and as
to the state veterinarian. The
law apparently contradicts itself, pro-
viding SIS a day at one place and "
day in another.