Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-12-30
NOTES FROM THE CAPITA
Des Moines, Dee. -, 1904.

Des Moines, Dee. -, 1904.
The Richards and Baird cases are
,ocketed for submission to the IA.
irene court Mt the session Of the
.surt which will convene January 10,
Clerk Crockett has issued the dock.
ITS. In their order the cases begin
With No. 65. There are three Of them,
FIRST, that of the state against w. A.
Richards; second, that against Frank
Baird, and the third, that against w.
4. Richards and Bert Richards, the
defendants in each case being the
appellant.
In the case Of Martin against the
sity of Oskaloosa, involving the valid.
ty Of assessments for public improve
nents made in accordance with the
statute, but without the intermedia-
ion of a city ordinance. Mccoy h
Mccoy, L. c. Bolton, Read & Read and
City Solicitor Bremner Of Des Moines
will appear to make additional argu-
nent on rehearing.
The e. s. Blydenburgh case is No.
.24 in the second period on the docket
md will be submitted at the sitting
beginning with February Z,
The petition for rehearing flied by
Me attorneys for Louis Busse to keep
him from hanging has been" set down
Tor hearing at the opening of the third
sitting Of the court, March Z.
Governor Cummins has appointed
I. S. Goss of Atlantic member Of the
,tate pharmacy commission to sue
eeed Fletcher Howard at the expira-
ion of the latters term, April %. Mr..
Eoss has been a. staunch democrat
,Or many years. He was candidate
Tor the appointment when Governor
Cummins first took office, to succeed
Mr.. Howard, who had been in the Of
ice for some years. 1t is understood
Mat his selection is eminently salts.
factory to democrats of all kinds.
Governor Cummins has received an
official invitation to attend the cere-
nonial of Inauguration of President
Roosevelt In Washington, d. c.,
March 4, next. He will accept the In
vitation on behalf of himself and the
members Of his staff, who will ac-
company him, not to exceed twenty
ave officers. In the invita- ton he Is
asked to take with him as many of tho
members of the state guard as desir-
ed, within the limit of brigade. This
number, it is stated, arrangements had
been made to accommodate. 1t was
decided, however, only to take the
members of the staff, at whose head
At the time of inauguration will be
Adjutant General Thrift.
It is understood in political circles
that the Iowa electoral college, which
will convene at the state house in
Des Moines, January s, will have to
select messenger from the half a
dozen candidates within the college
itself. And it is further understood
that the names of those who desire
70 take the Iowa vote to Washington
shall be placed>in hat and lots shall
be cast to select the messenger. This
method was used four years age.
General James B. Weaver of CoIfax
has inaugurated movement for the
removal of the Iowa soldiers monu-
ment to a suitable site, and after the
matter has been discussed to some
length, petitions will be circulated
through the state for signatures in
an unanimous appeal to the leglsla.
ture to take action. General Weaver
has no criticism of anyone to make,
| and believes that the monument com.
mission did the best 1t could under the
| ~ ac%o ~ %ho
establishment Of the monument have
been admitted by all to be unfortunate
| and inadequate. For years, its re.
| Moval has been talked more or less.
But hitherto there has been no effort
to organize movement looking to.
ward that end. General Weaver was
| one of Iowa's noted and most courage
Gus soldiers. Veterans everywhere &C.
cord him the right to speak for them
in matters of this character. His pur.
pose is purely patriotic and nothing Of
the political clings to it. 1t is ex.
pected, therefore, to attract support
of the widest character. General
Weaver has embodied his views in a
letter which he says will he the first
of a series of papers on the subject.
At the meeting Of the State Teach.
ers' Association the following officers
were elected for the following year:
President, J. ]. Mcconnell OF Cedar
Rapids; First Vice-President, F. F..
Palmer Of Jefferson; Second Vice.
President. Ella c. Chantrey of Adair:
Third Vice-President, O. p. Bostwiclz
OF Clinton; Secretary, Adam Pickett
Of Mt. Ayr; Treasurer, G. w. Samson
Of Cedar Falls: Member of Executive
Committee. F. e. Bolton of Iowa City;
Members Educational Council, T. B.
Hutton Of LeMars and Matte Lea A.
Lair of Sidney.
A final adjustment Of the Chamber.
lain divorce litigation has been eff.
fected by the filing OF decree sign.
ed by Judge Hugh Brennan whereby
an absolute divorce is given Mrs. Ly
dia chamberlain from her husband,
David S. Chamberlain, together with
division of the property Of the fam.
lily. The Chamberlain hotel, recently
erected at cost of about 100000 by
David S. Chamberlain, becomes the
property of Mrs. Chamberlain upon
the payment by her of about $500.
All other property owned jointly by
them, personal and real, becomes the
property solely Of Mr.. Chamberlain,
there having been deeds to that effect