Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-06-02
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
pes Moines, Nav IS. 1904.

that Tom Dennison says that he will
come to Iowa without requisition and
will not fight requisition proceedings
II they are begun. the executive Office
at the state house is of the opinion
that the effort to secure a requisition
from Governor Cummins by the coun,
ty attorney of Harrison county few
days ago. will be met and resisted by
all OF the legal lights which DennisoD
will feel competent to employ to de.
feat the purpose of the Iowa authorl
ties to try him in this state. In the
first place 1t is supposed that the rep
resentatives of Dennison will insist
that the case is identical with that OF
Mrs. Dye of Boone. and that the gov.
ernor of Iowa has no legal authority
to demand the return of Dennison TIC
this state. for the reason that he is not
a fugitive from justice. While he has
been indicted on a charge of compile,
ity in the robbery for which Scher
cliffe is doing time, and on a charge
| of the diamonds which Scherclffe was
convicted OF stealing, it is supposed
| among the Iowa authorities that he
! will deny that he ever was in Iowa
on either of these missions.
The state geological board will hold
meeting June /, at which time the
| resignation of Prof. Samuel Calvin, as
| state geologist, will be received and
| accepted and his successor will lie
elected. Probably the successor will
be Frank Wilder of the state univcr-
sity who is recommended by Profess
scr Calvin 1t was not the intention
| of Professor Calvin to have known
the fact that he has determined to re.
sign until the announcement could
be made officially from the state
board together with the authorized
announcement, also, that his success
or had been chosen. 1t is known that
among the biologists of the state
there is no disposition to make apnli-
cation for the position, for the reason
that they realize that Professor Cal
vim very much desires to have Profas.
sor Wilder selected. 1t has been due
to the fact that Professor Calvin OK
pected to resign that the work Of the
survey for the summer has not yet
been arranged.
Z. i. Dubois, prominent contrac.
tor OF Des Moines, died few days
ago and when the day of the funeral
arrived three women appeared, each
claiming to be his legal widow.
Widow No. /, by whom the deceased
had several children, came from Den.
yer; widow No. 2, came from New
Orleans, and widow No. 3 had lived
with the dead man in this city far
several years and nursed him during
his last illness. An effort is being
made to settle the matter of. tho Gi-
vision Of his property, amounting to
about $4,000, out of court.
Frank Bradley of Des Moines has
been appointed state factory inspec-
tor by State Labor Commissioner e.
ID. Brigham. There were twenty-five
or more applicants for this position,
which was created by the last general
assembly. The appointment takes eff
feet on June i. Mr. Bradley is an old
soldier. He was member of Com.
pany B, First battalion, Nebraska
veteran cavalry. He lives on West
Fourteenth street in this city and has
been resident of Iowa for forty
years. He has long been identified
with the manufacturing interests OF
the state. He has the technical
knowledge as well as the knowledge
J IF business essential to make the ad,
ministration of his Office effective
Mr.. Bradley is also member of Ty
biographical union No. rs. Having
been both in business and employed
he will have broad view of the situa
ton among the manufacturers of the
state, and will be competent to con
serve the interests of labor and EN-
ployers alike. This completes the ap
pointments in the department of la
Dor at the state house, occasionet
by the enactments of the last legisa
. ture, which broadened the field of the
bureau materially.
The entire matter of removing Pres
ident MacLean from his place at the
head of the State university will now
be brought to the board of regents Of
that institution-that is the plan Of
! campaign undertaken by the alumni
who declare that the best interests Of
their alma mater demand that his ad
ministration end. The Davenport al
umni have already taken UP the mat
ter with Regent Joe Lane of the Sec
ond district, and he has already giver
out a statement to the effect that he
viii bring the enire question up be
fore the next meeting of the board In
June. In the Ninth, Tenth and Elev
enth districts the same programme
will be followed by the alumni at once
and in the Seventh the committee
named at the recent meeting OF Des
Moines alumni win confer with Re
gent Carroll Wright as soon as he re
turns to the city. These committees
are gathering all possible information
upon the lack of harmony between
President MacLean and his faculty
and his alleged incompetency, anc
they expect to make good their claim
that he should no longer be continued
in charge of the university. Just how
the regents stand upon the question