Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-11-25
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines, Nov. IS, 1901.

The supreme court mas hhoe"s"
out the contention Of the saloon men
of the state that the Fourth OF July
is not such a legal holiday as meant
by the mulct law in providing that
saloons shall close on legal holidays.
1t decided that the Fourth Is sncn
day and enumerates several others,
such as January /, February "a, May
30, December %, the first Monday IN
September. Thanksgiving day was
not mentioned specifically by the s'l.
rreme court, but it's opinion covers all
legal holidays.
4 reward Of 5000 is now offered for
the arrest and delivery OF Nell
Mathews, the Des Moines negro who,
on November 2, killed Bert Travis,
fatally shot Roland Riggs and as
saulted both Mrs. Diggs, and his own
wife, Anna Mathews. The reward
was offered by Governor Cummins.
who issued proclamation to that ef-
feet. The local police department
has been laboring diligently for the
capture of Mathews, but since he dis
appeared after the murder at the
Diggs' home on Ninth street. his
whereabouts have been a mystery.
He was seen at the army post the
day after and was challenged by
guard. He ran away and was next
seen at the Seventeenth street bridge,
where for several days he loitered
around and visited with his friends.
BY his being secreted by negroes an
that part of the city, the attempts
of the police to locate MIN were FL.
tile. That Mathews is bad man
there is no doubt and Governor Cum.
, Minis expressed a desire to see him
brought to Justice. Mathews has be-
fore killed his man, but escaped from
Jail while awaiting sentence. He is
cocaine fend and is otherwise de,
PRAYED Governor Cummins has also
issued proclamation offering a re.
ward for the apprehension Of the muir.
derer Of James Smythe of What
Cheer, in the sum OF 5000.
It is believed that the next move on
the part of the prosecuting witnesses
in the Letson Ballet case, will be for
the recovery of $4,000 which is now
ON deposit in Des Moines, and was to
have been used for the defense Of the
late mining promoter in the federal
courts. G. H. Stuller, secretary of
the White Swan Mines company OF
Fla er City, Oregon, is now in Des
Moines and has brought the books OF
the White Swan company with hiI-
and proposes IT, show that Ballet has
credited himself on thc books of the
company with the amount now on de-
post in Des Moines for his defense.
1t is also cl&imei that over 10000
has been expended by Ballet of the
funds of the company and stoclhold-
ers in his defense in former prosecu-
tons. anc that the books will show
this expenditure beyond any question.
The educational value of the NOV.
ing picture has been recognized by
the state board of control, and the
Soldiers Orphans home at Davenport
will soon be in possession Of a 5000
kaleidoscope. 1t is the plan of the
board Of control to equip all Of the
institutions with these machines. The
idea is that they may be used to the
WORK, and will be great aid to the
entertainment, which is necessary
feature of institutional life.
DR.. Charles A. Hoffman has COM
pleted the examination of the stomach
of the late Anna Anderson, whose
body was found in the Des Moines
river near the Center street dam
about three weeks ago. No traces of
poison were discovered. The evil
dence is that death resulted from
heart failure, which came as the re.
suit Of the shock of jumping into tie
water. This explains the fact that
there was no water on the lungs and
no evidence of death by drowning.
New articles Of incorporation. a
new constitution and a new set Of by.
laws were adopted at the meeting of
the Iowa Humane society held a few
days ago. The meeting, which was
held in the office of Secretary E. D.
Jones, was called for the purpose of
making it possible for the society's
constitution. articles and rules to con-
form with the wishes of James Gala.
han as outlined in his gifts of $4,000
to this society.
Innumerable applications for posi-.
tons in the Offices of the secretary Of
the state executive council during the
compilation of the state census next
spring and summer, have been filed
with Secretary Dawson. While the
council has not fixed the cOmpensa-
ton of the assistants who will do the
clerical work of compilation of the
statistics, it is probable that rate
little II any above 81 day will b,
offered for the clerks. stenographers
and accountants. The state has
$4,000 to expend in this work and
while the printing and schedules and
the publication of the census after it
Is compiled does not come out of this
$4,000 appropriation, the council
must figure closely to bring the ex.
pense within the sum mentioned,
which Is way under the cost Of the
census of 1895.
Ex-Attorney General Remley be.
lieves that when the test is carried
10 the supreme ca0ct, the Titus amend.
ment will suffer the fate OF four wears
ago. He has examined the amend.
ment and gives it as his opinion that
the defect of leaving out the words
of Iowa. will be fatal. Mr., Remlev
states that the error seems much more
serious to him than when the court
decided against the amendment in
1900
II thought you were quite we'll ac.
quainted with Brown" said Ascum
mo, indeed" replied Cholly; law
only associate with my equals, and