Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-22
COURT NOT ACCOMMODATING
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Refuses 70 Pass on Validity Of Law Brought
Up on Fake Case,
SONS REFUSE TO CLAM FATHERS ESTATE
Notified Three Times 90 Appear and
secure Their share in n Valuable
Estate, hut Pay No Atten-
tien 60 Notice.
SONS REFUSE TO CLAM FATHERS ESTATE
(From a stan Correspondents

| (From q stan Correspondent
MES MONIES, oct. H.-(Specisl. The
supreme court today refused to pass on
the constitutionality OF the pedder license
law for which many cities have been
waiting The law was enacted at the last
session of the legislature. The case APP
pealed to the supreme court was that OF
the town Of Sharon. in Mahaska county.
against s. A. Smithart, an employee OF
tea company, who was accused OF ped
ding without a license He took orders
for goods and later delivered the goods
to the customers. The supreme court af
fiTmed the lower court In acquittlns the
defendant, aud refused to pass on the con-
stitutionallty Of the law, stating that there
was no evidence that the law had been
violated, and that the mere concession to
that effect when not true raises but moot
question which courts will not decide The
arrest of smithart was on an understanding
with his company that a test was TO be
made on the law The decision OF the
court in effect decides that firms having
established houses or places OF business
and soliciting orders are not peddlers.
Reward Comes slow.
]. 8. Hockersmith, the detective to whom
the citizens committee voted the $1,000
reward for the capture of Charles Thomas,
burg, has about given up the attempt to
collect the money. He has collected few
hundred dollars only.
Feared Loss of Home.
Robert Phillips Of 1909 Twenty-seventh
street, committed suicide in fear of losing
his home by foreclosure. Phillips has been
missing for some days, and today his body
was found in the artificial lake I'm South
park He was an employee Of the electric
light company.
Equitable Wants to Build.
According to officials of the Equitable
Life Insurance company of Iowa, bill
will be presented to the legislature this
winter giving life insurance companies
right to spend part Of their capital in the
erection OF home Office. This right is not
given now to companies Incorporated in
this state. The Equitable officials assert
that with such law that company would
proceed to erect a suitable building for
the home office. The building will be fire
proof and cost S250,O0o.
Pushing Council Bluffs Building.
State Architect Liebbe stated today that
the contractor would push the Council
Bluffs state building TO completion.
double force Of men is at work on the build
ing In every department, plasterers, car
penters, roofers and all, and the build
ing will be completed by cold weather.
The building has been delayed past the time
Of the contract which called for its COM
pletion by August Is.
Chicago Paper Sold.
Information was had authoratively today
that the National Daily Review of Chicago.
the daily paper for 81 year, which was
started by j. J. Hamilton. Ora Williams
and other Des Moines people, has been sold
to Lewis OF st. Louis, the man who went
broke In a big bank deal. Lewis has in
duced the stockholders of the bank to ex-
change for stock In the paper. The name
will be changed to the Womans National
Review. Mr. Williams, who is well known
in Omaha, Sioux City, Sioux Falls and
other cities where he has engaged in news
paper work, will either go to ST. Louis or
remain I'm Chicago as staff editorial
writer.
Heirs Fail to Claim Estate.
An estate OF 800 acres of land worth SIS
an acre is awaiting being claimed by the
heirs. John Halline of this city died leav-
ing that property and he is known to have
three sons. The sons have been notified
several times that the estate is awaiting
settlement but they have failed to put in
an appearance. They 4 e notified again to-
day that the land would escheat to the
estate II they did not appear and claim
their property.
Packing Business Not Good.
Figures from the government census
! bureau furnished to the state labor com
missioner show that the packing business
| in this state has not been making the
profits of late that II formerly made. Dur
| ing 1901 the profit was 36.1s per cent where
in 1904 1t was but 7.5s per cent. During 1904
| the cost OF the raw material used in the
packing plants in the state of Iowa in
| creased 100000 more than the increase in
| the product disposed Of
| DUNNING CASE is ON TRIAL