Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-25
CAPITOL Decorations.
Enough Has Been Done to Give
Spectators a Good Idea Of
Finished Work
7 is RICH BUT NOT eAuDY
Supreme Court Called Upon to Decide
Whether Check on Bank is an
Assignment Of the Money on Deposit
There-Another Bank Case From
Linn County.
,aeial To rimes-Renublican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, May 25.-According to
Mr.. Phillips, foreman for Artist earn
sew, who is doing the decorations OIL
the state house the work will he pro-
crossed to such a stage that IN ABOUT
two weeks the work OF removing the
scaffolding in the rotunda and cofrl-
doris will be commenced. 1t VIII take
some time to remove it all, perhaps
two weeks, but at the end OF That tlme
the people will have a chance to view
the decorations without any hlndrance
from the scaffolding. Spectators can
time their visits accordingly. The
panel spaces in the walls about the
corridors are paint plain tho 1t is
understood the idea c putting pictures
in them at some time is contemplated
by public men, members of the legisla-
ture and others All about the building
the decorations are with tints and shad-
es and practically no prime colors. The
ance to the decorations. and no one
should come to see the 100000 decor
ations expecting to see red, white ana
blue in lavish quantities. There are
puppies and slate colors, deep Colds
and dark blues, richness that is not
gaudy. Enough can now be seen on
the second floor to show that there
will be great beauty, but beauty that
is discovered on the second look and
not the dazzle that astonishes and at
tracts at the first glance.
The supreme court is to be called
upon to settle the question of wheth-
er or not check on bank is an as
signment of the money on deposit
there, according to an argument in a
case from Rockwell City that has been
filed with the clerk of the supreme
court. The case is that of Katie E.
Kuhnes, appellant, VS.. F. A. Cahill, a
hog buyer and six farmers from whom
he had purchased hogs and paid for
them with checks on the First Nations
al Bank of Rockwell City. The far
mers are intervenors in the suit and
the attorney for the intervenors claims
that the question of whether or not a
check is an assignment is the only
question involved. The check paid to
the intervenors antedatetl the check
given to Mrs. Kuhnes and there was
a scramble to get the money in the
bank in which the action taken by
Mrs. Kuhnes was a garnishee pro-
ceedings against the bank The lower
court gavesthe money to the six far
mers.
Another OF the cases of the Security
Savings bank against the treasurer OF
Linn county has reached the supreme
court. In these suits tax ferrets were
alleged to have uncovered property
which the bank claimed was non-tax
able or at least resisted the payment Of
the taxes by the bank One case at the
last period Of the supreme court was
reversed, the decision OF the lower
court having been in favor of the coun-
ty treasurer. In the case which has
just been appealed a much. larger sum
of money is involved, and the claim
of the tax ferrets is that the property
or securities and monies were the prop
erty of others, but In the possession
of the bank. The amounts for four
years We're 1899, $685., 695; 1900 $462,5S1;
1901, $556,661; 1902, $729,6S4. Amount of
taxes which it is sought to collect is
for 1899, $4,273.11: 1900, $5,547.4S; 1901,
s7,569.1S; 1902, $9,002.4s. One of the
arguments of the attorney for the bank
is that the tax ferrets had no knowl-
edge that the monies and securities
were on deposit and had no knowledge
as to whom the securities belonged
and only surmised as to the securities
being In existence and in possession
of the bank in the first place. Herce
without any proof that the securities
existed the claim is made that the bank
could not be taxed.
A case involving an interesting point
is to come before the supreme court
in the suit Of Anna Helnmiller against
the Winston Bros. for an injury re-
ceived by being thrown from a buggy,
the horse having been frightened at
dredge used on a railroad near the
public highway in Howard county. The
case was tried in Bremen county and
a Judgment for Mrs. Heinmiller for
$4,000, the full amount that she sued
for, rendered The abstract has just
been filed with the supreme court The
dredge was used on railroad for cut
ting thru a hill The plaintiff claims
that the dredge was so located that it
could not be seen till the horse was
directly on the bridge and that the
firm was careless in not stationing
person on the highway to warn pass
ersby. The dredge being not on the
public highway the question becomes
an interesting one, in that it is at least
unusual.
Another island case and the first case
of an island in the Mississippi river,
is before the secretry Of state. An
island Of about eighty acres south Of
Dubuque and opposite Mosolem town
ships in Dubuque county is the issue.
John Herr has petitioned that the ISL
and be surveyed and appraised and
sold. The case comes under chapter
1855 of the acts of the Thirtieth general
assembly. No one is living on the ISL
and at this time.
The action of the trustees Of the new
Nebraska state normal at kearney,
Neh.. settles the contest over the presi-
dency of that institution against the
Iowa candidate. Prof. Barr Of Drake
university was a candidate for the
place and Prof. Barrett. Of the State
College and superintendent was
said to be candidate, but stated some
weeks ago that he was not candl-
do4o ,,d had endorsed Prof Barr for