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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14
DRAINAGE LAW
DECIDED GOOD
Three Appeals Were Cover
ed in Two 0pin-
ions.

Des Moines, July 14.-In two opin.
ions covering three appeals in which
the validity of the new Iowa drain
age law was attacked, the Iowa SUI
preme court yesterday unqualifedly
sustained the statute. The opinions
were among the most important of
the years work, nearly all projected
drainage in the state being tied up
awaiting the decisions of the supreme
court on the controversy.
In an opinion covering thirty type
written pages, Judge Bishop disposed
Of the appeal in the case of E. R.
Sisson VS.. the board of supervisors
OF Buena Vista county in which the
constitutionality Of the statute was
attacked on dozen points.
An action was begun in the district
court at Storm Lake for an injunc-
ton to restrain the board Of super
visors from constructing drainage
bitches or establishing drainage dis
tricts in the county. 1t was claimed
among other things that the statute
was in direct contravention Of the
constitution and was consequently
void that the title was defective in
not expressing the subject matter;
that the legislature had attempted to
eliminate the difference between
private and public lands; that the ap-
peal provided for the property owners
affected. deprived them Of the right
Of trial by jury; that an assessment
greater than the benefit to abutting
property was permitted; that it en-
abled the board of supervisors to use
the credit Of the entire county for the
benefit of a particular community, ETC.
Judge Bailie in the district court
granted temporary injunction, grant
ing in part the prayer of the plain
tiffs. Both sides appealed, the board
of supervisors being determined to
establish beyond doubt the validity
of all the points in question in the
measure.
Judge Bishop in his opinion goes in
detail into the various provisions OF
the law, quoting them and explaining
each. He states that the statute in
all points in controversy is in perfect
accord with the constitution. In con-
clusion he states:
cit is our conclusion upon the
whole case that there is made to ap-
pear no violation of the constitution
in any respect. The injunction should
not have been granted, and the lower
court should ha"s dismissed the petit
ton entire"
Judge Weaver wrote the other opin-
ion, which was on certiorari proceed
ings instituted in the case of Frank
Ross, appellant, VS.. the board of sup
ervisors of Wright county and S. A.
Keeer, county auditor. The validity
Of the law was attacked in manner
similar to the Buena Vista, but Judge
Weaver holds as unaualifelly for the
measure as does Judge Bishop.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Would Be.Sucide Believed That His
Brother Was Dead

Wayerly, July ia quarrel be-
tween Henry and John Weidemann
two farmers, resulted in the former
staboing the latter in TIE head and
neck sunday evening. Thinking he
t. ID killed his brother, Henry ,nen
committed suicide by hanging him.
self to rafter in the barn. John will
recover from his wounds.
The quarrel arose while the two
men we're at work doing their chores
on their farm about six miles east of
Waverly. Both had been drinking
heavily during the day, it is said.
Henry stabbed John in the neck and
head until he became unconscious
and then believing his brother to be
dead, hanged himself
Henry Weidemann, the suicide, was
IS years old and single. He resided
with his brother John, whom he at
tempted to murder. John is Is years
old and married. The Weidemanns
are sons Of Fred Weidemann, a we'll
known resident of Waverly.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14
LAWSON IN IOWA,
Speaks to Three Thousand People at
Missouri ValIev

Missouri Valley.
Missouri Valley, July 13.-Thomas
w. Lawson, in his special car, Hasle-
mere, arrived here at S:45 O'Clock
yesterday morning, and in the after
noon Mr.. Lawson addressed 5000 peo-
pie at the Chautauqua. Mr.. Lawson
spoke in high praise of Iowa and
other western states through which
he had passed.
He said he had been impressed with
the richness of the crops in Iowa.
He expressed particular pleasure over
the warmth of the reception that had
been accorded him everywhere.
He said he had found the farmers
and other western people were anx-
ious to know all about "Frenzied FL
nance" They had crowded on the
platforms after his lecture and made
hands sore with their expression of
good will. Mr.. Lawson was optimis-
tic-he felt that he was winning out
in his fight against the system. The
Boston millionaire talked with news
paper men for a solid hour yesterday
morning Immediately after the arrt-
val of the train. During all that time
breakfast was waiting for him, but he
absolutely refused the urgent entreat-
les of the chef, his private secretary,
the publisher of Everybody's the eli-
tor and even his own son to take
breakfast. He preferred to talk. "And
the Lord knows I'm hungry enough
too," he declared. Mr.. Lawson's ear
nestness and enthusiasm, his frank
ness of expression, the snap Of his
steel grey eyes combine to impress
the listner of his sincerity. He de-
clares he will camp on the trail of the
Standard Oil Company and the sys-
tenn until he reaches the last ditch.
The PARTY left last night for Sioux
City.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14
If you send by mail a package mark

If you send by mail package mark
ed Handle with Care" the railroad
men delight in bouncing it around as
If it were bundle of inflated rubber.
A Kansas editor states that he once
saw a railroad employee so sick he
could scarcely hold up his head; but
when his wandering eye happened to
fall on package marked Handle
whit care" he arose with an expiring
effort and threw the blamed thing the
length of the depot platform, danced
upon it, then shrieked and died.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14

sections OF the state for the past few
years have not been as remunerative
according to their assessed valuation
as have the railways.
One of the chief points made by the
farmers was the farms Of Iowa are
not paying large dividends-that for
three or four years many OF them
have not paid more than 3 or per
cent on the valuation fixed for assess
ment purposes. In comparison, they
present figures showing the earnings
of the railways, the dividends of from
5 to Z per cent being declared on what
the agriculturists termed heavily
watered stock"
James C. Davis of Des Moines, SOL
icitor for Iowa for the Chicago &
Northwestern railway, was the prin-
cipal speaker in behalf of the railways
at yesterdays session of the execu-
tive council. While he dwelt prin-
cipally upon the case of the North
western, he presented general fig
ures on the values and taxation of the
railways.
In his written brief he states "that
owing to the agitation over rates the
valuation of railway property today
is less than in 1903"
Des Moines, July 14.-The assess
ment hearing before the executive
council was concluded yesterday by
the appearance of one interurban rep
resentative and Superintendent Fitz-
patrick Of the Western Union, both
asking reductions in assessments.
Today the members of the council
will begin to give earnest considera-
ton to the subject of railroad assess
ments. No inkling has fallen from
their lips as to their inclination in
the matter. But the probability of an
increase in the assessment is large.
sensational in character.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14
Respite for Edgar Bailey,

Kansas City, Mo-, July 9.-Edgar
G. Bailey, formerly of La Porte CITY.
Ia, secured a slight reprieve from
Governor Folk yesterday and will not
be hanged next Thursday as was fix
ed by his sentence. The respite was
granted to J. M. Bailey, father of the
condemned man. The sixty DAYS
continuance will be used in prepar-
ing the new evidence in Baileys be-
half.
Bailey was convicted of killing AL.
bert Ferguson, a non-union hack dri-
yer. Word was taken to Bailey nv
his father, M. Bailey, who saw the
governor yesterday in Springfield, Mo-
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Maurice barrymore was riding on a
New York train one day and, he and
the passengers around him getting in.
to conversation, it developed that near
ly all OF them were going on vacations
made necessary by over work. Then
spoke up one who had been silent.
I'm going up to the hills for pleas.
ure SOLELY" said he; 81 don't work.
I'm gentleman" And Barrymore's
prompt reply was, quietly: ooh, YES.
see. you're on vacation too"
A mans epitaph is about as much
benefit to him as last years snow.
ball.
What three women know the whole
neighborhood knows.
Never nit man when he is down.
Hit him when his friends are down.
A Canadian teacher fell heir last
year to an English estate of 100000.
In the lawyers Office the clerks made
bets as to how she would take It. One
thought she would scream, two were
OF the opinion that she would burst
into tears, two others favored hyster.
les. Her reply to the messenger wan
disconcerting: IT shall finish nv
monthly report, hear these spelling
errors, whip two boys, and be at your
office in forty minutes"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14
KANSAS BLOW To
OIL TRUST VOID

Topeka, Kan, July 8.-The law
passed by the legislature last winter
appropriating $4,000 to build an in.
dependent oil refinery at Peru was
yesterday declared unconstitutional by
the state supreme court in an opinion
rendered by Associated Justice Green
The oil refinery law was considered
one of the most direct blows struck
at the Standard Oil company by the
asst legislature, which adopted several
measures tending to restrict that con-
Germ in the handling Of the Kansas
product.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14
PORTSMOUTH CHOSEN.
New Hampshire Hills Chosen TO
Peace Conference.


Washington, July 11.-Assistant
Secretary Pierce yesterday announc-
ed that the plenipotentiaries of Rus
sia and Japan had agreed upon Ports.
mouth. N. H., as the meeting place
for the sessions OF the peace confer.
ence to be held outside of Washing
ton. The sessions will be held in the
government navy yard at Portsmouth
IN the new building just completed
there.
Third Assistant Secretary OF State
Pierce has been specially commits
stoned by the president to make all
arrangements for the meeting Of the
plenipotentiaries at Portsmouth ard is
preparing to leave for that place to
confer with the commandant OF the
navy yard. The meeting Will be held
In the general storehouse.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14

A commotion in the chimney Of his
house aroused John H. Nelson, of Oil
City, Pa. He made an investigation,
and found carrier pigeon. The bird
had evidently alighted on the CHM
ney and in the darkness fell into the
opening. Mr.. Nelson gave it a bath,
and, after it was thoroughly dried,
gave the handsome pigeon it's liberty.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14
Ice Crushes Boy.

Des Moines, July ia cake Of ice
fell from the back Of delivery wagon
to which Lewis Owenkowski, II years
old, was clinging, bore him to the
pavement, broke his right leg and two
fingers on his left hand. Lewis was
taking free ride when the accident
occurred.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14
Tried to Wreck FLYER

Greene, July 14.-A dastardly at
tempt to wreck the Rock Island flyer
from the south was frustrated almost
by miracle yesterday.
Miscreants, supposed to be tramps,
fastened heavy strip of iron across
the rails, reinforcing this by a timber
tied to the switch. The strip of iron
broke when the train struck it at full
speed and the cars kept the track.
Detectives are investigating and ar.
rests will probably follow.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14
Here Is Relief for Women,

HeIo 70 NoH0I TOT "oHIo1t'
Mother Gray, q nurse in New York,
discovered a pleasant herb remedy for
women's ills, called AUSTRALIAN.
LEAF. Cures female weaknesses, Back.
ache, Kidney, Bladder and Urinary
troubles. At all Druggists or by mail
&C., Sample mailed FREE. Address,
The Mother Gray Co., Leroy, N. Y.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14

A family in which there has been
only one death in fifty years resides at
Chase Lake, Me. Mrs. Chase, the
present head of the family, is eighty
four years of age. She has ten living
children, the youngest of whom is in
his forty-siXth year. There are TWEEN.
ty-fve grandchildren and fourteen
great-grandchildr Mrs. Chase's
husband died in 1875.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14
Want To Start Saloons.

Audubon, July 9.-N is understood
that an effort will be made to estab.
!ish saloons in Audubon county and
that the petition will be circulated in
a few days, which will cause a warm
fight for and against their establish
ment
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14
"MosE" GETS FORTUNE.
Supreme Court Decides Famous News
boy is Entitled to Estate.

Des Moines, July 13.-"Mose" ia
cobs, Des Moines' world famous news
boy, will get portion Of the estate
of his mother. Nose had placed his
earnings in a common family fund.
When Nose married, portion Of the
fund was given him. At his mothers
death, his father took possession Of
earnings amounting to over $4,000
which the newsboy claimed. The su-
preme court decided yesterday that
Jacobs was entitled to recover, af-
firming the decision OF the lower
court
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14
PAINTERS HURT IN CAPITOL.
William Martin And Two Others Fail
on The Grand Staircase

on The Grand Staircase.
Des Moines, July 13.-The scaffold-
ing just above the grand stair case in
the capitol building fell about $50
o'clock yesterday morning, injuring
William Martin, painter, and slight
ly bruising two other men. Three
men were at work with gold leaf on
the frame for the Blashfield painting,
when the scaffolding gave way with
out warning. The three painters were
dropped about fourteen feet to the
cement floor below. Martin was
struck by timber which injured his
head. The two other painters were
bruised very slightly.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14

Victim-"What has happened?
Where am -" Doctor-"You have
oeen seriously injured in trolley acct
lent. But cheer up-you will recover"
Victim-"How much?'-Ex.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14

Perrysburg, Ohio, is to have vast
seedless-apple nursery. The Spencer
Seedless Apple Company has purchas-
ed tract of land there, which will be
planted with 125 900 seedlings.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14

Bank Cashier-"You have overdrawn
your account, madam" Lovely Lady
THAT is just like me. My husband
says l am always exaggerating every
thing '-Somerville Journal
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14

II you don't get the biggest and best
It's your own fault. Defiance Starch
is for sale everywhere and there Is
positively nothing to equal it in quail
ity or quantity.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14

Hundreds of dealers say the extra
quantity and superior quality of De-
fAnce Starch is fast taking place of
all other brands. Others say they can
not sell any other starch.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14
Thirteen Horses cremat.d.

Fort Dodge, July 13.-Thirteen
horses were cremated in fire which
destroyed the city livery barn yes.
terday. Loss 81 $50.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14

When some people spend their time
in self contemplation it looks to others
like time thrown away.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14

100 MONEY MAKING SECRETS; EV.
cry one winner; be your own boss: Zoe. OLIVER
BOON CO., SAG Good Block DIES MONIES, IOWA
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14

The fellow who looks ont for No. J.
naturally wants to look in.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14

Men make money, and women make
them hand it over
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14

An introduction is unnecessary
when you are acquainted with your
second SELF"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14

People don't think enough of what
they know to realize it.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-14

1t Is little use to deny anything in
the face Of those who understand.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-24
EXPOSITION NOTES.
Interesting Exhibits That Will Be Seen
 at the Fair.

St. Louis artists will have com prehensive exhibit of Missouri art at the Lewis and Clark Exposition, as an offset to the general belief that Missouri produces mainly apples and army mules.
 The Illinois building at the Lewis and Clark Exposition is a replica of the home in which Abraham Lincoln lived while a resident of Springfield. This property is said to have been the only real estate the martyred Pre- sident ever owned.
 The Massachusetts building at the Lewis and Clark exposition has as its distinguishing feature a replica of the famous Bullfnch front of the old State house in Boston. When the State House was rebuilt, Massachusetts went to an expense of $3,OOO,OOO to retain this front.
 Mrs. Rosemary Glosz Whitney, one of the most popular of western so- prano soloists, has been engaged to sing at the Lewis and Clark Exposi- tion during the month of August, as soloist with Dierke s band. which has been engaged to give concerts dur ing that period.
 The Lewis and Clark Exposition, to commemorate the exploring expedition of Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, which added BOT, ,OOO square miles of territory to the do- main of the United States, will open June l. President Roosevelt, at Washington will press button and the great chimes in the United States Government building will peal the stir ring strains of "America as the op- ening signal. The people of the Pa eife Northwest have spent five mil lion dollars on their fair, and it will be ready on time.
 Frank Hall, manager for John l.. Sullivan, is negotiating with the au- thorities of the Lewis and Clark Ex- position for space on the Trail, the amusement street of the fair, where wax figures of men whom the twelve years champion knocked out will be shown, with the winning punch indi- eated in each case. The former cham pion wants to spend the summer in Portland, and plans to give boxing ex- hibitions. He would like to get into a fight with Charley Mitchell or Tommy Burns.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-24
New Route Being Laid Out in Eastern
 Arizona
New A. & (. Track Is Beyond Harqua
 Ha1a

Nearly half the work between Wick
 enburg and the Colorado river on the Arizona and Colorado Railroad, (the Santa Fe short cut) has been cOmplet- ed, and the road is now passing Har- qua Hala and the graders are working in Granite Wash Pass. The approaches for the great steel bridge across the river at Parker have been graded, and the metal for the structure will be shipped as soon as the rails approach Parker. Among the graders are a large number of Arizona Indians who have been found reliable and fairly efficient laborers.
 A remarkable amount of mysterious railroad surveying is being done in eastern Arizona, with the evident de- sire of finding passes through the Sierra Madres favored with minimum gradients. The Southern Pacific has maintained a half dozen surveying parties on the line of the projected road through the Clifton country to Durango, Colo. Other interests ap- pear to be represented by party of sixteen men now in Tonto basin. The party starting in Colorado has found q good line to the rim of the Mogollon plateau from which the lower lands have been reached by feasible grade down Canon creek as far as Salt riv- CT. Whether the road is bound for Globe and the mining country, or is trunk line extension to the coast can only be guessed at.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-24
TALE OF A SATCHEL.

Sheriff Neagle returned yesterday morning from Jerome, with Jesus Guaderrama, who was brought here on the complaint of W. S. Goldsworthy, of the Santa Fe. Prescott and Phoenix Railroad, on charge of attempting to defraud the company out of some $500 by means of fictitious claim for a lost satchel.
 He was arraigned before Justice Tal- bot, and committed to jail in de- fault of $500.
 The contents of the satchel in ques- tion, which were represented by Quad errama to be worth $500, were as fol lows:
 Two suits of clothes, $40; one dozen neekties, 50; two shirts, $5; one pair suspenders, $1; one muffer, $3; one razor, $2; one watch, $10; two hand kerehiefs. 50 cents; total value, s66.5O.
 It is charged that in some manner or other, through confederate or other wise, Guaderrsma secured possession of this satchel. some of the articles having been pawned and sold in Pres colt.
 A search warrant has been issued, and just at present it looks bad for the willy Guaderrsms.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-24
PUBLIC RECORDS.
Daily Report of Instruments Filed in
 Recorders Office.

The following is the daily abstract of records compiled by the Prescott Title Company:
 Samuel Goldswothy locates Old Glory mine, Black Hills dist.
 P. c. NJ. Geer and T. R. McCommas locate Venus mine, Tiger dist.
 James Breslin locates Famous mine, Walker dist.
 Chris. Harryhousen files afr. A work on II mines, Verde dist.
 Eli McNew to W. H. McNew, W deed, lot l and s. e. ar. of n. e. qr., sec. 3. 15 n. C., ditches, etc, $1 200.
 VIII. MeNew to R. O. Graves, Q. c. deed to same property.
 D.D w Stewart and wife to R. O. Greeves, Q. c. deed same property.
 c. W. Platt ct al locate six mines White Picaeho dist.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-24
i i...LOCAL BRIEFS... kAA

Uranium has the heaviest atom known, excepting radium, which ap- pears to be a little heavier. New Zealan has a state coal mine, | the object of which is to regulate the coal trade and prevent oppressive combinations and high prices. The power generated in a modern steamship in a single voyage across the Atlantic is more than enough to raise from the Nile and set in place every stone of one of the great Egyp- tian pyramids.
 w. c. Brandon, at one time assistant cashier of the Prescott National Bank, arrived in the city last night on a business trip, and to visit socially among his many friends.
 J. B. Jolly, county superintendent of schools, returned home last night from visit to Del Rio. MT. Jolly states that he found the schools of Del Rio in excellent condition.
 A. R. White, Jr., and J. P. Bauder left yesterday for Hillside, where they will inspect some mining property own ed by VOge, Bauder and others. This property gives promise of doing some thing in the future.
 J. A. Newman, mining man, arriv- ed in the city yesterday. MT. Newman has recently been over in the Needles district, and speaks interestingly of that country.
 President Babeock, of the Univer- sity of Arizona, has accepted the invi- tation of Superintendent Billinghurst to deliver the address at the com meneement exercises of the Prescott High School.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-24
A Good Suggestion.

Mr. c. B. Wainwright, of Lemon City, Fla, has written the manufactur- CTS that much better results are ob- tained from the use of Chamberlain s Collie, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy in cases of pains in the stomach, collie, and cholera morbus by taking it in water as hot as can be drunk. That when taken in this way the effect is double in rapidity. "It seems to get at the right spot instantly" he says For sale by all druggists.