Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-24
new STATE CENSUS IN IOWA
Returns from Three Fourths Of Counties
Now in Show Decrease in Population.
NO REPORTS YET FROM THE CITE
Rapid Growth of Urban Communities
VIII Probably Have Eject of
showing Small Net
Increase.
,F,ron a star Correspondent

DEs MONIES July 23--(SpeciaL with
the oficial census figures given out up TO
this time there are ffty-four counties in
all reported and of these forty-two. or more
than three-fourths show a loss in popula-
tion. There is now little doubt that the
total population of the state will show
decrease. The only possible chance for an
increase in the population TO be shown Is
in the fact that the counties containing
large cities, such as Des Molnes, Council
Bluffs Sioux City. Davenport, Dubuque and
Clinton, have not yet been officially re-
ported It is hardly possible that the gain
OF the cities will be sufficient to onset the
decrease in the population OF the rural
counties. In the counties reported there
are forty-four cities Of various sizes in
the thousands and Of these thirty-one show
a gain and thirteen a loss.
VIII Test Homestead Laws.
A test Of a question affecting the home
stead laws is to be made in the case Of
William o. Rice against ]. H. Burkhart |
and Sheriff w. c. Youel of Benton county, |
according TO the argument Of the attorney |
| for Rice. Rice for many years made his |
| home with his father. James Rice, in Ben |
ton county. on a forty-acre homestead of |
the father. The family of William Rice also |
| lived at the same place and he cared for |
his father in his old age. BY will he gave |
| the homestead to the son and Burkhart !
| seeks to collect judgment Of A3 from the !
! farm. Rice claims that the farm is ex-
| empt as being his homestead. According to
| the attorneys for Rice the particular phase
of the homestead laws has never been be-
| fore the supreme court before Section 2esb
| OF the code says, after providing for the
homestead passing from the husband TO the
wife or the opposite. provides that in case
the husband or wife is not survived by
the other the property shall descend TO the
next of issue according to the ordinary
rules of such matters, unless otherwise
directed by WILL and is to be held by such
issue exempt from any antecedent debts
of their parents or their own. except those
OF the owner thereof contracted prior to
its acquisition" 1t is the claim of the
attorneys for Rice that the clause unless
otherwise directed by will" in this case
operates to exempt the property as the
homestead of Rice.
Horse Case in Court.
The famous case from Muscatine OF the
state against William II. Moore is to be
tried in the next term of the supreme court
The last OF the pleadings have been filed
with the clerk of the supreme court and
the issues are ready to be made up. Moore
got horse to catch a runaway horse A
neighbor ]. c. Jones' an elderly man. see
ing the runaway horse ran into the street
to stop 1t, but instead was run over by the
horse Moore rode. He died soon after and
Moore was charged with murder The case
was vigorously contested in the district
court Of Muscatine county and Moore was
found guilty.
Veterans Meet Again.
Major Carper of the governors office and
Chaplain McCague of Knoxville met yester-
sir fha i,a ttIa
Shiloh. The meeting was entirely by acci-
dent Chaplain McCague coming to the
governors Office without knowing that
Major Carper was there Major Carper
| recruited the chaplain for the Fiftieth Ili-
nois and when the chaplain was shot in
the breast and wrist and received a bayonet
wound in the side all in one engagement
, and at practically the same time in the
battle of Shiloh he was carried back to
, the hospital. and the two men met again
yesterday for the first time since that en-
gagement.
Sent Money in Envelope.
A case of money sent in an enveIone is
to be heard in the supreme court at the
rext term. ]. w. Taylor sent $500 to Gaar
Scott & Co, at their Indiana office to pay
| on mortgage on an engine. He received
the release on the mortgage and the can
celed mortgage and went and recorded the
release. He had to sue to get the note
? | Cancelled, as that was not sent Then the
$ company sued to collect the money. claim
v ing 1t had never been paid and that the
n sending of the mortgage and release was
e a mistake. Taylor has nothing to show
d that he sent the money. In the lower
: court, however he won. Taylor lived at
Rose Hill in Mahaska county.
Building L. Too small.
|
10 ana yet there is talk that 1t is too small
5. and will crowded as soon as occupied.
IS The part Completed two years ago for the
IS historical department is already crowded
le to overfiowing and as soon as the rest OF
"a the building is completed the addition to
II be allotted TO the historical department will
be more than filled, while the larger por-
tion of the building will be, occupied by
n the state library There will be very little
additional space for the museum which
= has already reached considerable proper
tions. It is claimed, too, that the new
building is not suitable for a museum and
the legislature may be asked at the comins
session to make an appropriation for q
ne museum building The state has been Of
fered number Of very valuable privat,
- museum collections IL it win promise tC
ne case them at once so that they can b,
properly exhibited. This cannot be done
" as there is no place to put them, and tn,
owners will not ship them to the buildinJ
VIZ when they know that they are to be lef
boxed up for two or three years.
Preparing Census Maps.
u Prof, w r, Patterson, who is doing tn
IN expert statistical work on the census, 4
ee preparing maps showing the growth of tn
~ railroad systems of the state. Anothe
81 series Of maps show the change in tn
rs density OF population with each census
90 For the first time the census volume vii
es contain information showing the growt
- OF the insurance business. both life an
76 fire, in the state.
sO9 Gets Big Estate.
Pearl Maybrier. the orphan picked ou
OF the slums OF this city and adopted b
,es Mrs. Jane Martin OF Nevada, Ia, VIII
les died few days ago worth $4,000, is give
res one-third of the estate and has bee
awarded 1t by the courts She was take
in from Mrs. Martin by the Humane societ
~ ~ because she was cruelty treated
90 Republican Slate At Pierce.
90 PIERCE. Neb,. July 8.-(special) )-Whe
~ the republican county convention meet