Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18
AUDITING CAMPAIGN BOOKS
Chairman Of Republican COMMITTEES Ac-
counts for All Of tie Cash,
'1Arb MEDICAL LAW HELD TO Sc LANE
Little Waif whom Family Had
Abused a. Vow declared to nc the
Heir 60 Their Fortune ny
Death OF WOmRR.

tFrum % stan Correspondent
DIES MONIES, Nov. 17.-Cspecal)-Mem
bcis OF the republican state committee meJ
today and closed W all tho affairs Of the
campaign. An auditing committee, OF which
Committeeman Epps Of the Sixth district
Is chairman audited the hooks Of the chair
man. F. T. Woods. and made report 70
the committee thut everything had been
kept in order and that the funds coming
into the hands Of the chairman had all
been properly expended. Most OF tho mem
beers left for their homes tonight. Chair
man Woods will remain in the city but a.
few days more The report Of the audit
ms committee is as follows:
I'm closing this report your committee
teels 1t Is due our worthy chairman MT.
frank T. Woods, that we express our com.
meudatou TO him for the competent and
thorough business methods which he has
employed in the conduct Of the campaign
through which we have Just passed. His
books are a model of neatness and exact
ness. showing from what source every dol
and also how expended.
We further say that he and his able
thanks not only OF the entire committee,
but of the republicans Of the state OF
Iowa for the able, clean and business like
Gus campaigns known to Iowa politics has
4 boon conducted under his management.
Commissioners Return Home
/ Members OF the legislative insurance COM
mission today returned 20 their homes
and will expect to be back to Des Moines
and az work again next Tuesday. The alb
straet Of the testimony taken by the COM
mission during the summer amounts TO
i1G typewriter pages, and this has all
boen prepared ard Is ready for the state
printer. II is expected that the recon-
mendations Of the commission will not
occupy great deal OF space. As a mat
ter OF fact about the only thing agreed
upon thus far is the uniform policy bill.
The questions affecting life insurance, both
old line and fraternal are yet consider
ably at issue. The report will be filed
within the time fixed by law, however,
which is December l.
Rules Against state Board.
In district court here today Judge A. H.
McVey ruled that the law which gives
the State Board OF Medical Examiners
the right to deprive a physician Of his
certificate to practice medicine lie uncon-
stitutional because it gives no right Of
appeal. The ruling Of the court was made
in the case Of DR.. Anthony White Of Tay-
Ior county and il the same ruling that was
made by Judge McVey in the case of DR..
Smith from Black Hawk county, which
is now before the supreme court.
Prepares to start POstomce.
Lee Ellery. from the Treasury depart
ment Of Washington, arrived in Des Moines
today TO arrange for starting the actual
work Of erecting the building. Borings
are being made where the foundation is
to be placed to ascertain how deep the
excavation must be made for the founda-
ton. Mr.. Ellery will remain in the city
till some time next week.
would Throw Out Injunction.
In federal court today City Solicitor
Bremner filed an amended answer to the
Injunction suit OF the Des Moines City
railway. asking that the city be restrained
from tearing up its tracks, in which the
city solicitor claims that the railway had
forfeited it's charter by failure TO pay
5 per cent of its net earnings and by failure
to maintain a fve-minute schedule on ali
its lines. both Of which are required by
the ordinances. This is the first time this
point has been raised IN the courts in the
litigation over the franchise of the Des
Molnes Street Railway company, though
It has continually been claimed on the part
of the Civic league.
Waif Becomes Heiress by Court Order.
An order OF Judge Richards OF Story
county, entered today. names Pearl May
brier an heiress She is now in the Home
OF the Good Shepherd at Dubuque. As a
waif without friends OF relatives, Pear
Maybrier roamed the streets of Des Moines
as a child, without even a place to sleep
Mrs. Jane Martin, wife of a wealthy farmer
in story county, saw her and took pity or
her. She would make her her daughter
and so took her home. The Humane so,
ciety learned that instead Of plying the
child the Martins made a slave OF heI
and denied her an education. Failing by
court order TO get the child, an oficer OF
the Humane society went 70 Story county
and kidnapped the girl. Possession being
nine points of law, the Martins then were
the litigants and declared they would spent