Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-16
LEGAL RIGHT TO Be JEALOUS
Supreme Court Says it Toes Not Entitle
Husband 10 Divorce.
CEDAR RAPIDS WANTS THE TEACHERS
Majority of Executive Committee
said 20 Favor Taking the Annual
Convention TO that
city.
CFrom a STAR Correspondent

CFrom a staff Correspondent
DIES. MONIES, Feb. 15.-(Special)-1n an
opinion filed by the supreme court today IL
is held that women can be jealous II they
wish to and if they annoy their husbands
by their talkativeness the husbands must
endure it philosophically. The decision is
in the case of William Pfannebecker against
Margaret Pfannebecker, appealed from
Keokuk county, They were married Sep
TENDER ?. 1891. and the action by the hus-
band for a divorce was brought in Septem-
Der 1905. He charged cruelty on the basis
of her accusation of infdelity. He claimed
that she talked to him when he wanted to
go to sleep and one night. hearing noise,
he turned up the light and discovered that
she had entered the room, and he feared
1t was for the purpose of killing him. The
court holds in the decision that a charge
of infidelity made by the wife against the
husband does not constitute the same
ground of legal cruelty that the charge of
the husband against the wife does, for men
do not suffer from the implication If I'M
true 1t holds that though he may be
annoyed by her talking he must bear it
philosophically and suggests that medical
treatment for the wife is what is needed
rather than the divorce courts.
Cedar Rapids wants Teaches.
Cedar Rapids wants the state convention
of the Iowa State Teachers association.
1t has wanted it every year for several
years and has made a close race to take IT
away from Dies Moines. The executive
committee has for some years decided in
favor of Des Mones and this committee
meets tomorrow in Des Moines for the pur-
pose of, determining the matter. This year
there is a new element in the discussion
f. F. Bolton Of Iowa City, one of the three
members of the executive committed. took
the responsibility to write to every teacher
Ia the state and ask their preference as
to the meeting place. 1t is claimed great
majority of these favor Cedar Rapids as
the meeting place. o. NJ Elliott of Shell
dom one of the members of the committee,
is understood to favor Cedar Rapids and
his vote, with Bottoms will determine the
question. F. E. Palmer OF Jefferson the
third member, is understood to favor Des
Moines Objection Is made against Des
Moines by some teachers who claim that
the hotels and restaurants raise their rates
during the state convention and that the
department stores bring out all their left
over goods and try to sell them to the
women teachers.
House Proceedings.
up after the correction of the journal
was the Teter bill, which was left in the
air when the house adjourned yesterday
afternoon. The bill provides that town
ships which desire may return to the old
system of working out the road tax instead
of paying in cash. The bill, after further
debate and a dozen or more efforts to
amend it, some of which were successful
passed the house.
The house also at the morning session
passed the Harding bill regulating employ
ment bureau offices.
Holmes of Kossuth in the house today in
troduced bill that is intended by the
author to assist the Legislature in getting
at the real value of the railroad property
of the state, with all watered stock left
out of calculation The bill provides that
the railroads, under penalty, shall file with
the state auditor an account of the mileage
and value of all property of the roads, the
amount of stock outstanding every five
years beginning with 1885. the amount of
bonds and the amount outstanding every
five years beginning with 1885. the earnings
each year and the railroad companies own
estimate of the value of the railroad prop
erty The bill calls for information never
heretofore required of the railroads and
is causing considerable debate. The author
means to press 1t to passage. The in
formation must be filed with the auditor of
state by July l, 1907, and biennially there
after, and furthermore, TIE bill provides
that the railroads, under penalty, must
furnish ali information called for by the
legislature the executive council or the
state railroad commission. The bill is
causing some sweating on the part of the
railroads,
Alfred today introduced "a bill providing
that 1t shall be a crime punishable by
fine of $500 or Imprisonment for any per-
son to give money, liquor, cigars or any
thing of value to any person previous to
d primary or, election for the purpose of
influencing his vote
Cottrel introduced bill providing for
a legislative reference department to the
state library to be in charge of a COM
petent person to gather and furnish the
legislature any information It may wish
or need.
At the afternoon session the house killed
the bill increasing the compensation paid
newspapers for publishing the laws passed
the bill by Brandes of Council BLUFFS re-
lating to the compensation Of supervisors
referred the Ofll firecracker bill to the
judiciary committee; passed the ball by
Harding of Woodbury. relating to levying
special assessments to pay for damages
to property from erection of viaducts.
senate Proceedings.
The senate passed the concurrent resolu-
ton to take recess from February rs
until March at $50 p. m The purpose in
deciding so early is that members may
arrange their business affairs to be at
home op March /.
The senate unanimously passed the bill
to give the State Board of Health bac-
THEOLOGICAL laboratory at Iowa City 5000
annually and to give the director N,ZOO a
year salary.
New Bills Introduced.
The following new bills We're introduced:
Crossley-EXemptiOn of mortgages.
DeWolf-Bulk sales bill.
Moon-Street car Vestibules.
Gilliland-Bridge taxes In cities.
DeWolf-Boiler inspection.
Coal Lands Change Hands.
Buffalo capitalists and w. S. White of