Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-08
REVISING THE IOWA RATES
Railroad Commission Decides to Overhaul
the Whole sohedule.
LIVE STOCK MEN START GALL ROLLING


(From a stan Correspondent
DIES MONIES. Feb 7-(Special TelN
gram 1.-THE Board of Railway Commis-
sloners made short WORK today OF the COM
plants on freight rates I'm the state by
ordering a complete revision of freight
schedules The hearing came up on com
plant of the Corn Belt Meat Producers
association and the creamery men. Inas-
much as there were general complaints on
the whole schedule by different parties. the
board decided 20 go down the line and
revise all the rates. ...
IndetermInate sentence Law.
Holmes In the house, offered btu for an
indetermlnate sentence a parole board 0na
making the prison at Anamosa reforma-
tory for criminals between the ages OF IL
and 80 years. The bill was prepared after
IA conference with Senator Saunders OF
Council Bluffs and prominent authorities
on penalogy Of the state. and It Is UNDER
stood that Senator Saunders viii with
draw the measure he has In the senate ana
substitute this one instead. The bill IL not
radical 1t does not abolish the present
maximum and minimum terms Of sentence
but provides that after criminal has
been sentenced the Board OF Parole shall
exercise its powers 20 parole the criminal
with no authority to make the sentence
longer than the maximum or shorter than
the minimum sentence
Would Break Down Precedent.
Doran Of Boone tried to break down q
! time -honored precedent in the house today
and have a petition printed In the Journal In
stead OF pigeonholed in the clerks desk.
| The petition was from the Farmers Grain
Dealers association, which recently met in
Fort Dodge He wanted II printed 50 that
all the members would have an opportunity
| 10 he AL nad Nd rafu
TO break over The petition 10, now In a
| pigoonhole. where II will remain till the
janitor cleans up after the session is over.
The petition asked for national and state
4 reciprocal demurrage bills and wanted tho
railroad commissions powers enlarged 1t
also declared that apitalization OF
railroads and favOritism In rates are crying
evils OF tine times.
Favor BFandes BILL.
The Brandes bill for bounty on pocket
gophers was reported for passage by the
committee on agriculture in the house to-
day f, ~ -,t'1@
Bills An the, House.
Geneva of Keokuk offered bill in the
house today providing for a tax OF 81
year on every dog In the state, the money
to go to a domestic animal" fund 70 be
used for paying claims for damages done
! by dogs.
Sparks OF Wapello introduced bill in
. the house today changing the compensa-
! tion OF attorneys appointed by order OF
\ court to defend criminals TO $40 day
; for time actually put in instead of slo
T for each case In full.
. The house today passed the Sullivan bill
/, providing for taking the evidence of coro-
+ ners' juries in shorthand TO be preserved
: 1t also passed the Brandes bill providing
support for keeping the INDECENT children
: at the School for the Deaf throughout the
o entire twelve months. so they will not
have to be sent to poor houses during ths
y vacations.
0 what the senate Did.
The senate received and placed on file
!, petitions numerously signed and presented
e by Senators Kimmel. oillilland and Nichols
: in favor OF greater appropriations In sup
port of the state meteorological labora-
4 tory.
y bill was introduced by Senator Eckles
!. to increase the per capita allowance for
a the soldiers homes from Si4 to SIS a
) month; also a bill by Gilliiland providing
q that counties may retain costs In fore
= closure cases involving school funds; also
-s a bill by Wilson Of Fayette revising the
e poison schedule In the state laws; also
!. a bill by Allen limiting the time for com
mencing actions on contracts.
!, A. favorable renprt was received in ths
senate on the bill to prohibit campaign
b. contributions by corporations. The bill
is drastic in it's terms and foTbids cor
a. porations or ofncers thereof from making
: contributions to political committees, etc
le Court Upholds Base Bali.
"a The Iowa supreme court upholds bas'
ct ball as proper, game. Judge Mcclaii
ar | Wrota the 0OiniOn. i
n, case came from Lucas county. wher'
Of a lot owner had been enjoined from per
ut hitting the boys TO play base bail OF
ID his premises because Of alleged annoy
IN ance to residents nearby. The; supreTn
w court says this was not right. "Th
go playing OF base bali" says the court. I'll
as not a nuisance per Sc against whicl
he persons living in the vicinity where tn
d, game is played may necessarily be en-
OF titled TO equitable. relief"
RS And in this special case II was ais
Of found that the game as played in CHAR
r ton was attended by ministers OF tn
d. gospel and by the women OF the frs
F6cial circle OF the city, hence Il coul
not have been very bad,