Omaha daily bee., 1907-05-11
ILLEGAL TO CHANGE RECORD
ministerial Whether or Not Change is Il
Show the Correct State Of Facts
CLOSES THE JONES COUNTY SALOONS
Church Union Is Proving Troublesome
on Account of Differences of
Opinion Regarding Cow
eminent of Church.
(From a Stan Correspondent.)


DIES MONIES, May 10-(Special boards
Of supervisors cannot correct the records
of their meetings where the correction will
materially alter the facts. In a decision
handed down today by the supreme court,
the saloons in Jones county must go as
result OF this decision. In the case of
j. w. Brickley, appellant, against Louis
Westpal, appealed from the Jones district
1t was shown that a petition OF consent
under the mulct law was circulated in
Jones county and the board OF supervisors
at its meeting in December, 1895, canvassed
the signatures and found that more than
65 per cent OF the voters had signed The
figures for each township were given and
for Rome township, in which the city Of
Olin is situated, It was shown that 226 had
signed out of 397 voters, but the boards
resolution failed to show that a majority
of those in the city Of Olln had signed the
petition. Before saloons can legally be
opened in a city of less than 5000 there
must be the signatures of IS per cent of
the voters of the county and also a ma
jority of those in the city In 1903 the
supervisors attempted to correct the record
and have It show that a majority of the
voters OF Olin had signed. This would
make saloons in Olin legal The supreme
CouIl says the record cannot De corrected.
MarshnIltOwn Wins suit.
The city OF Marshalltown, which has been
fighting to maintain its water works, won
In the supreme court today. The city
bought land on the Iowa river near a dam
across the stream and utilized the power
from the dam to pump water. Later George
Laplent bought the dam for the purpose
OF having it destroyed because It backed
hn uTafa A..
river. The city started condemnation pro-
ceedings against the land and Laplant got
out an injunction. The supreme court at
firms the action OF the district court in
dissolving the injunction.
Church Union Serious Question.
Church union between the Congregational
lists. United Brethren and Methodist Prot
estant Is serious question in Iowa and
at the state meeting OF the Congregational
church I'm Grinnell May % this question
will be one OF the important ones dis
cussed. The forms of government seems
TO be the biggest question TO be decided
The Congregationalists. who believe that
every congregation should be a law unto
itself, object 20 the episcopal form of the
United Brethren church. Rev. +. w. Hodg-
don Of this city, who Is the national dele
gate OF the Congregational church, favors
Nho NAheh anu MS report at Ailluel IN may
will be thus made. The state association
will then act upon II.
old Prisoners Must Move.
When the iHdeteTminate sentence law Is
put into effect there viii be quite a shake
up among the old time prisoners Of the two
institutions. Robert Haley, editor Of the
Prison Press at Anamosa, a man of con-
siderable talent and concerning whose
Identity there has ever been great mystery,
Is one OF those who VIII have TO move to
Fort Madison because OF the requirement
as 20 age Because OF a provision OF the
new law that exempts prisoners over Is
years OF age J. A. Freeman. Wesley
| shaffer Thomas w. Watson. Francis e.
| Riney, John L. Cartier and John s. Tay-
/ lor will not have TO move from Anamosa,
which is considered the more desirable
/ place Of the two penitentiaries.
Search for Lost Son.
Through the Salvation army a search Is
being made for Andrew Wilson. formerly
/ resident OF Des Moines. Through the
| death OF a grandfather Wilson has been left
q considerable amount OF land near Web
ster City, Ia An uncle is the administrator
Of the estate and through him the search
is being made. Wilson was last heard
Of in Chicago fog-- years age