Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-12
Iowa
MONEY GOES ~ FURLlGN POOR
Nice Question Settled by the Supreme
Court in Will Case.
HEIRS WANT MONEY KEPT HERE
Question Now Arises, Can the state
Get inheritance Tax on Coll
lateral B~euuests tina Go out
of the Country

From a staff CORRESPONDENT
DIES MONIES. May 11.-(Special)-That
a man dying in Iowa may leave his estate
tn the poor Of a foreign municipality with
out designating any specific trustee for the
trust fund was announced by the supreme
court Of Iowa today. The case wherein
the question arose came from Sioux county.
u. J. Klumpert, dying, left a few thou
sand dollars to distant relatives and then
decreed that the balance of his estate
valued at about $4,000. should be dis
tributed among the poor of Worst, Colder
land, Netherland. He appointed executors
for his will.
Some Of the heirs who received small
requests contested the will and demurred
to the section giving money to the foreign
poor on the ground that the will designated
no proper trustee for its distribution. The
executors chose to stand on the question
of demur and appealed from the lower
court. The supreme court reverses the
lower court and says the section provid-
ing the bequest for the poor is all right,
as the city mentioned is probably an in
corporated municipality with duly elected
officers and as the bequest is for the poor
generally Of that city It can be distributed
equitably through the municipal insti-
buttons for such work under the direction
Of its officers.
Now another interesting question has
been raised in the office of the attorney
general Of this state. That is, can Iowa
collect a collateral inheritance tax on this
large amount left to the poor Of a foreign
municipality. Attorney General Byers will
probably be asked for an opinion in the
matter before the money leaves the juris-
diction Of the state courts.
WORKERS at Capitol Changed.
At the state capitol a number of changes
in the working force were made today,
which marks probably the last of the
changes under the new administration.
John NJ. Lewis, and old soldier retires as
~janltor, to be succeeded by Louis Cohen.
James Newcomb Of Boone was released to
make room for Mr.. Cox of Valley Junction.
who succeeds him as chief of police. Har-
ris Goldberg was removed as elevator mar
and his place given to owen Byrnes.
Aged Prisoner PardOned.
Governor B.. f. Carroll, in conformity
with the recommendation of the State
Beard of Parole, has signed a pardon for
r. w. Glyndon, who is unquestionably the
oldest prisoner in the United States, having
served thirty-one years. He is now Il years
old. Before his conviction thirty-ohe years
ago the mob twice had a rope around his
ncaX, hut was beaten back by deputy
sheriffs. After conviction he worked in
a furnace room of the penitentiary till his
clothes were wringing wet with perspira-
ton At night he had no change of clothes
and accordingly contracted catarrh that
has blinded his left eye and deafened his
left ear. Despite aHstlGese things, he has
not a single Grsy nah in his head. He
has been practically buried alive all these
years. He has never seen a telephone,
street car, an or any of the
other modern inventions. lie was a soldier
in the civil war and has been drawing n
pension from the government, Much of
tina he has spent doctoring his catarrh.
When ne leaves the prison he is going to
Cedar Rapids for a time with friends until
he becomes acclimated to the modern ways
Of the world.
Prominent Priest Dead.
After lowering between life and death for
ter DAYS. Rev. Father l.. j. Vaughn of
Dubuquc. a noted m lecturer, died
at Mercy hospital at 6 o'clock this morning,
aged a. years. He was operated on ten
days ago. Father Vaughn was one of the
foremost platform orators in America.
Before entering the priesthood he was an
actor. essaying Shakesperian roles. He was
the author of several books and a drama,
The Woman of the West His last charge
was at cuba city, WIS.
Manager of Railroad indignant.
In an indignant letter received today by
the State Railroad commission, General
Manager r. $. McClelland of the Tabor &
Northern railroad denies the charge of A
e. Kcpford, state lecturer on tuberculosis.
that the company's public conveniences are
in a filthy condition.
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