Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-03
Iowa
STATE OWNS THE RIVER BEDS
Iowa Supreme Court Passes on Title
to on-Navigable Water.
INT LONG IN DISPUTE
Court Also Holds City Cannot Dis
eliminate Between Union and "
NonuniOn Firms In Letting
Contracts.
lFrom a sad Correspondent.l

CFrom a staff Correspondent
DIES MONIES, Ia, July 2-(Special Tele-
ND supreme court today decided
that the ownership of meandered and non
navigable AXE and river beds rests In
the state Of Iowa The decision is impOr-
tant because the point has never hereto
fore been determined in this state. The
decision is in the case OF the State Of Iowa
against j. v. Jones, Frank Montgomery
and the Marshall Dental company, being
an action to enjoin the defendants from
draining Goose lake. The appeal was from
the Greene county district court. In de-
termining the matter the court went back
to the treaties with Spain and France, by
which this territory became part of the
United States, and support for the decision
is found in the fact that the federal gov
eminent has always treated such owner
ship as resting in the states and that the
state OF Iowa has stocked such lakes with
fish and treated them as belonging to all
the people.
Ruling on Printing Contract.
The supreme court also decided In the
case Of George A. Miller against the
City of Des Moines that the city cannot
discriminate between union and nonunion
" lllNAAAS AAN III AbAAAAAb Nhp WY AAANAH
The railroad commission today issued an
order that the rates on which a rehearing
was granted June Is will go into effect
July 10, with the exception Of that on
sulphur and sulphur candles. from which
rate the words "or in pals with light
wooden covers are eliminated.
Funeral of Captain Raymond.
Mourned by the entire regiment second
United States cavalry station at Fort Des
Moines and accompanied by the Troop b
mounted, Of which he was commanding
officer, the body of Captain John c.. Ray
mond, who died here yesterday as a re-
suit of a bullet wound inflicted by Corporal
Lisle Crabtree, was conveyed to the train
tonight. The body will be taken to West
Point for burial beside the bodies OF
Brigadier General Raymond and wife.
All officers of the regiment followed the
casket on foot from the undertaking
establishment to the station.
There were many wet eyes in the great
crowd. Captain Raymond was considered
the most popular officer at Fort Des
Moines. Major Robert Raymond, a brother
and Mrs. Raymond, the widow, and hel
mother accompanied the body on it's way
Italian Dies In Hotel.
Tazioli Ferdinando, who arrived from
Italy last night and registered at the
Three-Star hotel, this morning was found
dead in his room with the gas turned on
He had money in his pocket and con
fided to people about the hotel that he had
a wife in Italy. 1t is believed he blew
out the gas.
As predicted a few days ago, william
A. Groneweg of Council Bluffs was today
appointed deputy United States marsha
for southern Iowa, to succeed William T
Cole.
: Major General F. Franklin Bell, chic
5 of staff of the army, will be In Des Moine
during the first of the army maneuver
( in October and will review the 5000 troops
Low excursion rates we're announced b
l the railroads today for the Iowa Stat
t fair the last week in August, and agent
l of the roads will be notified at once Of tn
5 rate of a fare and a half for the roun
! trip. This is IL cent a mile of travel. TIL
2 rate is effective August 20, the tickets go
4 ing on sale on that day and are on sal
e till September 8, the last day OF the fair
! and are good returning to September {
1t is believed that $4,000 people will at
D tend the fair this year from outside tn
; city of Des Nome
a Cornell Wants Agent.
. The town of Cornell, on the Minneapoli
and st. Louis road, has complained to tn
State Railroad commission because tn
: road does not maintain an agent at tina
q place. The town is five miles south O
Sioux Rapids and has a postoffice, sewers
: stores and quite a population.
Iowa Mines safe.
Iowa's death rate of coal miners wa
e less per 1000 of workmen last year tina
h ever before and much less than In tn
nation at large, according to informatio
o given out today by the state mine ir
spectors. There were twenty-nine death
last year, or LIS per 1000 of the men en-
ployed. 1t was four to the 1000 in tn
nation. Approximately 100000 tons of coz
g were mined during the year.
Court Reporters Meet.
The court reporters of Iowa will met
at the court house in Des Moines July
and s. The program announced toda
is as follows:
Wednesday, July T. 2 p. M.-President
address,, Gordon l.. Elliott, Mason City; r.
port Of secretary-treasurer, A.. b.. HooVe
Marshalltown; appointment OF commi
tees; report of legislative committee, e; {
l Bill" Adolph Sander, Ottumwa.
and the RSeporteer,% Hon, Jesse A. Mile
Des Moines; "The Bar and the Reporter
Hon. Jerry B. sullivan, Des Moines; "BeI
90 efits OF Organization" William l. Jane
Chicago; Expert Witnesses" Fran
Weller, ST. Louis.
P M.-"our Profession."M G. erie
George a FLAKE. Charles CITY: "The Ph,