The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-08-06
law INSTRUCTOR
IS FOUND DEAD
Member Of Faculty Of Drake Dies
MysteTlous|y.
F|REMEN STUMBLE OVER BODY
Special Meeting Of Clearing House
Men to Decide What Shall Be Done
in Matter of Government Loan-Boy
Fools With Gun With Usual Result.

Des Mo:nes, Aug. c. Attorney
Charles H. Van Week, member of the
law faculty of Drake university, came
to his death in a mysterious manner.
Firemen were called to his home at
o'clock to fight fire whick had been
discovered by neighbors. After the
fremen had put out the fire they
stumbled over Van Weeks body in the
basement.
The house was locked up securely
and his wife and children were away
at picnic There was no evidence of
violence and nothing to indicate how
he came to his death. He had former
~ been assistant attorney general of
the state, but for number of years
had taught law at the university, al
though engaging, to small extent, in
practice.
Capitol Suit Under Way.
The fight Of John w. Rowley and
others on the const:tutionality of the
law enacted by the last session of the
legislature providing for the extension
Of the state capitol grounds was earn
estly begun before Judge Applegate
of Guthrie Center in the Polk county
district court.
Judge j. C. Mitchell of Ottumwa
made the opening argument in behalf
of Mr. Rowley, reading for nearly two
hours from voluminous manuscript,
in which he sought to prove that the
legislature in preparing for the extern
sion of the capitol grounds clearly had
contracted debt in the full meaning
of the word, without the consent of
the people, and contrary to the pro
visions of the constitution.
Buying Game Birds for Iowa.
State Game Warden Hinshaw in
tends next year to give Iowa fine lot
of game birds. He is raising several
thousand pheasants on the game farm
on the state fair grounds and they will
be ready for liberation in the spring
He has also contracted for 5000 pairs
OF Hungarian cartridges, which will be
delivered in time to be liberated at
the same time in the spring. They will
all be put on in regions where they
will receive protection locally for a
Year or two.
Takes Up Pardon Matters.
Governor Clarke has taken up the
pardon case Of Frank and Nathan
Rainsbarger, VINO have served over
twenty-five years in prison for murder.
The case has been before the parole
board several times. The governor
will also soon take up the case OF Nor
nan Mcpherson, lifer, who has been
il prison many years. He is an old
soldier and it is claimed that his Of
tense at best was that of manslaughter.
Clearing House Men Meet.
A special meeting of the Des Moines
Claering House association was held
for the purpose OF selecting dele
gate to represent the local banks in
securing part Of the $5O,0O0,0O0 loan
fund which the federal government is
to place at the disposal of western
and southern banks for moving the
crops The four national banks of the
city are all eligible to receive part OF
the fund.
Boy Fools With Gun; Is Killed.
"This is the way to commit suicide,
Charles Slossy, seven years old, said
to two friends of his own age. He put
a revolver to his head and pulled the
trigger. Death came shortly after he
was taken to a hospital. The boys
had found the revolver in an alley. 1t
contained one unexploded cartridge.
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