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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
SUGAR TRUST PROFITS.
Estimated to Have Cleared S2s,00O,Ooo
During the Last Year.

Estimated to Have Cleared S2S,OOO,OOO
During the Last Year.
WASHINGTON, Sept. S.-A treasury
expert estimates that the profits of the
sugar trust for the last year amounted
to $50 per cent of the amount of
money actually invested in the trust.
The profit amounts in dollars. accord
ing to this expert, to over $2s, 900, 900.
In view of this immense profit, the
story that a certain United States
senator received in cash 81, 900, 900 on
condition of protecting the trust does
not seem SO absurd. 1t is not known
that the story is true, but it is pretty
well known that just before the sugar
legislation began this senator was ex-
tremely hard up, and that when the
passage of the senate schedule became
certain, he was in greater affiuence
than ever before. Apropoa of the
trusts profits. it is interesting to learn
that no working capital was ever paid
into the combine, but that $4,000, 600
had been borrowed for running the
concern. The first dividend was paid
in 1891 and amounted to "a per cent
The 1892 d. vidend was equal to $50 per
cent. The ,.o93 dividend was 165 per
cent
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
MYSTERY CLEARED.

Suicide of the Missing Seymour Wilson.
CREsToN. Sept. 13.-Word has been
received from Yakima Lodge, Wash,
by w. d. Christy, father-in-law of Sey-
mour Wilson. editor of the Shannon
City Sun. who mysteriously disappear
ed two weeks ago, announcing that
the young man had committed suicide
at that place, and asking for further
directions. This is the end that many
of Mr.. Wilson's friends anticipated.
When Wilson left home he took with
him most of his clothes, which was
evidence that he did not intend to re-
turn. He left ostensibly for a business
trip to Des Moines. and would not need
all the clothing he took, and was still
packing more in his satchel when his
wife protested. Wilson was in debt
some, but was doing a good business,
and he must have been temporarily de-
ranged to commit such an act.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
ADULTERATloNs.

Matter That Needs Legislative Attention.
WASHINGTON, September Especial
Agent Wedderburn. of the agricultural
department, has made report on the
adulteration of food, drugs and liquors.
He finds that Is per cent of all these
articles are adulterated, of which per
cent is of character injurious to
health. He says the cost of food, drink
and drugs to the people of the United
States is $6,75o, 900, 900 per annum
The adulteration therefore amounts to
over 81 900, 900, 900, and the deleterious
adulteration to over S135, 900, OOO He
suggests as a remedy national legisla-
ton to prevent the transportation of
misbranded poisonous or deleterious
foods, drinks and drugs from one state
to another, thus enabling repressive
state legislation to become effective.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14

ONE grower of apricots at Ventura,
Gal, sold in one year sixty tons of the
dried fruit, receiving therefor So, 900.
lhs apricots were all grown on forty
ac1 r.. Ever eat ripe apricot few
aQtes after It was plncked from its
freeg sCatch the face Of half
starved child as some tempting viands
were offered it and disappeared past
the palate portalP Ever see a man
who had been choking for glass of
water as glass after glass of the spark
ling Liquid went to irrigate his parched
body? Sorrow is at least temporarily
banished from the mind of the man
whose mouth first envelopes the dead
ripe apricot
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14

A hundred years ago the minuet
was a favorite dance in good society
General Washington, on at least two
occasions, is recorded as having
danced minuet
The lancers was the invention of
Joseph Hart in 1919. The title page
Of his original edition of the music
says it was danced by the nobility and
gentry at Tenby in that year.
The polonaise is of Polish origin. In
1873 Henry III Of Anjou was elected
king of Poland, and among the cere-
monies of his coronation was a state
ly march past the throne of all the
nobility.
When a Russian family move they
carry fire from the hearth in the old
home to that in the new.
The bank of Japan has capital of
20 600, 600 yens. The value of the yen
is about the same as that of the silver
dollar.
A resident of Tuscaloosa county.
Ala, is the father of eleven children.
six being school teachers and the 9TH
err five attending school
The West Indian migratory crab is
the only creature that is born in the
sea, natures in fresh water, and
passes its adult life on land.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14

TIE calculations on the military
strength of China which assume the
possible Chinese army to consist of all
ii, vale Chinese and that the Japan
" 30 obliged to kill something
s 10000 a day for a long term of
years are certainly little ..off. y
Taking the most robust and warlike
people in existence land the Chinese
certainly are mott their fighting
strength is much less than their nu-
merical strength. The real question
is the proportion OF actual efficient sol
dlers to the population, which, accord
ing to most accounts, is greater among
the japanese than the Chinese. Get
ting down to fighting figures and the
ODDS are not greater against the Japan
csc than were at times brought against
Frederick the Great. The question
may be. (which side has the Fred
erickaa'
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14

,
HEAT holidays have now been estab-
lished by law in the public schools of
Switzerland, and our educational au-
fhorltles might do worse than take a
hint from this enterprising and pro-
gressive little republic. which for CEN
turtles has been famed for its enlight-
eminent and common sense. Recognize
ing the well-known fact that the brain
cannot work properly when the heat is
excessive, the children are dismissed
from their tasks whenever the Their
1noneter goes above a certain point.
Were this sensible regulation to be
adopted in this country steps would
have to be taken to safeguard the
Thermometers from being nefariously
doctored by the enterprising American
srhooIhnv
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS
CHINESE IN BAD SHAPE.
Troops In Corea Short of Provisions ant
Many Sick and Dying.

troops In COrea short OF IrovisfOns ana
Many Sick and Dying.
LONDON, Sept. 13.-Reports from va
rious sources say the Chinese troops in
northern Corea are in deplorable
condition The roads have been
washed out so that they cannot move
their munitions of war. They are short
of provisions and cannot get enough
and many are sick and dying. Pro-
visions sent to them are hemmed in by
floods and are spelling. The com
manders are inefficient and the armies
discouraged. The laps, in good shape,
are pressing forward. 1t is said the
Chinese are also in bad shape at sea.
According to Japanese advices. a
treaty just signed by Japan and Corea
provides for the independence of Corea;
elimination of Chinese authority; binds
Japan to carry on the war against
China, both offensive and defensive,
Corea to give its forces every facility
in movements and furnish the neces-
sary supplies, at reasonable rates; the
treaty to last till peace is concluded
between China and Japan.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
CAMPAIGN OF 'e6.
Ex-speaker Reed Announced as Candida,

Ex-Speaker Reed Announced as a Candidate.
AUGUSTA, Me-, Sept. 12.-In an inter-
view on the presidential nomination in
1896, Joseph Marley, of the state re-
publican committee, said ''In the
next republican national convention
Tom Reed will be candidate for the
first place on the ticket. All New
England will be solid for hi-a, and the
delegates from Maine will be for him
in the convention first. last and all the
time. In the last convention in 1892
Mr.. Reed could have had the second
place on the ticket as gift, but he
didn't care for it, and neither will he
in 1896 accept the second place.,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14

In race against time ut Terre
Haute, Alix tied the worlds trotting
record of 1904 made by Nancy Hanks
over the same track two years ago.
Governor Nelson, of the Minnesota
state relief commission, is at Duluth
arranging for the fire sufferers. 1t is
in contemplation to turn the burned
over country into farms Represen-
tatives of the st. Paul g. Duluth road
offer to give farms free to ali heads of
families who do not own farms The
single men will be found work and the
orphan children will be adopted.
A recent meeting of citizens of New
York in opposition to Tammany APP
pointed a committee of one hundred,
with full power to cooperate with the
other anti-Tammany organizations.
Rev. DR.. Parkhurst has just returned
from Europe. He says he has further
and still more startling evidence to
present against the political author
tiles. He declares that Tammany is
responsible for corruption in the city
administration.
Denver dispatch: Women took an
active part in the primaries of the re-
publicans which elected delegates to
the county convention, which will elect
delegates to the state convention,
working in connection with the Bust
ness Mems League. They claim to
have won a notable victory over the
machine, the fruit of which, they say,
the county committee is trying to rob
them of by unseating regularly elected
delegates. Warrants have been sworn
out for some OF the judges and COM
mitteemen, who are charged with
fraud.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14

IN the long list of ..immortalsn
whose figures encircle the base of the
Albert memorial in London, fully one
half are Englishmen, and not one is an
American. In the twenty-five celeb
rites whose busts viii decorate the
new congressional library at Washing
ton only six are Americans, the other
nineteen being Englishmen. People
are asking whether this is as it should
be, and whether some of these Eng
llshmen might not appropriately give
place to Americans. The question is
not why any of the six busts selected
should be there, but why a number OF
Others equally deserving should not be
there
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
SEVERE STORM.
Destruction and Death at Memphis,

Destruction and Death at Memphis. Tenn.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. IA portion
of North Memphis was swept by a
tornado which damaged property to
the extent of $4,000 and killed one
negro, Robert Culp, and injured two
other persons slightly. The portion
of the city visited is the seat of the
lumber mills, number of which were
unroofed and otherwise damaged
Lumber piles were leveled, chimneys
demolished, etc. A hundred yards of
Wolf river bridge of the Chesapeake,
Ohio & Southwestern siding was picked
up intact and thrown hundred feet
away. Many negro shanties in the
neighborhood were unroofed or
wrecked. The tornado was purely
local
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
NIcoNTIM,zED NERVES.
The Tobacco Habit Quickly Broken an
Nerve Force Restored-A Boon

The Tobacco Habit Quickly Broken and
Nerve Force Ecstored-A Boon to
Humanity.
A mum Der of our great and most
inveterate tobacco smokers and chew.
ers have quit the use of the filthy
weed. The talisnanic article that
does the work is MOTTO lac. The re-
form was started by Aaron Gerber,
who was a confirmed slave FOR many
years to the use of tobacco He tried
tried the use of no. to- bac, and to his
great surprise and delight it cured
him. Hon. G. w Ashcom who had
been smoking for sixty years,
tried o-bac and it cured him
Col Samuel Stoutener, vino would
eat up tobacco like COW eats
hay, tried this wonderful remedy, and
even Samuel, after all his years of
slavery, lost the desire. j. G. Cobler,
Leasing Evans, Frank Dell, George b.
May, c. O. Skillington, Hanson Rob-
inett, Frank Hersh berger, John Shinn
and others have since tried no. to- be
and in every case they report got only
a cure of the tobacco habit, but a
wonderful improvement in thesY gem
eral physical and mental condition,
all of which goes to show that the use
of tobacco had been injurious to them
in more ways than one From the
Press, Everett Pa
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
The Vanderbilts are NOT to he o,,t

IHE Vanderbilts are not to be out
done by the Astors. The Mrs. Cole
man Drayton incident of few years
ago pulled the Astors up and put them
on footing with the prince OF Wales
and Prince George and cream of the
English aristocracy. But now that
Mrs. W. 4. Vanderbilt is suing for di-
yorce on account of Mr.. Vanderbilt's
social irregularities the two families
meet on q commona very common
footing. If George Gould is going to
break into the Vanderbilt set the
tioulds will have to point with pride
TO the modest scandal with .Zeua''
Nlcolaus and hope for the best.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
MAINE ELECTION.
Largest Republican Majority in the States
History.

Largest Republican Majority in the States
History.
BANGOR, Maine, Sept. n.-Cleaves,
rep, is elected governor by majority
which will exceed $1,000, the largest in
the history of the party. The repub-
licans carried every county in the
state, and it is estimated the legislature
will have working republican major
lty of 1876, which insures the reelection
of Senator Frye. Thomas B. Reed was
reelected to congress by plurality
estimated at 10000 Nelson Dingley,
Seth II Milligan and II. Boutelle are
also reelected to congress by majorities
ranging from 5000 to 5000 The total
vote will probably exceed 110,000
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
FATAL SHOOTING.

IND1ASoLA, Sept. Ia serious case
Of shooting occurred in this county
near Liberty Center. T. P. Edgerton
having fatally shot Willie Sandy. The
boy, with others, was visiting Edger-
tons melon patch, and Edgerton
having discovered tn EN- went after
them with a gun, and it is now said
the boy will die. Edgerton is an old
settler in the county and the boy be-
longs to a prominent and highly re-
spected family. Edgerton is under
bond in the sum of $1,000 for his APP
pearanee at the preliminary hearing.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
CAN'T GET STAMPS.
Dealers In Playing Cards Are in a Pr
Gicament

Dealers In Playing Cards Are in a Pre-
dicament.
DAVENPORT, Sept. IS. Revenue Col
lector Stackhouse reports having re-
ceived 60, 600 playing cards stamps from
the government, and that the supply
lasted about twenty minutes. The
government IS having trouble in fur
nishing the stamps fast enough. There
are between 1a5, 900 and 10000 packs
OF cards in the Davenport district that
will have to be stamped. so about six
times as many stamps as have been re-
ceived viii yet be needed to supply the
wants of the dealers.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
WORKMAN KILLED.
A Large Box of Plate Glass crushes His

A Large Box of Plate Glass Crushes His
Life Out.
SIOUX CITY. Sept. Backward Ken
meth. workman in the employ of the
Fletcher Hutchins company, was in
stantly killed while at work on the
Martin block. which is being remod-
eled. A hug box of plate glass fell
upon him and crushed him to death at
once. He was married, but had no
children.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14

ANOTHER use for aluminium has
been tried in Russia. The mitres of
the bishops are being made of the
metal. The metropolitan of Kasan
has such mitre, as has also the one
of Kieff. a mitre of aluminium
weighs only 3 little more than pound,
while the ordinary mitres are five or
six times as heavy.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14

RECORD breaking on the part of the
ocean steamships goes on with great
regularity. The New York comes in
with a westbound log showing six
days, eight hours and tnirty-eipht
--anlRntes. This reduces the time be-
tween Southampton and New York by
fifty-nine minutes. The six-day ship
is one OF the early possibilities-that IS
evident.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14

CANADA has been offered $4d0, 900
as a settlement in full of her Behring
sea claims, and will doubtless jump at
the offer So much money all at once
is enough to shake her strongest
nerves, but decorum prevents her ac-
ceptance of the sum until she has bag
gled for dollar and twenty-five cents
more
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14

The question naturally suggests itself,
Which is '.the fondest hour memory re-
calls2" Has the reader, whose attention
we hope to engage, ever had controversy
with his stomach on the subject Of dys-
pepsia9 After convincing proofs that the
digestive organ has got the upper hand,
has a wise resort been made to Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters9 II so, the sfondest
hour" has been recalled by memory in the
shape Of O lasting resumption Of the power
to digest, assiplllate thoroughly and eat
heartily without fear Of being uncomfort-
able afterward. When the dinner bell,
that 'tocsin Of the soul,' strikes agreeably
upon the ear, the auditor then greets II as
welcome sound and hastens to obey its
summons. The Bitters, so reno Wned as a
stomachic overcome. too, malarial, bilious
and kidney trouble and remedy nervous
ness, rheumatism and sick headache.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
STARVED HIMSELF.
He Thought the Lord Had Commanded
Him Not to Eat

he Thought the Lord Had Commanded
Him Not to Eat.
CLINTON, Sept. 12.It has just come
to light that Peter Hill, farmer living
two and a half miles west of Delmar,
in Clinton county, died from starvation.
Some time ago AR. Hill, who was quite
old and physically unable to work,
commenced reading the bible good
deal, and found q passage somewhere
in that book which he interpreted to
mean that nan should not eat unless
he worked. He then got the idea into
his head that the Lord had commanded
him not to, eat, and thereafter refused
all food, and literally starved himself
to death. He was an industrious
German, an old resident, and the father
of large family
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14

JUDGING from the rush homew ard as
evidenced by the passenger lists pf the
steamers, there must have been ugood
many Americans independent enough
OF the duh times to enjoy their usual
outing in Europe.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
ELECTION RETURNS.
hat the Final Returns From Vermont

What the Final Returns From Vermont
Show,
RUTLAND, VT, Sept. 11.-Returns
from all the towns in the state show
that the republican majority is 26,31o
and plurality 1856, a republican gain
of 9,274, and democratic loss of 1863.
The senate is republican unit and
the house stands: Republican, e33;
democrats. Q; populists, l.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
STATEFalR.
Hard Luck Causes Deficit of Probably
$4,000

$4,000.
DIS MONIES, Sept 8. The. fair has
closed and the officials estimate that
they viii have to face deficit of be-
tween So 900 and $1,000 The fair
itself was one of the best that the
society has ever held, but counter at
fractions in the shape of racing, the
circus and monument day, and rain on
Thursday and Friday were obstacles
which could not be overcome and the
society is again in the hole. The next
lsSis lature VIII probably make up the
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14

JOHN L. SULLIVAN may not have
elevated the stage very much since he
turned actor, but then the stage has
not elevated John, either. The ex-
champion has been doing his own ele-
waiting, and he has been doing it well
and often.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
HUNTING ACCIDENT.
Results in an Independence Young Mans
Death.

Death.
. INDEPENDENCE, Sept. 1a-Frank
Roads accidentally shot himself on re-
turning from a hunting trip. He was
dragging a gun from wagon when it
was discharged, the charge entering a
leg above the knee and CHANGING up
ward, entering the bowels He died
within few hours. He was is years
old.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14

The marquis of Lorne, son-in-law of
Queen Victoria, has written the libret-
to of an opera and viii have it per-
formed first before his royal mother
in-law. He will be able to make a
fortune out of it in New York by label
ing it properly.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14

The city of San Francisco appro-
pirates $50, 900 for street cleaning, but
the streets do not get cleaned. The
merchants of the city have offered to
have the streets well cleaned for that
amount providing they alone handle
the appropriation.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14

THERE is regular Napoleon l,,om
on in France now and the mail fac
tuners Of memoirs of his reigi are
working overtime to keep up with
orders
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14

CoSsTANTINoPLE. Sept. 13.-The sui
tan, deeply moved by the tragic details
of the forest fires in Minnesota and
Wisconsin, has given 300 Turkish
pounds for the benefit of the sufferers
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
Natural History.

T"You say said the Chinese philosopher,
that you are stung by lngratitude."
II am, y replied Ii Hung Chang.
You should have remem bered our an
Gent proverb, which reads: Don't fool
with bee.'n
II did" was the melancholy response.
This was a yellow Jacket
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
A Horror OF AslatIo war.

''War always makes things expensive,
doesn't ita" asked Mrs. Tidywell
Invariably replied her husband.
Dear mel What are we going to do for
tea and Japanese screensa'
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
Heavy Frost Reported From Des Moines

DIES MoISEs, Sept. Ia heavy frost
visited this vicinity last night The
weather yesterday was quite chilly and
the night clear and cold What damage
the frost has done cannot yet be esti-
mated
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14

KAISER WILLIAM recently lunched
with ex-Empress Eugene, and it is
now said that he proposes to abolish
Sedan day as German holiday. So
long as he holds Alsace-Lorraine he
can afford 10 be generous in small
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
One Fare Excursions South .Ia C.S EIR.R.
Round trip ticLets will be sold from

Round trip tickets viii be sold from
all stations on the Chicago g. Eastern
illinois r. r. on Sept lth. Oct I'd,
Nov. 9th and Dec 4th, 1894, at one
fare, to points in Kentucky, Tennes-
see. Louisiana Mississippi, Ala bama,
Georgia, North Carolina South Caro-
lima and Florida Tickets good re
turn for twenty days from date OF
sale. Stop over allowed on going OF
returning journey. For further paH
ticulars apply to any c. &. E. l. R. RI
agent or Chicago city ticket Office, csc
Clark street, or to Charles L. Stone,
G. !. & I. A., a55 Dearborn street.
Chicago, Ill
A firm in Augusta, Me-, sends to potterii
abroad photographs of places of note, ar
these views are artistically reproduced |
mir of ohi II
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
GRAND ARMY.
Forty Thousand Old soldiers in Line at

Forty Thousand Old Soldiers in Line at
Pittsburg.
PrrTsBuRG, Sept. 10 Forty thousand
veterans of the G. A. R., here in at
tendance at the national encampment,
marched through the streets of Pitts
burg and Allegheny yesterday. 1t is
estimated that 600, 900 spectators looked
upon the inspiring pageant of patriot
ism