Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-14
BREvlrIEs.
Northeastern Nebraska had a killing

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governor.
| Advices from Vermont state that the
republicans carried the state election
by about 10000 to 10000 majority.
The Count of Paris died in London
on the Sth. He was one of the pre-
tenders to the throne of France He
served in the recent United States
civil war on the side of the union.
/ A Chicago dispatch announces that
Jackson absolutely refuses to sign the
articles for a fight with Corbett at
Sioux City. He wanted to fight within
three months instead of waiting until
next Mayor June.
Emperor William of Germany, at the
recent unwilling of the monument to
/ his grandfather, Emperor William 1. !,
at Koenigsberg, said: 1T was on this
spot that King William openly stated
before his subjects that he held the
crown from God. This is also my own
deepest conviction and has ever served
me as guide in all my actions.
At the Washington session the much
mooted German question was decided
by the supreme lodge of Knights Of
| Pythias by a decisive vote against
permitting the use of the ritual in other
than the English language. In COM
mittee of the whole the lodge approved
the report of a committee on state of
the order recommending that saloon
keepers, bar-tenders and professional
gamblers be declared ineligible to
membership.
Special Officer w j. Burns, of the
secret service bureau at Washington,
called on Gov. Stone of Mississippi
recently and demanded the steel
plates from which 10000 Of Mississippi
special warrants We're made. Gov
Stone replied that the plates were not
in his possession, but in the custody of
w. w. Stone, auditor of public ac-
counts. He was satisfied the auditor
would refuse the demand, and his ac-
ton would be sustained by him. Off
Ger Burns then called on the auditor
and made the same demand, which was
refused. Burns will now wait for or
ders from Washington before taking
further action.
A dispatch to news agency from
Shanghai says it is stated there that a
strong force of japanese troops have
occupied an island in Society bay,
northwest of Port Arthur. The island
is a base of operations. The Chinese
We're taken completely by surprise and
consequently were able to offer no OPP
position or prevent the Landing of large
quantities of arms, ammunition, pro-
visions, etc, which are being stored
Everything connected with the
affair indicates the purpose of the
japanese to stand a siege if necessary
until the force occupying the island
shall have been reinforced sufficiently
to justify an attack upon Port Arthur.
According to the dispatches, the sugar
planters convention in New Orleans
was the most remarkable gathering in
many years, and the first serious break
in the democratic party is now actually
threatened. The convention declared
in favor of an alliance with the repub-
lican party, on national issues, and
two and possibly three congressional
districts, comprising the sugar region. |
are endangered to democrats. Prob
ably 800 representative men were pres
ent at the convention, and as nearly
all of them are men of wealth, with
large influence, and with power to
control considerable following, the
action they have taken cannot be I'M
derestimated.
Senator Jones of Nevada, in letter
a few days ago to the chairman |
of the state central committee of Ne
vada announcing his withdrawal from
the republican party and adherence to
the populists, says that monetary re
form is the greatest question now be-
fore the people and declares no such |
question can be settled except by the
formation of new party for the pur
pose. The opponents of silver showed
the way when, regardless of party ami
mosities, they temporarily threw aside
party allegiance and voted unitedly for !
the repeal of the silver purchase clause |
of the Sherman act, so that he, while not |
abating his allegiance tothe protective
theories, proposes to sink everything
in favor of silver for the time being.
Indianapolis dispatch: The flag of
honor floats over the track of the
indianapolis Driving club, and Robert
j., the great son of. Hartford, reigns
supreme as the king of the turf. The
match race for a purse of S., 900 be- |
tween Robert j. and Joe Patchen was
expected to bring forth some phenom-
email speed, but not one of the 1000 I
people gathered at the track was pre-
pared for the terrible smashing of I
record that began with the word Ego"
The day was all that could be desired |
and the track was perfect The first
heat was paced in 2:o3%, Robert j.
winning and Patchen coming in nose
behind. The second heat was clipped
off in 2:021z, Patchen's time being
2:O234; the third heat, 2:0434, Patchen
being half length behind. The three
heats averaged 2:o3 3-5.
The secretary of the treasury having
received official information that Can
ada imposes no export duty and no
discriminating stumpage dues on
lumber, logs, timber and other articles
mentioned in the free lumber schedule