Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-07-06
BREvITIEs.

Japan refuses to eyacuate Corea and
China is increasing her naval and mill
tary forces and preparing for active
operations. War is imminent.
Fire at Brooklyn, n. ", destroyed
property valued at over million dol
lars, while two persons were killed and
two seriously injured during the con
migration.
At Leghorn Signor Bandi. an editor,
was killed in about the same manner
that President Carnot was, because of
the strong anti-anarchist sentiment
expressed by his paper.
Samuel L. Easam. a young man Of 25
years, living at Shelbina. Missouri, on
the way to Walnut to visit relatives
stopped at Des Moines and fell a victim
to thee ard game: losing S31
Henry A. salzer, manager of the
John A. Salzer Seed company, La
Crosse, Wis, is in Europe looking up
rare novelties in vegetables and new
things in the farm seed line He will
visit the celebrated farming districts
of France, Germany. England. Bel
GUM, Russia. and Bohemia. and the
! customers of this widc-awake firm
can congratulate themselves upon his
bringing along the cream of farm and
vegetable seeds that these foreign
countries offer.
Minneapolis dispatch: Advices from
various points in Minnesota and South
Dakota show that several cyclones
have caused great loss of life and prop
erty. At Sleepy Eye, Tracy, Litch-
field, Muligan. Pipestone, Cold Springs
Wilmer and other points in Minnesota.
and Washington. Aberdeen and other
points in South Dakota great damage
was done property and in the territory
visited dozen fatalities are reported.
The number of persons injured will
probably reach a score or more.
Washington dispatch: In compliance
with resolutions of inquiry, the secre-
tary of a agriculture has sent a statement
to the senate. which says the visible
supply of wheat July was about
5000, 900 bushels. in addition to which
there We're approximately 5000, 600
bushels of available wheat stock on the
Pacific coast and an undeterminable
quantity that goes by the name of
visible supply. He gives the acreage
of winter wheat for the present yearat
23,116.17a and spring wheat at 1o,1os,-
592, and the probable production in
bushels at Ala, 9SS.9S7
At the session OF the National League
of Republican Clubs, at Denver re-
Gently after the adoption of a lengthy
platform, the convention proceeded to
the election of officers. Tracy was
nominated for president and unan
imously reelected. The committee
appointed to select the place at which
the next convention shall be held sub
mitted a report recommending Des
Moines This was the signal for a
sharp sllirmish. The report of the
committee was ignored and a number
of cities were proposed. Finally vote
was taken, the result being the choice
of Cleveland, Ohio by vote of s13 to
1S4. The convention adjourned sine
die.
a novelty in pale pink Russian net
sprinlSled with black spots and deli
cately perfumed is known as the
complexion veil, and is particularly
becoming to blondes.
Mrs. Elizabeth Kingsbury, in dis.
cussing the question why women do
not marry, says that the principal
reason is because of the financial
situation in which many wives are
kept,
A pair of gloves passes through
nearly 200 hands from the moment the
skin leaves the dresser's till the time
the gloves are purchased. -nH
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