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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
JOHN SHORT ON COAL.
Not Enough on Hand to Supply His Fleet
for One Week.


for One Week.
New YORK. August GA Shanghai
dispatch says: 1t is stated in well in
formed quarters that the strongest
reason against China's fighting is that
her feet has no coal beyond what is at
present in the ships and which would
only give weeks steam at the out
side. The Japanese are plentifully
supplied and are only few hours from
their extensive coal fields in Kiusha.
All the stocks of coal in the neighbor-
hood have been bought up by the
Japanese, British and Russian fleets,
and China's supply is too far off to be
of any use in a sudden emergency.
The supply of powder and ammunition
on board the Chinese fleet is totally
inadequate to the occasion and would
not last a week, nor are there any re-
serves less than four or five days steam
off. 1t is said that the Chinese officials
are pleading that as this is a special
year of grace, being the empress
dowagers siNtieth birthyear, there
must be no fighting and they will for
give the japanese
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.

Awful Crime of a Jealous Charlton Lover
CHARLTON, August 1o.-Winfeld Jen-
l1ins, night baggageman at the c., B. &
@. station, shot Mrs. Julia Murphy and
her two daughters, Mrs. Joanna Town
and Miss Julia Murphy, and then COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself
through the heart Mrs. Murphy was
shot twice, once in the bowels and
thigh, and Miss Julia, the younger
daughter, wounded in the breast. The
wounds are all thought to be fatal.
The murderer Jenkins, is from Lacona.
warren county, where his father still
lives. He has been in the employ of
the c., b. & @. here for several years,
and was not thought to be dangerous
man. Jealousy is supposed to be the
cause of the tragedy.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
WILSON CONFESSEs.
The Conspiracy Against Adiutant General
Tarsney Exposed.

The Conspiracy Against Adiutant General
Tarsney Exposed.
DENVER, August s.-Joe r. Wilson,
a deputy sheriff of Ell Paso county. has
made a full confession duplicating a
number of other men who he claims
assisted him in the outrage committed
on General Tarsney at Colorado Springs
several weeks ago. He says among
the main movers in the movement were
the sheriff himself, Deputy Sheriff
j. r. Wilson, Deputy Bob Mullins,
Captain Saxton of Troop A, Sherman
Crumley Welter Crumley, William
Bancroft Of Troop A, and others. The
cause of their enmity for Tarsney was
a remark that he made that he hoped
every man of Sheriff Browns army
would be shipped home in coffin.
Wilson has been identified by Tarn-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
A BRUTAL RUFFIAN.

y
as the Result OF Quarrel He is Now
Murderer.
RoLFE, August s.-A week ago while
some threshers We're at work near
RoIfe, a man named Joe Wiley sue
ceeded in dragging an inotfensive
young man named Herman Barnes into
a fight. Wiley was a fierce brute and
gave Barnes a fearful beating. He
was afterwards arrested and fined $40
rapidly grew worse until he died from
concussioA of the brain. The coroner's
jury finds Wiley responsible for his
death. Wiley has q bad record, while
Barnes was well liked and of pleasant
disposition. He leaves 2 wife and one
year-Old child
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
SENSATION IN ATcHIsoN.
Important Meeting of Reorsanizatio

Important Meeting of Reorganization
Committee Will Be Held.
NEW YORK, Aug THE Heeald
this morning says:
The Atchison RAILROAD scandals
may develop sensations that will
throw in the shade McLeod's transac.
tons in the Philadelphia & Reading.
Members of the protective commits
sion say there will be many dra-
matte inridents in connection with
the Investigation of the supposed
systematic overcharging of accounts
to the extent of 81, 200 600. President
Reinhart, it is said. is preparing to
take long vacation for his health.
He will return to New York Monday
in time to attend an important meet
ing on that day of the recognizing
committee, when a stormy time is ex-
pected in connection with the supposed
with the supposed fictitious bookkeep-
ing during the four years prior to the
receivership The directors of the
company seem to have been put to
great confusion and it is thought that
certain of them wiz. attend the meet
ing and take the opportunity to free
themselves from any suspicious that
may be entertained
IS . b
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10

FULLER accounts of the treatment
OF the Yale athletes in England show
very plainly that the much talked Of
British spirit OF fair play must have
gone out with knee breeches ana
cooked hats, If it ever existed at all.
The American athletes were insulted
and jeered in fashion that would
be considered disgraceful by a gang
of tough sports at an inn
promptu prize fight. The only re-
deeming feature of the occasion was
the courtesy shown the visitors by
their Oxonian competitors, who may
be sure of equally courteous treat
ment should they return the visit Of
the Yale representatives
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10

PIrTsBuRG, Pa, Aug "A com.
mittee of fifteen Slavs leave here to-
morrow evening to examine Arkansas
land recently bought for the
purpose of establishing a Slavish
colony. Upon their report will
depend the continuance of the
movement to take large numbers OF
the unfortunate coke strikers to the
southwest. Others are coming from
New York and, New Jersey and the
party will be joined by another com.
mittee in Chicago.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
Were You Ever sou,nin suno,,ero

1t is no hotter in Tennessee, Ala
'bama or Georgia than here, and it is
positively delightful on the Gulf Coast
of Mississippi and West Florida. If
you are looking for location in the
south go down now and see for your
self. The Louisville & Nashville rail
road and connections will sell tickets
to all points south for trains of Aug. 7
at one fare round trip. Ask your tick
etagent about it, and if he cannot sell
You excursion tickets write to C. P.
.stmore, general passenger agent,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10

What an agreeable one, too, Is expe-
rlenced by the hitherto misguided lndivid-
ual who has been ceaselessly but vainly
dosing for years past in the futile hope Of
curing constipation, when drastic pills and
potions are abandoned for Hostetter's
Stot.ach Bitters, faithful auxiliary or
nature, which does its work without grip
ing or weakening, but always effectually
Throw physic to the dogs!o and use this
benign and thorough Laxative, which
achieves results which astonish as we'll as
crafty those who use it. Not only reg
ular habit Of body, but complete digestion
and assimilation are restored by its use.
1t regulates the liver and kidneys and
counteracts tendency to rheumatism.
In no case where it is possible to procure it
should its use be delayed. Fortify with it
against malaria.
Gray hair is one kind Of time lock that
will never become popular.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10

HENS, horrible shadow! unreal
mockery, hens! Judge Pettingill of
Maiden, decides that q man has the
right to kill weeds with salt. and
that it is not his fault If a eighbor's
hens get into bis yard and gobble up
the salt, with fatal results This is
good law and good sense, but it may
nevertheless produce an inordinate
demand for salt from suburbans with
gardens and with neighbors afflicted
with the hen fever.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
SENSATIONAL MARRIAGE.

APottawattamic County farmers Girl Mar
ries Minstrel.
CoUScIL. BLUFFS. August 7.-Society
is stirred by the marriage of Charles
M. Trappagen. a street concert singer
with DR.. Berry, now in Des Moines,
and Miss Georgia Garner, daughter of
wealthy farmer who is worth $780,
900 in her own Oname. The mar
riage occurred recently at Atlantic and
is just made public. The couple were
acquainted three weeks
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
BEGs ENGLAND's PARDON.
Offers Apologies for Taking Thirteen
Japs Of British Steamer

TEN Ts1N, Aug. THE thirteen
Japanese who were forcibly taken
by the Chinese from on board
the British steamer Chun King
were at once returned to that
vessel upon the order of the
viceroy, who issued such instructions
the moment he was informed of the
incident. The viceroy also sent an
apology to the British consul and or
dered the punishment of those re.
sponsible for the removal of the ia
panese from the ship. All the ia
panese residents of Pekin have left
that city.
NAGAsAKI, Aug. Capt Gals
worthy, Mate Tamplin and Quarter
master Evangelista of the sunken
Chinese transport Kow Shing have
been brought here. They will be de-
livered to the British authorities at
opna ~ i
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
WEAVER ENDORSED.

Democrats of the Ninth district Also Name
Him for Congress
Dies MONIES, August o-At the
democratic convention ot the Ninth
congressional district, held at Council
Bluffs, Jas. B. Weaver, alreac'y nominee
Rf the populists, was named for con
lrhe democratic congrA,siona, con
Eention of the Eight district in session
at Corning unanimously nominated
Hon. f. @. Stuart, editor of the Chari
ton Democrat.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
-FOUR Men Burn to Death.

BucYRUs, Ohio, Aug. GA west
bound freight on the Pennsylvania
broke in halves this morning, the two
parts colliding. A car of coal oil and
one of gasoline took fire, consumed
half the train and destroyed about 500
feet of track Four tramps We're steal
ing ride on the oil car and all were
burned to death.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
DlckERsoN UNDER ARREST.
He Furnishes Bond and stin Breathes Pure

He furnishes Bond and Still BreatheS Pure
Air.
ATLANTIC, August Isaac Dicker-
son, vice president of the Cass county
bank, was arrested Saturday on
foalr informations charged with divert
ing funds of the corporation. His
bond was fixed at $1,000 and was fur
nisheq. Another information was filed
Yesterday morning. The prosecution
is pushed by j. G. Yetzer, president,
who furnished the evidence. Dicker-
son will soon exhaust the bond supply
and will then so to Jail, where his son,
the cashier, now is. Public sentimen t
is beginning t9 turn against Yetzer;
only some evidence is needed to start
the crowd after him
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
Eather and Son killed.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Aug Tn San
Jacinto county, near the Walker line,
according to advices received to-day,
Road Overseer d. M. Saunders and his
son were shot and killed by S. R. Bar
nett in a quarrel arising out of an old
grudge. Barnett was so badly
wounded in his arm that it was ampu-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
late Bystander.
DIES MONIES. IOWA.

The usefulness OF detectives has
been demonstrated again. After re :
lentless pursuit OF clews they have
shown that recent murder horror
at Los Angeles was based upon an
encounter between a butcher and a
calf. and serious only when viewed
from the standpoint of the calf But
for this discovery Los Angeles would
be INDUCING in uncomfortable shud-
derS vet.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
DISAPPEARED.


His Employer, Accused of Murder, is in
Trouble.
FARRAGUT, August Joseph Likes.
a tall young man, rather on the sim!
pie order, weight about $50 pounds,
chin whislzers. inclined to curly, big
nose, slightly sandy complexion,
rather dark, stoop shouldered, mys-
terionsly disappeared from the farm of
w. Yick. Fremont county, Friday, July
20. Mr. Yicl worthy man, is ac-
cused of his murder. Should he come
your way kindly question him and
1yrite to j. II Thornton. Earragnt.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
sANTo TO DIE.
The Assassin of Carnot Sentenced to the
GuiIlOtinc,

Lyons, France, August 4.-In the trial
of Santo Cesarlo, on the charge of muir
dering the late President Carnot, the
case was given to the jury and in thir-
teen minutes a verdict of guilty re-
turned. He was at once sentenced to
be guillotined. As the sentence was
pronounced, he tottered and with a
weak voice. said: '.Vive social revolu-
tion.'' Then, in louder voice, he
shouted: Courage, comrades; vive
anar,c1icif
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
AGAINST THE JAPS. .
Bill to Grant Them Naturalization Report
ed Adversely.

DIT tC UrstIlt IItenI 1NHbUTa iiEiClUH HepOFt-
ed Adversely.
WASHINGTON, August 9.-The house
committee on judiciary voted to report
against the admission of japanese to
citizenship. The bill introduced by
Everett, of Massachusetts,, providing
that section 2169 of the revised statutes
shall not operate to exclude japanese
from naturalization. was called up.
The sentiment Of the committee seem
ed to be against any enlargement of
the naturalization privileges, and the
bill failed.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
AN EXCITING FIRE.
A Wild Panic at the Chicago Base Ball
Park,

CHICAGO, August THE discovery
of fire in the grand stand of the West
Side ball park caused a panic among
the spectators, in which twenty met
injury more or less serious, There
We're 10000 people on the grounds
when the fire was discovered under
the bleachers, caused by a cigarette.
The stampede was an awful one and
half The grand stand had been con-
sumed when the department arrived.
Loss about S4 900
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
Drouth Unbroken at Galena, Ill

GALENA, ILL.,, Aug. 4The weathe
has changed to cooler. From los de-
grees in the shade the mercury
dropped to GS degrees. No rain has
fallen at Galena to break the drouth.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
ALL RELlEV ED.
There Are No Troops On Duty In Illinois
At Present.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, August Coy
ernor Altgeld directed General Wheel
er, Of Chicago, commanding the state
troops, to dismiss all companies now
on duty. Four of the Second, and
three companies of the First on duty at
Pullman and the Union Stock Yards
were relieved. No state troops are
now doing duty in Illinois
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10

4 :: :: !: !: !: ::
That Matters Not.
And you say he has title" sal
little girl
Yes, replied the plump one.
and very richl"
eyes"
"And unmarriedl''
yes -s'
Dear me! ] wonder how many days he
has been widowern
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
He Was Undecided.

Lady (handing out some cold victuals)--
Cant you find any work to doan
Tramp-"l suppose could, mum but IL
is not every kind of work that suits me. -
Lady-NWhat WORK would suit YOUR
Tramp-'I hain't just made up my mind
about it yet, mum; but am doing power
full lot of thinking on the subject.n
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10

AND now an actress has saved q
life from drowning. This is a more rep
ntable form of advertising than pos
ing in the divorce court or in being
the supcrstltious victim of a putoline
knond robbery.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10

Earl's Clover Root Tea.
The great Blood purifier freshness and clesrness
10 the Complexion and cures Constipation.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10

HPgema ms Camphor Ice with GlyeerIne
The original and only genuine. Cures Chapped Hand
and Face, Cold Sores DC. c. G. Clark Co. Haven Gu
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10

Down in New England, where all
great reforms originate, movement
is being made to stop the wholesale
DETACHMENT OF nature by advertise
ments of liver pads, So pants and
patent medicines. The Legislatures
are to be asked to pass laws forbid
ding this vandalism. and the effort
will probably prove successful.
Such movement might well be in
Aaugurated in the vest where the
Nitrate of the paint pot works his
II on rocks, trees and cliffs, and
Jon should be taken quickly lest
landscapes should be made up
\sively of staring signs, alleged
rs, anQ invitations to buy.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10

! A whole bushel of notions don't weigh
half as much as one little stubborn fact.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10

When the devil comes to an empty mind
he is sure Of place to stay all night.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10

Halls Catarrh euro
Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10

GEN. EzETA of San Salvador is
charged with footing the public
treasury to the extent OF 10000, 900
in one fiscal year or therea bouts.
Such successes as this are calculated
tShk ako ex-Treasurer Tate of Ken
" thoroughly ashamed Of his
financial achievements.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10

All heaven listens when we send up 8
heartfelt prayer for an enemy's good.
"A Cup of Parks Ten at night moved
the bowels IN the morning"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10

The man who gives bis child to the sire
VIII give the world thief
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10

.F1nnson's Magic CORN sn1ve.''
Warranted to cure or money refunded. Ask your
druggist for it, Price Is cents.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10

YER marry girl whose mouth
VA at the corners" says &
hsr, because such a girl
& sour, morose dis,
DIX jealous make
and turn mp
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10

NJ any man is living an honest life wi
wou ldn't if the jail were farther off.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10

Gray hair is one kind of time lock that
will never become popular.
The Washington times., 1894-11-18

Thirty Days in the Brownstone-Samuel
Murray. colored. who picked the pocket of
Alexander Wexford on the ferry steamer CO.
lumbia, and succeeded in getting SS, was
sent to the big brownstone structure. known
as the Jail, for thirty days. by Judge Miller
yesterday. Wexford recovered his money.
Hack Driver Newman's Case Continued
In the police court yesterday the case of
hackman Harry Newman. charged with ab-
stracting $40 from the pockets of Lewis n.
Mallet, of No. IS n street northwest. while
the latter was a passenger in Newman s
vehicle, was continued until tomorrow The
defendant went to jail in default of bonds
'Foruey" Jewelry Vender Sent Down
Charles Jacobs, a smooth-talking young white
man, who was captured by Policemen Miller
and Evans while trying to dispose of several
snide finger rings at S1.75 each, was charged
with vagrancy in Judge Kimball's court yes
terday. The officers found him irving to sell
the rings, (which were not worth 5 cents each.
i'll the vicinity OF the street car sheds near the
navy yard gate. Jacobs said he was from
Dayton, Ohio and gave his city residence as
house on Z street, between Ninth and Tenth
streets northwest, in what is known by the
police as Doubtful Row." Judge Kimball
sentenced him to ten days in the chain gang
and advised him to leave the town forthwith
when his time is out.
Tennesseean and His Gnn-James Percy,
the travelling salesman from Tennessee. who
was arrested in the Division while flourish
ing big pistol Friday night. demanded a
jury trial in Judge Millers court YESTERDAY.
Bonds were fixed at 800 for Percy's appear
ance.
The Washington times., 1894-11-18
Te1epathic Communication.

''What my friend Rogers has said about un-
seen presenees, said c. R. Walden, reminds
me of peculiar affinity between sister of
mine and me. We are usually several hun
dred miles apart and yet our minds are in
constant communication. l can at will call
upa view OF her household, see just where
she Is and what she is doing. If she is i'll I
know it in moment and have before now
taken long journeys when l learned in this
way that she was i'll. My sister can keep
track of me in the same way, and frequently
/ receive letters at places where did not tell
her l would be. AT one time l was about to
enter into a business contract. The next
morning, after talking the matter over, 1 re-
ceived telegram from nay sister telling me
to make no contracts until received a letter
from her. [ waited. and the following day
the letter came. saying that she had seen me
and that something told her that it would be
disastrous. 1t so affected me that declined
to close the agreement, and l afterward found
that had | done as first intended it would
have resulted in my losing every dollar that
had. d."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Washington times., 1894-11-18
THE TIGERS DOWNFALL.

IT is the lady. The Tammany tiger goes to
its DOOM The angel of good government
comes forth to cleanse and purify. Hail to
her and death to the beast!-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
The forces of Tammany were scattered to
the four winds. The citizens Of New York
city shook of the coils OF the vile serpent
and stood forth strong and triumphant
Trenton Gazette
II is not the fl rst time that the people of
New York have found 1t necessary to sweep
clean the filthy political stables of Tammany
Hall. They did so with the help of Mr.. Tilden
once.-Baltimore sun.
The disastrous overturn in New York sta te
is a result of bundering at Washington and
plundering in New York city. No party and
no leadership could stand up under such a
double load-Philadelphi Record.
Its defeat is triumph OF no party 1t is a
triumph for the principles OF the ten com
mandments. IT was accomplished by the
united voice and vote Of good citizens of ell
political affiliations. Journal
The candidates Of Tammany represented in
themselves and by their candidacy all that is
most abhorrent and pernicious in our poll
tics. Their defeat is not merely New York's
victory-it is the entire country's s.-Phlla-
delphia Ledger.
The Washington times., 1894-11-18
A Gentle Conspirator.

Trabuco, who was implicated in the Orsini
conspiracy and condemned to Imprisonment
for life, has just died in Rome at the age of
seventy. He had been released by the COM
mune, and he spent the last twenty years of
his life in vain attempt to get a pension
from the Italian government for his supposed
devotion to the uniacation of Italy. BY pro-
fession he was a cornet-a-piston player and
he claimed to have performed before Queen
Victoria. He looked more like a good
humored gnome than a conspirator, and he
subsisted chiefly on loans from the customers
of the Cafe Aragno, which he frequented
daily.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Washington times., 1894-11-18

DR.. S d. Hicks will be at j. Fl. Flanagan's
jewelry fstore, 531 Seventh street northwest,
every day from $50 to II and to 5, and Will
make no charge to determine if your sight may
be improved or headache relieved
The Washington times., 1894-11-18
TeIegraphie Authorizations.

Soon after the advent of typewriting ma
chimes in telegraph offices, about five years
viate and the managers of one of the news
associations invented a code of authorizations
which is almost as intricate as the sign code
itself. For instance. the sender telegraphs
'hag'' and the receiver writes 1t on his type
writing machine sin consequence of" Like
wise ''pes" means principles, "ay4'' means
anywhere, 'auhcy," authenticity; sum-
sales unimportant; ''sbpun,' small business.
prices unchanged 'fpabnd,' full prices
asked but no demand; 'xr," " exercise; "wam. I"
with amendment; ute under the circum-
stances; twp" tomorrow afternoon; pep
presented petition; "ogt,' on the ground
that; ''scotus, Supreme Court of the United
States; "kaw," adjourned sine die; "ehv."
either of which; ''ckx," committed suicide;
''cbi," covered by insurance Troy Press.
The Washington times., 1894-11-18

OF all the suggestive window displays of re-
cent date the one in one Of the windows of