Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-09-21
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President Piexoto of Brazil denies
that Admiral DaGama and other rebels
have been shot.
Gov. Flower, of New York, has an
nounced that he will not be a candidate
for denomination as governor.
A dispatch from Montevideo asserts
that tifty-eight Brazilians We're exc
cuted by order of President Piexoto.
Among the number are military and
naval officers whose names are given in
the dispatch, commencing with that of
Marshal Almieda Da CANA.
The government crop report figures
say Iowa will produce "a 900, 900 of corn
this year. Lastyear it produced 257,-
s32. 900 bushels The Minneapolis Trib-
une has estimates from over the state
that promise a good half, or 54,0oo,ooo
bushels in excess of the governments
estimate of the crop.
The city of Lun Kin, China,
has been visited by a conflagration
which destroyed two Thousand build
ings Over one hundred persons lost
their lives in various ways as result
of the fire. Among the dead is the
wife of the governor of Shun Kin, who
died from fright The governors
house was burned and several temples
DESTROYED. The loss is estimated at
ten million taels.
A hunter named Barnum has Just re-
turned to Minneapolis from perllous
trip down Thief river. Fully half OF
the 100 mile trip was made between
walls of fire. Barnum says the flames
cut a swath through the dense forest
fully sixty miles wide. The whole
country is aflame, but owing to the
fact that communication is slow but
little is heard about it further south.
Several times the boat was afire, andit
was only with the utmost difficulty
that it was saved. The water in the
river was raised to such a temperature
that it's surface was covered with mil
lions of dead fish, bear, deer and other
large game fleeing from the flames.
There has probably been loss of life
among the Indians.
AT Terre Haute, Ind, few daysago
Robert j. was sent to beat his own
record of 2:O215 Geers was up behind
the PAGER, and at the second trial the
word was given. The clip was SO fast
that the pacemalser fell behind, the
first quarter being done in 3014 seconds.
Up the hill he went at an even faster
gait, and he was at the half in 1:004.
Down the third quarter the unbeaten
gelding came like whirlwind, and he
was at the pole in 1:304. 1t was
almost impossible to restrain the pent-
up enthusiasm, when with two or three
gentle lifts, Robert j. passed under the
wire in 2:O1 u, and pandemonium broke
loose. In the free-for-all pace John r.
Gentry broke the stallion record, max
ing the mile IN 2:03&.
President McBride of the United Mine
Workers, has issued a circular to mem
bers of that organization asking for
contributions for striking miners who
are suffering. He says 200 miners in
the Massillon district have been idle
since the great strike; 900 are idle at
Denton, KY, fighting to maintain the
organization, 1000 in the mines of
New York and Cleveland and Gas Coal
company in the Pittsburg, Pa, district
have been out on fight since April 21
fighting for the scale of wages agreed
upon, and 600 men are out at Witwell,
Tenn, to prevent an unjust reduction
of wages They are all worthy strikers,
Mcbride says. He suggests that 5
cents per ton be contributed for the
support of theseidle and suffering men.
Enoch Davis, the wife murderer, was
executed at Lehigh Junction, Utah, re-
Gently. He was placed in chair,
blindfolded and SIX soldiers snot him,
firing through loopholes in tent. He
| died in three minutes. Davis chose
this mode of execution in preference
| to hanging. About thirty officers and
| reporters were present, but no minis
tiers. Davis was placed on the chair
with plank at his back. The doctors
| pinned black mark over his heart.
!
aim, fire." and six shots rang out.
Davis moved slightly and gasped faint
| ly. His death was practically in
Simultaneous. Four balls pierced the
| paper. Davis killed his wife June 6,
| 1892, by beating her over the head with
arevolver.
The Chicago board of education, at
| a recent session, after a tempest
uous discussion voted to abandon the
/ old slanting system of penmanship and
! introduce into the schools the vertical
! system The hoard also introduced an
4 other innovation, bath tub, as fac
tor in education Several schools will
be fitted up with bath rooms in the
| basement Truant officers, it is said
| are constantly finding children whose
condition makes it undesirable to have
them thrust into the public schools
The board of education also made con
tract for fuel which will abolish the
/ smoke nuisance as far as they are con
cerned Natural gas will be used il
4 some instances, while hard coal anc
smokeless soft coal will be adopted fol
the remainder.
RobertJ. king of the turf, and Jo
Patchen are matched for race during
the interstate fair at Sioux City for ;
big purse.
Oil cars on the Omaha road caugh
FIRE near Hudson Wis few day