Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-11-16
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MASKED men held up the Frisco pas
senger train near Monetta, Mo-, and
robbed the express car They secured
several hundred dollars and the mes
senger succeeded in hiding much OF the
currency.
OF all the candidates at the election
in New York City November 6 who
have thus far fled expense accounts,
as required by the state law William
Sohmer, Tammany nominee for sheriff
spent the most money. 1t cost Sohmer
Si4, 9s04o to be defeated.
Justice Dean Of the Pennsylvania
supreme court few days ago handed
down an opinion in the case OF sundry
petitioners against the school district
of Gallitzenborough, appealed from the
court below. which refused an inJunc-
ton to prevent nuns from teaching IN
The public schools dressed in the garb
of their order. The supreme court
affirms the decision of the lower court.
The top floor of the new and mag
nificent offices of the City Passenger
Railway of Montreal caved in recently,
killing two men instantly, and maim-
mo a dozen Others The accident was
caused by frost, which made the heavy
iron girders leave their sockets, and
which, crashing down, carried with
them everything below. There were
at the time about fifty worlmen in
the building, and many were miracu-
lously saved from death.
At New York recently the board OF
stewards of the Jockey Clubs and rep
resentatives of the Brooklyn, Coney
| Island and New York Jockey Clubs,
met informally tor the purpose OF
discussing the situation brought about
by the popular endorsement OF the
| constitutional amendment abolish1ng
! pool selling. All seemed very reticent
as to what transpired at the, meeting.
| 1t is learned. however, that there has
been general expression OF opinion
4 as to the effect of the amendment,
! should it receive the endorsement Oh
! the legislature. The opinion of those
| present appeared, however, to be that
/ the legislature would not act in the
matter when the vast interests at stake
/ are considered.
| New York dispatch: The association
/ of the Rev. DIR. L. Dewitt Talnage
/ with the Brooklyn tabernacle has beer
4 formally severed. His resignation il
i due. he said, to the fact that he doe:
not feel as though he should ask has
i old congregation to build the fourth
church for him. He advises them t.
ioin other churches or build for new
pastor. AS to the doctors future plans
he saws that he will either take nev
pastorate or enter evangelistic work
preaching the gospel TO all people
without money and without price" 1
session of the church board formulated
a letter to the presbytery, asking tina
J they formally dissolve the pastoral
relations between themselves and d.
, Talmage. and also expressing regreta
his action.
, A committee of twelve negroes, AZ
pointed by 1000 colored members c
the international Emigration Societ
to 90 to Africa and arrange for tn
8 colonization of the negroes of til
: south in that country have jus
left Birmingham, Ala. for Liberia
The president of Liberia promised tn
colonists land and farming implement
u and the advance guard goes to max
arrangements for the coming OF 400
Il more of their race, who will sail
: special steamers chartered by TT
$ international Migration Society, fro
! New Orleans. Mobile, Savannah ar
X Charleston, during the coming winte
9 The first cargo of 800 leaves early
= December. The Liberian congress wi
welcome them. and the president
ie that country has written letters to Il
~ promoters of this important scheme
America urging the negroes to come.
Brooklyn voted SO, 442 for consolid
alton with New York City and 61,7
B. against, according to latest retur
lie received in that city. This shows
a majority of !. 70s for union with Ne
ne York.
IN Fifty pounds of dynamite explod
he on the sewer contract of Hall, Wo
as e Keffer, at Huntington, Ind, recent
he John Hartman. Norton Keffer a
i John Flynn were killed. The re
!. dences in the vicinity were wreck
ne and the damage is many thousands
10 dollars. The men were warming
dynamite when it exploded.
Owing to the lawlessness of
police in certain districts of Chico
during the election, a strong mo
raj ment is on foot to secure an investi
he ton of the police force by the st
SIC authorities. The Civic Feders ton {
in Civil Service Reform League bacl
by the powerful Union League Z
AN and other prominent organizations
vas on the converting Of the state legl
an ture receive appointment as an in
at tigating board and its work is
iay pected to rival for sensational rev
ers ton that of the Lexow committee
New Jersey.