Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
nREyITIEs.
The American Railway Union strike
has been declared off.

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grand victories over the Prince of
Wales yacht, Brittania, recently.
THE l,50O men who struck in the
South Omaha packing houses recently
have lost and the plants are running
as usual with full compliments of men.
Advices from Alabama show that
Oates, dem, for governor, will have a
majority of $4,000. 1t is said the
| democrats viii have majority Of
eight in the senate and ten in the
house.
st. Louis dispatch: A remarkable
feature in connection with an attempt
at train robbery near Eureka, Mo-, is
the fact that shortly after the hold-up
the engine struck couple of large dy-
Mantle blasting cartridges, probably
placed by accomplices. They exploded,
seriously damaging the engine, and
tearing out the whole side of freight
car loaded with dynamite, but miracu
lousy no explosion followed. Other
wise nearly 200 passengers would sure
ly have been killed. The freight car
stood on side track.
1 A dispatch says: The president has
practically decided to unite with Great
Britain and Germany and Italy to pre-
serve forcibly the neutrality of treaty
ports during the war with Japan.
China has been informed of the deci-
sion and it is understood recognizes
the futility of resistance. Japan has
given notice of willingness to have the
same course taken in her principle
commercial ports The negotiations
are all carried on in Washington. Eff
forts are being made to include France
and Russia into the arrangement, but
are unsuccessful. The plan is not Of
ficially promulgated, but the govern
ment is committed to it. This report
is denied at the state department.
Chicago dispatch: The lumber dis
trict of Chicago has been visited by
one of the most disastrous fires in its
history, and the loss will robably foot
up between S1,000.0O0 and $500, OO0
The following concerns are entirely
cleaned out by the flames, and every
thing in their yards utterly destroyed:
s. X Martin Lumber Company Wells
& French Company, car builders;
Perley, Lowe & Co., lusnber: Shoe
maker & Higbie, lumber: John Syry,
lumber: Edward Hines Lumber Com
pany, Conway & Co., cedar posts: Whit
comb Cedar Post Company, Siemans &
Halske, manufacturers of dynamos;
True 81 True, $4,000; Sondheimer &
Co.. $4,000; keystone Lumber Com
pany, $40. 900: Wakefield Rattan, So
600. Nearly all the concerns suffering
from the fire are heavily insured The
burnt district is about six squares from
east to west and about three from
north to south. Four persons were
either killed or fatally injured during
the progress of the fire.
The following cablegram from from
soc, Norway, was recently received
by the Chicago Herald: Capt
Emil Peterson, Engineer Wlnship, H.
Westfall, mountaineer and cook. and
one sailor of the Chicago Herald polar
expedition, which left here May on
the steamship Ragnvald Jarl, under
command of Walter lVellman, arrived
here on a whaler. They bring the in
formation of the loss Of the Ragnvald
Jarl May "a. Soon after leaving Danes
Island the ship encountered a great
field of pack ice, and despite every eff
fort to escape the ship was hemned in
and crushed to pieces. The crew had
time to transfer the greater portion of
their provisions. scientific instruments,
dogs and aluminium boats to the ice be-
fore the ship was destroyed. The men
who have just arrived left the party
after the accident, but Commander
Wellman and the balance of the party
undaunted by the loss of their vessel,
resolutely set out in search of the POLE
1t is probable that another boat will be
fitted out at once and sent to the relief |
Of the Herald party.
AS passed, the river and harbor bill !
carries Sill ,4S3, $50, an increase of 81, 949,-
491 from the house bill. Compromises
We're reached on sixty-fve senate
amendments, the senate receded from
twenty and the remainder were ac-
cepted by the house. Among the |
amendments receded from was one in
creasing from S25, 900 to $50, 900 the APP
preparation for Alonez Bay, Wisconsin.
Among the compromises was one re-
ducing from 100000 to $4,000 the sum
for improving the water communica-
ton across Keweenaw Point, Lake |
Superior. To the allowance for a
survey for canal connecting Lake |
Superior and the Mississippi river, a
proviso is added that it shall not com |
nit the government to the project. The |
provision for the upper Missouri be-
tween Stubs Ferry, Mont, and Sioux
City Iowa, is reduced from $155, 900 to |
$4,000, soc. 900 for the river between |
Pierre and the mouth of Sioux River in |
South Dakota, and $25 900 for between
Pierre and Bismarck being dropped
All of section two which made it law
full to tow logs in bag or sack RATS in
the open waters Of the great lakes
under certain regulations was stricken
out.
Congressman Bryan of Nebraska has
announced himself as a candidatee for
senator
1t is announced that Russia will act