Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-06-29
BREyITIEs.


The trial Of Santo, the assassin of
President Carnot, is set for July %.
Advices from Wichita say the town
of Keighly was practically wiped out
by cyclone. One man was killed and
several injured.
Adiutant General 7. j. Tarsney, who
has had charge Of the troops at Cripple
Creek, was kidnapped from the Alamo
hotel at Colorado Springs on the night,
of the 22d driven several miles
from the city and treated to coat of
tar and feathers. 1t is said the depu-
ties are responsible for the outrage.
Six thousand bakers of Lisbon on
strike had been encamped outside the
city two days and soldiers had been at
work in the bakeries. Finally a
large force of military and police sur
rounded them and escorted them into
the city, where they We're compelled to
resume work under military super
vision
A few days ago mob at Round
Point, !. T., blew up the bridge of the
Rock Island with dynamite just outside
the corporation limits. The sheriff
was powerless. When the train passed
the city a short time before without
stopping, according to the ordinance,
the engineer was shot at twice. Blood
shed is imminent
A strike of fabulous richness has been
made in the Pixies Peak mine. The
new find consists of an eight-inch
streak of decomposed quartz and tale,
which averages sixty ounces of gold to
the ton, being very much the same
character as the other three veins
found in the property. The Pixies
Peak is by far the richest gold property
discovered in Cripple Creek.
At Leeds, Eng, two thousand dele
gates of the National Liberal Fedora
ton passed with enthusiasm resolu-
tions declaring the power of veto by the
house of lords Of the commons bills is
inconsistent with free popular govern
ment, and calling on the government
to introduce measure abolishing this
power by providing that when the
commons passes a bill and the lords re-
ject it, it may be reatfirmed by the
commons, subject only to the royal
consent, and so become law.
A Berlin dispatch says: The Cologne
Gazette has caused sensation in court
and other circles by announcing the
arrest of Count Won Kotze. one of the
masters of ceremonies of the imperial
court, on the charge of writing an in
decent anonymous communication to
members of the highest aristocracy.
The arrest was the result of four years
of police investigation. and created a
general sensation. The opinion of
physicians is that Won Kotze is suffer
ing from mania his father having died
in an asylum.
At Chicago on the ed the American
derby was won by Rey FL Santa Anita,
40 to in the betting. The horse is
owned by Lucky" Baldwin.
A Birmingham, Ala. dispatch says:
The fire IN the Mary Lee mine continues
burning furiously. Ofifty men dragged
out. four were dead. two more expected
to die and twenty others in a critical
condition. Two men are still missing
and believed to be dead in the mine
The mine owners are loud in their
claims that the mine was fired by dis
gruntled strikers, and the strikers are
in turn highly indignant over the
charge.
A Colorado Springs dispatch dated
the 2sth says; The officials here are
receiving threatening letters. One to
Sheriff Bowers read: Unless the cow
artlly rascals who attacked General
Tarsney are arrested by Monday your
city will be burned"
BY unanimous rising vote the Amer
iqan Railway Union, in session at Chi
capo pledr red itS-uuiuniun.afeSl. s,,..,,,,.+