Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-19

Zcutncr to pay mp fine Ut $ios
or go TO jail 70 appease the wrath q
| Uncle Sam When he found that TIL,
state already had zeutncr in it,
clutches, and that he was in the county
Jail at Anamosa, the marshal con
Guided to wait.
| 5 John A. Ayres 16-year-old son o.
! Eaitor S. p. Ayres, of the knoNvill,
Journal, left Il note bidding his mother
a loving goodbye and expressing i
hope that he would meet her in bet
ter world, took his fathers revolve,
and started for the pasture with the
COW. He did not return and search
was instituted. His dead body WAS
found in a lonely spot in the pasture,
with Il bullet hole running from his
right temple clear through his head,
No cause is known for the act, as he
was healthy and apparently without
trouble Of any kind.
The Iowa State Dairy Association
will hold its eighteenth annual con-
| vention at the Agricultural college
November 14-l6, 1894. The meetings
Of this association have always reflect
ed the high character Of the Iowa dairy
interest and the coming meeting
promises to compare favorably with
any former one-which is saying Il
good deal. The topics introduced are
Always practical and discussed with
temperance and courtesy. The coli
lege, experiment station and creamery
Ire objects of interest which those who
attend will have ample opportunity to
inspect. Those who come Will be hos
oitably entertained at the college, and
,educed rates by rail have been grant
I'd, on the basis of 100 present from
abroad Address G. IT, Gabrilsen. see
retary, New Hampton, Iowa.
One of the most startling political
sensations that has occurred in the
state for years was the suicide of W..
D. Ingraham,. clerk of the district
ourt of Des MONIES county, and can
iidate for reelection on the democratic
icket. Ingraham had served the
ounty for two years and had just en-
cred hot political campaign for re-
lection when the tragedy occurred.
ince his denomination charges have
cen made against him by his political
ntagonists of misuse of public funds.
was stated that his bondsmen had to
axe good a shortage Of s., 600 a year
~ - \. l
" the court to pay over to the county
.easurer $4,000 cash bail which was
orfeited This, it seems, he was I'M
BILE to do, but is charged with having
appropriated other bail money to pay
his $4,000 previous to his nomination.
lis inability to straighten hisaccounts
o preyed on his mind that he took his
wn life by shooting. The suicide took
lace in the vault of his office.
A committee representing the FEEDER
ton of Churches few days ago asked
fayor Hills of Des Moines to stop pool
cling at the races, but as the council,
~ q vote of 5 to /, had asked him not
o stop it the mayor refused to act.
Later the committee appeared before
Justice Dodson and swore out warrants
for the arrest of five boolmakers and
pool sellers and the following officials:
Fred johnson, chief of police; Frank
Phillips, police judge; John Monarch,
chief Of the fire department; John
Peterson, constable of Lee township:
4. G. McElderry, member of the city
council. The charge preferred is as
follows: That they did willfully and
with intent wager a bet upon tile re-
suit of certain trials and contests of
speed between contesting horses, and
the same was carried on by what is
commonly known as buying and sell
ing pools, in which this defendant par
tieipated, said pools being combina-
ton of bets or wagers upon said time
and contests of speed The officials
all deny the charge and say that they
will have the members of the commit
tee arrested on the charge of perjury
and malicious prosecution.
A few days agos lady about 20 years
of age arrived in Madrid from Boone.
She made no business known. neither
did she have any baggage. Her gen
eral appearance was not striking, ex-
cept that she had harelip. She ate
a hearty dinner at the Forest House,
after which she consulted DIR. Brown
for what She called heart disease. AS
the doctor was busy he told her to
leave her name which She did. giving
it as Miss Mary Wilson of Cedar Rapids,
and agreed to call at p. m. She then
went back to the Forest House, and
called for n spoon and glass of water.
This vas about o'clock in the after
doom. Between and ; Landlord Scott,
hearing cries of agony, Immediately
went to her room. Finding it locked,
he bursted the door open. where she
was found on the bed in a dying con-
dition. Drs. Sturgeon and Farr were
summoned and pronounced the case
hopeless. as they found that she had
taken arsenic in sUch quantity as to
eat out her vitals. 4 note was found
under her pillow, and read as follows:
Ny name is Mary Wilson, Of Cedar
Rapids. | take this poison because OF
cruel treatment. not from my parents
but from these outside, TRYING to get
me into an insane asylum. AIyparents
have been good.
Fire started in and destroyed Nc
Broom's store at Laurel and then
ieaped to the adjoining building be-
longing TO John Riemer, and from that