Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-10
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| looSa and nominated Kew. Allan clark,
| pastor of the Second Congregational
| church of 0ttuInwa, for congress.
The Soldiers Monument Assn has
selected September 6 as the date for
! laying the corner stone. The princi-
pal address win be by ex-senator Har-
Ian.
Bessie, the 2-year-old daughter of
John H. Brown, of Cedar Rapids, died
from the effects of being burned. Her
| clothes caught fire from gasoline
stove.
| The republicans of the Second dis
| trict met at Davenport and nominated
| Geo. NJ Curtis of Clinton to run for
congress against Congressman Walter
| /. Hayes.
George M. Curtis of Clinton, who
was nominated by the republicans of
the Second district to make the race
for congress against Judge Hayes, the
present incumbent, has accepted the
nomination.
Sheriff Price. of Mahaska county,
asks the authorities to look out for and
arrest William Brooks, charged with
| murder, and William Wilson, attempted
murder, both colored, and James Price,
white burglar, who broke jail at Os-
kaloosa.
Four prisoners escaped Jail at Sig
Quincy at s o'clock at night, through
the door. The parties in jail refuse to
explain how. There is no trace of
them The sheriff and deputy We're
both absent at the time.
At jefferson recently Harrington &
Milligan's lumber yard and elevator.
were destroyed by fire. The roller
mill and corn cribs. near by, were
saved The loss is $4,000, insurance
81 800. The fire originated by spark
from an engine.
The three months strike of coal min
ers at Foster was won by e. L. Fos-
ter, the operator. He refused to sign
the clause in the Oskaloosa agreement
pertaining to retaining a certain per
cent of the miners wages for the
Miners Union, and recently issued his
ultimatum. The strikers have yielded
and 500 idle miners are now az work
Highland Park Normal College, Des
Moines, Iowa, is undoubtedly the best
school in the country for teachers.
Besides the regular didactic course
which is usually maintained in the
~ IL, 4 ~,
of kindergarten and Primary work
with a Model School in session all the
year We believe there is no other
school that furnishes such excellent adj
vantages for young people preparing
to teach.
Marion. Linn county was recently
visited by disastrous fire that wiped
out of existence a block of business
houses, including Two bank buildings
and newspaper plant, and destroyed
property to the value of $4,000. The
insurance is about 40 per cent of the
aggregate loss. The blaze had it's
origin in the gas and electric light
plant, which was totally destroyed.
An explosion followed and the FIRE
spread with great rapidly and lack of
sufficient water pressure placed the.
firemen of Marion and assistants from
Cedar Rapids at great disadvantage.
Sioux City dispatch: A somewhat
remarkable railroad accident occurred
on the bridge across the Big Sioux
,.;,-,,. ~, 4ba AI;Iuy.,,l-aa 80 ;lroa n met a
the edge Of the city. A freight train
stopped there to do some switching at
an ice house, and left part of the
train standing on the bridge and trestle
on the Dakota side. A few minutes
later another freight train came along
and the engineer was unable to stop
before reaching the standing train.
The caboose was pushed across the
river and overturned on the Dakota
side, but one loaded and two empty
cars were thrown. into the river. A
Chicago travelling man was in the ca
boose, and when he saw the engine
coming, lay down in the bottom of the
car and came out of the debris I'M
harmed.
One day last week Arthur Prit-
Nehard a prominent young man of
Mason City, was fatally injured at
Clear Lake. He went to alight from a
freight train at the park landing and
fell, cracking his skull.
Whine vulcanizing plate at Creston
recently Dentist NJ. Stever was
painfully injured. An explosion re-
suited frolQ too great pressure and the
doctor was\ badly burned about, the
face, his eyes\ being fearfully lacerated
by pieces of PLASTER paris, so that 1t is
doubtful if the sight canbe restored.
Farmers living near Elk River juno
ton, eight miles North of Gin ton, re-
port white frost ~ the morning of
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