Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-01-18
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- tiiouE ny nc WAS gong 10 IeNaS on 100
= Mayor Hills, of Des Moines. hi
!. suspended Chief Ichhson. .Sergean
: Butin and Bachelor and Office
!, Thompson of the police force. 1t
! believed that their failure to sto
. gambling is the cause.
t Fire broke out at State Cente
t one day last week and a dozen bus
! ness houses Were consumed. I'll
: losses are as follows: Ernst p. De
E mango, building and stock of men
, furnishings, loss $1,000 or s., 900; r. w
Holesworth, jewelry, loss 5000: L
| Rhode. clothing, building and stock
| saved most of stock, damage slight
! Mrs. NJ. Sherrebeck, millinery, los
5000: L. ?. Snyder, confectionery anc
restaurant, loss. $1,000; r. A. Buck
barber, loss, 81, 200: Theo. Swift, drugs
loss Ss00:S A. Woods. restaurant, loss
$500 and the following losses on build
/ ings: Henry Phantz, 81, 500; w. II.
Schlnitt, $500 L. Z. Twilling, 81 1000
/ Burlington passenger train No. 3,
going east, was held up between
Chillicothe and Ottumwa, about $3.50
in the evening recently. Just as the
train was leaving Chillicothe two men
with heavy black masks on, climbed in
! the side door of the express ear. One
held up the three occupants of the car
| with a revolver while the other tied
their hands and then robbed the safe
1 with the keys taken from the express
1 man. 1t is not certain how much they
secured, but it may be any place be-
tween $1,000 and 5000 The men
waited until the train slowed M for
the Milwaukee crossing near Ottumwa.
then jumped and crossed the river on
the ice.
The state board of railway commits
sioners, composed of j. ". Luke,
George w. Perkins and Peter A. Dey.
few days ago fled two reports on
the application of the railroads for an
increase in freight rates. The majority
report is signed by Commissioners Per- 4
kins and Luke, who give as their
reasons denying the increase that the
present rates were not shown to be un-
renunerative, and that railway losses
have been heavier in interstate freight
than Iowa business. Commissioner
Dey, in the minority report, holds that
rates should be raised almost as much |
as the railroads asked, and says he has |
two low
Anamosa dispatch: One of the most I
romantic weddings in the history of
the Anamosa penitentiary has just oc-
Cured at that institution. Julien Al t
len and Jennie Carver, of Des Moines.
were arrested for bigamy, and Allen
was sent TO the Fort Madison prison
for one year and Jennie Carver for one
year in the female prison at Anamosa.
He had a wife and she husband. but
after they were sent to prison his wife
and her husband got divorces. Aliens
sentence expired January 5 and Mrs
Garver's has just expired. Allen came
to Anamosa and met her, and Chaplain
Croker. of the prison, united them in
marriage. They appeared to be as
happy as could be, and left on the even
ing train for Des MONIES.
Rev. J. W. Mahood, pastor of the
Whitfield NJ. L. church, at Sioux
2ity. has commenced a crusade {
against the houses of i'll fame after the /
manner of DR.. Parkhurst He went to
/ well known brothe1 on one of the S
principal streets of the city at night :
nd found five women and four men
here. He appeared in police court as '
witness against these five '
women, charged with keeping house {
# prostitution. He gave testimony as
o what he saw there. which, while
ot as sensational as that given by Dr.. s
'arllhurst in New York on a similar
was sufficient to prove the g
haracter of the house. While he was r
resent one woman proposed to do the t
eat of standing on her head, but was t
reverted from doing SO by another v
oman. There We're large number t
friends of the preacher. present at !. a
olice court when the case was called G
ut the attorneys for the women in
sted on the room being cleared. The
olice have refused to interfere in ;,
lese houses and general crusade is
kelly against them.
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owa, enclosing this notice and fifty O.
ents and you will receive the Twice !,
Week News one year. N
For farm loans write to the Security D,
oan & Trust Co.. Des Moines, Ia al
Michael McIienna and his bride are
'ending their honeymoon in Jail
Clinton. They were married New
ears, and the next day started on an IN
.erland bridal tour. Passing coun- Vi
y church, they purloined several W
hes from sleighs. They were ar @
sted and each given thirty days. ce
The mining town of Foster was re- ia
ntly almost swept away by fire. pc
oout twenty-five buildings, including til
5ht stores were burned The high be
nds made it impossible to check the T;
Twenty families are ii;
meless. Loss $50 600 tr
Suspicious Characters
ANITA, Jan. 1s.-Two suspicious
liking characters. giving the names orr