Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-09-06
BRIEF ITEMS.

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The ''sound money" democrats o.
| Nebraska met at Lincoln and chose
their candidates and adopted resolu
tions endorsing the financial policy OF
the administration.
An official report states spring sowr
crops in Russia have suffered from the
prolonged drouth, only ~ per cent Of
the whole area sown giving yield
above the average OF the total area
of winter sown crops only 81 per cent
gives fair yield.
New York dispatch: The jury in
the Ireland building inquest has re-
turned verdict placing the respon-
sibility for the collapse on John FL.
Parker, contractor; Thomas Walker
and Thomas Murray, foremen; Chas.
r. Behrens, architect; Edward j.
YoudaIe and Dennis E. Buckley, build
| ing inspectors.
| A correspondent in st. Petersburg as
serts that Nihilism is now more
active throughout Russia than at any
| time since the death of the Car
Alexander II. The Nihillsts have
| gradually grown bolder since the ac-
cession of the new car to the throne
Recently the police have quietly made
| a number of arrests, and more are ex-
pected.
. A dispatch from Brooklyn says:
Three distinct earthquake shocks were
felt here at a. m. There was no
damage to life or property reported
from any section of the city. Districts
of East New York and South Brooklyn
received greatest shocks, utrunblings
were distinctly felt in other sections
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Chester,
Pa. also report slight shock.
ACCORDING to an opinion prepared
some time since by Judge Geo Clarke
of Waco, Tex, who is regarded as an
|. absolute authority. the revised statutes,
which have just become operative,
repeal all laws against prize fighting,
thus leaving a clear field for the
Corbett-F itzsimmons and associate
contests. Work on the big amphi-
theater will now commence in earnest.
At Chicago recently IN the ath-
letic games under the auspices of the
Chicago Athletic Association Crum was
entered in the 100 yards and ss0 yards
events, and captured both events cas-
lily, as far as competition was concerned
he made the 100 yards in 10 seconds
fiat, and in the 22O yards covered the
distance in 81 As seconds, making a
new worlds record for circular track
aud equalling the English record for a
straight away. The American circular
track record was a2 u seconds, and Twas
made by Fred Weston, of Washington.
A Brooklyn dispatch says: An APP
palling railroad accident occurred near
Woodlawn station, on the Sea Beach
railroad, in which fifty people were
injured. While train No. 8, drawing
seventeen cars which were crowded
almost to suffocation by excursionists,
was standing at the Woodlawn station,
a wildcat engine came laundering
along the track on it's wake and
crashed into the rear car telescoping
it. About fifty persons were injured,
some of whom will die The wreck
took fire and four cars were destroyed.
The engineer and fireman of the wild
engine jumped from it in the yards
just after reversing it to avert a coll
lision which seemed imminent with
another engine. This accident, how
was averted, and the engine shot away
down the track.
Three little children of widow
named Jenkins, living near Sullivan,
Mo-, while at play, went to the
barn to gather eggs. The place was
rather out of the way and dangerous,
owing to snakes, which are numerous
in that region. One child thrust its
hand in what it supposed was a hens
nest aud quickly withdrew it, exclaim-
ing that the hen pecked its hand The
other two children put in their hands
with the same result, and then set up
loud cry. The mother was at the
well with the baby, and the alarm SO
excited her that she left the babe and
ran to the assistance of the three
children, who she found out had been
bitten by rattlesnake. During the
excitement the little babe tell into the
we'll and was drowned, and the three
other children also died
Judge Fuller, of the supreme
court of South Dakota, recently
granted a writ of error and granted a
certificate of probable cause in the
Taylor habeas corpus. The writ is
returnable September 10.
The worlds professional and anna
teur record for howard dash was
broken at Boston few days ago in
the national championship foot race
by Ed Donovan, better known as
piper" Donovan, of Natick, who
lowered the record to 8 3-5 seconds.
The former record was 9 As seconds.
both professional and amateur.
Germany celebrated Sedan day and
the emperor and Bismarck exchanged
very friendly notes.
Twenty men were arrested at
PENIS Grove, N. j., and jailed, charged
with violating the neutrality laws in
having organized a hostile expedition
to Cuba. The authorities have been
aware for some time that an expedition
was being organized here, and when
they left for PENIS Grove. where they