Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-18
BRIEF ITEMS.

The steamer Napier collided off the
Island of Aland with the British
steamer Livonia. The latter sank and
| fourteen OF the crew We're drowned.
Advices from Honolulu say the chol-
era scare has subsidized, but that the
government is threatened with filibus-
tering expeditions.
AS A result of the presence of Ave
British men-of-war at Foo Chow,
eighteen more murderers of missions
ries have been executed, and hereafter
action will be taken without reference
to the viceroy.
1t is reported in Madrid that the
American government has notified the
Spanish minister at Washington that
it is necessary for Spain to act promptly
in crushing the Cuban rebellion. This
news has caused profound sensation
in Spain.
At the Farmers National Congress
at Atlanta, Ga, recently Hon. Ben.
T. Clayton. of Iowa. was unanimously
reelected president, as We're Major
Ryals, of Georgia, and Mr.. Cunning
ham, of North Carolina, first and
second vice presidents. j. NJ Stahl, of
Illinois, was elected secretary. w. G.
Whltby and Mr.. Appleyard assistants,
and Henry Hayden, of Iowa, treasurer.
Nashville was selected as the place for
holding the congress in 1896. A res
olution asking congress to use both
gold and silver at parity and calling
for an international conference on the
money question was introduced and
sixteen to one amendment was de-
feated, the original being adopted.
Sylvester Scoville, of Troop A, Ohio
National Guard, Cleveland's crack
cavalry organization, has accepted
position as cavalry instructor with
Cuba. He was regarded as one of the
best rough riders in the troop, besides
being proficient broadswordsman a
crack shot with pistol or carbine and
an excellent tactician. He arranged
with General Palma, the New York
agent for the Cuban patriots, to act as
cavalry instructor, with the rank of
major, at salary OF $500 per month.
He will also serve as correspondent for
the New York Herald. He gave up
good business position to accept his
new post and he is regarded as being
one of the best equipped young men in
the country for his hazardous position
Tho e,,,ro,,o oc>,,r+ ,f Co,+L n,1-o4,
recently handed down a decision
on the writ of error in the Taylor case,
modifying the decision of the lower
court and affirming the decision as
modified to two years
A Yokohama dispa tch says: 1t is be-
lieved here that the queen of Corea
was killed by anti-reformers, who re-
Gently, headed by the kings father,
their leader, forced an entrance with
armed men into the palace for that
purpose. The supposition is that the |
japanese troops sent to prevent it and
guard the building arrived too late.
At the request of Minister Terrell for
protection of American missionaries in
Turkey, the United States cruiser
Marblehead has been ordered to the
gulf of Alexandretta. Terrell also
telegraphs that orders have been
issued in all provinces to protect
Americans.
0 1t is stated on good authority that the
number of killed, wounded and missing
Armenians, as the result of the recent
riots, is over 700. Additional advices
from Trebizonde show that the Turks
attacked the Christian quarter of that
town and killed many Armenians. |