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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30
Arithmetic and Criticism.

Poet-I put all my best thoughts
into that sonnet. Layman-lndeed
youdid. Poet-1 thought you hadn't
read it. LaYman-I haven't-only
heard Enu talk. k.-ExchanCe.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30
DEVELOPMENTS Expected.

He (excitedly)-Hang it! I'm sure
[ heard one Of those confounded ko-
laks! She (quietly)-Possibly. My
brothers all have them, you know
81 Botoiph.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30
Something New.

Clara-Aren't you engaged to Jack?
Prunella-No. You see l wanted to
he different in something from all
YOU other girls. Fields Wash
fnotnn-
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30
A Last Resort.

Rowne de Bout-You Wouldn't
marry Miss Roxy for her money,
would you, Upson? Upson Downes
How else can get it?-Puck.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
CUBAN REBELLION.

KEY WEST, August 21.-Cten.. Bar
tholomew Maceo has been proclaimed
provisional president of the republic
of Cuba; the Marquis of Santa Lucia,
minister of the interior; Gen. Maxine
Gomez, vice president of the republic
and minister OF war; Gonzalo De.
Quesada, secretary of foreign relations,
with residence in the United States,
Gen. Antonio Maceo, commander of
the eastern army, with Pedro Perez,
Capole and Angel Gurra Y'Rabi as
generals of brigade. According to
official report from Gen. Antonio
Maceo, eighteen regiments of 5000
men have been organized in the east
ern district of Cuba, 5000 of which are
cavalry. General Maceo says that;
1000 men are very well armed with.
Remingtons, Winchesters and Mausers;.
5000 with machetts and short firing,
weapons and the rest with machetts
only, the troops being all in very good
spirits. General Gomez has been in,
formed that he has 900 men in Puerto
Principe. It is said that DR.. Castillo
will be appointed diplomatic agent of
the Cuban republic att Washington
and Mexico.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
THE WORLD IN GENERAL
COMMISSION INADEQUATE.
Wesleyan missionary Society Asks for
Strong Gosernment Action.

wesleyan missionary Society Asks for
Strong Gosernmsnt Action.
LONDON, August a3.-The following
foreign cablegram has been received
at the London office of the Wesley
missionary society. "Chentu com
mission inadequate. Officials ampli-
Gated. Disturbances spreading. Re-
garding Fukien massacre, the Metho-
dist public urge strong government
action. Have forwarded cable to Lord
Salisbury
LONDON, August 23.--'The Times says
in an editorial: IF we can not get
Justice from Pelsin, we must get it on
the spot, and if need be through our
own officers and by our own power. /"
Hone KoNe, August as--Another
outrage has been committed near Foo
Chow. The American mission has
attacked by large and inturiated
mob armed with various weapons The
chapel and schools were wrecked and
four native scholars were fatally hurt,
while the foreign teacher escaped.
There is strong anti-foreign feeling
in Foo Chow, which lis spreading
among the popnlace, who are paradlng
with cries of e.Drive out the foreign
devils. q M
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23

II Maria Barberi had been acquitted
because of the wrong and the outrage
which provoked her to the crime, an
example of terribly evil consequence to
society would have been furnished, and
it would have been made the excuse for
murder by vile and violent women who
set snares for men. But what her pun
ishment shall be is another matter.
1T cannot be death by electricity with
out outraging every healthy sentiment
and every honorable impulse in the.
community. The thought that men are
to gather about this wretched and dis
taught girl, strap her, a woman, to a
chair, and then stand by to watch her
killing By an electric current, is horri-
Bile in the extreme. No decent man
wouH be willing to take part in such
a proceeding. No governor ought to
subject manhood to it, Killing a Wom-
an in cold blood is not a business for
men. 1t outrages humanity.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
CORN CROP sTlLL a PRo6LEM
Timely Rains win Help It Very Ma
terInlly.

Dies MONIES, August 21.-Reports
from the corn fields are unusually
variable, being largely colored by
local conditions as to rainfall and con.
dition of the soil. Late planted corn,
on naturally dry land, has suffered
material damage from effects of drouth.
Early planted corn, especially on
bottom lands, is maturing in good
shape and much of 1t will be ripe
enough to cut within a week. With
timely rains to develop the. late plant
ing, this state will probably produce a
fair average of corn. If the weather
remains dry and hot, pushing the crop
too rapidly to maturity, the quantity
and quality will be reduced consider
ably below the normal yield. Bnt
without another drop of ram for a
month the aggregate Of corn will most
likely be double the output Of last
year. Pastures and late potatoes need
more rain. Threshing returns indi-
cate a notably heavy yield of timothy
seed, Oats yield far beyond any
former record, and all small grains
are exceptionally good.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23

Il The Americans abroad who have up
to the present retained the distinction
Of not being presented at court should
be warned by their friends at home
resoluteiy to refuse all temptations for
a court presentation. The iconoclastic
blow at the tradition that it is an honor
to be one of the crowd at court recep-
,tions has been long awaited, but it has
come at last. 1t is aimed by the short,
fat, vigorous hand of Henri La
bouchere, who remarks in Truth that
1T is mo sort of advantage to go to
court" Such an idea, he says, can
linger only IN the minds OF the very
credulous or the entirely unsophisti-
Gated And, continues Mr.. Labouchere
with somewhat more force than ele-
gance: No Inquiries Of any sort or
kind are now made by the court Off
cials respecting the horde OF unknown
slip-slop whose names are sent in be-.
fore every drawing-room or leYee."
There's a horrifying revelation for
those who have still cherished the
fancy that a presentation at court
was an honor and a distinction. It is
recommended to the attention Of any
fair and foolish American girl who may
be cnyying some other girl for priv
lege supposed TO be Of the greatest
moment. But what q change has come
oyer the social life Of England since the
days when the court was the highest
inner circle.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
] AN AWFUL STORY.
Investigation Into the Management q
Dunning, Chicago.

Investigation Into the Management OF
Dunning, Chicago.
CHICAGO, August 20. Tho investiga-
tlon of the county commissioners into
the management Of the Cunning asy-
lum, has begun. DR.. McGrew, resi-
dent physician Of the asylum, testified
concerning battle between two mad
men who had fought while Anderson,
accessory to the recent murder Of Pu-
elk, was on watch. The two patients
quarreled over some silly, childish diff
ference. They came to blows. They
tore one anothers face and rolled about
the floor while Anderson, the guard,
looked on. One of them, in the frenzy
of a raving maniac, set his teeth into
the face of the other. He bit off his
nose and spat it out on the stone floor
Of the corridor The maniac with
whom this patient was battling sprang
away from the death grip, fell bleed
ing and screaming to the floor, saw
the flesh torn from his own face,
stuffed it into his own mouth, chewcd
his own nose to a pulp and swallowed
it. He said that would make it grow
on again. Anderson looked on.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
TWO TRAINS LOOTED.

.
One In Michigan and Another In Nebraska.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, August 90
The "fyer" on the Chicago & West
Michigan road was held up in a piece
of woods near Grand Rapids. The
train was tagged and the robbers by a
fusilade of bullets completely terrorized
the train crew. They got $3.50 from
the conductor, and then blew open the
express car and the safe it contained.
Finding no valuables, they decamped
OMAHA, August 81. - Bandits captured
the east-bound ''fyer" on the Union
Pacific near North Platte. While they
were using the engineer to get the
express car open the fireman ran the
engine to Gothenburg and gave the
alarm The robbers blew the express
car open, but the amount secured is
unl<pown
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
CAMBRIDGE WILL HANG.

LONDON. August 21.--Lord Lans-
downe, secretary of state for var, in
making statement in the house of
lords regarding the retirements of the
Duke of Cambridge, said that the
latter would relinquish command of
the army on the 1st of November, in
stead of the 1st of October, as had
been originally arranged. This
change, his lordship added, was made
in order to comply with the desire of
the duke to complete the autumn in
spection of the army.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
FIRE AT STATE CENTER

Second Fire This Year Completes the
Destruction of the Town.
STATE CENTER, August %, Following
closely on the heels Of the disastrous
IRE of January II, last, comes another,
and this time attended with greater
loss Three of the best brick business
blocks, as well as two frame buildings,
with their contents, are a mass OF
sinouldering ruins. Hardly particle
OF the stocks were saved, and the total
loss foots up in the neighborhood OF
$4,000, with insurance of about
$1,000 The fire started about 2
O'clock a. m. in the brick store building
OF John TUNNEL, on the main business
street, and burned the balance OF the
row of buildings left standing after
the other fire. 1t was only by hard
efforts that the frame buildings on the
opposite side of the street were saved
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
VETERANS PROTEST.
Jackson County Has No Representative
On the Monument.

Jackson County Has No Representative
On the Monument.
MAeuoKErA. August 21.-Sentiment
smong the veterans Of Jackson county
IS at a white neat over the action of
!. he monument commission in falling
10 give Jackson county a representa-
tive On the monument, and formal
action viii likely be taken at the an
nual meeting of the Jackson County
Veterans Association. tt is cited that
under the calls of 1862 Clinton county.
furnished l.5os men; Henry county,
i,456; AIuscatine, 1897, and Jackson,
1883. On the monument Muscatine
gets. nine places, Henry FIVE, Clinton
one and Jackson none. A lively fight
will be made by the latter two counties
to get more equitable representation
On the shaft.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
SIX WERE KILLED.
Fatal Explosion OF q Steel Mil Furnace
at Bessomer.

4 e- u
Fatal Explosion OF q Steel Mil Furnace
at Bessomer.
PITTsBURG, August 81. Furnace ''H"
of the Edgar Thompson steel works
(carnegie's plant at Bessemer. near
Braddock, Pa, exploded, killing six
men and badly burning eight others,
not one of those employed about the
furnace escaping. A large barrow,
loaded with raw iron ore had fallen
through the huge bell on the top of
the furnace stack. Fourteen men
were engaged in an effort to remove
the barrow from the bell so that it
would be closed. While thus engaged
the explosion occurred and not one Of
the men escaped either death or in
jury 1t is almost certain that five Of
the injured will die.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
GAS IN JEFFERSON.

JEFFERSON, August 2o.--While ex-
cavating for a well on lot fronting
one of the business streets in the city,
a strong flow of gas was struck at a
depth of sixty feet. It was at first
thought an odor could be distinguished,
and to determine definitely a lighted
paper was thrown into the hole. An
explosion followed which was sufficient
to throw the machinery out of the
well, and a stream of fire shot into the
air. Although the hole is fifteen
inches in diameter, the blaze is strong
and steady.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23

WE'RE VERY NEAR A WAR.
United statcs and spain Narrowly Avert
ed q Collision.

United Statcs and Spain Narrowly Avert
cd q Collision.
WASHINGTON, August 22.-Thc fam
Gus Mora claim--for estates destroyed
in Cuba by the Spaniards during the
last rebellion-is at last practically
settled. The matter has been the
cause of considerable controversy. The
patience of the government at Wash
ington was worn out through
SPANS inconsistent policy Of making
promises and then failing to keep
them. So serious did this government
regard the refusal to pay the interest
on the claim, amounting to 100000,
that a plan that might have brought
the United States to war with Spain
was decided on by the president, Sec
rotary Olney and Secretary Herbert.
This was no less than an intention to
seize Havana and hold that port until
the Spanish government laid down the
amount of the interest or until customs
amounting to the full interest had been
collected at the custom house by the
United States officers. Rear Admiral
Bunce, commanding the North Allan
tic squadron, now cruising in New
England waters, was selected as the
officer to command the expedition to
Havana, and his feet was to consist Of
the New York, Montgomery, Raleigh,
Minneapolis, Cincinnati and such other
vessels as could be prepared for service
in time. The waver Of Mora, however,
with regard to the interest, obviates
the necessity of carrying out the plan.
The principal, amounting to $l,5oo,Ooo,
is to be paid in Spanish gold IN Sep
tember
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
SELECTED HANKEYE MENTION
A BLOODY FIGHT.
Fred Ernst Terribly slashed by Com
panion at Cliuton.

panion at Cliuton.
CLINTON, August %. A bloody cut
ting affair occurred about o'clock a..
m. in the alley between John Gruten-
doris saloon and the Revere house and
Second street in which journeyman
tailor named Frederick Ernst received
an awful slash across the face from a
knife in the hands of Arthur Nc
Namara. companions Both were
locked up. The two had spent the
evening drinking and We're pretty we'll
under the influence of liquor when the
quarrel occurred When arrested both
had KNIVES in their pockets, but
strange to say, the blood stained knife
was found in the pocket of the man
who had received the injuries. The
bridge of his nose had been almost
severed by the force of the blow, and
a long deep cash had been cut across
his check. While not necessarily
fatal, the injuries were Of a dangerous
naf,lra
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
BOY SHOT ACCIDENTALLY.
while Ont Driving with His Moth,

While Ont Driving With His Mother.
FoRT DoDGE, August 23.-Jay Pat
terson. a 17-year-old youth, was acci-
dentally shot while out driving in the
country with his mother. He had his
gun loaded and leaning against his
breast with the hammer down, when
they struck a rough place in the road
and the gun was discharged, blowing a
furrow up through his shoulder. His
clothing was ignited, but fortunately
the wound was cauterized by the
flames SO but little blood escaped. He
was brought to town, and surgeons
say that he will recover.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
AN OLD scoUNDREL.

Samuel Pollock Arrested for Sending OBJ
scene Matter Through the Mails.
WASHINGTON, August 22.-Samuel
Pollock, of Brighton township, was ar
rested by Sheriff Letter, charged with
sending lascivious matter through the
mail. For several months he has been
sending indecent letters to 14-year-
old daughter Of John Branton. For
tunately the family intercepted the
letters. Pollock is So years old aud
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
THE WALLER CASE.

Records Now on the Road to Paris.
WASHINGTON, August 2s.-Acting
Secretary Of State Adee authorizes the
statement that information is received
from Ambassador Eustis at Paris that
the record of the proceedings and
evidence in the court martial of ex-
Consul Waller is expected to reach
Paris at the end of this month and that
access to Waller has been accorded
Eustis after repeated and urgent
requests.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
THE CRUISER COLUMBIA.

England Says We May Wei, Feel Proud.
3LoNDoN, August 21.-The Post has
an editorial in which it says: "Ameri-
cans may justly be proud of the
cruiser Columbia's performance and
may be heartily congratulated, but
our admiralty does not need to attach
an exaggerated Importance to- the per-
formance, because in the event of
hostilities the difficulty of recoaling
would quite change the aspect Of the
case
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
CHICAGO COLISEUM COLLAPSED.
Biggest Building on Earti. in Ruins---No
One Hurt.


CHICAGO, August %. The Coliseum,
the large building lately erected on
the site where Buffalo Bill had his
show during the Worlds Fair, col
.lapsed The building was an immense
affair, and was to have been opened
with the Barnum and Bailey circus
within few days. 1t was also in
tended for use during National CON
ventions. A force of 200 men have
been working on the building night
and day, but as the accident Happened
during lunch hour when all the men
were absent, nobody was hurt The
building is total wreck. and the loss
will reach between 100000 and $780,
coo. The building was $50 feet long,
$50 feet wide and eighty-six feet high,
and there was not pillar to obstruct
the view from any part. Z
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
IOWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT.

Dies MONIES, August 19.-An inter-
ference has been declared between an
application fled by f. M. Ashley, Of
Brooklyn, N. Y. and patent No. 4ss, 22o
issued to c. V. Pollock, for hose noz-
zle. Mr.. Pollock, late Of Des Moines,
it is reported, sold the patent to a, stock
company in New York for $500, 900. 1t
frequently occurs that there is moro
than one original inventor of a patent
able invention, and consequently two
or more persons claim patent for the
same subject matter. The law con-
templates that the first original ia.
ventor only shall have good patent,
and therefore when two or more
persons claim to be the originators of
the same invention, an interference is
declared to determine the question of
priority and the opposing parties are
granted a hearing This proceeding is
similar to a trial in court and subject
to common rules of evidence Proof
upon the question of conception,
putting into tangible form, practical
use, public use and abandonment,
when skillfully prepared and properly
presented, decide the controversy and
govern the award We do all work re-
quired from an attorney in preparing
and arguing an interference. Our
charges are always reasonable and
governed by the time and labor given
to case.
TEos. G. AND j. RALPH ORwIG,
Solicitors of Patents.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
WORK OF NIHILISTS.
Barracks and 800 Soldiers Blown Up in
Russia.

Barracks and 800 Soldiers Blown Up in
Russia.
LONDON, August 81. The Daily News
publishes dispatch from Triest say
ing that the newspapers there report
that an explosion occurred at the ar
tillery barracks at To-day, in Russia.
Three hundred persons are said to
have been killed, including many
officers. The barracks are a heap of
ruins. An examination into the cause
of the explosion led to the discovery
that the barracks had been undermined
everywhere. Many arrests have been
made of persons suspected Of being
implicated in the outrage, which is
supposed to have been the work of
nihilists.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
CHINA REFUSES INVESTIGATION.

Will Not Allow British and American
Consuls to Look Into Massacres.
SHANGHAI, August so.-A dispatch
from Foo Chow says it is reported on
good authority there that the Chinese
government mas refused to allow the
American and British consuls, j. G.
Hixson and R. T. Mansfield, who
accompanied the commission appointed
to investigate the recent massacres of
missionaries and their families at
Kucheng, to make any investigation
into the circumstances of the massacres.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
JULIEN DUBUQUE.
City and County WIN Erect Monument

CITY and County VIII Erect a Monument
to His Memory.
DuBuouE, August 80. "A well organ
lied effort is at last being made to
erect a monument to the memory of
Dubuque's first white settler. Du-
buaue settled here in 1888 and died in
1910. The monument is designed af-
ter a ruined castle on the Rhine. and
viii be dedicated July 4, 1896. The
city and county viii lay out park of
thirty acres, surrounding the monu-
nlent, which will be placed over the
old pioneers grave on river bluff be-
low the city
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
HOLMES TURNS A TRICK.
Minnie Williams Turns Up Alive and W

Minnie Williams Turns Up Alive and Well.
PHILADELPHIA, August ga start
ling revelation has come to light in
the Holmes case. w. A. Shoemaker,
counsel for Holmes, received a message
from Minnie II. Williams, dated Provi-
denee, R. l., which stated that the
sender was alive and well. Thisis one
of the women whom Holmes is accused
of having murdered at the Chicago
Hcastle. .
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
INGALLS, TALKS POLITICS.
Says He Would Like to Return to the

Says He Would Like to Return to the
Senate.
New York, August % -Ex-Senator
John Ingalls,, of Kansas, was inter
viewed here. Asked if he would be
candidate for the United States senate
he replied: 1'It has been generally
understood since my defeat in 1891 that
if ! returned to public life my ambi-
ton was to begin where / left off and
resume my old seat. There is crafty.
ing unanimity among Kansas republi-
cans in favor of my reelection to the
senate and am sure if they see fit to
honor me again, would accept it as a
testimonial of regard which no man
could afford to despise and would give
to the state and nation the highest
service of which am capable.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
=LYNcHeD A NEGRO MURDERER.

Ohio Banker choked to Death by Man
Whom the Mob Hung.
CINCINNATI, o., August eat New
Richmond, O., twenty-five miles up
the Ohio river from Cincinnati, mob
took Noah Anderson, colored, from
the Jail and hanged him for the murder
OF Franklin friedman, nearly 80 years
old and president of the First National
Bank of that place. Anderson choked
the aged banker to death for no APP
rarent cause.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
WRECK ON THE ROCK ISLAND.
Several Persons Seriously Injured Near
Atlantic.

81 t
ATLANTIC. August 2a.Rock Island
passenger train No. struck the bag
gage ear and coach of the Audubon
braneh train and turned the baggage
car over the coach, or partially So
The Audubon train was late and was.
pulling on the main line when the
Kock Island passenger train SHOT
around the curve and was unable to
stop in time. the air brakes failing to
work properly. The passengers on
the branch train all jumped off, and
John Clark, salesman for Merritt s.
aush, of Des Moines, was quite
severely injured internally and in the
back. Several passengers were con-
siderably bruised. Trains were de-
iayed several hours while the wreck
age was being cleared away.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
The latest and most interesting

The latest and most Interesting
phase Of the omnipresent "bloomeri
problem halls from Toronto. A male
member of the school boaad of that city
made a motion asking Inspectors to Sc
cure names of all women teachers who
have been riding bicycles in male at
tire, 7 commonly called boomers
with the evident Intention of taking
further action in the matter. AS it
happens, there is an up-to-date woman
by the name Of Dr.. Cullen on the school
board who made such d noble defense
of fair bicyclers in the course of a live
" discussion that the motion was lost.
.13 to 6.