Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-01-04
cuNDESsED ITEMS.

II IiitH ehuSHt, living az BdNeilpOIt
with a bank account of about fou
thousand dollars. committed suicide b,
strangliIg himself with a cord a few
days ago. He was bachelor and mis-
anthrope.
4 There We're over nine hundred
teachers in attendance at the con
| vention of the State Teachers Asso
| ciation at Des Moines. These are the
/ officers.chosen President, r. C. Bar
rett, of Usage; vice. presidents, Ira S
Condit, of Red Oak; Anna e Mccoy
ern, of Cedar Falls: C. c. Cafstens, OF
Ames: secretary, w. L. Cramer, OF
Iowa City: treasurer, G. w. Samson, OF
(! Cedar, Falls; executive committee, II.
| G. Lampson, of Atlantic; executive
! council, DR.. w. +. King, of Mt. YER
/ non. and DIR. W. NJ Brooks, of Tabor.
The district court of Wapello county
| has recently rendered decision
against the Burlington Voluntary Re-
lief association, which, if sustained by
the supreme court, will be hard blow
to that organization. 1t is in sub
stance that a contract with the relief
association cannot abSolve the 20.
from damages in case of death result
ing from negligence. f. c. Robinson,
a brakeman, was killed. He had signed
a contract with the relief association
for $50 in case of death. and waving
all right of further damages The re-
lief association paid the claim, but the
administrator sued for further dam
ages for negligence, and the court has
granted it. Ii this case serves as a
precedent there will be many similar
cases in Iowa.
A fearful accident occurred few
days ago on the farm of Anton Sieverd
ing, fonr and a half miles west of
Maqucketa, and Joseph Sieverding met
his death in tragic manner Joseph,
with his father and brothers, were
engaged saving wood with power
saw. 1t is not known exactly how the
mishap occurred, but it is presumed
that the unfortunate man either became
dizzy or tripped and fell upon the saw.
His left hand and wrist were frightfully
manglcd. His head, too, came in
contact with the saw near the left side
of the jaw, crashing through the bone,
plowed its way nearly to the back of
the neck, nearly sev.ring the head
from the body, but missing the carotid
artery and iugular vein. With the
blood streaming from his wounds he
a ghastly appearance which
almost paralyzed his father and
brothers. He walked to the house
without assistance, took pen and
paper and wrote his last wishes CON
corning his wife and children, for he
was unable to articulate word Med |
ical assistance was called, but a few /
hours later he died.
Secret information was received by !
Monroe county officers that gang
of moonshlners We're conducting still
On the farms of Mrs Graham and Mrs !
Davis, IN the southwest part of the
eounty, and that an attempt was made
% dispose of several barrels of whisky
| few days previous. Deputies Ram
iolph and McCrary were dispatched to
lead off the gang and effect their cap
.ure if possible Before they reached
he homes of the two women they dis
covered Budd Davis and three mem
oers of the gang in a field near the
arms of the women trying to hide
Seg of liquor. The officers rode up to
he gang and ordered them to submit
o arrest. but the men mounted their
lorses and galloped away, firing a vol
ey at the deputies. The deputies
rave chase, but the men were soon
ost in the dense timber which abounds
n that part of the county. They
made a circuit of the farms of the two
women, but other members of the
rang had been given information of
he contemplated rade and had de
Several barrels of whisky
we're found at the homes of the two
women and searching party is en-
'cdNoilhS " loCdpe VIC Stili lue
were arrested, but positively
efused to divulge the names of the
nembers of the gang.
Fifty cents year The Des Moines,
owa, Twice-a-Week News. Try it.
At Muscatine recently, after deliber-
ting eighteen hours the jury in the
ase of the state against Guy Baker,
harged with numbering George Rex
Dad, returned verdict of not guilty.
A suit for $4,000 has been begun
! the courts at Ottumwa which.
successful viii be followed by others |
TO Sl50,000 which the Chi
ago, Burlington & Quincy road viii
c compelled to pay. June 3 fire
tarted in Jerry Seymour's cooperage 5
aused by sparks from 90" locomo-
We. The heavy gale developed into
confagration, sweeping away three
usiness blocks. Seymour lost $50, 600
nd sues for that sum-
A. D. Struup, of Belle PLANE, was
tally injured at Clinton by falling
ON q street car. Struup was stand
g on the rear platform, and as the
If went swiftly around curve, he
as thrown off, alighting on his head !
/ the brick pavement.
Building statistics of Dubuque show {
lprovements aggregating nearly So. !
%, 900 during 1894. The postofice !
lsiness increased from SCI 900 in 1893 =
$50, 900 the past year a
Vim. Rubic, farmer living near n