Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
BRIEF ITEMS.

homes ever DelnG tried IN Cnlca6C
upon evidence secured thus far.
owen zeigler, of Philadelphia, de-
feated Stanton Abbott, champion
lightweight of England, in a prize
fight at Baltimore. 1t took twenty
rounds.
The Ohio democrats nominated ex.
Governor Campbell for governor
Senator Brice was the presiding officer
and the convention adopted resolutions
endorsing the democratic currency
pink of 1892.
g The silver wing of the democratic
party of Nebraska held a convention
at Omaha on the aad and nominated
candidates for state offices. A resolu-
ton endorsing Cleveland's administers
ton was tabled. The gold wing will
meet at Lincoln September 5. 49,
Bourke Cochran announces that in the
future he will not be connected in any
capacity with Tammany Hall. No
matter what plans of reorganization
are determined upon, he says he will
not affiliate with the organization or
accept office as a Tammany Hall
candidate.
Ex-Associate Justice Strong, of
the United States supreme court, is
dead. Justice Strong had been off the
supreme court bench since December,
1880, when he retired under the law
granting to justices of this court the
privilege of retiring with full pay
after reaching the age of 70 years and
after having served for ten years. He
was appointed in 1870.
r. G. Dnn's review of trade says: 1t
is a belated season. A freeze may set
everything back. The heavy business
which ought to have been done in May
and June was pushed into July, so
that the midsummer decline due in
July comes in August. With this in
mind, one is not surprised to find the
shrinkage from July to August rather
more conspicuous than usual.
The inquest in the case of the TWEEN
ty-six men who lost their lives through
the collapsing of the Ireland building
at West Broadway and West Third
street, New York city, is proceed
ing before Coroner Fitzpatrick and a
jury of experts. The coroner is de-
termined that the Investigation into
the cause of the disaster shall be
thorough. At present there are three
men under $1,000 bail each, charged
with the responsibility. They are:
John n. Parker, the builder; j. e.
Silleck, the foreman, and JOS Guilder,
who had the contract for the plastering.
The secretary OF the navy has re-
ceived a cable from Admiral kirkland,
commanding the European squadron,
announcing that the cruiser Marble
head had sailed from Gravesend for
Gibraltar on her way to Syria. 1t is
probable that the Marblehead will
make only a short stay at Gibraltar,
whence she will proceed to Syria,
where her commander will be expected
to cooperate with Minister Terrell in
the investigation Of the outrages on
the American missions at Tarsus and
Marsovan. The Marblehead will af-
ford place of refuge also for such of
the Americans as desire a place of
safety.
At Denver recently the Hotel
Gumry, filed with guests, was com
pletely wrecked at midnight by an
explosion. The cause of the explosion
is unknown, but it is supposed that the
battery of boilers in the hotel base
1nent must have exploded. The entire
front of the building was carried out
and scattered in fragments across the
street. The noise of the report had not
died away when the cracking and
crashing of the falling floors followed
After that came the blaze. Before the
fire department could render aid the
ruins were in flames. But few of those
in the building escaped death or injury.
A large number are injured and the
list of dead and missing now stands at
twenty five, with eleven dead bodies
recovered. Many of the victims were
burned to death in sight of the rescue
party, who were unable to release them
from the timbers which held them.
The scene was one of horror and never
to be forgotten. The casualty is said
to be due to drunken fireman running
cold water into the boilers.
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Sheriff Clarke, of Princeton, Ill, ar.
rested over thirty of the mob that ran
the negroes out of Spring Valley. He
was assisted in the work by fifteen
armed deputies. The sheriff and his
men went to No. 3 shaft and as the
men came up that he wanted he
promptly served them with warrants.
They were placed in closed wagons
and heavily guarded. They were not
allowed to change their. pit clothes nor
wash their faces, but were hurried to
jail at Princeton. Major Buckner
will prosecute the cases for the negroes.
The arrests were made very quietly.
Two robbers rode into the town OF
Valentine, Tex, and fred shots at every
person on the street. They then pro-
ceeded to loot the store of Kelsey q
Co, when Capt. j. r. Ellsbury, a
Southern Pacific railroad detective,
began firing at them. A desperate
battle took place between Captain
Ellsbury and the robbers. Finally a
bullet struck Captain Ellsbury, passing
through his body and killing him in
stantly The robbers then mounted
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