Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-11-15
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Cedar Rapids dispatch: Wher
! the Bevers filed their petition in the
district court for a change OF venue o.
all the eases connected with the Bevel
estate matter on the ground that Judge
! Wolf was so prejudiced that they could
net secure fair trial, they also pre-
sented atfidavits to the same effect
signed by over 200 leading men Of the
county. The judge has issued an order
citing these signers to appear before
him and state why they believe him to
be prejudiced.
6Recently a man giving the name of
Edward 5. Jones came to Cedar Rapids.
and introduced himself as the state
organizer of the Fraternal Guardians,
fraternal and beneficial organizat ton.
lie appointed numerous agents and be-
gan the work of organizing lodge.
He collected various sums Of money
from his agents and those who intend
cd to join the order, and then left very
suddenly without paying his board
bill and a number of other bills in
Cured about the city. Hcis believed to
be a professional crook.
At a meeting of the state board of
health at Des Moines few days ago
President Guilbert, who was deputized
to investigate the Sabula poisoning
cases, made report. Doctor Guilb
stated thaton September l / the Taplin-
Gage wedding took place at Sabula.
The house was of ordinary size, with
rooms about l6 feet square and with a
cellar underneath. There were no
windows or screens on the cellar, and
any gauseous products of the same
could easily enter the rooms above.
The house was crowded with friends of
the couple that were married. and there
was scarcely room to go about from
one room to another. The wedding
supper was served partly within the
house and partly on the lawn The
food was chicken, turkey, ham and
other articles. The chicken was killed
on Tuesday morning and the wedding
supper was rot given until Wednesday
night. The chicken in the meanwhile
was placed in an earthen vessel and
placed in the cupboard without ice.
The turkeys were killed in the after
noon. The ham was thoroughly !
cooked, SO much so, in fact. that it
could not be sliced without falling into
crumbs. The next morning after
cooking the meat, the lady who did the |
cooking went into the cellar and found |
the meat covered with flies. She |
noticed a very offensive smell arising
from the meat. She covered it up and /
eft 1t. The guests on the night Of the I
noticed very offensive odor
lbout the meats. and noticed that it
lid not taste exactly right Twenty
our hours after the supper the first
appeared, and forty-eipht
hours afterward strong manifestations
II disease. One hundred and seven
we're taken sick, and eight of these
lave died,
A Burlington dispatch says: William
jarver, who has been missing for We
weeks, telegraphed from Elmwood.
H., that he has just come to his senses
n strange town.
At Oskaloosa recently a fire in
he basement of the Mcintyre Bros. g.
filson dry goods house did $40. 600
worth Of damage to their surplus
took The flames were extinguishad
ofore they reached the upper floor. or
) is probable that the large store and
ne Birdsall Hotel would have been
urned. The fire caught from the
lrnace.
Richard Rowe, charged with assist
lg his brother, Chester Rowe, in en-
ezzling S33, 900 from Poweshiek
ounty, Iowa, will be returned to Iowa
,om Mexico. Chester, having taken
ut naturalization papers, cannot be
ytradited.
A Perry dispatch says: The radical
tep Of opposing all images and medal
on portraits of any persons on the
owa soldiers monument has just been
AIKEN by Redfeld post No 26 G. A. R.,
Perry, which has just issued a cir
llar calling upon all G. A. R. posts of
ne department OF Iowa to unite with {
in this demand :