Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-12-27
MISCELLANEOUS.


A wild panic was precipitated in Wal
Street Friday by the free selling fl
American securities on the Londor
stock exchange and the heavy export:
of gold. A rally occurred toward the
close Of the day. Five failures We're
the result of the panic. Other financial
centers Of the country We're affected IN
similar manner.
Dun & Co. review of trade says the
talk of war with England on account Of
the controversy with Venezuela has moi
perceptibly affected general trade.
The Philadelphia street car strike has
been settled by arbitration, both sides
making large concessions.
Nathan Reynolds, farmer residing
in Elkhorn, Wis, aged 70, was found
dead in his barn, death being attrib-
uted to heart disease.
The district committee of the Y. M.
G. A. met at Rockford and decided to
hold the annual district convention at
Oregon, H., March and Z.
The Great Western Coal Mining Com
pany, of Chicago, has purchased the
LOOMS Coal Company's mines and
lands at Bevier. Mo-, for $4,000.
George w. Blabon, the Philadelphia
capitalist who owns the GAINESVILLE,
Wis, street railway, has ordered it to
suspend operation until spring, as run
ming expenses are not being made.
Caldwell & Drake, of Columbus, Ind,
hn NIL .,t
English, Ind, have sued the Leaven-
worth Democrat for $4,000 damages
The paper charged them with being ir
responsible.
Adjutant General Orendorff, of Hi
nois, has confirmed the appointment
of Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Mortar.
ity, Major NJ. E. McGrath, Maio,
George Meehan, Captain M. Duhig
Captain John NJ CLASSY and Lieuten-
ant Thomas J. O'Hare as a regimental
board of examiners for the Seventh in
fantry.
Governor Altgeld will be asked to
pardon John A. Cox, sentenced from
Ford county for passing bogus checks.
People of Minneapolis believe that
Harry Hayward's confessions of four
were manufactured simply to
SELL
The old settlers of Duluth, Mimi,
and Superior, Wis, held their sixteenth
annual reunion at Duluth
A semi-annual meeting of the South
'rn Illinois Millers' association was held
1t Pinckneyville, Ill. 1t was largely at
ended.
The manufacturers of plumbers
BRASS goods of the country formed
national organization al Pittsburg, but
hey say it isn't trust.
Frederick Nelson secured verdict
At Duluth, Mimi, of $4,000, against
he Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic
abroad for the loss of leg.
The Bennett National bank of New
Whatcom, Wash, which was forced by
! sudden run to suspend Nov. S, with
aggregate liabilities of sS1 900, has re-
opened for business
Miss Louise Nooe of Nation, H., has
Identified the body taken from the river
1t Louisville, KY, as that of her
brother.
Quarantine has been declared against
Martins Ferry, Ohio, on account of a
smallpox epidemic there. The disease
S spreading rapidly.
The case against Capt. Wiberg of the
Danish steamer Horsa, suspected of
arms, ammunition and men
o Cuba, has been dismissed.
Heavy rains have fallen throughout |
he West, and in many portions of IL
inois, where long drouth has dried I'D
,isterns and wells, great relief is felt.
rhe rain is of especial benefit to wheat.
Governor Mckinley has received a
etter from Richard Mansfield, the
lctor, claiming to have been brutality |
reated by constables at Columbus.
ohio.
The Chesapeake G Ohio road will
'uild a passenger depot at Richmond,
"a, to cost s2,0O0,000 All trains will
inter- the depot at the second story.
The strike of Philadelphia street car
employees led to serious rioting in that
ity Tuesday by sympathizers with the
men. The miliatia were kept under
rms in readiness for action.