Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-12-13
low "A STATE NEWS.
A WEEKS DoINGS IN THE.HAWK-
EYE STATE.
Political, Religious, Criminal, Obituary,
and miscellaneous DolnGs Cleaned
from Various Sections Of tho Com
monwealth.


A farm house belonging to George
Reckner, near Creston, was destroyed
last week. Loss, $1,000; small insur
ance.
The river has closed below Du
buque bridge. Last year the close was
Dec. q. The stage Of water is eight
tenths below low water mark, beating
all previous years.
The ladies of the Congregations
church at Sibley have published and
put upon the market new cook book
and advertised the book by splendid
supper the other night at Memorial
hall, followed by musical.
Cedar Rapids special: Attorney w
d. Evans, in five column article
again opens the Price-Evans tragic
death at Usage. Price was principal OF
the Usage schools and on Monday, Oct
IA, was either killed or suicided. If the
facts developed by detectives and ply
sicians and brought out in Mr.. Evans
letter are true the suicide theory is re-
duced to an utter absurdity
Eldora special: A write-up of
z George Lewis Clark, of Lexington KY,
in a recent issue of the Chicago Times
4 Herald, created no little interest here.
] Clark, who claims to have been the
original Of the character of George
Harris in Mrs. Stoves Uncle Toms
Cabin" was here several years ago with
Rllsco and Swift's Uncle Toms Cabin
company, and as his story was not gen
orally credited here, letter was writ
ten by Mr.. Ellis D. Robb, OF this city, to
Mrs. Stowe, asking as to the truthful
ness of Mr.. Clark's statement. The re-
ply proves beyond a doubt that Mr.,
Clark was not even an acquaintance of
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. The let
ter is now in Mr.. Robb's possession.
Creston special: Union county has
probably one of the most philanthrOpic
physicians in America In the person Of
DR.. j. T. Beebe, of Alton. He has re-
sided in Union county for thirty-one
years, and last Saturday celebrated his
golden wedding anniversary. His LIES
work is about done. He has always aid
ed humanity and the distressed and
has made thousands of calls in all kinds
Of weather, at all times of night, know
4 Ing full we'll that he would never re-
ceive compensation for his services,
and it is understood that today he has
$45, 900 on his books. OF this sum he
, will receive very little, If any, but it
represents vast amount of service.
DIR. J. B. Wilson, who died in this city
several years ago, was like DR.. Beebe
In his response to calls, and when he
left earth his patients owed him in the
neighborhood of $4,000.
Oskaloosa special Mrs. 7. H. Whit
acre died suddenly here the other even
ing while on her way from home to the
Conwell lecture Going along with her
daughter in the business center of town
she faltered, complained Of being i'll,
and stopped in store near by to rest a
minute 1t was soon observed that she
was in very bad condition, and she
was laid down on an improvised bed
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She gasped several times for breath and
died before the doctors arrived. Heart
failure was pronounced the cause of her
death. Mrs. Whitacre was an elderly
lady, but apparently in the best of
health, and very stong for one of her
age. She was the wife OF the late DR..
r. H. Whitacre, of Leighton, one of the
early pioneers of Nebraska county.
She, with her son and daughter, re-
moved to this city about two years ago,
her son, r. e. Whitacre, being a mem
Der of the firm of Hull, Fitch & Whit
acre, wholesale harness and saddlery.
Oskaloosa special: In the District
court the other morning when the case
of Taylor VS.. Taylor, for divorce, was
called, Attorney Phillips stated rather
strange story to the court. He said
that it would be remembered by many
through reading the papers that a wo-
man was indicted at Cincinnati some
time ago for running or conducting a
swindling matrimonial agency. She
worked her scheme by sending photo
graphs Of handsome women to different
men in all parts of the country, at the
same time stating that they were rich
and matrimonially inclined. A run
ming correspondence usually resulted
between the supposed beautiful women
and her matrimonially inclined fellow,
and as soon as developments were
brought to the proper place, ten or
twenty dollars would be asked for
This amount would usually be forth
coming and there is every reason to be-
lieve she realized large sums of money
with her crooked scheme. She was at
last trapped and convicted and sent to
the penitentiary from Cincinnati, the |
city in which she started the agency.
She is the wife of John D. Taylor, re-
spectacle citizen of this county, and he |
is DESTROYS of securing divorce. The |
gentleman was not in the court through |
some reason, and his attorney asked for
a stayiof the case for short time,
which was granted.
Creston-The large Touring mill and |
elevator belonging to Dewesse & John
son, of Lenox, was destroyed last week.
The loss is estimated at $4,000, and
falls entirely upon the owners, they /
having no insurance. An application
for Insurance had been made out dur
ing the day, but had not been accepted.
4 The letters supposed to have been
written by Miss Sammy in her attempt
to get the money held at Algona for
Gottlieb Schuerle, are now in posses
sion of Postmaster Charles, of Cedar
Ranids The writing is very similar |