Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
TERsE NEWS.

John 4. Tanner for governor and w
A. Northcott for lieutenant governor
Paris advices say: The members OF
the Bourgeois ministry proceeded te
the Elysee, the residence of Presidcn.
Faure, and formally rendered theii
designations M. Faure Was await
ing their coming, and accepted the
designations as soon as they were
presented,
Georgia republicans failed to instruct
their delegates to st. Louis; Pennsyl
yania democrats instructed for ex-Gov
ernor Pattison and gold Nebraska
sound money democrats selected dele.
gates to contest with the silver delega.
ton; Mississippi democrats instructed
for L. G. Walthal for the vice-presi,
dency, and declared for free coinage
Michigan democrats declared for gold
and in Alabama the republicans en-.
dorsed Mckinley.
Recent advices from Bulawayo, Mat,
abeleland, state that force of 300
troopers went out to meet the enemy,
hoping to surprise them. They were
unable to do so and, although between
400 and 1000 Matabeles Were killed,
the troopers were compelled to retreat
At one time they were near being
wiped out. The British loss Is not
given, but it is believed to have been
heavy, besides the supply of ammuni-
is now almost exhausted.
Cripple Greek, Col, recently, an
gry courtesan threw lamp at her
lover, and million dollars worth OF
property was destroyed in three hours.
The lamp hit a stove, igniting the oil
and setting fire to the furniture. In a
few minutes the building was in flames.
This scene was enacted in Couch's
dance hall on Meyers avenue. Before
the flames had been subdued several
blocks OF business houses had been
destroyed, many people losing every
thing they had. While the loss is
estimated at a million dollars the
insurance will not exceed SIS, 900. The
burnt district will be rebuilt at once.
Washington dispatch: The status
of the Venezuelan question having
again reached an acute stage, has
elected two positive statements The
United States has not offered or sug-
gested the withdrawal of the Vene.
zuelan commission. Negotiations
toward general arbitration between
the United States and Great Britain
are proceeding satisfactorily, although
there is little progress as yet toward
having the Venezuelan dispute included
in the general scope of arbitration.
Aside from these points, it is stated,
the subject is unchanged. There are
no apprehensions or uneasiness lest
the negotiations lapse or fail.
The Union Leag Club, of Brooklyn,
unveiled the colossal equestrian statue
of General Grant in front of their club
house. The statute is of bronze, fit
teen feet, eight inches high, on pedcs-
tai sixteen feet high. The dedication
was made the occasion of 4 splendid
military pageant, composed of 10000
soldiers of the regular army. sailors
and marines from the navy yard, and
the state militia. The Grand Army of
the Republic was also largely repre-
sented The procession was reviewed
by Governor Morton. The ceremony
of unwilling was performed by Ulysses
S. Grant, the grandson of the general,
in the presence of 20, 900 people.
The proposition to admit women as
lay delegates to the general conference
of the Methodist church has been
defeated by narrow ma gin. The
vote of the North Dakota conference.
which has just been received, was the
last to be taken on the proposition.
With that vote included in the table
the vote is shown to be 1873 for the
admission of women and 2, $40 against.
According to a provision of the dis
cipline it is necessary for a proposition
to change any Of the restrictive rules
of the church to receive the support of
Of the annual conference
voting on the proposition and two
thirds of the general conference. AS
the total vote was 1904 it would have
been necessary for the supporters of
the amendment to have cast 1853 bal
lots to win. They lost by IS votes.
The New York state assembly re-
Gently passed the greater New York
bill over the veto of Mayors Strong, of
New York. and Wurster, of Brooklyn,
by vote of rs to GO. The senate has
already passed the measure over the
vetoes and it now goes to Gov. Morton.
The opinion is general that the gov
ernor viii sign the bill.
In view of the appointment of
as governor of Zeitoun
the ambassadors of the powers at Con-
stantinople have formally demanded
that Turkey respect its promises to
a Christian governor.
By vote of six ayes to two nays
the house committee on territories
agreed to report favorably bill adj
hitting Oklahoma to statehood.
Havana dispatch; Weyler says that
Maceo will never cross the trocha ex-
cept as a prisoner and that it is utterly
fer him to come eastward.
He believes that he has such a force
Maceo's position in the north
ern mountains and Trocha that Maceo