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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06
BACTERIA FOUND IN GRAIN
One OF the German Subterfuges for Keep
Ing Out Cur Grain.

One OF the German Subterfuges for Keep
Ing Out Cur Grain.
Washington dispatch: And now
in large numbers, too, according to a
report TO the state department from
United States Consul Stephan at Anna
berg. German Agrarians are always
on the lookout forany plausible pretext
to keep ont foreign competition, and
have hailed with delight the news that
Professor Heinrich in Rostock had
found i number of bacteria in Russian
and Romanian grain, which were more
deadly, as they could not be rendered
harmless even by the heat of the oven.
They hoped the importation of this
grain Will be prohibited in the same
manner as American cattle and meat
were excluded not long ago on account
of alleged Texas fever. The matter
was brought to the attention of the
reichstag by an Agrarian member,
when it presently appeared that the
German government had already been
making inquiry. The director of pub
lie health reported that sixteen Ger
man and seventeen foreign samples of
grain had been examined for bacteria.
The purest was the American. Then
came the Moravian, Bohemian and
Hungarian barley; the most impure
was Turkish rye. In one gramme of
German wheat $4,000 to $4,000 bacteria
were found; in Russian, 256,000 to 309,-
600; in La Platte wheat only 5000. The
sample which showed $685. G0 bacteria
in Rostock showed fourteen days later
in Berlin 100000, so rapidly does the
germ disappear. As regards the char
acter of these bacteria, such as would
endanger health were not found in a
single sample, SO the grain is absolute
~ harmless. But even the worst bac-
terra are destroyed by the heat of the
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06
nran rn1cE roR rorAroEs.

The John A. salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, pay high prices new
things. They recently paid $500 for q
yellow rind watermelon, $1,000 for 80
bu. new oats, $500 for 100 lbs. Of pota-
toes, ETC., etc.! Well, prices for pota-
toes will be high next fall. Plant a.
plenty, Mr.. Wideawake! You'll make
money. Salzer's Earliest are fit to eat
III % days after planting. His Cham
pion of the World is the greatest yielder
on earth and we challenge you to pro-
duce its equal.
II you VIII send IA cents in stamps
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, you will get, free. ten
packeges grains and grasses, including,
Teosinte, Spurry, Giant Incdrnate
Glover, etc, and our mammoth cata-
logue. Catalogue &c. for mailing. W..
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06
ENGLAND WANTS GUNS.
Proposition in the House of Commons to
Increase the Naval A:.ma Iient.

Proposition in the House of Commons to
Increase the Naval As.maTient.
LONDON, March An the house of
commons the Rt. Hon. George J.
Goschen, first lord of the admiralty,
presented the navy estimates. He
said the proposed increase in the naval
expenditures was not due to any feeling
of alarm. More ships meant more
men, and these could be got. He
commented upon the important per-
sonnet which he said was due to the
enormous completely of modern war
ships. Nevertheless, the admiralty
would have no difficulty in cleaning
from a long roll of candidates. The
government proposed an increase of
eS50,000 for guns and docks at
Gibraltar 1t had decided to build
three docks instead of one. The cost
of the new works was estimated at
e2,5o0,O0o in addition to the e361 $50
already allotted for the new dock
there.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06
IN CUBA.

WASHINGTON, March Ia dispatch
from Madrid says that the papers there
publish some curious statistics as to the
Cuban war. Nearly 11s,ooO men have
been sent to the island and the cost of
the rebellion has already amounted to
s5o,ooo,oOo and for the second year it
will exceed S75,00o,000 The corre-
spondent says that Captain Weyler re-
ports that it will take two years to
crush the rebellion.
MADRID, March 1.-The Impartial,
referring to the action of the United
States senate with relation to Cuba,
advises Spain to get ready for war and
says the situation is very grave. It
urges a firm attitude, and says Spain is
not isolated in Europe if it comes to a
conflict
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06
THE NEWS IN IOWA
FORFEITURE OF LAND GRANTS.
Government Brings Suit Against the q"
Road md Iowa Farmers.

Government brings Suit Against the 90
Road md Iowa Farmers.
Dies MONIES, March 5.--United States
Attorney General Harmon and District
Attorney Charles D. Fullen have begun
three suits in the federal court against
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad, the Burlington & Missouri
River railroad company and nearly
1000 residents and land owners of
Mills, Montgomery and Adams coun-
ties, in the southwestern part Of the
state, together with a large number of
4 financial institutions and persons
interested in the land in those counties.
The suits are brought by the govern
ment to cancel grants of land to the
Burlington route in 1856 and 1864. The
grants attacked comprise possibly
$4,000 acres, and the settlers and
owners thereof are made parties to the
suits, although having purchased the
land from the railroad company. The
grounds upon which the action is
brought relate to the law of adjust
ment of land grant claims of 1887, and
it is alleged by the attorney general
that the lands in question We're
patented by settlers or otherwise
disposed of by the government prior to
their transfer to the railroad company.
transfer made, it is claimed. in
violation of the land grant law of 1856
as amended in 1864 by the ministerial
agents of the government, thus abridg-
ing the rights of both the government
and original owners in favor OF the
-ailroad company.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06
Fatal Hungarian Tornaaoes.

New YORK, March LA Berlin spe-
cial says: Alarming reports have
reached here from Buda Pesth of the
most terrific sand storms that ever oc-
Cured in northwestern Hungary.
Dispatches say that several moving
trains on the Austro-Hungarian rail-
way and many villages have beer
buried under the sand. Many fatali-
ties are reported in the villages reach
ing into the hundreds. The storm is
described as a constant succession OF
whirlwinds. From information thus
far obtained the loss to property and
cattle will prove enormous.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06
BREVlTIES.

Snow fell all over central and south
ern Iowa on the I'd.
Tom Mcnamara dropped dead at
Clinton vile talking to a friend.
John v. Crum, Iowa's famous
Splinter, has been elected city attorney
of Bedford.
The bridge over the Mississippi at
Davenport has been repaired SO that
traffic on the Rock Island has been
resumed.
AtAvoca recently Judge Macy called
Tip Cuppy before the bar and
imposed the full legal limit Of the fine,
and ordered that defendant pay a fine
of $500 and the costs of the prosecution,
amounting in all to perhaps S7oo or
more.
While T.. G. Smith, the G. & N. w.
Railway company's agent at Laurens,
was crossing the track near Marathon,
his team was struck by fast freight
train. Mr.. Smith was thrown from
the buggy and received serious internal
injuries. A young lady, with whom he
was riding, was injured about the
head. One horse was struck and in
stantly killed, the other slightly in
jured and the buggy smashed. The
injuries to Mr.. Smith and the lady are
considered fatal by attending physi-
clans.
LeMars dispatch: The most re-
markable breach of promise suit ever
tried in Iowa, an action for $4,000
damages, brought by Mrs. Amanda
Hubner against the estate of William
Reikhoff, her alleged fance, now
deceased, is in progress before Judge
Gaynor. Reikhoff settled at LeMars
two years ago, employing Mrs Hubner
as housekeeper. A year later he
died, leaving an estate of nearly $780,,
600. He willed 100000 to Grinnell
College, the balance to relatives and
friends. Thereupon Mrs. Hubner sued
to break the will, alleging that Reikhoff
once promised to marry her, but that
some time before his death he refused
10 Hldhe ROOu MS promise.
Advices from Des Moines indicate
that seats for the coming enga cement
Of Paderewski, the eminent pianist, are
going very fast. Already over fifteen
hundred seats have been taken, and as
the house will seat only about three
thousand persons, those who are
expecting to hear him would do well
to act promptly. Orders are being
received daily from the smaller towns
Of central Iowa, and they will all be
represented by the music lovers of the
vicinity. March 10 is the date of the
recital. Tickets of Stream & Mccain
mon, Des Moines.
A Des Moines dispatch says: About
400 persons stood around the govern.
ment building all night waiting for
the doors to open, in order that they
might be among the first to file upon
the forfeited land grant in O'Brien and
Dickinson counties. AT a. m. the
south door IN the building was opened
and a line was formed leading TO the
land Office. The line began moving at
9 o'clock and when the last of the
number had passed through the office
it was estimated that about 900 APP
plications had been made for the %
600 acres of land in question. Four
women were among the claimants.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06
IN NICARAGUA.

The Rebel Forces Routed with Great
Loss.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March A.
After six hours fighting at Matterias
and Nagarote the government forces
under Generals S. Space and Estrada
completely routed the rebels under
General Ortiz and captured a portion
of the rebel artillery. The rebel force
numbered 1000, of whom 500 were
killed or wounded. The government
loss was considerably less.
MANAGUA. Nicaragua, March 5.-The
report of the killing of the rebel
generals, Escalon and Barquero
Sediles, in the last battle near Nara cote
is confirmed. It is learned that the
revolutionists have fortified the town
of Leon in anticif. zion of an attack
from the government forces The
government forces, together with the
troops sent by Honduras to aid them,
are advancing towards Leon and will
soon storm the rebel capital.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06

The great Siberian railway is maxi
ing good progress. Last year Se3 miles
Of track we're laid, bringing the terminus
to Krasnoyarsk, a distance of 3,oTt
miles east from st. Petersburg, and
thus completing a continuous mail
route from the capital to the bank of
the Yenisei river. Of the 1872 miles
from ChelyabinslS, the starting point
near the Europe-Asia border. to Vladi-
vostock on the Pacific. 1,G59 miles of
track have been laid, besides the branch
of 80 miles from chelyabinsk to Eka-
terinburg. which is also completed.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06
SWELL CLUB IN TROUBLE.
Threatened With Indictments for tn
Illegal Sale Of LIQUOR

Threatened With Indictments for the
Illegal Sale of Liquor.
LEMARs, March 2.-Much excitement
has been caused at LeMars by the
report that the Plymouth county grand
jury has just returned Indictments
against members of the Prairie club, a
)cial organization of which most of
the best business men are members.
charging them with Illegal sales of
intoxicants. The club has been
voluntarily closed, pending the result
of the investigation, and many mem
beers have been called on to testify
concerning the manner in which the
clubs sales are made The club
officers claim liquor is sold only to
members. and win fight if indictments
are returned.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06
Iowa Firm Sues For s1as,ooo.

CoUNcIL BLUFFS, March 3-Deere,
Wells & Co. have fled suit against the
Milwaukee Railroad Company for
1929. 900 damages, for the destruction
of their storehouses and elevators in
Council Bluffs by fire recently. The
petition recites that the railroad com
pany started the fire which destroyed
all the property. The flames started
in burning weeds along the company's
right of way.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06
The Hermuda Affair

New YORK, March 5.-The United
States government abandoned all pro,
ceedings against the alleged Cuban
filibustering steamship Bermuda.
United States District Attorney Nc
Farlane secured special order from
Washington ordering the vessel releas
ed from custody. The dispatch also
ordered the release of all the arms,
money, ships stores and other things
seized by the United States marshals
and directed that they be placed where
they We're originally found.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06
WHlRLED TO DEATH.

Sioux CITY, February 29-Amos wy
mans, workman in the Cudahy pack
Ing house. was killed by getting his
clothes caught in a rapidly revolving
shaft Of the elevator. His vest caught
and then his suspenders, and he was
drawn to the shaft, which was about
two feet from brick wall His feet
were cut off almost instantly, and in a
few minutes he was beaten to death.
When the shaft was stopped, the life
less body fell to the floor thirty feet
below.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06
TERsE NEWS.


W. j. Campbell republican national
committeeman for Ohio, died on the
4th.
Governor G.eenhalge, of Massa-
ehusetts, died at his home in Low Il on
the 4th.
Venezuela has refused to grant Eng.
lands request that the Uruan incident
be regarded as distinct issue
President Cleveland presided at a
meeting held at Carnegie Music Hall
at New York for the purpose of adj.
vancing the cause of home missions.
The Turkish authorities claim to
have unearthed conspiracy to disrupt
the government, and 200 Armenians
and large numbers of Turks have been
arrested.
Peter Richard Kenrick, who for
fifty five years prior to three years
ago was the Roman Catholic bishop of
the st. Louis diocese, died in that city
on the 4th in the Goth year of his age.
Because of the removal of Com
mander Booth of the Salvation Army,
large number of his admirers have
severed connection with the present
organization and will establish
separate organization.
At Winnipeg few days ago Attorney
General Sefton's motion protesting
against interference by the dominion
government with the Manitoba school
laws, was adopted in the legislature
after an all night sitting by vote of
81 to 7.
Caracas, Venezuela, dispatch: Both
houses of congress passed resolutions
thanking the government and people
of the United States for their attitude
on the boundary dispute between Great
Britain and Venezuela and as to the
limits of British Guiana.
Baltimore dispatch: The Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad Company, one of the
oldest and most extensive transporta-
until recently one of the most profit
able, has confessed its insolvency and
gone into the hands of receivers John
K. Cowan, its president, and Oscar G.
Murray, its third vice president, will
hereafter operate it for the benefit of
the creditors and bondholders under
the direction of the United States
court.
In the English house of commons on
the second reading of the evicted ten
ants bill, after considerab' lebate,
it was rejected by a vote of -, 10 ia.
A London cable says the Anglo
Armenian Association has received
telegram from Constantinople which
says that 5000 Armenians have been
massacred at Rablir, and that the
widows and orphans of those killed are
in terrible distress from cold and hun.
ger. The dispatch also states that the
Armenians of Sivas and Cesarea are in
daily fear of massacre. Forced con-
versions to Islamism are general
throughout the Asiatic provinces.
New York dispatch: At an adj
journed meeting of the annual meeting
of the New York Yacht Club Lord
Dunraven was expelled from member
ship by vote of 80 to /. The charges
were that he had violated the honora-
BILE rules Of sport, honor and integrity
of men his peers.
The Niearaguan forces have com
menced an advance upon the depart
ments in revolt against President
ZeIaya without standing on the
defensive and awaiting the expected
attack of the Leonists. 1t is said the
revolution Eas spread all oyer .. the
western provinces. property of the stock
opt from corporate debts
ness our hands at Des Moin,
,ly OF February. 1895.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06

The aggregate of the public debt of
the United States on Jan. 81 was, ac.
eording to the treasury statement,
81, 687, 1S0,TSS. This total includes GER
fificates and treasury notes offset by an
equal amount of cash in the treasury,
amounting to 1852, 542. T73. The aggre-
gate of interest bearing and non-inter-
est-bearing debt amounted to s1,f24,
63S .015, which represents a net decrease
for the month amounting to S687 ,446.-
so. The certificates and treasury notes
show a decrease of s5,4So,909, and by
CHASING these as debt a net decrease is
shown The gold holdings Of the
treasury amounted on Jan. 81 to s99,-
Gg3,356.57 and the silver holdings 10
sS505, 421,S1S.6S. The gold reserve had
fallen on that date to s49. s45, 507 and the
net cash balance amounted to s121,-
sT46, 271.27, leaving an aggregate cash
balance in the treasury at the end of
the month amounting to SIT. sol 1927.
This represents a decrease of $685.
423 .65 for the month. The government
receipts for the month Of January
amounted to s29, 237, e7o.21, which rep
resents an increase not far from $4,000
00o as compared with the preceding
] month, and over s1,4oo.e0o as COM
pared with the corresponding month
pf last year. The internal revenue re-
reipts, which exceeded those from GUS
toms in December last, fell below them
I'm January by more than s5,30o,000,
\ but the dispropoTtion between them is
Tess than it was in January Of last year
The expenditures for the month
amounted to S32, 529, $40 65, which rep
resents an increase of over s6.700,0o0 as
compared with December last, but a
I decrease of nearly 100000 as COM
pared with January, 1895.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06
MuscATlNE CONSPIRACY.
Arrest Of Negro Mt lows City For
Sub0rnation OF Perjury.

Iowa CITY, March 4.Marshal Mara
arrested Boston Clay, a negro wanted
at Muscatine, on charges OF perjury
and supornation of perjury in connecI
ton with the Mahin, Kessinger and
Rosenberger dynamite case. Clay is a
brother-in-law Of Negro Robinson, who
was brought to Muscatine recently
from the penitentiary, and is charged
with being implicated with his brother,
Tom Clay, and the convict in giving
testimony on the strength of which
innocent men were arrested for the
honSe wrccking.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06
Fayors Mrs. stanford,

WASHINGTON, March 3.-In the case
of the United States against the estate
of the late Leland Stanford for $15,-
100000, testing the individual liabilities
of the stockholders of the Union
Pacific railroad for debt due the
United States in bonds issued in aid of
that road, the supreme court decides
in favor OF the estate.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06
NOTES BROKE THE BANK.
CT the $4,000 Fields Notes Blu.
100000 Are CoIlectah.e.

CT the SI67,0O0 Fields Notes But
$4,000 Are CoIlectab:e.
ISpEPENDENCE, March Atkins, a
bookkeeper of the Fields bank, and
Geo. Van Saun, an expert examiner,
We're on the witness stand in the Fields
case. Atkins proved a hard witness to
give up, on account of his relationship
with the Fields. Both were examined
on the condition of the bank from
March. 1898. until the time of the visit
of the bank examiner in May, the time
the bank closed its doors. From the
testimony given, without doubt, had
the notes discounted at the bank by
Fields Bros. been good the assets
would overlap the liabilities, but of
the $4,000 of notes taken by the
Fields stock farm and discounted
at Fields bank, $4,000 are not
collectable.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06

The following dispatch comes from
Pender, Neb. Three indians on the
Winnebago reservation secured a jug
OF whisky and, after imbibing, stripped
for an old-fashion war dance When
they had exhausted themselves they
sunk into drunken stupor and were
Ill. dead this morning" This is
aof posfige that the war dance is
not suited to the modern Indian 1t
might have done very well for his an
cestors and the romantic braves that
frisk about the pages OF Coopsr's novels,
+ but the up-to-date red man is not built
on the same plan and should attempt
nothing more complicated than polka
or a two-step.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06

Some of the medical journals are
strenuously contending that what we
now call malaria should be called
malague because it is produced by bad
water and not by atmospheric condi-
tons. We presume that Guinine will
continue the favored specific whatever
the doctors may decide about the
name.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06

CEDAR RAPIDS, March 5.Jokithi
Uchida Jahaness, a student of the Cor
nell college, Mt. Vernon, a ward of the
Methodist church in the state and well
known as teacher, committed suicide
by cutting his throat He was we'll
known throughout the state as a lee
turer on the affairs of Japan.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06
BUY DAKOTA WOLF scALps.

Sioux Cry, March BY killing
wolves in South Dakota, where a
bounty of ST. so is paid for each scalp,
and presenting them in this county,
whore the bounty is S., an organized
gang of swindlers has recently de-
frauded the county of large sums of
money. Some time ago the authorities
became suspicious at the number of
scalps presented and succeeded ia
uneartlling the cheat Jack Whitman.
the alleged leader of the gang. has
already been arrested and will be held
for perjury and conspiracy to defra1ld
the cOuntU
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06
Dawson arrairned.

Dies MONIES, March Is. R. Daw
son, the murderer of Walter Scott,was
arraigned in police court to answer to
the charge of murder, He pleaded not
guilty. The date of his hearing has
not vet been fixed.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06
DR., Reid win BE Freed.

DAVENPORT, March 4.-The trial of
the DR.. Reid case for alleged abortion
on Mrs. j. L. Carnsy, of Iowa City, is
now in progress. The defense is MAX
ing good fight and the indications
are the state viii not convict.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06
Trainman's Fatal Accident.

CEDAR RAPIDS. March 3. Ed. Q, Brien,
a conductor on the b., G. r. g n, fell
from car at Follett's, striking on his
head Concession of the brain resulted
and he viii probably die. He war
taken to his homo at Bennett.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06

Engineer Johnson, formerly in the
employ of the Iron Mountain Railway
rompany, has been given q verdict for
81 ,53S5 damages for breach OF contract
and blachlisting. The suit was brought
nv the discharged engineer. II was
BASED upon an agreement between the
railraad company and the Brotherhood
sSbf locomotive Engineers.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06
David Brant Elected.

CEDAR RAPIDS, March A special
election was held in this county for the
purpose of electing a representative to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of
DIR. Freeman McClelland, There We're
four candidates in the field. Brant
was elected by about 600 plurality.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-03-06

The Board Of Education Of Traverse
City, Mich, has forbidden its school
ma'ams to dance, Naturally, these
worthy young women are making q
kick