Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-24
BREvITIEs.

ne RAIN Wnlcn visited Iowa on tine
18th and 18th was general throughout
the state and Ne braska.
A recent telegram states that
the Rev G. e. Scott pastor of the
First NJ. f. church; has been arrested
at Logansport. Ind, with Daisy Dor
Ian, the l5-year-old girl with whom he
eloped from Waterloo, July Z.
Charles Anderson was arrested re-
Gently at Malvern on the charge of
incest, preferred by his daughter aged
l5years. At the preliminary hearing
he pleaded guilty and was taken to
the county jail at Glenwood to await
the action of the grand jury.
at Creston recently Alderman john
Hall, proprietor OF the Daily News,
and his managing editor, Peter Boeson,
under arrest for criminal libel, were
dismissed by Justice Mckee, who held
that the newspaper men We're justified,
under the evidence in criticizing Sher-
if Davenport, who brought the suit.
The News said the sheriff was present
at Lent's circus when she'll games
We're run and made no attempt to stop
them,
Mason City dispatch: Mason City
and Clear Lake have granted fran
chises to the Mason City and Clear
Lake Traction company to build cleo
trio street car lines between the two
ND y, Ill
teen and half miles of track, at a
cost of 100000 Work on the right
of way has begun. The principal
stockholders are w. E. Brice and l..
Fl. Ong, of lama, Iowa. The grading
will be done this year and they will
begin operations early next season.
At Logan recently after two hours
deliberation the coroner's jury in the
inquest over the Union Pacific Pioneers
excursion train disaster, returned a
verdict that the death of the twenty
five passengers was caused by the
criminal negligence, carelessness and
neglect of the conductor Of the excur-
sion train. A. L. Reed, and the engin-
eer, j. D. Montgomery. Coroner Mae
Farlane at once issued a warrant to
Sheriff Eddie to bring the men from
Boone. They will be held, unless bail
is given, until the grand jury convenes
September 8.
Burlington dispatch: His faithful
watchdog was all that saved farmer
named Daniel Fritz from death in an
awful form, and as it is, the dog is
dead and Fritz has broken arm and
is badly hurt Fritz and his dog were
passing through pasture in which a
bull, which was not supposed to be
dangerous, swas feeding, when they
We're suddenly charged by the animal.
Before he could reach shelter, Fritz
was caught on the sharp horns of the
bull and tossed high in the air. His
arm was broken, and, unable to escape,
he shut his eyes just as the bull
charged second time His dog, how
ever, sprang at the bulls throat and
held on long enough for Fritz to be
rescued. The dog was gored and
trampled out of shape by the bull
". S. Mcdonald of Clarion, is said.
to have eloped with his sisterin-law
From letter received recently
from Ex-Governor Boies by friend
in Dubuque, it would appear
that he will not be "a candidate for
congress against Colonel Henderson.
The letter as published in the Herald
reads as follows: 81 hope no effort
will be made to bring me out as a
candidate for congress. | could not
accept the nomination if / knew it
would result in my election. and | do
not want the notoriety that will result
from declining.
An Independence dispatch says: John
Sicily and Ernest Bantz, two attendants
at the hospital for the insane, were
badly slashed at the hospital by a
patient named Dunstoh,. who is in
clined to homicide. Dunston had been
working outside, and by some unknown
means had secured jack-knife He
hid in a bathroom and attacked
Sicily when he entered Two ter
rible gashes above and below the waist
line were made. Bantz was cut on the
shoulder and chest in assisting Sicily.
Both will live, although skclly's con
dition is very serious,