Iowa state bystander., 1896-04-17
TERSE NEWS.

IERSE NEWS.
The congressional committee on ter
ritories has recommended the admis-
sion of Arizona into the union.
At Akron, Ohio, recently, in the pres
ence of detectives and a stenographer,
Romulus Cottel, alias John Smith, the
ex-hired man of the Stone family, made
a written confession of the crime for
which he is held
At Millican, Tex, man named John
Brooks shot and killed his daughter,
Mollie Brooks, and also her lover, A.
G. Worrells, just as they were about to
board the north-bound passenger train
for Bryan, where they were going to
be married. After the shooting,
Brooks went to the rock quarry near
Millican and sat down on box of
dynamite, which he exploded and blew
himself to atoms Nothing but his
legs and feet were found.
Egyptian advlces say: 1t is thought
that the plan of pushing the Anglo
Egyptian army direct to Dongola has
been suddenly abandoned. The pur-
chase of camels and horses has been
stopped 1t has been found, it is
thought. that the force of the Nile is
too weak to cope with the hordes of
deryishes now in the field and gathered
to the Khaiifa's flag between Akisheh
and Dongola. 1t is not probable now
that any attempt will be made to adj
vance beyond the former point at
present
r. c. Dun e Co.'S review of trade:
Failures for the past week have been
200 in the United States, against 207
last year, and 33 in Canada, against 27
last year. The volume of business has
not on the whole increased, nor have
prices appreciably advanced since
April I, when the range for all com
modities was the lowest ever known in
this country. Breadstuffs and iron
products have risen slightly, but some
other articles have declined, and the
root of the matter is that demand for
consumption is still below expectations.
At the Olympic contests at Athens
recently the long distance race from
Marathon, twentysix miles. was won
by Greek in 2 hours and 4S minutes.
The Americans dropped out. The 100
metre race was won by Thos. Burke,
of Boston, in 12 seconds: the high jump
by Ellery Clark of Harvard; the hurdle
race of 11o metres by Thos. Curtis, of
Boston, in II 3-5 seconds; parallel bar
contest by German; contest at climb
ing the pole by a Greek; pole jump, W..
w. Hoyt, of Harvard; rifle and revolver
contests, Paine brothers, Americans.
The high jump was a tie between an
American and an Irishman.
Washington dispatch: President
Cleveland has taken action in behalf
of Cuba. He has made to Spain a
formal proposition that the good offices
of the United States be accepted in
mediation between that country and
her rebellious colony in the West
Indies. This proposal was made in a
cablegram of instructions to our min
ister at Madrid, Mr.. Taylor No
diplomatic dispatch of equal import
ance has left the capital since Secre-
tary Olney's note to the British gov
ernment on the Venezuelan boundary
question was sent to London last sum
mer. The president does not ask Spain
to grant the independence of Cuba,
nor does he suggest that home rule be
accorded the people of that island. He
simply asks that reforms be granted.
Ex-Consul Waller has arrived in the
United States and says he will sue the
French government for damages.
Philadelphia dispatch says: H. Fl.
Holmes, about to hang for the murder
of Benz. Pietzel, has made written
confession detailing the crimes which
he has committed. He says that he
has killed twenty-seven persons and
would have killed six more but circum-
stances prevented He committed the
crimes to secure money to educate his
SON. He says the devil has been the
guiding genius of his destiny, and he
could nOU nelp pSing lnuraefcr any
more than some can help being poets.
The electrocution bill has passed
the Ohio legislature, and the law be-
comes effective July L.
Impartial, madrid newspaper, says:
More than ever the effects of the in
surrection are felt in the farming dis
tricts, where, at the present time, it is
hard to engage laborers, as SO many
have gone to Cuba. Any one who
takes trip through the agricultural
districts will be convinced beyond
doubt, that the present strain on the
country is terrible and one which
Spain cannot stand without serious 80
jury for any length os time.