Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-10-23
sREvlTi.Es.

VIM. blasting was probably fatally
injured is a runaway at Nluscatine.
Highland Park College, Des Moines.
has lust published "A Little Book,
elegantly illustrated, containing a
splendid write-up of that not ed school.
1t is mailed free upon request.
Reports to the Illinois Central Rail-
way Company show no trace Of hog
cholera east of Independence or south
of Manchester. It RACES northwest
and southwest of Independence. From
Jessup to Fort Dodge the loss is 40
per cent: at Iowa Falls, Alden. Will
liams and Harrisburg so per cent; from
Charles City north, a5 per cent. Farm
ers are rushing unfatted hogs as well
as shoats to market. and next springs
crop will be short.
William Harris was found guilty OF
murder in the second degree in the
district court at Des Moines recently.
He was tried for the murder of George
Frank on September g His defense
was drunkenness. The attorney tried
to secure a verdict of manslaughter.
The state tried to convict him of
murder in the first degree, with a
death sentence The jury com
promised on verdict of murder in the
second degree. The crime is punisha Bile
by Imprisonment for any term of years
from ten to life.
Iowa City dispatch: The most sen
sa tionai criminal case that Iowa City
has had for years and one with a large
element of tragedy in it. came to an
end when Judge p. 3. Wolfe. of Clin
ton. pronounced the following sen
fences: 70 hard labor at Anamosa for
10 years. William McDonough. John
/ McGuan. John Sale, Harry Goody: for
seven and one-half years, James
! McDonough. These young men are
! all Iowa City lads. who were arrested
by Deputy Sheriff Clark and a posse of
officers in August. charged with Grim
! inally assaulting Emma Gromas, .
Predetermined girl, Ii years of age.
Another member of the party. Charles
Fickler, alias Chicago Pickle. Of
Chicago. was shot dead by Clark while
resisting arrest and Luke Jordan. of
iowa City. was afterwards found dead
rnysteriously free FROM wounds. at the
side Of q railroad track. Judge Wade
having arrested one of the men at the
revolver's point. gave way to Judge
Wolfe in the trial of the case. Pre-
vious 10 conviction the men had made
three unsuccessful attempts to break
jail.
Hansen sradical cough cure stops tick
ling cough, healing to throat and lungs.
1t is announced that the Chicago,
Milwaukee Il St. Paul will hereafter
run ali passenger and freight crews
through from Ottumwa to Kansas City.
IN the interest of economy. the
division station at Chillicothe. No.
has been abolished. and the divisions
will be from Marion to Ottuinwa, and
0ttumwa to Kansas City \ new
round house will be constructed in
Ottumwa. and the machine shops and
division station transferred from
Chillicothe to Ottumwa. 1t will mean
the removal of 80 to 100 families from
that place to Ottumwa at once.
Manchester dispatch: j. d. Ken
NEEDY, banker and one OF the wealth
lest citizens of Manchester, committed
suicide by hanging himself. Business
reverscs are said to have led TO the
suicide. Mr.. Kennedy has been a man
of ,unquestioned honesty. He was one
Of the first directors of the First Ma
tional bank and resigned u year ago
on account OF poor health.
\ young man named lice Rocker,
liking live miles south Of Webster
CITY, siiieided by shooting himself with
as hotgur No cause is known foi. lie
acf.