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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
ALL OVER THE WORLD
JAMESON FOUND GUILTY.
We Led Military Expedition Against a
ErIendly State.

We Led Military Expedition Against a
Friendly State.
LONDON, July 20.--In the high court
of justice DR.. Jameson, Major Sir John
Willoughby, Colonel Grey, Colonel
White, Major White and Captain
Coventry, charged with the violation
of the neutrality laws in invading the
territory of the South African republic,
were found guilty. Lord Chief Justice
Russell in summing up the case
pointed out that there was no doubt
in regard to the prisoners having
taken part in the proceeding where
the invading forces were mustered. 1t
was entirely unimportant whether the
foreign enlistment act was proclaimed
at the places named. There was no
doubt the expedition was of military
character, and whether aimed at the
overthrow of the Transvaal govern
ment or for change of laws in the
republic in the interest of others it
was equally military expedition
against friendly state. DR.. Jameson
was sentenced to fifteen months inn
prisonment without labor, Major
Willoughby to ten months, Major
White to seven months and the others
five months.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
PRISONERS SHOT DOWN.
Convicts Mutiny. But Three of Their
Killed Ends 1t.

Convicts Mutiny. But Three of Them
Killed Ends 1t.
LEAvENwoRrH, Kan, July 30.-A
gang of forty convicts from the United
States penitentiary were being worked
on the prison farm, on the Fort
Leavenworth reservation, when they
became mutinous and made a break
for liberty. The guards started shoot
ing as socn as the prisoners ran, and
nearly ali the conyicts dropped on the
ground to avoid being killed. George
Yeast, the leader of the outbreak, re-
fused to surrender and tried to get in
some brush. Six loads of buckshot
were emptied into him and he received
death wounds. Yeast is an Indian
territory desperate. f. S. Dove
refused to stop running until he was
shot in the hip and abdomen and
was knocked down with the butt end
Of a pistol. His wounds may prove
fatal. Sam Mills gained the Missouri
river bank, and was about to jump in
when he was shot in the left leg and
badly wounded.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
"A SEVERE RAIN STORM.
Damage Reported From Various Sections
of the state.

of the state.
Sr. ANTHONY, July 2S.-A storm of
large proportions struck this place,
and as a result nearly every building in
the town is wrecked or badly dam
aged. So far as known no one was
injured, It is impossible to estimate
the damage Mt present, but it will
reach many thousands of dollars on
town property and in the surrounding
country the damage to crops is enor-
nous. Corn was literally blown out
by the roots. while oats in shock was
scattered and badly injured, The res
idence of William Dennis, south of
Albion, was blown to pieces and Mrs.
Dennis was fatally injured. At
Dyersville, on the Illinois Central, 400
feet of track was washed out.
Marshalltown reports damage to crops
in that vicinity Sioux City reports
great damage to pavements, Aurelia
reports all crops destroyed in the
storm S path, Windmills, outbuildings
and orchards suffered over all the
section visited.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
STORM in THE EAST.
Immense Damage Reported mt Pittsburg
and Elsewhere.

and EtscWhcre.
PIrTsBURG, July 2s.-A wind and
rain storm Of unusual fierceness visited
this city, causing the loss of at least
three lives and doing immense damage
to property. Several dwellings were
completely demolished and others
partially wrecked Eight or ten
churches had their roofs blown off and
otherwise damaged. Telegraph, tele-
phone and electric light poles We're
snapped like pipe stems, mixing the
wires in an inextricable mass in the
streets, and making travel in many
sections of the city impossible. New
York, Philadelphia, Columbus, Balti-
more, Cincinnati and Detroit report a
large amount of damage of minor
nature.
PITTsBuRG, July 29.--It is now
known that ten persons lost their lives
in the terrible storm in this vicinity.
Thirty-six others were injured. The
list of losses is increasing. Great
damage is reported from all over the
state.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
THE NEWS i'm low A
GULF RAILROAD.

Encouraging Action by Citizens Along
the Line
ATLANTIC, July 2T,-Messrs. johnson
& Carpenter, representing the Man
itoba & Gulf railroad, have been in the
city to see what Atlantic and vicinity
will do toward helping the new road
run through Atlantic. At citizens
meeting +. H, Whitney personally
offered right Of way with
s15,0 and roadhed to Griswold as a
partial induccment and also offered TO
pay the expenses for survey from
Angus to Atlantic The latter offer
was accepted and survey of the pro-
posed route will be begun at once.
Panora, Guthrie Center and possibly
Casey will be on the line of road. The
road will be run about on the line of
the ninety-fifth degree of longitude.
A township tax will undoubtedly be
voted for the road in the sections
through which il runs.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
TERSE NEWS.

In speech at Alfred, Me-, few
days ago Thomas B. Reed opened the
campaign in that state.
1t is known that Twenty-Five per-
sons lost their lives in the cloud
burst at or near Morrison, Col,
and it is feared that the full returns
will increase the number of fatalities.
At Golden and Mount Vernon seven
lost their lives.
1t is said that Chinese troops sent
to Lanchou to suppress the Moham-
medan rebels appears TO have been
totally annihilated. The troops num-
bered six thousand. All were either
killed or are missing, the rebels mas
sacreing ali in authority, killing and
pillaging on triumphant march
through the country.
Morrison, Col, dispatch: A cloud
burst in Bear Creek canyon brought
down solid wall of water ten feet
high, which did great property dam
age and caused the loss of fifteen to
twenty lives. The known dead are:
Mrs. Miller and three children and a
party of campers, fifteen or eighteen
in number. who were living in small
house just below town. 1t is feared
there has been more loss of life, as
there were scores of people camping
along both sides of the creek, both
above and below town.
Washington dispatch: Jose Maceo,
the famous leader OF the Cuban
insurgents, is dead at last Since the
present Cuban rebellion began, nearly
two years ago, Maceo's death has been
reported in this country probably
twenty times. Each time the report
has been denied, and Maceo has re-
enforced the denial with fresh evidence
of his activity. About two weeks ago
the last report of his death was
received in this country, and though it
was promptly denied by the insurgent
representatives, it was confirmed by
an official dispatch from Havana.
There is no longer any doubt of
Maceo's death in an engagement with
the Spanish three weeks ago in a
remote part of Cuba. No other par
ticulars are given in the dispatch.
Senator Butler has been elected
chairman of the populist national
committee.
Washington dispatch: Once more
treasury officials are feeling comfort
able, for the gold reserve has been
once more placed safely over the $780,
900, 900 mark. This was accomplished
through the deposit of gold coin by
the New York banks in exchange for
! United States notes, as the result of a
meeting Of bankers. The total of gold
coin contributed by the banks was
SIS, $50, 900, which brought the total
| gold reserve up to SOL ,sS1 ,770.
South Port, N. c., dispatch: The
schooner, Governor Smith, Of Boston
for Wilmington, NC, has arrived in
/ quarantine. She left Gibara on July
IA. Two days later off the Cuban
| coast. in the neighborhood Of Nuevitas
harbor, she passed a Spanish gunboai
mile and half away. The gunboat
fred on the schooner, sending solid
shot over her deck. The shell fell in
the sea a quarter of mile to star,
| board, doing no damage Captain
| Patrick Immediately ran up the Amer.
| lean ensign and left the negbborhood
as quickly rs possible
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
GROUND TO PIECES,

=. Il. Green, of Belle Plainc. Meets
Death Under Train.
BELLE PLANE, July "a sad and
fatal accident occurred about 100 feet
west of Salt creek bridge by which A..
e. Green lost his life. When the grav-
ell train on which he was employed APP
preached Belle PLANE, Green left the
engine to go back over the train, but
by some means fell under the wheels
and was killed His body was terribly
mangled and was dragged along under
the train for considerable distance.
Part of the corpse was found at the
end of the bridge. One leg is missing
and is supposed to be in the creek.
His right arm and leg were cut off and
he was otherwise badly mutilated. He
lived at Boone, where he had wife
But no children
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31

John Barry of New Brunswick. N. j.,
was arrested recently on charge OF
disturbing the peace by snoring Mar
tin Albert, the leader of band and
ccrnet player, said his instrument was
not in it with Barry's snore. Albert
told the court that Barry snored away
up in G. Then he diminuendoed,
struck cantabile movement, took a
crescendo neatly, and caught his breath
on the retard as if he had small cir
cular saw in his larynx. sTryhen he got
his second wind he - = down on
theeeass clef..syour supper a. with a
line Wagnerian finale that cracked the
wall paper in the room above him. The
court was unable to see that Albert had
been seriously impaired by the roarer.
and let him go to snore some more.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31

The muscles OF the mocking birds
larynx are larger In proportion to tho
size Of the bird than those Of any
other creature.
The new illustration OF the distances
Of the stars Is that 1t would take all
the Lancashire cotton factories four
hundred years to spin thread long
enough to reach the nearest fixed star,
at the present rate Of production Of
about 165,000.000 miles per day.
1t is said that dew is a great re-
specter OF colors. To prove this take
pieces Of glass or board and paint them
red, yellow, green and black. Expose
them at night, and you will find that
the yellow will be covered with mois-
ture, and the green will be damp, but
that the red and the black will be left
perfectly dry.
The revolution of the moon around
the earth occupies S9,S43 minutes, 11.5
seconds, or, as it Is commonly stated,
twenty days, seven hours, forty
three minutes and lis seconds, The
period from new moon to new mool
Is two days longer exactly twenty
nine days, twelve hours, forty-flye
minutes and az seconds.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
According to recent reports, the
z,han enthusiasts have removed the

According to recent reports, the
Cuban enthusiasts have removed the
base of their filibustering operations
from New York to Boston, thinking,
doubtless, that things having got lit
tie hot in the bigger city, new field
will offer greater advantages for a
short time, at least. 1t is also said
that the threat to completely wipe out
Havana with dynamite, if necessary, is
no empty bravado, but the fixed deter
mination of the Cuban leaders in the
field. And in the meanwhile the talk
alive Weyler spends the greater part
Of his time sending dispatches to his
home government announcing at what
date he will have completed the ami
Ail; tic, Of the rebels. Up to date, how
ever. they seem to take an awful lot
of annihiiiating.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
Postoaicc Robbers Convicted.

SPRINGFIELD, H., July e7.-The jury
in the case of Sidney Yennia and George
Carson, charged with robbing the safe
in the postmaster's private Office in
the Springfield postoffice at noon,
April 8, 1895, of s6,566.43 in postage
stamps and $3.50 in silver plate, we'd
ding presents of Postmaster Ridgely's
daughter, Mrs. Harry Devereaux,
brought in verdict of guilty in the
United States district court, after
being out six hours. Allen and
Killoran, who were implicated in the
robbery, escaped from Ludlow street
Jail, New York, on July 4, 1895. These
men also robbed the postotfice at New
Albany, Ind, of s5,3a7. They are
noted crooks
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31

Mr.. Charles Griswold, travelling
salesman, living in Brooklyn, is glad
for the first time in his life that he
weighs over 800 pounds. He fell asleep
on the deck of Long Island sound
steamer and rolled overheard. He re-
NAMED floating and treading water for
two hours and ten minutes before he
was sighted and picked up by the City
OF Norwich. He attributes his wonder
full escape from drowning to the ease
with which his weight enabled him to
float, and he says he will never COM
plain again about being a fat man.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
YOUNG LADIES DROWNED.
Two Girls Lose Their Lives While !
bathing.

Two Girls Lose Their Lives While In
Bathing.
BURLINGTON, July 3o.-Mlss Mary
Phares and Miss Weber were drowned
near Milton while bathing in Miss
Webber's fathers pond. Mr. Weber S
wife is dead, and his daughter kept
house for him and her brothers. Dur
ing harvest Miss Phares had been en-
ployed to help with the work. The
young women were left alone, as
usual, and their absence was not dis
cove red until the men returned from
work. Not being found in the house
search was made and few articles of
clothing We're found on the bank of a
large pond near the house. The pc nd
was drained and the bodies were
foun d.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
Robert Garrett Dead.


Garrett, ex-president of the Baltimore
e. Ohio railroad company and head of
widely known banking house of Rob
ert Garrett & Sons, died at Deer Parl:,
Md.
Most of the monks at King William S
Town, Cape Colony, are tradesmcn,
and do their own carpentering, brick
LAYING, biacksmithing. etc, besides
teaching school. All the buildings
they occupy were erected by them
selves.
Soil was brought up from depth of
326 feet. from e coal mine in Belgium,
and from it sprouted weeds of a species
unknown to the botanists.
A brood of chickens just Matched at
the home of Mrs. George Hunt in
Pedricktown, n. j., has a curiosity
among them It is chicken with its
head upside down.
A machine for catching grasshop-
pers is owned by Henry Crow, of
Garden City, Kansas. 1t scoops them
in by the bushel. Mr.. Crow boils
them and feeds them to his hogs.
At Willets Point, n. Y, there has
lust been mounted a ten-nch gun,
which throws - 475-pound projectile IA
distance of SIX miles. At each dis
charge 25o poupfss of powder are used.
The interior of gold bearing rock
was inspected in an Oregon town by
means Of the Roentgen rays, and veins
Of auriferous metal were as PLAIN y
visible as if they were 3n the surface.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31

because it was too hot to live Joseph
Moore committed suicide at Mononga-
hela City, Pa, last week. During the
afternoon, while hunting a cool place
around the house he became exasper-
ated, and told his wife it was too hot
to live The next thing she heard of
him was when his body was found
hanging to tree in an orchard. For a
man who is suffering from heat suicide
is something like jumping from the fry
ing pan into the fire.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
Cuban President Sails.

HAVANA, July 81. Information
comes from Spanish official of high
rank, whose means OF knowing are of
the best, that the Marquis de Santa
Lucia, president of the Cuban in
surgent republic, has left Cuba. The
official says that the origin of the
report is wholly reliable and that it is
further stated that Santa Lucia has
gone to New York.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
II a. 's'ssss:
Milo and -. q Race In New York Ends
That Wny.

That Way.
SYRACUSE, N, Y, July 20. When
the westward bound Empire State
express was about two miles west Of
Syracuse it raced with six athletic
young men on sextuplet. At this
point is stretch of cinder path about
four feet wide aud mile and n hall
long. AS soon rs the Empire hove in
sight the sextuplet got under way.
For quarter of mile it was an even
thing. At the end of half mile the
sextuplet was four lengths ahead.
The sextuplet was then obliged to
slow down, owing to short bridge a
quarter OF mile ahead.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
BRYAN Notification August IL.

LINCOLN. July 3o.-Upon receipt OF
intelligence from New York that the
hall in Madison Square Garden could
be secured for that day, Mr.. Bryan
announced that he will receive the
notification committee of the demo-
cratic national convention there Aug
uSt IL.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
appointees Commissioned.

DIES MONIES. July 3o.-Commissions
have been issued from the governor S
Office to Judge Caswell, who has been
appointed for the Seventeenth district,
and to Hiram C. Wheeler, of Odeboit,
who takes the place of Adolphus F..
Meservey as member of the board of
trustees of the Agricultural college
for the Eleventh district.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
Five Hundred Killed.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, July 2o.-Miss Kim
ball, an eye witness to the massacre
which occurred at Van in June, esti-
mates the number Of killed at 500.
Ten thousand persons, she says, were
rendered homeless and destitute and
were furnished protection at the
American mission. Fifteen thousand
took refuge under the British flag and
remained for several days.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
MANY WENT DOWN.

Loss of the Gunboat Iltis and Her
Crew.
BERLIN, July 30 officials at the
imperial admiralty confirm the report
Of the loss of the gunboat Hts, in a
typhoon ten miles off the Chinese
coast. Dispatches received at the
admiralty show that seventy-five
officers and men lost their lives in the
disaster and that ter We're saved.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
Sue the Roaa FOR a4o.ooo.

LEMARs, July 29-Notice of suit
against the Chicago, ST. Paul, Mime
apolis & Omaha railroad for $4,000
has been served by l. j. McDuffie, adj
ministrator of the estates of Clara and
Ernest Hildebrand. They were killed
in a freight caboose which was de-
rallied while the train was backing up
on the night Of May q. 1926
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
ELoPINc COUPLES RETURN.
Daisy Dorian Still Sticks to Her Enam-

Daisy Dorian Still Sticks to Her Enam-
ored Pastor.
WATERLOO, July 24.-Rev. Geo. F.
Scott and Daisy Dorian, the clipping
couple. in the custody of Sheriff Law.
have returned. Scott is now confined
in the county Jail. The girl was taken
to her home. She spurned her people
and declared that she loved Scott ten
thousand times better than anything
else. even her life. Mrs. Scott viii
not prosecute for adultery. p s Dor
Ian, father of the girl. has commenced
an action for So, 600 damages.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
IOWA FALLS HORROR.

Lunatic Applies the Torch and Attempts
Wholesale Murder.
Iowa FAILS. July 2s.-Frank Pear
son set fire to his house and then cut
his throat and the threats of both his
father and mother at 5 o'clock a. M.
The cries of the victims aroused the
neighbors, who managed to extinguish
the flames. 1t is thought that the
mother and son will die. Young
Pearson is about 25 years old and until
recently was an inmate of the insane
asylum.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
ANGRY HUSBANDS HUNT.
John Cornwall Pursues Mrs. Cornwall and
Her Lover.

WATERLOO, July 3o,-J. c. Cornwall,
of Jonesboro, Ark, was here in search
of his wife, whom he claims eloped
with John McManus, trainmaster for
the Cotton Belt line at Jonesboro.
Cornwall is conductor on the same
road. McManus and Mrs. Cornwall
stopped in Waterloo as man and wife
recently. From Waterloo they went
to Dubuque and shipped their baggage
to st. Louis. Cornwall IS hot on their
trail and believes a jury would justify
him il killing McManus-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31

FoRT DoDeE, July 27.-The city
council has let rthe contract for the
FIRST paving of the town. j. w Camp
bell of Des Moines got the job at 81 30
yard and must use Fort Dodge brick.
The contract will aggregate about
$40, 600.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
strikers win.

CLEVELAND. o., July as.-The Brown
Hosting works lockout has ended i'll a
virtual victory for the men. The COM
pany is to remove the blacklist an d
re-employ all union men, who will get
holidays and pay and a half for all
overtime.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31

An instance of faithful effort to fol-
low copy occurred recently in New
York newspaper office. 1t is not easy
to tell the story in print, and part of it
must be supplied by the readers imag-
inatlon. The reporter, who wrote a
very bold, vertical hand, put it down
that Glgzag flashes of lightning played
among the clouds and on the proof it
came out that "S13, 309 flashes" played
among the clouds.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
SCOTT HELD.

Bonds Put at $4,000. But He Didn't Try
to Raise it.
WATERLOO. July as. Justice Miller,
before whom the examination of Rev.
G.. F.. Scott has been conducted. held
him to the grand jury TO answer to the
charge of seduction. The bail was
fixed at 50 900, but he made no attempt
TO raise it and was sent back to Jail.
1t is understood that the defense will
make change in the tactics and have
Scott taken before the commissioners
Of insanity
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31

LONDON. July 3o.-An Odessa dis
patch to the Times announces that
official reports are to the effect that
the harvest has been failure through
out the most fertile grain producing
districts in the south of Russia.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
WOUND PROVES FATAL.
Shooting Affair at Boone July 9th End,
in n Death.

Shooting Affair at Boone July 9th Ends
in a Death
BOONE, July 90. Charles A. Nelson,
who was shot by Cabel Townsend
early on the morning Of July 9, at the
home of the latter, is dead. The de-
ceased was about 81 years of age and
was single man. He had been en-
ployed at the store of Nelson & Sund-
strom, and lived with his uncle, c. Y.
Nelson. Townsend was brought before
Justice James Frank and waived ex-
animation. The bond was fixed at
S. 600. As the bond was not furnished
Townsend was taken to the county
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31
worked a Confidence Game.

CEDAR RAPIDS, July 27.-Knute
Breisek, a young Swede on his way
from Kansas City to the northwest,
was confidenced out of $50 by fellow
who had some express charges to pay,
and who gave him thousand dollar
rold bond as security.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31

a man eighty-one years old COM
mitted suicide in Maine lately because
me selectmen would not repair the road
reading up to his farm. He probably
intended to mend his ways.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31

The census just completed shows
that the great city of London covers
ssS square miles and has 6,177,91S in
ha5itants. How distressing this news
must be to Chicago?
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31

In raising prices the diamond trust
strikes wanton and cruel blow at the
municipal representatives Of every city
in this country
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31

Lifeboats are now being made out Of
pumice stone. This is material Of
great lightness and strength, and a.
boat made of it viii support consider
able load even when frli of water
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-31

People who conceal thoughts that
would please or improve other people
come dangerously near to criminal
practices.