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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
THE NEWS TN low A
WANTED 70 LYNCH HIM.
D. II. pdgh Pounds a Young Girl and
Narrowly Eacapcs a Mob.

D. II. Pdgh Pounds a Young Girl and
Narrowly Escapcs Mob.
BLooMrIshD, April 3d. Excitement
was ercated by D. b. Pugh breaking
into his grandchila's room and
striking her opee the head with his
heavy caao, cutting terrible cash,
and as she fell to the floor he struck
her on the arm with his cane and broke
her arm in two places, The girl is
abont 16 years old, mud is the eldest
daughter of a,nsh Pugh, proprietor Of
the English Kitchen. is doubtful IL
she will ever recover, owing ie has
precarious condition aside from her
wounds. a Large crowd gathered in
froat at the English Kitchen, where
tho doctor was dressing the wounds,
and it took quite an effort To prevent
the angry people from Aofsewhipping
the old man. MS pugh was arrested
and put under $1,000 bonds to appear
at che next term of court The cause
of the trouble was that the girl had
eaten four of the old mans bananas,
and he became enragea over the
trining offense and attacked her with
his cane
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
CROP REPORT.
Plenty Of Neisfnae ana Everything
Favorable So Far.

Plenty Of Meistnae ana Everything
Favorable So Far.
Dies MONIES, April 3o,The Weather
Crop Bulletin sayss For tho month Of
April the total pSetip.tatioh IS now
from !, 10 1 Inches above the normal
for the state at large, and in all
sections there is an ample reserwe 81
moisture in the soil And aubsoil. These
favorable conditions have brought all
fofias vi vegetation forward with
unusual rapidly, and in respect to the
growth of plants and foliage, the
season is nov earlier than the aVerage;
Oats. barley; spring Wheat, fall Wheat
and rye Nave been greatly benefited,
ahd Id all sections of the state pastur-
age is now ample for the support Of
stock. Farm work has been vigorously
pushed end u iarge area is ready for
planting, Some corn has been planted
in the southern districts, and with
favorable weather this work viii be
quite general within the comm yeck.
A good beginning has been in
planting POTATOES.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
like RATS in A TRAP.

Fanatics OF Southern India Caught In I
Temple and Slaughtered Wholesale.
san FRANCISCO, Call, April 2I-Ad'
vices from the orient give a. vivid de
scription Of the slaughter Of nearly iot
Moolah fanatics in, the temple al
Manjeri, Southern India, recently
The Moolahs were caught like rats il
a trap. Volley after yolley was sent
into them by the rajah's followers. II
a short time large majority Were
down, but the remainder, will
fanatical courage, kept firing In thu
direction Of the attacking party The
most revolving spectacle was to see the
wounded having their throats cut by
their comrades. The SCENE inside the
temple was frightful. Corpses were
strewn all over the place. lii one
spot fifty-three bodies were heaped one
on another. Nearly all the bodie:
were frightfully mutilated.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
6oLD Fob The HOUSEWIVES:

n castor oil is applied toa wart once
B day for month the wart will entirely
disappear. In many cases It will not
require 10 long time.
II piece Of camphor gum is placed
in tho drawer where are kept dress
waists that are trimmed With steel II
will prevent the steel from furnishing.
It Is said that II parsley 10 eaten with
onions or a salad containing onions
the odor OF the onion will not affect tho
breath. The sprig of parsley should hs
eaten as you would celery.
A small pice Of candle may be made
to burn all night by putting finely
powdered salt OH 1t until 1t reaches the
black part Of the wick. A small even
light may be kept In this way,
Wornwood boiled In vinegar and APP
piled as hot as can be borne OIL sprain
or bruise is ar infallible remedy. Tho
affected members should afterward BE-
rolled In fiannels to reAin the heat I.
An excellent remedy for cough Is
made by slicing two lemons thin and
adding to them 10 cents worth OF
licorice root, one gill OF water and q
little sugar. Boil until quite thick and
strain.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
LORD SALISBURY MAY RESIGN
Rumors From London That His Obstinacy
May Cause His Downfall.

kumOrs From London That His Obstinacy
May Cause His Downfall.
NEW YORK, April 27.-A special to
the World from London says that the
Times criticism OF Lord Salisbury S
inaction in regard to Venezuela, taken
in conjunction with other circum-
stances, lends color to the report that
he will shortly resign the foreign office
to the Duke of Deyonshire, According
to one story, Lord Salisbury's health
is Indifferent enough to give him i;
pretext for withdrawing from the
foreign secretaryship, his tenure of
which has been signalized by an
almost unprecedented series OF diplo-
matte blunders. 1t has been frequently
pointed out that his excessive obstinacy
of temperament should be rec1oned a
considerable factor in forecasting the
issue of the Venezuela deadlock. Now
it is suggested, even in ministerial
circles, that SO persistently welded i.
he to his objection to referring thu.
matter to arbitration, his resignation
may come under pressure from his own
colleagues. 1t is certain that to pre-
cipitatea serious danger, such as war
with the United States, would be fol-
lowed by the immediate downfall of
the ministry and the practical extinc-
ton of it's party.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
ALL OVER THE WORLD
CUBA.

KEY WEST, Fla, April 27.-Adyices
received here state that it is rumored
at Havana that Maceo and the insur-
gent forces have broken through the
Spanish trocha and that they are now
in a position of safety.
HAVANA, April %. The rebels have
burned all Of the tobacco plantations
belonging TO Pedro NIarias, near
biinas, III the Pinar del Rio province,
together with other property. About
800 houses and 10000 bales of tobacco
We're destroyed. The loss is estimated
at 3ser Sl,ooo,ooo, that of Marias
alone being 100000. The misery
resultant from the firing of the plan.
tations is terrible,
HAVANA, April s9.--An explosion
occurred in the palace OF The governor
general The walls were toro, great
stones fell, and several employees in
the goyernor-gencral's office We're
wounded, Tie explosion is attributed
to the insurgents.
HAVANA, April 3o.-The Spanish
gun boat Mesagora captured near Ber-
races, on the northern coast of Pinar
del Rio, the American schooner Com.
petitor, of Key West, loaded with arms
and ammunition, for which she was
seeking a landing place. The schooner S
cargo consisted Of $4,000 cartridges Of
different makes and designed for diff
ferent styles of weapons, many pack
ages of dynamite and large number
of cases containing Mansur and REM
ington rifles. The vessel and her cargo
We're brought to HAVANA.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
AN IOWA GIRL is LOST.
Pretty Maea fitzer, of silver City
disappears In Omaha.

tTetty "38eH IItZer, or silver SiSy,
disappears In Omaha.
OMAHA, Neb., April 30. w. H. Pitzer,
Of Silver City, Ia, has been in the city
for several days in search of his sister.
Miss Maud Pitzer, aged II, Pitzer
says his sister was a teacher in the
schools at Hillsdale, Ia, until Monday,
April 20. when she resigned without
giving any reason and disappeared,
taking with her only small valise.
She was traced as far as Council Bluffs
to the union transfer. Mr.. Pitzer
fears that she may have become
respondent over some financial matters
and ended her life. Miss Filter was
an cstimable woman and was very
highly regarded in the community in
which She resided. She is described as
attired in blue dress with red checks,
trimmed in velvet, and wore away a
heavy blue cape and black straw hat
with Tam @ Shanter crown.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
The Ohio law directed against the

The Ohio law directed against the
wearing of high hats by women in thea
tiers has led TO agitation in other quar-
tiers. The Womenfs Health Protective
Association of Brooklyn, N. Y, has ap-
pointed a committee to ask theater
managers TO post UP notices asking
women to remove their hats during the
Performance, and to provide place for
the safe keeping of the hats So long
as men alone We're concerned in the
crusade against the high hat there was
little hope of mitigation of the attic
ton. Is the probability of such mitiga-
ton increased by the accession of a
corps Of women to the force of the cru
saders? Who can tell? AS the elder Mr..
Weller observed, Women are rnEl
rreeturs.D
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
He was the Ripper

New YORK, April 30. Carl Ferdinand
Fiegenbaum, or, properly speaking,
Carl Zahm, was killed by electricity in
the state prison at Sing Sing for the
murder of Mrs. Julia Hoffman in New
York In September, 1894: W. s. Law;
ton, Zahm's lawyer, in whom the muir
tlerer confded toa considerable extent
says he will stake his reputation that
if the mans past is revealed it will be
shown that he was the notorious Jack
The Ripper" of Whiteehapel, London
fame,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
IOWA CLOUDBURST.
Fast Train Wrecked Near Waterloo
Many Passengers Seriously injured.

Fast Train Wrecked Near Waterloo
Many Passengers Seriously injured.
WATERLOO, April 29.-Passenger
train No. > on the Illinois Central was
wrecked about one mile east OF Ray
mond. A sudden rain storm had
flooded that section and undermined
the track. The train was late and
was running at a high rate of speed on
down grade. At the foot of the
grade the train struck the water. The
engine, baggage car and smoker
passed over safely. The day coach
was turned over on its side The chair
car was set crosswise of the track and
the rear trucks crowded under the
sleeper. The first sleeper was thrown
partially crosswise of the track and
nearly broken in two. A dozen per-
sons received serious injuries, but none
of them will prove fatal.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
The faculty of Yale University mas

The faculty of Yale University mas
knocked n the head DIR. William Lyon
Phelps course in modern novels, de-
freeing that this new study shall be
abandoned at the close of the present
college year. 1t appears that the pro-
fessors Of ancient English Literature
and Of Greek and Latin have been play
ing to empty benches since Dr. Phelps
inangurated his speciality of up-to-data
fiction Homer and Plato, Virgil and
Pliny, Chsucer and Spenser had no
show at all when brought into compe-
tition with Robert Louis Stevenson and
Rrdyard Kipling, Tolstoi and HoweIls,
Hall Game and Marion Crawford. And
so. to save the poor ancients, the fin
de-sieclists have been summary.
s4uelched.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
cedar Fans q Minnesoto Sold.

WAyERLY, April 3o.-The Cedar
Falls & Minnesota railroad, extending
from Waterloo to Lyle, distance of
n miles, has been advertised for sale
to satisfy a judgment of 1929, 300. SO
granted by the district court of Bremen
county to Jos. Sampson, trustee, the
date of the sale being fixed for July
IA. The road has been operated under
a lease by the l. c., which will ACQUIRE
ownership of it by this proceeding. as
preliminary to securing a through line
To ST paI1l
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
SORROW FOR KANSAS FARMERS
New Variety of Caterpillar Said to Be
Destroying the Orchards

New Variety of Caterpillar Said to Be
Destroying the Orchards.
EMPoRIA, Kansas, April 27,-Great
damage is being done in this vicinity
to apple orchards by a caterpillar of a
new kind. 1t has appeared without
warning, and is mystery to farmers,
who are using all manner of means to
destroy the pest. 1t not only destroys
blossoms, but entirely denudcs trees of
all foliage and fruit. leaving the trees
to die. Reports from southern and
western Kansas say the plague is
devastating orchards there. Farmers
here say the apple crop is doomed
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01

The young unmarried men Of the
congregation Of one of New York's
most ultra-fashionable churches arc
said to have banded together in q
Bachelors club to make l. easier for
them to escape the leap-year snarcs
and pitfalls which surround them on
every side, it is claimed, owing to the
vigor with which some of the girls Of
the congregation are pursuing them
This sounds doubtful, but it should be
remembered that almost anything is
possible in New York.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
Lorrilard Kip. who poses (backed up

Lorrilard Kip, VINO poses (backed up
by certain newspapers as the best
dressed man in New York, was the
recipient of a severe thrashing at the
hands of Nat Goodwin, the weli-knowH
comedian. AS usual in such matters a
woman was at the bottom of the case,
and the encounter has been anticipated
for some time. 1t took place in the
Hoffman house cafe and Kip was thor
oughly whipped. There is sorrow and
crashing of teeth among the swells in
consequence.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
G, A. r. ENcAMPMp
Judge Josiah Given elected Department
Commander.

Commander.
CEDAR RAPIDS, April 3o.-I'he first
day of the G. A. R. encampment the
parade was the feature Three
thousand We're in line and they were
reviewed by Governor Drake and De-
partment Commander Thompson.
Largely attended camp fres were held
in the evening At the first business
session, officers for the ensuing year
We're elected az follows: Department
commander; Judge Josiah Given. Des
Moines; senior vice-commander, Gen.
II. NJ. Day, Cedar Rapids; junior vices
commander, Capt. E, I. Weiser,
DEBORAH; medical director, DR.. n. G.
Mccoy, Algona, chaplain, Rev. n.
Bartlett, Iowa City. Marshalltown
was selected as the place for holding
the next annual encampnent by an
overwhelming vote.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
BREvITIES.

The republican state central COM
mittee decided to hold the state conven-
tion at Des Moines on July Is.
S. R. Dawson is now on trial at Des
Moines for the murder of Walter Scott,
his son-in-law. An effort will be made
to prove that he is insane.
At Cedar Rapids, Thomas Lally, who
killed his mother while drunk, was
sentenced to the penitentiary for
twenty years. Gus Trainor, convicted
of manslaughter, was given five year
At Burnside, little town west of
Fort Dodge, the 13-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. William Sharp was seriously
injured by being cut with pillow. The
little fellow had gone out in the morn
ing with his father to drive riding
plow. While his father was at one
end of the field Eddie fell from the
plow and was run over by the coulter.
Both legs We're cut SO badly they will
have to be amputated. One was cut
above the knee and the other below.
he is now in the city hospital at Fort
Dodge.
John Hute, a laborer of Maquoketa,
a few days ago shot and attempted
to murder George W. Whitley, a farmer
of Fulton, at Maquoketa. Whitley
had been in Maquolxeta attending to
some business and on his way home
stopped to visit with Mrs. Hute.
Whitley invited her to take a drink
from bottle he had with him and
upon her refusing began calling her
vile names, bringing on quarrel In
the midst of the quarrel Mrs. Hute's
husband returned and ordered Whitley
out of the house. Whitley declined to
go and grapplea Hute by the throat
and threw him across the room Hute
regained his feet and taking his
revolver from shelf fred three shots
at Whitley, one of which took effect ia
his leg, severing the artery and causing
a dangerous wound. Medical assist
ance was called as soon as possible,
but before the doctor arrived Whitley
was unconscious from loss of blood
and the chances of his recovery are
doubtful.
John Peter Frank, residing in Benton
county, met death in a runaway while
returning from the work of cutting
cornstalks. He had coupled his wagon
on the rear of the stalkcutter and was
riding on the former, when the loss of
the bolster pin entangled the two
vehicles and frightened the horses.
Mr.. Frank was dragged a hundred
yards, part of the time being under
the feet of the horses. A terrible
blow on the breast probably caused
his death, and he was otherwise cut
and bruised. He was fifty years old
and had been resident of Sharon
township for twenty-five years.
At Council Bluffs recently Cyclone
McCal1nut, butcher, who recently
assaulted and nearly killed the daueh-
ter'of widow because she refused to
receive his visits, was shot by Harry
Hizer. Young Hizer and his mother
had made every effort to keep their
sister and daughter away from Mccall
nut, but he persisted in his attentions.
nr sri ~, .7la isl1e6 she was afraid of him.
hInally HizeA got a I2.x.sl,,...-. -
4 500 Z nor Il
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
SMOKE CABBAGE LEAVES.

Cigarette Makers VIII Use Tobacco for
Coffin Nail Wrappers.
pEs MoISEs, April 60. The little
white paper cigarette which the legis-
lature decided must go after July is
being supplanted by a tobacco wrapped
article made by the American Tobacco
Co. Samples are being received by the
local dealers. The tobacco wrapper
idea is supposed to be a dodge of the
law, but supporters of the measure say
they viii down the trust on this point
when the question of evasion comes up
in cnnrf
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
Severe Wind Stnrm.

MASON CITY, April 81. A bad wind
storm. amounting almost to cyclone,
passed the northern part of Cerro
Gordo county and southern l>art OF
Worth. The large elevators at Manly,
Plymouth and Rock Falls were moved
from their foundations, outbuildings
overturned and number of large
buildings damaged. The path of the
storm was nearly identical to the big
cyclone of two years ago.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
DIED FOR HER MONEY.
Mrs. Cronin Perishes in the Flames of a
Dwelling House.

GowRIE, April s7.-The love of money
caused the death of old Mrs Cronin
Early in the morning Mrs. Ringberger's
house caught fire. The inmates were
all asleep, but awol.e in time TO escap pc.
Mrs. Cronin, who is 81 years old, was
taken out with some difficulty. After
the inmates had all been rescued the
old lady Suddenly remembered she had
lett her money in the house, insisted on
going after it and persisted in the
flames before she could be gotten out
again. It is not known how much
money she had, but it is not thought it
was a large amount.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01

The Berlin authorities have seized the
body of Prof. Langenhaus' child, which
died from an application of diphtheria
serum administered by the father him.
felf 1t will be dissected by the great
est authorities of the imperial capital.
1t is believed that the needle of the
syringe penetrated vein which car
ried the poison Of the serum directly
to the heart. The object of the official
Investigation is to decide whether the
use of his remedy" is to be permitted
in future.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
Dynamitcrs want out.

MuscATlNE, April 30.-Quite SEN
sation was caused when Sheriff Wiley
discovered that the dynamite prisoners
had cut a hole in the steel floor Of the
jail and also a great hole in the wall
and We're ready to break for liberty,
they having been furnished the tools
by outsiders. They will be more closely
guarded in the future.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
Crlpnle Creek in Ashes,

CRIPPLE CREEK, April 3o.A second
ire, which started in the Portland
hotel, destroyed all that was left Of
the main portion of the city, except
the railroad stations and few scatter
ing houses. An effort was made to
stay the flames by dynamite, but the
destruction only stopped when it lacked
fuel upon which to feed.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01

AN'''NtS S''oo ~ liuS ouSCCSuSI
in forming a cabinet.
Two toughs were extremely rough
to a widow in Niobrara, Ncb., and as
they would not leave her house, she
lanced one of them with a pitchforls
md scalded the other. They then left
in a hurry, wishing they had taken
Mr.. Weller's advice to ''beware of the
vldders."
A new material Cor the making of
pipes has been found in turkey bones.
These bones are said to make the most
perfect stems imaginable The sub
stance is light, porous and resists the
pressure of the teeth. Smoke drawn
through the turkey bone is cool and
sweet.
Uptown Burglars got into my house
last night and lifted everything of
Importance one exception.
Downtown What was that? Uptown
The mortgage.
In the stomach of an ostrich that
recently died in Central Park were
iound the bottoms of two beer bottles,
a clothes pin, d ,oI.. Larmonica, a
y
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
Trial of DR.. Lamesnn.

LONDON, April e9.--The trial of DR..
jameson, the Transvaal raider, and
his associates, was resumed. After
the presentation of immateria1 evil
dence the trial was adjourned till June
II, pending the arrival of witness
from Sout' Africa.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
AL. Hughes Indicted.

CREsToS, April 2s. Hughes, of
this city, has been indicted by the
grand jury at Oskaloosa, for forcing
Mrs. Mary Brooks to sign settlement
Withdrawing her suit against Thomas
Sewers. His trial will occur later,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01

There are no REPORTS to the effct that
Old man Booth had any objection to
American money, either paper. silver
#or gold.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01

Naturally there was great excitement
In a Chicago hotel when thief tried
10 usurp the privileges Of the landlord
alld rob the guests
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01

George Sample Of Rock Island, Iii,
IS a fin de steele burglar whose specially
IA the holding up of euchre parties and
capturing the stakes He did this once
loo often and now the SAMPLE repose3
ID the Rock Island Jail as a warning
that the entire stock is unsatisfactory
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01

If many more people killed in Cuba
set up to say that they are not dead
ne shall have to begin to distrust them
Their assertions are calculated to dis
credit the news we are receiving from
Cuba. I
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01

A young girl in Arlington, n. J., COM
mitted suicide because her mother
would not stop drinking. While 1t is
true that this terrible lesson may cure
The mother, it is doubtful, and the sac
srifce was a terrible, and Lrobably q
hysferical ore.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01

The main delight Of politics to the
ordinary. mind is that it affords so
many opportunities to get even with
somebody.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01
HER DEATH is UNAvENaEp.
Grand jury Fails to Connect Any Perso,
With the Death of Irene scyert,

osKALoosA, April a7. At last an end
to the Investigations as to who was
responsible for the death of 16-year-old
Irene Severt, at Fremont, last August,
has been reached. Two grand iuries
indicted Gum and Boatman and the
trial jury acquitted them. Then p. C..
Merrillat was handled by the grand
jury and no bill found. A second
grand jury was asked to investigate
Merrillat, and they returned no bill.
which ends the investigation
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01

The eager candidate for Office does not
differ much from small boy crawling
into a circus tent. They both push the
canvass.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01

When Mr.. Ii Hung Chang comes to
America it Is to be hoped that he will
be suitably impressed by the merits of
steam laundries.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-05-01

After the Booth family is weary OF
fanr.fy squabbies we shall be pleased
70 hear that it has settled down to the
work OF salvation again.