Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-02-19
BREVlTIES.

Gen. Joseph Shelby died at his home
near Kansas City on the 18th.
Fitzslmmons' side bet of $500 is
now in the hands of Stakeholder
Smith.
The president has renominated Car
roll d. Wright of Massachusetts, COM
missioner Of labor.
The Kentucky court of appeals over
ruled the petition for rehearing in
the case of Scott Jackson and Alonzo
WalLing. sentenced to be hanged for
the murder of Pearl Bryan.
The senate Of the state OF Kansas.
by strict party vote Of silver men
and republicans, again passed the in
tiative and referendum resolution,
submitting the question to a vote of
the people.
Scnator-elect WIN. e. Mason was
attacked by d fainting spell at his
home in Chicago recently. Al first it
was believed to he apoplexv but he
soon recovered. Later, upon advice of
doctors. he left for New Orleans to get
rest.
Chicago dispatch: All the mills of
the 1lliinios Steel company at South
Chicago, have started at full blast for
the first time in many months. Near
ly three thousand men returned to
work. Wages all along the line We're
cut from 10 to Is per cent.
Dan Stuart has arrived at Carson.
! New, and has announced that
! the big fight between Corbctt and
Fitzsimmons will occur in Carson
March II. He gives as a reason for
the selection of Carson in preference
to Reno that the Carson people had
worked hard for the passage of the
bill. while the Reno citizens were
opposed to it.
News from the Philippine islands to
January is to the effect that on Jan
nary 2 the Spanish troops, in q series
Of engagements with the rebels, killed
100, including the greater part of
the native soldiers who deserted the
Spanish cause. The Spanish loss was
twcnty-four killed and sixty-eight
wounded. On January 4. in another
engagement, thirty-two dead rebels
were counted. The Spanish loss was
ten killed and eight wounded.
Alderman Thomas J. O'Malley. Of
the Twenty-third ward, of Chicago,
and John Santry. who have been on
trial for the murder of Gus Collander.
an election judge, in 1894, were
acquitted. The trial lasted Il month
and was bitterly contested. The jury
was out several hours, and although
a unit as to the innocence CT O'Malley
on the first ballot. some of the jurors
were in favor of convicting Santry.
They finally agreed to his acquittal,
however. Gus Collander was Judge
of election, who in a local election in
1894 was shot by one of gang of
toushs which raided the polling place
over which he presided.
London dispatch: Sir George Goldie,
commanding the Royal Niger Com
pany's expedition against the cmir of
Nupe, cables from the palace of the
emir at Bida under date of January
20, saying the palace is captured. The
capture ofthc Bitla proba bly, comp letcs
the destruction of the Fulah powcr,
and will most likely add to the British
African territory. The dispute be-
tween the emir and the Niger compa ny
is OF long standing, gro wing out OF the
emir's practice Of executing slaves by
wholesale after raidlng the territory
under protection Of the company. to
obtain victims. He was frequently
warned to stop the practice, but fail
ing to do SO the punitive expedition
was sent against him, with the result
above given. The emir was a most
powerful vassal Of the great NOLAN.
! n.edan empire Of Sokoto