Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-06-10
IOWA CONDENSED.

OruerS issued Dy AuJutanC Ncneral
Corbin assign Brigadler-General James
Rush Lincoln to the Fourth corps, at
Mobile, Ala.
The Iowa College of Law, of Des
Moines. has had most prosperous
year. Gov L. NJ. Shaw made the an
nual commencement address. A large
class was graduated and the work of
the school is said to be very thorough.
A special catalogue can be had by adj
dressing P. S. McNutt, Sec'y, DesM Dimes
Burglars at Lehigh recently entered
the hardware store of II. w. Ross. in
which the postotlice is located. and
blew open the safe, securing between
$500 and 5000 and bunch of blank
postal orders. The safe was completely
wrecked. Drills and braces from a
neighboring blacksmith shop We're
; used.
In the Cass county republican
! convention warm fight occurred be-
tween the Curtis and Hager factions,
Hon. Silas Wilson having withdrawn
in favor of Major Curtis. The Curtis
men insisted that he be allowed to
select his own delegation to the con-
grcsslonal convention, and the opposi-
ton that the delegates SO selected be
instructed for Hager on second choice.
The Curtis proposition was sustained,
Curtis receiving 10 votes and the
opposition So.
City Marshal Jones of Marshalltown
recently returned from Ottumwa,
having in custody negro named jim
Todd, alias Burton, who was wanted
to answer to the charge of attempting
to murder Frank Wells, another negro.
Several DAYS ago Todd and Wells got
into dispute over a woman in the
outskirts of the city, and Todd drew a
razor and assaulted Wells, making an
ugly cash in his throat, which came
near causing his death. When he was
arrested in Ottumwa, Todd was suffer
ing from severe cut in the back, re
ceived in another atfray, of which he
refuses to talk. His condition is
serious. as the knife point penetrated
one of his lungs.
Mason City dispatch: Mrs Edward
Hughes was placed under arrest
charged with the murder of her hus
band. She gave bonds of $4,000. Mr.
Hughes died on April :. from probably
heart failure:' so said the attending
physician. There We're insurance pol
icics amounting to $4,000 and all have
been paid. Hughess father, acting or
reports, had the body eXhumed Ma,
Goth and sent the stomach to Prof
Haynes. of Chicago, for analysis. The
report received from him was 10 thu
II effect that quantities of arsenic were
y found. All the evidence against the
accused is withheld by the officers.
Fire at Waterloo destroyed propert,
to the amount of $50 .OOO three factoric
!. being completely destroyed. The origin
of the fire is complete mystery, thu
flames being first discovered at 1890 a
m. in the large furniture factory o
Beck, Nauman e. Watts. Though thu
alarm was Immediately given. Thu
flames were already beyond control
: and spread to the Waterloo Omnibus
and Wagonettc Manufacturing com
: pany. which. with its contents. wa
also destroyed. From this point tn.
fire spread to the Cascaden foundry
and this. too. was completely wrecked
The heaviest losers are Beck. Nauma1
& Watts. whose large plant was com
pletely destroyed. A large force 0
workmen employed in the factor,
were thrown out of work, and as til,
tools used by the men were their owl
property, and all were destroyed, tn
loss falls heavily. The Beck. NaurnaI
& Watts furniture factory was tn,
largest OF it's kind in the state TIL,
losses are as follows: Beck. Nauma1
& Watts, $4,000; Thomas Cascader
Sr., proprietor omnibus factory ane
; foundry. $40. 600; Thomas Cascaden. Jr.
operating same, loss on materials
$4,000; workmcn. loss on tools $4,000
and minor losses aggregating $1,000.