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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
OF Interest to Iomeseekcrs.

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home, and seeking by industry anu
thrift to attain an Independent condi-
ton III life, no better chance is ar
forded than the fertile farming lanas'
at low prices and reasonable terms, slt-
uated along the line of the Chicago q
Northwestern R'y, in western Mime.
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is forging to the front and yearly gam
ing immense wealth from its nae
crops, dairy interests and stock raising.
For further information regarding
Homeseekers' rates, ETC., please apply
to w. B. Kniskern, G. P. aud T. a. ."
Fifth Ave., Chicago.
The title ''admira'' originally cam. :,
from the Arabic phrase ''amdr.al,o ah1'
meaning ''ruler of the sea-" When tno
last word was dropped, and "a WAS
added, it became admiral.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
sHAFTER SEES SANTIAGO.
American Troops Within Three Miles of
--L--lE ------ the City. 49,

American Troops Within Three Miles of
the City.
WASHINGTON, June ga dispatch
from Shafter dated NJ onday says every
thing is progressing well and that the
troops have occupied position aband-
oned by the enemy on the previous day,
within three miles of Santiago, and
from which the city can be plainly
seen. 1t is quite evident from the tone
of the dispatch that the advance has
been made without the loss of men.
In another dispatch the general in
forms the department of the safe ar
rival of the Yale with troops which re-
Gently sailed from Newport News.
= CAMP JuRAGUA. June %. via King
ston, June 30.-General Shafter de-
cided today to establish his hcadquar-
tiers in the feld.and he will occupy a
tent tonight with Gen. Wheeler, until
he decides upon permanent location
for his headquarters. There is every
indication that Juragua will cease to
be the headquarters for the army, other
than for medical and commlSsary de-
partments, in two or three days. A
sufficient force to guard the place will
be left here. probably from the volun-
teer force of 5000 men now coming
from Tampa, and practically the entire
fighting force will swing into Caney or
Aguadores, making the base of opera
l. -
The railroad from here to Santiago is
being rapidly pushed by engineers and
a large force of.troops. Its completion
will greatly simplify the movement of
supplies and packtrain will have no
more arduous work than transporting
food and ammunition from point to
point at the front. Siege guns We're
landed at Baiquiri last night and have
started for the front.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01

soldiers, who acclaimed it enthusiast
tically. The townsfolk on that night
tore the statue of George III. from its
pedestal in Bowling Green and it was
melted into $4,000 bullets for the pa
triotic troops.
Yesterday" wrote John Adams to
his wife, "the greatest question was
decided that was ever debated in Amer
lea; and greater, perhaps, never was or
will be decided among men. A reso-
luton was passed without one dissent
ing colony that these united colonies
are, and of right ought to be, free and
independent The day is passed. The
Fourth of July, 1776, will be memoir
able epoch in the history of America. I
am apt to believe it will be celebrated
by succeeding generations as the great
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
.THE NEWS In IOWA
PLEA NOT GRANTED.
The Kicking Indians OF the Tama Res'
ervation Turned Down.

The Kicking Indians OF the Tama Res
ervation Turned Down.
Dies MONIES, June 90. Governor Shaw
has written a letter to the Indian chief
who visited the state house recently to
protest against cutting roads through
the reservation at Tama. The governor
saws in his letter that he has found
upon investigation that the land was
bought by the Indians and was not an
original reservation, so that the gov
ernment has the right to lay out roads
within it. Relative to the claim OF the
chief who visited Dcs Moines that he
and not the man who is occupying the
place at Tama is chief of the tribe, the
governor says in his letter that it is
evident that the man who is occupying
the place of honor, distinction and
responsibility is entitled to it by virtue
Of an election at WHICH he was chosen,
the election supplanting the claim of
the protestant who alleges hereditary
right.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
CURRENT EVENTS,

i'll or otherwise incapacitated. Tben
he will occupy the place Of the abser;
one. ~D'
More than q third of the French
crown. jewels have been bought bv
Americans.
All freshwater snakes in India ava
harmless. and all saltwater snakes ara
poisonous.
Cooking utensils made of ALUMINIUM.
instead of tin, are coming into vogue
in the French army.
A female monkey in the Zooloeical
Gardens of Vienna is q trick bicvcle
rider. She performs wonderful antics
and her limitations of the human riders
are irresistibly droll.
It is said that behring's are so pro.
life that if a pair of them could he left
to breed and multiply undisturbed for
period of twenty years, they would
yield an amount of fish equal in bulk
to the entire earth.
The Krag-Jorgensen rifle, now the
arm equipment Of the United States
infantry, has range of three miles,
At this distance an expert can easily
pick off a man, while soldier un.
accustomed to it's use could not hit
barn.
Several sailors of the Russian navy
were given shore leave at Hong Kong
and enjoyed themselves by buying
Chinese tallow candles and eating
them in the public streets. Every man
devoured at least pound.
The new "shelter cloak tent is made
in two pieces, and is intended to be
carried, when the army is on the
march, by the two soldiers who occupy
the tent. The halves are so arranged
that when the tents are taken apart
each half can be used by soldier as
waterproof cloak.
The eldest of five married daughters
was married at a farmhouse in Erie,
Pa. A plain-spolzen guest, desiring to
say something cheering to the groom,
remarked aloud, "Well, Jim. you have
got the pick of the batch" The other
four daughtc~S stared at him with stony
visages.
An instrument for seeing objects un-
der water has been invented by n.y.
geographic engineer of Russia. BY its
aid the bottom of rivers. TO the depth
of from forty-five to sixty feet, can be
distinctly viewed In the examination
of wrecks this submarine telescope will
be of great service. :;
The stomach of an ostrich is often
made the receptacle for strange things.
One of these birds mysteriously died
on California farm, and post NOR
TEN was held. 1t had followed about /,
a gang of men who were building wire
fences, and swallowed the bits of wire1
they Clipped off from time to tima9
Sand-hies, black flies and mosquitqe
are very annoying to our troops in thu
south. A preventive is made thus:
Take olive oil or cottonseed oil, and
mix with it enough tar to give the
mixture the consistence of ordinary
cream. Apply this preparation to ex-
posed parts of the BODY, face, neck and
hands.
The advancement of the sons of in
fluential politicians, over the heads OF
Young men educated for warfare, has
caused much dissatisfaction. A satir-'
ist thus expresses his views on the sue
ject: "Sons of great men all remind
us we may make ourlives sublime, and
with papa push behind us we can SET
there every time"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
A Light Sentence.

DIES MONIES, June 3O.-One hundred
dollars each and costs was the price
Judge Conrad instructed James and
Jennie Brutin to pay into the county
treasurer as a penalty for shooting
James Boughner, a private in Company
L OF the Forty ninth Iowa regiment,
while that regiment was located at
Camp Mckinley. They paid the fines
and were released.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
Electric Fans in Sleeping Cars.

The Baltimore and Ohio Southwest
ern Railway officials have solved INC
problem Of cooling sleeping cars ID
stations at night. At Cincinnati. Lou's'
vile and St. Louis this line has sleep.
ing cars placed in the stations at ~
p. M, which do not depart until a1ter
midnight, and in order to make them
comfortable and cool have placed 10.
incn rotary electric fans in each emo 0,
the sleepers, thus removing the heateo
and impure air from all parts OF INC
car. The fans have been in opera1lon
about two weeks, and have been the
subject of many favorable comments
from the travelling public.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01

was the man whose fame is licked into
our ears every time We hear a telegraph
instrument, whose genius is placed in
broad light whenever we enjoy the H.
Illumination of electricity. The second
rose to be president of the nation he
helped to form. The third is the ia
Their Of what the world knows as Jeffer-
sonian democracy. The fourth, puri-
tan, patriot, leader, gave more in moral
force and determination, in knowledge
of the law and its common sense prin-
ciples than almost any man who as
sisted at the birth Of the nation. The
fifth was the man of whom the major
ity of people know comparatively little,
and yet there was none who better de-
served a place of honor in the public
mind. Eminent as financier,
shrewd Judge of human nature, his
touch on the helm of state was ex-
actly what was needed to keep the
young craft on her course.
Jefferson had spoken but little in
congress and he had no part in the
acrimonies which then prevailed. In
a plain brick house, corner of Market
and Seventh streets, Philadelphia, he
drafted the declaration of independ-
ence. The work was almost wholly
Jefferson's, only few verbal altera-
tions being suggested by Adams and
Franklin. 1t then was approved by
the committee. A few passages were
struck out by congress
Caesar Rodney, one Of Delaware's
delegates, in order to have his vote
recorded, rode in the saddle from
point eighty miles from Philadelphia,
all night, and reached the floor just in
time on July to cast Delaware's vote
in favor of independence. On that day,
ever memorable in American annals,
the declaration Of independence was
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
RICHARD. HENRY LEE,

anniversary festival. 1t ought to be
commemorated as the day of deliver
ance by solemn acts of devotion to Al
mighty God. 1t ought to be solemnized
with pomp, shows, games, sports, guns,
bells, bonfires and illuminations from
one end of the continent to the other.
from this time forward forever"
BY strange coincidence John
Adams died on July 4, 1926, the fiftieth
anniversary of the declaration of in
dependence. His last words were "Jef-
ferson still survives" But at o'clock
on the same day Jefferson also passed
away.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
An Old School Patriot.

No one can say more emphatically
than I do that it is patriotic to burn
powder when it is needed. No one can
denounce it more religiously as a nui-
sance in times of profound peace. The
youngster that singes his hair, blisters
his ears or blows off finger or two on
the Fourth, has no higher conception
of our institutions nor will do more
for their perpetuation than will that
youngster who bows to parental au-
thority and sits in the back yard blow
ing tin whistle in honor of the day.
1 have seen half-grown boy touch
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
GENERAL MERRITT GETS AWAY

Left On the Newport for Manila
Wednesday Morning.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 30.-The
steamer Newport, with General Merritt
on board, sailed yesterday morning for
the Philippines. General Merritt ex-
poets to reach Manila by July % or
August /, at the very latest. Before
his arrival General Greene will have
consulted with Dewey as to the advis-
ability of making a joint attack on
Manila. Merritt's installation as
governor-generalw will be attended with
as little ceremony as possible. In his
proclamation he will assure the people
that their forms of worship and their
churches will not be interfered with.
This will be made clear. as will also
the fact that their property will not
be confscated, in order to offset the
representations to the contrary which
have been made by the agents of
Spain.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
PEOPLE WERE PANIC STRICKEN
Many Persons Injured In u Circus Acei-
dent Mt Sioux City.

E9&r dent at Sioux CITY.
SIOUX CITY, June pa severe wind
storm struck this city, blowing down
the main tent of the Sells Forepaugh
circus while performance was in
progress. The collapse of the canvas
caused panic, in which score or
more of people were injured. One Of
them, Adolph Halvcrson, of Sioux
City. died of his injuries soon after
ward. while Frank Reynolds, an
attachc of the show. is hurt internally
and it is believed he will die.
Sioux CITY, June "6.-One more
additional death is reported as result
of the disaster at the Forepaugh.Sells
circus A. G. Steiner. an attorney-at-
law, formerly of Canton, S. D., died
soon after midnight from his injuries.
He was struck on the head by a big
center pole, and his wife was also
seriously hurt. DR.. NJ. w. White sub
mittcd to an operation on his crushed
skull. and will probably recover. All
of the other injured persons are re-
ported to be resting comfortably.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
I.ucey's Nomination Assured.

TUSCALOOSA, June 2s.-The republican
county convention passed resolutions
endorsing John F. Lacey for congress-
man and chose delegation favorable
to him to attend the congressional
convention at Sigourney. Congress
man Lacey now has the endorsement
of every county and his nomination is
ascur.l
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
HALF FARE.
Washington, u. c., and Return.

"heHNkLO IL auu 4scIuA"
On July Sd to 9Th tickets will be sold
from all points to Washington, D. C.,
and return via the Chesapeake and
Ohio Ry. at one fare, plus $500, on
account Of the meeting of the National
Educational Association. Tickets will
be good until July Is returning, and
may be extended to August 31st. This
is the best opportunity you will have
to visit the famous Mountain and Sea
Shore resorts of the East, also Ola
Point Comfort and Hampton Roads,
the rendezvous of the North Atlantic
Squadron. a..
For particulars and sleeping car
reservations apply to U. L. Truitt
Northwest Passenger Agent, 234 Clark
street, Chicago, Ill.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
Boy Drowned At Knoxville.

KNOXVILLE, June ga small boy.
eight years old, son of Frank Stuff, Of
Knoxville, was drowned in the Des
Moines river. The boy went to the
river with his Sunday school class for
a picnic, and was playing in the water
with the other boys, when his hat blew
off. He ran into the river after it and
went beyond his depth and was
drowned.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
Miraculous Rescue.

L1NEvIrLE, July IA son of James
Bryan. aged about IS months, while
playing around the well, slipped on a
board and fell in The well is 2S feet
deep with about IL feet of water. 1t
was some time before the little fellow
was missed, and when discovered by
his mother he was clinging to a board,
which had fallen in with him, and
thus kept from drowning. Mrs. Bryan
lowered herself by the chain Of the
pump and brought the child to the
surface apparently unframed.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
Attempted Suicide at Sioux City.

SIOUX CITY, July 1.-C. NJ. Robinson,
assessor for the First district OF Sioux
City, attempted to commit suicide by
taking dose of carbolic acid. His
wife had left him on account of family
troubles. and he was respondent. He
will recover Robinson is one of the
old residents of Sioux City, and is well
known in racing circles.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
Goes lin for Life.

DIES MONIES, July 1.-l}etsy Smith
maintained, when brought up in the
criminal division of the district court,
that she was not guilty of the murder
of Mike Smith. Judge Conrad's SEN
tcnce was that she be imprisoned in
the Anamosa penitentiary during her
life and that she pay the costs of the
prosecution of the case. He then gave
her attorneys sixty days to file bill
Of nyonI,fi ions
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
DOLLAR RATE is PERMANENT.
Paper Trust Cannot 1ntimidate the
Daily News.

Paper Trust Cannot 1ntimidate the
Daily News.
DIES MONIES, June 29.-The paper
trust has nearly doubled the price OF
white paper since the war began aud
its representatives are urging news
papers to put up their price and make
the people pay the advance. The Des
Moines Daily News pluckily refuses to
do so. 1t announces that it's price will
continue to be 81 a year. Is cents for
six months, so cents for three months,
o5 cents month. The Daily News is
a 4-page paper with the Associated
Press dispatches boiled down for the
busy reader. 1t has over $4,000 circu-
lation already-as many as any four
other Iowa dailies-and is now work
ing for 80, 900, with every prospect OF
success.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01


adopted by the unanimous vote Of the
thirteen colonies.
The enthusiasm of the patriots at
hearing the intelligence was unbound
ed. While congress had been discuss
ing the subject, crowds assembled out
side the hall and in the streets, an
xiously awaiting the result. When it
was announced at noon the state house
bell, on which was inscribed proclaim
liberty throughout all the land unto
the inhabitants thereof" changed deep
and melodiously and the throng gave
vent to long and loud shouts of exulta-
ton.
The old bell ringer had been at his
post since early morning. He had
placed his boy below to announce when
the declaration was adopted. SO that
not an instant might be lost in trans
ferring the glad tidings by means of
the bell to the waiting multitude. AS
the wearisome hours passed and no
sign came to him the aged bell ringer
finally exclaimed They will never do
1t! They will never do it," Just then
he heard his boy clapping his hands
and vociferating at the top of his ju-
venile lungs Ring! Ring!" The old
hands swayed the sonorous bell with
delirous vigor. Its reverberations was
echoed by every steeple in the city.
That was gala day in Philadelphia,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
Killed nv a Train.

ATLANTIC, June 29.-Henry Thies, a
farmer living five miles east of Minden,
attempted to drive across the Chicago,
Rock Island g. Pacific track ahead Of
the Chicago flyer, but was caught.
Mr.. Thies and the team were instantly
killed and flying lumber from the
wagon struck and killed a 16-year-old
tramp on the blind end of the baggage
car. The shock forced 2x4 scantling
into the express car, and the messenger
had narrow escape.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
Death of Ezekiel Clark

Iowa CITY, June 2s.-EXSenator
Ezekiel Clark passed away at his home
in this city. He was 81 years of age,
and had for many years been active in
business circles in Iowa City and else
where in the state. During the war
he was active in procuring funds with
which to carry on the issue, and rem
dered valuable assistance to Governor
Kirl1wood at that time. He was pres
idcnt of the Iowa City State Bank for
several years, but retired from active
business life few months ago, when
the bank was reorganiZed
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
Colored Company From Dcs Moines.

DIES MONIES, June 29.-The colored
citizens of Des Moines have been badly
stirred up because of the refusal of the
war department to permit company
of local colored volunteers to have a
colored captain. After holding two
mass meetings a telegram was re-
ceived from Congressman Hull stating
that he had secured permission for the
selection of colored captain. E. S.
Willett has already been chosen and
the company is now being gotten in
readiness to move.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
ST. PAUL DISABLES TERROR.
Spanish Torpedo Boat Sent to San Juan
in Sinking Condition.

in Sinking Condition.
WASHINGTON. June 29.-The navy de-
partment posted the following bulle-
tin: Captain Sigsbee reports that while
off San Juan, Porto Rico. he was at
tackled by Spanish unprotected cruis-
or and the torpedo boat destroyer Ter
ror. The Terror made dash, which
was awaited by the st. Paul. The st.
Paul hit the Terror three times, kill
ing an officer and two men and wound
ing several others. The Terror drop
ped back under cover of the fortiica-
tons and with difficulty was towed in
to the harbor in a sinking condition.
Later the cruiser and a gunboat start
ed out but remained under protection
of the forts,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
Spanish Cruisers Boiler Explodes.

MADRID, June 3O.-The cruiser
Antonio Lopez while trying to enter the
river San Juan. near San Juan de Porto
Rico, secretly with a cargo Of provis-
ions and war material, was detected
by two American warships, but escaped
by swiftly changing her course. Her
captain. determined to land her cargo,
headed for shore at Salinao The
shock of grounding exploded the
boiler 1t is not known whether there
was any loss of life.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
Candidate to Succeed Judge Thomas

Candidate to Succeed Judge THOMAS.
DIES MONIES, July 1.-Judge Lot
Thomas, of the Fourteenth judicial
district, has rendered his resignation
to Governor Shaw, to take effect
August IA, on account of his nomina-
ton for congressman from the Eleventh
district. Frank II. Helsell, a lawyer
and 1ker of Sioux Rapids, is the
only candidate for the appointment,
which will be made after the bar of
the district has been heard from.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
Tragedy in Henry County.

MT. PLEASANT, June 23.-Perrr
Elliott, in fit of temporary insanity,
shot and instantly killed his niece,
Fife Kelly, at Trenton, nine miles
northwest of Mt. Pleasant. and then
shot and killed himself. Jealousy is
supposed to be at the bottom of the
trouble,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
IOWA PROHlBlTIONISTS.
state Convention at Des MOincs Selects
a Ticket,

state Convention at Des Moincs Selects
a Ticket.
Dies MONIES. June 30.--The commit
tee on nominations of the prohibition
state convention reported nominations
for the party, which were adopted, as
follows: For secretary of state. Mall
colin Smith, of Linn county: auditor Of
state. Edgar Brintwall, of Buchanan
county: state treasurer. j. c. Reed, of
Keol<ul1 county; judge of supreme
court, II. F. Johns, of Harrison county;
attorney general, Samuel Holmes, of
Fremont county; clerk of supreme
court, Bertha j. Bowers, Of Union
county: reporter of supreme court.
Benz. Radcliffe, of Cherokee county;
railroad commissioner, (long terln), Il.
NJ. Dichl. of Washington county: rail-
road commissioner, Short term, A. NJ.
Johnston, of Dickinson county.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
No OppositiOn to Deliver.

FORT DODGE, July 1.-Hon. J. P.
Dolliver was renominated by acclama-
ton by the Tenth district republican
convention. There was no opposition
candidate
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01

what with rejoicings and bonfires and
illuminations. The cannon doomed
and messengers rode away holly IN all
quarters to announce the news. Wash
ington then was in New York with the
army. BY his orders it was read to the
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-01
THE FOURTH OF JULY
BIRTHDAY or THE GREATEST
OF NATIONS.
Why Every Patriotic American Should
Rejoice and Give Thanks-History of
tho Declaration of Independence-Its
6igners.

One hundred and twenty-one years
ago the bell rang in Independence hall
In Philadelphia. To the uninitiated 1t
pealed its sonorous notes for some I'M
known purpose. TO those who. breath