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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
IOWA NAIL CLERK PROMOTED.
william II. Penn Assistant Superlntend-
I.a Ont of Railway Service.

william II. Penn Assistant Superlntend-
ont of Railway Service.
DIES MONIES, Dec. 29.-William IL.
Penn, has been appointed assistant
Superintendent of the sixth division OF
railway mail service, with official
headquarters at Chicago. but he Will
be permitted to retain his headquar-
ters at Des Moines. He has been IN
the railway mail service for twenty
seven years and is aow the chief clerk
He was appointed chief clerk for Iowa
in 1889, and is regarded as one OF the
hest men in the service in the west.
He has lived in. Des Moines during all
his service in the postoffice depart
ynent q"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
M,ch,eau Teachers Eject on,cer,.

Lansing, Mich, Dec. 29.-The Mich
igan Teachers association elected the
following officers: President, B. A.
Hinsdale, Ann Arbor; vice-presidents,
c. H. Harm of Traverse City and J. B.
Gilbert of St. Johns; secretary, w. F.
Lewis, Port Huron; treasurer, e. J.
Quackenbush, Grand Rapids.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
Ask Aid in NTcody'a Namo.

East Mortified, Mass, Dec. z9.-The
trustees of the Mortified seminary
have addressed a plea to the world for
So, 900 to carry on the institutions
founded by the late Dwight l.. Moody.
It is estimated that this sum, drawing
4 per cent interest, will suffice. This
plea is preliminary to a meeting Of the
trustees a month hence.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
Japan Preparing for War.

victori,,, B. c., Dec. 29.-The
steamer City of London, which ar
rived from the orient, brought news
that the Japanese naval authorities are
making great war preparations for
what is thought to be inevitab.e-a
struggle with Russia.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
NSaasC County Without saloons.

SAC CITY, Dec. 29.-Tife Sac county
supervisors have completed the canvass
of the saloon statement of consent,
filed December 6, 1899. They found
the statement insufficient as filed. 1t
contained 10 more names than the re-
quired G5 per cent, but the board decid-
ed 70 signatures, against which the
-anti-saloon forces protested, to be
illegal, leaving the statement short S;
names.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
BlsEVITIES.

The jury in the case of Mrs. Lizzie
Durth. who had been on trial at Bur-
lington charged with the murder
of Mrs. Leonard Frietche seven years
ago, after having been in continuous
session for twenty-three hours, brought
in a verdict of not guilty. The verdict
gives general satisfaction:
Muscatine dispatch: The trial Of
George Wright for the murder of Nellie
Crippen, last July, has occupied the
court for the past nine days. The jury,
after being out six hours, returned a
verdict of muii!e: IN the first degree.
The sentence is imprisonment for life
at hard labor. Wright's counsel made
motion for a new trial.
Sioux City dispatch: by the explo-
sion Of generator used in charging
soda fountains at Chester & Lanes
bottling works the side of the Office
was torn out. Clio Chesterman was
painfully cut about the head with fly
bits of debris and F. w. Lane was
badly burned with acid, /'fhe damage
to the plant will not delay operations.
nor were the sSdferers dangerously
wounded. +
In tbs/federal court at Dubuque
the yoase Of D. D. Langan of Clin-
ton, against the Aetna. Pa'atine, Ger
man Alliance and Spring Garden In
surance companies for 100000 was
decided in favor of the plaintiff by
Judge Shiras. The suit was brought
to recover fire insurance. The COM
panies refused to accept the award of
the arbitrators agreed upon by both
parties. Judge shiras' ruling is for
the full amount and per cent interest.
The suit is we'll known in insurance
circles. -.
At Des Moines recently James O'Keefe,
the burglar who declared he would
not rob a widow, wa &c fenced to fif.
teen years in the penitentiary at Fort
Madison at hard labor by Judge Bish.
op. Three weeks ago OKeefe entered
the residence Of Mrs. Ramsay at about
10 O'Clock at night. He made q noise
and Mrs Ramsay, thinking he was a
roomer, called to him. At this O'Keefe
walked to the bed, struck match and,
thrusting revolver into her face, told
Mrs. Ramsay to keep still or he would
kill her. He then asked her where she
kept her money. She told him she had
none, that she was widow and very
poor. O'Keefe then said he would not
rob widow and left the house. He
was arrested the next day, was iden.
tilted by Mrs. Ramsay and after being
indicted entered Pies Of guilty as'
charged
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29

KIMBERLEY, Dec. 21.-At 2:3U O'Clock
yesterday morning mounted detach.
ments under Colonel Peakman, with
three Maxims and three Founders
under Major Nav, advanced on Toll
Pan. The Boer pickets fired and our
Maxir1s replied, the Beers disappear.
ing over the ridges. Our guns then
began to shell Toll Pan at a range OF
$500 yards. A l5oer gun dropped fou,
shells near our men, but did no damage.
AS the Beers were strongly entrencbed
we withdrew. Their guns are well
placed. @ IA =
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
Law ton.s Remains.

MANILA, Dec. 24.-0eneral Lawton's
remains were placed in the chapel in
Paco, cemetery. Private services were
held at the residence and the body car
ried to the cemetery by members Of
the generals staff and escorted by
Troop I, Fourth cavalry. Public SER
vices will be held later.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
ABUSES IN CUBAN PRISONS.
Report of c. T. Lewis Of New

Sensational Report OF q. L. LOWS OF new
York.
New YORK, Dec. 2s.-Charlton T.
Lewis, president of the New York
Prison association. who went to Cuba
on behalf of the state and other organ
izations in the United States, has made
a sensational report to the secretary of
war in regard to the penal institutions
on the island. He contends that this
government is responsible and says
that truthful description of the pris-
aons would arouse universal indigna-
ton, which would probably be misdi-
rected."
After urging this government,
through the war department., to stop
the ''lntolerable cruelty and injustice
which now constitute a national dis
grace" Mr.. Lewis adds:
"Great prisons are overcrowded with
men and boys. Assassins, brigands.
piclspockets, and young men charged
with disorderly conduct, or merely
suspected of slight offenses, are herded
together in absolute idleness and unre-
stricted intercourse. with no change
of clothing, no blanket or semblance
of bed, many hundreds sleep on bare
stones, where filth and vermin are kept
down only by constant sprinkling
with disinfectants.
"In some prisons the only disinfec-
tant known is insect powder, md cases
of tuberculosis. some of them far adj
vanced, infect the rooms and doubtless
spread the seeds of disease. Moral
and physical contagion are promoted
on vast scale together. Most of these
prisoners have been proved guilty of
no offense.
"In this hell upon earth they are
held indefinitely while the judges of
first instance Investigate the charges.
Each of these judges has a secretary.
who can often secure a dismissal. but
the prisoner without money or intlu-
onco mnsf wait -
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
New Manager for Central.

DIES MONIES, Dec. 29.-T. E. Clark
has been appointed manager for the
Iowa Central railroad. Mr.. Clark was
general superintendent of the Mime
apolis and St. Louis road, with which
he has been associ~ ted for eighteen
wears,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
KILLED In a Runaway.

MONROE, Dec. 29.-The Swear old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William North,
living on their farm two miles west OF
Monroe, was instantly killed oy the
the team running away. The child
was alone in the wagon when the team
started to run. The wagon overturn-
ed on pile of cobs. catching the child's
head on the edge Of the wagon bed
and dragging him several rods, dislo'
eating his neck.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
Gage Breaks Deal with Bank.

New York, Dec. pa dispatch to
the World from Washington says that
1t is stated on high official authority
that Secretary of the Treasury Gage
will terminate his contract with the
National City bank within two weeks.
He has already notified the bank and
its sixty-six associate national deposit
tories that no more government bonds
will be accepted as security for the de-
post of additional revenue receipts.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
FILIPINOs WE'RE ROUTED.
Victory Won by Colonel Lockett Near
NIOntalban.

Victory Won by Colonel Lockete Near
NIOntalban.
MANILA, Dec. 2s.-Colonel Lockett
with force of 1850, including artil-
lery, attacked a strong force of insur-
gents entrenched in the mountains
near Montalban, about FIVE miles north
east of San Mateo. The enemy were
completely. routed, the Americans
pushing them through the hills, amid
which they fed in every direction.
Four Americans were wounded. The
Filipino loss was large, resulting from
heavy infantry and artillery fire for
three hours into the trenches. 1t is
supposed that the insurgents were
those who were driven out of San Ma
teo on the day General Lawton was
killed. They numbered probably o
thousand,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
Held ON a Serious Cha rye.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Dec. 2s.-J. l.. Jen-
kins, mayor of Central City, and
candidate before the last republican
convention for representative, was
held to the grand jury in the sum OF
g., 1000. It is charged that he assaulted
his little 14-year-old stepdaughter,
Minnie Williams, and that she was
compelled to flee from the house in
the dead of night, bare-footed and in
her nipht-pown, to save her honor.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
Cashier Held Up.

Sioux CITY, Dec. 2s.--Two men held
On the cashier of the Horseshoe restau-
rant and the police have arrested
John Conway, Mike Ward and Tom
burns of Chicago, on suspicion. Sew.
el al cust omers at the tables were in
Inundated, and made no effort Yeinter-
fere with the robbers, who secured $50.
The men under arrest say they are
packing house employees
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
Important lnvart, y,

. DEs MONIES, Dec. 2S.-Patents hava
been allowed upon applications pre-.
pared and prosecuted by us for inter.
esting subjects as follows:
To C. w. Cross, of Grinnell, for an
auxiliary air heater adapted Is be con,
nected with stove IN such name,
that it will receive and direct the pro.
duets combustion and aid in warm
ing ana culating air in room. =
required = maintain 3 uniform TEN,
peraturo, by admitting cool air at Il.
bottom, heating it and discharginV Il
at its Top. An ur led hall ia !.
signed to W. s. 10 OF the sam
place. "a
To ]. Morgan, Atlantic. for !
plant-planting mad adapted to ID
advanced across Id by horses e
set out cabbage and tobacco plants Il
rows at regular distances apart.
boy on the machine hands plants 4
succession to automatic plant holde
on a wheel and as the wheel revolv
it places the plants in furrow OPEN h
in advance of the wheel by
opener and a furrow closer ii
atelv covers the roots and rolled
the ground around the roots. al
divided half has been assigned la y
Whitney, of Chicago.
Printed matter, consultations auH ~
vice free. ~
THos. g. ORwIa q =
Registered Patent Ate ~
- j n
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
Both Hands Taken Oh.

Quincy, ILL.,, Dec. 29.-Surgeons have
amputated both hands Of Sister Theo-
tama, who was terribly burned while
saving the lives Of the children in the
holocaust at st. Francis school ON
Friday. .-s.re - g + r 2 E=I
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
Scalded to Death.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Dec. 27.-A man
named Berta Janda, fell into q sca'd'
ing tank at the Z. M. Sinclair COM
rany packing house and was fatally
c.,1doH
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
Woman Assaulted and Robbed.

MASON CITY, Dec. 25.-Miss Anna
Baumap, secretary and treasurer OF
the Standard Oil Co., was assaulted
by q foot-pad and strenuous effort
made to rob her of $500. She had a
desperate encounter with the robber,
lasting twenty minutes, and he was
finally frightened away. The nervous
shock rendered Miss Bauman uncon-
scious for some time af er IL was all
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
Boer Loss Very Small.

PRETORIA, Dec. 26.-The official ac-
count of Boer casualties at the battle
of Tugels river, where the British loss
was ] $50, says that thirty men were
killed and wounded. Il
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29

san ensign, upon which lay
of galax leaves. Around the
4Hlosure, shoulder to shoulder, were
drawn up the cavalry of Fort Myer, to
the right was battalion of marines
from the navy yard, to the left a de-
tatch,nent of jackies from the Texas,
in the fagdraped stand in the rear
the president and his cabinet, Admiral
Dewey, Major General miles and dis
group of officers Of the
army and navy, in their snowy uni
forms; while all around pressed the
throng of people who had braved the
snow and biting cold to pay their last
tribute to the dead. There was ten
der appropriateness in the fact that
Captain Sigsbee, who was in command
of the Maine when she was blown up,
had charge of the ceremonies in honor
of his men and that Father Chadwick,
who was chaplain of the Maine, was
there to perform the last rites.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
p,..ve h Raripe 1. Rr..t,.

Plogue 10 Raging % BF8sii
Buenos Ayres, Dec. 2s.-Reports
from Rio yJaneiro say there are three
cases Of the bubonic plague at San
Pablo. Brazil. -.-. a
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
,r,..i..,nni isiver CIosed.

DUBUQUE, Dec. 2:.-Thc river closed
yesterday at noon. A firm ice bridge
is now established across the river
above the bridge This is one Of the
latest closings known for years. Last
year the river was closed on November
%. with firm ice bridge ut Eagle Point.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
An Iowa Bank Case Decided.

WASHINGTON, Dec 25.-In the case
Of Fred Bordes, Of the First National
Bank Of Hawarden, Iowa. the supreme
court decided that writ Of certiorari
could MT be granted in the case other
wise subject to such writ until the
case had been finally passed upon by
the court below. The appeal in the
case was therefore dismissed.
Would he Train wreckers Sentenced.
CHARLES CRY, Dec. 25.-Frank Fav,
the Burlington train wrecker, was
sentenced to twenty years in the peni-
tertiary. Jape Brockett pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to eighteen
years for the same offense. They
were taken at once to AnamOsa.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29

| NOTES g FIN IN T d Z WV

| ~ lfolzss. I,s Y 2s.- M, ,,,,,,
4. 4! b - ns ~ lum ma poor h,ouse. .e.
"a the report ~ Judr. Kinn.; I
ss Ssr similar "a other institnt,nr. -
- u ands hich hAysl ens r yisitai ~
y y noard q control. Judge Kline
~ 4 abont - wsll calculated Tor the
= 81 Insane persons - other institu.
ssscas operated ~ counties, which
1 - ~ ~ ne view " tho board. that
IA = not calculated ~ Iii for stlch pur-
ypesa The board has been consider
- whether g publish its reports on
- private asylnms az the state
I 1l,ers are three 6 these, and thew have
49, VISITED. Some q the newspapers
Sortes OF tho report, but the board has
s1ot yes Indicated whether II win rive
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29
The school board of West Des MONIES
has decided to introduce German into
the courses Of study in the grades.

Tho report Of the committee on Sol
diers, home was lied with Adjutant
Black Of the Iowa department, =. a.
Z. last week, but will not be made
public until the two members OF the
COMMITTEES who were unable to visit
the home recently with the body OF
the committee have visited it. The
report is said to endor1e the manage
meut Of the home both BY the efficient
eommandant and by the state board OF
control.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-29

Ue lueuIlueu Will any Oe6Ae0 VI -
tainty. The victims were buried t.
deep, with the exception of one, W
that, the body of Apprentice Holzs1E
the; only, one that can be positiy%ss
identified. .o.. V
At the time Of the explosion the w.
were on beard the Maine twenty-tw
officers and crew Of 1928, making Y
total Of $50. OF these, two officers ant
ESQ men of the crew were killed, eight
sailors dying at Havana later OF
wounds, making a total Of officers and
crew lost $50. Sixteen members of the
crew were saved unhurt, and ffty-four
we're injured but survived. the total
number Of Officers and crew saved and
living being ninety-four. OF the dead
Of the crew eeventy-thrca bodies were
recovered and actually CT supposedly
identified and 11S recoveredp but not
identified. OF the total crew lost only
191 were buried, sixty-seven standing
on the records as missing. One omcer
is buried at Allegheny cemetery, Pitts
burg, and of the crew 166 were buried
in the Cclon cemetery and twenty-five
at Key West. OF the bodies inferred
today at Arlington sixty-three were
identified in the Colon cemetery and
ninety-seyen we're not.
The evening times., 1899-10-11
STOCKS make ADVANCES
A Decidedly Better Feeling Pre-
vailing in Wall Street
Expected Relaxation in the Money
Marker Owing 10 the Treasury An
tieipats0n of Interest Lends to the
Forward Movement Gratifying
Railway Returns Also Factor.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1l.-This morning
early cable advices showed that the Lon
don market was comparatively unaffected
by the latest developments in the South
African situation. Consols were q shade
lower. but advances were the rule in the
American quarter and speculative send-
ment there was reported decidedly bullish.
At the opening of business the local mar
kets showed an uncertain tone, but it soon
developed pronounced strength and ad-
yanees were scored in practically every
corner
London houses sold moderately here, but
this circumstance was without particular
effort Notably strong features OF the mar
ket at the opening of business were c. c.
C. and St Louis. Chesapeake. Sugar Rein
ing, the grangers, and Tennessee Coal and
Iron. L. & N, which was reported particu-
larly strong in London, was also materi-
ally higher here. Aside from the COM
paratiye indifference that the London mar
ket showed TO the practical beginning of
war. the most effective influence in the To-
cal trading was the expectation o. ma
terial relaxation in the money market
with the beginning of the Treasury's pay
ment of interest on the Government debt
A number of gratifying railroad traffic
returns were reported over night, includ-
ing those CT ST. Paul Company for The first
week OF the month, but there was other
wise little that was new bearing upon the
general situation or upon particular stocks.
The evening times., 1899-10-11
WOMAN sTRANGLED 10 DEATH.
Her Body Found in u Lonely Spot
Near Lowell, Mass.

LOWELL, Mass, Oct lin lonely
spot near the Merrimac River was found
early yesterday morning the body of
young woman who had apparently been
strangled to death. The body was identi-
fed late in the day by Peter Boyd as that
of his wife, Fanny, who had been missing
from her home since IL o'clock Monday
night. Mr.. Boyd was positive in his iden-
tification and, standing beside the body
exclaimed. 81 will kill the murderers!"
Although the ciews are shadowy the po-
lice are OBTAINING three men on suspicion
that they beat and robbed a man who was
with the woman, who is believed to have
been criminally assaulted. One of the sus-
poets is Patrick Whalen, recently released
from prison.
Joseph H. Bradford and wife, living near
where the body was found, heard a man and
woman quarreling in front of their house
after midnight. Mr. Budtford ordered them
away, and as they moved he noticed three
men. who had been hiding behind trees,
followed them. He started on a. bicycle af-
ter policeman, and when he returned, in
an hour. the woman was lying dead beside
the road. 90
Mrs. Budjford, during her husbands abb
The evening times., 1899-10-11
An UndeeIded Qae.tion About schIex.

There Is rumor that Admiral Schley may not
take the South Atlantic Squadron after all. The
theory is that the repairs to the Chicago. which
will be his flagship, since the Brooklya is to go
about the time Congress meets in December.
Should the old dispute concerning Schley and
Sampson be reopened in that body, not even the
Navy Department would have the temerity To
send the hero OF Santiago off just at the time
while Sampson was left to have his say. 1t is an
undecided question whether Schley will command
the South Atlantic Squadron before he retires:
the question Is different as to the most popular
beer in Washington. Go down town and ask
your friend il he wants glass of beer and he
will always say yes-a glass of Heurichs.
The evening times., 1899-10-11
Express and Freight Trains Collide

BETHLEHEM. Pa, Oct 1.-THE Pbila.
delphia passenger express on the Philatel
phia and Reading Railway, due here at $3.50
last night, ran into freight train that
was being backed into a siding at Heller
town. three miles from here, and there
was bad wreck. The engine of the ex-
press was broken, and the sides of the cars
torn off. The passengers and the crew
escaped serious injuries. The caboose of
the freight train caught fire, and number
of cars were burned.
The evening times., 1899-10-11

sence. heard screams, and soon afterward
saw the three men go up to the street lamp.
One said: Its silver open-face watch.
and it's five minutes to 1 by it." while
another said, 81 have this to defend me-"
They then apparently returned to the pair
for in short time Mrs. Budjford heard
the woman cry out and then moan. Then
all was silent and the three men walked
away.
The evening times., 1899-10-11
The Lafayette sim CIo,ed.

1t is announced that the premier of "The
Choir Invisible" which was postponed on
Monday evening until tonight, will be fur
ther delayed until Friday at the Lafayette
This condition is due to the Joint unwiI-
lingness of Messrs. Jewett and Painter to
give the play its primal presentation until
everything connected with it is running
smoothly. The Choir Invisible" will
positively be done Friday.
The evening times., 1899-10-11
Otis, Casualty Report.
General Otis cabled the War Department
yesterday the following casualties:

yesterday the following casualties:
Manila. Oct TO-
Adiutant General, Washington:
Casuaties-Wounded near Cavitc Tiejo, Fifth
Cavalry, October s. First Lieutenant Charles w.
Fenton, ear, slight; Fourth Cavalry, c. Corn. John
Martin. leg, moderate; Thirteenth Infantry. n.
Marshall, d. Bibber, hand, severe; George r
Blyeil. leg, severe; Fourteenth Infantry. f.
George d. Snapp. groin, moderate; +, John p.
Flood, arm, moderate; G., Corp. John Dwyer.
leg, slight; Frank Richard, knee. moderate:
George Milwee, forearm, moderate; Twenty-first
Infantry at Calamba, October 8, d, Alva E. OH.
yer, chest, slight; X, Sergt. Peter Kelly, shoul-
der moderate John Bratchey, car, slight: L.
Ollie ID. Fields, thigh, slight; Sixth Infantry
near Cebu Island, Cebu, September % A, James
Conway, leg, moderate; James II. Norton, arm.
moderate; C, George W. Arthur, leg severe ;
Nineteenth Infantry, X, Sergt. James Covey.
breast, severe. OTIS