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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-27
COLUMBIA WINS YACHT RACE.
Final Heat Was Won by the American
ROAt.

Final Heat Was Won by the American
Boat.
NEW YORK, Oct. Elm a strong
breeze yesterday, the Columbia beat
the Shamrock for third time and
Americas cup remains in the United
States. It was such q breeze as Sir
Thomas Upton had been praying for
is to 20 knots per hour. The race
to the outer mark was a battle royal.
The Shamrock made good use of her
one minute to an advantage at the
start and was many boats lengths
ahead before the defender got over.
But the latter slowly but surely moved
up on the challenger. When the outer
mark was well in sight the boats were
racing even, with the American In bet
ter position. Three times she tried to
pass the Shamrock without success.
Then gradually she dug her nose in the
front, and when they rounded the
mark the Columbia had lead of about
seven seconds. In the beat to the fin
ish mark, the Columbia again showed
her superiority in windward work.
She pointed higher, footed faster and
carried herself better than the chal-
lenger. 1t was steady increase to
her lead all the way. The Columbia
beat the Shamrock six minutes and
eighteen seconds of actual and six
minutes and thirty-four seconds cor
rected time.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-27
ALFRED WAS THE FAvOR1rE.
Secures the Bulk Of Vanderbilt Forum

Secures the Bulk OF Vanderbilt Fortune.
New YORK, Oct. 27.-The provisions
of the will of the late Cornelius Van
derbilt have been made public in .
statement by Chaunccy NJ. Depew.
The will makes no mention of the mar
riage of Cornelius Vanderbilt. Jr., to
Miss Wilson, nor to any quarrel be.
tween father and son because of the
union; but apparently the fathers dis
pleasure was visited upon the eldest
son, he receiving, all told, under the
terms of the will but 81 500, 900, and a
million of this is held in trust by the
executors. With the IS, OO0, 900 which
Alfred gives his brother from his share,
Cornelius will have fortune of about
$4,000, 900. The bulk of the fortune
goes to his four children, Alfred, Regi.
nald, Gertrude and Gladys. Mrs. Van.
derbilt is given the home in New York,
the residence in Newport, Sc, ooo, 900 in
securities or cash and an income of
$4,000 annually. Alfred is the real
favorite and to him is given the respon-
sibility Of caring for the bulk of tho
estate.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-27
MYSTERY OF THE RIVER.
Miss Schofleld's Body Found Floating
In Des MOines River.

In Des MOines River.
DIES MONIES. Oct. 24.-What may
prove to be one of the most mysterious
cases of murder ever recorded in the
annals of crime in Poiii. county came
to light Sunday, when the body of
Mabel Schofield, of Macksburg, Madi-
son county, was found floating in the
Des Moines river, just below the city
bath house. She was last seen alive
byJ. w. Thomas, of 1916 Woodland
avenue, Saturday morning at G:30
o'clock, when she left his house in
company with her mother, who was
going to Macksburg by the 7 o'clock
Great Western train. The next known
of her was 1890 Sunday night, when
her brother, Clyde Schotield, walked
into McDermott's undertaking estab-
lishment and recognized her as his sis
ter. When she left the Thomas home
she said she would take her mother to
the University car line, at Twelfth and
High, and return Immediately to
Thomas's. Why she did not return,
how she got to the other side of the
CITY, and the circumstances that led to
her death involve a mystery. There
does not seem to be anything tangible
to build on. Miss Maggie Hammond,
a niece of Mr.. Thomas's. and Mr..
Thomas both knew her we'll, and say
she was Christian, conscientious girl
and that she had no male friends.
They declare that there is no man in
the case, and are totally at loss to
account for her death.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-27
BREVITIES.

The Farmers Tribune Of Des Moines
issues an edition of 100000 copies this
week. This is larger number of
papers than any other paper in the
State has ever issued. They are offer
ing twelve bicycles, or harness, guns,
cameras. etc, free to those sending cor
rect answers to puzzle. They also
give 100 other premiums. 1t would
pay anyone to watch for this paper as
bicycle may be secured free.
M. j. Butterfeld, young attorney,
was arrested at Waterloo recently
charged with conspiracy to defraud.
Butterfeld, real estate man named
Sam l. Williams. and young farmer
named Fred Falk, it is claimed, con-
spired to transfer farm to defraud
Falk's mother out Of q claim she had
ON the same. Falk was arrested on
another charge and made affidavit to
the whole transaction. A warrant is
also issued for Williams but he cannot
be found.
Charles City dispatch: A plot to
wreck and rob north-bound passcn-
ger train on the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids and Northern road near Rock
ford has been revealed by four arrests.
1t is stated that the attempted crime
was the third futile effort of the kind
within three weeks. The men arrested
are Frank Hay of Rockford; Young
Darkett, living near Nora Springs;
Charles Wilson and "Jupe" Brockett.
The first two have both served time in
the penitentiary, and all are said to be
members Of an organized gang of
would-be train wreckers. Other sus-
poets are under surveillance. Brockett
is said to have confessed The train
which escaped wreck on the 18th had
s35, 900 in cash on it's express car. It
passed safely over section of track
which was displaced, but news of the
flair was kept secret until the guilty
sarties had been taken into custody,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-27
Important Invention..

DIS MONIES, Oct. 24.-Patents have
been allowed upon applications pre-
pared and prosecuted by us as follows:
To Sender and Smith, joint inventors.
Of Des Moines, for what is described IN
their claim, to-wit: An apparatus for
use in glass cutting, comprising the
board having a frame L-shaped 81
cross section along the sides and ends
and provided with holes in its top, q
scale on the top face of the horizontal
part of each side and end pieces of said
frame, central part to the board COM
posed of boards longitudinal grooved
and fitted together to allow for con-
traction and expansion without chang
ing the scales, one or more straight
edges having their end portions cut
away and pins therein and an L-shaped
deducting strip having sides of differ
ent thickness, substantially as and fcf
the purposes stated.
Printed matter about securing, val
uing and selling patents, and advice ~
inventors, free to allinqnirers. tei
THOMAS G. ORwIa & Co. j y
Registered Patent Attnrney5
%
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-27
ANOTHER HARD FIGHT.
engagement at Elandslagaate, in Which
Beers Are Defeated.


Beers Are Defeated.
LONDON, Oct. 23.-The war Office
yesterday published dispatch to the
secretary of war, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, from the general commanding
in Natal, Sir George Stewart White,
regarding the engagement at Eland-
slaagate, between Glencoe and Lady
smith, when the British under General
French routed the Transvaal forces
under General Jan II. NJ. kocl1, second
in command of the Transvaal army,
who was himself wounded and captured
and has since died.
The dispatch shows it to have been
brilliant feat of arms. The Beers
were strongly entrenched and fought
with their wonted bravery. They
seized every opportunity of coming
into action, and ran to serve their guns
whenever they could get chance. The
British wounded are now being taken
to Ladysmith. Every care and atten-
ton are also being given to the Boer
wounded, who are being dispatched
down the country. 1t is reported here
from Glencoe that the Boer force under
Commandment General Joubert has at
tackled, or is about to attack, the Brit
ish entrenched position at Glencoe.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-27
RELIEF FELT IN LONDON.
News Received Of junction Of General.
White and Yule.

News Received Of Junction OF Generals
White and Yule.
LADYsM1Tu, Oct. 27.-General Yule's
brigade arrived here early yesterday
morning and was received with great
enthusiasm. The column left Sunday
river valley at 6 o'clock Thursday
evening, in a heavy rain, which con-
tinued throughout the march. In spite
of the great fatigue of the men, the
retreat was effected in mastery fash
ion, General Yule completely outman-
euvering the enemy. The service rem
dered by the colonial guides deserves
special mention.
LONDON, Oct. 27.-The official an
nouncement of the joining of General
White and General Yule has come as a
great relief, and all the more SO in view
of the fact that later dispatches have
shown that only the incapacity Of the
intelligence department of the Beers
saved General ,Yule's column from q
great disaster.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-27

& Emperor William has made con-
tribution to the woman question by his
four ks, or kinder and kuchen. kleider
and kirche children and COOKING
clothes and the church,. As state
ment Of the old conservative view OF
woman's sphere the kaiser's definition
IS the briefest and best. The new ideas
of the advanced woman ind little re-
Spouse in the Teutonic mind. and IN
defining voman's destiny thus compre-
shensively the kaiser may be regarded
"a the spokesman Of his people. Ger
many's ideal, however. has changed
since the days when Tacitus described
the women Of the Teutons as accom-
sSppanying their husbands to battle ana
engaging in the fight. and 1t may
change again. despite the kaisers
clever saying.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-27
Beers GAINING GROUND.
The Reported British Victories We're
Not Such In Fact.

Not Such In Fact.
LONDON, Oct. 27.-The dispatches
from the front are so diversified and
contrary that it is difficult to outline the
situation with any degree of precision.
Three or four main facts, however,
stand out prominently. General Sym
ons' fight at Glencoe was not anything
like decisive victory as at first al
legged, and General Yule would in all
probability have been annihilated or
met the same fate as the captured
Hussars if he had not retreated.
Whites artillery duel" at Rietfontein
was a very severe engagement, in
which the rifle did great execution and
in which success was also achieved at
distressing cost, The bombardlnent
of Mafeking has commenced, with un-
known results, and the Beers got their
Hussar prisoners safely to Pretoria.
Altogether the campaign is being push
ed by the Beers SO strenuously, on
such sound strategical lines, that the
situation of the British must in all
probability give them cause for deep
anxiety for some time to come.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-27

rifty-Arst BOYS WIN Reaeh Iswe -
vember 9. @

Fifty.hrst Boys WuA SoScss - f-a9i
vembsr 9.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 81. The specaAsa
train Of the Fifty-first Iowa volunteers
viii reach Council Bluffs at 9 .. -.
November Z. General Shafter notineAa 4
Adiutant General Byers at noon yes
terday that the men would receive
their final pay and be discharged on
November /. The boys will take the,
special the same evening for Iowa IL
will be made up of three sections
carving the officers, enlisted men ana
their baggage The route will be over
the Central Pacific and Union Pacanc'
to Denver. From Denver to Council
Bluffs over the Lock Island. A stop
will be made at Denver IT time permits
to allow the crack first Colorados, who
are veterans of the Philippine war, :
chance to give reception t. the gal
liant boys from Iowa. At Council
Bluffs the state reception will be given
to the regiment. The regiment will
be reviewed by Governor Shaw, Con-
gresham Henderson and other dis
tinguished Iowans. After the recap
ton program is completed the different
companies will separate and leave
Council Bluffs at 2 p. m. for their re-
spective homes. Undoubtedly pressure
has been brought to bear on the mill
tarv officers here to muster out the
men in time to reach Iowa by election
day. No other regiment has been
mustered out in less than twenty to
thirty DAYS after their arrival.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-27
GIRLS in A RIOT.
Girls IN the Reform School At Mitchell.
Vile In Rebellion. Is

DIES MONIES, Oct. 27.-At midnight
the Des Moines police department re-
ceived telephone message from
Mitchelville stating that the girls In
the state reform school were in re-
bellion, that over 100 of the 1885 In
mates had broken out OF the building
and were making all kinds of threats
about what they would do. The po-
lice of this city were asked to send as
sistance to quell the riot. and at 1855
Sheriff Stout and force of deputies
left for the scene of the trouble. Sun
day evening about 2 o'clock twenty OF
the worst girls in the reformatory es-
caped. Three hours later the girls
were captured and returned to tho
school, and their recapture so incensed
the others that they Immediately
started riot, kicked out the windows,
took possession of the building and
grounds and made many threats. The
usually quiet and orderly town OF
Mitchelville was awakened at II o'clock
by the ringing of the chapel bell, and
most of the citizens were soon in the
streets The girls who wanted to run
away did so. There were, perhaps
twenty of them. The rest in squads OF
ten or fifteen marched around town
yelling, swearing and hooting, when
not singing. When the Des Moines
officers arrived the ringleaders were
singled out by the help of Mr.. Miller
and lodged in the basement of the
chapel building. The doors and win
dows of this were amply guarded. 1t
is estimated that rs were placed in this
basement. The girls make the COM
plant that they are not properly fed
and have to work too hard.
DIES MONIES, Oct. 24.-Sixty7seven
girls who have been inmates OF the
reform school at Mitchellville were
brought to Des Moines at 10 o'clock
last night and incarcerated in the
county Jail. Two or three thousand
people met the train and watched the
procession of girls, two by two, flank
ed by deputy sheriffs and policemen
march from train to Jail. The girls
marched to the Jail bareheaded sing
ing "Break the News to Mother" The
back Of the revolt has been broken.
No more trouble is anticipated. How
ever, Sheriff Stout and several deputies
remained at the school to watch de-
velopments The ringleaders are
among those brought to Des Moines,
and the other girls will behave them
selves. During Monday the girls who
had participated in the Sunday revolt
continued their refusal to submit to
the rules, and were confined in third
floor of one of the buildings. Here
they continued their work of dcstruc-
ton. In the evening the girls in the
other building began to riot, but the
officers promptly squelched it by get
ting in the structure Immediately.
Sixteen of these girls and fifty-one of
those who had been in the Sunday riot
were then taken to the train and
brought to Des Moines. Twenty Of
ficers accompanied them and were met
by about twenty at Des Moines.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-27
BOERS DElFIE|::Al TED ],
British Capture Number q Guns
After q Hard Fight.

0ntSSn SAptNI0 A~NlAOSss sS - $500,
After q Hard Fight.
LONDON, Oct. e1.-The following Of
fetal dispatch from Ladysmith was
received yesterday afternoon:
"This from Glencoe: We were at
tackled at daylight by force roughly
estimated at 1000. They had placed ea
five guns in position on the hill 5,4oo
yards east of our camp, and fired plug
ged shells. Their artillery did no
damage. Our infantry formed an
attack and we got our guns into posi-
ton. After the position of the enemy
had been shelled, our infantry ad-
yanced to attack and after q hard fight
lasting till 1880 p. m, the almost mac
cessble position was taken, the enemy
retiring eastward. All the Boer guns
were captured. General Symons Is
severely wounded. Our losses are
heavy. and win be telegraphed soon as
possible"
GLENCOE CAMP, Oct. 21.-The way the
Kings royal rifles and the Dublin
fusileers stormed the position was one
of the most splendid sights ever seen.
The firing OF the Beers was not as
deadly as might have been expected
from troops occupying such an excel
lent position, but the infantry lost
heavily going up the hill, and only the
consumately brilliant way in which
General symons had trained them to
fighting of the kind saved them from
being swept away. Indeed, the hill
was almost inaccessible to the storm
ing party, and any hesitation would
have lost the day. The enemy's guns
so far as the correspondent could see'
were all abandoned, for the Beers had
no time to remove them. A stream OF
fugitives poured down the hillside into
the valley, where the battle swept on
with no abatement. A rough estimate
places the British loss Mt $50 killed and
wounded, and that of the Beers at 500.
LONDON, Oct. GA Glencoe camp
correspondent, telegraphing yesterday
says:
. "At this moment fighting is still
going on, but the defeat of the enemy
is already complete and crushing. and
it looks as though few would escape.
Our losses are probably 300 killed or
wounded, and that of the Beers thrice
as manv"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-27
WORST FEARS REALIZED.

British Forces Compelled to Retire From
Glencoe and Dundee. "&
LONDON, Oct. 25.-The war office
dispatch seems to realize the worst
fears. General Yule has abandoned
not only Dundee, but Glencoe also, and
SO far as present news would indicate,
he has neither joined General White
nor reached Ladys1nith. General
Whites successful action" announced
in parliament by Mr.. Wyndham, seems,
to resolve itself into a mere engaging
of the attention of the Free State
troops, while General Yule is slipping
southwark 1t is evident from the Of
fetal dispatches that both Commandment
General Joubert's column on the north
and the Orange Free State troops on
the west now occupy strong positions
and that nothing hinders the Beers
from following up General Yule's re-
tirement and getting around Lady
smith from the southeast. Until rein
forcements arrive it seems that GEN
eral White is obliged to concentrate on
Ladysnith. 1t is believed that the
government has other dispatches that
have not yet been published. The
secretary of state for war left Mr..
Choate's residence Immediately at the
end of the banquet to General Harrison
and proceeded to the war Office, where,
even after midnight, there was consid-
cradle activity, many visitors calling
to inquire for information. ~. ~
Gen. Yule's acts were actuated by
sound judgment, since he soon would
have been surrounded and in desper-
ate position. The combined forces at
Ladysmith, now amounting to Il, 900
men will be amply sufficient to act on
the defensive. A few more victories
like Glencoe and Elandslaagte, how.
ever, would leave the British troops
without officers.
While the Beers have failed to take
advantage of their strategic position,
owing to the incompetence or haste
of their leaders, the British have
no cause for congratulations over the
results of Natal operations. They
have suffered heavy losses in men, and
their victories have practically gone
for nothing, the whole of northern
Natal now being abandoned to tho
Beers,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-27
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-The president
has issued the following Thanksgiving


WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-The president
has issued the following Thanksgiving
proclamation:
IA national custom dear to the hearts
of the people calls for the setting
apart of one day in each year as an OCCASION
Of special thanksgiving to Almighty God Tor
the blessings of the preceding year. ms !:
tender significance. 1t enriches domestic
life. 1t summons under the family root the
absent children to glad reunion with those
seldom has this nation had greater cause
for profound thanksgiving. No great pes,
tilence has invaded our shores. Liberal
employment waits upon LABOR. Apuhuan'
crops have rewarded the erorts OF Tue nus >
to the home. The national finances nave
been strengthened, and public credlt mas is
been sustained and made stronger; ~ a.
branches of industry and trade there nas
been an unequaled degree OF prosperity,
while there has been a steady gain IN tne
moral and educational growth OF our ma
"Churches and schools have hourished.
American patriotism has been eSa!!eafi
Those enga ged in maintaining the honor r. Oh
the flag with such signal success nave oeen
in large degree spared from disaster ana
disease. An honorable peace has been rat at:
flied with foreign nation with whlcn we
were at war, and we are now on irlenoly lc-
lations with every power on eaItn. ~.
benefit of the people of Cuba has 6een 1altn-
fully advanced There is marked progress
toward the restoration of healthy lndustIia'
conditions and under wise sanitary regula-
lions the island has enjoyed unusual *
emption from the scourge OF fever. me
hurricane which swept over our new pos-
sessions of Porto Rico. destroying the MONIES MONIES
and property Of the inhabitants. cailea
forth the instant sympathy OF the people OF
the United States, who were swift to RESPOND
with generous aid to the sufferers. WINE
the insurrection still continues IN the iSlana
and confidence in the good purposes OF .hs
United States is being. rapidly estaollsneu
throughout the archipelago.
For these reasons and countess otneI >.
I, William Mckinley, president OF the
United States. do hereby name THURSDAY:
the Goth day Of November next, asa gay OF
general thanksgiving and prayer, to De oo-
Served as such by ali our people on this con-
tincnt and in our newly acquired lslanos,
as we'll as those who may be at sea. or
sotourning in foreign lands; and ADVISE
that on this day religious exercises snail DC
conducted In the churches or meeting places
of all denominations, in order that IN the
social features of the day its real Slgnlf1-
canoe may not be lost sight of. but fervent
PRAYERS may be offered to the Most High .or
a continuance of the divine guidance WIN
out which mans efforts are vain, ana 1oI
divine consolation to those whose klndted
and friends have sacrificed their lives tor
country.
II recommend also that on this day. so Tar
as may be found practicable, labor shall
cease from its accustomed toll and charlty
abound toward the sick, the needy and the
poor.
and caused the seal OF the Unlted States u
CIVILIAN MCKINLEY"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-27

| For the first time in her annals. Porto
Rico has enjoyed the excitement OF q
municipal election, and has experienced
the unwonted legal procedure OF trial
s,by fury. Eleven natives. with one
Yankee to act as foreman, composed
the Jury, and the result Of their delio-
erations is said to have been em'nen.ly
satisfactory to every one except tns
cuiprit. The election. aitnousn ptom
isine a a first attempt. was marked oy
,nnncent but somewhat embarrassing
.irrnvat,nns The supervisors became
annrry at noontime, and adjourned for
DINER taking the ballot boxes WIN
them This rendered the appointing
81 another election necessary to lore re-
st.ii possible complaints Of illes. ,nt,:
These I and other encouraging factS
shov that American ideas and meth
ods are making headway in PORTO nieo'
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-27
GIRLS WILL NOT BE RELEASED.
state Board of Control Will Not Release
Reform School Rebels.

state Board of Control Will Not Release
Reform School Rebels.
Dies MONIES, Oct. 25.-The state
board of control authorizes the state
ment that the girls who engaged in
the revolt at the reform school at
Mitchellville, and who are in Jail in
Des Moines, will not be released. 10
make them free would be to surrender;
that would mean the end of the insti-
tuition. It was currently rumored that
the board intended to send many of the
worst girls to their homes, thus freeing
them. 1t is mistake. 1t is the plan
of the board to influence the grand
iuries in the counties from which the
worst girls were sent to indict them
for the offenses for which they were
sent to the reform school as incorrig-
ibles, and when indictments are found,
these girls may be sent to their respcc-
tive counties for trial and punishment.
Yrt none will be freed