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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01

Business Houses and Contents Valued Mt
&2.OOO.OOO DESTROYED.

Business Houses and Contents Valued at
S2,OOO,OOO Destroyed.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3o.-Nearly ST.
100000 worth Of property was destroy
cd by two fires in the heart of the bus
mess section of the city yesterday.
The greater of the two fires started in
the big department store of Partridge
& Richardson, the very center of the
shopping district, and before the
flames had been put under control
they had spread to adjoining property
and caused loss of about $1,700, 900.
While this fire was in progress and
spreading every moment, another fire
broke out four blocks away. The loss
at this fire is estimated at $4,000.
The losses of the two fires are more
than covered by insurance.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
MErHUEN WAS WOUNDED.
He Received Bullet In tho Thigh ut
Modder River.

He Received a Bullet In the Thigh at
Modder River.
LONDON, Dec. 1.-The Times pub
fishes the following dispatch from
Frere, Natal, dated Monday, November
81:
.'Ladysmith was heavily bombarded
to-day" -r..
LONDON, Dec. lit is officially an
nounced that General Methuen was
among those wounded at the battle of
Modder river. General Methuen, it
developed later, was slightly wounded
by a bullet which Inflicted flesh
wound in the thigh. The war Office
makes public the following dispatch
from the officer commanding at Cape
Town. under date Of November 20:
kimberley all well to November %.
Rail and telegraph open to Modder
river Gatacre reports November %
that the situation is unchanged.
A dispatch from Estcourt says Gen
eral Joubert has retreated to Colenso
to oppose Colonel Baden-P Powell
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
Beers ARE VERY HOPEFUL.

On Friday Expected to Encompass Fall
of Ladysmith by End of Week.
PRETORIA, Nov. 27.-An official dis
patch from the Boer head lager out
side Ladysmith, dated Friday, Novem-
Der "a, says:
THE garrison at Ladysmith was
strangely quiet yesterday. The can
nonade to-day hardly evoked a re-
spouse. The balloon no longer. scars.
The third big cannon, which the Beers
have baptized 'Suzcrainty.' was placed
in position to-day. The German Off
GERS arrived last night.
1.-THE Boer generals think they will
encompass the fall of Ladysmith at
the end of this week"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
WAR ABOUT OVER.
Province of Zamboanyo, Island OF Mir
SlOnaO Snrrnudara Tin cnnI1 i0nQ l1y.

Province of ZamboanyO, Island OF Min
damao, Surrcndsrs Internationally.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.-Secretary of
the Navy Long has received cable
gram from Admiral Watson informing
him that tbs entire province of Fam
boanyo, island of Mindanao, has sur
rendered Internationally to Command
err Very of the Castine. The surrender
was made on the 18th instant. The
information contained in Admiral
Watson's dispatch was received by the
president and his advisers with un-
concealed satisfaction. The surrender
of the province of Zamboanyo is re-
garded as the beginning Of the end of
the revolution in the island of Minda-
mao and it is believed is a hard blow
to those who are still endeavoring to
maintain the insurrection in the island
of Luzon.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01

lEOUDpOxt Hk0n1U 0nA 11AOa = ~ $50 ~ -
cspe.
" MAELA, Nov. 9.The transport
Manauenz, with Lieutenant Colonel
Webb Hayes and three companies OF
the Thirty-frst infantry on board
arrived here yesterday. She narrowly
escaped terrible disaster. The otti'
GERS and soldiers were for twelve days
bailing with buckets. The steamer
was 5unseaworthy, undermined and
short Of provisions. Herengines broke
down. and she rolled for three days In
q typhoon. The coloners report also
declares that the captain of the vessel
told him that the only thing which
brought them through was the fact
that the men were greenhorns and
failed to realize their danger, while
experienced seamen would have de-
serted the ship and taken to the boats
IN mid-ocean. e.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
Young Farmer Killed,

MUscArINE, Nov. 29.-Charles Kuri-
ger, a young farmer, aged 80 years,
went out to the field to repair some
fences on his farm, 6 miles west of
here, taking his gun with him. About
noon his body was found near a fence,
with the head blown off and the gun
lying near. The presumption is that
the discharge of the gun was acct
DENTAL
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
FATAL ACCIDENT AT a CROSSING
Young Man and His Team Killed by
Passenger Train.

Young Man and His Team Killed by
Passenger Train.
Iowa CITY, Nov. 2s.-Adolph Ross
man was instantly killed by train at
Lone Tree. Pa ger train No. B, on
the Burlington road, struck his team
at a crossing, killing both horses
and carrying or throwing them
about hundred feet. At the crash
young Rossman jumped, but, unfortu-
nately, on the wrong side, and the
wagon was hurled against him, throw
ing him against the moving train,
which he struck with his head, litter
ally shattering his skull. He fell be-
side the track and was dead before
any one could get to him. The acct
dent took place in the heart OF the
village, about one block from the
depot. Houses hid the approaching
wagon and train from each other.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
British Losses at Belmont.

LONDON, Dec. 1.-The revised list of
British casualties at Belmont shows
the officers killed were four; wounded,
2; non-commissioned officers and pri-
Yates killed, 46; wounded, 225, of which
number the Guards had IS killed and
$50 wounded. The revised list of cas-
ualties sustained by General Hildyard's
forces at the battle of Beacon Hill
shows: Killed, 10; wounded, 81; miss
ing, !; prisoners, 8. 4s.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
REPUBLICAN FINANCIAL BILL.
Text of the Measure to BE Submitted
to Congress.

Text of the Measure to BE Submitted
to Congress.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-The financial
bill prepared by the republican caucus
committee, which met at Atlantic City
last spring, has been made public by
the committee. It provides for a gold
standard dollar of present weight and
fineness; makes all existing or future
obligations of the government payable
in gold; provides for the issue of and
redemption of all other kinds of United
States money; makes it obligatory up
on the secretary of the treasury to
maintain parity of all forms of money,
and makes number of changes in the
laws relating to the taxation of
national banks and the regulation of
their capital.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
Diamond Thief Con yicted.

DIES MONIES, Dec. 1t took the jury
in the Fred W. Beals case just eleven
minutes to return a verdict of guilty in
Judge Bishops court. Beals is the
fellow who went into S. Joseph's jew
elry establishment two weeks ago and,
selling tray of diamond rings, en-
deavored to make off with them, but
was captured.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01

John Nj. Smyth, head Of the great
house The John NJ Smyth Co.. has
built up, by years Of hard work, the
greatest institution Of its kind In the
world. His name is household word
in Chicago.
Their "ad." in another part Of this
paper should be of interest to every
one. Get their catalogue of everything
to eat, wear or use.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
COMMUNICATE WITH EsrCOURT.

Tho British Relief Column Establish
communicable
LONDON, Nov. 2s.-Special dispatches
from Pietermaritzburg announce the
arrival of General Butler there. He
mot with splendid reception. Railway
communication between Estcourt and
Moot river has been restored by Lord
Dundonald's force, and the Moot river
column entered Estcourt, the Estcourt
column Immediately starting the ae
vance toward Colenso.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
Sevcn-Year-Old Boy In Jail.

1ND1ANoLA, Nov. 29.-At present
there is but one prisoner in the Warren
county jail and that is boy but seven
years old. lie is held on the charge of
petty larceny. For some time the res
dents have been missing little articles
and watch was kept up till this little
man was found to be the guilty party.
He was selling his stolen goods to an
old man for trifling sums. The last
charge against him is that he stole a
pair of shoes from one of the stores
and sold them for eight cents.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
REPORT rs SENSATIONAL.
Grand Jury Crlticises Methods Mt Nit
...- chellville.

Grand Jury Crltlcises Methods nc MAC-
clellville.
DIES MONIES, Nov. 25.-The grand
jury yesterday filed its report on its
investigation into the recent riot at
the Mitchellville industrial school for
girls, its causes, the management OF
the school and remedies nee ed. The
report is of decidedly sensational
character, finds much fault with the
manner in which the school has been
conducted, the combining together OF
girls of all ages and degrees OF mean
ness, the action of the board of control
in changing the officers and cutting
down the salaries Of employees, and it's
general attitude toward the school.
Further than this, Superintendent
Miller is taken to task and practically
held responsible for the recent riots
because of his failure to take meas
ures to quell the disturbance when
it first broke out and for subjecting to
punishment all the girls in one of the
dormitories for the misdceds of few.
The committing magistrates are also
censured and are accused of making
the school Il dumping ground for all
kinds of vice. Fault is found with the
measure recently enacted by the leg
islature raising the age at which, girls
committed to the school shall be re-
leased from IS to 81 years. The lack
Of supervision at the school which per-
mittcd girls to resort to secret places
for immoral purposes is condemned,
as are some of the methods of punish
ment employed at the school, principal
of which was the wiring of girls to a
log chain in ccmented basement.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01

The silent watches of the night may
be responsible for the bedtick.
Cured Al ter Repeated Failures With Others
| will inform addicted to Morphine, Laudanunl,
Opium Cocaine, OF neverfailing harmless. home
cure. Mrs. NJ. II. Baldwin. Box 1912, Chicago. III
Some reflective men would like to be
as looking glass because women look
thereon in such happy contentment.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
Smith succeeds sherwin.

DEs MONIES, Nov. 2s.- Governor
Shaw has announced that he will ap-
point Clifford P. Smith Of Mason City
Judge of the Twelfth judicial district
to succeed Judge John c. Sherwin,
supreme judge-elect. The resignation
of Judge Sherwln to take effect Jam
uary /, reached the governor this
morning.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
RUSSIA NAY TAKE A HAND.

Admission Of . state of War In Trans
IA yaal Opens mp Opportunities.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 2S.-The Rus-
sian newspapers announce that the
British charge d'afairs has informed
thc Russian government that Great
Britain has been in state OF war with
the Dutch Republics in South Africa
since Oct. II. The Svet, commenting
upon this, says: England, in giving
this notification, withdraws her dec
staration that she is not carrying on
= is merely subjugating rebels y
voc vremya, which attributes
ing Importance to the British
ION, says: ''The powers are
ss5iT position to send not only Red
s.nts, but military agents as
iss they may judge this fitting
Intervene, especially as the
Fs are going more and more
side"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01

DIES MONIES, Nov. 2s.-The examiners
of all the thirty-four divisions except
ing three are now under one month in
arrears with their work. Five hum
dred and six patents were issued last
week and fifty-eight Of them to one in.
ventor for printing machinery. To
Iowa inventors for various subjects,
Minnesota 0, Nebraska 8, Missouri II,
Illinois 81, New York l46. Mrs. E. v.
Bondinot, of Des Moines, has been al
lowed copyright for a book entitled
''Patriotic Poems, Our Heroes From 81
to go" Patents have been allowed as
follows: To c. E. Baker, of Des
MONIES, for label, the title of which
is "Ozeno," coined word for aremedy
for catarrh. TO S. S. Templeton, Of
Dunrcath, a., for an automatic valve
for watering troughs adapted for regu-
lating the flow of water therefrom and
preventing waste of water by animals
that are supplied from source or sup
ply connected with trough by means
of a tube.
Valuable printed matter sent to any
address and advice to inventors sent
free. THos. G. ORwIG g. Co.,
Registered Solicitors of Patents
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
GUERILLA WARFARE ADOPTED.
Ambuscades and skirmishes at Different
Points.

Ambuscades and Skirmishes at Different
Points.
MANILA, Nov. 2s.-The last Filipino
council of war was held by the retreat
ing leaders at Bayambang November
10, in the house now occupied by Cen
eral Macarthur. It was attended by
Aguinaldo, Pho del Pillar, Garcia, Ale
jandrino and other members of the
so-called cabinet. Information reach
ed Macarthur from several sources
that the council recognised the futility
of the. attempt at further resistance
with the United States forces and
agreed that the Filipino troops should
scatter hereafter and follow guerrilla
methods.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
Bad Freight Wreck.

AMEs. Nov. ga disastrous freight
wreck occurred on the Chicago &
Northwestern road at Colo, eight
miles east of Nevada. Three engines
and sixteen freight cars were demol-
ished, but fortunately no one was
fatally injured, although several train
men were badly bruised getting of.
The wreck occurred where the trains
were able to use the sidetrack for pass
ing, 80 that traffic was only interrupt
I'd q short time.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
Natural Gas In Muscatine County.

Natural Gas In Muscatine County.
MUsCAT1NE, Dec. 1.-More natural
gas wells have been opened with fine
flow southwest of Muscatine. A COM
pany has been formed for deep well
digging. There is fine prospect for
an abundant supply.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
Killed In a Runa way.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Nov. 20. Walter Hol-
bert, aged 81, whose home was in Mis-
souri,, but who had been working near
Paris, Linn county, was thrown from
\ buggy on his way home from church.
lie was dragged a mile with q line
,und his neck and kicked to death.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01

though l must
tell about it. A.
year ago I was
taken very sick.
Doctorscould Go
me no good only
to deaden the
pain which I
had almost con-
stantly. l got
some Of your
Compound and
took ono bottle
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
BAD ACCIDENT NEAR MUsCATINE.
Young Man Loses Both Arms in a Corn
Shredder.


MuscAr1NE, Nov. 30-A young man
named Frank Weiser, employed in
feeding corn shredder machine on
the Flicker farm, west of Muscatine
met with a terrible accident. Both
hands were caught in the machine.
and despite all his attempts to extri-
cate them they were drawn into the
merciless trap. His cries of agony
brought help, and when the machine
was stopped both his hands were gone
and his arms torn and mangled within
a few inches of his elbows, the muscles
hanging in shreds. Physicians were
summoned and both arms were ampu-
tated little above the elbows, leaving
him only stumps.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
McKinley's Message.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-The cabinet
meeting yesterday was devoted almost
exclusively to the consideration of the
presidents message. A large portion
of the message was read by the presi-
dent, after which the members entered
into a long discussion of the policies
and recommendation it obtained. 1t
met with general approval and after
the meeting had adjourned several of
the members expressed the opinion
that it was an unusually strong and
able document.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
Any man can be good when he's
watched. if he isn't married.
Esdk lAzaEaal, ZE8:!l:; l;l2I1D

Two bottles OF Fisos cure for Consul mpuon
cured ne :. Dad aug trou s ~. ,oae -
Nichols. princeton. Ind. March 26, 1875.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01

(LEr1zR TO MRS. PINKHAx NO. s4,aoS1
slam so grateful to you for what
Lydia E. Pinkhaln's Vegetable Com
pound he's done for me that feel as
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01

1t takes q lot of powder to make the
society ball 80 off proDecly.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
|TBREAK OF SMALLPOX.

ed Cases Out Of . Population
a, 500 In Uniontown.
GREEN, KY, Nov. 26.-Dr'
=, secretary of the state
lealth has made the follow
s .s1lent::
II 4 population of 1900 thAre are
500 cases in various stagAs of
4 pox at Uniontown. There gre
ses in the adjacent counS I.
Sc has been conveyed FROM
!. to Crittenden, Hopkins,
trip tld Henderson counties.
lIy4hat section of the state
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
A Prince of Commerce.

blow out should draw the line At the
gas Jet.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-12-01
MEN IN PERIL ON THE DEEP.

rFSmPoff sRxn1 uJ1x Ii - : :frTow Es-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-17
The Audience Got Angry.

There was a scene of wild excitement
during the last week of May, 1892, at
the Gaiety, London, and all owing to
the singular behavior Of a policeman.
Two popular entertainers were on the
stage, and one of them asked the audi
ence a little-conundrum, why is a po-
liceman an utter sooundrel?"
A gentleman in blue who was appar-
emily on duty in the body of the thea
ter at once took offense. He jumped on
to the stage and, seizing the offender,
attempted to drag him off.
The audience rose in indignation.
Men shook their fists and shouted,
"What has he done?" One frenzied
young lady in the front of the gallery
seized a tumbler and would have thrown
it at the policeman if her arm had not
been arrested.
The policeman then dragged his cap.
tive off the stage amid the Kisses and
shouts Of the audience. But anger was
speedily changed to laughter when Mr..
Policeman r%eappeared with his victim
ana stood revealed as one Of the Cosmo
trio. l never saw an audience SO com.
pletely taken in.-London Correspond
0uC6.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-17

Two women Of the lower class were
quarreling violently the other evening
In Heayitree. a suburb OF Exeter. One
yelled to the other lyon wretch, you
always keep o black and q white pig.
20 that you eau witch us! You ought
TO be scraggedi" This a Nd addressed,
II seems. has lived In her cottage some
30 years. She has during this period, Il
IL said. always kept u couple OF pigs
u of each color and her neighbors
consider she does this 80 that she may
enjoy the very questionable powers ~
witeheraft. No butcher In tbs neigh,
borhood win buy her pigs. ~ II no WIS
known 10 do ~ h. would certainly lose
the local enstom upon which he relies
-Netes and oaesiaa
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-17
MYSTERIOUS LIGHT AT SEA.
Three Steamers Didn't Understand
It. bqt the Prince Of Monaco Knew.

Three Steamers Didn't Understand
It. bqt the Prince Of Monaco Knew.
The Prince of Monaco has been ..1lown
since 1856 as an enthusiastic student
Of the sea and-its various forms Of life.
He usually spends his in the
study Of oceanographic problems, and
his cruises have on some occasions been
extended almost to the coasts Of Amer
lea. He delivered q lecture before the
Royal Geographical society in London
in which he told this incident:
One afternoon, while in the bay Of
Biscay. he sank the trap in which he
collected specimens Of sea life. It went
to the bottom in over 10. 900 feet Of
water, and as night approached he fas-
tened to the wire attached to it an cleo
trio buoy and then stood off q mile or
so. It did not happen to occur to him
that he was right in the track Of steam
ers plying between northern Europe
and the Mediterranean. but he was re-
minded Of the fact later.
As he and his IA sailors were watch
ing with a good deal of satisfaction the
swaying buoy with its brilliant illu-
mination q steamer s lights came into
view. 1t was soon evident that the
steamer was curious to know the mean
ing of the illumination, for she altered
her course and made for the light. She
knew that no fishing boats came out SO
far from land and SO determined to
solve the mystery. Up she came to
within a quarter Of a mile of the buoy,
slowed up for a minute, and then start
ed ahead, perhaps a little Disguised at
the incident that had lured her several
miles out. of her course.
She had hardly got away when a sec
ond steamer came into view, and she.
too. bore down upon the lighted buoy.
The marines On the princes vessel un-
derstood by this time that the illumina-
tion was probably believed to be evil
dence Of a disaster. just as the princes
steamer was moving up to explain mat
tiers she was nearly run down by one of
the large liners in the oriental trade,
which had also left her course to render
what assistance she could.
The swell was very heavy, and the
prince feared a collision as the three
vessels approached the light like moths
around a candle. He therefore veered
off and the other vessels. after standing
by for a few minutes, went on their
way and probably never learned the
cause Of that nights illumination at
sea.
But the incident gave the prince a
pointer. He carefully refrained there
after from exhibiting his electric buoy
on any of the much travelled ocean
routes. New York Sun.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-17
FOOLED IN A HORSE TRADE
This Animal Possessed Several Re-
markable Traits.

.H-#E 1Ed1tSs
A prominent English landlord was
one day riding r a common ad-
jacent to his preserves when he over
took one of his tenants, who was also
mounted. After the usual %salutations
they rode on in silence for some min
utes, when the tenant slightly spurred
his horse, a balky animal, whereupon
it dropped to its knees.
"What's the matter with your
horse?' asked his lordship. The en-
barrassed tenant remarked by way Of
explanation that his steed always acted
that way when there was game to be
found.
A moment later, to the tenants sat
isfaction and surprise, a frightened hare
jumped out Of some bushes neal by.
This SO impressed the landlord that
he at once drove a bargain by which he
secured the tenants barebacked beast
in exchange for his own fine mount,
perfectly saddled. With much agility
the tenant leaped to his new horse, and
all went well until they came to a
small stream, whereat the landlord
new nag Immediately baked. A drive
home with the spurs brought it again
to its knees.
Hello, what's up now2 There's no
game here" said his lordship.
"True, my lord, was the ready re-
ply, ''but I forgot to tell you 'ee's as
good for fish as ZEE is for game. San
Francisco .Argonaut.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-17
The way to Go to California

Is in a tourist sleeping car-personally
conducted-via the Burlington route.
You make fast time. You see the
finest scenery on the globe.
Your car is not SO extensively fin.
ished nor SO fine to look at az a palace
sleeper, but it is just al clean, just as
comfortable, just as good to ride in,
and nearly $40 cheaper.
The Burlington excursions leave
every Thursday, reaching San Francisco
Sunday and Los Angeles Monday.
Porter with each ear. Excursion man
ager with each party. For folder Civ.
ing full information call at nearest B.
& NJ. railroad depot or write to j.
Francis, general passenger agent, Oma-
ha, Neb. 8-26-99