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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-06-16
III IEN IOWA ] !
! rAT ~ ! osEs, \ I syo ]! \. CASE
D. MOinss Judge saga Welsbach Lamp
st5ss E Mas No m on Opoly In lows. s f


~ Ncinss Jadgs Saya Wsisbarh Lamp
n HAS No monopoly IN lows
nj DTs NJ ONES, Jnne 10. Judge Bishop,
sof the dfstrict court, reversed the de-
c,slon 81 Justice Hslloran IN the case
of the state OF Iowa against g. ~. San
tes The snit is 1 test case to decide
whether gasoline can be used for IL
Illuminating purposes In my other tnan
tho iyveilsbach Cohipany's lamp. The
law provides that the Wellsbach lamp
sisthe only kind Of lamp that can be
sused to burn gasoline in Iowa for IL
Illuminating purposes. g. +. Santee, 81
this city, has been manufacturing q
lamp built on the sane basis as the
Wellsbach lamp. He sold and used il
for illuminating PURPOSES. gasoline,
being burned. He was arrested on the
schsrge Of violating the state law on
the initiative of a state oil inspector.
Tie case was tried before Justice Hal
florAn and Santee was found guilty and
assessed nominal fine. Judge Bishop
held that, as the lamp mannfa ctured
BY Santec is built on exactly the same
principle as the Wellsbach lamp, this
was nbstan tial compliance with the
Law, and that Santee was not guilty.
.sIf this is not the intent OF the law, "
said the court, .'the law creates . mo-
nopoly in favor Of the Wellsbach COM
pany, and is therefore null and void.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-06-16
BIG COLORADO STRIKE.
Three Thousand Men walk Out Fro
the Trust smelters.

Three Thousand Men walk Out Fnom
the Trust smelters.
DENVER, COL. June is. ~ Three
thousand employees Of the trust smelt-
ers in Denver, Pueblo and Leadville
struck Mt noon yesterday. Within
forty-eieht hours it is predicted most
of the mines in Leadville, Aspen,
Creede, Ouray and other mining camps
tofsthe state except Cripple Creek will
be closed, throwing thousands Of
miners out OF employment. As . re-
suit many Of the coal mines are pre-
pairing to reduce their production and
some will close. Almost every indus
try OF the state will be effected. The
strike3is due to the refusal Of the
American Smelling and Refining com,
pany to ,oay the same wages for eight
hOurs that it has paid heretofore.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-06-16
.rRANsvAAL is ARMlNo BoERs.
England Refused to Arbitrate All Points.
but Would Go Part Way.

..-. . : d {, -.
England Refused to Arbitrate All Points,
but Would Go Part Way.
LONDON, June Is. I'm the house of
commons, Mr.. Chamberlain admitted,
in reply to questions, that the gov
ernment had received information
that the Transvaal government was
distributing arms and ammunition
among the Beers in the British colony
Of Natal and arming its own subjects
against Great Britain. In reply to n
question as to whether Kruger's re-
quest for arbitration by other than
foreign powers on all points of future
difference had been refused by Sir
Alfred Miner ut the Bloemfontein
conference, Mr.. Chamberlain said the
British high commissioner for South
Africa had been somewhat mis-re-
ported. Sir Alfred Miner had dis
tinctly refused to arbitrate all sgues-
tions. but had said there might be
some susceptible Of settlement in that
way, though not by q foreign power.
Mr.. Chamberlain then asserted that
since the Bloemfontein conference
Mr.. Kruger had submitted . PROPOSE
ton contemplating that the president
Of the arbitration board should be a
foreigner.
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a HUNDRED KNOWN DEAD.
system Brings Cosmos Out Of Chaos 81
AZ. New RichmOnd

system Brings Cosmos Out Of Chaos at
New Richmond.
ST. PAUL, MINI, June 1e.-System
has followed the state of paralys,s
that at first interfered with the rescue
and relief work ut New Richmond,
and in q few days the lloss Of life at
.least will be known with reasonable
accurateness. An official list Of the
dead has been complied by Waldo
Mosher, who is detailed by the COM
mittec at New Richmond to take
charge of the remains. He personally
knows most Of the people on his list.
There are more than ninety names Of
known dead Sic has about forty
more names OF those who are rumored
to be dead, which, he 10 investigating
as rapidly as possible. Several hun
dred men will speedily overhaul all
the wreckage and bring to light any
more bodies of dend that may be now
hidden in cellars or elsewhere.
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TORNADO A HEfsM NEs,

f
srAs Littls ylllnss B.A'y nansssd ~
Many Casnaltiss Occur. 5E,
OMAHA, June II. AZ tornado struck
tie town Of Herman, in Washington
county and wiped the place onto ex-
sistence. Hs.man is place Of about
800 inhabitants in the extreme north
ern part Of Washington county. II i
on the line Of the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis b Omaha railway. "A
new standpipe weighing twenty tons
was carried block and a half and a
large iron safe$was carried two biOcksS
The main street OF the town iss % mass
/ OF debris. A relief train from Blair
came back to the city with ninty-five
homeless citizens. Nothing was left
standing i'm Herman but q school
house, the hotel$ani one or two more
or less damaged houses. The entire
business portion Of the town was
blown into mn immense mass OF
wreckage. II ia believed thEt u dozen
were killed and large number
wounded. III
OMAHA, Neb., June 15.-A special
from Hermansays: Ten persons dead,
twenty five INJURED, five Of whom will
de, and half of the remainder suffer.
ing from very serious wounds, sums
up the list of casualties resulting from
the cyclone that wrecked this place
on Tuesday nigh.
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CABINET RESIGNS.
French Trouble Grows and Ends In the
4; Cabinet Resigning.

French Trouble Grows and Ends In the
Cabinet Resigning.
PARIS, June 13.-In the chamber OF
deputies valiant, socialist, interpel-
lated the government on the police
outrages at Pavilion d'Armenonville
and demanded to know the instruct
ions the government gave the police
IN regard ito the socialists, who, he
said, defended the republic against
the reactionaries. Premier DuPuy re-
piled that he realized Sunday was a
fete day for all republicans. He real
,zed there had been n few incidents;
that the only instructions to thepol,ce
were to maintain order. Tie govern
ment ordered an inquiry into the
responsibility for the affairat Pavilion
d'Armenonville and Rue Montartre.
The chamber, after further debate,
adopted the order of the dav, proposed
by Ruan, radical, which the premier
refused to accept. The ministers left
the horse amid intense excitement
and later resigned. EAM rs.
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ALI OVER THE WORLD
prove Ii: THE REBiLIs oDr..

y Anaricsns Swim the River ana Charge
and Garry the Trsnchss. y
MANILA, June Is. The Fourteenth
infantry SWAN the Znpote river and
{ charged and carried the trenches, ID
heavy fusilade Of artillery preparing
the way and covering the crossing.
The insurgents broke for the woods
before the Fourteenth reached them.
4 Almost ut the same time the Ninth
and Twelfth crossed. . bar Of the sea
and came upon their flank at = point
where body Of marines with a Maxim
gun landed under protection Of the
ships batteries, and fired upon the
enemy's rear with demoralizing eR.ct.
The Twenty-frst crossed the river BY
the bridge as soon as it could be
mended Sixty-five dead Filipinos
were found in the trenches, most Of
them shot through the head. Several
fve-inch smooth bore guns were cap
tured with, ammunition marked 81.
s. Navy Yard. After crossing the
river the troops were withdrawn. with
the exception of the Ninth and Twen-
sty-first, these regiments being left
with four guns to guard the bridge.
As they were being formed into COM
panies, the insurgents commenced to
fire volleys from a bamboo Jungle 200
yards away. The regiments were
formed into line rapidly and coolly,
though under fire. and cheering rushed
20 the woods, driving the enemy q
mile away, the Fillpinos disputing
every foot. The Americans estimate
that 100 insurgents were killed and
800 wounded.
WASHINGTON, June 16. General Otis
cables: ''The success OF Lawto.,'s
troops in Cavite province was greater
than at Erst reported. The enemy,
nun oering over 1000, lost in killed,
wounded and captured more than one
third. The remainder, much scatter
ed, retrented south to linus. OF their
arsena! OF FIVE pieces Of artillery, three
were captured. The navy aided great
ly on the shore bay, landing forces
occasionally. The inhabitants Of that
country rejoice at the deliverance and
welcome with enthusiastic dcmonstra-
tions the arrival of our troops.
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SENSATION UNEARTHED.
Alaska Educational Agent Makes False
Entries. s

Alaska Educational Agent Makes False
E1 Entries.
JUNEAU, Alaska. June 6, via Seattle,
WASH, June Is. grand jury in
the United States district court for
Alaska has made sensational report
on the conduct of educational matters
in Alaska. The report says that be-
tween 1884 and 1897 inclusive 8415, 900
was appropriated by congress for edu.
cation in Alaska, which, it had been
judiciously expended, ought to have
provided a school system commensur.
ate with the requirements there, and
would have done so had not the gen.
eral agent Of education wasted money
in useless jannts and in the establish.
ment of schools Mt places where but .
few white people lived. The report
accuses him of making false entries
and statements in his official reports
and concludes by asking the secretary
of the interior to relieve Alaska Of
this official.
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a CoNcILlAToRY DISPATCH
Kruger Government Says It Will Not Be
tSt,l Unreasonable. x s9.-3t

Kruger Government Says It Will Not Be
Unreasonable.
BRUSSELS, June ia European
represen tative Of the Transvaal re-
3ceiyed the following concilatory. dis
patch from Pretoria. 1.-THE govern
ment does not make arbitration con-
dition OF concessions. 1t will continue
to make concessions, even as regards
franchise. independently Of Great
Britain's acceptance OF arbitration. /"
Colnred Troops Ordered to Philippines.
WASHINGTON, June 15.The war de-
partment has issued an order for the
Twenty fourth and Twenty-fifth regu-
lars to proceed to San Francisco, pre-
parntory to being sent to Manilla, ex.
cept four companies each, which, WITH
other troops, are redistributed
through the west to cover the ground
vacated BY the troops sent TO the
Philippines. The department an.
nonnces that the plan OF leaving four
companies Of regiments sent to active
service will be followed hereafter, in
order that when the men from aI1ys
regiment become invalidcd. they may
return to their hone stations for ligkt
duty with form sdss. 81
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tsAvoc or sToRM.



B Iass sflDaeasyynls1Saals ae Isass 100 md
ElssEIly 30.
NEw RIcH1oND. AYis., June s1l T The
tnrnado that has swept ont q exist.
ence this prosperous little city u the
most disastrous IS point Of fatality
ever occurring ia this section. The
exact number 81 dead is unknown, bnt
Sit will certainly reach one hundred,
( md very probsbly will consid erably
exceed that figure. AZ they were re-
covered the bodies were brought to
the school house orsto the Catholic or
Congregational churches. Thence
they are to be taken 70 the cemetery,
..xcept II : few cases where homes
till stood il which the remains can
re kept for few hours. The list Of
Had il gradually increasing, and it
ms that one hundred may be the
minimum estimate Of the dead, while
he list 81 the injured will reach and
perbaps exceed zoo.
II IL the average resident OF New
Richmond who estimates the loss of
life most seriously. They claim that
hundreds are miasing who were buried
ii the ruins and there incinerated.t
one such = 6. "A. Nelson. who owned
the Colnmbian restaurant. His esti-
nate 81 tie loss Is 400 dead. He SAYS
RAT when the rain storm which pre-.
,tied the cyclone broke, not less than
gently peesons rushed into his place
-. shelter. He IS positive that not
fIrlHt than four besides himself
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~ - s. sEsT.
- ordered 70 Engs

| tocruN! :. ...dss Ordered 70 Engags
MON FOR Ssryics In the nhllippinss. Ssss
INV ashington dispatch: Instructions
|shave been sent to I'll recruiting sta
tons IN the United States to enlist as
many men Is possible for service in
the Philippines until further orders.
Thanks TO IN Interpretation Of the
army reorganization law made by the
comptroller of the treasury, the regu-
lar army has been unexpectedly in
creased by 5000 men, and the presi-
Gent is spared the necessity of}calling
for volunteers or depicting the force
now maintained in Cuba and Porto
Rico. Under the decision rendered to
the war department by the comp
troller, the hospital corps. heretofore
counted part of the regular estab
is not to be so considered, SO
that its 1900 men. while still retained
in service, create that number OF
vacancies in the regular army, which
will be promptly filed. Orders have
already been issued by tho department.
directing the $500 recruits now at the
Preside, San Francisco, to proceed
within the next ten days to Manila
and, Reinforced by the additional 1900
men to be recruited, General Otis's
regular force will consist of 10000
men. It is expected that orders will
be given in a few days direeting the
Twenty-fonrth Infantry, now stations
ed in tile west, to prepare for service
in the Philippines. With the recruits
and this regiment General Otis will
have more than 10000 men under his
command when toe volunteers are
gone, the number he deems necessary
to successfully control the situation in
the archipelago. # 4
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Profes.or Heron WIN stay.

GRINNELL, June l4The Heron
controversy, so far Is the Iowa col
lege trustees are concerned, will not
come to : conclusion this year. The
matter was scarcely more than men.
tioned IN the meeting, and there was
no test OF strength. The anti Heron
element scored three times during the
mestinR, however. They elected two
trustees, Rev. E. N. vittum, pastor Of
the Grinnell Congregational church,
and Frank I. Herriott Of Des MONIES.
both OF whom are claimed to be
strong anti. Herronites. 4 IA. Z.
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BREvIrIEs.

sAdjutant General Byers says the
camps Of the Fiftieth and Fifty-second
regiments. Iowa National Guard, will
be held about August IL and July ~,
respectively, continuing for one week.
Tie locations have not yet been
determined.
Mrs. Samuel Walker, Of Waterloo,
met death few days ago in =
runaway at Cedar Eiver park. With
her two daughters, Mrs Walker was
out riding when the horse started to
run away. overturning the buggy and
throwing ont NIL three OF the Occur
pants The two girls We're not Sc
rionsly injured, but Mrs. Walker was
thrown in such manner that her
loose hair caught in the axle Of the
buggy and the revolutions of the
wheels wound the heavy mass around
tile axle, binding her head close to it
and tearing her scalp almost complete
~ off. Besides this she was terribly
bruised by the lurciling Oft the vehicle.
nGT Skull WAS IEdCtuCN duO OHS IL.
ceiyed internal injuries from which.
she died in short time. s.. &;
Des Moines dispatch: President
William NJ cKinley and the national
enca,npinent Of the Union Veterans
Unior are coming to Des Moipes this
summer Word has been received 10y
Milo Ward, secretary Of the CONNER
cial Exchange. that the national ex-
tecutiye committee has accepted tile
Invitation issued by the city Of Des
Moines, and that its annual encamp-
ment this summer would be held in.
Des MONIES. The date Of the big
gathering has NOT yet been fixed, but
will be Determined by the local COM.
mittees. It IS prob; bic that the en-
canpment will be held some time be-
tween August is and %. At the ma
tiona1 encsmpment { Rock Island lsst
summeraletter from President NJ kim
leyswAs read, stating positively that
rs should attend the next national
gatheein9 IL this order.
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MAY ACHIEVE SOMETHING.
London Times Correspondent Hopsful OF
sg Peace Conference. Va

A1OmuVu Atu1Ob AOFEUO RUuucnV HVPOA0A OF
s# Peace Conference.
q LONDON, June 10. The corresponds
emit 81, the Times at The Hague, re-
marking upon the changed outlook, /"
says: It now seems poss: bic, that the
conference may achieve some substan-
t,at practical results and conclude its
labors earlier than was expected.
The arbitration commission is now
making satisfactory progress Today
THURSDAY there is o fresh proposal in
the air, which may be safely attrib-
uted to Sir Julian Pauncefote. This
consists in making The Hague the
scat Of permanent bureau, composed
of the resident ministers of foreign
states, with the Dutch foreign minis
tor u president I venture to predict
that the plan will be favorAbly re-
eeiyed on oil sides and contribute 70
the success 81 arbitration.
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IN u
400 SySs
W. NV, v,
n Sclal from stiilvaSsr ~ N n Y M, !.
New HEN sOSEsl sysx .oat
n out 0f exfat y Nv ~ y s9.f mn!
& $500 seyere cyelnnes thai No. NH M
1 tha& localit h 60 iss " rniu MI
18th ia its 18th. e ThSy ~ ~ = ~ m
ster As brought y l,SrS ~ n,
slsrol " AysliUN sasa i trosn port
Vls mo was stopping III thel
steollet aotel s|inS Me- IS sRicl, Il ond
hen ~ cycl cns strsn u; il rs ~ INV
\ nel.shapet III Sud - ~ cane s np t,,s
principsl street ma took ny ure III ti,es
\ basement of the hotel !. ny hitl, NJ e
cosnplete wrecked iee 4 yyIth
every other business houso III stho
town. NH. Carroll fnr4hsr says lthst
/ ne followed tn cyc lons snti that
hat WINS left ~ mo own III being
consumed Nv The flames. M ny peo-s
Pile are lonbtless Ill led snd the dam
ags I'LL RIM into hnhd reds of thous.
ands of iolIars u
kIIssEAPoIIa, Jnne ia dlspatch.
FROM Worth Wisconsin, unct ION, says
courier from Boardma just iii. ~
ports that the whole town hss been
#wiped ~ the earth, rnany injured I id
possibly some killed. II ID known
that D.-ves III hsron 81 severely injured
and Il his wife killed.
AdINNEAPol.ls, j me l3 tisrnmored
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81. +. BONE IS CONVICTED.

Found Guilty Of Murder IN Second
Degree.
MASON CITY, June 13.-After being
uut forty-eight hours the jury in the
Z. r. Bone murder case brought in .
verdict Of murder in the second de-
gree. Owing TO the omission Of the
word .sdeiiberate" in the indictment,
Judge sherwin instructed the jury
that he could not be. convicted Of .
crime more serious than murder in
the second degree. Nothing short Of
the extreme limit will satisfy public
opinion. f5 81
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J. .uoER.s PLAf, 3 ccEPTEo.
;eaks..sA WIN susmit rhen e the


oaHsr.sA Win subnIt Then e the
1sopls.
CEroRrA, June 16 The volksraad
ieclded to.accept President Kru.
frsnchiss proposals. and refer
c,,c. 10 the people bssore putting them
Nisht,peration. President Kruger, IN
nslZ e.xine the Rad, sid: ..1n these
Omaslssome times, We do not know ','ys
Ills going % bAppen. !" England.
n nsns, Ma NOT made even one little.
~ . hssion, md he could not give more.
0mss minded the rad that God had
i stood 81 them. War, hs Sid
E,donl not want. but he wcnlds not re.
Keo10s h anything more. q conclud-
allied them III to w:tness that
Tsra sndheir Independence had once
a :. psls. loved, God had restored Is.
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Murder Near MT. Pleasant.

MT. PLEASANT, June 15.-Willian.
Lee, colored, shot and instantly killed
Allen jackson, colored, at the camp
Of railroad contractor near here,
where both were employed. The
murderer fed, escaping arrest. There
was no provocation for the deed.
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sTO ny 3 TT Nv.

rr.t befora Mis- recent Illness, Rud-
yard Kipling was 81 the Century ciuO
when 4 group 81 men were discussing
the exact location Of the boundary
between sobriety and inebrlat,,osn.
One 81 them asked the Anglo nd !,
when he should say q man was arun u.
According to, the story, kiPling e
Piled: II should saga mani aru w
when he sits on the curb outside ~
club aud cri IS because he Ism ~ - : 4,
home. Y
Dr. Medley, who has Just died N
Dublin, was at one time medical oncer
|of the Dublin metropolitan po.'ce.
One Sunday afternoon q crowd Was
standing outside public house before
the psychological moment arrlv sa X
Dr.. Medley approached, was recognlSea y
by some Of the crowd, which openeaS
out to let HIM pass, one. OF them III.
marking: Let the doctor pass, poys;
sure he has kilt more polls than t al ~
the inviucibles put together. 5i5
Rostand, the author Of "Cyrano do5
Bergerac," has a cheerful habit OF
silencing unpleasant Conversational
fists. Not long since critic said: l g
respect to dramatic situations, think
Dumas the elder had a considera PIE
advantage over you" Yves, replied
Rostand, "there is 70 doubt about IT.;
but that is insignificant compared TO
another advantage he possesses; ,
"What is that. monsieur" Why. al
his contemporary critics are dead lead.
Isaac NJ. Gregory, for mary years
the editor of Judge, once made Q severe Y e
reply to statement made by Mr. le
Due, who was our last commissioner
OF agriculture. LIE Due had quarrelec:
with the press, and some one asked
him Why he did not reply in kind.
Nonsense, he returned; II shall wear
no iackass's scalp at my belt. 10
this Mr.. Gregory promptly retorted:
sob no, old fellow. You'll wear it
where it grew!" This ended the con-
troversy.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's sense OF the
ridiculous has always been 9 saving
grace, leading her to avoid grandilo-
quence. On one occasion a lady at
Newport, trying 70 get a fine senti-
ment out of her, said one moonllt
evening on vine-hung veranda:
"Mrs. Howe, do say something lovely
about nv piazza!'' Whereupon every
one listened for the reply. In her del
icately cultivated voice Mrs. Howe
responded: II think it is q bully
piaz. y s S " 81 5ff5 5s
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Gencr,, Drak. Gives $4,000.

DIES MONIES, June 16.-Ex-Governor
F. M. Drake has increased his gifts to
Drake University $4,000. The gift is
made contingent upon the raising Of
another 800, 900 for the endowment
fund OF the university. c. F. McCarty
gave $1,000 on the same condition.
Chancellor Craig says that he has other
liberal gifts in SPLIT. which can not
be announced at this time.
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The boxers of ancient Rome carried
heavy Jumps of metal in their hands,
to make their blows moro effective,
nd fatal encounters were frequent.
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France prohibitn the use Of cement
floors for powder magazines. It IS
SAID that particles Of sand, getting
into the cracks of cement floors, cause
ignition Of the powder by friction.
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ENGLAND PREPARED FOR WAR
Army Held In Readiness 10 Move to South
a5 Africa. 81 MI

LONDON, June 14.--Cominander-in-
chief Wolseley has been busy for seq
eral days preparing for possible event.
ualitics IN South Afi,ica. The officers
on furlongli are warned to hold Them
selves in readiness TO return to their
regiments and transportation for the
first army corps is Professionally ar.
ranged. The general trend Of the
news, however. is more pacific.