Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-24
STATE HAS LOST BUT LITTLE.

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STATE HAS LOST BUT LITTLE.
! Statement Of John Cownie Respecting
the John W. Stone Case
Des MONIES, August 23.-John Cow
ME OF the board of control returned
to Des Moines yesterday from Mt
Pleasant, where he was called by tho
disclosures IN regard to the sale of
state goods in the industrial depart,
ment Mr.. Cownfe is satisfied the
state has lost little and believes Stone
is telling the truth when he says that
was his first offense. In this ship
ment there were 1856 pounds of hair
and fifty square feet of leather, valu-
ed at something over 500. Inasmuch
as this has been shipped back to the
hospital the state really loses moth
ing, save the expense incurred in ex'
amining into the case. On going to
Mt. Pleasant, Mr.. Cownie had a long
interview with Stone in the Jail, show.
ing him the alleged Matchmaking let
ters. Stone admitted everything and
broke down completely. He said he
was first induced to undertake tho
business by Tony Valid of Des Moines,
who assured him that all the state
officers did that sort of thing, that
being the reason they got rich. Stone
said he never thought of detection
until he had shipped the goods to Des
Moines. Stones accounts show that
everything was oil right up to August
1. This fact, aside from Stones own
statements, convinces the board his
sales have not been large. He en-
phatically denied shipping any goods
to Burlington. AS to the burning of
the building, he showed that he lost
$500 worth of personal property in
the fire last winter, and that he could
not reasonably be charged with that
| offense. ..
w. r. Manson has been appointed
receiver for Davidson Bros, a dry
goods firm at Dubuque. Davidson
Bros. established branch store in
Dubuque three months ago, and in
July sold to John Winters for $4,000.
Winters paid $1,000 cash and gave
notes for the balance. The business
was to continue under the name of
Davidson Bros. until January /. VIM
tiers failed to pay his notes and Dav-
idson Bros. secured the appointment
of a receiver.
According to a Des Moines dispatch
the speaking campaign of the repub-
lican party of Iowa will be opened
about September 20. The exact date
was not decided upon at the general
| l,,% In
til after the middle of the month.
This was the opinion of most of the
politicians present at the meeting and
was adopted as the course of action.
1t is satisfactory to all of the men
who expect to be on the stump this
: fall. none of whom desire that the
campaign shall be dragged out very
long. Nearly all express the hope
that it be as short as possible.
\ disastrous head end collision oc-
CURED at Eldora Junction, by which
William McFadden, brakeman, a sin
gle man "a years DID, living at Eagle
Grove, had one foot mashed and was
otherwise badly bruised, and two en-
gines were badly demolished and a
number of cars damaged. McFadden' S
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track, when a train on the c. g. N.
w. came in from the east. A curve
prevented McFadden from seeing it
until too late to get out of the way.
McFadden was taken to Emergency
hospital at Eldora, where one foot
was amputated at the ankle and the
toes taken from the other foot. No
one else was injured.
A serious shooting affray took place
in Forest City a few nights ago, in
which the city marshal, Homer D.
Miles, was seriously wounded. Jake
Studer, blacksmith, has been on
debauch for several days and went
home and began to smash up the
furniture and make things disagree.
able for his family. His wife sent for
the marshal, who appeared at the
door of the house and asked what
the trouble was about. No sooner
were the words out of his mouth than
Studer opened fire on him with 30:
) calibre revolver. He shot three times
one shot taking effect just below the
collar bone and another in the side;
another shot struck a young son OF
Studer, who was standing near
SHerln 4. y. Anderson was awakened
and placed the culprit under arrest
, and he now languishes in the count!
Jail. Miles will recover.
A case of possible infanticide ha:
been discovered at Fort Dodge. While
some men were walking through som.
thickets on the Des Moines river banl
/. they discovered a woman lying in The
, thicket with dead infant by her side
She had been there for three days ant
had been exposed to the heavy rains
!. The woman's name is Mcintyre ant
she lived formerly in Sioux City. Sh'
has been arrested, charged with in
, fanticide. Gs
;. A. NJ. Jochinas, living few miles
, south of Schleswig, committed suicide
I by cutting his throat. Sickness an!
dependency is the only cause as
signed.
r.e. r..