Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-02-23
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Four we'll defined cases Of smallpox
of varioloid type have been discovered
by the city health physician at Fort
Dodge. No alarm is entertained as
the cases are not of malignant form.
Boone is to be given library build
ing to cost not less than $4,000. 1t
will be the gift of Hon. G. J. A. Eric"
son, the only condition being that the
city furnish suitable site to be used
forever for library purposes.
An eighteen-month-old child OF Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Bales, of Ladora, was
burned to death. The children were
left alone for few minutes, and upon
the return of Mrs. Bales, the baby's
clothes were ablaze. The little one
in some manner had tipped over kerr
osene can, saturating its clothing with
Ill.
Officer Beeson, of Iowa City, was
severely cut and bruised when he
attempted to place Charles Smith I'M
der arrest. When Beeson made the
attempt to secure Smith the latter
struck him several vicious blows. The
officer returned with several "stun-
aers' and succeeded in overcoming
Smith. Beeson was badly cut above
the right eye and also sustained sew
eral other bad cuts about the face.
The state board of control has re-
ceived details concerning the fire
which destroyed the industrial building
at the Mt. Pleasant asylum. The
building was valued at So, 900. About
S., 600 worth of modern machinery and
q So, 600 stock were destroyed. There
is now absolutely no place for the in
mates to work except in the fields In
the summer. Since work is necessary
TO the recovery of the insane, the board
is urging upon the legislature the
necessity of making an appropriation
to replace the destroyed structure.
Leslie Eastburn, a 2l-year-old boy,
shot Jasper Sutton, an aged and high
ly respected citizen of Bloomfield.
Three bullets penetrated the abdomen,
causing almost instant death. East
burn called at Sutton's home to take
his 1s-year-old daughter, Alice, to
church. The father met him at the
door and ordered him away. An alter
cation ensued and followed Eastburn
to the road. Finally weapons We're
drawn by both men, but Eastburn fired
first, the other man falling before he
could raise his weapon. Eastburn
gave himself up, going into Sutton S
home and consoling The daughter until
officers arrived. -.
A dispatch from Des Moines says:
Senator Arthaud, of Taylor. has intro
duced bill in the senate which is in
tended to offer normal instruction to
the county teachers of the state. This
is the class of teachers the normal
schools is intended to reach, but oppo-
nents of additional normal schools con.
tend that graduates Of Cedar Falls can
not be expected to accept positions in
country schools and that such a school
supplies high-priced teachers and not
teachers for the district schools Sen.
ator Arthaud's bill provides that the
state shall hire one or two teachers at
a salary of not more than 5000 each, to
have charge of a normal school in each
county where the county will provide
room or rooms for such school and
assume the cost of maintaining the
school, aside from the salaries. The
rooms for such a school are to be To-
Gated in 4 college, normal school or
high school building and are to become
a part of SUCH school, but are in no
manner to be connected with the State
University, State Agricultural College
or State Normal School. A course OF
instruction similar to that afforded at
Cedar Falls is to be offered and the
board of directors of the normal school
college or high school in which the
county normal is located are to hire
teachers who are graduates of the
State Normal or other schools afford.
ing equally good training and who
have taught at least two terms in
country schools.
William Fluff, an aged gentle
man of West Union. was found dead in
a cave three and a half miles east OF
that place and the circumstances OF his
death are shrouded in mystery. Huff
who is 65 years of age, disappeared
from his home last Christmas morning
and since that time diligent search
had failed to discover any trace of his
whereabouts. On the evening prior tc
his disappearance he had a slight
quarrel with his son-in-law over some
triHing matter, and in the morning il
was found that he had disappeared. 1t
was the general opinion that smarting
from real or fancied wrongs the ole
gentleman had left the country. A
few days ago, however, his dead body
was discovered in a cave on his ole
farm east of the city. The body was
lying about sixteen feet inside the en-
trance Of the cave on a large fiat rock
When found. the body was lying on its
back, with cap and mittens still on,
one hand thrown carelessly over the
chest. and every indication that deaf !
had come peacefully to the old gentle
man. There was no frost in the cave