Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-02-23

reported case OF small pOX. a new
cook was engaged a few days ago, who
was taken sick and who was pro-
nounced to have q genuine case of
small pox. tf4
A stabbing ARRAY occurred at Fort
Dodge few nights ago in the Mitchell
restaurant. A dispute between How
ard Hess, a discharged employee, and
James Thompson, the present en-
ploye, resulted in fight. Thompson
was badly stabbed by Hess.
In the preliminary trial Of Leslie
Eastburn at Bloomfield the defendant
was held to the grand jury without
bail. Eastburn is charged with MUIR
dering Jasper Sutton, of Bloomfield,
because the latter objected to the mar
riage of his daughter to Eastburn.
August Walline. well-to-do farmer
living four miles east of Rowan, was
gored to death by q vicious bull. He
was man about So years old and
leaves wife and three or four.chlldren
to mourn his loss. He had just pur-
chased the animal few days before.
This is the second person killed in that
same locality this winter by vicious
bulls. Mrs. Isaacson was killed about
two months ago.
Kate Sullivan, who has had charge
Of the Waverly high school for the
past eight years, has resigned her pos
ition because of her appointment as
executrix Of the large estate Of her
deceased uncle, Mr.. Michael Sullivan,
late Of British Colubmia. 1t is re-
ported that Miss Sullivan inherits
$50, 900 from her uncle's estate, and
she has started for British Columbia to
take charge of affairs there.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the secretary Of state by the
Fort Dodge Beet Sugar Company, cap
ital $4,000 The organization is the
result of movement that has been in
progress in that community for several
months. A large number of contracts
have been let for beets to be used in
1901 and the financing OF the enterprise
is we'll progressed. It includes some
of the most prominent business men in
the community.
Fire broke out in the extensive but
unused ice houses belonging to w. j.
Young & Co., at Clinton, and despite
the hard work of the entire fire depart
meDt the fire was not extinguished for
several hours. The temperature was
ten below zero, and water was thrown
with difficulty. Thomas Divine. one of
the firemen, had his feet so badly
frozen that he is in dangerous condi-
ton. Other firemen had their faces
frozen. The ice houses we're near the
lumber district, and the fire was kept
from spreading.
M. c. Calhoun, an old soldier and
respected farmer living one mile south
of Belmond, was taken before the in
sanity commissioners through inform
alton filed by Henry Palmateer, a
young man who desires to wed Mary,
the l6-year-old daughter of Calhoun.
The latter has repeatedly refused to
allow Palmateer the hand of his daugh-
ter and has warned him not to visit
her. This caused the young man to
believe that Calhoun's mind was unbal-
anced. The commissioners made an
investigation and found Calhoun sane
in all respects. Calhoun now threat
ems to take Palmatcer before the in
sanity board.
John Fisher, Sioux City gambler,
who was shot and instantly killed at
Ell Reno, Oklahoma, few days ago,
after exchanging nine shots with Har-
ny Dunbar, was fugitive from justice
in Sioux City, for whom the sheriff has
been searching for the past six years.
This is the first known of his where
abouts. His former home was at Fort
Dodge and his brother has gone to
bring the remains Of the young man
to his former home. Fisher had been
convicted of robbery and was SEN
fenced to serve two years in the pen
itentiary. The case was appealed but
the lower court was affirmed, and then
Fisher jumped his bond, which had
been signed by his old mother.
Ex-Governor William Larrabce has
given $4,000 to buy a pipe organ for
the Soldiers Orphans Home at Daven-
port. The money is now on deposit
and ready to be employed for the pur-
pose for which it was given, as soon as
the state erects chapel for the home,
where it can be placed. In the board
of control bill to be presented is an ap-
preparation for the chapel, and it will
doubtless be passed. The donation Of
Governor Larrabee is exactly the
amount of his salary on the board of
control for one year. He placed the
money ready for use the day he retired.
The members of the board of control
say that at present there is no way of
amusing the 500 children at the home.
A head end collision on the Illinois
Central mile west of Manchester of
two freight trains resulted in a big loss