Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-14
THE NEWS In IOWA

| Slerltf 4. II. JACKSON allil SAACA "
| Police James Melon of Sioux City ar
rived in st. Louis a Few days ago arm
| ed with requisition papers for Frank
Peyton, the self-confessed murderer
| of John Robson, n prominent mer-
| chant of Sioux City, and will take the
prisoner to that city.
The Kossuth county republican con-
vention endorsed the candidacy OF
Harvey lngham for congress and gave
him the naming of the delegates TO
the Fort Dodge convention, The con-
vention was enthusiastic for its cam
ddate and is confident of his max
ing an excellent showing.
Burglars entered the dental office OF
DR.. p. +. Dorr at Fort Dodge and pos
sessed themselves of valuable
amount of gold filling pellets. The
entrance into the office was made
through window, which was pried
open with jimmy. No clue to the
identity of the authors OF the burg
larry has been discovered.
Sioux City has established rather
unenvable record in the matter OF d-
has made a summary Of the divorce
suits which have been filed this year,
and finds that they number 250. rms
record is an appalling one when 1T is
placed beside the number of marriage
licenses issued in the same length OF
time.
Governor Tanner has honored Il re-
QUESTION from Governor Shaw for the
extradition of Alice NJ. hamilton
charged with entering the room OF
L. NJ. Willard of treSton, June 70, tore
ING open Il valise and securing S2'@Oo
in cash. then going to Alton. where
she secured livery team under pre-
tense of driving TO the home OF an
aunt. but instead driving forty miles
and abandoning the team and taking
train for bloomington. ILL.,, where
she now is.
Mason City is rejoicing at the news
received from Syracuse to the effect
that the National Military college will
be located in that city. The college IS
to be 4 memorial to soldiers anu
sailors and is to be run by their en-
dowments Two million dollars nave
already been pledged to the srhooi:
Mason City donated the location and
gave 100000. The plan was conceived
by Col Al Sartor, eN-grand com
mander of the National Sons OF Vet
erans' association. Mason City organ
lied about year ago and has beeh
persisten pushin" the matter since.
\ settlement of the sensational dam
age case of d. \. Dillow VS.. the Upper
Iowa Ice company at Fort Dodge for
personal injuries has been accom-
pished. DiIlow sued for $1,000 dam
ages for injuries received while IN
their employ last winter. Dillow was
'.riding the dog and broken rope
resulted in the crushing of his foot :.
Plaintiff charged his employers with
criminal carelessness in the character
of the rope. The case was tried in the
present term of the district court,
the jury finally disagrering after Il
protracted session. BY the terms of
the agreement the defendants pay
Dillow $500 and agree to pay the costs
in the case.
At Des Moines few days ago Mat
tie Mash. colored. shot and perhaps
fatally wounded William Foster, 4
colored attorney. Immediately after
the shooting the Mash woman jumped
into buggy and dashed the horse in
desperate efforts to escape capture.
Sergeant Morris and Fire Chief Bur-
nett, in the chiefs buggy, started
after her, and at the corner Of Seventh
street and Grand avenue they collided
, with buggy containing Mr.. and Mrs
II. J. Putnam and Mrs. NJ. A. Hays
| The occupants of the buggy were
thrown to the pavement and the two
ladies injured severely, but it is not
| thought fatally. Officer Livingstone
continued the chase and captured the
woman near Twelfth street and Grand
avenue. The woman charges that
Foster Ind accomplished her ruin I'M
to keep his promise.
\ dispatch from Marshalltown say:
the canning season in Marshall
county is practically over. 1t has beer
Il busy and prosperous one. For The
past five weeks the Marshall Canning
company Of that city has employed
200 hands night and day, putting III
$1,000 cans OF corn every tWenty-foul
hours. The seasons pack will be al
least 100000 cans. a larger business
than usual has also been done by the
| ]lawkeye Canning company of the
same city. in both corn and tOmatoe
while at Gilman. in the southern part
of the county, a phenomenal seasons
run has been made, breaking all pre-
vious records. The Gilman concern
| is one of the most extensive in the
state. and its product is almost in
variably sold entire before Il single
can is sealed. Marshall county canned
corn is in active demand in nearly
all parts OF the world.
\ mysterious case of poisoning hap
pened at Delta recently which has
ended in the arrest of the wife OF
the dead man on the charge of MUIR
der. The facts have just leaked out
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kuhn of Delta
drove to What Cheer, where they pur-
| chased four bottles of beer, two of
which were drank on the road home.
just before reaching Delta Kuhn gave
a scream and said that he had been
pOiSoned and would die unless immedi-
a1ely helped. He was driven rapidly
to Delta. where he was taken to the
office of Il physician, hut expired in a
few minutes. His last words were all