Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-02-09

cause the soprano turned In the stall
and faced the congregation.
A young man by the name Of N. Mel.
kirk, living six miles north OF Glidden,
was severely injured by being kicked
by a vicious horse. Neikirk jumped
out Of the wagon and just as he alight'
ed a few feet from the horse it kicked,
striking squarely with both feet on the
breast. His collar bone and two ribs
we're broken. His apparently lifeless
form was picked up and medical assist
ance summoned. He rallied and there
is chance for recovery.
Mrs. Jeff, "a years old, who lived
eight miles east of Hamburg, COM
mitted suicide by jumping into well
forty feet deep, containing ten feet OF
water. After reaching the bottom she
came to the surface and held onto the
rope, calling for help, but there being
no man on the place she could not be
drawn up until she chilled to death.
She left q letter saying she didn't want
to be a burden on her friends and took
this method of ending weary life.
While Frank Boyd, son of Mrs. A.
j. Boyd, Of Fairfield, was at work on
the bridge on the Burlington railroad
near Rome, a sledge hammer foil from
the top of the bridge, striking Boyd on
the skull and fracturing it. As soon
as possible after the unfortunate acci-
dent Boyd was taken to Ottumwa,
where the proper surgical treatment
was given him. The fracture, how
ever, proved serious and he died from
the effects of it.
Several days ago the body Of Dan
Cornell, section foreman, was found
on the Illinois Central track near
Nashua, Chickasaw county. 1t was
then supposed that he had been struck
by train and killed accidentally. The
coroner of Chickasaw county held IN
inquest and returned a verdict to that
effect. The railroad company was not
satisfied with the verdict and sent a
detective to investigate further. The
result is that John Wuestoff and
Eugene Fleming, two young men of
Nashua, were arrested and are now in
Jail at New Hampton charged with
murder. They have confessed to rob-
bling the body Of about $50, but deny
the killing.
Safely lodged in the county Jail at
Waterloo, Jerome w. Hoot declared
himself innocent of the crime of at
tempting to murder his wife, through
the agency of an Internal machine
He says he Is victim OF circumstances
but at the proper time he will be able
to prove an alibi to every one of the
links of evidence the prosecution claim
to have wound about him, connecting
him with the explosive in different
cities. Hoot has engaged State Sena-
tor C. w. Mullan and C. E. Pickett to
defend him. The preliminary hearing
has been indefinitely postponed, and
it is likely the prisoner will await the
action of the grand jury, which con-
venes in March.
Fire broke out in the elegant new
office building of the First National
bank at Marshalltown a few days ago
and it was got under control after a
hard fight. The building is one of the
finest in town, only compl eted about
month ago. 1t is three stories in
height, occupied by the bank and the
clothing store of w. II. Burroughs &
Co., by offices on the second floor and
lodge rooms on the third. The fire
started in the basement under the
clothing store. That floor fell in,
destroying the stock and the banks
fixtures. Mr.. Burroughs estimates his
loss at SEQ, 900. J. G. Lane, hardware,
in the same block, lost about 5000,
with $500 insurance. Other losses
will make the total exceed $4,000.
Des Moines is wet town again.
The sixty-three saloons that were
closed as q result of the decision of the
supreme court in the case of o. c.
West against Lorenz Ill, have reopened
their doors. Judge E. T. Morris and
Fritz Conrad, representing Defendant
III and the Retail Liquor Dealers Asso-
citation, appeared before the supreme
court and asked leave to file a motion
for q rehearing in the III case. This
was granted, and as soon as the petit
ton was fled they asked that stay
be granted suspending the effect of the
decision rendered until they can be
heard ON the petition. This was
argued, and at the conclusion it was
directed that the stay be granted, and
it was so entered ON the record of the
court. No further action is likely
until the May term. Meantime the
saloon men will try to secure a new
petition.
AS the result of the explosion Of
gasoline stove at Marshalltown, viii.
liam Shettel was fatally burned and
the home of Levi Shettel was destroyed,
with most of its contents.
S. C. Masterson and George D. Rand
escaped from Jail at Ottumwa few
nights ago and are still at liberty.