Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-02


/ II a movement has been inausgurated
OF Fort Dodge by q number Of pro'm4.i-
! nent business men to organize astock
company fol the construction 81 Q
new 100, 000shotel. An effort Will rs
made to have twenty leading citizens.
leach subscribe for $4,000 OF stock.
IHon. IS. r. Meseryey and George NJ,
Mason, prominent business men. arc
back Of the project, n
! A. A. Palmer, who went to Cedar
RAPIDS recently from Des Moines,
was held to await the action Of the
grand jury in bonds Of $500 on the
charge Of larceny from building in
the night time. 1t is charged that
Palmer entered the room OF u couple
of young men at the Arcade hotel
| and stole $25 in cash and a revolver
from their trunks. He is also charged
/ with numerous other petty thefts.
Frank Rudd, an old and highly es-
teemed resident of Dow City, was
drowned in the Boyer river opposite
the mill. He had been trapping and
in some manner the boat capsized,
Several boys who were hunting in
the vicinity heard his cries and when
but few yards from the mill dana
pole was thrown to him, but he want.
ed to save the boat and in again ut.
tempting to reach it was washed over
the dam.
Several boys, while hunting on the
farm of Carl Buck. near Nfineola, dis
covered the dead body of a man with
gray beard. about S. years of age,
height five feet six inches and APP
pearance of having been there about
ten days. The clothing consisted Of
1 a black derby hat, dark coat and vest
and brown pantaloons. There was
no means of identification except n
memorandum book with the name
Omaha written in it, Il small penknifc
and partly healed cut on the left
wrist.
An attempt was made few nights
ago to burgIarizc the Bank of ALI
son. but it was unsuccessful. The
! outer vault door was drilled i'll two
! places and gunpowder poured i'll. The
|
! and the burglars were frightened
| away without making tho second at
| tempt. A supply Of tools taken from
| local blacksmith shop was found in
| the bank. No drills were recovered
| among these, SO it is presumed the
! men carried these with them. The
| men evidently had plenty of time
in which to make their escape, and
there is no clue to their identity. 1t
is presumed that they are profes-
SIGNALS. sssg .itl Xxi 7ai%
Secretary Wesley Green of the State
horticultural society is in receipt of
notification that Iowa apples won
the prizes at the Paris exposition
He expects official notification from
Director Bracket, who is i'll charge or
the Iowa fruit at that exposition,
shortly. Elmer Reeves of Warcrly
and e. @. Huntington Of York Cen
ter, made the exhibit. They did it.
however: not as individuals. but for
and on behalf o. the State Horti-
cultural society. The understanding
is. there fore, that the society will get
the premiums The prizes consist of
a eold medal, o diploma and q bronze
medal, oil for the highest awards I'M
der the rules Of the exposition. 1t
IS a remarkable victory for Iowa
fruit.
Jacob Zeiglcr, farmer living near
Rockwell City, was taken into Gus
tody by United states rcyenEe officers
and taken to Fort Dodge. Tic was
charged with liav:ng violated the in
tcrnal revenue laws by neglccting to
aflix a properly cancelled revenue
revenue stamp on an order for straw
berry plants which he gave &c Fred
Chapman, nursery stock peddler,
sor.e months ago. The plants were
to have been delivered in the proper
season, i'll the spring, but were not
delivered until along in July. Zeigler
refused to take them, and Chapman
sued him. Zeiglor won the case and.
now comes Chapman charging Zeig-
lcr with violation Of the internal
revenue laws.
c. II. Brown, IN cmploye at the
Hotel Mondamiu OF Sioux City, de-
liberately jumped from u second
story window CT the hotel, struck on
he back OF his head on tho hard
pavement below, fractured the base
of his skull and died twenty min-
utcs later at the police station.
Brown was Il baker by trade, n SIM
gle man, aged So years. He had been
drinking hard during the morning,
and it Is thought. this accounts for
the mans rash act. VIII Johnson,
an elevator boy. and W. II. Wright,
driver of a coal wagon. saw the man
dive ont of the window and turn G.
somcrsanlt in the ali. before lie
struck the pavement with a resound-
ing crack. He was unconscious when
picked up, and remained SO up to the
time Of his death.
The secretary Of the interior has
recently made FINAL dcei:ion involving
thirteen quarters OF the disputed
O'Brien county lands in favor Of the
homestead claimants. who have re-
sided on the lands from fourteen 20
sixteen years. The lands are moro
farni1ia 11v 1<DnUn thrOuOhOiIt fha