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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-15
DIES MONIES COURT house.
River Front Forces Apply for Restrain
sfs Order

q ing Order.
Des Moines, Nov. IA. 7. Cham
berlain, one Of the attorneys repre-
senting the river frontiers, appeared
at the clerk of the courts office yes
terday afternoon and hled a petition
asking that writ Of mandamus be,
issued out of the district court and Il
temporary injunction granted re-
straining the board OF supervisors
from using any portion of the pro
ceeds of the 100000 bonds for the
construction of new court house un-
:. the proposition had been resubmit-
ted to vote of the people. lmme-
diately after filing the document with
tie clerk Mr.. Chamberlain hurried
before Judge Prouty and asked that
a temporary restraining order be is
sued. The Judge set Monday, Novem-
Der IS. as the time for taking up the
matter.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-15
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Colombia n Revolution.

New York, Nov. 1.-THE reSou.s
tionary gunboat, Darien, which W.;
captured from the Colombian govern
ment recently, stopped the Telegraus'
a government vessel proceeding III IT,
David with troops under Captain p Nss
busto, cables the Panama corresponssi
ent Of the Herald. The Darien cs slas
tured the soldiers and the arms CIV
ammunition. While the Darien wa
towing away the TELEGRAPH, ba ~
bringing the remainder of the lev
eral troops to Fort Aguadalice can ~
into sight. The Darien then let II, xlI
the TELEGRAPH and steamed at lu'';
speed for Chorivera
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-15

An electric automobile recently came
70 the rescue of a church in Stratford,
Conn. Something went wrong with the
lighting facilities and the church was
left in total darkness. Kerosene lamps
had been proposed when up came an
automobilist member OF the congrega-
ton, connected the feed wire with his
storage battery, and in minute had
the church brilliantly lighted. After
ward he unhitched the automobile and
took his family home.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-15
More TROOPS for Phiiippines.

Omaha, Neb., Nov. 13.-Orders have
been issued at the department. of
the Missouri for the first squadron of
the Eleventh cavalry, which is now
sta tioned at Jefferson barracks, Mo-,
to proceed to San Francisco in time
to sail for the Philippines on Decem-
Der Is. This order is the first to be
issued from this department. to carry
out the plan recently outlined by
Secretary Root for the purpose of re-
placing the troops in the Philippines
whose periods of enlistment have
about expired. The squadron has
been ordered to recruit to its maxi
mum strength.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-15
ROBBERS GET @2 900.

First NJ, tional bank of Leroy Wrecked
by Burglars.
Leroy, Nov. 15.-The First National
bank of Leroy, in Decatur county. on
the Keokuk & Western, was broken
into and $4,000 taken. The robbers
effected an entrance through the
door and exploded the safe by the
use of nitrogylcerin. The bank
building was wrecked and the con
tents of the safe scattered about pro-
miscuously. No one was awakened
in time to see any of the robbers or
secure clue. All the cash was
taken. This makes the eighth bank
robbery i'm Iowa within n month
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-15
The Clinton Tragedy.

Clinton. Nov. 14.--The police have
found an eye witness to the Dillon
murder in the person of IAN 11-year-
old boy, who says he looked in at the
window and saw the struggle between
the woman and Dillon. He fatty con
tradicted the woman-s story that Dill
lon was the aggresscr. He did not
see the beginning. but saw Dillon
trying TO escape, trying first one door
and then another. He says the wo-
man took the revolver from her
bosom and fired while Dillon was
trying to open>a door and escape.
TIE best feeders in a printing es-
Enlistment seldom have dyspepsia.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-15
South African News.

New York, Nov. l3.-Dr. Leyds'
friends, says the Berlin correspondents
Of the Times, assert that a British
lager containing remounts for the
cavalry now on the way from Eng
land was captured by the Beers near
Capetown The circumstance that
this success of the burghers is not
known in London, according to these
informants, is due to the fact that
it is not the custom of the British
to mention the loss of war material
unattended by loss of life.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-15
According to a London newspape,

According to London newspaper
champagne drinkers will learn with re-
greet. on the authority OF no less an
expert than u. Charles Heidsieck Of
Reims. that this years vintage is far
from satisfactory, and that it will not
rank with any OF the great years" To
these who have the money to keep
tksir cellars well stocked the announce
ment is not Of 30 much moment. but
to average persons it means that the
price OF champagne at hotels and res
taxrants or purchased at the moment
for home consumption in small guam
titles will be seriously enhanced
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-15

Fort Dodge. Nov. 13.-Mrs. Julia
Morehouse, a recent arrival in Fort
Dodge, threw vitril into the face Of
Mrs. George Wadsley, a respectable
hard working woman. The act was
..Ie elimination Of series Of perse-
cutions. The case is very mysterious.
The Morehouse woman escaped and
the police are baffled.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-15
ueiweiu strike Ia Over,

Dubuque, Nov. 1.-THE Chicago
Great Western strike at Oelwein was
settled by the men returning to work
The objectionable foreman was not
removed Three hundred strikers
we're out for three weeks.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-15

The members of the church boaid OF
the African Baptist church, Of Frank
fort, KY, have been arrested by the
city marshal for violating the building
ordinance OF the city requiring a per-
nit from the council to erect a building
in the city limits. The negroes recent
l.' bought ground just opposite the ex-
ecutive mansion and the governor and
adjacent property owners raised objec.
lion to the building Of church upon
it. The city council refused to grant q
permit. The church board, ignoring
the action. let the contract and the
contractor had begun work on the
church. The matter has been in con-
,royersy several months, and Gov
Beckham threatens to recommend the
removal Of the capital if the church is
bui1t.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-15
b nY.srAMpHR PUH. co.
In removing the exhibition buildings

In removing the exhibition buildings
IN Paris the foundations were found OF
the palace that Napoleon I. began 20
build near the Trocadero for the hins
OF Rome. Plans were drawn Tor a
larger and more magnificent kremiinr
with the Bots de Boulogne for its para
and the foundations were begun. After
the fall Of Napoleon they We're built
over and forgotten.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-15
QUEEN wILnELM,NA VERY SICK.
Her Condition Serious as Result OF Pre-
- mature Confinement.

Amsterdam, Nov. ia telegram
from Apeldoorn, near the royal castle
Of Het Loo, confirms the report that
Queen Wilhelmina had been prema-
turely confined and says her majesty
is very weak, but that. her condition
is not such as to cause anxiety.
London, Nov. 15.--The condition Of
Queen Wilhelmina, according to Il
dispatch to the Standard from Brus-
sells, is worse than has been officially
reported. Three physicians are in at
tendance upon her majesty, and the
queens mother has been summoned.
The royal patient will be obliged to
keep her couch for six weeks.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-15
Charge ed With Poisoning.

Sioux City, Nov. 14.-Henry Ertz,
suspected of attempting to poison
the family of Joe Neberhause, near
Breda, is under arrest. Both are
prominent farmers, and the affair
has created a sensation.
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Cut His Sisters Throat.

CentervilIe, Nov. 13.-At Numa,
Lewis Bales, miner, cut the throat
of his sister, Aessie, with n razor, in
hiciing fatal wound, and then at
tempted to cut his own throat. He
is probably insane.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-15

A pack of ivory playing cards. said
10 have been carried by Prince Eugene,
the colleague OF the Duke Of Marlbor-
ough IN the campaign against the
French under Marshal Villars, has just
been purchased by Queen Christina OF
Spain. The court figures are all
hand-painted. but OF no particular
merit. The pack was at one time in
the possession of the Duke of SAKE
Coburg Gotha. father of the Prince
Congort, and grandfather of King Ed
ward VIA. The cards were given by
the duke some sixty years ago to a
Spanish nobleman, who visited his
court in diplomatic capacity, and a
grandson of the latter is in such re-
duced circumstances that he was glad
TO dispose OF the pack to the queen.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-15
A.urder at Clinton.

Clinton, Nov. 12.---Jenks Dillon,
well known sporting man, was shot
and killed by Anna crawford, pros,
titute, yesterday afteroon.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-15

Sir John Ramsden is the rlchest y Z.
all English baronets. His income g
estimated to foot up to $S4o'cOo 4
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11

hhoWn 10 them all He brought back 10 painting
tHe old academic sense, squareness Of proper
non ana design which the artists OF the last
century had allowed 10 dwindle into Vgnette
he saw that nature composed with even finer
sense Of balance than Raphael, and with the
ala or planes Of light and shade. deltcately ad-
Justed. II was precisely this rare sense or com
position which enabled him TO bring about that
revolution in style which was eventually 10
crush the most powerful classical movement
since the days OF Poussin He saw actually
With highly romantic vision and with that
spirit OF fatality lurking in the rear which
has become characteristic OF nineteenth
century thought; the world 10 him seemed
fun of the Weirdness Of a sudden transi-
tion from darkness 70 light and light TO dark
ness, though il were for a moment
numined by q sudden tongue of flame. There
is that sense Of nervous ferocity, unveiled
it We're. for a moment, which eliminated in
the fighting horses Of DelacroiN, in his lions de-
vouring horses and men, and in the still more
profound work Of the sculptor Barye-nature
caught or missed al a leopard's spring.
Mrs. Ady has had many predecessors as an
historian Of Florentine art and among them are
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11
BRITISH HISTORY.
NEW PUBLICATIONS BY LoNGMANs. GREEN co.
Upon her bre

NEW PUBLICATIONS BY LoNGMANs GREEN & Co
The authorized life Of Queen Victoria brought
down 10 her death, is Of the most note
worthy publications in the long list of Long
mans, Green * Co. 1t is entitled Queen Vie
toria, lSl9-l9O1" and is by Richard T.. Holmes
NJ. V. o., +. 5. a. Librarian at Windsor Castle
Another important work Is In Tibet and Chi
nese Turkestan. Being the Record Of Three
Years Exploration" by Captain II. II. T. Deasy
Of the British Army Captain Deasy was as
signed to the difficult task of surveying Western
Tibet and Chinese Turkestan. to the extent of
some 10000 square miles, with a specfal view
gion. The Siege of Kumassi." by Lady Hodg-
son. wife OF the British governor who stood the
siege by revolving natives. is timely and i'm
portant work. Egypt and the Hinterland" by
Frederic w. Fuller is a record of Fngland's
work in the land of the Pharaohs The war in
South Africa Is also represented in this list OF
books. My Experiences of the Boer War
is a work by Adalhert. Count Sternberg, trans
lated from the German.
An important art work is announced in "a
DESCRIPTIVE and Historical Catalogue of the Col
House London 10y Evelyn. Duchess of Well
ington The work will be illustrated by fifty-one
Clement & Co, of Paris. The edition is limited
TO 400 copies, Of which $40 are reserved for sale
in this country and England. Cavalier and
Puritan in the Days Of the Stuarts" is the title
of a compilation made from the private papers
and diary Of Sir Richard Newdigate. with ex-
tracts from letters addressed TO him between
1919 and 1859 The compilation is made by Anne
Emily OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Two important
historical studies are: ''Bolngbroke and His
Time by Walter Sichel. and Charles William
Ferdinand. Duke OF Brunswick by Lord Ed
mond Fitzmaurice. "A Practical Guide TO Gar
den Plants" by John Weatkers. f. r. III. s. is
a timely spring publication, and will tie well
come to amateur and professional gardeners.
Fiction IS represented by II. Rider Haggards
"Lysbeth, 2 Tale of the Dutch; Anne Main
waring" by Alice Ridley. author OF The Story
OF Aline." and Ballast" by Myra Swan.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11

get in the frontIspiece a fine photogravure OF
the beautiful cartoon by Leorardo da Ninc
in, the possession Of the Royal Academy. The
Head Of the Virgin a work only too little
known.
-'The Apocalypse" that great series of wood
erigravincs produced by Albert Durer in l49s,
IS, Of course. one Of the treasures Of the print
collector: but il IS not accessible in convenient
and inexpensive form for the mere art student.
In Durcr's time a set OF these cuts % by 10
inches In size) sold for a trife. but Mr. Car
rington. IN the introduction 10 the series Of re-
nri,dtetions which he has put into shape, re-
minds us hat only last year fine set OF the
,r,gravings was sold I'm Stuttgart for 800
marks. II was good idea 10 bring out the de-
signs IN this popular form. with the text taken
from the revelation OF ST John the Divine. The
reproductions are faultlessly made and are
printed on good paper. We would have been
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11

divers authorities whose works would seem at
first blush 10 render this volume OF hers super
nuOus. on the other hand. the list is deficient
in any popular survey and such survey Mrs.
Ady is wei qualified to write. She deals with
all the important figures from Cimabue 10
Michael Angelo. Her method is u sketch
briefly the life Of a painter, and then 20 set
down her impressions Of his main character
istics afiiNing 10 each chapter C. lis OF the
chief works Of the painter I'm question She has
gathered her facts together with care: size has
taste and insight: she knows how u i;- brief
without being bald, and she writes in a clear
interesting manner The specialist VIII not turn
70 her pages; for the things that he wants he
win prefer 10 go TO original and more authorita-
tive sources. But for the general reader this il
a thoroughly desirable book whether he takes II
Up at distance from Florence OF turns TO II In
the presence Of the pictures dealt with in the
italian city and IL various English and Conti-
mental galleries. The halftone illustrations
are very satisfactory. and for good measure We
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11
ART BOOKS.
eoYA THE OLD FLORENTINEs. AMI
ALBERT DURER

cOYh. by W. ROthensteiu. Go. " Of the Az
lists library, edited ly Laurence Iinyonl Illus.
trdted. octave, pp. IS. longmans Green & Co
THE PAINTERS OF FLORENCE From tho ,Tbir-
teeuth o. the sixteenth Century B1- .J1iiis Csr,
wright Nlrs Ady). With Illustrations Octave
pp. xvi S13 i. J.. Dutton q Co
THE APOCALYPSE. Sixteen Designs by Alber,
Durer. With Accompanying Text Selecte6 from
fhe Revelation Of ST John he Divine win a5
Irroauciury Note by FitZroy Darlington. Oc-
favo. pp. O.. r. II. Russell d Co
The great collection Of pictures in the Prado
AZ Madrid is dominated by the works Of three
or four old masters. Eelasquez and Titan.
Rubens and Nan Dyck do most 10 give the
galleries their magnihcence. The first visits
q a student TO this collection leave him over
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11
A BRILLIANT ROMANCE.
MR. RIDER HAGGARD AT HIS BEST.

Haggafd !a A,,Ie Tale Of the Dutch. BY H. Rider
MANS Green & Co. ~ 49,
-ur' Haggard published. IN the eighties.
tNose rofnances which instantly brought him
Iaiiie- King Solomon's Mines" "she" and
olNeiS "hlch We do not need TO name-the critics
VINO uld not like his work promptly declared
'A"' mas methods were sensational 1t is true
tha' III those earlier works the author let his
Inauguration go, and achieved some effects which
were BIZARRE 10 say the least. Nevertheless
froIh lhe very beginning, Mr.. Haggard has had
the root OF the matter in him. When he plans
a new book he purposes that it shall contain a
story and a story he never fails to give us.
telling it with the skill of one naturally gifted
AS the years have passed his art has bean
strengthened, his style has been mellowed and
Lysbeth,' his latest work is perhaps his best
In PREDATORY note he explains that .'by the
example of the trials. adventures and victories
of burgher family Of the generation Of Philip
II ana william the Silent he strives TO set be-
fore the readers of to-day something Of the life
or those who lived through perhaps the most
fearful tyranny that the Western World has
known. In others words, this is an historical
novel But in the writing of it Mr. Haggard
has been faithful to the good old traditions Of
romance the traditions of Scott and Kingsley
and Charles Reade. He is conventional. If IL be
conventional to make ones story out of the ad-
ventures Of resourceful men and beautiful wom-
en-, out Of the joys and sorrows of stanch hearts,
if it be conventional to make villain william
Gus, and give him his due reward; to make those
whom he would injure honorable and steadfast,
and TO give them their due reward. But "Lys-
beth proves once more that in the making of
a good novel it is not necessary to carry origi-
nality 10 the point of affectation; for those who
are burdened with ultra modern theories Of
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11

Uhelmed with the splendor Of these painters
But, after a while. having penetrated 10 some
OF the less conspicuous rooms in the building,
he begins 10 feel haunted by another presence-
the presence Of Francisco Goya, who was born
near Saragossa, in 174G. and died in lS2S at
Bordeaux. he is divided by q great period of
time from the masters just mentioned, and his
spirit is not their spirit Mr.. Rothenstein says
that with Goya died the whole art and life OF
the eighteenth century" He is in many ways
essentially an eighteenth century man, yet he
is also intensely modern, and that Is one reason
why, as We have said. he haunts the memory Of
whoever has saturated himself in the Amos
phere Of the Prado. In the midst OF all the
stateliness and reposeful might that Is there dis
played De is WayWard and even turbulent figure.
His paintings are brimming over with the life
that went around him. The bull ring had
fascination for him. but SO, for that matter. had
every phase Of Spanish amusement Nay. he
went further. and with the brush the etching
needle Of a born satirist he dashed the vices Of
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11

tipiN A'llftefH OF flpFeice.
his time. IIe was court paiuter-and some "i
Ids portraits are extraordinarily brllliant--ye 81
he did not hesitate 10 exhibit the social woe ana
corruption for which the court was largely re-
sponsible. However. il is not for ms. sat'le
that Goya Is called great. but for the passionate
Individuality. the rare style and the brilliant
ieehnique which he put into his productions
lar. Rothenstein has written Well OF him ia the
contribution he has made 10 the series Of short
monographs on artistic subjects edited 10y Alr.
Binyon. HIS study Of the Spanish painter Is
brief, but Il IS uncOmmonly penetrating and
Just We may quote the following luminous
passage:
dis Importance Hes not 50 much in view on
hls extraordinary personality. but ia the fact
u his having invented an entirely new method
VI composition the riches Of which have not yet
been exhausted. nor its range equalied. he Was
The FIRST man 20 aim decisive blow al The army
u picture makers. who manufactured trees,
Asniphs and tiresome portraits aiier feeeipls
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11

hctlon this book may not have any attraction.
but for those who delight in the ring Of true
romance it is unqualified delight. The first
Of the three sections into which it is divided is
a little disconcerting. The Spanish commander
OF the garrison at Leyden the Count Don Juan
de MontalvO. whose wickedness is 10 cause so
much pain 10 every one else concerned in the
story appears early on the scene; he swoops
down like a hawk upon Lysbeth, now a beautiful
young heiress afIianced to the stout burgher Dirk
Van Goorl. and soon ne has everything going
his own way. He marries Lysbeth and poor
Dirk is not only disconsolate. but apparently put
permanently out of the field. A most forbldding
woman. Black Meg. also takes an effective hand
In the game Before we know IL Mr. Haggard
has made us wonder how any of the good peo.
pie Of his story are going 10 be rescued from
misery. He keeps us in suspense down TO pretty
nearly the end of his story. yet with the happy
gift OF the born romancer he contrives 10 keep
hope alive all the time.
He does it by exhibiting the noble qualities OF
half dozen picturesque and intensely interest,"
ing characters. Lysbeth and Dirk Van GoorI are
far from heing retired from the scene: they
count bravely in the unfolding of an exciting
drama, and SO do their children: there is a half
mad woman. Martha the Mare moreover. who
is an important participant in the action and
last, but most assuredly not least there Is a
stalwart serving man. Red Martin the Tristan.
who is a worthy prototype of Denys in The
Closter and the Hearth" of those original
and Irresistible figures whose deeds communicate
a gallant glow to the pages of a novel All
these characters move with perfect naturalness
through the terrible events of that period In
which Alva carried out with Satanic cruelty the
orders of his Spanish master. History does not
furnish a background for the actors in the
drama; rather Mr.. Haggard takes history and
the creatures of his imagination and merges
them with such skill in a homogeneous work of
art that IL never occurs to the reader to fnouire
where history leaves off and romance begins
The two are really one in this entrancine book
and We will be very much surprised II .'Ivs-
beth" fails TO prove not only of the most
popular books Of the year. but a book which
will hold its own for long time 10 come among
the novels OF it's class. word should be added
in praise of the illustrations. OF which there are
many. and all of which appropriate and
well drawn that we regret TO find the design
ers name omitted from the title page.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11

We may pass the same judgment on the new
edition Of Mr.. Young's inimitable "Wishmaker's
Town" a book Of verse that is. We are glad to
see, coming TO be appreciated more and more.
II is handsomely printed and appears in a cap
italy decorated binding. Again are tempted
TO quote and in this case must succumb at
least 10 the extent of reproducing part Of The
Flower Seller" one of the most exquisite things
in American verse:
Myrtle. and eglantlne,
For the old love. ard the newt
And the cOlumbne.
With its cap and bells for folly!
And the danodIl. for the hopes OF youth, and
the rue,
For melancholy,
But of all the blossoms that blow,
Fair gallants all. l charge you TO win, if We NAV
This gentle guest
Who dreams apart, in her wimple OF purple and
gray
Like the blessed Virgin, with meek head bending
low
Upon her breast
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11
Books ano Publications.
BY II. RIDER HAGGARD
LYSBETH
A TALE OF THE DUTCH

BY II. RIDER HAGGARD, author
OF She, Swallow" etc. With 26
full-page illustrations, crown Svo,
cloth, ornamental, Sl.50.
MIR. Haggard has lost none Of his
imaginative power-he retains all of his
vigor OF style and his power TO write a
stirring tale. Ii is a thrilling
tale OF adventure and sacrifice, with a
substantial love element and strong side
lights upon the history of the people of
the Netherlands during the period in
which the mastery drawn characters
move. Ii is told in captivating style
with never-flagging interest, and is by
all odds the best story, as it will prob
ably be the most popular, that this
author has written. NORTH american
PHILADELPHIA.