Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-02-08
THE NEWS I'm IOWA

feeble condition. He was not dlscov
cred for an hour and a half. Ihers
, IRE little hopes of his recovery.
A tragedy distressing in it's result:
occurred a few days ago near Muir
roy. Don and Leila Tage, children OF
Mr.. and Mrs. James Tage, were ii
the yard playing soldier. the mother
oeing sick in the house and the father
in town for physician. Don found
an old shotgun in the smoke house
and this find led the children to play
soldier. Don, who is eight, pointed
the gun at his sisters head and pulled
he trigger. The gun was loaded ana
the charge blew the girls head Oft.
A neighbor carried the news to the
father.
Sioux City is to have the largest ice
cream mandatory in the United
States, according to an announce
ment just made by David Brown,
president Of the Hanford-Hazelwood
company, who has just returned
from New York, where he completed
plans for TIE establishment of the
factory. The plant will be in charge
Of Mougin, an expert, who was
trained in Paris. 1t will have a ca
pacity of 5000 gallons of cream daily.
That quantity of ice cream will re-
quire 10000 pounds of choice cream,
100000 pounds of milk, or the daily
product Of about 10000 cows.
Isaac Smith, aged 65 years, of Mis-
souri, Valley, was killed outright;
Jos. Coffman, aged 10, of Council
Bluffs. was so badly injured that he
died two hours later, and James
Smith, aged Z, also of Council Bluffs,
was fatally injured by Northwestern
passenger train No. 3 at Council
Bluffs. They were coming into the
lily to visit the parents of the Smith
boy. They were in sight of the
Smith residence when struck by the
train. The parents of the child saw
the accident, but did not know for
half an hour later that one Of the
victims was their son.
John R. Kane, 4 well known saloon
Keeper of Eldon, has been indicted by
the Wapello county grand jury,
charged with PERJURY, which is al
legged to have been committed in IL
trlal between himself and C. +. Nor
ton of Ottumwa at the present term
of court. The case is the Outgrowth
of the famous alleged swindling case,
in which Mr.. Kane received the worst
OF the deal to the amount Of $500 on
an alleged fraudulent mortgage,
which was made by John w. Barton,
who is now serving a term in the PEN
itentiary, having been convicted of
Il attempting the same kind of deal
III . Greenfield man.
The 2-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Smith of Valley Junction was
left with two other Smith children in
the house while the mother went to
the bedside of a SICK ncighbOr. The
children ignited some paper in her
absence and by some means set fire
to the clothing OF the child. It's
screams attracted Mrs. Tigh. near
i,eighbor. but when she reached the
house the little one was burned to y
crisp. The clothing was burned from
its body and the skin sloughed off in
large chunks. 1t lived but ten min
utcs after Mrs. Tigh succeeded in
sitting the flames. The other chill
cren are > and 6 years of age.
The supreme court has granted a
cs:raining order in the case Of j. II.
Windsor vs.. Polk county. restraining
ihc board Of supervisors from taking
:ny steps looking to the expenditure
ri the S3U0.0oh now on hand as a re-
sult Of the sale Of the court house
bonds tintil the case is finally dis.
posed of by the supreme court III
May. This is the case brought by the
river front advocates to mandnmus
the board and compel it to use the
money tn rrfund the bonds or to re-
submit the bond proposition on the
ground that the resciSsion petition
WAS not properly DISPOSED of. In the
district court The plaintiff was de-
fcated and an appeal was taken. At
torneys for both sides of the contrO-
vcrsy say that the order granted by
the supreme court merely restraints
he board from expanding any por-
ton of the 100000 until the court
has passed On the case. 1t does not
prevent the board from removing to
the temporary quarters provided in
the Harbach building or from tearing
down the old court house.
A recent dispatch from Des Moines
says: James Carss of this city, as
sisted by corps of engineers has
begun the survey of route from
Dcs Moines to Newton, for the pro-
posed interurban electric railway line
with which it is the expectation to
place Newton, Colfax, MitchcllviIle
end Altoona within hourly reach of
the capital city. Mr.. Carss and A. p.
Chamberlain, the latter of whom is
the active promoter of the enter
prise, made a cursory inspection of
the route recently. Mr.. CarSs show
ed Mr.. Chamberlain that feasible
route. with easy grades and a rca-
Sonably direct course for the line
could be had, and being satisfied
with the inspection. Mr.. Carss was
given orders to employ assistance and
proceed to make the survey at once.
He started out prepared to do the
work. He will continue in the field
until the route is completed and an
estimate OF the cost of the line sub
mitted to Mr.. Chamberlain and the
Cleveland. Ohio, parties reported to
he interested with him in the con-
htruction of the road"