Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-08-09
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Drake in 1897 for the capture Of NJ
murderer or murderers 81 Mar. I .ae
film, who was killed in Clarke con n.i,
on December 26, 1896. The ease a,'ls
been hanging fire on account of ~
claims of several parties for the 49,
ey offered for the reward. The NJ
ernor7 divided the $3.50 between th
claimants as follows: To Marion y
King of Cambridge, Story connt.
Iowa, $50; to w. A. Swearinoen \:
Berlin, Otoe county, Nebraska s1on
The third claimant was w. ID. Whaoi
er, sheriff of Cass county, Nebra ~
A clever gang of counterfeiters \.
working Des Moines and has thus
far batfied the detectives. The .ornf.,,
is the raising of 81 bills to "fyes.
The Home savings bank was the tirs4 4
victim to report the operations ~
the gang to the detectives, but If i
believed there are other cases. Ths
person or persons doing the worl.
is clever and is evidently educated for
his style of crime. So far as has beer
| learned he has confined his opera.
tons to the raising OF one-dollar bills
but there may be larger counterfeits L
The figure - in the upper left hand
! corner of the bills is covered ny !,
ueilCdte green paper. Tue Snlue OIL tile e
bill. Over this is stenclled figure
80 The same process is followed on
other corners of the bill and in the
center is stenciled a large letter 'V.'s
The one way of detecting the bogus
nature of the bill is in the printed h
word zone dollar which is not al 4
tered by the counterfeiter. This is in II
small type. however. and not one per.i
son in a dozen will detect it unless J
expecting something of the kind.
1.-THE negro pro lem in the south
IS not yet settled. In less than three
wears there will be another mighty
convulsion Already l can hear the
low rumblings in the distance. The
south is going to disfranchise the me-
gro and do it at any cost They are II
doing it now. South Carolina has
begun the movement and other states &
will follow as rapidly as possible
The mort h is standing idly by and
saving. Go ahead. disfranchise the d
negro if YOU can do it lawfully, and
if YOU can't do it lawfully, do it any
way The above utterances We're
made by Senator Benjamin r. Till
man of South Carolina in his COM
mencement day address to the gradu-
ates at Highland Park college. His
a Southern Standpoint"
Secretary G.. Fl. Van HOnten of the
state department of agriculture has
written letter to the Orange Judd Il
Farmers. in which he gives summary
of his observations on the crops of
the state. Mr.. Van Houten's esti-
mates are based on close observation
in his extensive travelling about Iowa.
He estimates that the yield of mer-
charitable corn for Iowa will be 40
per cent of an average crop. Pas
lures, he says. are in the worst condi
ton they have been in, since 1894.
Members of the state board of con-
troll have returned from Cherokee.
| where they have BIZ IN inspecting the
work on the new hdsif,it al bnilditfg ~ y
I ing erected at that place. They sksSr
much pleased with the charactersof
the buildings and report that the out
buildings will rival in beauty the main
structure and that this institution
will be one of the best hospitals for
the insane in the United States.
There are noW over 200 men working
on the buildings and $50 are stopping
at one boarding house which has been
set up on the grounds. The board
will employ all the men it can get
The work of grading the first eigh-
teen miles of the Interurban COM
panys road to Nevada has been COM
menced and large forces are at work 4
in the vicinity of Ankeny throwing
up the grade. 1t is expected it will
take at least thirty days to complete
this work. 1t is the intention, pend
ing an adjudication Of differences be- &
tween the Interurban and Des Moines
Union over right-ofway along the
river north Of the city, to prosecute
the work in both direcuons from Ans
keny, and much of the bridge and
track material now on hand wilt be
unloaded there. In all proba biiity the
first track laying will be done from
that point.
Governor Shaw has appointed Dr. s
Francis NJ. Shriver of Glenwood to the
vacancy on the state dental 5examin n
ing board caused by the expiration of
the term Of DR.. +. l.. Brooks of Vim
ton, who retired July 1. 1t is expect
ed the appointment will meet with
the approval of practically the entire
dental profession. as DR.. Shriver is
recognized as one of the foremost
men of his school in Iowa. He has
lived and practiced dentistry in Glen
wood about thirty years and is now
"a years old. He has always been
prominent in local politics, but has
never mixed TO any great extent III
the political affairs of the state. He
was appointed because he is eminent
ly well qualified for the position. DR..
Shriver has he'd the Office of presi-@
dent of the state dental society, in
which organiza lion he has been q com
spicuous figure.
~. Sou II African War. E*
London, Aug. 9.-Lord Kitchener.
in dispatch from Pretoria an
nounces that a post of twenty-five