Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-05-17
THE NEWS In IOWA

the cduSS W
I John sherrser, aged II, of Dyers-
| vile. was thrown from wagon ny
| runaway and instantly Killed his
mother witnessed the accident and on
finding the son Iifeless dropped dead.
4 Capt. Brandt of Des Moines has
i been appointed deputy AUDITOR OF
! state by Auditor Frank Merriam. Inc
| new denuty will begin his duties at
once. Captain Brandt mas pu9 recent .eiis
lv returned from the Philippines,
| where he served as captain IN the
| Thirty-second regiment.
| Postmaster J. Marsh of Zaneta was
run down BY passenger train ON the
/ Town. Minnesota & Northwestern
/ railroad near VOORHEES, and fatally
| in iured. He was walking on the track
| and evidently tailed to hear the warn
| ing. as he did not make any move to
| get away.
| T. l.. Hanson. a banker of Oelwein,
was bitten by dog and n piece about
| three inches square taken out of the
leg. The dog was killed. It is not
! known whether it was rabid. but It
| proba bly was nor. although there
| have been several eases of rabid ami
| mails here in the last two weeks.
| The library election at Centerville
| resulted in almost an unanimous vote
! in favor of accepting Ex-Governor
| brakes So, 600 library gift and in IA
ror OF 2-mill tax to maintain 1t. The
| vote stood 1.465 for ana 63 against.
| Over $50 women voted. Two thousand
| citizens marched to Governor brakes
| home at night and surprised him with
| big jolljfication upon his lawn.
| Through the prompt action Of Sher-
| if Riselv of Calhou county and Sher-
| if Dowd of Fort Dodge Albert Case
was arrested at Duncombe on the
| charge Of horse stealing. He was
wanted Al Rockwell City, in Calhoun
| county. and has been taken there. 1t
| is claimed that he rented livery
| team in Rockwell City of Wilcox
Brothers and drove to Somers. ten
miles away. There he sold the team
to a Norwegian for 500 and secured
the money.
| The district court Of Tama county
is now trying Mrs. Frances Ntipil,
charged with numbering her husband,
Vencel Vtipil. near Chelsea last fall.
| He was sick in bed and had been help
| less for some time. Mrs. Vtipil says
| that while she was out milking he
| got the revolver, which was lying
| near. and shot himself through the
head The hired man was in town.
| 1t was claimed that Ntipil was unable
| to raise his hands to his head, but
! the defense las witnesses to prove
| that ne could.
A young man about 25 years old,
and giving his name as j. Rys. from
| Calmar, committed suicide in the
| Hotel Mealey at Oelwein by taking
| morphine. He came to the hotel and
paid for lodging and breakfast. He
| was dead the next morning when dis
covered. He had purchased twenty
grains of morphine of a local drug
| gist during the day. In answer to a
| message from Calmar, no one knows
! of any such a man. His weight is
about 100 pounds, height feet and
| S inches, blue eyes, smooth face and
light complexion.
The man whose body was found ~
ing by the side of the track on the
| Winterset branch of the Rock Island
| was identified at Des Moines as W.
| II. Davenport. A son, who is en-
ployed on a farm in Story county,
| saw the published statement of the
| death and suspecting it was his faith
| er, who was known to have come re-
Gently from Oswald to Des Moines, he
| hurried to the city. Upon being con-
| Quoted to the undertaking rooms he
| recognized the remains. The son told
! the coroner that the home of his
| father had been at Manbeclz, where
| his mother and five children now re-
| side.
At the meeting of the grand lodge
| A. o. U. w. the graded assessment
| plan proposed at the last meeting of
| the grand lodge was adopted. Council
| Bluffs was selected as the place of
| holding the meeting next year, and
| the following officers We're elected:
| Grand master workman, w. n. Mar
| Wis, Muscatine: grand foreman. w. Fl.
| Berry, 1ndanola: grand recorder. B.
| +. Rehkopf, Des Moines; grand over
seer, j. X. Townsend, Burlington;
grand guide, +. M. Connolly; grand re-
ceiver, B. i. Carroll, Bloomfield;
grand inside Waterman, +. Tolman;
grand outer Waterman, j. r. Hanes,
Marshalltown; grand trustee, A.
Hartung, Des Moines; supreme repre-
sentatives, w. NJ. Narvis. r. L. Tilton
and A. w. c. Weeks.
Iowa enjoys the proud distinction of
being the foremost dairy state in the
union. The butter product of the
creameries in 1900 amounted to nearly
SS,0O0,OO0 pounds and it was worth
over ST. ,OOo,Ca0 on the market The
cheese product of the state. however.
amounted to only n little over 4.OO0,-
600 pounds and Iowa annually imports
cheese for home consumption. 1t is
sometimes claimed that Iowa is not
adapted to cheese making. These con-
ditions have led to careful investiga-
ton of the subject of cheese making
at the Iowa. experimental station at
Ames and it has been clearly demon
strated that practically as good
cheese can be made in Iowa as in the
most famous factories of Canada. the
products of which have made such a
favorable reputation in foreign mar
kets. Bulletin No. 81 of the Iowa ex-
pertinent station gives a report of this
work. and furnishes Information