Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-04-05
THE NEWS i'm IOWA

1t is claimed to nave Deei kn'"h W
some for three weeks, but kept quiet
S. A. OutcoIt, agent Of the town site
company, took a bottle to Mime
arolis for examination. Interest is
intense and it is believed that coal
will also be found.
Frank Jones committed suicide at
the Stowel House at Kingsley by
shooting himself through the heart
Jones was travelling agent for the
Beyer Portrait company at Kansas
CITY. Mo. He has a brother residing
Mt Kingsley. No motive for the act
is given. lie left Il note to his broth
err asking that he be buried by the
Cnristiun people Of Kingsley. The
note also stated that he had Il little
money due him from the company
and some money in the Jefferson
bank
Charles Mcfarland, Il young man OF
Lisbon. died few days ago rs the
result Of being accidentally stabbed
Mcfarland and Il friend, Will Albright,
we're sc,1tfiing in the blacksmith shop
Of the latter's brother. the former
with a pair Of pliers and the latter
with IL large knife in his hand. In
the Scuiflc Mcfarland made Il lunge
at Albright. catching the knife
suuareIy in the left side. The lett
lung was puncturcd Mcfarland was
carried to Il physicians Office and
later taken home. He grew worse
steadily until death resulted. Albright
is nearly crazcd with grief. McFar-
land was about -! years Of age. lie
was married five years ago I" MISS
Anna GraNcr Of Lisbon. they have
one child.
Frank Rocsrh. Il travelling sales
nan for Il burlington liquor house.
has been found guilty AT Washing
ton under the law passed BY The last
general assembly OF soliciting orders
for into>icantS, AND MAS fined $50
and costs. This is the first convic-
ton in a district cUIri in Iowa uiI-
der the new law. In this instance
the liquor was shipped from Bur
lington, and no appeal will be taken
from The decision. The attorney for
the liquor house announces. however.
that anothc salesman Will be sent
into the county and chat his orders
will be filled from Dallas Center, ILL.,,
and under those circumstances he cN-
poets to appeal Il ease to tllc supreme
court and have the law declared UNI
constitutional ON the ground that
it is in restraint Of Interstate COM
merce.
A Dubuque special says: p. O.
IIcile of Prairie du Chen has been
mere the past week. He is buying
pearls for the New York jewelers.
and has already paid out nearly 49,
600. lie has stopped at all the places
along the river between Dubuque
and Prairie du CHEN where clam
fishing is dome and has secured many
valuable gems. He showed one stone
as large as Il marble, saying it was
worth $500. He had smaller ones
whose value varied from $500 to $3.50.
Mr.. Heidc says he is on his way down
the river and will make stops at the
clam fishing camps and towns be-
tween Dubuque and keol>uk. He is
not the only purchaser Of pearls that
is making Il trip along the river,
and a great deal more money than
he has paid out has found its way
into the pockets of the clam fishers
along the river. showing that the
industry brings many thousands of
dollars to the west from the cast.
Nine women and man cleaned out
two joints in Centcrvillc Il few days
ago and were instrumental in sccur-
ing the DIES truction of liquors con-
tanned in one other. They were re-
pulsed at a third place and made two
druggists promise they would sell no
more liquors. At o'clock Mrsdames
Winingrr. ADA ms, Stevenson. Charles
Bryant, Eliza bcti, CHART on, john
Daley and NJ )anicl. all of that place
gathered at the home Of Mrs.. Saltcr.
south Of tn" square. Headed by John
they left the i,nu:r and prnceclel to
the south part Of the town, where
there had been m,ch drunkenness
for the past week. Thry proceeded
to the place kept by d. Johnson, en-
tered and in a short time left it in a
wreck. They smashed the bottles,
glasses, mirrors and ended by dcmol-
iShing he plate glass window. They
next hurried to the joint kept by
Buck Roberts and repeated the per-
Torrance, smashing everything break
able in sight. leaving HE place in Il
condition much like it would appear
after a cyclone struck it. Their appc-
tite whctted for more joints TO con-
Gller, the lit lc band of determined
women repaired to the place kept by
Machcy Kinder. Kinder saw them
coming and bottled the doors, maxi
ing desperate attempt to remove
his stock by he rear door. The cru
saders saw his move and promptly
checked it by maxim" a dctour. In
Kinder knocked in the
heads of his kegs, broke the bot les
and allowed his enemies to enter.
They saw what he had done. and left,
after warning him to desst selling
liquors. "sippy" Holden, The keeper
Of another joint, heard of what the
women had been doing and mar
Shalled his friends in force. When
the band appeared "Slippy" was ready
for them. The crusaders saw that
they were outnUmberrd and retired.
to the II. & II. drug store,
and the Scandinavian drug store,
where they frightened the propric-
tors into promising they would sell