Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-11-20

mysteriously disappeared from her
home near Einchfnrd, Was found IN
| tho hay NOV Of Z barn.
While in ! fit Of temporary insan-
| ity Mrs.. q. Schmidt daughter OF Cap
Itaih William HyseIl. = prominent
river man Of Muscatine. cut her
throat. She II In . precarious condi-
ton, hut will recover
The surveyors that have been max
ing the preliminary survey on the
Iowa City, Kalona and Washington
interurban railway. have reached
washington and the work shows that
the route II quite . satisfactory one.
tt is twenty-seven Gnd three-nfths
miles l1nE. The data OF the survey
are now IN the hands OF the CHEZ en-
GINGER and Ii Ii thought that his
specifications viii be ready BY. De
At the Iowa Dairymen's Convention
1t waterloo the following were the
prixe winners In the butter contest:
First prize-W. s. Smarzo. Ma
sonvilie .-.-..-..- .. .-..- 30
Second prize-J. e. Scott, Du-
buQue ........-. S.........-. .St11
Third prize-R. J. Erbe. Arbor
Hill ....-.. $500. .StA
Fourth prize-W. A. Palmer,
Manchester 70 n
Fifth prize James B. Gallagher .s6A
Three men were seriously, but not
fatally hurt in IN accident on the Mil
waukee cutoff" near the town OF
Gladwin. They were: Walter Mar
tin Of Ottumwa, James Moriock OF
Ottnmwa. and w. r.. Haley OF Chilli.
cothe. Mo. The accident was peculiar
in that the train wrecked itself 1t
broke in two while on an up grade ana
one section collided with the other.
The cars were thrown from the track
and quite badly smashed up.
What promises to be sensational
divorce suit comes up before the dis.
trict court 1t Washington this month.
It is that OF Emma Wallick against
Marshall C. Wallick, owner OF the
Wallick mitten and glove factory.
Mrs. walliek asks alimony amounting
in all to about $27. 900. and the Gus
tody OF their two children. Daisy
and Harold Leroy. The Wallick name
has been brought before the public
in various ways during the last few
months.
Frank Jakl. . Bohemian. was In
stantly killed near Fairfax stepping
ont OF the way OF . fast freight on
one track directly In front OF the
Northwestern fast mail, coming In
the opposite direction. He had been
working rs . section hand for some
time. and had just quit for the pur-
pose Of going back to Bohemia to
bring over hts wife and four children.
He had saved the sum OF $3.50 from
his earnings. part Of which was on
f,is person and the remainder In one
d the Cedar Rapids banks.
The mysterious prisoner Of the
Rock Island still remains at the
Mercy hospital. Des Moines. where
he 10 recovering from the wounds re-
,eived from the shots fired by sec
ton hands, who took him for dyna-
inter. The man still absolutely re-
fuses to talk, and no one is any
nearer knowing his identity than ut
irst The wounds are reported to be
healing satisfactorily Rock Island
oflcials deny the story that another
threatening note was found on the
pilot OF Z locomotive ct Valley juno
ton.
The people Of Nora Springs were
horrifed BY the discovery Of Walter
Abenroth. ! butcher. ct his slaughter
house with his throat cut from ear
to ear. He leaves . wife and two
children, Frustrated with grief The
common belief Is that Abenroth was
the victim Of what is known as the
butcher mania, having been 30 long
In the business of slaughtering ant
mails and shedding blood that In .
1T Of temporary insanity he applied
the knife to his own throat. The de-
ceased was 81 years old.
The Jury which heard the evidence
IN the bribery case against John Wick.
er, East Des Moines constable,
brought in 4 verdict Of not guilty.
The charge against Wicker was that
az receiving money, at two different
times from Alice Williams when he
went with search warrant to her
place on Cherry street. He went on
the stand and denied the charges,
claiming that he had been offered
money by Miss Williams to neglect
his official duties, but had refused to
accept it. The crime Of bribery, under
iowa statutes, Is q misdemeanor, pun
ishable by a fine OF not to exceed
$500 or Imprisonment in the county
jail not to exceed six months.
Two hours after the alarm was
turned in, three men having in their
possession stolen goods, were arrested
by the police, charged with having
entered the store Of w w. McQues-
ten at Muscatine. The thieves forced
an entrance to the building from a
rear window on the third floor. After
having carefully removed the putty
from pane OF glass the thieves, af-
ter laying the pane down intact,
loosened the latch and opened the
window. Fancy reyolyers seemed to
be the choice. How many reyolyers
and knives were stolen 1t Is impos'
sible to estimate; but at least two
dozen were returned to their owner
by the police. The cash register also
received their attention. Here few
dollars in small change was taken.
They had been drinking and their
identity could not be learned. "
A. N. Cook, professor OF chemis.
try at MornIngside college. has been
sued for $1,000 damages by Mrs. Flor.
ence Summers. Professor Cook found
gang Of boys committing some
small depredations in his yard and
bounced n on young Guy Summers,
aged IL years. The plaintiff in the
action alleges that Professor Cook
beat and kicked her son and bumped
his head on cement sidewalk. Pro.
lessor Cook formerly was q member
~ the faculty of the Upper Iowa uni.