Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-11-20
\ THE NEWS IN IOWA

goods merchant OF Oelwein, has closed
his doors His liabilities will run close
to 100000, with assets perhaps from
q. 900 to 10000. The principal cred
itors are III. Mealey of ST Paul. JAmi-
son bank, Aetna State and First Ma
tional banks Of Oelwein, besides mum.
erous wholesale dry goods and no
tSon houses over the country.
The Spnrbech. Lambert q Co.'S
large butter tub factory at Algona
was burned to the ground few days
aro This Is the second disastrous
fre this factory has suffered. Two
years ago Il was completely wiped
out The company not only does .
large manufacturing business, but 10
the supply house OF . large part OF
northwestern Iowa 1t win rebuild
Immediately.
Advices from Muscatine say that
nearly 500 men have been thrown
out Of employment by the closing down
Of the big plant of the Musser Lnm-
Der company. II has filled its sheds
and storeho1ses with enough lumber
Of all sorts to supply its trade, and
no more will be cut up. The year
has been q big one. more than $4,000
600 feet Of logs having been cut dur
ing the season.
The postoface at Story City was
entered a few nights ago by robbers
who succeeded in working the com
bination of the safe and footing 1t OF
its contents The amount secured
was 5000 In currency and about $500
in stamps. The burglars secured en-
trance by battering down the rear
door Of the postofilce building and
having gained entrance faxed" the
combination. Everything In the safe.
including papers. was taken. There
Is no clue to the burglars. All the
surrounding towns have been notified.
The unidentified body OF q woman
apparently IS years of age was found
in the woods east Of Belle PLANE by
Mike Bence, . trapper. Every evil
dence points to murder. The body
had lain there several days; her face
was crushed and her hands were COW
cred with blood. There were bruises
on her head and right Jaw. as il hit
by blunt instrument She wore new
shoes, but there we're no prints of a
woman's shoe about the body. but in
the soft earth were the heavy tracks
Of mems shoes. going and coming
from nearby road. The woman was
of light complexion, good looking, OF
medium height, and rather plump, and
apparently of German birth. The sur
roundings gave evidence that the body
had been carried and thrown there.
Deputy game wardens at Council
Bluffs have taken several thousand
pounds Of undesirable fish from Lake
Manawa during the last few days in
accordance withe plan of protecting
the game fish by destroying their enc.
mics that live in the water. The fish
taken were carp, buffalo and gar The
two former are edible fish, but the lat
ter is the Ishmael Of the waters and
hsh's enemies. More than 5000 of
these three undesirable creatures were
taken Some of the buffalo and carp
were given away and some sold for the
market, but the gars were turned over
to farmers, living near the lake to be
fed to their hogs. The seining will
be continued and 1t Is expected that
the work accomplished will be sui.
ficient to clear the lake for al least
q yaar. Piles Of fish were left along
the shores Of the lake and yesterday
thousands Of crows were having 2
feast.
About 1 o'clock q few mornings
since George Frame, city marshal OF
Mapleton, accosted three suspicious
characters to ascertain their business.
One of them thrust 4 revolver under
his nose, while the other two over
powered him and he was taken to the
city Jail where the robbers took the
keys from his pocket and locked him
in a CELL Then they broke into a
blacksmith shop and secured tools
with which they gained entrance into
the First State bank. DIR. Smith, who
has rooms over the bank, was awaK-
ened and stuck his head out of the
window, whereupon. he was covered
by one of the robbers with gun and
quickly withdrew his head. The rob
bers broke open the outer doors of the
vault but failed to get any cash.
There was $4,000 in the safe. The
robbers broke into three saloons and
got $40 in cash. They stole q team
from the barn Of the A. Stroheimer
and escaped by buggy.
John Daily, constable in East Des
Moines, was found guilty in the dis
trict court OF making threats to ex-
tort. The penalty is prescribed by
the code as not to exceed two years
in the penitentiary or fine not to
exceed $500. Daily's attorneys will
ask for new trial. The Indictment
on which Daily was tried contained
two counts. The first was threatening
to accuse Mary and Julia Eeinke and
Annie Eiker of being immoral women
if they did not pay him a certain
amount Of money The second count
charged that Daily threatened to ar.
rest the women IL they did not put Up
money. The accused was found guilty
under the first count. It will be ar.
gued by the defendants attorneys
/ that all of the evidence introduced
by the state tended toward showing
that Daily threatened to arrest the wo
mon and was not that he threatened to
| accuse them of being immoral per
sons. On technicality they will ask
that the verdict be set aside.
| Joseph Hansmann was instantly
| killed, George Crutchfield, colored
perhaps fatally injured and two other
| laborers had a narrow escape from
| death in the caving in of the Blake's
| branch sewer at Ottumwa.
At Waterloo the jury in the case Of
4 Russell vs. the Waterloo e Cedar
| Rapids Gas & Electric company, en-,
! tered a verdict giving damages to the
plaintiff in the sum of $4,000. Rus.
sell lost his eyesight in an explosion
at the company's plant year ago