Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-12-02

in Grundy county, committed suicide
by hanging himself III his barn. He
was about 80 years old and leaves a
wife and five children. No reason is
known for the act.
The remains of John II. Charles,
pioneer, who died at Sioux City few
days ago. will be cremated in accord.
ance with his belief as to the proper
method OF disposition OF the body
after death. The remains will be
taken to st. Paul crematory. A little
grandchild OF Mr.. Charles was ere.
mated five years ago in that crema-
tory. Funeral services will be held in
Sioux City.
Eleven inmates of the Webster
county poor farm have escaped. Fire
broke out late at night and the efforts
of the steward and his assistants were
divided between subduing flames and
guarding patients, number of whom
were determined to save their belong
ings The city fire department made
q four mile run and aided in saving
much property. The loss Is $4,000,
fully insured.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Elliott of Bran
don are searching the country for
their son, and have almost given up
the search and fear that some mis-
hap has happened TO the boy The
14-year-old boy left home a week ago.
The mother is almost frantic to find
the lad, and thorough search SHOWS
that he is nowhere about that sec
ton and it is thought he has met with
some accident. ".r
Archie Harter, aged II years, lies
at the point of death at Mercy hos
pital, Des Moinos, as the result of an
accidental shooting which occurred a
calibre target rifle entered his abdo-
men, passing clear through, punctur-
ing his liver, stomach and intestines.
The rifle was in the hands of COM
panlon, who, with Harter and others,
was practicing shooting at a stump.
A shot fired at the stump struck
rock, glanced and struck Harter. His
life is despaired of.
A notice was filed with the clerk
of the district court at Waterloo by
the Federal Trust and Savings COM
pany of Chicago against the United
States Telephone and Telegraph COM
pany of Waterloo. The notice gives
notice that suit has been filed in
the United States district court for
the northeastern district Of Iowa Of
the foreclosure of the bonds of the
company in the sum of 100000.
which amount is held by the trust
company. The notice also states that
a receiver will be asked for the COM
pany.
The supreme court OF Iowa faced
the dire necessity Of deciding that
property owners whose trees are
about to be ruined by the grading OF
a parking for the construction Of new
sideWal have no remedy against the
operation OF this discretion by city
authorities, If the latter observe the
law and do nothing unnecessarily.
ITO the person who has planted
trees" says Justice Weaver in rem
dering the decision, "cared for them,
protected them against violence, and
has seen them grow and develop into
things of beauty until he comes to
regard them with genuine affection,
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come, but the court must administer
the law as it finds it. and the rule we
have stated Is we'll settled"
The Van Nest hardware store at
Chaplin was entered a few nights ago
and the burglar, Fred Giler, was cap
tured. For some time past Van Nest
has been missing different articles
a. en- n
set a watchman there every night.
On the night mentioned he was on
duty himself and early in the even
ing the building was entered FROM
the basement and the proprietor In
terrupted the unlawful visitor with a
double barrel shotgun. He. was much
surprised to discover that it was Fred
Giler, well known man around
Franklin county and section boss or
a gang of section men working cut OF
Chaplin. Giler was placed in charge
of Sheriff Wolfe at once and upon
searching his house several articles
were discovered that had been missed
from the store.
Clad in poor clothing, half starved
and nearly frozen, Sophia Knaff, aged
IA years, walked thirty miles from
Parkersburg to Cedar Falls, to avoid
alleged cruel treatment to which she
claims she has been subjected for the
past two years by the family Of Ben
Blow. q farmer living two miles north
of parkersburg. The girl is former
inmate of the orphans home in Des
Moines, who was given home by
Blow. She alleges that she was
forced to pillow, hush corn and milk
nine cows twice a day, and says that
she was whipped and compelled to go
without food Wien her work was not
done. She left the Blow home while
the family was away at a Thanksgiving
celebration, and made her way as for
as New Hartford, where a farmers
wife gave her taod and a blanket and
allowed her to sleep in the barn. She
reached Cedar Fills and was given
place as domestic at the Burr hotel,
and was fitted out with new clothes
and given food. Her. foster father,
Elow, with the aid Of the police found
her, but she refused to go back, say
ing that she would be whipped severe
ly. Blow says that he will surrender
all his rights if charitable organiza-
ton will find home for the girl.
The mulct petitions that have been
in circulation throughout Grundy
county since election have been filed
with the county aditor in Grundy
Center and contain q per cent OF the
voters of the county. AS IS per
cent is all that is needed, the pro-
moters are very confident that they
will get mulct saloons, but many
names will be thrown out because OF
tllegalities and as the anti.saloon
league is making war on the effort
many other names will doubtless be