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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14
STORIETTES.

Rabbi Hirsh, of Chicago, was rid
ing in a crowded street car, and rose
to surrender his seat to q lady. Be-
fore she could take 1t young man
pumped himself into it. The rabbi
looked at him in disguised silence.
What's the matter" demanded the
man: what yeh glarin' at me for?
Yeh look as If yehd like to eat me-"
II am forbidden to eat you," answered
the rabbi: Il am a Jew"
When Wicker, the Chicago pitcher.
was young fellow pitching on col.
lege team in the south. a preacher un-
Gle Of his went out to sec him pitch
game. what are those prelimin-
airy signs that the catcher is making?"
he asked. HE is signing Wicker the
sort of curve he wants him to throw
volunteered bystander. DO you
mean to say, sir. that he and my neph-
ew are conniving together to deceive
the batter?" "You might put it that
way, suppose" "And this is
Christian college," sighed the Rev.
Mr.. Wicker.
Sylvester r. Burch, chief clerk OF
the Department OF Agriculture, comes
from Kansas. A Kansas farmer call
ed on Mr.. Burch in Washington, and
all the farming marvels Of the Depart
ment were shown him. He was sill
ent. He seemed impressed. II tell
you what it is, SIR" said Mr.. Burch,
enthusiastically, "the time is coming
when a man will be able to carry all
the fertilizer for an acre Of ground in
one Of his waistcoat pockets" II be-
lieve 1t, sir" returned the farmer,
but he will then be able to carry alp
the crop in the other"
1.-THE widow" said I. w. Read, OF
Nashville, furnishes the most delight
tul study to the observer OF the tricks
and manners Of human beings. One
summer" he continued. II was spend
Ing some time at White Sulphur
Springs, Va, and. one afternoon a
handsome young woman and her lit
tie six-year-old son sat near me on the
veranda. The little fellow trotted UP
to me, and I patted him on the head.
"Aot youI AoAACs d6ASU. ! COIu
him. is you married?' he lisped.
No, I'm not I replied. Then the
child paused moment, and, turning
to his mother, said, Mamma, what
else did you tell me to ask him."
Justice David ]. Brewer, Of the Su-
preme Court OF the United States,
said that the best way to reach the
young men is to send the young wo-
men after them; that ever since the
days of Mother Eve they had been g.
potent factor in catching the elusive
man, and that they are as strong now
as they ever were. He told the story
Of the religious man who took his
Bible in one hand and his little son
by the other, and went for walk and
instruction. They came upon bevy
Of young girls playing in the forest,
and the boy asked what they were.
Geese, my son, geese" replied the
father. "Oh, catch me one, father;
catch me one!" cried the boy.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14
is NOT A GREAT Battle.
Fighting Thus Far is of Preliminary
Characfer

SIiCI dSLCts
st. Petersburg, Oct. 12.-Severe
fighting north of Yentai, resulting in
temporary check of General Kuro-
patkins advance guard, of which the
Associated Press correspondent at
Mukden telegraphed the first news, is
not regarded at the war office as inli-
eating a general engagement The
latest official dispatches indicating
the disposition of the various corps
show that the whole army is not vet
in line of battle The present engage
ment may therefore be regarded as
the result of a counter-attack which
an enterprising foe like the Japanese
might be expected to make, but with
out any calculation to prevent the
Russian advance
General Kuropatkins present supe-
riority in numbers. it is held here, Is
bound sooner or later to compel the
Japanese to fall back upon their
strong positions within the triangle
formed by Yentai, Lao Yang and
Sykwantun.
Che Foo, Oct. 10.-The increased &C.
tivity of the Japanese fleet. bockai
ing Port Arthur. in the stopping of
merchant men is due to lookout
which is being kept for three British
ships, which. it is suspected, intend to
attempt to enter Port Arthur with
timed meats and vegetables. The
British steamer Victoria was stopped
near Wei Hal Wei last evening and
the above explanation was made to
her by the Japanese boarding officer.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14
BLOODHOUNDS
FOLLOWED TRAIL
Man Accused of Treynor
Bank Robbery
Arrested.
is A LOCAL SAl00NKEEPER
Lives Almost Across Street From
Looted Bank-Karl kerrer Must
Face the Charge-Search Of Prem
ises Reveals No Money.

Council Bluffs, Oct S.-Trailad tn
his home in Treynor by bloodhounds.
Karl Karrer, saloon keeper, was
found in bed and arrested by officers
at midnight. He denies all knowl.
edge of the bank robbery and made
no resistance. No money was found
on him or in the house. Karrer was
brought to Council Bluffs by officers.
The dogs took the trail ten miles
north of Treynor. followed it through
corn fields and woods to the Treynor
road, into town and up to karre's
home, Imost directly across the
street from the bank.
Karrer had not been seen since the
robbery until located by the dogs.
Council Bluffs, Oct. S.-While the
majority Of the male inhabitants OF
Treynor were in Council Bluffs at
tending the German celebration. an
unknown man entered the Treynor
Savings bank and at the point of a re-
volver held up the bookkeeper. Miss
Frances Flood, compelled her to turn
over to him between 81 400 and $1,700
in cash and then, locking the young
woman in the vault, made of.
The robbery was done single hand
ed and at 2:30 o'clock in the after
noon. A half hour later Louis and
Adolph Bollmeier called at the bank
and released the young woman from
her prison, heard her story and gave
the alarm. The rural telephone was
used to great advantage, horses were
secured with much difficulty, the
county sheriff, Council Bluffs police
and officers Of the bank were notified
and a posse was soon searching for
the robber. ..-
Though searching parties have been
on every road leading from Treynor,
the robbers are still at large.
A report reached here from near
Treynor that an unknown man aban-
doned rig in farm yard and struck
off through the fields and woods along
Silver Creek. This man was seen by
a woman in the farm house who says
that he answers the description Of the
robber, and that the buggy left by
him answers the description Of the
buggy supposed to have been used. A
deputy sheriff and posses hurried to
the place and will follow the trail
left by the unknown man, The officers
are at loss to know how the fugi
tive doubled back on his track dur
ing the night without being seen by
one Of the many parties that are
searching the roads and fields.
Miss Flood experienced no i'll ef-
fects from her confinement In the
vault, nor was she suffering to any
great extent from the nervous shock
naturally caused by being held up
by a bank robber, when seen by a
correspondent at Treynor shortly az
ter she had been released She told
her story simply and clearly.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14
TWENTY-NlNE KILLED,
Trains on Missouri Pacific Collide
in Missouri.

Trains on Missouri Pacific Collide
in Missouri.
: Warrensburg, Mo-. Oct. 11.-Twen-
ty-nine persons were killed and sixty
injured by a collision of Missouri Pa
cilic trains three miles east of War
rensburg at o'clock yesterday morn.
ing. The trains were the second Sec
ton OF passenger train No. 80 and an
extra freight train. The dead are in
undertaking rooms in this city and
most Of the wounded are in the rail.
road hospital in Sedalia, Mo.
The passenger train, consisting of
two day coaches, a Pullman and a
caboose, was loaded with Worlds
fair excursionists from southeast
Kansas and southwest Missouri.
The regular passenger train No. 80
had been cut in two at Pleasant Hill.
on account Of the heavy load and an
engine attached to the front car with
out baggage car as a buffer. The
extra freight had sidetracked at
Montserrat for the first section of
NO. 80, which carried signals that
second section was following. This
was followed by passenger train No.
so, which the freight crew took for
che second section of No. 80. The
freight pulled out of the sidetrack and
three miles west met the second sec
ton. The impact telescoped the ten
der OF the passenger engine into the
'front.' car, which was loaded with
passengers, and it was here that the
sacrifice of life took place. The pas
senger conductor, e. L. Barnes, ran
AL the way to Warrensburg and broke
me news OF the wreck. Every ply.
slclan in the town responded aud
hundreds Of citizens fastened to the
wreck and assisted the wounded from
beneath the timbers Of the broken
cars.
twenty people were killed outright
and seven died before 8 o'clock.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14
----------------------------
RUSSIANS ARE ADVANCING.
Are Reported to Have inflicted Blow
on Japanese Riuht.

st. Petersburg, Oct. 1O.-General
Kuropatkin's order of the take the
offensive is supplemented tonight by
the news that an offensive movement
has already been begun and that the
Japanese line has been broken at
Bentsiaputze. The Japanese occu-
pied front Of about ffty-two miles,
stretching from Bentsiaputze on the
east through Yentai and across the
railway to the banks Of the Hun river
on the west. The Russian force had
been moving south in close touch
with the Japanese advance since Oc.
tober 4.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

Henry B. Metcalf, Prohibitions,
candidate for governor of Rhode Is
and and the candidate of the party
:or vice president in 1900, is dead. He
was Is years Of age. Henry B. Met
calf was born in Boston in 1929. and
was educated in the public schools Of
that city. He had been a candidate
for governor of Rhode Island on the
Prohibition ticket several times and
was formerly Republican state SEN
ator. He was president OF the board
of trustees OF Tufts college, Rhode
Island
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14
JAMES CALLANAN'S WILL.
Large Requests Are Made to Charity
by Deceased Millionaire.


Des Moines, Oct. 14.-In keeping
with his long life of philanthropic
works, the will of the late James
Callahan, filed yesterday in the office
of the clerk Of courts, shows that his
last desire was for the uplifting of hui
manity and the perpetuity of good
works. His largest requests were
made in the interests Of the homeless
and friendless and in the cause OF edu
cation. The colored race he has Civ
en- his greatest assistance, and all
those whom in his lifetime he aided
and who aided him, even in the small
er things of life, he remembered in his
last document.
The public requests are as follows:
American Peace Society," Phila., $40,
900; National Temperance Society,
100000; Talladega College, Oskaloosa,
100000; Penn College, Oskaloosa,
100000; Casanova College. New York,
$4,000; Des Moines Baptist College,
$4,000; Wilberforce University, Green,
o.. $4,000; Ambidexter Inst. Spring.
field, ILL.,, 100000; Benedict Home, Des
Moines, 100000; Iowa Woman's Equal
Suffrage Association, $4,000; M. E.
Church. South Bethlehem. New York:
$4,000; Iowa Humane Society, $780,
600; Home for the Aged, Des Moines,
$4,000; Home for Friendless Chill
dren, Des Moines. 10000; Salvation
Army, $20,000; Iowa Humane Society,
$4,000; Corinthian Baptist Church,
$1,000; St. Paul's A. NJ. e. Church,
$1,000; First African Baptist Church,
$1,000: Burns Chapel NJ F. Church,
$1,000; Maple Street Baptist Church,
$1,000; Union Congregational Church,
$1,000; Home for Aged Colored
Folks, $4,000; The remainder Of
his total, valued at 100000, is divid-
ed between his relatives.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14
GIRL DIES FROM BURNS.
Death Of Another Gasoline Victim at
Logan.

Logan.
Logan, Oct. 11-Another victim has
been added to the long list of fatal
tiles through gasoline explosion and
fire, when the body of Sarah Ethel
Everett, rs years of age, the daughter
of Robert H. Everett, farmer resid-
ing not far from Little Sioux was
found upon the back porch Of the re-
sidence by Orville, the 1O-year-old
brother of the girl. The little fellow
although terribly shocked at the aw-
full discovery, did not lose his pres
ence Of mind, but strove to extinguish
the flames which still assembled from
a portion of the young woman's cloth
ing.
She had been cleaning ribbons with
gasoline, and the superstition is that
it's fumes had become ignited from
stove which was near the body and
had caught upon the clothing Of the
victim, and she had been unable to eX-
tinguisn them. Beneath the body the
fire had eaten a hole into the floor
All the family, with the exception
Of the young woman, were absent at
the time of the tragedy
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

II you contemplate going to Pan
anna to engage in business your best
plan will be to learn all about the
country and the Inducements It holds
out for men who are not succeeding
where they are. Then you will not
contemplate It any more.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

The Columbus man who accuses his
wife of throwing big iron spoon at
him and hitting him will have some
difficulty in convincing twelve intelli-
gent Jurors OF the truth of the latter
charge.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr., will take
his place at the head Of his fathers
firm when Jupiter" retires at the be-
ginning of the coming year. And yet
every little while you hear somebody
ray that there is no chance now for
young men. ..
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

Dressmakers have decreed that the
winter woman shall be broadshoul'
dered. Probably the better to enable
her to stand the quips of the funny
man who write jokelets about the cost
of women's apparel.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

The car has virtually settled upon
this grand duke as the commander-n.
chief Of the forces in Manchuria, al.
though an official announcement to
this effect is not expected until the
second army, to be commanded by
Gen. Grippenberg, is ready to take the
field
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

Genius has yet before it the task Of
producing a pre-combusted coal that
will produce neither ashes nor smoke
and thus glad the heart Of the hired
raan-less householder, and exc his
neighbOrs.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

We are quite willing to believe that
that telephone device invented by a
man at Portland, Ore, to enable per-
SON speaking to see the face of the
person at the other end of the line al
ready works successfully as far as the
human eye can reach.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

A New York poet publishes some
verses of which the repeated refrain
is: 'Blow, wind, blow!" Those who
doubt the influence of modern poets
have only to watch and see how obed-
iently the wind is doing 1t.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

A Kansas Judge holds that the
courts offer no recourse when dog
bites street-corner spellbinder. The
services Of poor dumb beasts never
are properly appreciated.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

]. Pierpont Morgan has within a
month been almost run down in his
launch, almost run over in an auto
mobile, and almost hurt in railroad
collision. No wonder he is beginning
to think of retiring.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14
MURDER MYSTERY.
Body Of James smythe Discovered -
fore His Howell at What Cheer.


What Cheer. Oct. Thames
Smythe, better known as "Jim the
Bum" was shot and instantly killed
in front II the house which he had
seized and was occupying near the
city hall. ...-.
The body was discovered by viii.
lard McNabb, manager, Of the Stand
ard Oil distributing station, about s
o'clock yesterday morning. Smythe
was lying where he fell, having died
evidently without struggle. He was
barefoot and had both hands in his
pockets. 1t Is apparent that some one
at the front of the shop had disturbed
him. He had arisen from his nest Of
old rags, opened the back door and
walked around to the front and was
shot as he appeared around the cor
ner. The body was carried into the
city hall to await the coroner's in.
quest.
Smythe has been a character in
What Cheer for years. He had no
family and no friends here, but it is
said he has brother who is whole.
sale liquor dealer in Davenport. He
was dirty and disreputable, but was
a shrewd fellow in some ways, and
had caused no end of trouble in jus
tees court and in other ways.
Only last week he seized the black
smith shop in which he was sleeping
from Print Cooley, claiming it stood
on lot belonging to him. A lawsuit
followed, resulted in Smythe being
bound over to the grand jury under
$500 bonds. but he still kept the shop
Night Waterman Lee Clemens says
he heard no shot or disturbance OF
any kind during the night, but is &C
counted for by the fact that the bull
let was apparently 22-caliber, and the
shot could not be heard far.
What Cheer, Oct. 13.-The fact that
James Smythe, better known as Jim:
the Bum" was shot to death, was es.
tablished beyond question yesterday
it was not until the coroner
had concluded his investigation and
the body was being prepared for
burial by the undertaken that this fact
became known. Over the heart, and
concealed by the hair which covered
the mans breast, was a tiny bullet
hole. which was discovered when the
fluid was forced from it
This wound, it is now generally &C
cepted, caused the mans death. What
was at first supposed to be bullet
in the eye was found later to
be merely scratch made in falling
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

These are TIE instructions for 1T
ting the latest STYLE of corsets: stand
on the balls OF your feet, stiffen your
knees, and wiggle your shoulders"
Wouldn't that give you a fit?
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

A Chicago judge has decided that
hat-trimming is not art, but skilled la
Dor. He probably arrived at this con-
clusion because of his inability to I'M
derstand how art could come so high.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

A New Haven man has been sen.
fenced to serve five years in the peni'
Tertiary for embezzling $4,000. The
wonderful thing about his case is that
the pessimists are not calling atten-
ton to the fact that he was a Sunday
school superintendent.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14
Flu Ping is Captured bv JAMS,

Toxic, Oct: 13.-Admiral Hosoya,
commanding the third squadron of the
Japanese feet reports that at 1 a. m.
yesterday wireless telegram was re-
celVed from the guardianship Otowa
reporting that the Flu Ping, British
steamer, was captured by the torpedo
boat destroyer Shirataka. The Flu
Ping, which was carrying a grea.
quantity of munitions Of war, the tele-
gram FROM the Otowa says, was at
tempting to enter Port Arthur.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14
Cure to Stay Cured.

Wapello. Iowa, Oct. 10 Especially
Ono of the most remarkable cures
ever recorded In Louisa County 10
that Of Mrs. Minnie Hart of this place.
Mrs. Hart was in bed for eight months
and when she was able to sit up she
was all drawn up on one side and
could not walk across the room.
Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her. Speak
Ing OF her cure Mrs. Hart says:
Yes. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured mo
after l was in bed for eight months
and | know the cure was complete
for that was three years ago and
have not been down since. In four
weeks from the time l started taking
them | was able to make my garden.
Nobody can know how thankful am
to be cured or how much feel owe
to Dodds Kidney Pills"
This case again points out how
much the general health depends on
the Kidneys. Cure the Kidneys with
Dodd's Kidney Pills and nine-tenths OF
tbs suffering the human family is heir
to, will disappear.
The man who makes hay while the
sun shines is in a position to lend
mOnav tn fha fa11orr, a;,x,h, w,r{foo M.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

Jean De Reszke gets $50 an hour
for music lessons. Perhaps if Patti
could do that she might forego the
sweet sorrow of saying good-by to
American audiences.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

Philistines who have noted the ath-
letic style Of great pianists cannot be
persuaded that there are usually only
three or four movements to each
sonata.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

The dressmakers' edict that at least
thirty yards will have to go into
dress hereafter convinces many hus-
bands and fathers that their last years
suits will hold together one more win
ter r ~<
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

One of the doctors has found a
serum for the prevention of hay fever
This being the case, let the poets come
on with their golden rod poems.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

1t Is DR.. Gunsaulus who remarks
that the day of the boy orator has
gone. But there is nothing in this
statement to arouse any deep regret
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

A Chicago man who makes ghosts
to order doubts very much whether
spirits ever materialize, but he knows
that dollars do.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

Undoubtedly the Lord hates a
liar" says the Boston Herald. Isn't
this open to argument? He may hate
the sin. but love the sinner.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14
Ex-TREASURER SHORT.
Experts Say Ex-Treasurer of Polk
County Must Pay.

Nounty muSt ray.
Des Moines, Oct. lin a report
filed with the board Of supervisors, C.
B. Worthington, the county's expert,
who has been examining the accounts
Of ex-County Treasurer AL Layman,
says that he has not accounted for
$424.O7 of the money of Polk county.
In the report submitted the allega.
ton is made that Layman as treas.
urer collected $424.07 as delinquent
taxes, for which receipts were given,
but which the books show had not
been turned into the treasury,
The recommendation is made that a
demand be made upon Mr. Layman
for the money, and, in case of refusal,
to take further steps. No action was
taken by the board at it's meeting
Yesterday
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

Says the Memphis Scimitar, "Hoo.
ray, hooray. and likewise yip!" Yes,
certainly. Boy or girl?
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

Mrs. Patrick Campbell says she ex-
poets to come to America "ever so
often" Another farewell tour artist,
apparently.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

When a woman can get a divorce
in twenty minutes, why should we
bother our heads with Mr.. Meredith's
theories about ten-year marriage?
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

No one should jump at the conclu.
sion that allowing the milk of human
kindness to sour is going to do any
good.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

John L. Sullivan is once more on
the water wagon. Nothing like keep
ing In accord with the campaign.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

Mexico has dynamite trust, but
the courts down that way seem in.
clined to let well enough alone.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

It is Cupid's turn to laugh at Gen.
Corbin. Most Of us INDUCED in that
diversion some time before.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14

One can always tell what time of
year It is by looking at the open.
faced pumpkin pie.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-14
Not al false attachment SUITS are
breach of promise cases.

Truth Is stranger than satire. There
was genuine Mark Twain duel in
Paris recently.