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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-07
WHITE is FOUND
IN NEBRASKA

Des Moines, July 2.-On the 2Sth
it was announced that Virgil White,
the young attorney who had myster-
iously disappeared from this city
| earlier in the month, leaving the i'm
preston that he had been drowned,
| had been found on farm near De-
fance. j. c. Hume. law partner,
went to Defiance, where he met White,
and after an interview, in which
White positively refused to return to
Des Moines, Hume went with White
10 Council Bluffs. Leaving White at
hotel in that city Mr. Hume returned
to Des Moines and informed Fred
White, father Of the young attorney,
of his whereabouts. Mr.. White i'm
mediately left for Council Bluffs, but
upon his arrival in that city, found
that his son had again disappeared.
AS yet there has been no satisfac.
tory explanation OF young Whites
actions. 1t is claimed that he is la
boring under a mental breakdown;
that he is a victim of strange hallu-
cinations, etc. Mr.. Hume, to whom
White talked freely, says he has done
no wrong and that his actions, in the
light of circumstances, are eXcusable.
Des Moines, July 5.-The Hon.
Fred White of Webster passed
through Des Moines last night en-
route to Grand Island, Neb., where
his son, Virgil White, the Des Moines
attorney, has been discovered and
placed in the custody of Sheriff Tay-
lor of that city. Virgil White went
to Grand Island from the farm where
he was working to see the celebra-
tion of independence day. 1t was
his undoing, for Sheriff Taylor spied
him and placed him in custody.
Council Bluffs, July 6.-Fred White
and his missing son, Virgil, met yes
terday afternoon at the home of
Sheriff Taylor at Grand Island, Neb.
The meeting was not particularly af-
fecting Mr.. White was met at the
train by Sheriff Taylor. who took
him to his home, where Virgil has
been staying AS soon as the door
opened, the parent stepped forward
with outstretched hand, simply say
ing. Virgil" The young man came
forward to clasp his fathers hand and
simply said Father"
They Immediately went into pri-
vate room, where they talked for
nearly two hours. What passed be-
tween them no one knows. At the
conclusion of it, the father announced
that he. would 60 with the son to the
farm of John D. Phillips, near Scotia,
Neb., where he had been employed.
Young White seems to be perfectly
sane and in good health. He firmly
declares that he will not return to
Des Moines or to his home-that such
an act would kill him.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-07
NEWS ALARMING.
Entire Caucasus is Up in Arms IL
Sympathy With Mutineers.

Sympathy With Mutineers.
st. Petersburg, July 7.-Such news
as came from the Black sea and eau
casus during the day was extremely
alarming The whole Crimean PENN
sula is on the verge of revolt and an
archy reigns in the mountains of the
Caucasus from Batoum to Baku. AT
Theodosia, the workmen are backing
the mutineers. The crews of several
ships in the harbor have joined the
mutineers and the well to do class of
the population has fed in panic.
According TO reports current in St.
Petersburg, four torpedo boats with
volunteer crews on board have sailed
for Theodosia to sink the kniaz Po-
temkine, but the reports lack contir-
nation and must be accepted with re-
serve. The Stemitelny which actually
had a volunteer crew on board for
that purpose and missed her quarry
at Kustendji, left Barna yesterday.
Several boats which Lewis Nixon
built are at Sevastopol, completed and
might be used. Mr.. Nixon himself
has not been heard from and tele-
grams dispatched to him remain un-
answered. This does not indicate
cause for alarm so far as he personal
ly is concerned, but it is probably due
to the censorship However, it tends
to confirm the extreme gravity of the
situation.
kilograms from the Caucasus, where
a state bordering on anarchy has ex-
listed for a month. says the news of
the mutiny on board the Kniaz Potem-
kline made am electric impression and
was the signal for general move
ment with which troops and police
are absolutely powerless to cope.
Railroad traffic in all directions has
ceased and the people are fleeing on
horseback and all kinds Of vehicles
over the mountain roads and trails
Almost CONSERVATION prevails in
official circles here.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-07
INSURANCE TAX
CONSTITUTIONAL
Judge James A. Howe Sus-
tains Iowa Insurance
Law
MUTUAL COMPANIES BEATEN
County and Farmers Mutual Ex-
empted From Tax, But State Com
panies Must Pay 1t - Legislative
Classification Not Unconstitutional

Des Moines, July 6.-Judge James
A. Howe in district court yesterday
sustained the demurrer of State Treas
| urer Gilbert S. Gilbertson to the suit
| brought by the Iowa Mutual Tornado
Insurance company to recover taxes
exacted of the company.
The case is test. fourteen com.
panies having agreed to unite in fight
ing the present action. 1t will be
carried to the supreme court. They
contend that the state in its taxation
OF state mutuals and not county mu-
tuals makes an unjust and illegal dis
elimination. The state mutuals
charged that the section of the code
unconstitutional because of being
class legislation.
Judge Howe in his opinion holds
that the tax mentioned in the section
is more of license or business tax as
distinguished from tax on property
and that the state has right to say
that companies doing business in the
entire state shall pay SO much while
those combining themselves TO the linn
itations of a county shall not be taxed.
The classification which the legis-
lature has made as to county mutuals
is based upon area or extent of terri
tory. 1t is provided that an insur-
ance association, organized under the
laws of this state, doing business in a
county, or in a county and the other
counties contiguous thereto, shall not
be taxed, but that if it does business
generally throughout the state it shall
be taxed.
The classification which the legis-
lature has made as to fraternal bene-
ficiary associations is based upon
their fraternal character 1t is pro-
vided that fraternal beneficiary assc-
Citations shall not be taxed
Excepting these two classes the
legislature has provided that all other
insurance associations or corporations
organized under the laws of this
state, shall be taxed.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-07
Chief Clerk John McDermott, of thu

Chief Clerk John McDermott, of the
Hotel st. Francis, was a Thespian
once, although, according to his story,
his roles were mostly silent ones, in
volving such acting as holding up
greenwood tree in a performance of
LAS you like it," or being horses
footsteps to right" or the Roman mob
Il never had speaking part, though"
he said, until appeared at the Grand
Opera House in an amateur produc-
Non of Hamlet for the benefit of ST.
Patrick's Church. was the ghost
The fellow who was coaching US gave
me very accurate instructions. He
said, When you come on, you say.
Hamlet, am thy fathers ghost"
in loud and sonorous tone, 1t would
have been all right but for the fact
hat l misunderstood him. The night
If the performance l went on at the
proper moment, and said, Hamlet,
am thy fathers ghost in a loud and
sonorous tone When they got
through saying things to me that
hight l decided to retire permanently
from the stage"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-07
HAT AND UMBRELLA ON BANK.
w. {. Spetman, Council Bluffs Grocer,
is Thought to Have Drowned.

is Thought to Have Drowned.
Council Bluffs, July 3.-The hat and
umbrella of NV. c. Spetman, a we'll
known Council Bluffs grocer, were
found on the bank of the Missouri
river. a quarter of a mile north of
the Illinois Central bridge yesterday,
by Edward Sharpe, a 15-year-od
boy.
Young Sharpe had gone to the
river to see an excursion boat pass
by, noticing footprints in the mu
of the bank. followed them until he
came upon the tokens indicating a
suicide
There is no doubt here that Spet-
man ended his life. He had been
sick for long time, and inquiry Of
his doctors developed the fact that
he had been suffering from tumor
on the brain. This is thought to have
finally driven him to his death in the
waters of the river. So far as is
known his business affairs were in
good shape.
A reward of $50 has been offered
for the recovery of the body.
Recently Spetman attempted to
throw himself off morning trolley
car crossing the Missouri river
bridge, with supposed suicidal in
tent, but was restrained from doing
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-07
RUSSIA WANTS ARMIsTIcE.
Has Formally sisnified Her Desire &c
President.

Has Formally Signifled Her Desire to
President.
ST. Petersburg, July 1.-THE situa.
ton regarding the armistice is as fol
lows:
Russia has formally signified to
President Roosevelt her desire for a
lasting peace, not only by the appoint
ment of plenipotentiaries who will be
accompanied by eminent experts
fully empowered to conclude treaty
subject only to the ratification of the
respective governments, but as a
final step has indicated her readiness
to suspend hostilities. She has
avoided formally asking for an arms
tice as a matter of pride but under
the circumstances Russia could hardly
go further than she has. Japan SO
far as known has not yet indicated
her attitude, or if she has Russia uL
to this afternoon has not been SO in.
formed. In diplomatic circles the
most earnest hope is expressed that
Japan will consent, both for the sake
of avoiding further bloodshed in Man
churia and perhaps in order to pre-
vent catastrophe in Russia, which
may shake the Romanoff throne and
appall the world by it's horrors.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-07
Proved Beyond a Doubt,

Middlesex, N. Y, July 3.-(Special)
That rheumatism can be cured has
been proved beyond a doubt by Mrs.
Betsey A. Clawson, well known here.
That Mrs. Clawson had Rheumatism
and had it bad, all her acquaintance
know. They also know she is now
tured. Dodd's Kidney Pills did il.
Mrs. Clawson tells the story of her
cure as follows:
II was an invalid for most five years
caused by lnflammatory Rheumatism,
helpless thirds of the time The
first year could not do as much as
baby could do, then rallied little
bit and then a relapse. Then year
ago the govt set in my hands and feet.
l suffered untold agony and in Au-
gust, 1903, when my husband died
could not ride to the grave.
II only took two boxes Of Dodd's
Kidney Pills and in two weeks could
wait on myself and saw my own wood.
l dug my own potatoes and gathered
my own garden last fall. Dodd's Kid
nelly Pills cured me-"
Rheumatism is caused by uric acid
in the blood. Dodd's Kidney Pills put
he Kidneys in shape to take all the
uric acid out of the blood.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-07
MANY VICTIMS
OF A TORNADO
A Great TWister in Texas
Causes Severe
Damage.
FOLLOWS A zIGzAG COURSE
Takes in Homes of Many Stock Rails.
ers and Farmers Reports Not All
in, But Conservative Estimates
Place the Loss of Life at Sixty.

Fort WORTH Tex, July Ga tor
edge of Montague county, coming
from the northeast and swinging far
TO the southeast yesterday afternoon,
caused the loss, it is believed, of over
sixty lives, injured large number OF
people and did untold damage to grow
ing crops and cattle.
Fortunately, the tornado missed the
small towns in the section through
which it swept, but it seemed to take
fiendish delight in zigzagging in such
way as to take in the homes Of
many farmers and stock raisers in
this section.
At Jacksboro the force of the wind
was terrific. The Baptist church and
twenty other buildings were blown off
their foundations and number Of
buildings totally destroyed.
Mrs. Travis Colhoun was seriously
injured and is not expected to live
Travis Co1houn, Mrs. Thomas Horton
and Henry Vesser and family were
also injured.
At Montague no lives were lost in
the town, but in the country there was
great loss of life reported Most of
those killed lived on Salt creek, along
which the tornado swept with special
force.
At Nocona the tornado passed
few miles to the south, and the lists
give the dead at fourteen and the in
jured at forty-one.
A reliable man from Nocona, who
has been over the scene, says that
reports were being received of the
dead when he left there, and he places
the loss of life at sixty.
Fort Worth, Tex, July Twenty
six persons are known to have been
killed and fifty injured by the tornado
which swept over a portion of Mon
tague county, in the northern part OF
this state Wednesday afternoon. The
property loss will probably total
100000.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-07
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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-07
WINDY CITY MAYOR
QUITS THE FIGHT

s. Chicago, July 7.-Mayor Dunno mas
abandoned immediate municipal own.
ership and operation of the street car
lines.
Throwing up his hands, Chicago's
municipal ownership mayor and
champion yesterday acknowledged
that the scheme of immediate public
ownership and operation of the trac-
ton lines is impractical. In a mes
sage an Independent private owner
ship corporation, whose only claim tC
the name municipal" is that i; is tC
be managed by a directorate composed
of five men selected by the city, in.
stead Of the stockholders.
The mayor went farther than that.
He suggested that the council give
this private corporation properly
safeguarded tweney year franchise
terminable at the will of the city by
the purchase of the physical property
of the so-called Municipal" company
at the cash value then to be determin
ed by appraisement.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-07
NAV Choose Portland.

washington, July 7.-While the
place for the hot weather sessions of
the peace conference has not yet been
selected, 1T is believed that Portland.
Maine, is being regarded very favor
ably. Bar Harbor, Newport, and other
well known resorts have been consid-
cred, but are Objectionable on account
OF the crowds and the social atten-
items which would be shown the men,
bet OF the conference.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-07
SANTA re CASE IN COURT.
Railway Contempt Proceedings Ar
BEGUN at Kansas City,

Railway Contempt Proceedings Are
Begun at Kansas City.
Kansas City, Mo-, July 2.-Con
tempt proceedings against the Atchi
son, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
company, charging that company with
being guilty of the violation Of ar
Injunction issued at Kansas City by
J.Ige John F. Philips on March "a
1902, restraining the road from giving
rebates, were filed in the United
states district court here yesterday
at the instigation of Milton d. Purd,
of washington, D. c., assistant attor
ney general, who came here recently
ut the direction Of the attorney gen
eral to file the suit upon behalf Of
the government.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-07
ARRESTS IN PRATT CASE
Widow Of Calhoun County Man is Ar
rested.

Rockwell City, July 6.-The mystery
surrounding the death of Cyrus Pratt
at Yetter ten days ago has been
cleared up by partial report of the
state chemist, Professor Kinney,
which shows that poison in sufficient
quantity to produce death had been
administered by someone. On the
strength of the report, the coroner's
jury reconvened yesterday and re-
turned a verdict charging Mrs. Pratt
and William Persing, their hired man,
with the murder.
Sheriff Risely went to the Pratt
farm yesterday afternoon and placed
Mrs. Pratt under arrest and locked
her up in Jail at Rockwell City. On
account of the prominence of the
Pratt family, excitement runs high.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-07-07
Norwegian Army On Frontier.

Stockholm, Sweden, July IA tel
egram from Trondhjem to the Jamt.
lands-Postem says that almost the en-
tire Norwegian army has been mobil-
lied and that three classes of con.
scription are armed and in training
On every night, it is added, 1000 in.
fantry were moved towards the Swe.
dish boundary. Sixty-five cars and
two engines were sent south from
Trondhjem to assist in the move
ments of the troops.