Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-18
IOWA
NEWS

! Gus Larson, who lives north OF Des
Moines, was nearly killed by falling
slate in the Bloomfield coal mine. He
Is lying at his home at the point OF
death. Both legs and several ribs
were broken. A flying piece of coal
from an explosion knocked down a
prop. letting the slate from the roof
fall, burying Larson beneath it. When
rescued by companions he was un.
conscious.
! ]. w. Moran, J. Jordan and Frank
Hurley, three boys sixteen ana seven
teen years old, are held at Sioux
City on charge of robbing c. A.
Miller, healthy, strongly built man,
|of gold watch and chain, and of
burglarizng Marshal Bros store, Sc
curing a $50 cash register and $50
worth Of cigars and tobacco. The
boys admit fighting with Miller, but
deny any thought of robbery. Hurley
bears slight wound between his
shoulders which Miller says he in
f1icted during the scrap.
A bad runaway accident occurred
In Griswold few days ago, and as
a result Andy Kilgore, one of the
best known and highly respected
citizens, is lying in a very serious
condition. He was driving spirited
young team hitched to wagon on
which was a number of loose planks
and it was the rafting sound of those
which caused the team to start to
run. In trying to save himself Mr..
Kilgore was pitched forward and fell
in front of the wagon, his foot being
caught in the hounds, and he was
dragged for several blocks before the
team could be stopped. He sus-
tanned broken rib and number OF
other serious bruises.
Fire at Muscatine destroyed the
houses belonging to T. Testrake and
Joseph Nyenhuis, together with barns
on the premises, and large carpen-
ter shop belonging to Nyenhuis, who
is Muscatine's largest contractor.
One of the houses was occupied by
Howard Rice and William Holmes,
who lost everything. The origin Of
the fire was from bonfire started
by children at the rear of barn. A
high wind prevailed, and only by the
efforts of the fire department was the
entire southern portion of the city
saved. The only insurance on the
two houses amounts to about $4,000.
while the loss is estimated at $4,000.
The houses were fine ones, costing in
the neighborhood of $4,000 each.
The year and a hald old daughter
of Jens o. Christensen of Audubon
was kicked by a horse. having us
skull badly crushed, and dying few
hours later. The parents Of the lit
tie one had driven to Extra to spend
the day with friends and the baby
was playing in the front yard alone
when the accident happened. John
Stoner was leading his horses to
water at trough nearby when the
child ran unseen too near one of the
animals. Before any warning could
be given or any effort made to save
the baby from the danger, one of the
horses suddenly kicked. striking the
little girl terrific blow in the tenn
pie with it's hoof. The child's skull
was crushed in frightful manner,
and although help was summoned at
once death occurred within q few
hours.
The Newton & Northwestern Rail-
way company had some difficulty
with a gang of it's gravel men who
were working near Boone, and as a
result about forty-fve of them are out
of employment. 1t Is claimed, the
regular train which brings the gravel
men to town came on through with
out stopping for the seventy-fve or
eighty men employed in graveling.
AS a result 1t was almost o'clock
when the men reached the city.
Next morning they appointed COM
mittee to confer with General Mana
ger Blake and he granted them their
overtime and met thor demands.
The committee returned to the New
ton depot and informed the waiting
men that everything had been set
tied. This does not seem to have
been satisfactory, for about fifty re-
used to go to work and were then
given their time and paid off. Other
men have been secured to take their
places.
Threats of violence against one an.
other have been made by r. A. Ball
and Mark A. Sweeney Of Council
Bluffs, both of whom, through SER
les of peculiar complications, are mar
ried to the same woman. The present
trouble arises over. an attempt by
Ball to kidnap his son, aged 9, who
has been staying with Mrs. Ball
Sweeney. Ball was arrested and fined
s25, but took an appeal. In retallia-
ton, he had Sweeney arrested for de-
tanning the child, Sweeney and the
woman being together at present.
Both men evince a disposition to
settle their quarrel by resort to
arms. Mrs. Ball-Sweeney procured
divorce from Ball in Nebraska and i'm
mediately married Sweeney. Later
the decree was set aside because the
Nebraska laws prohibit a Divorce
from remarrying within six months.
This left her still the wife Of Ball,
though she was then and still Is Iiv-
ing witt. Sweeney. The grand jury
has indicted Sweeney for knowingly
marrying the wife of another
At the recent annual meeting al
Cedar Rapids John 7. Rock was
elected president of the Travellers
Protective association, and +. B.
Oliver, secretary and treasurer. The
fight for the headquarters was won
by Waterloo, which will retain the
offices.
; George Forst, the little son of Har-
mon Forst of Pleasantville, suffered