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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29
Purity Candy Co. Sold.

Des Moines-The property Of the
bankrupt Purity Candy company was
purchased Monday afternoon by J.
II. Windsor at An auction sale con-
Quoted by E. NJ. Stedman, the le-
ceiyer. It is the intention of Mr..
Windsor to remove the stock and fix
lures from the room at 420 Court
avenue, where they have been stored,
10 a location on Second street be-
tween Walnut street and Court ave.
nue., which will be fitted up for a
factory. The business will be con-
Quoted by his son, Raymond Windsor,
who for the past three years has
breen connected with the branch
house of the Warfield-Pratt-Howell
company at Cedar Rapids. He will
return to Des Moines at once to
take charge Of the factory. The Pur.
ity Candy company was organized
several years ago by Joe Geren, who
was the principal stakeholder. 1t did
Al excellent business for time. At
Inc auction Monday Mr.. Windsor's
bid was s4.1o0.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29
FLeMiNGs BRING SUIT.
Auditor Carroll Is Served With Orig
Inai Notice.

Auditor Carroll Is Served With Orig
inai Notice.
Des Moines.-State Auditor Carroll
has been served with notice as the
representative of tne nre insurance
companies concerned in the snlt
which is being brought by Fleming
Bros. for the losses on the ROCKWELL
block. Damages and insurance to the
extent of $4,000 is being demanded
by the Flemings.
Ii is probable that the suit will be
brought in the federal court. The
mpanies concerned are the Spring
field Fire and Marine of Massacnu-
set,s, the Hartford Fire Insurance
company of Hartford, Conn: the Com
mercial Union Assurance company OF
England; The Home insurance com
pany of New York. the London Assur-
ance company of London, and the Liv-
erpool, London e. Globe Of Liverpool.
The full amount of insurance on the
block is $4,000. The companies elect
ed to rebuild, but did not carry out
their contract Hence the Flemings
base their charges on the failure OF
the companies TO pay the insurance,
1t being their claim in the first place
that they were entitled 10 the full
amount of the loss, $4,000, and on
the election of the companies 10 re-
build and their failure SO TO do they
were greatly damaged. both by the
delay and otherwise.
The work of demolishing the old
block and the removal OF the debris
will require about two weeks more,
1t is believed, at the end of which
time the contract for the new build
ing will probably be awarded.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29
TEETH THAT WERE USELESS
Puzzle to the Nan Who Had Sud.
denly Sustained the Loss
Of Them.

Harry Leon Wilson, author OF The
In Connecticut with a colony Of artists
and writer's, all of whom had TO go into
the city every day, relates the Saturday
Evening Post.
Wilson was doing nothing but loaf
Ing. He ioafed artistically, and from
time 10 time met and had fun with
some Of the natives of the place. One
day he found two men in the road who
seemed congenial, and he struck up an
acquaintance with them. He proposed
a drive and they got a surrey and two
horses.
Can you driver" asked Wilson.
sure" one of his sudden friends re-
piled, Il am a fine driver"
They got aboard and started down
the road. Before they had gone half .
mile the team was frightened by .
passing automobile and ran away. The
driver valiantly steered the horses
into a telegraph pole and Wilson and
his two friends were thrown helter-
SHELTER into the road.
Wilson slowly gathered himself to-
gether. One OF his friends was sitting
in the ditch rubbing his bruises and
the other stood in the middle Of the
road gazing in fearful misery at two
front teeth which he held in the palm
OF his hand.
Pretty lucky escape, wasn't it?'
asked Wilson, for want OF something
better tc say.
YES" replied the man with the
teeth, weeping afresh, but please, oh.
please, tell rue, what shall I do with
<horoSH
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29
STATE TAKES ON NEW LIFE.

1t would appear that after 80 years
Of Indifferent existence and an almost
stapdstill population Nevada is again
70 come into its own. Gold doomed
Nevada; there are still several or tina
best paying mines in the world there.
But these properties are in the hands
of limited corporations, and for years
the state has been poor field for
orospectors. But nature works things
nut better than economics. Copper Is
oow what promises 10 bring Nevada
% the front. AS Colorado rather went
out Of mining for farming Nevada
promises to stop chasing the golden
dream for copper. A great district Of
this mineral has been discovered, in
and around the little town of Ely in
White Pine county, which, by the
way, is about the size of the state OF
Massachusetts,, or $500 square miles.
There is no incentive for sensational
figures, for there is in sight 50,OO0,-
O0O, 900 pounds Of pure copper, $1,000,-
100000 in silver and $400,000,000 in
gold. The Eullfrog mine, which has
been corrailed by fasteners, Is the
largest. The district promises to rival
some Of the Alaskan fields, the money
exchanges for property during March
exceeding those of all the rest of Ne
vada six times over. Comparatively
speaking the gold and silver values
are low to The ton, but the immensely
81 the output makes them average
with higher values. Copper, however,
is the king and its value runs very
high.
Ely is a typical new mining dis
rict Three banks have been char
tered and three railroads are heading
or the territory, one will be finished
70 the camp within a few weeks, and
prospectors and business men are ar
irving in numbers daily. 1t Is be-
lieved that the biggest mining boom
in the west since the Leadville excite
ment in 1878 Is on. ."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29
RUSSIAN SOLDIERS MUTINY

Serious Disorders are Reported from
Great Fortress on Polish Frontier
st. Petersburg. June 29.-Late last
night it was reported that most SER
ious disorders had broken out in the
garrison of Osowiec, one of the great
fortresses defending the Polish from
tier against German invasion. Owing
to the fact that the office of the gen.
eral staff was closed when the report
became current and to the reticence
of the military authorities, it has
been impossible to obtain details OF
the reported mutiny; but an army
officer intimated to The Associated
Press that the affair was far more
serious than any that has hitherto
occurred. Osowiec is classed as
fortress of the first rank, and is To-
Gated thirty-fve miles northwest OF
Bialystok.
policy Holders Organize.
San Francisco, Cal, June 2S.-A
powerful org anization, known as the
Polcyholders' Protective league, was
formed by the business men of San
Fran cisco to enforce fair treatment
from all insurance companies. Bank
ers. manufacturers. merchants and
shippers, who were present at the
meeting, represent fire losses amount
ing to more than $100,000,000.
A committee was appointed from
the membership OF the commercial
organizations of the city, two from
each. with one member at large,
which will prepare and direct plan
of campaign for the organization
which will supply the necessary
money from fund created by a pro
rata assessment on the face value Of
the policies represented. a.-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29
pes Moines Gets Next Convention

pes Moines Gets Next Convention.
Iowa City.-The annual state con-
vention of the Iowa Board Of Christ
ian Churches closed here yesterday
with the election of officers, the prin-
ripal ones Of whom are Des Moines
men. and the selection Of Des Moines
rs the place Of the next meeting,
which will be held June "a to 26,
1907.
The new state board officers are:
President, J. NJ. Williams, Des
hoines; vice president, F. l.. Moffet,
Centeryille; recording secretary, J.
J. Grove, Ames; corresponding secre-
larry. B. S. Denny, Des Moines, and
treasurer, J. NJ. Lucas. Des Moines.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29
TO MEET IN COUNCIL BLUFFS
State Organization Of County or
Gals Will Hold Conventions.

State Organization Of County or
Gals Will Hold Conventions.
Council Bluffs.-Council Bluffs will
be the scene of the largest gathering
of county officials ever held in Iowa
next August when. simultaneously
meetings of the associations OF clerks
Of the district court, supervisors,
auditors, treasurers, and recorders
will be held, beginning Tuesday, Aug.
l, and continuing for three days.
Heretofore the various organizations
have met at different places and
times, but this year, in the interests
of good fellowship, it was decided to
lay their plans together, although
holding their conventions separately.
The Grand hotel has been selected
as the headquarters for the clerks,
President B. F. Coffin having been
here recently for the purpose OF max
ing the preliminary arrangements.
Mayor Donald Macrae, Jr., will de-
liver an address of welcome to the
delegates.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29
Mr.. b. J. Henneman, oakl,,a

Mr.. b. J. Henneman, oakl,,, d
writes:
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which l had over a year ago 0a'
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and am getting fat. 'eE
$50 l am, and will saw 10 An i
cured for good. -
81 thank you for your kindnas,
"Peruns will be our house m.al
hereaffer."
Catarrh of the stomach !, a,s, !,
in common parlance as dyspens,
tritis and indigestion. M m.sj
will be of any permanent beneS, II
it removes the catarrh.
A Great Tonic.
Mr.. Austin NJ. Small. Asto,;, \
writes: During the hot wea,bs
the past summer l lost nv appe.s
tried Peruna, and found It ple..,,
take, . splendid appetizer md ! \
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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29

There are stories Of soldiers in bat,
lie being put to flight by sudden at
tacks Of bees or hornets, so no dis
arrangement of a veterans valor is i'm
piled in an incident at Middletown,
Conn. A swarm Of bees invaded the
premises Of the president Of Wesleyan
university, who fought in the civil
war and has creditable military rec
ord. The bees went for" the presi-
dent. and he went for shelter. and
luckily succeeded in finding it, for as.
sault by such an army is a serious
matter.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29
FALLING WALLS INJuRE MEN.
Walker Flat Coilapses: Debris
Catches Workmen-One May Die.

Walker Flat Coilapses; Debris
Catches Workmen-one May Die.
Des Moines-Three men were serl-
ously injured yesterday afternoon
about 3 o'clock by the collapse OF
building on Eighteenth street, just
north OF Center street. A corner Of
the structure, a fat building, gave
way throwing three of the brick
layers working on the third floor TO
the ground. That the men escaped
instant death in the forty-five foot
fall from the top Of the building is
a miracle The structure was near
ing completion. Three floors had
been finished and the coping around
the top was being put on. Four
bricklayers were working on the
northeast corner when the crash
came yesterday. Suddenly without
warning the corner gave way and
brick and timbers crumbled beneath
them. Three Of the men fell to the
ground with the mass Of bricks and
boards.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29
BACHELOR SHOWERS WEALTH..
Wealthy Isaiah Shower Gives 5000
n HhildrHo'e Aonne

Wealthy Isaiah Shower Gives 5000
To Children's Home.
Des Moines-Isaiah Shower, a
wealthy bachelor OF Traer, Iowa, has
made a bequest to the Iowa Chill
dren's home of $1,000, which hast
Just been turned in cash into the
treasury. Mr.. Shower, who IS pos
sessed of great deal OF this worlds
wealth, felt that he owed duty to
the fatherless children Of the state
to bestow a part Of his wealth for the
benefit of their education. This Is
the largest bequest to come into the
home. The money has been put out
on interest, only the income there
from to 60 into the treasury.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29
CHEROKEE HAS A BAD FIRE.
Damage of $500 Is Caused To Sew
eraI Business Houses.

Cherokee.-Fire Saturday destroyed
the building occupied by c. Rhoe as
a painting shop. together with all its
contents.
No one knows how the fire started.
The building occupied by Olney &
Son as meat market was partly
destroyed. A shed to the rear of the
two buildings was also burned. A
threshing machine belonging to Mil
Ter e Sache was stored in the shed
and is total loss.
Only the quick work of the fire de-
partment saved the large implement
house belonging to w. j. Hall. The
loss is about $4,000, with no insur.
ance
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29
SUES TO RECOVER PROPERTY.
J.. L. Belts Claims His Father Was
H..ud.Ian&lM Induced Ia SAu

J.. L. Belts Claims His Father Was
FraudulentIy Induced To Sell.
Des Moines.--The suit of J. L.
Belts to recover a farm which he
claims was wrongfully taken away
from him at his fathers death ten
years ago, will be heard in
Judge McVey's court. Belts was
disinherited by his father, ]. J. Belts,
and claims that the latter was taken
advantage of and induced by illegal
means to give deed to the forty acre
farm for $40 per acre. The land was
conveyed to Martha Howard, and
Belts is now making every effort to
prove his right to it. He claims that
it was worth 800 per acre at the
time it was Sold and that since that
time coal has been discovered on it,
and that it is now worth 5000 per
acre.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29
HOFFMAN GIVES HIMSELF UP.

Man Who Killed John Esbere' and
Wounded Paul Jones.
Davenport.-"Cappie' Hoffman, who
killed John Esberg and wounded Paul
Jones in a quarrel over two girls in
this city Sunday, returned from Chi
eago this morning and gave himself
ap to the police. After the murder
be jumped on freight train and
rode to Blue Island, from where he
went into Chicago and stopped at the
City hotel at Sixteenth and State
street. He claims that he shot in
lelf defense. His hearing has been
set for Friday morning.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29

German organizations have decided
TO erect a monument in honor Of Carl
Schurz in New York and also will es-
tablish at the new library of the city
;of New York Carl Schurz section.
where Schurz' writings and all that
has been published about his works
may be collected.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29
Cedar Rapids Rector Dead.

Cedar Rapids.-rhomas e. Gum,
rector of the Church of the Immacu-
late Conception for forty years, died
early Sunday morning from Apo
plexy. He was one Of the best known
Roman Catholic churchmen in the
state.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29

i bill has been introduced at Wash,
ington making 1t misdemeanor for
any person to keep an establishment
for the purpose Of dealing IN cotton
futures. ssi
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29
scRAPE BED OF THE RIVER.
Novelty Is introduced in CONSTRUCTION
Of Bio DAM

Of Big Dam.
Iowa City, Ia, June ga dirt
scraper at work on the bottom of the
river is novel sight which may be
seen in the construction of the power
house at the new dam in the Iowa
river, which is being built by the en-
gineering students Of the university
and superintended by Prof. B. J..
Lambert. The scraper is being used
in connection with the building Of a
Golfer dam for the foundation of the
power house, scooping out the sand
before the building Of the cribbing in
stead Of afterwards. 1t Is pulled bz
an electric motor
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29
BOMB THROWN At CHURCH
Several Hundred Women and Child
rem Have Narrow Escape.

rem Have Narrow Escape.
Dubuque. An unknown person
threw a dynamite bom.; at the Cath
Ole casino here last night while sew
eral hundred women and children
were making merry at parish card
party and supper. The dynamite
struck the sidewalk and tore a large
hole in the ground and demolished
windows. The damage will be sew.
eral hundred dollars. The police are
working on the case but SO far no
clue has been found to the perpe-
traitor. The affair has thrown the
city into CONSERVATION. No motive
for the act has been assigned.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29

4 man who speaks from experience
says that 1t costs almost as much to
keep a wife in clothes as 1t does to
keep an automobile in repair.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29
Give and Take.

Gracious, my DEAR" said the hrst
society belle. spitefully, do hope
you're not i'll. You look SO much old
er to-risht"
I'm quite we'll, thank you, dear" re-
piled the other. And you-how won
derfully improved you are. You look
positively young. "-Philadelphia Led
ger.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethine softens the gums. reduces In
eammat!on allays pain cures wind collie. Csc bottle
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29

You can generally size up man by
the things be doesn't do.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29

There's no use telling girl she Is
pretty; to do the work you must tell
her she Is the prettiest one you ever
saW.-N. Y, Press.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-29

Miss Mary O'Brien. -. =
Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y, nr;t..M 'r
"Peruna cured me IN ~.
OF csfsrrh Of the sfomae. III Il
suffering for four years and . -. y,
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benefited by your discover e q
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The Washington times., 1906-05-13
HANDWRITING OF THE INSANE

The extreme cara with which insane
writers make their preparations for
their work and the attention which they
give 70 TIE technlcalities connected With
81 might put many a professional WELD
er Of the pen 20 shame. These qualities
are also interesting as pointing to the
conclusion that mental arrangement IS
not necessarily associated with a loss
Of neatness IN personal habits and with
inability 20 pursue an occupation for
any length OF time. For the writs Of the
inrane are generally distinguished BY
great IersJh and extreme neatness. The
writer glows with Inspiration, he cor
rects and enlarEes: he rsarrsnges. cata-
losues. and adds explanatory notes. and
he Is always persuaded tharpy mano
that his work Is good And upon the
outward form and csIigraphy OF his
work he bes-1Ns the greatest care
The size q tha paper says a brain
Specialist. IS most carefully selected,
the headings and subheadings are
The Washington times., 1906-05-13
Refused a Death Certificate.

Two dcys later these physicians wer.
called up and told that Mrs. Muentar
wss dead. and asked II they would be
kind enough TO furnish the necessary
certificates as to cause. They were not
kind enough. They did not pretend 10
know the cause. and declined to Ger
tify- Instead they notified DR.. Swan.
the county medical inspector, and went
with him and Dr Russell 10 investi
gate The four physicians found the
circumstances surrounding the death
so suspicious as TO warrant an au-
topsyi the autopsy revealed a degree
OF Inflammation OF the vital organs
which warranted their examination BY
chemist; the chemists report was
death by slow arsenical poisoning.
Meanwhile Dr. Swan had Issued
certificate Of death due to gastric
duoden!tis.' and as there was-whils
awaiting PROF. Whitney.s report-n.I
sufficient reason 70 hold Muenter -
was allowed To take the body-..cs
frame only''-to Chicago Tor cremat or.
AIRS. Chase could not sccompanv him
50 neighhor. Mrs Derrick. orrarAd
20 20 aionE and look after the children
They reached Chicago or April IS. and
The Washington times., 1906-05-13
Like Hawthorne's Story.

II IS Nathaniel Hawthorne's story OF
THE Birthmark" over again. where
Aylmar. an enthusiastic young scien-
tist. sacrifices his beautiful young
wife at the shrine OF science. Science
triumPhs. but the woman dies or =
is a repetition OF the recent case OF
Prof Adolph Derrick. OF Boston. who
when arrested in Colorado for the
murder OF his wife. frankly confessed
that he had administered poison 10
her in order 10 see her soul leave her
body. and who declared that it rose
like shadow as she drew her las,
breath and hoated away into space.
To all appearances Mueuter Was 4
perfect example NJ a &c tain type q
German-the student. the mystic. waa-
dering and wellnigh lost IN the rnazss
Of German speculative thought and
metaphysical reasoning. As set for,a
in the circular calling for his arres.
though OF German birth and parent
age. he speaks English huently He
is about thirty-nve years old and earn.
10 this country when sixteen. He
soems 20 have lived IN all sections
OF Il,
He has studied and taught At the
University OF Chicago. and Il was dur
Ing this period that he met and mar
ried Miss Leone Krembs the woman
for whose death ne Is now wanted by
the Cambridge police. At the time
she married him she was teaching
school In Chicago. and the marriage
does not appear 20 have been ct all
popular with her family Muen;or has
also taught at the University OF
Kansas. located at Lawrence. Two
years ago ne went to Cambridge TO
Join Harvard's corps OF German in
structors. taking Up his abode at lO7
oxford street. where during the early
morning hours or April I6 his wife
died.
The story OF her illness Is peculiar.
II IS said-and denied-thst Mrs Muen-
ter was a Christian Scientist. and
would have no other treatment. while
Muenter IS an allopathist and tried to
induce her 70 have regular medical
attendance Certain II is that when
the little daughter was born on April
s. Mrs Muenter's sole attendant was a
Mrs Edith Chase. OF ~ Mt. Auburn
street. Cambridge. who Is said 20 b. a
Christian Scientist. and who seems TO
have acted as nurse and midwife and
doctor combined. Nor was q regular
physician called until April Is. when
Dr- Herbert McIntire and Or. Frede-
rick W Taylor we're both asked to cs.i
at MueEter's home TO see his wife.
who was I'm a high fever as the result
o. confinement. Both men when they
learned that the case had been IN the
hands OF Christian Scientists declined
10 have anything TO do With 1T. though
Dr- Taylor did make casual exam
iNation and states that he found tha
woman very weak and told her hus-
band that he did not think her condi-
ton due to confinement.
The Washington times., 1906-05-13

thouSthfuily composed; the margin and
interiinings are perfect IN their resu-
lsrity; each letter Is traced with so-up.
ulous care. The writing IS often .,s
and close. " Added 10 this thev a.
often capable OF producing several
forms of handwriting, and t-y 70 v-ri.s
In manner which VIII force their IDEAS
quickly upon the notice OF the reader
as, for instance, by undermining certain
words or passages. or by using INK Of
various kinds One wonders whether
this attention 10 and evident pleasure
IN The technicanties connected with
writing has not suggested TO the naedi-
cal student the possibility of these er.
ceient qualities being turned 70 account
In manner which would give the PIT
liable patents welcome occupation. wSfs
ii made them OF some slight uss n s
world constantly confronted BIZ the
puzzle of what 10 do Rish the frcap-
able. After all, = Is batter 70 he
copying clerk. even IN ths ward q
lunatio ssvlum. than 20 belong % ths
miserable army OF human parasites.