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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27
MIX MEN ARE INDICTED
FIFTEEN TRUE BILLS CHARGING
CONSPIRACY RETURNED.
Four. Firms and Eleven lndlvlduals In
Net At chicaoo-Act Comes -
4 Surprise.

Chicago - Fifteen indictments
against persons and corporations
comprised In the alleged milk trust
were returned Saturday by the
grand jury. The true bills charge:
conspiracy to do an illegal act In re-.
straint OF public trade. The penalty,
for corporations IL maximum iins;
Of $4,000 and for individuals . max.
imum fine of $4,000, or imprisonment.
In the penitentiary for i've years, or)
both. Seven big milk dealing con-:
Germs in Chicago are affected by the3
indictments.
Four OF these, being corporations,I
were indictable, and indictments were.
returned against the corporations asl
well as againlt their officers. They
are the Borden Condensed Milk conf
pany, the Bowman Dairy company. l
the Kee & Chapel Dairy company andi
the Ira J. Mix Dairy company. The!
other three concerns affected-P. Al
Newton, & Bro, Yore Bros. and Sid
ney Wanzer & Sons-being Co!
partnerships, were not indictable. In.(
dlctmentS were returned In theS0i
cases against the members OF the col
partnerships
The indictments came as a sur,
prise to the persons affected, some OF
whom had voluntarily testified beforei
the grand jury, waving immunity.
which would otherwise shelter them
now. Only one paragraph in the grand
jury report was devoted to the milk
cases. This paragraph said that dur.
ing q comprehensive investigation
into the local milk business what the
jury believed to be indisputable evil
dence of conspiracy to act In re.
straint Of trade had been presented,
and indictments had been returned 10.
cordingly.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27
HoNoRs FOR cREsToN ARTIST.
Sherry Fry Honored by American
Academy at Rome.

Sherry Fry Honored by American
Academy at Rome.
Creston.-Word has been received
by Creston friends of Sherry Fry, the
eminent young American artist now
studying in Paris, of a high honor
that has been recently conferred on
him by the American Academy OF
Rome. At recent meeting of the
trustees of the American Academy at
Rome it was decided to offer Mr.. Fry
a three.years' fellowship in the acad'
envy. This is a distinction and honor
that is rarely achieved by artists and
sculptors, and it is only those at the
head Of their professions that may
hope thus to be honored. 1t is dis.
tinction that is gained only by merit,
and Is awarded only after the work
OF the applicant is approved by the
best critics of Europe and America
who are found at the head Of this in.
stitution. Z.
Mr.. Fry Is a former Creston boy
who has made wonderful advancement
in the world of art in the past few
years. The best critics in the coun.
try have spoken very highly of his
work. He has been honored by hav.
ing his work exhibited in the Salon at
Paris for several years. He, designed
and executed the statue Of the Indian
chief, Mahaska, which was presented
to the city Of Oskaloosa last summer
by Mr.. Edmundson of Des Moines.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27
TRAGEDY DRIVES HIM INSANE.
Clinton Man Losses Mind While
Searching for Daughter.

p n searching LOT OduSuSCIs
Council Bluffs.-W. Breen Of Clir
ton, who has been in Council Bluffs
for several days searching for his 15'
year.old daughter, who is alleged to
have left home about two weeks ago.
was picked up by Officer Delehanty
of the Omaha police force. apparently
in a demented condition.
Breen is we'll known in the state
He has been in the employ of the
Union Pacific and Northwestern as q
signal block syestem expert. His
breakdown is attributed to a success
sion of deaths in his family.
Since last January his parents have
died in Mercy hospital in Clinton, a
brother was killed by the Northwest
ern In Sioux City, two brothers died
in the wast, and Mr.. Breen's wife and
four of his children also died, leaving
only one daughter Of his immediate
family surviving.
The action of the daughter In leav.
ing. home is said to have affected her
father deeply and he has been making
desperate effort to find her. He
learned that she had been seen In this
city and came here to search for her
but without success. Breen Is about
50 years. when found by the officers
he was operating mimic signal sys'
tenn which he had rugged up with
some old bottle, pieces of string, etc.
and after his arrest he talked inco'
herently of his work. ~.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27
DURANGO BANKER ARRESTED.
Head Of Closed Shelter City Bank
Placed in Jail.

Durango, Col.-Charles E. McCon-
nell, president Of the Shelter City
bank, which closed it's doors December
II, was placed under arrest Wednes.
day night. The warrant upon which
he was arrested was sworn to by
Harry Jackson, depositor Aof the
bank, who had $4,000 on deposit when
the institution closed it's doors.
The committee which has charge Of
examining the affairs of the bank
found that on December II Mr.. Nc.
Cornell had borrowed $4,000 in cash
from the First National Bank of
Durango and had given securities
from his bank for the money, but the
books of the Smelter City bank did
not show that $4,000 had been placed
on deposit there.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27
WILL RESORT TO COURTS
coLpFIELD MINE OWNERS FILE
SUIT AGAINST UNION.
Its Dissolution 10 Asked-lnjunctior
AGAINST Picketing and lnterfer-
lna Also Sought.

Goldfield, Ark.-The Golddeld Mine
Owners association Thursday filed In
the circuit court Of the district OF Ne
yada a suit asking not only for an
Injunction against picketing and In
terfering, but for the final dissolution
of the Goldfield miners union.
The suit is filed by the Goldfield
Consolidated Mine company against
the Goldfield miners, the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners, Charles A. Mackin-
son, president of the local union, and
10 other officers of the same.
The complaint alleges that the West
ern Federation of Miners is organized
for the destruction of property and
creating endless strife, disorder,
bloodshed and rioting."
The Goldfield union Is charged In
the bill with intimidation" and Of be-
ing guilty of "wanton destruction OF
property, murder of innocent citizens,
lawlessness and anarchy to such an
extent that it has instituted reign OF
terror in the Goldfield district 1t is
further alleged that the Goldfield
union is criminal society"
The court is asked to cite the de
PENDANTS before it to answer the al
legations of the complaint and to issue
a writ of Injunction restraining the
defendants from obstructing the bust
ness of the Consolidated Mines com.
pany by threat. intimidation or picket
ing. An Injunction against boycott is
further asked for. The court is asked
to enjoin the Goldtield union from
holding any more meetings. Watchers
or examiners are asked for with full
authority to enter upon the property
of the complainant and to carry out
the orders of the court and to arrest
any person violating them.
Finally it is petitioned that the in
junction be made permanent and that
the Goldfield miners union be abated
and forever dissolved as a nuisance
and perpetually enjoined from any
further meetings or action of what
ever kind or nature.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27
NEW ISSUE is RAISED.
Wells Estate Jeeks to Evade lnheri.
lance Tax.


tance Tax
Waterloo.-A novel point in Iowa
collateral inheritance tax law, one
which has never risen before for In
depreciation by the court, is presented
in a hearing now on before Judge F.
c. Plat. 1t is whether an Inheritance
tax Is due the state when money Is
paid by settlement to contestants of a
will, and, If a tax should be paid
under those circumstances, whether
i. should be paid by the contestants
or by the estate.
The case in point relatea tn the
estate of George Wells, the late mil
lionaire farmer and Stock dealers OF
Grundy county. In settling the Wells
estate, valued at about $1,000,a00, the
administrators reached a settlement
with, attorneys representing the con-
testants, whereby the latter were to
receive $15O,CO0. The question now
at issue is whether there should be
paid on this sum to the state the
per cent collateral Inheritance tax
provided by law. The tax woura
amount to $1,000.
The law provides that tax shall
be paid to the state where property
is secured through the terms of will
or by Inheritance. The contention OF
the administrators is that the tax
should not be paid where settle
ment is reached with the contestants
of will, as such money would not be
received by them as would money re-
ceived by Inheritance, but on con
tract.
The point involved Is entirely new
under the Iowa law, and much inter
est attaches to the decision of Judge
Platt.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27

by executive order more than year
ago recommended that hospital ships
should be commanded by medical off,
GERS and that recommendation was ap'
proved by both the secretary OF war
and the secretary of the navy In gen.
eral orders. Since the civil war, he
says, all hospital ships and medical
transports of the army had been
placed under the surgeon general OF
the army. He says further that Jap
anese naval hospital ships were com.
manded by medical officers after hav.
ing tried line officers. .....-..,
These ships, he says, are simply
floating hospitals, properly under the
control Of the medical department,
and should be conducted in peace ex-
actly as in time of war. This Is espe-
cially so, he adds, because during war
time line officers cannot be spared and
do not, and should not, desire the
command of these ships.
He maintains that it always has
been a doubtful question If the Gene
va and The Hague agreements could
. guarantee the neutrality of these ships
If combatant Qine) officers and crews
were aboard, and it was this doubt
which prevented the Japanese during
the recent war with Russia from using
lice officers on hospital ships.
'The internal administration of the
bureau of medicine and surgery" he
says, "has been in my opinion too
much interfered with by the bureau
of navigation. This interference has
at times caused grave concern as to
how could meet the needs of those
under our care" @'g.... -
The hospital ship Relief, he says;
should now be with the battleship fleet
on it's cruise, but he adds, "the bureau
of navigation thought otherwise and
the fleet of $4,000 men, with its aux
iliaries, is without a hospital ship and
will be until it arrives at Magdalena
bay, more than three months from
now" He adds that he cannot under
stand how Admiral Brownson should
be especially interested in the officer.
ing of hospital ships,as his duties lie
in another direction, and that he
should not interfere in a matter per-
tanning entirely to the bureau Of
medicine and surgery, and therefore
to be decided by the secretary Of the
navy.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27
FOOTBALL PLAYERS ARE HEROES.
St. Louis Boys Help Rescue Train
T. men from Bad Wreck.

Seattle, Wash.-St. Louis university
football athletes made heroes of them.
selves before daylight Monday morn
ing near Brocket Station, on the Ca
radian Pacific, when they arrived on
their way to the coast, 20 minutes
after head-in collision between two
freight trains. The engine crews and
train men were under the debris, some
OF them scalded frightfully by escap
ing steam.
Medical student members of the
team set to work to rescue the VIC
tins and materially aided, though
working against escaping steam, in
saving life and limb. They operated
on three of the crushed trainmen.
Brakeman Ormsbee was crushed to
death and Fireman Chris Won Wald
and G.. Mckinnon were so badly in
Jureo that they may die.
The wreck was caused by the fail
ure of the operator at Brocket to de.
liver orders. He afterward fed.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27
RABIES EAT POISON.
one 10 Dead, Another, VIII Probably

one 10 Dead, Another, VIII Probably
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the gifts for
their little ones all bought, and ready
fot their stockings. the happy Christ
mas anticipated at the home OF MT
and MRS. Wendell Sull, living three
miles northeast Of Green Mountain,
was turned into sadness Of the most
bitter kind by an accident that caused
the death OF one OF the children ana
may result in the loss Of another.
The babes, Chauncey, aged 4, ana
Ada, aged 8. were playing about the
yard, apparently in the best OF spir-
its. At about noon their mother went
to call them to dinner and noticed the
two children apparently suffering
from some sort OF illness. She ran
to them and found them both In con-
vulsions. Hurrying to the house with
one child under each arm, she tried
to summon help over the rural tele-
phone. The instrument was out OF
order and she could get no assistance.
The babes were both growing worse
as time advanced. The boy appeared
to be dying, and the girl was not
much better of. The distracted
mother could not leave them for the
home of the nearest neighbor, quar-.
ter of a mile away, that she might
secure help. A passing neighbor
noticed that there was some sort OF
confusion within doors and investigat'
ed. He found Mrs. Stull administer
ing antidotes for some sort OF poison
ing, she knew not what.
The neighbor got into his buggy,
whipped up his horses and within an
hour had two doctors at the Stuil
home. The boy was then beyond the
aid of medical. skill and died shortly
afterward. The girl at last accounts
was alive, but was far from being
out Of danger. She had not absorbed
SO much of the poison, however, and
the physicians were able to help her,
1t was believed that the children
as they had come indoors from their
play in the yard had got hold Of some
horse medicine in the barn. Later,
however, a box containing pills, that
had been placed on the topmost shelf
OF a cupboard was found missing. The
pills had been used for treating
dysentery, and while each pill con-
tanned only a small degree of NOR
phine, the allopathic dose, to babe
was nothing short of fatal.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27
TRAIN CREW NOT GUILTY.
Verdict in Trial Resulting from Terra
Gotta Wreck.

westinghouse verdict of not guilty
was returned by the jury Monday
night in the case of Engineer Hide
brand, Conductor Hoffmeyer, Fireman
Mcclellan and Brakeman Rudder, the
train crew who were indicted for man.
slaughter in connection with the
wreck at Terra Gotta, D. c. on the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad on Decem-
Der 80, 1906, in which 43 persons were
killed and upward of three score in
jured. The trial had been in progress
for there weeks and the verdict was
reached after four hours elaboration.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27
Mexicans Left in Poverty.

Los Angeles, Cal.-The action of
the trans-continental railroads in dis
charging hundreds of Mexican labor.
ers during the week preceding Christ
mas has given rise to a pitiable condi-
ton OF poverty among the people. 1t
Is estimated that about 800 men in
all were let out Most Of them have
families and nearly all are without
money. 1t is estimated that about 500
able-bodied Mexicans with their fam
lies are destitute in this city. An
effort will be made to charter freight
train and send them to Mexico.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27
suda Pest Due, 1loodIe.s.

Buda Pest.-Dr. Wekerle, the Hun
garian premier, and former Minister
of Justice Polonyi fought duel Sun
day with swords; as a result Of an al.
legation of political dishonesty made
against the premier by the ex-minister
at sitting of parliament few days
ago. The meeting took place at noon
and was a bloodless one. IS
DR.. Wekerle was the bigger and
stronger of the two and proved his
superiority as swordsman in both
the bouts that we're fought. He broke
down his opponents guard and dealt
him harmless blows with the fiat Of
his sword. Minister Polonyi then
apologized to DR.. Wekerle, whereupon
they shook hands.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27
HANGS SELF TO RAFTER.
Son Finds Father Hanging by Halter
Rome.

Son Finds Father Hanging by Halter
Rope.
Pleasantville.- Neal arose
from his breakfast and without a
word to the members of his family
went out to the barn, presumably to
attend to the usual chores. A few
minutes later his son, roy, also went
to the barn. He was Mortified to see
the form of his father hanging limp
and apparently lifeless from rafter
with a halted rope noosed tightly
around his neck. Quick as thought
the young man cut the rope and called
or aid.
When DR.. Merritt arrived Mr.. Neal
was breathing, but unconscious, and
later has shown encouraging signs of
returning vitality.
A few months ago Mr.. Neal pur.
chased a tract Of land adjoining his
large farm in Franklin township, and
s. is believed that he has worried con.
siderably over the making of pay.
ments as they fell due. This, Of
course, has been needless source or
worry, as Mr.. Neal is one Of the solid
financial men Of the county. Coupled
with Ill health, however, it IS believed
that these things have prompted the
rash act. s%2 a>%
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27
FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT.
Prominent Moline Citizens In Terri.
f7c Smashup.

4 s p . K . Z T..y &
Davenport. Several prominent citi.
zens Of Moline, H., lie in st. Luke's
hospital here as a result Of terrific
automobile smashup on the govern
ment bridge here.
Ralph 10y, recently Of Geneva, N.
Y, has fractured skull and will die.
c. H. Vanderyoort.s owner, and Eu.
gene Greenfield, superintendent of the
Moline Automobile company, and Joe
Kelley, cab driver. were injured but
will recover.
The auto party was returning to
Moline from Davenport at 1880 a. M,
and thinking the bridge clear put on
full speed. Half way across the
bridge they ran into the cab driven
by Kelley and wrecked 1t completely:
All the men in the auto and cab lay
unconscious under the wreck for
some tine. K III
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27
Steamer Captain Kills Himself

Wilmington, N. Capt. Lake, 45
years Of age, master Of the British
steamer Fillmore, which cleared Sat.
urday for Bremen with a cargo Of
cotton, was found dead In his cabin
Sunday as the steamer was passing
down the river on her way to sea.
Capt. Lake had been suffering with
acute nervousness for several days
before leaving here and it Is believed
that either by mistake or design he
took carbolic acid In sufficient Quanti-
ties to cause his death. He was 9
native of Liverpool.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27
Mark Twain = Loser.

New York. - A petition in bank.
fuptcy has been filed against the
Plasmon company of which Samuel
L. Clemens mark Twain) Is acting
president. The company manufactures
milk products and is a branch Of an
English company. It is stated that
Mr.. Clemens invested something like
$4,000 in the company which is now
bankrupt. The company's liabilities
are $4,000 and its nominal assets
$4,000.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27

France is the premier snail.produ.
cling nation, although Austria, Bra.
varia and Switzerland have thousands
Of snail farms, where the famous es.
cargots are raised and fattened on
vine leaves. The demand for snails
In France Is far too great for the sup.
ply to be left to chance, and thus 1t
comes about that snail farming Is an
important industry. Paris alone con
sumes millions between September
and May, when these little creatures
are at their best. 55s
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27

Mercury deliberately walked across
the face Of the sun, as freely predict.
ed. The sun did not take enough mo-
tice Of the insectivorous planet even
to brusE 1t OF. Herein lies a moral
which the great ones of the earth.
teasea by small critics, might take to
heart. Incidentally. the suns face
was Just the same after Mercury had
crossed It.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27

New York has demonstrated in q
curious new way It's right to be re.
gardeG as the city in which the strain
OF life Is most severe and the tension
highest. Central park, which is only
80 years old, is pronounced to be In
its dotage prematurely worn out. 1t
is estimated that 100000 will be
necessary to restore its lost youth.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27

Kills Wife 1t Christmas Dinner.
Hyde Park, .Mass.--Dr. Walter r.
Amesbury, of Milford, shot and in.
stantly killed his wife Anna, teacher
OF music in Roanoke college, Daniels.
vile, Va, as the family were about to
sit down to Christmas dinner.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27

The story that an aged woman at
Tindlay. o., was burned to death while
engaged in the ancient rite Of burn.
ing incense for worship, Is marred by
the incidental statement that she
poured kerosene on the incense. That
is modern rite, numbered by many
among the evils for which the Stand.
ard Oil company is responsible.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27

There will be general relief over
tie announcement that the duchess
Of Marlborough has tried the pie pro-
vided for immigrants at Ellis island.
and pronounced It good, Although the
duchess Is not popularity known as a
piebiter, there is every reason to be-
lieve that her judgment is sane and
sound
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27
Medals for Isthmus Worker.

Washington.-Medals of suitable
character are to be given to all citi.
zens OF the United States who have
served on the Isthmus of Panama for
two years in the service OF the gov.
eminent and who, during that period,
have rendered satisfactory service. A
competent artist will be engaged and
the design for medal prepared.
PRESIDENT Roosevelt is anxious that
suitable tribute to and recognition of
service shall. be shown by the govern.
ment.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27
Chippewa Ea,l. Rov I'm,

Chippewa Falls, Wis.-Durine Tho
rehearsal Of play on the school
ground Monday Charles Vance. nine
years old, was killed by the accidental
use q 9 loaded cartridge IN place Of
vided. een pfo
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27
Fire Loss Will Exceed 100000.
y Des Moines.- 500, 900 whole

sale stock OF notions, woodenwaoe
paper, etc, OF the w. ]. Pratt COM
pany at the northwest corner Of West
Second and Walnut streets was prac-
tically destroyed by fire. The four
story building. owned by John F. Roll
lins, was not badly damaged aside
from the roof being burned Off. The
principal damage to the stock was
from water. The insurance carried
on the stock totals $68,500 and on the
building $4,000. The fire is thought
to have resulted from an employe
striking a match, part Of the head
flying into combustible stock on the
fourth floor. III H WI Mi ii
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27
Editor Of Jewish News FouI

Editor Of Jewish News Found Dead.
New York. John H. Paley,, editor
of the Jewish Daily News, was found
dead in his home in Brooklyn Monday.
asphyxiated by gas which was escap-
ing from an open burner in the
parlor. 333
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27
Woman Dead; Husband Arrested.

Woman Dead; Husband Arrested.
Macon, Ga.-The body Of Mrs. John
Watts was found badly charred on the
banks of the Comulgee river Wednes-
day. She was the wife Of John Watts,
formerly impounding officer of Macon.
The last seen Of Mrs. Watts alive
was when she left the house Of a
friend at one o'clock Tuesday after
noon. 1t is reported there was some
trouble between Watts and his wife
about another man. Watts was arrest
ed and jailed. The coroner's jury de-
cided the body had been burned after
the woman's death.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-12-27

The supreme court Of Missouri has
decided that lemons are medicine.
This partly explains what It means
when one says a man has to take his
medicine. It means that lemons are
being handed to him.