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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19
WESTERN MEN IN NEW YORK.
Brains Of Mountain. and Prairie In Do
mand In the Financial Center,

Ever since the early days. when D
o. Mills, ]. B. Haggin and James Il
Keene "emigrated" from California to
New York. the metropolis has been
drawing largely ontf1e west and south
for its supply of men who do things.
I heodore>P. Shonts, both southerner
and westerner, who has undertaken ia
solve New York's great transit prob
lem, is the latest importation In re-
spouse to the call Of the east
The promptness with which Thos. +.
Ryan, of Virginia, turned the Equit'
able Life Assurance Society over to
It's policyholders, who now elect a ma
jority of it's Board Of Directors, and
diyested himself OF the control Of the
stock which he bought from Jas. H.
Hyde, and the success OF the new
management of the Society under the
direction of President Paul Morton,
have created a demand for the strong
men of the south and west that is
greater than ever before. Under the
Morton management the Equitable has
made a better showing than any other
insurance company in the way Of i'm.
proved methods, economies and IN
creased returns to policyholders.
E. H. Gary, head of the greatest cor
poration in the world-the U. S. Stee
Co.-John w. Gates. Henry G.. Frick
Norman B. Ream, VIM. H. Moore and
Daniel G.. Reid are other westerners
who are among the biggest men in
New York ~
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19

Six more years must pass before
the great memorial to Queen Victoria,
which Is to be erected in front Of
buckingham palace, can be complet-
ed. Slow progress on the gigantic
work for the. last six years has caused
much public criticism from time to
time, and the king 1t is said, recently
expressed himself as disappointed that
greater progress had not been made.
Leading sculptors, who are familiar
with the magnitude Of the undertake
Ing, say that 1t cannot be completed
before 1918, and that IL years is not
much time to put on piece Of work
Of such size and magnificence. The
central figure of the memorial will be
a statute of Queen, Victoria, 13 feet
high, dressed In her robes of state,
seated amid groups symbolical Of the
personal and imperial qualities which
made her reign SO illustrious. On her
right will be Justice, on her left
Truth, and at her back Motherhood.
The memorial will contain 10 great
groups Of figures and $50 panels. The
pedestal, with its plinth, will be 70
feet high. The cost has been fixed at
$1,250,O00.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19
Half ! Billion for Bridges.

Everybody thinks Of New York as
the city OF big constructive perform.
ances, and it never disappoints Here
we find big men with big brains and
unlimited capital AS one prodigious
example, plans are now under way by
which within q few years eight NAM
moth bridges, aftording by far the
greatest centralized traffic facilities In
the world, will yoke Manhattan island
to its suburban shores, says Broadway
Magazine. At least one Of these big
bridges will exceed in size the famous
Forth cantilever bridge in Scotland.
now the largest on the globe; another
will excel In capacity the old Brook
lyn bridge, which now has the largest
bridge traffic in the world. The big
gest bridge, which, Of course, will
span the noble Hudson, may cost any
where between $50,00O,00O and $780,
O0O, 900, while the other structures
will run the aggregate cost Of New
York's bridges up to about $3.50. O00,-
900. About 1915 New York's total bill
for bridges and tunnels will approx.
mate round half billion Of dollars
all spent to aid transportation in and
out of the first city in America.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19
MANY ARE INJURED,
Stand Falls at Woodmen Picnic at
Humboldt,

Humboldt-ln the crash of the
grandstand at the Woodmen picnic,
ten people were seriously injured and
score more, mostly women, received
minor hurts. For time It was
thought that several were killed.
The injured:
Richard Collins, Humboldt, leg
| broken.
Nellie Butts, Humboldt, leg broken
Edna Lanfiois, Humboldt, back
sprained.
Mrs. John Won Hulsiger, Humboldt
back injured and sprained.
Edith Prouty, Humboldt back badly
injured. s.@s
/ Lige Wade, ERADICATE, back hurt
and badly bruised.
Mrs. Wade, ERADICATE, back injur
ed: severely bruised all over body.
Mrs. George Bair, Rutland, back
injured.
Lewis Rasmussen, Rutland, head
cut and back hurt.
Mrs. White Smith, Luzerne, broken
| nose and jaw. @E =.
At the completion of the ball game
several hundred people who had
been around the field rushed to the
grand stand to secure seats for the
wrestling match which was to take
place on an elevated platform erected
just in front of the stand Four hun.
| dred men and women crowded into the
stand and at the minute when the
Wrestlers made their appearance in
front of them the. structure swayed
creaked and began to flatten out.
At once there was wild rush onto
the platform and this immediately
gave way, the occupants being hurled
down among the timbers.
Terrific confusion followed, the
shouts of men out in the field min.
| Cling with the screams of svictims of
the wreck. Frank Gotch saw his sis.
ter among the victims and he at once
extrlcated her from the struggling
mass of people and broken beams. She
Is severely injured.
The picnic had been an immense
success previously and hundreds were
in town to attend it.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19
PROF. HAU'S TRIAL BEGUN
WASHINGTON MAN ACCUSED OF
NUMBERING WlFE'S MOTHER.
Before German Court-Defendant Re
fuses to Explain Many Suspicious
Circumstances.

Karlsruhe, Germany.-A case that
has attracted attention in two CONT
nents came up for trial here Wednes-
day when Karl Hau, formerly pro-
fessor of Roman law in George Wash
ington university, Washington, D. c..
was brought before the bar on the
charge Of having murdered his mother
in-law, Frau Molitor, wealthy resi-
dent of Baden Baden, in that city, on
November last.
The selection of a jury occupied
only ten minutes, after which the pre-
siding judge put Hau through a
searching examination that lasted
several hours. Hau was unable, or
unwilling to explain many of his ac-
tons, with regard to which the pros
ecution has pursued a careful investi-
cation, such as the wearing of dis
guises and their secret disposition,
and the sending of kilograms to him
self. He declined to explain his con-
nection with a telegram asking his
wife's mother to come to Paris, and
refused also to answer various ques-
tons regarding his domestic relations,
although repeatedly warned by the
judge that he was jeopardizing his
case.
Altogether the testimony Wednes-
day was considered very unfavorable
to the defendant. The judge declared
that one provision of the will left by
Hau's wife, who recently committed
suicide, which he read and which pro-
vided that her little daughter should
assume another name, indicated that
Mrs. Hau was convinced of her hus-
bands guilt. Ns- ~
Olga Molitor, who was with her
mother when the murder was commit
ted, told of the shooting, which was
done by a man who ran away so
quickly that she was unable to recog-
Eize him in the dark. The collar of
the mans coat was turned up. but the
coat she recognized as one similar to
that worn by Hau. She did not see the
mans face. This witness, who has
been mentioned as having had rela-
tons with Hau that caused jealousy
on the part of Mrs. Hau, gave an en-
phatic denial to such reports.
Various other witnesses were ex-
amined and they testified to having
recognized Hau in the false beard
that he wore at times.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19
womAN's BODY is ExHuMED.
Grave Of Mrss Maaill Opened with
Great secrecy.

Clinton, Ill.-The body of Mrs.
Pet Candy Magill was exhumed
with great secrecy Wednesday night
and in the cottage in Woodlawn GENE.
terry the vital organs were removed.
The organs were taken back to Chi.
cago by Drs. Adolph Gehrman and J.
A. Wessner Of the Columbus labora.
tory. The Chicago men arrived at
$50 and were taken directly to the
cemetery, where they found the disin.
tered casket and a corps of Clinton
physicians, Drs. c. w. Barnes, ]. NJ.
Wilcox, j. G. Myers, George S. Ed.
mundson and c. S. Bogardus, awaiting
their arrival.
Undertaken G. L. Oakman was in
charge of the disinterment, and to,
avoid the possibility of crowd gath.
ering about the grave to witness the
grewsome sight, the removal of the
body was planned quietly. Not even
the attorneys for the defense were in.
formed. Policemen were stationed
about the cemetery and number of
persons who had gotten wind" of the
plans and fastened to the cemetery
were elected.
Before their departure for Chicago
Drs. Gehrman and Wessner were seen.
They said: "We will subject the
organs to a number of tests. They
will be, in the main, for strychnine
poisoning"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19
A Fair Census.

in Washington the census bureau is
even now making preparations for the
national census to be taken in 1910.
It is vast work, involving infinite de-
tail, and must be carefully planned.
The millions Of people who inhabit the
United States are to be enumerated,
together with the livestock, and com.
prehensive reports also are sought on
the innumerable industries Of the
country, Its development and re-
sources That all Of this can be done
with absolute accuracy is out Of the
question, but that 1t can be done in a
far more thorough manner than the
census records OF the past bear out in
many, many instances Is certain. says
Poppyland. The faithful enumerators
are In the minority, and In self-protec-
ton the interested public should see
to 1t that returns as nearly correct as
It is humanity possible to, make them
should be sent to Washington for
inal summing up and publication.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19
#. Dodge Doctor Disappeared,

Fort Dodge.-For over two months
DR.. Palmer has been mysteriously
missing from his home. His house
is shut up. the chickens run about
the yard and his horse is in the mas.
ture. His buggy and his harness are
just where he Left them as he re-
turned from a drive The retrigera-
tor stands on the bank porch and
everything indicates a hurried depar-
ture.
DR.. Palmer has always been eccen-
trio in character and his absence was
not especially noted by his neighbors
for some time. He is user of. OPT
ates and year ago was before the
district court when an effort was.
made to send him to Knoxville.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19
RUSSIAN GENERAL BLOWN UP.
AIikhanoff, wild Beast" Of the eau
casus, 10 Assassinated.

Alexandropol, Russia. Gen. Alik.
hanoff, former governor general OF
Tiflis, Nine. Glieboff, wife Of Gen. Gle,
boff, and the coachman who was
driving their carriage were blown to
pieces by bombs thrown at their con.
veyance at $3.50 a. m. Tuesday.
A son OF Gen. Alikhanoff and a
daughter of Gen. Glieboff sustained
serious injuries. The party was re.
turning to the residence of Gen. Alik.
hanoff from his club. The bombs
were hurled in Beboutoff street.
Gen. Alikha4off was nicknamed
The Wild Beast" by the Caucasian
members Of the lower house Of parlia.
ment. who often referred to his cruel
ty in the Kutais district, where he led
number of punitive expeditions to
stamp out disorders. His rigorous
methods to this end brought down
upon him the enmity Of the revolu
tionists.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19
Her Aim.

A man who runs truck farm in
Virginia tells Of the sad predicament
IN which colored man named Sam
Moore, who is in his employ, recently
found himself. Sam had had consid.
cradle difficulty in evading the on.
slaughts of dog from q neighborins
farm. Finally the dog got him, aa
Sam kicked at him.
Sans wife, hearing tremendous
yell, rushed to the rescue Of her hus.
band. When she came up the dog had
fastened his teeth in the calf Of Sans
leg and was holding on for dear life.
Selling a stone in the road, Sans
wife was about to hurl it when Sam,
with wonderful presence of mind,
shouted:
Mandy! Mandy! Don't frow dat
stone at de dawg! Frow 1t at me,
Mandy!"-Youth's Companion.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19
JEEREp TO HIS DEATH.

Iowa City-Drink, foolhardiness
and the taunts Of a thoughtless crowd
caused the death by drowning of
Bohumr Kosderka. His death, which
was witnessed by 500 people, came
after he swan time after time over
the dam in the Iowa river only to be
hurled back by the back current.
He dived from the Burlington street
bridge, swan down over the dam, was
caught in the back current, again and
again thrown back against the con.
crete surface.
Kosderka had been drinking, but he
realized the foolhardiness of the ven.
ture when he dived, for he caught
hold of the chains suspended from the
bridge, until the taunts of the crowd
above caused him to let 60.
He swan the dam for three days,
but until the fatal day the water
flowed level, with no undertow.
He was a widower and leaves two
girls, the oldest 8. The body has not
been recovered,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19
RAILROADS ARE SUED.
Claim They Have Violated 2S'Hour
stock Shipping Law.

stock Shipping Law.
Des Moines.--Five big trunk line
railroads are made defendants IN
three damage suits which were start
ed In the United States district court
by United States District Attorney
M. L. Temple, who alleges that the
defendant railroads have violated the
2s-hour stock shipment law passed
by the last congress. The govern
ment is named as plaintiff IN eacn
suit. The defendants and the
amounts asked are:
Union Pacific and Chicago & North
western, $4,000.
Illinois Central and Great Northern
$500.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe.
$4,000.
The suits are the first ever started
in the middle west under the new
enactment which forbids railroad
companies from carrying live stock
more than % hours without food,
rest and water.
In the suit against the Atchtson,
Topeka & Santa Fe Colonel Temple
makes the charge that l.. A. Lumbar,
who lives at Hope, Kan, shipped IN
April several car loads of cattle to
Chicago. 1t is alleged that the road
carried the stock all the way to
Fort Madison, Iowa, without food,
rest or water and that the stock were
not provided with these necessities
until "a hours had elapsed. There
were six cars shipped and the gov
eminent demands $500 for each car.
The action against the Union Paci-
&c and Chicago & Northwestern Is
commenced on behalf Of VIM. Hayes
of Cozad, Neb. Hayes is alleged to
have consigned six cars Of cattle to
Chicago. The two defendant roads
are accused OF carrying the shipment
to Dunlap, Iowa, without providing
food or water, allowing 81 hours and
80 minutes to thus elapse.
There was but one car OF stock at
issue In the suit against the Great
Northern and Illinois Central. Fred
Botesman claims to have shipped q
load Of cattle from Davis, s. D., to
Chicago. It is claimed that the
Great Northern and Illinois Central
carried the animals 30 hours and 30
minutes without providing food, rest
or water.
The papers we're filed within w. c.
Macarthur, clerk of the United States
district court. They were turned
over to Deputy United States Mar.
shals Hinsdale and Lyon and will be
served upon the defending roads
forthwith. The defendants are cited
to appear before Judge Mcpherson
upon the first day of the coming term
Of federal court at Council Bluffs.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19
~. p,x 81 the Farmer.

Tho Day o. the rATWsT' n: "
I The farmer who 10 not an amatew
4 really an increasing factor In to-days
lie. IN fact, farming ID rapidly De.
coming one Of the professions we
have our agricultural schools. Just as
W. have our law schools. II IS get
ting to be q business as well, remarks
The World To-Day. Farmers nave
their trusts. like other manufacturers.
II IL 4 far cry from the New England
farmer. trying to arrange an exploded
granite quarry into q stone wall that
he may have room in which to plant
his crop, and that master OF capital,
science and black earth ten feet deep
who plows with traction engine ana
scaps with q ten-horse team AND De'
tween these two types OF farmers the
drift is steadily toward the latter.
The comic paper does not laughat the
granger" as frequently as It used to
laugh. 1t wants his subscription. The
capitalist does hot foreclose mortgages
on the prairie farm now. He borroWs
money of its owner. 49,. The farm Is
the nursery OF indiyidualism. II you
are a cliff-dweller in the city send
your boy there this summer, and let
him see what it means to create
wealth with the help of nature rather
than with the ticker. You will help
make him a better American.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19
y. IOWAS STATE NEWS :,
1
Events Ok Recent Occurrence Through.
II the Commonwealth.
WARE is INDICTED.
For Making False Entries on Books
Of Seymour Bank.


Of Seymour Bank.
Corydon. --LeRoy Ware, cashier OF
the wrecked Farmers and Drovers'
bank Of Seymour, was indicted by
the Wayne county grand jury on
three new counts. Two are for max.
ing false entries on the books Of
the institution and the third Is for
uttering false statements to Auditor of
State B. F. Carroll.
His bond was fixed at $4,000 or
$4,000 on each count. Ware was ar.
rested by Sheriff Merrick at his
home in Seymour and twelve bonds
men furnished the necessary security
to give him his freedom.
The grand jury found that Ware
had made misleading reports as to
the financial standing OF the bank to
the state auditor and that he deliber-
ately "doctored" the quarterly state
ments forwarded to Des Moines. The
other two counts are for making false
entries on the books of the concern.
State Mine Inspector John Cald-
we'll Is among the twelve men on
ware DOHu, IlS OlucT elcVeH DGlHS
Fl. S. Eckles, Adam Burkhiser, M.
Ammons, George L. Slider, Theodore
Rosengreen, s. N Bell Il. X. Clark,
John Adams, Thomas Chart, r. N.
Davis and George A. Sens.
Every effort to induce Ware to
make a statement has proven unavail-
ing. Receiver Bird Fry went to Sey-
mour and tried to persuade him to
tell him the inside workings of how
the $25O,0O0 defalcation was accom-
plished, but Ware maintained stole
silence, He said the proper time and
place would be in court on the wit.
ness stand, and he would not talk
until then.
Ware is now indicted on seven
counts, the other four being for fraud.
ulent banking. His total bond has
been placed at $4,000, all of which
has been supplied by his bondsmen,
! who are prominent men Of Seymour
and Wayne county. The action of
the grand jury came as a surprise to
the people. 1t was expected that
others would be involved in the case,
but when Ware refused to tell the
body what he knew the hope of in
| dieting others was abandoned
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19
SAVED FROM DREAD FATE
Kind Weman's Assistance Meant
Much 20 This Tramp.

A certain lady, noted for her kind
heart and open hand, was approached
not long ago by . man wha, with
tragic air. began:
"A man, madam. Is often forced BY
the whip OF hunger to many things
from which his very soul shrinks-
and SO It is with me at this time. I'm
less, madam, in the name OF pity, you
give me assistance, I will be com
PEELED to do something which ! never
before have done, which ] would
greatly dislike to do"
Much impressed, the lady made
haste to place in his hand . fve.dol.
lar bill. AZ the man pocketed 1t
with profuse thanks, she inquired:
"And what 10 the dreadful thing
I have kept you from doing. my poor
mani"
Work" was the brief and mourn
ful reply.-Harper's Weekly.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19
His Name for II.

! was once teaching class Of small
pupils in physiology in a rural school
and asked the class what name was
given to the bones of the head as a
whole. A little girl raised her hand
what is it, Lucy?" asked.
"Skull!" she answered.
Correct" said I; but what othe.
name has it," expecting some one to
answer Uranium" All were silent
for while, then little fellow who
seemed to be in deep study quickly
raised his hand, his eyes sparkling
and confident smile spreading on
his face. ..
What is it, Henry?" I asked.
"Noggin," was his immediate reply
Judges Library. - -..-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19
eaIIoonist's Startling Feat.

New York. Members of an En-
ployers Benefit association who en-.
gagged Balloonist w. A.. Meeker to-
make an ascent and parachute drop at
Harlem river picnic Wednesday
evening got more than their moneys
worth. Meeker not only went up
1000 feet, but when his parachute at.
tachment failed to work he jabbed
holes in the hot air bag and made
descent that startled the spectators.
Missing a ducking by good luck, the
balloonist made flying jump and
landed on the Willis avenue bridge
practically unframed.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19
4 SQUARE Deal.

A certain peasant supplied baker
with three pounds Of butter daily, and
after some time the baker noticed
that the butter never weighed three
pounds. At last he summoned him.
"Have you no scales at homer" the
Judge asked. EYES," said the peasant.
Have you weights?'; Eyes, but I
never weigh butter with them"
"Why?" Because, since the baker
buys my butter, I buy his bread, and
Is I always buy three pounds at 4
time, I weigh the butter with the
bread" He was acquitted.--Siarcz.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19
A. W. LEE is DEAD.
Newspaper Man Dies While On Visit
To ENGLAND.

! y -IS'oslAs
Ottunwa. Alfred w. Lee of Ottum-
wa, president Of the Lee Syndicate Of
Newspapers and prominent Iowa
newspaper man, is dead in Noting
ham, England, at the home of his
brother-in-law, Consul Mahin. Word
of the editors death reached here
on the 14th, but no particulars &C.
companied it. Death was probably
due to heart disease, from which he
had been suffering.
At the time of his death Mr.. Lee
was head of the Lee Syndicate of
Newspapers which comprise the Of
tumwa Courier, the Muscatine Jour
nal, the Davenport Times, the Han
nibal, (Mo.) Courier-Post and the La.
Crosse, (Wis.) Tribune. ,.
Mr.. Lee, accompanied by his wife,
daughter, and his wife's mother,
Mrs. w. w. Walker. of Cedar Rapids,
left here about two months ago for
a tour of Europe.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19
BUILDING Falls: Nine Dead.

London, Ont The three-story brick
building occupied by Reds Crystal
hall, Longs clothing store, cCallum's
photograph store and Brewster's five
and ten-cent stores, on Dundas street,
collapsed Tuesday afternoon. buryins
number OF people. Nine persons
killed, four are missing and several
others were seriously injured.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19

Those persons who live In the very
heart Of charming rural simplicity
can't help thinking as they zee the
summer boarders coming out where il
4 hot and dusty what fne time q
person could have spending .. vaca.
tion n a. Ice cream parlor with cleo.
tic fans running In every corner.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19
Child scaIded To De,th.

Fort Dodge Grasping the handle
of the coffee pot while it's mothers
back was turned at the breakfast ia.
BILE, the eleven-months-old in:.nt 81
Mr.. and Mrs. Andersen, upset the
scalding fluid over its body and died
several hours later. Every effort of
the doctor to relieve the child prov.
ed futile, the burns being too severe
to save its life. Most Of the hot cot.
fee went over its head and neck, and
the baby died within few hours in
terrible agony