Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-04

election by . plurality Of about 81
900. decrease OF eight per cent. from
the vote OF 1904. The Democratic
vote also showed decrease.
The crew on board the racing bal
loon villc de Dieppe tried to descend
at Niagara Falls. The rip cord failed
to work properly. resulting In a poor
landing. The three men In the basket
got a bad shaking up and narrowly
escaped death in the whirlpool rapids,
Secretary George Mclaughlin of the
state commission OF prisons in report
on q recent inspection protested
strongly against the keeping Of Harry
X. Thaw In the Duchess county jail
at Poughkeepsie.
Delegates and visitors to the Grand
Army encampment gave their atten.
ton to the dedication Of the Fort
Meigs monument at Perrysburg and
to an elaborate civic parade In To-
ledo.
Judge A. H. Huston declared uncon.
stitutionai the Oklahoma school law
providing separate school boards and
separate schools for negroes In the
new state. s0
Fire in Atlanta, Ca, destroyed the
plants OF the Atlanta Trunk factory
and the Empire Printing & Box com.
pany. The loss is estimated at $780,.
900.
A crowd OF men and boys In Chi
cago tried to lynch negro who had
attacked a white girl in the hallway
OF a building in which she worked.
Standing at the stern Of q motor
boat which he had stolen and with
bullets whizzing over his head, Ed
ward Burnett, a full-blooded Pottawat.
tonne Indian, led two detectives an
exciting chase through the downtown
section Of the Chicago river clear to
the drainage canal before he was cap
tured.
Mrs. Arch Pickett shot and killed
her husband, well.known resident Of
Jonesboro, Ark, because, she alleged,
he was mean to her and abused
her"
Mrs. Earl Hallam Of Springfield,
Ill.,, declared that George Richardson
was not the negro who attacked her.
1t was his removal from the city
which caused the bloody race riots.
The national encampment Of the
Grand Army of the Republic opened
in Toledo with Venetian night" on
the river and big reception. About
,tnit IN hn
which was beautifully decorated.
The British bark Amazon, for 1qui-
que from Port Talbot, has been
wrecked near the latter port. Only
Ave out of her crew of 80 were saved.
Fire destroyed the tannery of Davis,
Medary & Platz, in La Crosse, Wis,
the loss being about $4,000.
The members of the American team
which captured chief honors at the
Olympic games in London were re.
ceived by President Roosevelt at Sag.
amore Hill.
The great coal mine strike IN the
Birmingham (Ala) district was called
OF by an order signed by President
Lewis, Vice-President White and Sec
retary-Treasurer Ryan Of the United
Mine Workers of America. In Wyo.
ming the coal mines were closed be-
cause operators and miners could not
agree.
At Manzanillo, Manuel Elias, editor
of the Conservative Ell Vigilante, was
shot and killed by Manuel Estrada,
editor Of the Liberal paper Ell Re-
porter and also Liberal candidate for
congressman.
A shortage OF upwards Of $4,000
has been discovered in the bureau OF
supplies and vouchers in the general
post Office at Havana, Of which Senior
Rodriguez is chief. Rodriguez Is miss.
ing.
Charged by his wife with non-sup-
port, Rev. William c. Cummings, for.
merly an Episcopal rector at Ionia,
Mich, was arrested at Saul Ste Marie
In the company of woman said to be
his sister-in-law.
Dispatches from Picking said the
Chinese government was likely to re-
call Minister WI Ting Fang from
Washington, because of dissatisfaction
with his doings and public speeches.
Becoming financially involved, two
brothers, Ben S. Woolaver, aged So.
and Elmer, aged 80, committed suicide
In the Sangamon river not far from
their homes near Edinburg, Ill.
George Bailey, aged 70, and Miss
Ida Dams, his sister-in-law, aged 40,
We're fatally burned in an explosion
Of natural gas that wrecked their
home in Wellington, Kan.
The Queen Louise balloon, which
assembled from Columbus, O., with
Lieut.. Benedict and T. L. Semple
aboard, landed in Lake Erie and the
aeronauts were rescued by steamer.
President Roosevelt has approved
the plans Of the proposed new battle
ships Florida and Utah which were
authorized at the last session OF con-
gress.
While two.thirds of the city's fire.
men were at their annual picnic, fire in
the business section of New Orleans
destroyed 100000 worth Of property.
1t was the most disastrous conflagra.
ton in the history of New Orleans. ,.
E. M. CARRIER, aged 40 years, a dele
gate from Holton. Kan, to the meet
ing Of the Illinois Life Insurance as.
ISOLATION in Philadelphia, was mysteri-
ously drowned at Atlantic City.
Mrs. Matthew Berna of Hampshire,
ILL.,, went insane, killed one Of her
children and fatally poisoned three
others and herself.