Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

be the Iowa State Engineering society,
which has chosen January 13 and Ia
as the dates The selection of the
convention city was made by letter
ballot.
Clara Gardner, aged 2f, residing at
Dubuque, stepped out on the balcony
OF her home ON the third story, when
the structure gave way. The girl
was precipitated to the street ond
sustained fractured skull She Is
not expected to live.
Property valued at 100000 was de-
stroyed by fire which broke out at 2
a. m, in Pratts store In kcosauqua,
Sept. IA. John Kreiss, Logan Neis
and Edgar Lane were injured when
the roof of a building collapsed. Eight
firms suffered loss with partial insur-
ance.
Henry, 4-months-old son OF G. j.
Lundquist, who lives near Corning,
was caught in the fast revolving gear
wheel of milk separator and his
arm was drawn between the wheel
and the bowl cover. The rim of the
wheel cut frightful cash on the
arm between the elbow and shoulder.
A little more force and the arm would
have been severed.
Because be had hts nose crushed.
his ear split and sundry other bruises
by being knocked from one end or
a box car to the other by the impact
OF switch engine, Richard Berkeley,
of Mason City, formerly employed at
the Northwestern States cement
plant, has filed case asking dam
ages for $1,000. He alleges that the
accident was due to negligence on the
part of company employees.
The city of Eagle Grove has taken
on metropolitan airs and has now
union delivery of goods. Four de-
liveries are made during the day at
these hours-S, 10, 2 and 4:30. Or
ders must be In five minutes before
starting and there will be no solicit
tation of orders on the trip. All or
ders must be telerhoned or given in
person or else placed in sealed en-
velopes and handel to the driver.
Bert Clark has ths contract.
Leaving the impression with his
parents and friends that he was 60
ing to Indianola ON business, Robert
Hughes, manager of the Ducart I'm
plement company of Des Moines, and
son of John Hughes, veteran mail car
rier, brought back to Des Moines
charming bride, who was formerly
Miss Iva Odds OF West Eighth street.
Both are we'll known in the city. They
will reside near the home of the
brides parents on West Eighth.
Pat Graham, aged so years, was
found dead in the toilet room of the
Bon Air hotel, Des Moines, three
hours after he died. Graham spoke
to Mrs. E. Y. Flory, the proprietoress,
as he entered. After three hours she,
with others, entered and found Ora
ham dead Graham had heart trouble
and had told Mrs. Flory in case of
bad attack that his mother in Kan
sas City should be notified He said
that her address would be found in
his trunk. The body is now in charge
Of the coroner.
Dr.. C, S. James, of Centervillc, and
DR.. L. D. James, of Fairfield, have
just performed an operation, whereby
they have taken over two square feet
Of skin from the body Of w. H. Wat.
kins, of Breckenridge, Mo-, and graft
cd In 0f hSc yryifn WI
was severely burned by an explosion
two weeks ago. BY the operation it
is hoped to save the life of the
woman. Evidences Of improvement
are already shown and tho husband
is suffering but little from the opera
1ton.
In the vote taken at Story City,
Radcliffe and Hubbard, in regard tc
the proposed Iowa railroad from
Waterloo to Perry, providing for free
faachises and a per cent tax, Story
City voted Isl for and "a against.
Radcliffe 100 for and 10 against, and
Hubbard 100 for and 20 against. In
view of this vote the construction Of
the road in the near future is practi-
cally assured. According to the pres
ent plans of the promoters. the road
will be built. first from Story City to
Perry, then from Perry to E!dora, and
later from Eldora to Waterloo.
Thirty-five hundred feet above the
earth, his balloon shooting higher
every instant, the big gas bag on fire
at the base, the parachute burning
and the detaching rope already burn
ed in two. Aeronaut Dan Rice sat in
his frail trapeze in the full sight of
thousands of people, at Webster
City, including his agonized wife and
two children, as nearly doomed as
any man ever was without actually
going to death. AS the parachute fin
ally burned loose, it shot toward the
ground with its human freight at
terrific speed. Halt way to earth it
spread. The hungry flames were
still eating their way, but enough of
the cloth remained to break the force
of the fall sufficiently that Rice es-
capped unhurt. Until the man was
brought to town, however, no one sup
posed he had escaped serious if not
fatal injuries. Rice was making his
initial ascension at the county fair.
He is an aeronaut of fifteen years
experience and in all this time has
never had so close call to death.
Mary Smith, alias Mary Howell,
arrested in Des Moines at her home,
charged with bigamy, was arraigned
in police court She pleaded not