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Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
STORM SWEEPS The WEST
SEVERAL PERSONS ARE KILLED
AND MUCH DAMAGE DONE.
Fata! Wreck Caused by Wash.Out-
High Wind and Rains In
St. Louis District.

st. Louis. 49, A thunderstorm Of
unusual severity, accompanied by
a hi, h wind Of almost tornado We
locity, swept over this vicinity Tues
day, doing much damage to property
and Indirectly causing loss of life. A
bridge on the Louisville & Nashville
road, near Belleville, ILL.,, was washed
out and wrecked a freight train. En-
gineer Carl Ward, Fireman Chasm and
q trainman whose name has not been
learned were caught under the engine
and drowned. The train was piled
up in a mass in Schoenlaub creek
which was swollen into torrent. The
village of Edgemont, ILL.,, was flood
ed, and many persons were forced to
take refuge on improvised RATS. Inc
whole area of lowlands, known as the
American bottoms, east Of East St
Louis, ILL.,, and comprising 35 square
aiiles Of territory. is under water.
French Village, a town Of 1000 In
habitants, one Of the Oldest settle
ments in Illinois, was struck by min.
iature tornado and many houses were
unroofed.
Belleville was left without electric
light or power by the inundat.on OF
The Belleville Gas and Electric Com
pany plant.
Peoria, Ill.-The hurricane which
visited this vicinity early Tues
1ay morning did damage estimated al
4O,0OO to river craft A large part q
the fleet of the Ivy club was blown OF
shore. In the city the courthouse
caught fire from crossed wires, bu
the rain quenched the fire.
Memphis, Tenn. - Three personi
dead, several others injured, con
siderable property loss and demorali
cation of traffic resulted from the
storm of wind and rain which swept
over southern Arkansas, western Ten
nessee and Mississippi Monday night
and Tuesday. The greatest damage
and the loss of life occurred in Arkan
sas. At Marche, the Polish settlement
was badly damaged and John Lukas
sewicz, Mary Sczczepaniak and an un
identified man were killed. Watson
Desha county. is reported practically
destroyed, but the reports from this
point are very meager.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
STRIKE SEEMS BROKEN.
THINE 0CEWo onONENs
All Affected Gypsum Mills Excepting
One RUNNING,

Fort Dodge.-All of the gypsum
mills near this city with the exception
of one, are operating. The Cardiff
plant, the management of which an
nounced that If It's old men did not
return to work they would be dis
placed, is being operated by a ma
jority of its former employees. 1t is
reported that the former employees at
the American Independent Gypsum
company's plant requested that they
be given their positions held by them
before the strike, but that they were
refused by President B. H. Ward of
the company, who says the strike
breakers he has brought to his plant
are doing good enough work.
Well informed men in this city be-
lieve that the strike is broken and
that soon all of the mills will be run.
ming.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08

Congressman Olmsteal asked the
agricultural >.--.n .nittee Of the house to
tell him how much 1t costs to keep 4
hen year. Whether he wants to kee'
. hen and does not wish to go at II
blind1y. or whether he desires to en-,
gage in . statistical calculation In re.
gard to the poultry industry is not
known, nor is 1t important The sig.
nificant thing is that not member CT
the committee could tell him what he
wanted to know. One ventured the
opinion that the keep of hen costs
'tnext to nothing" while another fixed
the expense at $175 year. What is
IN agricultural committee for, asks the
indianapolis Star, II it Is not primed
on subjects like this; and what does It
cost to keep a hen, anyway?
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
FLEET ENTERS GOLDEN GATE.
Admiral Evans Leads Battleships Into
San Francisco Harbor.

San Francisco.-Through the tower
ing rocky portals of the Golden Gate
into the harbor of the city OF hun
dred hills into new San Francisco,
risen from the ruins Of two years ago,
the Atlantic battleship fleet steamed
Wednesday in review Of a multitude
unnumbered.
San Francisco, Oakland and other
cities nearby all took holiday to wit
ness the coming Of the feet. There
was a complete cessation of business
and the streets in the downtown Sec
ton were deserted.
Rear Admiral Robley ID. Evans,
commanderin-chief of the Atlantic
fleet and just now in command of the
assembled ships of both oceans, stood
on the after bridge Of the Connecticut
as the famous flagship led the way
through the harbor's gate.
Official dinners, band concerts and
reception and ball at the Fairmount
hotel with 5000 invited guests were
features of the first evening Of the
fleets s>stay.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
MRS. poLpH IS CONVICTED.
Girl Who Killed Husband 10 Found
Guilty Of Manslauqhter.


Clinton.-The jury in the case Of
Irene Rolph, the 17-year-old girl ac-
cussed OF the murder Of her husband,
returned a verdict of manslaughter.
The jury was out seventeen hours,
and the verdict Is believed to have
been compromise between those
who favored first degree and others
who did not believe the young woman
was entirely responsible for her acts.
Probably no murder case in the
history OF Clinton county has created
such wide spread interest as has the
Dolph case. The case has number
of peculiar circumstances that tend
to make 1t the most remarkable mur.
der case in the ken of the old resi-
dents of Clinton. In the first place,
the first information of the murder
brought to the Clinton police was
brought by the defendants attorney,
after Mrs. Eolph had consulted him.
Another peculiar circumstance is
the return of the accused woman to
Clinton after having gone to her
mothers home in Joliet.
Fred Dolph was found in his little
cottage In North Clinton at East and
Old Main streets by the police on
Sunday morning, March /, after they
had been informed by Attorney Hol-
leran that a dead man lay in the
Do,ph cottage.
Subsequent developments showed
that Mr.. and Mrs. Dolph had had
quarrel on the preceding Thursday
night when party was in progress
at the Dolph home. Witnesses declar-
ed that Dolph had threatened to leave
his wife and that Mrs DoIph hcd
threatened to follow and kill him If
he did Circumstances indicated that
the murder had been committed some
time Friday night or early Saturday
morning and testimony at the cor
oner's inquest developed the fact that
Mrs. Dolrh had made hurried trip
to her mothers home in Joliet, re-
turning on Sunday morning and i'm
mediately engaging the services of
Attorney Holleran.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08

Somebody rather pertine.tly sus
gests that people should have tele'
phone hours as well as Lours when
they receive callers. The telephone
breaks in on everybody's time In a
way that would I,t be tolerated II the
people who use 1t came In person
This Is true in The home, In business
establishments and In Offices. A pa
tient is in 4 doctors Office. for exam
pie, keeping special engagement anc
with his own time limited. or he Is in
. dentists chair. when the telephone
bell rings and the doctor or dentist
leaves him and engages in long con
versation over the wire. Everyone
comments the indianapolis Star. has
been irritated by the tyranny OF this
instrument and the manner in which
It penetrates privacy and trespasses on
time. A system Of telephone etiquetse
ought to be established. s
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08

Is profanity on the streets and in
other public places getting to he more
prevalent in this community than
elsewhere? asks the Boston Herald.
An intelligent and observant visitor
here says it is. He has travelled far
and wide and he testifies that one
hears the name Of the Almighty taken
In vain more frequently by men and
boys in our eastern cities, and particu-
larly in Boston. than in any Of the less
boasted or boastful centers of culture
and civilization. This Is rather seri.
GUS indictment of our manners and
morals. II 1t is warranted bytthe facts
It might be well to call for the more
rigid and vigorous enforcement OF the
ancient law on the subject. 1t covers
the offence.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
JEROME REFUSES JURY MINUTES
New York Attorney BaIks at Order to
Turn Over Evidence.

New York. District Attorney
Jerome said Tuesday that he would
20 to Jail rather than comply with
an order received from Judge Ro-
salsky that certain grand jury min
utes be filed with the clerk Of the
court Of general sessions. Mr.. Jer-
ONE made this statement at the hear
ing of charges against him before
Commissioner Hand, who was appoint
ed by Gov. Hughes to take evidence
in the matter of the King committees s
charges that the district attorney had
failed to fulfill the duties of his office.
The records which Judge Rosalsky or
dered filed with the court of general
sessions were those Of the grand jury
which investigated the affairs Of the
Metropolitan Street Railway system
last November. The effect of filing
these minutes with the clerk would
have been to make them public.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
OHIO TROOPS ORDERED OUT
Threats to Burn Two Towns in the
Tobacco District.

Columbus, O.-Threats to burn the
towns Of Aberdeen and Higginsport,
emanating from unknown sources but
resulting from the bitter warfare in
the Burley tobacco district of Ohio and
Kentucky, were largely responsible for
an order issued by Gov. Harris Tues
day evening to Adjt. Gen. Critchfleld
to dispatch troops to the towns men,
toned.
Troop B Of Columbus left for the
scene of threatened trouble Wednes-
day morning at five o'clock. Capt. R.
w. Knauss had about so cavalrymen
in his command. Companies of the
First regiment at Cincinnati and Ba-
tavia are also said to be under wait
ing orders,
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
Liquor Men are Surprised.

Council Bluffs.-The sudden and
unannounced appearance here of M.
S. Odle, attorney for the Iowa Anti
Saloon league, created something like
had been called here by the neglect
of the civic league to prosecute in
fractions Of the mulct law. He said
that when he left here after the
four cases recently brought had been
disposed of, it was with the under
standing that the league was to at.
tend to matters, but he charges thai
It has not done so.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
80 BUSHELS OF oats
TO THE ACRE.
WHAT Mr.. KAL LTENBRUNNER Has
TO SAY ABCuT HIS GRAIN
CROPS IN CENTRAL
CANADA.

Writing from Regina, Saskatche-
van, Central Canada, Mr.. A. kaltep.
drummer writes:-
Some years ago took up a home
stead for myself, and also one for my
son. The half section which VIC cwp
adjoins the Moose Jaw Creek; is .
.ow, level and heavy land. We put
In 20 acres of wheat In stubble which
went 20 bushels to the acre, and 80
acres OF summer fallow. which went
Is bushels to the acre. All the wheat
We harvested this year is No. Hard.
That means the best wheat that can
be raised on the earth. We did not
sell any wheat yet, ss We intend to
keep one part for our own seed, and
sell the other part to people who want
first class seed, for there is no doubt
II you SOW good wheat you will har-
vest good wheat We also threshed
5000 bushels Of first class oats out Of
l60 acres. 80 acres has been fall
blowing, which yielded 30 bushels
per acre, and so acres stubble, which
went 80 bushels to the acre. These
cats are the best kind that can be
raised. We have shipped three car.
loads Of them, and got 53 cents per
bushel clear. All our grain was cut
in the last week of the month OF
August before any frost could touch It
Notwithstanding the fact that we
have had late spring. and that the
weather conditions this year were
very adverse and unfavorable, We win
make more money out OF our crop
his year than last.
For myself feel compelled to say
that Western Canada crops cannot BE-
checked, even by unusual conditions"
Information regarding free home
stead lands In Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan and Alberta may be had on appli-
cation to any Canadian Government
Agent, whose advertisement appears
elsewhere. He will give you informa-
ion as to best route and what 1t viii
cost you to reach these lands for pur.
poses of inspection.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
Won't Stop Liouor "Ads."

Guthrie, Okla.--Judge Strang in the
district court here Tuesday denied the
application for temporary injunc-
ton in the liquor advertisement case
instituted by the attorney general in
behalf of the state of Oklahoma
against several newspapers circulating
in the state and news stands distrib-
uting them. He held that the Billups
law was an act regulating the sale
Of liquor, not one tc prohibit. and that
as long as there waa legal sale Of
liauor in the state. the newspapers had
The right to carry the advertisements.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
BABY SHOOTS MOTHER.
Mason City Woman Fatally Wounded
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Mason City Woman Fatally Wounded
at Hands Of Son.
Mason City.-The little 4-year-old
son of Mrs. Charles Hall of Mason
City accidentally shot and probably
fatally wounded his mother on the
7th.
The accident happened while
mother and child were lying on a bed
romping together and laughing-each
supremely happy in the presence of
the other, and altogether unconscious
of any impending tragedy. Then In
its play the lad came upon a revolver
hidden beneath a pillow. 10 had
heard the injunction Mustn't touch
it," many times, but now mothers
back was turned for an instant, and
he grasped the weapon. Somehow 1t
was turned toward the unsuspecting
mother; somehow the babe pulled the
trigger. Following the explosion a
bullet tore its way into the body OF
the mother, perforatiag the intes'
tines, and now the surgeons believe
that their efforts to save her will
be in vain. .... ..s-
The mother suffered as much from
the shock of the tragedy as from the
wound she received at the hands OF
her beloved babe. She was taken to
the hospital as soon as possible and
operated upon, but her wound Is very
serious and she Is lowering between
life ard death.
The babe doesn't understand alto
gether why his happy play with
mother was Interrupted SO suddenly,
nor why his cries for her cannot be
answered. He is bright pretty little
fellow and the tragedy. has saddened
the whole city
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
$4,000 Fire at Malvern.

Malvern.-Fire broke out in the
restaurant of William Tunison, caus.
ed by the explosion Of a gasoline
stove. The fire quickly spread to the
adjoining hnildings-a wareroom o.,
H. A. Dear.crff and large imple.
ment hSS,s OF Ash e Long But for
the heroic efforts q Tie Malvern fire
company the entire business section
OF Malvern would nave suffered. the
loss was about $4,000.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
Flood at East Alton,

East Alton, Ill-Wood river broke
through it's banks, after rising four
feet in four hours Wednesday after
noon, and half of East Alton Is under
water. The tracks OF the Chicago &
Alton, Big Four and the Mckinley in
terurban line are overflowed, and
traffic temporarily is suspended. Two
big factories have been forced to shut
down because Of the high water,
which covers an area five miles long
and a mile wide. Many families were
forced to vacate their homes.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
Couldn't Stand 1aunts,

Fort Dodge.-Because his school
mates jeered at him ON the play
grounds at school for missing so
many words in the spelling lesson,
12-year.old Walter Anderson ran away
from school and rather than return
departed from home. He slept all
night in a box car in the Illinois Cen.
trail yards and returned home the
next afternoon seriously Ill from ex-
posure. The police and many neigh.
bors of the Andersons had hunted for
hours for the boy but had failed to
find him,
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
RAPIST TO PEN FOR LIFE.
Court Deals Harshly With Convicted
Ottun,wa Neqro.

Ottumwa.-Leroy Edwards, a negro,
convicted Of criminal assault on Mrs.
Clara Erwin, was sentenced by Judge
Vermillicn for life in the Anamosa re.
'ormatory. When asked what he had
20 say why sentence should not be
passed on him, Edwards said that the
police were unduly active and wove
fabrication to convict an ianocent
nan. In answer, the court said he
was in perfect accord with the finding
3f the jury and that it was the duty
If the police to ferret out all cases.
Elwards says he is 48 years old, but
he does not look to be over 80.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
Hear Rates Cases in ottumwa.

Ottumwa.-Commiss Clark OF
he interstate commerce commission
will come to Ottumwa on. May 26 to
hear three cases of alleged discrimi-
nation in freight rates against rail-
road companies. The cases were
brought to the attention Of the COM
mission by the Ottumwa Commercial
association. The cases are the Ot-
tumwa Brick and Construction Com
rany VS.. The Chicago. Milwaukee &
st. Paul Railroad Company and Ot-
tumwa Boxcar Loader Company VS..
the Milwaukee, and another one by
the same company against the Rock
Island ---
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08

BY the retirement Of DR.. Reginald
Heber Fits from the Hersey professor.
ship OF the theory and practice Of ply.
sizes at the Harvard medical school
that institution loses the active serv.
Ices Of one Of the most distinguished
members Of it's STAFF. he is generally
recognized in his profession as stand
ing at the head Of 1t In this section Of
the country at least.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
c, G. w. Must Paw Penalty.

G. q. w. MUST Fay PenaIty.
Dubuque.-The case of the United
States VS.. the Chicago Great Western
railway and tried in federal court
was decided by the jury against the
company. The defendant was charged
with failure to provide cars with safe
ty coupling appliances in accordance
with the statute. A penalty of $3.50
was fixed.
The Illinois Central on a similar
charge pleaded guilty several days
ago. The case was of wide interest,
representing q test on which future
actions will be based.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
. Enollsb and American Abuses.
pcs MONIES.

y, English and American Abuses.
There is one form OF the abuse Of
wealth In politics from which England
at present is comparatively free. She
does not suffer from the problems OF
corporations In politics. It is rare
thing for q statutory company. such,
sor instance, as railway company. or
Tor Joint stock company Of any k.ld
to contribute from its funds to the
campaign chests Of political parties
The thing is not unknown there was
q case about year ago In which the
directors of one of the great railway
companies we're found to have sub
scribed to the moderate party In the
London county council elections. But
on the whole the practice is frowned
upon both by public opinion and by
the general sense of the commercial
community. Nor does the political ne
cessity for 1t exist in England. Three
reasons, ! believe, writes Sydney
Brooks In Harper's Weekly, are usu
ally given to explain the intimacy oi
the alliance between corporations and
politics in the United States. The
first is that in an expanding, half'de'
veloped country the number OF good
thil gs to be picked up in the way OF
concessions is beyond comparison
greater than in such land as Eng
land. The second reason why the
trusts cannot leave politics alone IN
America is that politics cannot leave
the trusts alone. and their action and
reaction seem to be enormously inten'
eified and complicated by the Amer''
can system Of government in self-con'
tained compartments.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
strike Cost About s15o,ooo.

Oelwe ein-According to figures re.
Gently presented to the stockholders
Of the Great Western by President
Stickney, the big strike of boilc"-
makers and macninists last fall cost
the company neary $150,ooo in extra
expense, in addition to the additional
deterioration Of its rolling stock be-
cause of lack of efficient repair work
for several months.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
Cleveland Improving Steadily,

Lakewood, N. J. - The condition
of former President Grover Cleve-
land continues to show daily improve.
ment, according to a statement made
by Mrs. Cleveland Tuesday, and in
order that his recovery may be
hastened it has been decided that he
will remain here indefinitely, as the
climate agrees with him.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08

The Pima Indians. who live on the
banks Of the ella river pronounced in
Spanish Heela), are the mos: civilized
OF any North American Indians. They
live in no lses, manufacture useful ar.
ticles and are known for simplicity OF
character, peacefulness and honesty.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
Eleven Sailors Are Drowned.

Newport, Ore.-Daring storm Fri.
day night the steamer Mime E. Kel.
lon shifted and sprung a bad leak
Saturday noon huge wave struck the
vessel and washed her deck and cabin,
leaving the vessel waterlogged and
Eleven of the crew
were drowned.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
DECLARES THAW is INSANE.
Superintendent Of Matteawan Asylum
Replies to Habeas Corpus Writ.

Poughkeepsie. N. Y. - DR.. Amos
4. Baker, acting superintendent of
the Matteawan state hospital, in his
return Tuesday to the writ Of habeas
corpus obtained by counsel for Harry
X. Thaw, denied the allegations in the
petition of counsel that rEaw Is now
sane. and alleges on the contrary that
Thaw is insane. DR.. Baker has had
Thaw under observation during his
confinement in Matteawan following
the trial for the Staying of Stanford
White.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
Train Robbers Try a New Game.

Mason City.-Something new In
train robberies was perpetrated near
here on a Milwaukee passenger when
e. c. Echenrole Of Cleveland, o., was
relieved of his money and other val
uables. Just as the train was nearing
Mason City three men got Echenrole,
travelling man, into one Of the ves-
tibules. There they beat him and
made him give up everything he had.
Then the robbers jumped from the
train and disappeared. X
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
Thompson Settles for $500.

Boston, Mass.-Frederick o. Thomp-
sen of Des Moines, the Harvard law
student who was recently acquitted
Of criminal responsibility for the
death of Mary Mcintosh, who was
killed by his automobile at Water
town, settled with the estate of the
young woman in the sum of $500.
The settlement grew out of a suit
that was filed claiming damages in
the sum OF $4,000. The adjustment
d.sposes finally of the entire matter.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08

The prince de Sagan says he may
have had his affairs Of the heart" pre-
svious to his courtship with Nine
Could, but he does not see that this
circumst ance should interfere with Ais
present suit. Probably he bases this
theory on the fact that this courtship
g not an affair OF the heart.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08

The new locomotive shops which the
Grand Trunk of Canada system is
building at Battle Greek. Mich will
be among the largest in the country
The machine shop, which has a length
Of over 800 feet, is to be built entirely
Of steel. brick and cement.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
Oemarest Is the chamn,on

New York.-Calvin Demarest of the
Chicago Athletic club, won the inter.
national amateur billiard champion
ship Tuesday night In the concert hall
of the Liederkranz club. In the final
game he defeated Lucien Rerolle, five
time amateur champion of France.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
Conner Makes Fort Dodge Happy.

Conner Makes Fort Dodge Happy.
4 Fort bod ge.-h communication from
! Congressman Conner Of the tenth
district assures Fort Dodge people
that an appropriation Of 70. less than
sI25, 900 will be allowed by congres, -
fer a new p3stoffice,. Tbs need for
more room aLd an adequate building
here is pressing. % FL n #
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
Manuel 10 Proclaimed Kino

Lisbon.-Manuel, the boy king of
Portugal, solemnly took the oath of
allegiance to his people Wednesday,
and with all the traditional courtly
observance was proclaimed the ruler
of the nation.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08

II 'The vermiform appendix is the only
thing In nature. so far as Is known.
that is absolutely useless" says the
Lancet. Absolutely useless! And 1t
has helped many surgeon out Of
financial difficulties.
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08
Fatal Fight in Kentucky.

Lexington, Ky.-ln a fight between
Daniel White and James B:ddy
Fugate at the formers farm, two
miles above Jackson, in Breathitt
county, Fugate was killed and White
vas wounded in the face with bird.
shot. ..s...
Iowa state bystander., 1908-05-08

New York is getting II 900. 600 eggs
daily. Who says that splendid bird
the American hen. is not dding her
share II promoting prosperity and pro.
N1dlna ! food supply7 Nh ~ ls5