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IOWA PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE BY- STANDER PUBLISHING COMPANY, FIFTH AND LOCUST STREETS, ROOMS 210 AND 211 MARQUARDT BLOCK. IOWA 'PHONE NO. 899. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF IOWA. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE MOST WORSHIP- FUL UNITED GRAND LODGE OF IOWA, A. F. & A. M. TECHNICS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year. $1.50 Six months. 75 These months. 50 All subscription payable in advance. postals VOL. 6. IOWA STATE BYSTANDER J. L, THOMPSON, EDITOR. J. H, SHEPARD, MANAGER. Send money by postoffice order, money order, express or draft, to THE IOWA STATE STANDER Publishing Company. Communications must be written on one side of the paper only and be of interest to the public. "Brevity is the soul of wit" remember. We will not return rejected manuscript unless accompanied by postage stamps. IOWA'S LEADING COLORED PAPER. CITY NEWS The weather, this week is decidedly March weather. Miss Sophia Bass has not been quite so well this week. Miss Zella Davis was ill a few days this week. Get your winter coal at 1007 Center street, Iowa 'phone 255. J. Frank Blagburn is making a gallant fight for Market Master. Frank Blagburn, will receive the surport of every honest republican, Mrs. C, H. Richardson, has been quite slick this week at her home in Clive. The republicans are making a great fight for mayor MacVicar and balance of the ticket. The Rev. Henry McCraven, assisted Dr. Peterson at the furlal services of the late Albert Hughes. The Rev. Mattle Johnson, the evangelist, is meeting with flattering success, having many conversions each evening. Mr. C. H. Underwood of Mystic, Iowa is in our city this week attending the Joint Conference of the State Miner's and Operators meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Zed Harris, of Muchakinock are visiting in the city, the guess of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Curtly of 1042 B. street. Mr. Wallace Johnson, a tonsorial artist at the Iowa House, will wed a young lady who has just arrived from Indiana, this week. M. B. Jackson, has been selected as one or the judges for the coming city election, the only colored man as yet selected. The Rev. Mattie Johnson, the evangelist will preach a special sermond Sunday at four o'clock at the A. M. E. church. Rev. Joseph Underwood, went to Fraiser, last Saturday where he will conduct series of revival meetings. Mr. W. H. Wells, has open his tonsorial parlors on 3rd between Walnut and Locust streets, Mr. Chas. Roy will be with him. Mr. Frank B. Hughes, of St. Louis Mo., who was called here by the death of his brotor Albert, left on Wednesday for his home. Miss Ethel Hale, of Kansas City Kan, arrived in our city last Sunday to visit with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs. Danial Roy, she is at pesant with her cousin Mrs. H. E. Jacobs of 1509 W. Walnut street, she may decide to remain here indefinitely. Mrs. I. N. Jones, of the East city intertwined a few of their friends last Sunbay at dinner in honor of her husband, after an elagant, a very enjoyable time was had by all present, the happy party departed late in the afternoon wishing Mr. Jones many more such happy birthdays The conversion and accession to the church during series of meeting conducted by Mrs. Johnson have reach fifty or more, and among that number are some of the leading young women and men of our city, Dr. Peterson and his members are elated over their suc- STATE BYST DES MOINES, IOWA, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1900. Mr. David Barner, one of our successful colored farmers of Grimes, Iowa, will wed Mrs. Miles N. Bell, formally of this city, but now of Phoenix, Arizona Sunday, Rev. F. J. Peterson will preform the ceremony. JAS. WASHINGTON FOR MARKET MASTER The Republicans of Sioux City, have nominated James Washington last week, at their city convention for Market Master, and we are proud of his success. Mr. Washington is one of Sioux City enterprising men and he is well qualified to fill the office, even the republicans of the north-west are beginning to recognize the colored man. Des Moines and Sioux City are the first who will be the next, now is the time for other to qualify themselves for even higher places, try and raise yourself as high in estimation of your friends and neighbors, as has Messees Blagburn and Washington such men will be a credit to the race. The revival meetings conducted by Mrs. Mattie Johnson at the A. M. E. Church is arousing much interest and her sermons are eagerly sought after as evidence by the large crowds and many souls that are coming, one night there were fourteen persons went to the mourner's bench and eleven the next night. Mrs. Johnson is an excellent christian lady of much power, her sermons never fail to captivate the audience and wield much influence for good the members of the church are preparing to give her a hearty reception on her last Sunday which will be one week from next Sunday, at the Auditorium as the church will not accommodate all the people. We have saved many doctor bills since we began using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in our home. We keep a bottle open all the time and whenever any of my family or myself begin to catch cold we begin to use the Cough Remedy, and as a result we never have to send away for a doctor and incur a large doctor bill, for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy never fails to cure. It is certainly a medicine of great merit and worth.—D. 8. MEARKLE, General Merchant and farmer, Mattie, Bedford county, Pa. For sale by all Druggists When in Muchakinock, Iowa stop at MRS, ADDIE JOHNSON'S RESTAURANT for good meals or, short orders; also Ice Cream, Prompt attention given to all orders. Popular and High Class Music— Mandolins, Guitars, Banjos, Violins, Strings etc., call on Early Music House, 315 Seventh Street. Between Walnut and Locust KENTUCKY VS. CIVILIZATION. Is the commonwealth of Kentucky a civilized state or not? We prefer to think not from her recent shameful and disgraceful political trouble. Well might Aguionaldo and his so-called uncivilized people point to America and ask her if the people of Kentucky are civilized. If so the Archipeligo does not want that kind of civilization. A few years ago such rank democrats as pitchfork Tillman of S. C., Senator Morgan and Money of Alabama, said that the colored man of the South were inhuman and incapable of self government. We would ask those maligners of the colored race how about the white people of Kentucky. They seem to be very much incapable of self government. The Goebel election law, the armed forces that daily parade the streets of the commonwealth, seems that higher christian civilization has not yet reached those people. Their actions are a mockery of civilization and a shock to enlighten humanity. BANNER DAY FOR IOWA SEED STORE. Last Monday was a banner day with the Iowa Seed Co., of this city, as they received in their mail 2623 letters and postals from every state and territory FRANKEL'S. Saturday in the Jewelry Section Chatelaine Bags, of black grain leather, with frame—usual 35c bag—Saturday for..... Shopping Bag, of blaço grain leather, jeweled, sateen lining, 480 kind—Saturday for..... Hair Brushes, black ebonold, sterling silver moung good bristles—Saturday..... Hat Pins, jeweled heads, assorted, values up to each—Saturday your choice..... Rings, ladies' misses and children's, gold filled or engraved, 25c kind—Saturday..... Rings, ladie's set rings, assorted settings, 48c or Saturday for. Saturday Bargains ir. Knit Underwear Three odd lines to be closed out at rite low yrices tomorrow. Ladies' Jersey Ribbed In Cream, also Ladies' Jersey Ribbed Vests—only, actual values 25c—while they last—choice— Ladies' Vests, Pants and U Odd sizes and styles, soiled, ranging in price from 98c—Saturday to close—each. Children's Knit Vest only in grey and ecru—fair assortment of sizes—were 15 to 35c each—Saturday to close.... A leather, with Silver for..... 15c Leather, jeweled, black for..... 38c Merling silver mounted, ..... 48c Sized, values up to 19c ..... 5c Men's, gold filled, plain ..... 15c Bed settings, 48c ones— ..... 38c Underwear Second Floor. Closed out at ridiculously tomorrow. Ribbed Pants Ribbed Vests—small sizes last—choice—each..... 10c Pants and Union Suits aging in price from 50c to 33c Knit Vests, Department of way to close..... 10c each Chatelaine Bags, of black grain leather, with Silver frame—usual 35c bag—Saturday for...... Shopping Bag, of blaeco grain leather, jeweled, black sateen lining, 48s kind—Saturday for...... Hair Brushes, black ebonold, sterling silver mounted, good bristles—Saturday...... Hat Pins, jeweled heads, assorted, values up to 19c each—Saturday your choice...... Rings, ladies' misses and children's, gold filled, plain or engraved, 25c kind—Saturday...... Rings, ladie's set rings, assorted settings, 48s ones—Saturday for..... In Cream, also Ladies' Jersey Ribbed Vests—small sizes only, actual values 25c—while they last—choice—each... 10c Ladies' Vests, Pants and Union Suits Odd sizes and styles, soiled, ranging in price from 50c to 98c—Saturday to close—each... 33c Children's Knit Vests, only in grey and ecru—fair assortment of sizes—were 15 to 35c each—Saturday to close... 10c each Including Alaska; also from various parts of Canada, British Columbia, Manitoba, Mexico, Italy, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand and Natal. Four persons were kept busy all day the day visiting his brother, E. R. Early, returning to his home Tuesday morning. Misses Lettie Hurd and Salone Smith came down from Yankton Tuesday morning to attend the dance which was given on that evening. Great preparations are being made to make the concert a success that is to be given at the Grand opera house on the 19th inst. The young men's meeting was well attended on last Sunday afternoon. Mr. Chas. Watkins was again chosen leader. The sewing society met with Mrs. A. Morgan on last Thursday. Mr. H. A. Graves has been on the sick list. Mr. N. Williams is troubled with rheumatism. The Pleasant Hour club gave another one of their series of dances on the 13th. Mr. J. W. Taylor has professed relion and joined the church last Sunday evening. The following ingenious mode of crossing a river was once displayed by a kaffir, who had for some time stood watching the vain attempts of a party of soldiers to cross the stream at a time when to ford it was attended by considerable danger. After smiling at their efforts with that sardonic expression remarkable among these savages, he quietly raised a heavy stone, placed it on his head and then walked, with perfect ease, through the torrent to the opposite side. Tom—"Was it hard to tell Miss Autumnal you loved her?" Jack—"Not half so hard as it was to explain matters after I got sober."—Chicago News. If we could only look at our own troubles as philosophically as we do at those of others happiness would come easy. The common and old-fashioned idea is that the tints of autumn foliage are caused by frost. Stated briefly, the causes are these: The green matter in the tissue of a leaf is composed of two colors, red and blue. When the sap ceases to flow in the autumn and the natural growth of the tree ceases, oxidation of the tissue takes place. Under certain conditions the green leaf changes to red; under different conditions it takes on a yellow or brown tint—due to difference in combination of the original constituents of the green tissue, and to the varying conditions of climate, exposure and soil. A dry, cold climate produces more brilliant foliage than one that is damp and warm. This is the reason that our American autumns are so much more gorgeous than those of England. Of every 103 shots which strike some soldier, forty-three will lodge in the legs, thirty-three shots will lodge in the arms, twenty-two strike between neck and waist, one in the neck, and eleven shots some part of the soldier's head. Whisky for Smokeless Powder. The British government used 124,000 gallons of corn whisky last year in the manufacture of smokeless powder. --- including Alaska; also from various parts of Canada, British Columbia, Manitoba, Mexico, Italy, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand and Natal. Four persons were kept busy all day long opening this mail and about fifty in attending to the orders which amounted to about $4000,00. In order to interest the people of Des Moines they threw the mail into their window Tuesday and it is attracting the attention of thousands of persons. From the Archipeligo. A Brief Letter From a Well Known Iowa Man, Formally of Des Moines, Who is in the Home of the Filipinos Special to Bvstander. The enclosed clipping is a part of a letter received by me the 9th., inst. You will all know Jim Bently, the barber. He joined the army at St. Paul, Minn., about one year ago. He authorises me to give all of his friends his best regards. SAMUEL RAY WELLS, Dubuque, Iowa. Dopagen, P. I., Jan 26th, 1900.—My Dear, Friend: I take the pleasure to drop you a few lines to let you know that I am well. I received your very welcome letter today. Lince coming here I have had lots of fighting. October 12th our regiment had a brush with a large force of Filipinos which lasted three hours. It was one of the hardest fought battles of the present war, and at its termination five hundred of the insurgent were dead or wounded, while our lost was only five killed and wounded. Again on Oct. 17th we engaged in another battle. Our regiment were intrenched at the time and when the order came to charge we piled over the walls, and headed for the enemy on the double quick. About one hundred insurgents were killed or wounded before they succeeded in getting under cover. I was slightly wounded in the encounter. When there is no fighting tooocupy our minds we find life decidely monotinous in this country. Since coming here I have collected many relics and will send you some the first time I have an opportunity. Yours respectfully. JAMES BENTLY Company H, 21th U. S. Infantry. SIOUX CITY. Mr. John Williams was one of the delegates chosen in the Sixth ward to attend the convention which was held at the court house March 17. Mr. Jas. Washington was nominated to run for superintendent of markets. Mr. Washington was born in Lafayette county, Missouri, in 1859. He came to Sloux City in 1885 and took a position as blacksmith with Duggan Bros. Two years later he engaged in business in his own behalf and so continues to this day. Mr. Washington has always been a republican and says he always will be. He is a trustee of the A. M. E. church, and is one of its strongest members. In his campaign for this office he had almost the united support of the colored people of Sloux City and feels much gratified over the result of the vote in the convention. Mr. Robert Early, formerly of this city, but now of Sloux Rands arrived Mr. Robert Early, formerly of this city, but now of Sloux Rapids, arrived in the city Monday morning and spent BYSTANDER. Ingenuity. Sober Second Thought Why the Leaves Turn. Where They Land. A GOOD GARDEN Will save half your living expenses this year. The cost of seed and gardening tools is a mere trifle. Gardening is good exercise and it is a pleasure to watch things grow. Ask for a copy of our large illustrated catalogue and plan to have plenty of fresh vegetables from your own garden this year. IOWA SEED CO., 613-615 Locust St. 821 WALNUT STREET. We Paint Houses, and we give Satisfaction. Look around, and then come in and see US. Business. ngs Wall Paper Co. Jennings W Jennings Wall Paper Co. ACUTE SENSES OF THE SAVAGE Scientific View of Their Alleged Super- city to Civilized Man In his last lecture on the "Senses of Primitive Man" W. H. R. Rivers discussed the acuteness of hearing in savages. In this respect none of the Torres Stratales natives were superior to one of the Europeans composing the expedition, while the majority were inferior. No great weight, however, could be attached to the observations, because all the people were divers—an occupation that certainly damaged the cars to some extent. To investigate their range of hearing a Galton's whistle was used, and it was shown that they could hear very high notes. Their sense of smell was tested by means of a series of tubes containing solutions, of varying strength, of odorous substances like valerian and camphor, and the results, while not altogether satisfactory, tended to show they had no marked superiority in this respect over the members of the expedition. With regard to taste it was very difficult to get information, as the natives, naturally enough, did not like strange objects being put into their mouths. One fact, however, was noticed, which was interesting when it was remembered that sweet and bitter were probably our most definite sensations and that was the complete absence of any word for bitter. For the sense of temperature the data were very scanty, but it was found that the natives had points on their skin specially sensitive to cold exactly as was the case with Europeans. As to touch, when tested to see how close the points of a pair of compasses must be put on the skin before they ceased to be felt as two, their sensitiveness was in general better than Europeans, but there was always the doubt whether they were really able to bear pain with more fortitude. However, the conclusion that the Murray islanders were distinctly less sensitive than the Europeans in the expedition was supported not only by their subjective statements, but also by object tests depending on the conditions of the blood pressure. In the discrimination of weight it was curious that these natives, who had no abstract idea of weight and no word to express it, and who, moreover, could have had no practice, were more accurate than a practiced European. Finally Dr. Rivers, while commenting on the defective knowledge of some of the senses he had treated and on the absence of comparative data, concluded that in general the sense organs of the savage were not markedly superior to those of the normal of average European, and that the recorded instances of apparent extraordinary acuteness were to be explained by his habits of observation and specialized knowledge. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Hughes and family express their heartfelt thanks to the host of friends, who so kindly assisted them during the illness and death of their late son and brother. The Orange Free State flag is a simple rectangle of vivid orange. An orange tree is full fruit is the most distinctive feature of the arms of the Orange Free State. Beneath the tree are on one side a lion and on the other a number of oxen. An ox-wagon similar to that on the Transvaal arms and three suspended horns complete the whole. "Spes Bona"—good hope—is written underneath the arms of Cape Colony, the chief feature of which is a lion rampant. A figure of Hope surmounts the shield, the "supporters of which are a couple of native animals." "native animals." --- NOTICE. Orange Free State Flag. No.40. Have received most of the new things for 1000, and have them open for inspection. Remember, Jennings does not make prices for a few days or a few minutes, but for the entire season. We will sell new goods representing 40 of the best manufacturers of the U. S. A. at prices of the other fellows' remnants sale. We Do a Wholesale Business. CHURCH AND CLERGY. The Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman is to write the life of D. L. Moody. Bishop Edsall has just completed a highly successful mission at Jamestown, N. D. Tomkins Avenue Congregational church of Brooklyn raised over $27,000 for missions during the year. The death roll in the Congregational ministry in Great Britain was unusually heavy during the year 1899. A congress of the history of religions will be held at Paris, France during the first part of September next year. The receipts of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, for the year make a total of $38,000, of which $17,000 is from pew rents. The annual council of the South African churches was held at Graaf Reinet, and owing to the preoccupations of the war, only thirty-eight delegates attended. Since his resignation from the Church of the Pilgrims relief from care has conducted to a marked improvement in the health of the venerable Dr. R. S. Storrs. SHORT SERMONS. For its exercise or manifestation trust demands an object or being to be trusted.—Rev. T. Jefferson Danner. Better a very little real faith straight from the heart than a vast amount of vague belief.—Rev. D. C. Garrett. A secret of blessedness in work is the conviction that we are doing the work that God wishes us to do.—Rev. R. J. Kent. The Bible exhorts us to that patient continuance in well doing that is necessary to the building of Christ-like character.—Rev. J. R. Shannon. Progress is not blind, and now, more than ever, the evolution of the race should be guided by intelligent foresight.—Rev. G. D. Smith. With the right conception of man's being here, not for happiness but for worthiness, suffering itself is an angel in disuise.—Rev. Ira Billman. All human law is based on the conviction that the punishment should fit the crime. The common sense of justice requires that.—Rev. Dr. Crowe. Countess Miranda de Canavarroo, the California convert to Buddhism, has left the San Gamita convent in Ceylon and appealed to her American friends to return home. The Right Rev. Louis de Goesbriand, bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Vermont, during his life possessed large wealth, but avowed it his wish to give it away and die a poor man. He left only $2.12. Subscribe for the Bystander. Many a man wouldn't be nearly so lucky if he depended on luck. One's admiration for oneself is largely due to the limitations of mirrors. It is when we become rich or famous that we find out where are the friends of our youth. Don't abuse the world because it abuses you, because the percentage is always against you. The shrewd man does not openly condemn another for being an ass; nor does he cry him down; nor yet shun him; for he knows that the ass, though a little slow of movement and comprehension, is a very convenient beast of burden, and, remembering work of his own that should be done, he profits by his knowledge. Ir... Washington, March 6—Lindsay of Kentucky delivered an interview to the Kentucky Republican convention reported the bill marking appropriations of customs dues exceded from the island of Porto Rico from October 1888 to January 1889 to law that would叫 up the map to谋-morrow. In executive session Mason's motion to discharge the appropriation of his Boer resolution was discussed. HOUSE Ninety-seven private pension bills were passed by the house. Loud and Sullylow engaged in a colloquy over the policy of passing private pension bills. SENATE Washington, March 10. -While the senate approved a diplomatic resolution to a tally, a lively debate bill under consideration today was precipitated by an amendment proposed by the senate, which was defeated, last of Hawaii, $20,000 and an annuity of $10,000. The amendment was tabled finally without a few minor amendments. The bill was passed with a few minor amendments. HOUSE The house agreed to take up the bill providing a government for Hawaii. The bill was considered of the Wise-Young election contest was re-created and occupied the remainder of the session. SENATE Was-ingham, March 12—A resolution by Allen acquiring us to whether request for mediation was made. The motion had been taken, was adopted. Eighty-six private pension bills were passed. Ravilis of Utah occupied the entire time of the session with a legal argument against holding HOUSE. Today, for the second time within a week a democrat was unsecured in the house in a vote that was not counted. It was given the first hitherto occupied by W. A. Young, from the Second Virginia, and W. A. Young, from the Second Virginia, to $14,800 was passed. A bill extending the place矿挖 laws, with certain modifications, to Alaska. SENATE SENATE Washington, March 14. Two arguments were presented to the senate to date in which almost all of the senators were stottors. The teller in a brief speech maintained that the constitution could not extend over territory that the senators had abstained. It elaborately contended that the constitution embraced the acquired territory the very moment of the United States took permanent possession of it. HOUSE. The district of Columbia appropriation bill was presented to the Senate on the Latitude allowed members discussed the Phillippe, "open door" and other questions. ENTER. Washington, March 14. The debate on the bill appropriating $2,050,000 for the benefit of the people of Porto Rico, developed. Arkansas offered as a substitute for the measure a bill to return the duties to those who had paid the taxes. The bill was presented to the United States and Porto Rico. The bill had not been disposed of when the Quay case was called and the argument presented an argument seating Quay. HOUSE. The District of Columbia appropriation bill, appropriating $683,333 by the house today, and also a bill granting the abandoned Fort Hays military reservation to the state of Kansas experimental station and normal school purposes. BLOEMFONTEIN OCCUPIED President Steyn Evacuated Free State Capital. NEW YORK, March 15.—Montagu White confirms the rumors that the Boers will utterly destroy Johannesburg if forced to do so. Pretoria could not be defended, he says, if Johannesburg were permitted to remain. LONDON, March 15.—The first half of the campaign is over. Lord Roberts arrived at Modder River on February 9. He entered Bloomfontein on March 13. Thus in a little over a month he affected the relief of Kimberly and Ladysmith, the capture of General Conjone and the hoisting of the British flag over the capital of the Free State. All this has been accomplished with apparently trifling losses. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Bloomfontein, dated Tuesday evening, says: "We surprised and outflanked the enemy with irresistible force overnight. General French held the enemy north and south of Bloemfontein, while Lord Roberts dispatched a prisoner on parole, threatening to bombard unless the city surrendered. The townsmen became alarmed. President Steyn and the chief officers of the army held the fire and proclaimed Kroonstadt to be the capital. "Steyn fled to Winburg. At last only 3,000 fighting men remained and in the morning many finding themselves so weakened broke their guns. Others fled. The remnant still shelled General French at dawn, but the opposition soon collapsed. "Eight locomotives and much rolling stock were captured. The Boer organization is collapsing and the breach between theaters and Transwesteris is widening. "Major General Prettman has been appointed military governor of Bloemfontein." PEACE PACT IN KENTUCKY. Leaders Again Agree to Await High Court's Decision. FRANXFORT, Ky., March 15. The legislature has adjourned and the needs of the warring political factions have made a new peace agreement. It is pretty certain that there will be no more talk of civil war in Kentucky for a time. As the result of a conference held by the rival adjutant generals, Collier and Castleman, it is stated that Governor Taylor will continue to act as governor and to advocate a scheme more toward securing possession of the state buildings until after the court of appeals has decided between the claimants for the governorship. Germany Declines to Mediate. DURBAN, March 13.—The Transvaal having appealed to Germany for mediation or intervention in the war with Great Britain, Germany has replied that she declines to interfere, as she is no way concerned in the conflict. Edward Langworthy, a young man employed in railroad shops at Cedar Rapids, while coming through the yards on his bicycle, was struck by a Northwe tern switch engine and instantly killed, being cut in two. The democratic state central committee mat in Des Moines a few days ago and fixed Thursday, May 3, and Des Moines, as the date and place for holding the state convention for the purpose of selecting delegates to the national convention to be held at Kansas City on July 4. A little daughter of Ben Oleson, O. Marshalltown, fell into water made by melting snow in the rear of the house and was drowned before help could reach her. Preparatory work for the new Rock Island depot at Des Moines has been begun. A gang of men have been put to work clearing away a number sheds on the ground where the new depot is to stand, and the work will go on steadily from now on. A case of small pox at Marquisville, a mining camp about four or five Christopher Bauer, a Plymouth County farmer, was killed by his brother-in-law, Earnest Meyers, at the latter's farm in Rutland township, Woodbury county. Meyers quarrelled with his mother-in-law, Mrs. Dora Bauer, and struck her. Bauer interfered and Meyers severed his jugular vein with a pocket knife. Meyers was arrested. At a wedding recently near Leighton, Mahaska county, about thirty young people contracted a disease which the doctors pronounce measles. All of them have been very sick and three have died. The dead are Willie Carver, Gussie Vie de Haar and Elmer Nolan. Several others of the afflicted are in a serious condition. The measles are accompanied by acute inflammation of the bowels in all the cases. About sixty painters and paper hangers employed by the leading firms at Cedar Rapids rapidly recurrently for a new scale. Paper hangers have been getting 22% cents an hour and painters 20 cents. Three months ago they notified the bosses that they would expect 30 cents for paper hangers and 25 cents for painters. The bosses agreed to give them an advance, but they refused to accept anything but the scale proposed. An encounter took place between two Webster City school boys in which a knife was freely used by one of them and as a result Ralph Gerber, aged 13, a son of L. N. Gerber, superintendent of schools, is confined to his home with a deep, severe cut in the left ear and neck and two gashes in the head. The knife barely missed the jugular vein and the cuts in the head are clear to the skull. Lowe Pierce, 14 years old, was the boy who did the cutting. He attacked the Gerber boy while they were on their way home from school at noon. The injured boy ran home and fainted as he entered the house. A doctor was called and his wounds dressed. Although the cuts are severe and dangerous, the injured boy will recover. No lawsuit has ever created a greater sensation in that part of the state than the case of Kassman against Bell, tried recently in the district court at Allison. Lena Kassman claimed $5,000 damages against Bell for seduction. She was a servant working in Bell's family. Mrs. Bell is a widower and lives or a farm near Acidley. He is quite wealthy and recently built a fine residence in the suburbs of Acidley. Thus he has a fine farm as well as a town residence. The case was a hard fought one, and lasted several days. Mr. Scales represented the plaintiff and Messrs. Evans and Roberts appeared for the defendant. The jury returned a verdict for $3,500. Bell's attempt to fasten the paternity of the child born upon his hired men is supposed to have aggravated the verdict. A Des Moines dispatch says: A. B. Johnson was arrested by Detectives E. E. Johnson of Des Moines and E. R. Carrington of St. Louis, just as he and an alleged brother giving his name as Olaf B. Anderson were taking a Rock Island train for Omaha. Johnson is believed to be one of the most notorious swindlers in the United States. The immediate crime upon which his arrest was based was the forgery of $2,500 in checks against St. Louis banks. He apparently gave up when the great array of evidence secured by the detectives was made known to him and agreed to go to St. Louis for trial without demanding the issuance of requisition papers. He left for St. Louis in charge of Detective Carrington. If the detectives are correct, Johnson has operated in all the principal cities of the United States, working a number of games with equal facility, but so far as known he has been living here quietly with his wife and 3-year-old daughter. The various aliases under which he is said to have operated are A. B. Johnson, Olaf B. Jacobson, Henry M. Preston, Charles E. Brown, Charles W. Brown, A. I. Wood, O. B. Peterson and O. B. Anderson. His operations consisted of thousands of dollars, and although he is but 35 years of age he is reckoned one of the smoothest men in the profession. Officials of the Iowa Central road were in Ft. Dodge recently looking over the City with a veiw to ascertaining the amount of freight originating there and the amount received and incidentally were in consultation with the officers of the Fort Dodge Southern western railroad, who also accompanied Mitchila Vincent, engineer of Mitchila on a trip over a portion of the survey toward Story City, the intended junction point with the Iowa Central. This has given rise to a belief that the road will be operated, when completed, in the interests of the Iowa Central. A little daughter of Blen Oleson, of Marshalltown, fell into water made by melting snow in the rear of the house, and was drowned before help could reach her. Preparatory work for the new Rock Island depot at Des Moines has been begun. A gang of men have been put to work clearing away a number of sheds on the ground where the new depot is to stand, and the work will go on steadily from now on. A case of small pox at Marquisville, a mining camp about four or five miles northeast of Des Moines, has been announced. A physician was called to attend a colored named Grant Taylor, who is living with another family, being unmarried. He had been sick more than a week without care, and is in a serious condition. He came to Marquisville from Marshalltown several months ago, and the disease did not emanate from Young-town. A strict quarantine is being enforced. A dispatch from Sioux City says John Keane, archbishop of Damascus, will certainly be the successor of Rev. John Hennessey, deceased, archbishop of Dubuque. All doubt has been removed by information from an unquestionable authority received here. Another announcement which was not expected, as was the first, is that the diocese of Davenport, presided over by Bishop Cosgrove, will be divided, and Des Moines made a see. The expectation that the Dubuque diocese would be divided and Sioux City made the see city of the new diocese was confirmed. Bishop Cosgrove will supplicate Rome to divide his diocese. The successor to Hennessey has been decided upon for some time, and the consultants, irremovable rectors and bishops will ratify the choice of Archbishop Keane this week. A recent Des Moines dispatch says Judge Holmes has decided that the Anti-Saloon League mandamus proceedings against the board of supervisors was not based upon legal grounds and that therefore he would order the case dismissed. This decision permits of the operating of saloons providing the board approves the second petition. Judge Holmes based his opinion upon two points; first, that the saloon and anti-saloon people were agreed upon the insufficiency of the first petition, both acknowledging the existence of forgeries thereon, therefore he held that the board was not obliged to do a useless act. The second reason given by the judge is that the publication of the proposed notices required in four instead of three newspapers was also a sufficient ground to disqualify the petition. A horrible story of the finding of the dead bodies of two sisters, Mrs. Margaret McFale, aged 90, and Mrs. Mary Shelly, aged 80, has just been brought to light. For a number of years they had lived together on a relative's farm south of Clarion. This winter they became so feeble that were unable to work, and the neighbors went every few days to attend them. Recently a visit was made to the house and the old ladies were in their ordinary health. A few days later some one noticed no signs of life and investigated, and found the bodies lying on the floor, having been dead a day or two. To add to the horror, a cat that had been left in the house feasted upon the remains to such an extent that they were hardly recognizable, the lips, eyes and tongues being almost totally devoured. The coroner's verdict said death came from old age. It is supposed that one particularly untouched proved too great for the feeble strength of the other. The remains were interred in one grave. A dispatch from Grinnell says: Dr. George A. Gates has resigned the presidency of Iowa College, and his resignation has been accepted by the board of trustees. The reason assigned by Dr. Gates is the condition of his wife's health, which renders it impossible for her to live in the Iowa climate. President Gates, it is known, has had his resignation under consideration for some time, so it did not come as a surprise to the members of the board of trustees. Dr. Gates's letter of resignation contains the most kindly words for the college, and the reply of the trustees accepting the resignation expresses the fullest appreciation of his service to the institution. Dr. Gates, in his letter, discusses the Herron incident and defends his course in standing by the professor of applied Christianity when he was attacked. The resignation is to take effect November 1. President Gates's future is undetermined. He may go west. Mrs. Gates is now in Colorado Springs, where her health is excellent. A dispatch received from New York states that President Kimball of the Iowa Central railway, has decided to move the headquarters, including the general offices and machine shops of the road from Marshalltown to Peoria. Fire which started from an unknown cause destroyed half the business part of Redfield a few nights ago. The whole north side of the main street was burned, excepting the Park hotel. The loss will aggregate between $15,000 and $20,000. The fire seemed to start in three small buildings all at once. German and United States Officials Computes to Situation in China. Consult as to Situation in China. WASHINGTON, March 15.—The German ambassador, Dr. Von Holleben, had a long conference with Acting Secretary of State Hill, in which the latter was presumably informed that a demonstration in China might be expected from Russia shortly. The chief of the navigation bureau, Rear Admiral Crowninshield, sought Secretary of State Hay and found him at the Hay residence, after which the navy department announced that a Chinese squadron will be established and that Rear Admiral Kempf, now commandant at Mare Island navy yard, will be sent to Manila to take this squadron for cruising the Chinese and Japanese coasts. Also that Rear Admiral Roamey, in charge of the Asiatic station, will maintain a naval base at Manila. It is understood that Kempf's squadron will consist of the Oregon and Baltimore, now at Manila, the Iowa, Philadelphia and Philadelphia, now on the Pacific coast, and the Montgomery, now attached to the South Atlantic station. It is believed, here that the formation of the Chinese squadron by the United States is to be a spectacular warning to Russia and France that American interests are involved in any change in the conditions in China. Presumably Germany will make a similar demonstration. PEACE CORRESPONDENCE. Appeal for Peace by Afrikanders and Britain's Answer Thereto. LONDON, March 15. Following are extracts from the peace correspondence: Presidents Kruger and Steyn to Premier Salisbury; This war was undertaken solely as a defensive measure to maintain the threatened independence of South Africa and is only continued in order to secure and maintain the incontestible independence of both republics as sovereign international states and to obtain the assurance that those of her majesty's subjects who have been so harmed by the sufferable harm whatever in person or property. On these conditions, but on these conditions alone, are we now, as in the past, desirous of seeing peace re-established in South Africa; while, if her majesty's government is determined to maintain the republics, there is nothing left to us and to our people but to persevere to the end in the course already begun. Premier Salisbury to Presidents Kruger and Steyn: At two days' notice, after issuing the insulting ultimatum, the South African republics declared war upon her majesty's government, the majesty's dominions were overrun, with great destruction of property and life. * * * This great calamity has been the penalty Great Britain has suffered for having, of recent years, acquiesced to the existence of the two republics, which the two republics have put the position which was given them, and the calamities their unprovoked attacks have inflicted on her majesty's dominions, her majesty's government can only answer your honor's telegram and assent to the independence of the South African Republic or the Orange Free State. LOOKS LIKE WAR. French Government Listing Ier Entire Military Strength. New York, March 16.—The Journal and Advertiser's London special says a private cablegram from an unimpeachable source in Paris says that the minister for the colonies sent epiherc cables to the governor of every French colony, asking almost in the words of Mr. Chamberlain to the British colonial governors how many soldiers were available for immediate service. Decais asked for a detailed statement from each governor of the number of reservists and colonial forces, lists of officers, non-commissioned officers and men. The minister's cables were long and in cipher and sent to every French colony on earth. It is also said that cables of a similar tenor were sent to French consuls, asking for lists of French soldiers in foreign countries who could return to France in the event of their services being needed. This highly important news is not known to any of the London papers and probably not to any of those in France. It will cause a sensation here when it becomes known, for England is watching with eyes of wonder in preparing that her neighbours will fight. Coming as it does right after the announcement that the autumn maneuvers will be a demonstration by 200,000 men on the English channel, it will cause the British war office and admiralty to bestir themselves in anticipation of hostilities, for it really does begin to look as if France meant war. In France and in Salisbury's diplomacy may be called upon for supreme efforts if he desires to avoid the greatest war the world has ever seen. Aginaldo's Son Is Deed. MANIA. March 16.—Flowes, Aguinaldo's secretary of war, has surrendered to Gen. MacArthur. Aguinaldo's infant son, who was captured in November, and who has been suffering from smallpox, is dead. BOERS WANT INTERVENTION. LONDON, March 13. The Daily Mail has received the following dispatch from Pretoria, dated Saturday, March 10, and censured by the Boer government: "President Kruger and President Steyn have wired to Lord Salisbury peace proposals, on condition that the independence of the two republics be respected and the rebel colonials ammunition and weapons were called into conference and were requested to invite the intervention of the powers they represent in order to prevent further bloodshed." NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL Des Moines, March 9—senate vote to tinnite all speeches to ten minutes. Building and loan a resolution extending sympathy to the governor in the death of his father was adopted. A resolution extending sympathy to the department March 20. The bill creating a state library commission was passed. The telephone, expired and bills billed for special services for Wednesday, house. The bill by Senator establishment of a woman's reformatory at Annexus passed the house without a discontingent vote. It provides crimes other than murder and gays over 18 years are unit for the reform school at Mitchellville mosso. Miller's bill, subjecting all units to the same limitations as are now and may after-state banks was passed. The bill by Wise to give owners and operators a lein on the grain mill and to prevent the government, failed by a close vote. The Bysses bill to protect minority stockholders by p prohibiting themselves and fixing all salaries without, consent of three-fourths of the stockholders passed to reconsider the vote by one on motion to pass. A motion to table was carried, 52 to 44. Des Molines, March 10—Eight bills were passed by the senate at the morning session. Among them were these: Providing that all constitutional amendments be made public; providing railways, with the consent of the commissioners, may condemn additional right-of-way for strengthening trade routes; providing £200 million for the Agricultural Society at Iowa City for the next ten years. HOUSE. Most of the session was spent in debate of the bill by Jouws to empower loan and trust companies, and to allow executives, guardians trustees, etc. the bill was defeated, 39 to 20. Secretary of State Dobson, in his letter to the president, loan and insurance companies. He says he has no connection with building and loan companies, but is president of the National Trust company with a salary of $49,000. SENATE Des Moines, March 12—Senate passed the bill for improvement of Des Moines river banks within limits of city or town boundaries for Lyons bill which prevents county and municipal corporations from incurring an inadvertence for an unauthorized bank on the actual value of the property within such corporation. Bobart's bill, making it a misdirection for any per son to practice law who is not a memorial carer, was tabled. HOUSE. The house killed the bill providing that the possession of any of the fish or birds manged in the bill should be evidence of violation of the SENATE Des Moines, March 13—Hancourt's bill increasing the age of 60 and 80 years was passed. The senate also passed a bill which provides that the state may not testify by the state board of health and declared safe for public use may be used in burning the waste, and that the state may not purposes. The bill providing that returns of waste may be obtained in the county where the property is situated, but in which the sale is made was passed. The bill requiring the state to be trained within five miles of any state educational institution was considered at length, but a vote HOUSE House reconsidered the vote by which the committee substitute for the Byers bill on fish passage by a vote of 80 to 30. The House also passed the bill by a vote of 80 to 30. The House also passed the bill by a vote of 80 to 30. The House also passed the entrance requirements of the State University. Such schools are to receive $100 yearly in resolution for a state conference Thursday to state printer and state binder was adopted. BENATE Des Moines, March 14. The bill prohibits the institution in Iowa. Passed the senate by 58-41. HOUSE The Avers bill billigering petitions of consent in force before October, 1977, came up as a special order in the house this morning and after consummation, passed by the state legislature. The senate bill billigering for a state library commission was passed, as was also the billigering Dows to allow state and federal agencies to access the state's library as administrators. Jenkins's bill billigering railroad companies to make report of sleeping and dining conditions instead of offering them to order to offer better utilization of taxation was passed. NESATE Des Moines, March 15.—The senate sprint all of Thursday in discussion of case恳議 and non-confidential matters. The first digit was over the question of precedence and the express bill was yeltertongues. Cheshire then spoke in advocacy of the bill. The house concerned in the senate resolution for a joint convention at 11:22 today to decide whether a convention a summoned in the hall of the house. Bernard Murphy, of Vinton, was elected president of the vote leading 110 to 5. The senate bill to create a department of agriculture passed the vote defeated. The bill is as passed by the senate, excepting that the year book is to be printed in some office paying the union scale of 10. REPLY TO SALISBURY. Secretary of State for Transnational Refutes the Premier's Arguments. LONDON, March 16.—A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Lorenzo Marquez, dated Thursday, says that strong commands are massing at Warrenton, where the Free Staters are going to make a stand. PRIETORIA, March 16.—State Secretary Reitz has issued a refutation of Salisbury's arguments in reply to the Bloemfontein joint note. He says it was discovered "that the British cabinet ministers were implicated in the attempt to filch away the independence of the republic. Now all doubt is removed by Lord Salisbury's telegram. The burghers must fight for their rights, asserting that God will defend the right." Mr. Reitz's statement has been published throughout the republic, but will not be forwarded to Lord Salisbury's highest state officers show that the republic was prepared to grant substantial reforms and concessions, until the receipt of Lord Salisbury's telegram. As one of the highest statesmen, but better than an egg than none, but better none than a rotten egg." Secretly Taken From Jail. LEXINGTON, Ky., March 13.—Secretary of State Powers and Captain Davis were secretly taken from jail between midnight and daybreak and in charge of Sheriff Sutor of Frankfort were driven overland to Versailles, where they were placed on a train and taken to Louisville. Arriving there they were placed in the county jail. Financialal Bill Signed. WASHINGTON, March 15.—The president signed the financial bill yesterday. Another evidence of the fact that the Duluth and New Orleans railroad will build its line to Des Moines during the coming season is given in an item from a paper of that city stating that grading outfits have arrived there preparatory to the work of grading the road. The rails for the construction of the road will arrive in Nevada and Des Moines early in May. It is the intention to commence construction at both ends of the road. The new road officials believe they can carry passengers to the state capital. There is every prospect at this time of their doing this. The house elections committee, with little opposition, has recommended for passage the Hawk bill, to use of voting machines. The bill was slightly modified in accordance with suggestions from Attorney General Remley. The bill provides that at all elections held hereafter in Iowa ballots or votes may be cast, regardless by means of voting machines. The board of supervisors of any county or the council of any city may purchase machines and order their use in any of the voting precincts in the county, city or town. The committee recommended a substitute to the Bennett bill, providing the writing of a name in a blank space without a cross opposite it, or opposing a blank space without a name, or a failure to mark a constitutional amendment or like proposition, will not destroy the validity of the rest of ballot. --- Senator Trewin, chairman of the committee, says he is in favor of the plan to have a commission carefully revise the assessment laws of the state. "This paving assessment measure in the sub-committee has pressed the bill 'as simply as possible' to bridge over temporarily, assuring that the securities issued in the state will be constitutional. The cities have not been able to sell their securities, and paving has been practically at a standstill. I am decidedly in favor, however, of making special assessment laws as affecting not only paving, but all other charges which are assessed against property. It is impossible to make such a code during the session, because it would require too much time, but we are preparing to bring out a bill to provide a more complete revision of these laws and submit it to the next session of the legislature." The house committee on agriculture has recommended for passage the flairman bill to create a department of agriculture. The department is to be managed by a board to be styled the state board of agriculture, and the president of the state college of agriculture, state dairy commissioner, and state veterinarian are to be members ex-officio. The other members of the board are to consist of a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and one director of agriculture. In the senate bill there was a provision that the Iowa year book of agriculture, embodying the annual report of the department, should be printed by direction of the executive council, after receiving competitive bids. For the contract to the lowest bidder. The house committee struck this provision out. It was the cause of a hard fight in the senate. The original bill fixed the salary of the secretary at $1,500. This was raised by the committee to $1,800, provided for annually to support the office, and $1,000 a year for improvements and insurance on state fair grounds buildings. Governor Shaw has sent to the house of representatives his answer to the inquiry regarding his relations with building and loan business and insurance companies of the state. He states that he has no connection whatever with the building and loan industry of the state nor with other institution over which the governor or executive council has jurisdiction. He states that he is a stockholder and director in the National Life and Trust company, but that his position as a member of the executive association, as the council has nothing to do with the insurance business of the state. A BRITISH SNEER AT US. London Globe Makes Light of the United States' Offer of Mediation. LONDON, March 15.—Regarding the United States' offer of mediation the Globe says: "The incident is of interest only in the light it throws on American politics. Republicans and democrats alike are always prepared to risk the friendship of England in a party game. We may preserve amicable relations with the United States and it is to be hoped we always shall do so, but an alliance is impossible. We were brought to the verge of a war four years ago for the sake of Cleveland's re-election, and a greater Globe political will will be wanting when the anti-English elements of the republicans have been conciliated." French Students Insult British BORDEAUX, March 10.—A number of students and others issuing from a pro-Boer meeting marched to the British consulate, battered down the door, shattered the windows with stones and then proceeded to the consul's private office, where they indulged in a similar demonstration. The police dispersed the mob and arrested several of the leaders. The prefect of the Gironde, the mayor of Bordeaux, and the commissary of police called on the consul and expressed their regret at the occurrences. bury Gives Notice That Intervention Means War. Lewis Robert Reports the Formal Sur- render of Their Capital by Officials of the Free State—Boers Determined to Fight to the End. Washington, March 16.—Great Brit- ish in her answer received by the state department today to the over- sures for peace submitted by the Uni- ted States government in behalf of Presidents Kruger and Steyn, serves notice on all the rest of the world that the will not tolerate any interference by any of them with the prosecution of the war in South Africa. This ulti- matum is distinctly set forth in Lord Salisbury's response, the declination of the Boer suggestion that the Uni- sted States be permitted to mediate be- ing applicable by Lord Salisbury to "any nation." It is regarded here as a warning to Russia and France that if they attempt to bring the war to an end before the British government is ready to make terms of peace the two continental powers must be prepared to fight Great Britain. That is the plain English of Lord Salisbury's brief reply. In the dispatches which have passed between Pretoria, Washington and London with reference to the peace overtures of the Boer presidents, the word "intervention" has been used in describing the character of the action which the Boers desire the United States to take. Intervention, in the language of diplomacy, is equivalent to a use of force. The term was contained in the message of Presidents Kruge and Steyn, communicated to the state department by Adelbert S. Hay, the American consul at Pretoria, but it was evident from the character of the request made by the Boer authorities that they used it as a synonym of "mediation." It is this last interpretation which has been adopted by the United States government, and evidently by Lord Salisbury in answering the appeal from Pretoria. The dispatch said that Lord Salisbury thawed the United States government for its willingness to act as an intermediary between her majesty's government and the states' presidents, but was not prepared to accept the "intervention" of any nation. This general application of the British response was made, it is supposed, in the belief that the American government would make public the correspondence on the subject, and thus warn all the continental powers that any interference by them in the South African war would be regarded by Great Britain as an unfriendly act. The state department, however, has decided not to make public the correspondence, or to furnish any official statement as to its contents. London, March 16—Gen. Roberts yesterday cabled the war office as follows: "Bloemfontein, March 13, 8 p. m.—By the help of God and the bravery of her majesty's soldiers the troops under my command have taken possession of Bloemfontein. The British flag files over the presidency, which was vacated last evening by Mr. Steyn, late president of the Orange Free State. "Mr. Fraser, a member of the late executive government, the mayor, the secretary of the late government, the landdrost, and other officials met me two miles from the town and presented the keys of the public offices. The enemy have withdrawn from the neighborhood. All seems quiet. The inhabitants gave the troops a cordial welcome." The news of the fall of Bloemfontein came too late last evening to call forth any great popular demonstration, but it caused scenes of patriotic enthusiasm in music halls, theaters and clubs and in some of the West End streets. The truth is that what Englishmen most long for is news of the relief of the brave little garrison under Col. Baden-Powell at Mafeking. When it comes, if come it does, there will be a renewal of the marvelous scenes of Ladysmith day. The first stage of the war is now definitely finished, but there is the widest divergence of opinion as to what the future developments will be. Some believe that the complete collapse of the Boer resistance is impending, while others fear that when the struggle is confined to the Transvaal borders, fully six months will be required to completely subjugate the burghers. It is now clear that President Kruger's so-called peace proposal accomplished cleverly two objects. First, it has given the best opportunity to any power wishing to undertake the role of intervention. There is as yet no sign that this will be acted upon; indeed, there has at no time been any indication that England's rivals would endeavor to accomplish their ambitious purposes by means of such procedure. Second, President Kruger is now able to give to any of his faintest-hearted burghers an official declaration of Great Britain's purpose to annex both the Boer republics. Their only chance to preserve their Independence, therefore, is to persist in their resistance in the hope that European complications may compel England to abandon her purpose. It is now well known that England will prosecute the war with the utmost energy during the next few weeks, in order to make peace before the threatened parlin nearer home reach a crises or open rupture. The British authorities have been intensely irritated by President Kruger's dispatch. They are unable to openly resent it, but they do not believe it is bona fide, and suspect that it is a part of a deeper game. In which the next moves will be made in Paris or St. Petersburg. The newspapers here unanimously express the satisfaction over the occupation of Bloemfontein which the event inevitably produces throughout the country. With the hoisting of the British flag in that capital the Orange Free State ceases, in their opinion, co exist as a separate, independent state, and the citizens come once more within in the British empire, thus betokening a new en in South Africa. Gen. Roberts' reference to Mr. Steyn as the "late president" is accepted as correct, notwithstanding the reported removal of the Free State government to Kroonstad. Information, however, is too scanty to enable an estimate to be made of the political situation of the southern republic. Nothing has been received from Gen. Buller's army. Pretoria, March 12, Via Lourenco Marques, March 13.—The reply of Lord Salisbury, refusing to recognize the independence of the Boer republics as a basis for peace negotiations, was received here today. The publication of the dispatch from the two presidents to the British premier caused a great sensation here, Lord Salisbury's telegram is the general topic of discussion in all sections of the community. His declaration of the British determination not to acknowledge the independence of the Boer republics during any future negotiations has caused a fierce outburst of resentment on the part of the federal and the Africaner people, who are now determined to fight to the bitter end and to employ resources that have hitherto been untapped. The people now believe implicitly that Great Britain has embarked upon a war of conquest. Intense excitement prevails. M'KINLEY CABLES TO BOERS. Informs Kruger That He Has Made Annual for Peace Pretoria, March 15.—A cable message has been received from President McKinley, informing President Kruger that the republics' appeal for the cessation of war had been communicated to the British government by the Washington authorities, with an earnest recommendation of peace. F. W. Reitz, secretary of state for the Transvaal, said today that Lord Salisbury's answer to the joint dispatch is likely to be productive of serious effects. Ordered from Hallfax. Halifax, N. S., March 15.—The Lehnert regiment of British infantry has received orders to leave this garrison for England on March 25. The total number of troops now contributed and equipped by Canada to aid the British government since the war began is 3,800. Will Sell on Royal Yacht: London, March 15.—The 'queen will sail from Holyhead for Kingstown, Ireland, on the royal yacht Victoria and Albert on April 4. The yacht will be escorted to Kingstown by the cruisers Australia and Galatea. Her majesty will start for Windsor on her return trip on April 28. Famous Circus Man Is Dead. CHICAGO, March 16—Wesley Jukes, one of P. T. Barnum's old business associates, died a few days ago at his home 576 Fulton street, at the age of 63. Mr. Jukes was the originator of Barnum's famous calllope, the Melchlor organ and a score of musical and other automata that created amusement and caused wonder among circus-goers twenty years ago. He also made the famous "Cardiff giant," a piece of stone which he had shaped like a man. It resembled a human being ten feet tall, and Barnum "played it up" as a petrified giant of the prehistoric ages. Thypsis His Head Against a Saw: Delphos, Ohio, Marhe 16.—James M. Kersey of Paulding, an employee of the Paulding Lumber company, mounted the table of a buzz saw and, in the presence of one of the propletors of the mill, thrust his head against the rapidly revolving saw. His head was literally cleft in twain, and death was instantaneous. Kersey was a civil-war veteran. Gov. Tanner's Southern Trip: New Orleans, La., March 16—Gov John R Tanner of Illinois and party arrived here Wednesday over the Illinois Central. The party was immediately driven to the St. Charles' hotel, where the governor has been confined to his bed all day. Mr. Phillips, the only member of the party that could be seen, stated that the governor is slowly recovering. General Strike Is Threatened. Columbus, Ohio, March 16—The machinists' union has rejected the ultimatum of the Metal Manufacturers' association, and a general strike of allied unions in the city is threatened. Both sides have passed resolutions to remain firm. All the union machinists, about 500, are out. Chain Concerns Combine New York, March 16—The organization of the Standard Chain company, the production of which met with so many vlcissitudes, has been completed. It is a consolidation of all the important chain manufacturing concerns of the east, and is capitalized at $2,000,000. Fend Ends In Murder Nashville, Tenn., March 16.—Burrell Miller, a resident of McMinnville, was instantly killed Wednesday by O. P. Green, the result of an old feud. P. Green has been in pursuit of Miller for several years, and broke down two doors to reach him, after which he split Miller's skull with an ax. The grip has no terrors for a certain gentleman in Holton, Kansas. He belongs to fifteen different secret societies, and in them has taken seventy-two degrees. Governor Stanley, of Kansas, has granted conditional pardons to several convicts of that state, they agreeing not to drink intoxicants, not to gamble, violate any law, or shirk labor. Dr. Thebauld and Sappetier, two Parisian physicians, have discovered an anti-alcohol serum. A few doses of it causes an unconquerable digustor for all alcoholic stimulants. A Buffalo milkman is in trouble. To a customer he supplied milk which had earthworms in it, and the customer had him arrested. He has decided to carefully strain the water hereafter before he dilutes his milk with it, and use the worms for bait. Two passengers were in a cab in Paris when the discovery was made that the driver was apparently in a pavement halted the rapidly moving vehicle and then learned that the driver was a sorpe. He had died of heart disease. An artisan in Lyons, France, has constructed a clock with a little platform and two doorways just under the dial. On the stroke of every hour the figure of a soldier comes out of one doorway, stands for a moment between the doors, gives a military salute, and then fires a miniature pistol. At the hour of one there is one report; at the hour of six, six reports, etc. The uncommon woes of a married woman in Damascus Ohio, have impelled her to seek a divorce. To prevent her from going to a party she declared that her husband three times had been convicted and conceived her switch of false hair. Now she can't go out until he gives her money to secure new teeth, and he heartlessly refuses unless she promises to renounce parties for evermore. SMALLPOX DISTRIBUTORS Now the Germs Are Nurtured and the Disease Is Spread. It would seem that people will never learn to be careful. The recent alarming spread of that dire epidemic, smallpox, throughout different sections of the country has been traced by physicians and sanitarians in many instances directly to the moldy and rotting layers of paper and paste which cover the walls of many houses. The practice of laying layer after layer of paper on a wall, using common flour paste, is especially calculated to create homes for disease germs. People could not do more to effect such a result if they tried. The rotting vegetable matter affords caves from which are ready to dart forth the infection at every opportunity. There is no excuse for this practice, as walls and ceilings can be coated with a pure, cleanly and sanitary material like Alabastine, for instance, at no greater expense. Alabastine is a rock-base cement, which incorporates itself with the wall or ceiling. It is easily applied, comes ready to mix with cold water, requires no washing or scraping before renewing or retinting, is beautiful, long-lasting and safe. For walls that have been infected, nothing is equal to Alabastine as a disinfectant to render them pure and clean and the rooms once more habitable. The man who has an ax to grind usually has little trouble to find somebody to turn the grindstone. Jexter M. Ferry, of Detroit, who wants to be the republican candidate for governor of that state, is best known throughout the country as a purveyor of seeds. His establishment is one of the largest in this country. He began life as a farm hand and managed to get in district schools in the winter. He went to Detroit in 1853, where he became a partner in a little seed store, which was the beginning of the present great business. He is in his sixty-seventh year. AMERICAN TRANSVAAL FUND. To Aid Widews and Orphans of the Boers. A pathetic appeal of the committee of Africander and Bond members of parliament was issued at Cape Town, Oct. 10, 1899, signed by Messrs. N. F. DeWaal, Joseph N. Hoffman, J. H. Hofmeyr, Thomas P. Theron and D. J. A. Van Zyl, which says among other things: "What may, what can, we colonial Africanders do in this sorrowful time? Join in the work of warfare with the weapons? The law and our duty as British subjects forbid this, even should other circumstances not oppose such a course of action. "But what neither the law nor the duty of the subject forbids, and what, moreover, agrees in every respect with all principles of religion and humanity, is the offering of help to the wounded, to the wildows and the orphans." In the name of the Africander bond, on behalf of the citizens of the South African republic and their noble ally, the Orange Free State, I appeal to all Americans to show their sympathy with the brave people who are now, in the words of John Hancock, literally offering all that they have, all that they are, and all that they hope to be, upon the altar of their country, fighting to the death the arrogance and imposition of the great British empire, in order to remain free and independent, as did our American forefathers in 1776 and 1812. THERE WILL BE NO BOER WOUNDED ON THE BRITISH-AMERICAN HOSPITAL SHIP. Send to me your subscriptions, email and large, and I will send the amount to Mr. C. C. de Villiers, Cape Town, 'the honourable treasurer of the committee of the Africander bond, to be expended under that appeal. I sent $2,000 on Feb. 23, 1900. GEORGE W. VAN SIGLEN. American Treadmill. No. 141 Broadway, New York City. Feb. 24, 1900. There is a time to situate and a time to ring off. Arrest of Goebel's Alleged Murders Causes Trouble. FRANKFORD, March 12.—The restatement of the military power in complete control of the state executive building and the refusal of the military authorities to allow the local police and civil officers to enter the building for the purpose of arresting Secretary of State Caleb Powers and Captain John W. Davis, charged with being accessories to the Goebel assassination, and the probability of a conflict between the civil and military authorities, made the situation look serious during most of the day Saturday. At an early hour the city marshal made an effort to enter the capitol to make the arrest. He was prevented by the soldiers who had been summoned by Gov. Taylor. The marshal called upon Sheriff Suter, who likewise tried to make the arrest and was repulsed. He then stationed a complete line of guards around the building, to prevent the escape of Powers and Davis, and appealed to Governor Beckham. At 8 o'clock in the evening a squad of soldiers rushed from the building and hurried to a Chesapeake & Ohio train, which boarded for Lexington. A few minutes later it was learned that Powers and Davis, disguised as soldiers, were in the squad. The authorities at Lexington were wired and when the train reached Lexington it was met by the entire police force of the city. Powers and Lieutenant Peake resisted. Powers was clubbed and Peake arrested, but later released on bond. Powers and Davis were placed in jail under guard of the local militia. On the person of each was found a pardon signed by Governor Taylor. The events of the day served to show very forbly that the state guard as at present organized does not unanimously recognize Taylor as governor. Lieutenant Sparks refused to muster in the London company in response to a telegram from Governor Taylor, ordering him to bring the company here, and the Lexington companies also refused. LOUISVILLE, March 12. - Judge Fields of the circuit court handed down an opinion that he had no jurisdiction in the cases brought to determine the governorship controversy. He holds that the constitution vests in the legislature power to decide contests for this office. PEACE SEEMS POSSIBLE. Early Cessation of Hostilities is Not Improbable. LONDON, March 12.—In the absence of important news from the seat of war, speculation is rife regarding the probability of an early peace. President Kruger's appeal to Lord Salisbury for a cessation of hostilities, announced on Friday, is taken as foreshadowing that the end will soon be in sight. The government's views are probably enunciated in the following semi-afficial statement, just issued: "It is understood that the government does not consider that the time has yet come for any authoritative statement as to ultimate terms of peace, and no member of the cabinet has authorized any published statement on the subject. It is, of course, generally understood among all political parties in this country that, so far as the South African republics are concerned, the status quo ante-bellum cannot remain unaltered after the close of hostilities. "Their part of the government is the political culture of political and military independence will, of course, be materially modified as a result of the war, but the growing prospects of restored peace must be further advanced before her majesty's government can either finally formulate proposed terms of settlement or make any announcement of their plans." CHARGED WITH GOEBEL MURDER. Republican State Auditor's Clerk is Under Arrest. FRANKEFORT, Ky., March 11.—W. H. Coulton, clerk in the office of State Auditor Sweeny, has been arrested and placed in jail, charged with complicity in the murder of the late Governor William Goebel. The arrest was made by Chief of Police Williams. Joubert Reported to Have Resigned. LONDON, March 10.—The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Mail says: "I learn that there is dissension between President Kruger and General Joubert and that the latter has resigned. Probably President Kruger will assume the chief command. General Bluhkulmer and other prominent commandants are also likely to resign for similar reasons and because President Kruger ignored their advice to make peace overtures after the first Boer victory." Buller's Force is Moving. LONDON, March 12.—The only important change in the general situation in South Africa is that General Buller is again on the move. The news comes in a dispatch from the Boers' camp at Biggarsburg, dated March 8, saying: "Two of the two British are threatening the Boer positions from the direction of Helpmaakar, while a party of British scouts was encountered at Washock March 8." Buller's Losses Very Heavy. LONDON, March 8.—Another list of casualties sustained by Buller's forces from February 14 to February 27 shows: Killed, 123; wounded 573; missing, 54. With the list of casualties issued Monday, this makes a total loss to the rank and file in the final relief of Ladysmith of 1,859 men. Deba for President. INDIANAPOLIS, March 10.—The social democratic party nominated Eugene V. Debs, of Indiana, for president and Job Harriman, of California, for vice-president. England Replies to the Offer of the United States. LONDON, March 13.—The United States government, at the request of Presidents Kruger and Steyn, has offered to the British government its services as mediator, with a view of bringing about peace in South Africa. In the house of Lords yesterday Premier Lord Salisbury read the British government report and reply to Kruger and Steyn. The concluding sentence is as follows: "Her majesty's government can only answer your honor's telegram by saying it is not prepared to assent to the independence of either the South African republic or the Orange Free State." PROCEEDINGS FOR PEACE. Reason to Believe the United States Has Used Its Good Offices. WASHINGTON, March 13.—There is reason to believe the United States government is using its good offices to restore peace between Great Britain and the South African republics. This has not taken the shape of a profer of mediation, but the United States might very properly serve as an intermediary to transmit an appeal for peace and the terms upon which peace can be restored. The United States has successfully served in this capacity in the past, notably in the termination of the China-Japanese war, and it is believed its good offices in this line are now being extended. If this belief is well founded, then Adelbert Hay, United States consul to Pretoria, has been the instrument for transmitting to the British government, through the double intervention of the department of state and Ambassador Choate, the application from Presidents Kruger and Steyn, and informed them as to the terms upon which the war can be ended. The facts in the case will be fully developed in a day or two. NEAR BLOEMFONTEIN. English Losses Are Heavy but the Army Pushes Forward. LONDON, March 14.—The war office has received the following additional dispatch from Lord Roberts: “VENTER'S VIKL, March 13.—Our march was again unopposed. We are now about eighteen miles from Bloemfontein. The cavalry division is astride the railway six miles south of Bloemfontein. There are 321 men wounded and about sixty or seventy were killed or are missing. Colonel Umpheleu has died of his wounds. Lieutenant Pratt of the Essex regiment was wounded severely. The wounds are as a rule more serious than usual, owing to the expanding bullets which are freely used by the Boers.” A late dispatch says two hills close to the railroad station have been seized and that a brother of President Steyn has been captured. PLAGUE IN 'FRISCO. Animals Incaused from Dead China- men All Dle. SAN FRANCISCO, March 13.—At a special meeting of the board of health held to consider the plague situation, Dr. Kinyou reported all the animals at the quarantine station on Angel island, which were inoculated with virus from the body of the Chinese who died a few days ago under suspicious circumstances, had died, with the exception of the monkey, and it was dying. An autopsy on the rats and guinea pig showed they had developed symptoms of genuine Bubonic plague. After discussing the matter the board decided that the Chinaman who died at 1001 Dupont street, had been afflicted with the plague. A request was made for 100 volunteers from among the members of the medical profession to make a house to house examination and aid the board in thoroughly fumigating and disinfecting the entire quarter. TAYLOR EXPLAINS. His Reasons for Granting Pardon for Accessed Persons. FRAHNFOUR, Ky., March 13.—Acting Governor Taylor, in explaining his reasons for granting pardons to all the men, in prison and out, who are accused of having guilty knowledge of the assassination of Governor-elect William Goebel, said: "Believing that each one of said persons is innocent of any complicity in said crime, and further believing that the enormous reward will secure the conviction of these men, however innocent, I deemed it my solemn duty to issue pardons to them in order that these political conspirators might not be enabled to deprive them of their liberty or their life. The guilty men should be punished, but designing men controlling the courts should not be enabled to shed the blood of innocent men, and if it is in my power to prevent it I pledge myself in the name of God and humanity it shall not be done." Will Stand at Biggarsborg. LADYSMITH, March 14.—The main body of the enemy is in position at Biggarsberg. General Joubert is at Glencoe. There is reason to believe that few Boers are at Dundee, though the place is well fortified. Will Destroy Johannesburg. LONDON, March 10—A correspondent of the Daily Mail at Lorenzo Marquez says: "I am reliably informed that high officials openly avow that the British flag shall never fly at Johannesburg. The place will be razed to the ground and the mines put in readiness to be electrically exploded from the fort as occasion requires. Most of the gold mines, except those which the government controls, are in a shocking state. 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Ransom, was tendered Mrs. Bishop Arnett at Bethel church. The lecture room was transformed by the aid of potted palms, cut flowers, curtains and rugs into a bower of beauty, and here several hundred of Chicago's charming Afro-American women came to pay their respects to the first lady of the Fourth Episcopal district. Mrs. Mary Louise Arnett. Tiny polished tables, fitted with rare china, silverware and flowers, were soon filled with guests who partook of the dainty refreshments that the Mite Missionary society of Bethel had prepared for them. The following program was rendered: Invocation.....Dr. M. M. Moore Welcome.....Mrs. G. C. Booth The Message Bearers—an etching .....Mrs. Tillman Address—Our Pioneer Women .....Mrs. D. H. Williams The Mite Missionary Society Bishop R. F. Lee The presentation was a beautiful set of Haviland china, valued at $50, presented to Mrs. Arnett by some of the Mite Missionary societies of the Fourth district. A string orchestra added to the enjoyment of the occasion. Too much credit cannot be given to Mrs. Ransom, for the management of this elegant reception. Dr. Fenwick, pastor of St. James A. M. E. mission, has transferred his mission to St. John's A. M. E. church, of which Rev. G. M. Tillman is pastor. Rev. Geo. W. Gaines is ill. Hyde Park church tendered Rev. Gaines a reception March 5 and a pleasant time is reported. Mrs. M. J. Dove was entertained by Mrs. Tillman Monday; also Mrs. Dove addressed the Mite Missionary society Monday at 2:30 p. m. St. John's church raised over $240 this quarter. Quite a number of people from out of town attended the bishop's reception. Among them were Presiding Elders Burton, McCracken; Revs. H. S. Graves, L. Ferribee, B. F. Watson, A. L. Murray, S. Jackson, Mrs. Ferribee, L. Simonds. Dr. Fenwick is building up a good practice as a physician. He is a graduate of the Barnes medical college at St. Louis, Mo. The wives of the city pastors assisted Mrs. Arnett in receiving her guests March 7. The Women's Mite Missionary society of St. John's will give a bazaar during the first week in May. KATHERINE D. TILLMAN. EVANS ITEMS Rev. Tate preached at the Baptist church Sunday morning and evening. A covenant meeting was held in the afternoon and also the Lord's Supper. The Y. M. and C. club gave a ball Monday night. It was well attended. Mr. Will Green of Oskaloosa attended the ball; also Miss Minnie Alexander of Ottumwa. Miss Minnie Alexander is visiting her mother. Mr. Sam Wilson was entertained by a host of friends Sunday afternoon. Quite a number of young people made a visit to Fishville Sunday afternoon. Mr. Will Edmerson of Fishville was entertained by a host of young people of Evans Sunday, and they were highly entertained by string music, furnished by Mr. Edmerson. Miss Edna Taylor of this city and Mr. Gus Young of Hawkin were married at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. E. Willis'. Quite a number were present. Shortly after the marriage Mr. and Mrs. Young departed for Albia, where they will live. They were accompanied to the train by a host of friends, who were glad to congratulate them. DAVENPORT Rev. S. Bates of Des Moines, moderator of the Iowa Baptist association, is here in the city to preside over the executive board which convenes here at the Third Baptist church the 14th and 15th inst. The Gleaners club gave an old folks concert at the A. M. E. church the 12th. Quite a crowd was present and the concert was very highly appreciated. The members and friends of the Third Baptist church will give a grand reception to the executive board Thursday evening, March 15, at Mrs. Allen's, on Main street. Will publish details next week. At the regular monthly meeting of Eureka lodge, No. 3,899, G. U. O. of O. F., the following officers were elected for the second quarter: J. T Maby, N. G.; M. B. Anderson, V. G. Charley Moss, E. S.; W. D. Parker N. F.; T. Harper, N. P. F. The K. D. and S. of the Bethel A. M. E. church will give a grab bag and mum social at Mr. and Mrs. McGaw's residence, 920 Harrison street. Mr. Will Brown was initiated into the Eureka lodge of Odd Fellows at their regular monthly meeting March 13. Rev. S. Eates of Des Moines was present to assist. J. T. Mabry and William Baker will be ordained as deacons of the Third Baptist church this week. FRASER The river is very high. The foot bridge which was across it has been washed away and the miners are compelled to go to and from their work on the ferry boat. We still have a few sick people in our city with the Cuban itch or small pox. Rev. Underwood of Des Moines arrived in our city Saturday morning, March 10. Services were conducted Sunday by Rev. Underwood. He is also carrying on revival meetings at the First Bap- the children. The Baptist Sunday school expects to give an entertainment Saturday night, March 17. The children will spend days and family moved to Sapiorville March 10, where her husband is. The children will be missed in the Sunday school, as Miss Ada Hollanda was our secretary. The First Baptist Sunday school opened at 2 p. m. Prayer by Rev. E. Roey. Joseph Underwood of Des Molnes reviewed the school. The school gave unanimous vote, thanking him for his able instructions on the lesson. HOTEL CLERK'S Plan of Lodging a Snoorer So as to Pro- tect Other Guests. Among a group of newly arrived travelers who clustered about the desk of one of the large city hotels the other evening was a big, jovial looking man with a Roman rose and a collection of double chins leading down to his collar like a flight of stairs. He nodded to the head porter as he came in, and before he registered he shook hands cordially with the clerk. It was evident that he had been there before. "Well my boy," he said, after he had inscribed and blotted his antiquograph "what can you do for me tonight?" The clerk consulted the room chart. "I can give you 'steen 'eleven,'" he replied. "It's a very nice room at the end of the corridor; plenty of light and air and lots of privacy. Front! show the gentlemen to 'steen eleven!'" "But hold on," protested the large man. "I don't want that room; it's too far off. Why can't you give me my old room on the third floor?" "I'm very sorry, Colonel," replied the clerk, "but that one on the corridor is the last one on the chart. Honestly, I'm lucky to have anything for you, with all my Mardi rush." "Well, if it's Hobson's choice, I guess I'll have to take it." said the big guest, and moved away toward the elevator. Later on the clerk made a confession in strict confidence to a curious bystander. "Yes, I admit I have a few other rooms." he said, "but they are all in the middle of halls, and this gentleman is the champion snorer of West Virginia. Last time he was here I couldn't keep anybody on either side of him, and the result was that we had two rooms tied up from which we were deriving no revenue. We can't afford such a waste of space so near Mardi Gras, so I put him in one of our special snorer's apartments, of which we have four, all isolated at the ends of corridors. The wall spaces are filled with non-conducting packing, the transom is nailed shut, and he can snore there until the cows come home without disturbing anybody. Oh! yes, we keep a record of snorers, also of folk who talk in their sleep and holler murder in nightmares. Have to do it to protect our other patrons."—New Orleans Times-Democrat. HISTORICAL PALACE FOR SALE. The crown lease of Eltham court and palace, which forms one of the most interesting links with the past which have ever passed into the estate market, is advertised for sale, says the London Chronicle. Its history dates from the time of Edward the Confessor (1042-66). At that time the manor belonged to the crown. It was granted by William the Conqueror to his brother Odo, earl of Kent, but reverted to the crown. While the date of the erection of the palace is uncertain, it is known that it was a royal residence from 1270 to 1628. "John o' Eltham," Edward II., Edward III., Richard II., Henry IV., Henry V., Edward IV., Richard III., Henry VIII., Mary, Elizabeth and James I., all resided at the palace. It was there, also, that Edward III. held his parliament, Richard III. entertained the captive king of France, Henry IV. was espoused to Joan of Navarre and Edward IV.'s daughter Bridget was born. After passing through other royal hands, the palace came into the possession of Sir John Shaw. It is from one of the three parks known as the middle park that the "Middle Park Plate" takes its name. The present house retains the old moat and part of the original palace is still standing. Sir Walter Scott's Dog. Sir Walter Scott had a bull terrier named Camp, which he taught to understand a great many words. Camp once bit a baker, who was bringing bread to the family. Sir Walter beat Camp and explained to him what a great offense he had committed, after which, to the last moments of his life, he never heard the least allusion to the incident without getting up and slinking off to the darkest corner of the room. Then, if you said: "The baker was well paid," or "The baker was not hurt at all." Camp would come out from his hiding place, caper about and bark joyfully. When he was old and unable to accompany Sir Walter when horseback riding, Camp would watch for his return, and, if the servant said that his master was coming down the hill, or through the moor, Camp was never known to mistake him, but would start off to greet his master.—Buffalo Times. Putting on State Roofs One objection to the use of slate for roofing has been the impossibility of removing it without breaking after once it was laid. This trouble is done away with by a new idea. The opening in the slate is cut in the form of a keyhole, the larger part below. The nail is driven in and the slate is hooked on by passing the nailhead through the largest part of the opening, the slate then slides down so that the narrow portion rests on the nail. It is said to be impossible to displace the slate by any ordinary storm of wind, and the work of removal is naturally easy and without danger of breakage. ICE HILL PARTIES. Popular Winter Amusement in the Cars' Domain. Variation from the ordinary form of oboggan run is to be found in the Russian "ice hills." The rigors of winter in northern Europe practically compel the inhabitants of that region to find some form of amusement with which to while away the dreary hours of those ice-bound months. Hence, "ice hill parties" are now a national institution throughout the czar's dominions, and cheery functions they are, too. The "ice hill" itself is prepared as follows: They erect a high wooden scaffolding having a rather steep slope from the top to the ground, and it is then covered with huge symetrically shaped blocks of ice placed side by side and constantly watered until they become one solid smooth mass. This artificial slide is terminated by a long, narrow plain of ice, just broad enough to allow of three sledges passing each other and of sufficient length to enable a sleigh to run by its own impetus to the foot of the next hill. The hills and runs are usually bordered by fir trees, which are thickly hung with colored lights at night. On the day of the party the guests are conveyed to their host's house in special sleighs, and there supplied with rugs, furs and warm drinks, the better to fortify them against the intense cold. They then proceed to the ice hills and seat themselves by twos in the long, narrow iron sides, which are rendered exceedingly comfortable by reason of the quantity of cushions spread over them. Arriving at the end of the descent each man chooses a different partner for the return run, and keen is the competition among the men, each of them striving to secure the belle of the party as his companion. A good dinner is always provided by the host, and the post-prandial sport by artificial light is often the most enjoyable and certainly the most picturesque portion of the whole entertainment. MRS. ADAIR'S APPEAL. Mrs. Cornelia Adair, who is now in this country in the interests of the hospital ship Maine, which it may be remembered was provided by American women in England for the nursing of wounded British soldiers in the Boer war, is herself an American, being a daughter of the late Gen. Wadsworth, of Geneseo, N. Y., who fell at the battle of the Wilderness. The idea of fitting out a hospital ship originated with a Mrs. Blow, an American, and she, with Lady Randolph Churchill, formed a committee of American women in London to carry it out. The sum of $155,000 was raised in a short time. At this juncture B. N. Baker, of Baltimore, Md., president of the Atlantic Transport company, offered the steamship Maine and its crew to the committee, to be used as a hospital ship as long as the war lasted. This gift represented an outlay of between $15,000 and $20,000 a month. To equip the vessel the committee expended $125,000, and as it costs some $15,000 a month to keep the ship in service. Mrs. Adair, who in the absence of Lady Randolph Churchill, is the head of the committee, comes to interest Americans in the work. Mrs. Adair is well known in the fashionable society of New York and Newport. Her first husband was a Mr. Ritchie, of Boston. In 1867 she married John Adair, who was one of the great land magnates of Ireland and high sheriff of the County Donegal. She is very wealthy in her own right. Mrs. Adair, in an appeal to the Irish in this country, mentions the fact that years ago, when famine was raging in Ireland, her father chartered a ship, A. MRS. CORNELIA ADAIR. filled it with corn from his lands at Genesee and sent it across the Atlantic to help the starving pennantry. Disease in the Dutch Navy. Uncle Sam's sailors in Philippine waters seem to have been particularly fortunate in escaping for the most part the diseases which prey upon sailors of other navies in tropical waters. In the marine service in Holland in 1857 there were admitted to the hospitals 10,904 malarial cases in an average strength of 50,157. The record for that year was unusual. the average for the 'our preceding years having been only 16,000. In 1857 cholera caused 161 admissions to the hospitals, with 106 leaths among the Europeans. Unexplored Regions of the Earth Throughout the entire world there are about 20,000,000 square miles of unexplored territory. In Africa there are 1,500,000 square miles; Arctic regions, 1,500,000; Antarctic regions, 53,000,000; America, 2,000,000; Australia, 2,000,000; Asia, 200,000, and various islands, 100,000. 121 c each for large Hemmed Huck Tow- elet, size 18x40 inches. 19c for Ladies' Ribbed Cotton Vests, in black and blue cheviots, well made and well silk front and silk tape, all sizes, a regular 50c ments for early spring. Pants to match in small sizes only. If you have not visited our Millinery Department you'd better pay it a call and be introduced to "Miss Hob bs." She's great. She's the best you ever saw. HARRIS EMERY CO., 513 WALNUT STREET. NOTICE OF INCORPORATION. Notice is hereby given that a corporation to be known as the Maple Leaf Mining company has been formed for pecuniary profit under the laws of the state of Iowa, with the principal place of business in the city of Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa. The general nature of this corporation is to buy, lease or otherwise secure mines, mining lands or the material for the prospecting or working the same for gold or other precious minerals, and to sell or dispose of the products, the mines or mining lands or the materials used. The authorized capital stock of this corporation is fifty thousand dollars, divided into shares of one dollar each, one-tenth to be paid in at par upon the issue of stock, the balance to be issued at the discretion of the board of directors. The highest amount of indebtedness which this corporation may incur shall not at any one time exceed two-thirds of the capital stock and the private property of stockholders shall be exempt from corporate debts. This corporation shall commence business upon the date of securing certificate from secretary of state and the subscription and payment of one-tenth of the capital stock, and shall continue for a period of twenty years unless sooner dissolved according to law or a two-thirds vote of all stock in interest. The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by a board of directors, composed of the president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and three other members, all of whom are to be chosen at the annual election which is to be held on the first Tuesday in March of each year. The present officers until March 6, 1900, are: Fred A. Cope, president; Geo. P. Swartzel, vice-president; W. P. Henry, secretary, and N. P. Collins, treasurer, and G. H. Cook, Fred L. Wells, J. E. Crows, directors. Signed this 24th day of February, A. D. 1900. FRED A. COPE. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION FROM TAX SALE. 10 J. F. Baumgartner. You are hereby notified that the following described real estate, situated in Polk county, Iowa, to-wit: Lot 11, Ozone Ridge, now included in and forming a part of the city of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold for taxes of 1855, on the 9th day of December, 1896, to George G. Wright; that he assigned the same to D. F. Patton, trustee. That the certificate of purchase thereof has been assigned to and is now owned by B. F. Loose, and that the right of redemption will expire, and a treasurer's deed for said real estate will be made unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the date of completed service of this notice. You will govern yourself accordingly. Dated November 23, A. D. 1899. B. F. LOOSE. By Ezra D. Marshall, attorney. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION FROM TAX SALE. You are hereby notified that the following described real estate, situated in Polk county, Iowa, to-wit: Lot 12, Ozone Ridge, now included in and forming a part of the city of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold for taxes of 1895, on the 9th day of December 1895, to George G. Wright, who assigned the same to D. T. Patton trustee. That the certificate of purchase thereof has been assigned to and is now owned by B. F. Loose, and that the right of redemption will expire, and a treasurer's deed for said real estate will be made unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the date of completed service of this notice. You will govern yourself accordingly. Dated the 22d day of November, A. D. 1895. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION FROM TAX SALE. To J. K. Sheeler: You are hereby notified that the following described real estate, situated in Polk county, Iowa, to-wit: Lot 15, block 4. Foundry addition, now included in and forming part of the city of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold for taxes of 1593, on the 4th day of December, 1894, to W. G. Hamlin, who assigned same to J. S. Coskery. That the certificate of purchase is now owned by B. F. Loose, and that the right of redemption will expire, and a treasurer's deed for said real estate will be made unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days 25c for spring weight Ladies' Ribbed Vests and Pants, silk trimmed, all sizes. 35c for Ladies' Wool Vests, all sizes— $1 garment, nothing the matter with them exe- cept that we have no pants to match. 25c for Boys' Bicycle Hose, extra heavy weight. 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It will be sent post paid to any address on receipt of fifteen cents in postage stamps or coin. Address, JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. P. A., Chicago, Ill. It is better to be generous than selfish, better to be true than false, better to be brave than to be a coward. Blessed beyond all earthly blessedness is the man who in the tempestuous darkness of the soul has dared to hold fast to these venerable landmarks. Thrice blessed is he who, when all is drear and cheerless within and without, when his teachers terrify him and his friends shrink from him, has obstinately clung to moral good—thrice blessed, because his night shall pass into clear, bright day. Mast's and Sails. The highest masts of sailing vessel are from 160 to 180 feet high, and spread from 60,000 to 100,000 square feet of canvas. Venice has had three international art exhibitions since 1895, and all of them have been successful. The last one, which closed on Nov. 13, occasioned the sale of $70,000 worth of paintings, 19 per cent of which went into the pockets of non-Italian artists. Explosives Confined and Unconfined Explosives Confined and Unconfined. There is a widespread misapprehension in regard to the devastating effect of high expositives. When unconfined the effect even of large charges of them upon structures is comparatively slight. At the naval ordnance proving ground, so long ago as 1884, repeated charges of dynamite, varying from five pounds to 100 pounds in weight, were detonated on the face of a vertical target consisting of eleven one-inch wrought-iron plates bolted to a twenty-inch oak backing, until 440 pounds of dynamite had been so detonated in contact with it and yet the target remained practically uninjured, while at Braamfontein the accidental explosion of fifty-five tons of blasting gelatin, which was stored in railway vans, excavated but 30,000 tons of soft earth. Thus at Fort Lee, on the Hudson, but two tons of dynamite placed in a chamber in the rock and tamped brought down 100,000 tons of the rock; at Lamberis, Wales, two tons and a half of gelatin dynamite, similarly placed, threw out 180,000 tons of rock, and at the Talcen Mawr, in Wales, seven tons of gunpowder placed in two chambers in the rock dislodged from 125,000 to 200,000 tons of rock. The Ages of Men A great man does not always attain a ripe old age; in fact, hardly half of the greatest men of modern and ancient times have reached the limit of age set by the Bible. Among statesmen: Mirabean was 42; Pitt, 47; Caesar, 55; Richelieu, 57; Cromwell, 59; Frederick the Great, 74; Disraea, 75; Bismarck, 83; Talleyrand, 84. Of great conquerors: Alexander the Great died at 32; Napoleon at 51, Hanibal at 33, Marlborough at 72, Blucher at 76, Wellington at 83, Xenophon at 60, Moltke at 91. The age of the decease of philosophers was: Spinola, 42; Descartes, 53; Aristotle, 62; Socrates, 70; Linnaeus, 70; Copernicus, 70; Gallileo, 78; Kant, 79; Plato, 82; Newton, 84; Humboldt, 89. The longevity of great writers, poets, varies from Byron, 36, to Sophocles, 90. To painters death came at ages varying from Raphael at 37, to Titian at 99. A maker of silk waists, who deals in lots of a thousand dozens at a time, had three hundred left on hand. It was a remnant lot to him so he sold them to us (as we would sell a half dozen yards of silk) for just a fraction of their real worth. 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Michigan Ave. and Madison Street CHICAGO The Affairs of Europe are faithfully portrayed in the original and exclusive cable dispatches which THE CHICAGO RECORD prints daily from the leading capitals of the old world. This magnificent special service is in process of being greatly extended so as to include every important city in Europe; and it is supplemented by the full regular cable service of The Associated Press. The Chicago Record, alone of all American newspapers outside New York city, now prints original and exclusive cable dispatches daily from the leading capitals of Europe. BURLINGTON, IOWA. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Tigg left Saturday morning for Mt. Pleasant, Iowa to attend the funeral of his graddfather Mr. Hedge, an old citizen of Mt. Pleasant. Rev. Jas. Higgins was agreeably surprised last Monday evening March 7th, on his birthday. About 45 of the members and friends came out in a sleigh and took the pastor completely by surprise. Mr. Edward Allen on behalf of Class No. 3 presented the reverend with a handsome suit of clothes. The evening was pleasantly spent; after which refreshments were served by the ladies. The Christian Endeavor of St. John's A. M. E. church held quite an interesting business meeting and social Tuesday evening. They will purchase bibles and topic cards. On March the 27th a birthday social will be given at St. John's A. M. E. church. Quite an interesting program will be rendered. Mrs. Early, mother of Mrs. Jno. Carter, after a pleasant visit of ten weeks returned to her home in Kansas City Saturday morning. CEDAR RAPIDS BUDGETARIAN. From the appearance of the beautiful weather we are thinking ourselves in the midst of Spring. At the A. M. E. Church last Sunday evening, three young men came forward for the prayers of the church and the result was that they gave their hearts to God. He having heard their prayers taken them into his fold; nothing pleas us more, than to see young men coming into the church. Rey. Bass preached an excellent sermon to a crowded house. The church is in a prosperous condition both socially and spiritually as well as financially. Rey. Bass is the right place. Mrs. Geo, H. Wade returned Saturday night from a visit with Mrs. W. H. London and a host of friends in Muchaknock while there she was most royally entertained, as it would be unnatural for any one to visit "Muchy" without having pleasant time, for her people find a pleasure as well as their duty to make it pleasant for visitors and strangers. Mrs. W. H. Raspberry is on the sick list at this writing, also Miss Etta Davies. The large Easter chorus under the direction of the A. M. E. Choir has begun rehearsing some excellent music for the occasion. The chorus contains about twenty voices; Geo. H. Wade, Director, Mrs. Flora Roberts, Organist. All the conversation now among the female sex is "That Easter suit and hat." CLINTON. The first rehearsal of the cantata of "Lost and Saved," was given on last Wednesday night. A large number of the cast being present. It is with sorrow we are called upon to chronicle the death of our much beloved friend, Mrs. William Emerson, on Thursday March 8th, an 11 a.m., of rheumatism of the heart. Decease was taken ill about a week prior to death with a severe attack of asthma, a complaint to which she was subject, followed soon after by rheumatism. As time wore on she grew worse and at last sank to peaceful rest on the date mentioned. Decease was born in Portsman, Va., February 13, 1846. For a number of years she resided in Moline, Ill. For 19 years she was valued employee in the family of Chas. Deere of that city. There as in Clinton her friends were numbered by her acquaintances. On May 12, 1892 she was united in marriage to W. A. Emerson of this city, at Moline, residing until death in this city. She was a devoted Christian and an carndst active worker in Bethel A. M. E. church. She at the time of death being Vice President of the Stewardess Board. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p. m. at the Bethel A. M. E. church. Rev Holly officiated; interment taking place in Springdale cemetery. Mr. Mitehell and sons, Frank and Al. of Fulton attended the funeral of Mrs. Emerson Sunday. Mesdames Henry Woods, John and Jas. Robinson and S. McDonell of Moline were in attendance at the funeral of the late Mrs. Emerson. Jesse Mitchell and family of Fulton spent Sunday in clinton. Send items to local correspondent not later than Tuesday noon for publication. ALBIA NEWS. Mr. and Mrs. Young have been in cur city for several weeks; they are employed in a new store set up in our town. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Reed of Hocking, spent Sunday in Albia, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Davis. On last Monday evening a number o Coalfield people and from the surrounding towns gathered in Albia and gave a Cake Walk and Dance. The Old Fellows of the Lodge located in Albia made eleven new members on last Saturday. FT. DODGE LETTER. Born to Mrs. A. Keennett a fine baby girl. There was a literary started at the Baptist Church and was quite a success; debate, Which is the most benefit to the country Education or Money; affirmative, Mr. Wm. Gordon and W. H. Jamersou' Negative, Mr. J. Tolliver and Mr. Henry Venable. Programme—Select Reading, Mrs. C. J. Tolliver; Recitation, Miss L. Sellers Composition, F. Kennett; and Papers by Mrs. J. Tolliver and Miss Flora Kennett wore very fine. Mr. Ed. Parrene received the sad news of his mother's death. Sunday was a spring day here. Mr. W. H. Jamerson expects to take up his work of house cleaning this season at Webster city and Fort Dodge. MT. PLEASANT NEWS. Little Belle Hudson broke her leg last Thursday while coasting at school. Prof. Else carried her to the Dooter where the limb was attended to; she is resting as easy as can be expected. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Anderson are the proud parents of a little baby girl born last Saturday morning. The H. V. D. Club had their first program last Thursday at Miss H. Bartlett's a very nice program was rendered; the next meeting will be held at Miss Rose Dortch, Thursday. Ladies of the A. M' E. Church gave a pie social last Friday for the benefit of the church; quite a nice crowd was out and all reported a good time. Mr. Elias M. Hedge, an old and respected citizen of this place, died March 10, at 11:30 P. M. age 80 years 5 months and 16 days. Mr. Hedge was born in Batesville, Ark. Aug. 27, 1819; he came to Mt. Pleasant in 1892 and has made this city his home ever since with the exception of a few years spent in Ft. Madison, Iowa. He was an earnest faithful christian belonging to the Second Baptist Church about 40 years. Out of a family of five children only two survive him John of this city and Samuel of St. Paul, Minn. He was faithfully attended by his devoted wife. The family has the sympathy of the entire community in their late bereavement; the funeral was preached by Rev. W. G. Rhinehart of the A. M. E. Church. Mrs. Ellen Wicks is still confined to her bed. Mrs. Charlotte Bland of Rock Island, was called here to attend the funeral of her grandfather, Mr. Hedge. Miss Myra McCracken has been on the sick list. Mrs. Jennie McFall of Monmouth, Ill. was city attending funeral of Mr. Hedge. Mr. Author Dortoh left last week for Chariton, Iowa, where he accepted a position in the depot. Mrs. Wm. Harris who has been sick is recovering. Mrs Jennie Burkes has been complaining for sometime. MUCHAKINOCK NEWS Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Foster elegantly entertained at tea Thursday evening, Misses Susie Wilson, Sarah Porter, Mesdamas Geo. H. Wade of Cedar Rapids, Daisy Jones and Hon Gee H. Woodson. Mrs. J. W. Riggs entertained at dinner Friday, Mesdamas W. H. London, Sadie Draw, Lewis Nolan, Rutha Williamson, Mrs. G. H. Wade of Cedar Rapids, Misses Mallory of Chicago, Blanche White, Revs. Williamson and Bingaman. The menu was most elegantly served by the hostess assisted by Mesdames Ashby and Welch. Those present were satisfied that Mrs. Riggs knows how to entertain her guests. One of the sweetest affairs of the season was a reception given on last Friday evening, March 9, by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. London in honor of M.s. Geo. H. Wade of Cedar Rapids, who has been visiting in our city, the guest of Mrs. London. About 50 invitations were issued and but few regrets were received. Promptly at 8 P. M. the guest began to arrive and soon the spacious rooms were filled to overflowing. The decorations were of smilax and roses; games and social conversation were indulged in throughout the evening. Music was furnished by Brooks Orchestra to the delight of all. Refreshments were served by the hostess assisted by Misses Sarah Porter and Susie Wilson; After extending to the host and hostess congratulations each departed wishing in the near future to be entertained again by Mr. and Mrs. London. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fergerson of Wonlock, Ill., relatives of Mrs. John Taylor, has located in our city with the intention of starting in business here. Mrs. E. A. London and Son, Herbert, arrived from Stanton, Va., last Friday after visiting two and a half months; she is much improved in health and says she had a delightful visit. Charles Coleman of Peoria, Ill. visited his parents two days last week. The Literary Club met Monday night and the following subject was debated—Resolve: That the World is retrograding, Affirmative, A. R. Jackson and J. H. Me Donald; Negative, W. H. London and John Washington; decided in favor of the Affirmative by one point. The subject was ably discussed by both sides and was very interesting and instructive. Judges, Craggget, Miss Sarah Porter, and Lewis Perkins. A. R. De Fluent, editor of the Journal, Doylestown, Ohio, suffered for a number of years from rheumatism in his right shoulder and side. He says: "My right arm at times was entirely useless. I tried Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and was surprised to receive relief almost immediately. The Pain Balm has been a constant companion of mine ever since and it never fails." For sale by all Druggists. His wonderful cures are attracting the attention of many. The afflicted are flocking to him fo. relief, and are being cured of their most stubborn diseases. The blind receive theirs right; the lame are made whole. Dr. Wilson USES NO drugs or instruments, and cures the largest per cent of patients ever known. Many of his cures surprise medical profession. Fifth and Walnut streets, Seeberger Block. Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa 'Phone 263. CALIFORNIA. Broad Vestibule First-Class Sleepers DAILY- Between Chicago and Sanfrancisco WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS. Great Rock Island Route Leave Chicago on Big 5 at 10:00 p. m. All the best scenery of the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada by daylight in both directions. These cars are carried on the limited trains of the Great Rock Island Route, Denver and Rio Grande (Scenic Route), Rio Grande Western and Southern Pacific. Dining Car Service Through. Buffett Library Cars. JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. P. A., Chicago. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. person in possession of the real estate hereafter described) and to Mary B. Weeks, guardian, (in whose name the same is taxed). You and each of you are hereby notified that on the ninth day of December A. D., 1896 the following described real estate to-will: Lot three hundred and eleven (311) Mann's second addition to Lake Park, now included in and forming a part of the city of Des Moines and all within the county of Polk and state of Iowa, was sold for the then delinquent and unpaid tax of the year 1895 to A. H. Kelsey, that the undersigned is now the legal owner and holder of the certificate of purchase issued in pursuance of said sale and that the right of redemption will expire and a deed for the land be made unless redemption is made within ninety days from completed service hereof. LOUIS MORGAN, Owner and holder of certificate. AND SAN FRANCISCO Via Denver and Salt Lake will be inaugurated Feb. 25th by the Great Rock Island Route, leaving Chicago at 10:00 p. m. daily. Des Moines 8:35 a. m. Omaha 1:30 p. m. The Colorado Rockies and Sierra Nevada are crossed by daylight in both directions, making this the grandest scenic trip in the world. The cars are Pullman's Finest Broad Vestibuloid Sleepers and are carried on limited trains with Dining Car Service throughout and Buffet Library Cars. Direct connections to and from Southern California. See your agent for birth reservations and folders or address. JOHN SEBASTIAN. G. P. A., Chicago. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. To Amy H. Eustick: You are hereby notified on the ninth day of December, A. D. 1896, the following described real estate, situated in Polk county, Iowa, to-wit: Lot fifty-nine (59) in Harrison Park addition to University Place, now included in and forming a part of the city of Des Moines. Bob was sold for the then depleted and unpaid tax of the year 1895 to M. E. Miller; that the undersigned is now the legal owner and holder of the certificate of purchase issued in pursuance of the above mentioned sale, and that the right of redemption will expire and a deed for the land will be made unless redemption is made within ninety days from the completed service hereof. GEO. HARNAGEL. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. TO A. G. Newman. You are hereby notified that on the ninth day of December, A. D. A. 1836, the following described real estate, situated in Polk county, Iowa, to-wit: Lot twenty-seven (27) in Forest Glen, being included in and forming a part of the city of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold for the then delinquent and unpaid tax of the year 1895 to M. E. Miller; that the undersigned is now the legal owner and holder of the certificate of purchase issued in pursuance of the notice mentioned in the right of the land will expire and a deed for the land will be made unless redemption is made within ninety days from the completed service hereof. GEO. HARNAGEL. this ad, out and send to us and will send you this ad. SAVE $150.00 by bought, C.O.D. buy, or exam- sure you can examine it as your own factory, exactly as represented, and equal to scales that retail as $7.75, the $10.00, the $6.75 and freight changes. The freight will average $75 for each 500 miles and we guarantee safe delivery. Will weigh 400 lbs. by using all weights furnished. Brass beam weighs 100 lbs., has dashed edges, and adjustable chill bearings, has Denton steel plovs, most sensitive, and beautifully finished throughout. Every farmer and beautifully finished throughout. Every farmer grain he sells and buys. ORDER AT 06CK before the price is advanced. Catalogue of scales free for all farmers. (Sea, Beech & Co. are thoroughly reliable. - Editor.) Gold Basis for India. London, Aug. 10.—In the house of commons Tuesday the secretary of state for India, Lord George Hamilton, in introducing the Indian budget, said that after careful consideration the government had deliberately concluded that a gold star-lard was required in the interests of India, and that they would not be deterred from prosecuting this policy by all the means in their power. P. D. Armour Has Recovered. Chicago, Aug. 10.—P. D. Armour has sent messages announcing his complete recovery from the illness that kept him away from his office for several weeks last spring. He went abroad in May, and he writes to friends that he now feels better than at any time within the past five years. He will return Oct. 1. Agree to a Conference Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 10.—President Simon Burns of the Glass Workers' association received a telegram from President Chambers of the Manufacturers' association announcing that the manufacturers were willing to meet the workers in conference to consider the wage scale at Pittsburg, Aug. 15. Senator Beverldge Returns Victoria, B. C., Aug. 10.-Senator and Mrs. A. J. Beveridge of Indiana returned from Manila by the Empress of Japan Tuesday. The senator absolutely refuses to express an opinion upon anything connected with the Philippine campaign, and most especially devellings to discuss Gen. Otis. AS TRUE AS GOSPEL. There is always compensation. Our angels go out that our archangels may come in. Unhappy is the man for whom his own mother has not made all other mothers venerable. It is poor wit who lives by borrowing the words, decisions, mein, inventions and actions of others. What an absurd thing it is to pass over the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attentions on his infirmities. Virtue will catch as well as vice by contact; and the public stock of honest, manly principle will daily accumulate. A greater value should be set on having received instructive and useful lessons than of possessing great store of wealth; for the latter is transitory good; the former is durable. There is scarcely a generalization for one sex which does not apply equally to the other, so perfectly alike in nature are men and women. The difference is only in circumstances. Look Was Missing: A drill sergeant was unpopular among his men. They found him to particular. One day he had on hand a party of recruits whom he was putting through the funeral exercise. Opening the ranks so as to admit the passage of the supposed funeral corlege among them, the instructor, by way of practical explanation, walked slowly down the lane formed by the two ranks, saying, as he did so: "Now, I'm the corpse. Pay attention!" Having reached the end of the line he turned, regarded the men with a scrutinizing eye for a minute, and then remarked: "Your 'ands is right, and your 'eads is right, but you 'avent' got that look of regret you ought to ave."—Youth's 'companion. The Stuart Kiss of Scotland. To be king of Scotland for many a lay implied that the monarch ascended in childhood, and came to an unnatural death while in the prime of life. Thus James I, ascended the throne when he was 12, and was murdered. James II, was 7, James III. 9, James IV. 15, and all were killed—the last two in battle. James V, was only 16 months old when he became a king, and his daughter, Mary Queen of Scots, was 8 days old when she came into that hard heritage. She was a widow at 18, she married Darnley when he was not yet 25, abdicating a few weeks after she had married for the third time. Her son, James VI., thus became king when he was 13 months old. Subscribe for the Bystander NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. To Amy H. Eustick: You are hereby notified on that on the 5th day of December, A. D. 1896, the following described real estate, situated in Polk county, Iowa, to-wit: Lot thirty-two (32) in Harrison R. R. included to Doe County. Plane included in and forming a part of the city of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold for the then delinquent and unpaid tax of the year 1895, to E. R. Bennett; that the undersigned is now the legal owner and holder of the certificate of purchase issued in pursuance of the above mentioned sale, and that the right of redemption will expire and adeed for the hand of the lessless redemption is made within ninety days from the completed service hereof. GEO. HARNAGEL. Ninth Annual Negro Conference Held at Tuskegee, Alabama. This is the ninth annual meeting of the Tuskegee Negro Conference. Many get the impression that this conference is simply a spontaneous gathering of such people as may be invited to attend. He is a carefully studied and thoroughly prepared school for the masses, for the fathers and mothers, who have never been to school; for the gown sons and daughters who have been but little and never expect to go again. From the first, its methods and purpose have had Mr. Washington's most earnest thought and attention. Experience and constant study have been used to improve it and make it more and more effective. Porf. T. J. Jackson a graduate of Fisk University, has been the conference agent for three years. All his time is given to this work, under the direction of Mr. Washington. This one day in school reaches not only those who come, but, through their story carried home, in literature and by their own lips, the whole race, in every State, is reached, and a touch of education, or, at least, of inspiration, enters the lowliest life. The lessons are such as all can learn—home-getting, tax paying, intelligence, ood morals, practical religion, friendliness between the races and a love for everything that is good. Professor Jackson has visited forty-five of the sixty six counties of Alabama, in the interest of the meeting to-day. He has also visited many other States, and, by meetings and literature, has given help to those interested in organizing local conferences all over the South. He reports 150 local conferences organized during the year, and has a record of over 250 conference in all. Most of them meet, regularly, once a month. These local conferences are very much like the Farmers Institutes at the North. Among the subjects they discussed are; What crops pay best, the value of a diversity of crops, how to plant a garden, to raise poultry, pigs, and cattle, how to begin buying a home, how the husband and wife can help each other, how to make the house and yard attractive, how to live at home instead of out of the store, the right kind of minister and teacher, the importance of keeping the children busy, in and out of school. Out of these conferences in many instances, white and colored have exhibited products of the field and articles from the shop and home. Tuskegee graduates are employed, like Mr. Jackson in other States, working up the conference idea. The Tuskegee teachers go out through the year covering as wide an area as possible, in aid of the work. The chaplain presents the religious side of material things the lady teachers of life in the home, the care of children and the home surroundings; the industrial teachers tell of farming, stock and fruit raising, home building and the use and care of machinery. Togeather, they reach and stir up every phase of the life of the people. Members of each senior class do a large work in Macon County under Mr. Washington's special direction, as lessons in practice, life. They go out two by two twol visiting families and spending the day with them. The reports from all these parties are full of intersst and hope; The most unpromising and backwood communities improve under this kind of work. Montgomery Advertiser. WANTED SEVERAL PERSONS FOR DISTRICT Office Managers in this state to represent the organization. Willing to pay yearly $400, payable week. Desirable employment with unusual opportunities. References exchanged. Enclose location. Scope. A. S. Para 340 Carton Building Chicago STATE OF IOWA OFFICE OF AUDIOC TOR OF STATE. ANNUAL CERTIFICATE Des Moines, Iowa, March 1, 1900. Whereas, The Alliance Hall & Cyclone Insurance Company, located at Austin, in the state of Minnesota has filed in this office a sworn statement of its condition on the thirty-first day of December 1899, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4. Title 9, of the Code of Iowa, relating to insurance Companies; and whereas, said statement shows that said Insurance Company has complied with the laws of this state relating to insurance. Therefore, In pursuance of law, I, Frank F. Merriam, Auditor of State of the State of Iowa, do hereby certify that said Insurance Company is authorized to transact the business of Fire Insurance in the state, by agents properly appointed, as required by law until the first pay of March, A. D. 1901. I further certify that the statement shows— 1st. The actual amount of paid-up Capital of said company, Dec. 31, 1899, to be mutual. 2d. the aggregate amount of the Assets of said Company, Dec. 31, 1899, to be..... $ 66,194.88 3d. the aggregate amount of liabilities of said Company, including the amount required to safely reinsure all outstanding risks, Dec. 31, 1899, to be.. 0 4th. The aggregate Income of said company for the year 1899 to be 1899, to be..... $74,198.41 5th. The aggregate Expenditures of said Company for theses 1899 to be..... $99,198.73 the year 1899, to be ..... $80,166.72 In Testimony Whereby, I have here- unto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of my office the day and date above written. FRANK F. MERRIAM, Auditor of State. STATE OF IOWA OFFICE OF AUDI TOR OF STATE. ANNUAL CERTIFICATE Des Moines, Iowa, March 1, 1900. Whereas, The American Fire Insurance Company, located at New York in the State of New York, has filed in this office a sworn statement of its condition on the thirty-first day of December, 1890, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4, Title 9, of the Code of Iowa, relating to insurance companies; and whereas, said statement shows that said Insurance Company has complied with the laws of this state relating to insurance. Therefore, In pursuance of law, I, Frank F. Merriam, Auditor of State of the State of Iowa, do hereby certify that said Insurance Company is authorized to transact the business of Fire Insurance in the state, by agents properly appointed, as required by law, until the first day of March, A. D. 1901. I further certify that the statement shows— 1st. The actual amount of paid-up Capital of said Company, Dec. 31, 1899, to be..... $ 400,000.00 2nd. The aggregate amount of the Assets of said Company, Dec. 31, 1899, to be..... $1,397,333.36 3d. The aggregate amount of Liabilities of said Company, including the amount required to safely reinsure all outstanding risks, Dec. 31, 1899, to be..... $1,065,493.15 to be..... $1,065,403.15 4th. The aggregate Income of said Company for the year 1890, to be.....932,428,35 5th. The aggregate Expenditures of said Company for the year1899, to be..... 775,519.87 In Testimony Whereof, I have here- unto subsoribed my name and affixed the seal of my office the day and date above written. FRANK F. MERRIAM, Auditor of State. It is very hard to stand idly by and see our dear ones suffer while awaiting the arrival of a doctor. An Albany (N. Y.) dairman called at a drug store there for a doctor to come and see his child, than very sick with croup. Not finding the doctor in, he left word for him to come at once on his return. He also bought a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which he hoped would give some relief until the doctor should arrive. In a few hours he returned, saying the doctor need not come, as the child was much better The druggist, Mr. Otto Scholz, says the family hae since recommended Cham bberlain's Cough Remedy to their neigh bors and friends until he has a constant demand for it from that part of the country. For sale by all Druggists If troubled with rheumatism, give Chamberlain's Pain Balm a trial. It will not cost you a cent if it does no good. One application will relieve the pain. It also cures sprains and bruises in one-third the time required by any other treatment. Cuts, burns, frostbites, quinsey, pains in the side and chest, glandular and other swellings are quickly eured by applying it Every bottle warranted. Price 25 and 50 cts. For sale by all Druggists. Subscribe for the Bystander. STREET CARS IN ENGLAND. London Decision That Would Cause As tourishment in This Country. A London magistrate has just made from the bench a statement which, if it is ever duplicated by a competent court in this city, would or might have consequences terrible even to imagine. It seems that on one of the urban railways there had been a crowded train. A woman had tried to force her way into a compartment already fully occupied and her efforts had excited a mild protest from one of the passengers already seated. The protesting remarks were taken amiss by the woman's husband, a fight followed and then an arrest of the pugnacious husband. It is not a matter of any consequence whether he or the other man was at fault for the scrimmage; what is at least interesting is the fact that the magistrate before whom the case came formally announced that nobody has a right to enter a railway carriage which is already full. Those who take tickets at the starting point, he said, are entitled to seats and tickets taken at intermediate stations are subject to there being room for the holders. If the company issues tickets in excess of the number of seats provided the holders may bring an action for damages, wait for the next train or demand the return of their money. Persons in a carriage which is full have a legal, as well as moral right to prevent others from endeavoring to enter it and the sooner the public understands this the better, as no one has a right to inconvenience passengers already in their such. Such is the English law, according to this interpreter of it. Patrons of our own elevated and surface cars are not likely even to ask if there is any such law in this country. They are so well habituated to traveling in cruel discomfort that the impulse to make effective protest against it has been lost. PERSIAN RUGS OF IRISH MAKE Deft Weavers on the Old Sod Turn Out a Perfect Imitation. Just a year ago some manufacturers of artistic textiles touring in Donegal resolved on establishing a place for the making of hand-tufted carpets of the description generally known as "Turkish" or "Persian." The peculiarity of this fabric is that from its nature it must be a hand production. The tufts are tied by the fingers in knots in longitudinal warps, which are stretched between two long parallel beams. The carpets are made to the size and shape of any room. The design is placed in front and the girls from three to a dozen, according to the size of the carpet, select the colors indicated row by row, which are tied, then bound down by "shoots" of woolen weft drawn across the entire width and beaten firm by small iron-toothed hammers. There is interesting variety and pleasure in the work, and it is such that individual skill and workmanship come largely into play. Altogether, it is just such an industry as is suited to the rural districts of Ireland. No steam power is required and there is therefore no handicap on the commercial side by the absence of coal. The first year's experiment with the Irish girls has proved that they are admirably adapted for the work. The girls show a nimbleness of fingers and sharpness of eye for color and form that have quite astonished their teachers and they take to the work with a spirit and cheerfulness quite refreshing. So convinced are the promoters of its ultimate success that they have planned out a broad scheme that will spread the work all over the west of Ireland and give employment to many hundreds of girls and boys.—London Furniture Record. Mendicant Students. Concerning the poorer students of Russia the Saturday Review says: Their mendacity is passive rather than active. Unlike the mendicant friars, they never ask, but they know much will be given them. They know, too—strange fact in a strange country—that the university is open to all, irrespective of means or position. Thus the university becomes the poor Russian's golden opportunity, for here, as elsewhere, there are many posts, for which graduates alone are eligible. A stroll through the streets of Moscow during term time furnishes abundant evidence of the popularity of the university. The uncompromising military blue and green uniform which stamps the student, and which he can never, save under dire penalties, exchange for plain clothes, is to be met with at every turn. A few rich students are caught sight of driving; the many are on foot. A Cat's Long Jump New York Correspondence Pittsburg Dispatch: How far can a cat jump without hurting itself was partially exemplified in Brooklyn. A pretty white cat ran up a tree to get away from a dog, and at last crawled out on a small branch at least sixty feet above the ground. The branch was not much more than a twig, and the cat could not turn around. She sat up on there on the swaying limb and meowed. At last the twig broke, and down came the cat. 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I also keep the Burnett's Pile Cure, a great wonder, price 50 cents. G. W. BLACK, Oskaloosa, Iowa. TRUSSES, 65c. $1.25 AND UP 65c. We are selling the very finest Trusses made at FACTORY PRICES, less than one-third of the price of a GUARANTEE TO FIT YOU PERFECTLY. Say whether you wish our Gee Franck Truss or our $1.25 new Gee Franck Truss, above, cut out, out and send to us with OUR SPECIAL PRICE named, state your Height, Weight, Age, how long you have been trained, whether rupture is large or small, number inches around the body on a line with the rupture, say whether rupture is on right or left, and with the understanding, if it is not a perfect fit and equal to the trusses that retail at three times our price, you can return it and we WRITE FOR FREE TRUST CATALOGUE which shows all of trays including the New $10,000 Leaf. Our catalogue is almost any case, and which we sell for $2.75 SEARRS, ROEBUCK & Co. CHICAGO SEARRS, ROEBUCK & Co. 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This Barry the Machine stood to the left of a stand or rock. $15 boys cars bob pats seles struts IT CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENT. The Corinthian baptist Church — sututed on 11th St., between Crocker and School St. Preaching; at 11 A.M.; Sunday School; at 11 o'clock Preaching; at 11 o'clock. Rev. S. Bates, Pastor. St. Paul A. M. E. — Corner of Second and Center Streets. Preaching at 10:30 a.m.; m.; Sunday School at 3 o'clock; Epworth League at 7 a.m.; preaching at 8 p.m. F. M. J. Peterson, pastor. First Baptist Church — Corner School and B. streets. Rev. 3. Underpreaching at 10:30 a.m.; Sunday school 3:30 p.m., Mrs. E. L. Noble, Superintendent; Mrs. E. L. Noble, meeting 7 p.m., preaching 7:30 p.m. Burn's M. E. — East Second and Des Moines street — Sunday services, preaching at 11:00 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday School at 12:30. Prayer and Class meeting, Wednesday 8 p.m. Prayer and Class meeting, Wednesday 8 p.m. Prayer and Class meeting, Wednesday 8 p.m. Prayer and Class meeting, Wednesday 8 p.m. SECRET ORDERS. North Star Lodge, No. 2, A. F. A. M—Meets Third Thursday in each month at Masonic Hall—Kast Second and Walnut. J. F. Blagburn, N. M.; G. H. Glechgert, secretary. Knife Solomon Commandery, No. 6—Meets Fourth Thursday in each month at Masonic hall. Fred Jackson, M. C. G. H. Cleggert, Rec. Charity Lodge, No. 2092, G. U. O. of T. Meets First, Second and Third Tuesday each month at Odd Fellows hall on West Sixth and Eighth streets. D. Burns, N. G.; B. Brown, P. S. Naomt Court, No. 3—Meets Second Monday in each month at Masonic hall, Mrs. J. H. Shepard, matron; Mrs. Fred Jackson, secretary. Mt. Court Court, No. 4—Meets First Thursday in each month at Masonic hall, Mrs. Susan White, matron; Mrs. Flora Majors, secretary. 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