Iowa State Bystander

VOL. 7. IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE BYSTANDER PUBLISHING COMPANY, FIFTH AND LOCUST. HOOM 405 MANQUANDY BLOCK. IOWA 'PHONE 809. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF IOWA. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE MOST WORSHIPFUL UNITED GRAND LODGE OF IOWA. A F. P. & A. M. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year. Six months. Three months. All subscription payable in advance. J. L. THOMPSON, EDITOR. J. H. SHEPARD, MANAGER. Send money by post, fax order, money order, express or draft, to the Iowa STATE BYSTANDER PUBLISHing Company. Communications must be written on one side of the paper only and be of interest to the pub- lic. 'Brevity is the soul of wit,' remember. We will not return rejected manuscript, un- less accompanied by postage stamps. IOWA'S LEADING COLORED PAPER CITY NEWS Miss Mable Morton is among the sick this week. Remember the Old Settlers picnic will be August 9. Mrs. A. C. Fisher who has been sick for several weeks is improving. Those who know says the wedding bells will ring soon. Mr. J. Roberson has been confined to his room on account of sickness. Mrs. Susan White who has been sick for some time is still quite poorly this week. Mrs. A. Rivers who has been visiting in Cairo, Ill., is expected to return home today. Mrs. C. H. Richardson is improving nicely. She was seen on the streets last Saturday. Presiding Elder Bundy preached morning and evening at St. Paul's church last Sunday. J H. Mixon, Jeweler, No. 316 West Third street. Tunes Pianos and repairs Organs. Mr. John A. Joiner, one of our successful farmers, was a caller at the Bystander office this week. The H. B. S. R. C. society will meet August 2nd, with Mrs. Geo. I. Holt instead of the 9th, as announced in our last issue. Miss Lula B. Fine returned home Wednesday evening, after a pleasant visit with Miss Blanche Winfield Renix. Mr. N, E. Morton returned this week from Camp Douglass where he spent several weeks with a fishing party. W. H. Waricks, porter at the Citizens bank, is taking his two weeks' vaeation. He will leave tonight for Chicago on a business trip. Mrs. Wm. Struther left Thursday for Lisbon, Mo., to visit her mother, Mrs. Mahalia Williams. She will be gone several weeks. Mrs. Anna Renix left Thursday night for Leavenworth, Kansas, to visit relatives. She will also visit friends in Topeka before returning home. Mr. Geo. E. Taylor of Oskaloosa was in our city this week on business pertaining to insurance. He addressed a literary society while here. John L. Thompson has been selected as one of the secretaries of the State Republican Convention to be held here next Wednesday. Miss Blanche Renix, a graduate of West Des Moines High school, has accepted a position with the Bystander Company as stenoghaper. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Tomlin entertained quite a number of little children Thursday in honor of their little daughter's birthday. All had a good time. The members of the House Hold of Ruth are requested to meet at the hall on Sixth and Walnut, Monday July 30, at 8 o'clock. Matilda Holmes, Sec'y. The Little Casino Restaurant 314 West Third street. Meals at all hours. Short orders a specialty. Give us a call. M. POWELL, Prop. Mrs. Alice Newton, clerk and book-keeper for R. N. Hyde's Carpet Dusting Company, has been detained in her rooms on account of sickness this week. Mr W. T. Jones of Minneapolis, a brother of Mr. Williams, is visiting here a few days. He is an old Des Moines man. Miss Sarah Porter left last Saturday for her home in Greenfield, where she will spend her vacation. Rev. Lena Mason has moved her campmeeting from Polk's grove to W. Fifth street, between Laural and North streets, which will be more convient for those who wish to attend. Many of the early settlers are preparing to attend their annual picnic. Let every one go and spread their dinners together and enjoy an old fashion picnic at Union park Aug. 9. Miss Bessie Stewart and her little sisister and brother, Ethel and Charley, will return the latter part of this week or the first of next. It is the first time that Ethel and Charley have been away from home so long, and they are getting home sick. Mrs. M. J. Breckenridge who has been in very poor health for some time went to Norwalk, thinking that the change would benefit her. Her many friends hopes that she may be restored to her former health. Mrs. J. Frank Blagburn and her little daughter, Isadore, returned home the latter part of last week, from an extended visit of eight weeks in Lebanon, Wil伯force, Youngtown and Springfield, Ohio with relatives and friends. Mrs. Blagburn formerly lived in Lebanon and graduated from Wil伯force College. The Annie Murray's Children's Aid Society will meet with Mrs. H. H. Lewis, 1112 Mulberry street, Friday afternoon, Aug. 3. The president wishes all members to come out as it is a business meeting. If all of those wishing to attend the A. M. E. conference at St. Paul, which convenes on the 17th of September, will leave their names with Wm. Coalson, he will try to make arrangements for reduced rates, to leave here on the 15, and return on the 17, this will give two days and one night in St. Paul. After this week the Bystander will publish the name of each one who is going. Mrs. Martha James of East Maple street is improving her home. She has put in new windows, added a porch and a fresh coat of paint, which has improved very much the appearance. "We have sold many different cough remedies, but none has given better satisfaction than Chamberlain's," says Mr. Charles Holzhauer, Druggists, Newark, N. J., "It is perfectly safe and can be relied upon in all cases of coughs, colds or hoarseness. Sold by all Druggists. The Little Casino Restaurant 314 West Third street. Meals at all hours. Short orders a specialty. Give us a call. M. POWELL, Prop. DR. J. M. WILSON. HEALER OF ALL DISEASES. Office Hours from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m. MORGAN HOUSE. DES MOINES, IOWA. A Des Moines man recently caught a 12 pound pickerel at Okoboji. "There are just as good fish in the sea as ever were caught." For $2.00 you may have the opportunity on July 28th. See advertisement of C. L. & St. P. excursions, ar call at 410 Walnut street. As we go to press we learn that E. T Banks met with a serious accident while riding from home on an express wagon. He started to step off in the rear, his foot caught in a chain on the wagon and threw him backward, injuring him badly. Just as we go to press today, the editor received word that Professor Jordon Hamm of Lineville, Iowa, who has been teaching in Lathrop, Mo. Public school was married last summer at Lathrop, to Miss Lula Hudson of Riehmond, Mo. Full particulars will be given in our next issue. The colored people of Bloomington, Ia. will celebrate the emancipation proclamation, Aug. the 8th. John L. Thompson of Des Moines, is the principal orator Full programme will appear next issue 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. CONGRESS OF BUSINESS MEN. The Congress of Business Men which will convene in Boston August 23, under the call issued by Booker T. Washington, has been published by all the leading race papers, and is attracting much attention among the leading race men. We trust that our businesses men in all parts of the country will see that they are represented; start in time. We are willing to contribute to such a fund; who is next? A good begining is essential to good success, it means much to the race. CONCLAVE OF KNIGHT TEMPLERS. The conclave of the Knight Templers and grand convocation of Royal Arch Masons of Illinois and jurisdiction, including the states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, will convene in the city of Rock Island, August 14th, and continue in session until the 16th. The members of Eureaka, commandery and their friends are preparing to give the Sir Knights a royal reception while in their city. The visiting commanderies are St. George, and Godfrey of Chicago; Ivanhoe of Springfield; St. John of Peoria; Coeus de Lione of Champaign; Holy Rood of Milwaukee. This promises to be one of the greatest gatherings in the West. Reduced rates have been secured on all railroads leading to Rock Island. The Rev. M. C. B. Mason, who is decidedly black, was elected chief secretary of the Freedman's Aid and Southern Educational Society by the late General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, ts succeed Rev. J. W. Hamilton, who was elected Bishop. At a recent meeting of the board, at Cincinnati, Rev. W. H-W. Rees, one of the assistant secreties, resigned, rather then serve under Dr. Mason, and "many bitterly denounced the idea of the Negro minister having entire supervision of the office." But the board voted to sustain Dr. Mason and Dr. Rees was allowed to "slide from under." "We's er risin."—The Age. It may seem traditional for the colored voters to vote for the republican party, as yet there is no good reason for them to do otherwise. What has Mr. Bryan or his party done to induce a single colored man to vote for them? Oregon still has its "black law" on its statute books. The constitution of that state forbids any mulatto or Negro owning property within its bounds. The time will surely come when all the "black laws" will be wiped off of its statutes. What the legislature fails to do the ourts will find it necessary to do. The mandates of advancing civilization will demand its removal, or when tested by the constitution of the United States it must fall. God's law condemns such laws. Nebraska republicans are preparing to redeem the state from the hands of Bryanites. A determine effort will be made to redeem the state from the vice of fusionist. Mr. Hanna and his associates on the National committee have selected rooms next door to the auditorium annex in Chicago, for the headquarters of the National campaign committee, where they will bury Bryan and Stevenson and the host of red-handed rebels who follow them, so deep next fall that they will never be able to pull out the 16 to 1 plank. KNIGITS OF PYTHIAS. The annual meeting of Knights of Pythias which was to be held in this city this week, has been postponed until the 2nd Tuesday in September, when they expect a large crowd in our city. Mrs. Ruffin who was denied admission to National Federation of Women's Club at the Milwaukee biennial, has entered suit against the officers of the federation for refusing to recognize her club whose dues Mrs. Ruffin alleges the association had accepted. Mr. Cleveland is disgusted with his party on the silver plank. He has not expressed himself of his former running mate trying to stand on the 16 to 1 plank. Geo. E. Taylor and his associates who organized the National Democratic League at the Kansas city convention, will try to induce the colored voters of the North to vote for the party that has disfranchised a million of colored voters in the South. A vote for Bryan is a vote for all such rebels as Tillman, Jones and a host of others that agree with Bourke Cochran in the disfranchisement of the Negro. Editor's Observations. Again we are in the world of movement and will attempt to chronicle a few of our observations among the colored people in Central and East Central Iowa. Arriving in Marshalltown Thursday evening, we stop at Mr. R. K. Kirkland's boarding house and restaurant, which is the only restaurant owned by colored people in the city. Marshalltown is a city of about 15,000 people who seem to be very prosperous. It has a packing house and several manufactories which sustain the city. The Soldiers' Home which is a beautiful modern building, is well worth your visit. Mr. R. J. Wright is one of the pioneer colored citizens. He has a beautiful two-story house where he lives on 2d avenue and his family is highly esteemed by all. He conducts a first-class barber shop and with his faithful assistant, Albert Walker, has made a success. His eldest son, Herbert, will re-enter the law department of the State University this fall where he will graduate. Prof. W. J. Arnold, a graduate from Clark University in Atlanta, Ga., is a music teacher of rare ability. A few years ago he organized and put on the road what is known as the Arnold Concert Co., of Chicago. He has been in Marshalltown nearly a year and has charge of the music for the Sunday school association of two counties, is also leader of First M. E. church (white) choir and has several classes in music. He and his lovely wife are doing much to break the race prejudice. I. L. Brown, Calvin Wheeler, J. Williams, W. H. Flippings, E. M. Williams, M. J. Jackson, C. P. Gilmore, are some of the substantial citizens. J. L. Woods, who is electrical engineer at the Soldiers' Home, has been very sick but will soon enter his duties again. We was in the Rapids Saturday morning and found things moving along in a flourishing condition. As we was only here a half day we could get but little information as to the progress of the race. Mr. Marshall Perkins is still conducting his restaurant in an up-to-date first-class manner. Mr. W. H. Milligan is conducting his garden farm near the city. Mr. A. G. Glispie is running a bath shop. Their secret societies are in good condition. The M. E. church is presided over by Rev. Jesse Bass, who was transferred to this conference. In Clinton we found more successful colored men in business. Mr. Hancock is the oldest in the confectionary and restaurant business—about fifteen years, and he has some of the best of the city; but worst of all I was informed that he would not serve colored people meals. Mr. F. E. McNeal has a very swell ice cream parlor and confectionary store. He is a expert candy maker and has a large wholesale business in surrounding towns. Fred is jovial and courteous to all. He is an immense business. He sells from 90 to 120 gallons of ice cream per day. He has two delivery trucks; they are good cooks and serve good meals. Mr. M. O. Culbertson has a notion confectionery and ice cream store combined and also appears he is enjoying a large trade. He is a race man. In fact all these business places are first class and up-to-date and having successful trade. This city has special musical talent. Miss Carrie Estella Bush is one of the best zither and piano players in the city. She conducted a music store for a Chicago firm as long as they had an office in the city. She is busy teaching music on both instruments. Prof. A. M. Damon has one of the best orchestras in the city. They are all white except two. He has many calls. Mr. Schiller Emerson plays in the orchestra and is an excellent pianoist. He is employed in a large music store and is well liked. Miss Myre Hampton, a graduate of the Lyons High school, is a musical and elocutionist of no mean ability. Miss Missouri Doyier and Free Akins are the Clinton High uates there last spring. T churches, the Methodist and both own their property, the a brick church on a prominent they have an old frame church joining lot all free of incum- Rev. Holly is their pastor. R. D. a well known citizen will soon begr write his autobiography and his histo of the negro in slavery. The Miss Moreland are developing their voice singing. While there are but few color citizens here yet there are some old cit izens who are highly respected and influ ential. From Clinton we ask you to wait till next week for our Devenport observa- tions. SUNDAY EXCURSION TO HIGH BRIDGE Nearly one thousand people enjoyed an outing at High Bridge last Sunday. The popularity of this resort is growing. The management of the park is in communication with the Wallace's Famous Show. They expect to bring this entertainment to the Bridge Sunday July 29th. This will be in addition to the usual high grade entertainments. Kromers Orchestra will furnish music during the entire afternoon. If you will make the experiment, leaving Des Moines at 1:45 p. m., Sunday July 29th you will be convinced that this is not a fake. Fare for the roundt trip 36c. For further particulars call at 410 Walnut street. Colored Jeweler at 316 West Third street; will buy old gold or exchange for new. The Chinese Minister has promised to deliver Minister Conger on board our man-of-war Saturday July 28th. This is also the date of the Milwaukee's excursion to Okoboji and Spirit Lake. The "Queen" and "Okoboji," two new passenger steamers have just been put into service. Each boat carries 300 people. A four hours' tour of the Lake is made for 25c round trip. There will be a fine game of ball between the Marquette club of Chicago and Mitchell S. D., a semi-league club. Game called at 2:30 p. m. Admission free to holders of excursion tickets. You may take sleeping car in each direction for $1.50 per bedh which accommodates two persons. Rates for the round trip $3.00. Train leaves Union Station 10:30 p. m. Call at 410 Walnut street for further particulars. DAVENPORT REPORT. Mrs. Kaues entertained the Ladies Sewing Circle Friday evening July 20. She made it very pleasant for all as she always does. Clemie Brown who is visiting his father, Mr. Washington Brown, in muchaknock is expected home August 10th. His brother Frank will accompany him to see his mother, Mrs. J. M. Busey of North Harrison street. The Third Baptist S. S. picnic was held the 19, at Prospect park, Moline, Ill. A large crowd was out and had a nice time. Mr. and Mrs. James Harrington entertained in honor of Mrs. J. F. Hammonds Saturday evening July 21, in their beautiful risenid, on North Chestnut street. Quite a number were present. J. T. Mabry and Mrs. Shepard assisted and all were royally entertained. Rev. 11, E. Murff of Galesburg, Ill., was in the city July 18 and 19. He left the 19th, for St. Louis for a few weeks rest. Mrs. H. M. Applewhite entertained the Married Ladies Violet club Wednesday afternoon the 18, at her beautiful residence, 196 Pleasant. Those from abroad were Rev. D. E. Murff and Mrs. J. F. Hammonds, a pleasant time was enjoyed by all. Mrs Applewhite was ably assisted by Mrs. E. J. Sanders. J. L. Thompson, editor of the Bystander, was in our city the 24 and 25 in the interest of the paper. J. T. Mabry is confined to his bed at this writing. Mrs. B. Caloway entertained the Autumn Silver Leaf club Thursday afternoon the 19, at Schuetzen park. Too much credit could not be given Mrs. Caloway as she is ro doubt one of the best entertainers in our city. Among the guest from out of the city was Mrs. Gordon of Muscatine. SIOUX CITY. Rev. T. A. Clark, returned from his two weeks visit in Des Moines, on last Thursday morning and reports a fine time. Mrs. M. Thompson has gone to Atchison, Kansas. to visit relatives and friends. Frankie Bankstow, of Cherokee, Iowa, is the guest of Mrs. Chas. Carter. The Y. P. C. S. is doing nicely. Mrs. J. Norris, will lead the meeting on next Sunday afternoon. Quite an interesting Mother's Meeting was held on last Sunday Evening with Mrs. Jas. Washington and H. Whiddon as leaders. from the mining of the ore and the felling of the forests to the completed ships. The passage of the shipping bill, will quickly put an end to our angerous and impoverishing foreign shipping for should, for the not for the very lack of port of urned from in his praise for in the way which the visitors to Odd Fel- Lodge, Harry Pinkard' who was taken in his car to the Samaritan Hospital on last Monday, is able to be up and around again. Mr. Pinkard was suffering from a dangerous attack of cholera mor- d and doubts were entertained at the teme as to his recovery. Rev. Lena Mason, and her assistant will arrive in the city on the 16th of August, and hold a three weeks Camp meeting in the grove. A very nice little party was given at the of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ross on last Tuesday evening. Quite a number were present and enjoyed a pleasant evening. These was music and dancing, after which the hostess served light refreshments. Mr. Dick Dowining, has returned frhm his trip and leaves almost immediately for Chicago where he will work fhr Mr. Dildine formally of this city. Mr. Dowin, expects to move his family to that place in September. Mr. Joe Norris, took a flying trip to Omaha, in search of colored boys, for the Mondamin Hotel, but was unable to get any to come, as they wers only to get the same wages they are getting here. Dance was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs John Morgan on last Friday evening: It was a farewell for Mr. Downing, who has gone to Chicago. An entertainment was given at the cearch last Monday evening. A social gathering for strangers. Subscribe for the Bystander. ACUTE SENSES OF THE SAVAGE Scientific View of Their Alleged Superiority to Civilized Men. Subscribe for the Bystander. AS TRUE AS GOSPEL Speak well of your friend, of your enemy, say nothing. He who says what he likes will hear what he does not like. A man's manners are the mirror in which he shows his portrait. If cheerfulness knocks for admission, we should open our hearts wide to receive it, for it never comes inconveniently. STATE BYSTANDER. IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE BYSPANDER PUBLISHING COMPANY, FIFTH AND LOCUST. HOOM 400 MARQUADT BLOCK. IOWA 'PHONE 690. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE AYRO-AMERICAN PRO- TECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF IOWA. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE MOST WORSHIPFUL UNITED GRAND LODGE OF IOWA; A. F. & A. M. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year. $1.50 Six months. 75 Three months. 50 All subscription payable in advance. J. L, THOMPSON, EDITOR. 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 Miss Mable Morton is among the sick this week. Remember the Old Settlers picnic will be August 9. Mrs. A. C. Fisher who has been sick for several weeks is improving. Those who know says the wedding bells will ring soon. Mr. J. Roberson has been confined to his room on account of sickness. Mrs. Susan White who has been sick for some time is still quite poorly this week. Mrs. A. Rivers who has been visiting in Cairo, Ill., is expected to return home today. Mrs. C. H. Richardson is improving nicely. She was seen on the streets last Saturday. Presiding Elder Bundy preached morning and evening at St. Paul's church last Sunday. J H. Mixon, Jeweler, No. 316 West Third street. Tunes Pianos and repairs Organs. Mr. John A. Joiner, one of our successful farmers, was a caller at the Bystander office this week. The H. B. S. R. C. society will meet August 2nd, with Mrs. Geo. I. Holt instead of the 9th, as announced in our last issue. Miss Lula B. Fine returned home Wednesday evening, after a pleasant visit with Miss Blanche Winfield Renix. Mr. N, E. Morton returned this week from Camp Douglass where he spent several weeks with a fishing party. W. H. Waricks, porter at the Citizens bank, is taking his two weeks' vacation. He will leave tonight for Chicago on a business trip. Mrs. Wm. Struther left Thursday for Lisbon, Mo., to visit her mother, Mrs. Mahalia Williams. She will be gone several weeks. Mrs. Anna Renix left Thursday night for Leavenworth, Kansas, to visit relatives. She will also visit friends in Topaka before returning home. Mr. Geo. E. Taylor of Oskaloosa was in our city this week on business pertaining to insurance. He addressed a literary society while here. John L. Thompson has been selected as one of the secretaries of the State Republican Convention to be held here next Wednesday. Miss Blanche Renix, a graduate of West Des Moines High school, has accepted a position with the Bystander Company as stenoghaper. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Tomlin entertained quite a number of little children Thursday in honor of their little daughter's birthday. All had a good time. The members of the House Hold of Ruth are requested to meet at the hall on Sixth and Walnut, Monday July 30, at 8 o'clock. Matilda Holmes, Sec'y. The Little Casino Restaurant 314 West Third street. Meals at all hours. Short orders a specialty. Give us a call. Mis. Alice Newton, clerk and book-keeper for R. N. Hyde's Carpet Dusting Company, has been detained in her rooms on account of sickness this week. Mr W. T. Jones of Minneapolis, a brother of Mr. Williams, is visiting here a few days. He is an old Des Moines man. Miss Sarah Porter left last Saturday for her home in Greenfield, where she will spend her vacation. Rev. Lena Mason has moved her campmeeting from Polk's grove to W. Fifth street, between Laural and North streets, which will be more convient for those who wish to attend. Many of the early settlers are preparing to attend their annual picnic. Let every one go and spread their dinners together and enjoy an old fashion picnic at Union park Aug. 9. Miss Bessie Stewart and her little sisister and brother, Ethel and Charley, will return the latter part of this week or the first of next. It is the first time that Ethel and Charley have been away from home so long, and they are getting home sick. Mrs. M. J. Breckenridge who has been in very poor health for some time went to Norwalk, thinking that the change would benifit her. Her many friends hopes that she may be restored to her former health. Mrs. J. Frank Blagburn and her little daughter, Isadore, returned home the latter part of last week, from an extended visit of eight weeks in Lebanon, Wilberforce, Youngstown and Springfield, Ohio with relatives and friends. Mrs. Blagburn formerly lived in Lebanon and graduated from Wilberforce College. The Annie Murray's Children's Aid Society will meet with Mrs. H. H. Lewis, 1112 Mulberry street, Friday afternoon, Aug. 3., The president wishes all members to come out as it is a business meeting. If all of those wishing to attend the A. M. E. conference at St. Paul, which convenes on the 17th of September, will leave their names with Wm. Coulson, he will try to make arrangements for reduced rates, to leave here on the 15, and return on the 17, this will give two days and one night in St. Paul. After this week the Bystander will publish the name of each one who is going. Mrs. Martha James of East Maple street is improving her home. She has put in new windows, added a porch and a fresh coat of paint, which has improved very much the appearance. "We have sold many different cough remedies, but none has given better satisfaction than Chamberlain's," says Mr. Charles Holzhauer, Druggists, Newark, N. J., "It is perfectly safe and can be relied upon in all cases of coughs, colds or hoarseness. Sold by all Druggists. The Little Casino Restaurant 314 West Third street. Meals at all hours. Short orders a specialty. Give us a call. M. POWELL, Prop. DR. J. M. WILSON, HEALER OF ALL DISEASES. Office Hours from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m. MORGAN HOUSE. DES MOINES, IOWA. A Des Moines man recently caught a 12 pound pickerel at Okoboji. "There are just as good fish in the sea as ever were caught." For $2.00 you may have the opportunity on July 28th. See advertisement of C. L. & St. P. excursions, ar call at 410 Walnut street. As we go to press we learn that E. T Banks met with a serious accident while riding from home on an express wagon. He started to step off in the rear, his foot caught in a chain on the wagon and threw him backward, injuring him badly. Just as we go to press today, the editor received word that Professor Jordon Hamm of Lineville, Iowa, who has been teaching in Lathrop, Mo. Public school was married last summer at Lathrop, to Miss Lulu Hudson of Richmond, Mo. Full particulars will be given in our next issue. The colored people of Bloomington, Ia. will celebrate the emancipation proclamation, Aug. the 8th. John L. Thompson of Des Moines, is the principal orator. Full programme will appear next issue. 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. CONGRESS OF BUSINESS MEN. The Congress of Business Men which will convene in Boston August 23, under the call issued by Booker T. Washington, has been published by all the leading race papers, and is attracting much attention among the leading race men. We trust that our business men in all parts of the country will see that they are represented; start in time. We are willing to contribute to such a fund; who is next? A good beginning is essential to good success, it means much to the race. CONCLAVE OF KNIGHT TEMPLERS The conclave of the Knight Templers and grand convocation of Royal Arch Masons of Illinois and jurisdiction, including the states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, will convene in the city of Rock Island, August 14th, and continue in session until the 16th. The members of Eureaka, commandery and their friends are preparing to give the Sir Knights a royal reception while in their city. The visiting commanderies are St. George, and Godfrey of Chicago; Ivanhoe of Springfield; St. John of Peoria; Coeus de Lione of Champaign; Holy Rood of Milwaukee. This promises to be one of the greatest gatherings in the West. Reduced rates have been secured on all railroads leading to Rock Island. The Rev. M. C. B. Mason, who is decidely black, was elected chief secretary of the Freedman's Aid and Southern Educational Society by the late General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, ts succeed Rev. J. W. Hamilton, who was elected Bishop. At a recent meeting of the board, at Cincinnati, Rev. W. H- W. Rees, one of the assistant secreties, resigned, rather then serve under Dr. Mason, and "many bitterly denounced the idea of the Negro minister having entire supervision of the office." But the board voted to sustain Dr. Mason and Dr. Rees was allowed to "slide from under." "We's er risin."—The Age. It may seem traditional for the colored voters to vote for the republican party, as yet there is no good reason for them to do otherwise. What has Mr. Bryan or his party done to induce a single colored man to vote for them? Oregon still has its "black law" on its statute books. The constitution of that state forbids any mulatto or Negro owning property within its bounds. The time will surely come when all the "black laws" will be wiped off of its statutes. What the legislature fails to do the ourts will find it necessary to do. The mandates of advancing civilization will demand its removal, or when tested by the constitution of the United States it must fall. God's law condemns such laws. Nebraska republicans are preparing to redeem the state from the hands of Bryanites. A determine effort will be made to redeem the state from the vice of fusionist. Mr. Hanna and his associates on the National committee have selected rooms next door to the auditorium annex in Chicago, for the headquarters of the National campaign committee, where they will bury Bryan and Stevenson and the host of red-handed rebels who follow them, so deep next fall that they will never be able to pull out the 16 to 1 plank. KNIGITS OF PYTHIAS. The annual meeting of Knights of Pythias which was to be held in this city this week, has been postponed until the 2nd Tuesday in September, when they expect a large crowd in our city. Mrs. Ruffin who was denied admission to National Federation of Women's Club at the Milwaukee biennial, has entered suit against the officers of the federation for refusing to recognize her club whose dues Mrs. Ruffin alleges the association had accepted. Mr. Cleveland is disgusted with his party on the silver plank. He has not expressed himself of his former running mate trying to stand on the 16 to 1 plank. Geo. E. Taylor and his associates who organized the National Democratic League at the Kansas city convention, will try to induce the colored voters of the North to vote for the party that has disfranchised a million of colored voters in the South. A vote for Bryan is a vote for all such rebels as Tillman, Jones and a host of others that agree with Bourke Cochran in the disfranchisement of the Negro. Editor's Observations. Again we are in the world of movement and will attempt to chronicle a few of our observations among the colored people in Central and East Central Iowa. Arriving in Marshalltown Thursday evening, we stop at Mr. R. K. Kirkland's boarding house and restaurant, which is the only restaurant owned by colored people in the city. Marshalltown is a city of about 15,000 people who seem to be very prosperous. It has a packing house and several manufactories which sustain the city. The Soldiers Home which is a beautiful modern building, is well worth your visit. Mr. R. J. Wright is one of the pioneer colored citizens. He has a beautiful two-story house where he lives on 2d avenue and his family is highly esteemed by all. He conducts a first-class barber shop and with his faithful assistant, Albert Walker, has made a success. His eldest son, Herbert, will re-enter the law department of thebert University this fall where he will graduate. Prof. W. J. Arnold, a graduate from Clark University in Atlanta, Ga., is a music teacher of rare ability. A few years ago he organized and put on the road what was known as the Arnold Concert Co., of Chicago. He has been in Marshalltown nearly a year and has charge of the music for the Sunday school association of two counties, is also leader of First M. E. church (white) choir and has several classes in music. He and his lovely wife are doing much to break the race prejudice. I. L. Brown, Calvin Wheeler, J. Williams, W. H. Flippings, E. M. Williams, M. J. Jackson, C. P. Gilmore, are some of the substantial citizens. J. L. Woods, who is electrical engineer at the Soldiers' Home, has been very sick but will soon enter his duties again. We was in the Rapids Saturday morning and found things moving along in a flourishing condition. As we was only here a information that he would not serve colored people meals. Mr. F. E. McNeal has a very swell ice cream parlor and confectionary store. He is an expert candy maker and has a large wholesale business in surrounding towns. Fred is jovial and courteous to all. He is doing an immense business. He sells from 90 to 120 gallons of ice cream per day. He has two delivery wagons. His help is about equally divided. Mr. W. M. Allen is doing an increasing business in restaurant and lunch counter trade; they are good cooks and serve good meals. Mr. M. O. Culberson has a notion confectionery and ice cream store combined and from up-to-date and having successful trade. This city has special musical talent. Miss Carrie Estella Bush is one of the best zither and piano players in the city. She conducted a music store for a Chicago firm as long as they had an office in the city. She is busy teaching music on both instruments. Prof. A. M. Damon has one of the best orchestras in the city. They are all white except two. He has many calls. Mr. Schiller Emerson plays in the orchestra and is an excellent pianoist. He is employed in a large music store and is well liked. Miss Myre Hampton, a graduate of the Lyons High school, is a musical and elocutionist of no mean ability. Miss Missouri Doyier and Fred Akins are the Clinton High school graduates there last spring. There are two churches, the Methodist and Baptist, both own their property, the former has a brick church on a prominent street and they have an old frame church on the joining lot all free of inferenceance. Rev. Holly is the pastor. R. D. Smith a well known citizen will soon begin to write his autobiography and his history of the negro in slavery. The Misses Moreland are developing their voice in singing. While there are but few colored citizens here yet there are some old citizens who are highly respected and influential. From Clinton we ask you to wait till next week for our Devenport observations. SUNDAY EXCURSION Nearly one thousand enjoyed an outing at High Bridge last Sunday. The popularity of this resort is growing. The management of the park is in communication with the Wallace's Famous Show. They expect to bring this entertainment to the Bridge Sunday July 29th. This will be in addition to the usual high grade entertainments. Kromers Orchestra will furnish music during the entire afternoon. If you will make the experiment, leaving Des Moines at 1:45 p. m., Sunday July 29th you will be convinced that this is not a fake. Fare for the round trip 36c. For further particulars call at 410 Walnut street. Colored Jeweler at 316 West Third street; will buy old gold or exchange for new. The Chinese Minister has promised to deliver Minister Conger on board our man-of-war Saturday July 28th. This is also the date of the Milwaukee's excursion to Okoboji and Spirit Lake. The "Queen" and "Okoboji," two new passenger steamers have just been put into service. Each boat carries 300 people. A four hours' tour of the Lake is made for 25e round trip. There will be a fine game of ball between the Marquette club of Chicago and Mitchell S. D., a semi-league club. Game called at 2:30 p. m. Admission free to holders of excursion tickets. You may take sleeping car in each direction for $1.50 per berth which accommodates two persons. Rates for the round trip $2.00. Train leaves Union Station 10:30 p. m. Call at 410 Walnut street for further particulars. DAVENPORT REPORT Mrs. Kaues entertained the Ladies Sewing Circle Friday evening July 20. She made it very pleasant for all as she always does. Clemie Brown who is visiting his father, Mr. Washington Brown, in Muchakinock is expected home August 10th. His brother Frank will accompany him to see his mother, Mrs. J. M. Busey of North Harrison street. The Third Baptist S. S. picnic was held the 19, at Prospect park, Moline, Ill. A large crowd was out and had a nice time. Mr. and Mrs. James Harrington entertained in honor of Mrs. J. F. Hammonds Saturday evening July 21, in their beautiful risidend, on North Chestnut street. Quite a number were present. J. T. Mabry and Mrs. Shepard assisted and all were royally entertained. Rev. D. E. Murff of Galesburg, Ill., was in the city July 18 and 19. He left the 19th, for St. Louis for a few weeks rest. Mrs. H. M. Applewhite entertained the Married Ladies Violet club Wednesday afternoon the 18, at her beautiful residence, 196 Pleasant. Those from abroad were Rev. D. E. Murff and Mrs. J. F. Hammonds, a pleasant time was enjoyed by all. Mrs Applewhite was ably assisted by Mrs. E. J. Sanders. J. L. Thompson, editor of the Bystander, was in our city the 24 and 25 in the interest of the paper. J. T. Mabry is confined to his bed at this writing. Mrs. B. Caloway entertained the Autumn Silver Leaf club Thursday afternoon the 19, at Schuetzen park. Too much credit could not be given Mrs. Caloway as she is ro doubt one of the best entertainers in our city. Among the guest from out of the city was Mrs. Gordon of Muscatine. SIOUX CITY. Rev. T. A. Clark, returned from his two weeks visit in Des Moines, on last Thursday morning and reports a fine time. Mrs. M. Thompson has gone to Atchison, Kansas. to visit relatives and friends. Frankle Bankstow, of Cherokee, Iowa, is the guest of Mrs. Chas. Carter. The Y. P. C. S. is doing nicely. Mrs. J. Norris, will lead the meeting on next Sunday afternoon. Quite an interesting Mother's Meeting was held on last Sunday Evening with Mrs. Jas. Washington and H. Whiddon as leaders. No. 7. The Sunday School held their picnic at Riverside Park, last Thursday. Quite a crowd attended in spite of the rain and all report a grand time. Mr. Jss. Washington returned from Des Moines, enthusiastic in his praise for the people of that city, in the way which they entertained the visitors to Odd Fellow's Grand Lodge. Mr. Harry Pinkard' who was taken from his car to the Samaritan Hospital on last Monday, is able to be up and around again. Mr. Pinkard was suffering from a dangerous attack of cholera moral doubts were entertained at the teme as to his recovery. Rev. Lena Mason, and her assistant will arrive in the city on the 16th of August, and hold a three weeks Camp meeting in the grove. A very nice little party was given at the of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ross on last Tuesday evening. Quite a number were present and enjoyed a pleasant evening. These was music and dancing, after which the hostess served light refreshments. Mr. Dick Dowining, has returned frhm his trip and leaves almost immediately for Chicago where he will work fhr Mr. Dildine formally of this city. Mr. Dowin, expects to move his family to that place in September. Mr. Joe Norris, took a flying trip to Omaha, in search of colored boys, for the Mondanin Hotel, but was unable to get any to come, as they were only to get the same wages they are getting here. Dance was gven at the home of Mr. and Mrs John Morgan on last Friday evening: It was a farewell for Mr. Downing, who has gone to Chicago. An entertainment was given at the cearch last Monday evening. A social gathering for strangers. Subscribe for the Bystander. ACUTE SENSES OF THE SAVAGE Scientific View of Their Alleged Super- eriority to Civilized Men. 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 Straits 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 ears 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 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. Subscribe for the Bystander. AS TRUE AS GOSPEL Speak well of your friend, of your enemy, say nothing. He who says what he likes will hear what he does not like. A man's manners are the mirror in which he shows his portrait. If cheerfulness knocks for admission, we should open our hearts wide to receive it, for it never comes impostually. ganas a eis ee ee Me Te em nce a ene SUR ge TEN eee i f Bere TOU ena ee agar eens Serene er eTERS Ey eR eas ns eee he : iE ot ish ™ ™ mee en ee cor i er Te Mie Amer oct ra ceo SD a al Ce ec iA agg a eed a Ne : ' ; ms fe gg ae A eed eet ee eee f 5‘ SS FT THE NE = ; 4 =. | Iowa State Bystander, ige6 f 'S IN IOWA eee NEWS IN GENERAL ‘ANOTHER XOTE FROM coxasa. BIAME TOE misstosanm Area co tenes eve acer em eee SRR Sos focenge Dated Feking, Joly t®¢] nev. false a: er 2 een ae [ars orr Feo monwarars. Beard of Contrel, Think Contractars, ae enrr = Al ee pene ve Tea oe sr mrycanpen FOR Se” | crecer of Debaxse Saves mis ute ana | ,, Marshalltown, July 21—The com SAS PEE EEDA TIEE Washington, July 2%—Commander| New York, July #1 Tem ate Pe en our Teele Money Attar Desperate Fight. |t7#ct® for the new buildings to be, sm ae of the Beookiyn, Thomas, cables thq| ary had his share i, 7. et Site L pesewomves) + use TOWA.| put “aly 26. cppnest Srected tiie’ seiner at Ahermonate cl cl ee Lae Cepartanent 2 follows: ea re in fomenting —————— ubuque, July 26.—Veter Hansen, 9 | Home were not let, as expected by i See ane Fen saly 24—A written mes-| TeUble, and must bear his shee Ll Seer retail grocer, barely escaped with his | John Cownie, of ‘the board, and State Paris, July 23-—At a council of the! saze signed by Conger, dated July 4,| the blame.” This remark at © MOTES FROM TRE CAPITAL | ite atter » desperate encounter with | Architect H. P. Liebbe, who were here ministers Satarday, Minister of For-| was received at Tien Tsin July 21, and | by Rev. Dr. A. W. Halsey, 728 mak age ae ee... two highwaymen at the Potosi, Wis, |for that purpose. ‘The bids, seven in | ¢is” Affairs Deleasse read a telegram | £335: * _ | of the Presbyterian board ¢¢ aT Vee ee MOAR voices Jae or. 1900. | crecactont loading Sfteen miles north |™¥mber. were all opened, but were, | from the emperor of China, aching | “lieve teen besieged two weeks in | missions, who spob ard Of foreigy | oe number, were all opened, but were, | from the emperor of China, asking} |) policy jecation. Grave danger of| cnt Siteation fee tee Ben Bara | & letter riom his sister, Mrs. ra Groesbeck ,who is a missionary near Hong Kong, in which she states the condition of affairs in southern China at that time—June 8. Doth Mrs Groesbeck and her husband, who is also engaged in missionary work near Hong Kong, are Des Moines pie, and both graduated from Dee loines college. Among other things she said that they had just heard that “a sociéty known as the ‘Boxers’ had Killed two missionaries in north China, and were doing a great amount of evil up there,” and expressed the Hope that seme of the powers would find leisure and inclination to demand redress. Then she added: “I'm glad we're so far south, as the people here are no £0 easily affected by what take place up there.” Mr. and Mrs. Groes- beck are now with the other wis sionaries at Swatow, where ther in- tend to spend the hot season. ‘Swa- tow is situated on an island in the bay about forty miles from ‘Hong Kong, and is, therefore, a safe refuge from Voxer ‘attacks should their re- bellion spread to southern China. The army post movement has now reached the stage where its aceom- plishment may be deemed a prac- tical certainty, The committee re- ports subscriptions amounting in the Bgaregate to $21.00, This includes nothing from East Des Moines, the Soliciting committee from that dis- frict having not yet reported. F. M Hubbell. whose energetic and untir- ing work for the army post has been largely responsible for the success at- tained, stated that he had entire con Fence in the outcome. “Tt has beea bard work.” he said. “and now we are prepared for a good deal more of the same kind, but T am now sure that we will be able to meet the con- Jition which the government imposes. As it is, we have enough money st teady subscribed to purchase certaic tracts, but 1t would not be safe to as fume they would be available from the government standpoint. We shall keep on and T propose to derate all the time T can: possibly spare un- Hi we have doubled the subscriptions then we will be prepared for any mmergency.” Universal enthusiasm is being #hown in the coming of the horse show. to be held in Des Moines. Sep- tember 11, 12, 19 and 14. Excursion fates are ‘being provided for and a large attendance is expected. The forse show week in Kansas City Bt. Louis and other metropolitan Eties is now looked upon as the open: ing fall function of society, and not to be in attendance nightly, is to be tut of society. which means out of the world. ‘The horse show means uch for Des Moines. The idea is Frorsesive and puts Des Moines in ine with6fher, ‘metropolitan cities. The horse show n Des Moines will be conducted under the rules of the National Horse Show and Exhibitors’ Association, the same as New York, Chicago, Kansas City. St. Louis. Den- ver, San Francisco and New Orleans, and will consist of the fashionable turnouts an] equipage of aristocracy in competition on their merits in tar arena for handsome prizes, trophies and ribbons. For this purpose the management have secured judges of national reputation, some of whom have acted in this capacity at the New York horse show. Already eeventy-five entries have been guar- enteed from the Armour, Ashbrook, Rice and Sims and other noted sta: bles of Kansas City and elsewhere, while many local entries are expect ed in the classes offered for Polk county. The State Eank of Gladbrook, Tums county, has fled articles of ine corporation with the secretary of state and will apply for a charter. It has a capital of $500.000. Jobn H. Moller 13 president, W. M Ackenbach, vice president, and Oliver Henderson, cashier. The secretary of the executive coun- cil has discovered what he believes to be a aw, or an omission, in the bill creating the new department of agriculture m Towa. He thinks the measure is so worded as to fail to pro- vide for the purchase of statiqnery supplies for the department by the state. Accordingly he will refuse to honor such requisitions without the endorsement of the executive coun- cl. It is likely that the council will ack the attorney general for an opin- ion on the subject. ‘The attorney gen- pressed the opinion that the law was rupposed to be all right when drawn, and was drawn with that object in view. Mr. Romley saw the bill before it went Lefore the jegislature, as Sen- ator Horrimun took it to him fu: legal advice. The state board of control has awarded a contract for radiators at the hospital for the insane at Inde- pendence to Crane & Company, of Chicago. The contract amounts” to $1,500. There are a number of other contracts ta be awarded by the board including those for electric lighting. engines and boilers for Mt. Pleasant hospital. These will amount to about $13,000. Notices are now being sent out for bids on the dynamo and boiler improvements at the Soldiers’ Home at Marshalltown. Negro Lynched. Huntsville, Ala, July 24.—Elijah Clark, a negro who assaulted Su- of col ver in or le: lored. heref i alwa y tha e ac nt, ar ge, fr asu vork, y noth nem be nt. 7 lsecre cir 0 t ind e. A by 50 ual lo ige m mad: 1 citiz izens rather excell el prc only # e call 2, and owe. who } ic wa h afte: eying time, sic. must" Huntsville, Ala, July 24.—Elijah Gark, 2 negro who assaulted Su- san Priest, a W-year-old girl, was taken from the jail in this city and Synched near the spot where his crime was committed. His body was rid- dled with bullets, Willian Vining, who attempted to rush through the crowd and up the jail steps, was shot end dangerously wounded’: After Li Hung Chang. Shanghia, July 23—The British cruiser Bonaventure left Woo Sung early today, it is reported, to seize the Au Hing, with Li Hung Chang pn board. The triumphal arch erect- ied in Chang's honor has been ordered by the council to be removed. | ae" | TM EWS IN 18 OFF TWO HIGHWAYMES. Grocer of Dabaque Saves His Life and His Mosey After Desperate Fight. Dubuque, July 26.—Peter Hansen, a retail grocer, barely escaped with his life after a desperate encounter with two highwaymen at the Potosi, Wis., steamboat landing, fifteen miles north of here, Threee weehs ago he nego- tiated with Wisconsin horse dealer for a team. The deal fell through because of a disagreement as to price. Hansen received a telephone message from Potosi asking him to come there for the team at his price, $300, and Hansen went. When Hansen arrived at the landing there was no one there. He started 10 walk up the road. He bad gone but a short distance when two men came out of the woods. One leveled a pistol and deriandd bis money. He replied he had none. The man ‘started for Hansen and fired. the bullet entering Hansen's righ arm. With his wounded arm Hansen fought his assailants, who, fearing help would respond to Hansen's cries. finally broke from him and escaped through the woods. SAYS MGE. KEANE 15 NAMED. Archbishop Kain Confirms the Report de Dubaaed acenateiaks ‘Washington, July “a «sw reached here from Archbishop Kain of St. Louis, who is now in Paris making the definite statement that Archbishop Keane of the Catholic university of Washington, but now st Brusselis under an oculist’s care. was appointed archbishop of Du- buque, Iowa, on the 11th inst. It is understood that Archbishop Keanc wil probably bring the official proof appointing him to Dubuque back to this country n person, which is something unusual. as such docu- ments almost invariably pass through the papal legation here for trans mission to the nominee. By reason of his prominence in official circle; there in the past, the indications are that this rule will not be followed. so far as his present elevation is concerned. ‘gti te Staestiie Ranth. Towa Cy, July 25.—Joneph = Nsa- nek, & prosperous farmer who lives four miles southeast of Amana, met with a frightful death. The old man was engaged in cutting bis crop of hay when a terrible accident occurred which caused his death. The horses, from some unknown agency. shied violently, and Mr. Wanek, who was seated on the mower, was thrown from the seat. Down in front of the rapidly moving wheels he fell, and the keen, glistening knives severed his legs from his body. The horses were dashing at breakneck speed. With each step the hind feet_ of the horses fell with a deadly thud on the head of the helpless ina. The horses soon broke loose from their awful load and dashed on down the field. When Mr. Wanek was picked up it was ascertained that the breath of life had passed out. With both legs cut of and the body a bruised and bleeding mass, no hope for restora- tion existed. DIED IN NEBRASKA PRISON. John McGraw, Charged With Sioux City Gk cockans “acanes westhaa ta Sauk: Sioux City, July 21.—Sioux City po- lice have just received news that John MeGraw, elias Jack Gallagher. who is believed to have murdered Max Noack and Ora Miller in Sioux City in 1595, has cheated them out of a chance to send him to the gallows by dying in the Nebraska state prison under strange circumstances. Gallagher was tick for six months and his case was 2 puzzler to doctors until recently, When they discovered he had been systematicaly eating wall paper and seap to develop euougn iliness to zecure him x pardon. He overdid the thing and died of the stomach trouble that resulted, in spite of medical ef forts to save him. He was serving time for a robbery committed in Nebraska soon after the murder in Eioux City. | coniesip Fo ACRDER. Citizen at Borlingtoa Faforms Neighbor bat He Bad Killed His Wire. Burlington, July 24.—When Mr. G. W. Morebart and bis family were about to retire, S. P. Dahlman, a Swede, azed 40. came into the for- mer's room, and, sitting on the bed, faid: “I can't Stand this suspense any longer. I murdered tay wife and am willing to suffer for the erime.” Dahiman came to Burlington in De- sember last from St. Louis, His wife was ill with consumption and be was thort of money. On the night of March 27, 1807, his wife asked him for a drink of water. He gave it to her and then, taking a pillow, smoth- sred her to centh. He is in jail here while the local police are communi- eating with the St. Louis police. Colonel Laflin Attacked. Ottumwa, July 25—Col L. UL, Lat- lin of this city, who was assistant sergeant-at-arms of the democratic hational convention, was horsewhin- ped by Mrs. Thomas Galagher, the Wife of a saloon keeper. ‘The woman ‘vas armed with a horsewhip and met the colonel near her husband's place bf business. She struck him several times across the shoulders, when Colonel Laflin wrested the whip froma her hands and the angry woman re- tired to her home. Various stories are told regarding the cause of the trouble. Mrs. Galagher claimed that Colonel Laflin abused her husband and slandered her, but the colonel denied this. aera Le Mars, July 24.—James Arai, €n- gineer at the White Star Laundry, was severely injured about the legs by the bursting of a wringing ma- shine, which was going at a high rate of speed. A piece of iron hit him on the thigh and, glancing off, grazed the head of Jessie Mitchell, a ten- year-old girl who was standing by, inflicting a severe cut on ber fore- head and narrowJy missed killing her, ‘gta ame Gecdanuee Marwes Clarinda July 21.—The large cream- ery building at this place was com- pletely destroyed by fire. It wes Sali Inguired: “BIDS ARE TOO mIGH. Beard of Centrel ‘Thisk Costracters ‘Want Too Mech. Marshalltown, July 21.—The con- tracts for the new buildings to be rected this Paminer at the Soldices’ jome were not let, as expected b; John Cownie, of the board, and State Architect H. P. Liebbe, who were here for that purpose. The bids, seven in number, were all opened, but were, in the opinion of the state architect, about 20 per cent higher than anti cipated. The contractors, on the other hand, claim the buildings, ac- cording to specifications, can not be built for less than thes figures sub- mitted, and after trying to arrranze matters it was decided to let the matter rest until the latter part of the week. In the meantime slight changes and modifications will be made in the specifications, with a view of bringing the prices down a little lower, or within the amount of the appropriations. Cpienctue Jae” Cannet Attend. Boone, July 2i.—It has been decid- ¢d that the proper date for the dedi- cation of the Santiago cannon, which is now in the park, would be August 9 or 10, one of the dates of the old soldiers’ reunion. A few weeks ago Hon. L. W. Reynolds wrote to Gen. Joe Wheeler of the United States army requesting him to be present, if possible, and deliver an address ‘on the occasion. Mr. Reynolds receiv- ¢d an answer from the general which stated that it was with regret that he, the general, must decline the offer. for which he thanked the committee and Mr. Reynolds in person: but that on acconnt of the unusual activity in his deparment at the present time it would be .impossible and at the same time impracticable to leave his post for even half a day. Boy Fell Of a Bich Cur. | Dubuque, July 27.—E. C. Peters, a stadent, was found lying unconscious in a pool of blood ai the foot of the high blu at Gordon's Ferry. Blood flowed from an ugly wound in the head. He was removed to his home and the injury was drecsed by a local surgeon, who found that the skull kad been fractured. The chances for ‘the patlent’s recovery are against Shim and the injury may prove fatal. Peters is, of course, Unable to tell ‘how it happened and only conjueture Con be indulged in, It is probable that he tumbled off the cliff, which is almost perpendicular. down’ a couple oF hundred feet, and that ke alighted on his head. Neither is it known how long he had lain there before he was found. Witled tia Hudy to a College. Dubuque, July 25—The strange death of an eccentric man occurred here on the 23d. He was known as Jonathan Crater, a brilliant musician, ‘who came here a year ago. It is said thet some years ago he married the daughter of the vice president of the Santa Fe railroad and they lived in luxury, but they became ‘estranged and Separated. Crater became a common tramp ond drifted to Da- buque, and his wife obtained a di- vorce. Two weeks ago he was married to Mrs. Johanna Welsh, a widow. Saturda~ he was teken vfolently ‘iil and died Monday. He twilled his body to the medical department of the State University of Jowa for dis- section. Accident at Villisea. Red Oak, July 22.—Merritt Johnson, well xnown :n Red Oak as the keeper of a poker room and an all round gambler, was run over by a train Several Tiles west of Villisea and had both legs cut off, from which in- juries he died several hours later. He was attempting to beat his way to Red Uak on a train and was put of. In attempting to get on again he was dragged under the car and the wheels passed over both legs, sever- ing them below the knee. The "vound- ed man was taken back to Villisea, where he died several hours later from loss of blood. Johnson was 3! years of age and leaves a wife and Several children. Firat Railroad Reaches Pocahontas. Pocahontas, July 27.—The Rock Is lond constraction train reached Poca- hontas Wednesday morning and the only county seat in Iowa withont a railroad can now boast of one. Three passengers arrived on the train, the first to come by rail to the town. Great excitement prevailed when the train pulled in. The whole town had turned ont and the enthusiasm of the people did not diminish during the dey. Siissscccrteawendens te Daa Melee: Winterset, July 27.—The populist convention of the middle-of-the-road branch will be held in Des Moines on Angust 28, during the state fair. The call will be issued in a few days by Tditor Weeks. A full stata ticket will be placed in the field. An effort will be made to secure the presence of Wharton Barker, the party's can- didate for president. Young Lady Killed by Lightning. Osceola, July 25.—Miss Zelma Dren- nan, residing near Osceola, was killed by lightning. Miss Emma Yindley, who was with her, was severeiy shocked. : Baby Fats Concentrated Lye. Council Bluffs, July 27.—The little babe of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd R. Grif- fith died from concentrated lye which it had eaten accidentally about fifteen minutes before. Hanged Herself. Clinton, July 27—Mrs. Ida Volpel, wife of a well-known farmer near Baldwin, was found dead. She hanged herself in the barn loft. No cause is known. Grain Badly Damaged. Rockwell City, July 24.—On aceount of the continued heavy rains small grain is being badly damaged. Har- vest is just on and grain is going down badly. On the low lands it will bg next to impossible to get on with har; vesters, The damage to this county will no doubt amount to thousands CP ete Knocked Senceless and Robbed. Redfield, July 23.—J. W. Knapp, a stock buyer, was knocked insensible at the stock yards and robbed of $690. No clew to the robbers hat tieeen Almovated. NEWS IN GENERAL | implores Good Ofmices of France to Se ‘care Peace. Paris, July 23.—At a council of the ministers Saturday, Minister of For- eign Affairs Deleasse read a telegram from the emperor of China, asking the mediation of France with the for- eign powers. The reply given by Del- casse to the request was that is would be given only upon the absolute ac- ‘knowledgement that the following acts had been accomplished: First—That the efficacious protec- tion and absolute freedom of com- anunication had been assured be- tweeen the French minister at Peking and his colleagues of the diplomatic corps and their respective govern- ments. Secon@—When Prince Tuan and the high functionaries responsible for ac- tual events hiad been dismissed by the government to await their inevitable punishment. Third—Wiea the authorities and bodies of troops throughout the em- pire had received orders to cease hos- tilities against the foreigners. Fourth—When measures had been taken for the rigorous repression of the Boxers. So long as these necessary guaran- tees are not furnished there is room only for military action. Minister Deleasse notified the cabi- net that all the powers hed responded faorabiy to his proposition to hare the exportation of crms to China cease, The mysterious messoze from the emperor of China, telegraphed to the French government praying Pres- ident Loubet’s mediation in favor of China, is regarded at the French for- eign ottice with a dubious eye. A cor- respondent is informed that the mes- sage has a mysterious character whick suggests insincerity and du: plicity. NEELY GOT OVER $130,000. Plain Evidence of Collision Between Oficiais Has Beeu Found. Washington, July 27.—Othcial inves- tigation of the Cuban frauds, made by Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen- eral Bristow, has resulted in the dec- laration that Director General Keth- bone is guilty of gross official neg- lect and also of fraudulent practices: that bis guilt is only less than that of Charles F. W. Neely and the tat- ter’s subordinate accomplices. and that deposed Postmhster Thompson of Havana is involved jn the network of fraud. ‘These findings are made public in the report of Mr. Bristow, just given out. Mr. Bristow finds that Neely’s emberzlements aggre- gated at least $131,713, and says he was justified in recommending the re- moral of Director General Rathbone. Whether or not the latter was guilty with Neely in the embezzlements, he says, there can be no doubt that in the matter of unauthorized per diem allowances, personal expenses and warrants gashed and unaccounted for, he Talanjully appropriated to his own use money of the Cuban revenues. For this, Me. Bristow says he believes Mr. Rathbone should be required to answer. FIERCE F1GUT AT PANAMA, Battle Raging Between Geveroment Thee ced Babes Colon, Colombia, July 27.—A terri- fic engagement still continues between the government troops and the in- surgents around Panama, but the for- mer are still holding their ground. Many have heen killed and wounded, and a four-hours’ armistice wa: egreed upon to attend the injured and bury the dead. The steamer Bernard Hall hes arrived at Colon from Sa- vanilla with re-enforcements for the government numbering 1,000. ‘They were Lrought by General Cutapos Ser- rono, governor of the department. ‘The cable between Colon and Jamaica has been repaired. ‘tiscas Gspdsaueuel ta Wins Washington, July 27.—General Mac- Arthur has cabled the war depart. qoent announcement of the success! erection of another municipal gov- ernment in the Philippines under the terms laid down by the Philippins commission. This particular govern- ment is established at Vigan, on the northwest coast of the isiand of Lu- zon, at a point made memorable by the landing of Young's forces during the pursuit of Aguinaldo, when that Jeader was last in strength. The al- calde referred to in General Mac- Arthur's dispatch corresponds to the Spanish alealde, or American mayor. ‘M. J. Worley, manager of the orien tals, who is to be at the state fair, has written to Secretary Van Honten that his special train would be here or time, and the 309 people ready for shows on Monday of fair week. He says the twelve cars of scenery and costumes will be retained for the company on sidetracks, and that the midway will be one of the best feat- ures of the fair. act ee oom ah Seah eacie London, July 27.—Lord Roberts re- ports to the war office that Hunter's command was heavily engaged on, July 24 and 25 in the hills south of Bethlehem. The Boers, strongly en- trenched, fought-stubbornly through- out, and compelled the British to re- tire from their positions with about fifty casualties. At last accounts Hunter had worked around into Brandwater Basin, in the rear of the Boers, while MacDonald and Hamilton were blocking the outlets on the front of the federals, who have evacuated their position at Witnek. A Georgin Lynching. Macon, Ga. July 25.—Jack Mills: man, a negro farm hand, who was brought here two days ago and lodg- ed in jail, has been lynched near Knoxville, Ga. Hilisman assaulted the 14-year-old daughter of a planter. New Steamship Record. London, July 25—The new Ham- burg-American line steamer Deutsch- land, arrived at Plymouth from New York on her maiden trip eastward, making a record run of five days, fourteen hours, six minutes. The rec- ord had been held by the Kaiser iWil- helm der Grosse, five days, fifte n hours, ten minutes. ‘sKOTHER XOTE FROM COXGER. a Fourth. ‘ Washington, July 26.—Commander of the brooklyn, Thomas, cables the navy department as follows: “Che Foo, Saly 24-—A written mes- sage signed by Conger, dated July 4. SEt Noro st Tien ‘ein July 24, and says: /*sHave Leen besieged two weeks in ‘the British Iegation. Grave danger of general massacre by the Chinese sol- flere, who are shelling legation daily. The’ city is without _ governs ment except the Chinese army. Tt is determined to mas sacre all foreigners in Peking. ‘The entry of relief force into the city will probably be hotly contested" * The messoze from Minister Conger, which came over the wires from Cap- tain Thomas, was the first communi- cation of _unguestionable authentics ity which has been received frem the American minister at Peking since his urgent appeal for help July 12. It establishes very clearly the fact that the Americas minister and prebably the other legationers, was alive July 4, though in ‘sore _ straits ‘Therefore it completely and finally Gispored of the Srst story published in Shanghai, of the massacre on June 2t. It is true it does not in itself negative the subsequent report of the massacre on July 6 two dzys later than the day of the dispatch, but the officials kere feel there is quite much reason to believe the second report false, as in the case of the first. r port. which is now shown to ~hare sping ter noat GERONIMO IS STARK MAD. Notorious and Bloodihirsty Apache = Wea aac eae Vinita, I. T., July 25.—After a long period of imprisonment, which he endured more-like a ferocious beast than like a human being, Geronimo, one of the most blocdthirsty Indians that ever figured in history, has gone stark mad. He is a prisoner at Fort Sill. 0. T. It cost the government a million dollars and hundreds of lives before ke was safely bebind iron bars. Deprived of his liberty as a pnnish- ment for his eritnes, he could not stand the confinement. For fourteen years he has been a prisoner of war— the lust ten at Fort Sill. For almost half a century he led a band of blood- thirsty Apaches on the path of war. To the early settlers of the southwest he was a terror. Because he success: fuliy led his people in a bloody battle ai the age of sixteen he was crowned a wer chief. In 1882 he and Vietorio with 600 Apaches were encountered by Mexican soldiers. Victério was captured and beheaded and Geronimo Lecame a famous war ehief. In March, Iss6, after four years of constant chase) General Miles and Major Gen- eral Lawton cornered Geronimo in the Four Peaks basin near Prescott, Arizona. After months of starvation and after ail hope of cutting their way through the cordon of troops surrounding them had gone, the In- dians raised the white flag and sur- rendered.. They were sent to the mil- itary post at Mount Vernon, Ala., but the climate there did not agree with them. many of they dying with con- sumption. About ten years ago Ger- onimo and his surviving braves were removed by the government to Fort DID NUT KILL WOUNDED. Seymour Brought Them Back With ‘Him In Boats. San Francisco, July 25.—There is nothing in the extensive report of Admiral Smyeour which, has bas been received here by the American Maru, to prove the sensational story that was circulated the earlier part ofthis mouth to the effect that Ad- miral Seymour, who commanded the Peking ‘relief ' expedition, killed his wounded to save them from the Chi- nese. Commander S. W. Very, U. S. N., who returned from the Orient on the steamer, and others who were at Hong Kong when Admiral Seymour returned from ‘Tien ‘sin, did not hear the story, and the admiral’s re- port, which isan elaboration of the cablegram published on the 30th o Jane, makes not the slightest mention of the affair, but, on the contrary, goes into particulars of the bravery of the aliec in guarding the wounded, who were placed in flatboats and tow: ed down the river by details of sol- diers and marines, while the main body of the troops fought the Chi nese off with rifle and Maxims. Wwewibe Wiuneth Ge Wien Witla. Washington. July 23.—Secretary Long received a cabiegram from Ad- miral Remey in response to his in- structions to use every effort to re- lease the beleaguered ministers at Peking, but for some unexplained reason he declined to make it public. It was learned from other sources, however, that the admiral's message related to the military conditions at ‘Tien Tsin and Taku and the prospects of a forward movement on the part ‘of the allied forces. It is under- stood that the admiral says a strong expedition composed of ‘representa- tives of all the powers will start from Tien ‘sin on the 30th for the rescue of the foreigners imprisoned at the ‘Chinese capital. Solalers Have Yellow Fever. Havana, July 25.—Yellow fever has Woken out in the barracks of the Seventh United States cavalry and the First United States infantry in Pinar del Rio. There have been rine deaths during the present month and eleven cases are now under {reatment in the hospitals. General Lee ordered the camps moved three miles into the country, and quarantine will be strietly ‘enforced. ‘The chief surgeon has received orders to institute a thorough investigation into the cause of the outbreak, and special prep- aration is being made for a thorough disinfection before the First infantry embarks for the United States. KWANG HSU 10 THE KAISER, Chinese Emperor Deptores Murder of Wax @atraice. Psrty, July 24—The Beriin corre- spondént of the ‘Times says: “It is of China has sent a telegram to Em- peror William, deploring the assassi- nation of Baron von Ketteler by the rebels and declaring that the mur. derers are being actively sought ané will be punished. He also expresses a hope that the relations of China with Germany will not suife: from this state of things.” BLAME FOR xii...” " Foment Chia se Trea, SM ‘New York, Jaly 25 “The Rnd. ary had his share in tomentiag e trouble, and must bear iis staat the blame.” ‘This remark wag goal by Rer. Dr. A. W. Halsey, Sorta of the Presbyterian board of toatl missions, who spoke on ~Th, Frey ent Situation in China” in the ig. ford Presbyterian church. At the close of the address Dr. liatey sea a letter which he hed just reosyeg from Dr. A. D. Farles. « Prestytigiay missionary in China. Dr. Halsey sy in part: “We have come to a craig the history of the world. Never way there a time when there should tp more ‘clear thinking. We Christians must now exercise calm judgment an cast off the influences which surzoaa us. We must not permit ourselves be carried away by the eothusiaam of too aggressive ecclesiastics nor i the fulminations of sensationzi Journal The missionary had his share in te menting this trouble and zust beay ‘his share of the blame. Some of the missionaries have heen politicians as well am Christians. and ther grep ing, selfish attitude has belied to bring about the present condition And when it comes to politics the story is a sad che. There is not ¢ single good harbor from Port srthur to Hong Kong thet has uot been seized by some European power] believe that had Gordon “kept his hands off. the Chinese nation ‘wouly be better off today. The men wht represent the progressive purty crit have accomplished great things it thew had onie been lec ctance a uc Th fat are nes the 7 tim ary the in the 100 ree rou bed wh Jon the cs ros E gu wit bu pre tt, the ran c its rig sir ot. ald al wa em thr I wa ts = or. wh rit Tb wot cou or elo = PLANSING NEW CAMPaicy. Russia and Japan to Land Armies North: mard of Take. Washington. July 24—Much doubt is felt in well informed oficia! circles in Washington about the success of any attempt te reach Peking by the Pei Ho route. The best informed of ficers of the army and navy are now saying that they cannot see apy so: lution of th's problems thas 1 cannot s2 how a great arm, can gather in Tien Tsin, sunpor: itself and make tle marc. north through a well-nigh! “mpaswble country in time to rescue any of the fore'gners in Peking. Because of these ditfcal ties it is said on good authority that Doth Russia and” Japan will) laud troops farther north on the Chinese coast, and try to graen Peking along the so-catied’ imperial highway, that skirts the reat wall of China. The port selected, from last accounts, is one that does not show up oa the maps, but is cailed Nirfe Hai. Di Arthur, where the Russians are safd t> have a large army of soldiers. The Japanese are known to be just as cognizant of the strategic opportun- ¥ies offered here for the Imulinz of Z'ei Mo campaign proves a fires oe ‘a failure, one ctaritt feom Nong Mai, with Shan Hai Nean as the base of supplies. could be much bett2? sus. tained, it is claimed by the well in formed. CZAR OFFOsES CONQUEST. His Attitude Develops Friction in Ras} sian Councils. ea London, July 25—The St. Peters. burg correspondent of the Daily Mail asserts that there are differences of spinion in the Russian council of war. The minister of war. General Kour- opatkin, wishes to send 100,600 men to clear the it els out of Manchuria. Qn the other hand. according to this porrespondent, Emperor Nicholas wishes the operations limited to the jefense of and pacification of the frontier districts. Let two strong armies, one of the allies in the south and the other of the Russions in the north, confront the Clinese, and the rising—so the ear is said to argue— would be bound to collapse. ““We want no conquests.” ke is reported fo have declared at the conclusion of fitting of the council. “What we de- fire is to protect our frontiers and fo steer into smooth waters the Chi- hese ship of state, now butfeted by the waves of civil war.” Sots cas aaank Poa, Belfast, July 24.—Five passengers were killed and more than thirty were injured in a collision of two’ local passenger sieamers. ‘The accident oc- eurred just outside Belfast Lough. Whe steamers Dromedary and Alliga- jor, with excursion partics :ggregat- ing over 600 persons, were attempting to pass when, because of a misun- derstanding of signals, the two ves~ sels eame together with a crash. The decks of the two steamers were erowded at the time of the accident. 'The passengers became frantic, and in their headlong rush for places of safety, many were trampled upon or pushed overboard. Some were so badly injured in the panic that the amputation of limbs was necessary. Boats ‘were quickly launched, and many of those who had fallen or, jumped into the water were picked up. It is feared, however, that more than the five already known to have perished may have been drowned. General Rising Bxpected. London, Jaly 26.—The Shanghai cor- respondent of the Daily Express says? “A general uprising thronghout China is now regarded as so absolutely certain that all the missionaries throughout the empire have been or- dered to take refuge without delay either at Shanghai or Hong Kong. Refugees are beginning to arrive from all points in the most pitiable condition.” DECLARE CONGER 15 SAFE: Chinese Edicts With Regard to Protec: ee ae ine: 3 Washington, July 24.—The state ee partment has received a_‘ispateh from Consul Goodnow at Shanghai, taying that Prince Tuan wires that an eflicer of the tsung li vaman saw all the ministers Gn the isth; none were injured, no attack at the time being made, He does not say to whom the dispatch of the prince was addressed. It is to a certain ex: tent at varience with Covger’s dis patch of that date, desc\'bing the leration being under fire at the time. CHAPTER I. It was evening—a glorious evening, such as only tropical countries know. The hot wind that had blown all day had now died down, and there was a great stillness; but a pleasant coolness in the air made it delightful after the sweltering heat. There had been no rain for a long time, and the ground was parched and dry. Outside the pretty homestead the red sand of the velld lay thick and fine in the dry grass which covered the wagon track. But inside the grass looked green enough. Perhaps it had received an artificial shower. All round the grassy lawn were flower beds, mostly of tropical flowers, among which the succulent blue lily raised its long, trumpet-shaped flowers; but there were a few English flowers, too—stately hollyhocks, sweet-scented roses, queenly dahilas. man. For the rest, Bluebell could see that he was somewhat dark in complexion, wearing a short little peaked beard; but she could not see his face distinctly. She went downstairs presently. Her sitting room was a pleasant apartment, with skins of springbok and other wild animals covering the floor. A lamp burned on the table, on which a sumptuous supper was spread. The two men stood by the fireplace talking. As Bluebell entered her father turned. "Well, my girl, I'm back again, you see. Come and kiss me, Bluebell." The girl approached, and the other man on the heartrung stared at the dalty white figure as Adam Leslie gave her a sounding kiss on the cheek. "You see I've brought a friend with me, Bluebell. Mr. Moore—my daughter, Bluebell." Beyond the lawn an avenue of blue-gum and black nettle led to the veldt without. Behind the house, which was built of stone, and looked quaint and pretty with a veranda running round it, rose some of the highest peaks of the Drakensberg. A little to the left ran the river Klip. On this evening the sun, too near its setting to be hot now, was shining right into the sleepy brown eyes of a girl who lay full length in the shade of a gum-tree, a book on the grass beside her. Her head was supported by a plump little brown hand, and she was smiling a very happy, contented smile, as if some happy thought passed through her mind. It was a pretty face, too, with its warmth and healthiness of coloring, its softly-rounded, girlish contour, its smiling, half-open, red lips, its clear, open, childishly smooth forehead, over which little curls of the brown hair shot with ruddy gold came straying. The half-shut, smiling eyes were very soft and happy just now; but who could say whether they might not some day be filled with burning passion, with blinding tears, or with the cold, set expression of despair? "Bluebell, Bluebell! where are you, child?" The voice came across the little lawn, clear and distinct on the evening air; and the girl, rising up from her comfortable position, shook herself, very much as a wet spaniel might do after coming out of the water, and started at a quick run for the house. A tall, angular, spinster lady stood upon the doorstep. "What a head, child!" was the salutation. "Have you forgotten we are have company tonight?" "Well, I do believe I had," retorted girl. "Don't be angry with me, you, auntie? Really I couldn't it. It'll never, never do it again. dad's going to bring one some Maritzburg, is he? Who is it, unite? Not anyone very great, I hope Mr. Rhodes, for instance?" "Don't talk nonsense, child!" returned Miss Elizabeth Leslie. "No, not! it's no one so great as that, only some very rich man, I believe, who has made his money at Kimberley or somewhere. But run away and dress yourself, child. I have a good supper ready, so I hope your father won't keep us waiting. He wished us to have dinner; but why should I? We don't call it dinner when we are alone, and why should we change our customs for strangers?" "Quite right, auntie dear." Bluebell patted her aunt's bony shoulder with a gentle hand. "Besides, likely enough he's some coarse, horrid man! They are always the kind that become millionaires. Oh, auntie, I hope father won't make a great friend of him if he is!" "We shall soon see him, dearle, so there's no use thinking beforehand what his ways are," said Miss Elizabeth—she was always called Miss Elizabeth—soothingly. Bluebell ran upstairs to her own room. It was a pretty little room, not containing much furniture, but as dainty as feminine fingers could make it. Bluebell did not spend all her time living dreamily under the gum-tree. She had just donned her pretty white muslin frock, drawn in at the waist by a blue band—it was rather strange that Bluebell should smile and blush a little to herself as she fastened the blue band—when the sound of horses' hoofs galloping up the avenue drew her attention. She ran to the window, hiding behind the window curtains. Presently two riders emerged from the avenue, and rode up the graveled path to the house. Bluebell could see them distinctly. The first was her father. Bluebell knew him well enough not to require take a second look at him; yet she take a second look. Adam Leslie, Esq., of Tilnaerstock, otland, who had emigrated to South wrica 10 years ago, was a man of middel age, heavily built, stout, and reded, with a heavy chin, a stubborn outh, and a pair of rather cold gums. But just now his face was redder than usual and there was a slight int of certainty in his gait as he rang from his horse that Bluebell led to see. He companlon, the "millionaire," not at all what Bluebell had picchim. He was an old man; he had straight-backed and alert, and on his horse with an air of neglei-that showed him a true horse- A STORY OF THE BOER CAMPAIGN IN NATAL XXX man. For the rest, Bluebell could see that he was somewhat dark in complexion, wearing a short little peaked beard; but she could not see his face distinctly. She went downstairs presently. Her sitting room was a pleasant apartment, with skins of springbok and other wild animals covering the floor. A lamp burned on the table, on which a sumptuous supper was spread. The two men stood by the fireplace talking. As Bluebell entered her father turned. "Well, my girl, I'm back again, you see. Come and kiss me, Bluebell." The girl approached, and the other man on the hearthrug stared at the dainty white figure as Adam Leslie gave her a sounding kiss on the cheek. "You see I've brought a friend with me, Bluebell. Mr. Moore—my daughter, Bluebell." Mr. Moore bowed low, Bluebell did the same. She did not offer her hand, as her frank custom would naturally have led her to do; she hardly knew why. "You will remember your native country every time you address Miss Leslie," said the millionaire, turning to his host. Adam Leslie laughed uproariously. Bluebell felt now quite sure that he had been drinking. He was usually a reserved, even taciturn man, stern enough towards his household; but alcohol unloosed his tongue and gave him a certain coarse frankness." "Quite right, quite right, Mr. Moore! It was her mother gave her the name—a romantic freak; but it serves its purpose here, and makes us remember the poor old 'mither' country." Miss Elizabeth came in presently, and they all sat down to the abundant supper. During the meal the two men talked, Mr. Moore quietly and gravely, in a somewhat rich, sonorous voice; Mr. Leslie with loud hilarity. Miss Elizabeth and Bluebell said very little, and the latter had a strange, uncomfortable consciousness during the meal that the dark, slow-moving eyes of the millionaire turned again and again to her face. She knew not why the look made her shiver suddenly every time she met it all through her warm, joyous heart and body. The two men talked politics, discussing the likelihood of Kruger's yielding to Britain's demands. "Give in? Not he!" cried Leslie loudly. "Well, the British know what to do next, that's one good thing. Well tell the whole race of them from the earth before we've done with them, or I'm mistaken, and it's what they deserve!" "If it comes to war, of course there can be no doubt as to which side will win," said Mr. Moore, more quietly. "I suppose you have no friends among the Boers or Afrikanders, Mr. Leslie?" "Friends among such people?" cried Mr. Leslie. "Not very likely! I would not admit one of them into my house!" Bluebell spoke almost for the first time. Her voice was just a little unsteady, as if emotion of some kind was stirring it. "You don't always speak like that, father. I am sure we have never received anything but kindness from any of the Dutch with whom we came in contact. And, besides, there's a good deal to be said for their desire to rule their own republic in their own way. How would we like over in the old country if foreigners came and settled down among us—Frenchmen or Germans—and compelled us to conform to their customs? They are only like their brave forefathers in the time of William the Silent." Her father interrupted her with a loud laugh. "Doctor Rothes has provided you with quite a number of arguments, Bluebell. But politics are quite outside a woman's sphere, my girl, so I advise you not to take them up. Eh, Mr. Moore, isn't that so?" "I think Miss Leslie would even make a convert of me," said the millionaire, bowing gallantly. Again Bluebell caught his eye, and the look gave her another shiver. "May I ask he went on quietly, discussing Miss Elizabeth's pie, "who Doctor Rothes is? "A young Englishman over at Ladysmith," replied Mr. Leslie carelessly. "We have him here sometimes. A very clever young fellow—quite exceptionally clever; but just a little quixotic, you know, as young fellows are apt to be." "Just so; I understand," said Mr. Moore quietly. He glanced at Bluebell without appearing to do so, and saw that the healthy rose in her cheeks had deepened almost imperceptibly in tint, and that her long lashes drooped over and demurely hid her eyes. The millionaire was to stay at New Kelso—thus Mr. Leslie had named his farm in memory of the Scottish town near which he had lived—all night. Bluebell did not feel nearly as hospitable as usual. Now Kelso was a lonely enough place, being about twelve miles from Ladysmith, the nearest village, and the womenfolk sometimes saw no outsider for the space of many months; they were, therefore, all the more disposed to make the most of any stray one who did appear. But Bluebell did not feel that Gerald Moore was going to be any acquisition She had a vague, groundless dread of him, as if his presence denoted danger, "I don't like him," she said to herself. "And yet why should I not? He has done nothing to make me dislike or distrust him." Down-stairs the two men were sitting together at the table, a decanter of Scotch whisky and two glasses between them. They had been speaking in low tones; but now, as the whisky began to take effect, Leslie raised his. "You are a generous man, Moore!" he cried. "And you are in earnest when you tell me that this is the sole return you ask for your extraordinary generosity?" "The sole return," Moore replied. He raised his hands to his lips, and kept it there for a moment; then, dropping it to his glass, which had stood full beside him all the time, though Leslie had replenished his several times, he added slowly: "But I must have that return, Mr. Leslie—that and no other. I have set my mind upon it." CHAPTER II. It was a week later. It was a week later. Bluebell had gone to Ladysmith, riding across the dry, open veldt by the wagon-path on her sure-footed little horse Rover. She was a capital horse-woman, and nothing caunted her when in the saddle. It was a very hot day, and there were signs of coming rain, which made Bluebell hurry. Her path lay across the dry veldt. Coarse, parched grass and withered shrubs made it look like a desert. The road was a bad and narrow one. It swelled and undulated like an ocean, now dipping down into a hollow, now rising to the height of a little green-covered kopje. Sometimes she rode close to the river, which seemed almost dry now, so long had been the drought; and always she kept in sight of the great frowning peaks of Draksensberg, above which eagles and vultures circled in their sky-piercing flight. Bluebell had messages at Ladysmith, but it was not of her messages she was thinking as she neared her destination. She was close to it at last. She saw the little town nestling, as it seemed in the distance, almost at the bottom of Bulwaan, though in truth separated from it by wide stretches of meadow lands, with the Klip winding its course through them. Now she passed numerous kopjes of red earth, interspersed with shrubs, between which grew abundance of flowers, white jasmine and climbing convolvulus, and the rich glory of red and yellow bloom clustered thickly on the low, dwarf shrubs which covered the kopjes. Bluebell had acquaintances in Ladysmith. The Leslies were pretty well known in the country. She was just turning into the town when some one emerging from behind a sudden curve came towards her. Bluebell started a little and stooped over Rover, a richer color than exercise had brought there coming into her cheeks. In a few seconds the new comer was close to her, and lifting his big gray hat from his head, paused by her horse. He was a young man, perhaps nearing thirty, attired in gray khak, and with a sunburn face which showed that he was exposed to all weather. For the rest, he had been originally a fair-complexioned man, with good features and an open, frank expression. His dark gray eyes were clear and steady, but could look wonderingly soft and tender. They did so now, though his expression was one of much anxiety as he held out his hand, into which Bluebell put hers without a word. (To be continued.) Burmah's Amber Mines Burmach amber is found in a region difficult of access and jealously guarded by those who have every interest in keeping their secret. It is situated in the Hukong valley, surrounded on three sides by almost impassable ranges of mountains, so that it is accessible only from the south across low hills forming the watershed between the Chindwin and the Irrawaddy. In one of these low hill ranges are the famous and mysterious mines of golden resin. It is obtained in a very primitive way. After the harvest the diggers go to the hills, and selecting a place where there are no pits dug by previous prospectors, shape with their swords a small point hoe, a wooden shovel, and a basket of split bamboo. With these they make a hole in the blue clap, removing the refuse by means of the basket, and gradually deepening the shaft. Three men work in company—one below (the shaft not being large enough for more than one at a time), while the others hand up the basket. The amber is found in "pockets," which are generally indicated by strings of coaly matter appearing in the clay—Stray Stories. First Class in Optics "In looking out of doors, do you notice how bright is the green of the grass and the leaves?" asked an elderly gentleman of a little girl, whose home he was visiting. "Yes, sir." "Why does it appear so might brighter at this time?" he next asked, looking down upon the bright, sweet face with tender interest. "Because ma has cleaned the window, and you can see you better," she said.—Stray Stories. Tommy's Only Wish "What would you like best tomorrow, Tommy, on your birthday?" "I'd like to see the school burnt down," replied the lad. DEMOCRATIC PRECEDENT FOR FIGHTING THE FILIPINOS. War in New Mexico After Its Conquest by Direction of Democratic President Who Claimed "the Fullest Right of Sovereignty"—Official Records. Little by little it becomes apparent that the Democratic criticism of the methods of the present Administration in regard to newly acquired territory is a criticism of the methods followed by its own leaders and Presidents. All of the vast territory added to the area of the original thirteen States was under Democratic control, and the leaders of the party, in and out of office, planned and plotted and schemed to add the islands of Cuba and Hawaii as long as a desire for more slave territory stimulated them to activity. Driven from their former positions by these developments, they now undertake to criticise the fact that the President is using the army to put down the insurrection, notwithstanding the fact that the treaty with Spain was ratified by Democratic votes after that insurrection had been begun. It seems hardly credible that men could attack the President for carrying to a Irish a war that was in existence when the purchase of the islands was authorized by their own party leaders. Yet such is the fact. The attack of the Filipino forces upon our troops in the Philippines, began on February 4, 1898, and on that same night Aguinalo issued his proclamation declaring war against the United States. Yet it was not until February 6, two days after, that the treaty was ratified, and that by ten Democratic and three Populist votes. The statement has also been repeatedly made that some of these votes were cast for the treaty by the "advice and consent" of William Jennings Bryan. By this action the leaders of the Democratic and Populist parties deliberately bought a fight already going on, agreeing that the United States should pay $20,000,000 for it, and in doing placed upon the shoulders of President McKinley the duty of carrying it on. He could not do otherwise. Yet they are criticising his course, of course, it is well understood that the criticism is for political effect only. But the leaders of the Democratic party did, in another similar case, just what President McKinley is now doing, and did it by the direction of a Democratic President. Papers compiled by the War Department show that, after the conquest of New Mexico by the military forces of the United States was accomplished by the campaign of 1846, General Kearney, the officer in command, organized a civil government for the occupied territory, and filled the executive and judicial offices by appointment. These civil functionaries entered upon the discharge of their duties in apparent unconsciousness of exposure to more than ordinary peril. In December, 1846, the native inhabitants organized a conspiracy to overthrow the United States authority in New Mexico. On the night of January 15, 1847, the governor the sheriff, the circuit attorney, the prefect, and a number of others, citizens and officials of the United States, and Mexican supporters of United States authority, were assassinated in the town of San Fernando Teayos. On the same night seven other Americans were killed at Arroyo Fondo and two at Rio Grande. It was then apparent that the insurrection was general, and the purpose was to kill all the Americans and those Mexicans who had accepted office under the American Government. Col. Sterling Price was then commander of the army of New Mexico, with headquarters at Santa Fe. He earned of the uprising and attendant sacrifices, January 20th, 1847, and that the army of insurrection was marching against Santa Fe. He took prompt and vigorous action and marched out to meet the insurgents with a force of about 400 men. There were many serious and sanguinous engagements, but the enemy was no sooner dislodged from one position than it took refuge in another, and malnaited a determined resistance throughout. The losses were heavy on both sides. Owing to the mountainous character of the country, and the fact that the campaign took place in the winter time, the American forces suffered many hardships before reaching the town of San Fernando de Tayes, where the governor and party had been fouly assassinated. A particularly severe engagement occurred at Pueblo de Tayes, which had been strongly fortified. The insurgents took position in a large church which they had pierced with embrasures for rifles. The Americans were compelled to retreat to Fernando. The following day they r turned and renewed the assault, but the artillery fire seemed to have no effect upon the church walls. Ladders were then made and holes cut in the walls with axes, through which the soldiers with their hands threw fire and lighted shells into the interior. Another assault was made on the church door, which again failed, with loss. The artillery was then brought up within 60 yards, and after 10 rounds had been fired, one of the holes which had been cut with the axes was widened to a practicable beach, through which a storming party entered, dislodged the enemy, and took possession of the church. The next morning the enemy surrendered. The loss sustained by them was about 150 killed. The num- the bar of wounded was not known. The American loss in killed and wounded was 52. Under date of January 23rd, Captain Hendley, commanding at Vegas, N., mexed, referred to Colonel Price that every town and village, except Vegas and Tucolotl, had declared in favor of insurrection, and that the entire population seemed ripe for it. The insurrection in eastern New Mexico was inaugurated by the murder of eight Americans at Mora, January 20th, 1847, and was continued in force until the following July, having been marked with many atrocities on the part of the insurgents. Thereafter the insurrection dwindled into depredations committed by various bands of Indians instigated and led by Mexicans. Hardly a party, large or small, traders or soldiers, crossed the plains of New Mexico without being attacked. Many men were killed and large numbers of horses, mules, and cattle driven off. In the latter part of 1847 comparative safety was secured by stationing the troops at various points. Of the insurgent prisoners, fifteen or twenty were executed by sentence of court-martial. The others were turned over to the civil authorities. The events resulting from the insurrection did not escape the attention of Congress. That body on July 10th, 1848, passed a resolution calling upon the President for information in regard to the existence of civil government in New Mexico and California, their form and character, by whom instituted and by what authority and how they were maintained and supported; also whether any persons had been tried and condemned for "treason against the United States" in New Mexico. President Polk replied to said resolution in a message dated July 24th, 1848, in which he discussed the character of military government, taking the broad position that such a government may exercise "the fullest rights of sovereignty," thereby explaining the action of the military authorities in suppressing the insurrections. The records show that a similar course of action was followed in suppressing the insurrection in California in 1848, and re-establishing the sovereignty of the United States. TRADE BALANCES. Nothing so perpetuates the debtor condition of the United States as its annual payment to foreign ship owners of some $200,000,000 each year. When to that amount is added the sum paid for insurance, banking and exchange to foreigners because they control the means of transporting our exports and imports, the cash or its equivalent in our products annually drawn exceeds $200,000,000. To so legislate as to foster an immense ship owning and ship building industry in the United States—sufficient to enable our own people to carry our imports and exports in American ships—would be equivalent to securing the retention at home of a minimum sum of $200,000,000 each year that now goes out of the country to afford employment to allens at our expense. To keep such a vast sum at home would rapidly transform the United States into a creditor nation. During the last four years the apparent balance of trade in favor of the United States has closely approximated to two thousand millions of dollars. Were that an actual rather than an apparent favorable trade balance we would soon cease to be a debtor nation. But when we deduct about one-half of that trade balance because of the payments made to foreign ship owners, bankers and insurance companies, and again deduct the large but unknown amounts, consisting of interest due foreigners on investments in the United States, money spent abroad by Americans and the sums remitted by immigrants, we find our favorable trade balance dwindles down to very small proportions. As a consequence, we are but slowly emerging from our condition of foreign indebtedness. Free silver advocates must see, however, the golden opportunity our present enormous exports in excess of imports gives us to once and for all free ourselves from foreign indebtedness. Did our own people but earn the $200,000,000 or more each year now paid to foreigners for charges incident to the carriage of our imports and exports, European gold would be forced into the United States at an enormous rate to meet the balances due us, or else Europeans would send back to us the American securities which they now hold in such enormous sums and which at present keep this country a debt nation. We have in the past forty years paid to foreigners easily four thousand millions of dollars for doing our foreign carrying, a sum that has gone out and stayed out of the country, to its permanent impoverishment. Our national wealth today is all of four thousand millions of dollars less than it would have been had American ships carried the same proportion of our foreign commerce during the past forty years that they did during the preceding seventy years. More than that, to keep on paying foreigners at the rate we are now doing for the carriage of our imports and exports will, during the next quarter of a century alone, take out of the United States fully five thousand millions of dollars additional. Not only will the country be drained of this colossal amount, but American labor in the mines, the mills, the factories, the ship yards and on board the ships, will be denied the employment incident to the building of ships, from the winning of the ore and the falling of the forests to the completed ships. The passage of the shipping bill, which will quickly put an end to our present dangerous and impoverishing dependence upon foreign shipping for our foreign carrying should, for the few reasons outlined, if not for the very many others unstated for lack of space, command the active support of not only every monometallist but of every bimetallist in the United States. HOW WAGES INCREASED. Factory Pay Rolls Have Doubled in Five Akron, O., "In the campaign of 1898 Mr. McKinley made one remark which went to the hearts of the people from one end of the country to the other. It was, 'Open the Mills,'" said General Charles Dick, secretary of the Republican National Committee. "Those three words met with a responsive chord from those tens of thousands who had been idle during the last Democratic administration and the empty dinner pall brigade went to the polls and voted for a full dinner pall, and for the opening of the mills. "In order to gain some idea of the effect of restoring the home market to our own people, the Republican National committee sent out blanks to members of the National Association of Manufacturers, asking them to kindly furnish us with the number of men whom they employed in each year from 1890 to 1899 inclusive, as well as with the total amount of wages which they had paid during the same years. "We have received 200 replies. These show that there was a steady increase in the number of hands employed in the 200 factories until the year 1893 after which there was an immediate drop of 10,600 men in 1894. But under President McKinley's administrator the increase in the number of men employed by these same factories has been startling. In 1894 they employed 90,483, in 1897 they employed 109,600 in 1898 they employed 131,428 men, and last year they employed 174,645 men. In short, the number of wage earners employed by those same 200 factories has increased from 90,483 men in 189 up to 174,645 last year, almost doubled in fact. "But the contrast is even more striking when applied to the amount of wages paid, and the following table shows the returns received from the same 200 manufactures: "The amount of wages paid by the same 200 manufacturers increased steadily from 1890 to 1892, then there was a drop in 1893 and another drop in 1894. During the next two years wages picked up, but it was not until 1897 that these same manufacturers were paying out as much money is wages as they had paid in 1892. The increase of their pay rolls in 1898 and 1899 is as gratifying to me, as it must be to the men who are now busy as good wages. "Between 1894 and 1899 the 200 manufacturers of the National Association, who reported to us, had increased their payrolls by upwards of $38,000,000, in fact the amount of wages which they distributed last year was almost double what they paid out in 1894. "If this ratio of increase were applied to the whole country, without taking into account the numbers of new factories that have been started in the last few years, who can deny that general prosperity has visited the country. And what a depth of meaning those three words 'Open the Mills', uttered by Mr. McKinley less than four years ago, has really conveyed." AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION Improves Conditions of People and Towns in the Philippines. Speaking of conditions in Manila, under American administration, the British consul in that city says "improvements are visible in every direction, and already the town has quite a different appearance from last year. The work of draining the filthy town ditches and stagnant pools may possibly entail an epidemic, but the advantage to posterity is inestimable. There are, no doubt, at present golden opportunities for the employment of capital and talent in many local trades The Departments of the Postoffice and Telegraph, being now under American and British control, are admirably conducted." The British vice-consul at Iloilo says: "The United States forces have now successfully occupied the better part of the island. The end of this year augurs well for a hapler future, and, when once a peaceful rule is established, many important improvements will take place." Not a True Democrat. Congressman George B. McClellan has disqualified himself for the second place on the Kansas City ticket by voting to give the government a sufficient number of troops to suppress its foes. An offense of this sort cannot be condoned by the Democratic party. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Brown of 1011 Foster street, entertained at dinner Monday Rev. T. Reeves of Keokuk, and Rev. and Mrs. Higgins. Mrs. Josephine Lankford of St. Louis, Mo., is in the city, and will make her home with her daughters Mrs. Drew and Mrs.-Kinney. The Moonlight Picnic by the C. C's last Thurs lay evening was a grand success socially and financially Rev. George Thomas, of Topeka, Kansas, a street Evangelist conducted Meetings on the street, assisted by a number of ringers. Mrs. G. A. Brown of Valley Street, entertained at breakfast Wednesday Mrs. Langford of St. Louis, Mrs. Kinney and Drew Mrs. Henry Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. John Ivy, Eps. Edmons, Mrs. Betsey Brooks and daughter went fishing Tuesday to Rush Island. Rev. Timothy Reeves of Keokuk, la. was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Folks. They entertained at dinner Sunday Kev. and Mrs. Higgins, and Rev. Reeves. St. John's A. M. E. Choir under the direction of Miss Dora Smith rendered some good, singing Sunday Morning and Evening. TUSKEGEE NOTES. Several students, who received training in the Brickmasonary department last year, are now employed by a white contractor in the erection of a large brick building in the town of Tuskegee. They are giving perfect satisfaction in their work. Nearly all the graduates of the present year's class are at work at the trades which they learned here. The health of the school is much better than it has been for many years. Thanks to the foresight and efficient care of our resident physician and head nurse. Three leading institutions of the South have applied to Principal Washington during the past month for Tuskegee graduates to teach and conduct agricultural and mechanical divisions. It has been gratifying to recommend young men and women who will be able to satisfactorily meet the demand that may be made upon them. The Public Library in the town of Tuskegee, which was founded and supported by principal Washington is still being con ducted during the vacation. MARSHALLTOWN ITEMS. Mrs. I. L. Brown, Master Karl and Miss Gracie Brown, were over-Sunday visitors with Mrs. Robert Johnson of Oskaloosa returning home Monday afternoon. G. L. Sutir is working at the Packing House. Frank Miller, is putting in some hard licks making hay this summer between showers. Every one who does not subscribe for the Bystander, should purchase a copy of the last issue which contains the address of Rev. Bishop Grant, who is one of the best learned Bishops of the Negro race. Mr. J. L. Thompson, General Agent for the Bystander was in our city for a few hours. He thinks we have a beautiful city. He got several subscribers while here. Those who subscribe for the Bystander, and have news that they would like to see in the items from Marshalltown, should send it to I. L. Brown so it can be published. Miss Alice Everet and Mrs. Wilson of Minneapolis, are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Williamson. Mrs. Howard and Miss Delia Howard of Aldion, were Sunday visitors with Miss G. L. Suter. Mr. Reed Warn got his finger mashed at the Packing House which kept him from work for several days. Every One should take the Iowa State Bystander in order to get the news. Miss Jeezie Walker and Miss Clara Wilkerson have returned from Des Moines. They report a very Pleasant visit. Mr. Joseph Walker had a very fine colt either strayed or stolen Saturday night or Sunday Morning. ALBIA NEWS. Mrs. Maggie Nelson of Chicago is the guest of her parents and relatives in this city. The A. M. E. church will give a social at the city hall on Saturday evening. A number of Albia people were Hiteman and Hoecking visitors Sunday. KNOXVILLE NOTES Mrs. W. P. Byrd and daughter Hallie have returned from their visit in in Des Moines. Miss Hallie Byrd attended the Odd Fellows grund Lodge in Des Moines. Miss Jessie Jeffers is visiting her uncle at Columbia. Miss Myrtle Cooper has returned home after several weeks' visit in Des Moines. Mr. N. Tomlin attended the grand lodge in Des Moines. Mr. Mack Jeffers of Concord was a Sunday visitor. Mr. Frank Jeffers who has been porter at the Shadelphia has returned to his home in Columbia. Misses Myrtle Cooper and Hallie Byrd expect to leave soon for a visit in Chariton. WHAT IS TO BE DONE? This is the question that is bothering the State Board of Agriculture, for the demand for space for the coming State Fair is so great that it will be impossible to supply it with present buildings. In machinery, especially, there is such a demand it is contemplated erecting a new building and then many exhibitors will have to use tents and some will show without cover. Stock Exhibits at the State Fair-- The late date of closing the entries may have been a mistake, but if exhibitors will make their wants known in time barns will be provided, and it now seems probabe that all the barns will be taken, for many new stock men have notified the management that they will be there with stock, so if all the old exhibitors apply for space there will be some extra work required to supply shelter for stock. The management have heretoofe adhered to the plan of giving old exhibitors options on stalls formerly occupied, and will do so this year if application is made in time, but the pressing demand for stalls will compel assignment, so application should be made at once if former space is desired, otherwise new exhibitors will be assigned places and some old exhibitors will have to accept new places. The new classes and premiums generally please exhibitors and many old exhibitors have given notice that they will be at the fair this year. Midway-As the exposition feature has been a growing feature of the State Fair, a full-fledged Midway will be admitted this year. This will not be under the control of the State Fair proper, except so far as to give space and see that nothing improper is admitted. Special care has been taken to exclude all fake shows and the persistence with which they have sought admission shows that even fakes take. Amusements—The amusement features for the State Fair are set out in a folder recently printed and will be sent to all who apply for it, but the fireworks feature has not been particularly set out, but the program is being arranged and will surpass anything ever before seen in the state. Some special set pieces will need to be seen to be appreciated. There will be a change of program each day and evening, including change in fireworks program. Later a special folder will be prepared setting out more particularly the program, or at least, the fireworks part. Dates of the Fair—Some confusion of dates has resulted from the advertisement of special features. The fair begins on Friday, August 24, and the first two days are preparation days. Sunday is a day of rest and the gates will be closed, except to those having stock or other things requiring attention. Monday Des Moines Day—While Monday is Des Moines Day everybody will be welcome and there will be splendid program, including some rare treats in the afternoon and evening programs, and especially sc in fireworks. Stock Exhibits—An improvement worthy of special mention will be free raised seats for those who wish to see the stock show and as expert judges will be employed it will pay, not only stock men, but others, to see, and especially as this will be done in the afternoon and with comfortable seats without cost. Amphitheater Seats-Backs have been put on the seats and the amphitheater whitened up, so as to improve the appearance and afford greater comfort to visitors. Seats will be free for Soldier Day program, for the Republican Rally and for the Democratic Rally. At the afternoon attractions, and for the evening, including the fireworks only the old charge of twenty-five cents will be made, and when the greater comfort of seats with backs, and the better program that will be given is taken into consideration, it will be seen that much more comfort can be had, and much more can be seen for the cost than any before. Full information will be given on all matters relating to the State Fair by the secretary. The premium list and folders give nearly everything desired in the way of information about the fair, and the Bureau of Information in this city will supply information as to places to stay, if parties do not wish to camp on the rounds. Soldiers' Day at the Fair—The state Fair management regret that he National Encampment occurs during the state Fair but parties attend the fair Monday through Tuesday, leaving after the attractions and fireworks Tuesday night, and get to the National Encampment in time for the opening session, missing only the parade, or, if they wish to see the parade then they can return in time to see the fair from and after Wednesday. Advertising the Fair--More and a better class of advertising matter is being sent out than was sent last year, and present indications warrant the belief that the fair will be larger and better than last year, which was a record-breaker, so far as results to exhibitors and balance in favor of the society. The secretary announces that he will gladly send folders and catalogue. Subscribe for the Bystander. OZONO IS KING OF ALL HAIR TONICS BE WARNED. 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(Sears, Roebuck & Co. are thoroughly reliable - Editor). Address, SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. (Inc., Chicago, Ill.) Only the best of material used. Kretchmer goods have a reputation. Do not compare my work with the cheap good-for-nothing tanks which the market is flooded with. Freight is only a small matter as tanks can be shipped knocked down. Send for catalogue and price list. Manufactured by E. KRETCHMER, - RED OAK, IOWA. Also a full line of bee-keepers' supplies. - Send for catalogue and price list. TIME AND SPACE are practically annihilated by the ocean cables and land telegraph systems which now belt the circumference of Old Earth in so many different directions. "Foreign parts" are no longer foreign in the old meaning of the term. Europe, Africa, Asia, are "next door" to us. What happens there to-day we know to-morrow—if we read THE CHICAGO RECORD, whose Special Cable Correspondents are located in every important city in the world outside of the United States. No other American newspaper ever attempted so extensive a service; and it is supplemented by the regular foreign news service of The Associated Press. For accurate intelligence of the stirring events which are shaking the nations—of wars and rumors of wars—of the threatening dissolution of old governments and the establishment of new—of the onward sweep of the race in all parts of the world—the one medium of the most satisfactory information is the enterprising, "up-to-date" American newspaper, THE CHICAGO RECORD. FREE A large map of the world on Mercator's Projection, about 28³/16 inches in size, beautifully printed in colors, with a large-scale map of Europe on the reverse side, will be mailed to any address free of charge on receipt of request accompanied by two 2-cent stamps to cover postage end. The CHICAGO RECORD covers the comprehensive special cable service of THE CHICAGO RECORD covers the civilized world. Address THE CHICAGO RECORD, 11 Madison street, Chicago. bicycle at $1.00, $8.00, $8.75, $8.50, $8.00 and $9.00, the new 1900 Chevrolet complete at $11.75, yet $10.00 is the cheapest grade, high grade, lowest grade, famous Beverage Hanger, nine equipment, Garanteed Passive Tire, and the highest grade advertised in this paper in any catalogue, write us and we will come to $10.00 to $10.00 on YOU CAN MAKES $500.00. HI-Address: SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., Chicago, IL. TANKS Water Tanks, Pine Cypress or Steel For stock, reservoir tanks, thresher tanks, either round any size, for all purposes, at lower Only the best of material used. Kretchmer Do not compare my work with the cheap good the market is flooded with. Freight is only a be shipped knocked down. Send for catalogue Manufactured by E. KRETCHMER, Also a full line of bee-keepers' supplies. - Send TIME SPACE so many different directions. "Foreign foreign in the old meaning of the term are 'next door' to us. What happen to-morrow—if we read THE CHICAG Special Cable Correspondents are loo- city in the world outside of the Uni- American newspaper ever attempted and it is supplemented by the regu- l of The Associated Press. For accu- stirring events which are shaking the rumors of wars—of the threatening di- ments and the establishment of new— the race in all parts of the world— most satisfactory information is the en- American newspaper, THE CHICAGO FREE A large map of the world on Mer- lion linked in large beautifully printed of Europe on the reverse side, will charge on receipt of request acco- cover postage and wrapping. The maps illustrate clo- special cable service of THE CHICAGO RECORD covers address THE CHICAGO RECORD, 181 Madison street, Chicago. $1.00 SEND BICYCLES SO 7 UP Cut this ad, cut and bicycles at $1.50, $6.00, $1.50, $3.00 and $0.00, the new 1900 Christmas AT $1.75 is by far the greatest bargain ever offered at the prize street home graver. Next, handle bay, Pamou and Golden Harper, the unique Saddle Pedal, Handle Bay, Toolb, and Toolbag. Enamelled blue OTHER BICYCLE advertised in this paper or in any catalogue, write me and we YOU CAN MAKE $500.00 THIS YEAR SEARS, ROE selling this bicycle at $25.00. Address: BROOKLYN BROTHERS $15.50 BROOKLYN BROTHERS BROOKLYN BROTHERS send to me, state whether you wish GREAT OR BAD, and we will send you HIGH GRADE 1900 MODEL southouth HIGH GRADE 1900 MODEL ACME JEWEL BICYCLE, by a express examination. You can examine at your express office, and if found inappropriate, you will be MOST WORTHY LAKES if you ever see or heard of, equal to bicycles that retail as high as $400, if you want express the agent OUR SPECIAL PRICE, $131.75, less the $1.00 send with order, or express the agent OUR SPECIAL BICYCLE, mailed free for the asking, show all bicycles all over all other stores, strips price. It is covered by a SINNEN GUARANTY equipment. Guaranteed Furniture is the best of what you buy. IF YOU WANT ART we will save you at least $2.00 to $10.00 on it. EBUCK & CO., Chicago, Ill. Iowa State Bystander 76 Counties in Iowa 29 States in the Union 2 Foreign Countries. Agents in 24 towns pondence from m 24 towns in Iowa and corres from many different states. Agents in 24 towns in Iowa and correspondence from many different states. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENT. The Corinthian Baptist Church - situated on 11th St., between Crocker and School St. Preaching, at 11 A.M.; Sunday School, at 12 o'clock Preaching, at 7 P.M. Rev. S. Bates, Pastor. St. Paul A. M. E.-Corner of Second and Center School, at 3 o'clock; Epworth League at 7 p.m.; preaching at 8 p. m. F. J. Peterson, pastor. First African Baptist Church - Corner School and Fourth streets. Rev. F. Lomack pastor, preaching 10:30 a.m.; Sunday school 3:30 p.m. and 10:30 a.m. Young People's meeting 7 p.m., preaching 8:00 p.m. Burn's M. E.-East Second and Des Moines street.-Sunday services, preaching at 11:00 a.m. and 4 p.m. Young People's meeting, Wednesday 8:00 p.m. All are welcome. Rev. C. W. Holmes, pastor, 202 Des Moines street. Mount Nebo Baptist Church-E. Second street, between Lucust and Grand Avenue-Sunday school, at 12:30 p.m., superintendent, Rose Johnson, preaching at 8 p.m. Rev. J. H. Bell, pastor. North Star Lodge, No. 9, A. F. A. M.-Meets Third Thursday in each month at Masonic Hall-Beat Second and Walnut. J. F. Blag- burn, W. M.; G. H. Clegg, secretary. King Solomon Commandery, No. 6—Meets Second and Fourth Thursday, in each month at Masonic hall. Frud Jackson, M.; C. G.; H. Clegget, Rec. Oliver Hall, No. 3192, G. U. of O. F.—Meets First, Second and Third Tuesday each month at Odd Fellows hall on West Sixth and Walnut streets. D. Burns, N. G.; F. Brown, P. S. Nason Court, No. 3—meets Second Monday each month at Masonic hall, Mrs. J. H. White, matron; Mrs. Fred Jackson, secre tary. Mt. Olive Court, No. 4—Meets First Thursday of each month at Masonic hall, Mrs. Susan White, matron; Mrs. Flora Majors, secre tary. Knights and Ladies of Honor of the World No. 178 Victoria Lodge-meets every Monday evening at the mansion of Tenth Century crests Mrs. E.A. Wood. Proctor, Mrs Rose Johnson. WANTED-SEVERAL BRIGHT AND honest persons to represent us as Mamas in this and close by counties. Salary $800 more. Position permanent. More, no less salary. Position permanent. Our references, any bank in any town. It is mainly office work conducted in the home. Enclose self addressed stamped envelope THE DOMINION COMPANY. Dept. 3, Chicago. KEOKUK ROUTE A.C. GOODRICH, Vice Pret. & Gear' Mgr. A. M.CRAE, Gear' Fri. & Pam. Agents. W.C. GOODRICH, Just Gear' Fri. & Pam. Agents. KEOKUK CAINSVILLE LEON MEZ. WIL. M. R. Quilcy La Claude ST. JOSEPH ATCHISON KANBAS CITY OMAHA, KANSAS CY, ST. LOUIS, PEORIA, CHICAGO. H. A. Ann. Gen. 1st. Ft. & Pa. KANSAS CITY PEORIA, CHICAGO. TRUSSES, 65c, $1.25 AND UP 65c MERRICK'S PURE NON-ALCOHOLIC FLAVORING POWDERS --- --- SECRET ORDERS. $19.75 You assume no risk when you buy Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. All Druggists will refund your money if you are not satisfied after using it. It is everywhere admitted to be the most successful remedy for Bowel complaints and the only one that never fails. It is pleasant safe and reliable. $2.75 BOXRAIN COAT HOUSE MAINTENANCE WATER PROOF MACKINTON TOH for $2.75 SEND NO MONEY. Cut this ad. out, state your height and weight, state number laches around body at breast, taken once every month, and wash and dry. we will send you this coat by express, C.O.B., subject to examination. Examine and try to preserve express office, and if found intact, was represented as owner or heard of, and equal to any coat you can buy for $40.00, you will receive a SPECIAL OFFER FIRM, $2.75, and express charges. THIS MAINTENANCE TOH is latest in 199 style, easy fitting, made from heavy cloth. Full length, double breasted, Sager velvet color, fancy plaid lining, suitable for both hair or Oversuit, and GREATEST VALUE ever offered by us or of Men's Mackinton tops up to $0.00. coats at cost of $0.00 to $10.00, write for FREE SAMPLE BOOK NO. 90. $1.25 SEARS, ROESE & CO. Are they reliable? - Edited. 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGN COPYRIGHTS & C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly obtain a permit, obtainable. Communities sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Muni & Co. receive special woe, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a year; four months, $1. Sold by all news dealers. MUNN & Co. 36 18roadway. New York Branch, 65 F. St., Washington, D.C. We are acting the very finest Frames made at FACTORY FRICKS, less than one-third the price of a custom-made one. GUARANTEE TO FIT YOU PERFECTLY. Say our whether you wish our Gisee Frames or want us to set up a store, ad out, and send to us with our SPECIAL PRICK named state your Height, Weight, Age, how long you live, and also state number inches around the body on a line with the rupture, say whether you have any other trouser to you with the understanding. If it is not a perfect fit and equal to treasures that we have, you can return it and we will fulfill your订单. WRITE FOR FREE TRUSS CATALOGUE which shows all of trusses included the $2.99 $10.99 $2.75 price of trusses allowed any one or more, and each will sell for SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO, CHICAGO Balsam Almondic Flavoring PURE VANILLA TURNED BY THE BRIK A. COFFEE COFFEE, LL. are pure and economical. Scientifically compounded from the Pure Fruit Juice. They retain their delicate aroma, which is easily lost in alcoholic or liquid flavors. Free from alcohol and all poisonous ingredients. DELICATE, DAINTY, DELICIOUS. ONCE TRIED, ALWAYS USED. Naomi Face Powder, the best on the market; containing no mineral poisons. Saponaceous Tooth Powder cleanse, whitens the teeth; soothes, heals and hardens the gums. AGENTS WANTED. MANUFACTURED BY G. G. MERRICK & CO. 32-38 Clark St., CHICAGO, ILL. Subscribe for the Bystander. Telephones 686, 688 and 689. DES MOINES, - - - IOWA. EVERYBODY KNOWSTHAT MUNGER'S LAUN- DRY is the best in the city. Try them and be decided. 220 THIRD ST. PHONE 579. THE DOCTORS EXTEND THEIR TIME. Owing to the Vast Number Who Have Been Unable to see the British Doctors, these Eminent Gentlemen Have Extended the Time for Giving Their Services Free for three Months to all Who call Before August 30th. Owing to the large number of invalids who have called upon the British Doctors at the office room, 204 and 205 Marquardt Block, and who have been unable to see them, these eminent gentlemen have, by request, consented to continue giving their services free for three months to all invalids who call upon them before August 30th. These services will consist not only of consultation, examination and advice, but also of all minor surgical operations. The object in pursuing this course is to become rapidly and personally acquainted with the sick and afflicted, and under no consideration whatever will any charges be made for any services rendered for three months, medicine excepted, to all who call before August 30th. The doctors treat all forms of disease and deformities, and guarantee a cure in every case they undertake. At the first interview a thorough examination is made; and, if incurable you are frankly and kindly told so, also advised against spending your money for useless treatment. Male and female weakness, catarrhal deafness; also cancer without pain or cutting; all skin diseases, rupture and all diseases of the rectum are positively cured by their treatment. Dr. J. Boyd, the chief consulting surgeon of the institute, is in personal charge. OFFICE HOURS: 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. No Sunday Hours. SPECIAL NOTICE—If you cannot call, send stamp for question blank for home treatment WANTED SEVERAL PERSONS FOR RDIS trict Office Managers in this state to rep resent me in their own and surrounding counties. Willing to pay yearly $6000, payable weekly. Desirable employment with unusual op-portunities for enclosure. Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope. A. P. Park, 900 Caxton Building, Chicago We want you to subscribe for the Iowa STATE BYSTANDER. "The Greatest Dirt Killer." 300, a Box of 3 Cakes. If not kept by your dealer, send us his name. Its greatest friends are Mechanics, Machinists, Printers, Painters, Farmers, Miners, and those having dirty work to do. It not only removes dirt and stains quickly, but softens and involges the skins. I excellent InWorkshop, In Kitchen, For Toilet. Agents wanted in every locality. E. M. DAVIS SOAP CO., Makers, CHICAGO. IS IT RIGHT From Sylvan Valley News, Brevrad, N. C.-It may be a question whether the editor of a newspaper has the right to publicly recommend any of the various proprietary medicines which flood the market, yet as a preventive of suffering we feel it a duty to say a good word for Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. We have known and used this medicine in our family for twenty years and have always found it reliable. In many cases a dose of this remedy would save hours of suffering while a physician is awaited. We do not believe in depending implicitly on any medicine for a cure, but we do believe that if a bottle of Chamberlain's Diarrhoea Remedy were kept on hand and administered at the inception of an attack much suffering might be avoided and in very many cases the presence of a physician would not be required. At least this has been our experience during the past twenty years. For sale by all Druggists. OTTUMWA NEWS. There will be an entertainment at the residence of Mrs. Mattie Weeks for the purpose of paying the organist of the A. M. E. church. Mrs. Chas. Taylor on Marion street, entertained a number of young people Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Taylor is a great friend of the young folks. There was a large crowd at Mrs. Anna Dodd's to view the night blooming cereus. Mrs. Emma Gardner of Peoria, Ill., is visiting her old suburban home. Miss Blanche Henderson taken suddenly ill at the Mason banquet, but is much better. Miss Bura Cannady, one of the leading bells of Oskalosa, is visiting Mrs. Ida Hopkins. Miss Henrietta Jones of Albia is visiting Miss Blanche Henderson. Mrs. Wyatt Smith, the hair dresser, will leave for Chicago this week where she will place her son under a specialist for phthisis. Miss P Robinette is taking a course in stenography under Mr. Joseph Hopkins. Rev. Wilson Carter of Washington, D.C. preached at the Second Baptist church Wednesday evening to a large audience. Miss Mosely, a graduate of Mt: Pleasant, is visiting her sister Mrs. Shelton. Mrs. Massey left for Davenport where she will join her husband. (Special to the BYSTANDER.) Boone Iowa. The Progressive club of Boone met July 18, and passed the following resolutions: Whereas—It has pleased the great and Almighty God in his Devine Providence to take away in death the father of our well beloved brother, Leroy F. Anthony, therefore be it Resolved—That we, the members of the Progressive club of Boone, extend to our brother our sincere heart-felt sympathies in this sad hour of bereavement. Be it further Resolved—That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family of our brother, also that a copy be sent to the Boone Daily News and the Iowa State Bystander for publication and that a copy be spread in the minutes of this organization. S. L. TERRY, President. C. H. COLEMAN, Secretary. MT. PLEASANT NEWS. Mr. Clay Reed and son Everet who have been engaged at work in Danville have returned home. Mr. Hackley of Ottumwa spent Sunday in the city, the guest of his wife. Mr. Geo, Mason and niece Miss Ethel Bomor of Des Moines, who accompanied Mr. Mason's mother and sister home last week returned to Des Moines last Tuesday, after spending a delightful times visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. Lydia Clay and grand-daughter, little Helen Thomas, went to Den Mark Friday to visit the family of Mrs. McKane. Mrs. M. Burnaugh is on the sick list. Mrs. Jenkins of Seattle, Wash., is the guest of her sister Mrs. C. Burnaugh. Rev. Thomas of Kansas City occupied the pulpit at the Second Baptist church last Sunday. Mr. Joe. Arbuckle went to Ottumwa last week to visit his daughters Mesdames. Jones and Tyndall. Stone masons are busy laying a foundation for Mr. S. P. McCracken on S. Jackson street. Mr. Wm. Spotts and brother Arthur Dortch were called to Lincoln, Neb., on account of serious illness of their father Mr. L. Dortch. Mr. Berry of Ottumwa is the new barber at Moseley's barber shop. Rev. Rhinehart received permission from Bishop Grant last week to transfer to the Missouri conference. Since Rev. Rhinehart has been in this state he has made many warm and true friends who will be truly sorry to see him and his wife leave the state. But all hope, trust and pray that where'er his lot may be cast after this year that success may follow them. A truer gentleman never occupied our pulpit. I can truthfully say I believe a truer one never will. NERVOUS WEAKNESS CURED VIRTUMA is a French treatment for both sexes that is positively guaranteed to cure IMPOTENCY vitality and vigor, restoring the desires, ambitions and aspirations of youth and health, fitting for success and happiness in business; professional, social and married life. $2 a package or 3 for $5. Ask your druggist, but refuse cheap substitutes. Sent anywhere prepaid on receipt of price and guaranteed by the Kidd Drug Company, Elgin, Illinois. Retail and wholesale by Hurlbut & McArthur, Des Moines, Ia. Very Low Excursion Rates to Den- ver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo Via Chicago, Union Pacific and North-Western Line, on June 19, 20, July 3, 9, 17 and August 1, 9 and 21, good returning until October 31, also very low rates on same dates to Glenwood Springs, Salt Lake City, Ogden, Dead wood and Hot Springs. Quickest time. Best service. Apply to rgents Chicago & North-Western R'y. T. W. Stepps left Saturday evening for Cedar Rapids, having completed his work in Moline. He has associated himself with Prof. Walace, an artist of enviable reputation. Together they make a strong team and hope to rank with the best in the country. Mrs. C. V. Bush is entertaining her niece Mrs. A. B. Stump of Chicago. Mrs. S. A. Hardison left for Minneapolis Thursday night for a visit with her mother who she has not seen for some time, after a pleasant visit with Mrs. F. E. McNiel. Your correspondent was very much indisposed this week, but is some what improved at this time. A party of 25 of Clinton's society people held a most delightful picnic at Joyce's park on Tuesday of last week. a magnificent spread was laid early in the afternoon, after which they entered into the enjoyments of the occasion. The party returned to the city at 10:00 o'clock in the evening, jubilant with joy of the events of the day long to be remembered. John L. Thompson, the genial editor of the Bystander, arrived in this city Saturday evening. While here he met many of the old subscribers and gained some new ones. His paper has a good circulation in Clinton. He left Tuesday for Davenport. The Misses Minnie Sayles, Annie B. Cooper, Mary Moreland Myrtle Hampton and Mr. R. D. Smith are recent new subscribers to the Bystander. A. A. Bush entertained John L. Thompson at dinner Sunday. One of the saddest deaths that it has been our lot to chronicle, took place Sunday evening at 6:15, when Hattie, the beloved wife of Cassius Clay, departed this life at her home, on Fourth avenue. Deceased was born in Aurora, Ill., in 1867; her age at death being 32 years, 11 month and 16 days. About two weeks ago she had an attack of malarial fever, taking to her bed only a week ago, gradually growing weaker she awaited the end which came at time mentioned. She leaves to mourn her loss a husband, who is left the responsibility of the care of 7 children, aged 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 and 11 years, a sister, Mrs. Dariid Winfield. The scene at the church was very effecting, from which the funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. R. Holly officiated, assisted by Rev. Tinnon of the Second Baptist church. A lawn sociable will be held on the church grounds Friday. A good time is anticipated. MUSCATINE NEWS. Rev. Gordon returned from Iowa City Monday morning after holding services there Sunday. Miss Maggie Mason of Iowa City is in the city the guest of Rev. and Mrs. Gordon. Mrs. Jennie Thomas returned to her home in Omaha after a pleasant visit with her mother Mrs. Simmons. There will be a Sunday School picnic held Aug. 1. Place not decided. Mesdames Maxer and Tomley are in Moline for a few days. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs Stephen Loyd is sick. Mr. William Schackelford is not improving as fast as his friends would like. Mrs. Ousley and Misses Maud Ousley and Nola Walker were in Rock Island last week. Mr. William Freeland of Ottumwa is working in the city. Mrs. M. I. Gordon, after a pleasant visit at the house of Mrs. Bright in Davenport returned to Muscatine Monday evening. Cheap Excursion Rates to Colorado. Cheap Excursion Rates to Colorado. On June 19, 20, July3, 9 & 17, and August 1, 7 & 21, tickets from Chicago and points east of Missouri River, and on June 19, 21, July 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 18, and August 2, 7 & 21, from Missouri River points, to Denver, Colorado Springs, Manitou Pueblo, Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah, on return, will be sold by the GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE -At rate of- One Regular Fare Plus $2.00 for Round Trip. Return Limit October 31, 1900 SPECIAL TRAINS ONE NIGHT OUT TO COLORADO will leave Chicago at 4:45 p. m. for excursions of June 20, July 9, and 17, and August 1st. Tickets also good on regular trains. ONLY DIRECT LINE TO COLORADO SPRINGS AND MANITOU Take advantage of these cheap rates and spend your vacation in Colorado. Sleeping Car Reservations may be made now for any of the excursions. Write for full information and the beautiful book "COLORADO THE MAGNIFICENT"—sent free. JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. P. A., Chicago CEDAR RAPIDS BUDGETARIAN. Be sure and attend the A. M. E. church Sunday evening next and hear Rev. Dr. Burkhalter of the First Pres- byterian church. Our community was visited again by the grim reaper taking from us Anna the beloved wife of Mr. Forrester. She has been sick about six months with consumption, and was a great sufferer. Bides a husband Mrs. Forrester left two little girls to mourn her loss. Her remains were taken to Denmark, Iowa for interment. Mr. Forrester and children have the sympathy of a host of friends in this their bereavement. Editor John L Thompson was in our city last week in the interest of the Bystander. While here he was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Wade. Luther Lowry has purchased a new wheel. Mrs. Rebecca Martin was indisposed the past week, but is convalescent. Mr. and Mrs. French Perkins entertained the young people at their home on the 19th inst, in honor of Miss Williams and Mr. Thorp of Macomb, Ill. A most enjoyable time was had. Mesdames W. H. Lavell and Geo. W. Wade will entertain their friends on a trolley party Thursday evening. About fifty are invited. Ringling Bros. show will be in town the 28. Quite a number of our people will attend. Messrs Stepp and Wallace, portrait artists, are in our city canvassing their work. They are stopping with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Wade, 1922 So. Seventh street. DEATH-JAMES B. ANTHONY OF BOONE. At 9 o'clock Sunday morning occured the death of James B. Anthony, colored, aged 62 years, at the family residence, from where the funeral took place at 2:30 p.m. today. Deceased was a native of New Jersey and at the age of 31 years came to Iowa and has resided here up till the time of his death. Interment was in Linwood cemetery. In Mr Anthony's death Boone loses one of her oldest inhabitants, he having been in business here in the earley '70's. He conducted a barber shop here for quite a number of years and later became the porter of Supt. H. J. Slifer's official car. He leaves to mourn his death a widow and five sons, who with their parent were and are quite prominent in colored business and social circles. LADIES DON'T WORRY. "Dr. Le Dues Genuine French Female Regulator" is positively guaranteed and mailed by Kidd Drug Co., Elgin, Ill., to remove and relieve Monthly Stoppages, Female irregularities; Suppressed Menstruation, obstructions and suppressions, from whatever course, or send free medicine until cured if guaranteed lot does not receive. Sent on receipt of price, $3 a package or 9 for $5.00 Retail and wholesale of Hurlbut & McArthur, Des Moines. HOCKING, IOWA [Last Week's Correspondence.] Mrs. Willis is a guest at the Allen home. Miss Nettie Hill is visiting friends in Muchakinock. Little Maggie Burkett is on the sick list. Mesdames Julia Jeffers and Virgie Burns, also Miss Nettie Hill are contestants for a gold watch, to be given away in the near future. Our people reported a splendid time while in Des Moines attending the grand lodge. Rev. Green, late of St. Louis, Mo., but now pastor of the Baptist church of this place, is a hustler. □ Literary at the Baptist church Tuesday evening was well attended and the programme nicely rendered. FRASER. Mrs. Ellen Walker who has been visiting her daughter Mrs. J. Phillips for over a year, departed for her home in Alabama Thursday. She will be missed by all, as she made a host of friends while here. Mr. Woods of Des Moines is in our city visiting his daughter Mrs. J. Underwood Mr. J. M. Douglass of Yale, Kansas, is on our midst again. Little Lottie Allen who has been quite sick, is better at this writing. 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Write for free (Cash Collection). SEARS, ROEBUCH IN NICAGO really reliable. (Million) MYSTERIES OF THE CHINESE SECRET SOCIETIES. Nearly Every Chinaman Belongs to Some One of the Organizations. ~ CHINESE PIRATES, AWAITING EXECUTION AT ROWLONG It would be hard to find a Chinaman that did not belong to one secret society at least. Often he belongs to several "Hul," and is active in them all, whether he lives within or without the boundaries of the Flowery Kingdom. These societies are of all sorts, but the most influential of them have at heart the expulsion of the Tartar dynasty, to which the present Emperor belongs, and placing a Chinaman in his place. From the Chinese viewpoint the Emperor is a foreigner, though his family has ruled for 350 years. Such a period is only a moment in Chinese chronology. Of the societies so eager to be rid of Tartar rule some are of ancient origin, as old as Masonry. In fact, several learned Masons who have studied the Chinese societies have found starting similarities in organization, degrees, rites and methods of procedure. Dr. Gustave Schlegel and William Stanton, earnest sinilogues, have written of the Thian Ti Hwui, Parker, Pfoundes, Huc, Dyer Bell, Boyle, Arthur Smyth and others have said much. The China Review and the Shanghai Daily Press, North China Daily News, China Mail, China Gazette, Hong Kong Telegraph, etc., give many references to the doings of these societies. As a writer in Blackwood's magazine says, China offers a congenial soil for the growth of all sorts of illegal combinations. This is due to the general mal-administration of the country. Under oppression and tyranny secret societies spring into life as weeds grow on a rubbish heap; and so iniquitous and cruel is the political system of China that it is only by combinations that the people can resist the most flagrant wrongs the mandarins seek to impose upon them. In some provinces where large family clans exist the members band themselves together under the patriarchal head of the tribe, and succeed in resisting the illegal and sometimes even the legal exactions of the local authorities. In Tu-khein, for example, the Chang clan numbers something like 10,000 persons and so well are they organized that the Emperor's writes run among them only by consent of the elders. Such a combination presents a difficulty in the government of the province, and the luckless mandarins, finding themselves powerless to enforce the usual exactions from the members of the clan, make up for this inability - CHINESE P by putting heavier burdens on those outside the protective influence of the powerful Chang tribe. To some extent a Hul or secret society can protect its members from the mandarin, and thus give to them benefits such as the Chang clansmen enjoy. Often it does this by blackmail. It convinces the mandarin that so long as he does as the Hul wishes the Hul will be with him, otherwise it will be against him; it will create disturbances and see that reports of these disturbances reach the proper officials in Pekn. If the Hul is powerful, the mandarin is rather a manikin, to which strings attach, that parties with conflicting purposes pull in opposite directions. The Oldest Secret Society. The Triad is one of the oldest, perhaps the very oldest, of the Hui. It has various names, some call it Tien-Ti-Ti, others Tien-Ti-Hwy or the Hung League, and in Canton and America Sam-Hap appears to be the designation. Its symbol is a triangle. The Kolao Hui, one of the most powerful societies in China, sprang from his empire to crush the White Lotus the Tien-Ti-Ti. It has over 1,000,000 members. It dates from the Tal-Ping rebellion (1860-65), when Ward, the American, organized the Ever Victorious Army, with which Gordon won his sobriquet "Chinese." It is military in its organization, and forms a large part of the present horde of Boxers. Its headquarters are in Hunan and Honan. Writing of it ten years ago, --- F. H. Balfour, long a resident of Shanghai, said: "There is not the slightest doubt that if one of their old generals were to raise the standard of rebellion he might have 100,000 men about him in the time it took to spread the news from Nankin to Hankow." Frederick Boyle says of this "Kolao Hui" that it is a military conspiracy whose agents travel about as doctors, bearing news from one center to another, and seeking for new members as they go. It has broken out several times since General Tseng-Kuo-Fan organized it at the time of the siege of Nankin. In 1871 it had planned to blow up the powder magazine at Hukow, but a letter describing the plan reached the wrong person and many important members of the Kolao Hui lost their heads. Several times since then foreign papers have told of its doings, but the present Boxer disturbance exceeds previous outbreaks in importance. Thorough Initiation: There is a Mohammedan society called the Hul Hul Jin, which must have other enticements for persons to join than its initiation ceremonies. PLAN OF PEKIN Outside information as to the "H. H. J.'s" is meagre, but the first step is a sound thrashing, which purifies externally, and the second is a couple of gallons of soapsuds which the victim must drink for purification internally. Of another Hui, the Wei Kaeou, "White Lotus," the "Do Nothing" or "No Hypocrisy" society, Mr. Balfour says it is more religious than the others. There are many women members. Its members wear white clothing and are, therefore, conspicuous. They are strict vegetarians and hold all property in common, each member having the usufruct of what was his or her property before initiation, but enjoying this only so long as the Hui does not ask for it. Strange to say, most of IRATES, AWAITING, EXECUTION AT ROWL the Wei Keaous come from the richer classes of society, and so the grand master of the organization has a vast sum at his disposal. "About 1810," says W. Boyle, "a certain Fang-Yung-Chen ruled the Wei Kaou. With his wife he formed a plot to blow up the palace at Pekin. For months it was incubating, and many thousands of persons, male and female, were engaged, but no hint reached the government until the conspirators were actually entering the palace. A great gust of wind suddenly extinguished their lights and a few members, seized with superstitious panic, cried out, thus alarming the guard. Kia King, the emperor, used the whole power of his empire to crush the White Lotus. Fan-Yung-Chen was captured. Nanking, the headquarters of the society fell, and thousands of the White Lotus fell into the hands of the imperialists, so many, in fact, that even a Chinese viceroy would be merciful, and offered to remit the death penalty of all who would eat flesh. Some ate, but the society boasts that every one that did so suffered death by slow torture afterward at the hands of their former brethren." "The Wei Keaou's are genuine mystics," says Mr. Balfour. "They prefer death to breaking their vows of abstinence, and the members assume the rank and title of regularly appointed officials bound by a code of laws as rigidly enforced as that of any recognized community." --- GREEN ENGLISHMAN Astonished and Disgusted After Drink Jumping a Glass of Water Holding his handkerchief in his hand, choking and sputtering, T. Fisher Arms staggered up to the desk at the St. James Hotel. Clerk Dailey cast a compassionate eye upon him, and reached out a supporting hand, says the Denver Republican. It was a few seconds before the stranger could catch his breath, and when he did he sputtered again, this time with anger: "You—you—you!" then halted to gain energy for a second attempt at expressing his feelings. "You advised me to do it and I did it. I drank it before I knew it. Oh, my!" He pressed his handkerchief to his mouth and made suggestive sounds. Such a dose! Catch me trying drinks I don't know ever again on some one else's authority." Clerk Dailey's face bore an amazed look of innocence. "I only advised you to drink soda water," he said. "I did not force you to do it. I would not have advised you if I had known you were so unused to the drink." "Soda water!" ejaculated Mr. Arms, in a forcible and injured tone. soap sups, that's what it was. The mysterious interior convulsions seized him again, and he felt called upon to use the handkerchief. "Loc.x here," he said, turning to a person who was an interested spectator to the episode, "he's been playing a trick on me, I sweep. He's taking advantage of me because I'm an Englishman, and not much used to the country. I had a mining deal on here, and I came straight as fast as I could from New York. I got the deal off my hands successfully a few days ago, and then when we fellows had a good time I told Dailey here this morning I was thirsty, and he advised me to take some soda water over here at the drug store. So I went. I wasn't paying much attention and I took a long swig at what the boy put before me. Oh! soap sups weren't in it. It was some pink, fuzzy stuff that tasted like hair oil and tar ointment mixed into one. I had a mouthful of it before I tasted it. I'll bet it is a game between Dailey and that boy," and with this expression of his opinion he subsided into a mumbling silence. "That's his first experience with real American soda water," said Dailey, after the man had disappeared into the bar. "They don't have it over in England, you know, and it gives them a little surprise when they ONG first lean up against a glass of it. They take to our cocktails all right, though." TEXAS SOLOMON. How the Ownership of a Hen Was Judiciously Determined. Texas has always been noted for the remarkable decisions of some of its minor judiciaries, which, while often showing ignorance of the letter of the law, contained a good deal of rude equity and appreciation of what was right between man and man, says the Mexican Herald. Some of Justice I. P. Franklin's decisions at Brownville, would have done credit to the wise caddil in "The Arabian Nights." One case I recollect in particular. Two women came to him one morning claiming the ownership of a hen, valued perhaps at 25 cents. Each had a crowd of witnesses, who swore point blank up and down, one lot that the hen was the property of one of the women and the other gang that it was the property of the other. Here was a quandary. Franklin thought awhile and then ordered that the hen be left with the court, and said he would render his decision later. Just about sunset that afternoon "Jip," accompanied by the constable, who carried the hen in a soap box, a couple of policemen and two or three of the court dangleons-on, appeared in front of the dwellings of the rival calamants who live just across the street from each other. The --- police and the hangers-on were ordered to clear the street and to keep all passers-by and curious urchins back, while the rival occupants of the residences were ordered to stay within doors. Then the constable.put the box containing the hen.at the point in the roadway midway between the two houses, and as the setting sun was tinging the clouds in the west with its last rays he removed the cover of the box and retired on tiptoe. Biddy jumped up on the side of the box, shook her feathers, hopped into the street, picked in the dust for a moment and then, calmly marched into the yard of one of the claimants, proceeded to fly up into a tree to go to roost. Calling the woman of that house to the door, Franklin told her that he had decided that the hen was hers, and, in turning to the other, who had come out, said: "And if you give me any more trouble about that hen I will assess you $2.50 for costs." All the neighbors were well satisfied as to the justice of the decision, and Franklin's reputation as a judge was much enhanced thereby among the native population. He had very shrewdly thought that if no one else knew to whom the hen belonged probably Biddy herself would be "most certain witness in the case IIls Wound Is Dangerous. "What's the matter, Willie?" "Boo-hoo; a big dog bit me on the leg about a hundred feet from the barn." Prize Picked Up at Sea. One of the richest prizes ever picked up at sea is now making her way across the Atlantic to Gibraltar in charge of six seamen from the British ship Senator. The vessel is the Norwegian iron ship Superb, with a rich cargo of ore, which was picked up in latitude 36 north, longitude 36 west, totally abbandoned, but in first-class condition, vessel and cargo being valued at fully $200,000. The prize was spoken on May 24 in latitude 36.04 north, longitude 20.04 west, by Capt. Jones of the British steamship Chiverstone, which arrived at this port yesterday from Carthagena. Despite the fact that the Superb, which is a full-rigged ship, was manned by only six men, there were no requests for assistance made to Capt. Jones, who stated that signals displayed showed that the vessel was proceeding for Gibraltar. When last seen he calculated she was proceeding at the rate of about four knots—Philadelphia Record. Where Cape Nome Is. Cape Nome is situated on the shore of Behring sea at the south of Snake river, Seward peninsula, central western Alaska, U. S. A., sixty-five degrees north latitude, and 166 degrees west longitude, and, by ocean route, distant from its base of supply, Seattle, some 2,700 miles. In making the ocean trip from Seattle one steams westward for 1,900 miles across the North Pacific ocean to Dutch Harbor, on the Aleutian archipelago, and thence northward 800 miles to the land of gold, passing en route the government sea rookeries on the Pribyloff islands. No Wonder. A good story is told of a madman who was confined in a Scottish lunatic asylum, and whose particular infirmity was an unmistakable belief that every day was Christmas day and that he was dining sumptuously on turkey and roast beef and a good slice of plum pudding. His real diet, however, was of the plainest, he being served twice daily with a dish of oatmeal porridge. After daily describing to his attendants the pleasures he had tasted in his cut of turkey or what not, he as regularly added: "Yet, somehow or other everything I eat tastes of porridge." In a Roundabout Way. The statement is made on the authority of one of our South American consults that nearly all the hams imported into Brazil are of American origin, but were first exported to England and there packed by English dealers in accordance with Brazilian requirements and reshipped across the Atlantic to Brazil. This accounts for the fact that Brazil imported from this country directly only 38 packages of hams in 1897. Emperor Dialiked Ceremonies. Among the letters advertised in a recent catalogue of a Berlin bookseller are several written by Emperor Friedrich during the ninety-nine days of his reign. One of them gives expression to his aversion to courtly ceremonies, and refers to various reasons why he should not be expected to attend the receptions given by the ambassadors. DOOMS TOWNS BY THE SEA Russia to Shell Cities on the Chinese Coast. SOUADRON WILL OPEN FIRE When the Massacre Is Proved—The Day's News Covering the Situation in Various Parts of China—Battles and Movements of Toops. St. Petersburg, July 27.—Admiral Skrydeloff, commanding the Russia squadron in Chinese waters, has received precise instruction to bombard the Chinese coast towns immediately on receipt of confirmation of the report of the massacre at Pekin. Hong-Kong, July 27.—The Chinese governor of the island of Hal-Nen has served notice on the consuls that he is not able to protect the foreigners any longer. The American missions have appealed to Consul General Wildman to send a warship to take away the foreigners. It is believed that nine men, women and children belonging to the American Presbyterian board of mission on Hal-Nen have been murdered by Chinese troops. Hong-Kong is full of refugees. An outbreak is expected. Eighty Russians Killed. Yokohama, July 27—Telegrams from Seoul and Chemulpo, report from Russian sources that eighty Russians have been killed by Chinese at AnTong, twenty escaping across the Yalu river to Jiji (Wiju). Fifty Russians who had been defeated by Chinese arrived at Jiji Sunday en route from Port Arthur to Pyong-Yang. Russian officials have left Seoul for Pyong-Yang. HOOTED BY SIENG: Crafty Chinaman Has an Awful Debt to Pay the Angry World. London, July 26.—All the world now believes that the foreign envoys at Pekin have been massacred, and that Christendom is being made the victim of a cruel hoax in the form of a daily message from Chinese sources, stating that they are alive. With hopes raised to the highest pitch by the Conger message, only to be dashed when the dispatch was discredited, the whole civilized world has been kept in suspense by these official bulletins from China. In spite of Sir Claude MacDonald's letter to the German consul at Tientsin, stating that the envoys were alive on July 4, the British government believes that all have been massacred. Lord Salisbury says that the letter only tends to strengthen this conviction, and he has very little hope. Each day since the alleged Conger dispatch was sent out a dispatch has been received at the capital of one of the great powers interested. Each has announced the safety of the ministers. Each dispatch was sent to a Chinese minister and by him communicated to the government. Every one of these dispatches came from Sheng, the director general of the imperial telegraphs at Tao Tal of Shanghai. Every one of these dispatches, the whole world now believes, was a lie to gain time. Sheng, probably at the orders of Prince Tuan and the dowager empress, is a man who is fooling Christendom. KEMPFF GIVES HIS REASONS For Not Aiding the Assault on Taku Fort. Washington, July 25.—The navy department today made public the mail reports of Rear Admiral Kempff explaining his reasons for refusing to join with the ships of the other powers in the attack on the Taku forts and giving an account of the attack which includes many details not heretofore published. Admiral Kempff also incloses the report of Commander Wise of the Monocacy, giving a graphic account of the action. Rear Admiral Kempff's explanation for refusing to participate in the attack on the fortifications ADMIRAL KEMPFF. of a power with which we were at peace is warmly commended by Secretary Long. Among other things it says: United States Flagship Newark, Taku, China, June 17, 1900—Sir: I would state what follows in regard to the happenings previous to the resolve yesterday by other senior foreign naval officers here to get possession of the Taku forts. 1. On Thursday, June 14, Rear Admiral Bruce called and asked what I thought of the matter, and I informed him that I was not authorized to initiate any act of war with a country with whom my country was at peace, that my limit was to protect American interests, both by regulations, and under recent instructions from both the department and from the commander- in-chief of the United States naval forces on the Asiatic station. 2. On the 15th at a surface. 2. On the 15th, at a consultation of the other foreign naval officers, it was agreed that the railway station at Tong-Ku should be taken; the railway is under Chinese government control, and in case any Chinese government force acted against force of any foreign nation, all should be involved and act unitedly. Under my instructions I could not join in taking possession of Chinese government property, and did not care to become a party to such an agreement without special authority. 3. Yesterday, June 16, the same foreign naval officers signed a compact that it was necessary to take temporary possession of the Taku forts; and notice was served on the viceroy at Tien-tsin, and on the commandant of the forts. Consuls at Tien-tsin were informed of what was contemplated. I did not join in the attack on the forts. Capt. Wise of the Monocacy had orders to protect American interests, based upon department's orders, but in case of attack by a Chinese government force he was to consider it as a declaration of war and act accordingly. Very respectfully. LOUIS KEMPFF. Rear Admiral, U. S. N. To the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C. The admiral closes his report by telling the story of how the forts were taken. It in no wise differs from the telegraphic account already printed. ANARCHY REIGNS IN PEKIN. Chinese and Boxers Reported Killing Each Other in the Capital. London, July 26.—Dispatches from Che Foo and Shanghai this morning say that Pekin is practically in a state of anarchy. The Imperial party, the dispatches say, are in as great danger as are the foreigners, and the regular Chinese troops are continually engaged in battles with the Boxers, who are gradually becoming masters of the situation. The latest of these advices, up to July 14, is sent to the British officer in command at Tong Ku by the commander of the forts near Taku, General Li's report is that on July 14 the guards defending the British legation had become exhausted. Li also declares his source of information says the guards were using their small arms ammunition very sparingly. Many officers of the Chinese regular soldiery, General Li says, tried to protect the foreigners, but were unable to do so. The foreign guards made a sortie and rushed the walls, silencing some of the Chinese guns, but the enemy were in overpowering numbers. 11,000 CHINESE KILLED: Lower City of Tien-Tsin Is Stewn with Batting Cars Neutsin, July 26.—The slaughter of the past week is dreadful to behold. Among the residences charred corpses are everywhere. Dogs and pigs are feeding on them. The allies are busy removing the dead. Owing to their great number, many have not yet been buried. The Chinese, it is said, have lost altogether about 11,000 since the trouble started. Most of them have been killed by Boxers and soldiers. The number is probably exaggerated. The streets throughout the city are strewn with all kinds of articles, and dozens of Chinese are digging in the ruins for money and other valuables. Most of the things which are intact or little damaged display the flags of one or the other of the allied forces, the Japanese and French flags predominating. There have been many attempts to imitate the flags, which under other circumstances would be laughable. TROOPS OFF TO COAST. Fifteenth Infantry to Embark for Taku —Cuban Soldiers Arrive. New York, July 26—Only a few sorrowful women and groups of grimmen from the shops, who waved their dinner pails, watched the third battalion of the Fifteenth infantry ride out from Communpaw in the Lehigh Valley yards yesterday in three sections on their start west to embark with the rest of the regiment for China. There was little response from the soldiers aboard the cars. Six companies of the Eighth infantry, just from Cuba, were landed this morning from the transport Crook. The Fifteenth goes direct to San Francisco, where a transport will take it to Taku. The Eighth infantry's immediate destination is Fort Snelling, Minnesota, where it will recruit for foreign service and then proceed to the coast. PARIS HOPES AROUSED. Li, at Shanghai, Agrees to Send Message to M. Pichon at Pekin. Paris, July 26.—M. Delcasse, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has received a telegram from the French consul at Shanghai, dated July 23, which says: "Li Hung Chang has just assured me that M. Pichon (French minister to China) is living, and he has agreed to transmit to him a message from me requesting a reply within five days." Charles H. Hort Is Insane. New York, July 27.—Charles Hale Hoyt, author, actor, manager, politician, has been declared insane. Still broken in health from grief over his wife's death a few years ago and unbalanced by the strain of overwork in his profession, he was taken to the Hartford Retreat for the Insane. After a consultation of experts his condition was declared critical. Cigarette smoking is not permitted on the exposition grounds in Paris. Those who violate the rule are imprisoned and fined. Millions for Baseball. A million dollars are spent every year for baseball, but large as this is, it cannot equal the amount spent in search of health. 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The dead: Mrs. Ellen McLaughlin, 48 years old, 904 Armitage avenue, employee of Cobb Shirt company; Isabella Koehler, 17 years old, 284 Burling street, employee of the Windsor company; May Koehler, 16 years old, 284 Burling street, employee of the Windsor company; Grace Pettersen, 17 years old, 467 Wells street, employee of the Windsor company. The injured: Albert Phelps, foreman for the Windsor company, face and arms badly burned; Myer Landsman, jeweler, face scratched; Marion Groat, employee of the Windsor company, badly singed; Adam Linck, 49 Pearson street, overcome by smoke; Etta Munsell, 300 Webster avenue, employed by the Cobb Shirt company on the fourth floor, burned about face and hands while escaping downstairs with her sister; Harry Thompson, burned about head and face, hair and eyebrows singed, employed by Windsor Shirt and Collar company on the third floor; J. E. Kirby, 913 Robey street, employee of Mason & Co., cut about face and body and left arm burned; William Whitehead, shirt cutter, face cut by falling glass; Albert Kennedy, 2910 Cottage Grove avenue, right hand badly burned; Catherine Brannigan, 938 W. Latta street, head cut and hair singed. Caused by an Explosion. The muffled roar of an explosion, followed by showers of failing glass and clouds of yellow smoke from the upper floors of the building arrested the currents of humanity in the thoroughfares below till the intersection of Dearborn and Madison streets was congested with people looking up at the windows, where blanched-faced women, caught in a death-trap by sudden fire, looked in vain for rescue and shrieked for help while the crackling flames swept out above their heads. There were no fire escapes. A moment after the first explosion the roar of flames drowned the voices of the women at the windows, who, with the desperation of despair, crept upon the ledges that crossed the front of the building at each floor. Facing the street and clinging by finger-nails to the bare walls behind them a dozen girls, employees of the Windsor collar factory, edged their way along the narrow ledge toward the adjoining building at the north, where a bay window, open and within a step of the ledge, promised safety to those who might reach it. In Perilous Quest of Safety. Men followed the adventurous girls, a stout woman with gray hair, trembling and weeping, joined the creeping frieze upon the smoka-covered ledge. An excited man followed her. In inch by inch they neared the window of Isaac Lichtstern, the breathless crowd below watching them in helpless ecstasies till more than twenty disappeared in safety. Then the gray-haired woman shrieked till her voice was heard above the clang of the firegongs and the hiss of steam engines. Within a yard of the window where William Turqunist, a tailor, stood ready to seize her, she lost her footing, grabbed wildly at the walls and fell to the stone sidewalk fifty feet below. Thousands of men groaned as they turned their eyes away from the sight, while others watched the man who had followed the woman along the ledge as he leaped to safety as she might have done. Policemen and firemen rushed to the rescue, but the woman was dead when they lifted her crushed body from the sidewalk. Girls Fall to Their Death. At the rear of the burning building scenes more terrible, but with few spectators to witness them, were entailed. Within five minutes after the first explosion three girls with clothing blazing, fell in heliops heaps into the narrow court at the rear of the structure. Property Loss Only $14,500. The financial damage by fire and water to the building and stocks will not exceed $14,500, with insurance aggregating $57,000. Chief Swenle did not regard it as a dangerous blaze at any time. The absence of fire escapes at the rear of the building is directly responsible for at least two of the deaths in the 6 by 10 area at that end of the structure. Passengers Saved by Engineer Chicago, July 27.—Hundreds of passengers on the Wabash vestibule limited train for St. Louis narrowly escaped death by drowning in the Kankakee river. The catastrophe was averted by the rare presence of mind of the engineer, Thomas Ingram, who is now lying on a cot in a ward at the Mercy hospital, this city, suffering from a fractured leg. A driving wheel of the engine broke, and Ingram reversed the lever and jumped. The passengers on the train did not realize their danger until all peril had passed. Dles from a Mosquito Bite Toronto, Ont., July 27—P. G. Close 62 years old, a prominent citizen here, died as the result of a mosquito bite. Blood-polisoning was contracted a few days ago and since then his condition slowly grew worse, ending in death. There are 7,300,000 men in Prussia earning less than £21 per year. A clock of the year 1580, which belonged to Henry III, is exhibited at the Paris exposition. More than a million slaves have been liberated in Madagascar during the last four years by the French government. A leading Chicago physician says that one of the best remedies for insomnia and certainly the cheapest is to take a long trolley ride just before going to bed. "Does your wife believe all you tell her?" asked McBride. "Does she?" repeated McBride. "Why, sir, my wife believes all the weather man says." The oldest American naval officer is Captain Francis Martin of Detroit, who has just celebrated his 100th birthday. He was a second lieutenant before Admiral Dewey was born. During the last thirty years 9,575 persons have lost their lives in Pennsylvania anthracite coal mines. The principal cause of accidents is said to be the carelessness of the employees. An Arkansas woman and her seven children recently traveled to Minnesota on one ticket. The children were all within the prescribed age limit, there being two sets of twins. England uses 30,000,000 birds every year for decorative purposes, and, to provide all Europe, 150,000,000 are annually destroyed, and when we add America it brings the sum total up to 300,000,000. A Berlin physician has written an article on the dangers resulting from what are considered insignificant wounds. For instance, in thirteen wounds to the thumb, permanent disability followed in 60 per cent of the cases. Major Llewellan, of the Rough Riders, was recently operated upon for appendicitis, and the surgeons discovered two big bullets while they were carving him. When he recovered from the anesthetic they showed them to the patient, who calmly observed: "The men are two more in there somewhere; did you see anything of them?" A small thermometer was placed in the mouth of Lee Chew a sick Chinaman, yb Dr. Pilsbury, a San Francisco physician, to test his temperature. He chewed the thermometer and swallowed the mercury, and Lee Chew will clew no more. The mercury killed him. The French village of Aumore ranks as the healthiest spot in the world. It contains only forty people, and twenty-eight of them are over 80 years old, and seven are a century. There are to graves in the place, and the oldest inhabitant cannot remember seeing a funeral. Jeff Eddins, of Burlington, Ky., noticed an angle worm speedily emerging from a hole in the ground, and then traveling at a rate of speed unusual in a worm. He watched the movements attentively and presently observed a mole in pursuit. He slew the mole and saved the worm. The freak of an insane man has caused the loss of a fortune. W. D. Bender, who died a short time ago, died in Hilliard, northeast Cincinnati, accumulated considerable wealth and then became demented. To annoy his relatives he burned government bonds representing $43,000. They were unregistered, and the relatives lose that amount. A flock of crows comprising apparently a thousand in number attacked Lemuel Hindes, at Oshlomo, Mich., while he was at work on his farm. They viciously pouenced upon him, pecking at his face, hands and arms and he tried o defend himself with a pitforth. Although he killed several wife, summoned by his cries, scattered the flock with a shotgun, after she had slain a score of the birds. Australian Army. 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Colorado possesses more than 120 peaks over 13,500 feet in altitude, of which no fewer than thirty-five peaks range from 14,000 feet upward. In the whole of Europe, there are not over twelve mountain peaks of note. The highest village in Europe is Avers Platz in Switzerland (7,500 feet); the highest inhabited point in Europe is the Hospice of St. Bernard in Switzerland (8,200 feet). In Colorado the mining town of Leadville, with 15,000 inhabitants, is 10,200 feet above sea level; other mining mines are still higher and some gold and silver mines are worked at an altitude of over 12,000 feet. The highest wagon road in Europe is said to be the Stelvio Road in Switzerland (9,170 feet). In Colorado the railroads cross the crest of the continent at Fremont Pass (11,328 feet). Marshall Pass (10,852 feet) and Tennessee Pass (10,433). Switzerland does not possess, even in the famous St. Gothard line, any railroad engineering surpassing, if equaling, these. There are wagon roads over numerous passes in Colorado ranging from 12,000 feet upwards, the highest being Mosquito Pass (13,700 feet). In Switzerland the coog-railroad from Vitznau to the summit of the Rigi Kulm (5,900 feet) has a length of four and a half miles, in which the ascent is 4,072 feet. In Colorado the coog-railroad from Manitou to the summit of Pike's Peak (14,147 feet) has a length of eight and three-quarter miles, in which the ascent is 8,100 feet, or an average of 846 feet per mile, the maximum grade being 1,320 feet. One class of Switzerland's finest scenery is along the Via Mala, the Schyn Pass and Urnerloch. In Colorado, the Canon of the Arkansas with the Royal Gorge, the Black Canon of the Gunnison, the Canon of the Ride de las Animas, the Canon of the Grand River and others, are all much longer, quite as grand as and more varied in character than the best passes in Switzerland. 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LOADING $15 SHOT GUN for $7.77. RULES $13.95. NEW NEW LOADING SHOT GUNS $15.07. NEW WINCHESTER SHOT GUNS $15.07. NEW LOADED Shooter $15.77. Through a Woman's The biggest thing in Chicago at present in the eyes of the Afro-American population at any rate, is the Institutional Church, of which Dr. R. C. Ransom assumed the pastorate, Sunday, July 15. The church is located at 38th and Dearborn Street, and was formerly known as Railroad Chapel. It is a large brick building, containing a handsome pipe organ and many conveniences for the kind of work an institutional church is expected to do. The special work of the Institutional church is to save those who are not reached by the other churches. The reaching is mainly evangelistic, and pyramidism and educational classes are formed for the benefit of all who care to attend. In Dr. Ransom's church of which we are pretty proud because it is the first church of the kind to be launched among our people, there will be a Sunday school, Deaconess Training school, Music Department, Cooking, Sewing and Printing classes and a strong Kindergarten and Day Nursery. Beside the assistance of Mrs. E. S. Ransom as superintendent of the Women's Department, Dr. Ransom will be assisted by Bishop Fallows, one of the most prominent of Chicago's white clergy, Drs. D. A. Williams, A. J. Carey, Revs. Booth, McCracken, Bundy, Geo. W. Gaines, lawyers L. Williams, F. L. Barnett, H. P. Jones and such women as Mrs. Julia McKinley, Mrs. D. A. Williams, Mrs. Bertie Evans, Mrs. A. J. Carey, etc. Dr. Ransom brings to his great task, energy, intelligence and a great deal of love for his fellowmen. What he needs at present is sympathy in the shape of funds to put the departments into operation. If he secures the support which he and the Institutional work deserve, we know of no man capable of doing more good at the head of our new and untried venture than Reverdy C. Ransom. The stewardesses and deacons gave a splendid complimentary dinner to Bishop Grant at Bethel July 9. The menu consisted of twelve choice courses. The after-dinner speeches were of the highest order. All of the city pastors and their wives were present and the Presiding Elders Gaines and Bundy, Rev. C. H. Thomas and Mrs. McCracken. Dr. Carey's response to the toast, "The Metropolitan Pastor," and Dr. Booth on "The Preacher for the Times," were especially fine. Dr. Ransom excelled himself in speaking of "Our Guest," and Bishop Grant's response was a happy one. The table was decorated with carvations, ferns and beautiful clusters of pink phlox. At the close of the speeches the writer read the following verses entitled, "The Heroes of the Iowa Conference": Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest, A great man goes, a great man comes, I heart are at rest. For the zeal of our Grant for the Lord God of Hosts Is one of our proudest, loud spoken boasts. For Bishop, they say, when you stand for the Lord, That sinners are saved by the power of the word, That revivals of blessing break out in your train And that forces long dormant awaken again. We are glad it is true and in hamlet and town May the forces of sin, through you be torn down And in each one of our churches from end unto end The Holy Spirit power descend. A thousand welcomes to you, dear sir, We've met today your heart to cheer; Not all, just a few, from your grand district, For the woods with Methodist preachers are thick Heroes, each of them, tried men and true, The makers of conference, 1 present them to you. And on behalf of the preachers here as- ssembled today Permit me these words of introduction to say. Here is our presiding elder, Dr. Geo. W. Gaines. A man who generally says what he means; Stalwart and staunch, true to his race. Though some day the bench of bishops may grace. And Presiding Elder Bundy, absent most of the time, Overseeing his great work in the snowball. Here is Dr. Ransom, our brilliant host. Whose gifts are the Conference's pride and boast; Champion and leader, to wrong hell not bend, lenerous to foe and faithful to friend. And dear Father Thompson, whom we all love, And hope may be given a seat above. There's Daniels, a strong and earnest man, Who says he'll raise money if any man can: And Tillman, the Joshua of St. John. Leading his young flock bravely on. There's states full of gospel fire, Seymour and Shaw, who lately came, Fenwick and Jones of growing fame. I wish I had time to speak of them all, Theological Reeves and dear Father Hall, Bass, McDowell, Joplin and Grant, Halke and Torkel. There's Williamson, Peterson, two Johnsons and Ford, There's Phillips and Higgins, and Dr. McGee! There's G. W. Jones and John Ferribee. Williams, Christy, Jackson and Ford, Porter, Lewis and Searcy, your hands to support. Dr. Peterson, F. J. and his brother, J. D. Basfield and Wright, and Dowden, you see; Festimun, Speese, Wharton and Knight, Anderson and Brooks, young men of great sight. 'peterson, McNeal and Mr. N. Work, And Graves, who never a duty will shirk. From here to the snowy plains of the West Our heroes go forth, and each does his best. They've toiled hard and built up the work that you see. And each one is anxious promoted to be. They follow their Master, they fear no foe. With you as their leader forward they'll go. Living for Jesus, whatever the cost, Dying like heroes, on guard at their post. May God bless our Bishop and prosperity wave O'er the head of our leader and heroes so brave. May all seifish ambition be now laid aside. While meekly they follow the lamb crucified. With sanctified hearts God's will may we do. And when our days on earth are all through, On Bishop, preacher, members all, May Heaven's benedictions fall. —Katherine D. Tillman. An Epidemic of Diarrhoea. Mr. A. Sanders, writing from Coconut Grove, Fla., says there has been quite an epidemic of diarrhea there. He had a severe attack and was cured by four doses of Chamberlain's Colic, holera and Diarrhea. Remedy. He savs he also recommended it to others and they say it is the best medicine they ever used. For sale by all Drugists. DOCTOR YOURSELF "Genova" Tablelets are mailed and guaranteed by Kidd Drug Company Elgin, Ill., to cure all forms of diseases of Urinary organs, and system, Bladder, etc., including Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Whites, Lupcorrhhea, unnatural discharges, irritations and ulcerations of the urinary organs and mucous membranes never gives stricture, harmless and painless. An internal remedy with injections combined; only one in the world. Sent per mail on receipt of price, $3 per package or 2 for $5. Don't fool with cheap substitutes. Retail and wholesale of Hurlbut & McArthur, Des Moines, Ia. ORIGINAL NOTICE In the District Court, of the State of Iowa, in and for Folk county, September term, A. D. 1900. Huebsch Bros. vs. J. M. Muggley, also known as J. M. Muckley, A. L. Muggley, also known as A. L. Muckley. Muggley, also known as A. L. Muckley. To J. M. Muggley, also known as J. M. Muckley, and A. L. Muggley, also known as A. L. Muckley; You are hereby notified that the petition of the plaintiff in its above entitled cause is now in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of the State of Iowa, in and for Polk County, claiming of you the sum of Two Hundred Seventy-eight and 16-100 dollars, as money justly due from you, and interest thereon at 6 per cent from the 9th day of October, A. D. 1899, upon your one joint and several promissory note executed and delivered to the above plaintiff for the sum of $310.00, bearing date October 9th, 1899, and due together with six per cent per annum, on December 1st, 1899, plaintiffs alleging that said note is still the property of these plaintiffs, past due and unpaid except the sum of $31.84, heretofore paid and credited on said note. Also alleging that you and each of you are nonresidents of the State of Iowa, and asking for a writ of attachment issue against your lands, tenements, goods, rights, interests and credits. For further particulars see petition. And that unless you appear thereto and defend before noon of the second day of the September term. A. D., 1900 of the said Court, which will commence at Des Moines, Iowa, on the 8th day of September, A. D., 1900, default will be entered against you and judgment entered thereon. DUDLEY & COFFIN. Attorneys for plaintiffs. 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 religion 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 $33,000, 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. Storra. Jon Carlos Renounces His Citizenship Rome, March 22.—Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, has appeared in court at Lucca and renounced his Spanish citizenship, declaring himself an Austrian subject. Guitan Said to Have Yielded to Czan London, March 22.—It is announced that the sultan has yielded "in all essential particulars" to the Russian demands respecting railway concessions in Asia Minor. Nine Nuns Receive White Yell Dubuque, Iowa, March 22.—Nine young women, six of whom are from Chicago, received the white vell and were admitted to the mother house of the Sisters of Charity Tuesday. THE ROUGH RIDER Arouses Interest and Intense Enthusiasm on His Western Trip. He Analyzes the Democratic Platform in His Original, Forcible Style, Showing Its Infamy. The Renewed Danger of National Dishonor in Finance, the Menace of Treason at Home and Promise of Cowardice Abroad. St. Paul, Minn., July 17.—The people of the northwest and the delegates to the national convention of the Republican League of the United States were given a taste here today of what is in store for the country, particularly the west, as a result of the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt for vice president. Gov. Roosevelt came here to deliver the principal address upon the opening of the convention. He had a magnificent audience, but he spoke not merely to this audience, but to the country. When he was introduced to speak the great crowd of 8,000 people stood up and for six minutes cheered the republican vice presidential nominee. The same thing occurred when he finished his address. It was like the national nominating convention over again. Gov. Roosevelt's entire western trip has been a repetition of this sort of thing. He has been received everywhere with ovations such as heretofore have never been given to any but a presidential nominee. His part in the campaign will be but little less conspicuous than that of President McKinley. The entire west loves Theodore Roosevelt and responds with tremendous enthusiasm to every appeal he makes to it. A man from Kansas said here to-day that there were many thousand voters in the west, men who voted for Bryan four years ago on the silver issue and because he was a western man and because they were not very strong partisans anyway, who would now vote for "the Roosevelt ticket," every man of them. He appeals to them with his open, honest, courageous heart and they will stand by him to the finish. In the course of his speech Gov. Roosevelt said: "I speak not as a republican addressing republicans, but as an American addressing his fellow Americans, urging them to stand for honesty and the honor of the Vital Interests at Stake. "We are beginning the work of a campaign more vital to American interests than any that has taken place since the dose of the civil war. We appeal not only to republicans, but to all good citizens, who are Americans, to be reelected President Dickley. It was indeed of infinite importance to elect him four years ago. Yet he need is even greater now. Every reason then obtained in his favor obtains, and many more have been added. The most realistic democracy would have meant fearful misery, fearful disaster at home; it would have meant the shame that is worse even than misery and disaster. To-day it would mean all this, and in addition the immeasurable progress that is brought the proud nation have taken, of flushing from the great work we have begun. No Dodging Policy. "We know definitely what we believe and we say it outright. Our opponents, who represent all the forces of discontent, malice and envy, formed and formless, vague and concrete, can hardly be said to know what they really do believe, because the principles they profess, if put forth made you, are so wrong, wrong, wrong, that they follow, that they like at least to try to wrap the mantle of hypocrisy around them. "They rant about trusts, but they have nothing practicable to advance in the way of remedy; nor is this to be wondered at, when one of the makers of their platform, the representative from New York, and the leader of their organization in New York, are both themselves among the most prominent stockholders in the worst trust to be found to-day in the United States, ice trust, which is only exposed itself to criticism which our opponents often insistly apply to every form of industrial effort. Free Silver Again. "Their only unequivocal position is that in favor of free silver at the rate of 10 to 1, for there is little need to argue against free silver now. What need we say against a doctrine which would work a sweeping and desist and destroy the economy. It is hardly necessary to say that not merely free silver but the very threat of free silver would paralyze our whole industrial life. The election of Mr. Bryan would cause such economic and financial chaos as to reduce this whole country to a condition of being so deprived that he be imagined even by those who keep fresh in mind the dark days of '93, only seven years ago. Any representatives of the populistic democracy, as at present composed, whom Mr. Bryan could appoint as secretaries of state and of the treasury would need to be put to a ruin; they would do far more to harm it now than they could have done four years ago. Border Line of Treason. "When it came to dealing with our foreign policy they deliberately strive to foster resistance to the national flag where such resistance already exists and to call it into being where it does not exist, with the hope of gaining some petty party advantage at no matter what the situation, but about imperialism and militarism, knowing that there is not one shred of truth in what they say, knowing if they know anything, that their words are putting a premium upon trouble in every island from which the Spaniards have been driven, and caring nothing because they wish to purchase party success in the war of honesty to the death and suffering to the men who fight under the flag. "Bitter indeed is the cup they hold out to the nation to drink, and thrice bitter it will be for the nation if it does not spurn it. Jefferson's and Jackson's Precedents. "When under Jefferson the great west beyond the Mississippi was the province of Louisiana, the new population, with their Indian populations, were governed precisely and exactly on the theory under which the Philippines "President Jefferson secured the Louis- iana purchase just as President McKinley secured the Philippines, and Andrew Jack son warred against the Seminole we were fighting in Spain, but we against Gen. MacArthur is now warring against the bandits among the Tagals in Luzon. Unless we are willing to deprive Jefferson and Jackson of the need of honor which has been held to be peculiarly theirs, we cannot be told to same high praise to McKinley. "At Kansas City the men engaged in preaching the gospel of dishonor and repudiation solemnly assures us that they are quick and inevitably to despotism at home. You men of Minnesota and the Dakotas who are here this evening can appreciate the simple process of thinking whether your liberties have been abridged by the return of the Minnesota and Dakota troops who such honor for themselves in the Pollinator League." "The army we have now is, relatively to the population now, the same as it was again and again during the last century and a quarter, in times when we had only our own Indians to "Our opponents mean nothing, and know that they notnothing, when they prate about militarism and attempt to sack us against 'imperialism.' They used precisely the same arguments six years ago against our taking Hawaii that they now use against our taking the Philippines. We would just as they now wish to pull it down in the Philippines. We had to undo their work in Hawaii just as in the end, but at an infinite cost of bloodshed and woe, we would have to do in this election. Should they be successful in this election. "Yet not one of them now would dream of saying that we were not right about it." Would License Murder. "Our opponents say that they wish now to give the Philippines independence. To give independence now would be precisely like giving independence to the wildest tribe of Apaches in Arizona. It would mean the turning over of the most peaceful, law-abiding people in the country to be plundered by the bandit, who are following Aguinaldo. "In China we see at this moment the awful tragedy that is following just ex-cep-tion. We have so-called anti-imperialists have championed in the Philippines. The Boxers in China are the policemen of the Aguinaldian rebels in the Philippines. Had we adopted the 'policy of scoutie' in the Philippines, the policy of the Pekingese in the Aguinaldian plon, the streets of Manila would have witnessed such scenes as those of the streets of Peking. We have their own, so-called government and then to protect them against other civilized nations would be allowed to butcher their neighbors in China, demanded for them the 'liberty' to butcher their neighbors, allowed them to establish their own independent country to protect them from the wrath of civilized man. "A more wicked absurdity than the Kansas City proposition for dealing with the Philippines was never enunciated by the representatives of a political party. Expansion Means Peace. "Expansion means in the end not war, but peace. But, like every other great good, it can be achieved only by effort at the outset. We do it by effort. We do it by effort. We do it by effort because the first step seems hard to the weaklings and the men of little heart. If we are to retain the respect of mankind we must do it with mankind we dare wrong from others. We must strive with earnest good faith to secure the steady betterment of the populations over the years. We must show ourselves anxious to work in a spirit of frank and open friendship with other civilized nations. But we must no more shrink from introducing orderly, orderly, orderly in the islands to which our new duty has called us than we shrunk in the past from the various kinds of expansion which carried us from Florida and New Mexico to Alaska. Policy of Infamy. "Study the Kansas City platform, and you cannot help realizing that their policy is the policy of infamy, that their triumph over the mean is overkill. It is also unthinkable and a disgrace so lasting that more than a generation would have to pass before it could be wiped out. "They stand for lawlessness and disorder, for dishonesty and dishonor, for license and disaster at home and cowardly shrinking from duty abroad." HENDERSON EXPLAINS. The Speaker Tell His Constituents About the Porto Rican Question in the House. 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