Iowa State Bystander

IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE BYSTANDER PUBLISHING COMPANY, FIFTH AND LOCUST. ROOM 405 MANQUAMD BLOCK, IOWA 'PHONE' 889. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN PRO- TECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF IOWA. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE MOST WORSHIPFUL UNITED GIAND LODGE OF IOWA, A. F. & A. M. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year. $1.50 Six months. 75 Three months. 60 Subscriptions payable in advance. Send money by post office 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 pubic. "Brevity is the soul of wit," remember. We will not return relied manuscript, unless accompanied by postage stamps. IOWA'S LEADING COLORED PAPER CITY NEWS Mr. Miller of Newton was a convention visitor this week. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Straughter were visiting in Co.fax the past week. Mrs. H. E. Jacobs who has been sick is able to be out again. Mrs. Mammie Langford is quite sick at her home on Walnut street. Mrs. Sophia Howard of East Railroad avenue, is quite sick this week. Mr. S. M, Cratio of Oskaloosa was a caller in our city this week on business. Rev. P. S. Irwin of Chariton, attended the State Convention in the interest of Mr. Manning of his town. J H. Mixon, Jeweler, No. 316 West Third street. Tunes Pianos and repairs Organs. Mrs Susan Stanton and her cousin, Franc is Smith, will leave Sunday for a fortnight visit with relatives in Macon, Mo. Herbert Wright, a law student of the State University of Marshalltown, was in our city this week attending the Republican State convention. Miss Mable Morton, who has been employed in the Starch factory, has been compelled to quit work on account of ill health. Mr. Chs. Mash will open a first class testaurant and rooming couse on West Second and Grand, next Monday evening. There will be music and speaking. All are invited. Miss Tibitha Mash, one of our intelligent and promising young ladies has been employed as stenographer and office girl for Mr. Beckwith of the Iowa Construction Co. She is in our High school. The Little Casino Restaurant 314 West Third street. Meals at all hours. Short orders a specialty. Give us a call. Mesdames A. M. Rivers, and J. B Rush went to spirit Lake on the exbursement last Saturday evening, returning Monday morning. They report a good time. Mr. Hayes Robinson, a mandolin soloist of Minneapolis, formerly with the Dixie Jubilee Singers, arrived in our city Monday to assist the Renix Bros., in organizing a mandolin club. Attorney G. H. Woodson of Muchakinock was a visitor in our city this week attending the convention. He informs us that his cousin, Miss Lela Sheffy of Washington, D. C., accompanied him home. Messrs Morgan & Hazzard has opened a nice two-chair combination tonsorial parlor, in the same room Mr. Wells had a shop, on Third street They invite the public to give them a call. Mrs. F. D. Jackson will leave this week for a six weeks visit. In Chicago a part of the time with Mrs. Pritchard on Armour avenue, then to Milwaukee, Mich., and Joliett, Ill. Several of our citizens have improv their homes this summer. The most important is that made by Mr. and Mrs McDaniel on their valuable Sixth avenue property. They have re-shingled, re-papered, re-painted and renovated all the rooms. It makes a beautiful appearance and has added much to the value of the property. ```markdown ``` DES MOINES, IOWA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1900. Colored Jeweler at 316 West Third street; will buy old gold or exchange for new. Mr. J. W. Bland of Keokuk was the only colored delegate, to our knowledge, who attended the State Republic convention. Rev. T. W. Philipps of Keokuk was also selected as a delegate but did not attend. Mr. Bland was well pleased with our beautiful city and her large buildings. He says that this is a republican year. Miss Zella Davis, a stenographer in in the Des Moines Life Insurance, received a promotion to policy writer which carries with it an increase in salary. She is perhaps the only young lady of color holding such a position in the West. The Little Casino Restaurant 314 West Third street. Meals at all hours. Shor. orders a specialty. Give us a call. Miss Susie Haskell of Maysville, Mo. and Miss Maud Letcher of Leavenworth Kansas are in our city attending Highland Park College Summer Normal course. They are both intelligent ladies. The former has taught school several years in Maysville and her parents are successful farmers there. Miss Haskell at one time attended the Highland Park college Mrs. Wm. Mash, our Union depot Matron, who is taking her vacation, left last Monday for Minneapolis, Minn. where she will make a short visit with friends, from there she will join her husband and go to the coast. Hon. W. B. Townsend of Leavenworth, Kansas, stopped over in our city a few days this week while enroute from St. Paul, Minn., where he had been attending the Republican National League Convention. Mr. Townsend is a prominent lawyer of Kansas and run within a few votes of being nominated for State Auditor of Kansas. The regular meeting of the Polk County Lincoln League will meet next Monday evening, August 6, at the hall over the Valley National Bank. All members are requested to be present as there is business of importance to be transacted. W. R. FOSTER, President. W. R. FRAIZER, Sect'y. The following are the names of people going to Minneapolis on the excursion, September 15th. Any one else wishing to accompany the party please send their names either to Wm. Coalson or J. Frank Biagburn. The sooner the names are sent in the sooner will we know the rate: Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ruff, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Mills, Mrs. B. J. Holmes, Mrs. E. T. Banks, Mrs. L. R. Palmer, Mrs. Alice Newton, Mrs. Payne, Mr. and Mrs. Geo Comley, Mrs. W. H. Birney, J. Frank Blagburn, Mrs. Webster, Mrs. A. O. Smith, Mrs. Ella Wilburn, Tolliver, J. L. Thompson, Mrs. Geo Young, Mr. and Mrs. Lon. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Coalson, Miss Montaque Wm. Fletcher, Mrs. Chas. Woods, Mrs R. Jefferson, Mrs. Anna Brown, Henry Clay, Jefferson Logan, Mrs. Annie Hall, W. A. Birney, K. Hamilton, Mrs. Furguson, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Jones, Mrs J. F. Blagburn, Mrs H. H. Lewis, Mrs G. H. Cleggett, H. W. Hughes, Sam Mash, Chas. Bradford, Henry Gater, Mrs. W. M. Hampton, H. L. Wright, Wm. Walker, Wm. Wilkinson, Mrs Gene Huston, Press Jackson, Mrs Sheeley, Mrs. McCowin, R. N. Hyde, Cal Pettegrew, Arthur Jones, Ira Miller Mrs. J. Hamilton, Mrs. Emma Blagburn, Mrs. Georgia Jones, A. L. Renix, J. L. Renix, Miss B. W. Renix, HEALER OF ALL DISEASES. Office Hours from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m. MORGAN HOUSE. DES MOINES, IOWA. Mrs. Susan White who has been very sick is improving this week. Remember the old settlers picnic is next Thursday, they are expecting a good time. Those who called at the Bystander office this week were Hon. W. B. Townsend of Kansas, Geo. H. Woodson of Muchakinock, H. R. Wright of Marshalltown, S. M. Cratio of Oskaloosa, J. W. Bland of Keokuk, Miss Susie Haskell of Maysville, Mo., and Misses Mary Morris and Sadie Joiner, of this city. Mr. Gus. Saunders one of our reliable young men who is in the employment of the Rock Island Ry. Service, has been transferred from our city out West with headquarters at Limon, Je. Colo. on account of his health. Editor's Observations In Davenport, sometimes dubbed the state of Davenport, we arrived in the rain. Davenport will have a population of nearly 50,000 when the new census reports are out, or which fully 1,000 are colored people. The city is noted for its beautiful parks and magnificent public buildings. The city hall and court house are perhaps the finest in the state. It has a metropolitan class of people. The city is controlled by the Germans and it goes without saying that it is free so far as refreshments of any disciproton are concerned. There are but few colored farmers or business men much unlike Clinton in this respect. Mr. A. D. Corbin owns several houses which he rents. Mrs. Mitchell conducts a restaurant, also C. C. Hill and Co. Messrs. B. H. Berry and B. G. Warricks are running barber shops. Mr. Brembly drives an express wagon. J. S. Roberts, once a citizen of Des Moines, has been appointed city Scavenger. His brother Alexander Roberts is the most successful man of color here. He is head porter at the Kimball hotel and owns a large carriage and express wagon, which are making money. He has been a citizen of Davenport about 20 years. Messrs Chesterfield McGaw, Warren, Applewhite, Busey, and Flournory own good homes, Mrs. C. Green is running a laundry, a new venture. Lynsey Pitts runs a saloon. The churches seems to be neglected a little. Rev. M. I. Gordon has charge of the Baptist and Rev. Christa has charge of the A. M. E. church. He was transferred from Indianapolis to Davenport last year. In Rock Island the colored people are doing much better. Rev. Chas. H. Thomas of the A. M. E. church, has removed the church to Thirteenth street, and has the title to several houses and lots belonging to the church. He is also running a grocery store in one of the buildings. The reverend was recently nominated by the United Christian party of Illinois for Lieutenant Governor. He is preparing to make a canvas of the State. G. L. Hilbring runs the express and transfer wagons and is doing a large business. Miss Harriett Tolliver has a first class hair dressing shop. Mr. W. II. Burris is one of the oldest mail carriers on the force. Miss Terrell is a successful music teacher and has all white pupils. The colored people are preparing for the Sir Knights Templers' conclave to be held in their city in August. We were only in Moline a few minuets. It is a city of work shops and factories. The Moline Wagon Factory, The Deere Harvester and many other manufactories support the city. Leaving the Tri city for Muscatine, and here we may emphasize that the colored people are doing more in the way of agriculture pursuits then any other town we have yet visited in Iowa. We will name a few that we met and heard of. Mr. I. P. Johnson formerly of Muchakinock, has a beautiful home of 8 acres in the city limits. He is a gardner and has one acre of cucumbers already contracted for at the Heinz Canning factory, at 50 cents per bushel. He had one acre of sweet corn and two acres of tomatoes contracted for before the ground was plowed in the spring, at 20 cents per bushel. He set out 3800 plants, the average yield for each plant is about one bushel. If he average one-half bushel per plant it would grow him 1900 bushels, already contracted for at 20c per bushel; he also has watermelons, sweet potatoes, etc. Mr. Johnson is an intelligent race man an was the first man ever sent from this state as a lay delegate to the general conference of the A. M. E. church, and J. H. Shepard of Des Moines being the only other one in the history of Iowa. Mr. Phil. Fairfax ovas two and one-half acres in the edge of the city. Nelson Carr owns two and one-half acres and has recently built a new cottage. He and his wife are christian people and are much interested in the progress of the race. A. O. Manley owns two acres. Mr. Greenway owns 21 acres in the edge of the city. He lives down town and his son william farms while Mr. Greenway runs a first class barber shop. Joseph Lee has one acre in the city limits, also A. C. Brooks. Then south of town are Richard V. Seay who owns a nice garden farm and Nelson Lee has 21 acres on the Muscatine island He is the most successful of all and sells to the large wholesale houses in Chicago and New York. He raises watermelons, sweet potatoes, etc., and has a railroad track built to his farm and has been there about 20 years. In the city Richard Haney has the only street sprinkler. Mr. P. Towmley is a corn doctor. Mr. Martin Lee is also a good farmer. There is only one church here, the A. M. E. church, prstored by Rev. M. I. Gordon. They have a nice brick church and parsonage. Muscatine is like Clinton it has quite a number of attractive and intelleigent young ladies for they caused us to nearly miss the train. The greatest industry in muscatine is the pearl button factories. Race Riots Condemned A Mass Meeting of the Colored Citizens Held and Denounced the New Orleans Last Monday evening a mass meeting was called, under the auspices of the Ladies' and Men's meeting, to discuss and take whatever actions that they thought best to denounce the howling mob that murdered several innocent colored people last week, and to appraise the public of our position in regard to it. Many compliments were mentioned of the strong stand that the press had taken against it in general, and more especially the strong editorial that the Des Moines Daily Leader written. We publish it in full else where. The meeting was presided over by Ed. McAfee, chairman of the club. While waiting for the committee on resolutions good speeches were made by Mr. Bromly (white), a true friend of our race and a pioneer in under-ground railway in slavery days. In 1850 he spoke for our race in the streets of Des Moines. Other speakers were Prof. Geo. I. Holt, John L. Thompson, J. H. Mixon, C. S. Ruff, W. R. Foster, C. B. Woods, W. H. Humburd, I. E. Williamson and J. B. Rush. The resolutions adopted reads as follows: "Resolved, By the colored citizens of Des Moines in mass meeting assembled that we are opposed to all acts of violence and disorder, from whatever source; that we hartily favor law and order under all conditions. "That we oppose in no uncertain terms the lawless acts of the howling white mob that so savagely, wantonly and wickedly butchered and slaughtered innocent colored men, women and children in the city of New Orleans, La., as detailed it the dispatches last week. "Whereas, The constitution of the United States guarantees that all citizens living under the Stars and Stripes shall have equal protection under the laws of the country; Resolved. That the constitution has been violated and we demand that the party in authority of the affairs of this government fulfill its pledges as expressed in the St. Louis platform of 1896, and that the oath of the chief executive to uphold the constitution be obeyed; that all citizens be respected at home as well as abroad. "Resolve, That the general tenor and opposition to the New Orleans method of 'administering justice' as expressed in the city and country press, we commend, and sincerely hope, that all will raed and keep posted on the issues and facts daily developing. "Resolved, That we regret the loss of life in the reign of anarchy in New Orleans, regardless of race." A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING. On Sunday evening about 6 o'clock, July 22nd, occured the marriage of Prof. Jordan Hamm of Lineville, Ia., to Mrs. Lulu Patton of Kansas City, Mo., at the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Auştin of Lathrop, Mo. The room was artistically decorated with flowers. Rev. T. J. Knapper of Cameron, Mo., performed the ceremony, and pronounced them man and wife. There were only a few friends present. After the bounteous repast the bridal couple departed for their country home, Mercer county, Mo., where they will remain until the about the middle of August, when they will return to Lathrop, where Prof. Hamm will resume his duties as instructor in the public school. The bride is well known in Missouri and with her amiable disposition will make a useful woman. The groom is one of the best successful teachers in northern Missouri. For 18 years he has been preceptor in the Missouri schools, at the same time has conducted his mother's farm near Lineville. We with their many friends join in wishing them happiness and success in the journey of life. NEW ORLEANS LYNCHING The bloody and lawless affair that occurred at New Orleans last week ought to be strongly condemned, and the Mayor severely criticised to allow the howling mob of drunken idiots to run wild all afternoon, and was not checked until about 11 o'clock at night. It is indeed a shocking shame to barbarians, much less civilized beings, to allow this howling mob to shoot down innocent colored men who were going to and from their daily labor, and hunt innocent colored people in their qite homes and brutally beat them, and to cause women and children to be murdered in cold blood; then to saturate the gutters and stain the streets with innocent blood in a city like New Orleans, does not find a parallel in the annals of the world's darkest period. The bloody lynching of the members of the masfa in 1861 or the cruelties of the Boxers is not a comparison. This act would blacken the lowest hamlet of Igorates. The Spaniards would throw their hands up in holy horror and learn a lesson from the so called civilized America in butchery and cruelty. The man eating cannibals of the islands would be shocked to see such a thing as was in New Orleans. The cause of all this was simply because a couple of officers were killed in attempting to arrest a Negro desperado. In arresting desperadoes, white or black, officers may expect anything, therefore these hoodlums were not justified in acting as they did, because the better class of colored people deplored the act of this desperado as any person No. 8. ought to, as was shown by the better class of colored citizens offering their service to the officers to assist in hunting and arresting the criminal. In fact there is no possible excuse for this horrible affair, and as soon as this drunken mob gathered the Mayor ought to have ordered out the militia and swept those red hand villians off with mausers and gattings like grass before a mowing machine. If these horrible and shocking crimes perpetrated on innocen women and honest working men do not cease, the colored race will rise, guided by justice, supported by the God of heaven and convulge this nation into a greater civil war then the world has yet recorded. NEW YORK AGE MISTAKEN. In our last issue appeared an article written by the New York age, which said that at a recent meeting of the Board Dr. W. H. W. Rees, one of the assistant secretaries of the Freedman Aid Bureau, resigned rather than to serve under Dr. Mason a colored man, but that the board sustained the latter. This is a mistaken idea. Mr Rees pid not resign as one of the secretaries, for the M. E. General Conference only elected two and they were Dr Mason and Dr. Therkild (white); furthermore Dr. Rees had served the past four years with Dr. Mason as secretaries co-equal in power. Then again we knew Dr. Rees when he use to live in our city and was Presiding Elder here, and how he would defend the colored people here in receiving equal rights by the side of the white man. He is too much of a christian gentleman for the above action. REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. The Iowa State Republican Convention held its session last Wednesday in the new Auditorium just rebuilt since it burned in June. The convention was one of the largest attended, and most enthusiastic of any held in many years in Iowa. Hon. H, O. Weaver State Chairman called the convention to order, after which the Iowa State Military Band which had been giving concerts for the past two hours, played Star Spangled Banner led by the Grant Glee Club of singers. Then prayer was offered by Rev. A. L. Frisbjl, D. D. of Des Moines, after Chairman Weaver introduced Hon. W. L. Roach, of Muscatine, as the temporary Chairman. The temporary Secretaries were John L. Thompson of Polk Co. and M. Parnell of Hancock Co. After the temporary Chairman's speech, the committees were named, then abjourned until afternoon. The afternoon session, Hon. J. H. Trewin of Allamakee, Co., was selected as permanent Chairman, and the two above named secretaries were retained with five more added. The following candidates were nominated. Electors-at-large- John M. Baldwin of Council Bluffs and Ole O. Roe of Des Moines. District electors; First district—E. V. Tucker of Louise Second district—A. L. Bartholomew of Jackson. Third district—L. B. Raymond of Franklin. Fourth district—C. H McNider of Cero Gordo. Fifth distruit—H. H. Rood of Linn. Sixth district—S. H. Harper of Wapello. Seventh district—C. Rynsburger of Marion. Eighth district—Marion F. Stookey of Decatur. Ninth district—P. L. Seever of Guthrie. Tenth district—Taomas Way of Crawford. Eleventh district—George E. Bowers of Sioux. Secretary of state—W. B. Martin of Adair. Treasurer of state—G. S. Gilbertson of Winnebago. Auditor of state—F. F. Meriam of Delaware. Attorney general—C. W. Mullan of Back Hawk. Supreme jucie—Emlin McClain of Johnson. Railroad commissioner—D. J. Palmer of Washington. When in Muchakmock, Iowa, stop at MRS. ADDIE JOHNSON'S RESTAURANT for good meals or short orders; also Ice Cream. Prompt attention given to all orders. --- CHAP. 40 RI. II. (Continued.) "I remembered this was the day you spoke of riding over," said Dr. Adair Rothes—for it was he—in a low voice; "but I hardly expected you would come with these terrible rumors about." Bluebell's eyes grew larger than their wont. "Rumors? I haven't heard any," she said. "What are they, Doctor Rothes? "You haven't heard?" He had not released her hand, and was holding it very closely now. "They say that the Boers are marching into Natal." "Oh!" Bluebell uttered a little cry, and the rosy color faded out of her face. "Is it war, then?" "I suppose so," Rothes answered gravely. "It seems Kruger has as good as declared war by sending a message to England demanding that our troops should be immediately recalled from South Africa." Bluebell sat very still on her horse, her hands clasped; Rothes had at last withdrawn his "Will they come to Ladysmith?" she whispered at last. Rothes nodded. "That is what is expected. We shall be besieged. The inhabitants are beginning to fly already, and I expect in a few days Ladysmith will be deserted except by the garrison." "And you, what will you do?" Bluebell asked. There was a little quiver in her voice, which seemed to send a swift thrill of mingled joy and pain to Rothes' very soul. "I shall remain here, of course," he answered, trying to speak in his usual tone. "Unless there is fighting outside. If there is I shall go with the army." Bluebell was silent for a moment, and then she said: "You will be on our side, of course?" "I will be with the British army." Rothes answered quietly, "but, thank heaven, a doctor's business is not to fight on any particular side, or to slay his brother, but to do what he can for those who are wounded and dying on either side. But you are going into the town, Miss Leslie? I must not keep you." "I have messages," said Bluebell; "but I will not wait long, as I am going back alone." "May I go a bit of the way with you?" Rothes asked eagerly. "I do not like the idea of you riding those twelve miles alone with the country in this unsettled state." Her soft eyes fell suddenly. Bluebell would hardly acknowledge to herself how her heart beat and her veins thrilled at the proposal. "Thank you," she said the next moment. "it is kind of you. I shall leave the town about three. I think." "Then I shall be here at that time," he answered. "Good-bye, just now." And he moved away. Bluebell rode on into the town. The terrible tidings had shocked and horrified her, but she was not frightened. There was little fear in Bluebell Leslie's nature, small and childish and fragile as she looked. And she was a woman; and the look in Adair Rother's eyes, the close, warm clasp of his hand, occupied her thoughts almost more than this terrible picture of war. She found Ladysmith in a state of confusion. Many of the shops were shut. But Bluebell managed to get her business done, and then went to see one of her acquaintances. She found her busy preparing for departure. "I suppose it's safer to go," said Mrs. Lloyd, a pretty little English woman, whose husband was an engineer. "Ted insists on my going; but I don't feel as if I could leave him here alone." "You are going and Mr. Lloyd is remaining?" exclaimed Bluebell, with started eyes, and then: "Oh, Nellie, how can you?" "I would not, of course, if I had only myself, to consider," said Mrs. Lloyd, the tears springing to her eyes; "but there is my poor little baby, Bluebell." "What of that?" said Bluebell, "A wife's place is beside her husband, surely? Better you should both die together, if the worst comes, than that you should be separated. Nellie, how would you feel if anything happened to your husband and you so far away?" Nellie burst into tears. "Yes, you are quite right. Bluebell. I held out against Ted ever so long, and, now that you speak like that, I feel that I have been very cowardly to give that to him. No, I won't go!" Bluebell left her friend, whose mind was thoroughly made up, after a little, and the two friends kissed each other, with the feeling that they might never meet again on earth. Bluebell kept back her own tears, and answered the little woman as bravely as she could, but as she rode out of the town her path was all blurred by the blinding tears that came to her eyes now. Doctor Rothes was waiting for her, mounted on a fine chestnut horse of his own, and together they rode on in silence until they were out of sight of the town. "You saw one of your friends!" Rothes said at last. "Yes, I saw Mrs. Lloyd. She is going to stay at Ladysmith even if it is bested." A STORY OF THE BOER CAMPAIGN IN NATAL XXX By H. B. Mackenzie "Brave little woman!" said Rothes, a tone of emotion in his voice. "I always thought her rather a butterfly, and I beg her pardon mentally for that." "In fact, you thought she and I were very much allike?" said Bluebell, with a little tone of coquery. "Confess now you think me that, too, don't you, Doctor Rothes?" "I never thought you anything but—" He was speaking with a sudden passion, but he suddenly checked himself and paused. "You know you are not justified in speaking like that," he said at last gravely. "Did I ever give you reason to do so?" Bluebell laughed a little. "Do you remember the ball at Martitburg last spring, Doctor Rothes? Ah, you didn't approve of me at all then!" He remembered it quite well. It was the first time he had met the Leslies, for he had been practicing in Martzburg himself then. Bluebell's wild, childishly high spirits had carried her away that night, and she had flirted indiscriminately with all the officers then stationed at Martzburg. Bluebell remembered it, too. "Who is that grave-looking young man gasging so strangely at me?" she asked her partner, a gay young lieutenant. "Do you think he wants an introduction, or is he only trying to wither me with a glance of his eye?" "The latter, I think," the lieutenant had answered, more truthfully than gallantly. "He's Doctor Rothes, and they say he is one of the awfully serious kind, you know. Takes life like a funeral, and believes one should go to church twice on Sundays. That kind of thing, don't you know." Rothes's sunburned face had deepened just a little in tint. "It is too bad to bring back those old foolishnesses to one's memory," he said. "I did not know you then, Miss Leslie. I had not seen you in your home. I did not know you earned the love and devotion of the poor natives on your father's place., I did not know you taught them, as far as was possible, not the mere profession of Christianity, but its practice." Bluebell bent a little over her horse's head. "I am afraid I ought to teach myself that first, Doctor Rothes. Charity begins at home. But let us not speak of friends, can we, with this terrible danger facing us? Surely it will draw all European people out here closer together if anything could?" "Yes," said Rothes quietly, "we can't be anything but friends." Bluebell felt vaguely hurt at the cold words. They rode on, the horses' necks quite close together, and Rothes talked of the coming ordeal. Bluebell felt somehow strangely disappointed. The last time she had met Adalain Rothes he had held her hand long, and looked into her eyes with a look that had made every vein in her body thrill; and now he was so cool and indifferent—a friend, as he had said, and nothing more. It was not that Bluebell was in love with him. She told herself about a dozen times a day that she liked Adalair Rothes very much, but could never imagine him as a lover; yet now, why this sinking of her heart? It was drawing towards sunset—a glorious sunset. The whole of the sky died in crimson and gold, the very velid reflected the crimson, so that it looked as if it were bathed in blood. Bluebell shuddered as she thought that very soon it might be. A kopje was 'before' them, one of those little hills rising steeply from the one side, sloping from the other, so common on the Natal veldt. Suddenly, as Bluebell looked towards it, a figure on horseback emerged from behind it, and came riding straight towards them. Bluebell felt a thrill of annoyance and aversion run through her, for she recognized the rider at once. It was the millionaire, Gerald Moore. CHAPTER III He rode forward and lifted his hat, putting his horse in Bluebell's way so that she could not pass. Bluebell fancied his face was paler than usual; but his deep, slowly-moving eyes did not move from her face. "Your father has sent me to meet you, Miss Lesile," he said in his rich, deep tone. "We have heard that the Boer army has crossed into Natal, and is marching straight on Ladysmith. It is not safe for you to be alone on the veldt." "I am not alone, thank you, Mr. Moore," said the girl, a touch of defiance in her tones. "Doctor Rothes" she turned towards Adair—"has kindly been seeing me home. He had heard the news you refer to." She was struck by the look on Gerald Moore's face as he turned to Rothes. There was an almost disoblational expression upon it; but it passed away so quickly that she could not have sworn to it. "I presume that Dr. Rothes will not object to handing you over to my charge now that you are within three miles of New Kelso." he said. It seemed to Bluebell there was an un- dercurrent of other menace or distance in his voice. She glanced into Rothes' face. He sat very stiff and very erect on his horse, his face turned towards the other man. Bluebell had never—not even that night of the Maritsburg ball—seen so stern and cold a look upon his face as that which froze it at this moment. The expression startled her still more now. Was it possible these two men knew each other? "I leave the matter entirely in Miss Leslie's hands," he said gravely. "If she thinks I have come far enough, I am quite prepared to return to Lady-smith. Moore looked at Bluebell. Moore looked at Bluebell. "You had better come with me, Miss Leslie, and allow Dr. Rothes to return home," he said; then added in a lower tone: "Your father is not quite himself today. Perhaps you would not care to have a stranger at New Kelso under the circumstances." Not quite himself That decided Bluebell. Not for worlds would she have Adair Rothes, whose good opinion she felt so strangely reluctant to lose, see her own father in a half-intoxicated condition, and that was evident what Moore's words implied. Adam Leslie had always been a little apt to exceed, but it was only of late—within the last six months—that his daughter had noticed it. And it seemed to her, since the coming of Gerald Moore that her father had yielded still more to his fortunate weakness. "Perhaps you had better not come any further, Doctor Rothes," she said, in a low voice. "If Mr. Moore is going to New Kelso, of course he may as well ride with me; but I would just as soon go by myself. I am not a bit afraid." Rothes took off his hat and held out his hand. For one minute, only one, their horses were close together, and Moore's was so far apart as to render him out of earshot at least of a whisper. "Good-by," said Rothes, hurriedly and a little hoarsely. "I don't know when I may see you again. God only knows I pray that He may guard and keep you from danger!" He bent a little nearer, and added in a whisper: "As you value your safety and happiness, beware of that man. I entreat of you to do so. He is a dangerous man. I cannot say more. Good-by--good-by." The clasp of his fingers on her hand was to remain there for many days. He rode off, raising his hat, and a strange sense of desolation and loneliness fell upon Bluebell. She turned Rover's head and rode on, not glancing at Moore. Adair's words still rang in her ears. "So that is Doctor Rothes?" said Moore, giving his horse a little cut of the whip that sent him springing on beside Bluebell. "Yes," she said, looking straight into his face. "Do you know him? "I had the pleasure of meeting him once in Martitzburg," said the millionaire dryly; "but, Miss Leslie, I wish to talk of something else just now. Your father has given me leave to do so. What do you think has kept me all this time lingering about this district? Bluebell shook her ruddy brown head. A feeling of vague discomfort and uneasiness shot through her at the question; but not in her wildest guesses could she have arrived within a mile of the truth. Gerald Moore went on slowly: "The country will soon be in a ferment; existence in it will be dangerous, unsafe. For men this does not matter so much; for women, especially those"—he paused and added impressively—"whom we love, it is terrible not to be thought of. Your father wishes you to go out of the country while yet there is time." *(To be continued.)* CITY OF HONG KONG. It Is One of the Most Unheathful Spots on the Globe. In spite of all the precautions that have been taken, the perfect sanitation of the city, the fine natural drainage, the cleanliness of the streets, Hong Kong, says the Boston Transcript, is one of the most unhealthful spots on the globe. With its tropical heat, the lofty peaks that half encircle it catch the clouds that the rapid evaporation create, the floods of rain pouring down in streaming torrents. The houses lack light, although they are built as well as they could be, with perforated ceilings, through which the air circulates, admitted from openings pierced in the outer walls; the floors are brilliantly waxed, carpets, owing to the great dampness being dispensed with. The great difficulty is to secure light and proper ventilation; the streets are very narrow, and the towering walls of buildings opposite obstruct the light in front, while at the rear the courts or terraces crowded with follicle cast a heavy shade from that direction. In the gardens, while plants flourish luxuriantly, there is no grass, but the ground is green with moss, just as it grows in damp, shady places in cooler climates. The heat and the great humidity are destructive to health, and it is doubtful if there is a single normal liver in the whole of Hong Kong. English women who come out with complexions of cream and roses grow thin and salow; the Hong Kong complexion is a startling grayish green, and the old resident has, with his pallor, dark blush circles under the eyes. The least exertion includes exhausting perspiration, and people become gaunt and thin. Shut not thy purse strings always against painted distress.—Lamb. Japanese Have 150 Killed or Wounded. RUSSIANS CAPTURE FORTS. Ten Thousand Chinese Who Were Gar- lisoning the Forts Fled—Allies Now Far Along Pekin Road—Chinese Are Cowardly. Tlentsin, Aug. 3.—It is reported that the Japanese vanguard have been replused and 150 of them killed or wounded. The Russians are reported to have captured some forts ten miles from Tlentsin, in the direction of Pekin. Ten thousand Chinese, who were garrisoning the forts, fled. Marching on Pekin. Brussels, Aug. 3.—M. De Favereau, minister of foreign affairs, has received the following dispatch, dated Shanghai, Aug. 1, from M. de Cartier de Marchienne, secretary of the Belgian legation, now acting as charge d'afairee of Belgium at Shanghai: "The allies are marching on Pekin. They are eighteen miles from Tientsin, and should reach Pekin in eight days. "All the Europeans have taken refuge in the inner incision of the imperial city." RUSSIAN ADMIRAL COMMANDS. This Guarantees the Assistance of Russia. Washington, Aug. 3.—The march on Pekin has begun, and the allied troops will not turn back until there is a government in China capable of maintaining its international obligations. This government has not positive official information as to the exact date when the international column left Tientsin, but it believes that the arrangements have been carried out and that the column is now marching toward Pekin under the general command of the Russian admiral, Alexieff. By placing the Russian admiral in command the allies have settled the first point of difference and secured the prompt help of Russia in this undertaking for the immediate relief of the legations. Russia has greater interests to protect than the other powers, and has a larger army in China. Admiral Alexieff is also the ranking officer in the allied armies. General Chaffee has instructions to co-operate heartily with the other commanders, but so far as possible to keep his American force in a compact body. Chonte Sees Sallsbury. Ambassador Choate spent several hours during the night in conference with Lord Salisbury, and it is believed they came to a thorough understanding as to the course that will be pursued by the United States and England. Lord Salisbury expressed himself as being anxious that the advance should begin as soon as the allies were ready, and that a cablegram having been received that they were awaiting the word, that it was given by each power represented at Taku. Lo Fen Lu Objecta- The Chinese minister, Lo Feng Luh, made a strong objection to Lord Salisbury against the advance on Pekin, but no attention was paid to him. He even, in a veiled manner, threatened that an advance would mean the imperiling the lives of all the foreigners left alive in Pekin, but his warning fell on heedless ears. He said: "If the allies move their great army against Pekin they will probably destroy the dynasty and precipitate the murder of all the foreigners in the empire. China Declares War. The fact that Sheng, the director of Chinese telegrams, has notified the powers that the Tsung-li-Yamen will bereafter refuse to receive messages in cipher or to transmit telegrams that are not in plain language is taken to mean that China realizes that she is at war with the world and that she may as well begin at once to use wartime measures. The Chinese are strongly entrenched at Wang Taun, from which position, however, it is believed they can be fected without great difficulty. Japanese in a Hurry. The Japanese for weeks have been rushing preparations for the advance, and are better prepared than any of the allies to push forward. Thy have planned the capture of Wang Tsun, where they will establish a base of supplies, for which they have been pushing forward for ten days enormous quantities of munitions of war, in trains, carts and junks. The main advance is being made from Tientsin, but another will be begun from Shai-Kwan-Kal, north of Taku, and which is at the mercy of the allied fleets. Europe to Unite. London, August 2.—All Europe will act in concert to suppress the murderous anarchistic societies. England, which has hitherto afforded an asylum to the refugees of other nations, will probably be a party to the international agreement. The United States will also be invited to join, and in the present friendly condition of the associations of America with the European governments, it is likely that effective steps will be taken to crush the reds. TELLS OF PEKIN SIEGE. Chicago Record Correspondent Gets First Story from the City. Cheefoo, Aug. 2.—(Via Shanghai, Aug. 3.)—Dr. Robert Coltman, Jr., the staff correspondent of The Chicago Record in Pekin, who had not been heard from since June 12, sends the following dispatch: "Pekin, July 21.—Baron von Ketterer, the German minister, was murdered by Chinese troops, and his secretary wounded June 20, while on his way to the tung-li-yamen. The foreign residents are besieged in the British legation, and have been under a daily fire from artillery and rifles. "The cowardice of the Chinese fortunately prevented them from making successful rushes. Our losses are sixy killed and seventy wounded. The Chinese losses exceed 1,000. "There has been no word from the outside world. Food is plentiful, such as it is—rice and horsehose. Yesterday, under a flag of truce, a message was sent by Yung Lu, asking if Sir Claude MacDonald, the British minister, would consent to a truce. The minister replied he was willing, provided the Chinese came no closer. The shell firing then ceased and every thing is now quiet. "We hope that, having defeated the Chinese, relief is nearing us. We are all exhausted with constant standing on guard, fighting, building barricades and digging trenches both night and day. "All the legations except the British are utterly wrecked by shot and shell. The Austrian, Italian, Belgian and Holland buildings are burned to the ground. The British legation is also much shattered. The United States marines still hold a vital position on the city wall commanding the legations. "After a brilliant sortle on the night of July 3, Capt. Myers succeeded in driving back the Kansuau mounted troops. During the fight Capt. Myers was slightly wounded. Secretary Squiers of the United States legation deserves the greatest credit for his services throughout the siege. His military experience and energy are invaluable. Many flags and rifles were captured by Capt. Myers. "We fear that treachery is possible when the defeated Chinese troops enter the city. Meanwhile we are living in intense anxiety and hoping for early relief." Flight Begins from Capital: Shanghai, Aug. 2.—The Chinese have repaired the railway from Pekin to Pao Ting Fu, and are busy removing the treasures from the palace to an ancient stronghold beyond Pao Ting Fu on hand-propelled trucks. A general exodus of officials from Pekin is in progress. Those engaged in the attack on the legations or in inciting the Boxers are fleeing. Girl Breaks Her Neck La Salle, Ill. Aug. 3. -Ella Regan, in attempting to escape from an officer, jumped from a passenger train four miles east of this city and broke her neck. Miss Regan, who was 16 years of age, escaped from the Children's home in Chicago about ten days ago. She came to the home of Charles Weber in this city, where she was sent on trial some months ago, but having proved unsatisfactory was returned to the Chicago institution. The authorities of the institution sent Officer Meadows after the girl. Meadows was returning with his captive to Chicago when she in the presence of fifty passengers leaped to her death. Mayer Hugo's Title Clean St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 3.—The Supreme court handed down a decision in the Duluth mayoralty contest, confirming T. W. Hugo, republican, as mayor. Henry Truelsen was the democratic candidate, and for several days after the election last spring both parties claimed a victory. A second count of the votes gave Hugo 6 majority over Truelsen, who took the contest into the courts because of irregularities in marking ballots. New Jersey. Icehouse Burns. New York, Aug. 3.—An icehouse, belonging to Sheriff Hopper Hopper of Passaic county, New Jersey, was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $40,000. Paterson is in Passaic county and a report was circulated that the Sheriff's property had been burned by anarchists, but Mr. Hopper said that, while he did not know how the fire started, he did not believe the anarchists had had anything to do with it. Explosion on the Alameda. San Francisco, August 2.—An explosion of oil and benzine in the engine room of the steamer Alameda caused by the accidental dropping of a lamp fatally burned Matthew Hamilton, chief bollermaker of the Risdon iron works, and severely injured Alex. Strong, who was assisting him in repairing the vessel's boilers. Hamilton died in great agony several hours after the accident. Warrant Was for a Dead Man Cincinnati, O. Aug. 3—When the court officer went to the drug stores at John and 6th streets to serve a warrant on T. L. Greve, charging him with selling cocaine without making a proper entry in his books he found that his warrant was for the arrest of a dead man. Greve died a year ago and since then his widow and sons have run the store. California to Fight to a Flush San Francisco, Cal. Aug. 3. Al Neill and Jim Trimble have been matched by the Agricultural Society of San Jose to fight to a finish in the Garden City on October 11. If the battle is permitted to take place, it will be the first of its kind held in the state in years, all contests having been for a limited number of rounds. Mrs. Wu Goes to Cape May Washington, August 2.—Mrs. Wu, wife of the Chinese minister here, left this morning for Cape May, N. J. She was accompanied by her son, Chao Chu. The party will be gone about a week. Minister Wu will remain in Washington. When reproved on a committee for not attending a committee called to consider the paving of St. Paul's church-yard with wood, Charles Macklin, the noted Irish actor, said: "Oh, you lay your heads together, and it will soon be done." When Queen victoria was at Balmoral, some time ago, she visited an aged cottager, and, on leaving her, said: "You will now no longer be afraid of me, and I shall expect you to pay me a visit. "Ah, ma'am," she replied, "it's not myself I'm frightened at, it's them grand servants." Dr. Macnamara, a noted ex-teacher of England, once asked a boy in a rural school the definition of a word "a pilgrim," answered the boy, is a man who travels from place to place. "I do that," said the inspector; "am I a pilgrim. The answer came: "No, sir: a pilgrim is a good man." Handle is said to have had such an appetite that on one occasion he ordered dinner for three at a hotel and presented himself alone to enjoy it. "Shall I serve dinner, sir, or wait for the company," said the waiter. "Company?" said Handel, "vat company? pizzerie company; serve ze dinner, prestissimo." General de Galliert one day, in the corridors of the chambers of deputies, was talking to a friend, when he suddenly heard cries from the chamber of "Assassin! Assassin! With a laugh, he said to his friend, "I will be perfect calm he entered and called at the top of his voice: 'Voila! Voila!' When the gallant Welsh captain, David Gam, was sent forward by Henry the Fifth to reconnoiter the French army before the battle of Agincourt, he found that the enemy outnumbered the English by about five to one. His report to the king was "the most important to be killed, enough to be taken prisoners, and enough to run away." This quaint forecast of the result of the battle at once spread through the camp, and doubtless every yeoman-archer of the vallant company felt an inch taller. We know that it was almost literally justified by the event, too. Gam's army, by his manners, He was killed while in the act of saving the life of his prince. COACHING THROUGH VELLOW STONE PARK. To all lovers of outdoor life and to those fagged and worn out dyspthetics who need a bracing tonic in the shape of pure air and healthy exercise, we heartily recommend a trip to the Yellowstone. There you are carried back to the "good old coaching days," so charmingly described by Dickens, with the additional advantage of magnificent scenery, unsurpassed in any other part of the world. There are several so-called coach lines and camping outfits in the park, but the majority of them are a delusion and a snare. If you want to enjoy the trip thoroughly go via the Northern Pacific railway to Cinnabar and thence take the splendidly appointed coaches of the Yellowstone National Park Trans. Company for the drive through the park. These famous Concord coaches seat from five to seven persons, are drawn by four fine, well-broke horses, and are in charge of thoroughly experienced drivers. They are run on schedule time, and a late arrival on this line is a thing unknown. It is the largest stage line ever organized. At the present time they have 700 head of horses, 75 drivers and seating capacity for over 1,100 persons—representing an investment of over $200,000. The business is carried on with military precision. There is no rush, no hurry, or confusion. To any of our readers contemplating a trip to this "wonderland" we earnestly advise them to assure themselves when purchasing tickets that they read via the Northern Pacific and the Yellowstone National Park Transportation Co. _____ Wise is the individual who backs his friends and faces his enemies. A soft corn is nearly always a hard thing to bear. HALF-RATE EXCURSIONS TO UTAH. While there are tourist rates to Salt Lake City and Ogden and return in effect every day, a special opportunity is afforded to visit the world's greatest sanitarium and health and pleasure resort through a series of cheap excursions to leave Chicago and St. Louis, August 7th and 21st. These excursions leave Omaha, St. Joseph, Kansas City, etc., etc., on August 8th and 22d. These dates are subject to change if found advisable. No place in the universe presents such a complement of attractions as Salt Lake City. It is the place of the great Mormon Temple and Tabernacle, the seat of ecclesiastical authority of the Saints and the home of their prophet. It is quaint, curious, and picturesque in environment. The summer climate is incomparable. There are cool mountain and like resorts near by, the greatest of which is Saltair Beach on Great Salt Lake. Here you can float upon the surface of the water almost a mile above sea level. Within the limits of the city are Warm Sulphur and Hot Springs, parks, drives and beautiful canyons. Furthermore, the trip to Utah by way of Denver and Colorado Springs over the Rio Grande Western Railway in connection with either the Denver & Rio Grande or Colorado Midland railroads is one of unequaled splendor. The scenery is the most magnificent in America. Send two cents postage for copy of "Salt Lake City—the City of the Saints," to Geo. W. Heinls, General Pastry Agent Rio Grande Western Railway, Salt Lake City. Iowa State Bystander and the leading paper in the North-west. 76 Counties in Iowa 29 States in the Union 2 Foreign Countries. 24 towns in Iowa and corres- from many different states. Agents in 24 towns in Iowa and correspondence from many different states. The Corinthian baptist Church—situated on 11th, st. between Crocker and School Sts. Preaching; at 11 A. M.; Sunday School; at 13 o'clock Preaching; at 7 M. . . . Rev. S. Bates, Pastor. St. Paul A. M. E.—Corner of Second and Center Streets. Preaching at 10:30 a. m.; Sunday School at 3 o'clock; Epworth League at 7 p. preaching at 8 p. m. F. J. Peterson, pastor. First African Baptist Church—Corner School Four streets. Rev. F. Lomack pastor. Preaching 10:40 a. m.; Sunday school 3:30 p. m., Mr. M. E. 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Quite a number of people are sick, those who are confined to their rooms are Mr. Conoway, Mrs. Burke, and Mrs. Gordon. Mr. Pannel and Mr. Daniels are out again. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Carey, gave birthday party in honer of their son Elmer, last Friday, evening. It was well attend- and those who were present, say they had a nice time, and would like to go again. We are proud to say that we have a good orchestra, which is improving by the instructions received of Mr. W. Oliver of Colfax. We are also informed that they have new uniform. OTTUMWA NEWS. Thirty-eighth anniversary, Sept. 25th, 1900, Emancipation Proclamation Celebration, given under the auspices of the colored citizens of Ottumwa. Committee on arrangements:— Wm. Bailey, Pres; Wm. Howard, Vice Pres; J. Hopkins, Sec. The public is cordially invited to attend. Good speaking, good music, and pleanty of athletic sport. The Methodist Sunday School will have their annual picnic Thursday. Mrs. M. Davis entertained at ten few at tea a few friends Sunday, evening, in honor of Mrs. E. Gardner, of Peoria, Ill. Mr Geo. E. Taylor of Oskaloosa, is in the city, the guest of Rev. Jones. Quite a number of our young men attended the Hedrick races today. Miss Nettie Singer leaves Wednesday, or Des Moines, where she expects to make her future home. The members of the second Baptist church will give an entertainment Aug. 2n1. Mrs. H. Spotts gave a party for the little folks, in honor of Mabel, her youngest daughter. The Sewing circle of the Second Badtist church was to meet last week, but only a few of the members responded. This is a goob work. All members should attend more regular in order to encourage non-members. Mrs. Carpenter has been real poorly, but is improving. Miss Bura Canady returned to her home in Oskaloosa. Mrs. Gardner left for Minneapolis, on the Burlington. FRASER. Mr. Luther Allen, is in our minst again He arrived last Tuesday from Braidwood Ill. He is looking better than when he left in May. Mr. J. Bennett, left Tuesday evening for Pueblo, Col , and from their to his home in Joliet, Ill. where he will remain for awhile. The ladies of Fraiser, organized a Sewing Circle last Thursday. The following officers were elected. Pres. Mrs. J. Underwood, Vice Pres. R. Lewis, Sec. Mac Colman, Chap. Rev. Undewood, Trea. C. Barder, Custody R. Allen. Their next meeting will be at Mrs. J. Underwood's. Mr. Isaac Balaain, left Monday for Seatonville, Ill. His family will join him in eight or ten days. Mr. Jennins met with bad luck Monday. His house caught fire, but all of his house hold goods were saved. Quite a number of our people were in Boone, Monday, to the Circus. Any one having items that they wish published, please leave them with Mabel Coleman. CEDAR RAPIDS BUDGETARIAN. It is quite warm in the Rspids at present. Mrs. Alonza Wade, of Springfield, Ill., arrived in our city last Thursday night to visit Geo H. Wade and family. The Trolley party given last Thursday night, by madames LaVell and Wade, was a pleasant affair. Every one aboard seemed to have had an enjoyable time. There were over fifty persons present Mr. and Mrs. Jef. Adam Clay, are rejoicing over the arrival of a fine son, born on the 22nd. inst. Mrs. Clay was formerly Miss Etta Davis. There is some talk of a Sunday School picnic, we have not as yet learned the particulars, but have been informed that it will be in Iowa City. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Wade, sent out invitations for an afternoon reception Aug. 2nd. from 3 until 6 o'clock, it honor of Mrs. Alonzo Wade, of Springfield, Il. We were very much pained to learn of the death of Mr. Anthony of Boone. The family has the profound sympathy of many friends in Rapids. Messra. Stepp and Wallace, have organized a class in art. The scholars are progressing nicely, and promises to produce some of the leading potrait artists in the country. Mr. Forester, has returned from Denmark, Ia., where he went to burry his wife. ALBIA NEWS. Messrs, Jones and Butler with madam Jones and Butler, also Rev. Searey visited in Coalfield Sunday. Mr. and U. S. Jones of this city celebrated their fifth anniversary, on the twenty-fourth of July, at their home. A number of visitors from out of the city were present, also many invited guest from town. A nice supper was served, and all present seemed to enjoy themselves. Some very pretty and also valuable presents were received. Madam Riggs and MacDonald, with Mrs. MacDonald's little daughter, were in Albia last Tuesday and Wednesday Mrs. MacDonald and Mrs. Nelson of Hiteman spent Sunday at the parental home. Rev. Walden of Hocking preached for Rev. Searey at the A. M. E. church Sunday. LINEVILLE ITEMS. The colored people of Mercor Co. Mo) Will celebrate as Mercor, Mo. Aug. 16th. Messrs. Winston Reed and David Osbon of Bloomfield, Ia. came down on the 25th. for a visit with relatives and friends. Mr. Sylvester Walles, of Henry, Mo., after spending several weeks with relatives at this place, departed on the 30th. for his home. Mr Henry Downing of this place, who recently had a limb amputated as a result of an injury sustained some months ago, while handling wood, seems to be doing quite well at this writing. On 8th, 22nd. inst. at Lathrop, Mo., occurred the marriage of Prof. Hamm, principal of the Lathrop, school, to Mrs. Lulu Patton, of Kansas City. The ceremony was performed at the beautiful residence of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Austiu of that city. Rev. J. T. Knapper of Cameron, Mo., officiated. Prof. and Mrs. Hamm were the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Whittew of Ravanna on the 29th. CLINTON. Messrs. Albert James and John Robinson are at home on their annual visit with their parets, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Robinson, in Lyons. Three of the children of Cassius Clay are ill with typhoid fever. We hope nothing serious will ensue. Damon's orchestra rendered delightful music at a party in Clinton Friday night. A most delightful social was given at Bethel church on last Friday evening, by band number 1. The attendance was small, and those present report a good time. Mrs. A. B. Stump returned to her home in Chicago, Saturday, after a pleasant visit at the Bash residence on 8th Ave. Late advises from I. W. Stepp' in Gedar Rapids, report that gentleman as doing a good business. He will soon leave for Muhakinock, to further the interests of his profession. Miss Herndon of Laurel, Miss , is spending the summer in Clinton. Quartely meeting will be held on the ls: Sunday in Aug. Rev. Holly will be assisted by the Pastor from Davenport, as Elder Bundy will be absent as usual. MT. PLEASANT NEWS. Miss Mary Moseley is home from Otto uwa, where she has been with her sister, Mrs. L. Sheldon, Mr. J. A. Carter, is on the sick list. Miss Artie May Jimerson, and Mr. Dan Harris, were married last Sunday, 12.50 P. M. at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Jones. Rev. Rhinehart officiating. Mr. Ray Mason is home from an extended trip to Minneapolis, Minn. The Sir Knights of Tabor, are preparing to celebrate here, Aug. 14th. Excursions from bifurent parts of the state are expected here. Rev. Hawkins, of LaGrange, Mo., oc. cupped the pulpit at the 3rd. Baptist church last Sunday and Monday evening. Stewardess of the A. M. E. church held an entertainment at the church last Thursday evening. KNOXVILLE NOTES. Mrs. Henry Mason and granddaughter Neil Morris, of Ottumwa, were in the city this week. While here they were the guest of Mrs. W. P. Bird. Mr. and Mrs. F. F. J. Jeffers. have moved to Knoxville to remain here indefinitely Mr. and Mrs. Pope visited Mrs. Lucinda Cooper this week. Miss Jessie Jeffers, returned to the parental home after a visit in the country. Marion County Fair, 7th to 10th inst. We hope to see it well attended by the colored people. Miss Scotia Jeffers, returned to her home today after a long and delightful visit in Oskaloosa, Miss Myrtle Cooper, contemplates a visit in Charlton, soon. A large number of persons went to Ft. Madison Sunday on the steamer, "Ottumwa Bell," to attend the camp meeting carried on there by Rev. Phelps of the Seventh street church of this city. Sunday was Trustee's rally day at the A. M. E. church. Oae hundred and Fifty-seven dollars ($157.00) were raised and the members hope to raise the entire mortgage debt in the near future. The Basket meeting at Wild Cat Springs Sunday promises to be a grand success. Rev. Timothy Reeves left for Burlington Junction, Mo., Tuesday, to be gone until the latter part of the week. Rev. T. L. Smith, formerly pastor of the Pilgrim's Rest church, was in the city last. Mrs. Earnest Summers has returned from a pleasant visit to her former home in Ashley, Mo. Mrs. Carrie Bryant still continues to be quite sick. After a pleasant visit with her sister Miss Carrie Smith has gone to Palmyra Mr. Chas. Ball met with a serious injury recently, while handling a heavy steve it was dropped on his foot, cutting it severely. It will keep him in for some time. Miss Mayme Jackson is home from St. Joseph, Mo. Mr. Chas. Tebeau and Miss Kate Owens were visiting in Springfield, Ill. last week. The Lee County Normal Institute is in session in the High school building. Those of our teachers in attendance are Misses Draine and Sadie A. Benth- Miss Carrie Taylor, who has been in Denver, Col., for some time has returned home. Tuesday evening July 31, occurs the marriage of Miss Nettie Washington to Mr. Burt Kebo, at the home of the bride's parents. A large number of invitations were issued and it is to be an elaborate affair. Relatives in the city have received word that Mrs. Anna Bland, who went to St. Paul recently, is quite sick. She is expected home as soon as she is able to travel. Mr. W. E. Fine was on the sick list last week. About thirty of Newtonites attended the Epworth League assembly at Colfax last Sunday. Mr. Roy Hale departed last Wednesday for an extended visit with relatives in St Joseph and Oregon, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Green spent Sunday with relatives in Grinnell. They returned home Monday accompanied by Mrs. Henry Lucas, who will visit in our city indefinitely. Mrs John Anderson and little daughter came from Davenport Friday to be the guest of Newton friends and relatives. Miss Amelia Banks of Colfax is visiting Miss Rosie Pillow. Mr. John Wilson of Davenport spent a few days in our city last week. Mrs. Jason Green and family were the guests of Mrs. Battles in Colfax last Thursday. Mrs. John Hale has been quite ill, but is better at this writing. Mesdames. Moore and Miller attended the League in Colfax last Thursday. The annual S. S. picnic will be held at Lamb's grove, Wednesday Aug. 1. 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 releive. Sent on receipt of price, $2 a package or $5.00 Retail and wholesale of Hurlbut & McArthur, Des Moines. Full line of rubber goods: name what you want. Martin, Gilbertson, Nierram, Mullan, McClain and Palmer Are Nominated. Des Moines, August 2.—The greatest civic triumph in the history of Des Moines was completed at 11 o'clock yesterday foroon when the republican state convention assembled in the great Auditorium which burned on Sunday, June 17, was reconstructed by Des Moines energy officials fully fully operational several days ago. The big hall was roofed and seated, the ceiling plastered, and the walls beautifully draped with flags, bunting and portraits of the great leaders of the republican party, living and dead. To the right and left of the stage were hung Rosserell, while small pictures of Grant, Sherman, Lincoln, Allison and Henderson were hung in pronounced places. Back of the stage, enfolded in American flags, was a large portrait of Major Edwin H. Conger, United States minister to China, and at an opportune moment, amid cheers, the enthusiastic thousands and accorded such a demonstration as only the heartiest affection could inspire. The caucuses over, the convention assembled slowly in the Auditorium. The day was bright and warm, almost an ideal day for a convention; and there was noticeable enthusiasm among the delegates. The delegates was done in apparent mechanical fashion, so well had the committee done its work. There was no delay or friction. Large banners designated the district seatings on the first floor. Visitors were given use of the balcony and gallery. After the call to order by State Chairman Weaver the Grant Club Glee club sang "We are Ready, Mack and Teddy," following which Dr. A. L. Friisie, of Plymouth Congregational church, offered prayer. The Glee club sang "We Know Our Business" and an encore number, and the secretary read the official call. Chairman Weaver introduced the temporary chairman of the convention, W. L. Roach, of Musselman Congregational Church for the occasion. He spoke at considerate length, as follows: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention: I am profoundly grateful for the assistance of my chiefman. In accepting the responsibilities which come with this distinction, I am grateful that I am neither lawyer nor statesman, simply an ordinary, every day business man, and I confidently rely upon the prosecution of the Iowa republican audience, and the justness of our common cause to atone for violations of which I am painfully conscious. The outcome of the campaign of 1909 will either be the destruction of Bryanistic Prosperity and Bryanistic rule cannot exist at the same time. Bryanism is popularized by hatred of success. The principles and policies of Jefferson and Jackson have no abiding place in Bryanism. Will Bryanism disregard of the known facts of history he prostitutes their illustrious names in support their socialistic theories of government? The time was when the democratic party stood for the least possible amount of liberty to the individual. In recent years, since the party has become tainted, or more correctly speaking, since it surpassed the party's position in their stead the vagaries of populism, it has become the champion of every impractical and exploded ims, every visions of the future, and it has become thoroughly saturated with the socialistic spirit, which is antagonistic to individual achievement, and the trumpet of which would be decisively defeated order. I am of the opinion that the constant appeal of all parties to the government will not vanish as brought with it some consequences which are to be regretted, are here. It is the political party can do for the individual. It is as true today as it has been in the past and it will work out his own career. The most the political party can do is to contribute to the security, protection against pauper competition and to insure security to personal security. The party does not make men prosperous; she makes it possible for them to be prosperous. He trains and willing hands do the rest. A steady effort has for years been made to array all labor organizations against the injustices that sometimes has succeeded and sometimes failed. The republican party recognizes the wisdom of all labor organizations in their common advancement, for the improvement of the conditions of their compensation, for the improvement of their compensation. While grave mistakes have been made in the name of labor, they also course for bots, and the one which is in harmony with my understanding of republican principle, is the practicality of interest. Anything which tends to lift the laboring man, to improve his efficiency, constitutes a positive boon to the employer. Unreasonable demands, disregard for law and the commission of the labor great injury—and should prove most instructive in the future. The laboring man, with his liability and the less he they pay to the manufacturers of discord and the more they cultivate interest in the capital the greater will be their prosperity. Under conservative leadership, profiting by the mistakes of laboring men, in my humble judgment, will prove in the future, as it has proven in the past, one of the powerful agencies for their advancement. The Republican Party a Friend of Toll The republican party is persistently charged with being the enemy of the men who tell, and the culture of almost continuous republican rule. It is an absolutely incontrovertible fact that the averages of the best world, in this republican year, 1900, American labor is the best paid, best housed, and best trained among the highest possibilities and the greatest power in the history of the republic. In 1900, the charge emanated from the democratic national committee that if President McKinley produced classes of Americans would be absolutely crushed by the money power through the agency the republic had to support. In 1900 with their discredited prophecies of '90. Universal prosperity under the administration during universal distress and suffering during the last democratic administration is an unanswered question. Mr. Bryan presches the doctrine of hate. William McKinley stands for the proposition that capital labor are bound by mutuality. He stands for the doctrine of tolerance, harmony and co-operation. Destroying capital and injuring the people who tolls, Capital assaulted is never active, enterprising, or adventuresome. He never waged war. The experience of the people during the last three administrations demonstrates that the capital, labor share alike, both in prosperity and distress. By the incompetency and uncertainty of the public administration, countless millions of values disappeared; all classes were made poor. We believe that the republican party is responsible for the inequality in the distribution of wealth. He and his party stand for the theory that the successful careers of the American merchant class are the results of conspiracies against the masses of the people. The republican party brand this contention. No higher tribute could be paid to the government of the United States than to the people of the United States, in the humblest home in America growing up and developing under republican politics, in the most frugal and industry, prompted by laudable ambition, using the brains with which to rise to positions of the highest influence and the greatest power. That this nation institutes, On the contrary, it constitutes the most powerful incentive to those who lower walks of life to look up, to put forth their best efforts; the knowledge that a possible birth of birth of republican barter and that under republican policies the enjoyment of hard earned rewards will be secured and productive factors in the progress of our people. Result of Bryan Triumphs. It matters not how high and noble may be the motives of Mr. Bryan, and it is not important that he should be sectioned. If he should triumph at the November, neither himself nor his party could escape the disastrous consequences of his actions. He has indulged in wholesale denunciation of the exalting order of business and government, they have reiterated every fallacy of his position. American politics, the spirit of which was John P. Altgeld, who stands for all that is dangerous and revolutionary, some American politician, or the enemies they make. In Mr. Bryan's case, he cannot escape responsibility for the crimes he committed, and he brings him and his party an impossible task. The safe conduct of the national affairs of the great republic during the war is the most patriotic statesmanship. If President McKinley and the republican party are again placed in power, the highest importance, will be few and simple as compared with the situation which he has to face and deal with every question with which the republican party would be confronted, and in addition to that, with the government into new and dangerous fields. The Trust Problem. The trust question has been one of absorbing interest to the American people, and a desperate effort to make political capital in connection with this question. They claim the republican party is responsible for the trust question from the democrats, and there have recently been some very embarrassing developments in connection with the trust question from the democrats, leading to the embarrassment of the republican party, true to its history, frankly and courageously recognizes the importance neither the creator, creature, friend or defender of monopoly. She recognizes it as one of the highest duties of government, in every possible manner any and all attempts of organized capital to plunder the government, and argument in this connection on the part of those charged with the responsibilities of the government, concerns the last congress were prevented from taking a most important step for the enlargement of the federal government to deal with this problem. In defeating the proposed constitutional amendment the Bryanians who seek to make political conflation of insligence. It is a great complex problem to devise ways and means by which the government, the state, and President McKinley and future republican congresses will welcome the aid of the federal government in the framing of legislation upon that question. In connection with no question of recent intent, there has been more microrepresentation or microinformation than there has been in the past. I attempt to make the republican party responsible for the so-called trusts. Long ago, many of which never existed, many of which never, in an existence, many of which never have been done. Many have failed to perfect their organizations and many others are clearly doomed to early disintegration by reason of the operation of the natural laws of business. Causes of Consolidation. The causes which have given life to the movement for consolidation in manufacturing and commerce have been and are the same. The movement even business, though, is in the direction of improvement, in the effort to neflect achievement in material affairs has marked modern progress than the accomplishment of economy in the production of goods, and the necessities and comforts of life. Those institutions in the business world which attempt to rob the people will accomplish economies by reason of superior or other operation of the natural laws of business. On the other hand, those which accomplish economies by reason of superior or other operation of the natural laws of business have the wisdom to share the benefits with producers and consumers, will enjoy the most prosperous and permanent economies, not only as beneficent but also as indulgent, no matter how large they may be. For such institutions the republican party of the state is sworn to consulate monopoly she is sworn to do battle. If there has been any partisan responsibility for the craze for consolidation of the last democratic administration must bear that responsibility. Nearing the close of that administration hundreds of thousands of the verge of bankruptcy, and they had to choose between surrendering their individual character in an effort to accomplish the consolidation and thus be able to live, or surrender to the alternative of bankruptcy. Avarice has also played an important individual avarice no party is responsible. Great credit is due the republican administration, speaking through Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, to the American people to beware of investments in the securities of the society, the treasury, the treasured dangers possible in connection with the consolidation of business enterprise from the purchase by the people of the securities of those organizations has been made possible by the most important development was the attitude taken by the great monologue of this character, demonstrating refusing to promote numberless enterprises of this character, demonstrating refusing to promote numberless enterprises complaining more for the destruction of the trust movement in one day than all of the democratic orators have done in the past, and humble judgment, will do in the future. Attitude Toward German-Americans One of the most florid features in connection with the German campaign is our attitude toward the Germans can voter. With much assurance they are claiming throughout the country that this is a part of their nationalistic a part and contributed so much to the success of the cause of sound money and the welfare of the German people with Mr. Bryan in 1890. The entire course of the Bryanian democracy since 1896, including the convention and their course since then, is an insult to the intelligence and integ- briety inflexion class. The attitude of the Bryanistic party toward the German-American voter was low. Mayor Rose of Milwaukee, a representative German-American citizen, to act as party convention, because he was a believer in sound money, substituting in his place a piping-voiced populist from Colonel Rose. The German-American voters were against free silver in '86 and will be against business sense told them that it was a rulous and dishonest policy and subsequent events have proven the soundness of the position they took at that. The distinctive characteristics of the neotonic German-American society are integrity, and no class American citizens have less use for populism than they. The distinctive characteristics have not only reiterated the doctrine of free currency upon the ratio of 16 to 1, but have twice written it in the form of a currency which they have given to no other issue. It is idle to tell people of Iowa that it is unimportant in this camp because the currency is as much at stake today as ever. It is entirely possible for the complex of the senate of the United States to make the passage of the free coinage legislation not only possible, but absolutely certain should Mr. Bryan triumph in No. 10. There are over 100,000 of the voters of this state holding membership in various membership largely recruited from those of moderate means, men who work for the state government, and women William Jennings Bryan and his followers say twice in the Kansas City platform for the state to benefit for which they have paid good money, in two. There are millions of dollars on deposit in the banks of the state to those who toll. Let them not forget that Bryan stands committed to destroy one-half of the state's money, and that his party has the power. Let every veteran who wore the blue remember a vote Bryan made. Bryan made this pension than one-half. And every voter in this great state who has not forgotten the injunction of the dead, with his mother, with the admonition of that matchless voice ringing in their ears says, "Iowa go to the polls in November and bury beyond hope of resurrection the dishonest Bryantian doctor of 16 to 1. In attempting to cover up their advocacy of the free coinage of silver by the false cry of democratic leaders deceive only themselves. Imperialism Discussed. What is this imperialism to which the Bryanites attach such dire consequence? When and where did it begin? What confluence did it have with the McKinley or his party? Did it begin in Manila harbor when Dewey delivered the crushing blow to the Spanish squadron there? If so, it was uplaid by the attack on this country. Did it begin when the American army raised the Stars and Stripes on the island of Luzon in the Pacific? Did it have its origin in any of the acts of the army or navy located upon Philippine soil or in Philippine waters pre-dominantly occupied by the unqualified endorsement of an overwhelming majority of the American people. Did it have origin in the treaty of peace with the United States in status of this government in those islands? It so, it had the ardent and unasked for support of William Jennings Bryan, the anti-imperialist candidate If he honestly believed it was wise and proper to ratify the treaty of peace and security in the islands, his subsequent course is absolutely indefensible. The only specific thing he could do was to claim him in criticism of the administration in connection with the Philippines, was that congress failed to pass a resolution assur- ing that we intended to do right by them, etc. Justice Will Be Done Filipinos. sanctionor of the president of the government. When the said president shall consider a resolution under the constitution, he shall state his reasons to congress for opposition to its execution, and if congress still insists on outvote it on his own responsibility." Is not that government without the consent of the governed? Aginaldo proclaims that the office indefinitely, exempt from accountability for any act, and having the power of absolute veto of the legislative acts of the government, this is the kind of government of which the people of Luzon have thus far been deprived by the American policy of restraint in those matters under the authority of the United States. The certain road to the enlightenment the general government in the Philippines is through the judiciary. It not through a band of conspirators, not through a band of authorities of this government, which we have been to be mercenary, having previously sold the government for a money consideration. The Cry of Militarism. McKinley and Expansion. The demand for extended markets is universal, and American expatriates ship in connection with the great natural wealth of our nation, possessing valuable results for prosperity at home and honorable achievement abroad. American leaders results for prosperity American. The republican party stands for the courageous course. The American is the honoror. One fact seems clear beyond question: that the interests of the American people will be greatly affected by the power the president and party who have inaugurated this policy, who believe in the responsibilities of the responsibilities which it entails. Kansas City Platform. Much is contained in the Kansas City platform about the constitution and the Declaration of Independence. As I stated in the first chapter, we have less a constitutional one. There are, however, some facts in reference to the democratic interpretation of the Constitution, one book to every intelligent person in this country. In the first place we all know that had the democratic interpretation applied there would be no United States of America today, and upon the ruins of this great nation we would no longer be a warring states. We also know that their interpretation* of the constitution prevailed the war for the preservation of the union. The insincerity of the Kansas City convention upon this question was made by the delegates, who knew the known facts of history were necessary to convict them, by the fact that this charge of tyranny and disregard of the constitution against the republican party was heartily cheered and unanimously voted for by the delegates from those states in the convention. The equality of the southern negro before the law, but have also appropriated to themselves the political power and influence of the southern guardians to the southern negro. Theory of Consent Ignored. The republican party came into existence battling for the rights of men, and for the rights of women, worthy of being trusted in dealing with an inferior race, judged by its history, it is the republican party. The government without the consent of the governed has time and again been infringed upon, and finally shot to pieces by the boys in blue on the southern battlefields of the civil war. In that great conflict the states of the north and south have been the states of the south to the kind of government they wanted, but they said in the last century that they must recognise the principles of humanity and the rights of man in your domestic and the mouths of monkeys and the mouths of thousands of precious lives and countless treasure a decent Christian government against their consent and to their grow benefit and to the lasting honor of the nation In addition to the violation of the constitution and the repudiation of the Declaration of the republic is claimed to be our purpose. Governments are conducted by men. The acts which shape their course, the actions which constitute the repudiation is being violated, the Declaration of Independence being ignored and the life of the republic being endangered, who are the guilty ones and to whom we turn for deliverance and protection? If the charge of the Bryantians is true, William B. Benson, son of William and David B. Henderson, the republican speaker of the national house of congress from Iowa and James Wilson in the cabinet, are conspiring against the life of the republic. And if the democratic contention is true, William B. Benson, son of Weaver and Altsgeid, Pitchford Tilman and Tammany Dick. The people of this dilution, have not ceased to mourn the recent loss of one of the greatest charmers of the politics of William McCain, who was a loyal and uninchilling supporter of the politics of William McCain, whose life was devoted to the interests of the common people, from whose ranks he rose to a position of common counsel in no populistic vision tell an Iowa audience that the career of "Old Business" chose the nation for which he lived and died. The democratic platform of 1900 is a standpoint of the immortal dead. The republic and the interests of the masses are safe in the hands of the nation, which have given to the councils of the nation. Iowa to Be Congratulated. Iowa has great cause for congratulation. No state stands so high in the councils of the nation. No western state can compare with Iowa. No state can compare with the one she is held abroad. Under the splendid leadership of Leslie M. Shaw, Iowa has become the banner sound money state in the west. His leadership has helped the affairs of the state and his high repute throughout the nation have placed, not only the republicans, but the people of Iowa in the governor's seat. At the conclusion of Chalrman Roach's address the selections made by the district caucuses were reported as follows: **MANENT ORGANIZATION** First district—Rice H. Bell of Lee. Second district—W. M. Morris of Muscatine. Third district—W. H. Torbert of Duquebue. Fourth district—H. A. Kratzenberg of Worthington. Fifth district—C. A. Gray of Marshall. Sixth district—J. W. Carr of Poweshiek. Seventh district—C. F. Curtis of Story. Eighth district—B. E. Eckert. Ninth district—Slas Wilson of Cass. Tenth district—George W. Hanna of Kossuth. Eleventh district—W. W. Cornwall of Clare. Fifth district—F. G. Pierce of Clayton. Sixth district—W. H. Needham of Keokuk. Seventh district—George W. Clark of Dallas. Eighth district—H. M. Towner of Adams. Ninth district—Asmus Boys of Audubon. Tenth district—C. J. A. Ericson of Burlington. Eleventh district—F. T. Piper of O'Brien. CREDENTIALS. First district—Washington Mulan of Henry. Second district—F. B. Caulson of Iowa. Third district—S. Sobe of Butler. Fourth district—Ed Collins of Worth. Fifth district—H. L. Brettherland of eCdar. Seventh district—W. A. Nickel of Monroe. Eighth district—John Shambaugh of Madison. Fifth district—W. W. Hill of Page. Ninth district—E. M. Hopkins of Guthrie. Tenth district—C. J. Martin of Greene. Eleventh district—S. D. Rineker of Lyon. VICE PRESIDENTS. First district—Sam Salts of Jefferson. Second district—John H. Stevenson of Jackson. Third district—George H. Richardson of Woodbury. Fourth district—Ed Collins of Mitchell. Fifth district—E. B. Primrose of Tama. Sixth district—B. F. Carroll of Davis. Seventh district—J. M. Anderson of Warren. Eighth district—C. F. Howell of Appanose. 第九 district—J. B. Rockefellow of Cass. Tenth district—Lewis Larson of Hancock. Eleventh district—William Ehlers of Woodbury. The band played patriotic airs while the audience was gathering for the afternoon session. Considerable difficulty was experienced in seating the delegates, as outsiders had entered early and pre-empted delegates' seats. The audience at the afternoon was well advanced before the security was secured on the main floor for the first time and the disorder due to the excitement of the balloting soon followed. Four hundred tickets mysteriously disappeared, and were in the hands of people with the ability to hold them, greatly to the embarrassment of the maengers of the convention. When Chairman Roach was ready to call the convention to order, the Auditorium boxes were occupied by ladies and distinguished gentlemen, and there was a sprinkling of women among the visitors occupied seats in the balcony and gallery. The committee on credentials report- The committee further recommended the adoption of the following rules: that the vote to be voted in its regular turn at roll call. That no changes be made in the bailer and that same has been recorded by the secretary. That there be no nominating speeches. A suggestion to do away with informal ballots was voted down. It was decided that the permanent chair requested to make a short speech of not more than five minutes, that the convention might not be hampered. A motion to include a recommendation that nominations be made by roll call districts was tabled. The report of the committee was adopted. Temporary Chairman Chairman Roach named Senator Allen, H. M. Lette and J. G. Berrylah as a committee to escort Permanent Chairman Trewin to the office. Mr. Trewin was introduced and spoke as follows: "Gentlemen of the Convention: This great honor has come to me entirely unexpected and unsolicited. No man asked and answered over a republican convention without filled with just pride. The speech that was made this morning I wish to commend to all thoughtful people even those who asked for action has arrived. Gentleman, what is your pleasure?" The brief address pleased the audience and asked who would cheered at the conference. A long line of people to the difficulty in securing order, the delegates' seats were all occupied and the aides were still full of delegates. The ushers were unable to produce order and the arms requested the delegates to indicate all outsiders that they might be expelled from the seats. Before this operation was completed the audience was allowed to watch the Permanent Trewin ordered a ballot for the nomination of secretary of state. W. B. Martin of Adair, was nominated for secretary of state on the third ballot. After the nomination of Martin for secretary of state, Congressman Thomas Hedge, chairman of the committee on resolutions, was introduced to make his report. He explained that two supplemental resolutions had been passed in the platform proper. The first, relating to the death of Scriator Gear, follows: The republicans of Iowa have assembled a committee to sorrow, the death of our distinguished follow citizen, John Henry Gear. No man in the state was closer to the hearts of the people than in public life after them more loyally, faithfully and unintingly, no one was truer to every public service in the discharge of every duty. His public career forms a part of the history of our country, we recognize u loss to the state and nation. The resolution was adopted by a rising vote. The second supplemental resolution expressed interest in the welfare of Martin Conger and his faculty. It follows: In the remote east, among a strange and alien people, in scenes of terror and violence, the governor of Iowa, is now representing, not only the honor of his country, but the dignity of his people, the people of his friends and neighbors of whatever faith, earnestly pray for the safety and immediacy of his people, that the day may come speedily when in his own home he may receive the assurances of the government, the ever-increasing interest and regard. The resolution was adopted by a unanimous vote. The resolution's proper, which are the shortest in the history of the republic, party in Iowa, were read, as follows: Iowa republicans, meeting in this, the proudest era of the republic and state, grafted the role of the pre-eminent position they hold in the councils of the nation and the party, commend and endorse the Iowa republicans in their role as representatives; they endorse and commend the wise and successful administration of Governor Leslie M. Shaw in state politics; they present for the present campaign than the national platform of Philadelphia, Iowa, and the republicans of Iowa republicans. The republicans of Iowa have no apologies to make for that platform, nor for the candidates who have been elected to the Theodore Roosevelt. It asks for those candidates the support of every citizen who has at heart the welfare of this convention not only the loyal support of every republican, but of every voter of the state who desires the prosperity of our country and the progress of the commonwealth. Emilin McClain, chancellor of the law department of the State university, was nominated for supreme judge on the fourth ballot. The candidates were John McClain, who had been through McClain had a lead, which he continually increased until his nomination. After the second ballot, Jones county withdrew the name of Judge McClain, and he was nominated for the fourth ballot the Linn county delegation, which stood sponsors for Clark's candidacy, withdrew his name and cast Linn's thirty votes for McClain. However, thirty-eight third ballot, Co伦尔 Clark had a small, but intensely loyal, constituency. They supported him because of his recognized fitness for the position, and stood loyalty to three ballots. He possessed, however, no reserve strength. By the rank and file of the delegates he was regarded as a too recent recruit, to republicanism and not made a thorough canvass of the state. The scenes during the balloting for supreme judge were the most exciting of the afternoon. The Johnson county Second district district court, in the largest, and had worked hard for their candidate. One or two university men were to be found in nearly eagle delegation, and in some they were more numerous. The other three balls and cheers for McClain and college yells made it necessary for Chairman Trewin to repeatedly command a restoration of order. The court has been on tap at the courts since Saturday and reached a climax during the balloting, seemed infective, and as delegation after delegation swung to his stance. Joined in the court, he earnestly as who have worked for the chancellor since the beginning. Senator Berry moved the nomination of D. J. Farmer for railroad commissioner by acclamation, and a motion calling for a special vote was approved. The convention then adjourned. There is not an evil which will endure a hundred years. There is always good fishing in troubled waters. World to End This Year. 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The Great Labor Saver Indian Crows Railroading The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad is building a line in Montana down into the Big Horn Basin toward Yellowstone Park, and as the Crow Indian reservation is near at hand, a contract has been made with the red men for grading a section of roadbed. The managers of competitive lines there/an to enter a complaint to the Western Passenger Association, making the charge that the Burlington has made a deal with the "Scalpers." Teplitz, a small watering place in Bohemia, chains the honor of being Gen. Cronej's birthplace. CROPS IN NEBRASKA. There is a broad smile on the face of nearly every farmer in Nebraska, because of the satisfactory crop conditions in that remarkable state. In the northwest drouth has seriously injured the wheat yield. In the south again there has been more or less damage, but in Nebraska they have had seasonable, heavy rains, and not too much of them. A full crop of oats and wheat will, from present indications, be followed by a bumper crop of corn. During the past week heavy rains all over the state have put this crop in fine condition, and it may break the record. The expectation is that great numbers of people will go to Nebraska this fall, when the cheap harvest excursion rates are in effect, to investigate the country and confirm by actual experience the stories of prosperity so often heard. The tendency is on the part of renters, everywhere in the east, to seek homes beyond the Missouri river, where land is cheap ad so very productive. The prettiest bathing suits are always found above the sea level. Sweat and fruit acids will not discolor goods dyed with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. A conceived young lady says the men are a covet-us lot. Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease? It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Combs and Burrows. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to snake into the shoes. 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Every advantage of equipment in the class rooms, laboratories and study rooms, every care in the matter of food and clothing, and exceptional excellence of climatic conditions—all of these features are found at St. Mary's, in the perfection of development only to be obtained by the consecration of devoted lives to educational Christian work, in a spot favored by the Lord.—The Fin Arts Journal. Don't be too critical—with other people, that is to say. You can't be too critical with yourself. THE RED SIGNAL: Amid the sea a tower of stone, In sunshine and in storm, Reposes in its strength alone, A solitary form. A steadfast form, though wild the night, Its calm, unfinching eye Greets with a bright and cheering light The ships that pass it by. MURRY up a bit of supper, mother," cried Robert Douglas. "We've got news of a wreck, and I've got to go down with a clicker." "But, Robert. I was going to have hot muffins, and they're not light yet. You're two hours early." "Give me a piece of bread, then, and some cold meat. I'm sorry for the muffins, but I can't wait." "I'm sorry, too," said Mrs. Douglas, rising, and laying aside her knitting. "I had planned ham and eggs besides." "Too bad; but the boys will be ready in half an hour, and I must be on hand. Ugh." And he shrugged his shoulders, as if in anticipation of the cold, hard task before him, as he followed his mother from the cozy sitting room into the pantry. "Give me whatever there is ready," he said, "and I'll put a crust in my pocket. We may be out pretty much all night." "What was the accident?" she asked, moving back and forth as she placed the things upon the table. "A broken axle an a big freight gone to smash. It's in a bad place, too, down in the Thread Valley, where the road is very crooked." "I'm afraid it's going to snow." "I know it is. It's snowing already. But you know it grows warmer when it begins to snow." "Not with a northeast wind like this." "Don't you worry, mother. I'll wrap up well, and I'm tough as a bear," he said, laughing gaily. His ruddy face, clear eyes and wiry figure bore out his assertion. But it was quite as much his cheery courage that gave him strength as it was hardness of muscle or stoutness of frame. "I'll make you a good cup of tea, Robert," said Mrs. Douglas, as he sat down to what seemed to her a cheerless meal, a cup of tea being to her the very essence of comfort. "Oh, never mind; this is all right," he answered, heartily, as he helped himself with the eager and undiscriminating appetite of youth. But in a few minutes a steaming and fragrant cup was beside his plate. "Don't be anxious if I'm not back till morning," he said. "Tell Tom Carpenter to stop on his way home to give you the latest news. Good-by, mother," as he rose from his chair to go. "Cook yourself a good supper and have Anna Olda come and stay with you, so you won't be lonesome." Mrs. Douglas watched his free, young step as he went down the walk to the railway station, which was very near, and in full sight. "No mother has a better boy," she said to herself, as she wiped the tears that were sure to fill her eyes whenever Robert left her for more than his usual daily absence. The house where Robert and his mother lived was very humble, yet cozy, clean and attractive. His small wages as an assistant telegraph operator was all they had to live upon, but his mother's prudence and his steady industry made that sufficient for their unpretentious wants. When Robert got to the station he found the wrecking train about to start. He was to open and operate an additional telegraph office at or near the scene of the disaster, for the purpose of working trains past the obstruction. The accident had happened seventeen miles or more away, at a point where the road followed the tortuous winding of the River Thread. The bluffs along the line there were very steep and there were several bridges across the noisy and turbulent little stream. There could hardly have been a worse place for an accident, as the approaches either way were around sharp curves. When the rescue train, with its ponderous appliances for hoisting and prying and lifting, had reached the spot, it was Robert's duty to climb a telegraph pole, make the necessary attachments with wires and clamps, and to establish his office at its foot. He improvised a rude shelter with some rails and a blanket, made a chair for himself and with a few stones heaped together, set up his instrument and was ready for duty. It was Saturday night, and but few trains except the regular night express were running. The road had a double track along that division, and the disabled freight was on the right hand, or the one taken by the down trains, while the relief cars were on the up track. When one of the up trains was due, this one would switch off and let it pass. Robert kept up communication with the nearest stations at either head, and the work of opening the road went on very satisfactorily. It promised to be less difficult than had been at first apprehended, and it began to look as if by midnight both lines would be clear. A snowstorm had set in with blinding fury. The men who were actively at work did not mind it so much, but Robert seemed likely to be buried under the weight of the damp, heavy-falling flakes. The night express was due at 1 I its foot is firm where surges shock; With never-weary care, It silent marks the hidden rock For all who venture there. So, when against him billows beat, On eyes are hurled, A strong man holds heavy feet A clear face to the world! A clear face to the world! —New York Weekly. o'clock. Before that time the last big piece of breakage had been removed, and when Robert got the signal, seventeen miles away, that the express waited, his orders were, "Let her come on." He flashed the answer back with a great sense of relief that his tedious, benumbing night's task was about ended. He was just preparing to pack his instrument, and to get his other traps together, ready for the start home, when he heard a terrible crash. He could see a hurried moving of lights through the thick ice of snow, and could hear excited voices calling and vociferating. Presently one of the men came running to him with a breathless "Hold the express at Hawley!" "My orders were to let her come on," he replied. "But, hold her, hold her, for heaven's sake! A derrick has fallen right across the track!" "Click, click," went the little instrument under Robert's active fingers. "Hold the express!" "She started five minutes ago," came instantly back. There was no time to be lost. Robert did not wait. He seized a red lantern and started up the road. He must meet the express as far away as possible, for in those days there were no air-brakes, and it would take some distance for the train to slacken speed and come to a halt, since it would, of course, be running at full speed. The snow was still coming down in blinding sheets; it seemed as if the storm's fury had increased, if that were possible. Not a line of rail was visible, but only the softly-heaped ridges where the wheels of the last train that passed had outlined the track. Robert set out with frantic energy, plowing his way through the damp masses, struggling over the uneven surfaces of the ties, and slipping and floundering to such a degree that it seemed as if he made no progress at all. His lantern shed such a faint gleam that he was afraid, no matter what his effort, the engineer would not be able to see it—a mere spark through the whirling snow that enveloped it. He had started none too soon, for, with his senses painfully strained, he was certain he felt the first vibrations of the on-coming wheels. It was like a spur he did not need, for he was already putting forth his utmost strength. It was, indeed, the vibration sent along the hidden rails, for presently he heard a distant, muffled rumble as the train crossed a bridge. Inches seemed of value in this crisis, and he plunged forward as many more steps as he dared before taking a stand to make his despairing signal. As the sounds approached and became distinctly audible, he planted himself firmly between the rails and waited for the first break of the headlight through the white storm to swing his red warning. Nearer came the train, flying along at throbbing speed and now almost upon him, its panting breath echoing from the deep sides of the rocky cut at either hand. Then its great headlight gleamed vaguely upon him like a pale moon. Robert swung his lantern in a wide, slow circle at first, and then faster and faster as the engine's glowing eyes became more and more distinct. There was no answering whistle. They did not see it. He leaped over the rail into a ditch alongside, and from that scrambled to the opposite bank, screening and finging his arms wildly about as if his puny voice could be heard above all that roar. No answer yet. The full rays of the headlight were on him, and the engine nearly abreast, when with a final vehement swing he let go the handle of his lantern and hurled it headlong into the window of the engineer's cab. As he did so, he sank helpless upon the ground. In a second there was a terrific shriek of the whistle, and Robert could hear the grinding of the brakes. That he was not too late, that the train would be saved, were his last thoughts as he became unconscious. Presently he was aware of moving lights about him, of voices and of somebody trying to lift him up and stand him on his feet. "Wake up, Robert. What's the matter? Where is your lantern?" said a kindly voice. It was Sandy Olds, the fireman. Was it all a dream. No, for the snow still fell, and he was chilled and wet and weary. "The express?" he gasped. "She stopped with the tip of her nose just at the derrick," was answered, in the same questioning tone. "Why—why didn't she whistle?" asked Robert, to cry from exhaustion, and still dazed and excited. Sandy shook him a little, and tried again to get him on his feet. But they'd stand up, Robert. Robert. We want to be sitting house. Robert tried and partied with them. That's right. Brace up, and well carry you back to the train. You're clean tucked out. We'll tell you all about it when you're thawed out." As soon as Robert had staggered forward a few steps the life seemed to return to his limbs. He refused to be carried, but let a comrade assist him at either side. "You spotted that cab window, Robert," said Sandy, "and the engineer got a black eye, too. You needn't say anything, but it's my private opinion he was asleep." "I whirled my light till I saw they weren't going to pay any attention to it, and then I slung it at them," said Robert. "We know you did. The engineer allowed he saw the light, and that when he whistled 'down brakes', the brakechain snapped, and flew up and hit him on the cheek. But I laughed, because I found that red lantern of yours smashed all to flinters in the cab." Robert had never appreciated before how comfortable warmth and kindness were, for both waited him when they reached their own caboose. The train men made a bunk for him until the express had got on its way, where they made him lie and rest. They looked after his clicker for him, got it aboard, and when they reached the home station helped him to his mother's door. Robert's friend, Sandy Olds, had suspected the truth. The engineer of the express afterward confessed that, feeling half sick that night, and chilled with the storm, he had taken a drink to live him up a little, and the result had been the drowsiness that had nearly cost him not only his own life, but the lives of all aboard his train. When that red lantern came crashing through the glass into his face, he had almost automatically pulled the whistle for down-braces, which had brought them to a timely halt.-Golden Days. What the Fancy Does. "That reminds me indirectly of a little chop-house I used to go to," said a friend who heard the picture dealer's plaint. "It was a most delightful place. You sat down in a sort of shead, with lumber and things plump up in all the corners, and if you didn't look out the table was always liable to collapse. The proprietor's specialty was beefsteak. They were served piping hot on old chipped plates, and were the best beefsteaks that ever happened—great massive porterhouses, two inches thick, delicate crinkled brown on the outside and deep, deep-grained red all the way through. You could carve the tenderloin of those steaks with the edge of your fork, and the meat simply melted in your mouth. The establishment was clean—at least the table and everything pertaining to it was scrupulously so. I was told about it in strict confidence by a friend and used to go there whenever I wanted a steak. In turn I sent others, and it was working up quite a business when I was called out of town for about six months. When I returned I made a bee-line for the little chop-house, and to my surprise found it replaced by an up-to-date cafe, with mirror, wall panels and oak furniture. The same man was running it, and nearly as I could judge the same waiter brought me exactly the same kind of steak. Yet somehow it wasn't the same. It tasted differently from the steaks I used to get on the cracked plates and eat sitting on a broken-backed chair. Something was gone. Some subtle essence had evaporated. I was better served than in the old times, and the place was vastly more comfortable—but I never went back. I was told the former customers fell off one by one. In two months the cafe was closed."—New Orleans Times-Democrat. Feeling the Parson. Clergymen are seldom overpaid, and to most of them the occasional fees bestowed by generous and happy bridegrooms are items of considerable moment. It is easy to sympathize with a certain Yorkshire clergyman who, after pronouncing a couple man and wife, was asked by the groom what the charge was. The parson, according to Spare Moments, told him that there were no fixed charges in such matters, but that he might give what he thought proper. The clergyman protested that he could not accept a fee of such a character. It would be quite impossible. 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One of the most interesting, picturesque and delightful places in this country is unquestionably the resort known as the Magno Mud and Lithia Water Cure, located at Indiana Mineral Springs, Indiana. Here come the overworked business man, the worn out devotee of society and the professional man on the verge of nervous prostration, as well as the sufferer from rheumatism, kidney and skin diseases for which the baths are especially beneficial. The place is also largely patronized by those who only seek pleasure and recreation, its location making it particularly adapted for this purpose. There are many romantic and beautiful spots and places of interest in the vicinity and it would be hard to find a section of country containing so many beautiful drives. The country is very hilly, but the roads are all graveled and kept in good condition. 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