Iowa State Bystander

STATE BYSTANDER. IOWA Mrs. E. T. Banks, who has been ill for several weeks, does not improve much, but is able to be up. --- VOL. 8. IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. Communications must be written on one side of the paper only and be of interest to the public. "Brevity is the soul of wit," remember We will not return rejected manuscript, unless accompanied by postage stamps. CITY NEWS W. H. Warrick is now employed at J. W. Hess' drug store. Mr. Harry McCraven spent Saturday and Sunday in Oskaloosa visiting his family. Henry Wright, who has been out of the city for several months, has returned. Mr. Jno. A. Hardy is quite ill at his home on North 24th street.—Omaha Enterprise. The excursion tickets to Rock Island Crossing are on sale at J. H. Mixons' jewelery store and BYSTANDER office. Harding Ice Cream is always best and suits the people. Phones 647. tf 762 Ninth street. Mrs. Geo. J. Wilson leaves in September for San Diego, Cal, her former home, on an extended visit with relatives. Miss Annas Logan will begin taking violin lessons as soon as the warm weather is over. Where are you going the 22nd inst? On the excursion. J H. Mixon, Jeweler, No. 312 West Third street. Tunes Pianos and repairs organs. John Bell, who has been visiting with his parents at Stuart for the past several weeks, has returned to the city. The Christian Endeavor of the First African Baptist church have changed their meetings from Wednesday evenings to Sunday evenings at 7 o'clock sharp. When in Oskaloosa, Iowa, stop at Mr. Peter Williams, No. 216 North A street, for good meals and room. Mrs. Anna Brown, wife of lawyer Brown of St. Joseph, Mo., who has been visiting Mrs. Geo, Gaiter, has gone to Omaha to visit relatives and attend a weddinn before returning home. We are expectin Dr. Aug. G. Edwards to arrive in the city soon to locate. He comes well recommended from Knoxville Tenn. He will bring with him his wife and two children. We trust Dr. Edwards will do well in Des Moines, as we are without a colored doctor. We trust our citizens will remember him and give him the encouragement he needs. We have received the catalogue of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute; the fall terms begins Sept. 10th. There were 1253 students enrolled during the year. The catalogue contains some elegant cuts and illustrations, and compiled in a very attractive manner. The work was done by the Tuskegee Steam Print. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Greenway of Webster City have disposed of their business in that city and were here the latter part of last week visiting with Mrs. Greenway's relatives. They left Monday for Muscatine, where they will visit several days with relatives before leaving for Colorado Spring, where they intend to enter into business. Mr. Greenway has been quite successful and we bespeak for him a bright future. He has a host of friends in this city. The only excursion this season will be on the 22; 75c round trip. Remember the date. Rev. R. Jackson, assistaat pastor of First Afaican Baptist church, will preach Sunday morning from the Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle, 2nd Corinthian, 2nd chapter 2nd and 3rd verses. Evening subject, "God's Power," 4th chapter of Nehemiah, part of 14th verse. NEW CHURCH. The colored people of Indianola, Ia., will soon have a new church. The corner stone will be laid the 22nd of August, under the auspices of the Odd Fellows of Chariton. The K. P. band will be present and there will be good speaking. LEON CELEBRATION. The colored people of Leon, assisted by the gsod white people, held their first emancipation celebration August 7th. It was a great success, nearly 7.000 people being present, only a few colored people were there The Gallatin, Mo., and Cleveland, Ia., colored bands rendered good music. Mr. Nelson C. Crews of Kansas City, one of the best colored orators of the West, was the orator of the day, and his speech was fine. The Decatur County Journal speaks very complimentary of the affair. Below is a copy of the resolutions presented by the colored delegates to the Republican convention. Resolved:—That we, the republicans of Iowa, extend our sympathy to the republicans of certain states of the Union, who are being deprived of the right of suffrage by the democratic party in violation of the constitution of the United States. That we condemn and announce as unamerican, the disfranchisement acts passed, and being passed in the several democratic strong-holds of the country, and not that such acts are deceptive, treacherous and hypocritical in the extreme, in the light of that party's boasted plea for the right of other people to be governed, only, by their express consent. That we urge Iowa's delegation in Congress to use their influence and power to have the disfranchisements of republicans in certain sections of the country, investigated; and such acts delt with by Congress in the light and spirit of the supreme law of the land. And we demand that representation in Congress and in the Electoral College shall be based upon the actual voting population, as provided in the constitution, proportionate reduction being made for any state in which the right of suffrage is denied, except for crime. The A. M. E. church and the Brotherhood band will give an excursion to C. R. I. & P. crossing on Thursday, August 22. THE CHURCH MANIFESTO. A union church manifesto by the A. M. E. St. Paul and Corinthian Baptist churches was given Thursday evening at Webster's hall. A very large crowd of representative citizens were present, and the most successful time ever enjoyed by such a union meeting. An excellent program was rendered, The Brotherhood band furnished the music. Each party on the program acquired themselves nicely. The principle speech was made by Atty. Geo. H. Woodson of Muchakinock, and was a master piece, He simply riddled Senator Tillman's speech to pieces. The following resolutions were adopted; after which more then 200 sit down to a bounteous supper. much credit is due Mrs. F. G. Goggins and her able assistants. Whereas, one B. R. Tillman, in a speech recently delivered in our community, made such base and vicious charges against a part of the free and respectable women of the country as to shock the conscience and arouse the indignation of all fair-minded men, and wound the feelings and invoke the sympathy of all good and true women; Therefore, be it resolved, that we, a part of the citizens and Christians of Des Moines, Iowa, in a union meeting assembled, denounce as base and untrue the utterances of Mr. Tillman, wherein he seeks to discredit the good name of four million American women, and regret that the place he occupies in the United States senate should be so signally dishonored. Resolved. That we take notice of the friendly utterances and fair comments made in the public press and elsewhere by the advocates of Christian justice and simple right in behalf of the race and women so vilely attacked, and that among these we especially mention Drake university, Mrs. Carrie M. Ogilvie, Rev. Dr. Frisbie, Rabbi Sonneschein, Daily Iowa Capital, Daily News, Iowa State Bystander, and members of the G. A. R., W. R. C. and others too numerous to mention. Resolved, That we express our deep regret that an Iowa institution of learning should expose its youth to such seditious sentiments, and lend its forum to such a base purpose. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Iowa State Bystander and the other papers of the city. Respectfully offered by George H. Woodson. IOWA STATE FAIT. The new buildings are nearly complete and the final arrangements well under way for the coming state fair. The number of entries received indicates that all departments will be full, except possibly the agricultural and horticultural departments, which, owing to the unfavorable season, may not be up to the average, and yet this should prompt the farmers of Iowa to make special efforts to show what Iowa can do in a drouth year, and if they do this, as they can do it, there will be a good display even in those departments. All stock departments promise to be well represented and more entries are now made than is usual for the time of year. Special efforts have been put forth looking to the comfort of the public, including camping facilities. Great races may be expected, for a large field of horses have been entered. Locomobile races for each day have been arranged and many exciting features will be put on. In the way of amusements more will be provided than ever before and of quality, quantity and variety to please all. With the best of music, with pleasant grounds, conveniently arranged buildings and all striving to make the coming fair the best in the history of the state, great things may be expected. Bulletin giving program and details of arrangements free, by addressing the secretary, Des Moines. Program for the second annual session of the National Negro Business League to be held at Chicago, Il. Handel Hall, 46-48 Randolph Street, August 21, 22, and 23, 1901. Wednesday, August 21, 10 a. m. Meeting called to order. Invocation. Address of welcome, on behalf of the state—His Excellency, Governor Richard Yates. Address of welcome, on behalf of the city of Chicago—His honor, Mayor Carter H. Harrison. Address of welcome, on behalf of the Colored business men and women of Chicago—Mr. W. F. Taylor. The president's address. Appointment of committees. The Business League of Virginia—Giles B. Jackson, Richmond, Va. Business Features of the Order of True Reformers—W. L. Taylor, Richmond, Va. What the Twin-City Business Association is Accomplishing—J. A. Wilson, Kansas City, Mo. Can the Negro Succeed as a Business Man?"—Theodore W. Jones, Chicago, Ill. Evening Session, 8 p. m. The Negro Women's Business Club of Chicago and its Achievements—Mrs. Alberta M. Smith, Chicago, Ill. Merchandising — Charles Banks, Clarksdale, Miss. The Grocery Business—William Oscar Murphy, Atlanta, Ga. The Hampton Building and Loan Association—Harris Barrett, Hampton, Va. Negro Business Enterprises of Mobile-A. N. Johnson, Mobile, Ala. Thursday, August 22, 10 a. m. The Drug Business—Dr. Willis S. Sterrs, Decatur, Ala. Mistakes to be Avoided—S. R. Scottron, Brooklyn, N. Y. Merchant Tailoring—L. G. Wheeler hicago, Ill. Colored Business Women of the East—Mrs. Dora A. Millar, Brooklyn N. Y. The Game and Poultry Business—Walter P. Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. Dress-Making and Millinery—Mrs. Emma L. Pitts, Macon, Ga. Representing the Kansas City Coal and Feed Company, and the Wyandotte Drug Company—I. F. Bradley, Kansas City, Kan. Night Session—A banquet will be tendered the officers and delegates o. the National Negro Business League by the citizens of Chicago, Thursday evening, August 22, at First Regiment Armory, Sixteenth and Michigan Boulevard. Friday, August 13, 10 a. m. Carriage Manufacturing—F. D. Patterson, Greenfield, Ohio. Real Estate—J. C. Napier, Nashville, Tenn. The Negro in Insurance—W. F. Graham, Richmond, Va. The Negro as a Silk Operative—T. W. Thurston, Fayetteville, N. G. The Nego Publishing House-R. H. Boyd, Nashville, Tenn. Catering—C. H. Smiley, Chicago, Ill., and Jno. S. Trower, Philadelphia, Pa. Report of officers. Report of committees. Evening Session, 8 p. m. The Negro as a Manufacturer and Jobber—Anthony Overton, Kansas City, Kan. The Logic of Business Development —T. Thomas Fortune, New York, N. Y. The Founding of a Negro City—S. L. Davis, Hobson City, Ala., and Isaiah T. Montgomery, Mound Bayou, Miss. Saturday, August 24. saturday, august 24 The executive committee has arranged a boat excursion for the delegates and visitors to Milwaukee and return, Saturday morning. JOSEPH L. WOODS As we stop and consider life and its uncertainties, we are not surprised at the taking away of our beloved brother and friend; yet it was a severe blow to his family, friends and brethren in the Masonic fraternity. We realize that our loss is Heaven's gain, because our friend and brother died in the Faith, listening to the "Angel Choir," as were his last words to a loving sister. His life was as a sun-beam, making all happy with whom he came in contact. He improved his time and graduated from the State Agricultural College as an electrical engineer. He faithfully filled the position as electrical engineer at the State Soldiers Home at Marshalltown, where he was considered a valuable employee and was loved by all connected with that institution. He was a faithful member of Eureka lodge who buried him with Masonic honors. In Masonic circles he was loved by all; he improved his time as a mason and received all the honors of his subordinate lodge and had filled positions of trust in the Grand Lodge, and if it had not been for his illness he would be the present Grand Secretary. We as masons were loath to give "Joe" (as he was familiarly known) up, but the Grand Master above knows best and we say within our hearts, not our will but "Thy will be done." We commend his family and loved ones to Him who heals all sorrow and brings comfort to all. In the morning when the roll will be called and we shall come forward to answer to our names, "Joe" will be there to welcome us, his relatives, friends and brother masons. Thy life's work is ended, we bid the farewell, To Him who gave us thy comforting smiles; We praise and adore and await our time, Where far above this lodge we will assemble once more. J. FRANK BLAGBURN, Des Moines, Iowa MR. CUMMINS. In the nomination of Hon. Albert B. Cummins of Des Moines, for Governor, by the republican party last Wednesday week ago will be hailed with glad acclaim by the free independent common people of Iowa. He embodies all that is honest, high and noble as an individual. As a citizen he has the highest esteem of his neighbors, as a leader he is endowed with a prerequisite ability, as an orator Iowa has no superiors and but few equals, as a lawyer he is not excelled. In fact to know Mr. Cummins is to admire him. Iowa has had a brilliant line of good and able governors, but in the event of Mr. Cummins election, which is certain, he will make the best Governor that proud Iowa ever had. We predict his election by an overwhelming majority. Let all of the republicans join in swelling that number to 50,000 majority. EDITOR'S OBSERVATIONS Leaving Des Moines Aug. 5, in company with Mrs. J. L. Thompson for Cedar Rapids, to attend the republican convention. We arrived at Ames about 11 o'clock and had a lay over of nearly two hours in this beautifully located town, where the State Agricultural College is located. Within two hours ride we landed in Marshalltown, stopping with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wright, who made it very pleasant for us. They have an elegantly furnished home and valuable property. Mr. Wright is one of the substantial citizens and conducts a first-class tonsorial shop. Mr. Calvin Wheeler has valuable property and runs a thrashing machine, Mr. I. L. Brown still works for the Iowa Central Co. Albert Walker is in the tonsorial profession. Prof. Arnold still leads the choir at the M. E. church (white.) He is a good musician. Messrs. E. M. Williamson, L. H. Johnson, W. H. Flippings,, Geo. L. Suitor, T. H. Cobb, Meadames Whorley, Emma Russell and others I do not recall are reliable citizens trying to succeed Rev. Nicholson, their new pastor from Nashville, Tenn., is an intelligent, up-to-date minister and has, in so short a time, paid off the entire indebtedness of the Baptist church and is preparing to build a new brick edifice. Mrs. Wright and daughter Flossy drove us out to the Soldiers home, which is simply beautiful and the new building adds to its magnificence. There are about 1000 of the boys who wore the blue in 1860 out there, and they have a pleasant time. On to the parlor city, where we found it full of republican delegates and visitors, so we cannot mention much about the people. Mr. Marshall Perkins is still doing a thriving and very successful business with his restaurant. Mr. I. D. Marshall is a successful carpet cleaner and W. H. Milligan has a very well kept fruit farm two miles from town. He is a race man. Chas. Searcy is a substantial citizen. Simon Terry if studying for the ministry. Mr. Gable is a new man here. He has opened up a manicure and chiropodist office. Leaving my better-half, who returned to the Capital City, I was soon taken to Clinton, and found all the colored men in business, whom I mentioned a year ago, and doing well. Mr. Hancock, Fred Neal, J. T. Culbertson and Mr. Allen are all hustlers, The first two are confectioners and ice cream men, the next has a grocery store and last one in the restaurant business. Mr. Wm. Emerson and his son Schriller, who is highly accomplished in music, have just completed the finest 9 roomhouse that ye editor has been in, in Iowa, owned and paid for by a colored man. The interior is furnished throughout with antique oak, with pure oak steps, and has all the modern improvements—gas lights, water, bath room, reading room, etc. It cost about $2,500. Prof. Damon still conducts his orchestra and teaches music. (Concluded next week.) RACE STATISTICS Of the State of Alabama According to the Census of 1000. --- No. 10. THE NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE 10 MET IN CHICAGO. After full consideration and consultation with the officials of the National Negro Business League and friends throughout the country, it has been decided to call the next session of the League to meet at Chicago, Ils., Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, August 21, 22 and 23. It is generally conceded that the meeting held in Boston last August was one of the most successful gatherings ever held in the history of the race, and that it gave an encouragement and impetus to the race in all lines of business in a way that is now apparent in all parts of the country. Any person engaged in any commercial enterprise or properly delegated to represent any individual or individuals engaged in commercial enterprise, is entitled to membership under such regulations as may be adopted. Women as well as men engaged in business should be represented. It is strongly urged that Local Leagues be established in every part of the country where no such leagues now exist and those already organized be strengthened wherever necessary, and that these local leagues send delegates, so far as possible to the National organization, and keep in close touch during the year with the officers of the National organization; that these local organizations hold meetings monthly as far as practical; that everything possible be done in these local organizations to discourage complicated and useless parliamentary machinery, and that parliamentary and technical discussions be avoided, as far as possible, with a view to concentrating time and strength on the real objects of the organization. It is the desire of the officers of our people as well as of the perpersons engaged in business. These photographs should show both outside and inside views as far as possible, and they should be forwarded to the President of the League at Tuskegee, Alabama, as early as convenient. The time has come for the race to take a long step forward in establishing itself permanently and more generally in the business of the community where it resides. Let no legislation or attempted legislation discourage or dishearten us. There should be no doubting or halting. Every move should be a forward one. To gain recognition and success we may have to struggle harder and longer than others, but out of the very struggle we shall gain a strength that we can get in no other way. The influence and power of intelligence, high character and high standing in the business world, are sure to place the race in the end in a position where it will be honored and treated with justice in every part of the land. Let our watchword constantly be, "FORWARD." Booker T. Washington, President, Tuskegee, Alabama. T. Thomas Fortune, Chairman, Executive Committee, 4 Cedar Street, N. Y. E. E. Cooper, Secretary, 459 C Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. "Through the month of June and July our baby was teething and took a running off of the bowels and sickness of the stomach," says O. P. M. Holliday of Deming, Ini. "His bowels would move from five to eight times a day. I had a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house and gave him four drops in a teaspoonful of water and he got better at once." Sold by all Druggists. Towa State Bystander. cee ve RACE ECHOES. Peter Jackson Dead. The news from Australia tha Peter Jackson, the greatest colored fighter that ever lived, is no more, should not come as a surprise to those who know the condition of the pugilist when he departed for his home some time ago. - When Jackson left San Francisco some time ago bound for Australia he was only a shadow of his former self. He was the opposite to the man who staid with Corbett sixty-one rounds in San Francisco back in 1891. When the dusky boxer put on his mits against “‘Pompadour Jim” he ‘was in his prime, and the fact that he did not defeat Corbett should not be counted againsthim. It was said that the day before the fight Jackson suffered a sprained ankle, and he went through the four hours fighting on his courage and grit. Perhaps the greatest feat in Jack- ‘son’s career was his defeat of Paddy Slavin in London in 1892. Slavin at that time was champion of Eng- land, and was considered one of the best fighters of the day. The fight ended in the tenth round and from the first to the last round Jackson’s generalship was said to be the pret- tiest seen in the ring for many a day. After Slavin’s defeat Jackaon was made a popular hero in England and he was banqueted and lauded every- where. This was practically the beginning of the end to the great fighter’s career. He went the way of the majority before him and after him. He took to drinking, and his decline was rapid. The last few years he has been an object of charity. His last fig t was with Jeffries in 1898 in San Francisco. The bout amounted to nothing more than an exhibition, and Jackson was put out in the third round. Some time ago Jackson, who knew tbat consump- tion had got hold of him, expressed a desire to see his former home, al- though Australia is not the land of his birth, as he first saw light in Jacksonville, Fla. Friends took up a collection, and the pugilist sailed away, and he died July 23 near Syd- ney, N.S. W. Aside from his fighting abilities I have always considered Jackson a remarkable man. There was noth- ing of the rowdy about him. He Dyas always the polished man of af fairs. He could speak five or six languages fluently, was admitted to the best clubs in J.ondon and was popular wherever he went, He made friends and kept them more so than any other colored fighter, or even white, for that mat ter. He had -few enemies and a ‘host of friends. When his health failed him I was asked to start a subscription for him here, which I did, and we collected quite a little money for him. I might add that some of the most prominent men in San Francisco made it possible for the great colored fighter to spend his last days in comparative com- fort at his old home in Sydney. Jackson always was a lion on the coast and he numbered his friends by the hundreds, By the way, Parson Davies should not be forgotten in connection with the dead pugilist. It was Parson who brought him out after he came to this country, and Jackson attain- ed his fame under his management. Davies has told me that Jackson was the easiest man in the world to man- age. He had that free and easy disposition common to his race. Davies never forgot Jackson in his adversity and did him many a good turn.—Malachy Hogan, in Sunday Record-Herald, Ciowa stced, Report Wat Tasted, Eto, An extract in style from the mod- ern novel: “This cloud that tried to stand in the way of thelr youthful joy ‘was only a false report whose bitter taste could not splinter the radiance of their happiness.” TRICK OF VOICE. ‘maw One Lawyer Keeps the Jeice Foom Biscoiag- ‘Tiere is said to be a lawyer im Phil- adelphia who possesses a trick of the voice to which a certain measure of his success In United States Supreme court practice is due. The trick consists in waking a judge. Whether it is a com- mon practice for the high dignitaries of the federal supreme bench to in- duige in a nap in the course of a long and tedious argument, such happen- Ings are not unknown, and it is well for ap able logician of the bar to be prepared for it, The trick of waking a sleepy Judge would seem to be some- thing in the nature of slamming a law book under his nose or connecting his personality with the current of an electric battery. But the trick is ex- plained as purely a matter of sound {nvolved in the skillful control of the voice, It is said that a barrister prac- ticed in the art and rhetoric of address- ing the bench can gather all the waves ef sound from his throat into a focus and deposit it in the orifice of the judge's ear with the general effect of a bomb. The trick, however it is ac- complished, is said to have been worked repeatedly with success on the late Judge McKennan, whose habit of going to sleep on the bench was once a no- torious subject of comment in the liti- gation over the Berliner telephone pat- ents. This queer trick of the voice, while it is said to be the peculiar prop- erty of one celebrated lawyer, is prob- ably attempted often with varying suc- cess by others.—Philadelphia Record. DES MOINES PASSENGER TRAINS CRI@E, CONG EAST. apacre ara VETS. cuenso times... 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Daily. All other trains daily except Sanday Cheaper Than Ever TO Daily to Sept. 10th, 1901. VIA THE ROUND TRIP RATES FROM Chicago to Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo $25.00 eve f 9 18 $31.60 Any 1 3t Similar reduced Rates on same dates to other Colorado and Utah Tourist Points, Rates from other pointson Rock Island Route proportionately lower on same dates of sale. Retarn Li it October 81, 1901 The Superb New Train Rocky Mountain Limited caves Gulcago, daly at, a0 pm, arriring Bepver S45 poy Colorado Springs (fantton ONLY ONE NIGHT OUT See your Agent for details and Colorado litera- ture or addreas JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. P. A, CHICAGY. IoWA4's BEAUTIFUL LAKE REGION Lake Okoboji and Spirit Lake most favorably reached by the quickest route, the C. M. &St.P. Ry. New summer schedul now in effect. Two fast express trains each way daily with dining cars, serving all meals en- route, Ala Carte. Excursions and low rates now ineffect. Ticket office 410 Walnut. Train arrive and depart from Union Station. tt ee ee ee re RD aw es RE ar Mtg ES MP OY BOLE Sede RN aT RD eae EULA ee to the lectures to be given by Mrs. Hill has been very great. Already over nine thousand have been given out and from present indications about six thousand more will be distributed. We have made arrangements to care for as many as come to these lectures and will have comfortable seats for all. Those who wish can have seats reserved free of charge by notifying us of their intention to attend. Clubs and parties especially will do Well to notify us that they may be sure of securing choice seats. ; SHANNON & MOTT CO., Des Moines, Ia. OUR CIRCLE August : HALL STATE poo Degn homn gage place for Br FAIR 27, 28, 29, 30 rough to accommegate tne crow et WEEK. 3 Sit brary, is sonveniont to allpars >( HOW TO GET TICK Tickets to these lectures are given free of charge by all grocers to pur- > chasers of FALCON FLOUR, one ticket with every sack. Admisson can be had only by these tickets and they will not be sold. These tickets are each ) good for admission to one lecture. Two of these lectures will be given each day—one in the morning and one in the afternoon and they will be accom- ; panied by demonstrations in cooking. nes ae ae ae . ———————— LT | _ HOCKING ITEMS. Mr, DeVanghn of Sporta, Ill, is here Visitirg his son Jonas. ‘The good people of Hilton gavea grand entertainment for the benefit of the First Baptist church of Hocking. It was con- duated by Messrs, R, Chaney, Andrew Harrie and Miss Lulu Chaney, and was a success, Mre. Virgie Burns, President of the Mission Circle, and Mra, Mammie Banks. Secretary. went to Hilton Saturday to at- tend to business pretaining to the Mission Circle, a8 it will soon be time to send the delegates to represent us in this coming easton. Sunday wis a favorable day for religous services, Our pastor, Rev. C. H. Greene return- ed srom Des moines and was found at his post of duty Sunday evening He thinks Des Moine is a remarkable eity. A MINISTER'S GOOD WORK. Thad a severe attaek of bilious colic, got a bottle of Chamberlain's Culic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy, took two doses and was entirely cured,” says Rev. A. A. Power, of Emporia, Kan. “My neighbor across the street was sick for over a week, had two or three bottles of medicine from the doctor. He used them. for three or four days without relief, then called in snother doctor who treated him for some days and gave him no relief, so discharged him. Iwent over to see him the next morning. He taid his bowels were in a terrible fix, tha they had been running off so long that it was almost bloody flux. I asked him ithe had tried Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and he said, ‘No.’ I went home and brought him my bottle and gave him one dose; told him to take another dose in fifteen or twenty ‘minuets if he did not find relief, but be took no more and was entirely cured.” For sale by all Drug- gists. CHURCH AND CLERGY. The Rev. 4. G. Fitzgerald, D. D., has been pastor of the Third United Pres ‘byterian church, Pailadelphia, for 2! years. The Rev. C. 5. Abbott, pastor o Christ church, Newark, N. J., has com pleted a quarter of a century a. pasto of the church. The Rev. A C. Regteston of Wind sor, Conn:, has screpted the © <itio: vx financial sec- “ry of var @cademy at Will ohm, Mas: be een a trustee <1 the pesdeny fo gaany vears. Am@feration from Enrope. More immigrants are said to be ar riving from Europe this year than ever before. Most of them come from southern Europe and Scandinavia Italy furnishes the largest quota this Season. Most of them are coming west to work on railroad extensions 0 the Burlington, Union Pacific and Great Northern. Italians, it is said are the best track workers that can be obtained, and they are - replacing the Chinese heretofore employed by the railroads on the Pacific coast. Latest Fad of Critics, The latest fad of critics, the New York Press says, is to rebel against the names of months. They point out that it is absurd for Europeans and Americans of today to dedicate one- sixth of the year to the memory of Julius Caesar and Augustus, to name @ third after heathen gods and god- esses, to have two months of doubt- ful nomenclature, and to designate the remaining four by misleading numer- {cals, September being obviously ninth and not seventh in order. “paperiog Up’ silk Goods. Silk goods should not be folded ir white paper, as the chloride of lim used in bleaching the paper will im pare the color of the silk. Brown 01 blue paper is better; yellow Indi paper is better still. Silk intended for dress should not be kept in the house long, as lying in folds causes it tc crack or split. White satin dresses should be pinned up in blue paper with coarse brown paper on the out- side, sewed together at the edges. , Lord Chaneollor of England. Lord Halsbury, the Lord Chancellor of England, 1s the son of Dr. Stanley Lees Giffard, who was editor of the London Standard for twenty-seven years, His grandfather, a noted Duv- lin politician of the union period, John Giffard, had for more than a genera- tion the sole editorial control of the Dublin Journal, which had been start- ed and for fifty year edited by George Faulkner, the friend of Swift and Chesterfield. Orange Free Stave Flag. The Orange Free State flag is a sim- ple rectangle of vivid orange. Am orange tree in full fruit is the most distinctive feature of the arms of the Orange Free State. Beneath the tree are on one side a lion and on the other a number of oxen. 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Corner 4th and Waluut Sts., over Iowa ‘National Bank. ‘Wrekietienietrenenentenenecteiies +ikectementekettettekettextentexten SSS end Wine a) eee - The Connecticut house of repre- sentatives took a recess recently in order to give Mrs, Isabella Beecher Hooker an opportunity to address the members on woman suffrage. She was given a respectful hearing and was heartily applauded, but the measure was defeated as usual, Sweetments for Wives. At the “stag dinner” of the Fish- Mmongers’ company in London each man gets a casket of sweetmeats to carry home to his wife, And the out- side caskets make neat workbasketa. Sep wole ier. Beinn: Cotaier.: During the first three months of this year there were, among the Brit- ish troops in South Africa, 6,258 cases of typhold fever, 1,060 of which proved fatal. ‘The Disease Bert Bert Dr Charles Hose, of Sarawak, after ‘many experiments, has formed the theory that the disease beri beri arises in tropical regions from the consump- tfon of moldy rice. Dr. Strange ways Pigg of Cambridge has expound- ed the theory in England. GO A B T T T G but T T un the C to T will I enc I scl by I in ap I nas th as th co fe DEATH IN BURNING CRIB Victims Number Twelve and Possibly Thirteen. Cleveland, O. Aug. 15.—Five men were burned to death, four were drowned, three and possibly four were suffocated and several injured as a result of a fire which destroyed a temporary water works embibed two miles off the Cleveland harbor early yesterday. Twenty-six men obeyed the order of Manager G. C. Van Deusen when the flames broke out and took refuge in the water on floating pieces of wreckage. Four of them lost their hold upon their frail floats and sank beneath the waves just as help reached their comrades. The crew of the tug J. R. Sprandle heard the fire whistle blown from the crib and raced to the scene from the harbor. He spiced up eighteen of the survivors who had drifted to the west of the crib on their floats of boards and wreckage. Van Deusen and three of his men were hanging in the water from a two-inch line suspended from the crib. Just as the line was burning away above the men's hands, a yawl boat from the barge Wilhelm, manned by two men, dashed into the veil of heat and smoke that enveloped the crib and reseach he for the people of the city, their own lives. The men picked up in the water were brought to the city on the tug Sprankle. They were maked, exhausted and badly burned. Many of them were hurt by falling timbers. The crib is a total loss. It was a frame building 200 by 50 feet, the sides sheathed with iron. It contained valuable machinery. It is now a charred, shapeless mass of blackened timbers, armed with the blackened timbers are blackened, rusted and twisted pieces and plates of iron and steel. HEAVY FIGHTING AT PANAMA. Fighting Took Place on the Outskirts of Japan and Colo Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 16.—The British steamer Darien, has arrived here from Colon and brings reports of a heavy, lightning Monday on the outskirts of Panama and Colon. The rebels were steadily advancing on the towns proper. A large number of men had been wounded. A large number of wounded men belonging to the government troops were taken to Colon Monday. This is regarded as an occasion of the personal visit of the converted cruiser Namoura has been found to be practically useless owing to the bungling attempts to mount heavy guns on board her. The Columbian government is now negotiating for the purchase of the steamer Bernard Hall of the West India and Pacific Steamship company (limited) of Liverpool. The Darien brought forty passengers who were obliged to leave Colon in order to escape and avoid conscription. Entered by British forces, entered the protest against Jamaicans being compelled by the Columbian government to fight against the rebels. The passengers of the Darien say the chances for the liberals' success seems better than ever since the commencement of the revolution. Guards are still kept on board the trains running between Panama and Colon. Both sides are committing atrocities. In the attack made on the government troops Sunday a few miles out of Colon the rebels defeated the latter for force and one of the latter was afterwards found shot in the abdomen, with both legs amputated. This was a reprisal for the torture by the government of political prisoners. IRON AND STEEL WORKERS STRIKE Both Sides Claim to Have Made Substantial Gains Pittsburg, Aug. 15.—There were victories on both sides of the great steel strike yesterday, but they furnish no direct line on the ultimate result of the conflict. The strikers succeeded in finally forcing the National Tube works at McKeesport, probably the largest individual plant in the United States Steel corporation, to finally close down. On the day of the strike, the company opened the big Painter mill in this city, and also resumed operations with non-union men at the Crescent plant of the American Tin Plate company at Cleveland. Two mills were on at the Painter plant, although one of them broke down during the day, and according to the statement of officials, half the mills in the Crescent plant were moving. The forces at both the plants named are to be increased, and the managers claim they will not move the working in full. They make the fifth sixth plants which the steel corporation has succeeded in starting with non-union men, the others being Wellsville, Hyde Park, Clark's and the Lindsay and McCutcheon. Corn Conditions Improved. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 16—Half of what has been said against the Kansas and western Missouri corn crop must be retracted. From total failure three weeks ago today, the indications are that the crop will be from one-fourth to half what, under favorable circumstances, it ought to be, Jackson county farmers had given up all hopes for raising a bushel to the acre. Today they are reporting to grain men they will have 40 per cent of a crop. They are cancelling orders for feed wheat. Stockmen in Kansas who were buying wheat to feed cattle have not only stopped the purchase, but are selling their contracts. Bears Gain Another Victory. London, Aug. 12.—A dispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated from Pretoria, today says: "A blockade near Brandfort (Orange River Colony) was rushed and captured by the Boers, after secure fighting, the night of August 7. Elliott has captured 70 prisoners and large quantities which he is sending in. No details have been received." THE NEWS IN IOWA THE NEWS IN IOWA OTTUMWANS AFTER OIL. Syndicate on Way to Become Millionaires to Oldbane. Ottumwa, Aug. 14.—Seven companies of Ottumwans who went to Lawton in the new Oklahoma strip a month ago appear to be on a short cut to become millionaires. They own 2,000 acres of land eight miles north of Lawton on which oil wells have been sunk and have started an oil craze that threatens to rival that of Beaumont, Tex. Six city six adjoining sections in Comanche county. The city is pleasant on this land, idle fact, oozes from the ground. It is dark brown, of the consistency or sorghum. It has been analyzed by the official chemist of Kansas City and found to consist of petroleum and asphaltum. Reese will probably be president of the companies when they carry out their plans of uniting under one hand and becoming incorporated. Wells are being sunk rapidly as possible by members, J. C. Manchester, O. F. W. Wilson, Wm. Reese, J. A. Mangan, F. W. Wilson, Seneca Cornell, A. C. Leighton, A. W. Buchanan, B. F. Slutts, W. B. Armstrong. Fort Sill, O. T., Aug. 14. Oil companies with fabulous sums announced for their capital are being organized hourly in the new town of Lawton, near here. Twenty or more "promoters" and oil experts" are on the road that had bottles of oil on display today. No gushers have been brought in. The excitement is not confined to any particular district. Evidence or oil is found in all directions, but what is known as the oil district is about eleven miles north of Lawton. Oil locators have mineral claims in the town, mineral claims and an Ottumwa, IA, company has 2,000 acres staked in one body. DIVIDEND FOR CREDITORS. Announced LeMars National Bank Will Pay Dividends. LeMars, Aug. 15.—The comptroller of the currency has instructed receiver Thornton to pay a dividend of 25 per cent to the creditors of the LeMars National bank and the dividend will be paid as soon as the schedule can be made up and the checks sent out from Washington. The LeMars National bank is the bank closed by the defaulation of Vice-President Tom F. Ward, who skipped out in the early spring with about $80,000 in funds and who was asked about a month ago at a City, New Jersey. Receiver Thornton advised the payment of the dividend a few weeks ago and has just received notice that the first dividend will be paid at once. ANTHON GIRL A HEROINE. Lightning Kills Brother, Stuns Father and Sets Burn on Fire. Anthon, Aug. 16.—The electrical storm struck the barn of a Grant county farmer, George Fixsell, killed his son, Roy, 4 years old; stunned Fixsell, killed a horse and set fire to the barn, which burned. The 15-year-old daughter, Lizzie, showed herself a heroine. She led from the blazing building the ten horses, wild with fright. The halter of the last one was in a dazor, when she stagged in the door. She brought body of the boy and the insensible body of the father were removed before injured by the blaze. Four hundred bushels of corn, two buggy sheds, all the harness and a loft full of hay were burned. The loss is heavy; partly insured. Amana Society's Crop Good. Des Moines, Aug. 15.—John Cownie of the state board of control, on his return from a visit at the Orphan's Home at Davenport, stopped at his farm in Iowa county and brought back some ears of corn. He expects the corn of that county to average from fifty to sixty bushels an acre, and expects that some of the farmers are even dissatisfied with these prospects and they think they should have more because the price will be high this year. The crops are suffering somewhat from lack of moisture, despite the fact that 4.42 inches of rain fell in June, 4.24 inches in July and 6.33 inches thus far in August. The amman of which went 53 bushels to the acre, oats and barley from 35 to 45 bushels to the acre, and of excellent quality. Ouser Case of Attempted Suicide Iowa City, Aug. 15.—Frank Susock tried to heat a game of solitaire in a saloon at Solon, a village twelve miles from Iowa City. He lost, and, after an hour's playing, remained loser. Then he hastened to the nearest drug store, purchased enough strychnine to kill a score of men, and swallowed it all. He proceeded to the home of the man in whose saloon he had been playing, and threw himself on a cot, saying he was ready to die. A Physician was summoned and a stomach pump was put in motion at once. He revived, and it is believed that he will live. He is a young man of 28, and it is thought domestic infelicity and liquor put him in such condition that the card playing easily unbalanced his mind. Killed By a Fall From a Wagon. Des Moines, Aug. 15.—James O'Donnell, living near Garrison, was riding on a loaded wagon and when a wheel went into a rut he lost his balance and fell, striking on his head and reeling. About a month ago he was struck by a Northwestern engine, and had never recovered from those injuries. Wants $5,000 Damaged. Creston, Aug. 11.-Mrs. I. E. Mathews ha: brought suit against Z. M. Smith in the Union county district court for slander, and asking $3,000 damages. She accuses the defendant with calling her vile names. Smith is wealthy. He owns almost 3,000 acres of Texas land and property in Iowa. He is in trouble in Texas, where he is seeking a divorce. His wife has filed application for $10,000 alimony. The parties are from Orient, Iowa, and the case promises to be sensational. FIRST PRESS IN FOUR STATES. "Visitor" at Dubuquq Was Issued From It in 1836. Washington, Aug. 14—American washingtonian and periodical literature is subject of an address which Ralph M. McKenzie of the periodical department will preface the work soon to be issued by the librarian of congress. One entertaining bit of history in the body of the work is told under the heading "Iowa," and describes the wanderings of the old press on which were printed the first newspapers ever issued in sundry states of the northwest. The first newspaper in Iowa was the Visitor, established at Dubuque on May 11, 1836, by John King. Its name was changed to the Iowa News, and the press which printed it was removed to Lancaster, Wis., in 1842, where the Grant County Herald was established as the first newspaper in that state, and material were moved again in 1849 to St. Paul by oakman, and John Goodhue used them in getting out the first issue, the first newspaper printed in Minnesota, the St. Paul Pioneer. In 1858 the old press was taken to Sioux City Falls, now Sioux Falls, where it was used for the printing of the Dacotah Democrat, the first newspaper in either of the Dakotas. The press was burned by the Indians in the uprising in 1862. COLLISION ON M. & ST. L. RY. Error of Station Agent Which Cost Him His Reason Fort Dodge, Aug. 15.—James Green, station agent at Otho, a town on the Minneapolis & St. Louis railway, a few miles south of Fort Dodge, through a confusion of orders sent out a gravel train to meet a fast freight coming from the north. When he discovered that a collision was inevitable, Green lost his reason and became violently insane, being presented by a friend he called by phone from the him. He is now under the influence of chloroform. It is feared his reason is permanently impaired. Green received orders to let the gravel train go to pass the freight train at Fort Dodge, but later orders notified him that they would pass at Otho. By mistake he gave the train to the gravel train which had gone too far north to be held before he noticed the blunder. He wired Fort Dodge, but the freight had already left. Then his mind snapped under the strain. The trains came together on a heavy grade, but the crews jumped and ran back to the warehouse where badly smashed, but aside from this the damage was slight. MAX KRESKOPE IS A FEGITIVE. Deputy Postmaster at Marshalltown Salu to Be a Defender. Des Moines, Aug. 16.—United States Marshal Christian has received notice that Max Kruskopf, deputy postmaster at Marshalltown, charged with defaulting $800 of the postal funds in that city, is a fugitive, and it is desired that he be taken into custody wherever found. Inspector Ketchum checked up the office and found it short a little over 600. The dismantler Saint was notified of the good deal to the government. The inspector reported that indications pointed to the guilt of Kruskopf, but that Chief Clerk Hawley was implicated by the records. Ketchum placed Hawley and Kruskopf under arrest, but as Kruskopf wanted to make an effort to make the amount good to Postmaster Saint, he was allowed to go. on his promise to be at the Great Western depot to take a morning train to Des Moines. It was warranted to take with it the embezzlement and to bring Hawley here that he might give his testimony before the commissioner. Kruskopf failed to show up and Ketchum reported that he had absconded. KASS GETS GOLD MINES. Compels Man Whom He Grub-Staked to Make Him a Millipede. Sioux City, Aug. 13—Joe Kass of Alton is the possessor of one of the richest claims in Alaska as a result of his visit to that country to secure a settlement with Hans Anderson, with whom he claimed to have grub-staked. Mr. Kass, George W. Argo, his attorney, Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Henry and Mrs. Engene Peckham have reached Sioux City on their return trip from the gold fields of Alaska. Dr. Henry and wife Mrs. Peckham went along for a pleasure trip. Attorney Argo, in addition to secure his claim to the title claim on Prince of Wales island for his Mr. Kass, to apply on his grubstake proposition with Anderson, has tied up all of the property owned by Anderson, including four other valuable gold claims, the Ketchikan club house and saloon property, a dwelling in Ketchikan and the dock property and privileges there. Killed By Fatal Limb. Des Moines, Aug, 15.—"Pad" Rice, son of A. S. Rice, a wealthy farmer near Avon, was totally injured while cutting down a tree on his father's farm. An upholstered weighing several hundred pounds fell on his head fracturing his skull, and death resulted. He was 55 years of age and unmarried. Family Poisoned by Cabbage Webster City, Aug. 15.—The family of J. C. Porter was poisoned by eating cabbage. The vegetable was raised in the Porter garden, but had been sprayed with paris green to kill bugs. Three of the family are critically ill, and one, a boy of 12 years of age, will probably die. Brutal Brother Arrested. Corydon, Aug. 10—Because she did not get up and get his breakfast when he first called her, it is alleged Lafe Swan, the 19-year-old son of a Lineville blacksmith, sixteen miles southwest of here, dragged his young brother down and beat her into insensibility. She succeeded in crawling back upstairs, where she remained all that day and night without medical aid or nourishment of any kind, and she was only discovered by the neighbors when she was arrested and is being held to await the result of his alleged brutality. NEWS IN GENERAL NEWS IN GENERAL Therefore He Didn't Have the Code of Signals at Cientuegos. Washington, Aug. 14. — Admiral Schley is said to possess information which it is stated will justify him before the court of inquiry for his delay at Cientuegos during the war with Spain. He will show that he left Cienfuegos for Santiago the moment he was convinced that the Spanish fleet was not in the former harbor. An examination of the logs of the Marblehead, Brooklyn and Iowa has already developed information which, in the opinion of his friends, entirely justified him in the course he pursued. The flying squadron, in obedience to instructions from Admiral Sampson, got under way at 8:20 a. m., on May for Cienfuegos, where it was generally believed the Spanish squadron would take refuge. A few hours after the Spanish squadron left; the Marblehead, Engle and Vixen arrived at Key West direct from Cienfuegos, and Captain McCalla, of the Marblehead, reported to Admiral Sampson that he had arranged a command of agents with the Cubans, and had fixed treeworks on the shore where they could be communicated with, and where information could be exchanged. Admiral Sampson directed this information to be communicated to the commanders of the vessels of the fleet, and it was given to all then at Key West, including Captain Evans of the Iowa. At this time Admiral Schley, with the flying squadron, was on his way to Cienfuegos May 31, but Captain Evans supposed that Admiral Schley had the signal code, and did not communicate it to him, and it was not until the next day when Captain McCalla joined the flying squadron, with the Marblehead, Eagle and Vixen, that Admiral Schley knew of the code. Captain McCalla upon his arrival communicated with the insurgents and ascertained that the Spanish squadron was not in the Warbor. As Admiral Schley had been taken Sir Philip Sackville to mask his real direction upon his departure, he waited until after dark, when he stewed for Santiago. It will be contended by Admiral Schley that he was justified in remaining at Cienfuegos until he had definitely established whether the Spanish fleet was in that harbor, and that under instructions given him he was required to obtain exact information before he sailed for Santiago de Cuba. To have left that point for Cienfuegos when the Spanish might have given out information showing that Cervera's squadron was at that point as a ruse would have been, in his opinion, grave error of judgment. SENSATION IN EUROPE tive Dowager Empress Said to Have Been Secretly Married. Paris, Aug. 15.—Was the late Dowager Empress Frederick secretly married in 1896 to Count von Seckendorf? In a story in the affirmative, the French papers are now reveling. it is the European sensation of the day. It is leneved to be true, and it is quite likely that other sensations will soon follow these revelations. The kaiser is furious at publications concerning the empress, not only in France, but in England and the United States. He is goodwooded with a censorship of all telegrams sent to foreign papers. In the French journals numerous anecdotes are recalled concerning quarrels between Emperor William and his mother regarding the question of a marriage between the latter and Count von Seckendorf. In letters written by the Baroness von Rosbach, who was formerly one of the chief ladies-in-waiting to the empress, she insists that the empress Seckendorf were secretly married in 1896; that they lived together as man and wife; that they and the deepest affection or each other, and that their marital relations were as happy as they could possibly be under the circumstances. The marriage was known to the kaiser and to all the empress' royal relatives, but was never officially or even privately acknowledged. The kaiser never allowed his children to visit Friedrichs.of, and only permitted Count von Seckendorf to enter his presence under protest and only then in his mother's suite. It is understood that the empress has bequeathe, a large amount of money to the count. Other conitions of her will will likely cause confusion in the German and English relatives. Its restraint though, are never likely to be published, as every precaution is being taken to prevent any leakage of its contents. Important Capture in Philippines. Manilu, Aug. 16.—Second Lieutenant Walter S. Grant, of the Sixth cavalry, while scouting with a detachment near Taal, Batangas province, has made what the military authorities consider to be the most important capture since Aguinaldo was made prisoner. Grant captured Col. Martin Cabrera, his adjutant and six other insurgents. Cabrera has been growing in power for some time. He controlled all the insurgents in southward Batangas and also those westward of the city of Batangas. Croscouna Sutra New Record New York, Aug. 15.—In the trotting race between Creeves and The Abbot, the former won. The first heat was made in 2:031%, setting a new record for a trotting race. It is safe to say that some authors would rather be president than write. Illinois Crops. Springfield, Ill., Aug. 14.—Section Director Blystone, in the weather bureau and crop bulletin for Illinois, just issued, says: "There has been continue improvement in the condition of the modern district but the yield will not be to the average. In some localities there will be a good crop of late corn, if favorable conditions prevail the rest of the season. In the central and southern districts there has been still further deterioration. In any places there could be but little improvement, however favorable conditions might become." The. Grand Old Man of Italy Passes Away Naples, Aug. 13.—Signor Francesco Crispi, the "grand old man of Italy," died Sunday evening at 7:45 o'clock. He had been in broken health for several months, and for the last few days the end had been momentarily expected. About the deathbed of the former premier were gathered the members of his family, and a number of his friends. Notification of the death was at once telegraphed to King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helen. The funeral will take place at the ralermo and will be made the occasion of a great public demonstration. The body will be conveyed by steamer to that port where it will be received by representatives of the municipality, under whose direction the ceremonies will be arranged. The will of Signor Crispi, it is said, provides for the publication of his memoirs, the preparation of preparatory work, and entrusts to a well-known Italian politician. PHILLIPS COMPANY FAILS Commission House in the Hands of a Receiver. Chicago, Aug. 16.—On the petition of three creditors of the George H. Phillips company a petition in bankruptcy has been filed for the company in the United States district court. George H. Phillips and two other directors of the company filed their consent that the petition be allowed, and the Clicago Title and Trust company has been appointed temporary receiver. The filing of the petition and the appointment of the receiver will enable the company to continue in business. One of the directors, W. K. Sackett, will be appointed by the receiver to manage the business and the affairs of the company will proceed under the new management plan. By Mr. Sackett, statement the company is indebted. The liabilities he places at about $200,000, with assets at known and face value amounting to $255,000 or $550,000. Of this he believes $100,000 is in worthless accounts, so that the company will fall short approximately of $100,000 in the settlement. This, Mr. Phillips declares, he will make up to his creditors to the last cent. He says that he has lost or given up all of his money and real estate, but that, accepting the offers of financial assistance, he will resume business individually. Voluntarily, he proposes to give for the benefit of the creditors every dollar of profit he makes in his transactions over and above $2,500 a year, which he will keep for himself and family. PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS. Last Session of Legislature Said to Be Most Corrupt in History of State. Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 16.—The campaign for the ticket nominated by yesterday's democratic state convention will be entirely on state issues. No mention is made in the platform of the name of William J. Bryan or free silver, imperialism and other crimes. The last legislature is condemned for the passage of the rapid transit and "ripper" bills and pronounced the most corrupt legislative body that ever convened in this state. All friends of good government are invited to join the democracy to save the state from further dishonor. The platform was prepared at a conference of the party leaders which lasted until daybreak and it is one of the most remarkable declarations of principles ever issued by a state convention in Pennsylvania. Thoseomenon legislators, who held a republican party in passing the bill condemned by the platform are left to their immediate constituents for the "infliction of political punishment." The convention nominated Judge Harman Yerkes of Doylestown for supreme court judge and representative from Memphis of Meadville for state treasurer. KITCHENER MADE NEW RECORD. The Most Favorable Weekly Report Yet Seed by the British General. London, Aug. 15—Lord Kitchener, in a long dispatch, says: "I am glad to be able to send you the largest return I have yet had for one week. Since August 5 the columns reported thirty-nine Boers killed and twenty wounded, including Commandant Moll, dangerously; 685 prisoners, including Wolmarans, late chairman of the First Volksrsaad; eighty-five surrenders, including Commandant Devillers, and the capture of 24,000 rounds of ammunition, 754 wagons, 5,580 horses and large quantities of stock. Most of the captures were made in the Orange River colony." In the course of the descriptions of the operations, Lord Kitchener says that General French, in Cape Colony, and General Zoupin, in enemy's scattered bands northward." Miss Beals Will Not Contest Wichita, Kan., Aug. 14.—Miss Matteie Belle, who returned from Lawton, said that just before leaving her claim she had been offered $25,000 for it, but that she refused the offer, since she really intends to take up her job. But that she will not contest Wood's claim that she is of the opinion that her quer section will be worth quite as much as his within a short time. "Will you tell me what is the latest thing in kids?" she asked. "When I left home," said the absent-minded clerk, "it was colic in both of mine." Invaders Are Defeated. New York, Aug. 12.—E. Gonzales Esteves, consul general of Venezuela, today received a telegram from President Castro of Venezuela, dated Caracas, August 7, which reads: "Second Colombian invasion defeated completely. Twenty thousand patriotic soldiers defend Venezuelan frontier. (Signed) "Castro." This blow to the Colombian invasion, Consul Esteves says, will end the insurrection. The most learned philologists declare that the origin of the language itself is an uncontrollable problem. Des Moines, August 16, 1901. The secretary of the state fair has absolutely arranged for the locomobile race to be given each day of the fair. The outlook for a big fair is growing brighter every day on account of the number of inquiries, the chances that Iowa crops will not be a total failure and the very fine program of attractions prepared this year. George Scarberry, formerly a member of the Des Moines fire department and the police force, one of the few who made a fortune in the Alaska gold fields, has returned from the fourth season spent in the frozen north. It is given out that J. E. Stout of Des Moines is already past the $250,000 mark, and is on the way be a millionaire in less than five years. He does not say just how he stands personally in the financial world, but it is understood that Mr. Scarberry is a close second to Mr. Stout. Mr. Scarberry is the originator of the famous party bearing his name which was one of the first to get to the Klondike in 1898. The result of his long stay in that country is that he is interested in thirty-six claims that he considers paying. The company by the Los Angeles and Cape Nine Mining company, of which J. E. Stout of this city is president. These claims are particularly good for the reason that they have not been covered with snow and ice and are ready for working. The company now has about fifty men working and the work averages about $2 per pan. Implement dealers report that the sales and transfers made through Des Moines nouses so far this season have been about 30 per cent less than a year ago, and that the aggregate of sales will be the smallest in several years. This is because of the failure of the small grain crop in a considerable portion of the state, the uncertain condition of the corn crop and the small demand for machinery in states bordering on Iowa, due to crop failures. The state auditor has just issued a statement showing the condition of the state and saving banks of Iowa at the close of business June 29. The changes in the condition of the banks since the last report, April 24, and the increase in deposits are shown. In regard to the latter item the past year shows an almost phenomenal increase in deposits was $1,147,056.88. The recent report shows them to have been, June 29, 1901, $114,731,614.06, an increase of over $23,000,000. The democratic state central committee, at its recent meeting effectively disposed of the efforts of a faction of the Polk county delegates, headed by H. M. Belvel, to compel G. A. Huffman, chairman of the committee, to resign. Mr. Belvel did not appear to present charges against Mr. Huffman and a resolution was adopted unanimously expressing the committee's opinion in the committee in Mr. Huffman and extending the thanks of the committee to him for the able manner in which he had performed the duties of chairman and for his selfish devotion to the affairs of the democratic party. The Iowa College of Law at Des Moines has grown from 38 graduates in 1892 to 63 in 1901. The whole attendance is 141. This is an exceptional growth and the school is a meritorious one. P. S. McNutt is the secretary, and catalogue can be had by addressing him. The cost of running the state house outside of the money paid for salaries, according to matter compiled for the coming biennial report of the auditor of state has been found to be approximately $26,000 per year. The exact figures for the two years ending June 30, 1901, are $72,105.57. Of this sum $8,150.57 comes under section 164 of the code, and the $63,955 under section 165. Following are the totals of the different items without respect as to under which section the supplies and material were ordered: Gas lights, capitol building and grounds ..... Remains, capitol building and $2,910.53 grounds ..... Telephone service ..... Telegraph service ..... Water, building and grounds Supplies and stores ..... Blank books, engraving, 1,973.53 1,296.95 583.21 1,386.35 30,079.69 Garage equipment, etc. Furniture Fuel Miscellaneous 18,458.30 4,607.01 6,000.95 1,496.23 Total expenditure for two years ..... $72,105.57 Every cent of this money is appropriated by the general assembly and the funds are at the disposal of the executive council, which body audits and approves all bills before they are mid. Corca's Feathers Rugged Berlin, Aug. 14.—The Cologne Gazette's St. Petersburg correspondent telegraphs that Japan persists in her demands for the concession of 800,000 square meters upon the island of Make-gan-Pho, adjoining the Russian concession. The Corea government, stiffened by Russia, the correspondent says, has thus far declined to accede to the demand, but it is expected that it will ultimately yield to Japanese pressure. Declared to Be a Reservation. Washington, Aug. 10.—Acting Secretary of War Sanger has issued an order to bring the tract of land acquired at Des Moines for a military post to a military reservation under the jurisdiction of the war department. Work will be commenced very soon upon the erection of buildings suitable to quarter troops at the Des Moines post. Bad Fire at Muscatine Muscatine, Aug. 13.—The big dry goods establishment of Churchill & Taylor has suffered a heavy loss by insurance estimates, at $8,000, insurance $8,000. GO A worl B pen T an pus O but T um In the C o wr t wil br I ent Fa s by i ng as th hl as th co DEATH IN BURNING CRIB Victims Number Twelve and Possibly Thirteen. Cleveland, O., Aug. 15—Five men were burned to death, four were drowned, three and possibly four were suffocated and several injured as a result of a fire which destroyed a temporary water works crib two miles off the Cleveland harbor early yesterday. Twenty-six men obeyed the order of Manager G. C. Van Deusen when the flames broke out and took refuge in the water on floating pieces of wreckage. Four of them lost their hold upon their frail floats and sank beneath the waves just as help reached their comrades. The crew of the tug J. R. Spranble heard the crib whistle blown from the crib and faced to the scene from the harbor. She picked up eighteen of the survivors who had drifted to the west of the crib on their floats of boards and wreckage. Van Deusen and three of his men were hanging in the water from a two-inch line suspended from the erib. Just as the line was burning away above the men's hands, a yawl boat from the barge Wilhelm, manned by two men, dashed into the veil of heen and smokes, entered the erib and plunged the four men on the rope at the risk of their own lives. The men picked up in the water were brought to the city on the tug Sprankle. They were naked, exhausted and badly burned. Many of them were hurt by falling timbers. The erib is a total loss. It was a frame building 200 by 50 feet, the sides sheathed with iron. It contained valuable machinery. Its surface, shaped mass of wreckage and mingled with the blackened timbers are blackened, rusted and twisted pieces and plates of iron and steel. HEAVY FIGHTING AT PANAMA. Fighting Took Place on the Outskirts of Panama and Colon. Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 16.—The British steamer Darien, has arrived here from Colon and brings reports of a heavy, lightning Monday on the outskirts of Panama and Colon. The rebels were steadily advancing on the towns proper. A large number of men had been wounded. A large number of wounded men belonging to the government troops were taken to Colon Monday. This regarded as an attack of the persons involved in the attacks. The converted cruiser Xamouna has been found to be practically useless owing to the bungling attempts to mount heavy guns on board her. The Columbian government is now negotiating for the purchase of the steamer Bernard Hall of the West India and Pacific Steamship company (limited) of Liverpool. The Darien brought forty passengers who were obliged to leave Colon in order to escape and avoid conscription. The British consul at Colon centered the British naval forces on cans being compelled by the Columbian government to fight against the rebels. The passengers of the Darien say the chances for the liberals' success seems better than ever since the commencement of the revolution. Guards are still kept on board the trains running between Panama and Colon. Both sides are commuting atrocities. In the attack made on the government troop on Sunday, a few miles of Colon the rebels defeated the government force and one of the latter was afterwards found shot in the abdomen, with both legs amputated. This was a reprisal for the torture by the government of political prisoners. IRON AND STEEL WORKERS STRIKE Both Sides Claim to Have Made Substantial Gains. Pittsburg, Aug. 15.—There were victories on both sides of the great steel strike yesterday, but they furnish no direct line on the ultimate result of the conflict. The strikers succeeded in finally forcing the National Tube works at McKeesport, probably the largest individual plant in the United States Steel corporation, to finally close down. On the other hand, the steel corporation resumed operations in the city, and also resumed operations with non-union men at the Crescent plant of the American Tin Plate company at Cleveland. Two mills were on at the Painter plant, although one of them broke down during the day, and according to the statement of officials, half the mills in the Crescent plant were moving. The forces at both the plants named are to be increased, and the managers claim they will soon have them working they will make them the sixth and sixth plants in the steel corporation has succeeded in starting with non-union men, the others being Wellsville, Hyde Park, Clark's and the Lindsay and McCutcheon. Corn Condition Improved. Kansas City, Mo. Aug. 16—Half of what has been said against the Kansas and western Missouri corn crop must be retracted. From total failure three weeks ago today, the indications are that the crop will be from one-fourth to half what, under favorable circumstances, it ought to be. Jackson county farmers had given up all hopes for raising a bushel to the acre. Today they are reporting to grain men they will have 40 per cent of a crop. They are caneelling orders for feed wheat. Stockmen in Kansas who were buying wheat to feed cattle have not only stopped the purchase, but are selling their contracts. Roers Galu Another Victory London, Aug. 12.—A dispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated from Pretoria, today says: "A blockade near Brandfoot (Orange River Colony) was rushed in by British forces, severe fighting, the night of August 7. Elliott has captured 70 prisoners and large quantities which he is sending in. No details have been re- THE NEWS IN IOWA THE NEWS IN IOWA OTTUMWANS AFTER OIL. Syndicate on Way to Become Millionaire in Oklahoma. Ottumwa, Aug. 14.—Seven companies of Ottumwau who went to Lawton in the new Oklahoma strip to month ago appear to be on a short cut to become millionaires. They own 2,000 acres of land eight miles north of Lawton on which oil wells have been sunk and have started oil erase that threatens to ruin that of Beaumont, Tex. They occupy six adjoining sites in Comanche county. Adjoining plantable on this land, in fact, oozes from the ground. It is dark brown, of the consistency or sorghum. It has been analyzed by the official chemist of Kansas City and found to consist of petroleum and asphaltum. Reese will probably be president of the companies when they carry out their plans of uniting under one hand and becoming incorporated. Wells are being sunk as rapidly as possible. The members are: A. M. Reese, O. M. Reese, J. M. Chester, O. M. Wilson, S. Seenea Cornell, A. C. Leighton, A. W. Buchanan, B. F. Sluits, B. W. Armstrong. Fort Sill, O. T., Aug. 14.—Oil companies with fabulous sums announced for their capital are being organized hourly in the new town of Lawton, near here. Twenty or more "promoters" and "experts" from the firm have been brought in. No gushers have been brought in. The excitement is not confined to any particular district. Evidence or oil is found in all directions, but what is known as the oil district is about eleven miles north of Lawton. Oil locaters have with mineral claims and an Ottumwa, In., company Las 2,000 acres staked in one body. DIVIDEND FOR CREDITORS. Announced LeMars National Bank Will Can Biskends LeMars, Aug. 15.—The comptroller of the currency has instructed receiver Thornton to pay a dividend of 25 per cent to the creditors of the LeMars National bank and the dividend will be paid as soon as the schedule can be made up and the checks sent out from Washington. The LeMars National bank is the bank closed by the defaultaion of Vice-President Tom F. Ward, who skipped to the meeting with about $20,000 of the bank funds and was arrested about a month ago at Jersey City, New Jersey. Receiver Thornton advised the payment of the dividend a few weeks ago and has just received notice that the first dividend will be paid at once. ANTHON GIRL A HEROINE. Lightning Kills Brother, Stuns Father and Sets Barn on Fire. Anthon, Aug. 16.—The electrical storm struck . . . barn of a Grant county farmer, George Fixsell, killed his son, Roy, 4 years old; stunned Fixsell, killed a horse and set fire to the barn, which burned. The 15-year-old daughter, Lizzie, showed herself a heroline. She led from the blazing building the horse, wild with fright. The letter of the attack was a blaze when she slipped out of the door. The dead body of the boy and the insensible body of the father were removed before injured by the blaze. Fourth bushels of corn, two buggy sheds, all the harness and a loft full of hay were burned. The loss is heavy; partly insured. Amana Society's Crop's Good. Des Moines, Aug. 15.—John Cowie of the state board of control, on his return from a visit at the Orphan's Home at Davenport, stopped at his farm in Iowa county and brought back some ears of corn. He expects the corn of that county to average from fifty to sixty bushels an acre, he believes that some of the farmers and even dissatisfied with these prospects and they think they should have more because the price will be high this year. The crops are suffering somewhat from lack of moisture, despite the fact that 4.42 inches of rain fell in June, 4.24 inches in July and 6.33 inches thus far in August. The Amana society is a crop of wheat with 35 bushels in the acre, oats and barley from 35 to 45 bushels to the acre and of excellent quality. Onerer Case of Attempted Suicide Iowa City, Aug. 15.—Frank Susock tried to beat a game of solitaire in a saloon at Solon, a village twelve miles from Iowa City. He lost, and, after an hour's playing, remained loser. Then he hastened to the nearest drug store, purchased enough strychnine to kill a score of men, and swallowed it all. He proceeded to the home of the man in whose saloon he had been playing, and threw himself on a cot, saying he was ready to die. A physician was summoned and a stomach pump was put in motion at once. He revived, and it is believed that he will live. He is a young man of 28, and it is thought domestic infelicity and liquor put him in such condition that the card playing easily unbalanced his mind. Killed By a Fall From a Wagon Des Moines, Aug. 15.—James O'Donnell, living near Garrison, was riding on a loaded wagon and when a wheel went into a rut he lost his balance and fell, striking on his head and receiving injuries from which he died. About a month ago he was struck by a Northwestern engine, and had never recovered from those injuries. Wants $5,000 Damaged. Creston, Aug. 11.—Mrs. I. E. Mathews has brought suit against Z. M. Smith in the Union county district court for slander, and asking $3,000 damages. She accuses the defendant with calling her vile names. Smith is wealthy. He owns almost 3,000 acres of Texas land and property in Iowa. He is in trouble in Texas, where he is seeking a divorce. His wife has filed application for $10,000 alimony. The parties are from Orient, Iowa, and the case promises to be sensational. Washington, Aug. 14- American journalism and periodical literature is the subject of an address which Ralph M. McKenzie of the periodical department will preface the work soon to be issued by the librarian of One entertaining bit of history in the body of the work is told under the heading "Iowa," and describes the wanderings of the old press on which were printed the first newspapers ever issued in sundry states of the northwest. The first newspaper in Iowa was the Visitor, established at Dubuque on May 11, 1836, by John King. Its name was changed to the Iowa News, and the press which printed it was removed to Lancaster, Wis, in 1842, where the Grant County Herald was established as the first newspaper in that state. The press and material were moved again in 1849 to St. Paul by oak team, and John Ghood used them in setting out the first issue of the first newspaper printed in Minnesota, the St. Paul Pioneer. In 1858 the old press was taken to Sioux City Falls, where it was used for the printing of the Dacotah Democrat, the first newspaper in either of the Dakotas. The press was burned by the Indians in the uprising in 1802. COLLISION ON M. & ST. L. RY. Error of Station Agent Which Cost Him Mrs. Rosson. Fort Dodge, Aug. 15.—James Green, station agent at Otho, a town on the Minneapolis & St. Louis railway, a few miles south of Fort Dodge, through a confusion of orders sent out a gravel train to meet a fast freight coming from the north. When he discovered that a collision was inevitable, Green lost his reason and became violently insane, being sentenced to death by prison only by the attention from him. He is now under the influence of chloroform. It is feared his reason is permanently impaired. Green received orders to let the gravel train go to pass the freight train at Fort Dodge, but later orders notified him that they would pass at Otho. By mistake he missed the gravel train, which had gone too far north to be held before he noticed the blunder. He wired Fort Dodge, but the freight had already left. Then his mind snapped under the strain. The trains came together on a heavy escaped* injury. The engines were badly smashed, but aside from this the damage was slight. MAX KRESKOPE IS A FUGITIVE. Deputy Postmaster at Marshalltown Hall to Be a Defender. Des Moines, Aug. 16.-United States Marshal Christian has received notice that Max Kruskopf, deputy postmaster at Marshalltown, charged with defaulting $800 of the postal funds in that city, is a fugitive, and it is desired that he be taken into custody wherever found. Inspector Ketchum checked up the office and found it short a little over 600. Postmaster Uuillain made the dishevery and made the amount good to the government. The inspector reported that indications pointed to the guilt of Kruskopf, but that Chief Clerk Hawley was implicated by the records. Ketchum placed Hawley and Kruskopf under arrest, but as Kruskopf wanted to make an effort to make the amount good to Postmaster Saint, he was allowed to go, on his promise to be at the Great Western depot to take a morning train to Des Moines. It was with the embezzlement and to bring Hawley here that he might give his testimony before the commissioner. Kruskopf failed to show up and Ketchum reported that he had absconded. KASS GETS GOLD MINES Compels Man Whom He Grub-Staked te Make Him a Millionaire. Sioux City, Aug. 13.—Joe Kass of Alton is the possessor of one of the richest claims in Alaska as a result of his visit to that country to secure a settlement with Hans Anderson, with whom he claimed to have grub staked. Mr. Kass, George W. Argo, his attorney, Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Henry and Mrs. Engene Peckham have reached Sioux City on their return trip from the gold fields of Alaska. Dr. Henry and wife and Mrs. Peckham went along for a pleasure trip, Attorney Argo, in addition to securing the Titian Island. Pension of Wales island for his client Mr. Kass, to apply on his grubstake proposition with Anderson, has tied up all of the property owned by Anderson, including four other valuable gold claims, the Ketchikan club house and saloon property, a dwelling in Ketchikan and the dock property and privileges there. Killed By Falling Limb. Des Moines, Aug. 15.—"Pud" Rice, son of S. Rice, a wealthy farmer near Avon, was tatally injured while cutting down a tree on his father's farm. Heighing several hump-pound pounds fell on his head fracturing his skull, and death resulted. He was 55 years of age and unmarried. Family Poisoned by Cabbage Webster City, Aug. 15.—The family of J. C. Porter was poisoned by eating cabbage. The vegetable was raised in the Porter garden, but had been sprayed with paris green to kill bugs. Three of the family are critically ill, and one, a boy of 12 years of age, will probably die. Brutal Brother Arrested. Corydon, Aug. 10.—Because she did not get up and get his breakfast when he first called her, it is alleged Lafe Swan, the 19-year-old son of a Lineville blacksmith, sixteen miles southwest of here, dragged his young sister down stairs, knocked her down and beat her into insensibility. She succeeded in crawling back up stairs, where she remained all that day and night without medical aid or nourishment of any kind, and she was only discovered by the neighbors by accident. Swan was arrested and is being held to await the result of his alleged brutality. NEWS IN GENERAL NEWS IN GENERAL COULDNT REACH SCHLEY. Therefore He Didn't Have the Code of Signals at Cienfugos. Washington, Aug. 14. — Admiral Schely is said to possess information which it is stated will justify him before the court of inquiry for his delay at Cienfugos during the war He will show that he left Cienfuegos for Santiago the moment he was convinced that the Spanish fleet was not in the former harbor. An examination of the logs of the Marblehead, Brooklyn and Iowa has already developed information which, in the opinion of his friends, entirely justified him in the course he pursued. The flying squadron, in obedience to instructions from Admiral Sampson, got under way at 8:20 a.m., on May for Cienfuegos, where it was generally believed the Spanish squadron would take refuge. A few hours after the Spanish squadron left; the Marblehead, Eagle and Vixen arrived at Key West direct from Cienfuegos, and Captain McCalla, of the Marblehead, reported to Admiral Sampson that he had arranged a course signals with the Cubans and had fixed a rendezvous on the shore where they would be communicated with, and information could be exchanged. Admiral Sampson directed this information to be communicated to the commanders of the vessels of the fleet, and it was given to all then at Key West, including Captain Evans of the Iowa. At this time Admiral Schley, with the flying squadron, was on his way to Cienfuegos May 31, but Captain Evans supposed that Admiral Schley had the signal code, and did not communicate it to him, and it was not until the next day when Captain McCalla joined the flying squadron, with the Marblehead, Eagle and Vixen, that Admiral Schley knew of the code, Captain McCalla upon his arrival communicated with the insurgents and ascertained that the Spanish squadron was not in the Earbor. As Admiral Schley had been ordered to mask his real direction upon his departure, he waited until after dark, when he stepped for Santiago. It will be contended by Admiral Schley that he was justified in remaining at Cienfuegos until he had definitely established whether the Spanish fleet was in that harbor, and that under instructions given him he was required to obtain exact information before he sailed for Santiago de Cuba. To have left that point for Santiago when the Spanish fleet gave out information showing that Cervera's squadron was at that point as a ruse would have been, in his opinion, grave error of judgment. SENSATION IN EUROPE. tare Dowager Empress Said to Have Been Secretly Married. Paris, Aug. 15.—Was the late Dowager Empress Frederick secretly married in 1896 to Count von Seckendorf? In a story in the affirmative the French papers are now reveling. it is the European sensation of the day. It is benevolent to be true, and it is quite likely that other sensations will soon follow these revelations. The kaiser is furious at publications concerning the empress, not only in France, but in England and the United States, and he must to have a censorship of all telegrams sent to foreign papers. In the French journals numerous anecdotes are recalled concerning quarrels between Emperor William and his mother regarding the question of a marriage between the latter and Count von Seckendorf. In letters written by the Baroness von Rosbach, who was formerly one of the chief adies-in-waiting to the empress, she insists that the empress and Seckendorf were secretly married in 1896; that l.ey lived together as man and wife; that they had the deepest affection or each other, and that their marital relations were as happy as they could possibly be under the circumstances. The marriage was known to the kaiser and to all the empress' royal relatives, but was never officially or even privately acknowledged. The kaiser never allowed his children to visit Friedrichs.af, and only permitted Count von Seckendorf to enter his presence under protest and only then in his mother's suite. It is understood that the empress has bequeathea, a large amount of money to the count. Other conditions of her will will likely cause constellation among her German and French friends, and real terms, though, are never likely to be published, as every precaution is taken to prevent any leakage of its contents. Important Capture in Philippines. Manila, Aug. 16.—Second Lieutenant Walter S. Grant, of the Sixth cavalry, while souting with a detachment near Taal, Batangas province, has made what the military authorities consider to be the most important capture since Aguinaldo was made prisoner. Grant captured Col. Martin Cabrera, his adjutant and six other insurgents. Cabrera has been growing in power for some time. He controlled all the insurgents in southern Batangas and also those westward of the city of Batangas. Cresceus Sets New Record. New York, Aug. 15.—In the trotting race between Cresceus and The Abbot, the former won. The first heat was made in 2:03¼, setting a new record for a trotting race. It is safe to say that some authors would rather be president than write. Illinois Crops. Springfield, Ill., Aug. 14.—Section Director Blystone, in the weather bureau and crop bulletin for Illinois, just issued, says: "There has been continued improvement in the condition of corn in the modern district, but the yield will not be up to the average. In some localities there will be a good crop of late corn, if favorable conditions prevail the rest of the season. In the central and southern districts there has been still further deterioration. In any places there could be little improvement, however favorable the conditions might become." CRISPI'S LIFE IS ENDED. The. Grand Old Man of Italy Passes Away Naples, Aug. 13.—Signor Francesco Crispi, the "grand old man of Italy," died Sunday evening at 7:45 o'clock. He had been in broken health for several months, and for the last few days the end had been momentarily expected. About the deathbed of the former premier were gathered the members of his family and a number of intimate friends. Notification of the death was at once telegrambed to King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helen. The funeral will take place at the palace and will be made the occasion of a great public demonstration. The body will be conveyed by steamer to that port where it will be received by representatives of the municipality, under whose direction the ceremonies will be arranged. The will of Signor Crispi, it is said, provides for the publication of his memoirs to be prepared to being entrusted to a well known Italian politician. PHILLIPS COMPANY FAILS Commission House in the Hands of a Receiver. Chicago, Aug. 16.—On the petition of three creditors of the George H. Phillips company a petition in bankruptcy has been filed for the company in the United States district court. George H. Phillips and two other directors of the company filed their consent that the petition be allowed, and the Chicago Title and Trust company has been appointed temporary receiver. The filing of the petition and the appointment of the receiver will enable the company to continue in business. One of the directors, W. K. Sackett, will be appointed by the receiver to manage the business and the affairs of the company will proceed under the new management. By Mr. Phillips on behalf the company he pays at about $200,000, with assistance known and face value amounting to $232,000 or $250,000. Of this he believes $100,000 is in worthless accounts, so that the company will fall short approximately of $100,000 in the settlement. This, Mr. Phillips declares, he will make up to his creditors to the last cent. He says that he has lost or given up all of his money and real estate, but that, accepting the offers of financial assistance, he will resume business individually. Voluntarily, he proposes to give for the benefit of the creditors every dollar of profit he makes in his transactions over and above $2,500 a year, which he will keep for himself and family. PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS. Last Session of Legislature Sald to Be Most Current in History of State. Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 16.—The campaign for the ticket nominated by yesterday's democratic state convention will be entirely on state issues. No mention is made in the platform of the name of William J. Bryan or free silver, imperialism and other national issues. The last legislature is condemned for the passage of the rapid transit and "ripper" bills and pronounced the most corrupt legislature in the state. All friends of good government are invited to join the democracy to save the state from further dishonor. The platform was prepared at a conference of the party leaders which lasted until daybreak and it is one of the most remarkable declarations of principles ever issued by a state convention in Pennsylvania. Those democratic legislators who joined with the republican party in passing the resolution that they are left to their immediate constituents for the "infliction of political punishment." The convention nominated Judge Harman Yerkes of Doylestown for supreme court judge and representative county judge of Meadsville for state treasurer. KITCHENER MADE NEW RECORD. The Most Favorable Weekly Report Yet Sent by the British General. London, Aug. 15.—Lord Kitchener, in a long dispatch, says: "I am glad to be able to send you the largest return I have yet had for one week. Since August 5 the columns reported thirty-nine Boers killed and twenty wounded, including Commandant Moll, dangerously; 685 prisoners, including Wolmurans, late chairman of the First Volksraad; eighty-five surrenders, including Commandant Devillers, and the capture of 24,000ounds of ammunition, 753 mortgages, 5,500 orses and large quantities of stock. Most of the captures were made in the Orange River colony." In the course of the descriptions of the operations, Lord Kitchener says that General French, in Cape Colony, is "gradually driving the enemy's scattered bands northward." Miss Beals Will Not Contest. Wichita, Kan., Aug. 14.—Miss Matteie Bals, who returned from Lawton, said that just before leaving her claim she had been offered $25,000 for it, but that she refused the offer, since she really intends to take up her position at her will not contest Wood's claim against her she is of the opinion that her quarter section will be worth quite as much as his within a short time. "Will you tell me what is the latest thing in kids?" she asked. "When I left home," said the absent-minded clerk, "it was colie in both of mine." Invaders Are Defeated. New York, Aug. 12.—E. Gonzales Esteves, consul general of Venezuela, today received a telegram from President Castro of Venezuela, dated Caracas, August 7, which reads: "Second Colombian invasion defeated completely. Twenty thousand patriotic soldiers defend Venezuelan frontier. (Signed) ("Castro." This blow to the Colombian invasion, Consul Esteves says, will end the insurrection. The most learned philologists declare that the origin of the language itself is an uncontrollable problem. Des Moines, August 16, 1991. The secretary of the state fair has absolutely arranged for the locomotive race to be given each day of the fair. The outlook for a big fair is growing brighter every day on account of the increased number of inquiries. Iowa crops will not be a total failure and the very fine program of attractions prepared this year. George Scarberry, formerly a member of the Des Moines fire department and the police force, one of the few who made a fortune in the Alaska gold fields, has returned from the fourth season spent in the frozen north. It is given out that J. E. Stout of Des Moines is already past the $250,000 mark, and is on the way he be a millionaire in less than five years. He does not say just how he stands personally in the financial world, but it is understood that Mr. Scarberry is a close second to Mr. Stout. Mr. Scarberry is the originator of the famous party bearing his name which was one of the first to get to the Klondike in 1898. The result of his long stay in that country is that he is interested in thirty-five swinging. The best of these are the twelves by the Los Angeles and Cape Nome Mining company, of which J. E. Stout of this city is president. These chilms are particularly good for the reason that they have not been covered with snow and ice and are ready for working. The company now has about fifty men working and the work averages about $2 per pan. Implement dealers report that the sales and transfers made through Des Moines nouses so far this season have been about 30 per cent less than a year ago, and that the aggregate of sales will be the smallest in several years. This is because of the failure of the small grain crop in a considerable portion of the state, the uncertain condition of the corn crop and the small demand for machinery in states bordering on Iowa, due to crop failures. The state auditor has just issued a statement showing the condition of the state and saving banks of Iowa at the close of business June 29. The changes in the condition of the banks since the last report, April 24, and the increase in deposits are shown. In regard to the latter item the past year shows an increase in the nominal bank balance, 30, 100, 000, the deposits were $91,147,056,88. The report report shows them to have been, June 29, 1901, $114,731,614,06, an increase of over $23,000,000. The democratic state central committee, at its recent meeting effectively disposed of the efforts of a faction of the Polk county delegates, headed by H. M. Belvel, to compel G. A. Huffman, chairman of the committee, to resign. Mr. Belvel did not appear to present charges against Mr. Huffman and a resolution was adopted unanimously expressing his confidence in the committee in the Mr. Huffman and extending the thanks of the committee to him for the able manner in which he had performed the duties of chairman and for his selfish devotion to the affairs of the democratic party. The Iowa College of Law at Des Moines has grown from 38 graduates in 1892 to 65 in 1901. The whole attendance 141. This is an exceptional growth and the school is a meritorious one. P. S. McNutt is the secretary, and catalogue can be had by addressing him. The cost of running the state house outside of the money paid for salaries, according to matter compiled for the coming biennial report of the auditor of state has been found to be approximately $36,000 per year. The exact figures for the two years ending June 30, 1901, are $72,105.57. Of this sum $8,150.57 comes under section 164 of the code, and the $63,955 under section 165. Following are the totals of the different items without respect as to under which section the supplies and material were ordered: Gas lights, capitol building and grounds Repairs, capitol building and 1,973.53 1,296.95 583.21 1,386.35 30,079.69 grounds ..... Telephone service ..... Telegraph service ..... Water, building and grounds Supplies and stores..... Blank books, engraving, printing and lithographing Postage, stamped envelopes 18,406.30 4,607.01 6,000.95 1,426.23 etc. ..... Furniture ..... Fuel ..... Miscellaneous ..... Total expenditure for two years ..... $72,105.77 Every cent of this money is appropriated by the general assembly and the funds are at the disposal of the senate, which body audits and approves all bills before they are paid. Corca's Feathers Bugled Berlin, Aug. 14.—The Cologne Gazette's St. Petersburg correspondent telegraphs that Japan persists in her demands for the concession of 800,000 square metres upon the island of Make-gam-Pho, adjoining the Russian concession. The Corea government, stiffened by Russia, the correspondent says, has thus far declined to accede to the demand, but it is expected that it will ultimately yield to Japanese pressure. Declared to Be a Reservation. Washington, Aug. 10.—Acting Secretary of War Sanger has issued an order declaring the tract of land acquired at Des Moines for a military post to be a military reservation under the jurisdiction of the war department. Work will be commenced very soon upon the erection of buildings suitable to quarter troops at the Des Moines post. Bad Fire at Muscatine. Muscatine, Aug. 13. "The big dry goods establishment of Churchill & Taylor has suffered a heavy loss by insurance estimated at $5,000, insurance $6,000. Mildred Trevanion BY THE DUCHESS. CHAPTER XV.—(Continued.) "Can't my dear fellow; don't you see how engaged I am?" answered Eddie, casting an expressive glance at Silvia Lisle, who blushed and simped, and lowered her white lids in acknowledgment in the most bewildering manner. "Denzil, you are doing nothing—go and succor the lost damsel, and restore her to the bosom of her bereaved family." "Yes, do go, and explain things to her, Younge," implored the unsuspecting Lyndon, "and just say how it was I was put in for my cousin. It is an awful bore," confided his lordship in a heartbroken whisper, "but what can a man do when a girl comes crying to him about some miserable boy's stupidity? You bring Mildred home safely, there's a good fellow, remember, I leave her to you," and, without waiting for a reply, Lyndon bustled off, greatly to his cousin's relief, who dreaded lest some inopportune chance should again consign her to young Summerton's care. Both Lady Caroline and Mabel, who alone there knew his secret, had gone long since, so Denzil was left with no one to assist him in this hour of perplexity—with no one to aid him in escaping the tete-a-tete drive that apparently lay before him. Ever since his arrival at King's Abbott he and Mildred had scarcely spoken to each other—had shown, indeed, a mutual, though unspoken determination to avoid each other in every possible way. Then came the thought that she—knowing nothing of the circumstances—would perhaps imagine that he had connived at this arrangement, and had made the most of the opportunity offered to gain undisputed possession of her society for the long homeward drive. Mildred was in a sadder plight than Denzil dreamed. Having wandered rather farther than she had had any intention of doing on first setting out, and discovering that a wood in January is by no means the same thing that it is in July, she began to retrace her steps with the design of returning home with her mother. Dreading that she might be late, and feeling besides intensely cold she commenced to run, and as she ran her foot came upon a frozen pool, slipping upon which she came heavily to the ground. Raising herself up again directly and thinking nothing of it she hurried on once more, but presently an intense pain in her foot startled her, which in a few minutes increased to such a degree that she was obliged to seat herself on the trunk of a fallen tree and acknowledge herself disabled, consider how best to acquaint her friends with her mishan. Fully half an hour passed thus, and she was almost upon the verge of despair, when footsteps coming hurriedly toward her from a side direction roused her, and raising her eyes, she beheld Denzil. She blushed crimson. "What has brought him?" she wondered. "Surely Lyndon——" "At last I have found you," said Denzil in his coldest tone, and as though he were politely bored at having been put to so much inconvenience. "I have come to tell you that the others are all gone." "Gone!" echoed Mildred, with astonishment. "Then where is Lord Lyndon?" "His cousin, Miss Deverill, was so nervous that she insisted on his driving her home, so he commissioned me to find you, and bear you his apologies," returned Denzil, repeating his lesson with prompt decision. "I do not understand his treating me in such a manner," said Miss Trevanlon, very pale and proud; "and where were Eddle and Charlie?" "They also were fully occupied," Denzil said bitterly; 'but your sister, preferring to return home with Lady Caroline, unfortunately left me free." Mildred bit her lip. "I regret very much that you should have given yourself this trouble," she said slowly—"I am sorry you have come." "And so am I," returned Denzil, haughtily; "but it is not my doing. I beg you to believe, Miss Trevanlon that if I could have avoided it I would have done so." Then, seeing she made no attempt to move, he added, "Had you better not come? It is getting very late." She made no answer, but, putting her hand against the side of the tree, raised herself to a standing position. As the injured foot, however, was brought more firmly to the ground a spasm of pain contracted her face. "What is the matter? Have you hurt yourself?" he asked, in a somewhat softer tone. "I have strained my foot in some awkward way—it is nothing," she answered. "Perhaps you had better take my arm," said he, still coldly; and she returned. "No, thank you; I think I can manage to get on," and she did manage for a few yards or so, when she faltered, uttering a faint moan. "What is the use of your persisting in this folly?" exclaimed Denzil, angrily. "Do you wish to be laid up for a month? Take my arm directly or—" ungraciously—"shall I carry you? I think it would be better. I dare say I could do it without breaking down, as it is not very far." "No," she answered indignantly—"certainly not. I can walk quite well." But she took his arm for all that, and for a while hobbled along, miserably, beside him, her face white with pain. "This is madness!" cried Denzil, and forthwith, not asking any further leave, took her up in his arms, and walked on again, so burdened, with a frowning brow and a set, unpleased expression about his lips. Miss Trevionan was so taken by surprise and so utterly prostrated with pain, that at first she made no protest, but presently began to cry quietly in a broken, wretched sort of way. Denzil stopped. "Shall I put you down?" he asked, sternly. The situation, being unsought by him, and extremely distasteful—with his heart beating passionately, as if to warn him how insufficiently under control it was—compelled him to assume an ill-temper he was very far from really feeling. Miss Trevianion sobbed on, but made no reply, knowing she had none to make, and so wisely refraining from speech of any kind; whereupon Denzil marched on as before not addressing another word to her. He was a strong man; but a full-grown, healthy young woman was no light weight—so it was no disgrace to his manhood to confess that when at length he had her safely deposited in the carriage, he was rather glad than regretful. Taking the reins from the boy and throwing him some silver, he drove away without a single glance at his companion, as she lay back exhausted among the cushions he had carefully, but sulkily arranged for her. Mildred's foot having been examined and pronounced "likely to be tedious but not serious," she was comfortably enconced on a sofa in her mother's sitting-room, whence, after dinner, she sent word that she would be very glad to see them all if they would come and sit with her. So consequently about nine o'clock, considerable noise and laughter might have been heard issuing from the boudour, where they had all assembled obedient to her commands—all, that is, save Eddie, Miss Lisle and Denzil Younge, with one or two others who had lingered in the billiard-room. Lord Lyndon had, of course, been the first to approach Mildred to inquire how she was and express his tender, loving regrets that she should have no injured herself; but finding her, though sweet and gracious as usual, somewhat disinclined for conversation, he had left her presently with the entreaty that she would try to sleep, and so subdue all feverish symptoms. But she was flushed and restless, and could not compose herself, so lay open-eyed, though silent, with her gaze fixed upon the door. "Mildred," said Sir George, one night about a fortnight later on, "if you really mean hunting tomorrow, you will have to be up betimes, as we shall have to start more than usually early on account of the distance we have to go." "I shall be ready," answered Mildred. Accordingly, the next morning, true to her word, she was down-stairs equipped, even to the dainty little whip she carried in her hand, before any one but Denzil had put in an appearance. Lydon arriving shortly afterward in time for breakfast, they hastily dispatched that meal, and started directly after for the meet, which was at some considerable distance—Miss Trevanion and the acknowledged lover in front, Sir George with the discarded in the background. On their way they fell in with Frances Sylverton, attended only by a groom—Charlie having gone to rejoin his regiment some days before—who called out gayly that she had come this route on the mere chance of meeting them, and was therefore, for once in her life, unfeignedly glad to see them. "And what has happened to you, O knight of the rueful countenance?" she asked, merrily, of Denzil, reining in her horse beside his. "I had no idea I was looking so lugubrious,' he said laughing, "and I don't believe I am either. It is the morning mist that has got into your usually bright eyes." "No, it is not," persisted Miss Sylverton, emphatically, shaking her head; "the signs of woe upon your face are unmistakable. I suppose you have a presentiment that you will be slain today, and naturally don't relish it." "You are wrong," said he—"entirely wrong. If I felt the shadow of such a feeling upon me, I should go straight home again and wait for the dawning of some luckier day." And then immediately afterward they came within full view of the hounds, as they stood clustered together in the hollow, for the most part seeming one mass of spotted skin and waving, restless tails. Three hours later, and Miss Trevanlon, with heightened color and warmed blood, was riding excitedly CHAPTER XV. along to the occasional music 'of the forward hounds. A little in front, Sir George and Lyndon gave her the lead, while behind there were none; for of all those who had met that morning but few now remained to be in at the "death." Some finding the pace to hot in the beginning had wisely drawn rein and solemnly plodded home again; others, more adventurously but scarcely so well judging, trusting to flickle fortune to favor the brave, had come to a violent end and now sat or stood lamenting their fate and abusing their goddess in no very measured terms; while of those who still held on—among whom was Frances Sylverton—most of them rode to Mildred's left, down deep in the hollow of Hart's Chase, leaving to her right but one, and that was Denzil. A passionate lover of riding and devoted to sport. Youngse's keenest enjoyment was to feel a good horse under him, with the certainty of a hard day's run in view; and today, his mount being undenable, he was growing almost happy again. Having made a false move about half an hour before he was now crashing through or over everything that came in his way, to make up for lost time, and gain on Sir George and Lyndon, who—clever and wary sportsmen both—had sailed along from the beginning straight in the line of victory, without a moment's swerve. Just as Denzil at last caught sight of them and knew himself to be once more in the right way, he found he was on the same ground with Middred Trevanion, only considerably higher up. It was a lengthy meadow, straggling and untidy in form, and Mildred, entering at the lower end, could scarcely distinguish her companion above, but succeeded in making a shrewd conjecture nevertheless. From where she was it was easy enough to get into the adjoining field, but with Denzil it was far different. A short ugly wall rose before him, surmounted by a hedge of some sort, thick and prickly, which effectually concealed from view the heavy fall on the other side. Still, it was not exactly an impossible thing to take, though decidedly a "facer," and Denzil, understanding the danger and trusting to his horse to carry him through, determined to risk it, come what might. Miss Trevanion, slightly ahead of him now—having managed her last jump satisfactorily—turned nervously in her saddle to see how it would end. She wondered breathlessly whether—whoever he was—he knew of the——. And then she saw the horse rise, land at the other side, stagger, and then, plunging helplessly forward, bring itself and its rider heavily to the ground. Mildred shut her eyes and pressed her teeth cruelly on her under lip to suppress the scream that rose so naturally from her heart, and when she summoned courage to look up she found the horse had risen and stood trembling at some little distance off, while on the grass lay motionless a mass of brilliant scarlet cloth and a gleam of golden hair. (To be continued.) Poll Taxes In A. D. 123. The Rev. Dr. William C. Winslow, vice-president of the Egypt exploration fund, says that in addition to the papyri recently presented by the society to several universities there is a valuable lot of forty-three papyri which have been received for distribution, largely treating of business and civil matters in the first centuries of our era. Among the seven papyri for Columbia university is a tax collector's return showing items and how the collectors made returns in A. D. 196. There were poll taxes in A. D. 122. The rise of the Nile was the greatest annual event, and upon it taxes were calculated. Hence one of the six papyri sent to Johns Hopkins, treating of the unwatered land tilled by Ptollarous, A. D. 163, is peculiarly interesting. She declares that her field at Euhemeria did not get the water. Her plea, in a word, is: "No crops, no taxes." How London Could Be Defended. If the Dutch ever sail up the Thames again, or a Norman force land, London will not be unprepared. In the archives of Pall Mall repose musty schemes for the defense of the metropolis which it was thought would be undisturbed until the war department commenced to move into its new palace. But there are busy men about and as a result new schemes will be forthcoming for the defense of London. Something like 60 batteries of artillery will be allotted to the defense, including guns of heavy caliber, 4.7 and 6 inches, which will be mounted in commanding positions, covering a wide, sweeping arc. The mobile force for defense will include nearly 100 15-pounder field guns, and an army corps of three divisions of regular infantry and 100 volunteers.—London Express. Beating Gladstone in Argument: Beating Gladstone in Argument. Mr. Eden Eddis, a famous English portrait painter in his day, who was once nearly elected an R. A., has just died within a few days of his 89th birthday. He once was discussing with Mr. Gladstone what was the brightest color in nature. The statesman claimed that red was; the artist said that even in the dark you could see the blue flowers in a garden. Mr. Eddis showed Mr. Gladstone a photograph where the red flowers remained dead, undetached from the leaves, but the blue flowers were light and visible in all their forms. Then the controversy terminated abruptly with "Good-night, Mr. Eddis!" Pictorial Humor IN L Deacon Henlifter—Lawdy, it's luck ob mah pocket. IN LUCK. Deacon Henlifter—Lawdy, it's lucky I had dat chicken in mah hat 'stead ob mah pocket. HE COULDN'T. "Oh, Mr. Spoonleigh, pray rise. It is not right that you should kneel at my feet. Rise, I beg of you!" implored the fair lady. But he didn't rise. His Irish did, though, and he replied, solemnly: "I'm afraid — er — Miss Grace — I'm afraid I'm kneeling on your — er — that is, you dropped your chewing gum, and, oh, Miss Grace, I'm stuck on you!"— Denver Times. LOOKED LIKE HER; "Sir," said the gentleman, angrily, as he burst into the photograph gallery, "you have insulted my wife and I demand satisfaction!" "Believe me, sir," said the photographer, soothingly, "I am innocent of any intended offense; what have I done?" "You will have to fight, sir," went on the man; "you took a picture of my wife and it looks like her!"'—Boston Post. Doctor Curem—But I don't see why you will not pay my bill. You said I had made a new man of you. Mr. Gooph—That's just it, doctor. I* was the old man who ordered the work done, and he ought to pay for it. QUITE A STRETCH OR THE VISIT OF THE LOCUST. Mr. Caterpillar—Why, how are you, long time. Mr. Locust—Yes, I haven't been here pillar—Why, how are you, Mr. Locust? I haven't just—Yes, I haven't been here now—let me see—for see CADAN. Mr. Caterpillar—Why, how are you, Mr. Locust? I haven't see you for a long time. Mr. Locust—Yes, I haven't been here now—let me see—for seventeen years. SHE WOULD BE POPULAR. Mrs. Nexdore—"One of the keys of my daughter's piano is out of order. I wonder if there's any one in the neighborhood who could fix it?" Mrs. Pepprey—"I don't know, but if she's still got one good key, why not use that?" Mrs. Nexdore—"What could she do with one key?" Mrs. Pepprey—"Lock the piano, of course."—Philadelphia Press. ALL SERVANTS ALIKE: Towne—I could never understand why political officeholders are called "public servants." Browne—Why not? Towne—Because they're really our bosses. Browne—Well, I guess you never kept house, did you?—Philadelphia Press. SNOWED UNDER. "Is the state safe?" gasped the anxious inquirer at the political headquarters. "Oh, yes, the state's safe, but the party's snowed under," replied the man in charge.—Baltimore World. In scaling a precipice a man is up against a big bluff. ENTITLED TO IT. Client—By what right are you keeping that $5,000 damages you recovered for me? Lawyer—Didn't you tell me in the first place that all you wanted was satisfaction?—Ohio State Journal. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT: Citizen—"Do you believe the constitution follows the flag, my man?" Soldier—"My constitution followed the flag to the Philippines and it's there yet."—Chelsea Gazette. --- ```markdown ``` Browne—Why not? LOOK OUT FOR THE LOCOMOTIVE Woodby Booth--Who was the "lea with last season? LOOK OUT FOR THE LOCOMOTIVE Woodby Booth--Who was the "leading man" in the company you were with last season? Woodby Booth--Who was the "leading man" in the company you were with last season? Knight Stands--The advance agent. Mr. Locust? I haven't see you for a now—let me see—for seventeen years. THE OLD MAN GOT FRIENDS OF MEN Joe Moyer Frank—I love you, Clara, and I w Clara—No; I can never be anythi Frank—Why—why not? Clara—Your father spoke first. Frank—I love you, Clara, and I want you to be my wife. Clara—No; I can never be anything more to you than a mother. Frank—Why—why not? Clara—Your father spoke first. FROG SHOWERS "A Cornell professor says that frog spawn can be carried up in the atmosphere and hatched out in the clouds." "By gum, you bet I'll carry an umbrella the next time I go out."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. THE SHIRT WAIST The women claim their feelings hurt; They're kicking up a fuss, Because we men adopt the shirt That first they stole from us. —Judge. HE WAS THE PACEMAKER. LOOK OUT FOR THE LOCOMOTIVE Who was the "leading man" in the THE OLD MAN GOT AHEAD OF HIM. you, Clara, and I want you to be my n never be anything more to you th why not? her spoke first. --- HE EXPLAINED IT. "Confound it, I wish your mother wouldn't come here any longer!" "Why, John, how dare——" "Th—th—that's all right, darling. I mean—er—well, she's five feet nine and one-half now, you know, and——" Now she is trying to figure out whether that was what he meant—Denver Times. EXCLUSIVENESS. Mrs. Purseproud—I see where several millionaires chartered a whole steamboat in order to come across the ocean. Mr. Purseproud—Well, when we go over we will lease the ocean for a week.—Baltimore American. AS IT'S WROTE. She calls herself Cathryn Mae. And yet there are gossips who sae Catherine Mary's her name. They ynsyst she was chrystened that was E PACEMAKER. ding man" in the company you were WHAT HE WOULD DO. "My poor hungry man, if I were to give you a nickel, what would you do with it?" inquired the lady with the angular smeller and the uncertain spectacles. "I'll tell yer, mum," replied the gentleman with the straggling whiskers and yearning bread pouch; "I'll git a Turkish bath an' buy a ottymubble wid th' change. Where's th' ten, mum?"—Denver Times. THE PANG OF IT. "Why, dear, what's the matter with you? Bad news from your husband?" "Oh, worse than that. He writes me that he is longing for me and kisses my picture every day." "That's no reason for crying." "Yes, but I find I put my mother's photograph in his trunk by mistake for mine."—Brooklyn Life. We were speaking of Kansas. "Whenever," the convivial tourist now remarked, "I struck a town in Kansas in which there were no joints, I always made up my mind that the people must be a lot of stiffs." I want you to be my wife. ing more to you than a mother. Cholly—I got such frightful headaches lately. Doctor thinks, perhaps, there's some foreign substance in my bain. Miss Pepprey—An idea, perhaps.—Philadelphia Press. THE PART HE TOOK The Don—"And what part did you take in this disgraceful proceeding of holding Mr. Waters under the pump?" Undergrad (modestly)—"His left leg sir."—Tit-Bits. ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` AS IT'S WROTE. -Philadelphia Press. OUT OF PLACE: Mildred Trevanion BY THE DUCHESS. CHAPTER XIV.—(Continued.) "Can't my dear fellow; don't you see how engaged I am?" answered Eddie, casting an expressive glance at Silvia Lisle, who blushed and simpered, and lowered her white lids in acknowledgment in the most bewildering manner. "Denzil, you are doing nothing—go and succor the lost damsel, and restore her to the bosom of her bereaved family." "Yes, do go, and explain things to her, Younge," implored the unsuspecting Lyndon, "and just say how it was I was put in for my cousin. It is an awful bore," confided his lordship in a heartbroken whisper, "but what can a man do when a girl comes crying to him about some miserable boy's stupidity? You bring Mildred home safely, there's a good fellow; remember, I leave her to you," and, without waiting for a reply, Lyndon bustled off, greatly to his cousin's relief, who dreaded lest some inopportune chance should again consign her to young Summerton's care. Both Lady Caroline and Mabel, who alone there knew his secret, had gone long since, so Denzil was left with no one to assist him in this hour of perplexity—with no one to aid him in escaping the tete-a-tete drive that apparently lay before him. Ever since his arrival at King's Abbott he and Mildred had scarcely spoken to each other—had shown, indeed, a mutual, though unspoken determination to avoid each other in every possible way. Then came the thought that she—knowing nothing of the circumstances—would perhaps imagine that he had connived at this arrangement, and had made the most of the opportunity offered to gain undisputed possession of her society for the long homeward drive. Mildred was in a sadder plight than Denzil dreamed. Having wandered rather farther than she had had any intention of doing on first setting out, and discovering that a wood in January is by no means the same thing that it is in July, she began to retrace her steps with the design of returning home with her mother. Dreading that she might be late, and feeling besides intensely cold she commenced to run, and as she ran her foot came upon a frozen pool, slipping upon which she came heavily to the ground. Raising herself up again directly and thinking nothing of it she hurried on once more, but presently an intense pain in her foot startled her, which in a few minutes increased to such a degree that she was obliged to seat herself on the trunk of a fallen tree and acknowledge herself disabled, consider how best to acquaint her friends with her mishap. Fully half an hour passed thus, and she was almost upon the verge of despair, when footsteps coming hurriedly toward her from a side direction roused her, and raising her eyes, she beheld Denzil. She blushed crimson. "What has brought him?" she wondered. "Surely Lyndon——" "At last I have found you," said Denzil in his coldest tone, and as though he were politely bored at having been put to so much inconvenience. "I have come to tell you that the others are all gone." "Gone!" echoed Mildred, with astonishment. "Then where is Lord Lyndon?" "His cousin, Miss Deverill, was so nervous that she insisted on his driving her home, so he commissioned me to find you, and bear you his apologies," returned Denzil, repeating his lesson with prompt decision. "I do not understand his treating me in such a manner," said Miss Trevanlon, very pale and proud; "and where were Eddie and Charlie?" "They also were fully occupied," Denzil said bitterly; "but your sister, preferring to return home with Lady Caroline, unfortunately left me free." Mildred bit her lip. "I regret very much that you should have given yourself this trouble," she said slowly—"I am sorry you have come." "And so am I," returned Denzil, haughtily; "but it is not my doing. I beg you to believe, Miss Trevanlon that if I could have avoided it I would have done so." Then, seeing she made no attempt to move, he added, "Had you better not come? It is getting very late." She made no answer, but, putting her hand against the side of the tree, raised herself to a standing position. As the injured foot, however, was brought more firmly to the ground a spasm of pain contracted her face. "What is the matter? Have you hurt yourself?" he asked, in a somewhat softer tone. "I have strained my foot in some awkward way—it is nothing," she answered. "Perhaps you had better take my arm," said he, still coldly; and she returned. "No, thank you; I think I can manage to get on," and she did manage for a few yards or so, when she faltered, uttering a faint moan. "What is the use of your persisting in this folly?" exclaimed Denzell, angrily. "Do you wish to be laid up for a month? Take my arm directly or—" ungraciously—"shall I carry you? I think it would be better. I dare say I could do it without breaking down, as it is not very far." "No," she answered indignantly—"certainly not. I can walk quite well." But she took his arm for all that, and for a while hobbled along, miserably, beside him, her face white with pain. "This is madness!" cried Denzil, and forthwith, not asking any further leave, took her up in his arms, and walked on again, so burdened, with a frowning brow and a set, unpleased expression about his lips. Miss Trevionan was so taken by surprise and so utterly prostrated with pain, that at first she made no protest, but presently began to cry quietly in a broken, wretched sort of way. Denzil stopped. "Shall I put you down?" he asked, sternly. The situation, being unsought by him, and extremely distasteful—with his heart beating passionately, as if to warn him how insufficiently under control it was—compelled him to assume an ill-temper he was very far from really feeling. Miss Trevianon sobbed on, but made no reply, knowing she had none to make, and so wisely refraining from speech of any kind; whereupon Denzil marched on as before not addressing another word to her. He was a strong man; but a full-grown, healthy young woman was no light weight—so it was no disgrace to his manhood to confess that when at length he had her safely deposited in the carriage, he was rather glad than regretful. Taking the reins from the boy and throwing him some silver, he drove away without a single glance at his companion, as she lay back exhausted among the cushions he had carefully, but sulkily arranged for her. Mildred's foot having been examined and pronounced "likely to be tedious but not serious," she was comfortably ensconced on a sofa in her mother's sitting-room, whence, after dinner, she sent word that she would be very glad to see them all if they would come and sit with her. So consequently about nine o'clock, considerable noise and laughter might have been heard issuing from the boudour, where they had all assembled obedient to her commands—all, that is, save Eddie, Miss Lisle and Denzil Younge, with one or two others who had lingered in the billiard-room. Lord Lyndon had, of course, been the first to approach Mildred to inquire how she was and express his tender, loving regrets that she should have no injured herself; but finding her, though sweet and gracious as usual, somewhat disinclined for conversation, he had left her presently with the entreaty that she would try to sleep, and so subduce all feverish symptoms. But she was flushed and restless, and could not compose herself, so lay open-eyed, though silent, with her gaze fixed upon the door. CHAPTER XV "Mildred," said Sir George, one night about a fortnight later on, "if you really mean hunting tomorrow, you will have to be up betimes, as we shall have to start more than usually early on account of the distance we have to go." "I shall be ready," answered Mildred. Accordingly, the next morning, true to her word, she was down-stairs equipped, even to the dainty little whip she carried in her hand, before any one but Denzil had put in an appearance. Lydon arriving shortly afterward in time for breakfast, they hastily dispatched that meal, and started directly after for the meet, which was at some considerable distance—Miss Trevanion and the acknowledled lover in front, Sir George with the discarded in the background. On their way they fell in with Frances Sylverton, attended only by a groom—Charlie having gone to rejoin his regiment some days before—who called out gayly that she had come this route on the mere chance of meeting them, and was therefore, for once in her life, unfeignedly glad to see them. "And what has happened to you, O knight of the rueful countenance?" she asked, merrily, of Denzil, reining in her horse beside his. "I had no idea I was looking so lugubrious,' he said laughing, "and I don't believe I am either. It is the morning mist that has got into your usually bright eyes." "No, it is not," persisted Miss Sylverton, emphatically, shaking her head; "the signs of woe upon your face are unmistakable. I suppose you have a presentiment that you will be slain today, and naturally don't relish it." "You are wrong," said he—"entirely wrong. If I felt the shadow of such a feeling upon me, I should go straight home again and wait for the dawning of some luckier day." And then immediately afterward they came within full view of the hounds, as they stood clustered together in the hollow, for the most part seeming one mass of spotted skin and waving, restless tails. Three hours later, and Miss Trevanlon, with heightened color and warmed blood, was riding excitedly along to the occasional music 'of the forward hounds. A little in front, Sir George and Lyndon gave her the lead, while behind there were none; for of all those who had met that morning but few now remained to be in at the "death." Some finding the pace to hot in the beginning had wisely drawn rein and solemnly plodded home again; others, more adventurously but scarcely so well judging, trusting to flickle fortune to favor the brave, had come to a violent end and now sat or stood lamenting their fate and abusing their goddess in no very measured terms; while of those who still held on—among whom was Frances Sylverton—most of them rode to Mildred's left, down deep in the hollow of Hart's Chase, leaving to her right but one, and that was Denzil. A passionate lover of riding and devoted to sport, Youngge's keenest enjoyment was to feel a good horse under him, with the certainty of a hard day's run in view; and today, his mount being undeniable, he was growing almost happy again. Having made a false move about half an hour before he was now crashing through or over everything that came in his way, to make up for lost time, and gain on Sir George and Lyndon, who—clever and wary sportsmen both—had sailed along from the beginning straight in the line of victory, without a moment's swerve. Just as Denzil at last caught sight of them and knew himself to be once more in the right way, he found he was on the same ground with Middred Trevanion, only considerably higher up. It was a lengthy meadow, straggling and untidy in form, and Mildred, entering at the lower end, could scarcely distinguish her companion above, but succeeded in making a shrewd conjecture nevertheless. From where she was it was easy enough to get into the adjoining field, but with Denzil it was far different. A short ugly wall rose before him, surmounted by a hedge of some sort, thick and prickly, which effectually concealed from view the heavy fall on the other side. Still, it was not exactly an impossible thing to take, though decidedly "facer," and Denzil, understanding the danger and trusting to his horse to carry him through, determined to risk it, come what might. Miss Trevanion, slightly ahead of him now—having managed her last jump satisfactorily—turned nervously in her saddle to see how it would end. She wondered breathlessly whether—whoever he was—he knew of the. And then she saw the horse rise, land at the other side, stagger, and then, plunging helplessly forward, bring itself and its rider heavily to the ground. Mildred shut her eyes and pressed her teeth cruelly on her under lip to suppress the scream that rose so naturally from her heart, and when she summoned courage to look up she found the horse had risen and stood trembling at some little distance off, while on the grass lay motionless a mass of brilliant scarlet cloth and a gleam of golden hair. (To be continued.) Poll Taxes in A. D. 122. The Rev. Dr. William C. Winslow, vice-president of the Egypt exploration fund, says that in addition to the papyri recently presented by the society to several universities there is a valuable lot of forty-three papyri which have been received for distribution, largely treating of business and civil matters in the first centuries of our era. Among the seven papyri for Columbia university is a tax collector's return showing items and how the collectors made returns in A. D. 196. There were poll taxes in A. D. 122. The rise of the Nile was the greatest annual event, and upon it taxes were calculated. Hence one of the six papyri sent to Johns Hopkins, treating of the unwatered land tilled by Ptollarous, A. D. 163, is peculiarly interesting. She declares that her field at Euhemeria did not get the water. Her plea, in a word, is: "No crops, no taxes." How London Could Be Defended. If the Dutch ever sail up the Thames again, or a Norman force land, London will not be unprepared. In the archives of Pall Mall repose musty schemes for the defense of the metropolis which it was thought would be undisturbed until the war department commenced to move into its new palace. But there are busy men about and as a result new schemes will be forthcoming for the defense of London. Something like 60 batteries of artillery will be allotted to the defense, including guns of heavy caliber, 4.7 and 6 inches, which will be mounted in commanding positions, covering a wide, sweeping arc. The mobile force for defense will include nearly 100 15-pounder field guns, and an army corps of three divisions of regular infantry and 100 volunteers.—London Express. Beating Gladstone in Argument. Beating Gladstone in Argument. Mr. Eden Eddis, a famous English portrait painter in his day, who was once nearly elected an R. A., has just died within a few days of his 89th birthday. He once was discussing with Mr. Gladstone what was the brightest color in nature. The statesman claimed that red was; the artist said that even in the dark you could see the blue flowers in a garden. Mr. Eddis showed Mr. Gladstone a photograph where the red flowers remained dead, undetached from the leaves, but the blue flowers were light and visible in all their forms. Then the controversy terminated abruptly with "Good-night, Mr. Eddis!" Pictorial Humor Deacon Henlifter—Lawdy, it's luck ob mah pocket. IN LUCK. Deacon Henlifter—Lawdy, it's lucky I had dat chicken in mah hat 'stead ob mah pocket. HE COULDN'T "Oh, Mr. Sponeigh, pray rise. It is not right that you should kneel at my feet. Rise, I beg of you!" implored the fair lady. But he didn't rise. His Irish did, though, and he replied, solemnly: "I'm afraid — er — Miss Grace — I'm afraid I'm kneeling on your — er — that is, you dropped your chewing gum, and, oh, Miss Grace, I'm stuck on you!"— Denver Times. LOOKED LIKE HER "Sir," said the gentleman, angrily, as he burst into the photograph gallery, "you have insulted my wife and I demand satisfaction!" "Believe me, sir," said the photographer, soothingly, "I am innocent of any intended offense; what have I done?" "You will have to fight, sir," went on the man; "you took a picture of my wife and it looks like her!'"—Boston Post. Doctor Curem—But I don't see why you will not pay my bill. You said I had made a new man of you. Mr. Gooph—That's just it, doctor. It was the old man who ordered the work done, and he ought to pay for it. QUITE A STRETCH OR THE VISIT OF THE LOCUST. Mr. Caterpillar—Why, how are you, long time. Mr. Locust—Yes, I haven't been here pillar—Why, how are you, Mr. Locust? I haven't s t—Yes, I haven't been here now—let me see—for se CADAN. Mr. Caterpillar—Why, how are you, Mr. Locust? I haven't see you for a long time. SHE WOULD BE POPULAR. Mrs. Nexdore—"One of the keys of my daughter's piano is out of order. I wonder if there's any one in the neighborhood who could fix it?" Mrs. Pepprey—"I don't know, but if she's still got one good key, why not use that?" Mrs. Nexdore—"What could she do with one key?" Mrs. Pepprey—"Lock the piano, of course."—Philadelphia Press. Towne—I could never understand why political officeholders are called "public servants." Browne—Why not? Towne—Because they're really our bosses. Browne—Well, I guess you never kept house, did you?—Philadelphia Press. SNOWED UNDER. "Is the state safe?" gasped the anxious inquirer at the political headquarters. "Oh, yes, the state's safe, but the party's snowed under," replied the man in charge.—Baltimore World. In scaling a precipice a man is up against a big bluff. ENTITLED TO IT. Client—By what right are you keeping that $5,000 damages you recovered for me? Lawyer—Didn't you tell me in the first place that all you wanted was satisfaction?—Ohio State Journal. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. Citizen—"Do you believe the constitution follows the flag, my man?" Soldier—"My constitution followed the flag to the Philippines and it's there yet."—Chelsea Gazetta. ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` HE WAS THE PACEMAKER. LOOK OUT FOR THE LOCOMOTIVE Joe Moyer Wooddy Booth--Who was the "leading man" in the company you were with last season? Wooddy Booth--Who was the "leading man" in the company you were with last season? Mr. Locust? I haven't see you for a now—let me see—for seventeen years. THE OLD MAN JUST RIVERS OF WIMP Jee Moyer Frank—I love you, Clara, and I w Clara—No; I can never be anythi Frank—Why—why not? Clara—Your father spoke first. Frank—I love you, Clara, and I want you to be my wife. Clara—No; I can never be anything more to you than a mother. Frank—Why—why not? Clara—Your father smoke first. "A Cornell professor says that frog spawn can be carried up in the atmosphere and hatched out in the clouds." "By gum, you bet I'll carry an umbrella the next time I go out."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. THE SHIRT WAIST The women claim their feelings hurt; They're kicking up a fuss. Because we men adopt the shirt That first they stole from us. —Judge. HE WAS THE PACEMAKER. LOOK OUT FOR THE LOCOMOTIVE Who was the "leading man" in th The advance agent. THE OLD MAN GOT AHEAD OF HIM. you, Clara, and I want you to be my n never be anything more to you th why not? her spoke first. --- "Confound it, I wish your mother wouldn't come here any longer!" "Why, John, how dare——" "Th—th—that's all right, darling. I mean—er—well, she's five feet nine and one-half now, you know, and——" Now she is trying to figure out whether that was what he meant—Denver Times. Mrs. Purseproud—I see where several millionaires chartered a whole steamboat in order to come across the ocean. Mr. Purseproud—Well, when we go over we will lease the ocean for a week.—Baltimore American. AS ITS WROTE. She calls herself Cathryn Mae. And yet there are gossips who sae Catherine Mary's her name. They ynsyst she was chrystened that wae. —Philadelphia Press. THE PACEMAKER. ding man" in the company you were WHAT HE WOULD DO. "My poor hungry man, if I were to give you a nickel, what would you do with it?" inquired the lady with the angular smeller and the uncertain spectacles. "I'll tell yer, mum," replied the gentleman with the straggling whiskers and yearning bread pouch; "I'll git a Turkish bath an' buy a ottymubble wid th' change. Where's th' ten, mum?"—Denver Times. THE PANG OF IT. "Why, dear, what's the matter with you? Bad news from your husband?" "Oh, worse than that. He writes me that he is longing for me and kisses my picture every day." "That's no reason for crying." "That's no reason for crying. "Yes, but I find I put my mother's photograph in his trunk by mistake for mine."—Brooklyn Life. We were speaking of Kansas. "Whenever," the convivial tourist now remarked, "I struck a town in Kansas in which there were no joints, I always made up my mind that the people must be a lot of stiffs." OUT AHEAD OF HIM. Joe Moyer I want you to be my wife. I g more to you than a mother. OUT OF PLACE. Cholly—I got such frightful headaches lately. Doctor thinks, perhaps, there's some foreign substance in my bain. Miss Pepprey—An idea, perhaps.—Philadelphia Press. THE PART HE TOOK. The Don—"And what part did you take in this disgraceful proceeding of holding Mr. Waters under the pump?" Undergrad (modestly)—"His left leg sir."—Tit-Bits. --- ```markdown ``` EXCLUSIVENESS. ss eee a » | EVANS NEWS. ‘The Daughters of Tabor gavo = lawn party and platform dance. It was well ‘ttended and a good time reported. ‘The Galilee Baptist have painted thelr ‘ehareh and it makes our town look better. Weal feel like singing, ‘‘Halleluiah tis Done.” Mrs, Dodd of St, Paul has been lectur- fing here on the B, Y. P. U, tor the past week, Lawyer Woodson was here on business Inst week. Mr. James Wesley and son of Buxton were visitors here last Saturday. ‘A good many people of our eity were ‘over to Buxton last Sunday. Mrs, James is expecting her cousin from Lilinois. You assume no risk when you buy ‘Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Dia rhoos Remedy. All Druggists will re- fund your money if you are not satified after using it. It is everywhere ad- amitted to be the most successfnl rem- edy in use for bowel complaints and the only one that never fails. It is pleasant safe and reliabe. SIOUX CITY ITEMS. Matsa tiers eae Miss Willie and Master Roy Mitchell o Yankton, S$, D., spent the week in the eity visiting relatives, A picnic was given Thursday by Mra. X. Ross for the visiting strangers in the eityr quite o few attended. ‘Mrs, Helen Furgerson of Grenada, Miss,, arrived in our city and will make her future home with her son F. Furger- son. Mr, and Mrs. Helm of Norfoll, Neb., are now located in this city. Miss Retta Dodd of St. Paul, Minn., Is in the city for a few weeks. Mr. B. E. Algee has moved his family to Manilla, Iowa. ‘Miss Mary Carbin has been quite sick, but is able to be out again, ‘Miss V. Williams bas returned to her home at Leavenworth, Kaneas. (This Week ) ‘The Mt. Zion Baptist and the A. M. E. eburoh Sunday schools picniced at River. stde Thursday; quite a large crowd at- tended and reported a good time. ‘The siek are Mrs. H. Pettit, Thos. Sturges, Messdames Lee, Cage and Lash- ley. Rev. T. A. Clark spent the weell in Chicago with his family. Rev. B. Wilson returned from the Blnffs Thursdsy, ‘An entertainment was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B, Yossum for Rey plark, Tuesday evening. Quarterly meeting ast Suuday morning at tho A. M, E. obureh. Covenant meeting was held at Mt. Zion Baptist chhreh Sunday morning. ‘Mrs. E. Stokes of Yankton came down Friday morning and returned Monday. Bhe was the guest of her sister, Mre. C. Lee, while in the city. ‘An old fashion barbecue will be given by the pastor and members of the A. M. E, ohureb, at Riverside park, on the 22d. Speakers trom Chicago and other plaees will take part. A good time is expected, Sherry in the Coffee A little sherry and also coffee added to chocolate very much improves the érink. A tablespoonful of sherry and four of clear, strong coffee to six cup- fuls of chocolate is about the right Proportion. Both should be added aft- @r the chocolate is taken from the fire. Police Need Language Drill At the suggestion of a Chicago jus- flee of the peace a school is to be pened in that city in which police- men will be taught elementary gram- mar, so that they can express them- selves more clearly on the witness stand. Baltimore's City Bacterlologist. ‘Dr. William Lloyd Stokes, bacteriol- ogist of the city of Baltimore, has been elected a member of the faculty of the College of Physicians and Sur- geons in that city, and has been given the chair pf pathology. ‘enki, Sacwest Aste GQulank. Ex-Gov. Morrill of Kansas owns what is said to be the largest apple orchard in the world. When work Bow in progress has been completed, the orchard will contain 64,000 trees. Elijah and “Dr.** Dowle Compared, “I am Elijah,” says “Dr.” Dowle One difference that suggests itself is that whereas Elijah was fed by the ravens, Dowle is fed by the gulla— New York Herald. ‘Sasmiine Bana im eos Mr. B. Mayehatake, a young Japan ese who has been studying in Chicago, Sives un explanation of the method by which time is reckoned in the chrysan- themum land, The Japanese year be- gins on our January 1, but instead of counting from the birth of Christ a reckoning is made from the reign of Japan's first emperor, Zimu. Our 1901 is the year 2561 in Japan. When a new ruler mounts the throne a distinctive pame is given to his reign and a sort of petty calendar is kept of the years 3f bis government, ast as we keep track of the age of sur republic, writ- ing in legal documents: “Year of our Yord 1901, and of the independence of the United States the 125th.” The game for the present mikado’s rule, which began thirty-three years ago, ia Meiji. This word is pronounced May- fee, and means “peaceful government.” Therefore, the current year in Japap is Meiji 34. as well as Zimu 2561. ] : g 5 9 AAR, KANSAS CITY KARNIVAL KREWE FAIR ASN . aghGagiie.. b An | Pee Great Pair, Races and Exposition a: Kansas City, Mo., Oct., 1901.” s Fn} ae rues Pras Will be the grandest event ever given inthe west. Splendid exhibit of Fatal aN fas) ee WORE Be) Farm Products, Live Stock, Industrial und Fine Arts, Races every day. s H 2 Pere ‘Half fare on all railroads, Permanent fair. Grand Prizes for everybody. 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Cashmeres will be popular the com- ing spring, and all the women at Nice and Monte Carlo are wearing the light pastel shades in cloth and the pale pinks, blues and beiges, as usual. It is really too early to tell whether the furore for gold will run over int: another season. We must wait ana see if we feel gold when the summe: days come, Cravats are seen on th: new cloth gowns. For slender women nothing can bi prettier for the spring than the bolero: with basque backs, consisting of threc little pieces on each side, one over thi other and rounded at the ends. Abov: these pieces is a belt.—Katharine d Forest's Paris Letter in Ladies’ Hom: Journal. PRACTICAL ADVICE. A stitch In time saves nine. Never let a child sob Itself to sleep. An egg beaten up in milk is 2 good pick-me-up. Sponge black silk with spirits to revive it. Boot covered with salt is easily brushed up. If broken wash the bruise and ap- ply vaseline. ‘Apply arnica to a bruise if the skin te anbroken. A hot bath taken at night affords refreshing sleep. Lemons stowed separately in dry and keep fresh. ‘ Dry hair turns gray sooner than moist tresses do. If your clothes catch fire instantly roll on the floor. Crawl out of a room where there are smoke and fire. When you want to cut whalebone. warm it by the fire. * Sufferers from dyspepsia should not drink while eating. Cut glass necds scrubbing witb warm water and soap. Bruised cloves kept among fure frighten moths away. When the dirt is removed rinse it well with cold water. ‘The busy housewife should get ap hour's sleep in the afternoon. It possible, hold a wet towel to your {ace while escaping.—Roston Journal Caleb Powers and Number “13.” Powers, the Kentuckian convicted of complicity in the murder of Goebel, may be excused if he put some faith In the ‘dea that thirteen is an unlucky number. 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In the Manchester district alone 8,000 out of 11,000 men who offered them- selves for military service were cer- tified unfit to endure a soldier's life. Sultan Doctors Himself. ‘The Sultan of Turkey is devoted to the study of chemistry and has given a good deal of time to the study of medicine, a study which he first took up because of fears that his life was in danger from poison. He now doc- tors his own ailments so long as they are not of a serious nature, WANTED—TRUSTWORTHY MEN AND women to travel and savertise for old estab- Toned house of solid fuancial standing. Sal- ary. 87% 0 year and expenses, all payable in cash Nocanvarsing required, Give refer- ences and enclose self-addressed stamped en- Yelope. Address Manager, 335 Caxton Bidg., Chicago. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENT. The Corinthian Baptist Church —stuated on ‘ith St, between Crocker and School Sts Preachiiigiat it A. u.< Sunday School: at 12 O'clock Preaching. at7 P. M. ‘Rev. 8. Bates, Pastor. St, Paul A. M. E.—Corner of Second and Center Streets, “Prosching ‘at 10:80 a. m.; Sunday School at 3 o'clock: Epworth League at Dp. m.; preaching at p.m. L. J, Phillips, Bast. “iret African Baptist Church—Comer Schoo! ud Fourth streerts, Rev F. Lomack pastor, Preaching 10.99 a m.: Sunday school 3-3) p. fm. Mr M. EB. Houstes. Superintendent: Young People's meeting 7 p. m, preaching | 800 pm. 4urn’s M._E.—East Second and Des Moines street.—Sunday service, preaching at 11:00 am and4p. tm. Sunday, School. at_ 12:30, Brayer and Ciass meeting, Wednesday 8. m. All are welcome. Rev. ©. W. Holmes, pastor, 280 Des Moines streer. Mount Nebo Baptist Church—E. Second street, ‘between Lnoust and Grand aveute—Sunday service, preaching at 11 @.m.: Sunday School 200, ma. (Superintendent, Hore Johnson Preaching av8 p.m. Rev. J. H Beli, pastor, fabernacle Baptist Church Mission—Situated over 66 Bast Locust street. Preaching 11a, m.; Sunday School 9:00 a. th.; preaching ai Sp. m. Rev. J. R. Winbush, pastor. 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It will be uniform in size with "An Englishwoman's Love Letters." Maurice Thompson's "Alice of Old Vincennes" is to be published in Great Britain, as is also "The Story of Eva," the Chicago novel by Will Payne. Few persons are aware, even in England, that a privately printed collection of unpublished writings from the pen of Robert Louis Stevenson is about to be issued. In Dr. Minot J. S. Savage's new book, "The Passing and the Permanent in Religion," the author tries to make clear the great positive elements of religion which cannot pass away. Henry James was recently told that Sarah Grand, the novelist, says she was 14 years old before she ever learned to read or write. "She hasn't learned to write even yet," he remarked. Edmund Gosse is about to become a publisher. His first venture will be a collection of the poems of his friend Austin Dobson which have been written since July, 1899, when the last edition of his collected poems was published. The new book will contain about thirty pieces, among them being poems on the war and on the late queen. Mr. Gosse intends to charge $3.20 for each copy. A new book on "Modern Strategy," which is said to be a work of importance, will be published soon. It is the work of Capt. Walter H. James of the British army. It is a treatise on the strategy of today and deals with the effect which railroads and telegraphs and the increase of newspapers have had on war. The campaigns chosen to illustrate it are chiefly taken from the Napoleonic wars and those of recent times. At the end of the book a chapter has been added on the effect of modern weapons upon tactics. IN A NUTSHELL! in size, not counting colonies, the European powers stand in this order: Russia, Austria, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy. SHANK BROS. Funeral Directors 517 Mulberry St. Telephones 656, 688 and 669. DES MOINES IOWA Educator Goes West. Dr. Max Farrand, who has resigned the professorship of history at Wesleyan university to accept a similar post in Leland Stanford, Jr., university, was prepared for college at the Newark (N. J.) academy, and was graduated from Princeton university with high honors in 1892. He took a two-years' post-graduate course at Princeton, and then went to Germany, where he studied for two years more. Incident in Boutelle's Life. Nathaniel M'Kay, formerly a Boston shipbuilder, but now a hotel-keeper in Washington, says that the late Congressman Boutelle of Maine was deeply in love with Mrs. Hazen before she became Admiral Dewey's wife, and that her refusal to marry him had much to do in bringing on the mental collapse from which he suffered at the time of his death. Mascagni Wears Bracelets. Mascagni is one of the men who wears bracelets, and they are not confined to his arms, but ornament his ankles as well. The creator of "Cavalleria Rusticana" is said to be passionately fond of jewelry and numbers many splendid and valuable rings given to him as well as bought by his own money, among his personal effects. CHEAP ROUND TRIP HOMESEEKERS' RATES-VIA NORTHERN PACIFIC RY. On the first and third Tuesdays of each month, up to and including September, the Northern Pacific Railway Co. will sell, to points on its line west of Little falls, Minn. round trip tickets at the rate of one fare plus $2 00. For full particulars, address G. D. Rogers, D. P. A, N. P. R., 503 Locust St. Des Moines. Ia. Chas S. Fee, G. P & T. A., St. Paul, Minn. 8-15. CAUSES BURPRISE. Connecticut Man Declares His Assessment Is Much Too Low Robert M. Bruce, one of the millionaires of Greenwich, Conn., a former cotton broker and a friend of E. C. Benedict, has caused surprise by appearing before the board of assessors of the town and asking them to have his assessment raised 50 per cent, says the New York Sun. He said that he had never paid any attention to the making out of his list of taxable property, leaving it with the assessors. He had looked the matter up recently and decided that he was not paying all that he should into the town treasury and he asked for the raise. The assessors promised to comply with his wishes and it is understood that they will raise the taxes of all other millionaires there to some extent. Mr. Bruce's example is the subject of much comment. For many years past Greenwich has raised $90,000 by taxation and has spent $30,000 more than it raised. The debt has rolled up to nearly $400,000. The town appointed an investigating committee and the members imported that more money must be raised by taxation. Fixing up the taxes last fall was put over until next spring. The assessors figured up the amount of taxable property and an increase of the tax rate seemed probable. Persons who have looked up the matter say that there appears to be no law for the poor man and another or the rich man. The law says that each property owner must put in a rue list of the real value of all property, real and personal, but the general rule among persons of moderate means has been to pay on 60 per cent of abolition. The millionaires in some instances have not paid on 10 per cent of the property. Lowest rates to Chicago via the C. M. & St. P. Ry. Ask anyone the best and quickest route to Chicago, combined with the greatest comfort. Electric lighted vestibulued limited leaves Des Moines Union Depot at 9:40 p.m. daily Dining car serving breffkfast A la Carte in the morning. Train arriving at Chicago at 8:30 a.m., enabling travelers to make all connections for the east. Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Ticket office 410 Walnut. Fair t. KEOKUK NOTES. Quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. church on Sunday. The Pilgrim Rest Baptist church is making great preparation for the Baptist Association which will convene the 21st. Many excursions are expected from different points in Missouri. Mrs. Emma Teabeau, Sallie Brooks and Bearth Hurst leaves Tuesday for Quincy to attend the garnd session of U. B. F. and S. M. T. The St. Mary church gave a plenic at Prices Creek on Thursday. A large number attended and all report a fine time. There will be a plATFORM dance at the home of Mrs. A. J, Fields on the 27. All are cordially invited. Mr. Hendeason of Macon spent Sunday in the city. Mrs. Sarah Holt is still on the mend. Mrs. Susan Is still confined to her bed. Mrs. Mitchell is still confined to her bed. Mrs. Price of Chicago is in the city visiting her mother, Mrs. Dove. Miss Baker and Mrs. Rogers of St. Louis are the guests of Mr. Selby Johnson. A large excursion from here to Quincy Friday. ALBIA NOTES. Mesdames M. F. Ward and Josie Meadows returned Wednesday from their visit to points in Kentucky. Mrs. Susie Snoddy returned from a visit to Oskaloosa this week. Rev. W. A. Searay was called to Marshalltown last Sunday. A goodly number of Albians attended the laying of the corner stone of the A. M. E. church in Buxton on Sunday. All present report a fine time. MUSCATINE NEWS. Mr. J. L. Thompson was in the city Saturday in the interest of the BYSTANDER Mr. Joseph Curr was not feeling so well last week. Little Miss Alda Pasch of Davenport is visiting at the home of Rev. Gordon. The Dunbar club will give a lawn social on the vacant lot below the church Thursday Aug. 16. Paulick band will furnish music. Mr. Charlie Greenway and wife are expected in the city this week, for a visit with the formers parents. Rev. Gordon delivered a masterly sermon at the Union services at the Court Square Sunday evening. Mrs. Fannie Loomis entertained at dinner Sunday Misses Maude Ouseley, Nora Walker and Florence White. Several contemplate going on the excursion to Burlington Aug. 29. Our girls are now busy engaged in making paper hats, one of which are beauties too. The A. M. E. S. S. decided to have a picnic at Peks Run Aug. 21. Mr. Ed Balnes after a weeks' vacation has resumen his dutie at the Hotel Commercial. REDUCED RATES TO COLFAX, IA For Epworth League Assembly. For this occasion the Great Rock Island Route will sell tickets at rate of one fare for round trip from points in Iowa exclusive of Council Bluffs. Dates of sale August 7th to 18th with return limit August 19th, 1901. The Assembly has arranged a splendid program and this will be an excellent opportunity for an outing combining health, pleasure and intellectual enjoyment at small expense. For full information apply to any Rock Island agent or to JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. P. A. Chicago, IL. BURLINGTON SAYINGS. The Des Moines County Fair closed Friday. It brought many visitors to the city, and the colored people were well represented. Miss Susie Johnson, who has been the guest of her brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Burt Johnson, left Monday on the steamer Elosie for Ft. Madison. A surprise party was given on Misses Johnson and Fillmore of Ft. Madison and Keokuk respectively, at the home of Mrs. George Tyler, Thursday night, and it was a great surprise to them. About twenty were present and the beautiful home of Mrs. Tyler presented a lively scene. Music and dancing prevailed, after which Mr. Folks kept the house in a peal of laughter by his comical play of "Uncle Tom's Log Residence." Ice cream was served and all went home declaring the party to be the grandest event of the season. The K. of P. Band of Cleveland, Iowa stopped in the city for a few hours Friday while on their way home. The K. of P. Lodge of this city met them at the Union station and paraded the streets several block, serenading the news paper offices and the B. & W. R. R. office. Their music brought fourth encors and money. After having rendered several difficult pieces they were led to the hall, where they freed themselves of their baggage and were showed over the city. They left at 7:02 for Cleveland. Miss Fillmore, after a weeks' visit left Monday for Keokuk. A delightful outing was enjoyed Sunday evening by the following ladies: Mesdames Tyler, Johnson, Arms, Palmer, Misses Lewis Johnson, Ella and Goldie Cowden, Drake, Fillmore, Mary and Martha Brooks and Smith. Miss Nash passed through the city Sunday morning on her way to St. Louis. She has been in Minneapolis for several months. There is a movement on foot to run an excursion to Ft. Madison Aug 26, if the movement is not premature, many will spend a pleasant day in Ft. Madison. Rev. Douglas has issued a call meeting for the purpose of organizing a literary society. Every person should put fourth his strongest effort to make it a success, because this is something Burlington has long bedn in need of, and she should appreciate Rev. Douglas' interest very much. Miss Yaiser of Ft. Madison and her cousin, Miss Warren of Keokuk, are the guests of Mrs. Washington. Mrs. J. J. Ivy spent Friday and Saturin Mt. Pleasant. Miss Bell Graham is still improving and we hope for her speedy recovery. The B. U. Y. P. club meets every Sunday afternoon at Union Baptist church. All are cordially invited to attend. It looks as though we are to have a double wedding in our city soon. As they do not occur often I would advise all to make preparations for the occasion. Mr. L. Martin always walcomes you with a smile at his pool and billard halls, 319 Front street. Mrs. Eliza Weldon left Saturday for St. Louis to visit relatives. The Rev. Higgins desires to have all of his members present on next Sabbath. Preaching in the morning at 11:00; in the evening at 7:45. St. John's A. M. E. church. Go to Mr. James Dean's Tonsorial Parlors for good work, 106 North Main St. --- CEDAR RAPIDS. Our city is being beautified by the laying of several miles of asphalt paving, which adds much to its appearance, causing it to don the style of a metropolis. Mrs. Essie Emery of Chicago is visiting her friend Mrs. J. A. Clay of South Ninth street. Mrs. Emery will return home the later part of this week. Miss Anna Terry of Boone is a guest of her brother and wife Mr. and Mrs. Simon Terry. Mrs. Laura Martin entertained at a 5 o'clock tea Monday afternoon in honor of Mrs. E. Brown of Washington, D. C., the following ladies being present: Mesdames Ben Hawkins, P. Johnson, A. Ford, Simon Terry, Geo H. Wade and Miss A. Terry. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, late of Boone, are recent additions to our society to which we welcome them. DAVENPORT The boat excursion given by the A. M. E. church to Clinton was a success and all reported a good time. Mr. and Mrs. McGaw attended the district grand lodge of I. O. O. F at Galesburg Wednesday, August 8, and report a grand time; and also said the Odd Fellows are certainly the coming order among our people. Mr. J. L. Thompson was a visitor in our city Friday and Saturday in the interest of the Bystander. We are glad to have him visit us at any time. Mrs. B. Baker is in Galesburg visiting her daughter, Mrs. E. Esy. Mrs. A. Davis has bid Davenport success to our people and we wish her much joy and success in this life. Davenport is certainly a good market for the girls. Who will be next? All watch East Eleventh. Rev. J. A. Bingaman of Muchaknock preached in Rock Island Sunday to a large audience, and has gained a great influence on that city and has made many friends in the tri-cities. We wish him success on his return home Monday morning. Mr. Eugene Green and W. L. Baker visited Mount Maria and Mount Zion Baptist churches in Omaha Sunday, August 11, and report a pleasant time and also met with many old friends. Rev. M. J. Burton of the Third Baptist church has proved to be one of the most successful pastors in the city of Davenport. In planning and raising money for the cause of Christ he has broken the record by raising more money on August 4 than any pastor of colored churches since the church has been organized in 23 years. So it shows that Christ is blessing his work. Mrs. Hart is able to be out again and Mrs. Lennie is somewhat better. She is able to sit up. Mrs. A. D. Corbin has been on the sick list but is able to be out again. Mrs. Rogers, who has been on the sick list, is able to be out again. Davenport is expecting to have a large delegation at the association this year as usual. CLINTON. A large number of the member and friends of the A. M. E. church of Davenport availed themselves of the opportunity to take in the annual excursion of the society to this city on last Thursday. A number from Rock Island and Moline were also in attendance. The new palatial steamer of the Acme line, the J. S., was engaged for the occasion. Come again Davenport. Died—The infant son of Mrs. Estelle Bush Emerson passed away at the Eighth avenue home Friday night, his death being due to convulsions. Brief funeral services were held at the residence Saturday afternoon, Rv. J. Peterson officiating, followed by interment in Springdale cemetery. Those who have not settled for their paper will please do so at once as the editor desires accounts settled as soon as possible. A trolley party and concert is announced for the evening of August 29th to Joyce's Park. It is now only a few weeks until our pulpit will be vacant and we will be asking that old familiar question, Who is going to be the next pastor? John L. Thompson was a business caller in our city for a few hours Thursday, looking after the interests of the Bystander. A susual he found everything moving along nicely. We are informed the congregation of the Second Baptist church are in need of a pastor. Mrs. Lou Spencer has returned to her home in Chicago after a several week's visit with her sister, Mrs. P. P. Taylor and family. COLD INDEED. Some of the Old Tricks of Liquid Air Liquid air is, pernaps, the coldest thing in the world. It is so sold that a cake of ice is like a fierce fire as compared with it, for a kettle of liquid air placed on a cake of ice will boil just as water boils over a hot fire. It freezes mercury so hard that one can drive nails in it. The story is told that Mr. Charles E. Tripler, the experimenter in liquid air, recently took a quart can of the remarkable substance with him on a visit to a friend. On the way he stopped in a restaurant to eat a beefsteak. The waiter brought in a hot broiled steak and placed it in front of Mr. Tripler. As soon as the waiter's back was turned Mr. Tripler hastily opened the can and exposed the meat to the liquid air. Instantly the steak was frozen hard as a rock. When the waiter came back his customer complained that the steak was frozen. So the waiter called the head waiter, and the head waiter blamed it all on the cook and the cook was at loss to explain, and the result was that the frozen steak was taken back into the kitchen as a mysterious curdity. A new steak was broiled for Mr. Tripler and this one he to with much rel Professional Beggar Leaves Fortune. A professional beggar of Budapest, who died recently, had amassed the very comfortable sum of £42,000. This he bequeathed to the University of Pressburg, where he had made much money in his early days by swindling. GO A OR Bi T T T G G UT T T T I the C to w I will I en fa I scl by I n ap T as th as as th as th th th Holds Up Load of Tourists in Adirondacks. BOLD WORK IN DAYLIGHT. Men Fice to Brush, Leaving Women at Mercy of Road Agent, Who Proves a Gallant—The Driver Injured by Falling. Coup by California Bandit. San Francisco, Aug. 16.—One man, armed with a repeating rifle, held up a stage loaded with twenty passengers on the Calistoga and Clear Lake road about eighty miles north of this city today. After taking the express box, the mail bag and the watches and purses of passengers, the bandit ordered the stage to be driven on. He got a few hundred dollars, but the exact amount is not known. The passengers were all tourists. The highwayman wore over his face a handkerchief, in which holes were cut for the eyes. This is the third robbery in this section in the last three months. Old Man Kills Himself. New York, Aug. 16.—Charles W. Ferciot, 66 years of age, shot himself in the head at his home in this city and died in a short time. He came to this country from France, and for many years was identified with the grape-growing and winemaking industries, being at one time largely interested in vineyards on Lake Erie. Mr. Ferciot had been despondent of late on account of ill-health. High Water at New Orleans New Orleans, La., Aug. 19—The storm which has been raging at the Mississippi river's mouth for over twenty-four hours has backed the water in the river up fully five feet. Many rice fields along the lower coast are under water and orange lands will be damaged. Many people in that district have left their houses. Sexteen Children Hurt Lima, O., Aug. 16.—A picnic wagon containing thirty children on their way to the country was upset on South Main street. Carrie Cooke, aged 6, and Marie Ferguson, aged 13, were fatally hurt and fifteen others more or less injured. Secretary Hay at Capital Washington, D. C., Aug. 15.—Secretary Hay has returned to the city after an absence of several weeks, and was at his desk today, giving attention to the business which has accumulated in his absence. French Cruiser at Colon. Colon, Colombia, Aug. 15.—The French cruiser Suchet has arrived here from Martinique. The American gunboat Machias is expected to arrive about next Sunday. Transit traffic is free. Serious Fire in Ohio. Canton, O., Aug. 15—What threatens to prove a serious fire for the town of North Lawrence, sixteen miles from here, was still burning at 1:30 noon. Later Particulars of the Water Works Tunnel Catastrophe. Cleveland, O., Aug. 15.—Five men were suffocated in the new water works tunnel fire and three workmen were drowned as the result of the calamity. The new water works tunnel, crib No. 2, caught fire and was almost demolished. Three gangs of tunnel workmen, who live at the crib, were caught like rats in a trap, and either had to jump into the lake and possibly drown, or else go back into the tunnel to a probable death by suffocation. It is known that at least three men were rescued. They belonged to the shift that was resting at the time and were forced to jump into the lake to escape death by fire. At 4 a. m., when tugs reached the scene, the fire had died down somewhat. The life-saving crew, the fire tug Cleveland, and tugs Lutz, Sprinkle, Kenny and S. S. Stone were on the scene, but nothing could be done to learn whether the men in the tunnel were alive or dead, because the structure was stil burning. The firemen had the flames under control at 4:30 a. m. The opinion of some was that the tunnel men had perished for want of air. Others thought they were safe, as the compressed air was possibly not shut off. The tug Sprinkle brought twenty-two badly burned men to shore, where several of them were taken in ambulances to hospitals. It is certain that ten men met death at the crib and it is likely more lost their lives. Dead and Injured. Following is a list of the dead so far as known: Arthur Hasty, drowned; A. Hastings, burned; Plummer Jones, dies from suffocation after trying to rescue imprisoned men; John Kowolsy, drowned; John Martine, drowned; Mark Snyder, drowned; four unidentified men, burned. The injured so far as known: O. Braddock, burned; David Kelly, rescuer, overcome by gas; John Leese, back broken; will die; Charles Smith, overcome by gas. The men still imprisoned in the tunnel are Victor Kauffman of Canton. John Enging and Adam Kest. Commander of Cruiser Charleston Wrecked North of Luzon. San Francisco, Aug. 15.—Captain George W. Pigman, who was in command of the cruiser Charleston when that vessel was wrecked on an un- charted rock off the northern coast of Luzon, and has since been in command of the Monitor Monterey in Phi- ppinee waters, has returned home on the City of Pekin, his term of service having expired. Another passenger was William Haywood, formerly consul general to Hawaii, who, as attorney for sugar corporations in Hawaii, is on his way to Washington. Several German officers on the way to Berlin from Pekin also came on the steamer. TO IMPROVE NAVY YARD. Sum of About $2,000,000 to Be Expended at Brooklyn. New York, Aug. 15.—Improvements at the Brooklyn navy yard to cost about $2,000,000 will soon be started by the yards and docks department. Within the next few weeks the department will advertise through the authorities at Washington for bids on the construction of four new structures to cost in the neighborhood of $1,000,000. These buildings, with the erection of a great coaling pier from the cob dock, a number of buildings on the ordinance dock and the completion of work already under way, will call for an expenditure of about $2,000,000. KRUG DELIVERED TO MEXICO. American Taken to Jemlnez to Be Tried for Embezzlement. El Paso, Texas, Aug. 15.—John Krug, an American, ordered surrendered to Mexico to answer the charge of embzzeling $100,000 from Wells-Fargo at Escalon, Mexico, has been delivered to the Mexican officers at Juarez. The Mexican officials met the United States marshal at the center of the Rio Grande bridge, where they signed a receipt for the prisoner. He was taken to Jininez and will be tried there. The extradition proceedings were the hardest fought on record since the new treaty was signed. INJURED ON BURNING BARGE. Five Persons Have Narrow Escape From Death in New York. New York, Aug. 15.—Five persons narrowly escaped death by the burning of the hay barge Merchant at the foot of West 414th street to-day. Three of them—Captain George W. Shear, his wife and their 15year-old daughter Bertha—were badly hurt. Mrs. Shear is suffering from shock and severe burns, and her condition is critical. The daughter is suffering from shock, a broken ankle and internal injuries, and Captain Shear is severely burned. All three are in Roosevelt hospital. Attorney Inherits $25,000. Muncie, Ind., Aug. 15—Fred Frusher, a struggling young attorney of this city, has inherited a legacy of $25,000 from James Houseman, a rich uncle, who died in Durban, South Africa. Houseman made a fortune of $5,000,000 in South African mines. Two Young Women Drowned. Savannah, Ga., Aug. 15—Misses Stella and Gertrude Ambrose, daughters of Captain Andrew Ambrose, a Savannah pilot, were drowned today while bathing in the surf off Furber's Point, Tybee Island. South Chicago Steel Workers Refuse to Rescind Vote. LOSE THEIR UNION CHARTER. Figo Declares Not Financial Aid Is Wanted by Amalgamated Association but Moral Support—Meeting Gives Respectful Hearing but No Applause. Chicago, Aug. 16.—The steel workers of South Chicago last night stood by their decision not to strike. They refused to reconsider their action of Sunday. As a result Michael F. Tighe, assistant secretary to President Shaffer of the Amalgamated association, reckoned the charter of the two lodges, Lakeside Lodge No. 9 and Commercial Lodge No. 14. Mr. Tighe declared emphatically that he did not come west to seek financial assistance, but the moral support of the South Chicago men. During the evening Mr. Tighe also received notice that the lodges at Joliet had decided formally not to strike. The action of the South Chicago men in refusing even to consider the request of Mr. Tighe is thought to be one of the severest blows the great steel strike has received. The men of South Chicago defend their position by declaring that Mr. Tighe and the officers of the Amalgamated association are not familiar with the conditions here. They will surrender their charters at the next regular meeting, but will endeavor to maintain their M. F. TIGHE. organization under a different name. In the future they will have no connection whatever with the Amalgamated association. The meeting was called to order at 7:30, having been delayed a half hour to await the arrival of Mr. Tighe. When he entered with Vice-President Davis he found seventy-two members of Lakeside and Commercial lodges ready to listen. Mr. Davis called the members to order, with John Withington as secretary. Mr. Tighe immediately took the platform and began to speak. He spoke for nearly two hours, calmly presenting the conditions as he saw them. He told how much the strikers needed the assistance of the west, and related how the great steel corporation was magnifying the desertion of the western men and declaring that the strike was broken. The members listened to him quietly and respectfully, not once interrupting him with applause. At the conclusion of Mr. Tighe's address George W. Shepherd and Mr. Collins spoke in behalf of the South Chicago men. After the meeting Mr. Tighe said: "I came west in search of union men, not for financial assistance. I found one—William C. Davis, our vice-president. I presented the cause to the men fairly and pleaded with them not to let the cast fight this battle alone. I told them the benefit their moral support would be to the men who are arrayed against the steel corporation." CARNEGIE PLANT HIT HARD: Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 15.—The Lower Union plant of the Carnegie company was an hour late in starting today and the strikers claim that they have the mill seriously crippled. Several skilled men left the place yesterday and joined the strikers and the latter claim to be able to tie the plant up. The officials say the loss of ten of the men can be directly traced to the threats of the strikers, who intercept the men on the way to and from work. The same complaint is made as to Bellaire. Wheeling and McKeesport. They say that the strikers at Riverside went to Bellaire and literally bluffed the remaining men into going out. They also claim that the same tactics gained the strikers the steel workers in the National Tube plant at Benwood and also forced out hundreds of loyal employees at McKeesport. The officials declare they have given up hope of getting protection from the local authorities at McKeesport and Wheeling but have given no indication that they intend to ask for state aid either in Pennsylvania or West Virginia. The strike leaders on the other hand, insist that they are proceeding entirely within their rights and the law and that any recruits won by them have been obtained by means entirely fair. Monett After Steel Combine. Columbus, O., Aug. 15.—Former Attorney-General Monnett, an attorney for the Anti-Trust League, has filed with the secretary of state a list of interrogatories concerning the status of the constituent companies of the United States Steel corporation doing business in Ohio. The secretary of state declined to make public Mr. Monnett's letter, but stated no answer had been made to it. Mr. Monnett asks what records have been filed by the companies in question and if none have been filed what action has been taken to recover the penalties provided for noncompliance with the law. Colorado Called Upon. Denver, Col., Aug. 15.—President H. F Garman of the State Federation of Labor has been called to a conference of labor leaders at Pittsburgh over the steel strike, and the move is taken as an indication that organized labor in this state will help furnish the sinews for the battle of giants in the industrial world. President Garman has not decided whether he can find time to go. BASFBALL GAMES. American League. At Boston, first game-- Philadelphia ..... 2 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0-3 Boston ..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Second game-- Philadelphia ..... 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 *-4 Philadelphia ..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0-2 At Washington-- Washington ..... 3 0 4 0 1 *-3 Baltimore ..... 0 0 0 1 3 0-1 National League. American Won. Lost. Pct. Chicago 60 35 562 Boston 54 39 581 Baltimore 50 39 562 Detroit 49 45 521 Philadelphia 45 47 459 Cleveland 39 52 429 Washington 37 52 416 Milwaukee 35 60 368 Won. Lost. Pct. National League. Pittsburgh 52 35 508 St. Louis 55 40 579 Philadelphia 54 40 574 Brooklyn 51 44 537 Boston 45 47 459 New York 38 49 427 Cincinnati 37 54 407 Chicago 37 60 331 ONE KILLED AND SIX INJURED. Brazil, Ind., Street Car Collides with a Freight Car. Brazil, Ind., Aug. 16.—An interurban street car, well loaded with passengers, crashed into a ooX car which was being backed on a Vandalia branch track across Main street. Brakeman Mort Hunt of the Vandalia crew was caught in the collision and instantly killed. Patrick Coolihan, watchman at the crossing, was bruised and all the passengers on the car were thrown across the seats. Those severely injured were: Thomas Watson, coal operator, Terre Haute, leg sprained, side injured; William Floyd, architect, Terre Haute, side and stomach bruised; suffering considerable pain, which indicates internal injuries; George Phillis, city; chest and arms bruised, shoulder sprained; Julia Peters, Williamstown, hurt internally; Michael Sweeeney, motorman, received severe sprain of wrist and shoulders. The conductor says the air brakes refused to work and he could not stop the car. Kentucky Towns Inundated Middleboro, Ky., Aug. 16.—Damage amounting to thousands of dollars has been done by rains to citizens of this section, especially those who occupy the valley farms. It has been raining for several days and there are no signs of abatement. A large portion of this valley is inundated. A suburb of Middlesboro is under water, but the damage is slight. Stonega, Ve., was visited by a waterspout, which compelled three-fourths of the inhabitants to flee for their lives. The damage in that section is beyond estimation. Cumberland and Powell rivers have both risen. Reports of floods come from all parts of the mountain districts. Held for Criminal Neglect. Philadelphia. Ayg. 16.—George B. McClemmy, proprietor of the grocery store at Tenth and Locust streets, in which, on Monday of last week, an explosion of gasoline occurred, resulting in the death of eight persons and the injuring of about forty others, was arrested today on a warrant issued by Coroner Dugan. McClemmy is charged with criminal negligence in keeping explosive oil in the cellar of his store. He was injured in the explosion and is at present confined to his bed. He will be kept under police surveillance until he is able to appear at the inquest, the date of which has not yet been decided. Map and Wife Murdered. Vincennes, Ind., Aug. 16.—The bodies of James Sanderson and his wife were found last night at their home, near Heathsville, Ill., cold and stiff and with the appearance of having been dead for hours. Sanderson was a rough lumberman and his wife, Eunice, was twenty years his junior. They lived in a small house and seemed to have a hidden mystery connected with their lives. There is little doubt but that the couple were murdered. Sanderson had often remarked that he had a secret enemy who would kill him. Hinrichsen Much Better. Jacksonville, Ill., Aug. 16. ---The condition of William H. Hinrichsen shows a marked improvement today and his ultimate recovery seems assured. Hinrichsen is suffering from cystitis. Castro Claims Many Victories— Uribe Not Dead. Engagements Have Taken Place at Seven Different Points—One Rebel General and Four Colonels Killed—Three Hundred Men Killed or Wounded San Juan, Porto Rico, Aug. 16.—According to mail advices from Caracas, Venezuela, dated as recently as Aug. 10, the fighting between the Venezuelan revolutionists and President Castro's forces has been almost continuous since the battle of San Cristobal on July 29. Engagements are reported at Pirineos, La Fellasipa, La Parada, La Grita, Encontrados, Colon, and Las Cumbres, all in the state of Tachira. The Venezuelan casualties, according to Castro's official bulletins, were General Rosendo Madina and four colonels killed, and 300 men killed or wounded. Madina was a prominent man. He was formerly a governor and a senator. On Aug. 8 there was an encounter at Las Cumbres with a second force of revolutionists. The first details of the invasion of July 28 have also been received and convey the first intimation that the battle was a serious one. The engagement was fought at Las Pillas, La Parada, and Pirineos, and lasted twenty-six hours. The Colombian forces were compelled to retire, but not before 1,100 of both sides had been killed and wounded. Among these were General Resendo Madina of the Venezuelan side and four colonels. The Caracas correspondent, writing on Aug. 10, says another army has invaded Venezuela. This second force is reported to number 5,000 men. On Friday these troops attacked Las Cumbres and were repulsed. The main divisions of the armies have not yet met. General Uribe Not Dead. New York, Aug. 16.—Two communications have been received from the Colombian insurgent chief by Dr. A. J. Restrepo, representing the Liberal party in this country. These not only show that General Uribe-Uribe is alive but that he is in the thick of the conflict. It is further asserted that President Castro of Venezuela cabled to General Uribe-Uribe when the latter was in this city to come immediately to his assistance. Crowds at Crispi Funeral Naples, Aug. 16.—The funeral of Sig. Crispi was an imposing event. Cordons of troops lined the route, which was through the principal streets, and presented arms as the funeral car passed. The car was drawn by eight black horses, with sable trappings. The cords of the pall were held by the mayors of Rome, Naples, Ualermo and Ribera, Sicily, Crispi's birthplace, the vice-president of the chamber of deputies and other state officials. Disorder Grows at Malta Valetia, Island of Malta, Aug. 16.—The discontent here, arising from the language question and other grievances, is growing more acute. Sunday the union jack was torn to pieces in the streets by a large body of demonstrators. This was followed by the disfighting of Queen Victoria's jubilee statue last night. The marble was deluged with damaging acid. The perpetrators have not been discovered. Well-Known Scotchman Dies. Glasgow, Aug. 16.—Sir William Laird, the ironmaster, is dead. He was born at Blairbourie in 1830 and was educated in the parish school at that place. He was trained for the legal profession, but took service, with William Baird & Co., ironmasters at Gartsherrie, and was made a partner in 1878. He was chairman of the North British Railway Company. He received knighthood in 1897. Germany Grieves for Crispi. Naples, Aug. 15.—The widow of Sig. Crispi has received a telegram from Count von Bulow, the imperial chancellor of Germany, in which he says: "Germany deeply shares Italy's sorrow and will preserve faithful the memory of the eminent statesman and self-sacrificing patriot. The friendship which Francesco Crispi always showed for myself is counted by me among my most treasured memories." Russia, Seizes New-Chwang. London, Aug. 15.—A special dispatch from Shanghai, dated Aug. 14, says the Russians at New-Chwang have proclaimed the czar's suzerainty over that district, have abrogated the Chinese laws and have prohibited the natives from referring their disputes to the arbitration of American or British merchants and missionaries. All disputes must be referred to the Russians for settlement. Sugar Island Purchased. Gananoque, Ont., Aug. 16—Sugar island, about five miles from this place, has been purchased by the American Canoe Association for use as a permanent camp site. The island is about thirty-five acres in extent, and is well wooded, with numerous bays and coves, which give good landing and bathing beaches. Accident to Deutschland Cherbourg, Aug. 16.—The Hamburg- American stcaer Deutschland, from New York Aug. 8 for Jamburg, arrived here at 9:15 p. m. Her passage was delayed by a slight breakdown of both engines. End of an Old Police Chief New Orleans, La., Aug. 15.—Dexter A. Gaster, for twelve years chief of police of New Orleans, died last night. Millerburg, Ohio, Aug. 16.—A gang of robbers is trapped in a wood near this town, and a posse of citizens is at work in an effort to take them either alive or dead. A company of state militia is on the scene, and it is believed a battle will be fought before the desertees are captured. Early yesterday morning the robbers made an attempt to the James D. Adams bank of this city. The alarm was given, spread quickly, and soon the town was awake. The bandits, seeing their exploit had failed, took to flight. On the way they stole horses and rigs from the farmers to assist them in their escape. The citizens were on the point of giving over the pursuit when the robbers were sighted twelve miles from here. Some shots were exchanged, but no damage was done. As soon as the bandits got to the woods they abandoned the vehicles. The woods are now surrounded. DAILY MARKET REPORT Chicago-Board of Trade. Wheat— Open. High. Low. Close. Sept. $ .74% $ .74% $ .72% $ .72 Dec. .76% .78% .75 .75% May. .80 .80% .78% .75% Corn— Sept. .60% .60% .58 .58 Dec. .62% .62% .60% .61% May. .64% .64% .62% .63% Oats— Sept. .37 .37% .36% .36% Dec. .38 .38% .37% .37% May. .40% .40% .39% .40 Pork— Sept. 14.22% 14.22% 14.07% 14.15 Oct. 14.30 14.30 14.25 14.25 Jan. 15.50 15.60 15.40 15.45 Racing Church Ousts Pastor. Racine, Wis., Aug. 16.—It took the members of the First Congregational Church of this city but a few minutes after the regular prayer meeting last night to decide that they did not want the Rev. H. L. Richardson as their pastor for the coming year. A few weeks ago, when the divorce proceedings brought by Richardson's wife, which failed, were pending in Milwaukee the church almost unanimously passed resolutions of confidence and respect. The action last night is not contradictory to that of the former meeting, but the feeling prevailed that, under the circumstances, another man could do better work in the field. The vote on retention was 14 for to 35 against. Clear Sky. Bolt Kills. Appleton, Wis. Aug. 15—J. L. Lemmenway, a farmer in Bovina, a town a few miles north of this city, and the team of horses which were attached to the wagon on which he was at work, were struck and instantly killed by lightning yesterday afternoon. The lightning came from a clear sky, as with the exception of an approaching thunderstorm, there was scarcely cloud in sight. Monitor Helpless at Sea. Chatham, Mass., Aug. 16.—The monitor Amphitrite, bound from New Bedford for Boston to be dry docked, is anchored in a heavy fog in Chatham roads with disabled machinery. Her condensing valve became disabled so the ship was helpless and was obliged to anchor. Admiral Sampson was wired for assistance and ordered the tug Peoria to tow the monitor around the Rogers' Estate $5,000,000. New York, Aug. 15.—The work of the appraisers of the estate of the late Jacob S. Rogers has been completed. The figures will not be given out in advance of the report, but it is said that the estimate made by Mr. Rogers himself short! before his death, when he placed the value of his property at a little over $5,000,000, will be found very close to the actual figures. Glyes Hayana Twenty-One Havana, Aug. 16. —The constitutional convention decided that Havana shall elect 21 senatorial electors, Santa Clara, 18; Santiago, 18; Matanzas, 12; Pinar del Río, 11; and Puerto Principe, 8. A voter can only vote for 14 electors in Havana, 12 in Santiago and Santa Clara, 8 in Matanzas, 7 in Pinar del Río, and 5 in Puerto Principe. This recognizes the minorities. Winters' Booty Was $330,000. Williams Body Was $25,000. San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 15.—John Winters, who looted the vault of the Selby Smelting works at Vallejo Junction last Tuesday morning, secured as his booty gold bullion to the value of $220,000, or nearly $50,000 more than the sum originally given out. An error was made in compiling the list of stolen bars. Catholic Foresters Elect Officers. Detroit, Mich., Aug. 16.—Ine Catholic Order of Foresters, in annual convention here, elected the following officers: President, Thomas H. Cannon, Chicago; high secretary, Thomas B. Thiele, Chicago; high treasurer, Thomas H. Callen, Milwaukee; high physician, Dr. J. P. Smith, Chicago. Keteran Jurkl Passes Away Veteran Jurist Passes Away. Bay City, Mich., Aug. 16.-Sanford M. Green, judge of the Supreme Court from 1848 to 1858, died at his home here, aged 94 years. In 1843 Judge Green revised the Michigan state statutes and his work stands unchanged today. Judge Green was a Circuit judge for thirty-four years. Cadets Start for Buffalo: West Point, N. Y., Aug. 16.—The West Point cadets left for the Pan-American Exposition over the West Shore railroad in a train in two sections of thirteen cars each. The cadets will remain at Buffalo until Aug. 25, giving daily exhibition drills. HAS NO EQUAL. 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St. Edward's Hall, for boy's under 13. The 88th year will open September 10th, 1901. Catalogues Free. Address Mount St.Joseph College and Academy. DUBUQUE, IOWA. Academy accredited to the University of Iowa and conducted by Sisters of Charity, B. U. M. Excellent facilities offered for the Education of Young Women and Children, Conservatory of Music and Art on European plan. One mile from Dubuque City. Direct railroad connections with leading cities, St. Paul, Wichita, Wichita Falls, Wisconsin and Illinois. Grounds cover 2 acres. Golf links, tennis courts, groves and pinieres. Freshly equipped buildings; private rooms. Three general courses of study. English and Normal for pupils preparing to take teachers' examinations. English and Classical and English and Scientific. Thorough Business. Session begins Wednesday, Sept. 11, 1901. For Catalogue address SISTER SUPERIOR, Mount St. Joseph, Dubuque, Iowa. 20.000 HARVEST HANDS required to harvest the grain crop of West- ern Canada. 150 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE The most abundant yield on the Continent. Reports are that the average yield of No.1 Hard wheat in Western Canada will be over thirty bushels to the acre. Prices for farm help will be excellent. Splendid Ranching Lands adjoining the Wheat Belt. Excursions will be run from all points in the United States to the Free Grant Lands. Secure a home at once, and if you wish to purchase at prevailing prices, and secure the advantage of the low rates, apply for literature, rates, etc., to F. PEDLEY, Superintendent Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to N. Bartholomew, Canadian Government Agent, 305 5th St., Des Moines Iowa. 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How the steel cries out with its message to the world. The song of the press has hushed the voice of tyrants, it has shamed the clamor of mobs, and one day it shall drown the dirge of cannon. In that clatter and clash and shricking of wheels that make the pressroom's din, one may find all the voices of the world. The lullaby of mothers is there; the groan of those in anguish; the complaint of the oppressed; the heartless crackle of laughter, the sighs of lovers, the hollow words of liars. All the voices of the earth, the bad as surely as the good, are found in that strident song the presses sing. How wonderful it is! How miraculous! If the miracle of loaves and fishes proves Christ's divinity, how surely the miracle of the printing press prove the presence of some guiding force, guiding man's destiny, some kindly master hand leading him on! UNNA DEFINES A CAUSE. European Skin Specialist Says Dandruz is Caused by Parasites. 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The girls in Chicago who are employed as domestics have combined themselves into a union, adopted a scale of wages and formulated this set of rules which have brought terror to the heart of housekeepers: Rule 1. Work shall not begin before 5:30 a. m., and shall cease when the evening's dishes are washed and put away. Two hours each afternoon and an evening at least twice a week shall be allowed the domestic as her own. Rule 2. There shall be no opposition on the part of the mistress to club life on the part of the domestic. Entertainment of friends in limited numbers shall not be prohibited, provided the domestic furnishes her own refreshments. Rule 3. Gentlemen friends shall not be barred from the kitchen or back porch. Members of the family of the house shall not interrupt the conversation arising during said visit. Rule 4. Domestic shall be allowed such hours off on Monday as will permit them to visit the bargain counters J. of the stores and enjoy on that day the same privileges enjoyed by the mistress and her daughters. Not a Plagiarist. Historian Maclay indignantly denies the charge that any part of his immortal work was stolen from the Edinburgh Review. "The idea that I have committed any act of plagiarism in my history," he exclaims, "is simply preposterous." Of course it is. Compare these two passages and the absurdity of the notion that one can have been stolen from the other becomes manifest: MACLAY'S. Taking James at his word, we turn to theime, 354, 355, and find him referring to the French privateer Bordelais as an extraordinarily fine ship of 24 guns striking her colors to a British 46-gun frigate, "without, as it appears, making any resistance," provoking any comment from James. REVIEW. 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He is a sufferer from a disease known as alopecia, which caused the hair to entirely disappear from his head. Specialists say that the disease was caused by a sudden fright. The largest piece of granite ever quarried was recently loosened from its natural bed at the John L. Goss quarry, in Crotch Island, Stonington, Me. This enormous stone is 325 feet long, 50 feet wide and 38 feet deep, and its estimated weight is $2,000 tons. An Irish soldier at Fort Hamilton, N. Y., was late on returning at night, and, fearing a reprimand, climbed over the barracks wall. He was discovered, and an officer asked why he did not enter by the gate. His excuse was quite unique: "Please, sir, I was afraid of waking the sentry." The dogs of Alaska are called malamutes. They are a cross between a dog and a wolf, and work in harness soon after their birth. They do not bark, but have a peculiar howl. They have long hair, and can steep in the open with the thermometer sixty degrees below zero. 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Y., July 30.—A joint meeting of railway passenger agents, hotel and newspaper men was held this afternoon with the view of adopting some means for correcting so far as possible the impression that appears to prevail at distant points that railway rates to the Pan-American Exposition are high and that hotel rates in Buffalo are excessive. The conference revealed the fact that Buffalo can accommodate two hundred thousand visitors in its private houses and hotels at rates ranging from fifty cents to two dollars per night, and that no one need pay more than one dollar for a first-class lodging in a private house. It was also shown that the railroad rate is lower than for any former exposition for a five, ten or fifteen day ticket, according to distance, being at the rate of one fare plus one dollar for the round trip, from all parts of the country. The Niagara Falls cheap, one-day special excursions of former years, when trains were overcrowded and everyone subjected to great discomfort, are remembered only so far as the low rate is concerned, and this is quoted as showing what might be done. The passenger agents assert that the present half rates are as low as can reasonably be expected. An extension of the present limit has been looked for, as it gives too short a time for anyone to see the big exposition, but it has not yet been modified. Other points which the representatives of the publishers' association will lay stress upon are that the Exposition is completed in all details and that both Buffalo and the Exposition are well policed and as free from dangerous characters as any city in the country. A joint committee was appointed to deal with questions affecting the Exposition and the proper welcome and care of guests. 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