Iowa State Bystander

IOWA Communications must be written on one side of the paper only and be of interest to the public. "Brevity is the soul of wkt." remember We will not return rejected manuscript, unless accompanied by postage stamps. to speak friends Mrs. bome in A. J. Vaughn, who has been quite sick for several weeks, is still quite sick at his home on Oak street. The R will spee later par daughter ```markdown ``` VOL. 8. IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE BYSTANDER PUBLISHING COMPANY, FIFTH AND LOCUST, ROOM 403 MARSHAL BLOCK. IOWA *PHONE 899. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF IOWA. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE MOST WORSHIPFUL UNITED GRAND LODGE OF IOWA, A. F. & A. M. One year..... $1.50 Six months..... 75 Three months..... 50 All subscription payable in advance. J. L. THOMPSON, EDITOR. J. H. SHEPARD, MANAGER. Send money by post office order, money order, express or draft, to the IOWA STATE BYSTAN- DER Publishing Company. CITY NEWS Czolgosz will be eleetrocuted Oct. 28. Miss Ethel Wells entertained last Wednesday night. Miss Beatrice Hicklin is quite sick at her home on Tenth street. Mrs. W. H. Humburd is much better at this late report. Mrs. Dora Dungee still remains quite sick at the home of Mrs. Jordan Morris. Mr. and Mrs Harry McCraven are at home to their friends, 1063 Fifth street. Wm. Wilkinson, a chair car porter on the C, & G. W., is enjoying his vacation this month. J. H. Mixon, Jeweler, No. 312 West Third street, tunes Pianos and repairs Organs, Mr. Chas. Richardson of Clive is fixing up his property on 31st street, preparatory to move in this fall. Mr. Jackson Ford returned to his home last Thursday, in Montana where he has a good situation. E. M. Houston has purchased the barber shop at 309 Walnut street, and took possession last week. We the undersigned wish to thank the friends who were so kind during the death of our father, James Ford. MRS. JANE FORD. JACK FORD. Mrs. Martha Bass leaves to night for Fayette county, where she will spend about ten days visiting relatives and friends. Those who owe the BYSTANDER for back subscription will please pay up at once; be fair and honest with us. Mrs. Fitch is dangerously sick at her home on W. 19th and Carpenter Ave. She has been in bed for more than two weeks. Mrs. M. B. West of Kehoka, Mo., arrived in our city yesterday to visit her daughter, Mrs. A. Forbs on West 13th street. Mr. E. T. Banks, our faithful janitor of the Court House, received the sad news that his mother was dying. He left immediately for Pachuto, Miss. Harding Ice Cream is always best and suits the people. Phones 647. 762 Ninth street. We received several correspondence this week, late as usual, coming after Wednesday noon. We emphasize that if you wish your news published, it must reach our office on time. Our city collector will call on all chose who are yet in the arrears on their subscription. Please be prepared to pay up. Wm. Coalson and J. H. Shepard returned last Monday, after a very pleasant visit in the White City. They say that Bishop Grant has the interest of Des Moines and its people at heart, and he believes they will like their new pastor and his wife. The Daily Register asked the following question: "If Czolgosz had been a black man would he be alive to-day?" Our answer is, we doubt very much if an atom of his body could have been found one hour after the deed had been committed. A STATE BYSTA DES MOINES, IOWA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1901. Mr. Geo. H. Dunn returned last Tuesday after spending several days in Kansas City with relatives. Mr. Wm. Washington left Thursday morning for Colorado, where he expects to stay until his health improves. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wyatt are rejoicing over the arrival of a son on last Tuesday. Mother and son are doing well. Seeley-Howe-LeVan Co. LEADERS OF LOW PRICES Four Busy Floors Selling Every Minute of the Day. A. M. E. CONFE The African Methodical Conference of Iowa annual session at St. church, corner of Aust and Rubey street, Chic day evening. Bishop Grant presided. The C in many respects ex The Trustees and Stewards of St. Paul's A. M. E. church are requested to meet at the church Monday evening Sept. 30, at 8 o'clock sharp. Mesdames F. H. Johnson and W. H. Hughes will leave Saturday for Poone to spend a week or ten days visiting friends and relatives. Mrs. Estella Lucas returned to her home in Chicago last Tuesday evening, after spending several weeks visiting at the home of Mrs. Fred Jackson on Eighth street. Miss Orey Shaffer returned home last Sunday from Minneapolis, Minn., where she has been visiting relatives for nearly three months. She enjoyed her visit very much. Chas. J. Roy has taken possess'on of the barber shop at 320 West Thi d street and would be pleased to have your patronage. This shop will be known as the Equal Right Union Barber Shop. The will of the late Mrs. Martha C. Callanan, which was flied in the district court last Saturday, bequeathed the most of her $50,000 to charitable institutions. She gave to the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institution of Tuskegee, Ala., $20,000. No doubt the relatives and many friends of Chas. C. Lewis will be glad to hear that he is now head-waiter at the Russell House in Detroit, Mich. He at one time had charge of the dining room at the Aborn House in this city. The Rev. and Mrs. James Higgins will spend a few days in the city the later part of the week, visiting their daughter, Mrs. L. R. Palmer, before going to their new field of labor in Moline, Ill. Miss Annas Logan returned to the city last Saturday evening, after spending three weeks at the parental home in Missouri. She was accompanied by her cousin, Miss Mary A. Logan, who will make her home here with her sister Miss. J. H. Shepard and attend school. There will be quarterly meeting Sunday at Burn's M. E. church, conducted by Rev. O. A. Johnson of Oskaloosa. Hours of service: 11:00 a. m. and 3:00 p. m. Rev. J. O. R. Winbush, of the East Side Baptist church, will preach at 7:30 p. m. All are welcome. C. W. Holmes, pastor. There was given last Friday evening a party at the home of Mr. and Mr. Price! Alexander, in Highland Park. All those present enjoyed themselves by dancing and with different games, after which they departed for their homes. When in Oskaloosa, Iowa, stop at Mr. Peter Williams, No. 216 North A street, for good meals and room. Mrs. J. D. Foreman who has been at Chandler and El Reno, Oklahoma for several months, has returned home. She was at El Reno when the drawing for claims was in progress. She has a claim near Chandler, and says that is a good country for industrious people to make money. 4 Paw & Sells Bros. circus gaga two performances here last Saturday, and as usual they have a colored band. Prof. P. G. Lowery has had charge of the band for the past three seasons and it is beyond a doubt one of the best bands on the road, for the number of pieces they have. The professor is playing some excellent cornet solos this season. IOWA PHONE 1081 MUTUAL PHONE 493 (Office) Miles' Drug Store OFFICE HOURS: {8 to 10 a. m. 2 to 4 p. m. 7 to 9 p. m.} DR. A. G. EDWARDS. Physician and Surgeon. Over 764 West Ninth:Street Because They offer Right Merchandise at Right Prices. READY TO PUT ON GARMENTS The swellest you have seen, always without the Fancy Prices. --- Honest Goods & Lowest Prices FURNITURE, CARPETS, STOVES. Grand Millinery Opening. Sept. 25th to 28th. YOU ARE INVITED. 5 cases, dark Flannelttes, direct from Eastern manufacturers 5c, 8 1-3c, 10c and 12 $ _{1/2} $ c. 3 Great drives in Percales, dark and medium light colors— 6c, 9c and 12 $ _{1/2} $ c. 2000 yards Novelty Wool Dress Goods worth up to 75 cents, choice— 39c. READY TO PUT The swellest you have the Fancy Prices. Do you want FURNITURE Go to a RELIABLE Where you get Honest Goods & FURNITURE, CA CHASE 712-714 WAL THE Best Stove THE ROYAL MIL 610 Waln Grand Millin Sept. 25th YOU ARE SIMMONS-FBANKLIN NUPTIALS Last Tuesday night at the First African Baptist church, Mr. Edwad Simmons and Miss Alice Franklin were united in marriage. A few minutes after 9 o'clock Mrs. Jarvis (white) begin playing Mendelshon wedding march, and the bride, leaning on the arm of her uncle, Mr. Vaughn, followed by her mother and aunt Mrs. Burnside started down the isle. The groom, accompanied by his brother Frank started down the opposite isle and were met at the alter by the Revs. F. Lomack and R. Jackson. Prayer was offered by Rev. Jackson, and the ceremony was performed by Rev. F. Lomack. The bride wore white silk, and the groom wore full dress suit. After congratulations refreshments were served in the parlor of the church. They received some very useful presents. May joy and happiness be theirs is the wish of their many friends and the BYSTANDER. The committee that was sent from the A. M. E. church to attend the Conference returned home Monday, having accomplished the work they were sent to do. They will now have the honor of introducing the Rev. H. Graves to the members and friends of St. Paul A. M. E. church. The reverend comes to this charge highly recom- Good, heavy, filled back, floor Oil Cloth, worth 35 cents: for a few days, a yard— Extra heavy Ingrain Carpet, in splendid patterns, a yard—35c. Big lot of Lace Curtains, just received, special value, a pair—98c. ON GARMENTS seen, always without FOR STOVES E HOUSE & Lowest Prices CARPETS, STOVES. & WEST NUT STREET. s--Least Fuel. LLINERY Co. out Street. ery Opening. n to 28th. INVITED. mended as a christian gentleman and the members and friends should turn out and give him a hearty welcome next Sabbath. Mesdames Jas. H. Harrison, C. B. Woods, J. H. Soward and Wm. Tomlin will leave on the excursion for St. Louis. Mrs. S. G. Lewis, who was to accompany the party, can not leave on account of the illness of her mother. The above named ladies will be the guests of Mrs. Harrison's uncle, Mr. Henry Hord, 2825 Adams street, St. Louis, Mo. HOME VISITOR'S EXCURSION TO OHIO AND INDIANA. A grand opportunity to visit your old home at a very small expense. On September 17th and 24th, October 4th, and 8th, the BURLINGTON ROUTE will sell tickets to nearly 400 cities and towns in Ohio and Indiana. These tickets are sold at greatly reduced rates, and are good to return anytime within 30 days from date of sale. The route is through Peoria except on October 1st tickets will be sold via Beardstown to certain points. Full information at city ticket office 400 Locust St. F. L. Gannaway City Passenger Agent, Des Moines, Iowa. Quakers in Cuba. One of the curiosities of Cuba is a Quaker meeting-house which has been erected at Gibara, near Santiago. The congregation of Friends is said to number over two hundred. A. M. E. CONFERENCE The African Methodist Episcopal Conference of Iowa closed its annual session at St. Stephen's church, corner of Austin avenue and Rubey street, Chicago, Monday evening. Bishop Abraham Grant presided. The Conference in many respects excelled all former efforts in the history the church in this state, which shows the onward march of the people of this denomination. Among the distinguished visiting church men were Drs. Chappelle, Parks, Grahsm and Watson, who addressed the conference on the various interests that they represented. Oscaloosa, Iowa was selected as the place for holding the next Conference. Bishop Grant made the following assignments of the ministers for the Conference year: CHICAGO DISTRICT. Presiding Elder, G. C. Booth, Chicago Quinn Chapel—A. I. Carey. Bethel—A. L. Murray. Chicago Institutional Church—R. C. Ransom. St. Mary's Church—Jason Bundy. St. John's Church—G. M. Tillman. Hyde Park Church—G. W. Slater. Galesburg—S. McDowell. Aurora—D. W. Brown. Elgin—T. J. Porter. Joliet—L. R. Brown. Monmouth—Cornelius Wright. Princeton and Kewance—David Lewis. Payne Theological Seminary—R. R. Wright Jr. IOWA DISTRICT. Presiding Elder—Timothy Beeves. Keokuk—F. J. Peterson. Des Moines—H. Graves. Cedar Rapids—A. Boyd. Davenport—J. Bass. Dubuque—D. A. Basfield. Ottumwa—M. I. Gordon. Mt. Pleasant—J. H. Ferrabee. Burlington—W. M. Williams. Clinton—W. A. Searey. Buxton—R. H. Williamson. Oskaloosa—James A. Clemins. Muscatine—J. W. Malone. Clarinda and Bedford—T. A. Clark. Boone and Fraser—William A. Ford. Albia—E. G. Jackson. Colfax—L. A. Jopliu. Washington—Eli Grant. Sioux City and Yankton—W. H. Speese. Minneapolis—St. Peter's Church, P. P. Taylor. Minneapolis—St. Jame's Church, D. E. Butler. Chicago—St. Stephen's Church, W. S. Brooks. Chicago—Wayman Chapel, I. N. Daniels. Chicago—Allen Chapel, D. W. Jones. Rockford—S. B. Moore. Moline—James Higgins. Rock Island—S. B. Walkup. Evanston—George W. Gaines. Lake Forest—J. L. Warton. Milwaukee—T. W. Lewis. Rucine—Lewis Dixon. Duluth—J. B. Polk. West Superior—L. M. Fenwick. Glenco—G. W. Jones. Beloit—J. W. Dowden. LYNCHING IS HELD ANARCHY. Booker T. Washington Declares Na- tionalhood Saving tion Reaps What It Is Sowing. Tuskegee, Ala., Sept. 25—Booker T. Washington of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial institute, has given out a statement in reference to the assassination of President McKinley, in which he says: "In all sincerity, I want to ask, is Czongosz alone guilty? Has not the nation had a part in this greatest crime of the century? What is anarchy but a faction of law, and has not the nation reaped what it has been sowing?" According to records 2,516 persons have been lynched in the United States during the last sixteen years. There are or have been engaged in this anarchy of lynching nearly 125,800 persons. To cease the present tendency it seems to have there are two duties that face us: "First—For all classes to unite in an earnest effort to create such a public sentiment as will make crime disappear, and especially is it needful that we see that there is no idle, dissolute, purposeless class permitted in our midst. "Second—For all to unite in a brave effort to bring criminals to justice, and where a supposed criminal is found to see that he has a fair, patient, legal trial. "Let us heed the words of our departed and beloved chief, as he lay upon his dying bed, referring to his murderer: 'I hope he will be treated with fairness.' "If William McKinley, as he was offering up his life in behalf of the nation, could be brave enough, thoughtful and patriotic enough, he would his his nation and encourage he be fairly and honestly tried and punished, surely we can afford to heed the lesson." --- No.16. Parker's Interview. A Negro is a national hero to day. He is James Parker, the giant who hurled himself on the would-be assassation at Buffalo and kept him from firing a third shot that might have proved fatal. All America is eager to know about him. At the Executive Department, Washington, it is suggested that the department reward him. Savannah, Ga., where he was once a constable, with a fine record, is proud of him. For the first time, Porker to-day gives to the world, through the Evening Journal, a detail account of the thrilling scene. His story was modestly told, but it gives a most vivid description of the historic scene. Here is his version of the.shooting: By James Parker. I believe that I saved President McKinley's life in preventing the third shot from Czolgosz's smoking revolver. I do not make this statement for glory, but because I believe it is best for the public to know and for any small honor that may come to the race to which I belong. I would have tried to save any man's live, but I would have given my life for that of the President and truly believe that if the third shot had been fired it would have lodged in my heart instead of the President's. The deed was done so quickly that it blinds me when I think of it, and I am surprised at myself that I did not lose my nerve. I acted on the moment and I believe to the best effect. I was curious and anxious to shake hands with the first man in the land. I admired him and was glad of the chance to show my deep feeling for him. The Temple of Music was crowded and it was with great difficulty that I pressed my way through the throng. I noticed no one until I pass single file. Here for the first time I noticed Leon Czolgosz. There was a woman with a little girl close beside me, and in the struggle she shoved me aside to let this man between us. I do not mention this as of any moment, but as I remember the incident. I was as anxious as Czolgosz to see the President, and I crowded forward, but he slipped in front of me and so we passed up the line. We were close together. I can't say now whether I noticed the bandage over his hand, but I saw that he was nervous, as he kept tramping on my toes and brushing his right arm against me. The President was now but a few feet away from me. The woman shook his hand, and the little girl paused a moment, smiled, then hurried on to catch up with her mother. The President looked at Czolgosz with a spimpathetic eye,' and at the same moment my eye caught sight of the bandaged hand. Almost instantly there were two reports like the explosion of a fire cracker under a tin can. Bang! Bang! Like a flash the realization was over me, and the last report had barely time to die away when I snatched Czolgosz on his right shoulder with my right hand and flung him half facing me, at the same time endeavoring with my left hand to knock the smoking piston from his hand. "You scoundrel!" I cried, "you've shot the President." I saw nothing then but the wild look in the face of the assassian. I closed upon him, my right hand clawing at his throat. His head went back and his eyes protruded. I tore at him like a wild beast. Tighter and tighter my fingers work into the soft skin of his throat. His tongue stuck out. There was a low (Continued on page 4.) ```markdown ``` Wise Did Not Deliver Message at Santiago. LONG'S ORDER IGNORED. Note From Sampson Advising Flying Squadron's Chief to Stay at Clonfsegos Is Before Tribunal—Records Found Altered—Admiral Cotton's Testimony. Washington, D. C., Sept. 27.—In the Schley court of inquiry captain W. C. Wise, who commanded the scout Yale during the Spanish war, admitted under oath that, notwithstanding positive orders from the Secretary of the Navy directing him to inform the "flying squadron" that the Spanish fleet was in Santiago harbor, he did not do so. Captain Philip merely notified Captain Philip of the Texas, just as the flying squadron was starting for Key West to coal, and, so far as was developed today, this important fact was not communicated to Commodore Schley. Slowly but surely it is brought out that important papers have been suppressed and that official charts and reports have been altered. Supremed Letter Introduced. Suppressed Latter Introduced. A sensational development was the introduction, as evidence, of the suppressed letter written by Sampson to Schley, directing the latter to remain off Cienfuegos. Sampson had received a dispatch from Secretary Long which said that, according to the best information of the department, the Spanish fleet was in Santiago harbor. Sampson then wrote Schley, under date of May 20: "After fully considering this telegram (the one relating to the Spanish fleet), I have decided to make no change in the present plans; that is, that you should hold your squadron off Cienfuegos. If the Spanish ships have put into Santiago they must come either to Havana or Cienfuegos to deliver the munitions of war which they are said to bring for use in Cuba. I am therefore of the opinion that our best chance of success in capturing the ships will be to hold the two points, Cienfuegos and Havana, with all the force we can muster. If later it should develop that these vessels are at Santiago we could then assemble off that port the ships best suited for the purpose and completely blockade it." This and another dispatch relating to the belief that the Spanish fleet was in Santiago were the only dispatches received by Schley until May 31, when the flying squadron was off Santiago. Schley's Dispatch Is Altered. The correct version of Schley's dispatch, in which he informed the Secretary of the Navy that it would be impossible to obey orders with regard to coaling the "flying squadron," was introduced as evidence. It was shown by this copy that a number of changes had been made in Schley's dispatch as it appears in the official records. The copy, as printed, does not show that Schley said the sea was boisterous and prevented coaling. In addition to suppressing this the department, in its official report, inserted the words "very difficult to tow the collier. Unable to get the cable to hold." This sentence does not appear in Schley's original dispatch. In the department's version of the dispatch appear the words, "much to be regretted, cannot obey orders of the department. Have striven carnely." The original dispatch, however, as it appears in Schley's letter copy book, reads: "It is to be regretted that the department's orders cannot be obeyed, carnely as we have striven to that end." Rear Admiral Schley's attorneys contend that the correct copy of his dispatch gives an altogether different appearance to the incident. Harvard's Commander Confused. Rear Admiral Cotton, who commanded the Harvard during the war, upon direct examination said positively he had delivered dispatches to Commodore Schley on May 27 from Secretary Long and Acting Admiral Sampson, informing Schley that the Spanish fleet was in Santiago harbor. By referring to the official records and after refreshing the memory of Rear Admiral Cotton, Attorney Rayner demonstrated that one of these dispatches, which Cotton claimed to have delivered to Schley on the afternoon of May 27, was not sent from Washington until that day. It was impossible, therefore, to deliver this dispatch to the commander-in-chief of the flying squadron at the time as first sworn to by Cotton. HE STANDS BY HEILNER. Machinist Claxton Supports Commander at the Schley Inquiry. Washington, D. C., Sept. 26.—The Schley court of inquiry resumed its sessions with a fair attendance. A. B. Claxton, who said he was a first-class machinist on the Texas during the Spanish war, was on the stand shortly after the court opened and gave testimony supporting the evidence of Commander Heilner that the log of the Texas was incorrectly written. Rear Admiral Cotton was also a witness and told of conversations with Schley regarding the subject of coaling. Claxton Supports Hellner. Claxton supported Commander, Hellner's testimony. "To his knowledge there had been no signal for the reversal of the engines. He said that he had been excused from service in the engine room, but still he knew that the engines were reversed for about two minutes. "What was the next change made in the indicator of the port engine of the Texas?" he was asked. "Full speed ahead." "What was the next after than?" "There was no other order given for some time afterward." "When was a further signal received by the indicator, and what was the signal?" Direction Is Changed. "Within the first hour of the engagement the direction was changed to full speed astern." "Can you not give any estimate of the time when the signal was given for full speed astern, and how long after the beginning of the action?" "I could say within the first hour." "Was there any other signal given during that watch within your knowledge for the port of engines to reverse?" "There was none to my knowledge." "You were on duty in the port engine room throughout the day, were you not?" "Off and on, sir." "Where else were you on duty, if anywhere, at the time?" "I was excused for a time on account of the heat." "As a matter of fact, were the engines reversed?" "They were, for about two minutes." There was no cross examination by Mr. Rayner. Rear-Admiral Cotton Testifies. Rear-Admiral Cotton Tessler. Rear-Admiral Charles S. Cotton was the next witness. He is a sharp-spoken man, and he answered the questions of the attorney almost before they were uttered. Cotton, who was then a captain and commanded the scout ship Harvard, testified that he met the flying squadron off Santiago and that he went aboard the Brooklyn with four or five dispatches. He said the weather was smooth enough for a seaman. Cotton then detailed the conversation that he had had with Schley in the latter's cabin regarding the coaling of the ships. Several points were discussed and Schley told his visitor that if he could not coal nearer he would have to go to Key West. BIG BOAT RACES. First of Series of Contests to Be Decided Today. New York, Sept. 26.—The greatest event of the year in yachting circles begins today. The Shamrock II, representing British hopes, as the challenger, will meet the Columbia, the American cup defender, and these giant speed marvels of the ocean will strive for supremacy. It will be a battle royal. When they meet off Sandy Hook there are likely to be many exciting moments when quick handling alone will avoid collision. It is estimated that 100,000 enthusiasts will go down to the great ocean race track, which is about two hours distant by boat from New York. They will pay more that $1,000,000 for the pleasure of seeing the international conflict. Every police boat has been pressed into service, anticipating the trouble of keeping the course clear of the immense flotilla of pleasure craft. Threaten Big Tle-Up. Chicago, Sept. 27.—The Brickmakers' Alliance, which has within its membership nearly all of the mem employed in the manufacture of building and fire brick in Cook county, has sent forth its edict that unless the Owans Terra Cotta Company of Hobart, Ind., signs an agreement with the union and takes back the men who, it is alleged, were discharged because they became members of the organization, work on bricks which are intended for the post office and other big buildings now in course of construction in Chicago will cease. Dartmouth Honors Webster Hanover, N. H., Sept. 27—Dartmouth college, the college of Daniel Webster, is observing the 100th anniversary of his graduation. A two days' celebration, to be the most important event in the history of the college, has been commenced, hundreds of returned alumni and invited guests being in attendance. The old town is fairly aglow with brightly colored decorations. Grain Burned at Chenon, Ill. Chenoa, Ill., Sept. 27—E. D. Churchill & Sons' large grain elevator at Meadows, four miles west of here, containing 40,000 bushels of grain, was destroyed by fire at 2 p.m. Loss about $30,000, insurance about $10,000. The fire is supposed to have been started by sparks from a passing train. City Wins in a Big Sult. La Crossse, Wis., Sept. 27.—Judge Bunn in the United States court rendered a decision in the case of Samuel J. King vs. the City of West Superior, involving the validity of $700,000 in bonds, in favor of the defendant, by which the city is relieved from paying the amount of the bonds. New York, Sept. 27.—Henry Siegel, senior member of the house of Siegel, Cooper & Co. here, has retired from active management of the business. B. J. Greenhut, youngest member of the concern, succeeds him. The sale of Mr. Siegel's interests involved over $1,000,000. Killa Wife as Poor Cook Homer, Ga., Sept. 26.—Neal Riley, convicted of the murder of his wife, has been sentenced to be hanged October 8. The woman could not bake bread to suit her husband's taste and he killed her. New Head for Augustana. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 26. -Dr. Gustave Andreen, instructor in Scandinavian languages at Yale, has accepted the presidency of Augustana College at Rock Island, Ill. CZOLGOSZ BREAKING DOWN The Strain of the Trial Weakened Him. HE IS NO LONGER DEFIANT. His Meeting With His Father, Brother and Sister Completed His Humiliation and He Is Now Miserable—Said He Couldn't Talk. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 27.—The assassin of President McKinley has broken down. He is no longer the defiant anarchist, glorying in his infamous crime. Isolation and treatment like any other criminal has brought about the change. He expected to be made much of; he thought his evil eminence would be a pedestal from which he would astound the world. Instead of that he has remained unvisited in a cell, and in his two days in court nobody spoke to him, and the routine of his trial and conviction bowed him down. It has been whispered by the guards about him for several days that he was weakening. His meeting with his father, brother and sister completed the breaking down, and he is a subdued and miserable man. In court one of the guards asked him if he wanted to say anything. The assassin whispered back: "I can't." The visit of the family was a worse ordeal even than waiting in court for the jury to pronounce his doom. Worse even than what awaited him this afternoon, when he was brought forth to be sentenced to death. FATHER SEES THE ASSASSIN. The Murderer Has an Affecting Meeting With Family. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 26. — Another unsuccessful attempt to break through the impenetrable reserve of Czolgosz has been made, waken his father, sister and brother were admitted to the jail for a conference with the prisoner. Throughout a conference lasting 30 minutes the convicted assassin maintained the same cool indifference he has shown in all his public appearances. Father and sister broke down when they met the disgraced son and brother, giving way to tears to relieve their nent-up feelings. Murderer Is Affected. The brother, while less demonstrative, was visibly affected at the meeting, but face to face with his family, upon whom he has brought disgrace, which means ruin to the hopes and prospects in life, the cold-blooded assassin expressed no regret for his crime and confessed nothing not already known by the authorities. The family after their fruitless interview said good-by to the prisoner, probably for the last time, and departed more dejected and downcast than when they came. Unmoved, the assassin sat in his cell and watched them depart much as he does his guard when that official carries away the empty tray after his lunch. Regards Family as Spies. It was noticeable that the prisoner suppressed all filial affection, treating the members of his family as so many spies brought in to watch his actions. At no time was Czolgosz left alone with his family. Detective Solomon, who has been a bodyguard to Czolgosz throughout his trial, took the family to the jail and remained in the cell during the interview. Assistant Superintendent of Police Cusack, Assistant District Attorney Haller, Jailer Mitchell and a stenographer were also present. In such a company the family gave way to their grief, but the prisoner remained in complete control of himself. ANARCHISTS ARE INDICTED. Tacoma, Sept. 27.—Charles Govan, James W. Adams, and James E. Larkin, members of the Home Anarchist colony in this county, have been arrested under an indictment found by the federal grand jury at Spokane charging them with depositing in the mails a lewd, obscene and lascivious newspaper. The prisoners were brought to Tacoma and committed to jail pending examination. An indictment was also returned against G. Morong, who, it is claimed, was the author of the objectionable article. Morong is now in Massachusetts, but will be arrested and brought here for trial. The newspaper in question is the official organ at the "Home," and is called "Discontent," and advocates anarchy and free love. Incendiarles Fire-a Mill Mattoon, Ill., Sept. 27.—A palpable attempt by incendiaries was made to destroy the Prairie Queen mills in this city, which was frustrated only by the sharp work of the fire department. A bunch of ravelings and waste soaked in oil was placed at the foot of the shafting on the first floor and ignited, the flames following the inclosed shaft to the fourth story. This city has suffered $250,000 by fire losses since June 15 and most of the conflagrations are believed to be due to incendiaries. Rich Merchant Arrested. Fort, Wayne, Ind., Sept. 27—Montford W. Fay, commission merchant and president of the M. W. Fay Warehouse company, was arrested here on a charge of embezzlement. The warrant was procured by a New Orleans commission house, which claims he has improperly used $800. Mr. Fay has been a leader in business circles here for several years and his arrest caused much surprise and speculation. By SEWARD W. HOPKINS. Copyrighted 1900 by Robert Bonner's Sons. ```markdown ``` CHAPTER I—(Continued) Arthur Medworth smiled and answered: "General, as I am the one most interested, it is proper that I should undertake to explain the case as well as I am able. I will tell you the whole story as it lies nearest to my heart, and you will be able to take from it what most concerns you. To begin, then, General: Some time ago I was fortunate enough to rescue a beautiful girl from being dashed to the ground and killed by a runaway team of horses in New York. That girl was Lola Garza, the daughter of Don Juan Garza, a proud old Spaniard who has lived in Venezuela and latterly in New York, where he married a wealthy lady, now dead. Don Juan is one of the proudest of Castilians, and though I am by no means poor, I was not wealthy enough, or of noble birth, to satisfy his ambitions for his daughter. Lola Garza, who has then seventeen years of age, and is now eighteen, inherited more of her mother's American nature than her father's Spanish one. She cared nothing for royalty and old-world courts, and being wealthy in her own right, was independent. I grew to love her, and she returned my love, but Don Juan forbade all communication between us. Still, we met clandestinely as often as possible. "Well, Don Juan, about six months ago, began to receive strange men at his house, and it was evident that some kind of conspiracy was on foot. Still, he guarded his secret closely, and we learned only the name of one of these—Ferdinand Gomez. There was another, whose name we could not at first learn, who always wore a gorgeous uniform, concealed, when on the street, under a long Spanish cloak. "On the evening of the fourth of this month, these men and several others were at Garza's house, and Lola was called to meet them. Don Juan put her hand in that of the uniformed stranger, and said: "Philip of Aragon, this is my daughter, Lola. I made my bargain, and who shall say you will not be the gainer by it?" "There was a great deal more said, and the poor girl, though much frightened, gathered enough from the constant talk to know that these men were engaged in a desperate plot to seat Philip of Aragon on the throne of some country now a republic, and that her father had furnished the arms and ammunition and ready money for the enterprise, stipulating, in turn, that his daughter, Lola, should be made queen. When, after a long time, during which she trembled with fear, she was allowed to leave the room. Ferdinand Gomez, who was near the door, bent over and whispered in her ear: 'Heed him not—the madman. Whether he be king or not, you shall never be his bride. I have loved you long, and love you now, too well to give you up to him. Rather than have him marry you I would kill him. And rather than give you to another, I would kill you. Remember, peace or war, success or failure, you are mine.' "As you may suppose, General, the poor girl was doubly frightened at this, and made haste to tell me all on the following day. Before I could act, however, on the morning of the 6th, Don Juan Garza, his daughter, Gomez and Philip of Aragon were missing. I was much alarmed, and with my tried and true friend here, Jack Tempest, visited the Venezuelan consul, among others in New York. At the consul's office we learned that the steamship Agostura had sailed from New York that morning with the conspirators and a cargo of arms for Bolivar. Therefore, it is certain that Venezuela is the country to be turned into a monarchy with Philip of Aragon on the throes. Now where are the conspirators?" Salvarez laughed, and said: "You need not fear. Your Lola is now probably safe in the hands of the Republic, and will not be harmed if your story is true. The Agostura is so long overdue that I do not expect to see her at Bolivar." Notwithstanding this opinion of General Salvarez, the smoke of a steamer was seen approaching on the 22d. Activity began at once, and Salvarez prepared to receive into captivity the enemies of his country. When the steamer drew nearer, they were surprised to see that she carried the Custom House flag, thus showing that she had been examined and passed at La Guayra. Then it could not be the Agostura. But it was the Agostura. Slowly she swung into the dock; the bustle of landing occupied some little time, and the captain presented his papers. Not a passenger was on board; no Gomez, no Garza, no Lola, no Philip of Aragon. The invoice was examined. The seal of the custom house was genuine. The work of unloading began. Case after case was brought ashore, and by the command of Salvarez broken open. The contents of one was a plow, of another a harrow. So on, until the dock was strewn with agricultural implements. Not a gun, not a cartridge, was on board. General Salvarez, his chief officers, Medworth and Tempest, stood on the dock at Bolvar, and looked at each other in chargin. Some one had blundered terribly. "It is a trick!" exclaimed Medworth. huskly. "I know they left New York on that, ship!" "Then where are they now?" asked Salvarez. He was soon to learn. It will be necessary, in order that the reader, who is interested, may understand the mystifying event which upset all the calculations of General Salvarez, and filled Arthur Medworth with dismay, to turn our attention to the men who were conspiring against the peace and liberty of Venezuela, and follow them in one of the shrewdest moves the brain of plotter ever devised. It had seemed to Salvarez, who recalled the words in the message of President Crespo, that the consul at New York had been too hasty in jumping to a conclusion. But the sailing of the Agostura laden with arms for the royalist cause was a fact. The consul at New York, in cabling his information to President Crespo at Caracas, had stated nothing but the truth. Where, then, the mystery? Shrewd as Medworth had been, shrewd as the consul had been, they were children compared to the shrewdness of Ferdinand Gomez. The first thing was to discover a king. It may be wondered at that Gomez did not aim to the crown himself. But the astute Spaniard was experienced enough to know that if he, as father of the scheme, admitted that he wished to be king, re would drive from his side his strongest supporters, for it would stand bare as the selfish, grasping plot of an adventurer. He discovered the man he wanted, and supported by the glory of the house of Aragon, they began operations. They found plenty of sympathizers in Spain, but mostly among men who were ready to join the expedition with visions of old-time Spanish conquests before them. But there were two great difficulties that confronted Gomez. The Monroe Doctrine, so positively enforced and mained by the United States government, made it impossible for the royalist movement to emanate from Spain. The impulse must come in the way of a revolution in Venezuela, and for this there was no money available. But Gomez was not the man to sit down and acknowledge himself defeated. He went to Venezuela. He felt the political pulse. He appointed agents to all the states and provinces. Then he went to New York. The reports of his agents were favorable. Men were ready to take up arms for the royalist cause. But the arms were lacking. Now Gomez showed himself a master. He carefully studied all sources from which assistance might safely be derived. One after another he cast aside as undesirable or impossible. In a splendid house in New York lived a proud old Spaniard, Don Juan Garza. Don Juan had, in his own way and time, been something of an adventurer. Born in Castle, of a very proud, very aristocratic and very poor family, he inherited all the love of pemp and royalty and nobility without the means to gratify it. For a time he served in the army, but at the age of twenty-two he left Spain and went to Venezuela. That country had, after a thirty years' war, enjoyed ten years of liberty from Spanish rule. The country was unsettled and dangerous, and Don Juan had his fill of exciting adventure, but did little to fill his depleted coffers. He remained in Venezuela long enough to bring down upon his head the anger of the government for intrigue and political treachery, and was forced to leave. From there he went to New York city, where he met and won the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant. His married life proved happy enough to keep him out of political misfortune, but his mind often turned longingly to the pomp and glory of courts. The merchant died, leaving his fortune so arranged that, at the death of Don Juan's wife, it should descend to the daughter, then a pretty little thing of six. When Lola was fifteen years of age her mother died, and the old Spaniard's mind turned with greater longing to political fields. Thus it was, when Ferdinand Gomez was looking for some one to assist in his great enterprise, Don Juan Garza was looking for an enterprise to assist. They met, these two, and conferred. Don Juan was sixty years old, and was shrewd. He desired to know the exact position of the new movement in Venezuela. Gomez, therefore, sent for his agents, and for Phillip of Aragon. While waiting for them to arrive, Gomez fell violently in love with Lola Garza, who was herself in love with Arthur Medworth, against whom the father had issued his decree. Philip and the agents arrived. A meeting was held at Don Juan's house, and it was made apparent to the old man that one hundred thousand people in Venezuela stood sworn to support Philip of Aragon. The pride and ambition of Don Juan was touched. He agreed to furnish the arms and ammunition for the enterprise, if Philip would agree to a contract in writing whereby he bound himself to marry Lola Garza as soon as the crown of Venezuela was on his head. To this Philip assented, and Gomez found A Shrewd Move. mussel, commanded by a coalition between Phillip and Don Juan that badefair to defeat his own secret purposes. So, when the contract was signed, Don Juan went to a certain wealthy man in New York who frequently became the backer of shady enterprises, invariably exacting a great return for his money; and this person, upon the promise of Don Juan to furnish a contract, signed by Philip of Aragon, to give him, Sollima, the backer of the state, the full control of all trade between Venezuela and the United States, agreed to furnish twenty thousand rifles, millions of cartridges, and a million dollars to promote the success of the royal cause. The plans worked smoothly without a break. The Agostuva was chosen as the vessel to carry the arms out of New York; and this was where Gomeza proved himself to be the master-hand in the whole conspiracy. Up to this time the success had all depended upon him, with the one exceptional instance of Garza's aid financially. But then, Gomez had chosen Garza. He had selected his agents shrewdly, managed their movements, and guided their hands. He had been all over the ground to prepare the way for his emissaries. He had met Pedro Francisco, and had trusted him. He alone, Gomez, controlled the situation. At the same time the Agostura was being laden with arms in the East River, the Turtle, a ship in the carrying trade between Boston and the peninsula, lay at her dock in Boston receiving a cargo of bona-fide agricultural implements, ostensibly for Nicaragua. The invoices of the Turtle and the Agostura, one false, the other true, were identically the same. The invoice of the Agostura tallied correctly with the invoice of the Turtle. The morning of the 6th was a memorable one to Lola Garza. She had been awakened before daylight by her father and ordered to dress. "Come," he said, "we go to place you on a throne." She had rebelled. A struggle had actually taken place. Lola had been dragged forth against her will, thrust into a carriage with her father, Gomez and Philip of Aragon, and taken to Port Morris. They boarded the Agostura. The ship sailed at five o'clock. Gomez was radiant. His plans had, so far, been signally successful. His associates wondered at his hopefulness. They knew nothing about the purchase of the Turtle. But Gomez had a surprise in store for them. When the Agostura had reached a point about five degrees east of Washington and thirty-five degrees north latitude, she hung about as if waiting for something. That something was the Turtle. "We are lost!" Don Juan had exclaimed when he saw the strange steamer coming toward them. "We govern," Gomez replied. "Venezuela is ours from to-day." The two steamers were lashed to together. Each had been furnished with donkey-engines and hoisting apparatus. The cargo of the Agostura was transferred to the Turtle. The Agostura unloaded at Bolivar, as we have seen. General Salvarez had started for home in disgust. There was no way for Medworth and Tempest to leave before El Callao sailed, which would be in five days. Castle Salvarez was only twenty miles away. They accepted the offer of hospitality Salvarez held out to them, and accompanied him up the Coroni valley. In the meantime, the Turtle, free from all hindrance, had followed the Agostura, and at the very hour the Agostura was unloading at Bollvar, the Turtle, loaded with twenty thousand rifles, came to anchor in the Orinoco at a shorter distance below the mouth of the Coronil River than Bollvar was above it. Gomez had outwitted them all. (To be continued.) How to Become Wealthy. In a New Hampshire city there dwells an octogenarian physician who, in addition to his wide medical skill, is known far and wide as a dispenser of blunt philosophy. The other day a young man of his acquaintance called at his office. "I have not come for pills this time, doctor," said the visitor, "but for advice. You have lived many years in this world of toll and trouble and have had much experience. I am young and I want you to tell me how to get rich." 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Lawndale, Kan., a town of two thousand inhabitants, boasts of a police department that has not made a single arrest in the last eight years. Robert Lowe, afterward Lord Sherbrook, once saw a deaf member of parliament trying his best to catch with his ear-trumpet the words of an extremely dull speech. "Just look at that foolish man," said Lowe. "throwing away his natural advantages." A minister in a Kansas town recently adopted a novel scheme for bolstering up the church collection, which had been diminishing. He informed his congregation, just before the plates were passed around, that the members who were in debt were not expected to contribute. The collection that day was double the usual sum. On one occasion, when Robert Fechter, the tragedian, appeared in "Monte Cristo," the curtain rose at twelve thirty for the last act discovering Fechter in an attitude of contemplation. For some moments he did not make a movement, and not a sound brisk the silence, until a small but clear voice in the gallery queried, in tones of anxiety: "I hope we are not keeping you up, sir?" Gladstone once talked with much enthusiasm to James Russell Lowell about the noble conduct of the United States government in providing pensions to the amount of tens of millions of pounds sterling a year for men who had served in the civil war. "I do not wish to disparage the generosity of my countrymen," was Lowell's reply, "but I may just observe that these persons are voters." In speaking of the terrors of the slay tongue, Opie Read remarked that a druggist in the heart of the Russian colony in Chicago recently had a telephone instrument installed in his place for the accommodation of his patrons. The minute the first user of the 'phone began to talk Russian into the receiver, the wire kinked into small knots, like a tensely twisted string. They couldn't do a thing to meet the emergency until one of the telephone linemen, who had once attempted to do missionary work in a Russian settlement in Minnesota, replaced the smooth, insulated copper strand with the ordinary barb wire. That jagged medium proved a perfect means of transmission for Russian speech. The wife of a well known New York lawyer, who visited London this summer, was operated on for appendicitis in the British metropoils shortly after her arrival there. The first day the patient was able to accompany her husband for a walk she met Embassador Joseph Choate, an intimate friend, who had shown much solicitude for her recovery. The delighted Mr. Choate greeted the lawyer warmly, but seemed to ignore his wife, who finally said, with a pout: "Why, Mr. Choate, you don't take any notice of me. You haven't spoken a word to me yet. I really believe you have forgotten me." 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As soon as their goods were disposed of, however, whisky peddlers got among them and they changed the proceeds of their sales for liquor. The Indians have again camped on the beach, generally in a drunken stupor, allowing the season to pass in which they could lay in supplies of fish for use during the long winter period. Unless they are assisted by the government, it is said suffering and starvation will surely follow. SPAIN BUYS YANKEE CARS Close to 1,000 Ordered from an American Company. New York, Sept. 26.—The World says: Spain is at present placing extensive contracts for railroad material and machinery in the United States. Close to 1,000 cars have been ordered from an American car and foundry company, which are said to be used by the Compania Del Norte, the principal Spanish trunk line, and the Bilbao-Santander railroad. The government gun factory at Trubia is to be equipped largely with Yankee machines, tools, etc. Large electrical orders are also being placed in this country. Fined for Man's Garb. Springfield, Ill., Sept. 26.—The local police arrested a woman who was dressed in man's clothing. She was placed in jail, but refused to give information concerning herself. She admitted she was a member of a theatrical company and had dressed as a man for the fun of it. She was fined $50 or 20 days in jail. She telegraphed a real estate man of Tower Hill to come to pay her fine. Students Hurt in Cane Rush. Newark, O., Sept. 26—Denisen University freshmen and sophomores had a lively flag rush at Granville, the sophs winning. Wickenden of Toledo, Pease of Dayton, Oxley of West Carlisle and Jackson of Granville had to be carried to their quarters and many were slightly injured. Clothing was torn and wild excitement prevailed The "fun" lasted two hours. Disloyalty Costs His Job Centralia, Ill., Sept. 26.—Anton Baumgarton was discharged from the mines here for making disloyal statements regarding the death of President McKinley. 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Some one was snatching the revolver and handkerchief from his hand, but I saw nor heard nothing but the terrorized face before me and the furor of those about me. Down we went in a death struggle for he was as strong as an ox and had I been a smaller man he would have overpowered me. As it was I clung on to his throat while the crowd closed in around. In such scenes one's mind sometimes runs blank. Mine went blank for a moment, and I was not myself until I looked about and saw Czolgosz pinned to the floor, the blood streaming from his nose, and heard the wild cries of the women. I looked up and saw the President sinking into a chair. His face was like a sheet and he struggled for breath. My heart sank within me, for I thought he was dying. But it past soon over and I found myself alone in that terror-streaked crowd. The next day I heard that the newspapers said a Negro had dropped down on the assassian as if he had fallen from the dome. That Negro was I. But I have said nothing, and do not care to committ myself except the story I have told. The truth will come out on the witness stand. JAMES FORD. Mr. James Ford of Deer Lodge Montana, died a few days ago and his remains were brought to this city for burial by his son Jackson, with whom he has made his home for the past two years. He leaves one son, and a daughter Mrs. Jane Ford of this city. The deceased had been a-resident of this city since the early sixties, until he went to Montana to make his home with his son. It is claimed that he was 101 years of age. He left to his son and daughter a butiful home on 17th and woodland avenue, valued at about $4,500, clear of all indebtedness. The funeral services, in charge of Messrs. R. N. Hyde and Shank, were held from the chapel at the cemetery, Tuesday afternoon, Rev. S. Bates officiating. Many of the old settlers and former friends were in attendance. The pall bearers were: Messers. Birney, Jefferson Logan, Horace Lewis and R. N. Hyde. Much praise is due Mr. Hyde for the way in which the funeral was managed. OHIO & INDIANA HOME VISITOR'S Excursions, Via the BURLINGTON ROUTE, at very low rates. Tickets on sale Sept. 17th & 24th, and Oct. 1st & 8th, or on such dates as will enable passengers to pass through the eastern 7ate way by evening of those dates. The route is through Peoria, except on Oct. 1st, tickets may be sold via Beardstown to certain points. All tickets good for return 30 days from date of sale, if deposited with desti- nation agent within twenty-four hours after arrival. For further information call on any C. B. & Q. agent for rates and particulars, or address, J. M. Becktel, Div. Pass. Agt. Burlington, Iowa. Cuts and Bruises Quickly Healed. Chamberlain's Pain|Balm applied to a cut, bruise, burn, seald or like injury will instantly allay the pain and will local the parts in less time than any other treatment. Unless the injury is very severe it will not leave a scar. Pain Balm also cures rheumatism, assains swellings and lameness. For sale by all Drugrists. CHURCH AND CLERGY. The Rev. A. G. Fitzgerald, D. D., has been pastor of the Third United Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, for 25 years. The Rev. C. S. Abbott, pastor of Christ church, Newark, N. J., has completed a quarter of a century as pastor of the church. The Rev. A. C. Eggleston of Windsor, Conn., has accepted the position of financial secretary of Wellesley academy at Wellesley, Mass. He has been a trustee of the academy for many years. Normals as Motormen: Nearly all the motormen employed on the new trolley lines in Buffalo are young Canadian farmers. The railway officials say they are the most satisfactory of all their employees. OHIO & INDIANA HOME VISITORS Excursions. Via the BURLINGTON ROUTE at very low rates. Tickets on sale Sept. 17th & 24th, and Oct. 1st & 8th, or on such dates as will enable passengers to pass through the eastern gate way by evening of those dates. The route is through Peoria, except on Oct. 1st, tickets may be sold via Beardstown to certain points. All tickets good for return of 30 days from date of sale, if deposited with destination agent within twenty-four hours after arrival. For further information, call on any C. B. & Q. agent for rates and particulars, on address, J. M. Bechtel, Div. Pass. Agt. Burlington, Iowa. TRICK OF VOICE. now One Lawyer keeps the Judge from sleeping. There is said to be a lawyer in Philadelphia 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 common practice for the high dignitaries of the federal supreme bench to indulge in a nap in the course of a long and tedious argument, such happenings are not unknown, and it is well for an able logician of the bar to be prepared for it. The trick of waking a sleepy judge would seem to be something 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 explained as purely a matter of sound involved in the skillful control of the voice. It is said that a barrister practiced in the art and rhetoric of addressing the bench can gather all the waves of 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 accomplished, 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 notorious subject of comment in the litigation over the Berliner telephone patients. This queer trick of the voice, while it is said to be the peculiar property of one celebrated lawyer, is probably attempted often with varying success by others.—Philadelphia Record. WANTED-TRUSTWORTHY MEN AND women to travel and advertise for old established house of solid financial standing. Salary. Cash. Expenses all payable in. No canvassing required. Give references and enclose self-addressed stamped envelope. Address Manager, 335 Caxton Bldd., Chicago. HOME VISITOR'S EXCURSION TO OHIO AND INDIANA. SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1901. A grand opportunity to visit your old home at a very small expense. On September 17th and 24th, October 1st and 8th, the BURLINGTON ROUTE will sell tickets to nearly 400 cities and towns in Ohio and Indiana. These tickets are sold at greatly reduced rates, and are good to return anytime within 30 days from date of sale. The route is through Peoria except on October 1st, tickets will be sold via Beardstown to certain points. Full information at city ticket office 400 Locust St. F. L. Gannaway City Passenger Agent, Des Moines, Iowa. HOME VISITOR'S EXCURSION TO OHIO AND INDIANA. SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1901. A grand opportunity to visit your old home at a very small expense. On September 17th and 24th, October 1st, and 8th, the BURLINGTON ROUTE will sell tickets to nearly 400 cities and towns in Ohio and Indiana. These tickets are sold at greatly reduced artes, and are good to return anytime within 30 days from date of sale. The route is through Peoria except on October 1st, tickets will be sold via Beardstown to certain points. Full information at city ticket office 400 Locust St. F. L. Gannaway City Passenger Agent, Des Moines, Iowa. SCURCH AND CLEAGY. The Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman is to write the life of D. L. Moody. Bishop Edsall has just completed a highly successful mission at Jamesown, N. D. Tomkins Avenue Congregational church of Brooklyn raised over $27,900 for missions during the year. The death roll in the Congregational ministry in Great Britain was unusually heavy during the year 1899. A congress of the history of religions will be held at Paris, France during the first part of September next year. The receipts of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, for the year make a total of $38,000, of which $17,000 is from pew rents. The annual council of the South African churches was held at Graaf Reinet, and owing to the preoccupations of the war, only thirty-eight delegates attended. Since his resignation from the Church of the Pilgrims relief from care has conducted to a marked improvement in the health of the venerable Dr. R. S. Storra. Swiss Rifle Union. The Swiss Rifle Union has no less than 4,000 sections spread all over the country, with a total of 120,000 members, says a Lucerne correspondent. Every fourth year this union organizes a grand rifle meeting, at which prizes are given. Cured of Chronic Diarrhoea After Thirty Years of Suffering. "I suffered for thirty years with diarrhoea and thought I was past being cured," says John S. Holloway, of French Camp, Miss. "I had spent so much time and money and suffered so much that I had given up all hopes of recovery. I was so feeble from the effects of the diarrhoea that I could do no kind of labor, could not even travel, but by accident I was permitted to find a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and after taking several bottles I am entirely cured of that trouble. I am so pleased with the result that I am anxious that it be in reach of all who suffer as I have." For sale by all Drug-gists. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENT. The Corinthian Baptist Church —situated on 11th St. between Crocker and School Sts. Presching; at 11 A.M.; Sunday School; at 12 o'clock Presching; at 7 P.M. Rev. S. Bates, Pastor. St. Paul A. M. E.-Corner of Second and Center Streets. Presching. at 11 A.M.; Sunday School; at 9 o'clock Presching; at 9 P.M. m.; presching at 8 p.m. l. J. Phillips, pastor. First African Baptist Church—Corner School; and Fourth streets. Rev. F. Houlst pastor. Presching 10:30 a.m.; Sunday school 2:30 p.m., Mr. M. E. Housten. Superintendent; Young People's meeting 7 p.m., preaching 800 p.m. Burn's M. E.-East Second and Des Moines street; Sunday school quenching at 11:00 p.m.; Sunday School at 12:30 Prayer and Class meeting, Wednesday 8 p.m. All are welcome. Rev. C. W. Holmes, pastor, 220 Des Moines street. Mount Nebo Baptist Church—E. Second street, between Lucent and Grand Avenue—Sunday School at 11:00 p.m.; Sunday School 12:30 p.m. Superintendent, Rose Johnson. Presching at 8 p.m. Rev. J. H Bell, pastor. Tabernacle Baptist Church Mission—Situated over 605 East Locust street. Presching 11 a.m.; Sunday School 9:00 a.m.; preaching at 8 p.m. Rev. J. R. Winburn, pastor. SECRET ORDERS. North Star Lodge, No. 3, A, F. A. M.-Meets First Thursday in each month at Masonic Hall—Fourth and Court avenue, J. H. Shepard, W. M.; J. L. Thompson, secretary. King Solomon Commandery, No. 6.—Meets Second and Fourth Thursday in each month at Masonic Hall. Fred Jackson, M. C.; G. H. Cleggett, Rec. Naomi Court, No. 3—Meets Second Monday in each month at Masonic Hall, Mrs. J. H. Shepard, matron; Mrs. Fred Jackson, secretary. Mt. Olive Court, No. 4—Meets First Thursday of each month at Masonic Hall. Mrs. Susan White, matron; Mrs. Flora Majors, secrecy. Clarity Lodge, No. 3192, G. U. O. of O. F.—Meets First, Second and Third Tuesday each month at Odd Fellows hall on West Sixth and Walnut streets. D. Burns, N. G.; F. Brown, P. S. H. H. of R., No. 339 of G. U. O. of O. F.—Convenes the first and third Thursday in each month, promptly at 8 o'clock. Mrs. B. J. Holmes, M. N. G. Mrs. G. L. Williams, W. R. Knights and Ladies of Honor of the World No. 178 Victoria Lodge—meets every Monday evening at Webster's Hall corner of Tenth Center streets. Mrs. E. A. Wood, Proctor. Mrs. Rose Johnson, Secretary. CALIFORNIA. Broad Vestibuled First-Class Sleepers DAILY— Between Chicago and Sanfrancisco WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS. Great Rock Island Route Leave Chicago on Big 5 at 10:00 p.m. All the best scenery of the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada by daylight in both directions. These cars are carried on the limited trains of the Great Rock Island Route, Denever and Rio Grande (Scenic Route), Rio Grande Western and Southern Pacific. Diming Car Service Through Buffett Library Cars. JOHN SEBASTIAN, G, P. A., Chicago. Grave Filling Device. A device for use in constructing graves, the invention of Henry D. Cameron, of Burlington, Iowa, is designed to fill the grave with earth after the coffin has been lowered, and to conceal as far as possible the actual throwing of the dirt upon the coffin, the most trying termination of the grave ceremony to the bereaved mourners. It consists of a receptacle, with detachable sides and bottom, and a gate in the latter sc arranged as to be capable of being opened to allow the contents to fall. The front is a flexible curtain, extending from the top to the gate, and designed to prevent the earth within from being seen. This receptacle is filled with earth previous to the ceremony and carried to a convenient point. When all is over and the grave is to be filled, the receptacle is placed over it, and the gates opened, thus gently closing the last sad scene in a much more fitting manner than the seemingly cold-hearted return of the earth with a spade. --- The Merchant of Venice A Venetian merchant who was lolling in the lap of luxury was accosted upon the Rialto by a friend who had not seen him for many months. "How is this?" cried the latter; "when I last saw you your gaberdine was out at elbows, and now you sail in your own gondola." "True," replied the merchant, "but since then I have met with serious losses, and been obliged to compound with my creditors for ten cents on the dollar. Moral—Composition is the life of trade—Lanigan's Fables. 221 S. Market St. Ottumwa, Ia. LITERARY NOTES. E. Nesbit's new story, which will be published in the autumn, will have the queer title, "The Wouldbegoods." S. R. Crockett's new book, "Love Idylls," will be published soon. 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. 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. Immigration from Europe. Immigration from Europe. More immigrants are said to be arriving 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 of 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 a third after heathen gods and goddesses, to have two months of doubtful nomenclature, and to designate the remaining four by misleading numericals, September being obviously ninth and not seventh in order. "Papering Up" Silk Goods. Silk goods should not be folded in white paper, as the chloride of lime used in bleaching the paper will impare the color of the silk. Brown or blue paper is better; yellow India paper is better still. Silk intended for dress should not be kept in the house long, as lying in folds causes it to crack or split. White satin dresses should be pinned up in blue paper, with coarse brown paper on the outside, sewed together at the edges. Lord Chancellor of England. Lord Halsbury, the Lord Chancellor of England, is the son of Dr. Stanley Lees Giffard, who was editor of the London Standard for twenty-seven years. His grandfather, a noted Dublin politician of the union period, John Giffard, had for more than a generation the sole editorial control of the Dublin Journal, which had been started and for fifty year edited by George Faulkner, the friend of Swift and Chesterfield. Orange Free State Flag. The Orange Free State flag is a simple rectangle of vivid orange. An 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. An ox-wagon similar to that on the Transvaal arms and three suspended horns complete the whole. "Spes Bona"—good hope—is written underneath the arms of Cape Colony, the chief feature of which is a lion rampant. A figure of Hope surmounts the shield, the "supporters of which are a couple of native animals." I. M. Jones Restaurant AND ICE CREAM PARLOR. FRUITS CIGARS TOBACCO 318 W. THIRD ST CAPT. GEORGE BEALL, Chief of Capitol Police, Des Moines, Iowa. what Captain Beall says today: Dr. C. M. McLean, bighted by a loophole such, and cursed me, and when of the stomach which was killed me, and when of my case you took hold of it and cured me. I have not or seven years, and I want the world to know it." Very respectfully yours, GEORGE BEALL he cured, among them: H. C. Harris, of Harris, Emery, St. John's Lutheran Church, Des Moines, Iowa. Includes all medicines the cure of the disease, Heart, and Lungs; also Stomach, Lines, mitation free by mail or at office. Sheets with Dr. McLean's Monograph on Deafness, Address, and is of Great Value to the Afflicted. Antimonial letters from cured patients. AND MEDICAL INSTITUTE, C. M. McLean, Chief Consulting Physician, 606 Walnut St. Des Moines, This is what Captain Beall says to day: Dr. C. M. McLean My Dear Doctor. "After catarra had bled my boyhood days and was taken away, and after it had produced a chronic catarra for seven years, I took hold of it and cured me. I have not all the other doctors had made a cure of my case you took for seven years, and I want the world to know it." Very respectfully yours, GEORGE BEALL We refer the afflicted to people we have cured, among them: Harriet M. Emery, Dry Goods Co.; Rev. D. Wirt, Pastor St. John, Church Des Moines, Iowa. 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Any combina- ly or express orders, silver or stamps will be try to obtain good descriptive reading matter beautifully illustrated in color member treats particularly of the Send Pacific's Trademark, the Custer Six Cents and the Yellowstone Park. education containing a complete Pacific Trademark. The artis- Send and 1901 are used in miniature. Four Cents EWSTONE- flowers from Yellowstone Park ers in their natural colors. A Send evenir—ten specimens of flowers Fifty Cents ations of Park scenery. PARK- in strong flexible covers, good Send rated, pocket size, a compend- the World's Wonderland. size book, 72 pages, in strong Send on heavy paper. descriptive of Twenty-five peak in the United States—Cents glacial nature. SERIBE FOR THE State Bystander IN THE WILDEST COLORED INERNAL IN Iowa paper in the North-west. into counties in Iowa states in the Union foreign Countries. towns in Iowa and corres- many different states. MR. CHAS. S. FEE, General Passenger Agent, St. P. Minn., will send out, carefully mailed, upon receipt of prices given. Any combination of ordersSilver or stamps will be tion can be made, andnoney or express orders, silver or stamps will be accepted. This is a fine opportunity to obtain descriptive reading matter for little or nothing. WONDERLAND 1901— An annual publication, beautifully illustrated in color and half-tone. This number treats particularly of the history of the Northern Pacific's Trademark, the Custer Battlefield in Montana, and the Yellowstone Park. MINIATURE WONDERLAND— A neat and dainty publication containing a complete history of the Northern Pacific Trademark. The artis-tic covers of the wonderland 1901 are used in miniature. WILD FLOWERS FROM YELLOWSTONE— A book of pressed wild flowers from Yellowstone Park showing the real flowers in their natural colors. A dainty and beautiful souvenir—tenspecimens of flowers and six full page illustrations of Park scenery. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK— A new 112-page book in strong flexible covers, good paper, plain type, illustrated, pocket size, a compendium and descriptive of the World's Wonderland. CLUMBING MOUNT RAINIER— An illustrated pocket-size book, 72 pages, in strong Send flexible covers, printed on heavy paper, descriptive of Twenty-five an ascent of the highest peak in the United States—Cents outside of Alaska—of a glacial nature. Iowa State Bystander --- A. H. My Dear Doctor, "After catarrh had brightened hood, and after it had produced a chronic catarrh all the other doctors had made a failure of case had a pain or ache or a sign of catarrh for seven very We refer the afflicted to people we have cured, an Dry Goods Co.; Rev. Dr. Wirt, Past St. John's. The treatment at $5.00 per month includes all Hay Fever, Bronchitis, Asthma, and all affections. Soreul, Kidney, and Bladder troubles. Consultation Blanks and Symptom Sheets wi and Catarrh Send FREE to any Address The book also contains hundreds of testimonial le THE OOPELAND MED Dr. C. M. McC GOOD LITERATURE FOR ALMOST folders, ten up to contain NOTHING MR. CHAS. S. Agent, St. Paul mailed, upon receipt can be made, andnoney or exp accepted. This is a fine opportunity to obtain for little or nothing. WONDERLAND 1901— An annual publication, beautiful and half-tone. This number treasured history of the Northern Pacific's Battlefield in Montana, and the miniature WONDERLAND— A neat and dainty publication co-history of the Northern Pacific Territory covers of the wonderland 1901. WILD FLOWERS FROM YELLOWSTONE— A book of pressed wild flowers for showing the real flowers in the dainty and beautiful souvenir—tea and six full page illustrations of YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK— A new 112-page book in strong paper, plain type, illustrated, po-ium and descriptive of the World. CLIMBING MOUNT RAINIER— An illustrated pocket-size book flexible covers, printed on heavier an ascent of the highest peak in outside of Alaska—of a glacial n. SUBSCRIBE Iowa State THE OLD COLOR JOURNAL IOWA and the leading paper It Goes Into 76 Counties 29 States 2 Foreign Agents in 24 towns in pondence from man A statistician has discovered that the average business walk in New York is a mile in twenty minutes, and the church-going walk is a mile in twenty-five minutes. The fastest walk is that of the homeward-bound Brooklynites, a mile in eighteen minutes. Sixteen of the violins and violoncellos owned by the late Sir Arthur Sullivan were recently sold for $1,800. The greatest prize realized for any one of the instruments was $850, which was paid for a violoncello by Joseph Guarnerius. I. M. Jones Restaurant AND ICE CREAM PARLOR. FRUITS CIGARS TOBACCO 348 W. THIRD ST In'184 Capt, Beall's days seemed to be numbered. His friends had given him the gift of a Captain's stripes during the war, and who later became a Chief of Police was Beall. He was killed in Beall's Capt, Beall did not die; he was caused by Dr. McLean's New Treatment. The family doctors and his friends were killed in a living monument of what Dr. McLean The Northern Pacific is noted among railways for its adver tising matter. Its pamphlets, OHIO & INDIANA HOME VISITOR'S Excursions, Via the BURLINGTON ROUTE, at very low rates. Tickets on sale Sept. 17th & 24th, and Oct. 1st & 3th, or on such dates as will enable passengers to pass through the eastern gate way by evening of those dates. The route is through Peoria, except on Oct. 1st, tickets may be sold via Beardstown to certain points. All tickets gold for return 30 days from date of sale, if deposited with destination agent within twenty-four hours after arrival. For further information, call on any C, B. & Q. agent for rates and particulars, or address, J. M. Bechtel, Div. Pass. 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He touched slightly on silver and expansion issues, but stated firmly its opposition to a tariff that breeds monopolies. He said: "Million Fellow Citizens: In the ancient days when every man administered justice for himself and preserved his own safety as best he could, it required a great deal of his time and all his strength to maintain his rights and to keep his head firmly on his shoulders. In these modern days, when elaborately organized governments have been substituted to accomplish these purposes, it still requires much time. Much flown, going home and blight courageous the part of the voice to secure the most and their honest execution. The more complex society becomes, the more difficult the adjustment of governmental regulations will be, and each recurring year will demand higher intelligence, purer patriotism and more thoughtful attention at the hands of the citizen of the republic. You are engaged therefore in the most serious business of the country, and you must neither be entertained nor amuse you, but to join you in a conference upon public affairs." "What is said here will have little influence upon the fate of our country, but deeply concern the future of your fellow men." Good government is the ultimate object of all sincere political discussion, and it inspires every conscientious political act. There never has been and will never be a proposition. What good government is, and how it can best be attained, are matters upon which honest, polite and patient people can be persuaded. It may safely be said they always will differ. It is this Concurrence in the end to persuade people to walk paths leading to it, which appurate the people into political parties, and which create the basis for political gatherings, and which create the arles of the field of settled principles or mark the limits of the region of fair dispute, we instinctively know whether any person should pervade the minds of the people. It is plain that when we meet to consider questions that are still open for discussion, we should pervade the minds of the people. I can conceive of no hours of graver moment than those in which the voters of the region should pervade the minds of faith and discharge their political duties. "It may sound somewhat startling, but I am not willing agree with me when said that you should do right; you should do wrong and more important than that you should do right; it is that you should believe that you are doing right, and that you should selfs and for your country, to do wrong, believing that you are doing right, than to do right, believing that you are doing wrong." "These observations, tite as they are, will be our opponents in beginning the campaign of 1601. I am here, firm and steadfast in our beliefs, and enforces principles which are necessary to the honor of the nation and to the welfare of the people. I would give it a clear title to your confidence and support, and a future with a Brighter and clearer promise than any other history of your country. But I am not here to impugn the motives or question the doctrine inconsistent with my own, not to unfairly disapare and unjustly belittle the doctrine inconsistent with my own, not to finished, some of you may say that I am allstaken, but I am determined that none An Appeal to Citizens. Before I touch upon those subjects which ordinarily form the texts of a political speech, you must permit me to say a word upon a subject in which we are all equally interested, which should appeal to us as citizens of a common country, and upon which we must not be divided. I feel that there is a sentiment, gradually rising, that the government falls to accomplish in proper measure the noble purposes for which it is organized. It is true that our governments, whether national, state or municipal, are not perfect. There are many evils yet to overcome, there is much injustice yet to be repaired; there are many wrongs yet to be righted. We are all conscious that our constitution and our laws are often inadequate in their provisions, and we know that they frequently miscarry in their administration. But these things must not be permitted to shatter our confidence in the progress of the world nor destroy our faith in the upward tendency of our civilization. “We must remember that governments are framed, that laws are made, and justice is administered, not by the departments who sometimes wander through the mortals who sometimes stunble in weakness and sometimes in public affairs with noரவேசிகள். There is still another thought that should not escape your attention. Constitutions and laws are adopted and the government will meet the recent conditions. Growth and development increase in population, and the extension of territorial boundaries always will be and will be the only conditions and substitute new circumstances out of which a myriad of problems grow. Selfishness and avirage always are not limited to the growth of the new order of things, and it is beyond human power to immediately check their ravages. The government, under the imprisonment of an enlightened government, will finally prevent the wrongs and crush the wrongdoors, but it moves slowly. The law is not an undeniable opinions that will be innumerable on the subject to the remedy to be employed. These must be reconciled and out of the chaos of judgment. These are the conditions which are unites. Even then it may be that constitutions must be changed and it is inevitable that laws must be reformed. In the case of a matter of policy is the number and be comforted with the reflection, that it is only stayed. It will fall as surely as God reigns and inclines the life of men to love right and be more "Judge your government by comparative, not absolute standard. Measure it by any other government on the face of the earth and your blood will riot in your veins and your faces." “It is the whole realm of humanity with you find another government that so completely recognizes and protects the inherent rights of man as the government of which you are fit to die.” Compare itsЩ development, and it will steady stage its development, and it will steady hope in the destiny of free institutions for toilsome is the journey has been, slow as progress has been, the highway of our national march has been upward from the moment in which we took the first step until the end of the 19th century. Commins then turned to the political issues which are of interest to the voter this year, and his address was full two and a half hours' duration. It is impossible to give in a single newspaper article more than a brief synopsis. “It is the whole world that is out of effect of electing two republican United States senators, which could only be done by the election of a republican legislature. This he said was of more importance than the election of a republican governor. On the other hand, the election is said in part: Silver Platform Is Gross Libel. The Kansas City platform is a gross libel, and I did not believe that a convention of Iowa men would ever republish it. While, from a selfish point of view, it was of advantage to me as a candidate, I believe that I was patriotic enough to be present at its explosion. It is not a great deal, and never again has I ever been responsible for covering it. As a citizen of Iowa, I shared the humiliation experience of being strongly injured in a car accident. I courageously repolishation to pledge the Iowa democracy to the seer, and I am proud of my age. I am not thinking alone of the demands for the free coinage of silver, however. I have doubt not they were perfectly sincere, the history of the last five years has been austin it, and those who really expect or desire to see the doctrine become a part of our national currency moreurgic than the disciples of infant daunation in religion or of unlimited and irredeemable paper money in politics. It is to surprise that substantially half the members of the democratic party openly repudiate the platform, and I congratulate them upon their self-respect, their courage, and their patriotism. As to the other half, I have still faith enough in them as men who love their country, to believe that they would shiver all ever with fear if they thought that the principles for which they stand ever become the controlling forces of national administration. The Spanish-American War. Taking up our war with Spain, and the question of our foreign possessions, Mr. Cummins said in part: "The future years the declaration of war against Spain, promulgated in April 1888, will be accepted by the historian as making a new era in American life and development. For the manner in which the government has carried its declarations toward Cuba, and for the manner in which it has dealt with Porto Rico and the Philippines, the republican party must hold itself answerable to the people of the United States." Pending the construction of the Cuban constitution, the United States put into execution a temporary provisional government, intended simply to protect life, liberty, and the comfort of the Cubans, and not I have never heard the plan censured. It is not possible to examine it in detail, but I assert without fear of opposition that has administered more justice, preserved more liberty, secured more safety, and induced more prosperity in the island of Cuba than the Cubans ever before knew. I firmly believe that when the impartial�torian, shall come to prepare the annals of America, he will exhaust the vocabulary of praise in describing the conduct of the United States toward the island of Cuba. Will Hold the Philippines. Turning to the commercial phase of the Philippine question, and speaking of the importance of the islands in connection with our affairs in China, Mr. Cumminas said [12]. I cannot conceive of a man whose view of the rightful powers of government is so narrow as to question the authority and independence of his own country. Therefore, we must be concerned in the nightly demand of the American farmer, merchant, manufacturer and laborer to preserve a land of our own destiny. With the Philippines we have the power to enforce our reasonable demands. With them we hold the key to the problem. Without them we cannot preserve our negotiations or impossible war. I look upon the coincidence of New China and our acquisition of the land of the Alhunyay, interposed for the maintenance of our pre-commencement among the nations of the earth. I repeat that we must be prepared to resist us to these islands in the Pacific sea, but I do know that so long as we are struggling with our enemies there will be the American territory in the Philippine islands, and American barbarians along their shores." The Tariff Revision. After quoting the plank in the republican platform which demands a revision of the Constitution, the Supreme Court This declaration is worthy of more than a casual thought. It is another evidence of the importance of the industry of the manufacturer, the American farmer and to the American workman, has always been, and is now, a key element in the development of the industry. It must be assumed that because the Iowa platform of 1901 suggests a modification of the duties brethren in our adherence to the principle which has inspired the tariff laws of which central thought of all tariff legislation enacted by republican congresses, and approved by republican legislators, is to say to the industry and develop the beautiful resources of his own country, to pay his employees good profit in our own markets. My faith in the principle and my enthusiasm for its results, and in the progress of the process of time, for I firmly believe that the United States, without the benecient protection by the patriotic freedom of whig, and afterward republican statesmanship, would be languishing at the very head of the table around which gathers the council of nations. It is sure that of our own citizens, you may well expect the republican party to discern the opportunity and to meet it. I correctly understand the temper of the Cedar Rapids convention and the views of the catholic resolutions, the paragraph of our platform which I have already quoted means something more destiny through republican evidences. One of the most striking evidences of the modern industry is the tendency to all the manufacturing nations of Europe. Within certain limits, which no man can accustom to, which will be under lain say: "Within the limits of economy in production and natural but healthy food, if effective competition remains, the wages of the laborer will be increased, the field embraced and uses or intends to use the unlawful and destructive power, thus increase products, it becomes the enemy of good government, in perils the peace and good health and destructive power, thus increase an injustice against which they ought, to and will rebel, it does not seem to me evil to put indiscriminately every article which may be produced by such a combination, upon the honest manufacturers and custoers, would anabolize many an honest business, impoverthous thousands of honest manufacturers and custoers, if however, congress in looking over the field, finds a commodity or a product which is thus clearly monopoly, would foreign competition is one of the factors which enables the vicious manufacturers to the counden of the lewa platform, expressing as I believe it does, the unanimous crievous trump upon such an article or such a commodity shall be so reduced or abolished as to release the greedy producer. "I would not have you believe that I should not be able to take the oath for the evil of the trust. I shall not be able upon this occasion to examine the various conditions of the trust, looking to the subversion of vicious combinations. I can only pause to suggest that you should not indirectly attacked. The keenest intelligence and the finest courage of the mind should not be upon the problem and failure is impossible. Railroad and State Taxes. To the question of taxation, Mr. Cummins devoted considerable time, made his losses public, and parked The议员 considered time, and made his position plain. He said in part: "I would, however, regard my duty as but partially performed if I left you without some reference to a subject which both parties have thought to be of sufficient importance to receive special attention in the platforms adopted at Cedar Rapids and Yes Molnes. I refer broadly to the subject of taxation. Happily there is such a standard of difference when the utterance of the two parties respecting the matter. I say, happily, because the questions growing out of the subject might never to become partisan questions, and I sincerely hope they never will. We should have, and I believe will have, the combined wisdom and experience of the men of all parties in considering the subject without the prejudice and coloring inevitably at tending the settlement of party issues. Both parties declare that taxation should be uniform and equitable, and that the individual, the epartnership and corporation should bear their just proportion of the burdens of government; that is to say, should pay their just proportion of the burdens of the issue; that is to say, the expense of the property, according to the value of the property owned by them. Our party declarations in this respect are mere axions concerning which there can be no dispute and therefore are not valuable as a guide to the action of either the legislative or executive branch of the state government. They are significant, however, because another law is not wholly satisfied with the law as now exists, and the state's impatience bases on the betterment of our stat utes I hope I may be pardoned if at this point I suggest my views with regard to “Generally speaking, evolution is better than revolution. In the great majority of instances, it is most unwise to tear down the whole of the world, and let the constitutive for it architecture of a radically different kind. We should build upon what we already have, adding here and now to the present, preserving what is worth and has been, and, in the same way, to the best of our ability in growth and development, whether applied to the methods of business, the rules of commerce, or the laws which society prescribes for its own protection. I am not sure whether we will be able to give such a with respect to taxation, need some reformation, and I trust that the public mind will continue to be active and alert and to the public to the need for taxation, and I can define it as a product of the detail of the subject is the work upon the rule, and is mathematically impossible in a public discussion, i must continue myself to give such a to the public. I am certain that the work of constructing a plan for just taxation is the most difficult with which the legislative department of any government has to deal. The infinite comity of the public is the most important to the public, and the comity of property makes it well nigh impossible to frame a law that will be just to every interest. The immense increase in the experience of government, and especially in the experience of the public, will become in tolerable unless substantial uniformity and justice among the people can be obtained. The most important is the need for a more difficult to solve and probably none have been more inadequately met than the problem of taxation. The subject naturally divides itself into two general branches, the first being the taxation of property, and the second being the taxation of the property when discovered and listed. The real property of the state, and I include the railroad property in this case, is the most important. The second is the right for taxation. I doubt, however, whether 25 per centum of the personal property of the state ever comes to the knowledge of the assessor. The suppression or end of the assessment of personal property is the most clear and clear reason for our system of taxation. There is some thing wrong about the merits of some of our people in this particular which ought to be righted. I firstly believe that there are no such cases as that of the assessor would furnish a motive to tell; the truth to the assessor. If the law provided that upon the subsequent discovery of property that had not been listed for taxation, the owner should forfeit a considerable part of it to the assessor, and that the assessor should be a person through whose diligence the discovery is made. I think it would have a tremendous influence upon the conscience of men whose property has hitherto been limited to the property of which the best one must be adopted, but that some modification, some change, is required in order to do justice to the man whose wealth is in real estate. I have no doubt that the value of property is not itself a dishonest with regard to the taxation of railroad property, or reasons which are altogether clear to any observing person, the value of railroad property is ascertained by the executive council instead of by the public. The taxation of property should be assessed upon the same basis that is adopted for other property, is so obvious that 31 cannot be disputed. I know of no other species of property so far as I can say, and I think it is for comparison in doing so the real property of the state; that is to say, the farms of the country and the lots of the cities. The railroad companies cannot complain if they are compelled to pay taxes upon the value of property, and the state is not equal to the owners of lands and lots. “I am a candidate for governor and it elected will be a member of the executive council. If you believe that I have intelligence enough to ascertain what the value of railroad property is, and courage enough to decire it, I am entitled to your confidence and your support; but if you think that I am lacking in intelligence, integrity, or courage, I am unworthy to receive either your advice, your advice, or your opinion. Pursuing the early part of Mr. Cummins's address he digressed to speak of the national bereavement, saying: “Three weeks ago, in locking forward to the campaign of this year, I saw nothing but a happy people meeting together to manifest their approval of the progress of the nation, to express their confidence in a republican congress, and to testify their affection for the interests of the people of the United States. I saw nothing before me but smiling faces and felt nothing but the enthusiasm which joyous and contented hearts create. Last Tuesday I stood beneath the dome of our Capitol at Washington, and saw the flag-covered coffin of William Melkley borne to the center of the great rotunda where it rested upon its stately bier, surrounded by all the majesty of an assealed government and a g物质 that the government has been given then that for long time to come the note of political discussion must be in harmony with the "I saw Theodore Roosevelt and Grower the teams fleeing from their eyes as they dived into the water and I knew that the edge of parisian skirp for this campaign was dulled and that they were fleeing from the hearts of republican and democrat allied but event away the last vestige of acrophy in the water." "It is not my purpose to dwell long upon the life and character of William McKinley, his countrymen have so just a perception of what he was and so comprehensively knowledge of what he did, that eulogy but briefly expresses the thought with which every heart is fui and overflowing. He was tender because he loved humanity. He was strong because his convictions were deep and abiding, and he never trailed with his conscience. He was serene because the path of duty, when discovered, was the only path for him, and he never paused to inquire whether there was any other that premised safety. He was held because he believed that right could not too speedily prevail and that justice could not too quickly be done. He was a safe leader because his ambition was to promote the honor of his country and the prosperity of his people. He held our confidence to a degree never before given to a president because we knew his life was dedicated to our welfare and that he listened always to the rank and file of the nation. He encountered the gravest problems of his generation and solved them, with wisdom. He met obstacles, new and strange, but overcome them with a courageous intelligence and a pathetic spirit. He was faithful in all the varied relations of life. He was a pure-minded, whifesouled man, fit to live and fit to die. He was a thinking student, a close reasoner, a great debater and a sincere friend. The combination of all these things made him influential, powerful and constructive, so that in an age and country of great men he was first. All this and more could have been said and would have been said of William McKinley had the gone to his reward in a penny-falling natural way. The appalling crime which robbed him of his life and overwhelmed us with grief unutterable can neither increase nor diminish the glory of his life, but it has overcast our skies with clouds that death alone could not gather. It adds immensely to our woe when we remember that this godly man, all gentleness and love, paid for the penalty laid upon him by a band of violents conspirators, simply because he was the highest representative of organized society. Because we trusted him, loved him, and honored him, the assassin killed him. The cruel murderous and unethical show of his strength, William McKinley, even in his hand was extended in a friendly greeting, but the bullet was intended to destroy the life of the republic whose protection he had enjoyed and whose blessings he had shared. Must Stifle Anarchy. These metanachly reflections not only heighten the waves of desolution that have been released in the beloved country, but they impressively remind us of a duty too long neglected, and of the need to reclaim the asylum of license. It is the home of free thought and free speech, but it is not the home of fear and cowardly assassins. It welcomes unlimited discussion, for the betterment of the government, and for the victory that has for its object the subversion of the government, but it also strips it for the archist, whatever he be his methods of warfare, and he must either change his mind By the dead body of William McKinley the millions of American citizens have sworn to do justice upon the men and women and the teachings which brought him to the grave. We will do what we signify they will do it they will do it speedily, and they will do it effectually. OTTUMWA NEWS. Mr. T. W. Hunbuele of Cleveland, Is. passed through our city last week enroute to St. Davis, Ill. Mr Jack Quinn and Edd Daily of Chicago are here visiting friends. Mrs. Crowley is very ill. Miss Annie Myres will leave for St. Louis, Mo., next Sunday. The I. B. U. met at Mrs. Neusum Friday. Mr. Wm. Bradshaw was acquitted from the charge for whiche he was indicted for murder in the second degree. We are glad to see Mr. Bradshaw on the streets again and with his family. Mr. Hicks of East Grant lost his little top last week. The Grand Master of the Masonic lodge will visit us the second Tuesday in October on important business. He wishes for all members of Golden Star lodge to be present. Mrs. Ella Early is married again to Wm. Alnut. Mrs. Maud Brown and her sister had their f. tunes told last Monday. They will know what is coming now in the future. Mr. Walter Davis and family will move on West Main street the first of the week. GRAVITY, IOWA. Mrs. Ama Isom, wife of Daniel Isom, died at the home of her grand mother in Bedford. at 2:00 p. m., Wednesday the 18th; age 35 years. Death resulted from consumption. She has been failing in health the past eight months. She leaves relatives and a host of friends. Miss Georgia Stewart of Clarinda is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of Gravity She also attended the funeral of Mrs. Ama Isom of Bedford. Mrs. Lula Franklin of Bedford left for Galesburg last evening owing to the serious illness of her aunt. Mr. Henry Johnson and brotherhave returned from Galesburg where they went to see their slater who was very ill. She was much better when they departed. Mrs. Zach Lincoln of Conway entertained a few friends at home in honor of Miss Georgia Stewart of Clarinda, the guest of Mrs. Emma Johnneen of Gravity. Miss Susan Marshall of Sharp attended the funeral of Mrs. Isom, Mrs. Caldwell of Shepandosh also attended the funeral. of Shenandoah also attended the funeral. Mrs. Joe Jones of Clarinda returned home from a two weeks visit at her parents home in Blair, Nebr. She also spent a few days at the carnival in Omaha. Mrs. Allen Jones of Clarinda has been very sick. ALBIA NOTES. Rev. W. A. Searcy is attending General Conference in Chicago this week. Those who attended the emancipation celebration in Buxton Saturday from Albia were Mrs. Josie Meadows, Mr. and Mrs. H. Snoddy and daughter, Misses Mable and Francis Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Davis, Misses Mattie Bouian and Nellie Grayson, Messrs, Wallace Davis, Roy and Will Grayson, Frank Vance, Lewis Franklin, Miss Cora Thomas, Mr. Joe Brown, Mr. Burt Jones and some others whose names we did not get. Mr. and Mrs. Burton of Albia spent Sunday in Hilton. Messrs. Will Oliver, Warren Taylor and Grannison, Mrs. Reece Underwood of Hilton were in town this week. Cal Anderson out near Hiteman was burned and his house one night last week. Mr. Zieh Taylor of Hilton was in Albia Saturday. BUXTON CELEBRATES EMANCIPA- TION DAY. (Special to the BYSTANDER) The 22nd has come and gone and with it the grand emancipation celebration of Buxton. The celebration was on Saturday the 21st as Sunday was the 22nd. At sunrise a salute was fired and from that time things begin to liven up, the celebration was on. Hundreds of people poured into the town from the country and neighboring towns and thronged the streets waiting for the parade. At noon the parade moved from the Odd Fellows' hall by John T. W. Washington, marshall of the day, L. C. Carry, assistant, W. C. Rhodes standard bearer, and the Buxton Cornet Band, next in line came the ladies and Knights of Tabor, Sir Knights and Tents in dress regalia, next cane the A. M. E. and Baptist Sunday Schools, following in line came Major Grever's drum corps, an emitation detachment of the famous Ninth cavalry under the command of Capt. Hobt. Carey, following came the Rough Riders and then came Old Uncle Eph, John Tolliver Junior was Uncle Eph, Luctan Heywood Uncle Ned and Bud Jenkins was sam, the boys were pretty happy "cause dey was tree." Next in line came the speakers and citizens in carriages. Early in the afternoon people began to flock to Jackson Park, where a sheep, a hog and the fatted calf already nicely roasted was quickly eaten. The afternoon's program commenced with a concert by the famous Buxton Cornet Band, after which Mr. Washington introduced the orator of the day, Mr. S. Joe Brown of Albia. Mr. Brown delivered a powerful speech and were I to attempt to repeat the part of most importance I would be compelled to repeat it all. Mr. Brown's topic was the Negro in History, and he certainly did the sub- --- jret justice. Beginning with the race when it first sprung fourth in the days of Noah, he touched upon lives of great Negroes of centuries ago and those of the recent past. Let me here say that Mr. Brown's speech was greatly enjoyed by all present and in all a great benefit. The band played after which Mr. E. L. Smith read a paper on Abraham Lincoln, his work of emancipation. His paper was well prepared and instructive. Next Miss Maggie Coleman read a paper on Rev. Dickerson, and the emancipation, which was well prepared and well received. After music by the band the program closed. Baseball game and shooting match consumed the rest of the day. At 7:00 p. m. the banquet opened with music by Linn Willis and assistants. Promptly at 12:00 the jollification came to a close and all went home feeling good, voting the celebration a grand success. Among those whom we wish to thank for their kindly lent assistance are: Supt. B. C. Buxton, Mr. W. A. Wells who closed the store and contributed also, H. A. Armstrong, N. P. Harrington, Rev. Williamson, Agent M. I, Courter, head clerk R. G. Hultman, Miss Sunderland, A. Perkins, Mrs. J. W. Riggs for her work with the lodge, and the ladies and Sir Knights and the children of the Sunday schools. Sorry business detained Hon. John L. Thompson, Prof A. R. Jaekson was the one who first proposed that we celebrate and the 20th Century club took up his suggestions and carried things through successfully. The club is going to organize a company of home guards, steps will be taken immediately to this end. Next year will bring fourth improvements. KEOKUK NOTES. Last Week. Rev, Reeves delivered a very impressive sermon at the A. M. E. church Sunday night. He will leave for Chicago Tuesday to attend Conference. An entertainment at the A. M. E. church Monday night for the benefit of the pastor, Rev. Reeves. The young ladies of Seventeenth street Baptist church on Thursday night gave a paper entertainment which was a novelty. Mrs. Ada McConnell and daughter, Ruth, have returned home to Chicago after several weeks visit with her father, Ed, Martin. Mrs Mary Wright has gone to Kewance ill., to visit her brother. Miss Geneva Harris has gone to Des Moines to visit friends and relatives. The trolley party given by Mesars. Paul Gilstry and John Smith was the first one of the season and first among the colored. The Mesames Jackson. Fields Teabeau served refreshments at the home of Carrie Fry. Mrs. Hugh Hoskins of Chicago is visiting her parents in the city. Miss Carrie Turner will leave Tuesday for Chicago. Mrs. Holt is growing worse at her home. Mrs. Alden is very sick at her home. SAYLOR, IOWA. TO THE COLORDED CITIZENS OF IOWA: We the citizens of Saylor, Iowa, have organized a Negro Protective club; the object of which is to appeal, unitedly, to the christians, law abiding and liberty loving people of the country, to protect the life, liberty and property of the Negro wherever he may be found in these United States. We further desire to get up the greatest petition ever gotten up in this country, and present it to the Congress and President of the United States; praying them to do something for the protection of our people in the Southland, and to maintain Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendment of the constitution inviolate. We desire that the ministers of our churches take this matter in hand and organize their congregations into clubs and these clubs unite and form a county organization. It is from these county organizations that we hope to organize toe state of Iowa. Friends, the hour is at hand that we must be up and doing something. Remember that "God helps those who help themselves." Bear in mind this is no money catcher. We do not intend the anyones pocket shall grow fat off the earnings of the helpless poor. We must work without pay. Organize at once. Oe shall be more than glad to hear from you through the columns of the Bystander. Human Nature Exemplified. An Atchison father who has a lazy worthless son sent him adrift on Saturday at noon, saying he never wanted to se him again. The young man's mother carried on in a pitiful way, but the father was inexorable, the young man must get out and shift for himself. The young man went away saying he would return a rich man some day and make his father assembled of himself? His mother said he was a noble boy, and swoohed. They night at 6 o'clock the kitchen door opened softly, and the young man came in, carrying a small armful of wood. When supper was ready he took his usual place at the table, and ate with his customed appetite. The father said nothing, but the mother waited on her son with unusual care, as though he had returned with the fortunes he had talked about at noon.—Atchison Globe --- ```markdown ``` NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL Des Moines, Sept. 27, 1901. The will of Mrs. Martha C. Calman leaves $10,000 to the Des Moines Home for the Aged, and $20,000 to the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School at Tuskegee, Ala. It is possible, however, that these bequests may not be paid in full, for the Iowa law provides that but one-fourth of an estate may be left to corporations. Mrs. Calman's estate is estimated at $50,000 and these two bequests include more than half of the estate. The legal limit would give about $8,000 to the institute and $4,000 to the Home. Governor Shaw has offered a reward of $300 for the arrest and conviction of the murderer or murderers of Dr. B. M. Failor of Newton, Dr. Failor responds that he had and robbed. His dead body was found in a lumber yard the next morning. The crime was committed September 11. The biennial report of the land department has been filed with Governor haw by Secretary of State Martin. The report is for the period ending June 30, 1901. During the biennial period a few parents and certificates for swamp and railroad lands were received from the general government. The state has also received from the government swamp and cash indemnity to the amount of $23,388,38 which in turn was turned over to the treasurer of state to the counties to which it belonged. The table giving the quantity of lands the state has received under the several congressional grants shows a total of $3,374,841.2 acres. In view of the recent unreasonable weather during which time frost was reported generally all over the state Director Sage has issued a special weather and crop bulletin for the week ending September 23. This bulletin is mainly for the purpose of giving an idea of damage done to corn and to other growing vegetation. It is found that all vegetation suffered very little from the effects of the slight freeze. It says: The past week was unusually cold, the daily mean temperature ranging from 8 to 12 degrees below normal. Frosts occurred in all districts, reported as "heavy" or "killing" in the western counties, and "light" in the balance of the state. The damage resulting from the frosts in the state as a whole appears to be relatively light. The percentage of unmatured corn was small and the damage to that portion of the crop has been mainly in killing a portion of the leaves, thereby impairing the value of the fodder. The general effect upon the quality of the grain will be appreciable the bulk of the crop had been cut up, or was beyond danger of harm from frost. The recent heavy rains have been very beneficial to pastures and meadows, and in some sections late potatoes are giving promise of a better yield than has been expected. The soil is in fine condition for plowing and fall seeding. The probabilities are that the Des Moines, Iowa Falls & Northern road will not commence operating trains into Des Moines before spring, though there is a possibility that operations will be commenced this fall. This is because of trouble in securing right-of-way and aid through the town of Nevada and ill securing index trains into Des Moines. The grading has been completed to McCallsburg, on the Iowa Central, and trains will be operated to that point in a few weeks. The track has been laid to Buckeye and will be pushed south as rapidly as possible. The company has asked for a right-of-way through Nevada and a tax of $2½ per cent. Business men of the city have arranged to donate the right-of-way to be submitted at an early date. If the result is favorable, it is barely possible the road will be completed to Berwick this season. If not, the work will be stopped until next year and the line will be built to Berwick over a survey made to the east of Nevada. It is not the intention of the company to build its own line into Des Moines for a year or two. An alternative would be selected, however, by which trains will be brought into Des Moines from Berwick over the Chicago Great Western tracks and the Des Moines Union terminals will be used here. Governor Shaw, having been notified by the United States naval department that the protected cruiser Des Moines will be ready for launching about the end of November, has selected Miss Frances West of this city to christen the vessel. Miss West is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry West, old residents, Moines old christened ship, the Quiney, Mass, will ship, Governor Shaw, Mayor Hartenbower and a number of state officials and Des Moines citizens will witness the event. The only similar ceremony in which Iowa people participated was the christening of the battleship Iowa. Miss Mary Drake of Centerville, daughter of General F. M. Drake, christened that vessel. The Des Moines has a displacement of 3,200 tons, a speed of 30 knots per hour and has an armament consisting of 5,500 guns, eight 6-pounders, two 1-pounders and two Colt machine guns. It is of the same class as the Cleveland, Denver, Galveston, Tacoma and Chattanooga. When a man takes a load of hogs to town and then takes on a load of beer, and his team runs away with him and breaks his neck while going home, it gives a job to the undertaker, the parson, the sexton and the judge of the probate court without any serious loss to the community at large. THE NEWS IN IOWA LOTHROP AFTER THE $400,000. Attorney Who Discovered Amount Due State on War Claims Is at Work. Des Moines, Sept. 26.—The arduous cask of examining old records of the office of the state auditor to determine the amount due the state as interest on war bonds has been by Captain J. J. of Sioux City, who is working in conjunction with Attorney General C. W. Mullan and governor Leslie M. Shaw. There is a difference of opinion between Mr. Lathrop, who made the discovery of the interest due the state from the government, and Governor Shaw and Attorney Mallan, who thinks the debt will equal between $350,000 and $400,000, while in the opinion of the others interested the estimate is about $100,000 less. Mr. Lathrop believes that the investigation of the records of the auditor's office will disclose that he is right, the claim will not be filled with the department until this has been determined. The war bonds on the Iowa loan were taken up a number of years ago but the interest accumulations have not been recovered by Iowa and it is claimed that the claim is an equitable one and can be established. The research of old records and the preparing of a claim will take several weeks. AUDITOR MERSIAM FREE Granted Decay of Divorce By the Dis Divorce Officer of Kolk County. Des Moines, Sep. 27.—Judge Holmes yesterday granted Auditor of State Frank Merriam a decree of divorce in his case against his wife. The divorce was granted on the grounds of desertion. Mrs. Merriam was represented in court by her attorney, J. B. Johnson. There was no opposition on her part to the granting of the decree. While Merriam secures the decree of divorce, the balance of the decree is absolutely against him. By its terms Mrs. Merriam is given all the household furniture and personal effects in their home; is granted the custody of their child, Frank Howard Merriam, and receives $100 cash allmoney. In addition to this it is provided that Merriam shall pay her support $50 on the first day of each month and that he will pay her $25 a month in addition to be used in for the support and education of the child until he is 18 years old. There are no reservations in the decree giving Merriam the right to see the child. Merriam the right to see the child. Merriam is also required to pay the costs of the suit. Crucified to Death By Landslide. Sioux City, Sept. 27- Geo. Bushan was crushed to death under several tons of earth and sand. The landslide occurred in plain view of his three sons and other workmen who, with teams were engaged near North Riverside in hauling sand. Bushan's team and wagon were also Bushan, when he hoisted a dog from earth and sand, was crushed into a shapeless mass and death had probably been instantaneous. He was ten feet underground. Boys Nearly Suffocated. Sioux City, Sept. 27. - Ignorant of the deadly possibilities of the fumes of ammonia, several young boys almost suffocated Meyer Mushkin, another 10-year-old lad, by holding a bottle of the liquid under his nose and making him smell of it until he became unconscious. Then they became frightened at the result of their joke and gave the alarm. Physicians were called at once and with difficulty they revived the lad. Dead Woman Is Identified. Oskaloosa, Sept. 25.—The corps of a woman found a week ago Friday in a brush thicket, has been identified as that of Mrs. Carrie McBurney, who disappeared from her home near here September 4. It is believed she was mentally ill, and that she took her own life, though the fact that her hair was disheveled and the brush was beaten down, indicated she had been murdered. For a Beet Sugar Factory. Sioux City, Sept. 27.—W. C. Peterson, of the Omaha Beet Syrup company, and William Gordon, of Sioux City, are negotiating with eastern capitalists who propose to create a beet sugar plant costing $500,000, if local stock is disposed of at $150,000 and disposed of. The matter will be taken up at once. Killed in an Elevator Eldora, Sept. 26.—A fatal accident occurred in the sewer pipe factory here, the victim being Joesph McHaven. McHaven was caught at the top of an elevator between the heavy timbers and his life crushed out. The chest was crushed so completely as to almost sever the body. Killed While Resisting Arrest. Ottumwa, Sept. 25.—Steve Kirkman, an insane prisoner who broke jail three times, and has been body in hiding, was shot and killed while resisting arrest, by Deputy Sheriff Kirkman, who was compelled to act in order to preserve his own life. County Officers Indicted: Centerville, sept. 25.—The grand jury has indicted Sheriff Climie, Constable Smith and Justice Henderson for conspiracy to rob the county by illegally collecting fees for confining tramps under the vagrancy law. Indictments 01 other officials are expected. The oftener a man is sold the cheaper he feels. Ketral Fall From a Tree: Clinton, Sept. 23.—The 7-year-old on of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Richmond, who live near Monticello, is dead from injuries received by falling from a tree. The lad was playing about the farm and was round under a tree unconscious, having fallen from a limb where he had climbed in order to get hickory nuts. Kate Livingstone, a cousin of Dr. Livingstone, is living in the Isle of Mull, in the Hebrides, and has just completed her 106th year. She is, however, very weak. THE SYSTEM IN INEFFICIENT. Methods of County Care of Poor in Iowa Are Arraigned Des Moines, Sept. 26.—According to Dr. W. R. Patterson of Iowa City, professor of economics at the state university, who read a paper before the conference of superintendents of state institutions yesterday, the system of county care or the poor in Iowa is remarkable chiefly for its utter inefficiency. Three quarters of a million dollars are expended annually by the counties for the care of the paupers and in spite of this large outlay the conditions of the county asylums are intolerable. If the statements of Dr. Patterson are correct. Statistics given by Dr. Patterson show that it costs the counties in round numbers $50,000 more yearly for the care of the paupers than the total expended annually by the board of control of state institutions for the direct support of the institutions under the board's management. Another notable statement made was that in twenty-nine counties in the state persons are held as insane that have never been legally declared so. In these counties there are seventy persons held as insane never lawfully judged so. Dr. Patterson's paper was on the subject "County Care of Dependants in Iowa." It produced little short of a sensation at the conference. It opens up a field of thought and that has been given little attention in Iowa. It is likely to have an important bearing on future legislation on this subject. Judge Kinne, chair of the board of control, pronounced it one of the most valuable contributions that had ever been presented at a board of control conference. At the close of the paper, Dr. Patterson discussed the remedies available for the relief of the prevailing conditions. He urged that a state board of charities be established, or a state superintendent be provided for, to have power to inspect or have inspected the institution in the counties where the dependent are kept. He believed the superintendents or overseers of these organizations should be accountable to the board or superintendent. The law now gives the board of control supervisors power over the county institutions where insane are kept, but this board has no jurisdiction over the paupers and dependents other than the insane. ASSASSINATION NOT GOD'S WILL. Argo's Memorial Address on McKinley Creates a Seasation. Sioux City, Sept. 26.—George W. Argo, a prominent member of the Sioux City bar, made somewhat of a sensation at the McKinley memorial services at the hall of Columbia lodge of the Knights of Pythias by taking exception to the last words of President William McKinley, "It is God's Will. His will be done." "In his last conscious moments," said Mr. Argo, "Brother McKinley said, 'It is God's way. His will be done.' Those words will ever be remembered. They are written in the indelible blood of the martyr. They have echoed from every pulpit, and have been repeated by every preacher in this city, with the preachers and McKinley himself in respect to that foul crime being 'God's way' or 'his will.'" "It is both inconsistent and illogical to say it was 'God's will' and in the same breath to condemn the act of the assassin. I deny that (Zolgosz was the agent of God. I deny the statement of the minister who says it was 'God's way and his will that our beloved brother was to be repented by the assassin's bullet. Man is supposed to be a free moral agent, responsible for his own acts. I deny that good results come from such foul crimes." Child Drowned in Can of Milk. Oto, Sept. 25.—The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Honnel, about four miles west of town, was drowned in a can of milk. The mother was in the garden while the baby, 11 months old, slept in its cradle. Beside it stood a tall can of milk. The baby is supposed to have swaked and waked into the cradle of the cradle. He fell into the can head foveomost, and when the mother came in was drowned, with head at the bottom and feet protruding from the top. Fatal Tank Explosion. Estherville, Sept. 25.—While the tank used in connection with the soda fountain in F. A. Doane's drug store was being charged about 5 o'clock, it exploded with terrific force, killing the 10-year-old son of Peter Benson and injuring injuries to young Eddie Rose from which he is expected to die at any moment. Oftiers in the store were badly shocked but not severely injured. No blame seems to attach to any one for the accident. Swifts Enter Stonx City. Sioux City, SeSpt. 25-It is said here upon good authority that Swiftis of Chicago have purchased the stock of the Credits Commutation company and now have a controlling interest in the Sioux City stock yards. This is taken to indicate that a third packing house is to be established here. Wm. Larrabee, Jr., for Legislature, West Union, Mo. At the Fayette republican convention William Larrabee, Jr. of Clermont, son of ex-Governor William Larrabee, was nominated for representative to succeed Christian Miller. Mr. Miller had served two terms and was not a candidate for renomination. Battle With a Burglar. Siox City, Sept. 23.—Mrs. John H. Charles, wife of the president of the Floyd Memorial association, grapped with a burly negro who entered the Charles home. The negro choked her in his efforts to get her not to scream and was dragging her down stairs, when Mr. Charles, who is nearly 80 and very feeble, appeared with a revolver and put the intruder to flight. The negro jumped through a window. Nothing was stolen. Corn meal and rice are the logical and natural substitutes for the potato. NEWS IN GENERAL NEWS IN GENERAL SCHLEY COURT OF INQUIRY The Court Is Fast Getting Down to the Frauds in the Case. Washington, Sept. 23.—Only one new witness was introduced Saturday to the naval court which is investigating the conduct of Admiral Sally during the Spaniish-American war. The witness was Commander Seaton Schroeder, who was executive officer of the battleship Massachusetts during the war and is now governor of the island of Guam. His testimony dealt with the cruise of the "Flying Squadron from Confeuges to Santiago, and to bombard the Spanish-born ship Crispin Colon as she lay in the mouth of the harbor at Santiago on May 31. The commander said the cruise was not as expeditious as it should have been. He also said that in the bombardment of the Colon the fleet had not acted as deliberately as the commander-in-chief had announced to be his purpose. To act upon his complaint Schroeder was giving his testimony, Judge Wilson, counsel for Admiral Schley, sought to have him make a comparison of the distance of the fleet from the shore under Admiral Schley with the distance under Admiral Sampson after the latter officer arrived and took command, but the judge advocate objected and Mr. Wilson withdrew, that he did so only temporarily, and that he would raise the point at a later stage in the investigation. Washington. Sept. 24. The part played by the battleship Texas in the naval battle off Santiago July 3, 1895, in which the Spanish fleet under Admiral Cervera was sunk, was the basis of the greater part of yesterday's proceedings. Of the four witnesses acquirer, Of the four witnesses examined during the day, three had been officers on board the Texas during the battle, and two of them were new witnesses. They were Commander George C. Heilner, who was navigator on the Texas, and Commander Alex B. Bates, who was the chief engineer on that battleship, Commander Harber, executive officer and the chief surviving officer of the ship since the capture of Captain Philips, who killed. The fourth witness was Commander Seaton Schroeder, executive officer on the Massachusetts and now governor of the island and of Guam. The testimony several times during the day was somewhat exciting, and it was especially so when Commander Heilner described the battle and the part the Texas had in it. He said that when the Brooklyn made its loop at the beginning of the battle it had passed across the Texas's border and was close to the 100 or 150 yards, and that at the Command of Captain Philip the Texas had been brought to a dead stop. Engineer Bates testified that the starboard engines had been stopped and said he thought this also had happened to the port engines. Commander Heilner expressed the opinion that three miles had been lost by the maneuver and the fact that part of the machine was still considered that the Texas was in greater danger when the Brooklyn crossed her bow than at any other time during the battle. On cross examination Commander Heilher admitted having taken part in the preparation of the official navy department chart showing the positions at different times of the ships which participated in the battle. He said that, according to this chart, the two ships, the one of greater than one meter of each other. But, he contended, the chart was inaccurate, and he said he only consented to it as a compromise. Commander Bates admitted that the official steam leg of the Texas contained no record of the signal to reverse engines. Washington, Sept. 25.—The Schley court of inquiry was brought to a sudden termination for the day eighteen minutes after morning yesterday by the announcement of the sudden death of Judge Jeremiah Wilson, senior counsel for Admiral Schley. Washington, Sept. 26.—Two new witnesses were introduced in the Schley court of inquiry yesterday. They were Admiral Cotton, who, as captain commanded the auxiliary cruiser Harvard, and Captain Wise, who commanded the auxiliary cruiser Yale during the Spanish war. Both these vessels were in scouts and both took up with the flying squadron off Santiago on the 27th of May, before the retrograde movement to Key West was begun. Admiral Cotton testified that he had gone aboard Admiral Schley's flagship, the Brooklyn, on that date to take orders to him, and said at first that he gave him four or five dispatches addressed to the commander of the squadron. He afterwards modified this statement, saying that probably all but two of the dispatches were addressed to himself (Admiral Cotton) but they contained information which he supposed should be in Admiral Schley's possession. One of these was a copy of a dispatch from Admiral Sampson, which had not been printed in the official records, stating that the Spanish fleet was at Santiago. He also that coal could have been taken from the armament on the 27th of May, the day on which the retrograde movement to Key West was begun for the purpose of coaling. Captain Wise testified that on the 27th of May he had signaled Captain Philip of the Texas his opinion that Cervera was inside the harbor at Santiago, but the testimony was ruled out. Assassin's Bullet Not Killed. Buffalo, Sept. 24.—The most important development in the Czolgosz case yesterday was the announcement that no poison had been found on the bullets of the revolver with which the anarchist assassinated President McKinley. Chemical and bacteriological examinations, were made and both revealed the fact that no poison was used by the murderer. One of the streets in Canton, China, is occupied entirely by druggists and dentists. The name of this thoroughfare is quite appropriate—Physic street. SALEY COURT OF INQUIRY. Washington, Sept. 27.—The Schley court of inquiry was only in session for an hour and three-quarterers yesterday, adjourning at 1:45 in order to permit its members and others engaged there to attend the funeral of Judge Wilson, late chief counsel for Admiral Schley. Captain Wise concluded his testimony, Admiral Cotton made a brief statement on recall, and Lieutenant Spencer S. Wood, who commanded the dispatch boat Dupont during the Spanish war, began his testimony. Muchinist Gray, who was in charge of the starboard engines of the Texas on the day of the battle of Santiago, also testified briefly. He said that on the day of the battle the starboard engines were stopped, and the machinery reversed. Captain Wise was questioned at considerable length as to what had done before the arrival of the flying squadron off Santiago toward locating Cervera's harbor. He said that while he had satisfied himself of the presence of the Spanish fleet, he had been content to communicate his knowledge to Admiral Schley, through Captain Sigsee, not considering it necessary to make direct communication with the commander-in-chief. CZOLGOSZ IS SENTENCED Must Die By Electrocution During Week of October 28. Buffalo, Sept. 27. — Czolgosz was yesterday sentenced to be electrocuted the week beginning October 28, 1901. According to the law of this state October 28th is the earliest date that could be nixed for the execution of Czolgosz. After a few preliminary questions by the judge, Czolgosz was asked: "Have you any legal excuse why sentence should not be pronounced against you?" Czolgosz could not, or pretended he could not hear the question put by the clerk. It was repeated to him twice and then he said something in an inaudible tone. The judge intervened and explained what was meant by the question. "First, you may claim you are insane. The next is, have you good cause to offer, against sentence being pronounced against you." The judge legal reasons the prisoner might have against sentence being pronounced. "I have nothing to say about that," was the reply. Justice Titus asked that the prisoner be allowed to say something in exculpation of his crime. The prisoner began to speak. His voice was so low he could scarcely be heard. Judge Titus was obliged to repeat it, sentence by sentence, so that the court might hear. "I have nothing to say," whispered Cozlgosz to his counsel. Judge Titus insisted he ought to be perplexed to make a statement in exculpation of his family." Turning to the prisoner again, Judge Titus held a brief conference, Turning to the court, counsel for the defendant said: "He says no other person had anything to do with it; that no other person knew of his commission but himself. His father or mother or no one else knew anything about it." The prisoner closed his lips, stared straight ahead of him and waited the court's pronouncement of his doom. the senate. "Cozigosz," said the court, "you have committed a grave crime against the state and our union in the assassination of our beloved president. After learning all the facts and circumstances in the case, twelve good men have pronounced you guilty of murder in the first degree. You say that no other person abetted you in the commission of this terrible act. The penalty is fixed by statute, and it becomes my duty to impose sentence upon you. The sentence of this court is that in the week beginning October 28, at the place designated and in the manner prescribed by law, you suffer the punishment of death." Cozigosz stood erect, looking straight at the judge. He did not tremble, not a music quivered. As soon as the case of the sentence was finished, he took his seat in the same, difficult manner that has characterized him throughout the trial. He was brought to his feet quickly by the officer. They shackled him and led him away to the jail, while the crowd surged after them and the officers. AMERICAN ATHLETES WON. Took Six of the Niue Events at Berkeley Oval, Defeating England's Cracks. New York, Sept. 26.—The athletes of Yale and Harvard met the athletic representatives of Oxford and Cambridge in their matches. Oval in track and field events, and as was expected, the brawn and muscle of the American collegians proved to be too much for the visitors, the Americans winning six out of the nine events on the program. Points were counted for wins only, so that the Harvard and Yale men defeated their English opponents by a score of 6 points to 3. Honors were equally divided, Harvard and Yale won all the events. The Oxford representatives failed to gain a point for the visiting team, the light blue of Cambridge being in front in all the contests which were won by Englishmen. Ten Boer Leaders Banished. Pretoria, Sept. 27.—Ten Boer leaders, who have been captured since September 15, have been permanently banished from South Africa. Not Anxious to Go to War. London, Sept. 25.—The result of the government invitation to the imperial yeomanry to re-elist has proved a great disappointment. It was expected that a majority of the men would rejoin. Instead of this, the first week witnessed only thirty applications. New measures will have to be taken to secure recruits. The trouble is largely due to the fact that the men had to wait for months before getting their arrears of pay settled. Praising a rival may be good Christianity, but it is poor politics. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 24. Leon P. Cozolgz was placed on trial yesterday morning, charged with the murder of President William McKinley. He entered a plea of "guilty," which was subsequently changed to "not guilty" by direction of the court. All the events of the day indicated that the trial will be short. Court convened at 10 o'clock and within two hours eight jurors had been secured. Technicalities were not raised by examining counsel, but it was significant that every man who said he had not formed an opinion on the case was excused by the district attorney. Those who acknowledged that they formed an opinion or stated that they prejudiced, but admitted that their opinion could be changed by evidence, were accepted by both sides. The presentation of the government's case began shortly before 9 o'clock, when Assistant District Attorney Haller began with much deslibration to address the jury. He spoke very briefly. Dr. Herman Mynter's testimony was of importance inasmuch as it brought out the fact that the reason why the fatal bullet had not been located at the auopsy was because of the fact that the president relatives to have the further mutilated by their instruments. Dr. Mynter and Dr. Mann, who followed him, both testified that the primary cause of death was the gun shot wound in the stomach. One effect of this wound, they said, was to cause the gangrene to form in the pancreas, and the wound was as large as a silver dollar. Dr. Harvey Gaylord testified similarly. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 25—Leon F. Cozolgsz, alias Fred Nieman, was found guilty yesterday of murder in the first degree by a jury in part III of the supreme court, in having, on the 6th day of the trial, William McKinley, the wounds inflicted afterward resulting in the death of the president. The wheels of justice moved swiftly. The trial of the assassin consumed eight hours and twenty-six minutes and covered a period of only two days. Practically all of this time was occupied by the prosecution in presenting a case so clear, so conclusive, that even had the prisoner entered the plea of insanity, it is doubtful if the jury would have rendered a verdict different from the one rendered yesterday. The announcement made yesterday afternoon by the attorneys for Cologosz that the eminent menis summoned by the County Bar association and by the district attorney to examine Cologosz and to determine mental condition had declared him to be perfectly sane, destroyed the only stage of a defense that Judges Lewis and Titus could have put together. Before adjournment Justice White announced that he would pronounce sentence upon the defendant Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The prisoner was taken at once and the tunnel entrance avenue lacked the jail. To all appearances he was in no way affected by the result of the trial. COLUMBIA IN THE LEAD. Has the Better of the Shamrock in the First Trials New York, Sept. 27.—One of the biggest crowds that ever put to sea went down to Sandy Hook lightship yesterday to witness Sir Thomas Lipton's second challenger, Shamrock II, and the white flyer Columbia, which successfully defended the old America cup against the first trophy hunter two years ago, struggle for the yachting supremacy of the world in the first of the cup races of 1901. The fleet returned disappointed. The great single stickers went out fresh for battle, but the sea refused them a field for conflict. The wind, never more than nine and sometimes as low as three knots, was too light and shifty to carry the contestants over the thirty-mile course in the time allotted by the rules. At the end of five and a half hours, the time presented, the race was officially declared off, and the yachts were taken back to their berths inside the Hook. When the gun aboard the committee boat call attention to the signal declaring the race off the American yacht was still several miles from the finish line. The Englishman was hull down astern of her, the experts estimating the distance behind the Columbia at over three quarters of a mile. Americans will have reason to congratulate themselves upon the result of the first trial. The yacht which carried J. P. Morgan's private signal, a black pennant with a yellow maltese cross, to victory two years ago, was headed but once in the twenty-three miles covered and then the Englishman showed the way for only five minutes. In windward work the Columbia beat the foreigner several minutes and 15 seconds to the outer mark and increased her head somewhat in the broad reach for. While the maiden was satisfactory, the yachting sharps, who have been skeptical up to this time as to the ability of the Columbia to successfully defend the cup, are more confident tonight that it will remain on this side of the Atlantic yet awhile longer. Certainly Columbia's superiority in light airs appears to have been demonstrated yesterday. Paris' Latest Sequation. Paris, Sept. 27.—The Patrie prints a sensational story to the effect that a conflict has broken out between Great Britain and Turkey, saying that three British war vessels have been ordered to the Prussian gulf to suppress revolts at Touete, in the British province of Bagdad, and that the Turkish government has dispatched a strong detachment of troops with instructions to oppose the landing of the British forces Russia, Germany and France, the paper also says, have agreed to support Turkey. CZOLGOSZ IS GVILTY. Jury at Buffalo Convicts Him of Murder in First Degree. Leon F. Czolgosz, the anarchist assassin of President McKinley, Tuesday was found guilty of murder in the first degree after one of the most rapid yet dignified trials in the history of jurisprudence. Despite the eminence of the prisoner's counsel it was apparent Tuesday when the alienists decided that Czolgosz was sane that no defense was possible, and consequently that any delay in the trial would beAIN. In a period of eight hours and twenty-six minutes the assassin of president McKinley had been found and Judge Truman C. White announced that he would pass sentence on Thursday afternoon. Remarkable as the trial had been throughout its dignity equally with its absence of delay, not the least engrossing of the day was the address to the jury made by Loren L. Lewis, counsel for the prisoner. The venerable jurist explained the necessity of defense for the prisoner even though J. he guille could scarce be questioned, and made his address the occasion for criticism of lynch law, which, in all probability, will go down in the an- als of history as the most masterly indication of the jury system and con- munation of mob violence ever ut- ted. Prioner Knows Chicago Anarchists. Superintendent of Police Bull was and: Were you present at headquarters as the prisoner was brought there the night of the murder?" Yes." Were any threats made against tell us what Czoligosz said. He said he knew President McKinley. He knew that he was shooting president McKinley when he fired. The son he gave was that he believed at he was doing his duty. He said at on the day President McKinley knee at the exposition grounds, the year previous to the assassination, he good near the stand on the esplanade. o favorable opportunity presented it. He followed the president to Niagara Falls and back to Buffalo again. got in line while the reception was progress, and when he reached the president fired the fatal shots. Czoligosz told me in detail the plans he one had worked out so that there could be no slip in his arrangements. asked him why he killed the president and he replied that he did so because it was his duty." Did he say he was an anarchist?" Yes." Did he say any more on the subtext?" asked the district attorney. Yes. He said that he had made a body of the beliefs of anarchists and was a firm believer in their principles. The prisoner also stated that had received much information on subject in the city of Cleveland, said that he knew a man in Chicago named Isaak. The Free Society is the name of the organ mentioned the prisoner." Said Rulers Should Die. Did he ever say anything about his lives in committing the murder?" asked the district attorney. Yes," was the reply. "He said that went to the exposition grounds for express purpose of murdering Present McKinley. He knew he was aim at President McKinley when the al shots were fired. Czolgosz said all kings, emperors and presidents said die." superintendent Bull was cross-examed by Lawyer Titus and said theendant had on his person some moranda and $1.51 in money. There is also a piece of paper, orange-cold, with an address upon it, a memandum book and a letter of identification card from the Order of The den Eagle. Did you ask him if he was an anthist?" Judge Titus asked. at the conclusion of Superintendent Is's testimony, District Attorney any announced that the case for the secution was closed. Lewis Gives Up Defense. then Mr. Lewis arose slowly and, pressing the court, said: We are embarrassed by the sudden ing of the case of the prosecution. had not expected them to close so LEON CZOLGOSZ Tell us what Czolgosz said." Sald Rulers Should Die. And he said he was?" Yes." Lewls Gives Up Defense. abruptly. We have no witnesses to call for the defense, but I ask the court that my colleague and myself be allowed to address the jury." Permission was granted by the court and Judge Titus began his address at 2:45. "Gentlemen of the jury," he began, "a calamity has fallen upon this nation through the act of this man, but the question is whether his act was the act of an insane man. If an insane man it is not murder and he should be acquitted of that charge. He would then, of course, be transferred to an asylum. "Much discussion has occurred in our midst and has been called to my attention as to the propriety of any defense being interposed in this case. Many letters have been received by me since I was assigned with my associate to defend this man, questioning the propriety of a defense being attempted. You, gentlemen, know, perhaps, how Judge Titus and myself came into this case. The position was not sought by us, but we appear here in performance of a duty which we thought devolved upon us, notwithstanding it was an exceedingly disagreeable one. "Gentlemen, when they become members of the legal profession become members of the court. They are compelled,if assigned,to defend a criminal, or rather the one who is charged with a crime. They are compelled to respond and accept the duty unless they can present some reasonable excuse, and if they refuse to perform that duty they are guilty of a misdemeanor and are liable to punishment by the court. "There are in our country individuals, not, I hope, in very large numbers, but we know they are scattered all over the country, who think in a case like this or even in charges of much less degree that it is entirely proper that the case should be disposed of by lynch or mob law. We can hardly take up a paper without we learn that in some part of this free and independent country some man has been murdered on the suspicion or belief that he was guilty of some crime. This state of things does not exist in our community, but it does in some parts of our state, as every intelligent man knows. "Gentlemen of the jury, while I believe firmly in that, I do not believe it creates a danger to this court equal to the belief, becoming so common, that men who are charged with crime shall not be permitted to go through the form of a trial in a court of justice, but that lynch law shall take the place of the calm and dignified administration of the law in our courts of justice. When that doctrine becomes sufficiently prevalent in this A. H. country, if it ever does, our institutions will be set aside and overthrown. Trial an Object Lesson. "This trial here is a great object lesson to the world. Here is a case where a man has stricken down the beloved President of this country in broad daylight, in the presence of thousands of spectators. If there was ever a case that would excite the anger, the wrath of those who saw it, this was one, and yet, under the advice of the President, 'Let no man hurt him,' he was taken, confined in our prison, indicted, put upon trial here, and the case is soon to be submitted to you, as to whether he is guilty of the crime charged against him. That, gentlemen, speaks volumes in favor of the orderly conduct of the people of the city of Buffalo. "Here was a man occupying an exalted position, a man of irreproachable character; he was a man who had come here to assist us in promoting the prosperity of our great exposition. And he was shot down while holding a reception. "His death has touched every heart in this community and in the whole world, and yet we sit here and quietly consider whether the man was responsible for the act he committed. That question is one you are called to decide." Judge Lewis was crying when he finished and the eyes of many of those in the courtroom were filled with tears. Judge Titus then arose and said that Judge Lewis had so completely covered the ground that it seemed entirely unnecessary for him to reiterate it and he would therefore rest. JUDGE WHITE Trial an Object Lesson. District Attorney Sums Up At 3:10 District Attorney Penney began summing up. He spoke in a clear, well-modulated voice and every word could be heard in any part of the room. He said in part: he said in part. "It is hardly possible for any man to stand up and talk about this case without the deepest emotion. It was the most awful tragedy that ever came upon the world. We have shown you how this defendant stood in the temple of music that afternoon and shot down our beloved President. We have shown you how he deliberated on and planned this awful crime. We have shown you how he attended anarchistic and socialistic meetings, at which were sown in his heart the seeds of his terrible act. "This is no time for oratorical display. Counsel for the prisoner and myself have endeavored to eliminate all sensationalism from this case. It is not my intention to indulge in extended remarks. You understand the responsibility resting upon you." National Heart Is Broken: "It is a great lesson that so great a man can stoop so low; that he was so great he could forgive his own assassin. He was the noblest man, I believe, that God ever created. A man JUDGE TITUS. (One of Counsel for Defense.) who stood near him in the temple of music said to me: 'I have traveled in all parts of the world and have seen people assembled to greet their rulers, but when I saw people stand in the railroad stations and along the country through which the funeral train passed that they might get a look at the casket of this great man, I was convinced as never before that there is such a thing as a national heart.' "That national heart was broken and it will take God's way and time to heal it. "It was broken by a class of people who are coming to our country in increased numbers, and while harbored by our laws they are propagating their malicious views; a class of people that must be taught that we have no place for them on our shores, a class of people that must be taught that they can not take the life of anyone irrespective of consequences." Judge White's Charge. Justice White began his charge to the jury at 3:29 o'clock. He arose from his seat and stepped to the side of the bench nearest the jury box. He said: "Gentlemen of the jury:—In this case the defendant has acknowledged his guilt. Such an acknowledgment under such circumstances cannot go to the jury or the court. The law requires that the defendant charged with such a crime must be tried. The law says that all the facts must be observed and reviewed by you. The law guarantees that the defendant shall have a fair trial by twelve men, impartial and fair, capable of taking the testimony of the trial and giving it thorough consideration. "If when all the circumstances of the case are considered by you there still exists in your minds a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty you cannot find this man guilty. The people have submitted evidence tending to show that this defendant committed this crime; they have given evidence tending to show that there was design and premeditation, and, if in accordance with that premeditation and design these shots were fired, then the defendant is guilty of the crime of murder in the first degree. "You must consider all this evidence that the people have submitted to you. You must consider it fairly and without prejudice. You are the sole judges of facts in this case." When the trial was ended and the verdict rendered, Judge Titus, at the request of District Attorney Penney, admitted that the defense had no suggestion to make as to the time when the final judgment should be pronounced. Justice White then said that as it was the custom to give the guilty murderer two days between the finding of the verdict and the sentence, he would adjourn court till 2 o'clock Thursday, when judgment will be pronounced. The prisoner was then handcuffed to his guards and led back through the tunnel to jail. Length of trial—Eight hours and twenty-five minutes. Number of witnesses—For the prosecution, seventeen; for the defense, none. Actual time of taking testimony—Four and one-quarter hours. Time of the state in arguing for conviction—Fourteen minutes. Time occupied by the judge in charging jury—Twelve minutes. Time occupied by the jury in deliberation—Thirty-four minutes. Emma Goldman Out. Anarchy took its high priestess from the prison to the heartstone Tuesday morning at Chicago. With smiles and kind words for all Emma Goldman became a free woman shortly after nine o'clock. Prosecutor John Owens said there had been an agreement with the attorneys for the defense that both sides would abide in the Goldman case by the decision in the cases of the men who were released yesterday. He therefore would state that he would interpose no objection to her release. "Dismissed for want of prosecution," said Justice Prindiville. Then the woman with the stern blue eyes was taken through the crowd, and a few moments later escorted to a cab, which was driven to the home of the Isaaks. FOR A PACIFIC CABLE. Company to Lay a Line From California to Philippines. Articles of incorporation were filed at Albany having in view the laying of a cable from the Pacific coast to Hawaii and the Philippine islands. The company w.1 be affiliated with the Commercial Cable company, and all its incorporators are officials of that corporation. The length of the cable will be about 8,500 miles. The part first laid will be from California to the Hawaiian islands, a distance of about 2,200 miles. It is expected that this portion will be laid and in operation within nine months. The time required for the laying of the remainder of the cable from the Hawaiian islands to the Philippine islands will depend upon how quickly the cable can be manufactured, but may be completed in two years. According to the articles of incorporation the company's lines are to begin in New York city, although from that point to the Pacific coast the line of other companies may be used. The capital stock of the company is to be $100,000, divided into shares of $100 each. The term of existence of the company is fixed at 1,000 years. Poisoned by Mosquito Bite. Mrs. Thomas Eaves, living at Fourth and Walnut streets, Gloucester, N. Y., was bitten on a finger of her right hand several weeks ago by a mosquito. Her hand became swollen and she visited the Cooper Hospital, Camden, where physicians found it necessary to amputate the finger. It is supposed that the mosquito which bit her had been on some poisonous weed. THE SULTAN'S PALACE. It is Proof Against Assassins, Bombs and Fires According to a writer in the World's Work, the sultan's Yildiz palace at Constantinople is a monument to fear. It is assassin-proof, bomb-proof, earthquake-proof, fire-proof, microbe-proof. Architects and engineers are building and rebuilding incessantly. Some new secret retreat is always under way. The entire domain is surrounded by an immense wall, thirty feet high, and the choicest troops of the empire stand guard around it. An inner wall, twelve feet thick, with gates of iron, encloses the private residence itself. The walls of the sultan's dwellings are filled with armor plate, to resist projectiles. It is said that a mysterious passage connects with ten secret bed chambers, forming an intricate labyrinth. No one but his body attendant knows where the sultan may sleep during any particular night. He has electric lights and telephones in his own apartments, but forbids them in Constantinople. Telephones might prove handy for conspirators and he believes that a dynamite cartridge could be sent over a wire into the palace. He fears electric explosions, so Constantinople gets along with gas light. He hates the word dynamo, because it sounds like dynamite. Balloons are tahooed, lest one should pause over him long enough to drop a chunk of explosive. As to the real luxury of the Yildiz that is a matter of course. The domain is a small world in itself. Five thousand people live within the outer wall, not counting a small army of workmen and the 7,000 imperial guardsmen. There are shops, factories, arsenals, stables, a library, museum, picture gallery, theater and even a menagerie. The monarch loves trees but he keeps their branches well lopped off, so that he can see to the farthest corner of his grounds.-Chicago News The Girl of Today. Little does the girl of the present day realize how much better off she is than the girl in the early part of the nineteenth century. Then she had to submit to social restrictions too numerous to mention; she was treated with scorn and contempt if she once expressed any desire to work or do anything for herself and attempts to think out a subject for herself was deemed almost a sign of ill-breeding and lack of refinement. Her life was spent in a narrow groove, and her mind was not allowed to develop to its full extent. Intercourse with the other sex was carried on under the rigid surveillance of an austere and elderly chaperon. Nowadays a woman has almost perfect freedom in whatever she cares to do. Chaperons are getting rarer and rarer, and social intimacy with men is allowed without one thinking it means aught beyond a pleasant and natural friendship.—New York Weekly. In the bakeries of La Rochefoucauld in France it is said that women enter the ovens when they are 301 degrees. The least guarded of the monarchs of Europe is the old King of Denmark. He is said to walk about the streets absolutely unattended. The New President Outlining Important Annual Document. Asks Cabinet to Furnish Larger Part of Facts in First Report—Affairs Will Be Credited to Those Who Carried Them Through. Washington, D. C., Sept. 27.—Members of the cabinet are preparing elaborate summaries of the work in their departments which are intended to be embodied—at least in substance—in President Roosevelt's first annual message, to be submitted to Congress next December. Having come into the office of chief executive late in the year, as the result of a calamity which could not be foreseen, the President is entirely unfamiliar with the details of the public work. Only a little over two months remain before the meeting of Congress, and so President Roosevelt requested the members of his cabinet to supplement their various annual reports with comprehensive summaries, to be used in the message, either verbatim or with such condensation as may be necessary. President Roosevelt is a ready and forcible writer and the preparation of a message has no terrors for him so far as mere literary workmanship goes. He feels, however, according to members of the cabinet, a natural diffidence about making a report of the work done by another and much beloved President. The fiscal year ended with July 1, and President Roosevelt's actual administration did not begin until after the period of the usual annual reports. It is believed, therefore, he will summarize these reports to a large extent, so far as relates to the history of the last year. The President has already begun sketching out the message and he will have the summaries from the different departments within a short time. By far the most important part of President Roosevelt's message will be that of defining his own policy. Following out the pledge he made when he took the oath of office, the President will, in so many words, adopt as his own the domestic and foreign policy of William McKinley. So far as the matter has been discussed in the cabinet, the President is understood to have arranged in his own mind to take the Buffalo speech as the keynote of the McKinley policy and to elaborate this line in the message to Congress. President Roosevelt informed the cabinet that he was deeply impressed with the necessity on his part of acting merely as the executor of the political estate of William McKinley, administering the affairs of the government as closely as possible on the lines laid down by President McKinley, as defined in his most recent writings and speeches. The Roosevelt administration will be pledged in the President's first message to continue and extend the present colonial policy in Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippine islands. The development of American trade in the Orient and the open door in China will receive in the message the hearty approval of the new President. As part of this colonial policy, attention will be called to the peaceable condition of Cuba and the fact that its people are now ready to assume control of their own affairs. In announcing the probable establishment of the Republic of Cuba not later than May 1, President Roosevelt will call attention to the fact that this splendid and speedy result was the natural outcome of the wise policy inaugurated by his predecessor, particularly so in insisting that Congress should assume the responsibility for defining the conditions on which the United States troops should be retired from Cuba. President Roosevelt will make the announcement that the conditions imposed by the Platt amendment have been complied with by the Cubans, but will show that the constitutional convention had taken its action before the tragedy at Buffalo. Mrs. Roosevelt Enters White House. Washington, Sept. 27.—Mrs. Roosevelt arrived at the White House at 9:30 p. m. She was accompanied by Colonel Bingham, Mr. Loeb, her two children, Ethel and Kermit; Miss Yunger, the governess; the housekeeper at the Oyster Bay home and a maid. President Roosevelt met the party at the threshold and his greeting was the only ceremonial which welcomed the new mistress of the White House. DAILY MARKET REPORT. Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat—Open. High. Low. Close. Sept. ... 68% 68% 68% 68% Dec ... 70% 70% 70% 70% May ... 74 74% 73% 73% Corn— Sept ... 57% 57% 57% 57% Dec ... 59 59 58% 58% May ... 60% 60% 60 60 Oats— Sept ... 34% 35 34% 34% Dec ... 36% 36% 36% 36% May ... 38% 38% 38% 38% Pork— Sept ... ... ... ... ... 14 80 Oct ... 15 03 15 05 14 80 14 80 Jan ... 16 20 16 27% 16 00 16 02% Mystery in Missouri Crime. Higginsville, Mo., Sept. 27.—Mrs. Mary Hagood, wife of Robert Hagood, a well-to-do farmer residing about two miles east of this city, was shot and instantly killed at her home about 2 o'clock a. m. Her son Ben found her body. The shooting is a mystery. ```markdown ``` At Boston— Boston .....1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 *-5 Chicago .....2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 At Washington— Washington .....0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-3 Detroit .....0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-2 At Philadelphia— Milwaukee .....2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-4 Philadelphia .....5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-6 At Baltimore— Baltimore .....1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 *-3 Cleveland .....0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4-5 National League. At Chicago— Philadelphia .....0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0-4 Chicago .....0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2-3 At Pittsburg— Pittsburg .....3 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 *-10 New York .....1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1-5 At Cincinnati— Brooklyn .....1 3 0 0 5 0 0 0-3 Clinchnatt .....0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0-2 At St. Louis— St. Louis .....1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 Boston .....0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-1 STANDING OF THE CLUBS. American League. W. L. P.C. Chicago .82 52 .612 Boston .75 57 .653 Detroit .72 60 .545 Philadelphia .71 61 .638 Baltimore .66 61 .508 Washington .61 70 .466 Cleveland .54 78 .409 Milwaukee .47 86 .353 National League. W. L. P.C. Pittsburg .84 45 .651 Philadelphia .76 54 .585 Brooklyn .76 56 .578 St. Louis .80 60 .554 Boston .66 65 .504 New York .51 78 .395 Chicago .51 83 .381 Cincinnati .47 79 .373 GOVERNMENT AID IS ASKED. El Dora, Col., Sept. 27.—John C. Joyce, register of the state land board, and M. C. O'Brien, special agent of the United States land office at Denver, have begun communications with the interior department at Washington with a view to securing assistance from the government in fighting the forest fires in this section that have been ravaging the timber sections and threatening the settlements. A high wind has been blowing for the last twenty-four hours, and the fire on Tennessee mountain has become a roaring furnace. Unless the fires are placed under control soon there is no telling what the outcome will be. There is no danger at this time to the town of El Dora. THE OBITUARY RECORD Charles Mac Is Dead Mattoon, Ill., Sept. 27.—Charles Mac, past grand commander of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Illinois, died at the residence of his son, Carl Mac, in Arkansas City, Kas., of paralysis. He formerly was prominent as a superintendent of railroads now merged in the Vandalia and Big Four systems, and was at one time mayor of this city. Mr. Mac was 68 years old. The body will be brought here for burial Friday. Illinoisan Dies in Honolulu: San Francisco, Sept. 27. Honolulu, Sept. 18.—David A. Ray, United States marshal of the territory, died suddenly of heart disease. He was at one time editor of the Bloomington Pantagraph in Illinois, and later was secretary of the interstate commerce commission of the United States senate. G. A. R. Chief Names Staff. Minneapolis, Sept. 27.—Ell Torrance, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, has announced the following staff appointments: Adjutant-general, Gen. T. H. Towler of Minneapolis; quartermaster-general, Charles Burroughs of Rutherford, N. J.; inspector-general, Winfred A. Wetherbeer of Boston. This will be Gen. Burroughs' fourth successive term as quartermaster-general. He has served under Commanders Gobin, Sexton and Rassieur. The appointment of Mr. Towler makes it certain that Minneapolis will be the headquarters of the Grand Army during Judge Torrence's administration. Socialism Is Condemned. London, Sept. 27.—The Brussels correspondent of the Times says the congress of trades leagues of Belgium has just closed at Bruges. This congress is different from most trades meetings because it is under the direct patronage of the Catholic church and has the approval of the Vatican. The business included the discussion of measures to ameliorate the conditions of labor affecting both sexes, and for the promotion of technical education of primary schools. All tendencies toward socialism were strongly condemned. Tragedy at Plymouth, N. Y. Norwich, N. Y., Sept. 21.—Henry W. Wood of Norwich shot his former housekeeper, Mrs. Elizabeth Greenleaf, and then committed suicide. The tragedy occurred at Plymouth. Mrs. Greenleaf had been keeping house for Wood about three years. Two weeks ago she left him and went to live with Louis Carneros, her brother in law, at Plymouth. Wood had brooded much since her departure. The woman is not expected to live. Drowned in Pan of Milk Davenport, Iowa, Sept. 27.—Joseph Hennel and his wife, who live on a farm near Oto, are mourning the death of their infant son. The child was asleep in a cradle. On the floor was a pan of milk. The baby in its sleep rolled from the cradle into the milk and was drowned. Its mother found it there dead. Many Return From Nome Port Townsend, Wash., Sept. 27. The steamer Roanoke has arrived from Nome, bringing 397 passengers and $350,000 in gold. ```markdown ``` Iowa State Bystander. Rev. C. T. Cake of morningside preached a grand sermon at our church Sunday evening. Mr. James Washington went to Chicago Saturday to attend Conference. Missess Lettie Mitchell and Mary Kinney returned home to Yankton, S. D., Monday after spending a pleasant time in our city. Mrs. Leona Miller of St. Louis, Mo., has come to our city to make her home with her aunt Mrs. Strotter Morgan. Miss Jessie Lamb of Sioux Falls, S. D., has arrived in our city and is lady attendant at the Turkish bath pariors of the Garretson hotel. Mrs. Racheal Harris and daughter Lena have returned to Pierre, S. D., after a pleasant visit in our city. Little Harvey Grant was hit in the head with a rock thrown by a white boy; cut not serious though painful. Rev. E. D. Wilson, pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist church and Rev. J. W. Jeffress of Lincoln, Nebr. left for Council Bluffs to attend church meeting. Mrs. Cora Gilds has gone to Sioux Falls, S. D., or a few days vssit with relatives. Mr. Robert Early has stopped working for James Washington and has opened up a blacksmith shop of his own on Third street. Rev. J. W. Jeffress of Lincoln, Nebr., the moderator for Nebraska and Iowa Baptist association, occupied the pulpit Sunday. He preached a grand sermon both morning and evening. There was a surprise party on Miss Lettie Mitchell Thursday night; all report a jolly good time. COLD INDEED. Some of the Odd Tricks of Liquid Air Liquid air is, perhaps, 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 a loss to explain, and the result was that the frozen steak was taken back into the kitchen as a mysterious curiosity. A new steak was broiled for Mr. Tripler and this one he ate with much palest Sherry in the Coffee: A little sherry and also coffee added to chocolate very much improvis the drink. A tablespoonful of sherry and four of clear, strong coffee to six cupfuls of chocolate is about the right proportion. Both should be added after the chocolate is taken from the fire. Police Need Language Drill. At the suggestion of a Chicago justice of the peace a school is to be opened in that city in which policemen will be taught elementary grammar, so that they can express themselves more clearly on the witness stand. Baltimore's City Bacteriologist Dr. William Lloyd Stokes, bacteriologist of the city of Baltimore, has been elected a member of the faculty of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in that city, and has been given the chair of pathology. Ex-Gov. Morrill of Kansas owns what is said to be the largest apple orchard in the world. When work now in progress has been completed, the orchard will contain 64,000 trees. Ellijah and "Dr." Dowie Compared, "I am Ellijah," says "Dr." Dowie. One difference that suggests itself is that whereas Ellijah was fed by the ravens, Dowie is fed by the gulls. New York Herald. Ingenuity. The following ingenious mode of crossing a river was once displayed by a kafir, who had for some time stood watching the vain attempts of a party of scudiers to cross the stream at a time when to ford it was attended by considerable danger. After smiling at their efforts with that sardonic expression remarkable among these savages, be quietly raised a heavy stone, placed it on his head and then walked, with perfect ease, through the torrent to the opposite side. Sober Second Thought. Tom—"Was it hard to tell Miss Autumnal you loved her?" Jack—"Not half so hard as it was to explain matters after I got sober."—Chicago News. If we could only look at our own troubles as philosophically as we do at those of others happiness would so is easy. DES MOINES PASSENGER TRAINS C.R.I & P., GOING EAST. ARRIVE 9 30 pm ..... 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Chicago Limited ... +9 40 am 11 00 am ... Chicago Express ... 11 00 am 12 45 pm ... Sioux City & Omaha ... 2 00 am *Daily. †Daily. All other trains daily except Sanday Cheaper Than Ever TO COLORADO AND UTAH Daily to]Sept. 10th, 1901. VIA THE VIA THE GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE ROUND TRIP RATES FROM Chicago to Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo $25.00 Aug. 1 to 10 $31.50 July 10 to 31 Sedt. 1 to 10 Aug. 11 to 31 Similar reduced Rates on same dates to other Colorado and Utah Tourist Points. Rates from other points on Rock Island Route proportionately lower on same dates of sale. Return, Limit October 31, 1901 The Superb New Train Rocky Mountain Limited Leaves Chicago daily at 1:00 p.m. arriving Denver 4:45 p.m. Colorado Springs (Manitou) 4:30 p.m next day. ONLY ONE NIGHT OUT See your Agent for details and Colorado literature or address JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. P. A, CHICAGO. IOWA'S BEAUTIFUL LAKE REGION Lake Okoboji and Spirit Lake most favorably reached by the quickest route, the C. M. & St. P. 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Variations in children's gowns blossom out from time to time, even though they are very slight, and small girls rival their mothers in their ambition to keep up to date. Soft wool materials make up very prettily in this way. In figured French flannel the collar may be made of the same and trimmed with rows of narrow braid or velvet ribbon. Skirts of the small gowns are usually plain, but the older girls have some sort of trimming, either tucks, stitched bands, ruffles or velvet folds, stitched on. The long-waisted mode, in which the waist line rounds down low in front, is conspicuously evident among the gowns for girls over 10 years of age, and the small gowns for dainty little girls of 6 imitate this fashion as much as possible by having the long waist all around. Guimpe dresses, which never seem to go out of style, are suitable for all ages, from 6 to the more mature years of middle age. Bolero jackets are very popular in the kingdom of small costumes, and the attempt to produce the effect of stole ends is seen in one little gown, where narrow lace reverses are carried down the entire length of the front, as shown in the illustration. Another pretty effect is made by two box plaits in front, one at either side from the yoke to the hem, and two in the back, giving a long effect to the waist, which is defined with a narrow velvet belt ending in small velvet rosettes at either side of the front on the plaits. The skirt gathers on to the waist between the plaits, which apparently are a continuation of those in the waist. A sailor collar of lace covers the shoulders in the back and opens in front over a yoke of tucked white silk or butte. Thin gowns of point desprit for party wear are variously trimmed with ruches, ruffles, lace insertion and rows of colored satin ribbon. A pretty feature of the small girl's costume is the coat and hat to match.—New York Sun CAUSES SURPRISE. Connecticut Man Declares His Assoc- ment 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 had 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 reported 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 one law for the poor man and another for the rich man. The law says that each property owner must put in a true 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 all value. The millionaires in some instances have not paid on 10 per cent of the property. OHIN & INDIANA HOME VISITOR'S Excursions, Vla the BURLINGTON ROUTE, at very low rates. Tickets on sale Sept. 17th & 24th, and Oct. 1st & 8th, or on such dates as will enable passengers to pass through the eastern gate way by evening of those dates. The route is through Pearia, except on Oct. 1st, tickets may be sold via Beardstown to certain points. All tickets good for return 30 days from date of sale, if deposited with destination agent within twenty-four hours after arrival. Foher information, call on any C. B. & Q. agent for rates and particulars, or address, J. M. Beehel, Div. Pass, Agt., Burlington, Iowa. FORECAST OF FASHIONS. A fichu effect of Hamburg is pretty on a wash frock. Lawn collars with colored borders are the latest fad. Very long waisted effects are now the fashion for small children. Black grenadines, both plain and figured, are offered in great varieties. A popular style of trimming for the street and everyday hat is the draped silk scarf. Gainsborough and Duchess of Davonshire hats appear among the high-priced millinery. Rich, dull black is exceedingly becoming to golden-haired, fair-complexioned women. Embroidered pongees appear beautiful in the excellence of their fiber and needleworked design. Costly netted fringes add greatly to the grace of, the sweeping, clinging gowns of soft fabrics. Long, unlined sleeves are again the mode of evening gowns. They are made long over the hands. Entire gowns of crape for either the street or the house are exceedingly handsome, and always becoming. French chalis and sheer nun's velling are two very favorite materials in the preparing of the summer outfit. Black and white is perhaps the most favored combination of the season, and some lovely effects are to be seen in simple materials. All waists have a becoming fullness at the front and skirts are extra full at the bottom. Puff effects are also noticeable on the sleeves. Striking-looking parasols are those made of silk of broad pronounced stripes, running around the upper part of the parasol, while the lower part is of chiffon and silk. Mercerized sateens, which very closely resemble satin foulard, and soft silk and linen mixtures in dainty colorings, striped, dotted, and plain of surface, are among the favored materials for shirt waists for morning wear this spring. HAPPY TIT-BITS. "Poor Matie, her marriage was a disappointment." "Was it?" "Oh, yes; she didn't get half the nice presents she counted on." "You are not addicted to any kind of athletics, are you?" "Athletics?" Gracious man, I earn a good living for a family of seven. "The doctor says I must go away for a change of climate," said Mrs. Dukane. "If that's all you need," replied Dukane, "stay right here, and the change of climate will come to you." "Wait a minute," she said to the young man. 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