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IOWA Latest styles, lowest prices—Mason's: Over VOL. 8. IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE BYSTANDER PUBLISHING COMPANY, FIFTH AND LOOUST. MOOM 405 MANQUARDT BLOCK. IOWA 'PHONE 696. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE APO-AMERICAN PRO- TREATIVE ASSOCIATION OF IOWA. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE MOST WORSHIPFUL UNITED GRAND LODGE OF IOWA, A. F. & A. M. TBRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 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, fice order, money order, express or draft, to the IOWA STATE BYSTAN- der Publishing Company. Communications must be written on one side of the paper only and "the of interest to the public. "Brevity is the soul of wit," remember We will not return rejected manuscript, unless accompanied by postage stamps. CITY NEWS Best Milliners on earth—Mason's Mrs. George Strathers is quite sick. E. T. Banks returned home Wednesday. Mrs. Hitch has been worse this week, but as we go to press she is some better. Fall Hats are ready—Mason's. Atty. Herbert R. Wright is employed as a waiter at the Kirkwood hotel. Miss Zoe Richardson's visiting Miss Hogsett of Colon and other friends in Mahaska county. Mr. and Mrs. James Robertson of Boone were in the city visiting friends as well as the Seni-Om-Sed. Harding Ice Cream is always best and suits the people. Phones 647. 762 Ninth street. Latest styles, lowest prices—Mason's Mr. Arthur Scurvey of Xenia, Ohio is here visiting his relatives Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Lewis. He will remain indefinitely. Will Walker returned home last Sunday from his Minneapolis visit—an East Side lady no doubt smiled. The Renix Bros. of Minneapolis arrived in the city Tuesday morning for a week's engagement at the Seni-Om-Sed. Mr. and Mrs. John Walker of 17th and Lyon, entertained Dr. A. G. Edwards and wife, J. L. Thompson and wife and Miss Cassie Spears at dinner last Sunday. A pleasant time was enjoyed by all. Mr. A. E. Lewis, one of our intelligent farmers near Clive, was in our city Saturday. He called at the BRYSTANDER office and paid his subscription. When in Oskaloosa, Iowa, stop at Mr. Peter Williams, No. 216 North A street, for good meals and room. One of the best foot ball games that has been played here this year was the one between Drake and Grinnell last Saturday night. The latter won by a score of 6 to 5. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Price Alexander of Highland Park is reported very sick, and has been ill about two weeks. Their little 7 year old daughter who was so badly burned a few weeks ago is slowly improving. Best Milliners on earth—Mason's. Mrs. Martha Bass and daughter, Miss Lena, returned Tuesday night from Fayette county, where they had been visiting. Leo Welker, a student at the Iowa College, is playing left half back on the foot ball team this season. He played with the team here last Saturday. St. Paul's A. M. E. Church. Sunday at 10:30 a. m. the pastor, Rev. Horace S. Graves, will preach, subject, "The Beauty of Holiness," and at 7:30 p. m. he will speak subject, "Our Father." J. H. Mixon, Jeweler, No. 312 West Third street, tunes Pianos and repairs Organs, DES MOINES, IOWA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1901. Fall Hats are ready—Mason's. Mr. James Weeks has in addition to his regular work taken the janitorship of the Baptist church. The report reached us this week that Rev. J. W. Malone has been appointed Presiding Elder for the Iowa district. Mr. Richard Wright, one of the oldest and highly respected citizens of Marshalltown was down to visit his son, Atty. Herbert R., a few days. I. L. Brown, Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Iowa and its jurisdiction, will visit North Star lodge No. 2, Wednesday evening, Oct. 16, at their hall on Court avenue, near West Fourth street. All Masons are requested to be present. J. H. SHEPARD. W. M. T. S. BUFF. Sec. Mr. Henry Hamilton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton of Ottumwa, died very suddenly the first of the week near Des Moines. He was a son-in-law of Messers. H. S. Clay, Smith and Alexander of this city. The funeral services were held from the residence of Mr. H. S. Clay on Elevenh street, Thursday at 2 o,clock. Interment in Woodland cemetery. Best Milliners on earth—Mason's. Mrs. E. S. Morgan, who has been employed as cook on one of the Mississippi River steam boats, for about six months, returned home Friday, Sept. 27. She reports a very pleasant trip, as the scenery along the Mississippi and Ohio is fine. Rev. Timothy Reeves of Keokuk, who was recently appointee Presiding Eider of the Iowa circuit, was recalled to our sorrow and stationed in the Minneapolis church. While the reverend has an excellent church entirely out of debt and will do well, yet it was to bad to take him out of Iowa. LITERARY LYCEUM. There will be a meeting of our citizens next Tuesday evening, Oct. 15th, to organize a debating and literary society. All interested in such a work, and especially the young people, are requested to come out early and let us have a lyceum that will be a credit to the Capital City; like ye olden times. Latest styles, lowest prices—Mason's Mr. Stephen Ewing, an old Des Moines boy who has been living in Minnerpolis, Minn., has returned to our city to visit old friends. Misses Clara Miller, Eldora Green and Mesers. C. Miller and Jessie Waldon of Newton are visitors in our city this week attedting the carnival. Mr. Warren Russ of La Crew, Iowa, a well known and successful farmer of Lee county, Iowa, was a Capital City visitor this week. He made a very pleasant call at our office and paid up back subscription, and took advantage of our great clubbing rate with the Chieago Weekly Inter Ocean, both papers for $1.60 for one year. See our terms next week. Mr. Russ has lived in Lee county over 38 years, and owns nearly one-quarter section of good land. He use to buy and ship hogs and horses. Such men are a credit to the race. Fall Hats are ready—Mason's The members and friends of the A. M. E. church, under the auspices of the Christian Endeavor society, will tender a public reception to the newly appointed pastor. The pragram is as follows: W. H. Humburd presiding; Singing; prayer by C. B. Woods; Four minets address by one member from each of the different church auxiliaries Welcome address, J. B. Rush; Trustee Board represented by I. E. Williamson Steward Board, Wm. Coalson; Stewart-ward, Mrs. C. S. Steward; Deaconess-Mrs. J. H. Harris; Sunday school, J. H. Shepard; Sunday School Teachers' Board, Rev. H. McCraven; Sewing Circle, Mrs. J. H. Warrick; Mission Society, Mrs. D. Bowmer; Welcome address on behalf of the ladies to Mrs. H. S. Graves by Mrs. J. L. Thompson; Response by Rev. H. S. Graves and Mrs. Graves. DR. A. G. EDWARDS. Physician and Surgeon. IOWA PHONE 1081 (Office) MUTUAL PHONE 466 Miles' Drug Store OFFICE HOURS: { 8 to 10 a. m. 2 to 4 p. m. 7 to 9 p. m. } Mrs. Humburd is improving very fast and we hope she will soon be out again. Latest styles, lowest prices—Mason's Mr. Alonzo Drain, one of Keokuks' popular young men, who has spent the summer in St. Joseph, Mo., is in our city today, enroute to his home where he will enter the last years' course of his study of medicine. He has taught school several years in Missouri; a graduate of Keokuk High School. He will spend Sunday here and is the guest of Miss Zella Davis. DEATH OF MR. BANKS, MOTHER. Mrs. Mary Beter of Jasper county, Miss., who died Saturday evening, Sept. 28, her home in said county, was one of the oldest and highly esteemed ladies of the state. She was only sick about a week, and when Mr. E. T. Banks received the news he went immediately and reached home just before she died. She knew him and called him Edward. She leaves three children, eighteen grand children and eleven great grand children to mourn her death. Mrs. Beter was born in Maryland, Ala., 1814, making her 87 years old. The funeral services were held from the St. John's Baptist church, Died at her home, 1041 B street, Mrs. Mary Beckton, last Friday evening at 8 o'clock, after a brief illness. She was the wife of A. Beckton, who was in Chicago at the time of her death, preparing to move his family there when the sad news reached him, calling him here to pay the last sad writs. She leaves a husband and three small children to mourn her untimely taking away. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock from the corner of School and B streets, Rev F. Lomack officiated. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON AND ROOSEVELT. Last week the associated and telegraphic association sent out what was purported to be an interview, between Booker T. Washington and President Roosevelt. In which the president sent for Mr. Washington to ask his advice as to some appointments in the Southern states. The newspaper report Mr. Washington as advising the president not to appoint any colored man to office nor any white republican politician, for both elements are obnoxious to the South, and to appoint a colored man would engender the old political hatred toward the race. While we would not defend Mr. Washington if he made such a similar statement, we prefer or hope that the reporters and newspapers has misquoted him. While it would have been and may be better for our race as a whole to remain out of politics and if they had use the same energies and persistency as they do in trying to secure some political appointment. But the error that Mr. Washington made, if the above statement is true, was the advising the turning down of the true white republicans and the worthy colored republicans who have held the party up in defeat. We must remember that that it means something for white men to live in the South and advocate republican doctrine, and then again we should never forget and ever remember our true and tried white friends in the days of need. Do not offend those old comrades, both white and black, who made it possible for us today to live. Our race needs honest, good and well trained public men, as they do laborers. We hope the president will reward the colored republicans as he does all other classes. "Mr. Cummins, in discussing, the anarchism that is supposed to have prompted the murder of the president, argued for the observance of the law and against mob violence in all forms, whether manifested in the lynchings of the south or the mob uprisings that sometimes take place in the north. These, he has indicated, in his belief, tend strongly in the direction of anarchy and these efforts is to promote the anarchistic spirit." SENI-OM-SED This is the carnival week for Des Moines. There is a large crowd in attendance and the weather favorable, yet the entertainment is poor. The citizens have not (with the exception of a few) prepared or even decorated for it, nor is the city lighted up in the usual carnival manner. It is certainly not up to previous ones given here. Were it not for the Horse Show and the Wild West performance it would have been a complete failure, however we hope different business men will control it next time. You Can Help the Race By being honest. By helping race enterprises. By selecting good associates. By subscribing for the BYSTANDER. By encouraging those who are trying to do right. By encouraging the young to secure a good education. By giving some church and Sunday School your moral support. By not saying hard things about your people to the other race. By doing something yourself that will elevate and not discourage those about you. By holding up the lives of the good men and women of the race to the boys and girls of to-day. By associating yourself with some good race organization, and work with your might for its success. By doing something to make your church, your Sunday School, your society and your people the best church, the best Sunday School, the best society and the best people in the world. MR. CUMMINS' CAMPAIGN. This fall's campaign does not show the interest as in other years when the two parties were contending for governorship, for two reasons. First—and the chief reason, was the recent and sudden assassinations of our president, which always make a very dull and quite campaign, Second—the leading candidate against Mr. Cummins, who is Mr. T. J. Phillips of Ottumwa, is individually a weak man and in no way does he compare with Mr. Cummins. In fact there can be found but few if any men in Iowa who would equal Mr. Cummins, and he endowed by nature and qualification to be a leader. In the beginning of his speech-making campaign he is a power and his speeches has already attracted the nation at large. He is a bold out-spoken defender of our race, and has on several occasions always spoken against unfair treatment that our race is receiving in some parts of this country. Below we quote a paragraph in his opening speech at Centerville. Every colored citizen should vote for Mr. Cummins. "For three days and nights I suffered agony untold from an attack of cholera morbus brought on by eating cucumbers," says M. E. Lowther, clerk of the district court, Centerville, Iowa. "I thought I should surly die, and tried a dozen different medicines but all to no purpose. I sent for a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and three doses relieved me entirely." This remedy is for sale by all Druggists. An Emperor's Fad. Emperor William's latest fad is that of playing the flute. He has been taking lessons on that instrument for some time now, and is jubilant over his progress. Cheap Rates Again to the West. On Oct. 15th, Nov. 19th and Dec. 17th 190t, the Northern Pacific will sell Home-seekers excursian tickets to points reached via its lue, at one fare plus $2.00 for the round trip. For further information regarding rates write G. D, Rogers, D. P, A., N. P. R, No. 403 Locust St., Des Moines, Ia., or address Chas. F. Fee, G. P. & T. A., N. P. R., St. Paul, Minn. 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. Subscribe for and read the By stander. 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. an size, not counting colonies, the European powers stand in this order: Russia, Austria, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy. --- OF TERN HATS been made up opening... E BRADLEY, last Street. CAUSES SURPRIZE. 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 $30,000 by taxation, and has spent $30,000 more than it raised. The debt has rolled up ten 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 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 the value. The millionaires in some instances have not paid on 10 per cent of the property. Stanford White is one of the largest collectors of antique statuary in America. Not only is his house in Grammar park, New York, a veritable museum of Greek and Roman art, but the lawn is now filled to overflowing with other examples. Odd Names in Virginia One county of West Virginia has among its political subdivisions the Slab Fork, the Marsh Fork, the Shady Spring, the Clear Fork and the Trap Hill districts. Another has the Pipe Stem and the Jumping Branch districts. Queer Japanese Custom At the birth of a Japanese baby tree is planted that must remain untouched until the marriage of the child. When the nuptial hour arrives the tree is cut down and the wood is transformed into furniture. 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 soldiers to cross the stream at a time when to ford it was attended by considerable danger. After smiling at their efforts with that sardonic expression remarkable among those savages, he quietly raised a heavy stone, placed it on his head and then walked, with perfect ease, through the torrent to the opposite side. 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 The Merchant of Yenip A Venetian merchant who was lofting 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. Sweetmeats for Wives. At the "stag dinner" of the Fish-mongers' company in London each man gets a casket of sweetmeats to carry home to his wife. And the outside caskets make neat workbaskets. ..The Filibusters of Venezuela.. By SEWARD W. HOPKINS. Mattazudo the Hair-Breed. In one of the most luxurious rooms of the Castle of Salvarez a tall, somber-looking man, clad in a gorgeous uniform, stood near a table, looking down at a map of Venezuela, his long, thin finger tracing the boundaries of the states, and his eye measuring the distance from Bolivar to Caracas. On one side of him stood Ferdinand Gomez, on the other stood Don Juan Garza. "Your Majesty sees that we hold a most important position," said Gomez. In the presence of others Gomez called the pretender by the royal titles. What he called him when they were alone was the more familiar name of Philip. The stranger raised his dark, burning eyes rested them on the face of Gomez. "I see that we occupy a central position," he said, "but on the wrong side of the Orinoco. We command here, perhaps; but all the strength of the Republic and all her wealth are separated from us by the great river." "You are mistaken," replied Gomez. "It is true that the army of Crespo is in the north. But the wealth of Venezuela—the true wealth, not the buildings and customs port and town, is the vast stores of gold and silver in the mountains—is on this side." Don Juan shrugged his shoulders. "Of what use is it to talk of gold and silver in the mountains?" he demanded. "Did we come here as prospectors? Did we buy twenty thousand rifles and rouse the half-breeds here simply to enable us to work a claim? Our work lies in the north." "True," responded Gomez. "I do not wish to imply that we must not look across the great river. We do not own Venezuela till we occupy the capital. But I do not desire the value of this part of the country to be underrated, as it has always been heretofore." "Time enough for that," said Philip of Aragon, "Where do we strike next?" "Before making any attempt at crossing the Orinoco," said Gomez, "it will be necessary to annihilate the force under Salvarez. It is, I admit, smaller than our own; but it is still large enough to give us considerable trouble. Moreover, Salvarez is a man of resources, and as long as he has a company at his back will be dangerous." "Where is Salvarez now?" asked Philip. "About a half-mile below the castle." "Will he attack?" "He certainly will. Salvarez is not the man to accept defeat without a struggle." "Yet, with the guns left in the battlements and our well-armed infantry, we should be able to defeat him." "That is without question. There is no cause to fear the result of a battle." "Let them come," said Gomez. "I will be ready for them. I will visit the men again and reassure your Majesty." "It has occurred to me, your majesty," said Don Juan, as soon as the door had closed behind Gomez, "that instead of waiting until you reach Caracas to declare yourself king, you should do so at once, and become crowned before the people who are now with us." Philip spent a moment, with bared head, deep in thought. Raising his head, he said: "Garza, wisest and best of counselors, I think you are right. I see it now with your eyes. We must guard against defection from our ranks. As you say, it will be best for me to take the crown at once." Just outside the door Gomez stood listening. There was a most ugly look on the face of the leader of the royalists. He walked quickly away when he heard the resolve of Philip, and hurried to a small outbuilding that had been designated as the headquarters of Mattazudo, the leader of the Zambos. Mattazudo was there. He looked up when Gomez entered. "I want to see you alone," said Gomez. Mattazudo was smoking a huge, black cheroot. He puffed some pungent smoke toward Gomez. Humility, respect toward superiors, were not parts of the character of Mattazudo. His dark face was villainous in its expression. He was the man for dark deeds; he was the man Gomez wanted. "Well," he said, "am I not alone?" "I did not know," answered Gomez. "I saw only you, but there may be others near." "None," said Mattazudo. Gomez took a seat near him. "Mattazudo," he said, "you have known me a long time." Mattazudo laughed. "Longer than I would want it known at Caracas if this affair fails," he said. "We have been friends," said Gomez, ignoring the words. Mattazudo darted a quick look toward Gomez. "Well," he said questioningly, "you have a game. Out with it." "Do you want to earn some money?" asked Gomez. "A thousand Bolivars is a good deal," he said. "I never had more than fifty at any one time." A Bolivar is about twenty cents in United States money. "You shall have a thousand," said "None," said Mattazudo. Gomez took a seat near him. "One thousand Bollvars." Mattazudo started. Gomes, "if you will do what I ask." "You know me too well to doubt," said Mattazudo. "You have only to command." "There is something in the situation here that you do not know," said Gomez, "and which does not concern you personally; but it does me. You have seen Garza's daughter?" Mattazudo's eyes opened. "The beauty! Oh, yes, I have seen her! What eyes! What an ankle!" Gomez looked displeased. "Her eyes and ankles do not concern you," he said. "Now, listen to what I have to say. By the power that Garza had in New York, he obtained a great influence over the king. Garza was the only man in the United States who could obtain for us the money we needed to make our movement a success. It is, therefore, plain that for a time he held us in his hands." "It would seem so, certainly," said Mattazudo, with a grin. "He used this power to compel the king to promise to marry his daughter when the crown of Venezuela had been placed on his head." Mattazudo puffed harder. "Well," he said, "it isn't on yet. Caracas is far from here. Why do you grow disturbed so soon?" "Caracas is far from here, it is true; but Caracas is not necessary to a crown. Philip has already announced that in one hour he will be crowned king before his army." Mattazudo looked surprised. "A spectacle for the multitude! He is wise," he said. "True. It is a good move for his interests, but a bad one for mine." "Ah! You want the coronation postponed—prevented, perhaps. You would like to be king of Venezuela yourself, perhaps?" "Nonsense," said Gomez, impatiently. "Even if I wished it, I am not such a fool to try. It will be a difficult thing at best to maintain the throne on this continent, and would be utterly impossible without the help of Spain, and Spain will help no one but a Spaniard of noble birth. What I want is far different. The coronation is a good thing in its way. Let it go on. But the marriage of Lola Garza to the king must be prevented. I saw her and loved her before Philip, and she must be mine. Rather than lose her, I would sacrifice the king—the war—everything!" Mattazudo shifted uneasily. "You say too much," he said. "I speak only to you," said Gomez. "You see how I trust you." "What do you want me to do?" asked the half-breed. "Some time within the hour, Salvarrez will attack the castle. There will, of course, be much excitement, and a good deal—anything—can be done in the turmoil. I will contrive to get Philip and Don Juan out on the battlement, and while they are there, you must in some way get to Lola's room and get her away out of the castle." "Well?" "Take her to some safe hiding place near here, and leave her, bound hand and foot. You know of a safe place, do you not?" "Plenty. But why do you tell me to do what you could do as well?" "You forget. As general in command of Philip's army, I must be always at hand if he should demand my presence. A short absence would be surely noticed. It would be impossible for me to take the time necessary to get her out of the castle. You must do it. You must be careful not to be discovered. You must also be careful not to fall into the hands of the soldiers of Salvarrez." "You may trust me. I am too old to be caught in so simple a thing as this. But where is the girl's room? How am I to find her?" Gomez took a pencil and paper from his pocket and hastily drew a rude plan of the interior of the castle. "Here," he said, "follow me. This room on the main hall was the library of Salvarez. It is now the council room of Philip. At one end of the hall is the east gallery. There, you will find a door as I have located it here. You will find Lola there." "I can find it," said Mattazuo. "Very well. Now, where will you take her?" Mattazuo studied a moment. "One mile up the Coronil," he said, "in a hut, lives old Ramana—" "Ramana the Caribl He who claims to be the Indian king?" "The same." "Why, he is a devoted friend of Salvarez." "Well, what has this to do with his friendship for Salvarez? He is at least an honest Indian, and that is something. Moreover, it will not be difficult to make his loyalty to Salvarez serve our purpose. Ramana does not know I am with you. I take the girl to him, and tell him I have captured her from Philip during the fight, and he is to keep her until Salvarez or I come for her. Later I can get her and bring her to you." "I prefer to get her for myself." "Well, until you come for her. Ramana does not know you. You can be a messenger from me." "Good! Now, how am I to know this hut? I do not recall it." "There is a large white stone in front of it." "I will find it. Hark! My name! The sentry is giving the alarm. Salvarez is beginning the attack. I must go to my work. See to it that you do yours." "Trust me," said Mattasudo, as he walked off. General Salvares was deep in the council of war with his officers, when his wife and daughter reached him. They rushed into his arms with exclamations of mingled joy and woe. "How did you escape?" said Salvares. "Tell me about one attack on the castle. Our men say they fought bravely, and killed a hundred of the enemy." "Fought bravely!" replied Dona Marla. "There was no fighting at all. A few shots were fired, it is true. But of what use would it be for a few to stand against hundreds? "Who are the two Americans, father?" asked Jacinta, who had heard enough about the war. "Oh, the Americans! Where are they? I have not missed them till now. Where did you see them?" "Near the castle. Pedro Francisco is with the enemies of the republic, and was looking for us in the castle grounds. When we left the secret passage he came upon us, with two others, and the Americans beat them off and brought us within a short distance of you. They are here, so they said, to rescue a young girl from the hands of the conspirators against our liberty." Salvarez dismissed the Americans from his mind, and began preparations for attacking the castle. Having reached the most advantageous point within his grasp, Salvarez planted his two guns, ready to begin the attack. It was at this point that the sentinel on the tower had passed the word for comez and had interrupted his talk with Mattazudo. Salvarez first took the precaution to send his wife and daughter some distance away from the scene in the care of a score of soldiers under a lieutenant. Freed from their loving but embarrassing presence, he now displayed himself fearlessly, and directed the movements in person. The soldiers under Salvarez were of the same classes as those under Francisco and Mattazuod; but as no class is altogether good, neither is any class altogether bad, and the half-breeds, even to the Zambos, who were among the supporters of the Government fought bravely. At the command of Salvarez the two guns boomed their wrath against the offending foe, and an answering charge of cannon and rifles awoke the echoes. Again and again the booming guns poured out their wrath, but the walls of the castle crumbled not. Meanwhile, Salvarez was restlessly pacing up and down. He recognized the impossibility of driving the enemy from his castle with the force at his command. A problem had presented itself to his mind. The secret passage! He resolved to hold the secret, intending, if necessary, to utilize it in some way at night. His meditations were interrupted by loud shouts from his men. In the castle the preparations for the attack had been watched eagerly by Gomez, Don Juan and Philip of Aragon. "That General is a cool fellow," said Philip. "He should be one of us." "Salvarez is a brave man," said Gomez, "and as stubbornly loyal to the republic as he is brave." "Salvarez seems to have confidence that his attack will be successful." Gomez smiled. "If he knew it would be a failure he would be as calm." "Is there any danger that he will be successful?" asked Don Juan. "Not the least." "Is it, then, so strong a castle?" asked Philip. "The strongest in Venezuela." "Is it so? Then this spot was indeed well chosen as the spot to begin our operations." Gomez smiled—his quiet, superior smile. "I knew what I was doing," he said. "I generally do." RIDING FOR INSOMNIA. Outings on the Trolley Cars to Make People Sleep "There is a great deal of sound sense in persons suffering from insomnia taking rides on the trolley car to make them sleep, as I know from constant experience," said a conductor on an Overbrook night car to the Philadelphia Times. "Men who ride occasionally after midnight, and get on the car quite chipper, after Elthigh street, are sound asleep before they reach the Schuylkill River. It is only men who are accustomed to work after midnight that can keep awake for a long ride. It is a common thing for me to see twenty men in a late car, all asleep. If I know where they want to go I wake them up, but they don't always tell me. "The other night a man who lives near Fifty-second and Jefferson streets boarded a down car after midnight, saying that he could not sleep, and he thought a trolley ride would de him good. He kept awake all right until we got to the ferry, but on the up trip, after 1 o'clock, he fell asleep with the rest of the men in the car. I forgot all about him when we reached his street and carried him to Overbrook. Well, what's stranger, I forgot him again on the down trip and he slept all the way to the ferry. He made an awful row. On the up trip he slept all the way again, but it was daylight when he got to Forty-second street. The policeman on that corner was waiting for the car. The man's wife had been out to look for him." He—Yes, she is living under an assumed name. She—Horrible! What is it? He—The one she assumed immediately after her husband married her. HUNDREDS MYSTERIOUSLY DROP OUT OF SIGHT YEARLY IN CHICAGO. Many a Weird Tale Hidden Away in the Records of Strange Disappearances Kept by the Police—A Remarkable Case Unraveled by a Mind-Reader. Many a queer tale, more weird and interesting than any penned by writers of fiction, is hidden away in the records of mysterious disappearances kept by the Chicago Police Department. Between three hundred and four hundred men and women drop out of sight every year in this city—disappear as completely as if the earth had opened and swallowed them. What becomes of these people is a mystery few detectives care to attempt to explain. Foul play is the explanation advanced by their relatives in nine cases out of ten, murder by footpads being the customary plea, but in few instances are the facts such as to justify this conclusion. Wholesale killings for plunder could not go on year after year without detection. Sooner or later the bodies of some of the alleged victims would turn up, or stolen valuables would be found in that market for all thieves, the pawnshop. It is because of lack of developments of this kind that officers experienced in criminal matters scout the idea of foul play. But people keep on disappearing at an alarming rate, and the natural question is, What becomes of them? They are not embezzlers or others who have known cause for hiding themselves. If the reports received at Police Headquarters are accurate, nearly all of these missing people are individuals free from financial or domestic troubles, and, to all outward appearances, happily situated in life. "Men do queer things at times," said former Captain Elliott, in discussing this subject, "and of all their freaks that of mysteriously disappearing is the oddest. Sometimes they really become insane and actually lose their identity, but as a rule those who disappear are not afflicted mentally. In nearly every instance where a man of sound mind disappears, and no murder has been committed, close investigation will disclose the fact that he has some real or fancied cause for getting out of the way. Wives are always positive their husbands love them, but I have known instances in which men who to all outward appearances were devoted husbands were really weary of life with their conjugal mates, and quietly 'disappeared' in order: to get rid of them. "Men sometimes become annoyed because their business affairs are not in good shape and seek relief in voluntary retirement. Others, again, are imbued with love of adventure and after spending years in quiet domestic surroundings, suddenly become imbued with an inconquerable desire to see other phases of life. It is possible and even probable that some of the people reported as missing fall victims to footpads, but the number is small. Crimes of this kind are easily detected, and while the perpetrators may not be caught in every instance, the identity of the victim and the fact of killing are pretty sure to be quickly established. "One of the queerest cases of mysterious disappearance with which the Chicago Police Department has had to deal is that of John W. Matthews, who quietly dropped out of sight in this city last November and has never been heard from. An unusually vigorous search was made for Matthews because he was an intimate friend of Captain Campbell, secretary of the Department, and the latter interested himself in seeing that the hunt was a thorough me. Matthews lived in Monmouth, Ill., and was a man of considerable wealth. He came to Chicago about the middle of November, wearing a new suit of clothes and with 5700 in cash. Here he met and talked with several friends, all of whom afterward remarked that he was in fine health and spirits. Two days later Matthews was missing and no trace of him was to be found. "The police were baffled, when a mind-reader gave them a clew which led to strange disclosures. This person and Matthews had been suddenly taken insane in Chicago and had gone to a hotel in Madison street, near Clark street, where he registered under his proper name, but in an undecipherable running hand, and had been assigned to a room on the fourth floor. Before bedtime, however, he had taken a car and gone to the lake near Jackson Park, where he drowned himself. Shortly after this, the mind-reader said, the body was washed ashore in the Calumet region, where it was found by a fisherman, who appropriated the money and valuables, and then to save himself trouble buried the remains in the sand. "Matthew's signature was found on the hotel register, and he had been assigned to a fourth-floor room, which he had not occupied. Search along the southern lake front revealed a spot identical with that given by the mindreader as the place where Matthews had jumped into the water, and in the Calumet country the officers found the fisherman they were after. There, also, it was easy to make out the mindreader's picture of the copse-marked beach where the body had been cast up. As the fisherman stoutly denied having found such a body, however, and no evidence could be had against him, the matter was dropped."—Chicago Tribune. Paying For One's Own Arrest. Lake City, Fla., has set out to make the dancer pay the fiddler in a novel way. The town has appointed a single night watchman and decreed that he shall be paid at the rate of $2.50 for each arrest made, the prisoner to furnish the money. Sozodont Some men get rich while others are waiting for great opportunities. STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, JUCSAC COUNTY Frank J. Coyle, coathot that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co. and State storesal, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for the store that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catcatch Cure. **FRAKEEN CHEENY** worn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. **SEALK** A. W. GLEASON. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Free from the free. J. CHEENY & C., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Ink or rust may be removed with lemon juice followed by salt. **Ladies Can Wear Shoes** One size smaller after using Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It makes tight or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. All drug-gists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package FREE by mail. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. If a hammock is hung somebody will swing for it. **RUSS BEACHING BLUE** should be in every home. Ask your grocer for it and take no substitute. 100 a package. Some people save a lot of money by not buying soap. Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs.-Wm. O. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1000. A gossipy man is an excellent person to avoid. The Baroness Burdett-Coutts, well known for her wealth and philanthropy, was born in the Waterloo year, and is therefore past 86 years old. Her husband, William Ashmead Bartlett Burdett-Coutts, is about 50. An Egyption scythe durp up on the banks of the river in 1890, is exhibited among the antiquities in the private museum of Flinders Petrie, London. The shaft of the instrument is of wood set with a row of fine flint saws, which are securely cemented in a groove. This discovery answers the oft-asked question: How did the stone age man harvest his crops? On one occasion, just previous to opening in one of the large eastern cities, Joseph Jefferson discharged his property man, Bagley, for humiliating him before a number of his friends by familiarly addressing him as Joe Jefferson, discharged right away and that night paid his way to the gallery to see Mr. Jefferson present "Rip Van Winkle." The angry frau had just driven poor, destitute Rip from the cottage, when Rip turned, and with a world of pathos, asked: "What is your name?" The house was densely still, the audience half in tears, when Bagley's tracked voice responded: "Only eighty per cent, Joey—only eighty per cent." STILL TALKING ABOUT IT. Bryant, Mo., Oct. 7th.—The case of Mrs. M. A. Goss, continues to be the chief topic of conversation in this neighborhood. Mrs. Goss was a cripple for a long time with Scotia; she was so bad she couldn't turn over in bed and for four months she lay on one side. She had tried everything without getting any relief, till at last she heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills. She is strong and well today, and has not a single ache or pain. Mrs. Goss says: "I don't know if Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure anything else or not, but I do know they will cure itation, for they cured me, and there couldn't be worse case than mine." One of the expense items of the war, as shown by the books of the war department, is the $70,031 which it cost to capture Jefferson Davis. Agents and solicitors should not fail to read adv. of Household Guest Co. in this paper. Their offer is very liberal. The successful pickpocket is obliged to keep in touch with the public. THINK IT OVER If you've taken our advice, your house is painted with Devoe ready paint. If not, we'll have a few words with you about it next spring. The advice may seem better then; the paint will be just as good; couldn't be better; nobody can make better. Advice: When you paint, use Devoe for results. Get it of your dealer. Book on painting free if you mention this paper GOOD-PAINT DEVOE, CHICAGO. Hus. Windows's Boothing Syrup. for those who enjoy the game, reduces in- fammation, allows pain, causes wind colic. Be a bottle. What a pleasure it is to stroll on a moonlight night. Brooklyn, N. Y. Sept. 8th.-GARFIELD HEADACH POWDERS HAVE GAIN. 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BORDEN & SELLECK CO. 46-59 Lake St. CHICAGO Bad Teeth ee an ‘STORIETTES By Soar lay Comair eeie aa aah ny | Aria nating Se ants ee gon of B i re- cently, offered s spose tate otadivce ith the accompanying message: with tried to eateh the Greek spirit; pay me a8 liberally 8s you can,’ late Dowager-Empress Freder- jee once asked Bismarck to bring her f gluss of water, and; as he handed fe to her, she said to a lady-in-wait- jhg, who sat near: “He has cost me te many tears og there are drops tp this glass.”" Once, while Daniel Webster was speaking in the senate on the subject of internal improvements, the senate clock began to strike, but instead of striking twice at 2 p. m., it continued ‘vithout cessation more than forty times. All eyes were turned to the flock, and Mr, Webster remained’ si- Jent until it had struck about twenty, when he thus appealed to the chair: ‘Mr. President, the clock is out of order! I have the’ floor!” In the ‘seventies, the artist, Anton ‘on Werner, was appointed to perpet- ‘vate the German imperial proclama- tion. He first made a sketch, to sub- mit to the old Emperor William. In this, the. various personages were grouped in the same order ag during fhe ceremony at Versailles, William the First standing on a raised plat- form, with Bismarck at his left, on a lower step, and on his right the crown prince, Whom the artist-had repre- rented with one foot on the upper Jevel, ‘The emperor examined the sketch, and at once noted the posi- tion of the Crown Prince Frederick. He frowned, took his pencil and made. a thick, rapid stroke through his son’a right leg. “Not yet!” said he, Gen. John H. Littlefield, who studied ander Abraham Lincoln, says that all clients knew that, with ‘Old Abe” as their lawyer, they would win their case, if it was fair; if it was not, that ft was a waste of time to take it to him. After listening some time one day to a would-be client’s statement, with his eyes on the ceiling, Lincoln swung around in his chair, and ex- claimed: “Well, you have a pretty good ease gh technical law; but a pretty bad ane in equity and justice. You'll have to get some other fellow to win this case for you. I couldn’t do it. All the time while talking to that jury I'd be thinking, ‘Lincoln, your're @ Har,’ and I believe I shoule lorget myself and say it out loud.” Beau Nash, who, like Beau Filed- img and Beau Brummel, expiated his ‘contemptible vanity. in an old age of obscurity, want and misery, was re- duced to strange expedients between 1695 and 1705. A favorite resource was the acceptance of extraordinary wagers. Being at York and having lost all his money, some of his friends promised to equip him with fifty guineas upon this proviso, that he | would stand at the great door of the minister, attired only in a blanket as the people were coming out of the church. To this he agreed, but the dean passing out knew him. “What!” cried the divine, “Mr. Nash in a mas- juerade?” “Only a Yorkshire penance, Mr. Dean, for keeping bad company,” aid Nash, pointing to his companions, President Roosevelt was once trav- ling in Idaho, and passed a book gee, tp the window of which was a oy iy of his “Winning of the West.” Going’ into the book store, he in- quired: “Who is ‘this author, Roose- relt?” “Oh,” said the book seller, “he’s a ranch Griver.” “And: what do you think of his book?” asked the president. “Well,” said the dealer, slowly and deliberately, “I’ve always thought I’d like to meet the author and tell him that if he had stuck to running a ranch, and given up writ- ing books, he’d have made a powerful more of & success at his trade.” ' ‘The largest insect known is the ele- phant beetle of Venezuela. One has been found that weighed seven ounces. COMPETENT JUDGES. Beauty Doctors Endorse Herpicide. ‘Women who make a business of beauti- fying other women come pretty near knowing what will bring about the best results. Here are letters from two, con- cerning Herpiclde: “I can recommend Newbro's ‘Herpi- clde,’ as tt stopped my hair from falling out, ‘and as a dressing tt has no superior. ““(Signed) ‘Bertha A. Trullinger, ‘“Compiexion Specialist. ‘201% Morrison Bt., Portland, Ore.” “After using one bottle of “Herpicide’ my hair has stopped falling out, and my scalp is entirely free from dandruff. “(Bigned) Grace Dodge, “Beauty Doctor: 19% Sixth St., Portland, Ore.” In fancy dancing it’s easy to get lost in the shuffle. Starches Crack Clothes. There is nothirg so annoying to women as the breaking of ironed goods after coming from the laundry. The blame is often laid to the ironer, whereas the fault is in the starch. The use of Defiance starch is an alterna- tive. It gives a soft glossy finish and looks like new. 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Cramp, the veteran naval shipbuilder, has created a sensa- tion by his letter to the navy depart- quent condemning the application of the superimposed turret in the recent type of battleship. There turrets are, to use the vernacular, two stories in design, the upper enclosure containing, generally, eight-inch rifles, and the lower the usual = heavy Iong twelve- Ds inch guns. They § have been adopted PR ater much discus- a g Ly sion in the Ameri- eS can navy after hav- Las ing been discoun- i 80M, tenanced in every ne, Y7- other navy, \S ] ‘The comment ot SH Mr, Cramp, coming Vie from a practical en idan Hew the ener a. 2, beeen aa Sea ate -* heavy long twelve- ss inch guns. They § “} have been adopted 4 PR atter much discus- ST g Ly sion in the Ameri- PES can navy after hay- Roa Om ing been discoun- fi, - 2M tenanced in every LS BY~ other navy. wa y} The comment of SS 7 Mr, Cramp, coming Lid from a practical shipbuilder of the highest repute, deserves and will re- ceive the highest conalderation, and ap- Pears to be based upon the experience ‘of naval men in actual engagements, ‘a8 well as upon his own judgment. A number of the heaviest of recent bat- eships have been fitted with this type of turret, which has, however, never ‘een in use in battle, but bids fair, in Mr. Cramp's estimation, to further complicate the handling of the guns in the turrets, already difficult by reason of the meager view of the target af- forded by the peep-holes. Indeed, Mr. (Cramp advocates turrets entirely open pt the top, holding that the chances of Wisplacement from a shot falling in the turret are so meager as to make the room worthless, while it prevents ventilation and otherwise embarrasses the gun crew. She Ola and the New. Turn from the Herald, the Sun, the ribune or the Times of today and glance over an issue of the same jour- hals during the month of September, 1851, It is the paucity of personal news in the old newspaper, the over- flowing abundance of it today, that arrest the attention and denote the contrast; the great space now given to reports of minor events, petty ‘things, of which no one may have in- terest for many persons, but which in the aggregate make the modern news- paper indispensable to legions of read- ers, while the best and greatest of the newspapers of fifty years ago were easily dispensed with by the larger part of the community—New York Times. General Corbin to Wed. Announcement has been made in ‘Washington that the marriage of Ma- ga. 7 = ae S (in in : Y oS D @ A a { we E> se y S a \ V \ y ~ NI oR \e ras (ea pe es We =-< = VAS B MISS EDYTHE PATTEN. jor General H. C. Corbin, adjutant- general of the army, and Miss Edythe Patten will take place in that city at the residence of the bride Nov. 6. wie 5 tho Chddare. Minister Wu Ting-fang is right. There should be no bar to the admis- ‘sion of Chinese students in this coun- try. We stand at the gate of Pekin demanding that China shall civilize herself, yet when she picks the best of her youth and sends them to this land to learn civilization, we send them back without even permitting them to land. There is. deal of hum. bug about this.—Brooklyn Eagle. Swallow's Excuse. Dr. Swallow, who was a candidate for the governorship at the last elec- tion, nominated by the Prohibition party, has lately come into promi- nence by certain utterances in his pa- per concerning Mr. McKinley, which the sentiment of the community found distasteful at this time of grief and anger. Dr. Swallow has explained these utterances as having been in- tended as political comment only, and not by way of re- ad flection upon the dead President. It . is nevertheless felt 83 ~ that whatever crit- gp i R ek iclsm may have AA suggested itself to | ti ‘an opponent of Mr. Qa McKinley regard- Seg ing bis tolerance of Sas his use of wine at a7 Woe et ae a rae: NS esr atts not by way of re- = flection upon the 3 dead President. 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The Industrial Musical club met at Mrs Peter Kings on Friday evening. Miss Cassie Glenn of Murphyboro, Ill., is the guest of her sister Mrs. J. W. Mackay. Mrs. Annie Jones Berkhart is the guest of her mother Mrs. Dave Jones. Mrs. Estella Wilson Seals of Salt Lake City, Utah is visiting her mother Mrs Wilson of this city. The party given in honor of Misses Mary and Martha Brooks Tuesday night was an ideal affair in which friends participated. Mr. William Brooks furnished music, after which an elaborate feast of all kinds of dainties were served. This Week. Kev. Williams, pastor of St. John's A. M. E. church, left Wednesday for Oka-koosa to make arrangements for the moving of his family to this city. Mr. Jones Brooks, Misses Goldie Cowden and Myrtle Drake spent the week in Kookuk seeing the sights of the great street carnival. Mr. O. C. Folsk left Thursday for Kansas City, Mo. He will stop in Koeuk, Iowa, Hannibal and Paris, Mo. His innumerable friends wish him a pleasant time. The Industrial Musical club met at Mrs. George Tyler on Friday evening. An enjoyable evening was spent by all. Miss Bessie Early left Monday for Quincy, Ill., to visit relatives and friends. Mrs. W. Palmer has returned from a week's stay in Keokuk. ALBIA NOTES. The A. M. E. church people gave a social in the Odd Fellows hall Saturday evening. Rev. Jackson, our new minister, arrived in Albia on Sunday. A few people from Buxton were shopping in Albia Saturday. Tue Household of Ruth met on last Thursday evening. There was a good attendance from Hilton and Hooking. The Odd Fellows will give an entertainment in their hall on next Saturday evening. There will be some prizes given out to the best dressed couple. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hollingworth and family returned home after several months in different parts of the state. When you cannot sleep for coughing, it is hardly necessary that any one should tell you that you need a few closes of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to allay the irritation of the throat and make sleep possible. It is good. Try it. For sale by all Druggists. FRILLS OF FASHION. 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 dandel 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. Gulmee 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 stols 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 robe of tucked white silk or butiste. Thin gowns of point d'esprit to 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 Swiss Ride Unic. 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. HOPKINS=SEARS CO., THE MUSEUM OF ART AND SCIENCE WANTED-TRUSTWORTHY MEN AND women to travel and advertise for old established businesses $700 year and expenses, all payable in cash. No canvassing required. Give references and enclose address addressed to Address Manager, 389 Caxton Bldg., Chicago. A Curlous Deed. A curious deed is on file in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, according to the Sunbury Republican. It bears date of October 9, 1793. In a series of whereas it traces the ownership of the land conveyed from the Creator of the earth, "by parole and livery of seizin did enfecho the parents of mankind, to-wit, Adam and Eve, of all that certain tract of land called and known in the plastery system as the earth," down through the ages to the maker of the deed. Great Britain's Population. Great Britain and Ireland, according to the compiled census returns, has a population of about 42,000,000. The exact figures are: England, 30,805,468; Wales, 1,720,690; Scotland, 4,471,571; Ireland, 4,456,546; the Isle of Man, 54,758; and the Channel Islands, 95,841; making a total of 41,605,177. To this is added an estimate of 400,000 for the men in the army, navy and merchant service abroad and for the troops serving in South Africa. Old Style Comes Back. Glazed chintz in exact reproduction of the patterns in use forty years ago is again coming into favor for wall and furniture covering and is exceedingly quaint and cool looking with tralls of old-fashioned flowers on a chalk white background. This material is exceedingly durable and after a couple of years' service for furniture covering, it may be reglazed and is as good as new. Ornamental Designing. The trades in which the ornamental designer is chiefly employed are the various branches of the textile industry, as the manufacture of cotton prints, carpets, curtain materials, dress goods, etc., and also wall paper and oll-cloth. The salary of a designer of course varies according to his capabilities, but one with artistic taste and originality is always well paid. Chair of Historical Research. The Italian government has created at the Royal University in Rome a chair for the advancement of historical research in connection with medieval and modern art. The new chair was created through the efforts of Prof. Venturi, who for the last eleven years has been in charge of the medieval and modern art classes at the university. Two Calamitous Fires The two most calamitious fires ever known anywhere in the world occurred in the United States within thirteen months of each other. In the first of these, in Chicago, on October 8-9, 1871, the property loss was $200,000,000, and in the second, in Boston, November 9, 1872, $80,000,000 of property was consumed. United States Cities The census taken on June 1, 1900, gives the population of the ten largest cities in the United States as follows: New York, 3,437,202; Chicago, 1,698, 575; Philadelphia, 1,233,917; St. Louis, 575,238; Boston, 560,892; Baltimore, 508,957; Cleveland, 381,768; Buffalo, 352,387; San Francisco, 342,782; Cincinnati, 325,902. An Invisible Ink. Among the Romans an invisible ink was made with the milky juices of certain plants. Its manufacture was a state secret, death being denounced to any who should disclose it, and all important dispatches from the capital to the provinces, or vice versa, were written in this ink. Date of Shakespeare's Birth. Considerable uncertainty prevails regarding the date of Shakespeare's birth. Tradition points to April 23, old style, corresponding to our May 5th, as the date. This is in accord with the statement made by the late Sir Walter Besant in his magazine article. A Big Rose Tree There is a rose tree with a trunk two feet and nine inches in circumference, in a Ventura garden, in California. It is a Lamarque, has been growing a quarter of a century, and yielded over 21,000 blooms in 1895. Planting Rubber Trees The rubber trees is to be introduced into India by the British government The Mexican rubber tree has been selected as the best, and a large shipment of seeds has just been made to Madras. FOOT BALL. A few Bicycles to close out at cost Come Early... some of the Odd Trikes of Liquid Air. Liquid air is, perhaps, the coldest thing in the world. It is so roid that a cake of ice is like a fierce fire as compared with it, for a kettle of liquid air placed on a cake of ice will boil just as water boils over a hot fire. It freezes mercury so hard that one can drive nails in it. The story is told that Mr. Charles E. Tripler, the experimenter in liquid air, recently took a quart can of the remarkable substance with him on a visit to a friend. On the way he stopped in a restaurant to eat a beefsteak. The waiter brought in a hot broiled steak and placed it in front of Mr. Tripler. As soon as the waiter's back was turned Mr. Tripler hastily opened the can and exposed the meat to the liquid air. Instantly the steak was frozen hard as a rock. When the waiter came back his customer complained that the steak was frozen. So the waiter called the head waiter, and the head waiter blamed it all on the cook and the cook was at loss to explain, and the result was that the frozen steak was taken back into the kitchen as a mysterious curiosity. A new steak was broiled for Mr. Tripler, and this one ate with much relish. G. ave Killing Device. A dice 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 scene in a much more fitting manner than the seemingly cold-hearted return of the earth with a spade. 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 Taping Up Silk Goods Silk goods should not be folded in white paper, as the chloride of lime used in the sewing 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. Hears Woman on Suffrage. The Connecticut house of representatives took a recess recently in order to give Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker an opportunity to address the members on woman suffrage. She was given a respectful hearing and was heartily applauded, but the measure was defeated as usual. Bargrins on Guns, Revolvers, Etc. Playing Cards, Games, Etc. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENT. The Corinthian Baptist Church — situated on 10th St. between Crocker and School St. St. Mary's School at 19 o'clock Presaching at 7 p. M. Rev. S. Bates, Pastor. St. Paul A. M. E. — Corner of Second and Center Streets. Presaching at 3 o'clock: Epworth League at 7 p. m.; presaching at 8 p. m. L. J. Phillips, pastor. First African Baptist Church — Corner School and Fourth streets. Presaching at 3 o'clock: Sunday School at 4:30 p. m., Mr. M. E. Houston. Superintendent: Young People's meeting 7 p. m.; presaching at 800 p. m. St. Paul A. M. E. — East Second and Des Moines street — Sunday services, presaching at 11:00 a. m. and 4 p. m. Sunday School at 12:00 a. m. and 4 p. m. Sunday School at 8:00 a. m. All are welcome. Rev. C. W. Holmes, pastor, 920 Des Moines street. Mount Nebo Baptist Church — E. Second street, presaching at 11 a. m.; Sunday School at 12:30 p. m., Superintendent: Rose Johnson. Presaching at 8 p. m. Rev. J. H bell, pastor. Tabernacle Baptist Church Mission — Situated on 10th St. between Crocker and School St. St. Mary's School at 19 o'clock Presaching at 7 p. M. Rev. J. R. Winch, pastor. SECRET ORDERS. North Star Lodge, No. 2, A. F. A. M—Meets First Thursday in each month at Masonic Hall, Frudges, W. M.; J. H. Skepard, W. M.; T. S. Ruff, secretary. Ring Solomon Commandery, No. 5—Meets Second and Fourth Thursday in each month at Masonic Hall, Frudges Jackson, M. G.; C. H. Cleggett, Rec. Naomi Court, No. 3—meets Second Monday in each month at Masonic hall, Mrs. S. O'Neill, matron, Mrs. Fred Jackson, secretary. M. Olive Court, No. 4—meets First Thursday of each month at Masonic hall, Mrs. Susan Crawford, matron, Mrs. Flora Major, secretary. Charity Lodge, No. 3192, G. U. of O. F.—Meets first Thursday at Masonic hall, Mrs. month at Odd Fellows hall on West Sixth and Walnut streets. D. Burns, N. G.; F. Brown P. S. M. of 330 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. of 330 of G. U. O. of O. F.—Meets first Thursday of Honor of the World No. 187 Victoria Lodge—meets every Monday evening at Webster's Hall, corner of Tenth Court. Mrs. Rose Johnson, Secretary. CALIFORNIA. Broad, Vestibuled First-Class Sleepers DAILY— Between Chicago and Sanfrancisco 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. Dining Car Service Through Buffett Library Cars. JOHN SEBASTIAN, G, P. A., Chicago THE GILBERT BY EXPERIENCE COOKS..... Short Orders and Meals. Nice Furnished Rooms By Dayfor Week..... 221 S. Market St. Ottumwa, Ia. Votes Counted by Tickets Under the Pennsylvania election law votes are not counted for the candidate, but for the ticket or tickets on which his name appears. In the Chester county election all parties agreed upon Joseph Hemphill for common pleas judge, and this is the way the official vote was declared: Joseph Hemphill, republican, 8,162 votes; Joseph Hemphill, democrat, 4,371 votes; Joseph Hemphill, fusion, 1,643 votes; Joseph Hemphill, scattering, 374 votes. A Harmless Powder. Oatmeal mixed with water makes a most soothing face wash, as well as softening and whitening the skin. It should, however, be sparingly used by those with large pores, which it is apt to clog. Fine oatmeal, or oatmeal flour, forms a very good face powder, and is, of course, absolutely free from the harmful ingredients of many expensive powders. this is what Captain Beall says to day: Dr. C. M. McLean, with my boyhood days and cursed, a schratic catarch of the stomach which was killing me, and with a failure of my case you took hold of it and cured me. I have not catarch for seventy years and I want the world to know how we have cured, among them: H. C. Harris, of Harris, Emary, Pastor St. John's Lutheran Church, Des Moines, Iowa. month includes all medicines for the cure of Catarrh, Deafness and all ailments; also Stomach, Liver Consultation free by mail or at office. Symptom Sheets with Dr. McLean's Monograph on Deafness to any Address, and is of Great Value to the Admitted, eds of testimonial letters from cured patients. GOPELAND MEDICAL INSTITUTE, Dr. C. M. McLean, Chief Consulting Physician, GOG Walnut St. Des Moines, Iowa My Dear Doctor—'After care' of my boyhood days and years, and I have all the other doctors had made a failure of my case you and I have had a pain or sore or a sign of a stagnation for some reason and I want the world to be quiet. Very respectfully yours, GEORGE BEALL My Dear Doctor.—After cataract blood, and after infection, I have a nervous cataract on the old doctors had made a failure of my case had a pain or ache or a sign of cataract for seven Very We refer the afflicted to people we have cured, and Dry Good Co.; Roy, Dr. Wirt, Foster St. John's the treatment at $8.00 per month includes all Nay Fever, Bronchitis, Asthma, and all afflictions Sewel, Kidney, and Bladder troubles of Consultation Consultation Hands and Symptom Sheets wi and Cataract Sent FREE to any Address The book also contains hundreds of testimonial THE GOPELAND MED Dr. C, McL. We refer the afflicted to people in the Church, Des Moines, Iowa. 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FEE, General Passenger Agent, St. Paul, Minn., will send out, carefully mailed, upon receipt of prices given. Any combination money or express orders, silver or stamps will be opportunity to obtain good descriptive reading matter Publication, beautifully illustrated in color. This number treats particularly of the northern Pacific's Trademark, the Custer Six Cents contana, and the Yellowstone Park. Publication containing a complete northern Pacific Trademark. The artis- wonderland 1901 are used in miniature. Four Cents. WELLOWSTONE— Wild flowers from Yellowstone Park. Natural flowers in their natural colors. A Send faithful souvenir—ten specimens of flowers the illustrations of Park scenery. NATIONAL PARK— Large book in strong flexible covers, good illustrated, pocket size, a compend- ive of the World's Wonderland. Send Twenty-five Cents. NATIONER— Pocket-size book, 72 pages, in strong printed on heavy paper. 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A dainty and beautiful souvenir—ten specimens 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. CLIMBING MOUNT RAINING An illustrated paper-size book, 72 pages, in strong Send flame cover, 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 76 Counties in Iowa 29 States in the Union 2 Foreign Countries. Agents in 24 towns pondence from ma 24 towns in Iowa and corresfrom many different states. Agents in 24 towns in Iowa and correspondence from many different states. Russell Sage as a farmer. A handsome but simple frame house at Lawrence, Long Island, surrounded by some five acres of land, is the quiet retreat where the tired Wall street magnate, Russell Sage, has enjoyed his summers for many years. Here he is a typical Long Island farmer in old clothes and straw hat. Many a man farming for a bake living could gain information in his own business from Russell Sage. He has no use for orchids, and costly fads, but he watches the development of every field within a radius of many miles about his country home. In the stable are half a dozen horses, raised and broken to harness by the great financier, and he shows the delight of a boy in hitching them up and driving over the country roads. There are a goodly number of domestic pets. It may be said that there are two Russell Sages, one the financier familiar to New York, the other the man of leisure in his country home. Sullivan's Instruments Sold Well. Sixteen of the violins and violon- cellos 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. --- % tion can be made accepted. MINIATURE WONDERLAND- In 1894 Capk. Beall's days seemed to be numbered. His friends had given him a Captain's stripes during the war, who later became a Chief of Poles who was great beyond. But Capk. Beall did not learn by Dr. McLean's New Treatments. The family doctors and his friends were passed and living monument of what he did. The Northern Pacific is noted among railways for its adver tising matter. Its pamphlets. For sprains, Swellings and lameness there is nothing so good as Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Try it. For sale by all Druggists. CORCH AND CLERGY. The Rev. W. Wilbur Chapman is to write the life of D. L. Moody. Bishop Edsall has just completed a highly successful mission at James-town, N. D. Tomkins Avenue Congregational church of Brooklyn raised over $27,000 for missions during the year. The death roll in the Congregational ministry in Great Britain was unusually heavy during the year 1899. A congress of the history of religions will be held at Paris, France during the first part of September next year. The receipts of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, for the year make a total of $38,000, of which $17,000 is from pew rents. The annual connell of the South African churches was held at Grant 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 vulnerable Dr. R. S. Storr. The World's Wonder Indian Pile Cure! Sure cure for piles. Others have been cured, why not you? I have had remarkable success in effecting pile cures. I guarantee from 1 to 3 boxes to cure any case of piles. 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The Japanese year begins on our January 1, but instead of counting from the birth of Christ a reckoning is made from the reign of Japan's first emperor, Zimu. Our 1901 is the year 2561 in Japan. When a new ruler mounts the throne a distinctive name is given to his reign and a sort of petty calendar is kept of the years of his government, ast as we keep track of the age of our republic, writing in legal documents: "Year of our Lord 1901, and of the independence of the United States the 125th." The name for the present mikado's rule, which began thirty-three years ago, Meiji. This word is pronounced Mayee, and means "peaceful government." Therefore, the current year in Japan is Meiji 34 as well as Zimu 2561. An Old Lady Wistake Cardinal Gibbons was formerly a frequent visitor to Cape May and usually took long walks morning and afternoon by the seashore. He always wore his cardinal's skull cap of scarlet silk, of which an inch or so showed below the rim of his silk hat. One afternoon while he was on the board walk an old lady stopped him and said: "Excuse me, sir, but the lining of your hat has slipped down in the back." The cardinal thanked her gravely, but as soon as she left laughed heartily at her mistake. --- Do you want FURNITURE Go to a RELIABL Where you get Honest Goods & FURNITURE, CA CHASE 712-714 WAL THE Best Stove It Happened in a Drug Store. "One day last winter a lady came to my drug store and asked for a brand of cough medicine that I did not have in stock," says Mr. C. R. Grandin, the popular druggists of Ontario, N. Y. "She was disappointed and wanted to know what cough preparation I could recommend. I said to her that I could freely recommend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and that she could take a bottle of the remedy and after giving it a fair trial if she did not find it worth the money to bring back the bottle and I would refund the price paid. In the course of a day or two the lady came back in company with a friend in need of a cough medicine and advised her to buy a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I consider that a very good recommendation for the remedy." It is for sale by all Druggists. NEWTON NOTES.. Mrs. Pearl Burgess of St. Joseph, Mo., arrived Friday to make an extended visit with her mother, Mrs. John Hale. Rev. Joplin will be our pastor this year His many friends are glad to welcome him, as he was our pastor several years ago. Mrs. A. Hays has gone to Des Moines to visit her grand daughter, Mrs. A. C. Kisher. A surprise party was given at the home of Mrs. John Hale Wednesday evening. Miss Lilly Greer has returned to her home in Des Moines, after a pleasant visit with her numeros Newton friends. We regreat very much to lose Rev. and Mrs. Basfield and sincerely hope that success will be theirs this year in Dubuque, Iowa. Mrs. C. J. 'Toliver returned to her home in Rock Island last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Mayes are rejoicing over the arrival of a little daughter. Missie Clara Miller, Eldora Green and Messera, C. Miller and Jesse Walden are attending the carnival in Des Moines this week. CLINTON ITEMS. John Young, who has been an innate of Agatha hospital for several weeks, left for his home at Webster Grove, Mo., Monday morning accompanied by his his mother. His friends hope to hear of his speedy recovery from his recent illness. Grand Master I. L. Brown visited in Clinton last week on official business with the local lodge of Masons. A most enjoyable social was held on last Wednesday evening, under the auspices of the Trustees of the A. M. E. church. William Allen is a recent purchaser o some residence property on Third Ave. Rev. P. P. Taylor arrived home Saturday from Minneapolis, where he had gone early in the week preparatory to taking charge of the church in the city. After looking the ground over and realizing the condition of affairs he decided to return home and await the pleasure of the bishop. Aunt Lizzie Fairfax has returned home from a protracted visit in the east. Mr. Robinson of Lyons filled the pulpit Sunday, assisted by Rev. Taylor, in the absence of the pastor. Proposed Highway for Blythe A perfect highway from New York to San Francisco, in as near a straight line as it is possible to make it, with a width of 120 feet, for the use of automobiles and bicycles, as well as for the use of the farmer, is a thing that the Automobile club of America will try to bring about. The subject was seriously discussed at a banquet, in honor of members of the National Highway Commission, at the Waldorf-Astoria, in New York, when plans were made and the route announced. Besides a direct path from New York to San Francisco, passing through Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha and Ogden, the club wants a highway along each coast. Congress will be asked to appropriate one-third of the expense, and the states, counties, townships and cities en route will be asked to pay the rest; the owners of property benefited to donate the right-of-way. The club and highway commission have on their list of membership the names of some of the foremost men of America. Quaker 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. We must suffer much, or die young. Every man thinks his copper is gold. Every wind is against a leaky ship. Unwilling service earns no thanks. A woman's first counsel is the best. He that courts injury will obtain it. He who flees proves himself guilty. Do not wade when you see no bottom. It is bad to lean against a falling wall. We must sow even after a bad harvest. An ill-tempered dog has a scarred nose. Never let fools see half finished work. Even he gets on who is drawn by oxen. Big words soldom go with good deeds. It is folly to fear what one cannot avoid. He is easy to lure who is ready to follow. Little sorrows are loud, great ones silent. Riches are often abused, but never refused. Every fool thinks he is clever enough. Under white ashes lie often glowing embers. A thankless man never does a thankful deed. It is the raised stick that makes the dog obey. It is hard to pay for bread that has been eaten. WISE AND OTHERWISE. Love and philosophy are sworn enemies. Old age commands respect—except in poultry and jokes. Some men are in advance of their age, but women are always a few years behind it. The failure of a bank may not upset the depositor, but he is apt to lose his balance. You have to give some men a sound thrashing before you can command their respect. No matter how erect a general may be he is apt to learn more or less on his staff. The girl who used mucilage to keep her hair in curl has been much stuck-up ever since. Perhaps some people talk to themselves because they find it impossible to interest any one else. In order to retain her youth and popularity all a girl has to do is acquire a fortune and remain single. The average man does just as many queer things when he isn't in love as when he is, but they are less conspicuous. What a merry old place the earth would be if it were to lose its atmosphere. All bodies would then lose their gravity. Says a rural editor: "We trust our subscribers will pardon us for appearing a day late this week. Our wife borrowed our scissors to cut our son's hair." Caleb Powers and Number "13." Powers, the Kentuckian convicted of complicity in the murder of Goebal, may be excused if he put some faith in the idea that thirteen is an unlucky number. He was nominated for office June 13, 1899; arraigned July 13, 1900, as one of thirteen conspirators named; was defended by thirteen lawyers; his sweetheart was the thirteenth witness; the evidence showed that 1,300 soldiers were ready to defend him; he gave Culton $1,300 to pay the expenses of the mountaineers; he took $1,300 with him when he fled; the evidence closed Aug. 13. Farmers & 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. OTTUMWA NEWS. Mr. Frank Clark is now in S. E. Mo. and is enjoying his trip very well. He sends regards to all his friends. There are several strangers in our city this week and some of them intend to locate here. Mr. Zack Dood is very ill and has been for several days. Mr. Walter Davis and his son are very sick. Call and see them. A call meeting of the A. F. & A. M. Golden Star was held Tuesday. Mrs. Wyast Smith has been alling for several days. There was a grand bell given by the Ogdon club last Wednesday, in which 20 couples engaged in the grand march. Everything went off most enthusiastically Refreshments were served by one of the ladies of the club. They will give another one the 16th inst. and invite all dancers and those who enjoy a nice social time to be present. Mrs. H. Crowley is very ill. Mr. Walter Davis Jr. is up again at this writing. Miss Minnie Greever left for Des Moines last week. Mr. Wm. Weeks has come back to Ottumwa to live, and will go in partnership with his brother Joseph. Every body seems to enjoy the weather but not the times. One Fare Plus $2.00 for the Round Trip Is the rate the Northern Pacific will make to western points reached via its line, on account of Home-seskers excursions. Selling dates will be Oct. 15, Nov. 5 and 19 and Dec. 3 and 17. For further information write G. D. Rogers D. P. A., N. P. R., No. 503 Locust St., Des Moines, Ia., or address Chas. S. Fee, G. P. & T. A., N. P. R., St. Paul, Minn. MOLINE. 1LLINOIS The new pastor, Rey, James Higgins, was cordially received Sunday morning by a large congregation, and in the evening the congregation was much larger. The M. E. conference is just over, and they made changes at their church, also the 2nd M. E. church. On our arrival we found Sister McDowell packing up to go to her husband in Alton, Ill., where he has been assigned this year. The Sisters and Stewardess came down to the parsonage and assisted in cleaning up the house for the pastor and his wife; and help to arrange the things and make us as comfortable as possible. They evidently demonstrated the fact that they knew their part of the work of the church that they were to do. The St. Paul A. M. E. church is the only colored church in Moline, and is a good building with a large basement, and a nice auditorium, and the loviest pulpit furniture this side of Chicago. A great many of the people of Moline own their homes. We are glad to see L. B. Tarver and S. B. Walkup officers of the chureh, janitors of two of our largest school buildings. Mr. Busy is also janitor of one ar two buildings in the city. Our Presiding Elder, H. H. Thompson, has his bulletin out and will hold Quarterly meeting in Moline Dec 1st and in Rock Island Nov. 24. Mrs. Grace Morris Allen of Burlington will visit Moline in the near future in the interest of the Industrial School of Iowa. MARSHALLTOWN ITEMS Since the carnival the city has been quiet. Miss Jessie Walker will visit friends and attend the carnival at Des Moines this week. Miss Delia Howard of Albion spent Sunday in the city with her sister, Mrs. Geo. Suter. The social which was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cobbs was a financial success. Grand Master 1. L. Brown is out of the city on business. R. J. Wright was in Des Moines Wednesday visiting his son Lawyer H. R. Wright and attendink to business. Mr. Geo. Suiter who has been employed as fireman in the Gluecose factory a number of years has been appointed night foreman. Mrs. Grundy, who has been indisposed the past week, is convalescent. Mrs. Allen and Mrs. James, the guests of Mes, Worley during carnival week, returned to their homes at Independence. The Glucose opened up Monday morning Oct. 7, saying come on boys, and they went. 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." Fastest on Home Stretch. 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. A lawyer named Patterson died a few days ago in Brooklyn, leaving about $1,000,000, nearly all made by conducting damage suits in cases of accidents and personal injuries, the defendants being chiefly street railroad and similar corporations. Poem by King James I An interesting literary discovery is reported from Oxford, where a number of hitherto unknown poems by King James I. have been found in the Bodleian Library. They are stated to be undoubtedly genuine and bear the royal autograph. The Kansas wheat belt centers around Wichita. Within a hundred-mile radius of the town fully 60 per cent of the wheat of Kansas was raised, while in seventeen counties of southern and central Kansas 60 per cent of the yield was raped. In northern Kansas but little wheat is raised. Damage-Suit Lawyers' Worth. a Store in New York which makes a specialty of fancy articles for women's wear recently displayed in a window two chains of smoothly polished beads. One was of round, smoothly polished beads and bore the legend, "limitation coral, 60 cents." The other, of ranged, uncut coral, was marked, "Fecal coral," Waves Chewed by Nets. Baron Bonavento d'Alessandro, an Italian, has invented a means of checking the force of waves by means of nets made of waterproof hemp. He recently tried with success at Harev was 360 feet long and fifty feet wide, with meshes eleven inches apart. The nets will break the waves at sea, and will also be a builark for hydraulic works against heavy surf. Policeman's Christian Association. Cannon Hobson, the founder of the Policeman's Christian association, has arrived at New York. This association was founded eighteen years ago in a cellar in Liverpool. It had three members at the start, but today has over 100,000 throughout Great Britain and her colonies. He comes over to visit his sister in Fulton, Oswego county, New York. John and Mary Burret, of Kokomo, Ind., began marrying each other about forty years ago, and have kept it up at intervals ever since. They have had three divorces and four weddings, neither having wedded another in the meantime, Kokomo also reports another couple, Henry and Myrtle Moln, who have been married to each other three times, and are now living A Chicago broker recently found a postcard in his morning mail reading as follows: "Dear Sir—Please buy me five thousand shares of People's Gas at 95 cents and sell the same at $11.0. After deducting your commission you may remit the balance in a registered letter. Yours respectfully, Mrs Bland. P. S. My nature patronage depends upon the promptness with which you act in executing the above One Woman in Business and Harpswell. Transvaal Gets New Stamps First. The first stamps to be issued by the British government bearing the imprint of King Edward VII will be a complete set for use in the Transvaal, says a London newspaper. The government designers are now at work on the pattern, which is understood to be a profile of his majesty on a background of deep carmine. At the same time the imprint of the King when Prince of Wales has been used by one or two of the colonies. The two surviving daughters of Dr. Livingstone recently opened the extension of Livingstone College at Leyton, England, founded eight years ago for training in medicine and surgery those missionaries about to depart for far away stations where they would be called up to play the part of doctors as often as that of priest. It was because Livingstone himself was such a splendid missionary of the medically trained missionary that the fine college at Leyton was erected to his memory. Boy Story-Writers Honer A monument to the late Rev. Biljah Kellogg, the preacher and writer of books for boys, is projected in Maline, and three towns are laying claim to his location—Fortland, the city of his birth; Brunswick, where he was educated, and Hampswil, the little seaside town where he preached for so many years and where he died. Some of his friends suggest that the monument be erected in Portland and mortal tablets be placed in Brunswick. Work of Livingstone's Daughters Bird Pans in Vogue. The newest and prettiest fan is quite small and composed of feathers from the breast of pheasant or the peacock. At the same time the tiny fan of lace or painted gauze, elaborately spangled, holds its own in fashion's favor. As a matter of fact, really good fans never look old-fashioned, and one wonders why a girl who has a large sum to expend upon her trousseau does not invest in a beautiful fan—a genuine antique, if possible; if not, a modern work of art. Trees on the Webster Farm. The trees now growing on the farm (near Franklin, N. H.) where Daniel Webster was born are to be cut up into friction matches, a manufacturing company having paid $2,800 for the standing timber upon it. The legislature of New Hampshire refused at its late session to pay $3,000 for the entire farm, though many patriotic citizens of the state petitioned to have it preserved as a perpetual memorial of New Hampshire's greatest son. Birds Which Rise Early: The greenfinch is the earliest riser among the bird family. It begins to pipe about 1 o'clock in the morning. The blackcap begins at 2:30. It is nearly 4 o'clock before the blackbird appears. It is heard half an hour before the thrush, and the chirp of the robinb begins about the same length of time before that of the wren. The house sparrow and the tomtit take the last stage of the list. Commands Polar Expedition. Emperor William appointed Professor Erich Drygalski to command the German south polar expedition. The objective point of the expedition is Kerguelen and thence southward. In case the south polar land is discovered a scientific station is to be erected and maintained for at least one year. The expedition must return in the spring of 1904 at the latest. Binding an Agreement in China. When you engage a servant or make a bargain in China, it is not considered binding until "the fastening penny" has been paid. Although his bad faith is notorious in some matters, yet, to do him justice, when once this coin has been paid by you the Chinaman, coolle or shopman will generally stick to his bargain, even if the result to him be loss. Wives of Henry VIII. Three of the six wives of Henry VIII, of England bore the name of Catharine, viz.: Catharine of Aragon, his first wife; Catharine Howard, his fifth, and Catharine Farr, his sixth and last, who survived him several years. The others were Ann Boleyn, his second; Jane Seymour, the third; and Ann of Cleves, the fourth. Serving Fruit Raw. Three points must be observed in serving the raw fruit; first, it must be ripe; second, free from any indications of decay or fermentation, and last, but not least, to enhance the enjoyment of this delightful gift of nature it must be served ice cold. A suggestion of green adds greatly to the enjoyment of the fruit. An Enormous Diamond. The largest cut diamond belongs to the Rajah of Mattan (Borneo), its weight being 376 carats and its value about $25,000,000. The second largest cut diamond is the Star of the South, found by a poor negress in Brazil. It weighs 254 carats and was once known as the Dudley diamond. A Burning Coal Mine The "burning mountain" of Monet, in Aveyron, France, which is often mistaken for an active volcano, because a pillar of cloud rises from it by day and a pillar of fire by night, is in reality a coal mine which has been burning for several years. Test for Diamonds. For diamonds a good test is that of hardness.' A genuine diamond cannot be sacrificed by a file or by quartz, and a ruby should stand a similar test; but emerald is not much harder than quartz and cracks easily. Do Not Gratify Weakness. If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it. No man is compelled to evil; his consent only makes it his. It is no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.—William Penn. Placer Miner Is a Girl In the Mojave desert mining camp of Burstown, Cal., Miss Short, 16 years old, has located one of the best claims. She works all the dirt with a dry washer and is said to average $6 a day. 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 inxorable, 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 ashamed of himself? His mother said he was a noble boy, and swooned. That 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 accustomed appetite. The father said nothing, but the mother waited on her son with unusual care, as though he had returned with the fortune he had talked about at noon—Atchison Globe --- MISS STORE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP Sald to Have Been Located By Bulgari- n Constantinople, Oct. 10.—A trustworthy report locates Miss Stone's auductors on the summit of a mountain at Gultepe, on the Turko-Bulgarian frontier, near Dubnitsen. It is said that the kidnapping band numbers eightteen. Arrangements have been made to surround the mountain with Turkish and Bulgarian troops. It has been suggested that the auductors of Miss Stone are members of the old Macdonaldian committee actuated by motives of jealousy and that they are endeavoring to accomplish the downfall of the present government. The Bulgarian governor has promised to act vigorously. London, Oct. 10—Prince Ferdinand, who is believed to be mixed up in the abduction of Miss Stone, enjoys the unevitable distinction of having been stigmatized publicly as a thoroughly dishonorable man by two sovereigns. To the late czar of Russia he solemnly pledged his word under no circumstances to accept the throne of Bulgaria, in spite of the he took possession of a few years ago the present czar afforded him an opportunity of becoming reconciled to the court of Russia, at the cost of repudiating certain solemn obligations which he had accepted with regard to Austria and to its emperor, who had until then been almost alone among European monarchs to befriend him. Without a moment's hesitation or a vestige of gratitude, he threw over Francis Joseph', and when finally, to please he caused him a cold bcy he had freed from Roman Catholicism to the orthodox Russian faith, Austria's emperor refused to have anything more to do with him, declaring that he could have no dealings either official or otherwise with a man so "thoroughly dishonorable." Ferdinand's reign has been one long and interrupted succession of broken pledges, dishonesty, secrealism, above all of administration, violence and murder that are without parallel in any European country save Turkey. London, Oct. 11.—With reference to the announcement that the Turkish and Bulgarian troops are surrounding the abductors of Miss Stone, the Globe says that it considers that unless the movement is suspended until she is safe out of the hands of the brigands there will infallibly be a repetition of the tragedy in Greece, during the year 1870, when Lord Muncaster and a party were captured. Lord Muncaster was released in order to negotiate for a ransom of £2,000. Then, as now, an attempt was made to surround the brigands, with the result that four gentlemen of the party were murdered. TO SECURE MISS STONE'S RELEASE. Washington, Oct. 9.—Not since the successful attempt to save the life of John Hays Hammond, the American engineer implicated in the Jamison raid, has the state department put forth such energetic efforts to save a human life as it is now exerting in behalf of Miss Stone, the American missionary who was captured by Bulgarian bandits. A sum of money has been forwarded by the agency of the cable to Spencer Eddy, the United States secretary of legislation at Constantinople, who has shown remarkable energy and ability in unearthing the ramifications of the bandits, and in the skipping of Miss Stone. There is little doubt that the Turkish government has done all that it could be expected to do to run down the bandits, and what is now to be done is to secure similar action on the part of the Bulgarian government, and to that end influences more potent with the Slav races than that of the United States government are now at work. Should these measures fail, then the ransom money must be paid, and that is why Mr. Eddy had been placed in possession of this powerful auxiliary. The state department officials depreciate most earnestly newspaper articles in Miss Stone's behalf, claiming that it is being greatly embarrassed in its efforts by such publications. Consequently the officials refuse to give any information concerning the case beyond the merely negative statement that they have not been informed of the reported extension to one month of the time allowed for the ransom of Miss Stone Sampson Will Not Be Called Sampton Will Not Be Called Washington Ore. Ore. Judge Sampson will not be called before the court of inquiry by Schley's counsel Judge Advocate Lemly will give the court a statement concerning his condition. Mr. Rayner received information that the admiral's mental condition was such that it would be mediated by a short conference mediately had a short conference with Judge Advocate Lemly. "We will not call Admiral Sampson," he said, "if his condition is as stated. I understand he is entirely incompetent to testify and I presume Capt. Lemly will so state to the court. We will not insist that he be called under such circumstances, but in justice to Admiral Schley we feel that the record should include an explanation why we do not insist upon his appearance." William May Race for It. New York, Oct. 8.—Sir Thomas Lipton has given the first intimation that he will challenge again for the Americas cup, says the Herald. "You may say for me," he said, that if the cup is to leave this country I am determined to have it." If Sir Thomas does not issue a challenge for a race next year it is not unlikely that there will be a race. It is reported that the emperor of Germany is considering the matter of challenging for the American cud. Des Moines, Oct. 10.—The Iowa Louisiana Purchase commission, at the close of a session at the Savery yesterday afternoon, adopted a resolution in favor of a liberal appropriation for the St. Louis exposition. While the amount of the desired appropriation was not specified in the resolution, the prevailing opinion among the commissioners is that a quarter of a million could be set apart for the purpose. It is probable the amount will be asked of the legislature. A committee was appointed on publicity and publication consisting of Lafayette Young of Des Moines, David Brant of Clinton, A.B. Funk of Spirit Lake, W. H. Berry of Indiana, and W. O. Payne of Nevada. The function of this committee will be educational. It will prepare an address to the people of Iowa, setting forth the reasons for the change, should be represented at Loussau in 1903, and containing information as to the magnitude of the plans evolved for the exposition, a matter not generally understood. Another committee, on plans and scope, was named. This consists of Mayor J. J. Hartenbower, S. M. Leach of Adel, C. J. A. Ericson of Boone, S. B. Evans of Ottumwa, Judge William Logan of Keokuk, W. T. Heywood of Des Moines, and Lieutenant Governor Milliman of Logan. This committee will investigate the cost of putting up a suitable state building and of making exhibits in those lines in which Iowa excels. It will prepare an estimate of the appropriation needed, for submission to the legislature. It is the intention of this committee to make a trip to St. Louis to ascertain what is being done by other states and in this way form a better idea as to the expenditures needed. LAST OBSTACLE REMOVED. Details Settled as to Des Moines Army Post Terms. Des Moines, Oct. 9—The differences between the local army post committee and the war department, which have hampered the commencement of actual work on the army post have been fully and finally adjusted in Washington. The water question, the question of railroad facilities and the problem of securing an easement of sewerage from the post tract to North river have been disposed of. Where there are no conditions for the commencement of work on the post buildings and improvements and the expenditure of the $270,000 now available for this purpose. Manager Charles Denman of the Des Moines Water company received a telegram from President Payson of the water company stating that his company has signed a contract with the government to supply the water to Payson in Washington in Washington with Congressman J. A. T. Hull, N. T. Guernsey, attorney for the water company; F. M. Hubbell, of the army post committee and others interested in securing an adjustment of the differences. Mr. Payson's telegram states that he is interested in him for the water company and by the assistant secretary of war, the quartermaster general and the judge advocate general in behalf of the war depriment and the government. WILL BUILD TO COLFAX. Des Molnes People Already Have Iron Arranged for New Road. Des Moines. Oct. 8.—J. S. Polk, president of the Des Moines City Railway company, has announced that his company, with the backing of eastern capitalists, whose names are not to be made public at present, will complete by next spring a trolley line from Des Moines to Colfax and Mitchellville. This is an entirely new line, and is in no way connected with the line between Des Moines and Eldora, by way of Nevada and Cambridge, which the Interurban Railway company has started to build. The Colfax line will be built for freight and passenger buses. It will enter the city from the west and north by the freight business coming down by the Flint bricky lines, and passengers being brought down through the Danish college settlement in East Des Moines, and by the way of East Sixth and Ninth street line to the waiting room in the center of the city. MONEY NO OBJECT TO THEM. Adjutant General Holds State Warrants Which Were Never Calmed. Which Were Des Moines, Dec. 9.—Judging from the state government which the adjutant general holds it would seem that a number of soldiers and others employed in Red Cross hospital at Camp McKinley during the summer of 1898 cannot be tempted by the almighty dollar, even when they have earned it rightcously. There are a dozen or more unclaimed warrants due for service rendered at the hospital, and not even the addresses of many of the number are known. The adjutant general's office would like to get rid of these, if the owners will make their claims known. The due range from 50 dollars to $11. Barry Morgan, Thomas Lundy, both soldiers, have the largest sums due them. Morgan's warrant is made out for $0.88 and Lundy's for $11. Other soldiers to whom warrants have been issued are E. E. J. Dent, George L. Smith, William Shumway, R. M. Ashby and Edward L. Wells. Dropped Dead on the Street. Dubuque, Oct. 7. J. D. Mills, traveling solicitor for the Rankin Mills Co., of New York, dropped dead on the street opposite St. Joseph's college. Mr. Mills and a companion named W. Heins were canvassing the city, distributing samples of the breakfast food made by their firm. The two were standing on the corner looking for her. The police and prepping from it the route they could like. Mr. Mills gave a sudden gasp and collapsed, falling on the siddewnk and dying almost instantly. Mr. Mills was about 40 years of age. His home is in Oak Park, Chicago. Supreme Court Fixes the Limit of Damages for Loss. Des Moines, Oct. 11.—The supreme court has placed a limit on the amount of damages that may be recovered from a railroad company by an employee losing a limb in the discharge of his duty. Sight dollars is the amount paid, which is to be deducted of the pain suffering caused by the accident and for the decreased ability to earn a sustenance after the accident. The decision in question is in the case of J. R. Wimber vs. Iowa Central Railway company. Wimber was employed as a brakeman and lost a limb through an accident at Iowa. Falls. The suit for damages was败诉 for 44,500. The case was appealed to the railroad company on the grounds that the verdict was excessive and for further reasons set forth in the assignment of errors. In partially reversing the case the supreme court reviews the finding in a parallel case in which a jury rendered a verdict in favor of one Krocerer for $12,000. An appeal to the Supreme Court was held that all of the judgment over $8,000 was excessive. The finding is exactly the same in the opinion just rendered. When the fact is taken into consideration that the supreme court has made a final ruling of the character there no longer exists, it but to elect to accept the verdict of $,000 or carry the case to the United States court. BONE GRANTED A NEW TRIAL. Supreme Court Reverses Judge Sherwin in a Murder Case. Des Moines, Oct. 11.—Loren R. Bone, sentenced to sixty years in the penitentiary by the Cerro Gordo district court, for the alleged crime of murder in the second degree, has been given a new trial by the supreme court. The defendant appealed from judgment imposed by Judge Sherwin, now on the supreme bench. The justice took no part in the opinion, which was written by Judge Deemer and specially concurred in by Judge Waterman. Bone was found guilty of the murder of James Allison. They had been friends, but on the day of the homicide met in a livery barn at Mason City. They quarreled and when they separated Allison said he would whip the defendant. Bone bought a butcher knife and came across Allison when the latter was on his way out of the city toward his home, riding in his wagon with companion, Ovid Deemer and Allison go out of the wagon. The two women and struggled and Allison was stabbed and struggled and Allison was stabbed repeatedly, dying in an hour. The defendant pleaded self-defense alleging Allison was a quarrelsome and dangerous man, and also set up that Allison had shortly before made an assault on Bone's wife. Indignation over this, it was alleged, also promised his attack on Allison. The decision of the trial court is reversed on errors in instructions to the jury, and a new trial ordered. SEVERE STORM. Much Damage Was Done Between Ham- huge and Red Oak. Shenandoah, Oct. 11.—The worst wind and rain storm that ever visited this place struck at 4:30 yesterday afternoon. A dozen business houses were more or less damaged and several small buildings were blown to pieces. The Burlington roundhouse was wrecked and the roof was blown from the electric light plant, leaving the city in total darkness. No one was seriously injured. The water transformed several streets into small rivers and a large poultry packing house was blown to pieces and washed away. The river has been made impassable and considerable stock was drowned, Railroad traffic is at a standstill. The bridge crossing Four Mile creek, on the Keokuk & Western railroad, a quarter of a mile from the depot, was washed out, and trains on that road cannot cross. All trains are being transferred to the Wabash and from that road to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy at Hamburg, and go thence by way of Red Oak. Behind the tracks are silvery Burlington tracks are badly washed out and no trains from Hamburg have reached this place since the storm began. Clinton, Oct. 10.—The dead bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKinnie of Princeton, a few miles south of here, were found in the house. The wife was seated at the dinner table, death having been caused by a bullet in the stomach. The husband was found dead in bed, but without visible wounds, and a rifle lay on the floor. It is supposed that McKinnie killed his wife with the rifle and then took poison. McKinnie had been despondent recently and had threatened suicide. Both were eighty years of age, and had resided at Princeton for twenty years. Farmer Warlaid and Shot Belle Plaine, Oct. 10—At 9:15 o'clock p. m. as Dolphin Vanze, a farmer, was returning home from Belle Plaine on horseback, while crossing the long river bridge one and a half miles south of the city, two men held him up and upon a show of resistance one of the men shot him through the right breast. The sheriff organized a posse and searched the woods all night, but did not round up the footpads. Vanze's condition is very critical. The doctor says he cannot recover. Senator Dolliner Twice Blessed. Fortbridge Twice A baby girl has arrived at the home of United States Senator J. P. Dolliver. This is the second child born to Senator Dolliver. The first, also a girl, Miss Margaret, is now nearly two years old, and is famous as the baby whose advent into the world caused both houses of congress to adjourn for one day. Jumped From Train. Marshalltown, October 7—A young man named Wiley, employed at Sanderson's hotel at Melbourne jumped from a passenger train on the Great Western. His left foot was mangled. NEWS IN GENERAL Washington, Oct. 6.—Only one session of the Schley court of inquiry was held yesterday. An adjournment was taken at 1 o'clock n order to allow court and counsel to recuperate after an arduous week's labor. Practically the only witness of the day was Lieutenant Commander Albon C. Hodgson, who was navigator of the flagship Brooklyn during the campaign of 1898, and almost his entire time was taken up with the reading of correspondence between himself and Admiral Schley concerning an alleged colloquy between them during the battle of Santiago which the wite supported to have detailed to a newspaper correspondent. The correspondence has been published, and this fact rendered the proceedings of comparatively little popular interest. Washington, Oct. 8.—Lieutenant Commander Hodgson yesterday again occupied the greater part of the time of the Schley court of inquiry as a witness. He was followed on the stand by Captain W. M. Folger, formerly chief of the bureau of ordnance of the navy department, but commander of the New Orleans during the Spanish war. Lieutenant Dryson also was recalled to add some life to the army's estimation, cerning the coal supply of the American fleet during the Santiago blockade. Commander Hodgson repeated and extended his story of the battle of July 3, giving the opinion that Commodore Schley's conduct on that occasion was such as that of a commander who had been in a conflict. He also explained at some length his correspondence with Admiral Schley concerning the alleged colloquy between them while the Santiago engagement was in progress. He said he had no controversy with the commodore, but he repeated that the Texas, he told that vessel was in danger. Captain Folger said that the bombardment of the Christobol Colon on May 31 had been eminently successful in developing the strength of the Spanish shore batteries, and had shown them to be very weak. He also said that if the Spanish vessels had attempted to escape at night they could not have been seen by the blockade fleet in bad weather. Washington, Oct. 9.—There were two new witnesses before the Schley court of inquiry yesterday. They were Commander Richard Wainwright, who commanded the Gloucester during the war with Spain, and Lieutenant L. L. McCormick, as emissary, watch and division on the battleship Texas during the period. Lieutenant Bristol had not concluded his testimony when court adjourned for the day. He did not see the loop made by the Brooklyn, the greater part of his testimony turning upon a chart he had made showing, largely, according to his memory, the positions of the vessels at different times during the engagement of July 3. There were several spitited controversies between counsel over questions asked the witness by Mr. Rayner concerning this chart. Commander Wainwright's testimony dealt largely with chart making. He was for a time senior member of the team of officials which prepared the official charts showing the position of the American ships during the battle of Santiago, and he gave details of the methods of its preparation. He said he did not consider the positions assigned in that drawing accurate, but that they were given as the result of a compromise of the views of the member and commander Hodgson, Captain Foiler and Lieutenant Dryson made additions to their previous testimony. Washington, Oct. 10.—In the Schley naval court of inquiry yesterday Lieut. Mark L. Bristol completed his testimony begun Tuesday and three new witnesses were introduced. They were Rear Admiral Henry C. Taylor, who as captain commanded the battleship Indiana during the war with Spain. Lieut. Commander Templin P. Potts, who was navigator of the battleship Massachusetts during that period and Lieut. Edward F. Leiper, who was on the New Orleans during the war, the last named being still on the stand when the court adjourned for the day. Admiral Taylor related incidents of the battle off Santiago on July 3, including the Brooklyn's famous turn. He said that none of the Spanish ships had made any effort to ram the American vessels when they came out of the harbor at Santiago. Commodore James was especially with the bombardment of the Colon. Answering a question from Judge Advocate Demole as to the conduct of Commodore Schley during the engagement, he said it was that of a man laboring under great mental excitement and of a man who was anxious to discharge as soon as possible a disagreeable duty. Lieutenant Leipzig was the first Spanish shore batteries at Santiago had not been at any time formidable. During Commander Potts' examination Mr. Rayner secured permission from the court to introduce as evidence the order of Secretary Long to Admiral Sampson, dated April 6, in which he was admonished against the exposure of the American vessels to the fire of strongly fortified ports. Charity should begin at home—whether it is a rented home or not. Says Czar Broke Faith. Stockholm, Oct. 9—A great address to the czar, which has been prepared by the Finnns, was got up secretly and without the knowledge of hostile officials. All former talk about the good will of the czar gives place to an emblematic declaration regarding his broken oath to the Finnish people. This address was decided upon by members of the last diet who after the session had adjourned met secretly on an island not far from Helsingfors. The journey of the milkman is often a milky way. AMERICAN FORCE REFULLED. Insurgents Prove Too Strong for a Detachment of Macabeees. Manila, Oct. 11.—A detachment of the Twenty-first company of the Macabeees encountered a large force of insurgents near Lipa, province of Bantangas. Le Bau of the Macabeees was killed and one of the force was wounded. Insurgency was strongly wounded. After two hours' fighting the Americans retreated to await reinforcements. The insurgents numbered over 300, were armed with Remington and Mauser rifles and apparently had plenty of ammunition. Martin, a teacher at Maubin, was captured by the insurgents while visiting a neighboring town under an escort of native police. The next day his captors relenting, tied him in a hammock and carried him to point in a mile of the town and released him, saying he was a non-combatant. The entire police force of Catanag; province of Tayabas, numbering eleven, have been carried off by insurgents, armed only with bolos. Humans, armed only with resistance, though they were all armed with carbines and revolvers. BOTHA ESCAPES CORDON Wiley Boer General Eludes the British Army. London, Oct. 11.—The wholly unsatisfactory situation in South Africa compares to call out the most severe criticism. Lord Kitchener wires that General Rotha has crossed the Pivau river, twenty miles north of Vryheid, which means that he has again escaped the British cordon. General Buller, in a speech, complained of the general criticism, especially in the newspapers, of himself. He admitted he had advised General Sir George White that it would possibly be necessary to surrender Ladysmith, but, bearing in mind all the circumstances of the case, he was quite prepared to let the public judge of the justifiability of the newspaper and Heilbron, Orange River Colony, Oct. 11.-Thirteen of Kitchener's scouts have been captured in a Boer ambush. SCALEX COURT OF INQUIRY. Washington, Oct. 11.—Just before the Schley court of inquiry adjourned yesterday Judge Advocate Lemly introduced Lieutenant J. H. Holden, formerly watch officer on the Scorpion, as a witness. Lieutenant Holden signed the entry in the Scorpion's log, giving the particulars of the receipt of a message for Commodore Schley from the Eagle, which that vessel had brought from Captain McCalla on May 19, 1898, when the flying squadron, then bound for Cienfuegos, fell in with Captain McCalla's subquadron, which had just left that port. The government had sought to show that by this message Commodore Schley had been notified that the Spanish fleet was not in the harbor at Cienfuegos, and Lieutenant Commander Southernland of the Engle had testified that he had megaphoned to the Scorpion that there were on a torpedo bont and that he was prepared to inform the naval officer Captain Lemly told the court that the log of the Scorpion did not show the receipt of the message in this form and that he was prepared to admit that that message did not carry the evidence to Commodore Schley. Other witnesses of the day were Lieutenant Commander W. H. Schuetze, who served on the Iowa, and Lieutenant A. W. Grant, who was on the Massachusetts, who testified against the generals for the flying squadron. Lieutenant Edward F. Leiper concluded his testimony begun Wednesday. Claims Under Spanish Treaty. Washington, Oct. 10.—The Spanish treaty claims commission met informally yesterday and discussed regulations to be formulated covering the taking of testimony by the commissioners appointed some time ago. The commissioners accepted Commissioner Dilkema. Daily sessions will be held hereafter. November 20 has been fixed as the date for a hearing of a motion to dismiss the cases growing out of the sinking of the Maine for want of jurisdiction. The amount of claims of all kinds filed with the commission is $75,581,-807. Of this amount $1,890,000 is on sinking of the Maine, and $135,000 on account of the injuries received in the disaster. Claims for the island in Spanish and Filipinos in the Philippine islands and compelling the removal of the claimant from that country were filed, amounting to $151,400. Martial Law. Proclaimed. Capetown, Oct. 10.—The Gazette today proclaims martial law in the districts of Capetown, Wynberg, Simonson, Port Elizabeth and East London. The proclamation is the outcome of the recent visit of the premier of Cape Colony, Sir John Gordon Sprigg, and the under secretary of native affairs in South Africa, J. Rose Innes, to the British high commissioner, Lord Milner. It places under military control the few points in Cape Colony hitherto exempted and the constitution therefore, is now suspended over the entire colony. This action probably foreshadows the commencement of vigorous measures which those on the spot are understood to believe necessary to end the war. If every girl was rich there would be no old maids. Seattle, Wash., Oct. 8.—D. Evanoff, a representative of the Russian government who has returned from a trip of inspection to Nome and Siberia, states that American miners will be strictly prohibited from either bringing their own account or working for agriculture in Siberia. He also states that next spring the treasury department of the Russian government will patrol the Siberian coast with revenue steamers, whose duty it will be to see that no trading is done with the natives except by persons acting under permits from the Russian government. Des Mines, Oct. 11, 1901 The State Historical society of Iowa, with headquarters at the State university, has filed its twenty-third biennial report with the governor. It contains a request for a permanent appropriation of $2,500 from the state constitution of the publication of the "Journal Historical Record," which the society has published for the past seventy years. It also asks $1,000 from the state for cataloguing the library, which has never been catalogued. The society has been in existence since 1637, its aim being to promote the study of history by lectures, and to publish and diffuse information regarding the history of Iowa. Recently he regents of the university granted the society rooms in the new fire-proof building of the university, where its valuable records and library may be safe. Peter A. Dey is president of the board, and M. W. Davis secretary An opinion in a case of considerable interest to railroads has been handed down by the supreme court. It affirms a judgment against the Iowa Central Railway company in case from Monroe county, in which action was brought to recover double damages for stock killed by defendant's train after said stock had gone upon the right-of-way through a defective gate at a private crossing. There was some evidence that the gate had been broken down by plain rails within two days before the stock was passed through upon the right-of-way. The defendant road contended that the court erred in refusing to submit special interrogatories and give instructions asked on the theory that if the stock got upon the right-of-way by reason of the willful act of the owner, the can be no recovery under section 2055 of the code. The higher court sustains the lower court in finding no evidence tending to show a willful act. The breaking of the gate by the horse did not constitute willful act and contributory negligence alone will not defeat recovery under the section in question. The board of control has sent out bids for bids on 17,500 bushels of potatoes for the use of the state institutions. John Cowie of the board says the state farms will furnish about 15,000 bushels or 50 per cent of a crop. This will be approximately the amount needed at the market. The farmer will get potatoes at a price of from 60 to 75 cents a bushel at the highest. The Independent Order of Red Men at their grand council in the city elected officers as follows: Grand prophet, J. A. T. Smith of Burlington; great sachem, F. A. Day of Des Moines; great senior sagnomore, W. F. Menton of Boone; great junior sagnomore, Dr Willie Knott; keeper of records, W. H. Knott of Farmington; keeper of wampum, Fred Lumpkin of Ft. Dodge. Next place of meeting, Pella. State Labor Commissioner C. F. Wennerstrum, in his biennial report, just made public, points out many opportunities for bettering the condition of working people in Iowa, and shows how the industries of the state are gaining in importance. Of the 2,231,850 population of the state, 975,641, or 43.75 per cent, live in towns. In the town of Iowa, the cities with more than 25,000 population, various manufacturing institutions to the number of 14,819 have been reported, and these employ 58,553 persons, according to the census of 1900. The number has greatly increased since this enumeration was made. The total amount of capital represented was $102,733,103. The wages paid in 1900 amounted to $29,913,680, and the value of the products was $134,617,877. Important phases of the report relate to child labor and the investigation of the strikes in Iowa from July, 1894, up to and including 1900. Mr. Wennerstrum personally investigated 276 factories and his deputy, A. E. Holder, fifty-two. Deplorable conditions respecting the welfare of employees were found. The eight biennial report of the pharmacy commission has been submitted to Governor Shaw. It is for the official biennial period ending April 23, 1899. It shows receipts amounting to $18,159 for the past year, including $1,800 cash on hand in 1899. The disbursements left $2,000 as the amount of license fund on hand April 23, 1900. The receipts to April 24, 1901, brought this amount up to $21,607.50. The license fund on hand April 24, 1901, was $2,200. The total of warrants drawn for prosecutions under section 2386 for the biennial period was $1,432.27. The fines collected for violations of the pharmacy law and paid to the county school funds amounted to $8,273.50. The total number of pharmacists registered since the passage of the pharmacy law was 6,418. May Be War in Afghanistan. London, Oct. 10. "It is regarded here as certain that there will be an outbreak of civil war in Afghanistan," says a dispatch from St. Petersburg to the Daily Mail, "arising from the claims of the fourth son of the late ameer, Mohammed Ullah Khan, who is favored by Russia. Telegrams were sent to Kush today, ordering large reinforcements of Russian troops along the frontier to be in readiness, if necessary, to seize之. Hay Thinks Gage Misquoted. Washington, Oct. 8. "The secretary of state is expected to return next week from his much interrupted vacation, greatly improved in health and ready for the winter's war. He to receive the degree of door of honor of the occasion of the Yale bicentenary. When asked the other day if there was any truth in the statementty attributed to Secretar Gage that Mr. Hay was soon to retire from office he replied that he was sure Mr. Gage had said nothing of the The man who gets a windfall usually blows it. Committee's Report on the Marginal Readings Accepted, with One Amendment—Readings Original with Committee Are Eliminated. San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 11.—The house of bishops of the triennial Episcopal convention by a vote of 37 to 21 adopted canon 36, which relates to the solemnization of marriage. All of the provisions of this canon had been argued previously except those contained in section 4, which forbade the marriage of persons divorced for any cause not existing before marriage. "For any cause not existing before marriage" is understood to refer to such causes as insanity, inability to execute a contract, the existence of a living wife or husband, or like reasons which practically render the marriage null and void. This section contention, a strong element in the church holding that the remarriage of the innocent party to a divorce granted on the ground of infidelity should not be forbidden. The bishops have refused to accept this view of the matter. The question is by no means settled, as the whole subject is now to come up in the house of deputies, where it is expected to cause a protracted debate. committee to Decide on Name. Another important feature of the work of the house of bishops today was the appointment of a committee of five to act with similar committees of priests and laymen, constituting a joint committee of fifteen, in considering the proposed change in the name of the church. The committee has no power to act, but is to report its findings at the next general convention, to be held in Boston in 1904. The bishops rejected the Huntington amendment, and also article V of the proposed constitutional amendments which provides for the admission of new dioceses and which has already been rejected by the deputies. Marginal Readings Adopted. Marginal Readings Adopted. The house of deputies adopted the report of the joint committee on marginal readings, after agreeing to an amendment eliminating those readings which are original with the committee. The vote on the main proposition, as amended, was as follows: Clerical—Aye, 52 dioceses; nay, 6 dioceses; divided, 1 diocese. Lay—Aye, 45 dioceses; nay, 6 dioceses; divided, 2 dioceses. The report as amended will now go back to the house of bishops for action on the amendment. Both houses unanimously selected Boston as the place for holding the next triennial convention. ```markdown ``` Football Player Near Death. Emporia, Kan., Oct. 11.—Walter Priest, a member of the Kansas State Normal team, who was seriously injured in a game of football between the State Normal and State University teams at Lawrence last Saturday, and who was brought home unconscious, is in a precarious condition. It is feared that a clot of blood has formed on the brain as the result of kicks received in a scrimmage for the ball. All the members of his family have been summoned to his bedside. Marriage Cost Him $10,000. Vincenna, Ind., Oct. 11—Miss Hannah Mayes, a beautiful brunette of 30 years, was given judgment against A. G. Jordan, postmaster and wealthy merchant of Decker, Ind., for $10,000 in a breach of promise suit. For four years Jordan, who was a widower, counted Miss Mayes, but suddenly ceased his attentions and married Miss Pearl Elliott, a pretty school teacher, Miss Mayes then filed suit for $25,000, and the trial was concluded in the afternoon. Denise Dr. Deldrich's Insanity. Halifax, N. C., Oct. 10—Dr. Stein, the arctic explorer, has left Lewisburg C. B., for Washington. He denies that Dr. Deldrich is insane, and says that probably Peary and the doctor are both to blame for the disagreement. Dr. Stein does not know that Peary discovered gold in the north, but believes gold is there in plenty. Celebrate Chicago Day. Chicago, city, 10.-Chicago day, the thirtieth anniversary of the burning of the city, was celebrated throughout the city. The city hall was closed by order of the mayor and no offices in that building were open save the fire, police, health and electrical departments. Although no formal display was made, many persons observed the day in a quiet way. Mulct. Railroads. He Says. New York, Oct. 10—President Great- tinger of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company says there is a conspiracy of lawyers, doctors and witnesses, the aim of which was muting railroads, through damage suits. During the year $71,904 had been paid out on claims for personal injuries. Study About Vaccination: Paris, Oct. 11—Half a dozen natives of Tunis and Algeria are in Paris to learn the theory and practice of vaccination, in order to return immediately and help stop the ravages of smallpox in their country. Rumors on Canal Treaty: London. Oct. 10. -Rumors that the rana tectus has been negotiated on the basis of the Davis amendment are discussed with languid interest by the English press. MATHEMATICAL WILL FILED. Milwaukee, Oct. 10—Heirs of Peter J. Gergen, whose will was filed for probate here, probably will be forced to resort to higher mathematics to ascertain the amounts to which they are respectively entitled. In its directions regarding the distribution of the estate, which is valued at $3,500, the will is a curiosity. The property is to be divided among the widow and eight children, and the allotment to the children is made in the following language: "Mary to receive for her share $200 more than the other children, Nicholas to receive $50 less than the other children, John to receive $70 less than the other children, Anna to receive $30 less than the other children, Joseph, Peter, Gabriel and Frank to receive an equal share, which shall be $200 less than Mary, $50 more than Nicholas, $70 more than John and $30 more than Anna." Peter Gergen, one of the sons, was named as executor in the will. New Style of Locomotive San Francisco, Oct. 10—A railroad engine is now nearing completion in the North Pacific Coast Railroad Company's machine shops at Sausalito, which, if it half accomplishes the sanguine hopes and predictions of its inventor, will result in a radical revolution in the construction of locomotives. This new mechanical prodigy differs from other engines in that it has the engineers' and firemen's cabs out in front instead of the rear of the boiler, thus affording the men in the cab an unobstructed view of the track ahead. For Equality of the Sexes. Brussels, Oct. 10.—At a meeting of socialists attended by delegations from all over Belgium a resolution was passed in favor of political equality of the sexes, but postponing the demand for universal suffrage for women until it is secured for men. The labor party, however, adheres to its programme, which includes suffrage for both sexes for the communal and provincial elections. Elre Imperils Colored Orphans Fire Imperialis Colored Orphans. Wilmington, Del., Oct. 10.—Fire almost destroyed the Delaware Orphan Home and Industrial School for Colored Children at 1120 Walnut street, this city. The firemen and police rescued all the attendants and children, although some of the latter narrowly escaped suffocation. The ioss to the building is about $2,500, covered by insurance. The fire, it is suspected, was of incendiary origin. Inventor of Thorite Is Dead. Tacoma, Oct. 11.—Dr. H. P. Tuttle, well known as the inventor of the explosive, thorite, dropped dead at his home in this city. He was born in Iowa, Dec. 19, 1844, came to Tacoma in 1889, and practiced medicine up to about three years ago, when he abandoned his profession to further study the subject of explosives, in which he had become interested. McKinley Head as Stamp. Washington, Oct. 11.—The postoffice department has decided to place the late President McKinley's head on the new issue of postal cards which will appear shortly after Dec. 1 next. The design includes the year of birth and year of death immediately at the left and right respectively of the name "McKinley," which will be directly under the head. Broker Kills Himself. BROKER KILLS Himself. New Orleans, La., Oct. 11.—Louis Hermann, a prominent member of the cotton exchange, shot himself in the breast because of ill health, which compelled his retirement from active business several months ago. He died in a few hours. Mr. Hermann was the senior member of Louis Hermann & Co., cotton brokers. Cubana Support Colombian Rebels. Havana, Oct. 11—It is stated that the Cubans of, Havana are rendering substantial aid to the Colombian rebels. Four hundred Springfield rifles and 40,000 rounds of ammunition are reported to have been sent to Colombia on board a schooner. Pistols in Mississippi New Orleans, Oct. 11.—Mississippi's personality rolls for taxation have just been turned in and they furnish remarkable statistics. There is only $22,000 worth of jewelry in the state, but there are 7,000 pistols. Roosevelt to Be Orator New York, Oct. 11.—President Roosevelt will, it was announced, make an address here on Thanksgiving day at the dedication of the soldiers and sailors' monument on Riverside drive. Telegraphic Clicks. Arthur J. Van Kurun has been sentenced to two and a half years in the Utah penitentiary for embezzling $8,000 while treasurer of the Oregon Short Line at Salt Lake. Two cars of the Northwestern fast mail were ditched by a broken flange near Crescent, Iowa. Mall Clerks Harry Purdy and J. P. McMahon were badly bruised and H. W. Miller had his back injured. The trial of Caleb Powers, former secretary of state, at Georgetown, Ky., on the charge of complicity in the Goebel murder, was continued for one day because of the absence of witnesses for the defense. Engineer Harry Weigle of Trail Run! Ohio, overlooked an order, and was killed in the collision between Baltimore and Ohio trains near Barracksville, W. Va., which resulted. Four other trainmen were injured. SCHLEY EXCITED IN FIGHT A Witness Says Commodore Seemed Eager to Quit. OTHERS' TALES ARE DENIED. Officer of the Massachusetts Says the Bearing of Schley During the Bombardment of the Colon Was That of an Excited Man. Washington, D. C., Oct. 11.—"Admiral Schley's bearing during the bombardment of the Colon was that of a man suffering under extreme excitement; one who had a disagreeable duty to perform, did it reluctantly, and got through with it as soon as he could," said Lieutenant Commander Templin M. Potts, navigating officer of the Massachusetts, who was the principal witness before the court of inquiry for the day. "We are conspicuous objects here in white, and I think we should get out of this," Admiral Schley said during the bombardment, according to the testimony of this witness. These were fair samples of the testimony given by Lieutenant Commander Potts, and while it created something of a sensation much of its strength is taken away when contrasted with the statements of Captain Higginson, who was present at the time, and who said Schley's conduct on this occasion was in keeping with that of a commanding officer under such circumstances. Potts' statements are weakened also by the fact that Schley did not enter the conning tower on the day in question, although he was standing at the door of that apartment when the remarks quoted are alleged to have been made. Potts Himself Badly Scared. Lieutenant Commander Potts admitted that he himself was badly scared upon the occasion of the bombardment, although he testified that the shore batteries were so weak as not to be worth considering. The principal portion of his testimony was brought out by questions from the judge advocate, with a view of showing that the purpose of the action of May 31 was to destroy the Colon and not fire on the shore batteries, as has been testified to by previous witnesses. Then Potts endeavored to convict Schley of cowardice, using the language to which reference has been made. When asked on cross-examination upon what he based his impression that Schley was suffering under extreme excitement, Potts said it was because when the commodore first came upon the Massachusetts, the temporary flagship, he said he was going in to destroy the Colon, but upon leaving the vessel Schley called the action a reconnoissance, and said he was entirely satisfied with it, as he had succeeded in drawing the fire of the shore batteries. Bristol Stands by His Evidence. Lieutenant M. L. Bristol, the watch officer of the Texas, who was so positive on direct examination over events that occurred over three years ago, was given an uncomfortable half hour while under cross-examination. He stuck closely to his story and was extremely clever in fencing with Mr. Rayner. In the face of the direct evidence of his superiors he declined to admit that it was possible for him to be mistaken. Disputes the Official Charts: Mr. Rayner interrogated Lieutenant Bristol concerning his estimate, made soon after the arrival of the fleet off Santiago, that the Spanish shore batteries amounted to little. He had said before that the elevation of these batteries was from 150 to 200 feet. Mr. Rayner produced a chart to show that the Morro battery was 220 feet above the water line and the Zocapa battery 230 feet. "Now, then," asked Mr. Rayner, "are you as positive about the distance you gave these as in other cases in which you have given distances?" Captain Lemly objected to the form of the question, saying that counsel was putting language he had not used into the mouth of the witness. Mr. Rayner then made objection to the interruption, and after stating this objection said to the witness: "If you are not positive I shall submit to any correction." Judge Advocate—The witness has not stated that he was positive. Admiral Dewey—I would rather you Admiral Dewey—I would rather you would not interrupt the testimony. Judge Advocate—If the court tells me I cannot do it I will submit to the order of the court. Admiral Dewey—If counsel for the applicant has put words into the mouth of the witness which he did not utter, you (addressing Captain Lemly) can bring it out at the proper time. You will have an opportunity to do that. Judge Advocate—That is not the advantageous time to do it. The advantageous time is when it is done. Odd Portraits of McKinley. Curious portraits of President McKinley are displayed all over the city. On Walnut street a faithful likeness fashioned out of feathers is displayed; a Tenth street merchants shows one whittled out of a plank; one made of hair is shown on Girard avenue, and another, worked on a velvet mat, with copper wire treated with chemicals, is to be seen on North Eighteenth street. One of the best of all the freak portraits was executed on a typewriter, Another of exceptional merit has been made by a Ridge avenue shoemaker, with pegs driven in a piece of sole-leather.—Philadelphia Record. Chicago Board of Trade Wheat— Open. High. Low. Good. Oct. . . $ 68.1% $ 68.1% $ 67.1% $ 67.1% Dec. . . 69.7% 69.7% 69.1% 69.1% May . . 73.3% 73.3% 72.2% 72.2% Corn— Oct. . . 54.7% .55 .45% .55 Dec. . . 56.4% .56.4% .56.4% .56.4% May . . 58.8% .58.8% .57.7% .57.7% Oats— Oct. . . 34 .34.1% .34 .34.1% Dec. . . 35.1% .35.1% .35.1% .35.1% May . . 37.3% .37.3% .37.1% .37.1% Pork— Oct. . . 13.70 13.70 13.60 13.60 Jan. . . 15.00 15.02% 14.85 14.97% May . . 15.07% 15.15 14.92% 15.07% Heavy Run on Illinois Bank. Belleville, Ill., Oct. 11.—A heavy run is being made on the Belleville First National Bank. It was started late Tuesday afternoon and was renewed with vigor this morning. Some indiscreet person made some statement which caused a number of depositors to line up and ask for their money. The crowd at the bank caused many others, who had not heard of the rumor, to hasten to the bank also and draw out their money. Cashier Casimir Andele paid off all who called. The bank is one of the richest institutions in the southern part of the state. According to the statement of its officers it has a capital of $100,000 and a surplus of $300,000. Heavy Drain of English Blood. London, Oct. 11.—The last official return—August 31—gave the number of British casualties as 73,119, against 71..383 the previous month. The total casualties stand thus: Officially admitted, 73,119; in hospitals in South Africa (government figures), 14,006; in rest centers, 6,000; colonial invalids, 5,000; civilian deaths, 2,000; casualties since September 1, 2,000; total, 102,119. In addition, the Boers have captured and released about 21,000 British prisoners. The total official loss for July was 1,790 killed, wounded, diseased, prisoners, invalids, an increase on the preceding month. Navy Requires Marconi System. Washington, Oct. 11—The Bureau of Equipment, of which Rear Admiral Bradford is chief, has decided that the navy must be equipped with wireless telegraphy, and if an invention of its own cannot be devised that Marconi's system should be purchased. Admiral Bradford will recommend this in his annual report. Germany has been trying to perfect its own system, Russia has been active in its experiments, Spain is now talking with her African possession by wireless telegraphy and Sweden is using the system all along her coast. Czar Ready to Serve Herat. London, Oct. 11. It is regarded here as certain that there will be an outbreak of civil war in Afghanistan, says a dispatch from St. Petersburg to the Daily Mail, "arising from the claims of the fourth son of the late Ameer, Mohammed Umar Khan, who is favored by Russia. Telegrams were sent to Kush today ordering large re-enforcements of Russian troops along the frontier to be in readiness, if necessary, to seize Herat." Sell a Big Timber Tract. Duluth, Minn., Oct. 11.—The Edward Hines Lumber company of Chicago has sold to the Edgar & Alexander Lumber company of Iron River 900 acres of timber land in Douglas county for $130,000. The deal excites special interest because the sellers are extensive manufacturers and have been buyers of timber. Others are selling stumpage, saying that it is more profitable than manufacturing at present prices for standing pine. Relatives Steal a Wife. Bloomington, Ill., Oct. 11.—In the circuit court Thomas B. Dillon, a prominent general merchant of Chenoa, this county, filed a $10,000 damage suit against his wife's relatives, Elizabeth and Julia Shields and Alice Forsyth of the Chicago; Carrie D. Arey of Joliet and Annie, Margaret and Nellie Thornton of Chenoa. Dillon charges the seven defendants with the alienation of his wife's affection. Man Killed by Fall. New York, Oct. 11. -Melvill A. Heilbrun either fell out of or jumped from the eleventh story of the Herald Square Hotel and was smashed beyond all semblance to a human being. He was thirty-four years old and lived at 180 Tremont street, Boston. He was a commercial traveler and had lived at the Herald Square for a month. There were no letters in Heilbrun's room to show that the man had committed suicide. Consul Free Again. Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 11.—Max Esternaux, the German consul at this place, has been released. He explained that his attaches stole office money and he sought to meet his obligations by forged checks. His friends made good the deficiency. He has forwarded his resignation to the German government. Tornado Boat Disabled. Portsmouth, Oct. 11—When the torpedo boat destroyer Crano started seaward it was noticed that her deck beams were buckling amidships and she returned here. An examination showed that although her back was not broken the damage was serious. New Ameer Proclaimed. Simla, Oct. 11.—Habibullah Khan has been officially proclaimed Ameer, and the accession has been accepted by his brothers and the Sirdars. All is quiet at Cabul. NEWS OF CAPTIVE WOMAN State Department Hears About Miss Stone's Situation. WAS ALIVE LAST SATURDAY. She Is a Captive Upon a Mountain— Strengthens the Hope of Officials That the Brigands Do Not Intend to Kill Her. Washington, Oct. 11.—Miss Stone was alive and well last Saturday. This was the reassuring information the state department has received from Consul General Dickinson at Soffa. It strengthened the hope entertained by the officials that the brigands have no intention of putting Miss Stone to death, and that she will be safe until the ransom is paid. The state department has forwarded to Spencer Eddy, secretary of the legation at Constantinople, who has been negotiating with the brigands, the draft sent it by the Boston board of missions. This draft is only half of the sum demanded, and a determined effort is being made to induce the brigands to accept a smaller ransom than they seek. It would not surprise officials should the Bulgarian government send troops to surround the mountain upon which the brigands, with Miss Stone, have sought refuge. The department's dispatch is rather vague, but indicates that this mountain is in Bulgarian territory. The authorities would naturally prefer Miss Stone's rescue without the payment of ransom, but rather than she should be harmed they think the money should be paid. Locate the Abductors. Constantinople, Oct. 10.—A trustworthy report locates Miss Stone's abductors on the summit of a mountain at Gultepe, on the Turko-Bulgarian frontier, near Dubitza. It is said that the kidnapping band numbers eighteen. Arrangements have been made to surround the mountain with Turkish and Bulgarian troops. It has been suggested that the abductors of Miss Stone are members of the old Macedonian committee, actuated by motives of MISS ELLEN M. STONE jealousy, and that they are endeavoring to accomplish the downfall of the present committee. The Bulgarian government has promised to act vigorously. Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 9.—Consul General Dickinson has applied for an audience of Prince Ferdinand, but it has not yet been granted. The prince has gone to the country. No news has been obtained of Miss Stone since her recent letter to Mr. Haskell. The Bulgarian troops and police are actively scouring the frontier. Miss Stone Still Safe. Washington, Oct. 10.—The time allowed by Miss Stone's kidnappers expired yeste:day, yet she is still alive and unharmed. It is known now officially that her captors have granted a short extension of time—how much is not stated—and the officials feel that if the responses to the appeals of Miss Stone's friends do not cease or diminish there is yet reasonable hope for getting the money in season to save her life. The danger in the situation lies in the abatement of popular interest which was so generously manifested during the first few days following the issuance of the appeal. Efforts Cease at Boston. Boston, Oct. 10.—Additions to the Stone ransom fund have practically ceased. Only two small checks were received up to noon today. The fund aggregates nearly $56,600. Wu Ting Fang Gives. New York, Oct. 10.—Wu Ting-fang, Chinese minister to the United States, has sent $100 to a depository here for Miss Stone's ransom fund. Salled for Island of Samar. Manila, Oct. 10.—General Smith sailed from here for the relief of the Island of Samar. He will take command of Samar and Leyte, so as to enable General Hughes to devote himself to the Island of Cebu, where trouble is possible unless strong measures are adopted. Shot by His Brother. Guthrie, O. T., Oct. 11.-Charles Sanders, recently elected a territorial member of the National House of Representatives from Tahlequah, was shot and perhaps fatally injured by his brother, Lee Sanders, who was resisting arrest by United States Marshal Ryan at Wagoner, I. T. Part of Seventh Infantry started for scene of massacre in Samar island. ```markdown ``` CONFERENCE IS OPEN. Methodists Begin Work of the Rock River Convention. Chicago, Oct. 10.—The Rock River conference at Evanston has opened. After the sacrament of the Lord's Supper the work of organizing the conference commenced, with Presiding Elder H. G. Jackson acting as chairman. Practically all the 304 members of the conference were present. The gathering was held in the First Methodist church. The conference organized as follows: Chairman, Bishop C. C. McCabe; secretary, Rev. J. W. Richards; assistant secretary, Rev. J. A. Hattack; statistical secretary, Rev. T. K. Gale; treasurer, Rev. Perley V. Powers, Dr. J. W. Richards, although too ill to be present, was elected secretary with the understanding that the work is to be done by his assistant. Bishop S. M. Merrill, Judge O. H. Horton, Rev. Edward Thompson of California and Rev. F. H. Gamble of Kansas were introduced to the conference. Dr. Gamble spoke briefly on the Sunday observance movement. He told of efforts being made to have the Jews in the United States adopt the Christian Sabbath. BOTH SHOTS WERE FATAL. Two Men Indulge in Fight and Die in Their Tracks. San Diego, Cal., Oct. 10.—Two men were killed in a saloon here last night: JAMES A. POSEY, proprietor of the place. ANDY QUINLAN, proprietor of a near-by saloon. Posey was about 50 years old and Quinlan somewhat younger. The two men were standing on opposite sides of the bar. Angry words passed and they drew their revolvers and fired simultaneously. Posey sunk down behind the bar and expired almost instantly. Quinlan staggered into the street and fell. He was picked up and taken into a near-by saloon, where he died a few minutes later. TO LAND THE PACIFIC CABLE. Canadian Officials Are Preparing for the Proper Site. Victoria, B. C., Oct. 10.—James Wilson, superintendent of the Canadian Pacific telegraphs; Mr. Lockwood, who has charge of the work of preparing the landing of the Pacific cable and two engineers have started for Bamfield Creek, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, 104 miles from Victoria, to make arrangements for the site for the landing place of the Pacific cable. Wharves will be built and houses to accommodate the staff, which will consist of about forty men. The cable repair ship will not have its headquarters on this coast, as previously announced; but at F.j. E. H. Green Is Better. New York, Oct. 10.—A special to the Journal from the home of E. H. E. H. GREEN. Green, husband of Hetty Green, says that he has improved and that he may recover. Strike In Glass Factory Massillon, Ohio, Oct. 10.—The carrying boys in the ten local glass factories are on a strike and as a result all operations are nearly at a standstill. Eight hundred men and boys were thrown out by the strike. The boys, who have been getting 60 cents a day, demand 75 cents and have formed a union for the purpose of enforcing their demands. One boy who attempted to break the strike was beaten by the strikers. The managers say they will shut down their works for the season before they will accede to the demands. Mrs. Nation Is Out. Wheeling, W. Va., Oct. 10.—Mrs. Carrie Nation has agreed to allow her friends to give a bond of $1,000 to appeal the case against her in the Wheeling police court. She was released and says she will come back to Wheeling to fight the charge of "inciting to riot." Hebron Visited by Bad Fire Newark, Ohio. Oct. 10.—At Hebron, a small town near this place, fire destroyed eight business houses and five residences. Loss $50,000, partially covered by insurance. A fire engine was sent by special train from Newark to subdue the flames. Ground Is on Fire. Gaston, Ind., Oct. 10.—The prairie north of this place is the scene of an immense fire. What was formerly a great swamp, covering many acres, is now drained out. The top soil for several feet is composed of decayed vegetable matter. Boer Sympathizers to Meet. Chicago. Oct. 10.—Chicago sympathizers with the Boers in their war with Great Britain will hold a monster mass meeting next Saturday night at Handel hall. RACE ECHOES. The colored people of Chestertown, North Carolina, own and control property to the amount of $35,000. One grocery store, jewelry shop, two ice cream saloons, two churches, two parsonages, and many of the people are striving to buy more property. There has been over 3000 lynchings in America during the past twenty years, the majority of the unfortunates being colored. A colored man has been made captain of the British schooner Sarah E. Douglsss. He is Capt. Robert G. Sawyer, of Eleuthera island, Bahamas. Capt. Sawyer was born in the West Indies. In boyhood he followed the life of most colored boys in the Bahamas, which consisted in diving for conch shells, sponges and fishes, and owing to the geography of the country, they spend the best part of their lives in small boats, crossing the rivers, bays and sounds which honeycomb the island. Eighteen years ago the captain went to sea in deep sea vessels. He educated himself and mastered mathematics so that he could solve the intricate problems of navigation. He then became a navigator, and wts seen here in the West Indies schooners Brothers and Sarah E. Douglass as navigator of these vessels between the West Indies and Baltimore in the pineapple season. When the Douglass entered the pineapple trade this season Capt. Sawyer was was appointed master by J. W. Culmer, of Nassau, who owns the vessel. Capt. Sawyer is a man of powerful physique. He is about 6 feet 6 inches tall and weiges 214 pounds, every ounce of which seems to be muscle and bone. 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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." Dowle Compared, "I am Ellijah," says "Dr." Dowle. One difference that suggests itself is that whereas Ellijah was fed by the ravens, Dowle is fed by the gulls. New York Herald. Candidate Net Tall Enough. A young woman at Conway Springs, Kan., advertised for a husband and the advertisement was answered by a young farmer living near Pratt. 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Any person sending us one dollar in a letter or Post-Office money order, express money order or registered letter, we will send it through the mail. Please send what no one will sent C. O. E., it will come by express, 20c. extra. In any case where it fails to do what we claim, we return the money or send a box free of charge. We believe that no one will know contexts except receiver. CRANE AND CO, 122 west Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. Subscribe for the Bystander. Mrs. Mary Mills of Des Moines is in the city visiting. Some of the colored people gave a dance at June's hall Sept 27. A lively time was had. Mr. A. S. Smith returned to Council Bluffs Monday night Miss Marie Nimelly was able to start to school Tuesday. Mrs. Harriet Page died Monday at her home on Broadway and E. Mills. Mrs. Grace Allen of Burlington was in Mt. Pleasant last week in the interest of the Negro Industrial School of Iowa. The I. P. C. did not meet last week on account of the illness of Mrs. Page. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson entertained at 6 o'clock dinner last Thursday Mrs. Robert Anderson and children, Mrs. Henry Clay and Mrs. John Smith, in honor of Mr. Arthur Smith. Miss Delphia Norris has returned to Des Moines. Mrs. Matilda Atkins is comfortable situated in her newly purchased home in the West part of the city. Her granddaughter, Miss Roxy Hedge is with her. Mesdames Fitzgeralds Logan and Reed returned from Buxton last Friday. They had a zery pleasant visit. Mr. and Mrs. Martin and son of Burlington were up Monday. Mr. Mitchel Moley of Victor, Iowa came in Monday night. He is suffering from heart trouble and other complications, and is at the home of his father-in-law L. H. McCracken. Mr. Holmes of Chicago, who has been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Burnett, left Monday for other points in Iowa. This Week. The funeral of Mrs Harriet Page took place at 10 o'clock Wednesday, Oct. 2, from the A. M. E. church. Interment was at Forest Home cemetery. Harriet Atwood Mosley was born April 26, 1836, Montgomery county, Mo. She died Sept. 30, 1901, M., Pleasant, Iowa. She united in marriage to Wm. Page in 1858. Four sons and one daughter being born to them. Two of her sons, Chas. of Chicago and Len of this city, survive her. Mrs. Crede Nunley of Portland, Mo., and Mrs. Alfred Mason and Mr. Moses Mosley of this city are her sisters and brother who mourn her death. Mrs. Page was also a mother to her daughter's three children, Misses Cora, Myrtle and Grace Taylor; their mother having died when they were small, and their father father being killed soon afterwards. Mrs. Page united with the Methodist church over 36 years ago, and to the day of her death was a devoted christian. Although she has been in poor health over 2 years, her death came as a surprise to many of her friends, as she was only confined to her bed one week and one day. But during her entire illness all that loving hands could do was done for the mother and sister. The floral offerings for the casket were beautiful. Among, hose zent was a large box of chrysanthemums from the High School, Miss Myrtle Taylor being a member of the High School; also flowers sent by the 7th and 8th grades, Miss Grace Taylor is a pupil in that room, and a box of tea roses sent by the I P. club, Miss Cora Taylor president of that club. Miss Rosa Dortch is on the sick list. Mrs. Mitohel Mosley and little daughter came in from St. Paul, Minn., where Mrs Mosley has been spending the summer. They were called on account of the illness of her husband. Rev. J. H. Ferribee came in from Chicago last week. He will be with us again this year. Miss Louise Mason left for Evanston, Ill., last week to spend the winter with her brother and sister. Mrs. Elias McNeal and Mr. J. J. A. Carter have returned from Missouri. Slayton Jubilee Singers opened the lecture course at the Iowa Wesleyan University Oct. 8. Quite a number of colored people attended. Mrs. Chas. 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She has also obtained 26 other prizes for good attendance, sculpture, knitting etc Palmist Retires a Millionaire. Count Hamong, better known in the United States as Cheiro, the palmist, has retired from the business a millionaire, writes a Paris correspondent. The only known man to make a million telling fortunes has bought a chateau in the champagne country, where he has gone to cultivating vines. FORECAST OF FASHIONS. A fuchs 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 Devonshire hats appear among the high-priced millinery. Rich, dull black is exceedingly becoming to golden-haired, fair-complexioned women. Embroidered ponges 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. Plaited and flounced skirts will be worn the entire summer season for morning, afternoon and evening. French challis 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 Matte, her marriage was a dis appointment." "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. Now, the young man, being a wise party, immediately went to the telephone and told his friends he would possibly be with them in two hours. Mistress—Bridget I am tired of your carelessness. Only look at all that dust lying about on the furniture; it is six months old at the very least. Maid (very dignified)—Then it is no fault of mine. You knows, very well, mum, that I have been with you only three months. WHAT THE LAW DECIDES. A loan made to a married woman on her credit, although she gave notes therefor payable to her husband, which are void, is held in National bank vs. Tyndale (Mass.), 51 L. R. A. 447, to sustain an action at law against her estate upon the common counts for money lent or money had and received. Bona-fide residence of the plaintiff in a suit for divorce is held, in Bell vs. Bell, U. S. Adv. 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