Iowa State Bystander

VOL. 8. IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE BYSTANDER PUBLISHING COMPANY, FIFTH AND LOCUST, BOOM 406 MARQUADOT BLOCK, IOWA "PHONE 880. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF IOWA. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE MOST WORSHIPFUL UNITED GRAND LODGE OF IOWA, A. F. & A. M. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year.....$1.50 Six months.....75 Three months.....550 All subscription payable in advance. J. L. THOMPSON, EDITOR. J. H. SHEPARD, MANAGER. Send money by post office order, money order, express or draft, to the Iowa STATE BYSTANDER Publishing Company. Communications must be written on one side of the paper only and be of interest to the public. "Brevity is the soul of wit." remember We will not return rejected manuscript, unless accompanied by postage stamps. CITY NEWS Mr. Frank Rivers has gone to Dead- wood, S. D. Mrs. Annie Hall was very sick the first of the week. Geo. H. Woodson of Muchakinock had business in our city Monday. Mrs. John Walker remains quite ill and her condition does not improve. Politics are flying high now and the grafters are making hay in the sun- shine. The county and city primaries are Friday, and every colored voter should vote. Miss Louise Clay has been confined to her home for several days by illness from vaccination. Messers. L. Spears and Wm. Walker spent Sunday in Saylor at the home of Mr. Phillips. Mr. Tracy Blaa burn has been appointed as one of the deputy assessors under city Assessor French. John Wingo has disposed of his barber shop and will enjoy a much needed rest for several weeks. Mr. Gus Williams of 3024 N. Fourth street, who has been very sick for the past two weeks is convalescent. Mrs. Henry Fitch continues very low. She does not seem to improve any. Her friends are requested to call J. H. Mixon, Jeweler, No. 312 West Third street, tunes Pianos and repairs Organs. Mrs. Wm. Thompson of Ottumwa arrived in the city last week for a visit with her husband who is employed at the capitol. Messers. Harry McCraven, Rollen Weeks, Fred Stanton and Wm. Walker were ushers at the Auditorium Wednesday evening at the big Protuy meeting. ROSES FREE Friday and Satuaday, March 7 and 8. With every Hat purchased at the Hawkeye Hat Factory. All the late styles in soft stiff hats. 310 W. Locust Street. Mr. B. O. Hanger, candidate for county recorder, had Mr. Henry Taylor one of our well-known citizens, appointed on the fire department of this city. Henry will make a good man. Fred Wright, an employee at the legislature, arrived here from his home in Davenport, where he was called to the bedside of his sick wife. He reports that she is not much better. The services at the A. M. E. church Sunday evening was very good. The subject of Fred Douglas by Rev. Graves was good, as also the duet by Mesdames Birney and Coalson and the solo by Mrs. J. F. Blagburn. Then Mrs. Pergerson read a poem on Douglas by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Much credit is due to all. Several colored men have been asking if Mr. John McKay Sr., county treasurer, would not turn J. L. Thompson down as one of the deputies in his office; because Mr. Thompson is not supporting Hull for congress at the primaries. We will say no, he has not turned him down, nor would he be guilty of such a trick. He is too honorable a gentleman. Each person has a right to their opinion. Mr. McKay does not mention the matter and Thompson is now on the treasurer's force. ```markdown ``` STATE BYST DES MOINES, IOWA, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1902. Mr. JUDGE S. F. PROUTY, Peoples Choice for Congress, Seventh District. As the date for the primaries in this county grows nearer, the interest in the contest between Captain Hull and Judge S. F. Prouty increases. The Captain's record and ability are an open book, he having held office for thirty-four years and all the great things done and accomplished by the Captain are—in the future. The sentiment at this time seems to be; why not allow Captain Hull to retire, for a brief period at least, to private life, and permit a man adapted by nature and education, to succeed him. Even Captain Hull's staunchest friends shrink from a comparison of the ability of the two men. Judge Prouty, by sheer force of character, has earned the position he occupies. Born and reared on a farm, building fires and doing janitor work at the college to pay his tuition, being honored with a professorship in the college from which acquired his We forgot to mention last week that Wm. Walker has been employed to take charge of the Des Moines Life Insurance Co.'s rooms in the Crocker building. On March 4th and 18th, April 1st and 15th, May 6th and 20th, the Wabash will sell Homeseekers tickets to 32 states and territories at the low rate of one fare plus $2.00 for the round trip. Any one looking for a home, or wishing to make a pleasure trip should write S. W. Flint, P. & T. A., Wabash, Des Moines, Iowa. Dr. J. M. Wilson of this city, who has been away for five or six months, returned and after spending several days in the city he left Tuesday for a visit in central Canada. CHEAP COLONISTS RATES TO THE NORTHWEST? To Oregon Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Northwest Wyoming the Burlington route will sell very cheap tickets every day during March and April from all stations. If you want to get there in quick time, comfortably, yet with least ex education, elected to the Legislature as a republican from a democratic county when but twenty-two years of age; entering the practice of law in which he has been engaged for twenty years, and serving upon the district bench of this county, hearing and determining many important cases, Judge Prouty has attained for himself a reputation in the business world that may well be envied. He has no henchmen, neither does he hold the lash above any man's head. No citizen is warned that if he fails to support Mr. Prouty, financial and social ruin will be his fate. Briefly, the Judge is a candidate for congress solely upon his record, believing that he is better equipped to serve the interests of the people of this congressional district than his opponent. He is and has always been a friend to the colored race, and merits their support. pense, ask your ticket agent about our chair car and tourist sleeping car service, or write me for colonist folder which tells about it. P. S. Eustis, G. P. A., Chicago, Ill STATE MINERS ASSOCIATION MEET. The State Miners Convention is held in this city this week. President Reese is here and there is a large attendance. Among the colored delegates who are represented here are: Saylor mine, D. L. Neal, W. H. Canday; Colfax, Geo. O. Terrell, J. S. James; Buxton, Jack Wilson, W. H. Lewis, Robt. Walker and James Reeves; Muchakinock, C. R. Foster, N. D. McDowell, Cleveland, W. H. Brown; Mystic, Mr. Ford. We are glad to see so many colored delegates in attendance. It shows that our colored miners are interested in their own affairs and the affairs of the state. Our office is open to all you delegates. Don't forget to give me a call. Equal Rights Barber Shop and Bath Rooms, 320 West Third street. Bath rooms open until 12 on Sundays. Chas. J. Roy. Prop. No. 39. PRIMARIES TO-DAY To-day, Friday is city primaries and the county primaries—one for the selection of the county republican candidates and the other for the selection of all the city officers for the next two years. Each voter should consider carefully the relative merits, the honesty, the morals and fitness of each candidate for office before they cast their vote. If they are well qualified, then see if they are friendly to the colored race, that is will treat them just and fair when before them on trial, or before the different judges as attorneys. Within the past three weeks we have printed the history of every candidate that is our friend, and now voters you are to make your selection from that list. See our announcement cards for their name. Above all, colored voters go to the primaries early and vote your choice. The one that your conscience dictates. A $100,000 WILL. George W. Thurston, colored, a former Pullman car porter, will receive the greater part of the estate of Mrs. Eliza Jane Evans, white, valued at from $75,000 to $100,000. Mrs. Evans' will, which was contested by her divorced husband and relatives, has been admitted to probate before Surrogate Eitzgerald, at New York. "Thurston," the surrogate said, "seems to have been the only one to whom she clung during the latter years of her life. When she had been forsaken by her relatives he cared for and did what he could to administer to her comfort and alleviate her condition." Mrs. Evans was only 47 years old when she died on March 18, 1900. She made many minor bequests and left the bulk of her estate to Thurston. H. R. WRIGHT, Attorney at Law, room No. 212 Iowa Loan & Trust Bldg. I am the local representative for the Colored American Magazine; any one wishing to subscribe please drop me a card and I will call. J. FRANK BLAGBURN, 202 W. Fourth Street. AS TRUE AS GOSPEL There is always compensation. Our angels go out that our archangels may come in. Unhappy is the man for whom his own mother has not made all other mothers venerable. It is poor wit who lives by borrowing the words, decisions, main, inventions and actions of others. What an absurd thing it is to pass over the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attentions on his infirmities. Virtue will catch as well as vice by contact; and the public stock of honest, manly principle will daily accumulate. A greater value should be set on having received instructive and useful lessons than of possessing great store of wealth; for the latter is transitory good, the former is durable. There is scarcely a generalization for one sex which does not apply equally to the other, so perfectly alike in nature are men and women. The difference is only in circumstance. LOW BATES VIA C. M. & ST. P. RAILWAY. Home Seekers Rate first and third Tuesday of each month to many points in West, Northwest and South. Settlers Rates every day in March and April to points in Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and California. Settlers rates to Minnesota and North Dakota Marsh 10th, 11th, 13th, 25th, April 1st and 9th. Call at or address City Ticket office 410 Walnut street for all information. GUS MORRIS Hay, Feed, Coal andStraw 9 9 CENTER ST. Phone 697- --- Japan will discover from day to day that it comes high to be a world power. The charge that Frank James demanded a rake-off and was refused is all wrong. Now that oil has been discovered at Pike's Peak a good many people are likely to bust there. It has been found that whisky will not check smallpox. The disease is spreading in Kentucky. England shows her scorn for superstition by having thirteen battleships under construction now. Having learned to waltz and been in a railway wreck Minister Wu may as well apply for his papers. John L. Sullivan's heart trouble can be traced back to the date of his unfortunate match with Corbett. Those frenzled females have commanded poor Paderewski's watch. They'll get his hair next time. When a hen takes it into her head to be stubborn she doesn't care a cent for the law of supply and demand. Carnegie has furnished an epitaph for himself, but Russel Sage probably thinks he is never going to need one. Oil has been discovered in Russia at a depth of 9,000 feet. They must have struck an underground school of spouting whales. A pottery trust has been formed out west with a capital of $700,000. How much capital would it take to start a poetry trust? Twelve hundred American typewriters have been ordered by the Austrian ministry of justice. Machines, of course, not girls. Sig. Marconi understands all about wireless telegraphy, but he seems to have interpreted the signals in an affair of the heart. A French committee has been sent here to study the American "hustle spirit," but it is certain that they will not be able to catch it. It is to be observed that in discussing international questions nowadays European nations never fail to speculate on the probable attitude of Uncle Sam. An Ann Arbor scientist is said to have found "benzozone" a new foe to germs. The microbe may triumph for a season, but sooner or later science cliffs it. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria is receiving credit for being a very modest liver. His tridally meal is a plain one, but he tops it off with a 5-kreutzer clgar. Minister Wu Ting Fang is a convert to the belief that a private Pullman car with an iron horse in front is a great improvement on a Sedan chair drawn by cookies. John L. Sullivan says he is going to quit the stage and work on a farm. One of those Kentucky mountain farms with a distillery attachment would just about suit John. And now that Russia says she is pleased with the Anglo-Japanese alliance we may go right on crowding through the open door as though nothing out of the ordinary had occurred. France now claims sovereignty of the air over its domain, but merely for the purpose of selling balloon franchises. Air for breathing purposes is not to be retailed at so much per cubic foot. There are still 119 miles of horse car line in New York and only about 107 miles altogether elsewhere in the United States. And yet New Yorkers want people to call Gotham the metropolis. Mr. Carnegie has well said that fiction should be at least a year old before public libraries buy it. In other words, it should not be buried with indecent haste, as so much "immortal" current fiction is. The American drama has had another knockout blow. John L. Sullivan announces the disbandment of his "Uncle Tom's Cabin" company in the following touching words: "My awful thirst bust it." At Fort Scott, Kas., the other day, two men were let out of jail to fill a gap in a football team. There is much repressed energy in prison which might be profitably aired in some such innocent manner as this. A Philadelphia doctor says every mouthful of food should be chewed seventy-two times before it is swallowed. He doesn't go so far, however, as to insist that a cash register should be used in order to prevent mistakes. If wireless messages are going to get tangled up as they did on the ocean the other day it will readily be seen that grave complications may arise if one man should be trying to make love and another trying to sell codfish at the same time by the wireless method. THE NEWS IN IOWA WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE. Has Already Passed a Large Number of Measures. Des Molnes, March 3.—The legislature has now been in session about seven weeks, and only twenty-eight bills have passed both houses. This is not a fair index of the amount of work done, however, as the greater part of the time has been devoted to committee work, and the calendars of both houses are well filled with bills, and a great many more will be reported out by the different committees the next week. Besides the two twenty-eight bills that have been passed by both houses, the senate has passed thirty bills and the house forty-seven. Altogether the senate has passed fifty-eight bills, besides two joint resolutions for woman suffrage and biennial elections. The house has passed seventy-eight bills. The houses are already ready for business and a great many measures will be disposed of during the next few weeks. No bills of any great importance have been passed by both houses. Perhaps the most important are the encreoeke appropriation bill, the bills changing the date of assessing roads and express companies, the bill拍下 Vista, removing the $2,000 limit on the filing fees of articles of incorporation, and the bill appropriating $7,000 to replace property to be destroyed at Tama Indian reservation on account of small pox. Thus far 350 bills have been introduced in the house and have been disposed. A great many have been disposed of committees and a great many more will be. Bills introduced from this time on unless of paramount importance, stand very little show of ever getting out of the committees to which they will be referred, and if they do will only get on the calendar time to be swept off by the filing committee. It is conceded by all that future must work from this time on in order to get through by the middle of April. HE SUES FORMER FIANCE. Says She Robbed Him of More Than $30,000. Marshalltown, March 4.—Oliver M. Anstead, formerly a dry goods merchant at this place, has brought suit against Mrs. Lizzie Yohn-Ayers at Marlon, Ind., for $30,000, which he says is only a part of the money of which she has robbed him. Anstead's story is that several years ago Mrs. Ayers, then Miss Lizzie Yohn, bookkeeper and manager of his store in Marlton, Ind., left here and afterwards a store in Grand Rapids, afterwards going to Illinois, where Anstead started stores in Bloomington and Decatur. Miss Yohn had charge of the Bloomington store, and Anstead said she required so much money that it forced his assignment at Decatur. As soon as he heigned, he says, Miss Yohn sold out the Bloomington store and left with the proceeds, $20,000, together with some diamonds, given her, and that he lost all trace of her until a few days since, when he saw her on the streets of Marlon, Ind. In the time between her leaving Bloomington and now, Miss Yohn'married Lafyette Ayers, a prominent capitalist, at Marion, Ind., who is very prominent there, belongs to all the clubs and moves in the swellest society. Anstead's attorneys say they have a good case and will push it without reference to the woman's family connections. The woman has a number of relatives here. When Anstead was in business here he was much devoted to his healer, and it was generally supposed that he and Miss Yohn were engaged to be married. They were quite prominent in society here. MAYOR RESISTED ABREST. Forms the Basis of Famous "Blairs" burg. Caeser. Webster City, March 4.—I.e. famous 'Blairburg cases' have been continued over to the next session of the district court. These cases are for damages aggregating $12,000. They have been on the docket for the last two terms of court. Constable Little of this city captured four escapes from school inmates. Blairburg last summer claimed to have made the capture, and, as there was a reward for the boys, refused to give them to Little. Little had these parties arrested for resisting an officer. This brought on the damage cases. Blairburg is a small village. To her the affair magnified itself. The mayor of the town happened. Those those Little resisted for resisting him. The citizens of the village were aroused over the indignity, hence the damage cases. They will be tried at the April term of the district court. Historic Name Has Been Revived. Washington, March 3.—Secretary Root has signed an order directing that the new military post to be established near Des Moines, Iowa, be called Fort Des Moines, in memory of the original fort established in 1843, at the junction of the Des Moines and Des Moines Capitol. Allen's company of First dragoons and Captain J. R. B. Gardner's company of First cavalry. Murdered for His Money Onawa, March 3.—Ed Brainard, a farmer living near Preparation, Monona county, was murdered today in Harrison county while on the way to Woodbine to buy a farm. He had about two thousand dollars on his person. Sheriff Strain has just starved in pursuit of the murders. Murder Ntar Keokuk. Keoluk, Feb. 27.—William Mulliken, a very wealthy farmer, was assassinated at his home, six miles north of here. The murderer fired through a window, the bullet striking Mulliken in the head. The affair is a complete mystery. The murderer man owned large farm property, large vine and much city property, including a prominent hotel. The only colored mayor in the United States is Isaiah W. Peters, the wealthiest man in the city, and he was born a slave on the plantation of Jefferson Davis. THE TAX BILL IS REPORTED RAILROAD ASSESSMENT MEAS URE GOES TO SENATE FLOOR. Upper House Ways and Means Com Written Finitely. Bring Out its Bill. Des Moines, March 1—The senate ways and means committee voted yesterday to report for passage the railway taxation bill drafted by Senators Junkin, Healy, Lewis and Porter, with significant amendments offered by Senator Lewis. With these amendments the bill provides that the executive council shall determine the value of the railroad property of Iowa by taking into consideration "the market or actual value of the stocks and bonds of each railway, the gross earnings, the net earnings, the physical condition of such railway within the state, the information furnished by the reports required to be made, together with any other matter necessary to secure a just and equitable assessment." Originally the bill required exclusive consideration of stocks and bonds. The present law provides that the council, in assessing the roads, shall take into consideration the gross earnings "and any and all other matters necessary to enable the council to make a just and equitable assess- Senator Crossley proposed in place of the committee amendment, a substitute known to meet with the approval of Lieutenant Governor John Herriott, providing that the council should first find the value of the roads by the bonds and bonds and, by this proved inequitable, it should discover the value of the roads by capitalizing their net earnings; and, in case this proved impossible or unfair, it should assess the roads on the basis of all the information secured. The substitute was voted down. Senators Crossley and Senators Herriott, by using the latter was absent when it was first presented, but voted for it after reading it. Senator Trewin suggested an amendment to make clear a provision of the committee bill on the construction of which the railroads and subcommittee are likely to address and Power—differ. This provision is as follows, including the provisions as to the means of discovering the value of the railroad stocks and bonds: "The executive council shall enter on its records for publication the valuation of all stocks as thus stated and correct their reasons in full for any variation therefrom." This, however, was voted down. BAD MARSHALLTOWN FIRE. Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars Worth of Property Destroyed. Marshalltown, March 5 — One of the worst fires in the history of this city occurred yesterday, when the new Tremont hotel and the entire block in which it is situated were consumed. Nearly a dozen firms doing business in the block are sufferers. The total loss will exceed $75,000. Following are the losses detailed: T. Brown, interest in hotel, $12,000; Humling & Spencer, hotel $10,000; Spencer & Jayne, hotel furniture, loss $8,000; Ed and A. K. Smith, building, $13,000; Farrand & Giffird, clothing, $14,000; "Doc" Parrett, billards, $2,000; S. C. Bell, books, $500; Reynolds & Sheldon, $600; Fop-Hop tailor, building, $4,000; Hawkeye Printing company, $2,000; C. Duell, news depot, $900; Roxy Scott, hair goods, $500; S. C. Bell, real estate, $500; C. F. Schoenhut, barber shop, $500; W. C. Ralls, saloon, $3,500. The fire originated in the basement and quickly communicated to the third story by way of the elevator shaft. Before the firemen arrived the whole structure was ablaze. They were forced to burn building. The fire started at 4:30 a.m., while the guests were still asleep and many of them had narrow escapes. A large number jumped from the second story balcony to the street below in their nightclothes. The greatest excitement prevailed. It is believed all the guests escaped. The girls were severely injured. They are: Bessie Madden, leg broken; Birdie Myers, ankle broken; Lulu Stevens back seriously injured; may die. AWFUL CRIME IS CHARGED. Father Accused of Maiming His Three-Year Old Son. Sioux City, March 3.—Lee Vanseroy, a farmer of Calhoun county, has been arrested, charged with mainning his 3-year-old son. Vanseroy's wife died two years ago. His boy had the scarlet fever and refused one day to take medicine, where-upon the father secured a chisel and cut out almost all the teeth in the child's jaw, inflicting a deep wound in the roof of the mouth and breaking the jawbone. Vanseroy is under bonds. Has a Fortune in a Patent. Waterloo, March 4.—N. W. Gales, a machinist, has patented a corrugated disc for use on cream separators which he has sold to the Clinton Cream Separator and Engine works for $3,000 for the first year and $5,000 for the remaining sixteen years of the life of the patent, making a total of $38,000 which he will receive for the sale of the right to manufacture them. He picked up the idea in a little back room of his machine shop. It is said to be the most practical thing ever invented for this class of machinery. Contact With Live Wire. Burlington, Feb. 28.—Charles Payne, member of the fire department, was killed at this place by coming in contact with a live wire. Verdict in Burlington Mystery. Burlington, March 3.—No further light has been thrown on the mystery that envelopes the death of the young woman, Frances Dozah, in the Western Hotel yesterday, and with the verdict reached by the coroner's jury the affair is apparently a closed incident. The verdict was that death was caused by heart disease. No post mortem was held, as it was not deemed necessary in the face of the evidence submitted. No trace has yet been found of the strange man who was with Miss Dozah. THE LEGISLAURE. Des Moines, Feb. 27—Senate. The senate passed the bill to appropriate $7,000 to buy supplies for the Tama Indians, whose blankets, etc., have been burned on account of infectious disease. This money will be refunded by the general government. Senator Harper brought up national elections concessional amendment. Senator Hinbred explained that the resolution is in precisely the form it was formerly. The resolution was adopted, forty voting for and Bishop, Crossley, Hogue, Spaulding and Wilson voting against. Senator Lewis said he was opposed to biennial elections but is not opposed to submission. Senators Brighton, Emmert, Fitchpatrick, Hobart and Townsend were absent. Senator Rouse named his argument in consideration of the measure creating the reformatory at Anamosa. Following his address copyright attack the constitutionality of the measure. House.—Whiting called up Hogues' bill to compel railways to furnish freight cars. This bill was passed by the senate but was recommended for definite postponement by the house committee on boards. The bill was committed. The bill by Cummings increasing the salaries of district judges to $3,300 was taken up. The bill originally placed the salary at $4,000, but was amended by the committee on compensation of public officers, making it $3,300. Cummings spoke at some length in favor of the bill. Hughes moved to amend by making the salary $3,500. The amendment carried by a vote of 37 to 33, and the bill passed. Hurn's oll giving the locat boards of health power to enforce quarantine and in necessary to remove the parties located, both to be upon order of court, and the costs be charged to the person quarantined if financially able; if not county to pay and tax one-third to township where case existed, was passed. Des Moines, Feb. 28.—Senate.—Both houses passed the bill changing the time of assessing the railroads from March 25 to August 1, and the time of requiring their reports from February 15 to April 1, without opposition, and Governor Cummins immediately signed it so that it became a law. Both houses passed the express bill requiring reports to be made to the executive council instead of the auditor of state and this was signed by the governor at once and becomes a law at once. Senators Trowin, Whipple and Porter and Representatives Payne, Hamann and Barker were appointed code commissioners to superintend the codification of the session laws of the last three general assemblies. The senate passed the bill to give Cedar Rapids and Otumwa power to improve their rivers within the city limits. The senate voted not to concur in the house subpoena to the senate resolution requesting the Iowa congressmen to vote for the Hoa bill to restrict the issuance of injunctions in labor disputes. The house substitute was an expression of confidence in the declaration. The senate railroad committee voted to report for passage the Hubbard "merger" bill. There was no opposition in the committee. The sen gives Iowa railroads power to build and own extensions and to own, control and buy other railroads and to own, buy and control the stocks of other railroads. The senate passed a bill allowing already the right to do these things in states adjacent to this. House.—In addition to passing the railroad amendment and express bills, the house passed the bill which the senate had already passed appropriating $7,000 for the purchase of supplies for the Tamm Indians to replace animals acquired on account of infectious diseases. Both houses adjourned to meet at 2 p. m. Monday. Des Moines, March 3—Senate.—But twenty-six senators were present, and no business of importance was transacted. House.-Hughes' bill providing that all annual appropriations shall begin July 1, whereas they now begin on different dates, was passed; Hawk called up-the Torrens land bill, which was reported back by the judicial committee that considered no further this session. He explained the measure at some length and moved that the bill be referred to a special committee of three with instructions to report on it as soon as possible, carried. The senate message rejecting the house amendment to the Hoar session was received by the Senate of Warm. the consideration of the message was postponed until 9 a. m. Wednesday. Des Moines, March 4.—Senate. The senate resumed consideration of the Anamosa reformatory bill. It was ordered engrossed. An amendment offered by Healy replaces in the hands of the governor the full paroling power, which the bill sought to place in the hands of the board of control. Among bills passed were the following: By Hubbard, for the punishment of persons receiving stolen goods or buying them from persons under 18 years of age; giving boards of health the power to control the payment of expenses in case of quarantine. Several bills by the code commission were as follows: House.—Stuart slager's bill to permit the reopening Shiloh balance to be used to defray dedicating expenses was passed. The bill to increase the levy for the state university from one-tenth to one-fifth of a mill was defeated by a vote of 42 to 42. The Blanchard bill extending the provision for a 5 per cent levy in aid of the Shaw Makes an Address. Chicago, Feb. 28.-Secretary of the Treasury Shaw was the principal speaker at the banquet of the National Business League, he'd last night at the Auuntorum. His subject was "Commerce and Industries of the West," and his utterances were received with much attention. it being one of the first public speeches made by him since his appointment to his present office. All birds serve as weathercocks when they are perched on trees or bushes, as they almost unvariably face the wind. construction of railroads, to trolley and electric railways was passed. The following bills were also passed: Providing that any person found to have burglar's tools in his possession shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; providing for the admission of feeble minded women to the institution at Glenwood; changing the bushel weight of millet and Hungarian seen from 44 to 50 pounds. Cummings, Edwards and Springer were appointed a special committee to consider the Torrews land oll by Hawk. ILLINOIS LAW IS UPHELD. Supreme Court Says Dealing in Futures May Be Punished. Washington, March 4—The United States supreme court yesterday affirmed the decree of the supreme court of the state of Illinois in the case of Alfred G. Booth vs. the state of Illinois, involving the validity of the state statute imposing a fine of from $10 to $1,000 for dealing in futures. The decision of the state court upheld the law and today's opinion sustained that decision. The opinion was handed down by Justice Fuller and was dissented from by Justices Brewer and Peckham. The Illinois law involved is section 130 of the criminal code of the state and it provides that whoever contracts to have or give to himself or another the option to sell or buy at a future time any grain or other commodity, or forestals the market by spreading false rumors to influence the price of the crop. If the customers shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $1,000, or confined in the county jail not to exceed one year, or both. In delivering his opinion of the court Justice Harlan said that Booth had been indicted "on the charge of violating the statute so far as it related to options to buy grain or other commodities at a future time." He was found guilty and adjudged to pay a fine of $100. CONFEREES HAVE AGREED REPORT ON PHILIPPINE TARIFF BILL ARRANGED. House Accepts All But One of Material Amendment Made by Senate. Washington. March 3.—The conferences of the two houses of congress on the Philippine tariff bill reached an agreement after one sitting, the representatives of the house accepting all but one of the material amendments made by the senate. The amendment which was not accepted imposing the tonnage taxes of the United States upon foreign vessels engaged in interisland traffic in the Philippines. The house confeeers also refused to accept the proviso connected with the senate amendment limiting the operation of the sedition laws of the Philippines, leaving that provision to declare simply that "no person in the Philippine island shall under the authority of the United States be convicted of treason by any tribunal, civil or military, unless in open court of two witnesses to the same over act, of on confession, or in another act, stricken out exempted members of a family from punishment for failing to give information concerning the treasonable acts of one another. The senate reduction of 25 per cent on the rate of duty is retained. CUBAN TARIFE QUESTION. Objections to Cuban Tariff Reduction From Best Sugar States Washington, March 4.—The republican members of the house, who met in conference last night to consider the Cuban relief question, after three hours of fruitless, discussion, adjourned until Thursday without action. W. Fordney and Mr. Morris of Minnesota, who opposed direct tariff concessions and espoused the plan of giving a rebate direct to the Cuban sugar planters, held the floor throughout evening. Much feeling was manifested as a political disaster to the republicans in the beet sugar states was predicted if the tariff on sugar was lowered for the benefit of the Cubans when another solution was open. About 120 republicans attended the conference. PANAMA PLAN BLOCKED. Postpone - Entering Into Any Engagements With Us. Paris, March 1.—At an extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the new Panama Canal company, President Bo read a message from the consul general of Colombia at Paris setting forth that the company could not transfer its concession to another nation without first, with the assent of Colombia, modifying the stipulation of articles 21 and 22 of the agreement. After a discussion, during which it was urged that efforts should be made to keep the concession for France, the consul general a petition opposing approval of the attitude of the board of directors and deciding in view of the message of the Colombian consul general, to postpone entering into any engagements. Sultan Denies Responsibility. Constantinople, March 4.—The United States minister, John A. Lefschman, has presented a note to the porte regarding the capture of Miss Ellen M. Stone by brigands, demanding the punishment of the guilty parties. The porte, in reply, repudiates responsibility and denies all liability. Miss Stone at Constantinople. Constantinople, March 3.—Miss Ellen M. Stone has arrived here from Salonica and proceeded to the United States legation. TURKEY MUST PAY CLAIM. United States Takes Steps to Collect Money Paid to Brands... Constantinople, Feb. 28.—It is understood that the United States will soon takes steps to obtain a reimbursement of the sum ($72,500) to brigands as a ransom for Mrs. Elen Stone and Mme. Tsilka, holding Turkey responsible in connection with the capture of the missionaries was effected on Turkey. This question of responsibility may have serious developments, since Turkey emphatically disclaims responsibility and lays the claim on Bulgaria. DISASTER TO BRITISH ARMS MAKES UP FOR VICTORIES. Brilliant And Daring Capture of Convoy of Wagon Train at Vondonop, February 25. London, Marca 3.—In a dispatch from Pretoria, Lord Kitchener sends details of the disaster to the escort of the convoy of empty wagons at Vandenop, southwest of klerksdorp, Transvaal. The British casualties, in killed wagons and men made prisoners, reach the total of 632. In addition, the Boers commanded two guns, Leit. Col. Anderson, who has returned to Kraalipan, Cape Colony, with nine officers and 245 men, report that when his advance guard was within ten miles of klerksdorp, during the morning of February 25, the Boers opened a heavy rifle fire on the troops. The burghers were driven off and the convoy resumed its march, when a convoys left the mark was made on the convoy's left flank. The Boers getting within a hundred yards and stamping the mules, harnessed a number of wagons. The attacking forces were again driven off. At about 6:30 in the morning the rear guard was tacked by a strong force of Boers, simultaneously another body of Boers boldly charged the center of the convoy and stamped the mules in all directions, throwing the escort into confusion, during which the Boers charged, riding down the separate British force. The fighting lasted for two hours during which the two British guns and a pontoon almost exhausted their ammunition. detachment of 200 mounted infantry from Klerksdorp attempted to reinforce the British, but were held in check by the Boers. Lieut. Col. Anderson adds that the strength of the Boers was estimated at from 1,200 to 1,700. Commandants Delarey, Kempa, Gelliers, Lemmer, Commandant Rotogier were all present. Commandant Lemmer is said to have been killed. ABSOLUTE CURE PROMISED. Sweeping Claim of a United States Army Surgeon. Denver, March 3.—The News prints the following from its Albuquerque, N.M., correspondent: "You may quote me as saying that we can cure consumption in every stage," said Major Appel, chief surgeon at Fort Bayard. "I have never before made that statement, but we have succeeded in consternating a patient. General MacArthur, who had been compaired by Major Appel from the fort, endorsed the statement and declared he had never been so much astonished and pleased with anything in his life as the result of careful investigation of the work at the government soldiers' sanitarium at Fort Bayard. The main features of the treatment that has proven so successful are life out of doors, the carefully selected, nutritious diet, and absolute rest in the case of reduced patients. NEW RECORD BY MARCONI. Wireless Telegraphy a Success Up to 2,000 Miles. New York, March 3.—Signor Marconi, who arrived on the Philadelphia from Southampton, reported a new wireless telegraph record. “This time,” said Mr. Marconi, “there can be no error. Captain Mills and Chief Officer Marsden signed each message received as witnesses. Fifteen hundred miles at sea regular messages were received from the Carneval station and were recorded at a distance of 2000 miles. It had been told that my Newfoundland messages were due to my imagination and to atmospheric currents, so I requested the captain's signature to bear me out. “I am not going to等待 any wireless service between Cuba and the United States, as has been reported, nor have I any intention of establishing a line across the English channel.” TO ESCORT MISS ROOSEVELT. The President's Brother-in-Law Also is to Go to the Coronation. Washington, March 3—Captain Clark has selected Commander W. S. Cowles as his personal aide at the coronation ceremonies. Commander Cowles is the brother-in-law of President Roosevelt. His going to London in an official capacity will make it easier for Miss Alice Roosevelt to see the crowning of 'King Edward. Commander Cowles has been temporarily assigned as naval aide to President Roosevelt, and, as such, is accompanying Prince Henry of Prussia on his visits to American cities. He was for several years the naval attache of the United States embassy in London. Aliison and Dolliver In. Washington, March 5.—When the senate convened yesterday the credentials of Mr. Allison and Mr. Doliver, both of Iowa, were presented to the senate. The attier's credentials were for a term of six years, beginning March 4, in response to an announcement that it would be necessary for Mr. Doliver to again take the oath of office. Gen. De Wet is Shot. London. March 5.—A dispatch from Harrismith, Orange River Colony, says that Boer prisoners report that Gen. De Wet was shot in the arm during the recent attempt to break through the blockhouse line held by the New Zealanders, in the vicinity of Harrismith and Van Reenen. Colorado Wants Peace. Washington, March 4.—Representative Shafarth has presented a memorial from the Colorado legislature "appealing to our national administration to tender the offices of the government in any dignified and conscientious manner that will be competitive to peace between the South African republics and Great Britain to the end that the British government may be induced to offer its present policy to bear such terms of peace as will be allie honorable to the Boers and in accordance with their aspirations for liberty." H. H. Prince Henry of Prussia was warmly welcomed to the American capital. Cordial indeed was the greeting extended to him when he called at the White House. As soon as the formalities were over—and they were very brief and apparently without significance—President Roosevelt and the prince engaged in a friendly conversation. The President asked after the health of Emperor William and the stormy voyage of the prince from Germany to these shores. When the royal visitor and his suite left the White House there was a smile of satisfaction on the face of the Prince and later in the day he spoke several times to his friends and attendants of the pleasurable nature of his interview with the young President. Leaving the White House, the Prince and suite, under the escort of troops F and G of Fort Meyer Cavalry, proceeded up Sixteenth street, through a long line of people banked eight and ten deep to Massachusetts avenue, where the procession turned in, the escort continuing up the avenue and arranging itself at salute, while the carriages of the Prince and suite were driven up Highland terrace to the Embassy. The big, imposing-looking edifice was simply but beautifully decorated, miniature pine treetops and laurel, with the German and American colors, forming a handsome background. Above the building, floating from the Embassy flagstaff, was a massive imperial flag, indicative of the presence of a member of the royal family. When the royal visitor alighted from his equipage Ambassador Holleben, who had preceded the Prince from the White House, stood at the door, bowing low in obeisance, greeted the Prince. As he did so, he pressed the hand of the Prince gently to his lips. The latter bowed gratefully in recognition. The Prince's suite, escorted by Adjutant General Corbin, Assistant Secretary of State Hill, Count Quadt of the German embassy, followed and alighted as quickly as possible and were shown into the inner parlor, where light refreshments were served. The Prince reached the embassy promptly at 11:30. At 11:43 President Roosevelt, accompanied by Col. Bingham, his military alde, Commander Cowles, his brother-in-law, and Assistant Secretary Leeb, reached the embassy. The President was greeted with cheers and waving of handkerchiefs as he stepped from his carriage and was greeted by the German Ambassador at the door. --- Precisely at noon the President emerged from the Embassy with silk hat in hand and his long overcoat buttoned closely about his throat and stepped lightly into his carriage. The crowd gave a rousing cheer as the Presidential carriage rolled down the terrace toward the White House. Ambassador Von Holieben accompanied the President to the door of the Embassy and bade him adieu. Prince Liency remained in the inner parlor with his suite. The crowd remained about the Embassy for several hours, eager to get another glimpse of the imperial visitor. VISITS THE HOUSE Prince Henry Sees American Statesmen at Work. Anticipating the arrival of His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Prussia, great crowds flocked to the Capitol, overflowed in the snow-covered lawns and occupied the asphalted space in front of the building. Almost on the dot, 4 o'clock, the royal party appeared at the east front, where they were met by a committee. Speaker Henderson welcomed the party on behalf of the House of Representatives. The royal party remained scarcely ten minutes, when they left the gallery and were escorted to the Ways and Means Committee, where the Prince held a general reception, being introduced to the members by Cnairman Payne of the committee. Royal Visitor in the Upper House of Congress. Prince Henry and his suite were met at the rotunda of the Capitol by a committee consisting of Senators Cullom, Morgan and Lodge, and conducted to the Vice President's room at the rear of the chamber. President Pro Tem Frye met the party in this room and extended to the Prince in the name of the Senate a welcome to the chamber and the courtesy of the floor. When Prince Henry entered the chamber the Senate was in the midst of warm parliamentary discussion in regard to the Tillman-McLaurin case. Senator Bailey was speaking and was --- Greets Prince Henry frequently interrupted by different Senators. Prince Henry remained in the Senate chamber for fifteen minutes, and then on a rap from Mr. Frye's gavel, the Senators arose and Prince Henry passed down the main aisle, accompanied by the committee, and out of the chamber, where he met his suite and then left the Capitol. DINNER AT WHITE HOUSE. Magnificent Banquet Spread for Prince in The East Room. The crowning event of the day's ceremony was the dinner given by the President of the United States to Prince Henry. Detail was arranged to add to the beauty and stateliness of the event. The entire lower floor of the White House was profusely decorated, the greatest possible attention being given to the blue room and east room, the one in which the President received the Prince, the other in which the dinner was given, and around which the whole entertainment of the evening centered. There have probably been more lavish decorations in the east room, but never more beautiful than those in honor of this international dinner. Just before the guests, as they entered the east room, hung, side by side, the German and American flags, pinned together near the top by an Admiral's anchor. Over the tops of the flags were festoons of smilax intertwined with electric lights of red, white and blue. These were the only two emblems of the countries now so closely united and formed the background for President Roosevelt and Prince Henry as they occupied seats, side by side, at the outer ellipse of the crescent-shaped table. In the recess of the windows were banks of palms and tropical plants, while a mound of palms and flowers filled the space left by the crescent-shaped table and added to the view of the vista of flowers over 330 feet in length, down which the Prince looked from his seat at the table beside the President. This was a feature carefully thought out, and the unobstructed view from the east room to the extreme end of the conservatories was unusually fine. Upon each napkin, bearing the coat-of-arms of the United States, were sprays of valley lilies alternated with pink roses. The red bordered bearer the coat-of-arms of the United States in gold, especially designed and ordered by Mrs. Cleveland, was used for serving the dinner. Upon the right of President Roosevelt sat Prince Henry and upon his left Lord Pauncefoote, the British Ambassador. Opposite these distinguished men was Secretary of State Hay, upon his right the German Ambassador, and upon his left the French Ambassador. The other diners were seated about the crescent, which was designated by Mrs. Roosevelt, after the most careful thought. The President proposed the health of the German emperor and the German people: "We admire their great past and great present, and wish them all possible success in the future. May the bonds of friendship between the two peoples ever grow stronger." The President also proposed the health of "Our Guest, Prince Henry of Prussia," as follows: "In the name of the American people I greet you and extend to you our warmest welcome and the assurance of our heartiest good will." All the toasts were drunk in Moselle. Following the toast of the President to the German emperor, Prince Henry arose and proposed a toast to the President and the people of the United States, accompanying it with an expression of good will and hope for the continuation of friendly feelings between the German and American nations. Then followed Mr. Roosevelt's toast to Prince Henry. Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Roosevelt were not present at any portion of the evening's festivities, the company being confined to gentlemen. Before the dinner at the White House there was presented to the President a large pastel portrait of Prince Henry in naval attire, a statuette (bust) of the emperor, and an autograph naval scale-prepared by the emperor. The bust of the emperor shows him in uniform of the corps guards, with eagle tipped helmet. After the dinner the guests repaired to the parlors, where, for an hour or more, they remained in social conversation. The prince chatted freely with the company, many of whom he had met during the day. At 10:40 the party dispersed, the prince leaving directly for the railroad station, where his special train awaited him. A troop of cavalry and a squadron of mounted and bicycle police acted as escort to the station and saw him safely aboard the train, which left at midnight for New York city. President Roosevelt and party left Washington shortly before midnight for New York, where he witnessed the launching of the yacht Meteor, built for the emperor of Germany. Accompanying the President were Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Alice Roosevelt, who christened the yacht; Secretary Root, Mrs. Root, Miss Koot, Secretary Hitchcock, Comander and Mrs. Cowles, Senators Lodge and Spooner, Representative Rittauer, Dr. Pickerell, Assistant Secretary Loeb, Mr. Colin Studds, and a stenographer. The President's train pulled out of the station a few minutes before the one occupied by Prince Henry and his escort. Miss Roosevelt Christens the Kaiser's Splendid Yacht. With a brilliant sequence of official ceremonies, New York's part in the welcome of Prince Henry of Prussia reached a brilliant climax Feb. 25. On the launching ways at Shooter's Island, white and graceful as a swan, lay the emperor's yacht, the Meteor, ready to glide into the water at the touch of Miss Roosevelt's hand. More than one unique feature marked the occasion which opened this busy day. As the kaiser's new flyer was built beneath a low shed, it was not possible to deck her fully in the usual holiday garb of bright-hued flags. By an ingenious device her most brilliant dress of bunting flew to the breeze at the moment she cleared the shed where she was born and plunged her stern into the element in which she is destined to win new laurels for an emperor. This novel effect was contrived by means of a system of ropes and weights, which threw into their proper places the temporary masts, which up to that time had lain prostrate on the deck. From the trucks of these temporary spars were strung the halyards from which flew the countless flags of the international code, the German standard on the main pole and the Stars and Stripes at the bow and stern. President Roosevelt and his party and the prince and his suite reached the island by the Pennsylvania ferry boat Philadelphia. Directly under the cut water line of the Meteor was the bunting deck stand on which Miss Roosevelt, President Roosevelt and Prince Henry stood. In the center of this platform was a box about three feet high. Into this box there were led the steel wire ropes holding the weights leading to the beams on either side of the keel, and about five feet aft the bow, which, when released, cast loose the cradle in which the yacht rested and in which she slid into the water. These were caught by a line which Miss Roosevelt cut with a silver hatchet. The cutting of this rope released the weights and the yacht immediately started down the ways. The bottle of champagne which was used was incased in fine silver basket work. After entertaining President Roosevelt and other distinguished guests at luncheon on the Hohencolllern, Prince Henry again embarked for the Battery. 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The conference report on the census bill was adopted and the house adjourned until Monday. Washington, March 1.—Senate. Considerable important business was disposed of by the zenate today. What is known as the omnibus claims bill, and the measure providing for the irrigation of public lands, were passed, the conference report on the Philippine tariff was agreed to, and the shipping bill was made the unfinished business. The irrigation measure provides that all monies received from the sale of public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North and South Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, beginning July 1, last, be devoted to the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands, the work to be done and the money expended under the direction of the secretary of the interior, to several hours, but encountered no opposition and was passed without a roll cell. Washington, March 3.—Senate. The senate today began consideration of what is popularly known as the shipping bill—a measure to provide for ocean mail service between the United States and foreign ports and the common defense; to promote commerce and to encourage deep sea fisheries. Frye of Maine, chairman of the committee on commerce, made the opening statement in support of the bill. He occupied the floor for nearly two hours. The policy of protection, which has been applied, he said, to American industries with such beneficent results had not been applied to the shipping industry. The result of this short sighted policy had been the decadent and the merchant machine and the consequent humiliation of Americans in the shipping industry. Frye's address was largely statistical, but his argument was listened to with close attention by senators on both sides of the chamber. House.—The house today began consideration of the bill to classify the rural free delivery routes and place carriers under the contract system. Only two speeches were delivered today. Loud of California, chairman of the committee on postoffices and postroads, made the opening argument in favor of the bill, speaking for two and a half hours. Washington, March 4.—Senate.—The ship subsidy bill was further discussed in the senate today by Frye. His remarks were directed principally to the republican senators, and he gave further expression to his views that the subsidy bill was a logical response to the demands and principles of the republican party and that in its preparation he had obviated the objections entertained by senators friendly to the measure. No other senators desiring to speak today, the bill was laid aside and a number of bills of minor importance were passed. When the senate convened the question of Dolliver, both of Iowa, were presented to the senate. The latter's credentials were for a term of six years, beginning March 4, 1901. In response to an inquiry the president pro tem, Frye, announced that it would be necessary for Dolliver again to take the oath of office. Allison's present term will not expire until March 4, 1903. He entered the senate on March 4, 1876, and has been a member of the body continuously since that time. The senate also has been elected will extend for six years, from March 4, 1903. Allison escorted his colleague to the desk of the president pro tem, where the oath was administered by Frye. House.—The house spent the day in the discussion of the rural free delivery service bill and to place the carriers under the contract system. No vote was reached, and it is doubtful whether one will be had tomorrow, as the list of speakers is still large. The fate of the bill is in doubt, although the impression prevailing is that it will be defeated. The speakers today were Smith of Kentucky, Gardner of New Jersey, and Williams of Mississippi, in favor of, and Lands of Indiana, Maddox of Georgia and Hill of Connecticut against the measure to store the records begun the conference report on the Philippine tariff bill was adopted. The vote was on party lines, except that McCall of Massachusetts, Littlefield of Maine, and Heatwolf of Minnesota, voted with the democrats against adopting the report. London, March 3.—Lord Kitchener reports that the Boer casualties during the recent operation amounted to 80 men killed, or captured. In detail, the Boer losses were fifty men killed, ten men wounded and 759 unwounded men made prisoners. In addition to the losses that it is reported that over a hundred Boers, killed or wounded, were carried off after the attack on the blockhouse line, February 24. These figures, however, cannot be verified, so they are not included in the total of 819. 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Phillips, pastor. First African Baptist Church — Corner School and Fourth streets. Rev. F. Lomuch pastor, preaching 10:30 a. m.; Sunday school, at 11:00 a. m.; Supporting teenagers. Young People's meeting 7 p. m., preaching 800 p. m. Burn's M. E. — East Second and Des Moines street. — Sunday services, preaching at 11:00 a. m.; Sunday school, at 11:00 a. m.; Class meeting, Wednesday 8 p. m. All are welcome. Rev. C. W. Holmes, pastor, 920 Des Moines street. Mount Nebo Baptist Church — E. Second street, between Luncust and Grand avenue — Sunday service, preaching at a. m.; Wednesday, Rose Johnson, preaching at 8 p. m. Rev. J. H. Bell, pastor. Tauercagle Baptist Church Mission—Situated over 800 East Locust street, preaching 11 a. m.; Sunday School 9:00 a.m.; preaching at 8 p. m. Rev. J. R. Winusch, pastor SECRET ORDERS. North Star Lodge, No. 2, A, F. A.M.—Meets First Thursday in each month at Masonic Hall Fourth Street, J. H. Shepard and T. R. S. Ruf secretary. 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ORIGINAL NOTICE In the District Court of the State of Iowa, in and for Polk County, March Term, A. D. 1902. Mrs. Mattie Jones, Plaintiff, versus John A. Jones, defendant. To John A. Jones: You are hereby notified that on or before the 20th day of February, A. D. 1902, the petition of plaintiff in the above entitled cause will be filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of the State of Iowa, in and for Polk County, Iowa, claiming of you an absolute divorce on the grounds of wilful desertion. For full particulars see the petition when on file in the above named court, and unless you appear thereto and defen before noon of the second day of the next term, being the March term o said Court, which will commence a Des Moines, on the 3rd day of March 1902, default will be entered against you and judgment and decree rendered thereon. Dated this 29 day of January 1902. I. E. WILLIAMSON, Attorney for Plaintiff. 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The background is a light, textured pattern.]] L. B. CALLENDER, Candidate for Police Judge. Our highly esteemed citizen, Mr. B. O. Hanger, is a candidate for County Auditor. Mr. Hanger has lived so long and been an official so long that his history and public career is an open book to all; nor can anyone say one word against his honesty, sincerity or his integrity. He has always performed his official duties with honor to himself and credit to L. B. CALLENDER, Ca DR. A. G. EDWARDS. Physician and Surgeon. IOWA PHONE 1081 MUTUAL PHONE 446 (office) Miles' Drug Store Over 764 West Ninth Streets Proposed Highway for Bicycles 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 '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. An Old Lady's Mistake 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. the people. He was one of the boys that marched to the war when Abraham Lincoln issued his call for volunteers to suppress the rebellion and save the Union. He has always been an active republican worker and a friend of the colored race. He is now alderman at large for West Des Moines, and has just succeeded in the appointment of Mr. Henry Taylor on the city fire department. Candidate for Police Judge. 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 flannel the collar may be made of the same and trimmed with rows of narrow braid or velvet ribbon. Skirts of the small gowns are usually plain, but the older girls have some sort of trimming, either tucks, stitched bands, ruffles or velvet folds, stitched on. The long-waisted mode, in which the list line rounds down low in front, is conspicuously evident among the gowns* for girls over 10 years of age, and the small gowns for dolphin little girls of 6 imitate this fashion as much as possible by having the long waist all around. Guimpe dresses, which never seem to go out of style, are suitable for all ages, from 6 to the more mature years of middle age. Boloer jackets are very popular in the kingdom of small costumes, and the attempt to produce the effect of stole ends is seen in one little gown, where narrow lace revers 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 voke of tucked white silk or batiste. Thin gowns of point d'esprit for party wear are variously trimmed with ruches, ruffles, lace insertion and rows of colored satin ribbon. A pretty feature of the small girl's costume is the coat and hat to match.—New York Sun. Subscribe for the Bystander. AMOS W. BRANDT FOR STATE AUDITOR. Polk County Presents a Candidate for the State Auditorship The announcement of the candidacy of Capt. Amos W. Brandt of Des Moines for State Auditor has been made and the republican voters of Polk county will be called upon to endorse his candidacy in the primaries on March 7, and in the county convention. Mr. Brandt is at present deputy state auditor which position he has filled since his return from the Philippines where he was in command of a company of United States vountees. Captain Brandt is well known to the residents of Polk county and his endorsement will without doubt be a substantial one, for he is one of the old settlers. While a native of Indiana, he has resided in Polk county over forty-five years and since reaching his majority has been prominent in Des Moines and county affairs. As a boy he attended the first public school held in the city of Des Moines. He graduated at Monmouth (Ill.) College in 1871 and from the J. Iowa College of Law in 1880. In the year 1888 he was elected auditor of Polk county and his ability was such that he was retained three terms in that capacity. When the Spanish war broke out Mr. Brandt organized a company of immunes which werg mustered on in July 15, 1898, as Company M of the 7th infantry, United States volunteers. They saw military service over eight months, but did not get to the front, reaching only Macon, Ga.; and were mustered out of service on February 28, 1899. On July 5, of the same year, Captain Brandt was commissioned as captain of Company F, white, of the 32nd infantry, United States volunteers, which went to the Philippine Islands, seeing over twenty-two months service, eighteen of which were upon the islands. Captain Brandt is one of the best and trusted white men this state has for the colored race. His father, Isaac, associated with John Brown in slavery times. He merits your support. MARSHALLTOWN ITEMS Mrs Melvina Grundy left for Gilnean for a few days on business. Mrs. R. J. Wright returned home after holding a series of successful revival meetings in St. Paul. Rev. Brookins of Muchakinock, Ia., preached at the Union church Sunday, Feb. 25 Mr. Chas. Watson and wife, Mr. John Hunter and wife of Mason City and Mrs. S. W. Wright of Webstes City spent a very pleasant week in the city, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Young Mrs. Hattie Worley entertained a few friends at luncheon in honor of her son Thomas' 32nd birthday. All present report a pleasant time. Mrs I. L. Brown entertained a few friends at dinner, in honor of Mrs. Geo. Young. Those present were Mrs. G. L. Suitor, Mrs. R. Warren, Mrs. W. B. Cottomas and Miss Jessie Walker. Mrs. Geo. Suitor and Mrs. Reed Warren entertained in honor of Mr. Chas. Watson and wife, Mr. John Hunter and wife of Mason City and Mrs. G. W. Wright of Webster City, Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Young, Mr. and Mrs. Lew Johnson, Miss Clara Wilkinson and grandma Suitor and Mr. Fred Watrous at lunch con. Grand Master I. L. Brown and wife entertained at a reception in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Watson, Mr. and Mrs. John Hunter of Mason City, and Mrs. G. W. Wright of Webster City, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Young, J. W. Walker, Miss Jessie Walker and several others. One of the most elaborate social events participated in by the colored people of this city was a dinner given Tuesday evening by Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Young, who recently came here. The gathering was at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Wheeler where Mr. and Mrs. Young board Several guests from other cities were present, and an elaborate seven course dinner was served. Dog Parted the Fencers. A friend, accompanied by his colle, recently called on M. Prevost at the artist's studio in Paris. After an hour's chat the men decided to fence a while. Scarcely had the bout begun when the dog, thinking his master attacked, flew at is host, knocking him down and out in short order. The fencing-mast was all that saved the artist from an even worse injury, for the indignant colle was pulled from his victim with the greatest difficulty. The first discovery by white men of the iron ore of the Lake Superior region was made September 16, 1844, near the eastern end of Teal lake, in northern Michigan, by William A. Burt, a deputy surveyor of the general government. In June, 1845, the Jackson Mining Company was organized at Jackson and in the same year it secured possession of the celebrated Jackson iron mountain. The ore from this mountain was first used in a bloomery at Jackson and afterward in 1847 and subsequently in bloomeries in northern Michigan. In the Woman Suffrage States. The four states in which woman suffrage is established, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, are noted for the radical changes which they made in declarations of political preference. In 1896 the fusionists carried Colorado by 134,000 majority. A year later they had 3,900. Utah gave Bryan 33,000 majority in 1896, and four years later went against him by 2,100. Wyoming was carried by the Republicans in 1892, by the fusionists in 1896, and by the Republicans again in 1900.—New York Sun. Establishment of Divorce. Divorce was established in Germany in 1875. From 1881 to 1885 the yearly number of divorces was about 8,000, while of late years it exceeds 10,000. In England divorce was established in 1857. During the years 1858-1862 the annual number was about 200; in 1894 about 550; in 1898 about 650. In Austria, where only non-Catholics can apply for a divorce, the number of demands for divorce increased 25 per cent in four years, and in Belgium about 20 per cent in four years. The plague during the year has been reported in the following countries: Cape Colony and Egypt, in Africa; Arabia, the Argentine Republic, Australia, Brazil, China, England, Formosa, Germany, Hawaiian Islands, Japan, Madagascar, Paraguay, Philippine Islands, Mauritius, Portugal, Reunion, Russia, Scotland, Straits Settlements, Turkey and Wales—probably a wider dissemination than has ever been known in the history of the world. Cost of New York Police. The police department and the board of education continue to be the New York city departments requiring the largest expenditure of public money. For 1902 the appropriation for the police department is $11,350,000 and for the school department $19,263,000, subject to a reimbursement by the state of $1,200,000, which will bring the school expenses this year to $18,000,000, approximately. Reminder for Forgetful Persons. Conspicuously posted near the exit of a Rumford Falls (Ma.) dry goods store, is the query in bold print, "Have you forgotten anything?" In the half dozen odd years that the sign has hung there it has saved innumerable return trips for forgotten parcels and done away with months of worry on the part of customers with short memories. Chicago Law Field Is Crowded. There are said to be from 8,000 to 10,000 men in Chicago who have been admitted to the practice of law, but only about half of them are actively at work in the profession. The others have gone into mercantile and financial employments, in some cases from necessity, and in others from choice. Drinks Electricity in Water. A New York man says he drinks electricity in water and it has made him ten years younger in a twelve-month. It restored his teeth, his sight, his hair, his lost vitality. He declares that a glassful of the water as he prepares it will produce sufficient electric force to ring a small bell. "Observation Automobiles." A line of "observation automobiles" is to be run in Washington, D. C., for the benefit of visitors. Each vehicle carries twenty-two passengers and will be accompanied by a lecturer on points of interest at the capital. The fuel is kerosene and the motive power steam. To Offset Heat at St. Louis. An air-cooling system on a vast scale is to be tried at the St. Louis exposition. Great fans will bring down a current of cold air from a height of 800 feet above the earth and pour it over the grounds on hot days. Sanitary Inspection for Dolls. In view of the instinctive fondness of little girls for kissing their dolls, the Lancet thinks more attention should be paid to the source of the material used in making and stuffing them. Italian statistics show the emigration to America has reached the figure of 160,000 annually. About half of these return eventually to Italy; the rest remain in the United States. Should Chinatown Be Burned? Chinatown, in San Francisco, according to the president of the board of health, should be burned. As it is at present, it cannot be rendered sanitary except by total obliteration. Typhoid Killing British soldiers. During the first three months of this year there were, among the British troops in South Africa, 6,258 cases of typhoid fever, 1,060 of which proved fatal. i alleen | F 4 POEM BY SAPPHO. Mannsorips Dates trom sixth or Perhaps ‘the Seventh Century. ‘Dr. Schubart, the assistant director ‘of the Egyptological departmcat of the Royal Museum in Berlin, has made an important discovery. In examining fragments of old books and manu- scripts recently acquired by the mu- fseum he found a torn and badly rumpled: piece of parchrient, which Proved to be a fragment of a parch- ment roll containing poems from the fifth book of Sappho. The manuscript dates from the sixth or perhaps the seventh century, which is not surpris- Ang, as it is known that many of Sap- pho's poems had been preserved unti} that time. It is generally believed that the poems were lost during the Ara- dian invasion of Europe. ‘The fragment, given in free transla- tion, but preserving the meter, reads 3 follows: : “When she now, Among Lydia's women appears, ‘Tis like unto the full moon Rising serencly in the evening sky, It outshines ‘The most brilliant stars: it caste Over the mirror-Itke sea And meadows, in flowers clad, Magic light. Nature is bedecked with dew; Sparkling are the roses, Dainty flowers, and bushy herbs.” ice ot aed. Not long azo a tourist in New Or- teane went toate the statue of Andicw Sackacn in that city, onthe pedestal of whieh ia Inscribed, “Waleed we Stand; Divided we Fal” ‘Gocioy on old colored man standing by he aked, Cael id shat ioseription stay ther fit suring the tel war? No, eae responded the old uncle, “hit didn’t stay dar endure" eo watt u de fst Dar, dem letters wan standin” out fal dzy was plastered on. Den de wah buat ose and Ge confer rate gira down pore; bo tuk a chloe and cat dem fetters of smooth: Den of ‘Ghiral Bother, he come erione wit his ‘Union Soler ant he tka chel and eut dom in deep, laik dey is now. An’, Lordy, ow de folts own yere did swat theo 0 Gistal Butler brush do dus oft'n his clothes an’ git up frum his srk an" say, ‘Teo seine to hang de tus’ Johnny Reb wat ciits dem letters om avin “Tobeccocure han crud all who, have ged Bey aie chee Gad" acre HER Diageo er tiocomotives “ana tts, See Ggmant Serer tants ee ne oe, er fas eg cha es, a ‘Thanks are so cheap that there Is ‘Ro excuse for giving them grudgingly. ee Om fe the worries of the housekeeper the bed see ssc, Altec Been found: “Airs. Hertha Pvemonyiy eaee Beg [oscetpicice'eh ine (de lze Isto, “Lvery readcr ought to send ur once. Hush money can't be the kind that cal ie, RD BT ore ror childrea teething, softens the wine, redtices tor Eatsaton-aleyr mts. curse wind Cae’ Soe Sotd It Is said that the electric chair tat oy ould thnt the cleo (Da PIL. Kine, Tid.. ¥9t Arch St, 1 bilsdelpbia, Pa Some of the Kansas papers are re lating how at the close of the civil war, General Shafter was an applicant for a first Heutenancy in the reorgant (zed army, and had Working in his be- half a congressman whose knowledge of army affairs was very limited. One fay this congressman sent the fol lowing messags: “Dear Shafter: Thavo Just returned from a visit to the secre- tary of war. I find that it will be im. possible to have you appointed a first Ueutenant, as that rank is Dow full. However, ‘the secretary $s willing to appoint you a lieutenant colonel, which fs the next best thing. Will that do?” Since the beguuing of the nine- teenth century the Russian govern ment hag been exceedingly cautious in its relations with China, realizing what danger would arise if the Chi- nese should adopt the westarn mill- tary system. That most conservative paper, Grashdanin, published the opin- fon of a Russian general who has re- tumed from the latest China campaign, which strikingly confirms the old traditions. “If we would avoid the greatest disaster in the far east,"" he says, “we should by all means and ‘with all our strength and will gain the confidence an? love of China.” At the same time reperts trom the Amur Province tell of Russia's preparations for increasing its military forces on the Chinese frontier and the Pacifie coast. Siciss Wake aiken. Signora Elecnora Duse, the famous Mtallan actress, is peculiarly nervous. ‘When she 1s not at rehearsals or act- Ang she spends her time in perfect rest, Bhe sees no one except old friends, and only a few of these. She has a lady companion, who arranges her journeys and engages her rooms in the hotels, ‘This lady wees that Signora Luse’s Fooms are at the back of the hotel, and that, If possible, they look out on a garden. She cannot bear street sounds and sights. The furnishings of her yooms are Important. There must be mo pictures or busts; nothing to dis- ‘€urb her highly-wrought aesthetic sen- sibilities. Everything must be serupu- ously clean, severe and quiet. “Tt ts bard to pay for bread that has Men eaten,” but not so hard as to get frees to eat that has not been paid The Diamond Bracelet By MRS. HENRY WOOD, | CHAPTER XIII.—(Continued.) “It looks exactly the same—gold Unks, interspersed with diamonds, and the clasp ts the same—three stars. A tall, ugly woman has got it on, her Diack hair strained off her face.” “The hair strained off her face 1s enough to make any woman look ug- ly,” remarked Lady Sarah. “Where is sho?” “There; she is standing up now; let us get close to her. Her dress is that deautiful maize color with blonde Lady Sarah Hope drew near and ob- tained a sight of the bracelet. The ‘eolor flew into her face. ““It's mine, Fanny,” she whispered. But the lady at that moment, took a gentleman's arm and moved away. Lady Sarah followed her, with the view of obtaining another look. Fran- ees Chenevix went to Mr. Netherleigh and told him, He was hard of belief, “You cannot be sure at this distance of time, Fanny. And besides more bracelets than one may have been made of that pattern. “I am so certain that I feel as if 1 could swear to the bracelet,” eagerly replied Lady Frances. “Hush, hush, Fanny.” “T recollect it perfectly: it struck me the moment I sew it How singular that I should have been talking to Gerard Hope about it this night. Mr. Netherleigh smiled. “Imagination is very deceptive, Frances, and your having spoken to Mr. Hope of it brought It to your thoughts.” “But It could not have been brought to my eyes,” returned) Frances. “Stuff and nonsense about imagination, Mr. Netherleigh. I am positive it is the bracelet. Her comes Lady Sarah.” “L suppose Frances has been telling you,” observed Lady Sarah Hope to her brother-in-law. “I feel convinced it is my own bracelet.” “But—as I have just remarked to Frances—other bracelets than yours may have been made precisely simi- lar,” he urged. “If it is mine the letters ‘S. H." are scratched on the back of the middle ctar. Idid st one day with a pen- knife." “You never mentioned the fact be- fore, Lady Sarah,” hastily responded rhe merchant. “No. I was determined to give no sue, I was always afrald of the affair being traced home to Gerard, and it would have been such a disgrace to my husband's name." “Did you speak to her? Did you ask where she got the bracelet?” inter- rupted Frances, “How could 1?" retorted Lady Barah, “I did not know her.” “T will,” eried Frances in a resolute tone. “My deat Frances,” remonstrated Mr. Netherleigh. “I vow I will,” persisted Frances, as sho moved away. ‘ Lady Frances kept her word. She found the strange'lady in the refresh- ments, and locating herself by her side, entered upon a few trifling re- marks, which were civilly received. Suddenly she dashed at once to her subject, “What a beautiful bracelet!" “I think It fs," was the stranger's reply, holding owt ker “arm for its in- spection, without any reservation. “Where did you buy it?” pursued Frances. “Garrards are my jewelers," . CHAPTER XIV. This very nearly did for Frances; for it was at Garrards’ that, the Colo- nel originally purchased it, and it seemed to give a coloring to Mr. Neth- erleigh’s view of more bracelets hay- Ing been male of the same pattern. But she was too anxfous and determin- ed.to stand upon ccremony—ior Ger- ard’s sake; and ho was,dezrer to ber than the world suspected. “We—one of my family—lost a bracelet exactly like this, some time back. When I saw it on your arm, I thought it was the same; I hoped’ it was.” The lady froze directly and Inid down her arm. “Are you—pardon me, there are painful interests involved—are you wure you purchased this at Garrard’s?” “I have said that Messrs. Girrard are my Jewelers.” replied the stranger ina repelling voice; and the worts sounded evasive to Frances. “More I cannot jsay; neither am I aware by what law of courtesy you thus ques- ton me, or who you may be."* ‘The young, lady drew herself up, proudly secure.in her rank. “I am Lady Frances Chenevix,” and the other bowed and turned to the re- freshment table. Away went Lady Frances to find the Cadogans, and inquire after the stranger. Tt was a Lady Livingstone. The hus- band had made a mint of money at something, had been knighted, and now they were launching out into high soctety. Frances’ nose went into the air. 0 law! a city knight and his wife! that was It, was it? How could Mrs, Ca- dogan have taken up with them? The Honorable Mrs. Cadogan did aot choose to say beyond the asser- tion that they were extremely worthy, good, kind people. She could have sald that her spendthrift of a husband had contrived to borrow money from ir Jasper Livingstone, and to prevent being bothered for it, and keep them | | stones where they could. || Frances Chenevix went home—tha .| 18, to Colonel Hope’s—and told he | strange tale to Alice Seaton; not onl; about Gerard being in England, but |} about the bracelet. | “Alice, tt is the bracelet. I am more [certain than ever. Garrard’s peopl say they have sold articles of Jewelry to Lady Livingstone, but not a dia- mond bracelet, and, moreover, that || they mever bad one of that precise pat- tern, but the bracelet Colonel Hope bought.” “What is to be done?” exclaimed Allee. “I know. 1 shall go to those Liv- ingstone’s. Gerard shall not stay un- der this cloud if I can help him out of it, Mr. Netherleigh won't act, and we dare not tell the Colonel; he is so obstinate and wrong-headed, he would be for arresting Gerard, pend- ing the investigation.” “Frances—" “Now don’t you preach, Alice. When I will a thing, { will. Tam lke my lady mother for that. Lady Sarah says she scratched her initials inside the bracelet, and I shall demand to seo it; if these Livingstones refuse, I'll put detectives on the scent. I will, as sure as my name is Frances Chene- vix." “And if the investigation should bring the guilt home to—to—Gerard?” whispered Allce, in a hollow tone. “And It it should bring it home to you! and if it should bring it home to me!” spoke the exasperated Frances. “For shame, Alice; it cannot bring it homo to Gerard, for he was never guilty.” Alice Seaton sighed: she saw there was no help for it, for Lady Frances was resolute. “I have a deeper stake In this than you.” she said, after a pause of con- sideration, “let me go to the Living- stones. You must not refuse me: I have an urgent motive for wishing it.” “You, you weak mite of a thing! you would faint before you got halt through the interview,” uttered Lady Frances, in a tone between jest and vexation. Alico persisted. She had, indeed, a powerful reason for urging it, and Lady. Frances. allowed the point, though with much grumbling. ‘The carriage was still at the door, for Lady Frances had desired that ‘it should wait, and Alice hastily dressed herself ‘and went down to it, without speaking to Lady Sarah, The footman was closing the door upon her, when out ‘flew Frances. “Alice, I have made up my mind to go with you, for I cannot guard. my patience until you are back again. 1 can sit in the carriage while you go in. Lady Livingstone will be two feet higher from today—that the world should have been amazed with the spectacle of Lady Frances Chenevix waiting humbly at ker door.” Frances talked incessantly on the road, but Alice was silent; she was deliberating what she should say, and was nerving herself to the task. Lady Livingstone was at home, and Alice sending in her card, was conducted to her presence, leaving Lady Frances ‘in ber carriage. | Lady Frances had thus decribed her; a women as thin as a whipping post, with a red nose; and Alice found Lady Livingstone answer to it very well. Sir Jasper, who was also pres- ent, was much older than his wife, and | short. and thick; a gcod-natured look- ing men with a bald head. Alice, refined and sensitive, scarcely knew how she opened her subject, but she was met in a differont manner from what she had expected, The knight and his wite were really worthy reople, as Mrs. Cadogan had satd, only she lad a mania for getting’ into “high life and high-lived company,” a thing she would never accomplish. She listened to Atiec’s tale with court- esy, and at length with interest, “You will readily coneelve the nightmare this has been to me,” pant- ed Allee, for her emotion was great. “The bracelet was under my charge and it disappeared in this extraordi- nary way. All the trouble it has been productive of to me, I am not at lib- erty to tell you, but it has certainly shortened my life.” “You look ill,” observed Lady Liv- Ingstono, with sympathy. “I am worse than I look. Tam go- ing into the grave rapidly. Others loss sensitive, or with stronger bodily health, might have battled succoss- fally with the distress and annoyance; I could not. I shall die in greater peace if this unhappy affair can be cleared. Should it prove to be the samo bracelet, we might be able to Sues out lowrtk waste: CHAPTER XV. Lady Livingstone left the room and returned with a diamond bracelet. Sho held it out to Miss Seaton, and the color rushed into Allce’s " poor, wan face at the gleam of the dia- monds. She believed she recognized them, “But, stay,” she said, drawing back her hand, as she was about to touch it, “do not give it me just yet, If it be the one we lost, the letters S. H. are scratched irregularly on the back of the middle clasp. Perhaps you will first look if they are there, Lady Liv- ingstone.” Lady Livingstone turned the brace- let, glanced at the spot indicated, and then silently handed it to Sir Jasper. ‘The latter smiJed. Se “Sure enough, here's something—t can't-eee it distinctly without - my glasses. What a it, Lady Living. stone?” “The letters S. H. as Miss Seaton describes; I cannot deny it” “Deny it! No, my lady, what for should we deny it? It we are in the possession of another's bracelet lost by fraud, and if the discovery will set this young lady’s mind at ense, 1 don't think either you or I will be the one to deny it. Examine it for your- self, ma'am,” added he, giving it t Alice, ; Sho turned it about, she ptt it on her arm, her eyes lighted with the eagerness of conviction. “It {s ce:tain- ly the same bracelet,” she affirmed, “It 8 not beyond the range of pos- sibility that initials may have been scratched on this bracelet without its being the same,” observed Lady Liv- ingstone. “I think it must be the same,” mused Sir Jasper. “It looks suspie!- ous,” “Lady Frances Cheneylx understood you to say you bought this of Messrs. Garrard,” resumed Miss Seaton. Lady Livingstone felt rather foolish. “What I said was that Messrs. Garrard were my jewelers, The fact 1s T do not know exactly where this was bought; but I did not consider myself called upon to prociaim that fact to a young lady who was a stranger to me, and in answer to questions I thought verging on impertinence.” “Her anxiety, scarcely less than my own, may have rendered her abrupt,” replied Alice, by way of apology for Lady Frances, “Our hope {s not so much to regain the bracelet as to penetrate the mystery of its disap- pearance. Can you not let me know where you did buy it?” “I can,” interposed Sir Jasper; “there’s no disgrace in having bought it where I did. I got it at a pawn~ broker's.” Alice’s heart beat violently. A pawnbroker’s! what dreaded discovery was at hand? “T was one day at the east end of Tondon walking past, when I saw a topaz and amethyst cross in a pawn- broker's window. I thought {t would be a pretty ornament for my wife, and I went in and asked to look at it. In talking about jewelry with the master, he reached out this diamond brace- let, and told me that would be a pres- ent worth making, Now, I know my lady’s head had been running on a dia- mond bracelet, and I was tempted to ask what was the lowest figure he would put it at. He sald it was the most valuable article of the sort he had had for a long while, the dia- monds of the first water, worth £400 of anybody's money, but that being second-hand he could part with it for £250, And I bought it, ‘That's where I got the bracelet, ma'am.” “That was just the money Colonel Hope gave for it new at Garrafd's,” sald Alice. “Two hundred and fifty guineas.” Sir Jasper stared at her; and’ then broke forth with a comical attempt at rage, for he was one of the best tempered men in the world. “The old wretch of a Jew! Sold it to me at a second-hand price, as he called it, for the Identical sum it cost new! Why, he ought to be prosecut- ed for usury.” “It was just what I told. you, Sir Jasper,” groaned the lady, “you will go to these low, second-hand dealers, who always cheat where they can, in- stead of a regular jeweler; and nine times out of ten you are taken in.” “But your having bought it of this pawnbroker does not bring me any nearer the knowing how he procured it,” observed Misa Seaton. “I shall go to him this very day and ascertain,” returned Sir Jasper. “Tradespeople may not sell stoles bracelets with impunity.” Easier said than done, ‘The dealer protested his ignorance and innocence, and declared he had bought it in the regular course of business, at one of the pawnbroker’s periodical sales, And the man spoke the truth, and the detectives were again applied to. Wo be continues) A FIRE IN ST. PETERSBURG. Trampeting Ringing and Clatter Colike Anything in America, An hour ago the steamship Una had landed me on the quay, and now, hav- ing handed in my passport, duly vised and countersigned, to the czar’s vicar in the hotel bureau, I stood upon the Newski Prospect trying to {dentify the peculiar odor of St. Petersburg, for every city has its peculiar and distinet- ive smells, says a writer In the Acad- emy. At the end of the Prospect was the tower whence the watchman watches the day and night for fire. As I edged through the afternoon crowd and dodged the headlong drivers of droschkles I noticed certain black balls Fun up on the signal tower. In a moment thero came the tootle of a trumpet, and the blower, mounted, came galloping around a corner. Then the jangle of a bell, the clatter of hoofs, and a fire engine—or at least part of a fire engine. For the man who sat by the driver and waved the bell over his head heralded other ve- hicles. One carried a hose pipe, an- other a barrel which might have con- tained healing water or refreshing vodka. There were six in all, and upon each were big men with bright. brass helmets. ‘They galloped up the Newskt Prospect toward a huge column of smoke. Suddenly, amid the trumpet- ing and the ringing and the clatter, ev- ery helmet was lowered, and as’ the horses dashed along, every man rever- ently crossed himself. Even the bell- ringer, with bell still aloft in his left hand, dfd homage with his right hand to the eikon on the street corner. ‘The book of Maybes is very broad. coos ea sh) Se Made Well and Strong by Pe-rusng Mrs. Schafer, 436 Pope Ave, st, Loui Mo., writes: “In the early part of last year] i \ to you for advice for my daughter Ais A 4] AY four years of age. ee i aN ““She has been a puny, ajcky, aj; ea cpt lace how eh Hee: ee; hw) sions and catarrhal fever: Twasalmay iW nee doctoring until we commenced oy i le. ws Pert le grew strong an AS ( DA fea) i Bene wl ‘a wonderful tokie the te Om Hea, |] pede’ fant hc ee Jered AS Schafer. CEA > By) Mrs; CE. Long, the moter of i a Hy Mina Long, writes from Atwood, Gg EI Cand ‘as followss paw WBE “We can never thank you enough Ef UNS ee the change you have matte in ee LP AW BA || cues heallid "setore she art "ELEN APA] our Perups she mulfered everyting 7 way of cough, ‘and croup, ET Ate rere WALID the was of cougnrmrenes overt tp | wl 1? Fy h e Kg YS of BAC = \tom NG Ve aI PRS J we \ 7 i \ yy pe. \ 2} iV) EF Zl S\\ Leas fe | L i. —— Hey i A Doctor’s Little Daughter Cured of Grin by Pe-ru-na. |; Dr. R. Robbins, Physician and Sur- geon of Muskogee, Indian 'Ter., writes: “I have been a practicing physician for a good many years and was always slow to take hold of patent, medicines, but this winter my little girl and my: self were taken with the grip. I was so bad I was not able to situp. "I sent for doctor. but he did me no good. “Finally I sent and got a botile of Pernna and commenced to take it. I took two bottles and my cough was gone and my lungs loosened up and my head became clear. My Nttle girl toole the same way. «It looked as though she would die, she was so sick. I gave her medicine, but it seemed to do her little good, so I sent and got one more hottie of Pe- runa and commenced to give it to her. It was only a short time until she was getting along all right, so I give your ‘medicine, Peruna, the praise for what it did for me and my dear little daugh- ter.”"—Dr. R. Robbins. Settiers and Homeseekers, Attention. ‘The Minneapolis & St. Louis R. R. ’s making very low rates to all points in Minnesota, North Dakota and the Northwest, including Pacific Couast. Before making arrangements elswhere, consult M. & St. L. agents. A woman's motto is to do the very best you can anu taen worry about it. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are as easy to use assoap. "No muss or failures, Hos per package. Sold by druggists Lend a man a dime and the next Has he: will sate yostoris doling | WHEN Xou G0 TO BUX BLUING, Ask for Russ Wieaching Blue. “atade by ho | Rees Campane. 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Lite Pale Sine ‘The eugene nee denen ERYATARRM Si fh Got acid OKLAHOMA £00 HOMESTEAD fate Kansas fii ieethaor: vteat For reliable information abet teres eed ance oT Seche Rretion Ba- 3. Schafer, 436 Pope Ave., 5 Mo., writes: e Ave. St Lou, “<Tn the early part of last year] to you for advice for my inugier Nine our gonrn of age “Sho has been 9 puny, sey, ai child since her biethe Sic ast sons and entarrhal fever. Twit" dovtoring until we commencel ar Perum. Sho grew ‘strong. aaa ye Perunn is a wonderful wrier theteh medicine I ave over useage Schafer. Mrs. C. B. Long, the mother of tity Mina Long, writes from Atwood, Gt ‘as follows: “We can never thanke you enough fo the change you have mae i ath one’s healtie Before sie berg. taking Your Peruna she suffered evsryuaenk the way of cough, colds and clog now she has taken mot quite ¢ nejest Peruna, and is well aud strong eee! has ever been in her life Sant not had the croup once’ sinet Me ‘began taking Perung a3 ize she eo) NI | Bano IN Let <i Lea\ BR eR ae has a little cold a few doves Bene le fr V Take, West now pal ite GW. Ten of Fe ta Senn eo ee Hartman in regard to’ her baby gir, Bethe «My Hittie_girl had some derai ment of the Bowels.. She was men skeleton and we did not think she punld aver gee Wal atin ee her less than one bottle of Peruna sho was soed and well, Noy inte poet annette oad te Stee Aealth.”” ¢ Mrs. Ieard also writes in| reg to her son, Carl: ay reeard “My son's ears had been attected since he was a babe onty/a tew months old. 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MASS. 1 aE Boney dene ROK oY RSUU Ese Biol a CHICAGO GREETS PRINCE HENRY Visitor Is Entertained in Brilliant Manner at Banquet. Concert and Hall, and Is Hurried Through the Streets in Record-Breaking Time. Chicago, March 4.—Greeted by strong Yankee yells and deep-voiced German "Hochs." Prince Henry came to Chicago last night. In thousands the people crowded the streets to see him. Arriving from St. Louis at 6:25 o'clock at the Union Station, he was whirled away with a cavalry escort and into the program of banquet, reception and ball, which the city had arranged for him. The ride from the station to the hotel was through lines of German veterans—with a glow of red fire from each veteran's torch. At the station, when he arrived, and at the banquet, half an hour later, he heard the city's formal words of welcome, and responded to them. In the streets, as he went from place to place in the quick succession of events planned for his entertainment, he heard the informal greeting of the citizens—deep-lunged and loud-voiced greetings. And to these also he responded. With only twenty hours in which to entertain the Prince, Chicago almost spirited him from one decorated hall to another. At 8 o'clock he proposed the toast, "The President of the United States." At 9 o'clock he was listening to the playing of "Heil dir im Siegerkrank" at the First Regiment Armory. At 11 o'clock he was viewing the brilliant groups at the ball in the Auditorium. It was his first ball in America. There was little loss of time throughout the evening, although he remained at the good cheer of the banquet somewhat longer than the schedule provided for. Night was generous to the uninviting surroundings of the railway station, and what he saw was veiled by the glow of red lights, which hid the dirt of Canal street and gave its ramshackle buildings a picturesque appearance. In other portions of the city through which he went swiftly there was no such need of velling. Resplendent with the uniforms of German and American naval officers, the Prince's entourage was a brilliant spectacle as it passed up and down Michigan avenue throughout the evening. Some of all this generous and genuine welcome to the Prince was distinctively German. The most of it was that of all the city, regardless of race. In numerous incidents the kindly spontaneous greeting of the people got a ready response from the Prince. Once a bunch of violets fell close to his carriage, and the young woman who threw them received a bow. Again the concerted yells of the univeristy students were received with a touch of the hat. Continuing the activity to which the Prince was introduced last night, there will be a lively succession of events to-day until he leaves for Milwaukee at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. A quick trip through the business district will be followed by a visit to Lincoln Park, where he will lay a wreath at Lincoln's monument. Then he will go to luncheon at the Germania club. With every moment occupied until the departure of the special train, he will leave for Milwaukee at 2 o'clock. Milwaukee's Greeting: Milwaukee, Wis., March 4.—Prince Henry of Prussia, bringing greeting from his royal brother, Emperor William of Germany, will be in Milwaukee for six hours to-day. One feature of the welcome here will be apt to be especially appreciated by the prince, and that will be the greeting tendered by some 1,200 men who have fought in at least two German wars and will wear the uniforms which they wore then. Some of the veterans will wear the uniforms they wore thirty years ago and some will be in the German military dress to-day, while all will be in line as an especial guard of honor to the prince when he arrives at the Union doot. As the prince and his party, accompanied by Gov. La Follette and his staff, who go to the state line to meet him, and Gov. Van Sant of Minnesota and members of the local committee emerge from the Union depot they will be greeted by a salute from the German veterans in line and "Die Wacht am Rhine" from several bands. Numerous organizations of German soldiery will be there to shout a greeting to the prince. Oved 700 of them will be residents of this city and nearly as many more are coming from the cities throughout the state. New Salmoa Combine Planned. Vaucoure, B. C., March 4—It is understood that a new salmon cannery combination, taking over at least forty-five of the largest canning plants in British Columbia, is about completed. American capital, it is reported, is backing the deal with $4,000,000. Belmont Is Slightly Better. Washington. March 4.—Representative O. H. P. Belmont of New York city, who is ill here with pneumonia, is slightly better. There are no alarming developments in his condition DISAGREE ON POWDER. Illinois and Indiana Miners and Operators in Conference. Peoria, Ill., March 4.—The miners and operators resumed their conference yesterday, the entire session being taken up with a discussion of the powder clause, which will be disposed of before the scale is again taken up. The men want to fix the maximum price at $1.75 a keg and allow miners to purchase in the open market, while the operators insist on $2 a keg, the powder to be purchased from them. Terre Haute, Ind., March 4.—The first joint conference of Indiana miners and operators was held last evening for preliminary discussion. The miners will insist on a stipulated price for powder of $1.75 a keg, the establishing of $. standard thickness of veins of coal under which an additional price per ton for mining be paid; a weekly pay day; the cost of blacksmithing and an eight-hour day for top men. Import Gold for Cuba. New York, March 4.—The National City bank confirms the report that a consignment of gold, amount not stated, is now on the way to this country from Paris by the steamer L'Aquitaine. The shipment, it is stated, is a special transaction only in so far as it probably will be transshipped to Cuba. Muller, Schall & Co. announce the receipt of 1,000,000 francs gold from France per steamer La Bretagne, which arrived yesterday. The consignment is spoken of as a special transaction, and it is estimated that the gold will go to Cuba. It is predicted that from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000 gold will leave this port for Europe the latter part of this week Indiana Democratic Convention Indianapolis, Ind., March 4.—The official call for the Democratic state convention June 4 has been sent out. The call is signed by Chairman O'Brien and Secretary Reiley and sets out that candidates are to be nominated for secretary, auditor and treasurer of the state, attorney-general, clerk of supreme court, court superintendent of public instruction, state geologist, state statistician, one judge of supreme court for the fifth district and six judges of the appellate court. College Corner Stone Is Laid. Colorado Springs, Colo., March 4.—The corner stone of the Science and Administration Building, Colorado College, was laid by Chancellor E. Beojainm Andrews of Nebraska University. The building, to cost $225,000, will be three stories high, 287 feet long by 95 wide, the material being peach-blow sananaste surmounted by a Spanish tile roof. Dr. D. K. Pearson's of Chicago and General William Palmer of Colorado Springs were liberal donors to the building fund. Three-Cent Fare Is Illegal. Washington, March 4.—In a decision rendered in the United States Supreme Court it was held that the ordinance enacted by the city government of Detroit, Mich., arbitrarily reducing street car fares to 3 cents, was irregular and without binding effect. This decision was based upon the fact that previous ordinances had been passed fixing the street car fares at 5 cents. These original ordinances were construed by the court to be in the nature of contracts. Ellsworth Has Convulsions. Woodstock, Ill., March 4.—Earl A. Ellsworth, held as an a-compile in the triple tragedy which resulted in the deaths of his father, mother and Anderson, broke down last night and was only quieted after a severe struggle and the administering of morphine. He was taken with convulsions and four men were required to hold him on his couch until a physician could be summoned. Cattle Growers In Session. Denver, March 4.—The second annual meeting of the American Cattle Growers' association opened here today and will continue until Thursday. The object of the association is to protect the cattle growing industry from the incursions of wandering herds of sheep, and the weapon of defense advocated is a system of leasing the public domain. Escanaba, Mich., March 4.—Andrew Berquish, a farmer living near here, died from drinking boiling water. For years he has made it a practice to eat and drink everything right from the stove. The habit finally led to his death. Killed for Pension Money. Harrodsburg, Ky., March 4.—Edmond Houp, aged 87 years, residing in Mercer, was found dead in his home, while his wife had been beaten to unconsciousness. They had $150 of pension money in the house and were the victims of robbers. Two Killed in Gas Explosion; Muncie, Ind., March 4.—An explosion at the new gas pumping station of the Manufacturers' Gas company at De Soto, six miles east of here, totally injured Burt Lee, engineer, and Albert Newkirk, an oiler. The plant, costing $40,000, was completely destroyed. Valuable Letters Captured: Manila, March 4.—The correspondence taken in the capture of Gen. Lucban in the Island of Samar implicates several natives who have been suspected of conspiracy with the insurgents but whose complicity heretofore could not be proved. Six Prisoners Break Jail. Baltimore, Md., March 4.—Six prisoners broke jail at Easton, Md., late Saturday night and in attempting to rerestreth the Deputy Sheriff Thomas J. Thompson was instantly killed. The convicts are still at large. ALABASTINE The truffle is a wonderful vegetable. it has neither roots, stems, leaves, flowers, nor seeds. It grows just below the surface of the earth, and in France is discovered by the aid of swine, which are attracted to it by the fleshy smell it emits. In England dogs are trained to search for it. M. Tessipoff, a Russian naval surgeon, has been experimenting with an apparatus for taking photographs of the sea bottom at any depth. His efforts have been so successful that reliable records of submarine life may be reckoned among our available sources of biological knowledge. A school teacher in Frome, England, sent this to the father of one of his pupils: "I beg to inform you that in my opinion, on your behalf, I am suffering from a case requires prompt attention." The next day the boy brought back this written request: "Mister knowt knock it all out of jim as I aint got time." Montana's latest natural wonder is a vast cave, which has just been discovered about fifty miles east of Butte. A large river with a cataract of about 100 feet was explored for a distance of several miles without finning its source or outlet. A few articles of stone and copper utensils and some bones were picked up in one of the large apartments explored. A. Ranchman's Experience: Lea, S. Dak, a March Sd.—Wm. H. Neelen, a ranchman, whose headquarters are here, says: "I have been afflicted with Kidney Trouble for several years. I had a very severe pain in the small of my back, so bad that I could scarcely sit in the saddle. "I also had a frequent desire to urinate when riding and the pain and annoyance I endured was very great. "I tried many medicines without getting any better till at last I was told to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. "I have used in all six boxes of this medicine and can say that they have done me more good than anything else I ever used. "I have had more relief and comfort since using Dodd's Kidney Pills than I had for years before." A good many women wear high-heeled shoes who do not have a high-heeled appearance. Faith may move mountains, but it takes coin to move household goods. Rheumatism and Johnson's 6088 cannot agree. The former kills the latter every time. Try it. All druggists. The woman who marries a grind discovers that life is a grind. ALWAYS USE RUSS LEACHING BLUE, nackwounded the leading blush. Made by The Russ Company, South Beach, 12d. Self conceit often suffers from over-exertion. TRADE MARK A BOON TO HUMANITY! St. Jacobs Oil cures the most difficult cases of Rheumatism—after every other form of treatment has fulfilled St. Jacobs Oil Never Falls. ACTS LIKE MAGIC! IT CONQUERS PAIN Price, 25c and 50c. Established 50 Years. Some hair is prematurely gray and some is prematurely dyed. EARLIEST RUSSIAN MILLET. Will you be short of hay? If so, plant a plenty of this prodigially prolific millet. 5 to 8 Tons of Rich Hay Per Acre. Price 50 lbs. $1.90; 100 lbs. $1.50. John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. W. Man may be made of dust, but he doesn't always settle. Storekeepers report that the extra quantity, together with the superior quality, of Defiance Starch makes it next to impossible to sell any other brand. The almighty dollar covers a multitude of queer transactions. SALZER'S LIGHTNING CABBAGE. This is the earliest cabbage in the world and a regular gold mine to the market gardener. By the way, there is lots of money to be made on earlier cabbage, beets, pens, cucumbers, cucumbers and the lilies. ```markdown ``` For 16c. and this Notice the John A. Salzer Seed Co., Lafayette, W. Va. will send you their mummoth catalog and 150 kinds of flower and vegetable seeds. Market gardeners' catalog, 26 postage. W. N. U. Lots of suburbanites know better but can't help themselves. Dealers say that soon as a customer trics Defiance Starch it is impossible to sell them any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled. When the highwayman goes on the road he is willing to take other people's dust. AL Alabastine, the only durable wall coating, takes the place of scaling kalsomine wall paper and paint for walls. It can be used on plaster, brick, wood or canvas. Men of Affairs One may sall the soas and that men of affairs, who nor the incellation, whether medicines which cause excess organs in a constipated condition. It acts naturally, nets the internal organs and leaves it in need of a laxative re when anything more than a lax is to consult a competent physician which claim to cure all manne. The California Fig Syrup Co. which would give satisfaction sanction and one friend recommend exceed all other laxatives combine old-time cathartics and modern diffusion of knowledge, as to the into general use with the well-limited and ever beneficial action. The quality of Syrup of Figs the laxative and carminative print on the system, with agreeable and original method of manufacture, effects one should always note of Syrup Co.—printed on the front. we may sail the seas and visit every land and everywhere men of affairs, who are well informed, have met the inclination, whether on pleasure bent or business which cause excessive purgation and then leave us in a conduited condition. Syrup of Fig is not it. It acts naturally, acts effectively, cleanses, sweetens and normal organs and leaves them in a healthy condition in need of a laxative remedy the most excellent is Syrup anything more than a laxative is required the safe and result a competent physician and not to resort to the aim to cure all manner of diseases. California Fig Syrup Co. was the first to manufacture it should give satisfaction to all; a laxative which pleases and one friend recommend to another; so that today its other laxatives combined. In some places considerativeness and modern limitations are still sold, but with knowledge, as to the best medicinal agents, Syrup of Fig use with the well-informed, because it is a remedy beneficial action. Quality of Syrup of Figs is due not only to the excellence and carminative principles of plants, known to act, with agreeable and refreshing aromatic liquids method of manufacture. In order to get the genuine, it should always note the full name of the Company printed on the front of every package. DON'T STOP TOBACC Suddenly. It injures the nervous system to do so, and it will tell you when to stop as it takes away the candy you have no right to ruin your health, spoil your dig your breath by using the filthy weed. A guarantee in $1.00 per box, or three boxes for $2.50, with guarantee all good Degrees or direct from us. Write for us. RIVER VALLEY LAND IN THE CORN FLAX LANDS CORN LANDS GRASS oriental markets, excellent schools, kow water, cereal creamies being established. 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The California Fig Syrup Co. was the first to manufacture a laxative remedy which would give satisfaction to all; a laxative which physicians could sanction and one friend recommend to another; so that today its sales probably exceed all other laxatives combined. In some places considerable quantities of old-time cathartics and modern imitations are still sold, with the general diffusion of knowledge, as to the best medicinal agents, Syrup of Figs has come into general use with the well-informed, because it is a remedy of known value and ever beneficial action. The quality of Syrup of Figs is due not only to the excellent combination of the laxative and carminative principles of plants, known to act most beneficially on the system, with agreeable and refreshing aromatic liquids, but also to the original method of manufacture. In order to get the genuine and its beneficial effects one should always note the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.-printed on the front of every package. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP DON'T STOP TOBACCO Suddenly. It injures the nervous system to do so. Use BACO-CURO and it will tell you when to stop as it takes away the desire for tobacco. You have no right to ruin your health, spoil your digestion and poison your breath by using the filthy weed. A guarantee in each box. Price $1.00 per box, or three boxes for $2.50, with guarantee to cure or it all good Digestive or direct from us. Write for free booklet. money refunded. At all good Droogers or EUREKA CHEMICAL C RED RIVER WHEAT LANDS--FLAX LANDS-- High will be no crop, abundant markets, or Stock Country. Several creameries being One crop of Flax often pays the entire cost of a mere, EASY TIRMS. Write and state how will be mailed promptly. H. E. 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Many people say, "It is the best of all of your preparations for a skin dealer or by sending this amount to us in paper stamp bags, should be accepted by the public unless the same carries our ink, as otherwise it is not genuine." 17 State Street, NEW YORK CITY Many ailments, particularly throat and lung troubles, are attributable to unsanitary wall coverings. Alabastine has indorsement of physicians and sanitarians. GALLSTONES CURED Immediate relief immediate relief document required. Dr. W. G. PAYNE, Marshalltown, Iowa. WIDOWER MERCHANT, WORTH home, wore martyre infliction, home living lady. Address: JAMES W., Box 818, St. Louis, Kc. PATENTS GUARANTEED MANON, PENWICK & LAWRENCE, Patent Lawyers Washington, D.C. Established 1861. Guide Book Free BEST In The World HOME ALL KINDS FOR ALL PURPOSES for the Catalog The only scale with ball bearings. BORDEN & SELLECK CO. CHICAGO $15 A WEEK AND EXPENSES for men with rides to introduce our Poundstalk salary. We mean this. Enclose stamp. EUREKA MFG. CO., Dept. W. East St. Louis, IA. WE PAY $20 a Week and EXPENSES to men with rides to introduce our Poultry Compound. Send stamp. ACME MFG CO., East St. Louis, IA. NO FAKE SALARY agents to introduce Success Poultry Mixture. Write today. Never mind stamp. PRIEVEN CONTACTIOUS DISEASES with a GERMOR. POCKET ARTIGLE ONLY. $1.00 Postpaid. Volo Chemical Works. - Chicago. 3500 Cottage Grove Avenue. IDAHO FARMS ON GAMAS PRAIRIE—Big Yields of meat. Big yields of no failures. No. 1 stock country. Good markets; cheap hand; good information to buy. Grassville, Idaho. SALZERS SEEDS Boardless Barley Is the most valuable ing in 1901 for Mr. Wells, Johns Co. New York, 160 bushes per acre, well everywhere. That pays. 20th Century Oats. Oats are grown in from 200 to 200 bush, per acre. Salzers yield great quality. Newly grown oats then the very best that pays. Three Gured Corn, 200 to 250 bush, per acre, in exactly the same price of corn. Salzers' seeds produce everywhere. Four Gured yielded in 50 states last year over 40 bush, per acre. Wealso have produced wheat, which yielded more than 40 bush, per acre. That pays. Spotiz. Greatest grain food on earth--50 bush, grain and 4 bushes per acre. That pays. BEARLEY BARLEY Victoria Rape inhibiting the manufacture hogs, sheep and cattle at a coast of Britain. Marvel nearly possible, does well everywhere. Thint pays. Bromus inermis, an ancient grape of the century. Produced for pray and leas and lode of Grapes, Grapevine, and Grape. Salzer seed is warranted. Thint pays. $10.00 for 100c. Wint to pay for our great farm seeds, hence for our farm seeds, containing Thousand samples, containing Thousand Alfalfa, Spinia, etc. (fully worth $10.00 for each) together with corn grains. SALZER'S MAGIC CRUSHED SHELLS. Best on earth. Sell at $1.50 per 200 lb. bag; $3.75 for 500 lb.; $5.50 for 1,000 lb. JOHN A Salzer Seed Co. W. N. U., Des Moines, No. 10.—1902. Alabastine packages have full direc- tions. Anyone can brush it on. Ask paint dealer for tint card. "Alabastine Era" free. Alabastine Co., Grand Rapids, MIch. [Image of a man with a full beard and a formal suit, facing the camera. The background is plain and light-colored.] [No text or additional information is present in the image.] Later. The death of Mrs. Virginia Lynch occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. P. A. Jones Friday morning at 11:20 o'clock, and her latter day was one of peace and abiding comfort. The remains lay in state at Mrs. Jones' till 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, at which hour the funeral services were held from the A.M. E. church, of which she was a devout member. Rev. Peterson had charge of the services and delivered a beautiful and ton bing eucology over the remains of her noble and christian life. The capacity of the church was taxed to its extreme limit, with both White and colored friends, and the casket was covered with great quantities of flowers. The remains were laid to rest in Oakland cemetery; the pall bearers being John Harris, Sike fox, John Draine., A. A. Bland, Edward Martin and Charles Alden. Every colored voter should make it a point to attend the public school primary which will be held shortly, and vote for the present members. They are all good men and know no color line. News has reached this city of the seriiness of Miss Elizabeth Miller. Her many friends here hope she may have an early recovery. Some of Keokuk's "smart set" have received an excellent likeness of Miss Stella Glass, now of Des Moines. Miss Glass was formerly secretary of the A. M. E. Sunday School here and was end of Keokuk's sweet girls. Mrs. Ella Haley entertained at dinner last Sunday Miss Margaret Draine and Miss Madeleine Fox. The Prince of Morgan street and a High street young lady have begun to "look wise" and there is a slight suspicion that there are "two minds with but a single thought." Ere long Des Moines will be flooded with new fledged medicine men from Keokuk to take the state board examination. Easter is not far distant, and this is the season of the year when she pocketbook of "ye married men" doth suffer most severely for the day of the "new Easter bonnet" is fast approaching, and fortunate is the young man who hath not a wife. Rev. Leonard of Peoria, Ill., preached at the Seventh Street B bist church on Sunday and Monday evenings. The Article club entertained on Friday evenid at the home of Mrs. Win. Franklin. TRAIN TOOK ITS OWN PHOTO GRAPH. A large, handsome engraving, 18x28 inches, has been made of "The Burlington's Number One" while going at 60 miles an hour between Chicago and Denver. It is the best picture of a train in motion ever taken, and "the train took the picture itself." This is explained in a folder which will be sent free on application. Prices of large engraving 20 cents. Postage stamps will do. Address P. S. Eustis, General Passenger Agent, C. B. & Q. Ry., 290 Adams street, Chicago. 3-37. On last Tuesday there were quite a number of strangers in our town. Rev. Williamson of Buxton has been attending to business in town this week. The A. M. E church will hold quarterly meeting March 16. Mr. Jordan Wilson of Oskaloosr passed through Albia on his retusn home from Missouri on last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Parker are rejoicing over the rrival of a baby boy at their home. Mrs. Hallie Waits has returned to Albia again from Seattle, Washington. CAPT. J. A. T. HULL, Candidate for Congress, Seventh District. for which there is no apology. He has never been called to occupy any position but what he discharged its duties with the utmost fidelity to the people. IOWA is proud of her delegation in congress. Its members have been repeatedly honored by the nation. They are recognized leaders both in the House and the Senate. Conspicuous among the members who have brought honor to Iowa is Capt. J. A. T. Hull of the Seventh District of Iowa. GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE That Captain Hull, at the present time, is in a better position to serve the people of the Seventh District than he has ever been is apparent to all. And that he is in a better position to render more valuable service to the State and to his constituents than could any new member is evidenced by the generous measures so ably inaugurated by him for the benefit of his District which he alone can fully complete. Captain Hull does not need an introduction at our hands, because he is practically a Polk county boy, having lived here nearly all his life. It was here that he fixed his signature to the muster roll when Abraham Lincoln called upon the states for troops to assist in the maintenance of the Union. A mere strip of a lad he was then, but in that young bosom a patriotic heart was beating and he offered his services in behalf of his country. How well he performed his duty in defense of the Union, his many comrades in this county can tell. In that contest he was a faithful representative of the State of Iowa and the county of Polk and was one of that grand army of young men who did efficient and heroic service in defense of the flag. The friendships formed in that struggle have been lasting. The relentless ravages of time have thinned the ranks of that gallant band, but those who are left that touched elbows with Capt. Hull on the battle field are still lined up and rallying around their comrade in the contest of to day. Chicago to Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo The coming of the Army Post and the Federal building alone with their attendant expenditures of over two and one-half millions of dollars in the city of Des Moines is a matter worthy the honest consideration of every pataiotic citizen of the Seventh District. It means employment for hundreds of our citizens of all classes and callings. It means money in the pocket of every merchant, laborer or professional man or woman in the city of Des Moines. It means growth and prosperity for our beloved city and entire District. $25.00 Aug. 1 to 10 $31.50 July 10 to 31 Sedt. 1 to 10 Aug. 11 to 31 Similar reduced Rates on same dates to other Colorado and Utah Tourist Points. Rates from other points on Rock Island Route proportionately lower on same dates of sale. Do the people of Polk county and of the other counties of the District wish this prosperity? Do they want to stand by a man who has stood by them, who has fought for them? Do they want to again honor one of their citizens whom the nation has honored? If so, then let them see to it that March 7th, Capt. J. A. T. Hull receives the largest majority at the primaries that any man has ever received in Polk county. Leaves Chicago daily at 1:00 p.m. arriving at 4:20 p.m. Colorado breeze (Mantou) at 5:00 p.m. next day. Captain Hull, by continued and persistent effort, has won a place high in the annals of American Statesmen. He is now before the people of the Seventh District asking them to approve or disapprove of the record he has made as their Representative. His life and official record is an open book known by all the people of the Seventh District ONLY ONE NIGHT OUT See your Agent for details and Colorado litera- ture or address JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. P. A. CHICAGO.