Iowa State Bystander

IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. VOL. 9. CITY NEWS. Heep Gailer of Ames spent Tuesday day of last week in the city. Read the BYSTANDER, send us your local news and be happy. Heary Sowards has accepted a por- tion at the Citizen National Banks barber shop. It seems as though Mahaska county is furnishing a number of brides for the Capital City people. Mrs. Jennie Wilkerson, who is a student at Wilberforce, spend her holiday vacation at home with her many friends and relatives. Fulton Washington left last Tuesday for Denver, Colo., where he expects to make his future home. Lee Wooler returned 'o his home at Colfax, the latter part of last week, to be in readiness to resume his studies at the Iowa College Tuesday. Geo. Wilkins, an employee of the Brunswick Callander Co. of Chicago, who has been repairing their fixtures at the Drexel Bowling alley, spent several days in Chicago this week, has returned to complete his work. Master Luther Bledsoe, who is a student in West High School, has been employed as an apprentice in the Iowa STATE BY ANNEE office during his spare time from school. Mr. Frank Woodward has been selected by the miners of No. 3, Sub District, No. 13, as a delegate to the national convention of United Mine Workers of America, which meets at Indiana polls, Ind., the 19th. The many friends of Frank Sheldon, the artist at Ninth and Center street, will be sorry to hear that the nine commissioners have decided he was slightly demented and he ordered him sent to the hospital. Editor Thompson has been invited to give his "lessons entitled, "Open the Door of Opportunity," before the people of Cleveland, Iowa, the latter part of January. Miss Eula Overall, a teacher in Omaha public schools and one of the most talented and charming young ladies of that city, spent Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Blagburn, while enroute home from Chicago, and Rock Island where she had visited during the holidays. About eight couples went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Woodward Tuesday to spend the evening with their daughter, Miss Bessie, as she is so cute and a good entertainer! It is so to say every one enjoyed themselves. Singing pong and dancing furnished a amusement for the evening. The Mayflower Mandolin Club played in their usual good form. Lee Blagburn, who spent the summer in Denver, Colo., and returned home a few weeks ago, has been re-employed by the McArthur Drug Co. where he was their soda fountain dispenser when he left. Lee is perhaps the best soda fountain man in Des Moines. Miss Lambia Vanderburg, a graduate nurse from the Provident Hospital, St Louthe, Mo., has come to our city and located here to practice her profession. She can be reached by telephoning 1081 Iowa 'phone, Dr. Edwards' number. We welcome her to our city and trust that she may succeed. Thursday night of last week at the police headquarters, when the night ps.rolemen and finished roll call, they were informed by their night captain that Captain Amos Brandt desired to say a few words to them; after saying some good things to them he asked officer E. G. Mcleee to step forward, and in a few and well chosen words he presented to him a fine club that was made from a piece of wood secured in Cuba. Captain Brandt is numbered among our true friends and he always has some good tokens and words of encouragements for us. Bear Bull Mining Co. Capital Stock of $3,000,000. Headquarters at St. Louis, Missouri. Mine at Pueblo, Colorado. Stock 15 cents a share for a short time. C. P. JONES, Local Agent. & Stockholder 228 East 4th St. Davenport, Iowa. All mail orders promptly attended to. The annual election of the trustees of the A. M. E. church took place last: Monday evening resulted as follows: Watkins B, Woods, W, H. Hodge, Watkins B, Woods, W, H. Hodge, E T, Banks, Lewis Carey, Harrison Gould, Charles Mash. Miss Zella Davis, who was appointed as one of the clerks in the co. D., entered upon her duties last Monday. Miss Davis is well qualified for the place. M. P. C. Parks, a student in the State Agricultural college at Ames, Iowa lectured last Sunday at the A. M. E. church. Mr. Parks is an industrious student and has a bright future before him. Mr. Wesley Fields of Helena, Mont arrived in our city Thursday evening to visit his parents. We are glad to welcome our old Des Moines boys back Matrimonial Affairs. CupM always awakens to do its full duty each recurring holiday, so this holiday season has not been lacking in nuptial relief. WEEKS-FINLEY WEDDING. Last Thursday evening Jan. 1st, at 7 o'clock occurred the marriage of Mr. Rollen Weeks to Miss Elme V. Finley of Oaklea. The wedding took place in Cafax, Iowa, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cable; Rev. H. S. Grave of Des Moines performing the ceremony. The wedding march was played by Mrs. Maude Weaver (white), an old acquaintance of the Weeks family. The bride wore white silk mull, trimmed in pointed lace, and carriedbridal roses. The groom wore a full dress suit. Only a few friends were present. After supper was served the happy bridal party left on the 8:38 o'clock train for Des Moines where they will make the ir future home, 1307 W. 11st street. The bride is a charming young lady of Oakalcoa, highly esteemed by all. The groom is one of our very best and exemplary young men, who holds today one of the best and most responsible place that is held in our city, that of clerk with the National Life & Trust Insurance Co. He is the only abild of Mr. and Mrs. James K. Weeks, one of our substantial citizens. They received many useful and valuable presents. The BESTANDRE with their many friends extend for them a long, happy and prosperous married life. WILSON-BROWN NUPTIALS. Buxton, Iowa, January 1, 1903. Special to Bytander The bride is the amiable daughter of Mr. Jacob Wilson and is highly esteemed. She is a great Sunday school worker, at one time state S. S. superintendent of the school, while Mr. S. Joe Brown is one of the brightest and exemplary young man in Iowa, having been raised and educated in Iowa, a graduate from the Ottumwa high school; then entered the Iowa State university, where he graduated in 1940, receiving the degree of B. D.; then took a law course, receiving the degree of L. L. D. Later the degree of L. L. B. was conferred on him by the University of Iowa. The Bystander, with his many friendships, has a happy journey through THE GOLDEN SQUARE. Somethings of interest about the wealth in oil, gas and mineral land in Southwest Missouri, Southeast Kansas and Indian Territory, traversed by the M. K. & F. Ry.; free on request. Address JAMES BARKER. Gen's Pass, Agent, M. K. & T. Ry., 101 Wainwright Bldg, St. Louis. EDITORIALS. Governor Cummins appointed Hom. Josiah Given, recently a member of the state Supreme bench, to fill the vacancy on the Polk county bench, caused by the death of Mr. C. P. Holmes, Judge Given will only serve until after the November election. We congratulate the governor of his selection, as Judge Given is one of the best friends that our race has. PRESIDENT'S ATTITUDE. It is true that President Roosevelt is growing stronger and more popular, especially among the colored citizens, his brave courageous out spoken words in defense of the colored race and all down troden humanity has endeared him with the masses. In fact he is a purely typical American, with that stearn high conservative quality that makes him a leader of men. There has been but few presidents with more determination to do right and justice by all of his subjects. His firm stand that he has taken to protect and encourage proficient and worthy men of any color or nationality; his letter to a South Carolina white politician, where he told this white man that he would not close the door of opportunity against the worthy colored man who knock. Then his more recent letter to the citizens of Indianola, Miss., where he discontinue the postoffice because the tough element threatened the life of the postmistress, simply because she is colored. She resigned, but the president would not accept her resignation but took the postoffice away from them. This is true manhood and undaunted courage, to resist those unreasonable white men of the south. Oh, if we had more such Roosevelts, Secretary Payne and Secretary Hay in America. Then the badge of honesty, integrity, true manhood and qualification would be the test, and not color or prejudice. Right here I might give a good word for the broad high views of ex-President Grover Cleveland in regard to the colored race. Let us as a race deanor in every way to help and encourage the President through this severe test the south is heaping upon him. INDUSTRIAL WOMAN There isn't any "new" woman. The components of womanhood, and especially of gentlewomanhood ever have been and must ever be the same. Different times, different places, difference social structures put to different tests and use the foundamental femininity, but the principle is always the same. She is the same good, true-hearted woman whether she is battling with men in the business world, orending to domestic affairs at home; and anyway, in most cases, she were around to the latter state in the end. In such a manner Miss Clara E. Laughlin, in a paper in the February Delineator, considers some of the problems of womanhood, especially the industrial problem; and the paper is well worth reading. SIOU XCITY ITEMS. The ladies of the Silver Leaf club who kept open house on New Year's day, was well patronized by their temple friends. The free will offering was well patronized also. It will be used for the benefit of the M. Zion church. Mrs. Washington Stokes and daughter of Yankton, S. D., returned home Tuesday, after a pleasant visit with relatives and friends. The family returned home Tuesday, after a week's visit with her grandparent's and other relatives The M. Ion and A. M. E. churches held a meeting Wednesday evening, meeting program was rendered, both churches, after which on was served by the friends at Zion church. The Saturday, December 27, to Mr. and Mrs. Baken, a fine baby girl, mother and baby doing homework. Mrs. James Washington returned home Monday evening, after a pleasant visit with her mother in Charleton, Mo. Mrs. S. W. Morgan returned home New Year's day, after a month's visit in Kansas City, Kan., with relatives. Dahly arrived in our city Fifty day, before being absent for several months. Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Bingley left Tuesdays for Sioux Falls on his tour of lectures. They were accompanied by the Misses Alvaria and Dalsy Alexander. The Ladies' Pleasure club gave a reception on Friday evening in the house of the forty were present. The house was artistically decorated with the club colors, red and white, and an elaborate luncheon was served. TWIN-CITY ECHOES That New Year's day was well spent in a social way by the people of the Twin cities has been conceded by every one. Beautiful ladies, handsomely gowned, with 'gallant men looking as neer before and strains of enchantment, beautiful women, the occasion of the ladies' New Year's reception Thursday afternoon in Davenport at Woodmen's hall. Who could resist the temptation of tripping the light fantastic toe with them until the hour of seven? It was an occasion long to be remembered by all who attended. Much praise has been justly given to the ladies for the manner in which they entertained their friends. Miss Eulalia Overall of Omaha Neb, returned to her home Tuesday after a week's visit with her friend Mrs. J. Toliver. Miss Overall is a resident of city schools of city schools of Omaha. She won many friends while in Rock Island. The Tri-City friends of Henry Crews will be pleased to know that he is stationary engineer for the Lederer & Straus wholesale millinery firm of Des Moines, Iowa. Henry will occupy his position with the company will return to his more profitable business of lathing contractor. Although Henry has been a resident of Des Moines the past few years, he still has a host of friends in Davenport and Rock Island. The ladies of the Tarnacble were a delightful dancing party New Year's night. A large crowd was present and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Mr. Thompson of Ninth street in Rock Island gave a swell dinner to a number of his brother Odd Fellbys Sunday complimentary dinner. Thursday on a month's tour through Iowa. Mrs. J. Busey entertained a number of her friends at a mid-winter picnic Tuesday evening. That all had a delightful time goes without saying. Mr. Sam Kays returned home Saturday with business trip of several days in Chicago. Mr. McNulty Pash of Iowa street Davenport, while enjoying his four days' lay off from duties on the R. R., gave a sumptuous dinner Sunday to a number of his gentlemen friends. The boys say "Oh, what a time," so we suppose by that they had an enjoyable tin e. The Mrs. Pash entertained the ladies of the Toussaint L'Overture club Wednesday afternoon at her home. MT. PLEASANT. Mrs. Amelia Carter has gone to Creston. The Misses Brown have gone to FL. Madison. Misses Gladys and Jessie Anderson gave a taffy pulling last Friday to a few of their friends. The young men gave a ping pong game at SI at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S, H. McCracken. The guests of honor were the Misses Ollie A Clean Up Sale of Shoes!! Stock taking, or Oinvoicing, has just been finished and now comes the work of cleaning up. All odd lots, broken lines and overly large assortments must go just as they do once each year. There's no room here for such goods. The fact that they are few in number doesn't hurt their quality or style one bit, although it does effect their selling price seriously. It's the best time of year to buy footwear. These quotations show that: CartKahler Shoe Co. 519 WALNUT ST. and Bessie Jones of Buxton. The other guest was the members of the L. K. club. Mr. Hobert Anderson entertained Misses Olive and Bessie Jones and Mr. Chas. The I. K. S. club met with Miss Mollie Newlen Thursday night. The next meeting will be with the Misses Bart lett Mr. Chester Williams has returned to his studies at the I. W. U. Mr. Wm. Harris has returned to the city. One of the members of the I, K, S club will soon enter the bonds of matrimony. CHANGE OF TIME ON CHICAGO MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RY. Sunday Jan. 4th the C. M. & St. P. will inaugurate its new Pacific Coast trains, and change of time of trains and out of Des Moines will be as follows: No. 39, Chicago Limited, leaves Des Moines at 9:20 p. m. instead of 9:30 p. m. No. 35, Storm Lake Express, leaves Des Moines at 5:45 p. m. instead of 4:03 p. m. No. 37, Boone Express, leaves Des Moines at 4:15 p. m. instead of 3:45 p. m. No. 38, from Chicago and Boone arrives Des Moines 7:45 p. m. No. 26, from Storm Lake arrives Des Moines 7:35 p. m. No. 44, from Omaha and Sioux City arrives Des Moines 1:40 p. m. Patrons of the C. M. & St. Paul Ry. will be pleased with the new schedule as it nowgives this popular day a lightlight train to Chicago to Des Moine arriving here at 7:45 p. m. and also an evening train (No. 35) for Omaha and all Pacific Coast points. DO YOU KNOW MME, QUI VIVE? Probably you do for MME, Qui Vive has a national reputation as an inspirational beauty wee. Her "Woman Beautiful" department in the dail and Sunday issues of the Chicago Record-Horald is a perennial source of joyous helpfulness to womankind. Her instruction underlined here and there with inappropriate how-toers. The weapons she suggests to beauty seekers for the complete annihilation of beauty grievances do not include artificial methods—"factory" frizies, rouge and other horrors being correct breathing, what to breathe—in brief, how to become a healthy, wholesome woman. No wonder she is popularly known to many thousands of women. CLINTON ITEMS. The annual election of trustees of Bel A. M. E. church will be held on Monday evening, January 12. Wm. Allen, Jr. and wife spent New Years with friends in Davenport. The Harmony Club meets Wednesday with Mrs. Henderson. Wm. Allen, Jr. has been somewhat indsposed for the past few days. A social will be held Wednesdays evening of this week at the A. M. E. parapause, under the auspices of the stewardess, Edward Moreland, formerly of this city but who has spent two or three years in Davenport, has returned to Clinton fully convinced that Clinton is good enough for him. We would suggest a good wav to start with the New Year, is to pay up or indebdened to the BRISTAN and endeavor to keep the records clear. A number in this city are in arrest—some have been in that condition for the past two or three years—they do not make any disposition to be otherwise, notwithstanding the many opportunities the gilor has given them to settle their accounts. Do get busy and do your duty? A Clear Sale of Stock taking, or Unvoicing and now comes the work of broken lines and overly large as they do once each year. such goods. The fact that doesn't hurt their quality or does effect their selling pri- time of year to buy footwear that: Carl Kah S19 WALN A number of young people gathered at the home of Mrs. Goe, Holloworth on Monday evening with a social party. Mr. Roy and Nellie Grayson entertained a number of young people at their parental home Tuesday evening, in honor of Mrs Allie Roger. Music, games and dancing were the principal features of the evening. The young ladies entertained the young men Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Fank Bennings. On New Year's day the Daughters of Taber entertained at the Masonola hall from 2 p. m. until 8 p. m. A light repast was served, after that time in the evening supper was served, and dancing and a social good time had. Madam Maggie Gordon and H. Wright of Hilton was also Mr. Mrs Chock and Messrs. H. Davenport and son Morris of Hooking. Mr. Maurice Foster of Burton is staying in town for a few weeks. Miss Alice Roger returned to Garlese Grove Friday morning after a week's visit with Miss Bessie Davis. On Saturday evening the Household of Ruth, No. 1380, gave a social at the Odd Fellows hall. Hav. Walton from Osscela has been appointed as pastor of the A. M. E. church here. Mrs. M. F. Ward entertained at six o'clock lunch Sunday evening. Mrs. Moore Davis, Mr. and Mrs. John Burton, P. A. Heed and Miss Bessie Davis. PAY THE CURRENT PRICE. Writer In the Cosmopolitan Gives Some Good Advice. My young friend, Jimmy Banks, was married a little over a year ago. He had previously spent twelve months in the most furious courtship. The girl at first had not cottoned to Jimmy very much, but he moved heaven and earth so vigorously that she at last consented. Now, the other day who appears before me but Jimmy, with a long face and makes a complaint that the baby keeps him awake nights. "Good gracious! Jimmy," I said, "didn't you know that babies alway do that? A baby has to have relaxation. Go home and be thankful that you are there. That is the reverse side to every joy. You can't have the advantages of backhood and married life at the same time. You buy everything with a price, family, office, learning, wealth, position. Nothing is free. You支付 the article pay the currency and salary for possession—Cosmopolitan. Gus Morris Hay, Feed, Coal and Straw. 919 Center St. Mut. Phone 1663 UNION LABEL Pressing Bags Suits Suite Vest Overcoat 80c Cleaned and Pressed Pants 10c to 8c Cipstick 10c to 8c Cipstick 10c to 1.00 un Up Shoes!! ing, has just been finished cleaning up. All odd lots, are assortments must go just There's no room here for they are few in number style one bit, although it ce seriously. It's the best r. These quotations show Lot 5—A big line of Ladies' Vici Kid, Patent Leather, Box Calf and Velour Calf Shoes with hand welt and turned soles—every pair guaranteed—that formerly at $3.50 to $5.00 a pair—will be on sale tomorrow at only... $2.95 Lot 6—A full assortment of Men's Shoes in Box Calf, Vici Kid and Enamel with hand welt soles in all shapes and patterns— every pair guaranteed—that sold as high as $3.00—will be ready for you to choose from tomorrow at... $2.95 erZhoeCo. Celluloid Eye Shade Burned. Congressman Hildbrandt of Ohio is going about Washington with a startled look in his eyes and no brows above the optics. Mr. Hildbrandt was sitting at his desk in his committee room, wearing a green celluloid eye shade. He struck a match to light his cigar, and the flame touched the celluloid. The shade and his eyebrows went up in the same puff—Philadelphia Press. Wife or Donkey. It may not be generally known that amongst the peasantry in Connemara it is the custom for the women to draw turf and seaweed in baskets on their backs whilst the men stand about and smoke. A bank manager was once electrified by being solemnly dressed as a nun, and as the turt season was approaching, he ought to marry a wife or buy a donkey. Mistrusted the Word: Lord Halbury, the lord chancellor of England, recently in the house of lords while listening to an appeal fell foul of counsel for using the extremely useful word "practical." "Practical? interrupted Lord Halbury be say, "I always distrust that word anybody says a thing is practically so and so I knew it is not so and so." Status of the Lottery. It is told of an East Indian law student that he once threw his examinations into confusion by declaring matrimony to be an illegal state. "How so? How so?" was be asked by the parted examiners, many of them married the man. The studious beheaded, "Marrige" quoth he, "is a lottery, and lotteries are forbidden by law." First "Dalmatian" Powder First "Dalmatian" Powder. German newspapers call attention to the fifteenth anniversary of bug powder, "Dalmatian" powder. A German woman named Anna Roseour found out the fatal effects of chrysanthemum flowers on insects. She told a druegist of her discovery and the insect powder trade is now worth millions to Dalmatia. To Grow Up With the Country. Tams Bibry, for many years a leading Republican politician in Minnesota and lately a member of the Dawes commission, has determined to settle in Oklahoma. He will start a paper, grow up with the country and endeavor to go to Congress to make it happen. The Pulse and the Seasons A medical man, who has kept a nightly record of his pulse for five years, says that every year it falls through the spring until about mid-summer, and then rises through the autumn to November or December. Then comes a second fall and rise, culminating in February. Recommends "Volcano Cellara." Prof. T. A. Jagger, Jr. Harvard, who has been making investigations of the eruption of Mont Pelée, believes that people of volcanic countries can escape destruction by building cellars or chambers of masonry in which they can seek shelter when the eruptions occur. The Liberty Cap. The red liberty cap was really the headgear of the galley slave. The Swiss of the Chateaoux regiment, sent to the galleys for their share in the Nancy riot, on their release re-emerged. The French and were hailed as victims of despotism. Trees in England. Christmas trees were unknown in England until the reign of Queen Victoria. The first one was ornamented by Prince Albert for the amusement of the Princess Royal and the Prince of Wales, who were children of 3 and 4 years old at that time. Work of American Astronomers. Within twenty-five years American astronomers have won as many annual medals of the Royal Astronomical Society of England as astronomers of all other countries, except England, combined. Nelson's Old Flagship. Nelson's old ship, the Victor still to be accessible to the Bt. public, although she is shortly to be superseded as the admiral's flagship at Portsmouth. Cumberlandain's Trip to Africa. One hundred thousand replicas of a special medal struck to commemorate Mr. Chamberlain's tour have been ordered for the Cape. Long Lawsuit Decided. The ownership of a plot of land near Brooklyn has just been decided by the courts after a lawsuit of thirty-five years. Olgest Printed Calendar. The most ancient printed calendar in the world has been found in Wiesbaden. It was printed by Gutenberg in 1448. Some English Slang. "Brightening their intellect" is a Birmingham (England) euphemism for violent assaults on the police. Heart is Kept Working. All one blood in a man's body passes through his heart once in every two minutes. IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. PRESIDENTIAL COMPANY, PICTURE AND LOCALS, BOOKS ON MANAGEMENT BLOCK OUTSIDE PAPER OF THE MOST WORDSWORTH, GRAND GRAND LOOKS OF KOWAL, A. P. & A. M. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION PAGE NO. 10 $1.00 All subscription payable in advance. J. L. THOMPSON, EDITOR. J. N. SHEPARD, MANAGER. Good money by post, fine order, money order, expense or draft, to the Iowa State Brass- and Publishing Company. Communications must be written on one side of paper only and, be of interest to the pub- lisher. We will not return reprinted manuscript, unless accompanied by postage charge. Advertising rates for display Adds 20 cents per inch, for each insertion. Thank you for your help in locating local ad- vertising 10 cents for each insertion, counting given words to a line. For churches and seal secret where admission is charged, one-half of the above amount. For professional legal and announcement cards, yearly contracts and etc. terms are given on application. All advertising is to be paid in advance. We are prepared to do first-class job work on reasonable prices. All of our work is guaranteed. The IOWA STATE BENEFINDER in the school Afro-American journal published in Iowa. It was established in 1894 and is read by nearly all the colored correspondents in the following towns: Albia.....Miss May Day Saxon.....J. T. Washington Cedar Rapids.....Miss Ella G. Marvin Gluten.....M. A. Bush Brownport.....Miss Flay McGaw Ft. Madison.....Mrs. J. D. Underwood Hewlett.....Miss Artisla Fields Miss Plantant.....Miss Iona Mason MunsonKin.....Florence White Marshallhill.....H. C. Walker Shakuhinkook.....Mrs. Pearl Thomas Cocosia.....Mrs. G. H. Wade Dakalocos.....Miss Lizie Blackburn Mimawa.....Miss Florence Downey Beach Island.....Mrs. C. J. Toliver Ulson City.....Miss Etta Grant Those having news items please report to the correspondents. 80 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS CORPORATE & CUSTOMER A company offering a search and description pay off program for patent applications. Opportunities are available for applicants. Open agency for securing patents. Patent license. General Mills. A. C. receive Scientific American. A company illustrated weekly. Carrot candy is a favorite treat. Ed. by an advertisement. Marm & Co. 88 Broadway. New York Marm & Co. 88 Broadway. New York SINGER'S SEWING MACHINE THE LATEST Wheeler & Wilson HAS ADVANTAGES CONTAINED IN NO OTHER SEWING MACHINE. It isumbles great speed with light running and it is capable of yielding yards of goods while other machines are two. It makes a stick or heavy goods that is light enough to be carried by a light light material. It is essential not to steel attachments covering a large range of work. Not "how sheep" but "how good" should be your gift to the dealer. Do not be announced without first giving the "No. 9" a brief. If your dealer does not handle the need for catalogs. WHEELER & WILSON MFG. CO. 73 and 74 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. Local Office, 818 Locust St. Dan Moores "Tourists and Other Tramps." "Tourists and other tramps may write their names here on payment of 6d. Proceeds to go towards fresh paint," states a notice board at the half-way hut on Ben Novis. Not Generally Remembered. It should be remembered to the credit of disappearing guns and explosive powder that when a mod- erous projectile hits a man he is also HAPPENINGS IN HAWKEYEDOM PARKER FIGHTS LIQUOR CASE Des Moines Saloonkeeper Claims That His Wine Room, Over His Saloon, Was Not Sunny Contrary to Law—Will Make a Test Case of It. Des Moines, Jan. 7.—B. F. Parker, and Sam Judd, his bartender at East Second street and Grand avenue, were arranged before Justice Duncan yesterday to answer to a charge of keeping liquor with intent to sell, contrary to law. The specific charge is they swelled liquor in a wine room on the east gide. Both pleaded not guilty, and their cases were set for trial January 18. It is expected that a stubborn defense will be made to the charge. Parker and others who have had wine rooms claim that there is no violation of the law. The violation of the law are generally either over salons or in buildings adjoining. They cannot be reached from the saloon except by going out to the street, and the claim is made that they are separate institutions, the wine rooms restaurants or lunch rooms. Liquors are served in these places, but it is claimed are not sold in them. The customer who orders is required to give the waiter the money to pay for the liquor. The customer who orders the saloon, makes the purchase and returns to the lunch room with the liquor. The claim of the saloon man is that the sale is made in the saloon, which has compiled with the law, and that the waiter is acting as the purchaser of the liquor called wine room in making the purchase, not profiting by the transaction, but doing the work to accommodate his customers. The saloon men by their attorneys, E. T. Morris and E. T. Morris have already been tried, and that such sales are not in violation of law. The prosecution claims that the cases cited to prove it is not a violation and cases in which the owners of the saloon and the caretakers of the rooms were different persons. It is their contention that where the saloon men own both the saloon and the property, and pays the律师 Perkier case, and pays the help in both places, that the sale is made by the agent of the proprietor, and that the agent, as a result, gullity of a violation of law. SUFFRAGISTS TO ENTER FIGHT. Des Moines, Jan. 9—The State Equal Suffrage association is to take a hand in the coming legislative contests in the various counties in Iowa. This organization did a little in a political way two years ago, or imagined that it did, but this year the campaign is on in earnest. It will receive reports from each county in the state of the various candidates that are entering the field for the legislature. Emissaries of the state association, local suffragists and others will interview candidates to find out where they stand in the suffrage question. If a candidate does not pledge himself to support the constitutional amendment the strength of the organization will be hurled at. Such a plan is necessary because the suffragists found that a number of the legislators betrayed them last winter. Many supposed friends of the amendment gave it a cold shoulder. It was time for help to be needed. The suffragists have been working in Iowa for more than thirty years endearing to get the constitution of Iowa approved, opposing "male" without result. Several times the proposed amendment has passed one or the other branches of the legislature, but never both houses in the same year. The senate has been the only branch to pass two legislatures, but the house has killed the measure both times. PARDONS GIRL'S ASSAILANT. Cummings, Sent Up for 30 Years, Serves Four. Des Molnes, Jan. 7.—W. A. Cummings, sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment in October, 1896, for raping two little girls on the east bank of the Des Molnes river, was yesterday pardoned by Governor Cummins. Cummins served only four years of the thirty-year sentence, having been released from the penitentiary and pardoned by Governor Shaw. The parole of Governor Shaw was yesterday made a complete pardon by Governor Cummins, and Cummins was restored to all his rights of citizenship. He was contacted considerable notoriety and attention at the time. Cummins was a fisherman who was in the habit of fishing along the Des Molnes river below the dam. Between the Locust street and Grand Avenue, the river is a clump of willow trees. The evidence in the Cummings trial was that two little girls had been in the habit of playing along the bank, near where Cummings was fishing, in the occasion of Cummings enticed them into the clump of willow trees. Eighteen Head of Cattle Burned. Stuart, Jan. 9. "The barn on Allen Jones' farm at the edge of town burned, causing loss of about $1,800. The barn burned, and the cattle, two horses, 800 bushels of oats, $400 worth of farming machinery, and all his hay and corn. Mr. Jones had just completed the barn and it was burned. The barn burned, and the barns in this vicinity. The loss is partly covered by insurance. Woman Teacher Totally Burned. Waterloo, Jan. 5. Amanda Strayer a teacher in the Waterloo public schools, was fully burned, by the ex-smoker, who was emptying the gasoline from the can into another vessel when the gas was ignited. The burning mass was thrown over her and she was instantaneously burned. Her mother was dangerously burned about the face, arms and hands in trying to help the young woman. Harmless: "Confound those literary clubs, I say. My wife's crazy over Browning." "Bo's mine; but I am not CANNOT COLLECT MULCT. Judge McHenry. Holde. Law To Be Unconstitutional. Des Moines, Jan. 8—Judge W. H. McHenry of the Polk county district court has declared the law authorizing the issuance of the mulct tax property holders whose property are used for the sale of intoxicating liquors, to be unconstitutional for the reason that insufficient notice of such assessment is given the property holder. In the case of Mulct tax, the county treasurer from entering upon the mulct tax book the quarterly installment of mulct taxes against plaintiff's property, Judge McHenry issued a permanent injunction this morning. Mulct tax is now the county board of supervisors now in session. Although there is a large number of such claims in the hands of the board involving several hundred dollars it was decided this morning not to press the claims for other like taxes. The case in controversy was brought by the plaintiff to the court for collection on the general grounds that the law was unconstitutional in that it did not provide sufficient notice to be served on the property holder and that the property without the process of law. The decision of Judge McHenry does not affect the new law and ap plies to "joints," "holes in the wall," or "holes in the floor." A quarterly tax, against a property without first giving such property owner notice that he intends doing so the act is unconstitutional and the tax according to the court, cannot be col TRUST DOUBLES PRICES. Stucco Jumps From $.50 to $5.00 Fer Barrel Fort Dodge, Jan. 7.—Monopoly prices under the control of a monopoly have now been inaugurated by the United States Gypseum company in the state of New York, and has been at $240 per ton since the United States Gypseum company, the title under the stucco trust was incorporated, secured a footing in this state, and on January 1 the price of stucco per ton was raised to $5. a jump of 10 per cent. . . a.e. prevailing price has not been lowered, years or not since the competing in dependent companies cut it down in a competition war. Cummings was injured on two chickens. September 11, 1896, and was tried on both counts before Judge Holmes. He was sentenced to thirty years in the sententiary on the two charges of theft; served only four when the monetary fee and finally pardoned him. VAN WAGENEN FOR GOVERNOR. Boom Launched at Boles-Jacksonian Democratic Club Banquet Waterloo, Jan. 9.—The features of the second annual banquet of the Boles-Jacksonian Democratic club, held here last evening, were the absence of any reference to the national party declaration for free silver, the failure to mention the name of Willie Wilson, the speaker of the speakers, and the quiet launching of a boom for Judge Adam Van Wagener of Sloux City as the candidate for the party for governor next fall. Judge Van Wagener was on the program to respond to the toast "Class Program" by the speaker of the leading speech of the evening. His address was a bitter attack on combinations and trust corporations, and he declared boldly and emphatically for government ownership of railways, those great industries as the basis on which all class legislation is fostered. HAMILTON ROBBER IDENTIFIED Proven to Be Frank Bald, of Creon, Wild Character and Ex-Convict. Creston, Jan. 8.—The wounded robber in the Knoxville jail, who was so seriously shot by Sullivan of Hamilton, last Friday, after he and three confederates had robbed Sullivan of $1,800, has been completely identified as a suspect, the officers fused for some time to give his name and the officers were in the dark until furnished a clue by the Advertiser, a newspaper of this place. After being confronted with the evidence, his wife, who was attending, him in the jail, possessed the evidence, and proven there are sensational developments in regard to his confederates promised, two other warrants now being in the hands of the officers for service. Bald was raised here and has been known to be a wild character. He has served in the penitentiary for forgery, and is known to a grafter. BANK ROBBERS FOILED. Attempt to Burglarize Bank of Piagam Fraudster at Aristotle Coaching Frustrated by Assistant Cashier. Pigsh, Jan. 8- At 2:30 yesterday morning robbers had gained entrance Pigsh, when the assistant Bank of Pigsh, when the assistant who happened to be sleeping in the building, was awakened. He ran into the banking room with an old revolver in his hand and attempted to fire the man who was on the inside of the building. He escaped to the outside, where a con federate was waiting with horses They escaped, not, however, before a volley of shots had been sent after them. They are supposed to have uncommonly large amount of money was in the building for the night. BURGLAR MET WITH BULLET. Attempted Robbery at Mitchellville In a Failure Mitchellville, Jan. 9.—An attempt was made to burglarize J. H. Jones clothing store about 2 o'clock a.m which was frustrated by the promptness of the night watchman, Charles Kelly, who sleeps in the building, the garage, and the office where were engaged in an attempt to force the front door open. Kelly fired on shot at them, and one of the robbers returned the fire, the bullet crashing through the front window. The meat was taken up by the police to shoot, Kelly did not follow. It is thought to have been local talent. An Engineer Lost His Life. Muscatine, Jan. 3.—Word has reached this city to the effect that Engineer Sherman Aron Shields was killed at Eldon while crossing the tracks. The horrible accident occurred while he was crossing the tracks and going to a restaurant near by to get his mid-day lunch. He had just left his engine and jumped down onto the track and fell to the ground. Another string of cars struck him, killing him instantly. Colton: It is always safe to learn even from our enemies—never safe to instruct our friends. Copyright, 1996, by Ronny Bonnin's Sonic "Your excellency," he said, "you have heard the words of the Count di Pordino—his dying confession. Do you believe it?" "Yes, I believe it is true," whispered Malignn. "And is there any act which you will perform before you die, to make preparation for the wrong that has been done an innocent man?" "Yes—yes. Let Henry Thorlane be brought before me. I will do him justice, that I, too, may receive justice from God." The monk sat down to the writing-table, and taking a pen, began writing on some of the official paper of the church. Having finished, the monk held in his hands two papers. One of these he began to read aloud to the Count di Pordino. It ran thus: "The Confession of the Count of Pordino, on his dying bed, before Maligni, the Prefetto of Cagliari, and the assembled monks and soldiers of his household: "I, the Count of Pordino, do confess and do swear before God that the confession is true; that my nephew, Henry Thorlane, the owner of the Villa Thorlano and its estate, is accounted for, and compelled against the prefetto, with which crime I charged him, for the sole purpose of putting him in prison and receiving at the hands of the prefetto my nephew's estate as my reward. "And it is my fear of future punishment that impels me to make this true confession and withhold none of the truth, that justice may now be done to my nephew, Henry Thorlane, whom I have wronged. "In his correct, count?" asked Brother Michael, when he had finished. "Yes." whispered the count. Brother Michael dipped a pen in ink and placed it in the grasp of the dying man. Fecibly his fingers moved over the paper and scrawled his signature. Then Brother Michael turned to the prefetto and read the other paper. This was an official document, restoring Henry Thorlane to all rights of citizenship, restoring to his him valiant and moving all taint and disgrace from his name. This was signed by the prefetto, and the official seal was placed upon it. "Bring Henry Thorlane before me, that I may beg of him forgiveness!" gasped the prefetto. "Wait. There is one thing more to be done in an official capacity," said the monk. "Your excellency, you recall the incidents of the night on which your brother was murdered!" "A young man who had entered here to rescue Nita Barlett from your brother—a young man who had no enemy toward Pacho Malignal himself, but who was acting in obedience to the request of a friend who was lost at sea—was seized, and, with no other evidence against him, was sentenced to imprisonment for life for the crime. Your excellency, that young man escaped, but he is here. Obedient to his signal, he stared back who came with the now who came with me to give you warning of the attack that was to be made tonight. We have evidence, your excellency, that will convict another of the crime, and it but remains to seize the real murderer and place him in prison. And this young man, who is innocent of any crime against the state, needs but your signature to make him free from the etigma that has been put upon him." True? You know the real murderer? "It is true," said the monk. "I swear it." "Before I die—before I die," murmured the notherp, "let nothing remain undone." The monk again wrote, and this time it was a paper declaring me innocent of the crime of murder, and ordering the removal from the books in the Department of Justice of all charges against me, Richard Wilberton, of New York. This the prefetto signed, and again the great official seal was used. "Now—let me see Henry Thorlane," gasped the prefetto. "You shall!" These words came from the monk, but not in the soft, priestlike voice I had heard before. They came in deep chest tones, with a sternness that startled me and every one else in the room. Brother Michael removed the goggles from his eyes, and threw aside his monkish garb. Standing erect, he seemed taller, and his smooth-shaven head was squarely set upon shoulders of massive mold. "Behold me! I am Henry Thorlane." "Thorlane!" gasped the prefetto. "Thorlane!" murmured the Count d Pordino. "It is true! He is Henry Thorlane!" exclaimed several of the soldiers, among whom was the captain of the enchant. But what of me? I stood trembling, paralyzed in every limb. I tried to cry out in an excess of joy, but my tongue refused obedience to my will and clove to the roof of my mouth. Those massive shoulders! That well-polished head! That thunderous voice! To those around me, the undisguised monk was Henry Thoriane. To me—I recognized him in spite of the shaven head and lip shorn of its musache—he was Maubleckke the Lontroke. He saw my emotion. He stopped to my side and grasped my hand. "Friend Wilberton," he said, "I see you recognize me. You are surprised and speechless. Yes, it is I, Maubleckke, now, thank God, once more in possession of my own, and enabled to bear my name—Henry Thoriane." "Maubleckke!" I managed to gasp. "I—I thought you were lost at sea." "No," he replied, smiling. "You see I was not. But all that can be explained later. Now I must see my darling. Where is she?" "In her room." I led him away from the room. As we turned in, there was a gap; a cry of terror behind us. "They are dead!" said a physician. "The prefetto and Count di Pordio have gone to their last accounts." In the hall we met Mutterelli, who wore the same plaid smile of satisfaction that always characterized him. "Ah, sign," he said laughing. "I was a little bit offence of my old friend and playmate, Henry Thorlane." "He is my hero Maubheck," I replied. "We go to see Nita Bariolti. How is she?" "Fully recovered," said Mutterellii., and waiting to see Signor Wilberton in York and Henry Thorlane of Cagliar." "You have told her?" asked Thorlane. Mutterellii bowed, and Thorlane rushed away. I changed my mind about accompanying him, and leaving him to enjoy the bliss of the reunion with his friends. I went and went back to the library with the imperturbable Mutterellii. CHAPTER XIII. This chapter is of the nature of an interjection. It contains, without any reference to the chain of events in which I was an actor, the story of Henry Thorlane. This I gleaned from the book of *The Martyr*, which immediately following the death of Maligni, the prefetto, and the Count di Pordino. The story of Thorlane which Mutterrell had told me concerning the arrest and imprisonment of the innocent man for conspiracy and the confiscation of his estate, was true. He had been incarcerated in the monastery of The Saints. The truth was this: Thorlane, during his days of liberty, had, as Mutterrell had informed me, been an open enemy of the monks of The Saints. But his enmity was not directed toward the entire body, nor against the superior of the monastery, but against those monks whose practices he believed to be corrupt and who, he believed, had been inflicted with coffeeto and the Count d'Pordino in their extortion and brigandage. In this he had found a secret friend in no less a personage than the superior of the monastery himself, who, though a good man, was weak and unable to successfully cope with the combination for evil which he knew existed. He dtd, however, develop enough backbone to help his friend Thorlane, and soon after the imprisonment of the Englishman, the superior succeeded, in some way, in making the prefetto believe that the prisoner would be more secure in solitary confinement in the monastery. The prefetto readily assented, and Thorlane was removed from the Torre dell Elefante to the monastery. The prefetto was assisted from the monastery he was assisted to escape by the superior, who continually reported to the prefetto the security and safety of his prisoner. Thorlane lived for a time in the marble grotto, and one day he m while hunting mouton, disguised beyond recognition, his old comrade and university companion, Mutterelli, who he made himself known. Mutterelli helped him to escape from Sardinia, with the four mountain lions who had been his companions in the grotto, and with these he resolved to have him held, and had amassed enough money to enable him to legally and successfully combat the charges against him and regain his confiscated estates. He reached America successfully and exhibited his lions in a small way, adopting the name Maubkeck as being one not likely to lead to identification. Then Pacho Maligni, the brother of the man against whose life he was accused of conspiring, began operations collecting the materials for his circus. Pacho Maligni, although he may have known of the change of ownership of the Villa di Thorlano, keeping abreast of the affairs in Sardina, he did not know Maubkeck, and the lion-tamer resolved to link his fortunes to those of the Sardinian, with the hope that in some way the connection might lead to some discoveries that would be antiquated to himself. At the rehearsals he met and loved Nita Barlotti, and she returned his love. To her he told all the story of his misfortunes, and found in the beautiful trapeze girl a ready sympatizer. What occurred in New York to sit and start afresh the adventures of my remarkable friend has already been set forth in these pages. When Thorlane, or, as I knew him, Maubieck, was left behind on the sinking Queen, he did not go tamely to a heroic death, as I supposed, but resolutely set to work to save his heroic life. He managed, by the aid of two others, to get a raft together before the ship went down. This was furnished with a sail and supplied the ship himself, and launched themselves upon the waves. They were fortunately driven to the Azores, where, after a stay of a week or so, they were taken on board a sailing vessel which was bound for Lisbon, and which had stopped at the Azores for water. From Lisbon he came to Italy, and at Genoa sought his old friend Mutterell, whom he felt he could trust implicitly. Being informed that Mutterell was in Cagliari with Signor Wilberron of New York, Thorlane made all preparation to enter the country where his life and librarians were present. He saw me wounded by the wayward first day in Cagliari. He had found Mutterell, and these two at once entered into a secret compact, the results of which we have seen. Mutterterle was a member of a secret order in Italy and Sardinia, into which he initiated "Brother Michael," and it was the authority this membership gave him that enabled the putative monk to encapel the band of Count Dionic to withdraw just when they were about to leave. Thorlane, as Brother Michael, became the guest of the superior of the monastery, and from that vantage ground proceeded to put in operation all the wires and machinery of his secret skill to bring to a successful termination his dangerous mission. termination his dangerous mission. And now that we have seen how well he carried out his purposes, how steadfast he was in his love and his friendship, and how skillful he did the work he had on him, I leave it to the reader that to furnish the love and admire toward Nita Barlotti and I admire toward Nita, man, whose nobility of soul and sterling worth are worthy of a more fitting tribute than can be conveyed in my feeble and inadequate language. CHAPTER XIV. As I said in the foregoing chapter, the days immediately following the death of the prefetto and the Count di Pordino were exciting ones. A new prefetto was appointed by the king, and he proved to be a generous and intellectual man, at whose hands we received the kindest treatment. The villa of Maligni remained in his family, and the new prefetto resided at the prefetta in the old castle in Cagliari, with his wife, a charming woman, and his daughters, accomplished young ladies about the age of Nita. Here Nita remained as his guest during the remainder of our stay in Sardinia, while Muttererle and I took up our abode at the spiendid but neglected Villa di Thorlano, the guest of Thorlane. Under the new prefetto all my belongings were restored to me, and I was once the assistant possession of the late Antonio Signota, and the locket and pin that had belonged to the infant Alice Gravslcourt. The importance of these was greatly augmented by another document which contained the statement of Dambo, duly attested by the new prefetto, and the import of which will be duly disclosed. I made Nita Barotti fully acquainted with the significance of these things; and our impatience to be off to America to finish our work was generously met by the new prefetto, who aided us in every way, and finally saw us depart from Cagliari with many expression of regret. Thorlane wished to have the marriage of Nita and himself solemnized before leaving, but she only bade him be patient, for she was plenty of time; and she referred to know the truth concerning herself before she became his wife. To our united voices, Thorlane laughingly yielded, and placing his estate in competent hands, to be cared for until his return for final adjustment, he announced himself as ready to start. So we took a stainer to Genoa, where I made good my promises to the faithful Mutterell, and placed to him the money he had equal to about ten thousand dollars. (To be continued.) "LOADED" FOR THE LECTURER. Guests at Convivial Dinner Embar- rassed the Professor. Prol. Edward Howard Griggs, formerly of Stanford, "the perfect man," still continues to be the wonder and sensation of Boston where his ethical lectures are drawing cultured mobs from all over the country side. I am told that "people come in wagons automobiles and on them make pilgrimages to his brostrum. I was appeared in the Overland Monthly a few years ago. It was a good article and the reading of it recalls to me a story. Shortly after Prof. Griggs left Stanford for his Eastern tour, he was the guest of honor at a dining club here. The club is a cultured affair, and the reading of a paper is a regular ceremony at their periodical dinners. Prof. Griggs was to read the paper on his occasion, and some of his papers were read by the professor intended to read his paper which appeared in the Overland Monthly. A copy of the magazine was accordingly bought and submitted to a printer. A press proof of the essay was given to each member of the club. 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"Am I to understand that you were discharged from the army for a more terrestrial friend." Yes, "er," boldly asserted Colonel Blupher. "What was it?" "Turning my back to the enemy." WHEN YOU BUY STASH buy Defiance and get the best. 16 oz. for 18 cents. Once used, always used. Magistrate? "Drunk again, Uncle Rastus? Aren't you ashamed to be seen here so often?" Uncle Rastus? "Deed Ah saint, yo honah. Dis am respectable 'long side o' some o' de places what Arn is seen." "Tee in Town, Honey." Aunt Jemima's Pancake Flour is in town, ready to use, self- mourning, delicious. Try it once. Internal evidence: Grandpa? "Yes, it's a good thing for a boy to travel, Freddy. It develops him. If he has anything in him, travel will bring it to you." Grandpa? "Yes, I discovered that when I was crossing the Channel." There is a lurking danger in the aching back. # The aches and pains of a bad back tell of kidneys overworked. Go to the kidney's assistance when backache pains warn you. A kidney warning should be heeded, for dangerous diabetes quickly follows in the wake of backache. Urinary disorders are a sign and Bright's disease is near at hand. Read how the danger can be averted. Case No. 15,741—Rev: Jacob D. Van Doren, of 61 Fifth Street, Fond Du Lac, Wis., Presbyterian clergyman, says: "A man or woman who has never had kidney complaint or any of the little ins consequent upon irritated or inactive kidneys knows very little about what prolonged suffering will cause, the house for days at a time, unable to do anything, and to express what I suffered can hardly be adequately done in ordinary Anglo-Saxon. As time passed, complications set in, the particulars of which I will be pleased to give in a personal interview to any one who requires information. I used plenty of remedies and, ever on the outlook for something that might check or benefit my condition, I began taking Doan's Kidney Pill. I will can consociationally say that I have made a good improvement in my health. They brought great relief by leasing the pain and correcting the action of the kidney secretions. A FREE TRIAL of this great kidnife medicine, which cured the Rev. Jacob Van Doren, will be mailed on application to any part of the United States Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo N. Y. For sale by all druggists. Price 50 cents per box. Rodrick-Hallwood married a girl from Findland. Van Albert—Oh, see his Finnish—Chicago New. During courtship he talks and she listens; after marriage the order is reversed. **YELLOW CLOTHES ARE UNSIGHTLY** Keep them white with Rux Bleaching Blue Get the genuine. All procs. 10c. When a man follows the races he finds himself far in the rear sooner or later—usually sooner. Magnet Piller Killer Cures Piles. The man who keeps a speak-easy seems to think that Sunday is Thirst day. Dr. Lawrence's special treatment cures Dyspepsia. Guaranteed, 50c. Lawrence Co., Des Moines, Ia. Sample free. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, O. Sold by druggists. Took the beat. The girl with the most cheek isn't the one who is addicted to blushes. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For information on this information, allays pain, cure wind cold. So a bottle. Some women's ideas of being economical is to have their ball dresses cut lower. CONGRESS. Washington, Jan. 5—Senate. Lodge introduced a resolution suspending for ninety days the duty on coal, saying that in New England there might have to shut down. Cubersha followed with a resolution providing for the removal of the duty on anthracite coal and asked its immediate consideration. Vest also introduced a resolution on the subject. Another resolution bearing on the subject of coal, introduced by Jones of Arkansas, recited by the senator, that there was illegal combination among certain railroads to control the shipment of anthracite coal and called on the attorney general for the evidence which was used to prove his claim. It caused a lively debate, in which several republican senators vigorously resented what they thought was a reflection on the attorney general's accusation of delay when the resolution went over, being displaced by the omnibus state bill. Nelson addressed the senate in opposition to the bill and favored single statehood for Oklahoma. At 4 o'clock the senate adjourned. House.—The bill to create a general staff in the army was the issue in the house. An attempt was made to pass it under suspension of the rules, which required a two-thirds majority. All members of the military committee of the military committee endorsed it, opposition developed because of the hurried manner in which it was proposed to pass the bill, and the division, 108 to 49, developed that it did not command the support of two-thirds of those present. A call of opposition by the council call showed about thirty less than quorum, the house adjourned. House.—The house today passed the bill for the creation of general staff $100,000. By the terms of the bill it becomes the duty of the general staff to prepare plans for the national defense in time of war, to prepare the army in time of war, to integrate port on all questions affecting the efficiency of the service and to render assistance to the secretary and to general officers and other superior commanders. Washington, Jan. 7—Senate—The senate discussed the bill for the reorganization of the militia and also the statehood bill. Mallory of Florida joined the opposition to the section of the militia having for a reserve force of trained men, the contention being that it not only infringed on the rights of the several army by 10,000 men. When the statehood bill came up Beveridge had read a number of resolutions adopted at a recent convention in Oklahoma favoring the army by 100,000 men. The military, Quay, who is leading the fight for the admission of Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico, criticized the resolutions, saying the people who were being sent to the army gently because the single statehood bill had been withdrawn. He further charged that they did not represent the sentiment of a majority of the people. House.—The session of the house lasted a little more than two hours. The senate bill for the redemption of the silver coinage of the Hawaiian islands and its recolonization into United States, was passed after an hour's debate. Rodrick—Hallwood married a girl from Michigan. She is now see Ms. Finnish—Chicago News. Dingley had made the statement that the Dingley rates were placed high in order to negotiate reciprocity treaties, Vest read from a letter addressed to him by the editor of the Philadelphia journal, and Dingley dared that Dingley made the statement one of his Washington correspondents. Hale expressed his disbelief in the statement, and feeling referred to Dingley's services to his state and country, and paid high tribute to his father, Dingley, a high tribute as guarded as a "great, magnificent gift to the American people in the cause of protection and prosperity." House.—The house today passed the Philippine constabulary b., as it was reported, except for an amendment limiting the number of assistant calefs to four. PRESIDENT SEEKS ACTION Holde Important Conference on Trusta With Henderson and Grosvenor. Washington, Jan. 8—President Roosevelt had a conference yesterday with Speaker Henderson and Representative Grosvenor of Ohio, with regard to proper anti-trust legislation. The conference lasted for a considerable time, the situation in the house being discussed thoroughly. It is understood that the president impressed upon his callers who went to the executive office at his request, his desire that some legislation dealing with the trust question should be enacted at the present session of congress. No particular measure was under discussion, and of course none was agreed upon. "The trust question is a most difficult one to handle in a legislative way," said General Grosvenor as he left the executive offices, "but I think he should be given the attention at this session. It will be necessary to steer a middle course between the desires of the radical anti-trust people and those who profess to see the evil in trusts or combinations of capital. The question has been adopted by congress I have no doubt. It is reported that during the conference yesterday the question of bringing the subject of trusts to the attention of the house in an informal way at an early date was considered, but the question, if any, was reached, is not known. Washington, Jan. 8—Senator Hoar yesterday introduced a second trust bill. It provides especially for the expediting of suits in equity brought against the United States in antitrust law. It authorizes the attorney general of the United States to file a certificate in any such case pending in any circuit court of the United States in general public importance. A copy of the papers in the case is then to be given to each of the circuit judges of the court, and it is thereupon to be given presentment to be given cases and cases assigned for hearing at the earliest practicable date. The bill was introduced for the purpose of carrying out the suggestion of the attorney general that a special act should be passed at once to speed the decision of the cases pending or to commence under the present antitrust law. LAST BARRIER REMOVED. Washington. Jan. 9.—Confirmation was received here last night of the reports from Caracas to the effect that all barriers in the way of a settlement of the claims of Great Britain, Germany and Italy against Venezuela had been removed by the last named country yielding to the demands of the European allies. Minister Bowen, it was learned, would leave Venezuela for France and would come direct to the United States on our warships. It is probable that the Dolphin will be used for this purpose. Minister Bowen will be clothed with authority as missioner for the adjustment of all claims out of hand without reference to the Hague tribunal, or if this be found impracticable, then he is authorised to all claims open to controversy far as possible, and of drafting the terms on which a final and conclusive arbitration shall be made by the international court, in which Minister Bowen will participate will take place at Washington, presumably a few days after his arrival in this city. The commissioners on the part of the ally leading diplomatic representatives in Washington. BIG RELIEF FUND WANTED. Root Wants $3,000,000 for Alleviation of Distress in Philippines. Washington, Jan. 8.—The president yesterday submitted to congress the third annual report of the Philippine commission. In his letter transmit- mentary he said that the secretary Root's plea the president says: "I earnestly feel that the enactment of the measures already pending in your body for the betterment of the Philippine islands is imperative de- siring the measures and serious calamity may come from failure to enact them. Furthermore, with I equal earnestness ask your attention to the recommendation of the secretary of war in the ac- complying letter and urge its adoption so that the measures may be appropriated for the uses and in the manner likewise specified in order that the present distress in the islands may be remedied. "Theodore Roosevelt" Secretary Root in his letter to the president says that all the recommendations of the commission have his hearty approval. He thinks the failure of the rice crop followed by an apocalypse has distressing as to call for action by congress beyond that for which the commission specifically asks. Cholera Seizes American Troop Manila, Jan. 8. The American garrison at Ormok, island of Leyte, has been attacked by cholera. Nine men were killed by Ebola and seven seized by the disease and five of them died. The post at Ormok has been quarantined. The cholera has disappeared from many parts of the island and from Dundano and Leyte and certain parts of other southern islands. Colored Mail Carrier Threatened. Washington, Jan. 7—Postmaster General Payne received information that a posse c. white citizens at Boeufriver, Louisiana, ordered Charles Jackson, a negro mail carrier, not to return w.h. the mail on his route, and threatened him with death in case he did not heed their induction. The police, in response, dispatched a color of the carrier. The case was reported at once to the postal authorities and Postmaster Inspector Peters, who were dispatched to Glarnd with orders to make a thorough investigation. PROMINENT PHYSICIANS USE AND ENDORSE PE-RU-NA. C.B. CHAMBERLIN, M.D. OF WASHINGTON, D.C. C. B. Chamberlin, M. D., writes from 14th and P Sts., Washington, D. C. "Many cases have come under my observation, where Peruna has benefited and cured. Therefore, I cheerfully recommend it for catarrh and a general tonic."---C. B. CHAMBERLIN, M. D. Medical Examiner U. S. Treasury. Dr. Llewellyn Jordan, Medical Examiner of U. S. 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