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IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. VOL. 10., No. 30. We have had beautiful Christmas weather here, no snow as other cities had, perfectly dry and warm. Rev. James Patterson returned home last Thursday from a visit of several months in Poeshontas, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Watkins of 1118 Thirteenth street entertained Mrs. Alfred Rivers at dinner Christmas day. dispatch games was furnished at 10 o'clock, the crowds son and hall served, a members' wives rou, last four U. Charles W. Schramm. I hereby announce my name as a candidate for alderman of the 2nd war, subject to the Republican convention. W. W. Williams. Please announce my name as a candidate for city assessor, subject to the Republican primary. J. G. Beck. Your Patronage is Kindly Solicited at the Jewell Restaurant W. Second and Walnut MEALS SERVED AT 16 CENTS. Mrs. D. Mason of Des Moines at a little neice of Hilton was in town Sunday visiting with Mrs. Steveson and Iredrea. Burt Jones went to Des Moines to spend Christmas. The Golden Key Club of Albia gave a dance in Woodmen Hall Christmas night Mr. Hamilton of Otumwa furnished music for the evening Messr W. G. Davis, Art Ester and Mrs. G. A. Davis served supper. Mr. John Martin and Mrs. Anna Davis spent Sunday in Buxton. --- --- CITY NEWS. [N.B. If you have relatives or friends visit ing in the city or going to make a visit, you inform us, we collect all your local news—rd. Happy New Year to all our readers. Joseph Harris was on the sick list this week. William Fox returned from Keokuk Wednesday. B. J. Shepard of Cliva was a Des Moines caller this week. Mr. Bert Jones of Albia spent Sunday in our city. Mr. Wm. Jones of Montezuma spent a few days in our city this week. N. Matthew has resigned his position as porter at the C. R. I. Railway depot. Don't forget to attend the Welsh Eisteddfood concert Friday night at Piymouth church. FOR BENT—Several good rooms furnished for gentlemen only, down town; bath, etc. For further particulars inquire at BYSTANDER office, room 405 Marquardt block. Remember that the BYSTANDER holiday rates only last fifteen days longer. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Williams entertained at dinner Christmas day, covers were laid for twelve. An enjoyable time was spent. Miss Mary Montague met with quite a painful accident last week by a fall She is improving at this writing. Last Monday night was the election of officers of the Hod Carriers Union, and Mr John J. Wilson was re-elected financial secretary. He has held that office for about two years and during that time several hundred dollars of that union's money has been accounted for and dispensed by him. When in Chariton, Ia., stop with Mrs. M. A. Shelton for good rooms and meals, two and half blocks south of the depot, across from the foundry. Subscribe for the BYSTANDER and Weekly Inter Ocean both for one year for only $1.60. Geo. Logan Balliff of the Court house is spending the holidays in Savanna; Mo, visiting relatives. Dr. A. G. Edwards expects to leave for his home in Knoxville, Tenn., some time in January to visit his family who are spending the winter there. I. L. Brown and Geo. L. Sultor of Marshalltown were in the city last Wednesday, attending the Masonic meeting in honor of St. John's anniversary, the former is the Grand Master and the latter is Chairman of the Committee on Code Revision. John Early one of our well known and substantial citizen called at the BRESTAER and paid for a year's daughter. He had just sent his daughter Mr. Viola Hall of Buxton a valuable Christmas present in the form of $200.00 money order. Dr. and Mrs. R. S. Brown entertained Wednesday evening Mrs. Luther Abbey, Mrs. McKenzie, Miss Emma Alexander, Miss Bell and Lulu Blair, Mr. Percy Manning, Chas. McCullough, C. Slaters.—St. Paul Appeal. A number of young people have received the following prizes on retirement certain the following unique invitation: "Burrah for the old year 1903, the girls have planned to have some fun at 608 on the street that number three. You bet we will prove our loyalty to the old year out and, also welcome the new year in. Rachel has let us have her happy home, so please do not forget to come. Dec. 31, 1903." If we can find out who the author was of the above invitation we will publish their name if they will allow us. The great Welch Esterford will give their annual competition contest today and tonight at the Plymouth church corner of 8th and Pleasant streets. It be a rare treat in the way of fine music and oration as prizes are given to each winner. Admission 50 cents. Remember now is a golden opportunity to secure the BISTANDER for or a year for only $1.00. The Masonic basket loveeast given last Wednesday evening was not so well attended as expected, especially by the Past Master Mason only a few that was on the programme was present. A nice lunch was served, those on programme who were present responded well. Mr. and Mrs. O A. Watts entertained the Olive Branch Whist Club last Wednesday at their home. They served luchenec. The first prize was won by Mr. D. F. Woodard which was a cut china serbert glass, the second prize a chocolate set was won by Mr. G. Williams, the booby prize was awarded to T. E. Woods. The club will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. Williams 3024 4tb street next Wednesday night. The officers and soldiers of Company C of the Twenty-fifth Infantry gave their first social reception to the citizens of Des Moines last Saturday night, ot Ft. Des Moines from 7 to 11 o'clock. There were quite a number present and to say they enjoyed themselves nicely is putting it mildly, everything with that military dignity and orderly dispatch. Dancing, conversation and games were the amusements. Music was furnished by a mandolin club and at 10 o'clock Madam Julia Bronner, hostess, and one of the sergeants led the crowd, followed by J. L. Thompson and wife; to the spacious dining hall where a five course supper was served, all cooked and served by the members of the Company. The invitations were signed by S. W. Tolaifarou, 1st sergeant of Company C Twenty-fourth S. U. Infantry. DR. A. G. EDWARDS. Physician and Surgeon. OWA PHONE 1081 (Office) MUTUAL PHONE 499 Miles Drug Store OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 8 a.m. 7 to 9 p.m. Office 818 Park Street. Announcement Cards Please announce my name as a candidate for the office of mayor of Des Moines, subject to the Republican city convention. John MacVicar I hereby announce my name as a candidate for alderman of the 4th ward, subject to the Republican city convention. Eugene VanDyke Please announce my name as a candidate for city assessor, subject to the Republican city convention. Under management of R. N. HYDE and MISS MARY MONTAGUE MUTUAL PHONES Office 1917 Residence 958 MUTUAL PHONES Office 1917 Residence 928 Room 338, 390, 392 GOOD BLOCK Dos Moines, Ia CLARA A. CLIFF General Stenographer and Notary Public... We do high grade work in Copying, Manifolding, Mimeographing, Name and Address inserting to perfectly match, and guarantee satisfaction. Give us your order. ALBIA NEWS. Mr. Bartlett who has resided in Albia for the past seven or eight years moved from Albia to Ouseclo Monday and married Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Button of Buxton moved to Albia last Tuesday. Messrs U. B, Jones, Wallace Davis, Burt Jones, H. Davenport, Fank Vance, R. Underwood went to Ottumwa Christmas evening. John Martin of Garden Grove spent Christmas in Albia. The A. M. E. Sunday School gave their usual Christmas exercises at the A. M. E. Christmas evening. DES MOINES, IOWA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1904. EDITORIALS. NEW YEAR. To-day marks the beginning of another calendar year. It bids fair to be more interesting and conspicuous then previous years. First, it is a leap year again, after eight years of sleep, so the old maids can revive their curls and the young misses are permitted to make proposals. Then another thing that will make this new year of special interest to Americans is the coming Louisiana Purehase Worlds Fair to be held in St. Louis. Then too, the national presidential election. These and many other events will make the year of 1904 more distinguished, however all of these things will amount to nothing unless we, the people, need to make a new resolve to do, act and live better then the previous year. Let us make the world happy and be a blessing to mankind. Let each of us this year strive to be useful, strive to raise the banner of enlightenment and civilization for our race, so that when this new year shall have ended we will have the glorious satisfaction of knowing that we have been useful to ourselves. IOWA LEGISLATURE WILL SOON MEET. On the second Monday of this month the Iowa legislature will meet in its bi-annual session while there will not be much legislation of importance, but next week will bring a large number of candidates for the various clerical and other working force. We have not as yet been notified of any colored men as candidates for any of the fifty or seventy-five clerical places. There ought to at least be two or three candidates; however there are a large number for janitorship. Among those whom we know will be candidates for the Senate cloak room are Jefferson Logan of Polk county, I. H. Morgan of Woodbury county, Preston Irwin of Lucus county, W. H. White of Muscatine county, Jeff Irwin of Warren county, W. H. Jones of Mahaska county. For the House cloak room, R. N. Hyle of Polk county, C. W. Carter of Lucus county, Fred Wright of Scott county and Henry Jones of Monroe county. DAILY NEWS IN HEE NEW HOME. This week the Des Moines Daily News announce the moving of her large plant into their new building on 7th, and Mulberry streets which is good news for her many thousands readers. Ye Editor was invited to view the new building and we can say after going through each room and department that there is no better equipped with modern conveniences and so well lighted newspaper building in Iowa then the present new building. I have been in all the large newspaper buildings of Iowa as well as some other states and know the facilities of most of the other papers. Mr. Hamilton the editor and prime mover of the Des Moines Daily News has struggled hard to make the news a good desirable journal and now he begins to realize the fruits of some of his labor. JAMES JAMES. Endorsed for Market Master One of the most harmonious political mass meetings that has been held in this city for some time was the one held at the court house, last Monday night, to endorse a candidate for market master. Mr. I. M. Jones was made chairman of the meeting and was a good natured presiding officer. After he as well as several others, expressed themselves how the meeting should be conducted with a good will and free from personal insults, Mr. R. N. Hyde made a motion, resolved, that all present must support the nominee, who ever it may be, which was adopted by a unanimous vote. The nomination than being in order the following persons were nominated: William Fraizer, K. J. Hamilton, James James, Price Hunter, A. L. Smith. A motion was made and passed that the nominations be closed, also that the one receiving the majority of votes should be declared the nominee. The chairman selected the Messrs E. T. Blagburn and Harry McCraven as tellers, after the ballots were counted the tellers announced the following results: James James 62 votes; W. R. Frazies 16; K J. Hamilton 13; P. Hunter 2; A L. Smith 3. Mr. Fraizer then made a motion that Mr. James' nomination be made unanimous, which was done by a rising vote. The chairman was authorized to appoint a committee of five to assist Mr. James in conducting his campaign and to present his name to the city council in case the position is not elective, as it formerly was. The following persons were selected for that committee: R. N. Hyde, Dudley Patterson, J. W. Robinson, E. G. McAfee, H. R. Wright. Rev. T. L. Griffith and Rev. James Patterson made some very timely remarks which were plauced, after which the meeting adjourned sine die. The Council Bluffs Attempted Disgrace This week the news flashed over the country that two colored men robbed two well to do white ladies and then assaulted them. Wild excitement prevailed awhile in serch of those fiends; finally two men filling the description, and later identified as the guilty parties were caught and landed in jail. That night a large crowd of people gathered at the jail, demanding admittance to get those parties and lynch them. The sheriff and all his force, the full police force were there, but could not disperse the crowd who battered down the door and began to batter the inner doors, when Congressman Walter L. Smith appeared on the scene and got the crowd to listen to him a few moments, and with pursuavar eloquence begged them to stop and disperse. They finally acceded, and thus Iowa was saved from the infamous disgrace of lynching, that is common in our southern states. Later those men were sent to Ft. Madison for safe keeping till a trial is had. If after a fair trial they are proven guilty, there is no punishment under our law is too severe for those fiends. A VERY SICK MAN. Mr. John T. Mabry one of the best known young men in Iowa and at present District Grand Master of the Grand Union Order of the Odd Fellows of Iowa who has been very sick for the past three months at his home in Davenport and for most of this time has been in the St. Luke's Hospital has been removed to Colfax at the residence of J. S. James, Grand Director of the Odd Fellows to see if a change will not restore him to good health. A letter yesterday stated that he can sit up a little at times and that the new doctor has hopes of doing him some good. Mr. Mabry has been very hopeful all the long and tiresome two weeks, and his many friends in this and other states earnestly hope that the change will be beneficial and that he will soon be restored to good health again. REPUBLICAN CITY PRIMARIES. The Republican committee has set the city primaries for Monday, January 18th. At that time the republicans will nominate the men who are to run the great city of Des Moines for another two years as their election is almost assured. In another column appears some of the announcement cards. Their history will be given later. We hope all our city readers will read their history and platform of each candidate and thus be able on the 18th to vote intelligently and not allow the unscrupulous politicians to buy his vote for a few dollars, a drink of whisky or the promise of a future position which is usually not fulfilled. Plan National Convention Baltimore, Dec. 29.—President Charles F. LaFon of the Afro-American league and national clubs, issued a call today to the members of the committee of arrangements of the national convention to meet in Chicago, January, 20, 1904, to arrange for the national convention of the organization. Colored Officers Praised New York Tribune: One of the colored commissioned officers of the army has been highly praised by a California board of trade. That body of leading citizens of Visalia, Cal., has gone on record in the form of some engrossed resolutions in a hearty endorsement of Captain Charles Young, of the Ninth cavalry, who has been acting superintendent of the Sequoia and General Grant National park. A tribute is paid to "the energy, enthusiasm and business qualities" displayed by that officers in the expenditure of the money set aside for the improvement of the parks, and for "the great amount of splendid and permanent work" accomplished in the neighborhood. The war department has added the encomium to the record of the officer. OBITUARY. As usual Christmas day brings sorrow to some and gladness to others. Mr. John Woods of Chicago died in that city Christmas day, after an illness of several weeks, as stated by the BYSTANDER when he disposed of his barber shop at Third and Walnut streets last fall to I. M. Jones, that his health was failing and his friends were fearful that he would never regain his health. Mr. Woods had been a constant sufferer since leaving this city and on the day when we all expected joy and happiness the death angel summoned him, to pay the debt we all must pay some time. Mr. Woods was a good industrious man and had accumulated a good sum of money He leaves two daughters, a sister and brother with a host of friends to mourn his loss. WORK OF SUFFRAGISTS. Special to the Colorado Statesman. Washington, D. C.—The National Negro Suffrage League, pursuant to a call referred to in a previous letter to this paper, assembled in Convention in this city on Monday and Tuesday the 14, and 15 of the present month. The sessions were held at the Metropolitan Baptist church and were participated in by more than two-hundred delegates, representing twenty two states and territories, while numerous spectators were attentive watchers of the proceedings. The convention must suffer greatly when comparison is instituted between it and its predecessor, the Washington conference of the American Sociological Society whose methods of business and purposes aimed to have received aid and support from the best thinkers of both races. The suffragists were and are undoubtedly very much in earnest and among them are any number of men both able and sincere, whose great purposes is to accomplish something of tangible and permanent good for the Negro. It is matter for much regret that this element was not sufficiently strong in numbers and influence to direct and control the efforts of the convention. It is nearly impossible however that any considerable gathering of men called for a specific purpose, can convene, do their work and separate without the excasion being to further selfish ambitions, ventilate personal grievances or avenge a fancied wrong. It seems as yet too much to expect, that even the largest and brainiest of our men, should reach that impersonal zone of living and action which enables one to sink prejudices as well as perferences when welfare and interest of the many will be retarded through contention. The proposition which injected so much of discord and rendered subsequent sessions entirely inharmonious, was the question of the indorsement of President Roosevelt. Resolutions to this effect were of fered by Rev. S. L. Corrothers reflecting the belief of the convention in the principles of the Republican party, freedom, manhood suffrage Price, Five Cents. and the civil and political equality of all men before the law. They unqualifiedly indored the courageous statesmanship of Theodore Roosevelt and called upon the National Republican party to name him as standard bearer for the party party of freedom and human liberty in 1904 and pledged the support of the 300,000 colored men scattered throughout the North, East and West. Rev. George W. Lee, pastor of the Vermont Avenue Baptist church led the opposition to this sentiment of indorsement of the President and the Republican party, in a witty and interesting speech, in which the complaint was voiced the Pressident and his party was not seeking to remedy the political condition of the colored man. Rev. Mr. Corrothers secured the floor at the conclusion of the formers address and in a ringing speech held that the Negroes of the country should not bolt from the Republican party as Mr. Lee had suggested. The endorsement of President Roosevelt, which it was desired by the Corrothers faction to be inserted in the platform, was lost by a vote of 38 to 32, wheaeupon that gentleman and his followers bolted the convention, formed an organization with Corrothers as president unanimously adopted the resolutions. The remaining thirty eight delegates under the leadership of W. Calvin Chase of Washington and James H. Hayes of Virginia unanimously adopted the following resolution: "Be it resolved, that we appeal to the President of the United States to supplement his commendable acts in the interest of justice and fair play for our race by recommendable acts in the interest of justice and fair play for our race by recommending to Congress the passing of legislation for the enforcement of the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, thereby making operative his stand for equal rights. It was also incorporated in the resolution that the suffrage league should hold a convention in Chicago just before the holding of the Republican National Convention which meets in June and request the latter convention to adopt a plakh to uphold the fifteenth amendment. The A. M. E. church fair was a splendid success. Never before in our history have we done so well under circumstances. The quilt that was raffled off was won by Mrs. Marshall Perkins, the ceiling of the basement has been completed and two old wood stoves that have long been an eye sore have been taken down. The furnace has been repaired and the cold foot bragrade have been told to "go way back and sit down." According to the old custom the S. S. had their Xmas tree the night before Xmas and every member of the school was remembered with a present. Mr. and Mrs. George Tyler entertained a few friends on Xmas day. Elder Clemens was among them. Mrs. Sarah Bonly is able to be at her work again, after a few weeks illness. Grandma Raspberry is still unable to leave her bed. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Boyd entertained a merry party at dinner last Friday, in honor of Mrs. Jenny Robinson who celebrated her birthday anniversary on that day. The Slaime Yates club will meet this week with Mrs. Laura Martin. The program will consist mainly of the discussion "What can be done to interest our young people" lead by Mrs. F. Lavell. Miss Helen and mastre Forest spent a pleasant Xmas visit Tipton. Ward B. Cole was entertained at the McCracken home for dinner Christmas day. The I. K. S. club entertained a few of their gentlemen friends Christmas night at the home of the Misses Bartlett. A very pleasant evening was spent. V. William and L. Page gave a dance at June's Hall Christmas night. Quite a number of friends were entertained at the Resecer home Christmas day. The dinner was an elaborate one. All present or joyed themselves. V. Wilbur and L. Page gave a dance at June's Hall Christmas night. The A. M. E. Sunday School and the Baptist Sunday School gave concerts at their respective churches Christmas eve Trees were also had and presents put on for the little folks by the Superintendent. The Methodist Sunday School served rabbit饼 and ice cream. after the con CEDAR RAPIDS NOTES. MT. PLEASANT NOTES. oxt a very nice sum was realized and a part of it will go to organ fund. Minnie Tansil of Much aknock is spend Christmas here with her grand-mother Mrs. Strah Perry. Mrs. L. A. Clay is returned from a month visit at West Point with her grand-daughter Mrs. Will Pockins. Howard Burl of Burlington is visiting is grand mother Mrs. Adams. James Moss f. Fairfied d is in the city this week. Ray Mason returned to the city satrday night. Mr. and Mrs. Will Rice are the parents of a little boy bored Monday. Lawyer Geo. Woodson of Muchakino k is expected to be in the city next Sunday. Rev. J. H. Jones of Ottumwa preached here Sunday. BOONE ITEMS. Mrs. J. W. Starks has had a severe attack of grippy. Frank Taylor has been confined to his bed for the last two weeks by a severe attack of rheumatism but is now able to walk out again. Mrs. Sarah Smith of Des Moines spent Christmas with her mother Mrs. Terry. Joseph Robinson has gone to Des Moines to work. Mrs. Anna Taylor left Christmas evening for home in St, Joseph. Mo. after week's visit with her mother Mrs. Terry. Joseph Robinson has gone to Des Moines to work. The choir assisted by the little folks rendes is very able and pleasing Christmas cantata on the 23rd. The preceeds were beyond expectation and there have been several requests that the cantata be repeated. Mrs. Jeanie Robinson and two youngest children of Carroll are visiting at the home of her mother Mrs. Emily Terry. Lewis Williams gave two Christmas balls at the hall, one on Thursday night and one on Friday night. Quite a number of Dee Moines people including Mr. Geo. Cleggest as pianist. Mr. Ann Taylor left Christmas evening for her home in St. Joseph, Mo. after a week's visit with her son George. The sabbath school and choir rendered a short Christmas programme the 25th, at the close of which the tree was disbroken, after the distribution of presents the ladies of the church served refreshments. Lizzie Jonkens had a severe relapse of lung fever this week. There will be a repetition of the cantata on Wednesday evening. William Price is on the isle list, Frank Dedrick of Des Moines is visiting relatives in the city. C. Johnson of Cearar Hapids is the guest of Rev. and Mrs. A. Ford, Floyd Hoberson visited his parents at Koekuk Christmas. Messra D. S. Holmes and Alvin Shep- ard visited in Mt. Pleasant Christmas day. Oba Dunlap is visiting friends in Quincy, Ill. Warren Murphy visited in Monmouth Saturday. Rev. D. A. Holmes is visiting relatives at Macon, Mo. Mrs. Harry Hoskins of Davenport is the guest of her parents Rev. and Mrs. O. McClellan. Geo. Yelser is visiting relatives at Rock Island. Mr. and Mrs. John Sanders of Shebli- bina. Mo, are visiting their daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Wallace spent Christmas in Mountmouth. Messrs Grant Thomas and Carter of Mt. Pleasant were in the city Wednesday, Mrs. Nellie Castleman and Miss Mattie Thomas spent several days last week in Galesburg. Patrick Howman is seriously ill at his home on Chestnut Street. William Steward of Davenport is in the city. Rev. and Mrs. J. O. Goodwin enter tained at dinner Saturday in honor of Mr. C. Johnson of Codar Rapids. There were excellent Christmas programs at the churches Thursday evening. CLINTON ITEMS. Last week. The annual Christmas tree and exercises of Bethel Sabb thh School will take place Saturday evening the 26th. The Stewardess met Monday afternoon and made preparations for an entertainment in the near future. A concert and supper will be given Christmas night under the auspices of the officers of Bethel church under the efficient man gement of Rev. Spreece. Trustee election is set for the first Tuesday in January. Brev. W. R. Russell the able pastor of the Second Baptist church will preach his farewell son Sunday the 17th, he will leave for Edwardsville, Ills. the following week where he has accepted a call to the Mt. Joy Baptist church of that city, it was with much regret that his resignation was accepted by the church claim that in the past two years of his pastorate that he has accomplished more than any pastor in the history of the Second Baptist church. Since he has been here he has repaired the church and put a passonage on the church lot, and put in a permanent side walk and paid for it. We wish him success in his new field of labor. An entertainment was given by the tribe Joeben sons of valor Friday of last week. M. F. E. Moell leaves soon for a visit at her old home in Savannah, Ga. INVA STATE BYSTANDER PUBLISHED EVENT FRIEDAY BY THE PYRAMID MUSEUM OF ART, 100 WEST 42ND STREET, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 10010 NATIONAL PATTERN OF THE BOSTON WORSHIP GRAND LOCK OF BOX 1, B. A. A. 8. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION JOURNAL NO. 10 MAY 18, 1895 All information payable to advance. L. L. THOMPSON, EDITOR. A. H. SHEPARD, MANAGER. Read money by public notice, money order, or death, to the IOWA KNEE BRYAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. Communications must be written on one side of paper only and be of interest to the pub- lisher. "Burvity in the soul of vil." recounts the man who was a public servant, not an accomplished postage stamper. Advertising rates for display Adds 80 cents per inch, for each insertion. Three to six mouth contrast 18 cents per inch. Local advertising 10 cents per line. Advertising works to a line. For churches and secret societies where admission is charged, one-half of the above mentioned rates. For professional, legal and announcement cards, yearly sub- scriptions are required. All advertising is to paid in advance. We are prepared to do first-class job work on reasonable prices. All of our work is guaranteed. The Iowa State BURRADEN is the oldest African-American journal published in Iowa. It was established in 1816 and is read by nearly all the colored people of the following towns: Alba.....Miss May Davis Cedar Rapids.....Mrs. Adeladele Davis Clinton.....A. A. Bush Davenport.....John A. John Davenport.....Miss Iris Fleida M.Pt.慰安.....Miss Iona Mason Muscatine.....Miss Fannie Groves Marshallhall.....H. C. Walker Machknock.....Mrs. Pearl Thomas Ottumu.....Miss Florence Downey Rock Island.....Mrs. C. Etta Gotts Molline, Ill.....Mrs. James Higgins Boone.....Mrs Mary Coleman Washington.....Mrs. James Redd Galesburg and Knovville, Ill.....Mrs. Geo. Wade Chicago, Ill.....Mrs. K. O. Tillman Dington.....O. G. O. Tillman Dington.....Mrs. D. R. 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Jones of New York who during the past few years has been losing his sight until he is almost totally blind, offers to help any pupils in the public schools of Binghamton whose eyes are affected and who need the attention of an oculist. Jones, he still "pays the freight." The reason which makes an unmarried man suspect that red dandel petals that there hasn't been much in the papera lately about women, hanging vains with that sort of apparel. There are practically 75,000 post-offices in the United States, and the man who has to find names for the new ones says it is a good deal hard. Job that naming the Pullman cars. It is "officially dented" that Princess Elizabeth shot the actress, though how that denial is going to alter the facts is not at all apparent. Women and Children Perish in Fire in Iroquois Theatre, Chicago. WAS AN APPALLING TRAGEDY Happy Theatregoers Perish in Wild Stampede for Safety—Scenes in Theatre after the Fire Beggar Description. Newspaper estimate of dead... 560 Identified dead... 148 Missing... 205 Injured... 97 According to morgue keepers there are 322 bodies at six morgues: Roiston's . . . 150 Jordan's . . . 150 Carroll's . . . 33 Gavin's . . . 23 County . . . 19 St. Luke's . . . 17 Chicago, Dec. 21—Women and little children fought in vain for life at a fire in the lorgous theater, the newest, largest and safest theater in Chicago, yesterday afternoon. At 9 o'clock, Coroner Tracer reported by actual count 600 dead, and the ghostly work of the firemen was not even then ended. It is estimated that 300 people killed in ten minutes. The police count the number of dead at 538. The estimate of the newspapers is 562. There are nearly 100 person missing, many of whom are possibly among the dead. Eighty- The theater was crowded by a matinee audience, mostly of women and children. In the midst of the audience, the actors sat slightly with beauty and color, the first alarm of fire was given, and the next instant a great wave of flame shot out over the theater. The resulting waves were trampled to death in the mad rush to escape from that blazing furnace. Many bodies were storied and blackened by the flames after the fire. Several people were burned to death, others were suffocated by gas thrown into the auditorium by the explosion of a gas tank, but by far the larger of the two was in the wild stampede for safety. It will be many hours before the number of dead is accurately known, and many days before all of them will be identified. There are bodies lying in police stations and in hospitals from which nearly everything that could reveal their identity has been torn or burned away. Their clothing is torn to rags or burned to cinders and their faces have been trampled by police officers. Heels of the crowd that trampled them down as they fed for safety. The fire broke out during the second act of "Mr. Blue Beard," which was the first dramatic production produced by the theater after its own creation. The theatre, which was large, escaped, nearly all of them, however, being compelled to flee into the snowy streets with no clothing but stage costumes. A few members of the company sustained injuries, but the rest were accounted for. The accounts of the origin of the fire are conflicting and none of them is certain, but the best reason given is that an electric wire near the lower part of a piece of drop scenery was thrown into the fire, igniting it to the scenery. The fire spread rapidly toward the front of the stage, causing the chorus, which was on the stage, to flee to the wings, screaming. The fire in itself up to the stage could have been checked had not the asbestos curtain failed to work. As soon as the fire was discovered, Eddy Foy, chief comedian of the company, shouted for the asbestos curtain to be lowered, and it was imputed to be appalled about half way. When it stuck. The fire thus was given a flue through which a strong draft was formed, aided by the doors which had been thrown open. The flames shot roaring, tongue shaped, through the opening over the heads of the people on the first floor, almost licking the faces of those in the first balcony, and smothering the fire. Immediately following this rush of flames came an explosion, which lifted the entire roof of the theater from the walls, shattering the great sky light into fragments. A hall of glass, the tottering galleries, the quaking of the building and a cry of fire" from several people in the theater, and a panic. The entire audience rose as one person and made for the doors. It is believed that the explosion was caused by flames coming in contact with the gas reservoirs within the theater. Will J. Davis, manager of the theater, said after the catastrophe, that if the people had been exposed to the cry of fire, and other noises, not a single life would have been lost. This is, however, contradicted by the firemen, who found numbers of people sitting in their seats, their faces directed toward the stage as if the performance was still going on. Was the opinion of the firemen these people and been attested to the flow of gas which came from the asbestos curtain. As near as can be estimated, at the present time, about thirteen hundred persons were in the theatre. Three hundred of these were on the first floor, and the other two in the costumes, and in the siers back of them. The theater is modeled after the Opera Comique in Paris and from the rear of each balcony there are three doors leading out to passageways toward the front of the theatre. The people are at the end of the balcony, one being in the center. Most of the spectators in the rush for the outer air seem to have chosen to flies to the left entrance and to attempt to make their way into the lobby. Outside of the people burned and suffocated by gas, it was in these two doorways on the first and second balconies that the greatest loss of life occurred. When the firemen entered building, they found in a pile reaching from the head of the stairway at least eight COLONIA foot from the door back to a point foot. The feet in front of the doof. This mass of bodies in the center of the doorway reached within two feet of the lintel. All the corpses at this point were women and children. Here a fight for life took place that dismembered and killed them down by the aspect of the bodies as they lay when found. Women on top of these masses of dead had been overtaken by death as they crawled on hands and knees over the bodies of those who had been trapped in the stretched out in the direction toward which lay life and safety, holding in their hands fragments of garments not their own. They had evidently been torn from the bodies of others whom they had pulled down and sampled under foot as they fought for life. As the police removed layer after layer of dead in these doorways, the sight became so sickening that policemen and firemen, hardened as they are to horrible scenes, turned away in horror. The bodies were in such a state that they were not identifiable; they were jammed between the sides of the door and the walls that it was impossible to lift them one by one and carry them out. The only possible thing to do was to seize a leg or arm or a piece of clothing and pull with main strength, dragging several entwined bodies away together. In the end, the task with tears running down their cheeks, and the soils of other rescuers could be heard in the street. A number of men were compelled to abandon the work and seek the open air, while others, whose nerves had not as yet been shaken, proceeded with the untangling, as the bodies were soaked blackened mass of corpses, more hot riffling sights were disclosed. There were women, whose clothing was torn completely from the bodies above the waist, whose breasts had been trampled into a pulp and whose faces had been marked beyond identification. In the auditorium there was no such number of dead in any one spot, but bodies lay in the first and second balconies in great numbers. In some places corpses were piled up in the aisles three or four deep where one had fallen and others tripper over the prostrate forms. These had died as they fell, evidently suffocated. Des Moines, Dec. 31—lowest miss ing in the Chicago fire and supposed to be dead are as follows: Mrs. N. M. Stark, Des Moines. Mrs. L. J. Tuttle, Des Moines. John Holland, Des Moines. Mrs. Danier, Burlington. Miss Bessie Chapman, 19 years old Cedar Rapids Ia. Miss Nina Chapman, Cedar Rapids Ia. WARSHIPS PROTECT PANAMA. Government Brids More Vessels to Colon and Panama. Washington, Dec. 29.—The fleets of warships on both sides of the Isthmus of Panama will shortly be reinforced by several vessels now on their way to that quarter. The gunboat Topeka of the Atlantic training squadron left Key West yesterday for Colon by way of Kingston as convoy of the torpedo boat destroyers Truxtum and the corvette Tacoma to patrol duty on the Caribbean coast of the Isthmus. The gunboat Castine arrived at Colon yesterday from Philadelphia none the worse for her recent grounding on a bar in the Delaware river. The big collier Caesar has left Omaha for Colon with coal for the fleet. Naval movements in the direction of the Isthmus have been almost equally active on the Pacific coast. The gunboat Petrel, bound for Panama, arrived at Acapulco, Mexico, on March 30, short there by this time. The flagship New York the gunboat Bennington, the torpedo boat destroyers Peble and Paul Jones and the collier Saturn, have been fitted out at San Francisco for service in the Panama, and it is the only of all them will start south in a day or two. PRESS IS PESSIMISTIC. St. Petersburg, Dec. 21.—The foreign dispatches received here yesterday are reflected today in more pessimistic editorials. The Novoe Vremya begins its leader with, "There is no war today, tomorrow." The Novevya fatally directs attention to the fact that wars marked the opening of the seventh, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The paper, nevertheless, still professs faith in a peaceful settlement, saying: "We believe Japan will not pledge its resources to the war, would appear to be a renunciation of the defense of her vital interests in the far east. Russia does not desire war, but nobody in Russia will permit the Japanese or other friends to execute a diplomatic dance upon Russia's peaceful disposition. In other power, Russia will await events." Minister to China Says That It Is Too Cold to Move Troops. Peking, Dec. 29—Lien Fang, first secretary of the board of foreign affairs, visited Russian Minister Lessar today and requested information concerning the intentions of the Russian government regarding the evacuation of Manchuria. Minister Lessar in reply said that nothing could be done at present with a view to evacuate the children and accommodation in the first place, the minister pointed out the cold weather made it impossible to remove the troops from their present positions, besides which there were no barrack accommodation in the second place, he said, it would endanger Russian interests to undertake evacuation during the progress of negotiations between Russia and Japan, for the reason that Japan might seize the opportunity to invade The Chinese government is so alarmed at the prospect of becoming involved in the seemingly prospective war that it would prefer that Russia should remain in control of Manchuria, in accordance with the office has indicated to the ministers that a settlement satisfactory to China would be that Russia and Japan should retain their respective treaty rights in Korea and Manchuria if they agree not to attempt to enter either advantages in other country. The Russian commander imperatively requested the Tartar general to disband his militiamen and to disarm them. The Tartar general issued an order in accordance with this request, but he refused to escalate their arms, supposedly with the Tartar general's connivance. MASSACRE JUST UNEARTHED. Slaying of Missionaries in Liberia Concealed for Two Years. Washington, Dec. 30.-Minister Lyon has reported to the state department from Monrovia, Liberia, under date of November 4, last the death by massacre in the depths of an African forest of a white missionary named John G. Tate, with all of his following, eighteen in number. The missionary took place as far back as March 15, 1901, yet this, the first detailed account, has just come to hand in an affidavit by Mrs. Mary L. Allen, a white missionary at Nouna Kroo, Liberia. She had the story from some of the minor tribesmen, who knew of the killing. Tate had a large mission and farm, and, besides he maintained a considerable school in the jungle, and altogether nineteen people were in the village during the night by the Dogs. The first man who answered a knack at the door, was shot. The interpreter next was shot and as Tate appeared and tried to protect the man, the Doo then shot. The Doo then killed all the remaining inmates of the house, cut off their heads and placed the bloody members in a coffin and sent them back to their people as trophies. In explanation of their action, the Doo told the white men. But if we do not kill him now he will bring his country to make war upon us. Minister Lyon, on the strength of this affidavit, has communicated with the Liberian secretary of state, the United Nations, and perhaps the punishment of the persecutors of the massacre. HURRYING UP THE TREATY. United States Anxious for Ratification Before Hostilities Washington, Dec. 28.—The situation in the east has caused the officials of the state department to renew their efforts to secure for the United States from China and Korea certain necessary trade advantages, as conditioned by the United States and Minister Allen's demands upon the Korean government, before the crisis becomes more acute. It is realized that should hostilities break out between Russia and Japan, the resulting peace state would be established. States and other neutral nations entirely outside the pale of advantage in Korea and Manchuria, no matter which way the side of victory turned. Therefore the state department is bringing pressure to ensure the speedy ratification of the trade treaty, and, as other nations have indirectly been given to understand, in this negotiation it is hoped that final ratifications of the treaty may be exchanged in the future. In the outside. This will result in opening to us the trade of the ports of Antung and Mukden in Manchuria. Across the river from Antung in Korean territory lies Wijin, and state deputy minister Mr. Seoul will renew his pressure upon the Korean government to secure the opening of that port to trade. BANK ROBBERS IN TOILES. Three Men Under Arrest for Quimby Robbery. Cherokes, Dec. 30. - Elmer Dunning and Abner Hicks, the two men captured at Sheldon a few days ago and confined in the county jail to answer to the charge of robbing the Citizens Savings bank of the city by the authorities and they are being carefully guarded to prevent possible escape. Sheriff Hogan states that he is certain the men are guilty, although they refuse to confess, but, on the one hand, attempt to maintain their innocence. John Wicks, Chas, White and John Wilson, the three arrested at Kansas City for complicity in the robbery, were brought here yesterday by Sheriff Hogan. All but $500 of the $2,380 stolen banknotes said to be well known by the police in northwestern Iowa, southern Minnesota and southeastern Dakota, where they have operated for a number of months. It is claimed that they have been implicated in the numerous postoffice and bank robberies in this section of the state, the authorities for months past. Dunning and Hicks were captured at Sheldon by means of the rural telephones. The farmers throughout this section were notified of the robbery and given a description of the men. Several farmers near the town of Sheldon directed and telephoned the sheriff and marshal who rounded them up immediately upon their arrival. John Wicks, known as "Slim," is thought to be identical with a professional gambler who made his home here for a number of months. It is believed he-perfected plans for the robbery. Since the robbery many citizens of Quimby claim to have seen the men and it is not thought there will be any difficulty in establishing their identity. INSPIRATION. For the Writing of "Ben-Hur." Few people know that it was the famous agnostic, Robert G. Ingersoll who caused the writing of the movie *The Adventures of Robin Hood* which has created an absolute sensation, not only in this country, but in England and Australia. It came about through a chance meeting of the two famous men in a railway station, and a subject of their talk, General Wallace had always been a man of strict religious inclination; indeed his splendid description of the appearance of the doughty general. His sense of the importance of the desert had been written before this chance acquaintance. The arguments and claims of the great infidel were too much for the doughty general. His sense of the importance of the desert had been written before this chance acquaintance, but he was by no means convinced of its truth. The discussion made him deeply reflective and led him to consider the study of the life of the Nazareth. The result of this research and General Wallace's answer to Ingersoll was "Ben Hur," a work which has been more widely read than any print book, and save the sacred book of scriptures. "Ben Hur" will be presented at the Auditorium theater, Des Moines, Iowa January 11 to 16, with special matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. THE LAW OF WEALTH. America's Richest Man Made Their Wealth by Wise Investment. The similarity of the wealth by which America's rich can have gained their wealth is surprising. In almost every case the investment of small sums in promising companies proved to be the foundation of these fortunes the development of the companies giving them wealth. But by wise investment you yourself can readily think of striking examples of this law. Bee telephone stock which sold at $1.00 is now worth $1,000 per share, Calumet and Hecca stock which sells at $1.60 per share, went begging at $1.60 in '70's. Like examples are common. The Cape Breton Coal and Iron company of Des Moines, Iowa, at the present time offers an opportunity for wrist and safe investment that can hardly be surpassed. The company owns some forty million acres of iron lands in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, that are of immense worth. Stock is selling at 15 cents per share, par value $1,00, much below its true worth, and is certain to have a safe and steady rise. Every opportunity for investigation is offered. Every question will be answered upon request. A beautiful descriptive booklet sent free if you will address the company at Des Moines, Iowa. Havy Loss From Hail Storms Havy Loss From Hail Storms. Sioux City Dec. 31. The hall insurance companies in northwestern Iowa during the year just drawing to a close, according to O. G. Chesley of Des Moines, president of the Des Moines Mutual Hall Insurance association, who is here on business. "This probably has been the worst year for insurance in northwestern Iowa proved an expensive section of country. At least 60 per cent of the entire losses of the state of Iowa were suffered in this corner of Iowa. Our own company is in northwestern Iowa this year, while our total losses in the state for the year were about $45,000. A Mysterious Accident. Milford, Dec. 28. - A. Christopherson, section boss on the Milwaukee road at this place, met with an accident in the yankees' home field, probably providential. The accident red near the stock yards and no one knows just exactly how it happened. Just before the accident he was seen walking close to the engine of a specimen in the garage, after the accident blood was found on the driver wheels of the engine. The right arm is mangled from the shoulder to the hand. If he rallies from the first shock the arm must be held. The accident can not be determined and it may be that he is injured internally. Fatal Accident With Gasoline. Vall, Dec. 31. - Lucy Harrington, while cleaning a cloak with gasoline near a kitchen stove met with a fatal accident. The gasoline exploded and the burning liquid known all over the house. She ran away where she stood dazed and confused while the clothes were burned from her body. She died in a few hours in terrible agony. Her father was rescued from the burning house by her NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL Des Moines. Dec. 10, 1903. Judge Silva would punish parents for the misbehavior of their children. He declared in court that it was the child is doing and that the parent is guilty if the child is forced into the court room. The cause of the remark was due to the appearance of court room 83. A year-old son, S. E. Hamilton, manager of American iron works. The boy was charged with shooting a rifle within the city limits and Judge Silva fined him $3. The judge that he was punishing children thought they should not be introduced into the presence of court procedure. Judge James A. Howe rendered his decision in the case of Jas. Dixon, intervenor, in C. H. Sceley vs. Sceley, Howe, LeVan Co. C. H. Johnston, receiver, finding for the plaintiff as against the effort of the holder to collect on a $5,000 note given by a lawyer, Cecil Coillan by James Dixon, the Sceley, the Sceley, Howe, LeVan Co. in payment for a block of stock in the concern and which note the company sold. The case will be at once appealed to supreme court. The questions involved are considered of great importance, the case being carried through to jury upon the note of a minor, who has disaffirmed his contract and returned the consideration received. Governor A. B. Cummins settled the judgeship fight in the Third judicial district by the appointment of W. E. Miller of Bedford to succeed Judge R. L. Parrish, who after about a year and a half of service on the bench, retires to come to Dewey in 1865, and forms the firm of Parrish, Dowell & Parrish. The fight has been brief but it has been interesting and vigorous. When the resignation of Judge Parrish was made known there was a scramble for the place, but the contest finally settled. Judge Henry of Mt. Ayr and K. H. Evans of Cordon. Mr. Evans received the support of District Attorney Lewis A. Miles, and fought for the place on the ground that the office should go to the eastern section of the district. Mr. Miller, the successor, was appointed Judge Henry, a candidate before the convention which nominated Parrish a year and a half ago, as was also Judge Henry, the latter being brought forth as a compromise candidate. He was born at Davenport in the year 1865 and served his service his dute after the first of the year and will have about three years to serve. That salaries are too low, that teachers should have longer tenure of office and that teachers should be penalised in their old age, were a few of the things advocated in the report of the educational council of the State Teachers' association. The entire requirement for professional and Superintendent Z. C. Thornburg reported on the subject of teachers' salaries. They found that in the average of salaries paid to both sexes, Iowa stood thirty-first in the list. The two men reported that in the entire country, the average monthly salary of teachers was $49.05 and $43.66 in Iowa. The average monthly salary for women teachers throughout the country is $39.77 and against this is a record of $30.17 in Iowa. Following is a summary of the recommendations made by President Witter in his address before the State Teachers' association: Require a majority vote of the clrctors to elect a member or officer to the board in case of vacancy. Give county superintendent more time to run schools by changing the time of his report from November to August. Old boards should elect teachers for the spring term to prevent disorganization; for the year would be better. Change the compulsory education law at least twelve weeks in each school year, beginning not later than the first Monday in January. Agitate for better rural schools; it will probably accomplish more than agitation for consolidation. The county superintendents of Iowa stand for success or failure of all the schools; how can we get better teachers; it is how can we get better superintendents and better supervision. The ceremonies incident to the inauguration of Governor Cummins on January 14, will be held at Foster's opera house on the afternoon of that day; preceded by a parade from the legislature and state officers in carriages and Companies A and F of the Iowa National Guard will participate, and closing with a reception in the state house in the evening. In consequence, the legislature and state opera house the attendance will be limited to state officials and friends of the legislators. The legislators will occupy one section of the opera house and the remainder of the club, which does the decorating, and friends of members of the general assembly. Tickets will be issued to committees of the Grant club. After state officials are supplied the remainder will be divided among the legislators be issued by them to their friends. Ridicule has torn down more than it has ever built. Host—"Have 'nother drink 'fore you go, ole 'lfer. Guest—'Like to, but dashn't—" Host—"You' lasit man I'd 'xpected to be 'fraid o' goo' so仕it shairs 'my new boardin' house. Moved in 'tis mornin, an don't know 'm yet. "Has the doctor given up all hope?" "Oh, no; he thinks the estate will settle the bill if his patient dies." I'm dat hungry at when I looks a kid turnin' he handle of de chestnut roaster I fancy I kin hear music." The club is a refugo for homeless married men. A wedding engagement in Turkstan begins with the payment of a substantial consideration to the girl's parents. If the girl jilts her lover, if she grows up, he be returned, unless the parents are another daughter to give as a substitute. In Korean the rooms of a wife or mother are the sanctuary of any man who breaks the law. Unless for treason or for one other crime, he cannot have those rooms, and so long as he remains under the protection of his wife's apartments is secure from the officers of the law. A Russian lady, admirer of Rosseti, having watched the composer on his daily promoade during several days, sent a message to his house expressive of her desire to be received by him. The reply to this strange communication was: "I do nothing for nothing." The lady, in a bunch of asparagus, she will be welcome, and she can take view of me at her leisure." Then, pointing to his waist, which had attained a somewhat aldermastic roundness, the lady may even walk around me if she please, but I must have my asparagus." When Edmund Kean and Macready, intense rivals, played in the same pieces at Drury Lane, it was usual to consult them in the course of the evening as to what they would appear in next. One night, when the promoter was sent to ask Mr. Macready what he would play with Mr. Kean, the great tragidan frowned upon him till he blushed. "For foregad, sir," he roared, "how should I know what the man would like to play?" The promoter retired to seek the desired information, "sir," said Mr. Kean, sharply, "how the hell should I now what the fellow can play?" Good News From Minnesota. Lakefield, Minn., Jan. 4. -Mr. William E. Gentry of this place is one of the best-known and most highly respected men in Jackson County. For 45 years he has suffered with Kidney Trouble and now at 77 years of age he has found a complete cure and is well. 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Goldman Airs, Leslie Carter Sidney Herbert Rose Coghlan Mrs. Yewanams Winter Herbert Blanche Bates Agnes Booth Francis Wilson Kryle Bellew John Drew Charles Hawrey Maxine Ellott William H. Crane Charles Hackett Charlotte Wehe Annie Irish Edward Marigan Frank Daniels Verno Tilley Grace StuartDudford Otis Walt Weber & Flounder Henry Irving Billed by the Lady Susan Leslie Carter Billed by the Maude Adams Billed by the Maude Adams Billed by the Bianche Bates Billed by the E. H. Sothern Billed by the William Elliott Billed by the Tyronne Power Billed by the Edward Harrigan Margaret Dale Billed by the Ellen Foster Olsen Ellen Foster Olsen In addition to the above attractions, grand opera, under the direction of Mr. Walter H. Suthern the winter at the Metropolitan Opera House, and will include some of the great theatre works of this country, "Parisal." There will also light opera under the direction of Wichita Falls concerts and musical entertainments by fam- ers. 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It was nearly two o'clock before It was the first time a bluejacket had been near the place since a day or two before the admirals' disappearance. And at first when Shanghai saw then come in he regretted that Billy his best fighting man, was by now well on his way to Portland. But for at least ten minutes the Triumphants behaved very well. Benson had a good hand and had arranged matters very neatly. "You look 'ere," he had said; "the thing to look out for is the barmen. He keeps a gun, as they calls it 'ere', on a sbelow under the bar. Smith, 'ill' avo one in his pocket. So when I says, 'This rum would poison a dog,' don't wait for no back answer, but lay the bar-keeper out quick, with a stone matchbox or anything 'andy. And the nearest to Smith does the same to 'im. He'll likely not be indied, but if 'e' is, bottle 'im, too, and not a word of jaw about it first or has he?' They stood up to the bar, and three particular pals of his. "Ain't this Mr. Smith's?" he asked. "I'm Smith." said Shangziqi. "Ero's to you. I've often heard of you," said Benson. And three or four merchant seamen sitting about the room sniggered and passed a few sneering remarks among themselves about "Liberty Jack." Smith, who had taken enough that night to make him rash, referred to the admiral. "So your admiral has come back, has he?" has," said the Triumphants. "And Dicky Danny is lookin' for the man that played that dirty game on him." And Smith shrugged his shoulders as he half turned away. "Taln't half so dirty as this rum," said Benson: "it would poison a dog." Lad Adench; "It wobble, johnson a kick." And as he said, his moustache was added with a sudden, tremendous crash. Two heavy matebakes went for Tom behind the bar; one laid him out as quietly as if he had been bounced; the other smashed a bottle which held a liquor known on the Barbary Coast as brandy, and starred the mirror behind the shelves. Thomas at the same moment stopped and caught Shanghai Smith by the ankles and pitched him on his head. "For him," the mercenary said for his "run." The mercenary sent to their feet and made for the door. "Stop them!" said Benson, and half a dozen bluejackets hustled them back again. "No you don't," Johnnies; you can stay and 'ave free drinks, and look after the man behind the bar. Drag out that Smith and get 'im in the open air." And Thomas dragged Smith into the darkness by his collar. "There's to be no drinky for us," said Smith, "and you like, and taste nothin'." And in less than a minute Sangahat's place was a lamentable and ghastly spectacle. "Sarves him right," said one of the merchant seamen, as he sold a bottle of poison. "Oh aln't he a sailor-robbing swine?" "Fetch him in and let him look at it," said Benson, with a win; Thomas had been primed. "For the boat and run like bilych!" he cried. But Smith was incapable of running. He was being carried by two blue jackets. "After 'im, after 'im," said Benson; and in another moment the whole house was clear. When Tom came to, he found the place a wreck, and four boarders too far gone in free liquor to offer any useful explanation of what had occurred since the rum had been pronounced fit. "All I know is," said the soberest, "that he fit and we fit and fit, and then 'e run." And when Tom sought for the police it was very odd that there was not one to be found in the quarter of San Francisco which most needs clubbing. But even one to bear witness that a crowd of blueclocks and an American civi- A FIGHT IN A BAR. Caught Shanghai Smith by the ankle. zen had come along the water front at midnight. But five minutes after midnight a British lieutenant could have taken his oath that both crews were in their boats and at least moderately sober. "I've seen the admiral, Benson," said Selwyn, as he stepped into his boat and "and he may be later than he said." "Very well, sir," replied Benson. And as soon as Selwyn had disappeared into the darkness, the boat with Mr. Shanghai Smith in followed suit. And the Bay of San Francisco is not so well policed that they had any one inquiring what they were doing as they pulled across to Saucelillo, and laid up quietly till three o'clock. "He isn't dead, we hopes," said the crew of the boat. "Not 'e,' said Benson; "is 'eart' to rights, and is 'head is perfectly so bar a lump the size of a 'e'nr. eg." The dudge of Thomas' is very fatal in a row—oh, 'it's very fatal.' It was nearly two o'clock before Shanghai made any motion. But when he did begin to get courses, he found his mind and his tongue with surprising rapidity. "That 'ead of yown must be made of the elephants boilerplate, Mr. Smith," said Benson, as Smith us suddenly. "What am I doin' here?" asked Smith. "Ow do we know?" asked the delighted crew. "You would come. It warns 'no good excusin' of ourselves." Smith put his hand to his head. "Who hit me?" he demanded, savage. "No one," said the crew unanimously; "you tried to stand on your ead." Put me ashore. "Sand the. What are you goin' to do?" "We're waltin' to see the 'Arvester yonder 'eave 'er'anchor up," replied Benson. "We're in the sailor-supplyin' line, we are, same as you was." "He don't like to hear that." said Billionaire we're cutting him out of a job. And this time we can't supplyin' admirals." "No, we nigret. 'Yah, you man-buyin' sailor-robbin' swainel. 'And twas you dared touch our admiral. Oh, you dog, you! They all took a turn at him, and Smith saw he was in the tightest corner he had ever occupied. This was MANEVERER "Say, Shanghai, did you ever hear of Barney's bull?" And when Smith refused to answer they answered for him. "He was jammed in a clinch, and so are you. You're goin' to 'ave the finest time of all your life. Did you ever hear of Sant of the 'Arvester?' And Smith, for all his brutal courage, shook in his boots. "I'll give you chaps a hundred dollars to put me ashore," he cried. "I never touched Sir Richard Dunn." "Dry up," said Benson, "and don't lie. We wouldn't part with you, my jewel, not for a thousand. What made you desert from the 'Arvester, a comfortable ship like that, with siskh a duck of a slapper'?" said Sant of a thousand," said Smith desperately. "At four o'clock you're gin' on the 'Arvester' and its night on three now, Sant wouldn't miss a man like you, so smart and 'andy, for all the gold in California. Own up as you shanghailed the admiral?" Smith grasped at any chance of avoiding the Harvester. For Sant had a dreadful name, and both is mates were terrors. "If I own I put him away, will you take cashew and hand me over to the man?" He was almost in a state of collapse. Benson looked at the man, and in the faint light of far-off day still below the horizon the boat's crew saw him wink. "We'll vote on it, if you own up. What d'y say, chaps?" "Aye, we'll vote," said the men. "We'll vote on it." But Smith saw how the voting would go, and refused to speak. They heard six bells come across the water from many ships. And then they heard seven. There was a grey glint in the east. The sand dunes on the verge of the Ocean Park whitened as they pulled for the Harvester. They heard the clank of her windless brakes and the bull horn of her mate, as he hugged his men to do their best by threatening them with three months of blood afloat. Smith offered Benson two thousand dollars. "I wouldn't part with you except to Sant for all you ever robbed men of," said Benson—"and what this is, on you know. Pulls, boys; her cable's up and down. No, hold on a moment; he must be wet, of course." In spite of his struggles they put him over the side and soured him thoroughly. When they pulled him on board again, he sat cursing. "Now, boys, beep your backs." And when he came up alongside the Harvester she was just moving under the draught of her loosened topsails. "Harvester, ahoy!" cried Benson. "Hello!" said Sant. "What is it?" "You don't happen to have lost one of your crew, trin' to desert by swimmer, sir?" "Have you picked him up? What's his name, does he say?" "It's Smith, sir." "What's his name," said Sant. "I want him badly." But Smith cried out: "This is kidnappin', Mr. Sant. I refuse to go." "Oh, Smith," said Sant. "Till take all the chances of its bein' notain" with them. "Throw them a rope." And the Triumphants towed alongside. "Up you go," said Benson. "I won't," said Smith. "Won't you?" asked Benson. "We'll see about that. Hook on there, Billings." the next moment Smith wasammed in a running bowline round his waist. "Sway him up," said Benson; and the crow of the He has pointed the notorious robber with about the only feelings of pleasure they were likely to know till they reached New York. And the Triumphants pushed off as they heard the mate address Mr. Smith in language which did his reputation and the reputation of the ship most ample justice. "There's talk and there's a foretoldly 'tell for you'," said Benson, "Oh, Mr. Smith will be looked after, he will. Now, chaps, pull for it, for the admiral will be waitin', and if that 'appews, 'twil be 'Stand from under.'" (To be continued.) A POET AND A DREAMER Characteristic Incident of the Boyhood of Coleridge. A story of Coleridge's boyhood, which appears in a book by Mr. Wilfred Brown on the poet's childhood and later years, shows the dangers that beset the star-gazer and also the rewards that come to him. From his early youth Coleridge lived in a world of books and dreams. Yet his favor-walk seems to have been the Strand, London, the place in the world for a poet to lose himself in reverie. As he strolled down the street he imagined himself swimming the Hellespont—the feat of which other poets had written and which the poet Bryon was to accomplish later. Once, while the mind of Coleridge was thus far from the busy Strand, he absently thrust his hands before him in the manner of one swimming. Suddenly one hand came in contact with a gentleman's pocket, the gentleman thinking to capture a thief in the hand and exclaimed, "What! So young and so wicked!" He accused the poor, poetic boy of an attempt at pocket-thling. With some fright and a few tears, the boy explained, and we can imagine that words did not fall him who was to become the most brilliant talker of his age. The gentleman was delighted with Coloridge's imagination, which could turn the Strand into the Hellspont. The intelligence of the young man was so strong that to Coloridge's tastes, and when he found the boy liked books, he opened for him a subscription at the circulating library in Cheapside. FROM UNCLE ALLEN SPARKS. Old Gentleman Moralizes on the "Knowledgeous Cuss." "Probably you've got an idea, my boy, observed Uncle Allen Sparks, his wife, and resting his feet comfortably on the bottom rung, "that people are dying for information, and that you keep always on tap exactly the kind they want," says the Chicago Tribune. "It isn't so, my boy; it isn't so. They ought to want it. I understand that well enough. But they don't. You're needled down with things they need to know, but they don't want 'em. "Such is the stupidity of human beings in general, my boy," proceeded Uncle Allen, "that they would rather blunder along in their own idiotic way than to be told how to do things right. So, if you have found a place where you can buy a corncob pipe a few times, you can learn if you know a method by which a follow can break himself of stuttering, or if you have had an interesting and instructive personal experience, for heaven's sake don't say anything about it. Keep your facts to yourself. Nobody else wants them. Mankind regards the knowledgous cuss as the biggest nonsumance on earth. Don't tell other people everything you know, my boy, and after awhile, may have to learn how to say that you don't know any more than other people—which is a pretty safe conclusion ninety-nine times out of a possible ninety-eight." Child Entertainer. One of the new ideas in entertaining in drawing rooms in London this season is planned for the benefit of the younger generation. A Miss Pamela Coleman is going the rounds, telling fairy tales, the B'er Rabbit tales and bits of Japanese folklore. She is in great demand, and the floor cross legged and brings with her a basket of toys with which she illustrates her stories. The fad has taken, and she is in great demand, and there is some talk of arranging for an entertainer of a similar kind in New York. Story tellers—one means not the wicked people, but those who have folklore and are entertaining very well—are at afternoon parties in the holiday season. Children are tired of "Punch and Judy" and conjurers, and, like their elders, sigh for a novelty. Town Legislators Battle. Town Legislator's Battle. There has recently been a battle of Waterloo in Australia. Waterloo is a prosperous suburb of Sydney, governed by mayor and the municipal council. The mayor and the council an alderman alleged that a disproportionate amount of public money was being expended on the mayor's ward. The mayor retorted with the word "iliar," whereupon the alderman rushed to the chair and struck the mayor. Both were soon on the floor hitting and kicking. They were eventually separated, the mayor resumed the chair and it was thought that peace had been restored. But suddenly the mayor seized an inkstand and hurled it at the head of his opponent, missing his aim, but ruining the shirt fronts of several innocent aldermen. A Personable Poet Joe Lincoln, the poet of Cape Cod, though lacking considerably of being eligible to the Fat Man's Club, could not, on the other hand pass himself off as brother to the living skeleton. A lady who met him for the first time the other day said: "Mr. Lincoln, I have always greatly admired your poetry, but you are not, I confess, just my idea of a poet. I thought all poets were thin and wore their hair long." I curried Mr. Lincoln in a burst of confidence, "if I depended wholly on poetry I should fit your ideal precisely. But I write a story occasionally and so manage to get enough to eat and to have my hair cut when it needs it."—Philadelphia Post. S. C. Ask Your Druggist for a free Peruna Almanac for 1904. THE COLFAX SPRINGS SANITARIUM CO. 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The session was very eloquently conducted and was enjoyed by a large audience. Mrs. Arlene Gactor's mirror and Mrs. Lois Bashaw were Christmas visitors. Miss Jessie Walker and Miss Grace Brown were members of a house party given by Mrs. Sanna Grace of Tololo Christmas. There were young people from several surrounding towns and all approved themselves ammunition. Mrs. Grace is a five house and four entertainment are always long remembered. Mrs. Food Weight of Duxport, Iowa is visiting relatives in the city. Mrs. Mamie Saker of Boston is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Clarice Gillmore. Miss Filippine autumnal Sunday at a family dinner. Their present were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gobb. Mr. David Filippine Mr. and Mrs. Chase Gillmore. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Mamie Saker of Duxport. Mr. and Mrs. Gov. Sayer autumnal Christmas day at dinner Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Root Warren and Mr. and Mrs. Howard and daughter Mrs. Spencer of Albia. BURLINGTON Christmas passed off as quietly and as merrily as it always goes in Burkington. Several visitors from nearby boring cities attend the holidays here. Among the visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Chay Road, Linda Sarah Trunno, Mrs. Rose M. Duchard of Mr. Pigment, Mussers M. Duchard, and Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Grisman and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grisman and the mouses. J. Booch and B. Prunckin of Burkinson. Mrs. Peter King is reported sick at his home on Foster street. A Mrs. broke out at the residence of Mr. Barr. Barr Johnson Christmas morning about 10 o'clock. Mrs. Mose Goldman Cordray and Mrs. Natalie Johnson were assisting with the dinner when Mrs. Johnson discovered the fire. Mrs. Mose Goldman Cordray and Mrs. Natalie Johnson hurried from the oven, two two books with it in her hand to find a small box, which she did after passing two. Mrs. Natalie Johnson out on the streetwalk, where several asked her what the trouble was but all she could do was to point toward the house and say "There!" The house was soon exchanged by the Central department, as the house emptied from a chimney and was taken down. The two small and no one was injured, but the turkey. Mrs. Sophie Bird spent Christmas at the Emmanuel home on Brooks street. Mr. Frank Lamb of Chicago is the prophetor of the new saloon on Jefferson street. Beed's condition remains about the same. Mrs. Sam B. Cook entertained complimentary to Miss Rose Dortche of Mt. Pleasant. Messrs. Trent and Forks attended the ball at Kochow last Monday night. The Volunteer Girls Fair at the A.M. B. church last week was a success. Miss Rose Dortche and O. C. Forks enjoyed an elegant dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Fate Martin last Sunday. Mr. Philip Wilson is passing around the cigars and is treating his friends royalty and he has a very expensive grin. Mr. and Mrs. Fate Martin will be say: "Boy, ten pounds!" Mr. and Mrs. Bert Johnson are also the proud parents of a bouncing baby boy. WANTED=A TRUSTWORTHY GES. m媳 or lady in each county to manage business for an old established house of wild runners standing. A straight bone boys club was held. Weekly with all expenses direct from head quarters. Money advanced for expense. Kincise addressed envelope. Manager, 806 Gaxton Blvd. Chicago. MOLINE, ILL. The Pollyhymnes culture club will entertain their husbands Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. B. Maxie, Mr. W. Rogers is quite ill at his home. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Bradley gave dinner to a few friends Christmas day. Mrs. Garnett is able to be out after her recent illness. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Walkin, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. G. gave a party at her home. Mrs. Walkin Saturday evening. A nice time was had in games and sociality. Mrs. Robert Bradley is quite ill with a grone. Mr. William Bradley fell Christmas day and hurt his knee quite badly. Mrs. Clarence Toliver is quite ill at her home. Little Robert Pollard has been quite sick, but is greatly improved. Mrs. Madison's niece is here from Missouri to spend the holidays. BUXTON Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Jones entertained Mrs. Nannie Smith, Mrs. Dora Jackson, Miss Buse Arnold, Mr. J. W. Balley, Mr. Morris Taylor and Mr. Albert Evans at Christmas dinner, which was carefully served in courses. Also Mrs. Lazie Blyn, Miss Patty Parka, Mrs. Patty Jackson, Mrs. Jackson捷克参加了 an enjoyable time at Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Jones Christmas day. Mr. John Green, Mr. E. C. Strong, Mr. Peter Moore, Mr. D. W. Warts, Mr. James Wesley, Mr. G. W. Shepard and Mr. W. M. Churchill were also present and enjoyed themselves to the highest degree and as they retired all were money and their best wishes were for Mr. and Mrs. Jones to still enjoy a Mr. and Mrs. Christmas and a Happy New SUPERIOR, W18. Christmas day in Superior was in below zero and at this writing it is 20 below. But that is fine weather. Mr. Chas. Henry of Hotel Superior is confined to his room at this writing with onlookers. The Christmas tree and exercises were held at the A. M. B. church Friday night. His members and friends presented Bear, G. W. Hale with a $25.00 storm coverer Christmas gift. The index of the A. M. B. church Hill of the residence of Mrs. R. M. Wilson. Wednesday to arrange for 1 their Fare which will be held in the near future. Mrs. Newsome, assisted by other talent, gave a concert in Kahnsmook hall. Dututh, Wednesday night, proceeds to purchase a sermon set. These attending from Superior were Rev. Wade and wife, Miss Anne Pharoah, Bratine Wade, Jes. Moody and John Butler. The Light House society met as usual Tuesday night, and two new members were taken in. The society will attend at the pavement after New Year's. Miss Mary Brown of Dututh visited in Superior Christmas. Wilma R. Wade and wife were taken in Dututh Wednesday night to the concert, members and friends issued their home and left an amusement of good things, among which was a 15 pound gift. It was a complete surprise to them, but pleasant indeed. The people of Superior certainly believe in taking one of their pastor. "Bon Marr" was the sole attribution for the Dutch and Superiors during the holidays. Mrs. Gertrude Bowman entertained friends after the Christmas tree Friday night. Happy New Year to all. WANTED—FASTFUL PERSONS to serve for well attendant home in a few counties, selling on retail merchandise and agents. Local derryhill,bury 800 06 per week with expoises additional, all payable to each week. Money for expoises advanced. Enquiries e-mail: feldman@browns.com and mailing. Standard House, 800 Bourne St. Chicago. ```markdown ``` Little Joseph Green is quite sick as a child writing. Mary Rich Matthews is very much an dionnant with the dionnastion. The Jamaican Monroe Judge gave a banquet on Christmas night in their town to their families and friends which was a great success and well attended. Among the guests were the Monroe Lester of Gatonia, Ill.; Jamaica Martina of Cedar Rapids and Gortrade Lewis, who is not a stranger in our mind. After the address of welcome by W. M. John Logue the following program was rendered: Duol ..... Envelope The Letter Sisters ..... THE LAURENCE LEE Baton exercise.....Mary Rose Construction.....William Rose Soule.....Mrs. Bessie Martin Address.....Miss Geraldine Lewis Reading—Sparrowse address to Glad- towers.....Mr. Sol Williams. Musical Guest.....Mr. John Logan and Leonard Lewis. The latter is a very promising young man, who has great musical prospects for the future. He is at present a pupil of Professor Ronner, Mr. Lewis performs upon several in- struments but the piano is his favorite and he is one of his professor's brightest peeps. The citizens of Dubuque are very proud of him as well as the members of his race. With his determination his ambition and studious work we expect to find him in some of our leading conservatories of music before his death. The minister on the program re- dered by the Misses Lester are worthy of comment. It was the best singing that has been heard in Dubuque for a long time. Miss Gertrude Lewis gave a very eloquent address in which she complimented the members of the judge upon the grand step they have taken, the great success they have achieved. Miss Lewis has the distinction of being the only ousted teacher in the state that was educated in the state. She is now teaching at Austin, having charge of secondary pupils. After the program the guests were seated in the banquet hall where covers were laid for forty and the refreshments were served in three courses, which was very palatable, thanks to Mr. Ed Martin under whose supervision the above refreshments were served. After which a social chat was enjoyed and all departed for their homes declaring the Mason's banquet to be a great entertainer. As Jessie Martin of Cedar Rapids is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Sol. Wit items. Mrs. Ellen Bartlett entertained the Colored Women's Social club last Monday night, all members present being glad to have Miss Gertrude Lewis in their midst again and she gave a very encouraging talk on the progress the club has made since last she met with us. Miss Lewis leaves Wednesday for Davenport where she will be the guest of her sister, Mrs. Sheppard, after which she will return to her teaching in Buxton. LOW RATES TO THE COAST. On January 7, 8 and 9, 1904, the Minneapolis & St. Louis will sell round trip tickets to Portland, Ore., at one fare for the round trip; limit for return January 31. Tickets good going via St. Paul and northern lines, returning through Ogden, Denver etc, or vice versa. Tickets also on sale with privileges of returning through San Francisco and Los Angeles, at a very small additional charge. See agents for particulars or address A. B. Cutta, G. P. & T. A., Minneapolis, Minn. Steaming hot; simmering slow; Strong hot fire or flame turned low; Just as wanted each magic change A cook can make on a good Gas Range! Buy Your Wife a GAS STOVE For Christmas Subscribe for Bystander. Mrs. Bailor of St. Louis is in the city, the guest of Mrs. F. D. Blind. A midnight chore entertainment was given at the church of St. Mary the Virgin Christmas eve and the following program conducted: Processional hymn, "Angels From the Realms of Glory" hymn, "From all the Devil!" hymn, General hymn, "All Mail the Power" hymn, Glorious Till, Garting Till—Credit. Office hymn, "Q. Come all Ye Faithful." Secretary, "Thou art Worthy, O Lord." Jeram. "Savior, Who Didn't Come to Give." Clocks in Excuses. Recessional poem, "Mark the Mercantile Angle Sing." Mr. Weight of Dec. 10th is waiting Mrs. Chase, Tealan. The cloister of the A. M. E. and the Episcopal churches united and gave a concert Christmas evening at Association hall. The united choir sang a couple of selections. The A. M. E. choir gathered in an altar manner three beautiful selections, and St. Mary's choir saw. There were also several solos by members of the A. M. E. choir and two declarations one by Mrs. P. Bland and one by Mrs. N. Cullerson. Miss This Dearne is home from her school in St. Charles, Mo., to spend her day with Mrs. Cline Love and Miss White are home from Jefferson City to spend a vacation. The St. John's celebration, December 18th, was attended by a large crowd. Mr. Wan Couss acted as minister of communion and Mr. E. S. Anderson made the principal address. During the evening dancing was intaglioed in and a amorous supper was served. A number of people from Quincy, IL, from Mastallion and Burlington attend. Miss Mall, the daughter of Mrs. Jewell, has come to our city to make a gift to Mr. William Fox of The Mosees is in the city visiting his mother, Mrs. Gus Fox. Miss Joanette Jefferson is home from Chicago for the holidays. SPECIAL Holiday Rates Only—For Thirty Days—Only WE will send Iowa State Bystander to any ad- dress in America or in Canada one year for $1.00 OUR Clubbing Rates The Bystander and Weekly Inter Ocean, one year $1.60 The Bystander and Amer- ican Monthly Review of Re- views, one year $4.00 The Bystander and Deline- ator, one year $2.00 Iowa State Bystander, 1 year $1.00 Only Two Weeks More. KNOXVILLE AND GALESBURG, ILL., BUDGETARIAN. Mr. Editor, Galesburg has not been heard from for a few months and we desire to mention a few things. Thanksgiving day the A. M. E. church gave a grand entertainment and served dinner. In the evening the church was crowded to hear the law suit between Mr. Henpeck and Mrs. Henpeck. Mr. G. Ferr里斯, Jr., and Mr. King were the lawyers for the case. Quits a sum was realized for the church. We also had a high noon wedding; one of our society beils, Miss Cora Bell and Mr. William King, both of this city, were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Bell. They commenced housekeeping at once. Their many friends wish them success. Mrs. Mary Luces of Bidford, Iowa, a sister of the bride, is spending a few days in the city visiting parents and friends. Mr. Chase Love, one of our old citizens, died here last week. His friends mourn his death. 'The funeral took place at the home last Monday and was largely attended. He leaves a wife and daughter, Mrs Cora Jedlerya. 'The Autumn Leaf Club is expecting to give a big leap year entertainment soon. It is to be hoped the gentlemen of the bure will catch on. The Sunday School gave a concert Xmas eve to quite a crowded house. Old Santo was present and no one enjoyed him more than the boys and girls. The male quartette composed of Mosars. Wm. King, Geo. Fletcher, Dale Porter and Eugene Fletcher was enjoyed more than any, still no one could hear those lute boys and girls with sparkling eyes speak without being filled with joy for the present and hope for the future. The tree was decorated with trimming and presents. E. J. McGruder had charge of the program, Mrs. J. H. Washington of refreshments and the stewardess furnished a fine lunch for the school. The Odd Fellows will give a big entertainment New Years. Congressman Price will speak for them. After ten october the remainder of the program will be carved out. There is a new presacher at the Second Baptist church from Lexington, Ky. That church has been without a pastor for some time. Mrs. Perritone is on the sick list. We hope she will be better in a few days. Mrs Hattie Lane burried her oldest daughter they last Sunday; age 23 years 1 day. She leaves two small children. 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