Iowa State Bystander

IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. VOL. XIV, No. 19. CITY NEWS (N B. If you have relatives or visits please inform us; we solicit all your local news.-Ed A. Mrs. Ed Morton of Webster City is the girl or city going to make a visit, please inform us; we solicit all your local news.-Ed A. Mrs. Ruth Powell and Miss Laura Berger attended the Buckner-McLoy wedding at Keokuk last Wednesday the 2nd, inst. When in Council Bluffs, Iowa go to Lee Berger for goods meals, lunches and short orders. Everything first class at reasonable prices. LEE BERGER, 1025 Broadway St. Mr. Peter Carter, formerly of Lincoln, Neb., but now of Buxton, is in our city. He is a fireman by trade and expects to make our city his home. His father who is a successful Nebraska farmer was with him. The Christian Endeavor at Union Congregational church Sunday evening will be addressed by Mrs. J. M. Harris of Burns M. E. church, also a paper by Miss L. V. Nelson. All are invited to attend. Just as we go to press this morning we learn of the death of Mrs. D. Roy, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H E Jacobs, 1238 30th street at 6 o'clock. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 from the residence. The Calanan Industrial club met with Mrs. Adam Dixon Wednesday afternoon. The meeting was called to order by the President, Mrs. E. B. Ellison. The roll was called and the members responded with quotations. The club adjourned to meet with Miss Blanch Allen on Park street. Our collector will be in Buxton Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, also out in Enterprise Monday, so save your Bystander dues until he calls. Our young friend, Rev. Simon L. Terry, who has been ordained to preach, is traveling over the state doing evangelistic work. We congratulate young Terry. Rev. L. J. Phillips, presiding elder of the Kookok district, made our city a short visit Thursday while en route to Oskaloosa. Mr. Herbert E. Jacobs, our foreman, was called to his old home in Richmond last Saturday by a telegram announcing the death of his grandmother. This week we are publishing a brief history of the American Mercantile and Realty Co. of New York, who has located a branch here and is selling shares. They may decide to start a business enterprise here. See their adv. elsewhere. One of the many pre-nuptials given for Miss Beatrice Hicklin was the beautiful five-course dinner given last Friday evening by Meadames Banks and Gould, assisted by Mrs. Fred Jackson, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Gould. Covers were laid for sixteen and the decorations were pink and white. Mr. and Mrs. H. Gould celebrated their tenth anniversary last Sunday, October 6th, with a big family dinner, entertaining their mother, Mrs. Jane Keane, sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Al Smith, together with Mrs. Segman, Mrs. Mattie Morrison and children of Augusta, Ill. Dr. W. S. Brooks and Mrs. L. R. Palmer of this city. One of the largest attended stag parties was the one given last Friday evening by Mr. Goo. J. Wilson, head waiter at the Kirkwood hotel, at his home on Walnut street in honor of his friend, Mr. John C. Jordan of the United States navy. Fully thirty-five men answered the invitation with their presence at 9 o'clock and had a most delightful time. A luncheon was served, after which smoking and speech making was the theme of the evening. John L. Thompson was elected toastmaster and introduced more than fifteen gentlemen, who made short toasts to the guest of honor and his bride to be. In this gathering them were five lawyers, one doctor, two mail carriers, two head waiters and many other representative mem. Mr. Wilson knows how to entertain at least his gentlemen friends. Many of those men did not go un til the early morning hours. The Iowa State Bystander has made arrangements whereby one can save from $75 to $100 on a new piano if you only call at our office for full particulars. Call at once or write. The funeral of Mr. Robert Raikos, whose biography we printed last week, was held from the Burns M. E. church, as he was a devout member of the Wesley M. E. church, and was largely attended Sunday afternoon. Rev. O. A. Johnson of Independence, Mo., formerly of this city, was called to preach the funeral, assisted by all the pastors of the colored churches of the city. BRILLIANT WEDDING A Naval Officer Takes Our Girl A LOOK FORWARD This fall there seems to be a strong determination among our young people to acquire education and wealth, as is demonstrated that there are more colored children entered the High Schools of our city then ever before. Already Highland Park has six colored students. This is indeed gratifying. Parents, you should see that your boy or girl, whom God has entrusted to your care, should take advantage of the opportunity to gain knowledge while the faculties are so handy, Education and welth will make this race strong and she will move forward as never before. ROOSEVELT IN IOWA. Last week was a gala week for Iowa and the Mississippi valley people, for the chief executive, President Theodore Roosevelt visited Keokuk, Iowa, and then went down the Mississippi River in a boat to Memphis, Tenn., to inspect the deep waterway connection from Chicago to the Gulf. There were thirteen Governors and as many United States Senators and Representatives in Congress composing this law making and law enforcing body. Iowa gave, as every one should do, a loyal reception, and the colored people of Keokuk presented the President with a gold headed cane. It showed respect for the man and his high position, even though they may not like the position that he has taken on some questions. He is truly right on most of the great questions and positions he has taken. An honest heart attempting to do the right as he sees it ought not to be severely criticised. The way the people in the middle west received him is a strong indication that the west wants Roosevelt to accept a other term. Subscribe for the Bystander. MILLION DOLLAR NEGRO CORPORATION. Rev. T. L. Griffith visits Metropolitan Mercantile & Realty Co's Department store in Baltimore --Concern has built scores of homes, and owns big savings bank--Its stock has Department store and home office, Eighth avenue and Forty-sixth street, New York City. For the past three months the people of Iowa and Des Moines in particular have heard much concerning the Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Company, and some perhaps more venturesome than others, have placed themselves in the Negro enterprise, which has done so much and bids fair to do even greater things in the future. It is safe to say, however, that the majority of people who have given the matter any serious consideration, though impressed, have not a clear understanding as to what institution really is, many ecoconscious, and some unorganized, building loans and some misstaking it for a benefit society. The Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Company is a Negro corporation founded about eight years ago in the city of New York, combining the benefits of a business and a beneficial business. It was incorporated, for the purpose of providing a way for the Negro to earn a dollar as well as spend one. It is capitalized at $1,000,000 and has branch offices in the city of Philadelphia, and south. The company has built nearly one hundred homes for its stockholders, besides a hospital in Philadelphia, a Masonic Temple in Savannah, Ga., and an apartment in New York. The company operates a department store in Baltimore, Md., and a flourishing grocery business in the city of Plainfield, N.J., a savings bank in Savannah, Ga., and has an insurance or beneficial department that handles operations in six cities. In the city of Plainfield, 300,000. In a few weeks the company will open in the city of New York the largest department store in the country owned and operated by Negroes, having 51,600 square feet of flooring, and it will benefit to nearly three hundred persons. A few weeks ago Mr. L. H. Smith, the chief representative in this section, who is making his home in Dee Moines, arranged a series of stereopia exhibits and lectures on the history of the town and enlightened the people as to the achievements and holdings of the company. This was a source of much interest and enjoyment to the many who attended the lectures. The Rev. T. L. Griffith, pastor of the Corinthian Baptist church, while on a trip east from the company in the interest of his people and paid a visit to The Metropolitan's department store in Baltimore, Md. What he saw and his impressions are best told in his own words: "While on my trip to the cast, attending the play, I was impressed by the Jamesstown Exposition. I stopped at Baltimore for the express purpose of viewing the department store of the Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Company, and I may freely say that I was pleased and satisfied with what I saw. The store is located in the heart of the city, where scores of our people are securing valuable property. It has a most convenient location for this reason. "The building itself has a basement and three other stories. On the basement floor they have the grocery stores, the department store, large patronage. On the main floor they have a soda fountain, notions, men's furnishings, shoes and office of the store. The second floor is given to ladies' clothing and millinery. The third floor has the office of the company and the wagons going and on Saturday they use two extra warons. "The manager of the store, Mr. Diggs, informed me that they have twenty-nine clerks, that the major part of their patronage is from the colored people, but they also have a good deal of trade from white people. They have a number of leading men in Baltimore, all of whom spoke in complimentary terms of the volume of business which is being done. On the whole the business impressed me as commendable. It was inspir- ALBIA NEWS. Mora. Nora Grayson and Mrs. Carson of Hittman attended quarterly meeting in Albia Sunday. ing to see a store manned by our people and to learn it is meeting with success is the testimony of an eye witness to one of the several enterprises of this great Negro corporation: "The company has always had favorable commentation from the esteemed and also the stately and weekly reviews which on numerous occasions have made favorable and complimentary reference to the practical as well as to the theoretical aspects of the business. The following account of the annual stockholders meeting (August 27, 1907), which appeared in the Septem ber 14th issue of the Commercial and Business Journal, is typical of the news views: "It would scarcely be possible to attach too much importance to the facts and figures that were brought out in the annual report of the Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Company, the city whose annual meeting was held a few days ago. This company, it will be remembered by the readers of this paper, began business about eight years ago, and has been remarkably successful from the first. It is the Jersey and has a capital stock of $1,000,000, and the fact was brought out at the annual meeting that only $200,000 of the stock remains unsold, $800,000 having been sold in less than eight years. Mr. P. Sheridan who is regarded as one of the ablest colored men of this country, called attention in his report to the fashion in which the great influx of foreigners into New York and surrounding cities is being housed by white investors to buy the city, except in undesirable localities, and he called upon the people to sustain the efforts of the Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Company and to be prepared to buy land for themselves and to build houses, for by so doing the city will be the only tangible and permanent way, "Mr. J. H. Atkins, the treasurer of the company, who also is an exceedingly able and popular man, presided at the annual meeting, and, Mr. L. C. Collins acted as secretary. There were more able and popular men and businessmen at the meeting, and about five thousand were represented by proxies. It was brought out in the report that during the past year the company has acquired by purchase a large tract of land at Rahway, N. J., embracing more than 1,100 acres of land and a large house which will accommodate about 10,000 people. This is in addition to the 123 lots in Plainfield, N. J., the 208 lots in Sag Harbor, N. Y., and more than 100 improved properties in the city of New York. The company not only operate in the east, but have also branch offices in meet of the western states, including Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Missouri; and it is the policy of the company to extend their business throughout the entire United States. In Baltimore the company is located in Plainfield, N. J., a big grocery store, and in Savannah, Ga., they are carrying on a big banking business. "For half a dozen years past, the company has been paying regular dividends at the race of 7 per cent per annum on its stock, and thus justifying even the largest claims that have been made on its behalf." The stock is now selling at par value $35 per share. In July, Mr. Smith opened a branch office for the company in this city, at 515 Mulberry street, in which its business for the states of Iowa and Minnesota is centered. The office is conveniently located, with pleasant surroundings and neatly and attractively furnished. Recently Miss Ethel Bowmer has been taken into the office as typewriter. The office is shared with Attorney J. B. Rush. Mr. and Mrs. Butler and son Lauring, of Buckton, were in to services President Ferdinand Gordon was with us through quarterly meeting services Sunday. Mr. Will Grayson and his cousin, Miss Ida Davits, of Des Moines spent Sunday in Buxton. SIOUX CITY ITEMS. The members of the A. M. E. church are well pleased with their new pas- tor, Rev. Newman, and wife. They have taken up their work with great faith. he has started the building of the church grounds, which has been lon- need. When finished it will be a credit to the church. May he have good success in his new field of labor. There will be an entertainment at There will be an entertainment at the benefit of the trustees, enabling for the benefit of the trustees. The ladies of the Sewing Circle of the Mt. Zion Baptist church will give a reception on October 15th. The A.M. E. members are their guests. Torrance Cassen returned home Saturday from Yankton, S.D. where they visited several days. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Watkins has been quite ill, but is some better at this writing. Arthur Knight and Horace Green returned home this week from Clarinda, where they have been visiting for several weeks. They report a good time. Prof J. Ocker Spencer, president of the Mt. Zion Baptist church and I have in our city last week and delivered two addresses on the Race Problem. Tuesday evening at the Mt. Zion Baptist church and Wednesday evening at the A.M. E. church. He had a large audience both evenings, who visited the church with his guest. He was here in the interest of his institute. Rev. Jas. Jas. returned home last Tuesday to resume his pastoral work, after a two weeks' visit with friends, and he gave the guest Mr. and Mrs. Chas a visit. The Willing Workers club met last Thursday evening with Mrs. A. Jordan. The Sewing Circle met Thursday with Mrs. J. C. Red. The Sewing Club has returned from Aberdeen, S.D. for a short visit with his family. NEW BRICK FL The above cut shows the cast John Simpson Bacon of Sioux City on the N. W. corner of Seventh picture shows the frontage of 132 to be a two story modern building about $15,000 00 All the work to be done on the be done by colored mechanics, and mitted to live in this beautiful fla young man who started in Sioux cut and biography appeared ab This shows what industry and frue the colored man, if he will only a road that led the white man to suc if we only travel therein. NEW BRICK FLAT FOR OMAHA. The above cut shows the east front of the new modern flat Mr. John Simpson Bacon of Sioux City is now building in Omaha, Neb. on the N. W. corner of Seventeenth and Cummins street. This picture shows the frontage of 132 feet on Seventeenth street. It is to be a two story modern building, six flats on each floor, costing about $15,000 00. All the work to be done on this building, says Mr. Bacon, will be done by colored mechanics, and only colored families will be permitted to live in this beautiful flat. Mr. Bacon is a very wealthy young man who started in Sioux City in a shoe shining parlor. His cut and biography appeared about a month ago in the Bystander. This shows what industry and frugality can accomplish, even with the colored man, if he will only apply himself and save. The same road that led the white man to success will lead our race to success if we only travel therein. MT. PLEASANT NEWS. Mrs. Ellen Pickett came in from Centerville last week, after a pleasant visit with relatives. Rev. Alexander of Illinois preached at the Second Baptist church Sunday morning and evening. Mrs. Arthur expects to leave this week for Chicago, where she will spend the winter. Mrs. Cora Jackson left Monday for her home in Omaha, after a two weeks' visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Belt Robinson. A Certain Cure for Group—Used for Mr. W. C. Bott, a Star City, Ind. hardware merchant, is enthusiastic in his praise of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. His children have all been subject to croup and he has used this remedy for the past ten years, and though they much feared the croup, his wife and he always felt safe upon retiring when a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy was in the house. His o'dest child was subject to severe attacks of croup, but this remedy never failed to effect a speed cure. He has recommended it to friends and neighbors and all who have used it say that it is unquired for croup and whooping cough. For sale by all druggists. 313 W. 7th Street Carley's MILLINERY 500 Trimmed Hats at (No Two Allike) Hats possessing all the style and beauty of higher made of supreme quality of material. 2000 Ostrich Plumes at $ Our regular $3.00 plume, 14 inches long, Frem light blue, green and pink. 1000 Ostrich Plumes at $4. $ One Regular Five Dollar Plumes at..... One Regular Eight Dollar Plumes at..... One Regular Twelve Dollar Plumes at..... 100 Ostrich Plumes (Black only) 313 W. 7th Street Mr. Joe Pickett was in Centerville last week. The stewardesses of the A. M. E. church gave an entertainment at their church for the benefit of the stewardess A program was rendered by the young minister. Sunday, the 13th, is the itinerary quarterly meeting of the conference year. Western College, Macon, Mo., Oct. 3, 1907. I desire to remind the friends, slaters and Mission Circles to be penniless and not purchasing the rooms at Western College that we are now ready to receive any donations of furniture that you feel able to send us. School is now open, and we have sufficient furniture and we have not sufficient furniture to meet the needs of the students. We have the names of all who promised to send articles of furniture, and we shall expect a hearing at an early date. Anxiously awaiting replies, I am, yours for the comfort of our boys and girls. Ida L. Garnett. DAVENPORT ITEMS Mrs. W. E. Morran and daughter, Ethel, spent last week in Cedar Rapids visiting her husband and attending the carnival. Rev. and Mrs. D. A. Holmes are rejoicing over the arrival of a baby girl, Ethel Coughman and Bettie Gordon of Rock Island were guests of Miss Eva and Nellie Buckner last Sunday. Mr. Samuel Hall of Washington and his daughter, Mrs. Mary Holmes of the first time last week calling on old friends. The Feast in the Wilderness at the Third Baptist church last week was quite a success. IOWA EDITORS. The Topkea Paladier in writing of the men of the Western Press Association has these comments on the Iowa Editors that were present: John L. Thompson, editor of The Iowa Bystander, Des Moines, was ushered into the Association for the Iowa Bystander, Des Moines, he was chock full of business LAAT FOR OMAHA. It front of the new modern flat Mr. Bacon is now building in Omaha, Neb. Cummins street. This 2 feet on Seventeenth street. It is ing, six flats on each floor, costing this building, says Mr. Bacon, will and only colored families will be per- t. Mr. Bacon is a very wealthy City in a shoe shining parlor. His out a month ago in the Bystander. Legality can accomplish, even with apply himself and save. The same success will lead our race to success from the time he landed in the city until the day of his departure. Mr. Thompson is a pleasant little fellow, highly educated, an entertaining talker and added wealth to the strength of the body. He will entertain the association in Des Moines in 1908. Rev. DeMond of the Burton, Iowa, Gazette appeared among the boys of the press for the first time and was family received by the press. He is a forlieve writer and has already greatly improved the Gazette. CEDAR RAPIDS. Mrs. Martin Brooks entertained at 3 o'clock dinner Sunday afternoon Rev. Penn of Washington and Mr. Tommy Tyler of Mason City. Lewy, A. Moore gave an excellent discourse Sunday morning on Divine DR. E. A. LEE DENTIST. Dinth and Park Sts. Seamless Gold Crowns. Bridges and Plate: work a Specialty. EXAMINATIONS FREE. Hats at $5.00 beauty of higher priced models and lumes at $2.00. mches long, French curl, black, white, s at $4, $6 and $8 at.....Four Dollars s at.....Six Dollars mes at.....Eight Dollars (Black only) at $1.00 ANNOUNCEMENT. CEDAR RAPIDS ```markdown ``` Price Five Cents rville the hars counts quar- er week Oct. the folks mish- mish do feel and are to who there are, am, am, and att. Guidance. In the evening Rev. Penn filled the stand and preached to a large audience on the subject of Confidence in God. Mr. and Mrs. Warren is a visitor in Wisconsin this week. Mr. and Mrs. George Christian of Osage are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robinson. Mrs. French Perkins was hostess Saturday afternoon of a children's party when in observation of our ninth birthday Two unwalked the folks are present and enjoyed a merry time. Many presents highly appreciated by Master Mayo were received. Mrs. Perkins was assisted by the Misses Eleonor Lavell and Eleen Roberta, so far in attendance last Wednesday by Mrs. G. Gray, the president. The meeting next week will be held with Mrs. Arthur Jones on Fourth street. The Culture club will meet next week with Mrs. Harry Horn. Don't forget the grand opening of the Culture club on the 19th. Comes and have these time of the season. You will not resett it. Mrs. Anna Boyd remains about the same Capt. and Mrs. Milligan returned Friday morning from Norfolk, where she met the president the Grand Lodge of the A. F. & A. M. of the state of Iowa at the Mason's Congress. The trip as described by them was full of more beauty and grandeur than the views exchanged at the points visited was Harpers Ferry, Old Fortress Montrose, United States Arsenal, etc. Two days were spent in Washington, D. C., where they visited several national parks, including the Devilwood. At Pittsburgh Mr. Milligan was the guest of honor at a grand banquet. Only they that took the trip can describe the interest and grandeur of the cities of the Eastern Star tendered a reception to Mrs. George Christian. Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Robinson. A large number of ladies were present, and a pleasant two hours with Mrs. Christian. SIOUX CITY NOTES. CLARINDA ITEMS The Ladies' Art club met at the home of Sylvia Cook Wednesday afternoon, October 3. The club ladies are doing some beautiful work. Lunchoon was served and an enjoyment had. Mrs. Ferris LeMars, Mo. arrived in cur city Wednesday evening to visit with her sister, Mrs. William Headley. Mrs. Phoebe Robes, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Cason and Miss Mabel Nash left for Omaha, Tuesday morning to attend the carnival and visit friends and relatives. Miss Gertrude Banks left this morning for her home in Omaha, Tuesday morning for his home at Leavenworth, Kan., after visiting with his mother, Mrs. Clara Bryant. Miss Ethel Saunders left Wednesday for her home in Omaha, after visiting two months with her aunt, Mrs. T. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Baker left this morning for Omaha to visit with their daughter, Mrs. Christopher Cochran. Mrs. Grace Greene, Mr. Arthur Webb and Mrs. Percy Lonaux of Sioux City arrived in Clarinda Sunday evening to visit with friends and relatives. They Make You Feel Good. The pleasant purgative effect experienced by all who use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, and the healthy condition of the body and mind which they create makes one feel joyful. Price, 35 cents. Samples free all drug stores. 310 West Grand Ave. O. B. RIVERS, PROPRIETOR. Dry Cleaning, Dyeing and Pressing of Ladies' and Gents' Clothing. REPAIRING HEATLY DONE. pestitial Criminals Two thirds of the convicts in America's greatest prison (the Missouri penitentiary at Jefferson City) are men without trade or profession. Look into any state penitentiary, and you will ordinarily find that at least one third of the convicts there connect are young men, ranging in age from 18 to 25 years, and that nearly all of these came into prison absolutely without the knowledge of any useful and gainful occupation. Comparatively few of the younger class of felons are illiterate. In my own experience, writes Thomas Speed Moody, Missouri state pardon attorney, in Success Magazine. I have never met one who could not read and write, and very many (by far the greater number, I should say) are possessed of no small degree of intelligence. But, however stupid or however precocious, they are found to be, scarcely without exception, young men who have not applied themselves to useful, honest work. This is true of both the poor and the well-to-do. Why are they there? The answer is by Gustave Marx, one of the "Citizen drink" that caused my downfall, he said; "not cigarettes, nor bad companions, either. It was just idleness. Idleness me first to cigarettes, then to the gallews. And I blame my folks. If they had made me remain at work, work would have kept us too busy to have planned robbery and murder." This is the story that fits them all. First, idleness; then cigarettes and drink, to blunt the moral sense and destroy the will; then living beyond one's means; then indulging the riotous excesses that spell debauchery and make for ruin. And may they not rightly blame their "folks," as did Gustave Marx? Society Music. Mary will have to be asked to play when she goes out in society. A proud mamma will attend to that. And Mary will play, with faithful accuracy, something from Chopin or Beethoven or Mendelssohn, and the young people will watch her chubby fingers thoughtfully and wonder when the selection will come to an end, writes Cynthia Westover Alden in Success Magazine. They will applaud, too—when the end is reached—for that is good manners, and everybody likes Mary anyhow. And then—well, Lucy Smith, who has never taken lessons, will rollick up to the piano and begin a "coon song," hands and feet will beat time all over the room, half the listeners will hum the retrain; everybody will see the difference between the piano as a pence and as a pleasure, and only Mary's mamma will make unpleasant side remarks about the degeneracy of popular taste in music. One of the great electric manufacturing companies reports gross earnings for the year covered by the statistics at over $33,000,000, with profits of $,179,000. This is the electric age for sure, and the experience of this one concern is probably matched by that of others. The demand for electrical appliances in every form was never greater, nor is there any indication of subsidence. An interesting accompaniment of this report of earnings is the government statement of copper production, from which it appears that the output of the metal for 1906 was 906,591,000 pounds, or 18,000,000 pounds in excess of the amount in 1905. Production and consumption of copper are intimately related to electrical development, and this country is foremost in both respects. Numerous inscriptions in Latin were cut on the new building for the department of agriculture in Washington. The head of the department discovered the other day that some of them are in bad Latin, and ordered them all erased and recut in plain English. There is no better reason for inscribing American public buildings with Latin than there would have been for putting inscriptions in Greek or Sanskrit on the public buildings in ancient Rome. The theory that there is popular virtue in a Aurelian tongue is widely held. It goes so far as to lead to the singing of French translations of German and Italian operas in American opera houses, translations made at the demand of music-loving Frenchmen, who insist that they shall understand the language sung to them. The London Lancei advises cigarette smokers to form the habit of quitting the habit by making their own cigarettes and abandoning the ready-made. That is like taking to whisky in order to swear off drinking wine. Now they say that soft drinks are made mostly of dope. Maybe the day will come when we shall have sterilized pop and boiled lemonade and things of that sort. Then it will be time to pass on. A Baltimore man has been complaining of feeling a live frog moving around in his stomach. Perhaps if he were to swallow a toadstool the frog would take it as an invitation to air down. A California exchange asks of its lady readers: "What would you do if you were a woman of 40 and brown suddenly upon the wizard?" The first thing the average woman does is to accept the first that she is 40 IOWA STATE NEWS Events of Recent Occurrence Through- out the Commonwealth. SMOOTH BURGLAR TAKEN. Police Catch Ottumwa Man After Long Hunt. Ottumwa—In the arrest of Walter Moore, the Ottumwa police declare they have taken the smoothest burglar that the city has ever known. Bur- glaries for over a year are laid at his door and the police accuse him of successful raids since April BIG MAN AT OELWEIN. General Superintendent of Great Western Present. Oelwein—The strike situation here has brought to Oelwein several of the general officers of the Great Western General Superintendent Goodell is in chief charge, and General Solicitor Briggs is here in an advisory capacity and he takes care of possible legal con The case is a peculiar one. Moore, who come from one of the oldest' and most respected families of the city, claims that he is morally impeccable when not under his control, but that when he is full of dope he does not know what he is doing, and that all the thefts which can be laid at his door were done while under the influence of the drug. The police take no stock in Joady-Helly theory, but insist that Moore is not only conscious but crafty. At all events when his home was enter, a search warrant having been procured, an enormous amount of merchandise and tools was stored day day long mechanics and carpenters have been streaming to the Moore residence on West Fourth street identifying tools as theirs. Moore seems to have made a specialty of high grade tools and strumentation, though in almost all stores a stock is His arrest came when the police discovered in the possession of Walter Roscoe, an undertaker's assistant, belonging to Dr. Hamblin, who rooms at the Moore home. The tools were stolen from the doctor's office some time ago and Roscoe, who bears an American flag, that the doctor them from Moore. The police have had their eye on Moore for some time, but have never been able to catch him entering a building. HURT IN ILLINOIS WRECK. Waterloo Men Were Injured at Rock Island. Waterloo... William A. Dodd, secretary of the William Galloway Company of Waterloo, and A. P. Granger of Nashua expert machinist for the same concern, were badly injured in a wreck on the Rock Island railroad at Rock Island, ill. The coach in which they were wounded was loaded completely over. Granger and Dodd were thrown across the coach and Granger's head and arm were thrust through the transom. In this position he was dragged with the car several rods and sustained bruises on parts of this wreck. The socket and his hand was ground to jelly. His head was cut and lacerated until he was almost beyond recognition. Seventeen stitches were taken in his head and twenty-seven in his arm before the wounds were closed. Dodd escaped. The lower limbs being bruised, Granger was on his way from Springfield to Nashua to attend the funeral of his aged father. Case Against Burlington Lumberman to be. Drowned Burlington—Hon. W. E. Blake, attorney for Horace S. Rand, the wealthy lumber merchant of Burlington, who was present at the trial of Senator Howard H. Boone for the case of Mr. Rand. He was indicted jointly with the senator in the alleged land fraud cases, has returned home and gave out a statement to the effect that without doubt the government was involved in the case of Mr. Rand. He said that there was not the slightest bit of evidence to connect Mr. Rand with any illegal transactions. He says that Rand's connection with the case was unknown to Rand until after the indictment. In fact, it is stated that Rand was not aware that he was the man referred to in the indictment until the warrant was served on him. MRS. SIMS JOINS SUNDAY. Des Moines Woman to Speak With Evangelist Des Molnes.-Mrs. A. B. Sims, champion whistler player of America, who recently renounced card playing to become the advocate of a new theory to remedy social evil, has joined hands with Rev. Billy Sunday, "the baseball evangelist," and will address the ten thousand people deemed in his tabernacle at Galesburg. Ill., next monday evening. It is not a permanent working arrangement, but Mrs. Sims has accepted Mr. Sunday's invitation to address about 2,000 women Sunday afternoon in the Congregational church prior to the arrival of the archangel oracle upon the subject of dealing with the white slave question. Drops From Shaft Between Wheels. Marshallown...Clarence. Hamel, machinist in the employer of the Lenox factory, narrow from death when he fell from the top shafting between the rapidly revolving wheels of a gasoline engine that he was setting up. The young man had sufficient presence of mind to grab a belt fastener and prevent him from falling. It was, he escaped with bad bruises, and was removed to his home in an ambulance. Cance Overturns; Struggle for Life. Fort Dodge—Thrown into the swift current of the Des Moines river by the upsetting of their canoe while returning at night from a river trip to the town of Humboldt, Gilbert and John Pray and E. Hale were forced to swim for their lives. All had a chance to reach land with difficulty. Cance, fishing tackle and camping out, which it contained, were swept down the stream and lost. May Have Been a Murder. Jefferson—it is now believed by many that he was found dying behind the railroad truck at Newell; met his death as a result of being pushed from a train, and parties interested in the case are making a thorough investigation. General Superintendent of Great Western Present. Oelwein—The strike situation here has brought to Oelwein several of the general officers of the Great Western. General Superintendent Goodell is in chief charge, and General Solicitor Briggs is here in an advisory capacity and he takes care of possible legal contingencies. The two big men, with others, make their head quarters in their private cars in the shop yards. They have stationed guards everywhere, allowing admission except on pass. "With other officials of the company I am located here to re-open the shops, and they 'remain here until that is effected,' said Superintendent Goodell. "I have no statement to give out as to whether the Gellwein shops will be open or not. We have no feeling of ill will toward the men we have been in our employ until they will not pay higher wages than other roads, or higher than its income will justify. "We are bringing in workmen every day, and at present have in our employ here ninety-eight machinists and eighteen bolsterers. We have seven fires running in the blacksmith shop. A force of men have begun work in the car shops, and four men are doing business in the mill. We have sent out three engineers since the strike development since we not at all have the coach shops as we have entered into a contract with the Pullman shops to do all of that work, and coaches will be sent to Pullman for repairs, painting, etc." INDICT IOWA LUMBERMEN. Federal Grand Jury at Minneapolis Reports Minneapolis, Mina.—Four leading Iowans have been indicted here by the federal grand jury for conspiracy to defraud by the use of the mails. The indictments follow an investigation of the so-called "little black book". The plan alleged to have been pursued by the lumbermen and other opponents of mall order houses provided that the victims were corresponded and made to send out inumerals, catalogues, all with no result in trade. The list of the indicted includes some of the best known business men in Iowa and Minnesota. The Iowans are as follows: the president of the Northwestern Retail Lumbermen's association and president of the Hawkeye Lumber company of Oskaloosa, Ia.; Stanley Moore of Waterloo, Ia., director of the Northwestern Lumbermen's association; C. E. Greef of Elida, Ia., up to the vice president of the Northwestern Lumbermen's association; B. P. French of Hawarden, Ia., vice president of the Queal Lumber company. MACKOWN MUST FACE JURY. Webster City Judge Refuses to Quash the Indictment. Webster City—Judge Wright overruled the motion of D. C. Chase to quash the indictment against the famous Geo. Mackown, charged with embezzlement and with the burning of Webster City's $100,000 felt shoe factory. He held that the jury lists the names of several judges of election boards, that this irregularity did not prejudice the rights of the defendant. The members of the felt shoe company are jubilant, for they feared the prisoner would go free without trial. The judge said Lee had dismissed the whole jury panel because of the same irregularities as applied to the Mackown jury, TREATED BY TELEPHONE. Long Science Healing Falls to Save Rabe. Sloux City—When the helpless babe of John. Mary Davis lay dying in its crib, the infant's grief-striken mother lost faith in Christian Science and made a despairing appeal to relatives to save the life of her first born. The effort was vain, for the baby ill three weeks with acute indigestion, passed away in the little home of the mother. Mora of Oweh called late were of no more avail than had been the ministers of the Christian Science expert at Oweh, who gave the child absent treatment over the long distance telephone. Interurban to Go to Lehigh. Fort Dodge—In an interview General Manager Blake of the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern announced that the electric line would be built into the town of Lehigh, fifteen months later, during the coming year. The short line necessary to reach Lehigh will lead from the main line at a point near the center of the gypsum fields south of Fort Dodge. It will be twelve miles away, heavy shipping as well as passenger trains will be a valuable point for the touch. Stole Her Turkeys; Married Her. Ida Grave—The grand jury of ida county is confronted with an unusual Greek is charged with stealing several sheep from a young woman neighbor. She filed complaint but since then Davis has wooed and won her. They were married a month ago, but she forgot to withdraw the complaint, so the wife still stands as the accuser of her husband as a thief. Charles City Must Pay $1,750. Charles City—In the damage suit brought by W. R. Beek against Charles City, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, awarding damages in the sum of $1,750, as remuneration for the victim, as the result of falling into a ditch where no warning was placed. Iowa Man Bells For $2,000.00. Reddick, the highest price ever paid in a lawsuit, was raised at Mr. Willems's sale of broured Duron Jersey west of town, one bag selling for $2,000. IN THE CANEBRAKE. "YOU AND I ARE BIGGER BEARS!" HONDURANS TAKE ACAJUTLA HONDURANS TAKE ACAJUTLA SALVADOREAN PORT IS CAPTURED BY A LAND FORCE. News of the Battle, Which Took Place in September is Declared False in Washington. San Francisco. — The Pacific mail steamer San Jose, from Panama and way stations, arriving in this port Monday morning, brought word of the capture of the Port of Acajutla in the latter part of September by the Honduran land forces after a battle with the army of Maduro. The attack upon Acajutla is said to have been well planned and to have taken place during the absence of the United States gunboat Yorktown, which was to have looked after American interests on the southern coast. Both the Yorktown, which was proceeding north, and the Chicago, were at Acapulco at the time of the capture of the Port of San Jose, at the time of the capture of the San Jose for San Francisco the full details of the battle had not been received. At Corinto the San Jose's manifest was examined by Nicaraguan government officials and her hold searched for ammunition in which she was found. The proceed. Washington. — Assistant Secretary of State Adee Monday night characterized as "an absurd canard" the report from San Francisco that Honduran land forces had captured the Port of Acajutla in the latter part of September after a battle with the army of Salvador. Mr. Adee said that Honduras and Salvador are on friendly terms and that no suggestion of trouble had reached the state department. The governor of Honduras government is in almost constant communication with the Central American powers concerned. Minister Ugarte, of Honduras, said that he had had cable dispatches from his government Saturday in regard to the coming peace conference to be held here by representatives of the Central American republics and that no mention was made of any difficulty at Acajutla. The ministers from Guatemala and Salvador are likewise without advices in any sense confirmatory of the reports from San Francisco. UNITE TO FIGHT LOW FARES. Railroads of Northwest Begin Action for Permanent Injunction. Sloux Falls, S. D.—All leading railroads having lines in South Dakota Thursday afternoon commenced a united action in the United States court, this city, for a permanent injunction preventing the state board of railroad commissioners from putting into effect October 15 an order restraining passenger rates in the term from three to three and one-half cents a mile. The commission was porarily restrained from putting the new rate into effect effecting a hearing from Judge Carland October 29 on the application for a permanent injunction. Omaha's New Cathedral Begun. Omaha, Neb.-Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul made the principal address at the laying of the cornerstone of the new St Cecilia's cathedral Sunday, devoting his remarks to a discussion of the present tendency to humanize Christ and make of Him an ordinary man. The ceremony followed a parade composed of nearly 9,000 people, representing all Catholic societies, in brilliant regalia, on foot and horseback. The new structure will be among the ten largest in the United States, and will cost upward of $250,000. Hersey to Be In Balloon Race Washington—At the request of Prof. Willis L. Moore, of the United States weather bureau, Secretary Wilson, of the department of agriculture, Monday authorized Mal. Henry B. Hersey, chief inspector of the government meteorological service, to represent the government in the international aeronautic cup race from St. Louis October 21. Mal. Hersey has just returned to this country from Spitburgen, where he assisted Walter Wellman in his effort to reach the north pole with an airship. Dr. and Mrs. Rowland Acquitted, Raleigh, N. C.—The jury in the Rowland murder trial Sunday morning returned a verdict of acquittal. Dr. and Mrs. David Rowland were charged with poisoning the woman's former husband, Charles R. Strange. Caid MacLean's Release Near Tangier—The British government has accepted the Bandit Ralston's reduced terms for Catt Sir Harry MacLean's release the principal items being $19,600 ransom and British protection for Ralston and his family. Wants Divorce Case Reopened, Claiming to Have New Proof. Philadelphia—Claiming that they have letters which passed between Thomas Madine, coachman, and Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje, which will result in a complete reversal of affairs, counsel for Augustus Hartje, the wealthy Pittsburgh manufacturer, appeared before Governor Andrew Munger, on Monday to argue a petition for reopening the sensational suit for divorce which he brought against his wife. Other letters which the petitioner says he has found since the case was heard were written, he alleges, by Helen Scott and Ida Scott to Howard A. Lappe, of Pittsburgh, Pa., in which the writers indicate that unless their parents them a certain sum of money they have in "in" for the petitioner. These letters were written, according to the petition, on April 27 and April 29, 1907. In the petition presented to the court for Mr. Hartje he recites that since the hearing in the case he has secured letters written by Thomas Madine, the coachman, while he was in Ireland, to Mrs. Hartje while she was in England, to Thomas Madine and others which she wrote to the coachman from there. He relates that he is in a position to prove that Mrs. Hartje arranged with the employees of the hotel to have the letters delivered privately to her and that she supplied Madine with envelopes addressed to herself. He further avers that Mrs. Hartje arranged with a hair dresser, Ambrois, of 274 Rue de la République, in Paris, through him to Madine and that she received letters from the coachman and sent money to him through the same avenue. LICENSE ORDERED SUSPENDED. Steamer Fred Hartweg Causes Trouble on President's Trip. Evansville, Ind.-United States Inspector of Hulls Williams for the local port Friday afternoon received a telegram signed by President Roosevelt directing that the license for the steamer Fred Hartweg, carrying the present delegation to the present river trip, be immediately suspended. The telegram follows: "Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 4. On Board U. S. S. Mississippi- Supervisor Inspector of Vessels, Evansville, Ind. I direct that the license of the master or whoever is responsible for the 'Fred Hartweg' during the present voyage be suspended at once for 90 days. I wish this done by telegraph, wherever the boat may be, if such procedure is possible. Col. Sears can give you the details of the misconduct, which has been of serious nature and might have occurred as a accident to this boat as well as to other boats.-Theodore Roosevelt." The steamer Fred Hartweg's home port is Calro and it is inspected at Evansville. Judge Faints on Bench. Bemidij, Minn.-Peter Mathleson, on trial for killing John Johannes near Tenetrisk last February, was found guilty of murder in the first degree. Judge McClenanha fainted when about to pronounce sentence and was carried from the courtroom. He was revived and returned and sentenced the convicted man to hang within 90 days. Arbitration Project Wins. The Hague-The entire Anglo- American project providing for obligatory arbitration was approved at the Monday evening's session of the committee on arbitration by 31 votes to 9. Wages of Operators Increased. Topeka, Kan.-The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad company Monday announced an increase in the wages of all telegraph operators on the system. The increase went into effect October 1. To Break Mormon Politicians. Washington—Frank J. Cannon, formerly United States senator from Utah, has become the head of a determined agitation to break down the political power of mormonism in the western states. Student Falls Heir to $20,000. Lincoln, Neb—Miss Katherine Rittenhouse, a student at Northwestern university, in Chicago, has fallen into the estate worth $20,000 by the will of Colleen Wing, who was rejected by her mother when a girl. Arrested, He Kills Himself. Davantport, Ia—James H. Farrand, superintendent of delivery in the Daxport post office, was arrested Friday morning, charged with opening registered mail. Soon after he committed suicide. MEGRO MURDERER LYMCHED MEGRO MURDERER LYMCHED CITIZENS OF CUMBERLAND, M.D. METE OUT SWIFT JUSTICE. Jail Door Battered In, and Colored Desperado Kicked to Death by Crowd. Cumberland, Md.—William Burns (colorad), who fatally shot Policeman August August Thursday night, was taken from the jail early. Sunday morning by a mob and shot and kicked to death. This was the first lynching in the history of Cumberland, and it is condemned by few of the citizens. The shooting of Policeman Banter by Burns, who was a desperado, while the latter was resisting arrest, created a great deal of excitement, owing to the excellent reputation of the officer and his well-known kindly disposition. His death on Sunday morning was followed by threats against George, whose coming as against those of his own race as from the whites. Few, however, seem to have thought a lynching possible and the police paid no attention to the rumors that were afloat. Only Deputy Sheriff Adam Pendley was at the jail when, after midnight, a crowd of fewer than a hundred men, some of whom were disguised in one way or another, appeared and demanded the keys. These being re-grounded by a vigilant policeman, was applauded as the battering ram and entrance to the building was forced. Other negroes in neighboring cells were careful to guide the lynchers to that of Burns, and here again the battering ram was used. The lynchers found their victim crouched behind his cot, and seated downstairs and into the street, where, within a few yards of the entrance to the jail Burns was kicked and shot to death. TOWER WISHES TO RETIRE. Ambassador to Germany Wants to Return Next Spring. Berlin.—Ambassador Tower has written President Roosevelt asking that he be permitted to retire from the diplomatic service next spring. Mr. Tower's reasons are understood Ambassador Tower. to be that, having been abroad for nearly 11 years, he desires again to live in his own country in order to have a home there for his sons, who are now nearly ready to go to Harvard college, to attend to his extensive financial, mining and railroad interests. SHOWERED WITH MOLTEN METAL Four Men Killed and Thirty Horribly Injured at Butler, Pa. Butler, Pa.—An explosion caused by the upsetting of the metal pot in a cupola of the Standard Steel company here late Sunday night caused the death of four men, fatally injured 28 and seriously injured ten others. Nearly all the men were foreigners. The large wheel plant was demolished causing a loss estimated at $100,000. The condition of the 30 men injured is pitiful. Although still alive the features of a majority are mutilated beyond recognition. The hot metal was showered over them causing horrible injuries. Has Killed Fourteen Men. Chattanooga, Tenn., D. E. Edwards, on trial for the murder of Sam Beck, a knapper, made a starting attempt under cross-examination Thursday. He was asked by the attorney general if he had killed any one previous to the killing of Brooks "I have shot and probably killed 14 men in my time," said Edwards. He said that a majority of the killings occurred in the Kentucky mountains and during the labor strike in Chicago. Ecuadorian Rebels Dispersed. Guanajuil, Ecuador — A large band of Ecuadorian rebels has been defeated by a detachment of Peruvian police near the city of Pirau, Peru. The rebels had planned to invade Ecuador, expecting heavy reinforcements after they crossed the frontier. Odessa Jew-Baiting Continued Odessa. The unionists of Odessa continued Monday their attacks and outrages upon Jews. They began by surrounding the Hebrew cemetery where a funeral service was going on. First, they stoned and then they fired a volley of shots at the mourning Jews, many of whom were wounded. The Jews dug in panic. Later in the day members of the Black Hundreds divided themselves into small groups, ransacking several Jewish shops and mercilessly beating the proprietors. Odessa Jewa Beaten Again. Odessa—Despite the precautionary measures taken by Governor General Nowlitak, the unionists Sunday, after the funeral of H. Dalfaskin, assistant chief of the secret police, who was killed in an attempt to break up an anarchistic meeting several days ago, renewed their anti-semitic outrages. Several Jewish tea rooms were ransacked and numerous Jews were brutally beaten, it being necessary to send 18 of them to hospitals. The police dispersed the mob but made no arrests. ```markdown ``` How a Veteran Was Saved by the tation of a Limb. B. Frank Doremus, surgeon Roosevelt avenue, Indianapolis says; "I have showing symptoms kidney trouble the time I was tered out but the health never suffered in 1897. He showed illness and shortness, first, and dropsy. I was and helped him." showing symptoms the time I was tered out of school but in all my life never suffered 1897. Heath was sincere ness, first and dropy. I was and helped run down from 180 to 182 pain was having terrible pain in noys, and the secretions pass involuntarily. My left leg swelled it it was 34 inches around. My doctor tapped it night. mil I could never stand it then I could amputation. I tried and began using Dona's Kidney Pills. The swelling gradually the urine became natural and my pains and aches disappeared have been well now for nine since using Dona's Kidney Pills. For sale by all dealers. box. Foster-Milburn Co. Little One Wanted to Pick the Baby derchidrenable" Flies away When the first little grandmother was big enough to want to be in the garden flowers, the grandmother every gulfeful means to save her posies from devastation. A flower reached when it was agreed that the riet should let the garden bloom and pick only "children's" flowers descriptive name bestowed to her alike on dandelions, daisies and clovers. After the was peace in the family, Grandmother katherine, the newest grandmother contentedly pulling the grandmother's slipped of flowers and largest flowers. Katherine remembered that fresh flowers not been gathered for the dinner ble. She ran over to grandmother promptly coined one of the blooming words a four-year-old over "Grandmother," she begged "you pick the underchidrenable flower for dinner!" "For a year I have had bad news call ecaena. I had an itching all over my body, and when I would cry out the night it would keep me awake and the night, and the more I would mouth, the more it would itch. I tried all kinds of remedies, but could not relief. "I used one cake of Cuticula, one box of Cuticula, and two cake of Cuticula Resolvent Pill, which used me a dollar and twenty five cents in all, and am very glad I need do, I was completely cursed to be Paglush, 207 N. Roberston, Ill., Oct. 8 and 16, 1906. The Necessary Item "I have a friend who says he doesn't sat much through the day" commands the woman, "but every day and he takes a little nip to maintain self. I suppose, for not sitting, says it's very good for a man who on the shady side of 50 to take little nips of something — strengthens through the day." "You tell him from me," said the Kentucky colonel, "that when we go to be on the shady side of the street, 'it'll ben at only good fun him, but it will be absolutely necessary to his existence." As in the Olden Time. A great sensation has been expressed at Mantua, in Italy, by the Discovery in real life of what reads like the lurid climax of a medieval utopia. It appears that a young woman named Cornellia Orlandell, 18 years old and of good family, has been immured in a lunatic asylum by her own family in order to keep her from correspond with a young man of her own station in life. All Explained. There is a little story going round the house of commoners about a curious member who abstained from voting on the deceased wife's will. Bill Questioned by one of his friends as to the reason for his abstention, he replied: "Well, my dear fellow, it's like this—my wife has a sister."—John Bull. Drink More Water. There are so many soothing and hygienic elements in water, just close water, either hot or cold, that make erally speaking, the whole human race would be better for more than if not necessarily copious, an end to few persons drink enough water in tween meals. By following the directions which are plainly printed on each page of Defiance Starch, Men's Oblate and Cuffs can be made just as stiff as the sired, with either glass or domestic finish. Try it, 16 oz. for 100, sold by all good grocers. Electricity in Bookbinding. Electricity is now being largely used in the bookbinding industry for embossing and such work. With the aid of the current it is possible to make 480 impressions a minute, which much than stones for its increased cost. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES RHEUMATISM BRIGHTS DISEASE DIABETES URINARY 1375 "Guarana" T. H. Ex-Senator M. C. Butler. Dyspepsia Is Often Caused By Catarrh of the Stomach-Peruna Relieves Catarrh of the Stomach and Is Therefore a Remedy for Dyspepsia. Hon. M. C. Butler, U. S. Senator from South Carolina for two terms, in a letter from Washington, D. C., writes to the Peruna Medicine Co., an follows: I recommend Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach trouble. I have been using your medicine for a short period and I feel very much relieved. It is indeed a wonderful medicine, besides a good tonic." CATARRH of the stomach is the correct name for most cases of dyspepsia. Only an internal catarrh remedy, such as Peruna, is available. Peruna Tablets can now be procured. SICK HEADACHE Positively cured by these Little Pills. They also relieve Distress from Dyspnea, Insidation and Too Heavy Indigestion. A perfect remedy for Nausea, Nausea, Drowsiness, Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER Positively cured by these little Pills. They also relieve Dizziness from Dyspnea, Indigestion and Too Heavy Eating. A perfect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea and Cramps. Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain in the SIDE, TORPID LIVER They regulate the Bowel. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. Genuina Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. Some of the choices lands in the grain grow- ning belts of Saskatchewan recently been opened for settlement under the Revised Homestead Regulations of Canada. The land is steamed steads of icecream FARMS WESTERN CANADA FREE lands in the grain grow- ning belts of Saskatche- wan, recently been opened for settlement under the Revised Homestead Act, and thousands of hom- esteads of 100 acres are now available. The land- possible for entry to be made by proxy, the opportu- nity that many in the United States have been allowed to enter the land for entry for any other member of the family, who may be entitled to make entry for himself or herself. Entry is not required for the District by proxy. (on certain conditions by the father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister of intending homesteader. Land in Manitoba or the North West Provinces, excepting and 28, not required, excepting and 28, not required, or male over 18 years of age, to the extent of one- thousand acres. The land in each case will be 500. Churches, schools and markets convenient. Healthy climate, splendid crops and good laws. Grain-growing and for other particulars as to rates, routes, best time to go and where to locate, apply to E. T. BOLINER, 225 Jackson St. St. Paul, Minn.; or W. V. REHENEY, 200 New York Lil. Bldg., Gambia, Sue. Mica Axle Grease lengthens the life of the wagon—saves horse- power, time and tem- per. Best lubricant in the world—contains powdered mica which forms a smooth, hard coating on axle, and reduces friction. If you want your outfit to last and earn money while it lasts—grease the axles with Mica Axle Grease. STANDARD OIL COMPANY Incorporated LIVE STOCK AND MISCELLANEOUS Electrotypes IN GREAT VARIETY FOR SALE AT THE LOWEST PRICES BY A.N.KELLOGG NEWSPAPER CO. 73 W. Adams Street, CHICAGO READERS of this paper de- sign of your paper thing advertised in its columns should insist upon having what they ask for, refusing all sub- titles or imitations. DEFIANCE STARCH 16 ounces 10 sheets each only 10 ounces—same price and DEFIANCE 19 SUPERIOR QUALITY GRABBED BY TRUST RAILWAY CONTRACTS FOR OIL ARE TAKEN FROM RIVALS. LOWER PRICE NO HELP Manager of Competing Company Testifies in the Hearing of the Federal Suit for Disolution. New York.—Testimony that railroads purchased their lubricating oils from the Standard Oil company at prices that were higher than those of its competitors was heard Monday in the federal suit for the dissolution of the so-called oil trust. Philip Harrison, manager of the New York Lubricating Oil company, which has engaged in a long strife with the Standard fn the lubricating oil industry, was on the witness stand all day and testified that though the products of his company proved satisfactory to the railroads, and were sold at prices under the Standard's figures, the railroads declined to renew their contracts with the New York Lubricating Oil company. Mr. Harrison said he was never openly told by the railroad officials why the contracts were not entered into again, but he had a well defined idea of the cause. The New York Lubricating Oil company entered into a contract in 1903 to supply the Louisville & Nashville railway for a period of two years, said Mr. Harrison, and six months before the contract expired President Milton Smith, of the railroad, informed the oil company that it need not endeavor to obtain a renewal of the contract. Mr. Harrison testified that he had informed President Smith that if he was permitted to bid for the business he was prepared to reduce the price of engine oil from the current contract price. Notwithstanding the fact that President Smith had praised the quality of the oil and that it was offered at a lower price than that asked by the Standard, Mr. Harrison said, the Louisville & Nashville railway entered into a contract with the Galena Signal Oil company, a subsidiary of the oil combine. Mr. Kellogg, counsel for the government, showed the witness the contract entered into by the Louisville & Nashville and the Galena company after the railroad's contract with the New York Lubricating company had expired, and Mr. Harrison said that the figures showed that the railroad paid $30,000 a year more for its oil to the Standard than it would have paid under a contract with the New York company. Mr. Harrison testified that the Central Railway of Georgia had purchased its oil from his company and that it had been satisfactory. The Standard obtained the business, the witness said, notwithstanding the fact that the oil combine charged a higher price than the New York Lubricating Oil company charged. COTTON CONGRESS8 OPENED. Delegates from Many Lands at Atlanta Conference. Atlanta, Ga.—With delegates present representing every phase of the cotton industry from the time it leaves the planters' hands to the time when the product, woven into fabrics, is sent to the markets of the world, and including representatives of many foreign countries, the international conference of cotton spinners and growers met at the state capitol building in this city Monday. More than 500 delegates were present, nearly a hundred of these representing the great mills of Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal, with an aggregate wealth in farm lands, cotton crop and mills of nearly $4,000,000,000. Gov. Hoke Smith of Georgia, in his address of welcome, caused much applause by advocating the ginning, compressing and bailing of the cotton on the plantation. ASK CONGRESS FOR WATERWAY. Resolutions Adopted at Memphis—Next Convention in Chicago. Memphis, Tenn.—After passing resolutions indorsing the ship channel project and calling upon congress for an appropriation sufficient to secure a 14-foot canal from the lakes to the Gulf of Mexico through the route already selected by army engineers, the deep waterway convention adjourned Saturday afternoon. The next meeting of the association will be held in Chicago. Representatives of New Orleans, who have been conducting a vigorous campaign, withdrew the name of that city in favor of Chicago, and the latter city was selected by acclamation. It is generally understood that an agreement was reached whereby New Orleans will have the convention in 1809. Two Patiay County in Meat Strike. Pittsburgh, Pa.—Levi Jones, 63 years old, and William Carpenter, aged 34, are dying from injuries received in a duel Sunday with a knife and an ice pick as weapons. The fight was prompted by jealousy. George E. Robinson, Detroit, Dies, Detroit, Mich—George E. Robinson, prosecuting attorney of Wayne county and one of the most widely-known attorneys in the state, died suddenly from heart disease at his home here Sunday afternoon. Whole County in Meat Strike. Augusta, Me.—Nearly 1,200 of the people of Kennebec county are in open revolt against the high prices demanded for meat and have pledged themselves to abstain from all meat for ten days. Army Lieutenant Blown to Pieces San Antonio, Tex—Owen V. Anderson, recently appointed to a lieutenancy in the United States army, was blown to atoms Friday while handling a bottle of nitro-glycerine. The house was wrecked. SAID TO BE SIMPLE EASILY MIXED RECIPE FOR KID NEWS AND BLADDER. Get from any prescription pharmacist the following: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Shake well in a bottle and take a teaspoonful dose after each meal and at bedtime. The above is considered by an eminent authority, who writes in a New York daily paper, as the finest prescription ever written to relieve Backache, Kidney Trouble, Weak Bladder and all forms of Urinary difficulties. This mixture acts promptly on the eliminative tissues of the Kidneys, enabling them to filter and strain the uric acid and other waste matter from the blood which causes Rheumatism. Some persons who suffer with the afflictions may not feel inclined to place much confidence in this simple mixture, yet those who have tried it say the results are simply surprising, the relief being effected without the slightest injury to the stomach or other organs. Mix some and give it a trial. It certainly comes highly recommended. It is the prescription of an eminent authority, whose entire reputation, it is said, was established by it. HIS MEMORY-WAS GOOD. Commodore Vanderbilt Had Not Forgotten Old Days. The coming of age of Miss Gladys Vanderbilt and the payment to her of some twelve millions of dollars inheritance has brought out a new crop of anecdotes about the Vanderbilt fortune. One of the latest illustrates the democratic spirit of the old commodore. Sitting on the porch of a fashionable hotel at a fashionable resort on one occasion, it is related, the commodore saw a lady approaching with whom he was acquainted. His wife and daughter, who recognized her, could scarcely contain their anger when he arose and politely addressed her. "Don't you know," said the daughter after she had gone, "that horrid woman used to sell poultry to us?" "Yes," responded the old millionaire, "and I remember when your mother sold root beer and I pedled oysters in New Jersey." Remarkable Photography. Remarkable Photography. Photography has caught the fastest express train in motion by means of the cinematograph, and it also shows the growth of a flower. A bud which bursts into bloom in, say, 16 days, is exposed to a camera every 15 minutes during the 16 days, and when the pictures developed from the films are assembled in order in the moving picture machine, the observer may see, to his delight, all in a minute or two, the gradual breaking of the bud—the blossoms open, close by night and reopen in the morning, the leaves grow under the eye, the stamens peep from cover, and, finally, the full-blown flower. Concelt. "There goes the big-feelin'est man in town!" pessimistically said a citizen of Pettville, indicating with a contemptuous jerk of his thumb a pompous-appearing personage who was passing. "He thinks so darned much of himself that he won't loaf in a grocery store like ordinary folks—if he can't loaf in the bank he won't loaf at all. And, as far as I can see, he ain't so all-fired better than some of the rest of us, neither!"—Puck. Billions in New Securities. Close to a billion dollars of new bonds and shares were issued in Wall street from January to last July. The railroads, which have been the greatest borrowers, issued the great bulk of these securities. In taking its lines from Jersey City to Long Island the Pennsylvania company has been spending $100,000,000—Boston Globe. His Language. Mrs. Cussem—Why did you take the parrot out of the room? Mr. Cussum—He's just beginning to learn to talk, and I thought it was best to keep him out while I was best on my new shirt." Whether you be men or women, you will never do anything in the world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind, next to honor.—James Allan. The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience.—Seneca. "Wisdom is the sunlight of the soul.—German." TRANSFORMATIONS. Curious Results When Coffee Drinking is Abandoned. It is almost as hard for an old coffee toper to quit the use of coffee as it is for a whisky or tobacco blend to break off, except that the coffee user can quit coffee and take up Postum without any feeling of a loss of the morning beverage, for when Postum is well bolled and served with cream, it is really better in point of flavor than most of the coffee served nowadays, and to the taste of the connoisseur it is like the flavor of fine, mild Java. A great transformation takes place in the body within ten days or two weeks after coffee is left off and Postum used, for the reason that the poison to the nerves—caffaine—has been discontinued, and in its place is taken a liquid food that contains the most powerful elements of nourishment. It is easy to make this test and prove these statements by changing from coffee to Postum. Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." PURE FOOD ASSURED The National Pure Food Law has stopped the sale of all impure food products. No more need for worry on that score! It's now a question of efficiency and good value for your money. Your Grocer will sell you a can of K C on trial. Use it for your favorite cake. It will be lighter, tastier, more delicate, or we pay him for the can. It will open your eyes. Try it quick. Don't delay. You are missing much. JAQUES MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Chicago. Beecher Scored Point. Justin McCarthy tells a story of the late Henry Ward Beecher, Mr. Beecher entered Plymouth church one Sunday and found several letters awaiting him. He opened one and found it contained the single word "Fool." Quietly and with becoming seriousness he announced to the congregation the fact in these words: "I have known many an instance of a man writing a letter and forgetting to sign his name, but this is the only instance I have ever known of a man signing his name and forgetting to write the letter." The extraordinary popularity of fine white goods this summer makes the choice of Starch a matter of great importance. Defiance Starch, being free from all injurious chemicals, is the only one which is safe to use on fine fabrics. Its great strength as a stiffener makes half the usual quantity of Starch necessary, with the result of perfect finish, equal to that when the goods were new. Sea Trout Fattened. A sea trout was caught at Aberdeen recently, which swam 120 miles in 49 days, and doubled its weight on the way. It was marked and put into the Coquet in Northumberland, and when recaught at Aberdeen, its length was not increased, its rapid gain in weight being due to corpulence. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of Matt H. Mitchell In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought Insight Not Appreciated. It's so strange that a man never appreciates the wonderful insight of a woman's mind when she refuses to believe that the street cars were blocked. Ladies Can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allen's Foot-Ease. A certain cure for swollen, sweating, hot, aching feet. At all Druggists, 25c. Accept no substitute. Trial package FREE. Address A. S. Clinsted, Le Roy, N. Y. A man who likes work is never at a loss. If he falls, he will rise again; we need never despair of him—P. J. Stahl. PURE The Nation pure food p now a que BEST CAN GUARANTEE KG OUNces 25 MAKING POWDER MANUFACTURED ONLY QUES MANUEL CHICAGO YORK, KANSAS TRADE MARK REGISTERED BEST CAN GUARANTEE Your Grocer's cake. It will It will open y JAQUES Gathering Ostrich Feathers. Ostrich feathers can be taken every eight months. The plumes are not, as some suppose, pulled, but are cut with a sharp knife. The stumps wither and fall out. To prevent that tired feeling on ironing day—Use Defiance Starch—saves time—saves labor—saves annoyance, will not stick to the iron. The big 16 oz. package for 10c, at your grocer's. Even when a man pays cash for an electronic battery he wants it charged. Guns, Traps, Decoys, Etc. Lowest prices. Write for free catalog No.1. N. W. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, Minn. What deep wounds ever close without a scar?—French. None to Excel "OUCH" OH, MY BACK IT IS WONDERFUL HOW QUICKLY THE PAIN AND STIFFNESS GO WHEN YOU USE ST. JACOBS OIL THIS WELL-TRIED, OLD-TIME REMEDY FILLS THE BILL 25c.—ALL DRUGGISTS.—50c. CONQUERS PAIN KG BAKING POWDER for years has stood every test for purity and wholesomeness. Its superior quality shows in the delicious cakes and biscuit that KC is guaranteed to make. The price is a saving of over half your baking powder money— If you have never tried K C, do so now under the following guarantee: W. L. DOUGLAS $3.00 & $3.50 SHOES BEST IN THE WORLD —SHOES WITH THE MOST NUMBER OF THE FAMILY, AT ALL PRICES. $25,000 (To any one who can prove W. L. Douglas does not make & soil Reward) for shoes at $3.50 miles (than any other manufacturer. THE REASON W. L. Douglas shoes are worn by more people in the life of the man. Other make, is made by excellent style, easy-fitting, and superior quality. The selection of the leather and other materials for each part of the shoes over every detail of the materials used by the complete organization of superintendent and skilled shoemakers, who receive the highest wages paid in the shoe industry, and who workmanship cannot be better. If you could buy your company factories at Brockton, Mass. and show you how carefully W. L. Douglas shoes are made, you would understand that their shoes, like yours, make. My $4.95 & $5.00 Gift Edgé Shoes cannot be equalled at any price. No substitute. Ask your dealer for W. L. Douglas shoes. If he cannot supply you, send direct to factory. Shoes sent everywhere by mail, Catalog free. W. L. Douglas, Brockton, Mass. PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED SEND FOR FREE LINES. TRATATAS ON ORDER DR. THORNTON & MINOR 1000 ST. 51, KANSAS CITY, MO. "For one year," writes Ruby Farley, of Middletown, Calif., "I was troubled with suppression. I tried other medicines and doctors, but nothing helped me. At last I took Cardui, and now I am well and strong." For the various ills of woman's life, no medicine will be found to excel Wine of Cardui It operates upon the womanly functions, regulating their action and condition, heals and builds up the womanly organs. It is a woman's medicine. Try it. Sold everywhere, in $1 bottles, with full directions for use inside the wrapper. WRITE US A LETTER Write today for a free copy of valuable 64-page illustrated Book for Women. If you need Medical Advice, visit www.medicaladvice.com. If you need sealed envelope, address: Ladies Advice Dept. The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. Sheer white goods, in fact, any the wash goods when now, owe much of their attractiveness to the way they are laundered, this being done in a manner to enhance their textile beauty. Home laundering would be equally satisfactory if proper attention was given to starching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the improved appearance of your work. Marrying for Love. Happy marriages are surely possible even in these unpesticid, hard-hearted times. They are, if the people will only follow the instinct of their better natures and marry for love—the reverent, impassionate love of the man for the malden, the pure, unsophisticated affection of the malden for the man—instead of bartering happiness for rank or money—Thorne. How's This? We offer. One Hundred Dollar Reward for any doll that cannot be cured by Hall's Catnair Cure. P. J. CHENNY Co., Toledo, O. We, the underdogs, know him. Clearly, for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honestly to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WARN: You may not wholesale Drugsite, Toledo, O. Hall's Catnair Cure is taken internally; acting internally, the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 15 cents per bottle. Sold by all Drugsite. Take Hall's Family Friend for constipation. It isn't a difficult task for a hoopsnake to make both ends meet. 1 the great woman's remedy for woman's mills, made only of roots and herbs. It cures Female Complaints, such as Dragging Sensations, Weak Back, Falling and Displacements, Inflammation and Ulceration, and all Organic Diseases, and is invaluable in the Change of Life. It dissolves the Bacterial Infection, Subdue Prostration, Exhaustion, and strengthens and tones the Stomach. Cures Headache, General Debilitation, Indigestion and invigorates the whole female system. It is an excellent remedy for derangements of the Kidneys in either sex. Perfect Womanhood The greatest menace to woman's permanent happiness in life is the suffering that comes from some derangement of the feminine organs. Many thousands of women have realized this too late to save their health, barely in time to save their lives. To be a successful wife, to retain the love and admiration of her husband, should be a woman's constant study. As a woman finds that her energize flaggering, that she gets easily tired, dark shadows appear under her eyes, she has backache, headache, bearing-down sensations, nervousness, irregularities or the "blues," she should start at once to build up her system by a tonic with specific powers, such as Lydia E. Pinkham's W the great woman's remedy for woman It cures Female Complaints, such Back, Falling and Displacements. In Organic Diseases, and is invaluable in and Expels Tumors at an early s Protection, Exhaustion and strong Headache, General Debility, Indig female assem. It is an excellent Kidneys in either sex. TOUCH" I, MY BACK WONDERFUL HOW QUICKLY THE STIFFNESS GO WHEN YOU USE ACOBS OIL WELL-TRIED, OLD-TIME EDY FILLS THE BILL —ALL DRUGGISTS—500. ONQUERS PAIN ASSU has stopped the sale and for worry on that a good value for you BAKING POWDER and every test for p quality shows in the that KC is guaranteed a saving of over H money— es for 25 cents never tried K C, do guarantee: on trial. Use it for yo plicate,—or we pay him Don't delay. You are mi G COMPANY, WEST COLUMBIA EYELE & INSTITUTED EXQUIPELY cannot be equalled by any price. He cannot afford to call you. Then he shoots. If he cannot supply you, send atalog free. W.L.Douglas, Brockton, Mass. RED. SEND FOR FREE ISSUES. TRIALIZE ON ELECTRAL OR MEMORIAL MEMORIES OF PRESENT MEN CARED IN ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. by Farley, of Middletown, Ct. micines and doctors, but nothin and strong." For the vari of Ca ly functions, regulating their THE LADY Vegetable Compound Wills, made only of roots and herbs. as Dragging Sensations, Weak Dammation and Ulceration, and all the Change of Life. It dissolves stage, Subtues Painless, Nervous chums and tones the Stomach. Ourse question, and invigorates the whole remedy for derangements of the Pain Paint Return this with 50 cents and I will send Volocose Pain Paint, stains pain, instantly removes Headache, Toothache, Hemorrhage, Pains munits could foster and lives; burns will not blister. A spoonful saten foul drink, R. W. WOLGOTY, Webster Building. Dr. W. WOLGOTY, Webster Building. $30 AN HOUR MERRY GO ROUNDS We also manufacture Razzie Daniels, Sirriths, etc. HENCHER IN SPILLMAN CO., General Amusement Outlitters, Dept. M. ROKER TOSOWARIA, N. Y. PATENTS and TRADE MARKS of ALEXANDER, DE, BOM K.I., FRIED LARRY, WILLIAM, DE, NEW WASHINGTON, K.G. Book A of information sent FREE. PATENTS Watson E. Culmine, Patient Atten- sory, Washington, D.C. Terrus J. Jou, Michael run. DEFIANCE STARCH servi tion to the tree. URED of all im- score! It’s our money. security and the delicious d to make. half your so now your favorite for the can. passing much. Chicago. To convince any patient to improve our health antiseptic will improve our health for all we claim for it. We claim to send her absolutely free a large trial treatment and genuine testimonials. Send your name and address on a postal card. PAXTINE cleanses and moistens menses and infections such as nasal catarrh, pelvic catarrh, and inflammation caused by female urinary tract infections, throat and mouth, by direct local treatment, a potentive power over those troubles is extraordinary, and gives immediate relief. The House of Prison has recommended it every day. 60 cents at drugstores or by mail. Remember, however, that THE R. PAXTUN CO., Boston, MA. W. N. J., DES MOINES, NO. 41, 1907 alif.. "I was troubled with ing helped me. At last I ous ills of woman's life, urdui action and condition, heals dicine. Try it. Sold ev- me wrapper. Book for Women. If you need Medical Advice in Pakistan sealed envelope. Address: Ladia aga, Tenn. Possible Criminals Two thirds of the convicts in America's greatest prison (the Missouri penitentiary at Jefferson City) are men without trade or profession. Look into any state penitentiary, and you will ordinarily find that at least one of the convicts there confined are young men, ranging in age from 18 to 25 years, and that nearly all of those came into prison absolutely without the knowledge of any useful and gainful occupation. Comparatively few of the younger class of felons are illiterate. In my own experience, writes Thomas Speed Moby, Missouri state pardon attorney, in Success Magazine. I have never met one who could not read and write, and very many (by far the greater number, I should say) are possessed of no small degree of intelligence. But, however stupid or however preoccupied, they are found to be, scarcely without exception, young men who have not applied themselves to useful, honest work. This is true of both the poor and the well-to-do. Why are they there? The answer is given by Gustave Carman, one of the Chicago "carban" bands, who recently died upon the gallows: "It wasn't an attack the my downfall," he said: "not cigarettes, nor bad companions, then did it not. I was idleness. I led me first to cigarettes, then to drink, then to bad companions—then to the gallows. And I blame my folks. If they had made me remain at work, work would have kept me too busy to have planned robbery and murder. This is the story that fits them all. First, idleness; then cigarettes and drink, to blunt the moral sense and destroy the will; then living beyond one's means; then indulging the rottous excesses that spell debauchery and make for ruin. And may they not rightly blame their "folks," as did Gustave Marx? Society Music. Mary will have to be asked to play when she goes out in society. A proud mamma will attend to that. And Mary will play, with faithful accuracy, something from Chopin or Beethoven or Mendelssohn, and the young people will watch her chubby fingers thoughtfully and wonder when the selection will come to an end, writes Cynthia Westover Aden in Success Magazine. They will applaud, too—when the end is reached—for that is good manners, and everybody likes Mary anyhow. Ard then—well, Lucy Smith, who has never taken lessons, will rollick up to the piano and begin a "coon song," hands and feet will beat time all over the room, half the listeners will hum the refrain; everybody will see the difference between the piano as a pence and as a pleasure, and only Mary's mamma will make unpleasant side remarks about the degeneracy of popular taste in music. One of the great electric manufacturing companies reports gross earnings for the year covered by the statistics at over $33,000,000, with profits of $4,179,000. This is the electric age for sure, and the experience of this one concern is probably matched by that of others. The demand for electrical appliances in every form was never greater, nor is there any indication of subsidence. An interesting accompaniment of this report of earnings is the government statement of copper production, from which it appears that the output of the metal for 1906 was 906,591,000 pounds, or 18,000,000 pounds in excess of the amount in 1905. Production and consumption of copper are intimately related to electrical development, and this country is foremost in both respects. Numerous inscriptions in Latin were cut on the new building for the department of agriculture in Washington. The head of the department discovered the other day that some of them are in bad Latin, and ordered them all erased and recut in plain English. There is no better reason for inscribing American public buildings with Latin than there would have been for putting inscriptions in Greek or Sanskrit on the public buildings in ancient Rome. The theory that there is popular virtue in a Airegian tongue is widely held. It goes so far as to lead to the singing of French translations of German and Italian operas in American opera houses, translations made at the demand of music-loving Frenchmen, who insist that they shall understand the language sung to them. The London Lancet advises cigarette smokers to form the habit of quitting the habit by making their own cigarettes and abandoning the ready-made. That is like taking to whiskey in order to swear off drinking wine. Now they say that soft drinks are made mostly of dope. Maybe the day will come when we shall have sterilized pop and boiled lemonade and things of that sort. Then it will be time to pass on. A Baltimore man has been complaining of feeling a live frog moving around in his stomach. Perhaps if he were to swallow a toadstool the frog would take it as an invitation to sit down. A California exchange asks of its lady readers: "What would you do if you were a woman of 40 and throw suddenly upon the world?" The first thing the average woman does is to announce the fact that she is 40. IOWA STATE NEWS Events of Recent Occurrence Through-out the Commonwealth. SMOOTH BURGLAR TAKEN. Police Catch Ottumwa Man After Long Hunt. Ottumwa.—In the arrest of Walter Moore, the Ottumwa police declare they have taken the smoothest burglar that the city has ever known. Burglaries for over a year are laid at his door and the police accuse him of trey successful raids since April. BIG MAN AT OELWEIN. General Superintendent of Great Western Present. Oelwein.—The strike situation here has brought to Oelwein several of the general officers of the Great Western General Superintendent Goodell is in chief charge, and General Solicitor Briggs is here in an advisory capacity and he takes care of possible legal con The case is a peculiar one. Moore, who come from one of the oldest and most respected families of the city, claims that he is morally impolite when he meets a doctor. He adds that when he is full of dope he does not know what he is doing, and that all the thefts which can be laid at his door were done while under the influence of the drug. The police take no stock. John Hyde theory, he assert that Moore is not only conscious but cruel. At all events when his home was enter, a search warrant having been procured, an enormous stock of merchandise and artworks was laid out day long mechanics and carpenters have been streaming to the Moore residence on West Fourth street identifying tools as thelrs. Moore seems to have made specialty of high grade instruments and instruments were enough in order to stock a store. His arrest came when the police discovered in the possession of Walter Roscoe, an undertaker's assistant, a set of valuable surgical instruments belongs to Dr. Home. From Moore the tools were stolen from the doctor's office some time ago and Roscoe, who bears an excellent reputation, says that he bought them from Moore. The police found his eyes on Moore some time, but have never been able to catch him entering a building. HURT IN ILLINOIS WRECK. Waterloo Men Were Injured at Rock Island. Waterloo,—William A. Dodd, secretary of the William Galloway Company of Waterloo, and A. P. Granger of Nashua expert machinist for the same concern, were badly injured in a wreck on the Rock Island railroad at Rock Island, ill. The coach in which they were killed, the Granger freight and rolled completely over. Granger and Dodd were thrown across the coach and Granger's head and arm were thrust through the transom. In this position he was dragged with the car several rods and sustained bruises all parts of his body were broken. The socket and his hand was ground to jelly. His head was cut and lacerated until he was almost beyond recognition. Seventeen etchings were taken in his head and twenty seven in his arm before the wounds were closed. Dodd escaped. He was lower limbs being bruised. Granger was on his way from Springfield to Nashua to attend the funeral of his aged father. RAND TO GO FREE. Case Against Burlington Lumberman in to be Dropped Burlington—Hon. W. E. Blake, attorney for Horace S. Rand, the wealthy lumber merchant of Burlington, who was present at the trial of the defendant, said he was half of Mr. Rand, who was indicted jointly with the senator in the alleged land fraud cases, has returned home and gave out a statement to the judge. The defendant would dismiss the case of Mr. Rand. He said that there was not the slightest bit of evidence to connect Mr. Rand with any illegal transaction. Blake says that Rand's connection with the case was unknown to Rand until after the indictment. In fact, it is stated that Rand was a defendant in the case and reded to in the indictment until the warrant was served on him. MRS. SIMS JOINS SUNDAY. Des Moines Woman to Speak With Evangelist. Des Moines...Mrs. A. B. Sims, champion whistler player of America, who recently renounced card playing to become the advocate of a new theory to remedy social issues, and who will finally Sunday "the baseball evangelist," and will address the ten thousand people who will probably be assembled in his tarnacade at Gatesburg, Ill., next Monday evening. The permanent working arrangement, but Mrs. Sims has accepted Mr. Sunday's invitation to address about 2,000 women Sunday afternoon in the Congregational church prior to the service, and to arm the eracle upon the subject of dealing with the white slave question. Drops From Shaft Between Wheels. Marshallhill, Hamilel, machinist in the employ of the Lenox Machine Co. had a narrow escape from the fire from the machine, between the rapidly revolving wheels of a gasoline engine that he was setting up. The young man had sufficient presence of mind to grab a belt fastener and prevent him self being carried into the wheel. As he escaped the fire, he was removed to his home in an ambulance. Cance Overturns; Struggle for Life. Fort Dodge, Thames, Camden cause the upsetting of their canoe while returning at night from a river trip to the town of Humboldt, Gilbert and John Pray and V. E. Hale were forced to swim for their lives. All had a reachable land with difficulty. Cance, fishing tackle and campout, which it contained, were swept down the stream and lost. May Have Been a Murder, Jefferson.—it is now believed by many that he was found dead found dying beside the railroad track at Newell met his death as a result of being pushed from a train, and being shot by a police officer, making a thorough investigation. General Superintendent of Great Western Present. Oelwein.—The strike situation here has brought to Oelwein several of the general officers of the Great Western. General Superintendent Goodell is in chief charge, and General Solicitor Briggs is here in an advisory capacity and he takes care of possible legal contingencies. The two big men, with others, make their head quarters in their private cars in the shop yards. They have stationed guards every allowed admission except on mass. "With other officials of the company I am located here to re-open the shops, and shall 'remain here until that is effected," said SuperIntendent Goodell. "I have no statement to give out as to whether the Oelwein shops will be open or not. We have no feeling of ill will toward the men we have been in our employ since we have been in our employ Great Western will not pay higher wages than other roads, or higher than its income will justify. "We are bringing in workmen every day, and at present have in our employ here ninety-eight machinists and eighteen bollermakers. We have seven fires running in the blacksmith shop. A force of men have begun work in the car shops, and four men are doing business in the mill. We have sent out three engines since the strike developed, but not at the coach shops as we have entered into a contract with the Pullman shops to do all of that work, and coaches will be sent to Pullman for repairs, painting, etc." INDICT IOWA LUMBERMEN. Federal Grand Jury at Minneapolis Report Minneapolis, Minn.—Four leading lowans have been indicted here by the federal grand jury for conspiracy to defraud by the use of the mails. The indictments follow an investigation of the so-called "little black book." The plan alleged to have been pursued by the lumbermen and other defendants in the court videod that the victims of the device were engaged in futile correspondence and made to send out innumera. catalogues, all with no result in trade. The list of the inducted includes some of the best known business men in Iowa and Minnesota. The Iowaans are as follows: Ralph Burnside, president of the Northwestern Retail Lumbermen's association and president of the Hawkeve Lumber company of Oskala, Idaho, vice president of the Northwestern Warehouse, director of the Northwestern Lumbermen's association; C. E. Greef of Eldora, Ia., up to last year, vice president of the Northwestern Lumbermen's association; C. E. Greef of Hawarden, Ia., vice president of the Queal Lumber company. MACKOWN MUST FACE JURY. Webster City Judge Refuses to Quash the Indictment Webster City—Judge Wright overruled the motion of D. C. Chase to quash the indictment against the famous Geo. MacKown, charged with embedment and with the burning of Webster City's $100,000 felt shoe factory. He held that the jury lists the crimes, but the names of several judges of election boards, that this irregularity did not prejudice the rights of the defendant. The members of the felt shoe company are jubilant, for they feared the prisoner would go free without trial. The judge Lee had dismissed the whole jury panel because of the same irregularities as applied to the MacKown jury, TREATED BY TELEPHONE. Long Science Healing Fails to Save Babe. Sloux City—When the helpless babe of Mrs. John Davis lay dying in its crib, the infant's greet-striken mother lost faith in Christian Science and made a despairing appeal to physicians to save the life of her first baby. The effort was vain, for the baby ill three weeks with acute indigestion, passed away in the little home of the Davis family. Efforts of physicians called late were of no more avail than the child of a Christian Science expert at Oelwain, who gave the child absent treatment over the long distance telephone, Interurban to Go to Lehigh. Fort Dodge.—In an interview General Manager Blake of the Fort Dodge, Des Molines and Southern announced that the electric line would be built into the town of Lehigh, fifteen miles north of this town, the coming year. The short line necessary to reach Lehigh will lead from the main line at a point near the center of the gypsum fields south of Fort Dodge. It will be twelve miles north of this town, as well as passenger traffic, will be a valuable point for the line to touch. Stole Her Turkeys; Married Her. Ida Grave.—The grand jury of Ida county is confronted with an unusual case. A woman charged with stealing several turkeys from a young woman neighbor. She filed complaint but since then Davis has wooed and won her. But she were married month ago, but the wife still withdraw the plaint, so the wife still stands as the accuser of her husband as a thief. Charles City Must Pay $1,750. Charles City—In the damage suit brought by W. R. Beek against Charles City, the jury returned a verdict awarding damages in the sum of $1,750. The motion for injuries received some time ago, as the result of falling into a ditch where no warning was placed. Iowa Mog Bells For $2,050.00. Rebate the highest price ever paid for a dog in a litter, paid at S. Wilson's sale of thoroughbred Duncan Jersey west of town, one hog selling for $2,050. IN THE CANEBRAKE. "YOU AND I ARE PRACTICAL BREAKS!" HONDURANS TAKE AGAJUTLA HONDURANS TAKE AGAJUTLA BALVADOREAN PORT IS CAPTURED BY A LAND FORCE. News of the Battle, Which took Place in September is Declared False in Washington. San Francisco. — The Pacific mail steamer San Jose, from Panama and way stations, arriving in this port Monday morning, brought word of the capture of the Port of Acajuita in the latter part of September by the Honduran land forces after a battle with the amphibian. The attack upon Acajuita is said to have been well planned and to have taken place during the absence of the United States gunboat Yorktown, which was to have looked after American interests on the southern coast. Both the Yorktown, which was proceeding north, and the Chicago, were at Acapulco at the time of the capture of the Port of San Jose, and at the picture of the San Jose for San Francisco the full details of the battle had not been received. At Corinto the San Jose's manifest was examined by Nicaraguan government officials and her hold searched for ammunition, after which she was allowed to proceed. Washington, the Assistant Secretary of State for Monday night characterized as "an absurd canard" the report from San Francisco that Honduran land forces had captured the Port of Acajutla in the latter part of September after a battle with the army of Salvador. Mr. Adee said that Honduras and Salvador are on friendly terms and that no suggestion of trouble had reached the state department. The government is in almost constant communication with the Central American powers concerned. Minister Ugarte, of Honduras, said that he had had cable dispatches from his government Saturday in regard to the coming peace conference to be held here by representatives of the Central American republics and that no mention was made of any difficulty at Acajutia. The ministers from Guatemala and Salvador are likewise without advices in any sense confirmation of the reports from San Francisco. UNITE TO FIGHT LOW FARES. Railroads of Northwest Begin Action for Permanent Injunction. Stoux Falls, S. D.—All leading railroads having lines in South Dakota Thursday afternoon, commenced a united action in the United States court, this city, for a permanent injunction preventing the state board of railroad commissioners from putting into effect October 15 an order reducing passenger rates in the state from three to two and one-half cents the countywide, who apparently restrained from putting the new rate into effect pending a hearing from Judge Carland October 29 on the application for a permanent injunction. Omaha's New Cathedral Omaha's New Cathedral Begun. Omaha, Neb.-Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul made the principal aid and the coronation of the new St Coillach's cathedral on Sunday, devoting his remarks to a discussion of the present tendency to humanize Christ and make of Him an ordinary man. The ceremony followed a parade composed of nearly 9,000 people, representing all Catholic societies, in brilliant regalia, on foot and in procession. The will be among the ten largest in the United States, and will cost upward of $250,000. Hersey to Be In Balloon Race. Washington—At the request of Prof. Willis L. Moore, of the United States weather bureau, Secretary Wilson, of the department of agriculture, Monday authorized Maj. Henry B. Hersey, chief inspector of the government meteorological service, to represent the government in the international aeronautic cup race from St. Louis October 21. Maj. Hersey has been appointed from Spitbbergen, where he assisted Willis Wellman in his effort to reach the north pole with an airship. Dr. and Mrs. Rowland Acquitted. Raleigh, N. C.—The jury in the Rowland murder trial Sunday morning returned a verdict of acquittal. Dr. and Mrs. David Rowland were charged with poisoning the woman's former husband, Charles R. Strange. Cald MacLean's Release Near. Tangier—The British government reduced the bailout Raleigh's reduced payments for Cald Sir Harry MacLean's release, the principal items being $150,000 ransom and British protection for Raleigh and his family. HARTJE RENEWS HIS FIGHT. Wants Divorce Case Reopened, Claiming to Have New Proof. Philadelphia—Claiming that they have letters which passed between Thomas Madine, coachman, and Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje, which will result in a complete reversal of affairs, counsel for Augustus Hartje, the wealthy Pittsburgh manufacturer, appeared before the Pennsylvania superior court here Monday to argue a petition for reopening the sensational suit for divorce which he brought against his wife. Other letters which the petitioner says he has found since the case was heard were written, he alleges, by Helen Scott and Ida Scott to Howard A. Lappe, of Pittsburg, the written addict that unless their lawyer paid them a certain sum of money each month they would "turn in" for the petitioner. These letters were written, according to the petition, on April 27 and April 29, 1907. In the petition presented to the court for Mr. Hartje he recites that since the hearing in the case he has secured letters written by Thomas Madine, the coachman, while he was in Ireland, to Mrs. Hartje while she was at the Hotel Victoria in London, which she wrote to the coachman from there. He relates that he is in a position to prove that Mrs. Hartje arranged with the employees of the hotel to have the letters delivered privately to her and that she supplied Madine with envelopes addressed to herself. He further avers that Mrs. Hartje arranged with a hair dresser, Ambrois, of 274 Rue de la Paix, to deliver them through him to Madine and that she received letters from the coachman and sent money to him through the same avenue. Steamer Fred Hartweg Cauces Trouble on President's Trip. Evansville, Ind.-United States Inspector of Hulls Williams for the local port Friday afternoon received a telegram signed by President Roosevelt directing that the license for the steamer Fred Hartweg, carrying the Pittsburgh delegation in the present river trip, be immediately suspended. The telegram follows: "Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 4.—On Board U. S. S. Mississippi—Supervisor Inspector of Vessels, Evansville, Ind.—I direct that the license of the master or whoever is responsible for the Fred Hartweg" during the present voyage be suspended at once for 90 days. I wish this done by telegraph, wherever the boat may be, if such procedure is possible. Col. Sears can be the officer and the micropost which has been of serious nature and night have at any time caused an accident to this boat as well as to other boats—Theodore Roosevelt." The steamer Fred Hartweg's home port is Calro and it is inspected at Evansville. Bemidii, Minneapolis—Boris Hjellstjohn, on trial for killing John Johansen near Tenstrike last February, was found guilty of murder in the first degree. Judge McClenan fainted when about to pronounce sentence and was carried from the courtroom. He was revived and returned and sentenced the convicted man to hang within 90 days. Arbitration Project Wins. The Hague—The entire Anglo-American project providing for obligatory arbitration was approved at the Monday evening's session of the committee on arbitration by 31 votes to 9. Wages of Operators Increased. Topeka, Kan.—The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad company Monday announced an increase in the wages of all telegraph operators on the system. The increase went into effect October 1. To Break Mormon Politicians. Washington—Frank J. Cannon, formerly United States senator from Utah, has become the head of a determined agitation to break down the political power of mormonism in the western states. Student Fails Heir to $20,000. Lincoln, Neb.-Miss Katherine Rittonhouse, a student at Northwestern university, in Chicago, has fallen heir to an estate worth $20,000 by the will of Col. Isaac Wing, who was rejected by her mother when a girl. Arrested. He Killa Himself. Davenport, Ia.-James H. Parrand, superintendent of delivery in the Davenport post office, was arrested Friday morning, charged with opening registered mail. Soon after he committed suicide. NEGRO MURDERER LYNCHED CITIZENS OF CUMBERLAND, MD, METE OUT SWIFT JUSTICE. Jail Door Battered In, and Colored Desperado Kicked to Death by Crowd. Cumberland, MD—William Burns (colored), who fatally shot Policeman August Banter Thursday night, was taken from the jail early Sunday morning by a mob and shot and kicked to death. This was the first lynching in the history of Cumberland, and it is condemned by few of the citizens. The lynching of Policeman Banter by Burns, who was a deserado, while the latter was resisting arrest, created a great deal of excitement, owing to the excellent reputation of the officer and his well-known kindly disposition. His death on Saturday morning was followed by threats against the negro, these coming as much from those of his own race from the white. For even, seem to have thought a lynching possible and the police paid no attention to the rumors that were afloat. Only Deputy Sheriff Adam Pendley was at the jail when, after midnight, a crowd of fewer than a hundred men, some of whom were disguised in one way or another, appeared and demanded the keys. These being refused, a telegraph pole was used as a guide lynchers to that of Burns, and here again the battering ram was used. The lynchers found their victim crouched behind his cot, and seizing him by the feet, they dragged him downstairs and set fire to the few yards of the entrance to the jail Burns was kicked and shot to death. Ambassador to Germany Wants to Return Next Spring. Berlin.—Ambassador Tower has written President Roosevelt asking that he be permitted to retire from the diplomatic service next spring. Mr. Tower's reasons are understood. Ambassador Tower. to be that, having been abroad for nearly 11 years, he desires again to live in his own country in order to have a home there for his sons, who are now nearly ready to go to Harvard college, and to give his personal attention to his extensive financial, mining and railroad interests. SHOWERED WITH MOLTEN METAL Four Men Killed and Thirty Horribly Injured at Butter, Pa. Butler, Pa.—An explosion caused by the upsetting of the metal pot in a cupola of the Standard Steel company here late Sunday night caused the death of four men, fatally injured 20 and seriously injured ten others. Near ly all the men were foreigners. The large wheel plant was demolished causing a loss estimated at $100,000. The condition of the 30 men injured is pitiful. Although still alive the features of a majority are mutill-lated beyond recognition. The hot metal was showered over them causing horrible injuries. Has Killed Fourteen Men. Chattanooga, Tenn. — D. D. Edwards, on trial for the murder of Sam Brook, a negro, made a startling statement under cross-examination Thursday. He was asked by the attorney general if he had killed any one previous to the killing of Brooks. "I have shot and probably killed 14 men in my time," said Edwards. He said that a majority of the killings occurred in the Kentucky mountains and during the labor strike in Chicago. Ecuadorian Rebels Dispersed. Guayaquil, Ecuador—A large band of Ecuadorian rebels has been defeated by a detachment of Peruvian police near the city of Pura, Peru. The rebels had planned to invade Ecuador, expecting heavy reinforcements after they crossed the frontier. Odessa Jew-Baiting Continued. Odessa Jew-Bathing Continued. Odessa — the unionists of Odessa continued Monday their attacks by outrages against Jews. They began putting the Hebrew cemetery where a funeral service was going on First, they stoned and then they fired a volley of shots at the mourning Jews, many of whom were wounded. The Jews fled in panic. Later in the day members of the Black Hundreds divided themselves into small groups, ransacking several Jewish shops and mercilessly beating the proprietors. Odessa Jewe Beaten Again. Odessa—Despite the precautionary measures taken by Governor General Novikitl, the unionists Sunday, after the funeral of H. Dahlskyn, assistant chief of the secret police, who was killed in an attempt to break up an anarchistic meeting several days ago, renewed their anti-semitic outrages. Several Jewish tea rooms were ransacked and burned, it being necessitated by beaten, it being necessitated by send 18 of them to hospitals. The police dispersed the mob but made no arrests. How a Veteran Was Saved the Ampu- tation of a Limb. B. Frank Doremus, veteran, of Roosevelt avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. says; "I had been showing symptoms of kidney trouble from the time I was muertered out of the army, but in all my life I never suffered as in 1897. Headaches, disness and sleeplessness, first, and then dropy. I was weak and helpless, having showing symptoms of kidney trouble from the time I was m术tered out of the army, but in all my life I never suffered as in 1897. Headaches, disness and sleepiness, first, and then dropy. I was weak and helpless, having run down from 180 to 125 pounds. I was having terrible pain in the kidneys, and the secretions passed almost involuntarily. My left leg swelled till it was 34 inches around, and the doctor tapped it sight and morning until it no longer it and then he advised me to animation. I reused, and we were using Doan's Kidney Pills. The swelling subdued gradually the urine became natural, and all my pains and aches disappeared. I have been well now for nine years since using Doan's Kidney Pills." For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N.Y. Little Ono Wanted to Pick the "Underchildrenable" Flowers. When the first little granddaughter was big enough to want to pick the garden flowers, the grandparents tried every gulletful means to save their posies from devastation. A truce was reached when it was agreed that Harriet should let the garden plants alone and pick only "children's flowers," a descriptive name bestowed at once alike on dandelions, buttercups, daisies and clovers. After that day was peace in the family. One day Katherine, the newest granddaughter, was contented with grasses while grandmother shipped off blossoms to the forget-me-nots. Katherine remembered that fresh flowers had not been gathered for the dinner table. She ran over to grandmother and promptly coined one of the longest words a four-year-old ever used. "Grandmother," she bogged, "can't I pick the underchildrenable flowers for dinner?" SLEEP BROKEN BY ITCHING. Eczema Covered Whole Body for a Year—No Relief Until Cuticura Remedies Prove a Success. "For a year I have had what they call eczema. I had an itching all over my body, and when I would retire for the night it would keep me awake half the night, and the more I would scratch, the more it would itch. I tried all kinds of remedies, but could get no relief. "I used one cake of Cuticura Soap, one box of Cuticura, and two vials of Cuticura Resolvent Pills, which cost me a dollar and twenty-five cents in all, and am very glad I tried them, for I was completely cured. Walter W Pagluch, 207 N. Robey St. Chicago Il., Oct. 8, 16, 1968." The Necessary Evil. "I have a friend who says he doesn't sat much through the day," remarked the woman, "but every now and then he takes a little nip to comfort himself. I suppose, for not eating. He says it's very good for a man who is on the shady side of 50 to take little nips of something strengthening through the day." "Well, tell him 'from me,'" said the Kentucky colonel, "that when he givs to be on the shady side of the sixties, 'it'll be ot only good fuh him, but it will be absolutely necessary to his existence." As In the Olden Time. A great sensation has been caused at Mantua, in Italy, by the discovery in real life of what reads like the lilim climax of a redewel melodrama. It appears that a woman named Cornella Orlandell, 18 years old and of good family, has been immured in a lunatic asylum by her own family in order to keep her from corresponding with a young man of her own station in life. All Explained. There is a little story going round the house of commons about a certain member who abstained from voting in the local council of a wife's union, succeeded by one of his friends as to the reason for his abstention, he replied: "Well, my dear fellow, it's just like this—my wife has a sister." John Bull. Drink More Water DRINK MORE WATER There are so many nectar and hygienic waters in water, just clear water, either hot or cold, that, generally speaking, the whole human race would be better for more varied, if not necessarily copious, use of it. Few persons drink enough water between meals. By following the directions, which are plainly printed on each package of Defiance Starch, Men's Collars and Cuffs can be made just as stiff as desired, with either gloss or domestic finish. Try it, 16 oz. for 10c, sold by all good grocers. Electricity in Bookbinding. Electricity is now being largely used in the bookbinding industry for embossing and such work. With the aid of the current it is possible to make 480 impressions a minute, which more than atones for its increased cost. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES BACKUP 1975 "Guarantee" UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM SOUTH CAROLINA PRAISES PE-RU-NA. J. B. H. Ex-Senator M. C. Butler. Dyspepsia Is Often Caused By Catarrh of the Stomach—Peruna Relieves Catarrh of the Stomach and Is Therefore a Remedy for Dyspepsia. Hon. M. C. Butler, U. S. Senator from South Carolina for two terms, in a letter from Washington, D. C., writes to the Peruna Medicine Co., as follows: "I can recommend Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach trouble. I have been using your medicine for a while and I feel very much relieved. It is indeed a wonderful medicine, besides a good tonic." CATARRH of the stomach is the correct name for most cases of dyspepsia. Only an internal catarrh remedy, such as Peruna, is available. Peruna Tablets can now be procured. New and Liberal Homestead Regulations in New Districts Now Opened for Settlement FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Some of the choicen lands in the grain grower wan and Alberta have recently been opened Regulations of Canada. The Revised Homestead Regulations of Canada. The most steeds of 100 acres. ACADEMY FARM S WESTERN GANADA FREE lands in the grain harvest bands in the Sakatchewan wan and be open to farmers for settlement under the Revised Homestead for settlement under the Revised Homestead Thousands of homesteads of 10 acre acreage available. The most possible for entry to be made by proxy, the opportunity that many in the United States have been waiting for. Any person who is admitted to the conditions of the family, who may be entitled to make entry for himself or herself. Entry may now be made before the Agent or other person, by the father, son, daughter, brother or sister of intending homestead. "Any even number of Dominion Provinces, the North West Provinces, escaping it and 88, not reserved, may be admitted to the family, or male over 10 years of age, to the extent of conquer section, of 140 acres, more or less. The fee in each case, the Church, splendid crops and good laws, Grain-growing and cattle raising principal industries, states, routes, best to go and where to locate, apply to E. T. BOLNES, 325 Jackson St. St. Paul, Minne- sota, E. T. BOLNES, 301 New York Lilb. Bldg., Gambia, Ha Mica Axle Grease lengthens the life of the wagon—saves horse- power, time and tem- pert. Best lubricant in the world—contains powdered mica which forms a smooth, hard coating on axle, and reduces friction. If you want your outfit to last and earn money while it lasts—grease the axles with Mica Axle Grease. STANDARD OIL COMPANY Incorporated LIVE STOCK AND MISCELLANEOUS Electrotypes IN GREAT VARIETY FOR SALE AT THE LOWEST PRICES BY A.N.KELLOGG NEWSPAPER CO. 73 W. Adams Street, CHICAGO READERS of this paper de- piring to buy any thing advertised in its column should insist upon having what they ask for, refusing all sub- stitutes or initials. DEFIANCE STARCH 16 ounces to the package other starchs only 10 ounces—same price and DEFIANCE IS SUPERIOR QUALITY- GRABBED BY TRUST SAID TO BE SIMPLE RAILWAY CONTRACTS FOR OIL ARE TAKEN FROM RIVALS. LOWER PRICE NO HELP Manager of Competing Company Test ifies in the Hearing of the Federal Suit for Dis. New York.—Testimony that railroads purchased their lubricating oils from the Standard Oil company at prices that were higher than those of its competitors was heard Monday in the federal suit for the dissolution of the so-called oil trust. Philip Harrison, manager of the New York Lubricating Oil company, which has engaged in a long strife with the Standard in the lubricating oil industry, was on the witness stand all day and testified that though the products of his company proved satisfactory to the railroads, and were sold at prices under the Standard's figures, the railroads declined to renew their contracts with the New York Lubricating Oil company. Mr. Harrison said he was never openly told by the railroad officials why the contracts were not entered into again, but he had a well defined idea of the cause. Graham Grabs the Business. The New York Lubricating Oil company entered into a contract in 1903 to supply the Louisville & Nashville railway for a period of two years, said Mr. Harrison, and six months before the contract expired President Milton Smith, of the railroad, informed the oil company that it need not endeavor to obtain a renewal of the contract. Mr. Harrison testified that he had informed President Smith that if he was permitted to bid for the business he was prepared to reduce the price of engine oil from the current contract price. Notwithstanding the fact that President Smith had praised the quality of the oil and that it was offered at a lower price than that asked by the Standard, Mr. Harrison said, the Louisville & Nashville railway entered into a contract with the Galena Signal Oil company, a subsidiary of the oil combine. Mr. Kellogg, counsel for the government, showed the witness the contract entered into by the Louisville & Nashville and the Galena company after the railroad's contract with the New York Lubricating company had expired, and Mr. Harrison showed that the figures showed that the railroad paid $30,000 a year more for its oil to the Standard than it would have paid under a contract with the New York company. Mr. Harrison testified that the Central Railway of Georgia had purchased its oil from his company and that it had been satisfactory. The Standard obtained the business, the witness said, notwithstanding the fact that the oil combine charged a higher price than the New York Lubricating Oil company charged. COTTON CONGRESS OPENED. Delegates from Many Lands at Atlanta Conference. Atlanta, Ga.—With delegates present representing every phase of the cotton industry from the time it leaves the planters' hands to the time when the product, woven into fabrics, is sent to the markets of the world, and including representatives of many foreign countries, the international conference of cotton spinners and growers met at the state capital building in this city Monday. More than 500 delegates were present, nearly a hundred of these representing the great mills of Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal, with an aggregate wealth in farm lands, cotton crop and mills of nearly $4,000,000,000. Gov. Hoke Smith of Georgia, in his address of welcome, caused much applause by advocating the ginning, compressing and bailing of the cotton on the plantation. A8K CONGRESS FOR WATERWAY. Resolutions. Adopted at Memphis—Next Convention in Chicago. Memphis, Tenn.—After passing resolutions indorsing the ship channel project and calling upon congress for an appropriation sufficient to secure a 14-foot canal from the lakes to the Gulf of Mexico through the route already selected by army engineers, the deep waterway convention adjourned Saturday afternoon. The next meeting of the association will be held in Chicago. Representatives of New Orleans, who have been conducting a vigorous campaign, withdrew the name of that city in favor of Chicago, and the latter city was selected by acclamation. It is generally understood that an agreement was reached whereby New Orleans will have the convention in 1909. Two Fatally Hurt in Fight. Pittsburgh, Pa.—Levi Jones, 63 years old, and William Carpenter, aged 34, are dying from injuries received in a duel Sunday with a knife and an ice pick as weapons. The fight was prompted by jealousy. George E. Robinson, Detroit, Dies. Detroit, Mich.—George E. Robinson, prosecuting attorney of Wayne county and one of the most widely-known attorneys in the state, died suddenly from heart disease at his home here Sunday afternoon. Whole County in Meat Strike. Augusta, Me.—Nearly 1,200 of the people of Kennebette county are in open revolt against the high prices demanded for meat and have pledged themselves to abstain from all meat for ten days. Army Lieutenant Blown to Pieces San Antonio, Tex—Owen V. Anderson, recently appointed to a heuten- ancy in the United States army, was blown to atoms Friday while handling a bottle of nitro-glycerine. The house was wrecked. EASILY MIXED RECIPE FOR KID NEYS AND BLADDER. Tells Rescue How to Prepare This Home-Made Mixture to Cure the Kidneys and Bladder and Rheumatism. Get from any prescription pharmacist the following: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Shake well in a bottle and take a teaspoonful dose after each meal and at bedtime. The above is considered by an eminent authority, who writes in a New York daily paper, as the finest prescription ever written to relieve Backache, Kidney Trouble, Weak Bladder and all forms of Urinary difficulties. This mixture acts promptly on the eliminative tissues of the Kidneys, enabling them to filter and strain the uric acid and other waste matter from the blood which causes Rheumatism. Some persons who suffer with the afflictions may not feel inclined to place much confidence in this simple mixture, yet those who have tried it say the results are simply surprising, the relief being effected without the slightest injury to the stomach or other organs. Mix some and give it a trial. It certainly comes highly recommended. It is the prescription of an eminent authority, whose entire reputation, it is said, was established by it. HIS MEMORY. WAS GOOD. Commodore Vanderbilt Had Not Forgotten Old Days. The coming of age of Miss Gladys Vanderbilt and the payment to her of some twelve millions of dollars inheritance has brought out a new crop of anecdotes about the Vanderbilt fortune. One of the latest illustrates the democratic spirit of the old commodore. Sitting on the porch of a fashionable hotel at a fashionable resort on one occasion, it is related, the commodore saw a lady approaching with whom he was acquainted. His wife and daughter, who recognized her, could scarcely contain their anger when he arose and politely addressed her. "Don't you know," said the daughter after she had gone, "that horrid woman used to sell poultry to us?" "Yes," responded the old millionaire, "and I remember when your mother sold root beer and I peddled oysters in New Jersey." Remarkable Photography. Photography has caught the fastest express train in motion by means of the cinematograph, and it also shows the growth of a flower. A bud which bursts into bloom in, say, 16 days, is exposed to a camera every 15 minutes during the 16 days, and when the pictures developed from the films are assembled in order in the moving picture machine, the observer may see, to his delight, all in a minute or two, the gradual breaking of the bud—the blossoms open, close by night and reopen in the morning, the leaves grow under the eye, the stamens peep from cover, and, finally, the full-blown flower. Conceit. "There goes the big-feelin'est man in town!" pessimistically said a citizen of Pettyville, indicating with a contemptuous jerk of his thumb a poinous-appearing personage who was passing. "He thinks so darned much of himself that he won't loaf in a grocery store like ordinary folks—if he can't loaf in the bank he won't loaf at all. And, as far as I can see, he ain't all-fired better than some of the rest of us, neither!"—Puck. Billions In New Securities Close to a billion dollars of new bonds and shares were issued in Wall street from January to last July. The railroads, which have been the greatest borrowers, issued the great bulk of these securities. In taking its lines from Jersey City to Long Island the Pennsylvania company has been spending $100,000,000—Boston Globe. His Language. Mrs. Cussem—Why did you take the parrot out of the room? Mr. Cussem—He's just beginning to learn to talk, and I thought it was best to keep him out while I was putting on my new shirt." Whether you be men or women, you will never do anything in the world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind, next to honor—James Allan. The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience—Seneca. Wisdom is the sunlight of the soul.—German* TRANSFORMATIONS. Curious Results When Coffee Drinking Is Abandoned. It is almost as hard for an old coffee toper to quit the use of coffee as it is for a whisky or tobacco flend to break off, except that the coffee user can quit coffee and take up Postum without any feeling of a loss of the morning beverage, for when Postum is well boiled and served with cream, it is really better in point of flavor than most of the coffee served nowadays, and to the taste of the connoisseur it is like the flavor of fine, mild Java. A great transformation takes place in the body within ten days or two weeks after coffee is left off and Postum used, for the reason that the poison to the nerves—caffeine—has been discontinued, and in its place is taken a liquid food that contains the most powerful elements of nourishment. It is easy to make this test and prove these statements by changing from coffee to Postum. Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." PURE FOOD ASSURED The National Pure Food Law has stopped the sale of all impure food products. No more need for worry on that score! It's now a question of efficiency and good value for your money. Your Grocer will sell you a can of K C on trial. Use it for your favorite cake. It will be lighter, tastier, more delicate, or we pay him for the can. It will open your eyes. Try it quick. Don't delay. You are missing much. JAQUES MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Chicago. Beecher Scored Point. Justin McCarthy tells a story of the late Henry Ward Beecher, Mr. Beecher entered Plymouth church one Sunday and found several letters awaiting him. He opened one and found it contained the single word "Tool." Quietly and with becoming seriousness he announced to the congregation the fact in these words: "I have known many an instance of a man writing a letter and forgetting to sign his name, but this is the only instance I have ever known of a man signing his name and forgetting to write the letter." The extraordinary popularity of fine white goods this summer makes the choice of Starch a matter of great importance. Defiance Starch, being free from all injurious chemicals, is the only one which is safe to use on fine fabrics. Its great strength as a stiffener makes half the usual quantity of Starch necessary, with the result of perfect finish, equal to that when the goods were new. Sea Trout Fattened. A sea trout was caught at Aberdeen recently, which swam 120 miles in 49 days, and doubled its weight on the way. It was marked and put into the Coquet in Northumberland, and when recaught at Aberdeen, its length was not increased, its rapid gain in weight being due to corpulence. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of Charles Hutton In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought Insight Not Appreciated. It's so strange that a man never appreciates the wonderful insight of a woman's mind when she refuses to believe that the street cars were blocked. One size smaller after using Allen's Foot-Ease. A certain cure for swollen, sweating, hot aching feet. At all Drugsists. 25c. Accept no substitute. Trial package FREE. Address A. S. Climsted, Le Roy, N. Y. A man who likes work is never at a loss. If he falls, he will rise again; we need never despair of him—P. J. Stahl. PUR The Nation pure food p now a que EVERY CAN GUARANTEED KG 25 OUNCES 25¢ BAKING POWDER MANUFACTURED ONLY QUES MANUFACTURER CHICAGO YORK, KANSAS TRADE MARK REGISTERED EVERY CAN GUARANTEED Your Grocer cake. It will It will open y JAQUES Gathering Ostrich Feathers. Ostrich feathers can be taken every eight months. The plumbers are not, as some suppose, pulled, but are cut with a sharp knife. The stumps wither and fall out. To prevent that tired feeling on ironing day—Use Defiance Starch—saves time—saves labor—saves annoyance, will not stick to the iron. The big 16 oz. package for 10c, at your grocer. Even when a man pays cash for an electric battery he wants it charged. Guns, Traps, Decoys, Etc. Lowest prices. Write for freecatalogNo.1 N. W. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, Minn. What deep wounds ever close without a scar? - French. None to Excel "OUCH" OH, MY BACK IT IS WONDERFUL HOW QUICKLY THE PAIN AND STIFFNESS GO WHEN YOU USE ST. JACOBS OIL THIS WELL-TRIED, OLD-TIME REMEDY FILLS THE BILL 250.—ALL DRUGGISTS.—500. CONQUERS PAIN KG BAKING POWDER for years has stood every test for purity and wholesomeness. Its superior quality shows in the delicious cakes and biscuit that KC is guaranteed to make. The price is a saving of over half your baking powder money— If you have never tried K C, do so now under the following guarantee: PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED SEND FOR FREE LEEIS TRATATOS IN METAL THRONOR & MINOR 10-30 AM ST. JARASKIA CITY, MO. "For one year," writes Ruby Farley, of Middletown, Calif., "I was troubled with suppression. I tried other medicines and doctors, but nothing helped me. At last I took Cardui, and now I am well and strong." For the various ills of woman's life, no medicine will be found to excel Wine of Cardui It operates upon the womanly functions, regulating their action and condition, heals and builds up the womanly organs. It is a woman's medicine. Try it. Sold everywhere, in $1 bottles, with full directions for use inside the wrapper. WRITE US A LETTER Write today for a free copy of valuable 64-page illustrated Book for Women. If you need Medical Advice or advice on your health, please contact the sealed envelope. Address: Ladie Advisory Dept. The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine wash goods when now, owe much of their attractiveness to the way they are laundered, this being done in a manner to enhance their textile beauty. Home laundering would be equally satisfactory if proper attention was given to starching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the improved appearance of your work. Marrying for Love. Happy marriages are surely possible even in these unpotic, hard-hearted times. They are, if the people will only follow the instinct of their better natures and marry for love—the reverent, impassioned love of the man for the maiden, the pure, unophisticated affection of the maiden for the man—instead of bartering happiness for rank or money—Thorne. How's This? case of Catarin that cannot be cured by Hail's Catarin Cure. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheyen honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations to MARIN & MARIN. Wholesale Drugstores, Tolio, O. Hail's Catarin Family Film for constipation. directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. constipation sent free. Price 13 cents per beak. Take Hail's Family Film for constipation. It isn't a difficult task for a hoop-snake to make both ends meet. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound the great woman's remedy for woman's sills, made only of roots and herbs. It cures Female Complaints, such as Dragging Sensations, Week Back, Falling and Displacements, Inflammation and Ulceration, and all Organic Diseases, and is invaluable in the Change of Life. It discloses Prostoration, Exhaustion, and strengthens and tones the Stomach. Cures Headache, General Debilitation, Indigestion, and invigorates the whole female sysm. It is an excellent remedy for derangements of the Kidneys in either sex. Perfect Womanhood The greatest menace to woman's permanent, happiness in life is the suffering that comes from some derangement of the feminine organs. Many thousands of women have realized this too late to save their health, barely in time to save their lives. To be a successful wife, to retain the love and admiration of her husband, should be a woman's constant study. As a woman finds that her energies are flagging, that she gets easily tired, dark shadows appear under her eyes; she has backache, headache, bearing-down sensations, nervousness, irregularities or the "blues," she should start at once to build up her system by a tonic with specific powers, such as Lydia E. Pinkham's W the great woman's remedy for woman it cures Female Complaints, such Back, Falling and Displacements. In Organic Diseases, and is invaluable for and Expels Tumors at an early s Prostration, Exhaustion, and strong Headache, General Debility, Indig female sysem. It is an excellent Kidneys in either sex. "OUCH" H, MY BACK WONDERFUL HOW QUICKLY THE STIFFNESS GO WHEN YOU USE ACOBS OIL IS WELL TRIED, OLD-TIME NEEDY FILLS THE BILL —ALL DRUGGISTS.—500. CONQUERS PAIN O ASSU has stopped the sale ed for worry on that good value for you BAKING POWDER ed every test for p quality shows in the that KC is guaranteed a saving of over money— es for 25 cents never tried K C, do g guarantee: C on trial. Use it for yo delicate,—or we pay him Don't delay. You are mi G COMPANY, WEST CUMP FYELT'S SUSPENDED COLUMBELY cannot be equalled at any price. Name and price stamped on bottom. Take shoe. If he cannot supply you, send Catalog free. W.L.Douglas, Brockton, MA RED • SEND FOR FREE ISSUES, TREATMENT OR BECAL CARDS. MEMORIES OF PROMPT NEW CAREER AT ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. Baby Farley, of Middletown, C Medicines and doctors, but not well and strong." For the var excel only functions, regulating their To convince any nurse that the Antiseptic will improve her health facilities and care for it. We will send her absolutely free a large trial treatment and ginecological testsimulators. Send your name and address on a postal card. PAXTINE factions such as nasal catarrh, pelvic catarrh and inflammation caused by bemmine tills; sore eyes, sore throat and mouth by direct eye contact. We active power over these troubles is extra- ordinary and gineshmed relieved. commending it every day. 60 cents at drugsrgs or by mail. Remember, however, THE R. PAXTON OO, Boston, Mass. W. N. U., DES MOINES, NO. 41, 1902 ulif., "I was troubled with ing helped me. At last I ous ills of woman's life, rdui action and condition, heals micine. Try it. Sold ev- e wrapper. Book for Women. If you need Medical Advice it is plain sealed envelope. Address: Ladie pa, Tenn. RACE ECHOES. T. M. GREGORY TRYING FOR MAR- SHIP. VARD FOOTBALL TEAM. A. P. Alley, who is choicful of life and energy, a big western grant, is out for guard on the Harvard Varsity football squad. Enos, Page alluring and all three are all good material to be developed into fast ballbacks—Boson Ppst. ONLY COLORED LEGISLATOR IN GEORGIA QUITS BECAUSE OF DISFRANGHISEMENT LAW PASSED. Atlanta, Ga. Sept. 10.—W. H. Rogers of McIntosh county, the only NEG member of Georgia's legislature, today resigned his seat in the general assembly. He gave no reason for his resignation, but that the message of the Negro disfranchise act by the last legislature influenced him—Daily News, Atlanta, Ga. WILL COLONIZE NEGROES. Booker Washington Has Large Plantation For This Purpose. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 30.—Gov. B. B. Cormier has sold his plantation in Harbour and Bullock counties, consisting of 18,000 acres, to Internal Revenue Collector Thompson of the Alabama district for $12,600, who, it is understood, is acting for Booker T. Washington. It is said to be Washington's intention to establish colonies of Negroes on the land, nearly all of which is under a high state of cultivation. NEGROES MAKE GREAT PROGRESS. Enrolled in the public schools, about 2,000,000. Total in population, 12,000,000. Average attendance, about 1,000,000. Colleges for training, 11. Graduates in special training, 1,100 Number taking special trades, 1,900 Trained nurses and physicians, 2,000 Lawyers, 600. Newspapers, 650. Negro authors of books, 650. Books in libraries valued at $650, 082. Banks owned and controlled by Nerges, 30. Farmers owned by Negroes, 250,000. Homes independent of farms, 130, 080. Amount of school property, $15,000, 000. Amount of church property, $40, 000,000. Amount of taxable property, $700, 600. Contractors, 3,000. Telegraph operators, 100. Steamboat pilots, 25. Sallors, 10,000. Stenographers, 5,000. MAJOR TAYLOR RETIRES. Worcester, Mass., Sept. 20—Major Taylor, the crack cyclist, accompanied by his family, has arrived unexpectedly in Worcester from France, where he closed a wonderfully successful racing career. When he went there last spring he was unable to show anything like his old-time lighting form owing to lack of condition, but he soon struck his winning gait and won victory after victory over all the crack riders of Europe, with the exception of Jacquelin, who beat him when he first arrived there. Taylor refused later on to take on a return race, as Jacquelin had gone off form and been beaten by second and third rate riders. Taylor defeated Penyon, the English champion; Poulain, French champion last year; llegand, the Danish champion; Van den Born, the Belgian champion, and Friol, the French champion and winner of the Grand Prix. Taylor announced he has permanently retired. TAYLOR WINS EASILY Jamestown, Va. Sept. 7- J. B. Taylor, the colored champion, was never from the start forced to show his best in the 440-yard run, he'd at the National championship games Saturday. With his famous nine foot stride, he was the first to be pleased. The tim, 63 seconds, was slow, but Taylor was not pressed. How to Cure a Cold The question of how to cure a cold without unnecessary loss of time is one in which we are all more or less interested, for the quicker a cold is gotten rid of the less the danger of pneumonia and other serious diseases. Mr. B. W. L. Hall of Waverly, Va., has used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for years and say: "I firmly believe Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to be absolutely the best preparation on the market for colds. I have recommended it to my friends and they all agree with me." For sale by all drugists. One of the most elaborate social events of the season was the reception given by the I. B. W. R. C. at the home of its president, Mrs. Annie Dodd Smith, October 4. The house was tastefully decorated with ferns and carnations. The color scheme of purple and orange was attractively carried out. The Federation song was sung by guest, Mrs. Ruth Phillips, whose presiding elder at the Ruth after which prayer was offered by the Rev. S. W. Bachalor. Short addresses were made by the Reverends Gordon, Butler and Bachalor, Mr. Weeks, Miss Tiny Chesser, Mrs. Chesser and Mrs. Davis from Chicago. Mrs. Ruth Phillips Keene then rendered an impressive solo and received much applause, after which the state organizer, Mrs. Emma Gardner, gave a short but interesting speech. Taylor, who was the first president of the I. B. W. R. C. The program was closed by an instrumental selection by Mrs. Keene. After a three-course supper had been served the guests departed for their respective homes. Mrs. Smith was assisted by Meadams Fowler. In Acordance with the Pure Food Lawa of the U. S. 214 Front Street. Phillips and Bradshaw Mrs. James Fields Smith, President, Mrs. James Fields, Secretary. LAND OF OPPORTUNITY. Hankell, Ind. Tet., is situated in the western part of the Creek Nation on the Midland Valley railroad in fertile farming district, mostly colored farmers who own large plantations with plenty of live stock. There is more wealthy farmers to the mile than any one community in the territory. The resources are great. There are two mines. The mine has Pool Oil Cell and the mud the cotton and corn bark. I will give the names of some of our wealthy farmers, giz.: Messrs. Harry Cobra, Jacob Simmons, Richard Tucker and Richard and John Harrison. There is three good schools with first class colored teachers and churches of the A. M. E. and Baptist denominations. My, Leonard Harrison, who for years has been in Burling, farm to move here on his farm to engage in farming and raising live stock in general. His wife and children will join him soon from Sheridan, Wyo. A FUNNY FELLOW. (Written especially for the Iowa State I've labored hard, I've labored long, And I'm a funny fellow; Some things perhaps I've done them wrong. Yet I'm a funny fellow. I've had hardships, and plenty too, Still I'm a funny fellow. And tried to smile and not get blue, But I'm a funny fellow. When on the world my cause was flung I tried to work as best I could, And was a funny fellow, To hustle coal and then saw wood, I was a funny fellow. My means was slim, I needed more, I was a funny fellow; Sometimes the wolf was near the door And me a funny fellow I made my mind to be content, Still I'm a funny fellow; And be a man what were sent, And yet a funny fellow. This world makes me a little shy, While I'm a funny fellow; If I go to heaven when I die, I'll be a jolly fellow. J. H. B. Moberly, Mo KEOKUK NOTES Married, at high noon, Wednesday, October 2d, at New Boston, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Buckner, Miss Louise Buckner and Mr. Ernest McBrye of Kansas City, Kan. Rev. Wm. Searcy, pastor of the A. M. E. church of this city, performing the ceremony. The wedding was one of the most notable events that has occurred in the country. The nurseries of the country home were lavishly decorated for the occasion. There were more than a hundred invited guests. As the couple took their positions Miss Leatha Johnson played Mendelssohn's wedding march. At the conclusion of the ceremony an elaborate wedding dinner was served. The bride was the recipient of many beautiful presents. They will reside at 254 North Mill street, Kansas City, Kan. The Keokuk party was recorded Presley Coosevelt down the river to Memphis and was home this evening. Mr. A. A. Bland, Leon Bland and wife and Wm. Martin are with the party. Monday evening, October 7, the A. M. E. church people celebrated their fifteenth anniversary. There was a good attendance and a very interesting program was rendered. Mrs. John Craig, who resides on North Fifth street, very delightfully entertained the Elite club Saturday afternoon, October 5th, the occasion being her birthday anniversary. OTTUMWA NEWS. (Last Week) Mrs. Kennedy is very ill at her home west of the city. Mr. Q. C. Hall of Minneapolis and Mr. Roscoe Wess of Kirksville, Mo. spent carnival week at the home of Mrs. J. C. Greer. Mr. Hall left en route to Kirksville last Sunday. Miss Mabel Green of Oskaloosa is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Crawford on Hackberry street, Mrs. Davis of Chicago is visiting her friend, Mrs. Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. William Ross entertained Mesdames Anna Foster, J. C. Greer, Mr. Roscoe Wess of Kirkleigh, Mo, Mr. O. C. Hall of Minneapolis and Misses Mattle Foster and Edna ORIGINAL NOTICE In the District Court of the State of Iowa, in and for Polk County, November Term, A. D. 1907. Jas. Washington, plaintiff, Versus Lizzie Washington, defendant. To the above named defendant: You are hereby notified on or on behalf of the petitioner, October, A. D. 1907, the petition of plaintiff in the above entitled cause will be filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court in the State of Iowa, in and for Polk County, Iowa, claiming of you a divorce from the bands of matrimony on the grounds of desertion and adultery; and, unless you appear therecte and defend before noon of the second day of the next term, being the November Term, you may commence at Des Moines on the 4th day of November, 1907, default will be entered against you and judgment and descreed rendered thereon. To E. L. Collins and W. B. Cleghorn: You are hereby notified that on the 5th day of December, 1904 the following described real estate, situated in Polk County, Iowa, to-wit. Lot seventy six (76) in Cottage Addition, being includes in and forming a part of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold for the then delinquent and unpaid tax for the year 1903 to Geo. Harangel; that the undersigned is now the legal owner and holder of the certificate of purchase issued in pursuance of the above mentioned sale, and that the right of redemption will expire and a deed for the land will be made unless redemption is made within ninety days from the completed service herself. Dated this 7th day of September, 1907. 1067. E. B. THODE. By Geo. Harnagel, his attorney. Martin at dinner in honor of the visiting young men. Mr. and Mrs. Rose are to be congratulated upon the success of the affair. (This Week.) The I. B. W.'s gave a reception last week at the home of the president, Mrs. Anna Dodd Smith. The Benevolent club held their election last week. Mr. Rosace Wess of Kirksville, Mo., who has been visiting at the home of Mrs. J. C. Greer, left for his home Sunday morning. He was accompanied by his cousin Miss Mattle Foster who spent Sunday in Kirksville. Little Bernice Mosa is visiting her grandmother in Liberty, Mo graduation day. Mr. and Mr. G. Holmes of Chillicothe, Mrs. and Mr. Wolfscale were in the city carnival week. Mrs. Wyatt Smith and daughter, Miss Marie, have returned home from a very pleasant visit with old friends and relatives in Jacksonville, Ill. They report a delightful time. MOLINE GREETINGS The Stewardesses of the St. Paul's A. M. E. church will give an entertainment at the church Thursday evening. Mrs. Cora Johnson of Chico zo visiting at the home of Mr. John L. Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Patterson are the proud parents of twins, a boy and a girl. Miss Mabel G. Tarver entertained Miss Mabel Hall and Mr. William Terrell last Tuesday evening. Misses Daisy E. Settles and Clara V. Tarver are visiting friends and relatives in Springfield, Ill. Mrs. Rums Pheenix is very ill. We wish her speedy recovery. Mrs. Townsley of Muscatine is in the city for a few days. Mr. Lewis B. Tawer departed Tuesday morning for Jacksonville, Ill., to attend the grand session of the Mass. Mrs. C. J. Hardin is in Chicago visiting her daughter, Mrs. Edward Robinson. Mrs. Molle Robinson and little grandson have returned home from Chicago, after a very pleasant trip. Misses Mabel Tarver and Hall entertained Messrs. Albert Burris and Walter Llinz Sunday. The Tri-City Sunday School Association held its regular meeting at St. Paul's A. M. E. church last Monday evening. Mr. Charles Golden was a Moline caller last week. Suits to Order $15 to $40. Trousers to Order $3.50 to $12 Moses D. Lawrie Tailor and Cleaner. Swell line of Mlsfit Suits always on hand. Cleaning, Dyeing, Press- ing and Repairing a Specialty. TELEPHONE 1604 212 Francis St. St, Joseph, Mo THE WESTERN COLLEGE AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE, Macon, Mo., affording a pleasant home, through instruction, and christian culture, at the lowest rates, will September 30, 1907. open Open Monday, September 30 Departments: Elementary logical, Musical, Industrial and For particulars write J. H. RATES: $1.00 to $2.00 per day Departments: Elementary, Academic, Collegiate, Theoretical, Musical, Industrial and Agricultural. Strictly First-Class—All Modern. Dunbar Hotel and 1013 Oak St., 3 blocks from Post C Kansas City's largest and best Negro hotel in middle west. You will meet the best people in country at the Dunbar. Dunbar Hotel and Cafe 1013 Oak St., 3 blocks from Post Office Kansas City's largest and best Negro hotel in the middle west. You will meet the best people in the country at the Dunbar. Every One Can Have Straight Hair, which is a liquid dressing that will straighten any Stops falling hair, stops breaking and spitting hair, all druff and other scalp diseases. Read what Mrs. Dugat Romoco Remedy Co., Des Moines, Iowa. Dear Sirs:— I have used four bottles of truthfully say it is the best I ever used. My hair is as has grown at least three inches. I think it colored gladly give my consent to you to polish this letter if ever ready to recommend your dressing to all colored pea Mrs. H. C. DuP This dressing is guaranteed to contain no harmful the color of the hair. It will make the hair soft, gloss 50s. AGENTS WANT-ED EVERYWHERE. ROMOOCO REMEDY Every One Can Have Straight Hair By using Romooco Hair Dressing, which is a liquid dressing that will straighten any head of hair ever grown. Stopping falls hair, stops breaking and splitting hair, allays itching, cures dandruff and other scalp diseases. Read what Mrs. Dugat says: Romoco Remedy Co., Des Moines, Iowa. Dear Sirs: I have used four bottles of your dressing and can truthfully say it is the best I ever used. My hair is as straight since using it has grown at least three inches. I think all colored people should use it. I gladly give my consent to you to publish this letter if you so desire, as I am ever ready to recommend your dressing to E.L. People. You Rept. Mrs. H. C. Dugat, Dayton, Texas. This dressing is guaranteed to contain no harmful drugs and not to change the color of the hair. It will make the hair soft, glossy and straight. Price 50s. Prepared by AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE. ROMOCO REMEDY CO., DES MOINES, IA., BOX 187 --- WANTED WANTED Organizers The Home Protective Association field force. We want men our represehtatives, and if have a proposition that will w Our plan is the best seller management is honest and u We Court Investigation We are the only Negro insur- ness in this line. As to the we refer to the men who have If you want to work insurance will in the end give you an h among the workers of the wo The Home Protective Association wants to enlarge its field force. We want men and women of character for our represehtatives, and if they are willing to work, we have a proposition that will win. We are 4 years old. Our plan is the best seller in existence today. Our management is honest and up-to-date. We Court Investigation and Publicity We are the only Negro insurance company doing business in this line. As to the way we treat our field force, we refer to the men who have been with us from the start. If you want to work insurance and secure a position that will in the end give you an honorable and lucrative place among the workers of the world, write to day to HOME PROTECTIVE ASS'N. Hannibal Missouri. Notice! Roof Garden in Connection. In the district court of Polk county, state of Iowa. Charles Osborn. To the above named defendant, Charles Osborn. You are hereby notified that there will be on or before the 19th day of October, 1907, filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of Polk county, Iowa, the petition of the plaintiff, Sarah Osborn, who claims from you an absolute divorce from the bond of an ordinary man between you on the grounds of desertion without any just cause, and unless you appear thereto and defend before noon of the second day of No November, 1907, term of the district court, which will commence in Des Molines, Polk county, Iowa, on the day of November, 1907, default will be entered against you and judgment and considered the court. Dated this the 19th day of September, 1907 ORIGINAL NOTICE. In the district court of Polk county, state of Iowa. November term, A. D. 1907. George W. Green, vs. Mamie Green. To the above named defendant, Mamie Green; You are hereby notified that there will be on or before the 14th day of October, 1907, filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of Polk county, Iowa, the petition of the plaintiff, George W. Green, who claims from you an absolute divorce from the bonds of matrimony now existing between you, on the grounds of desertion without any just cause, and unless you appear thereto and defend before noon of the second day of November, 1907, term of the district court, which will commence in Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa, on the 4th day of November, 1907, default will be entered against you and judgment and decree rendered thereon. Dated this the 18th day of September, 1907. Attorney for Plantin. GO YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGN COPYRIGHT & C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly assert our opinion free of charge. Communications strictly confidential. HARDCORE on Patents free. Great urgency. Patents through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of any illustrator's work. Mail to: Munn & Co. 36 Broadway, New York MUNN & Co. 36 Broadway, New York MUNN & Co. 36 Broadway, New York MUNN & Co. 36 Broadway, New York Bell phone 2836 Main Steam Heat Private Bath F. J. WEAVER Manager GET BUSY The Afro-American Employment Agency Will Get You a Job We are sending hundreds of competent colored men and women to good positions, in and out of the city. We are Headquarters for Reliable Negro Help When you come to Kansas City come direct to our office. We also have a modern Hotel in connection and can take care of you until we can locate you in a position. We are bonded by the Metropolitan Surety Co. Reference: Missouri Savings Bank. Help sent to all parts of the country, where transportation is furnished. Swell New RiqS Just Arrived La ge line of Stanhopes, Runabouts, Family Surreys, Top Buggies, Phactons, Traps and and Light Delivery Wagons of all kinds just arrived. The smart 1907 styles from the Columbus Buggy Co. Studebaker, Durant-Dort, Staver, and Flint Wagon Co. See the newest novelties from the best vehicle makers in America. Clever ideas in finish and effect. It's a pleasure to drive in one of our luxurious new Stanhopes, Basket Phaetons, or Smart Runabouts. Many new turnouts especially appreciated by ladies who drive. Comfortable, smooth riding, and easy to get in and out of. When you buy a vehicle its worth something to know that you are getting a reliably built job from a responsible manufacturer. No better rigs made than ours. Complete Line of Harness. Prices right. Liberal terms. HAWKEYE TRANSFER CO., 200-202-204 West Walnut St., Des Moines. Official paper of the M. W. U. Grand Lodge of Iowa, A. F. & A. M., Iowa State Federation of Colored Women and International Grand Congress of Heroines of Jericho of America. Published every Friday by the BESTA- DER Publishing Co. Des Moines, Ia- lwa 'phone 657. Office over 201 Mul- berry street. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year ..... $1.50 Six months ..... 75 Three months ..... 50 All subscription payable in advance J. L. THOMPS@N, EDITOR. J. H. SHEPARD, MANAGER. Entered at the Post Office as second-class matter. Send money by postoffice order, money order, express or draft, to the Iowa State Bystander Publishing Company. Communications must be written on one side of the paper only and be of interest to the public. "Brevity is the soul of wit," remember. We will not return rejected manuscript, unless accompanied by postage stamps. Advertising rates for display Ads 20 cents per inch, for each insertion. Three to six months contract 15 cents per inch. Local advertising 10 cents per line for each insertion, counting seven words 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 contracts, etc. terms are given on application, advertising is to be paid advance. We are prepared to do first class job work at reasonable prices. All of our work is guaranteed. The Afro-American journal published in Iowa. It was established in 1894 and is read by nearly all the colored people of Iowa. We have correspondents in the following towns: Clinton A. A. Bush Keokuk A. J. Fields Mt. Pleasant Miss Bertha Harris Ottumwa Edna A. Martin Sloux City Mrs. Etta Grant Rock Island Mrs. Wm. Taylor Moline, Ill. Miss Mable Tariner Galesburg, Ill.Miss Mayme Richardson Minneapolis, Minn. Mrs. G. H. Wade Mississippi, Miss M. H. Wade Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Adeladee Perkins Ft. Madison Anna Harper Osakalao Leulla B. Franklin Davenport Mr. D. S. Johnson Washington N. L. Black Burlington Mrs. J. E. Johnson Moberly, Mo. Prof. A. B. Bolden Buxton Mrs. A. L. Demond Macon, Mo. Prof. A. A. Hill N. B. to correspondents. — Please mail your letters that contain news for publication not later than Wed. June 15 to ensure publication for the current week. CLINTON W. E. Berry, Royal Grand Patron of the Eastern Star of Chicago, Ill., was the guest of Leah chapter on Tuesday evening, October 1st, on which F. J. WEAVER GET The Afro-American occasion he delivered the charter of that society which was granted in July. He also installed the officers, delivering a most pleasing and instructive lecture. At the conclusion of the business a reception was held for the guest of honor, refreshments being served. A program was also rendered, consisting of a welcome address by Mrs. M. O. Culberson, which was responded to by Mr. Berry. Toasts were also given by M. O. Culberson, acting in the capacity of toastmaster, Mr. T. G. Dozier rendered a beautiful vocal solo, with Miss Estalie Bush as accompanist. Miss Gertrude Lewis of Dubuque spent Saturday in Clinton, the guest of Mrs. M. O. Culbertson, on her way to Buxton. We regret to learn of the destruction by fire of the public school at Dubuque Sunday afternoon. The Y. P. S. C. E. of Bethel A. M. E. church held a most enjoyable meeting Monday night. One of the matters considered was a reception to be held on Wednesday evening, October 23, to Rev. and Mrs. Birt. Afflicted with/Sore Eyes for 33 Years I have been afflicted with ocea eyes for thirty-three years. Thirteen years ago I became totally blind and was blind six years. My eyes were badly inflamed. One of my neighbor insisted upon my trying Chamberlain's Salve and gave me half a box of it. To my surprise it healed my eyes and my sight came back to me.—P. C. Earls, Cynthiana, Ky. Chamberlain's Salve is for sale by all drugsters. FORD'S HAIR POMADE Formerly known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" To STRAIGHTEN KINNY or CURLY dried hair with its length. Dried hair comes with its length. "OZONIZED OX MARROW" and in the only rare present, usually hair straight, as shown above. It is used make the most stylish pliings and easy to comb. These results bottles are quite and clean for a year. The man of K. Dandruff, relieves itching, in- knots the scalp, stops the hair from falling nourishing the roots, gives it new life and harmlessness. It is a solves necessity for ladies. Hair has been made and sold continuously since about 1851, and label, in the United States Patent Office, in 1851. Be sure to get SOFT and FABLE. Beware of Inflammation. Put up only in 50 c. size, and in made only in Chicago and all other cities. Do not buy drugstore and dealer. If your drugstore or drugstore or sell your hair or wholesale dealer for you from his jobber or wholesale dealer or sell your hair or wholesale dealer for you from his jobber or wholesale dealer. For three bottles or $2.50 for six bottles, express paid. We pay postage and express and send postal or express money order, and write your name and address plainly to The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. (None genuine without my signature) Charles Ford Press 153 E. KINZIE ST., CHICAGO, IL. Agents wanted everywhere. Manager BUSY Employment Agency You a Job Competent colored men and women to city. For Reliable Negro Help come direct to our office. We also and can take care of you until we Metropolitan Surety Co. Refer- k. the country, where transportation is Home Phone Main 6236 Cell Phone Main 4821 Missouri. FROM THE FACTORIES. Hopes, Runabouts, Family Surreys, Delivery Wagons of all kinds just Our delinquents have still failed to keep their word, having failed so far in paying what they owe. Please not buy. Mrs. M. O. Culbertson will be the hostess of the Violet club of Davenport next Wednesday. We solicit your patronage as a subscriber to the Bystander. You can reach the agent and correspond in person or by phone. The A. M. E. parsonage is very much improved in appearance with paper and paint. Richard Simpson, a well known citizen died at his home $80 Tenth avenue, Tuesday morning, October 1, at 4 o'clock at age of 68 years. He leaves to age of his loss one daughter, three sisters and a host of friends. His funeral was held Wednesday afternoon from Bethel A. M. E. church, Rev. S. L. Birt officiating. Interment taking place in Springdale cemetery. Quisny, Sprains and Sweating 'In November, 1901, I caught cold and had the quinsy. My throat was swollen so I could had dry breathe. I applied Chamberlain's Pain Balm and it gave me relief in a short time. In two days I was all right," says Mrs. L. Cousins, Otterburen, Mich. Chamberlain's Pain Balm is a linen" and is especially valuable for sprains and swellings. For sale by all dougheats. When in Burlington Stop at CAFE DE FAY MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Furnished Rooms and Board by Day or Week. Wines, Liquor and Cigars FATE MARTIN, Proprietor. 108-108 JEFFERSON Burlington, Ia. In the district court of Polk county, state of Iowa. November term, A. D. 1907. Mrs. Eveline L. Jones. vs. Wiliam M. Jones. To the above named defendant, William M. Jones: You are hereby notified that there will or before the 19th day of October, 1907, filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of Polk county, Iowa, the petition of the plaintiff, Mrs. Eveline L. Jones, who claims from you an absolute divorce from the bonds of matrimony now existing between you, on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment, and unless you appear thereto and defend before noon of the second day of November, the court of the district court, which will commence in Des Molines, Polk county, Iowa, on the 4th day of November, 1907, default will be entered against you and judgment and decreed rendered thereon. Dated this the 19th day of September, 1907. J. B. Rush, Attorney for Plaintiff. In the district court of Polk county, state of Iowa. November term, A. D. 1907. Mrs. Mable May Humburd vs. Warren Humburd. To the above named defendant, War- ren Humburd: You are hereby notified that there will be on or before the 19th day of October, 1907, filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of Polk county, Iowa, the petition of the plaintiff, Mrs. Mable May Humburt, who claims from you an absolute divorce from the bonds of matrimony now existing between you, on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment, and unless you appear thereto and defend before noon of the second day of November, 1907, term of the district court, which will commence in Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa, on the 4th day of November, 1907, default will be entered against you and judgment and decree rendered thercon. Dated this the 19th day of September, 1907. J. B. Rush, Attorney for Plaintiff.