Iowa State Bystander

IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. OL. XV, No 19. CITY NEWS. N. B. I you have relatives or friends visiting in the city or going to take a visit, please inform us; we not all your local news.—Ed.) have you paid your subscription Mr. Wm. Bailey of Topeka, Kansas is spending a few days in our city. Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Perry of Enterprise were callers at our office last Monday. Mr. Jesse Graves left Monday morning for Dallas, N. D., and will spend about six week in Dakota and Colorado. Our collector, Miss Frances Walker, will be in Enterprise Monday in the interest of the Bystander. Mrs. Gertrude Bell-Harris arrived home Friday after avisiting a few weeks with friends in Davenport. Don't forget the lecture by Rev. F. W. Hodgdon on his trip through Europe at Union Congregational church Tuesday the 18th. The Silver Leaf Social club was entertained Thursday evening by Miss Lulu Jackson. A pleasant evening was spent and officers elected. Rev. J. D. Pettigrew, editor of the Western Lever, was in Buxton and Ottumwa the past week on business. He will soon leave for the state of Washington to move his family here where they will make their future home. Wesley Fields, one of our Des Moines young men who now resides near the Picic coast, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs J. W. Fields on Oak st. Wesley is one of our coming boys in Francisco. The Negro Polk County Republican club will hold its regular monthly meeting next Thursday evening, Oct. 10, 8 p. m., at 507 Mulberry, up stairs, members of the club are urged to present at this meeting, also all kinds of the organization. By order S. Joe Brown, Pres. J. C. Williams See The championship of the colored base all teams of the state was decided last Sunday at Boone, when the Boone brownies of that city and Gould's Inincibles of Des Moines met. This game resulted in a victory for Gould's invincibles by a score of 6 to 3; the Inincibles playing their best game of the season The lowest prices are at Mason's, 210-212 7th street. Miss Zoe Richardson who is employed by Bradley & Aegan Co., entered the Jes Moines Conservatory of Music Monday the 5th, to study und-r Prof. Henri Renifro, the noted German pianist; taking lessons after working tours. Att'y. S. Joe Brown was in Boone Wednesday in the interest of the prosecution in the case against the white man who criminally assaulted little Lucile Ashby in that city last June. The case which is now pending before the Boone county grand jury is being prosecuted by the Iowa Afro-American Council, of which Mr. Brown is president. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Palmer of Mason City, Ia., have moved to the city to make their home and are living with the latter's brother, Mr. Clay Lewis of 19th and Carpenter avenue. Mr. J L Lucas was royalty entertained at 12 o'clock luncheon and six o'clock dinner in University Place last Monday by one of his young friends, Mr. P. Merin, who is an employee at the office of Mr. Merin is much beloved by his surrounding friends and is a real sympathizer of our race Miss Jessie Bell, one of our young ladies, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wells of Enterprise last week. She reports having a fine time. Saturday evening she was entertained by the band boys at the home of Mrs. Weils Miss Bell appreciates the kindness shown her during her visit. Mrs. G. S. Johnson, one of our compositors, will spend a few days in Buxton next week in the interest of the Bystander. We hope that our subscribers will feel it their duty to pay when our collector calls. It is very expensive to go to Buxton and then get turned off without the money due us. We are doing business in the same old place Let Me See Your Face. VARIETY CO. R. E. PATTON MG'R. 1010 CENTER STREET City subscribers, please pay our collector. Rev. W. Sampson Brooks will leave next Thursday for the south. Mrs. W. Sampson Brooks will spend some time in St. Paul visiting with her mother and friends. Dr. W. Sampson Brooks will deliver his farewell lecture at St. Paul A. M. E. church, next Wednesday evening Oct. 14th. Mrs. Hutchinson of Buxton, is spending a few days in our city the guest of Mrs. C. W. Brown of Highland Park. Mrs. Hutchinson is the only registered woman pharmacist in the state. Mr. J. Wesley Fields, of San Francisco, Cal., who has been relatives and friends for several will return home Tuesday. Union Congregational church, H. W. Porter, minister. Morning service "Ingrattitude." Evening service, "Universal Exercise," Men's League 3:30 p. m., subject, "Result of Faith." Mr. David Johnson delightfully entertained a number of friends Thursday evening, at the home of Mrs. J. W. Eields, in honor of Mr. J. Wesley Fields. All report a very pleasant time. Miss Pearl Pritchett of Danville, Va., who has been spending the summer in our city as the guest of her cousin Mrs. S. C. Thompson of 524 Lake Ave., Chesterfield left Tuesday evening for St. Louis, Mo., where she will spend the winter Her sister Elizabeth will remain in the city this winter as the guest of her cousin Mrs. Thompson. The members of the Earl Boan Art club met on Wednesday evening with Mrs. Ruth Powell. After general business light refreshment were served and the club adjourned to meet with Mrs. Carrie Porterfield Wednesday evening the 14th, with the following program: Paper, Mrs. Bartlett Taylor; Practical Education; Quotations by Mrs. E. Mack. Mr. and Mrs. S. Joe Brown entertained the colored State Bar Association last week at their cozy home on Fifth street. Those from out of town were Att'y. Geo. H. Woodson of Oskaloosa, Att'y. J. A. Spears of Buxton, and Att'y. H. R. Wright of Marshalltown. A pleasant time was reported by those present, as the host and hostess are royal entertainers The Association passed a resolution condemning Highland Park college for discrimination against the Negro students Mason's selling new frames "The Result of Faith" by Mr H. W. Hnghes is the subject of the paper to be read at the Men's League at the Congregational church on next Sunday afternoon the 11 at 3:30 o'clock. The papee read on last Sunday by Mr. Mason J. Hall was an excellent paper and the large number present discussed the subject "Duty" from the various phases as outlined by Mr Hall. All men are invited to attend these meetihg. The Des Moines Negro Lyceum was entertained at the home of Miss Frances Walker. The club will meet at the home of Miss Stella Wilburn, 1350 E. Lyon street next Tuesday, evening at which time the following program will be rendered: Quotations from Wm. Wordsworth; Debate, "esolved that Journals are not Detrimental to the Negro Race," affirmative Dr. J. H. Williams and Mis Estella Wilburn; negative Mr Elbert R. Hall and Miss Zophia Hockaday; Reading, Miss Daisy Lee; Current Events, Mr Wm. P. Warricks. Members are all requested to be present at this meeting as important business concerning the Inter-State meeting at Omaha in December is to be transacted. Visitors are especially invited to be present and listen to this discussion which is of vital importance from a racial point of view. AN EVENING ABROAD. Dong forget the date at Union Congregational church Tuesday evening, October 13th. Six O'clock Dinner, Musical Concert and an Evening Abroad At 7:30 p. m. the following program will be rendered: Solo.....Mr. Harry W. Hughes Reading.....Mrs. J. B. Rush Solo.....Mrs. Gertrude S. Johnson Followed by a trip through England, visiting Edingburgh, London, Paris and other cities of interest. You will be entertained on the trip by the Rev. Frank. W. Hodgdon of Plymouth Congregational church. Six o'clock dinner, concert and trip abroad 35 cents. Our collector is now collecting in the city, and we urge and sincerely hope that all of our subscribers who are in arrears will pay their subscription when she calls. Mason's selling new braids. When at Enterprise, stop at W. F. Bardasdale's Restaurant for meals, lunches, ice cream and confectionaries. TAFT IN THE MIDDLE WEST. The whirlwind campaign and ardent enthusiasm created by the present tour of the Honorable William Howard Taft, candidate on the Republican ticket for president during these two weeks of his western trip, he has spoken in 12 different states and has made as high as 20 speeches per day, while his voice failed for awhile, yet it is much improved and the genial Judge has made thousands of voters and thousands of friends among the common people and the farmers. He is a judicious, common every-day American citizen, and will make an excellent president. He is really a greater man than had been commonly supposed and is gaining votes and getting stronger everyday with the masses of reasonable thinking people, his western trip was a hummer and a winner. "The Republican party is the ship, all else is the sea." Hon. Frederick Douglass. Vote the Republican ticket straight from Top to Bottom then we will destroy democracy. If these so-called Negro leaders like Prof. Du Bois, Bishop Walters, Monroe Trotter and Julius Taylor are really going to swallow the democratic ticket next November, we would like to see those sainted leaders around the communion table with John Brown, Lincoln, Garrison, Sumner, Douglass, Bruce, Lynch, Langston, Pinchbach and Washington, a queer feeling when divine blessings would be invoked and sins be forgiven. MEN'S LEAGUE. The fall and winter days are coming on and good crowds have begun to attend the David and Jonathan League, which meets at the Union Congregational church every Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, new officers were elected last week as follows: Edward T. Banke, president; Joseph H. Shephard, vice president; George H. Clegggett, secretary and James Ruff, treasurer, rather unique all old men holding offices for the first time, all young men on the program which was very interesting. Last Sunday Mr. Mason Hall read a well written paper on "Duty," next Sunday Harry W. Hughes will open the subject by a paper on "Faith." These meetings are free to all, men are urged to come out and take a part. You will get lofty ideals and good council, judges, lawyers, doctors, merchants bankers, ministers and professor each have been on the program at the Meu's League. Bishop Walters says he is a full-fledged democrat. The good Bishop's change of heart must be attributed to democratic principles or democratic revenue. Will the good Bishop tell us why he is a democrat, for we confess our inability to discover any principle at the bottom of it. Let no Colored voter be deceived. The democratic party has never been your friend it is not now, and never will be as long as its chief apostles are such men as William Jennings Bryan, Benjamin Tillman and Vardaman of Mississippi. Dr. Du Bois declares that he is going to vote the Democratic ticket in November. It should not be overlooked that Dr. Du Bois is a resident of the state of Georgia. In this state at the November election, the voters are called upon to either adopt or reject a constitutional amendment, disfranchising more completely the Negro voters of that state. We suppose Dr. Du Bois in order to be consistent, will vote to disfranchise all the Col- ored people of the State of Georgia who are not so enlightened as he happens to be. The white man of the south does not either recognize nor admit the Negro as a part of the south, either in politics, industry or economics. To everything he is considered as an alien, to be guarded against. No disposition either in our political economy or social order is shown by the white man to develop a useful Negro's character and to fit the race for ultimate good citizenship. The trend of legislation in the south is to degrade him and confine his possibilities. No encouragement is held out to him to become useful and helpful citizens. To politics he is disfranchised, in transportation he is hauled about like cattle. And in education, outrageously discriminated against. The white man believes he is the south, and the ten millions of Negroes among them are no part or partial of it, and have no right under the law that deserves protection. The Negro is as much a part of the south as the south is a part of the nation, he has life, conscience, property thought and sentiment in common with the white man and these are the principles, tangible and intangible, that constitutes a nation. Aggressive civilization and beneficial government, are but the logical products of Christianity which cannot in purpose deny mankind the highest and most wholesome benefit according therefrom. Then it follows that the white south believe their Christianity when they deny the Negro the Negro the benefit of the helpful education and the opportunity to fit himself for the highest civic attainment. We would have no race problem if the white south cloud be induced to see the Negro as a part of the economic and political equation of the section and that charged with the responsibilities and usefulness. If our suffrage laws were amended with a view of protecting the good and eliminating the bad and vicious without regard to color. There would be no political question between the races. If the educational laws in the south were made with a view of developing the best in the Negro and fitting him for ultimate citizenship there would be no racial problem. But as long as the white man purposely excludes us from the life thought and sentiment of the south. There will be no race problems and friction. There will be no peace in man as long as you purposely tell him you mean to degrade him. Instead of developing his love, you challenge his resentment. The Negro race is a child race and you cannot develop permanent peace and harmony as long as you tell he is inferior, and deprive him of his rights. He will never believe the white man means what he says, about the race harmony and peaceful relations, so long as he denies him the blessings and opportunities which will contribute most to these conditions. Let the white man recognize the Negro as a part of the the South and address himself to their uplift and the war is over and their will be neither race, color nor political problems, but an era of peace, good will and prosperity. O. W. Curtis, Rome, Ga. Will Develop Youth's Voice. Money has been subscribed to send Andrew Jones, a young Welsh cabman, who has a remarkably fine tenor voice, to the Royal Academy of Music. COLORED MEN IN CONGRESS. All Republicans, No Afro.American Democrat Ever Sat in National Legislature. A score of Afro-Americans have had the honor to sit in the Congress of the United States, and ever one was sent here by the Republican party. Here are their names. SENATORS. Hiram R. Revels, of Mississippi, Blanche K. Bruce, of Mississippi. REPRESENTASIVES. R. H. Cain, of South Carolina, Henry P. Cheatham of North Carolina. Robert C. De Large of South Carolina. Robert Brown Elliott of South Carolina Jere Haralson of Alabama. John H. Hyman of North Carolina, James E. O'Hara of North Carolina John R. Lynch of Mississippi. John M. Langston of Virginia. Thomas E. Miller of South Carolina, George W. Murray of South Carolina Charles E. Nash of Louisiana Joseph H. Rainey James T. Rapier Alonzo J. Ransier Benjamin S. Tarnor Josiah T. Walls George H. White of North Carolina. Mr. Charles Deboe of Tennessee, is visiting Rev. and Mrs. B. R. Penn. Mrs. Lulu Finn of Newton is in the city and will remain her husband will join her in a few days. CLARINDA ITEMS. Mrs. Mary Ennis and Ed. Nash returned from the Ak Sar Ben at Omaha, Friday, they reported a good time. Mr. Percy Lounneer is expected home from Sioux Ci y, Sunday to visit his mother Mrs. Carrie Reed. Mrs. Fannie Greene is expected to arrive in the city soon to visit with relatives and friends. Mr. Eron Cook and wife of Omaha, was a visitor at the residence of Mrs. H. Cook, over Sunday. Rev Robinson filled the pulpit Sunday and preached to a large audience. Mrs. Mary Knight is making a few improvements on her house in South Clarinda. Misses Margerv Lounneer, Kate Johnson, Lizzie Johnson and Mrs. H. Matthews expect to visit different points in the west this winter. BURLINGTON ITEMS The A. I. club is preparing for a fair and bazaar in the near future. Little Ruth and Naomi Tigg have got the diptheria, the two children and mother are quaranteed for thirty five days, Mrs. Tigg has the sympathy of the community Miss Flora Jackson who has been quite ill, is some better this week. Mrs. J. Alexander of Chicago who has been visiting with her brother J W. Mackey has returned to Chicago for an indefinite stay. The A. I. club will meet at the A. M church this week. Mr. E. North has returned from a very pleasant visit in St. Louis. Er. Sidney Tucker left for Chicago last week. Mrs. Jenny Drew had quite an accident last week while driving down Central avenue near Valley street, the horse became frightened and ran away, Mrs. Drew and neice Miss EXTRACT FROM TAFT'S SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE JULY 28, 1908. THE REPUBLICAN PLAN CAGO, EXPLICITLY DEMAN WITHOUT REGARD TO R AS EXPLICITLY DECLARES AND WITHOUT RESERVATION OF THE THIRTEENTH, FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE CO LESS TO STATE THAT I SQUARELY ON THAT PLAN BELIEVE THAT EQUAL JU THE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL AMENDMENTS IS IN KEEPIN CAN SPIRIT OF FAIR PLAN PUBLICAN PLATFORM, ADOPTED CHIL- LY DEMANDS JUSTICE FOR ALL MEN RD TO RACE OR COLOR, AND JUST DECLARES FOR THE ENFORCEMENT, RESERVATION, IN LETTER AND SPIRIT SEVENTH, FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH TO THE CONSTITUTION. IT IS NEEDE- TH that I STAND WITH MY PARTY THAT PLANK IN THE PLATFORM, AND EQUAL JUSTICE TO ALL MEN, AND IMPARTIAL ENFORCEMENT OF THESE IN KEEPING WITH THE REAL AMERI- FIR PLAY. THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM, ADOPTED AT CHICAGO, EXPLICITLY DEMANDS JUSTICE FOR ALL MEN WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE OR COLOR, AND JUST AS EXPLICITLY DECLARES FOR THE ENFORCEMENT, AND WITHOUT RESERVATION, IN LETTER AND SPIRIT OF THE THIRTEENTH, FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. IT IS NEEDLESS TO STATE THAT I STAND WITH MY PARTY SQUARELY ON THAT PLANK IN THE PLATFORM, AND BELIEVE THAT EQUAL JUSTICE TO ALL MEN, AND THE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL ENFORCEMENT OF THESE AMENDMENTS IS IN KEEPING WITH THE REAL AMERICAN SPIRIT OF FAIR PLAY. You'll Now Find Me in my new quarters on the first floor at The GRAND 8TH & WALNUT stock of high grade Pianos, Sheet Music and small cal Instruments was never complete. We're not fixed up just as much as we'll be, but we want to see My stock of high grade Pianos, Sheet Music and small Musical Instruments was never more complete. We're not yet fixed up just as much as we'll be, but we want to see you, anyway. George were throw out of the vehicle and received a number of little brushes both are able to be out again. Mrs. Eliza Martin of Kansas City, who has been visiting in the city with her father Mrs. McDowell left Saturday accompanied by her father for Davenport where she will make a short visit before returning home. Miss Bessie Earleil has returned to Quincy, after a prolonged visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Earleil. Rev. Thomas organized a Young Men's Sunday club, last week which promises to be a great benefit to our city, we wish them success. DUBUQUE NOTES The Eggleston's "Woman and Wife," after a two weeks engagement at the Grand Opera House in this city, quit the Empire Opera Company and decided to make this city their headquarters. Mrs. Gus Rose has returned to her home at 604 W. 11th., street after a successful operation at Finley Hospital and is doing nicely. Rev. Ben Hubbard visited his new charge and left last week to move his wife and family to Dubuque in a short time. Everett Jones of Champaign, Ill., is visiting his father and mother Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Jones at their home 16 east Bock street. Miss Gertrude Lewis, is visiting her sister in Kansas. Mrs. J. Rese has taken the third degree in masonary in the Dubuque Lodge number 29, but is still traveling with a carnival. DAVENPOF-[ ITEMS] Mr. and Mrs. Smallley of Chicago, were in the city Sunday the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. Green, of 316 west 5th, street, they left Monday morning for Toledo, Ill. The Y. P. D. club meet with Mrs. E Green Thursday night to arrange for a reception in honor of Rev. W. W. Williams and wife who was returned here for another year. Clarence T. Gamble, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Green has been indisposed for some time is better at this writing. The young people of the A. M. E. church will open the Elector club all are invited, Miss F. McGaw president. The 20th., Century club will hold their grand opening Friday night at at the A. M. E. church, the program begins at 8 8 p. m. Rev. W. W. Williams pastor of Bethel church preached the funeral of Mrs. Burrell Sunday a week, in Rock Island. When sending news for the Bystander, call new phone 989. Fifty Years a Blacksmith. Samuel Worley of Hiburg, Va., has been shoeing horses for more than fifty years. He says: "Chamberlain's Pain Balm has given me great relief from lame back and rheumatism. It is the best liniment I ever used." For sale by all druggists. WHAT OUR SUBSCRIBERS SAY Corning, Ia., Oct., 2nd., 1908. Dear Sir: Enclosed please find $3.00 in payment on Bystander, will send the other as soon as possible. Yours Respectfully MRS. L. WASHINGTON, FOX 754. This is a treat on me, you will find your money enclosed. Your Yruly, THOMAS M. BENTON. Mr. Benton is a man that always pays without sending a notice until this time. Rome, Ga., Oct., 3rd., 1908. Enclosed you will find $1.50 for one year subscription to the Bystander which I am receiving regularly. It is a source of pleasure to read every week of the colings at home, and to note the noble stand the Bystander takes for justice in politics, racial questions and etc. With constant good wishes I am Yours Truly. O. W. Curtis. Huntsville, Mo., Sept., 16th., 1908. ME, J. L. THOMSON. Dear Sir: Will you please inform me wether or not my subscription has expired, an if so when? I have moved from New Franklin, and am now located in this place. Say the Bystander is held in high repute as a family paper among the people of this place and Moberly. Every one looks anxiously forward to the following issue. We can't do without it it is like a visitor of the family. I have been succeeding well since I left Des Moines, and accepted the divine commission. I see the Bystander is fighting for Cummins. He is the logical man and I hope and feel that the people will applaud your fight and his administration, by making him their choice. Wishing you continued success, I am Yours truly, M. L. MACKAY. MACON BJGETT. Prof. Malone of Quincy, Ill., visited Bethel A. M. E. church Sunday Oct. 4th., and delivered an excellent address to the Sunday school. Several persons from Hannibal were visitors in Macon Sunday. Mrs. Ada Thomas-Watts, of Freemont, Neb., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Burton. Mrs. Thomas was once a Maconite and her many friends are glad to see her. Rev. P. C. Crews, Macon's most noble pastor preached his closing sermon for the conference year Sunday. The elder is an excellent minister and we hope for his return. Prof. R. H. Cule of St. Louis delivered a timely lecture to the Colored voters of Macon at Broadway and Vine street Baptist church Saturday night 3rd, inst. He then advised them to stay with the party, vote the whole ticket and cover democracy. Prof. Cole is a political power and believes in Mr. Taft and Republarty. The north mission conference of the A M. E. church convened in Macon the 7th, with Bishop Lee presiding. Prof. J. H. Bradley began school in Bevier the 23th, ult., with an enrollment of 20 pupils. Our next presidee W. H. Taft was in Macon Monday Oct., 5th., coming from the west in his special arriving at 10:J p.m. He spoke to an appreciative audience of about 5000 people mostly Republicans. The procession from the depot to the speakers stand was led by the Colored band. Mr. Taft left for St. Louis. PAPA'S GIRL. And just as jolly as can be, I begin to prattle as soon as its light. And jibber away from more til night. I love the girls, I love the boys, I love the girls, I love the boys, I love to my dolls and toys I love to my dolls and toys And many things which you’ve not guessed. But mama and papa much the best. More Than Enough is Too Much. To maintain health, a mature man or woman needs just enough food to repair the waste and supply energy and body heat. The habitual consumption of more food than is necessary for these purposes is the prime cause of stomach troubles, rheumatism and disorders of the kidneys. If troubled with indigestion, revise your diet, let reason and not appetite control and take a few doses of Chambrinlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and you will soon be all right again. For sale by all druggists. Power of Woman's Tongue. A woman's tongue is only three inches long, but it can kill a man sig feet high—Japanese. --- Daughters of Eve. The international fairs of the last 50 years have usually had a woman's department. It has covered a field teaching from patchwork to sculpture. Many writers have described the woman's exhibit, and have drawn wise inferences as to the tastes of the future woman. The Franco-British exhibition, which has been so successful in London this summer, has not only had a woman's section, but has had numerous entries by women in other departments. A few pictures and statues, some creditable achievements in domestic arts, and a large share in the educational exhibits are easily noted by the seeker for signs of the progress of women. But the most significant fact of the exhibition to the student of women's work is not the share of women in it as exhibitors, but their enthusiasm as of the things which arouse them of enthusiasm. The anxious critics of modern feminine activity, who fear that woman is becoming unsexed by her opportunities, as well as the confident prophets of her future advancement, may well ask themselves, "What do modern women care most to see?" Here are educational sections where to charts and records and specimens the work of women teachers is illustrated; yonder pre large spaces given to industrial progress and to the exhibits of art which might well attract the thousands of young women studying art in England and France. All these sections show a mere sprinkling of women who are interested in the story of the march of civilization. There is one place, however, states the Youth's Companion, where one must go early to find standing room; it is the display of dresses! From the throng of patient, waiting women about the gowns and blouses all day long, the philosopher may learn something of the sex, although it may not be easily recorded in statistics. It will be a world-old truth—sometimes obscured, but never lost—that the Daughters of Eve is the most powerful feminine organization in human society, and that when dress is the question there is no disagreement among them as to its importance, whatever they may think of any phase of its fashion. Slimness or Plumpness Slimness of Plumpness. In these days, when it is considered essential, "men to be tall and slender—though, poor things, they cannot always compass it—it should please them to know how an ancient Spartan regarded corpulence. As much attention was paid to rearing men in Spartas as the cattle dealers in modern countries pay to the breeding of cattle, and they took charge of firmness and looseness of men's flesh and regulated the degree of fatness to which it was lawful in a free state to extend his body. Mr. Bruce in "Classic and Historic Portraits," says those who dared to grow too fat or too soft for military exercise and the service of Sparta were soundly whipped. Corpulence was a crime. What was good for the Spartans would be good for the New York women, whom a brilliant Frenchman has been writing about rather too saucily. He says they are much too fat, too well nourished, and would be all the better for less pampering. Overeating and elevators, he thinks, are responsible for those stout ladies who are forever deploring their increasing bulk. As this writer does not mention our Boston fair ones, remarks the Boston Herald, it is presumed he either did not come here, or he has found them as buxom, with their contours as "lost" to sight as those in New York. Anyway, he shows shocking taste. But it is quite true that self-indulgence tends to avoidupolts. Only walk up-stairs and eschew sweets, and the ancient Spartan won't be in it for slimness. --- So many commonplace persons are wearing the cross of the French Legion of Honor that a parliamentary commission has been appointed to investigate the affairs of the order, with a view to restoring membership in it to the original purpose of a recognition for distinguished service to the state. There are five classes in the legion. Wearers of the grand cross number 50; there are 200 grand officers, a thousand commanders, and knights or chevaliers without limit. It is the multiplication of chevaliers which has been going on too rapidly for the taste of the Frenchmen who think that the cross should be a more exclusive decoration. "What is the best way to advertise a city?" is the inquiry of the Board of Trade, Springfield, Mass. As a guarantee of good faith it offers $500 cash for the best plan. This should start lively competition and do some advertising on its own account. A receiver has been appointed for a firm that made a specialty of straightening crooked noses. Can it be possible that there were not enough foolish people with crooked noses to make the business pay? A couple in St. Louis who have just celebrated their golden wedding declare they are happy and content, though they have but a dime a day to live on. Still, they are exceptionally rich, for neither happiness nor content can be bought with millions. Doubtless Capt. Hobson will see a stitcher movement behind the hospitality to be extended our salaries by Japan, arguing that it is just as fatal to be killed by kindness as in any other. Iowa State News Events of Recent Occurrence Throughout the Commonwealth. IOWA'S CORN CROP. Government Report Shows an Im- ence Corn this Year. GETS TWENTY YEARS. Earl Nizert Sentenced to Anamosa Penitentiary. Des Moines—The government report, which was issued on noct. Oct. 7, shows that corn is the king of all grains and the value of the crop raised in the United States totals the enormous amount of $1,941,896,000, while wheat will only bring in the neighborhood of $658,000,000. These estimates are based upon a price of 78 cents for corn at Chicago and $1.00 for wheat. The government's figures for the yield of corn are 2,489,600,000 in 1907 with a crop of 2,460,000,000 bushels, and figuring at 64 cents, which was the price for contract corn a year ago, the value of the 1807 crop was $1,568,000,000. In the bumper year of 1906, when we raised 2,927,416,000 bushels of corn, the value of the years ago, was 45 cents and the value of the crop was $1,317,336,000. The crop of Iowa for this year is estimated at 290,000,000 bushels, and based upon the Chicago price of 78 cents, is worth to the farmers of Iowa the sum of $219,200,000. In 1907, Iowa raised 267,000,000 bushels and was worth $170,800,000. In 1906, with a crop of 373,000,000 bushels, it was worth but $167,850,000. Corn is certainly king this year. DRUGGISTS GIVE UP PERMITS Rockwell City Drug Stores Give up the Fight. Rockwell City.—District court convened here with Judge Church on the bench. The matter of the injunction cases against Calhoun county drug stores was argued and the cases ended with a complete victory for the antisaloon people with Attorney E. R. Acres of Decorah as their attorney. At at former term of the court temporary 'injunctions were granted against all Calhoun county drug stores two and at this term the injunctions were made permanent, and at the conclusion of the case, after announcing the decision of the court, Judge Church ordered the drug store men to forthwith surrender their permits. This was not asked for by the prosecution, and came as a surprise. The permits have all but one or two been surrendered as ordered, the probabilies being that one or two have been surrendered in cases to the supreme court. The injunction includes all four drug stores here in Rockwell City, though one had previously surrendered its permit and gone out of the liquor business. SAY HE ROBBED OWN SAFE. Serious Charges Are Made Against Business Man. Sloux City—Sensational charges against John C. Cantowine of Armour, S. D., are made by three Sloux City creditors in a petition which has been fled in the federal court at Sloux Falls, S. D., asking that Cantowine be declared a bankrupt. The company, the C. Shenkberg company and the H. A. Baker company of Sloux City and the Citizens State bank of Armour. The claims aggregate about $5,000. Cantowine on Sept. 18 created a sensation by announcing that the safe in the establishment had been sold to $3,000 in gold and $300 in silver. The safe was not blown but had been opened by means of the combination Cantowine offered $1,000 reward for the capture of the robbers. The petitioners claim that Cantowine was not robbed at all, alleging that he removed the money himself for the purpuree. The company, Cantowine is the largest retail dealer in South Dakota and the suit has attracted widespread attention. OPPOSE SUNDAY SHOWS. Cedar Rapide Church People Start Anita'An Cedar Rapids.-For some months there has been an agitation among church people looking toward the closing of the Sunday theaters. The opponents of the Sunday theaters appointed a committee of twenty-five, among which are some of the best known citizens and business men of the city. This committee has been laboring with the council in the endeavor to secure the passage of an anti-Sunday theater ordinance. Several meeting have been held with the members of the city council as audience, in which representatives of the committee of twenty-five and representatives of the theaters presented their sides of the case. BRIDE SHOT AND KLLED. Bullet From Gun Accidentally Discharged by Husband. Grant—Mrs. Lee Long, a bride of a few months, was accidentally shot and killed by her husband. Mr. Long had been hunting during the morning. His gun failed to work properly. When he returned he attempted to extract the shells from the gun. Mrs. Long was in the adjoining room. In some manner the gun was discharged and stilled it through the left leg, stricking an artery. Before medical aid could be secured she died to death. Mrs. Long was 20 years of age. She was married last February. Tab Longs live on a farm three miles from Grant. From St. Paul to Cuba. Davenport—The steamer, J. M. passed Davenport on its way to St. Paul for a voyage to New Orleans. He bore a charge of 115 tons of hay. Local river men point to the fact that the six foot channel for which they are fighting would enable this large to carry 500 tons. The trip is the largest ever attempted by a Mississippi river freighter. Earl Nizert Sentenced to Anamasa Penitentiary. Des Moines.— Six minutes after the jury had retired to consider the evidence against Earl Nizert, a verdict Richard White, a avert, was returned in Judge McHenry's court finding the negro guilty of attempted criminal assault upon Lizzie Agea. Nizert waived time and was at once sentenced to serve an indeterminate term, with a maximum of twenty years in the penitentiary at Anamasa. Although Nizert dimmed his asked what he had anything to for himself, Judge McHenry did not hesitate to give the negro one of the most scathing lectures ever heard in the criminal court room. "An act so abhorrent does not find words in the English tongue to adequately connemn it," said the court as the ngro, with eyes sullenly bent downward, heard him without attempting to say more. He Admits All: During the trial of the case Nizert, alias White, has stoutly denied that he has ever been in Springfield or Jacksonville. He even entered a denial when Chief of Police Smith of Jacksonville, Ill., pointed his finger at him accusingly in the criminal court Thursday, and declared he knew him well. But after Judge McHenry had pronounced sentence upon him and he saw that his protestations of innocence would do no good, he changed his mind and admitted it all. He made a plea to the court to contend with numerous crimes in Jacksonville, and chatted with Chief Smith about the various stunts credited to him in the Jacksonville police records. IT WA8 TRICHINOSIS. Prof, Albert Finda It in an Examination of *Patient's Blood*. Iowa City—That many cases diagnosed as typhoid fever, rheumatism, pomaline poisoning, cholera morbus, etc., are simply trichinosis, a disease caused by eating bolted ham, smoked pork or sausage, was the discovery revealed in an interesting article by Dr. Henry Albert, state bacteriologist, in a recent medical bulletin. H. W. Norris, professor of zoology in Grinnell college, is a co-author of the noted bacteriologist. The article is based upon the remarkable epidemic in Grinnell in 1881, where persons were stitched by eating ham sandwiches. These cases were called typhoid, rheumatism, etc., until the blood was examined in the local laboratories. "Trichina infection is by no means rare," says the article. Trichinosis usually results from the eating of uncooked, seasoned or smoked pork or sausage, but may result from the eating of bolted ham which has not been exposed to a sufficient temperature for a sufficient range of time in the environment. In speaking of precautions, the statement is made, "Every means should be adopted to prevent infection of hogs by removing, if possible, the possibility of their eating dead rats." JUDGING TEAM IS CHOSEN. Ames Selects Men to Represent It at Kansas City. Ames—Professor Dinnore has picked the six men who will represent the college in the inter-collegiate stock judging contest at Kansas City Oct. 10. They are George W. Godfrey of Luverne, H. H. Killdey of Osage, Eugene Darling of Ames, M. W. Jolner and H. H. Phillips of Mauquette and K. L. Thornton of Aledo. Ill. One of these men will be later chosen to act as alternate. The men leave tonight and go direct to the Missouri state game at Sedalia. They will play several days in practice work before going or to Kansas City for the contest. both Kansas and Missouri are likely to prove serious competitors this year. Although Ames defeated them last year without any trouble, they have developed considerably since then. In addition to the magnificent silver trophy, there is $200 in cash prizes which will be divided among the men standing the highest. Eldora Would be Beautiful Eldora—Eldora would become "the city beautiful" and has taken the right step with that end in view. Prof. A. T. Erwin of the department of forestry and landscape gardening of the Iowa State college at Ames has been asked to visit the city, inspect its natural surroundings and then lecture to the citizens on the possibilities of improvement. These suggestions will, later $ \sigma_{1} $ , be carried out by the city and citizens. Iowa Central Strike Ended Marshallown.—The strike of shop employees of the Iowa Central road, which has been on since the twenty-second of April, was settled here on the 4th, the men getting the best of the argument. All union men are to return to work here and at division points. In the future the shops will have union men only. A general advance of one per cent over the amount offered the men when they first went out was secured. Gas Wrecks Bank Vault Burlington—When Miller Brooks, son of J. W. Brooks, vice president of the State bank opened the door of an upper vault, a terrific explosion occurred knocking him senseless and doing considerable damage to the bank. A was fet that had been left open had filled the vault and the opening of the doors allowed the gas to become ignited at a burnsnet fire outside. Young Brooks was bad injured and taken to a hospital. ELEVEN DIE IN BLAZE DISASTROUS FIRE IN NEW YORK TENEMENT HOUSE. Several Are Injured Jumping from Upper Stories—Three Barrels of Oil-Soaked Rubbish Found in Building. New York, Oct. 6.—Eleven persons were killed, more than a dozen were injured and 20 escaped death by the narrowest margin in an incendiary fire which wrecked a tenement house on Mulberry street Monday. That a deliberate attempt was made to destroy the house and its occupants the police and firemen, led to doubt. Three barricades with rubbish soaked with oil were found blazing in the lower hall, cutting off the escape of 50 or more persons who were sleeping on the upper floors. Several Die In Their Beds. Some of the vietnam died in their beds, overcome by smoke and caught by the flames. Others, who had been aroused too late, fell unconscious before they could reach a window, and were burned to death scarcely an arm's length from safety. Many were injured by jumping from upper windows to the street or by being crushed as they fought for safety on the fire escapes. The dead are Minechillo Furillo, his wife and their three children, aged five, three and two years; Francisco Polestrino, a musician; Mrs. Rosa Schettino and two years; Francisco Schettino and two years; seven-year-old daughter, Witie Danee, Pietro Maglioli, who unidentified man. Several of the injured persons who were taken to hospitals are in a critical condition. Fire Escapes Were Obstructed. Fire Escapes Were Obstructed That so many were killed was due in part to the carelessness of the tenants and their disregard of the rule that fire escapes must be kept clear of obstructions. When the frightened men and women dropped from the rooms they formed the wells of the fire platelines covered with boards which could not be removed quickly. Excited mothers and fathers with children in their arms became panic-stricken and tossed their children to friends in the street. A dozen were dropped from the second and third floors and were caught by men standing in the street. SLAIN BY SISTER-IN-LAW. Capt. Erb, Prominent Philadelphia Politician, Shot During Family Quarrel. Philadelphia—J. Clayton Erb, captain and regimental quartermaster of the Third regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, was shot and killed at his summer home near Village Green, Delaware county, Tuesday night. His sister-in-law, Mrs. Catherine Beelse, is under arrest in the Media jail, charged with the murder. The woman admits that she did the shooting during a family quarrel. Capt. Erb, who was private secretary to Israel in Prudhamsburg, politician of this city, was one of the best known men in political circles in Philadelphia. About two years ago he was married and moved to Delaware county. For a time everything went along smoothly, but recently there were family quarrels. Fire Sweeps Summer Resort Near Boston. Boston. — Two of the largest hotels Cresthall and the Ocean View house, and three valuable summer cottages were destroyed by fire here early Saturday with a loss estimated at more than $150,000. Mrs. A. C. Dumont of Cincinnati, who was a guest at Cresthall, was reported by the police as missing, and men watched for the ruins to coexist so that they could be ensured that they were nearly 100 guests in the two hotels and many had narrow escapes. Few persons were able to save any of their property, as the hotel buildings were practically burned to the ground. *Mormons for "OFY" Leigharth.* Selt Lake City—Having heard their president expound the revelation of the words of the nation which prohibits the use of incarnate inicentivors by the faithful, 15,000 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Sunday proclaimed their faith in the practical application of the ecclesiastical law by voting unanimously approval of a resolution pledging the entire membership of the church to support prohibition legislation. The occasion was the opening of the seventy-ninth semi-annual conference. Augustus D. Lynch Is Dead. Washington.—Augustus D. Lynch, formerly of Indianapolis, for 36 years connected with the comptroller's office and served here and here before Tuesday. He was 72 years old. Brown Wins In Georgia Atlanta, GA—Returns indicate that Joseph M. Brown has carried the state for governor by a plurality of between 60,000 and 80,000. His only opponent was Yancey Carter, who ran on the Independence party ticket. Falling Walls KILL FIREMAN Buffalo, N. Y. One fireman was killed and eight were injured in the collapse of the burning walls of a small grain elevator on Broadway Wednesday night. The loss was $100,000! Russian Robbers Kill Twelve. Tirapel, Russia. - Robbers have committed a revolting crime in the neighboring village of Slobodze. They entered the house of a Jewish family named Cohen and killed 12 persons in their efforts to get away with a small amount of loot. The murderers were arrested. Minnesota Bank is Robbed. Olivia, Minn. - The State bank of Danube was burglarized Tuesday. Twenty-three hundred dollars in cash was taken. GERMANY BELGIAN RUSSIA BUDAPEST AUSIRIA - HUNGARY ROUMANIA DURHAM BLACK GERIA ADRIATIC SEA TURKISH MEDITERRANEAN ASIA GREEK SPAIN GERDANIA This is a Sectional Map of Europe—the Map Which May Be Changed as a Result of Balkan Principality's Discarding Turkish Yoke. BIG ELEVATOR EXPLODES THIRTEEN KILLED IN DISASTER AT RICHFORD, VT. Structure Destroyed by Flames in Which a Number of Workmen and a Woman Perish. Richford, Vt.-With a concussion which shook the entire village, a large grain elevator, having a capacity of 500,000 bushels, exploded late Wednesday, causing the death of 12 men and a woman. The explosion blow off the entire roof of the building, scattering timbers in all directions, and almost instantly flames burst out all over the structure. Twenty-one men were employed in the building, of whom 11 are missing and undoubtedly perished. All lived in Richford. Mrs. John Jelfore, who was walking with a companion along the Canadian Pacific railroad track close the elevator, was burned to death, and an unknown person, who was with her was burned so seriously that her life is despaired of. The elevator was owned jointly by the Canadian Pacific and Boston & Maine railroads and was occupied by the Quaker Oats Company of Chicago. The amount of grain it contained was very large. The flames, which are supposed to have been started by spontaneous combustion in the dry dust of the grain, spread so quickly that the limited fire apparatus of the village was no avail. Nothing could prevent the entire destruction of the elevator and its contents. The grain was a flour shed near the elevator and the shed, to gether with 75 freight cars standing near it, were burned. The wreckage and fire blocked the tracks of the Canadian Pacific rail road completely for many hours, so it was necessary for trains to make a detour by way of Sherbrooke. Que Total loss is estimated at $400,000 H. A. GARFIELD COLLEGE HEAD. Inducted Into the Office of President of Williams. Pittsburg Haa $500,000 Fire. Pittsburgh.—An explosion of gas at the plant of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company's works, No. 2, at Tarenum, a suburb, early Sunday resulted in a loss by fire of $50,000 and threw $00 men out of employment. W. A. Long, a watchman, was knocked down by the explosion, brushed and internally injured. Half of the plant is in ruins and the flames were only checked by a large steel building recently erected by the company. Sulcoide on Battleship Virginia Washington.—Rear Admiral Sperry, commanding the Atlantic battlefield fleet at Manila, reports to the navy department that George Schiff, chief yeoman on the battlefield Virginia, committed suicide at Manila. Robbera Shoot Station Agent. Savannah, Ga.—A special from Nahunta says Allen O'Neill, the railroad agent there, was found Wednesday shot in the head and dangerously wounded. He was able to explain that robbers entered the office and after shooting him robbed him and fled. Woman Takes Aeroplane Ride. Le Mans, France—Wilbur Wright, the American aeroplaniist, made a flight here Wednesday with Mrs. Hart O. Berg, the wife of his European business manager, as a passenger. After St. Louis Padrones. St. Louis.—That more than 200 Greek boys who work in St. Louis bootblack stands are held in practical slavery by padronees, who pay them one dollar a day for 18 hours' work and search their pockets for tips every night, is the information on which warrants were issued Tuesday by United States Commissioner Morsey for Peter Amagnes, John Mavrakos and James Chiffers. They are charged with conspiracy to violate the immigration laws by bringing Greek boys into the country under false pretenses. WRIGHT FULFILLS CONTRACT. Record-Breaking Breaking Satisfies Conditions Imposed by Weiler. Leans. — Wilbur Wright, who, on Saturday last, established a world's record for an aeroplane flight carrying one passenger, made a new record Tuesday afternoon when, under similar conditions, he remained in the air for one hour, four minutes and 26 seconds. His best previous record with a passenger was 55 minutes, 37 seconds. Mr. Wright thus fulfills the conditions the contract signed by him, Mr. Weller, representing a syndicate, whereby Mr. Wright was required to make two flights within a week with a passenger, or equivalent in weight of 50 kilometers each. Washington. — Aerial navigation as an auxiliary to the naval service is contemplated in specifications for four flying machines for which proposals for construction will be asked. The specifications require that each machine shall carry two persons of a combined weight of 350 pounds, a sufficient supply of fuel at the start for a flight at least 200 miles, for a period of four hours at an average speed of not less than 40 miles an hour and to remain contained in the air during flight. They are constructed as to be able to alight without danger, on land or on water, to float on the latter when at rest, without wetting any of the air-supporting or controlling areas, and to be able to rise therefrom without appreciable delay under their own power without the aid of special starting apparatus. CASTRO SERIOUSLY ILL. Venezuelan President May Have to Surrender Reins of Government. Willemstad, Curacao—It is reported here from Venezuela that President Castro is seriously ill and that the government of Venezuela probably soon will have to be turned over to the vice-president of that republic. Castro is suffering from an affection of the liver and kidneys. His physicians have not been able to agree whether to perform an operation or not. The Hague. — Should Holland decide to blockade Venezuela, the battle will be directed especially against La Guata, Porto Cabello and Maracalco. The government has discussed the possibility of Castro's setting Curacao, but former Minister De Reus declares that would be impracticable, the Venezuelan troops being only adapted for guerrilla warfare. Postmasters Favor Parcels Post Des Moines, Ia.-Arecars post was one of the chief subjects of discussion at Wednesday's opening session of the National League of Postmasters of the Fourth Class. It developed that practically all of the postmasters present think it should be established. Superintendent W. R. Spillman of the rural free delivery service gave the main address, advocating a parcels post, and also taking up at some length the work of the rural free delivery in this country. About 300 delegates were in attendance. Mrs. Yates Passes Away. Jacksonville, Ill.-Mrs. Richard Yates, mother of former Gov. Yates and wife of the Illinois war governor, died Tuesday afternoon at the age of 86 years. Her illness dates back to two years ago, when she fell and fractured her hip. Since that time she had been gradually falling. She took great interest in politics, both state and national. Cotton Gina Warned and Closed Little Rock, Ark—Heeding notices posted on the doors of the Arkansas Valley Cotton Oil Company at Dardane, 12 cotton gins closed Wednesday. The warning stated that the night riders were friendly, but unless the plant was closed torches would be used. Six Mexican Miners Killed El Paso, Tex.—In a cave in Wednesday in thegana-Duluth mine at Gananea, Mexico, six Mexican miners were killed. Eastern Democrats Choose. Providence, R. I.—At the Democrat- ie state convention Tuesday the following state ticket was nominated: Governor, Olney Arnold; lieutenant governor, Adelard Archambault; secretary of state, Robert Grieve; attorney general, B. T. Corbon; treasurer, Tristom D. Babcock New Railway for Nebraska. New Hampshire, New Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska, Amaha, Lincoln & Southeastern railroad, inco- porated with a capital of $10,000.00 terminal with Lincoln and Onsite. MONTENEGRO READY TO HELP TAKE THE OFFENSIVE AURTRIAN FLEET MOBILIZED All the Danube Bridges Are Being Patrolled by Austrian Troops—Great Excitement Prevails. Vienna, Oct. 9.—War between Austria-Hungary and Servia is a recognized possibility, although it is believed here that it will be averted. King Peter is in a difficult position on account of the clamor of the Servians for war, particularly since his tenure on the throne never has been very safe. The Austrians, on their part, have a new feeling of national enterprise on account of the forward movement in the anexation of Bonia and Heragovina and would be more ready for further adventure now than they were a week ago. That the government recognizes the possibility, the military precautions in Hungary show. All the bridges over the Save and the Danube near the Servian frontier are strongly guarded by patrols, and four Danube river monitors were concentrated at the town of Budapest. Four Austrian monitors proceeded down the Danube last night from Budapest. All passengers coming from Servia by railroad are compelled to show their passports at the frontier before entry into Austria. AUSTRIA IS ANXIOUS. Trying To Get Powers To Recognize Bulgaria. Bupadest, Oct. 8.-Austria has already entered upon negotiations with the various powers for the recognition of the new kingdom of Bulgaria and the establishment of peaceful relations between Turkey and Bulgaria. Baron von Aechrinal, the foreign minister, made this announcement in his speech at the opening siting of the common delegates yesterday. The Austrian newspapers and politicians have steadfastly denied that there was any understanding between Austria and Bulgaria in the recent double movement but Austria's adoption of a protecting role toward Balkans indicates a strong community of interests. Baron von Aechrinal, foreign minister, denied that Austria-Hungary was seeking a political and economic monopoly in the western Balkans. He said: "The unique position occupied by Bosnia and Herzegovina for thirty years has acted as a weight to Austria's eastern policy. We are getting rid of the shackles, and are carrying out the spirit of the Berlin treaty. Having removed all possible causes of friction, we would be glad to fall in line with the other powers in a benevolent attitude toward Turkey." NEGRO CONFESSES CRIME Says He Fired Six Shots to Kill Leo comotive Fireman. Chicago, Oct. 9.—The mystery surrounding the murder of Murray Kelley a locomotive fireman employed by the Chicago & Western Indiana railroad, who was shot and killed while riding a train on a freight car. Nine miles street and Jackson Park avenue was solved yesterday, according to the police, by the arrest of two men who gave the names of W. F. Williams and William Duford. Duford, who is a negro and who was formerly employed as a porter by the Pullman car company, is said by the police to have made a confession in which he shot and killed a man riding on a freight car where Kelley was killed. Efforts of the police to learn the motive for the shooting were futile. SERVIA CLAMORS FOR WAR. Belgrade, Oct. 9. —Great crowds again surrounded the palace last night, shouting for war and calling for the king to appear. Finally King Peter, accompanied by the crown princess, came to the balcony and implored the people not to cause disturbances. The crowd cheered the king, but continued to shout "War with Austria." The statement is made in the newspapers that the reigning prince of Montenegro has sent a message to King Peter, in which he is quoted as saying "When the Servian army marches to the banks of the Drena, my army will advance against Herzegovina." LONDON MORE RE881MISTIC London, Oct. 8. -More premilitary feelings prevailed here yesterday with regard to the possible settlement, of the far eastern "Tunisia." The demands of the Cretans for annexation to Greece, and the protest of the Serbian government against the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina have introduced further difficulties, these it is believed, will assuredly be by the British government, but they are delaying the negotiations. Elevator Explodes. Richford Wt. Oct. 9.—With a conclusion which shook the entire village, a large grain elevator, having a capacity of 500,000 bushels, exploded late yesterday causing the death of seven workmen and a woman. The explosion blew off a tree roof of the building, scattering numerous in all directions, and almost instantly flames birst out all over the structure. Twenty-one men were employed in the building, of whom seven are missing and undoubtedly financial loss at $400,000. The woman was passing at the time and was killed by flying timbers. Turkey Joins in. St. Petersburg, Oct. 9.—Turkey has fallen into line with the Russian proposal to convoke a congress of the powers for a revision of the Berlin treaty which she believed here, will ultimately be accepted by all the signatory powers. The back is the mainspring of women's organism. It quickly calls attention to trouble by aching. It tells, with other symptoms, such as nervousness, headache, pains in the loins, weight in the lower part of the body, that a woman's feminine organism needs immediate attention. 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Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female lilies, and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulceration, and other skin conditions in periodic pains, backache, that bearing-down feeling, flatulence, indigestion, dizziness, or nervous prostration. Truly a Bad Case. The Butler—What makes the missus in such a bad humor this morning? The widowed woman told her a secret she told and she's forgotten. —Stray Stories. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury. Writers Great Writer Lived Where are they, where Carlyle's *Sartor Rosartus* was written, has just been the scene of a notable wedding. The bride was Miss Mary Carlyle of Graignpnutpuck, a grand-niece of Thomas Carlyle, and the bridegroom James Carlyle, a farmer of Thomas Dumfrieshire, a son of Thomas Carlyle's favorite nephew Pilee Carlyle, the Ecclefechan, Carlyle's birthplace, and this village is the original of the Entuphil of "Sartor Rosartus." Australia's Wild Oysters Oysters are sometimes regarded as dangerous but they are not usually considered savage. A Queensland judge, however, has decided that they are wild beasts. Before a royal commission on the pearling industry, which has been sitting at Brisbane, a witness stated that eight years ago he had laid 100,000 shells in the neighborhood of Friday island. The Japanese stole the shells, and the district court judge held that as Pearl shellysters were wild animals there was no penalty for stealing them. Nobody Else Loved Her. In her new autumn gown she regarded her complexion complacently in the long glass. "I must confess," she said, "that I am in love with myself." "Then you should be happy," said her chum, tartly, "for you haven't a rival." How often do smart clothes excite shabby remarks? NO GUSHEP But Tells Facts About Postum. "We have used Postum for the past eight years," writes a Wis. lady, "and drink it three times a day. We never tire of it. "For several years I could scarcely eat anything on account of dyspepsia, bloating after meals, palpitation, sick headache—in fact was in such misery and distress I tried living on hot water and toast for nearly a year. "I had quit coffee, the cause of my trouble, and was using hot water, but this was not nourishing. "Hearing of Postum I began drink ing it and my alliments disappeared, and now I can eat anything I want without trouble. My wife and husband had about the same experience. Mother would often suffer after eating, while yet drinking coffee. My husband was a great coffee drinker and suffered from indigestion and headache. "After he stopped coffee and began Postum both alliments left him. He will not drink anything else now and we have it three times a day. I could write more but am no gasher—only state plain facts." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of humar THE GIRL IN GRAY By ALEXANDER BLACK (Copyright, by Shortstory Pub. Co.) The train lumbering northward from San Antonio. Sherman Garrett was conscious of the monotonic panorama, of the ribbon of land and the ribbon of sky. A definite fact was the silhouette of the girl in gray. He first had seen her at San Antonio. In company with Dr. Parvin he had been studying the sleepy missions and the sleeper gambling den, barring at the curiosity shops, riding shaggy ponies in clouds of white dust, and ornamenting the facade of the hotel, when one morning, like the advent of radiant to-day, she loomed in the arch of the Alamo. "I wonder who she is?" exclaimed Parvin. Anyone having acquaintance with Parvin would have expected him to wonder who she was. "Looks bored." And lonesome," added Garrett, feeling. Just then the girl was joined by three men, with whom she presently sauntered toward the hotel. "Company, and varied company." laughed Parvin. One of the men evidently was close upon 50, readily, prematurely stooped. His complements were young, one of them spare, sharp in feature, swaggering in gait, the other fat, smooth, expressionless. Before night Parvin reported that the thin young man was the old fellow's son. "He tries hard to be devilish," said Parvin. "Smokes cigarettes, drinks Marinels, and sprinkles tips all day." "The Prodigal Son" mused Garrett. "I can't make out the other object that hangs around with him." "The Fatted Calf," suggested Garrett. Parvin grinned through a ring of cigar smoke. "They both have the impertinence to show occasional attention to that girl." "She should know better," protested Garrett. On the following day Parvin reported that she had called the elderly man father. "And so," said Parvin, his mother both. "In the dramatis persons—the Fied Father." "I'm shocked," declared Garrett. "that you, a man of science, shouldn't have found visible proofs of the relationship long ago." They enjoyed so much these speculations over the group as to avoid, or at least to neglect, practical measures for better information. When the doctor started on Laredo, and Garrett took an early train north on his trip to Dallas and Little Rock, they missed the big call of "Miss Alma" in recollection of the day she had dawned upon them in the crumbling frame of the Mexican doorway. And now she sat there, on the other side of the car, her expressive profile against the flowing lines of the Texas country. She wore the gray gown in which Garrett first had seen her. During the early part of the journey she had been accompanied by the Fond Father, and had received visits from the Prodigial Son and the Fatted Calf, who married the Fond Father off with them in the Fond car, which was divided between negro passengers and white smokers. She talked gaily with the men, yet gave no sign of regretting their departure. It was very warm. Miss Alamo fanned herself with a folded time table. Then she sought to raise her window. Thanks to an official ingenuity which has regard to the necessity for a due and proper sociability among passengers, the window could not hide. Miss Alamo could glimpse split squarely across the palm as Garrett sprang forward to help her. "Sorry I wasn't quicker," Garrett said. "I might have saved the glove." She laughed without any apparent resentment for this unnecessary supplement to the incident, and for the first time glanced at his face. "My punishment for having them too small." It remained for Garrett to pick up a pamphlet describing the sights of San Antonio which she had brushed from the window. "I saw some one in the aisle. It was the Prodigal Son, with the Fatted Calf at his elbow. 'I beg your pardon,' said Garrett. "Don't mention it," said the Prodigal Son, who added: "Eh—didn't I see you at the Menger?" "Yee," admitted Garrett, divided between a feeling of resentment that the Prodigial Son should have seen him anywhere, and acceptance of an excuse for proximity to Miss Alamo. "I thought so," joined in the Fatted Calf, in an impersonal way, as if it didn't make any difference to him. The Prodigial Son wrenched feverishly at a sickly mustache, which had the appearance of utter exhaustion under a persistent effort to make it curl up at the ends. "I got awfully tired of that plu.co," he said. "Did you?" asked Garrett, colorless. The Fatted Calf rat tentatively on the arm of one of the scats. The Prodigial Son had not had a cigarette for eight minutes and he showed the effects of the privation. "Smoke?" he asked Garrett, fingering his case. Garrett thought he wouldn't, and watched them amble up the sisle and melt into the blue blaze of the forward car. Garrett could not resist a searching glance at the girl's face. He had wondered whether she was a New York girl she met up by travel or a friend she met up with, and it had occurred to him, naturally, that as most girls were not what you THE MEN From stereograph, copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y. Hebrews in Jerusalem greet each other with a warm embrace just as their oriental forefathers did in Old Testament times. expected, she probably wasn't either of these. The train had stopped. Garrett could hear the laughter and exclamations of the four men at the other end of the car who were engaged in an extremely audible game of cards. At this moment a new passenger appeared in the nearby door and dropped into the seat Garrett had occupied. He was a tall, handsome man, with thick, tawny hair, a graceful mustache and friendly blue eyes. Both Garrett and Miss Alamo looked at him. He certainly was good to look upon. Garrett remarked that his broad-brimmed crown was of dimples in the crown, was of about the same shade as Miss Alamo's dress. The newcomer studied his watch. "Train's a little late, isn't it?" he asked Garrett in an easy tone. "I suppose so. These trains always are." baritone of the handsome man, addressing the car, "you will hold your hands a little higher. Col. Cool of San Marcos, is particularly in danger. We wish no trouble. Make everything as pleasant as you can for our friend here, who will take charge of your watches and money." The "our friend" of this speech, a short, youngish man with nervous dark eyes, had a sleek revolver in one hand, and with the other was running through the pockets of the men nearest him with a mysterious, fascinating agility. "Do you me!" cried Miss Alamo at Garrett's obey. "Must I give up all my drawn work and scavenge?" he had opened her little satchel with an imploring look toward the handsome man, who turned his blue eyes upon her long enough to say, "No, no! we don't want anything from you. Make yourself as comfortable as you can." And he smiled again, showing his The engine breathed and muttered in the quiet of the station. Garrett gazed through the window at a mule cart with a dusky driver, asleep; at a shabby "general merchandise" shop beyond the white road; at a young Mexican rolling a cigarette with yellow paper, and lifting his fingers one by one, as from a musical instrument until the thing had burned down into the shadow of his mustache; at a big hulking bird circling in the clear sky. "What sort of a fowl is that?" asked Garrett of the newcomer, who was staring in the same direction. "A buzzard," replied the handsome man, who smiled his charming smile and added, "You're from the north, I reckon?" Garrett nodded. "Ugh!" shivered Miss Alamo. "How I hate buzzards." "They have a sinister reputation," said Garrett. He had been staring through the window again. "I was just fancying," he went on, "a man wounded, or helpless out there—would they pounce on him?" "Not unless he was dead," replied the handsome man. He smiled again his charming smile. "And the longer he had been dead the better they would like him." Garrett looked for a questioning second at the blue eyes of the newcomer. "Ancestor that Miss Alamo again liked me." When the train had been rumbled for a number of miles the card players became particularly audible, and the handsome man seemed annoyed. "You would think this was their private car," he said to Garrett. Then one of the men used a disagreeable epithet in a loud tone. A dozen men in other parts of the car looked quickly toward them. Both Garrett and the handsome man arose, and the latter strode forward in the car. Miss Alamo caught Garrett by the sleeve. "Let them alone," she whispered, "or we'll have fireworks." "Look here!" came the mellow voice of the handsome man, "there's a lady in the car, and you've got to respect her presence. Understand me?" The four men were on their feet as the speaker strode back toward his seat. "What is that to you?" roared one of the card players, flinging the pack into the alce. There were other loud words, a conductor and stir through the car, and Garrett saw the handsome man pull the bell cord. The air brakes squealed. A moment of startled silence fell over the group of passengers. "A trick!" cried Miss Alamo in Garrett's ear. "It's a hold-up!" As she spoke, Garrett saw the gleam of three revolvers at the other end of the car, and heard the metallic voice of one of the card players shouting, "Hands up, everybody!" and quick action, Garrett afterwards remembrated that it was like a vote at a meeting, except that everyone was voting twice. He was surprised at the instinctive response his own hands made to a demand of which he scarcely had realized the purport. He saw the quick movement of one of the men who turned to the forward car; he heard the grunt of the trucks as the car stopped; he became conscious of some movement and a sharp commotion. Then he immediately turned his eyes to the handsome man across the side. The handsome man was standing with his back toward the window, one foot on the seat, and over his knee hung his strong white hand, fingering the hair trigger of a revolver. bartone of the handsome man, addressing the car, "you will hold your hands a little higher. Col. Cool of your watch," he said. "We wish no trouble. Make everything as pleasant as you can for our friend here, who will take charge of your watches and money." "The our friend" of this speech, a short, youngish man with nervous dark eyes, had a sleek revolver in one hand, and with the other was running through the pockets of the men near with a mysterious, fascinating agility. "Dear me!" cried Miss Alamo at Garrett's ear, "Must I give up all my drawn work and souvenirs?" She opened her little satchel with an imploring look toward the handsome man, who turned his blue eyes upon her long enough to say, "No, no! we don't want anything from you. Make him comfortable as you can." And he smiled again, showing his even white teeth. Garrett heard a little snort from the engine. The men who had come out of the sheltered lane by the track had ordered the engineer to uncouple. He saw the fingers going from pocket to pocket, and heard the peremptory low-voiled remarks of their owner, as he searched for and transferred the booty. He saw the man at the door, his revolver leveled, his eyes searching every corner of the car. The strenuous silence had endured until Garrett felt that his nerves were ready to rebel or to break, when a sharp explosion tore the air and a little stiltie of flame leapt out of Miss Alamo's lap. At the same instant the handsome man dropped his weapon, two towels. Almost before the revolver reached the floor, Garrett spring for it, and its owner followed him, the two soon wrestling confusedly in the sise. "Hands up!" yelled the man at the door, firing a threat, and the youngish man who had been looting the pockets stood for a moment irresolute, his revolver covering the men on the floor. Three shots in quick succession sounded from the direction of the smoker; the robber with the booty fell forward on his face. The man behind him staggered, then dashed for the platform. As Garrett and his opponent at last struggled to their feet, the little glittering thing they wrestled for barked in their hands. Garrett had the weapon. The handsome man faltered backward, his face stiffening. Garrett him shuffle on the platform as he himself turned to the uproar. The quick battled. No. There were other shots. They saluted the three men who had mounted the horses in the lane. 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The churchman defended the principles of the Republican party, and, as indicated, defended the man for whom he had expected to vote, from his personal standpoint of a churchman, "because he is the highest type of a Christian gentleman." Bishop J. C. Hartzell of the Methodist Episcopal Church, discussing the religious beliefs of Bryan and Taft, after calling on the latter, said: "Which of these men I shall vote for will not be decided by their religious beliefs, but what they are as men, and by the principles and policies they stand for in the administration of the government. I believe that in acting upon this view, as an American citizen, I am in harmony with the spirit and purpose of the founders of our republic, who put into the constitution that there should be 'no religious test as to qualifications to any office or public trust under the United States.' My conviction is that the future safety of the nation depends very largely upon our people heeding that constitutional prohibition. Our nation owes much in moral character, statesmanship, literature, art and religion to those who have not been in strict harmony with some of the dogmas of the church. The days of the Inquisition are past." Remembering that Mrs. Taft is a Presbyterian, but that Miss Helen Taft was confirmed in the Episcopal Church in Washington last winter at the same time that Miss Ethel Roosevelt, daughter of the President, was confirmed, I wondered as to Mr. Taft's church association. When I made the inquiry here I was answered through the columns of the Northwestern Christian Advocate, the great Methodist publication, just as it had given answer to hundreds of inquiries from its Methodist subscribers. It said: Man of Broad Sympathies. "Mrs. Taft and children are Episcopalians, and the Secretary frequently accompanies them to St. John's Church, where, also, he has a pew. While Mr. Roosevelt goes to the German Reformed Church, his wife and family, who are Episcopalians, attend historic St. John's Church, where they sit only one or two pews removed from Mrs. Taft and her children. Secretary Taft spends his vacation at Murray Bay, Canada, where there is a Union Church, attended by the summer colonists of all denominations. The Secretary of War is one of the trustees of this summer colony church, where people of many faiths gather for worship." This Methodist testimony indicated to me the broad and liberal view of Mr. Taft in religious matters. In looking through the file of this same publication—the Western Christian Advocate—I found a discussion of both nominees, in the course of which it was asserted: The sympathies of both Mr. Taft and Mr. Bryan are very broad, and they worship easily and naturally with any Christian denomination. Whichever man is elected, the country will have, therefore, a President of clean life, lofty principles and Christian convictions." Opalion of Negro Clergyman. On the same afternoon, when Bishop Hartzell called, Rev. James G. Robinson, pastor of the Eaker Street African Methodist Church of Dayton, Ohio, called at the headquarters in company with W. H. Jones, one of the leading colored lawyers of the same city. Mr. Jones was proud of the fact that he is president of the Colored Taft Club, the first one to be incorporated in the United States, and Rev. Mr. Robinson admitted that he is president of the Board of Directors of the same club. As he left Mr. Taft's office I asked him for his view of the candidate, both from his standpoint as a churchman and as a leader of his race. "I believe," he said, "Judge Taft will be elected by a safe and comfortable majority, not simply because he is a Republican, nor am I speaking because I am a Republican. But Judge Taft represents all of the ideals of the true Christian statesman." As to the attitude of his own race, Rev. Mr. Robinson said: "We can not afford to line up with the Democratic party, which has been antagonistic to our interests always, and against the party headed by such wise and Christian statesmen as is Judge Taft. He is a man whom we know in Ohio is desirous that all men, without regard to For Chronic Diarrhoea "While in the army in 1833 I was taken with chronic diarrhoea," says George M. Pelton of South Gibson, Pa. I have since tried many remedies but without any permanent relief until Mr A. 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He is deeply religious without a trace of bigotry, fearing God and working righteousness, as did the two Adamses and Abraham Lincoln." Taft's Idea of Character. In my effort to discover the qualities which led one to describe Mr. Taft as "the highest type of Christian gentleman." I learn that the candidate himself, within a month, has defined just what importance he attached to Christian character in the building of a successful career. The question had been put to him to develop his personal views, and writing in response the Republican candidate said: "Your question suggests two others which must be answered in answering this: First, what is a Christian character, and, second, what is a successful career? First, I consider a Christian character that of one who holds as his ideal a compliance with the two commandments given by Jesus Christ, and who earnestly strives to live up to that ideal. Second, I should define a successful career to be that career which brings more real happiness to those who happen to be within the operation of the influence of the person whose character is in question. "Coming now to answer your inquiry, I should say that a Christian character in the building of a successful career is its most important part. The longer one lives the more convinced he must become that every other incident and element of a career loses importance in comparison, and that when a man's life work is done this is what stands out, and whether the career is one of profession, business or politics, the same thing is true." What an Old Friend Says. Mr. Aaron A. Ferris, a prominent Cincinnati lawyer, who has known Judge Taft for thirty years said: "I have never had occasion to ask Judge Taft what his creed was in matters religious. I know that, when in Cincinnati, he has been quite regular in attendance at Christ Episcopal church, of which members of his family are communicants, and of which I a vestryman. I know very well that no one in trouble or distress ever appealed to him without receiving a patient hearing and prompt and material aid, when in his power to give it. If a man's character is to be ganged by what he does, and not by mere profession; if leading a clean and upright life is to be a guide, and doing righteous deeds is to be counted, then I am confident that his neighbors and fellow-citizens who have lived with him and know him well, without regard to creed, color or party association, would say that Taft has lived and acted in every station as a Christian gentleman." SAYS WEALTH IS DISTRIBUTED. Chief Statistician of Census Bureau Writes on "The Assets of the United States." The nation's wealth is not in the hands of a few, according to L. G. 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Of heating Anthracite coal contains 6 per 712-714 CHASE & WEST 712-714 Walnut St. Walnut St. Sell Everything for the Home Stoves and Ranges Our Hot Blast Saves One-third of the Fuel To prove to you that 38 per cent of heating power in soft coal is wasted in other heaters by being permitted to pass through the chimney as gas, smoke and soot, we quote the statistics of the Bureau of Mineral Industry at Washington. Anthracite coal contains 6 per cent of volatile carbon or gas, and 32 per cent of fixed carbon or coal, making power usually wasted in soft coal is used as fuel in a Buck's Hot Blast volatile carbon or gas and 44 per cent of Fixed carbon or coke, making 82 per cent of heating power. From the government statistics we find that it has always required an average of $ \frac{2}{4} $ tos of bituminous, or soft coal, to go as far in the old style, under draft stoves and open grates, as one ton of a bracite or hard coal. By reason of the Buck's Hot Blast principle of construction, however, $ \frac{1}{4} $ tos of slack or screenings will produce just as much heat as one ton of high priced hard coal. One ton of the cheapest slack will give you exactly the same heat as a ton of the highest priced lump coal. CHASE & WEST invi line of Furniture, Rug T invite you to Call e, Rugs, Stoves and CHASE & WEST invite you to Call and See their fine line of Furniture, Rugs, Stoves and Draperies. ALBIA NOTES. Mrs. Aile Homan has been very sick for the past two weeks. Mr. Brummer is still very sick. Mr. John Brummer is in Albia called here by the illness of his father. Miss J. H. Bell and little daughter Miss Nellie Dorcia Bell have returned from their visit to Chicago. Mr. Charlie Parker has gone to Clarinda for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Eil Butler and son Lawrence of Buxon spent Sunday in Albia also Mrs. Butler spent Saturday here on business. There were some few strangers in our town the past week. Mr. and Mrs. H. Henderson of Des Moines visited at the home of Mr. Will Parker, this week and also with other relatives and friends who were pleased to see them. Mr. Kay has returned from his visit from out of the city. Devices of Defense Who could be more perfect defense than the device of the moor-bour? She stalks herself in the water beneath an overhanging root or bank, leaving only her bill in sight. And that looks like a fallen leaf. You may stand within six feet of her and she will not move, so sure is she that her ruse will succeed—London evening Standard. Extra Certificates With Orders White Rice, Waseca, Minnesota Flour, Flying Horse, Sleepy-Eye Calumet Baking Powder Special One 6 ounce can Baking Powder free with two 1-pound cans purchased. Two 6 ounce cans free with 1 5-pound can ..... 98c Cottage Bakery Specials Three 5c Bread ..... 13c Two 10c Bread ..... 15c 2 dozen Assorted Cookies ..... 15c 3 Ham Sandwiches ..... 10c 100 lb. sack Sugar $5.54 4 lbs. Soda Crackers 25c 4 lbs. 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