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All voters who endorse the
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Committee.
C. YT. MILLER,
Secretary.
2nd
3rd 8
Oat8lde..~4
Delhi 6
Elk 5
Union 8
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JHemoctrtt.
OFPIOIAL PAPER OF COUNTY AND CITY.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20, 1902.
Third District Congressional
Convention.
Fori,
By order of Committee,
M. ELDREDGE,
Chairman.
DELHI.
Demoeratlo voters of Delhi township are here
by notified that there will be & caucus at the
township building on the 20th day of August at
4 O'OIOCK p. m.,for the purpose of selecting six
delegates to the county conventlr
nomination of township officers.
.. ..
BY OBDBU
or THB
for selecting delegates to the county conven
tion to be held at Manchester, Saturday, Aug. 28,
By order or Committee.
HOXSY CBEEK.
The democrats of Honey Creek township will
hold a caucus at the Center school house on Fri
day evening at 8 o'clock p. m., for the purpose
of electing delegates to the county convention to
be held at Manchester, August 28.
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By order ot Committee.
The Waterloo Reporter advises a con
temporary to "keep sweet." This Is
good advice, not alone for a newspaper
man, but for everyone. This world
would be a much better place, if every
body did the best they could to keep
sweet.
The great dam across the Nile River
at Assouan has just been completed'
and tbe ancient land of the Pharaohs
now possesses not only the
greatest pyr
amid," but also the greatest dam in the
world. It cost $25,000,000, and is part
of an irrigating system which it is
claimed will work wonderB in old Egypt,
The St. LOUIB Globe-Democrat, the
republican organ of Missouri, regards
President Roosevelt as unsound on the
tariff question. It does not like what
the wild waves
are saying around Oyster
Bay. It looks very much as though
Missouri will not be for Roosevelt in
1904, if the Globe-Democrat has its way.
The republicans of Wisconsin are In
a bad mix-up. Like their party associ
ates in Iowa, they are dissatisfied with
the action of their congressional dele
gation in Congress on tbe tariff ques
tion, and are going to record their pro
teBt on election day. The democratB
figure that they are likely to Becure a
governor and possibly a United States
Senator as a result of the republican
disagreement.
Between the northern shores of the
Great Lakes and HudsonB Bay there
are vast foreBtB of pine timber, intended
by tbe Creator for use on the prairies of
this Middle West. But this wisdom of
the Creator Is of little avail, while the
owners of a few pine treeB on the
south
ern shoreB of these lakes can induce the
people of this country to erect a tariff
barrier between them and the material
which they require and must have, no
matter at what price.
A story is related about Senator Alli
son to the effect that when tbe late re
publican platform was being conBtruct
aad doubts wererentertainedby some
regarding the soundness of the shelter
to monopoly plank, the Senator's advice
was sought on the subject. According
to the story he was taken out into the
republican carpenter shop, where he
patiently listened to all that was Bald
on each side of tbe question, and then
solemnly assured tbe disputants, that
he was no carpenter and that he was
not competent to pass judgment on any
kind of planks.
The republican editors, who
are gnash
ing their teeth at the shelter to monopoly
plank in their state platform, have
good reaBon for what they are doing.
They know that bad there been a sim
ilar plank in tbe republican national
platform of 1896, that tbe tariff sheltered
trusts and monopolies would never have
contributed tbe enormous campaign
fund which enabled Mark Ilanna to
pull their party through that year They
know that In nearly every doubtful dis
trict, an unlimited money supply In the
hands of their committeemen will turn
the scale, and knowing this they insiet
upon having everything left out of their
platforms which may tend to shut off
their committee's money supply.
IPiglf
CMnHSKB&R^
Charlea L. Fait, a son of the late
James G. Fair, and one of the richeBt
men In the world, was killed in Paris
last week by an automobile, or what is
known in that country as a "devil
wagon." Mrs. John Carrothers and
Mrs. James Anderson, formerly resi
dents of Silver Greek, this county, were
aunts of the unfortunate young man
Senator Fair was their brother.
A. delegate convention of the Third Congres
sional District of Iowa will beheld at Dubuque,
Iowa, on Thursday. September 11,1902, to nomi
nate a candidate for Congress. Tho eoveral
counties of this district win be entitled to the Re-affirmation of Political Platforms,
following delegates:
Blaolthawk
.11
...10
... 4
...
Dubunuc .85
Franklin 3
Hardin..... 4
Wright 8
of the
participate In
^i^e'ratuTof representation will be one
Political platforms are neither Im
mortal nor infallible. When prepared
they state, or at least should state the
needs of the times, as viewed by the
party adopting them. As the needB of
Jelogates to this convention.
tho ijemocratlo Congressional the times change, so should party plat
J. G. SCHMIDT,
Chairman.
formB, and it does not follow by any
meanB, when changed condition call
for platform changes, that the previous
platforms of the party were either illog
ical or erroneouB. At the times when
these previous platforms were written
they may have declared for what was
best, but that which waB best 4 or 8
years ago may not be best at the present
time.
Democratic County Convention.
The democrats of Delaware county
will meet in convention at the Court
House In Manchester on Saturday,
August 83,1902, at 11 o'clock a. m. to
select delegates to the state convention
to be held at Des Moines, Iowa, on
Wednesday, September 3, 1902, and to
select delegates to the third district con
greaslonal convention and to the tenth
district judicial convention,
and to trans-1 Kaneascity platforms, should be con-
If re-aBtrmation of the Chicago and
SUrued and understood to mean that
dates for the following county offices I tho86 platforms declared for what WSE
will be placed in nomination: Clerk of I beat for the country at the times when
the Courts, Auditor, Recorder, County
they were wr
delegate from each voting precinct and I represent the belief of nine out of every
in addition one delegate for each ten
votes and fraction of five or more c&Bt
at tbe last general election for governor,
Each precinct will be entitled to repre
sentation as follows:
•dams
Bremen- 19
Colony 9
Coffin's Grove
Delaware* 1st pr'ct..4
Honey CreeK 3
Hazef Green 4
itten, then it IB reasonably
BafeW
'hBlte"cph a declaration would
ten men who intend to vote the demo
cratic ticket at the coming election.
But, on the other hand, if re-aflirma'
tion is to be construed and understood,
as a renewal of tbe party's pledge to en
onefdarEarivtiie pr't.01act legislation to carry Into effect all of
Delawaro
,l
convention and for the
officers.
ly order of Committee.
COLONY TOWNSHIP.
Colony township will hold a caucus in the
little brick school house in the town of Coles
on Thursday evening, August 21, 1902.
DEMOCBAT TOWNSHIP
COMMITTEE.
By order of Committee.
SOUTH FORK.
....21 the provisions of the last two national
as Boon as the party has
Milo
North Fork 6 platforms,
KJ™hiMd:::rr.r.:.1 the power to do so, then it is not proba
HopVt'ii pr....s bie that one-tenth of these democrats of
an pg ... tate would want to subscribe to
Township committees will please for-1 such a declaration.
ward calls for caucuses as soon as pos
sible for publication in the Democrat.
The money qudBtion is not and can
not be made alive issue this year, while
tariff revision, control of trustB and kin
dred questions are live issues which
cannot be evaded or dodged by either
party.
Present conditions, relative to our
party's attitude on the mdney question,
might be illustrated by likening the two
great parties to two managers of a big
stock company, and the country's money
in tho supply to the company's storeroom.
1ono
Let us suppose a Btate of facts like
lS5dSCTS"iS7or%e6pCo»,e 23t the following: suppose that for a num
fiia^r^n &™ar»^%wanlS ber of years the democratic manager
to transact such other business that may come had contended that the company's Btore-
I room was not large enough for the
I proper transaction of the company'
cranu's GBOVE. business, and that the republican mana
The democrats of coffin's Grovo township will ger had taken an oppoaite position, and
hold a caucus at the office of the Masonvlllo
Lumber Co., Friday, Aug. 23 at 8 o'clock p. m.,
for the purpose of electing delegates Jo the
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county convention and nominating a township
ticket.
favored an abandonment of part of the
room that was already in use that while
these contentions were taking place, the
I stock of the company was so equally
divided that neither manager bad the
The democrats of South Fork township are power to put into effect his views on the
nukn kaHAaJ tliimairill ho unnnnonf thfl I
hereby notified that there will be a caucus at the
Rlckeit school house on Friday evening, August
subject that aB the disagreement
dragged along the democratic manager
was placed at a disadvantage, owing to
tbe disloyalty of some of the men in his
employ, who Instead of helping him to
use all the space in the storeroom,
worked with his opponent and helped
to close up some of the room they
already had that by reason of their con
duct the democratic manager became
exasperated, and to put an end to the
condition in which he was placed, pre
pared plans and specifications for a snb
stantial addition to the storeroom, and
laid them before the stockholders and
promised, that If they would give blm
the power, he would construct an addi
tion according to the plans, and make
its wallB of lasting fire-proof materials
that the republican manager also at
tended the meeting of the stockholders
and, without making any promises on
his part, found BO much fault with the
plans proposed by his rival manager
that they were rejected, and the sole
control of the company's business
placed in his hands that Increased
power brought with it an increase of
responsibility on t£e part of the repub
lican manager, and a desire on his part
to stop playing politics and do some
thing to revive the dormant industries
subject to his control that after trying
different things for more than a year
without results, be concluded that his
democratic asBOClate of former years
was right, that the company's business
could not be improved without more
storeroom facilities that more store
room should be procured, but that his
addition must be somewhat different
from the one with which he found so
much fault.
Now let us go further and suppose
that the republican manager went
ahead and constructed a much larger
addition to the storeroom than the one
which had been previously planned, but
that instead of using brick and stone he
made Ita outside wails of| wood, and
relied largely upon a paper finish to pro
tect against the action of tbe elements
that this addition, while not as substan
tial as though it had been constructed
of more lasting materials, was fairly
serviceable and produced desired reBults,
Under such conditions would it be wise
for tbe democratic manager to say, that
it made no difference to him whether
the present addition furniBhed the facll
itles for which he contended or not,
that as soon as he had the power be
would knock it down and put the com
pany to the expense of building another
addition according to his designs. If
he should be unwise enough to make
such a threat, would it not be likely to
deprive him of all chance to regain his
lost prestige?
We trust that the platform adopted
by the democrats of Iowa at their com
ing state convention will deal largely
with the live questions of tbe present
time, and carefully avoid all statements
on dormant IBBUOB not strictly In line
with the party's present wishes and
desires.
Tbe steel trust is able to sell millions
of dollars' worth of its products annu
ally in tbe free markets of the world for
about half the price charged for tbe
same quality of goods to American con
sumers. Under the shelter of the tariff
this trust Is able to charge, and does
charge, Iowa farmers nearly twice aB
much for tubing, wire, nails, and nearly
everything else made of metal as it
charges the farmers of other countries.
That is the reason why the shelter to
monopoly plank was forced into the last
republican platform. And when it is
forced out, as it will be, a good many
votes will go out of the republican col
umn along with it.
v-ny
Isr
"Put yourself in his place*' seettafi to
be new commandment born of the
necessities of these times. While it is
not another way in which to word the
Golden Rule, it is a potent aid to the
proper understanding of that best of
all rules for the government of human
conduct. How much easier it would
be for everyone to do unto others, as
they would like to have others do unto
them, if they would lirst put themselves
in the other person's place.
Dooley on the King Question.
"I hope he'll make a good king, 1
ain't so much down on kfngB as I used
to be, Hinnissy. I ain't down on thim
anny more because I don't invy thim,
an' ye can't be down on anny man ye
don't invy, 'TIB a hard job an' a thank
less wan. A. king nowadays is no more
thin a hitohin' post f'r wan pollytlcian
afther another. He ain't allowed to
move himsilf, but anny crazy politi
cian that tieB up to him IB Bpt to pull
him out be the roots. He niver has
anny childhood. He'B like the breaker
boys in th' mines he's put to wurruk
larnin' his thrade as soon as he can
walk. Whin it comes time f'r him to
marry the prime miniBther takes him
out wan day an' says:
'"There's th' on'y woman in th'
wurruld f'r ye.'
'But I niver see herbefure,' says the
unforchnit king.
Ye'll see less iv herafthet nex' week,'
says th' prime minister, 'Ye're goin' to
marry her,' he says. An' he backs blm
up to th' bench where tb' young lady
Bets an' inthrajooces thim an' they're
marrld.
'Think iv bavin' th' boord iv aldher
men siiict a wife f'r ye an' ye'll know
how tbe king feels whin a warrant is
sarved again' him to hook up with his
cousin Augoosta Ann, a German lady
who freckles alslly an' croshays neckties
f'r a liftlnant in th' army. All his life
long a king IB boBsed about like a hired
girl in a boardln' house, an' he can't
even die without bavin' a lot Iv people
runnin' in ivry tin minitB to ask has he
done it yet, so they can be on th' mark
to holler 'God save tbe king' out iv th'
front window th' moment th' ilag falls
No, sir -I don't want to be a king, an'
whlniver I see a good fellow takin th
job 1 feel sorry f'r him. I know what
he's up again'".
'I believe ye're no bettber thin th1
rest iv thim thraitors," Bald Mr. Hen
nesBy.
"I'm diff'rent," said Mr. Dooley calm
ly. "They helped him in an' I'd do
annything in me power, now that he's
king, to help him out."
How Pluck Won a Husband for Miss
Lottie Pierce.
EDITORS DEMOCBAT:
AB I know that you, BB well as all
other Manchester friends, will be very
much interested in the Pierce-Roberts
marriage, I thought I would send you,
as near BB possible, a correct account of
tbe whole affair.
Lieutenant Roberts arrived, with hlB
company, from tbe Philippines, June
10. He and Lottie met for tbe lirst
time, June 20. It is claimed that they,
in company with others, climbed the
highest mountain around here. From
that day forward Mr. Roberts was a
constant admirer, gaining his much
deaired answer, July 4tb.
It was their original plan for Lottie
to visit her Spokane friends for about
six weeks, returning to be married Sept.
5, but as Mr. Roberts
got ratberjlonesome
In the meantime, he got a seven days'
leave, went to Spokane and brought
back hia bride.
Mr. Roberts volunteered, at tbe first
call to arms, in tbe Spanish-American
war. After serving about twenty
months In Cuba, be was mustered out,
and then for a short time visited at his
former home, Bedford, Maine. Early
in the spring of 'B9 he enlisted as a pri
vate in Co. D., 9th U. S. Infantry. In
the fall of '99 be, with tbe company,
was ordered to tbe Philippines. In bis
first engagement he was made first ser
geant for his bravery before the enemy.
Mr. Roberts also served with the allied
forces in China and took part in tbe
capture of Pekin. Jan. lOtb, he suc
cessfully passed his examination and
was commissioned a Becond lieutenant,
and was transferred to Co. E. 21st U.
S. Infantry, in which position be still
serves.
Our Miles City daily, The Yellow
Btone Journal, published the following
account of the courtship and marriage:
The marriage of" Miss Lottie Pierce,
formerly a clerk In the United States
land ofiice here, and Lieutenant Roberta
of tbe 21st Infantry, stationed at Fort
Keogh, IB announced in Miles City. It
took place at Spokane, laet Saturday.
Miss Pierce came to Miles City from
Manchester, Iowa, a couple of years
ago. Lieutenant Roberts has recently
returned from China and the Philippine
wars. It IB said tbe engagement came
about through a combined asBault,
which they, in company with otbere,
were making on a historic hill in these
parts known as Signal butte, and which
it is considered quite a feat to climb.
When others faltered about half way up
MISB Pierce led tbe way to the top, and
from that time on tbe lieutenant sought
her for a commander."
As for myself, I was ordered out here
for my health and arrived June 28. I
find tbe people very friendly and tbe
climate delightful. I am enjoying
almost perfect health and feel confident
that in a short time my lungs will be
entirely healed.
Miles City, Aug. 14tb, 1902.
JOHN G. SHANK.
jfdditional jCocai.
—Mrs. M. Davis returned last Fri
day from a visit at Lamont.
—Roy Morse and Frank Mather came
down from Winthrop to spend Sunday.
—Miss Frances 1'orteous expects to
go to Chicago the latter part of the
week.
—The Junior Y. P. C. U. will hold a
social at the home of Herbert Alcock,
Tuesday evening, Aug. 20. Ice cream
and cake will be served. Come out and
encourage the little people.
—About the first of September, A.
W. Stearns and ChaB. McCormick will
embark in business older tbe firm
name of StearnB & McCormick. Tbey
have rented the 1'axon building, until
recently occupied by Joseph Barkon
and will put in a complete and new
stock of goods along the line of a de
partment store. They will handle dry
goods, groceries, crockery, household
furnishings, etc. These two young
men are too well known to need intro
duction. Charley McCormick has been
in the employ of A. Thorpe as head
clerk for nearly fifteen years and
succeBB
mm
—Clarence Klonus has accepted a
position in a drug store at Winthrop.
—Miss Ennls Boggs leaveB to-day for
St. Louis. She will be gone about a
week,
Perry .Baton, of JenningB, La.,
visited here last week at the home of
James Kllng.
—Uiss Clara Williams left Monday
morning for Cherokee, where she will
remain some time.
Miss Ethel Cowell, of Freeport,
Illinois, Is visiting at tbe homo of T.
J. Jacobs in this city.
—The Democratic County Convention
will be held at the court house in this
city on Saturday of this week.
Mrs. Chas. Hosmer, of Chicago, ar
rived Monday morniog for a vlait at the
home of her father, Aaron 1'eterBon.
—L. M. Davis and wife who have
been visiting at different points In Ne
braska, are expected home this week,
—The Congregational church and
Sunday school will enjoy a basket pic
nic Friday of this week at lloyt'B
Springs.
—Miss Cora J. Lundall, of Mason
City, and Mits Bessie Crary, of Boone,
la., are visiting here with their friend,
Miss Gertrude Clemens.
—Miss Carrie Davis, of Milwaukee,
Is visiting with friends at her former
home in this city. She is a gueBt of
Miss Gertrude Clemens.
•M. H. Traver has sold his street
sprinkling outfit to A. Ludley, who
will in the future sprinkle the streets in
tho business part of town.
—Mr. and Mrs. John Henderson and
children, Max and Helen, of Edgertoo,
Wisconsin, are guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. F, McEwen.
—Robt. Johnson was in town Mon
day on his return to Waterloo from
Michigan, where he has been on a two
weeks vaoatlon. He was telling some
pretty big fish stories,
—Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wool ridge
and children, of Beatrice, Nebraska,
who have been visiting at the home of
A. D. Brown, left Monday for Clarence,
Missouri. Mr. Woolridge IB a brother
of Mrs. Brown.
—Quite a number from this vicinity
are planning to attend tbe carnival to
be held at Earlville on Thursday of
this week. Judging by those that have
been held there in the past we are sure
it will be a success if the weather per
mits.
New Advertisements.
See Gildner's now ad.
E. T. Grassfield IB offering some fine
bargains in shoes.
W. J. Strain has some fine sheep for
Bale. Read bis ad.
Council Proceedings.
Tbe city council meet In regular BCB
slon in the council chambers last Mon
day evening. Tbe regular July meet
ing, not having been beld, there wae a
two months accumulation of business
to be disposed of.
PlanB and specifications for the pro
posed stone arch to be erected on Alain
Bt.
were presented by tbe street
mittee. Tbe council approved
Library 2
Firemen's
Sinking 2
Sewer 2
Grading 2
The levy is tbe same as last year with
the exception of that of tbe library,
which is raised one half mill and the
sewer levy whicb IB raiBed one and one
half mill. The Bewer committee acting
in conjunction with the mayor and city
solicitor reported that they recommend
ed tbe construction of a sewer on Frank
lin street, from Fayette
Bt.
to Howard st.
Tbey eBtimated the cost to be $1.50
lineal foot and that the 660 ft. could be
conBtucted for about $1,000. They
pointed out that the law allowes the
levy of a special assessment ofjft dollar
a foot againBt abutting property, that
is,fifty cents per foot for each Bide of the
street. Tbey recommended tbe repeal of
the ordinance
dividing thecity into
sewer
districts and tbe passage of an ordin
ance establishing tbe entire city of
Manchester in a single sewer district,
and the levy of a 2 mill tax on all tbe
property therein to be used for sewer
purposes.
Tbe council allowed bills to the
amount of $1153.38, and adjourned un
til September 5tb.
DUE TO END BY SEPT. 1
Anthracite A^cut Is Satd to Have Said of
the Greut .Strike—Dealers Told
to Get llcndy.
Pittsburg, Aug. 15.—Indications
point to the settlement of the anthra
cite coal strike on or before Sept. 3.
Major Johu Riddle, engineer commis
sioner, District of Columbia, is author
ity for this statement.
In passing through here last night,
en route to Detroit, Major Iliddle said
an agent of the anthracite operators in
Washington quietly told dealers there
to prepare for shipments of anthracite
coal after Sept. 3. adding that the
mines will bo in operation. The under
standing is that the operators will
make concessions, and the miners also.
CREAMERY COMPANY FAILS
Creditors Number IO.OOO, of Whoin 8,000
Are Farmers—Assets and
Liabilities.
Chicago, Aug. 18.—The Klgin Cream
ery company, which operates l.Ti
creameries throughout Illinois, Iowa
and Wisconsin, failed Saturday. The
creditorsare estimated to number near
ly 30,001), over 8,000 being fanners.
The AmericanTrust and Savings bank
was appointed receiver.
The assets of tho company are
claimed to he .$800,000, while the lia
bilities are sHmated at $.'550,0000. In
ability to realize on outstanding ac
counts Is given as the cause of the
failure. The Elgin Creamery company
is the largest concern of its kind in
the United States, and was organized
by the consolidation of scores of inde
pendent plants throughout the coun
try.
haB
established a reputation for honesty
and reliability. A. W. Stearns has
been in business here nearly fifteen
years, and has built up a very success
ful grocery business, by bis energetic
and straightforward methodB. That
tbe new ilrm will meet with
Davenport, la., Aug. 34.—A heavy
rain north of this city yesterday Hood
ed the st:earns, cut Davenport off from
the country and raised the Mississippi
a foot. Three inches of rain fell here
in a few minutes.
Death of a Pioneer,
is
the earnest wish of tbe Democrat.
Sioux City, la., Aug. 30.—Captain
O. O'Connor, pioneer and very
.wealthy man, is dead at Homer, Neb.
PHITLPPINE VETERANS GATHER
General* MeArthur, Whcaton and King
Arc Early Arrivals at Dos
Moines, lu.
Council I'.lufTs, in., Aug. 14.—Veter
ans of the Philippine war began to
pour into the city early in the day
to take part in. the reunion of the na
tional society of the Army of the Phil
ippines.
Among the early arrivals were Gen
eral Irving Hale, president of tho
society, anil Generals Mac Arthur,
GENERAL IRVINO HALB.
Whoaton and King, who were escortcd
to headquarters by committees of the
local society. Delegations from Iowa,
Nebraska, Minnesota, North and
South Dakota, Kansas and Colorado
came in on early trains and later In
the day those from other camps began
to arrive.
Following a brief reception to dele
gates at headquarters, they were giv
en opportunity to register, after which
was held a general meeting of the so
ciety, presided over by its president,
General Hale.
Council 1!1\I(TM, la., Aug. 10.—Yes
terday was the lust day of the reunion
of the National Society of the Anny
of the Philippines, and after the bus
iness meeting in the early day the
veterans were entertained with ex
surslons and sight-seeing. General Irv
ing Hall was re-elected president.
HAY
SOLVE MEAT PROBLEM
Minnesota to Establish Its Own Farms
and Slaughter Houses—Will Uso
Institution Farms,
Minncapolia, Aug, 18.—The high
beef prices have prompted the state of
Minnesota to establish cattle raising
industries and slaughter houses in con
nection with her state institutions.
The board of control has decided to
utilize the institution farms, where
there is an abundance of room and la
bor, for the raising of cattle and to
build thoroughly equipped slaughter
houses* in connection with the farms.
The insane asylums of St. Peter and
Rochester are already slaughtering
their own beef, pork and mutton, and
the asylum at Fergus Talis will be pro
vided with proper facilities for slaugh
tering in September.
Iowa Whole*alo Liquor Dealers*
Ottuuiwn,Ia., Aug. 10.—Iowa whole
sale liquor dealers have perfected
state organization and selected Anton
Ileeb, of Dubuque, president. The
object is to secure more liberal liquor
legislation, and possiblythe repeal of
the clause In the present law prohibit
ing the manufacture of liquor.
"Foresters of America.*'
Ottumwa, la., Aug. 16.—Tho annual
convention of the State Association of
Foresters of America opened here yes
terday with 1,000 in attendance. A
picnic is being held today at which an
address will be delivered by E. N.
McMurty, of New York, supreme sec
retary.
com­
them
and authorized tbe city clerk to adver
tise for bids.
The mayor appointed Rev. H. W.
Tuttle, Mrs, W. H. Norris and MIBB
Idel MileB as members of the library
board to succeed those whoBe terms ex
pire this year.
Tbe city tax levy for the coming year
was made aB follows
Corporation fund ...ill mills
Corporation Road r.
More Floods In Iowa.
Webster City, la., Aug. 15.—Terrific
rain north of this city raised the Boone
river at this point five feet. It is over
its banks, and the lowlands are again
under water. Families on the east
side are being compelled to move out
because of high water.
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Keokuk, la., Aug. 14.—Mississippi
river cities, lumber interests of the
northwest, and steamboat lines of the
Mississippi river, have determined on
a combined and strong effort to in
duce the Trans-Mississippi Commer
cial Congress meeting at St. Paul next
week to actively favor the building
of a great dam entirely across the river
at Keokuk at the foot of the Des
Moines rapids.
The effect of such a dam would be
to render unnecessary the use of the
government canal now in use, and in
cidentally develop 00,000 electrical
horse power for commercial use. The
survey and report to the war depart
ment ordered by the last national con
gress is now being made. The nest
congress will be asked to order the
dam built. The cities specially inter
ested are all within fifty miles of Keo
kuk, Dubuque, Davenport and Rock
Island.
Death of an Iowa Mayor.
Clinton, la., Aug. 10.—Mayor E. A.
Hughes died at his home here after a
brief Illness from dysentery. He suf
fered an attack of typhoid fever last
winter, and since then never fully re
gained his strength. Hughes served
two terms as mayor ot Clinton previ
ous to last November, when he was
again elected by an enormous major
ity. Besides being a prominent poli
tician, lie was also a well-known fig
ure at all track meetings, being tho
owner of several fast horses. i..
Xtvo Men Arrostcd a* SuspocU.
Waterloo, la., Aug. 18.—Two men
giving the names of Joe 1-owcii, of
Kentucky, and Frank ltussell, of Dix
on, Ills., have been arrested bore,
charged with attempting to hold up
a Rock Island passenger train near
tVashburn, la., Friday. They flagged
tbe train, but the engineer, expecting
something was wrong, put on full
steam and tho men were unable to get
aboard. Powell said they flagged the
train because he wished to overtake a
brother at this place.
Death of Judge Sprague.
illchfield Springs, N. Y., Aug. 14.—
Judge D. N. Sprague, of the state dis
trict court of Iowa,died here yesterday
from heart failure, aged 70 years.
Judge Spraguc was born in Exeter,
N. Y. I-Iis remains were sent to Wa«
pello, la., last night _____
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Provost Guard Reduced,
Shenandoah, Pa., Aug. 14.—The pro
vost guard of two companies which
lias been kept on constant duty since
the troops were called here has been
reduced to one company, the soldiers
at the Pennsylvania railroad station
having been withdrawn. The troops
were placed at that point at the re
quest of the borough officials on ac
count of tho lawlessness that had pre
vailed. The company stationed at the
Reading railroad station, the scene of
tho riot, will be kept there for some
time.
JFXotclkeepor Assigns.
Boston, Aug. 14.—Uriah Welch, pro
prietor of the Hotel Lenox, one of the
newest fashionable hotels of the Back
Day, has assigned with liabilities of
£1G5,000. Mr. Welch came from New
York two years ago and opened the
Lenox, which was palatially furnished
and soon became the headquarters of
the wealthy Harvard students. The
liabilities were incurred during the
first six months of 3000, but since then
the hotel has been on a paying basis.
The creditors forced an assignment.
\Vattcrs'on Not a Candidate.
Louisville, Ivy,, Aug. 15.—Henrj
Watterson, who has been spoken of au
a Democratic candidate for governor
of Kentucky and for the party nomina
tion for president, caused a sensation
in state political circles by announc
ing that he would not be a candidate
for the governorship, giving among his
reasons a disinclination to bow down
to and cozen the "machine."
Farmers in a lilg Combine.
Pierre, S. D., Aug. 15.—Articles or
incorporation were tiled with the sec
retary of state by the Farmers' Na
tional Co-Operativo Exchange com
pany, with a capital of $50,000,000.
The principal object of the corporation
is to enable farmers to secure better
prices for their products.
Tliroo ItiJuriMl 111 a Wrock.
Des Moines, la., Ang. 1-1.—Willie
running at full speed near Dnnrcltli,
the brakebeain under the caboose of
a Wabash freight train broke, causing
the car to spring into the air and turn
over. The conductor nnd two brake
men escaped miraculously with seri
ous though not fatal injuries. The in
jured are: J. P. Childers, lies Moines,
conductor T.B.Newton, Moberly, Mo.,
brakeman: Art Sickas, Des Moines,
brakeman. scalp badly cut and hand
partly severed.
Injured in Lodge Tactics.
Iowa Falls, la., Aug. 18.—Henry
snyder coimiiamler of the Knights of
the Maccabees at Alder, has been un
conscious since Wednesday night as a
result of an accident that followed
big meeting. It is claimed by those
present that Snyder was injured by a
blow or a fall Hint inflicted a wound
on tbe head that rendered him uncon
scious. It is claimed by some that the
man was being "coached" in lodge
work when the accident occurred,
liurglar Is Laid Low.
Des Moines, Ia„ Aug. 18.—A man
giving his name as John Silas, Madi
son, "Wis., was shot at Campbell by J.
W. Ilimos while trying to rob the hit
ter's store. Ilimcs was awakened by
some one raising the window. He
nearly tore the burglar's arm off with
a load from a shotgun, and brought
him down with a ball from a revolver
as he attempted to flee. Silas Is ex
pected to recover.
Fire at Agricultural College.
Des Moines, la., Aug. 15.—The south
wing of the main building at Iowa
state college of agriculture and me
chanic arts at Ames was totally de
stroyed by fire at 4 o'clock In tho
morning. The portion which burned
bus been condemned by the state arch
itect nnd was to have been torn down
to make room for a new building pro
vided for by the last general assem
bly.
Still Anotlior Farrlcldo.
Ottuinwa, la., Aug. 14.—J. II. Sims,
a wealthy farmer, was shot and killed
by his son John, when endeavoring to
murder his wife with a butclierknife.
Tho dead man was intoxicated and
maden viclousattack upon bis wife for
a fancied wrong, and the son Inter
fered just In time to save her life.
Culincan, Mexico, Aug. 18.—The low
er portion of the city of Attalta on the
Pacific coast, Just west of Cullacan,
lias been completely destroyed by a ti
dal wave, anil not fewer than thirty
peoiile are known to have been
drowned. The loss of life may be sev
eral times thill number.
Undivided 1'rontn Must Pay.
Washington, Aug. in.—Commission
er Yerkes, of the internal revenue bu
reau, will proceed to collect the tax
on profit and loss accounts, or undi
vided profits accounts, of banks, trust
companies, or private banks, under tbe
\jai^evenuoac^^IunOS!)S^^^^
The Great Attraction
FAIR AT
Anamosa
August
25=26-27-28-29, 1902.
Greatest in Size! Greatest in Quality!
Only Metropolitan Pair in Iowa—All kinds of horse races—
Attractions of every iind, including Gymnasts, Acrobats, High
Divers and the Midway. There will be base ball every day as
follows:
Tuesday, August 26—Olin vs. Anamosa and Morley vs. White
Kock.—Wednesday August 26—Monticello vs. Central City and
Center Junction vs. Baldwin.—Thursday, August 28—Cedar
Rapids vs.
Clinton
and Vinton vs. Manchester.—Friday, August
29—Martell v,s. Alt. Vernon and Worthington vs. Prairieburg.
Come One! Come All! ,,
Excursions on all railroads. fjp
Urieeda Biscuit
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Uneeda Biscuit!
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NOTICE!
Child's So-Bos-So Kilfly, applied with Child's Electric Sprayer
protects cows from the torture of flies thereby increasing the
amount of milk. Absolutely harmless to man or beast. Once
tried always usued.
So-Bos-So is a thorough disinfectant, germicide used with
wonderful effect in spraying parts of the stable occasionally, in
suring health strength and vigor to the animals.
Draymen, liverymen and all users of horses will find great
relief in using So-Bos-So about the stable and on the horses.
Dairymen can not afford to be without So-Bos-So.
a few moments to spray 30 to 50 head of cows.
sow at
LavreAf & Graft
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