Manchester Democrat. [volume], June 17, 1903, Image 3

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Aln't it fine!
—Baltimore News.
I A Happy Mistake
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ACINO In automobiles has now become practically
Synonymous with suicide and murder. Some of the
victims of the accidents which happened during the
furious run frotn^'ersallles to Bordeaux, France, were
•eated In the coiffpetlng vehicles, and some were Innocent
bystanders. Seven or eight persons were killed, three of
theu* being burned to death under overturned machines.
*hat the mortality was so small Is wonderful. The owners
fcnd drivers who reached their destination without mishap
Jver© really as culpable as those who ran down and fatal*
Injured spectators. They knew what they were about,
an dthelr failure to slay any ouc must be regarded more as
a matter of luck than skill. The winner of the race trav
eled 3-43 miles at a mean speed of 40.4 miles an hour, und
bis average outside the city and village limits Is said to
have been sixty-two miles. Few railway expresses do so
well, and the large number of fatal accidents which have
already occurred In the last two or three years from fast
running ought to have warned the participants In the Paris
Madrid race of the danger attending their venture. It is
FISHING.
Loafing with a book and lino"*^''^
Where the waters swirl about,
Whipping up the stream—it's fins
When the speckled trout are out
Working up the sparkling shallows
Where the sun the water hallows*—
Laughing when the fish begin
Rolling, tumbling, falling in:
Loafing with a hook and line—
Ain't it fine!
Leaving all our care behind
Leaving all the dally toil—
Going out to feel the wind
And to hear the shallows boil.
Going where the sun is gleaming,
Nature with her joys teeming-
Whipping up and down the stream
In a plscatoriul dream
Loafing with a hook and line—
Ain't it fine!
Loafing with a book and line
Where the waters whirl about,
Whipping up the stream—it's fino
When the speckled- trout are out
H"buslue*s"tronble
WHW waters bubble,
fi'liya the speckled trout begin
Rolling, tumbling, falling in
Loafing with a hook and lln©-
fr-wi-H'-l-M-H1 I 1 1"i
DSan
It not possible, my dear Lettice,"
nskod Miss Vynor, having conic to
end of ber stock of patlcnco,
"to And some occupation that will em
ploy your time more usefully and per
haps with less annoyance to other peo
ple?"
"What would you do. auntie?" she
snld, her hands clasped behind her
back, her curly brown head a little 011
one side, as though It were considering
weighty subject, "what would you
do, do you think, If you were to re
ceive two offers by the same post, and
you didn't like one any better than the
other—the people who sent them, 1
mean?"
"I cannot—if you refer to proposals
of marriage—I cannot at all imagine
such contingency," replied Miss Vy
nor stiffly, stooping over her knitting
to pick up a dropped stitch.
"Surely, Lettice." continued Miss
Vynor, "you do not intend to tell mc
that yon know of any person of our
acquaintance who has compromised
herself so far?"
"Well, no, I cau't say 1 do," an
swered Miss lattice—which was very
true, In one way, for she certainly did
not mean to tell her aunt anything of
the kind.
"Then I think, my dear Lettice, that
you might occupy yourself more profit
ably than In making these Idle supposl
tlons." said Miss Vynor.
"Yes, auntie, you're right, as usual.
I'll see If I can't And something better
to do," and Lettico gladly seized the
opportunity of escape from a conver
gatlon that had seemed In danger of be
coming too personal.
She ran lightly upstairs to lier own
room and, after ckrefully closing the
door, drew from her pocket two envel
opes and settled herself In a chair to
read their contents, not for the first
time.
"Very odd they should both have
written, and chosen exactly the same
time," Bhe said to herself softly.
For quite a long time Lettice sat
wllJ the letters before he?,' consider
ing, for she was In a serious diffi
culty.
"I like Humphrey Forde best, I do
believe, but he's so grave and so quiet,
anU somehow—it's too ridiculous—but
sometimes he seems almost afraid of
me! His voice quite, trembled once
or twice when he spoke to me the oth
er day. A man can't be up to much
If he's afraid of a girl! No, it must
be Will Haywood: he Is a dear boy, so
bright and full of fun, and ready to
enter Into everything we are sure to
get 011 well together. And yet—I'm
half sorry."
She gave a quick little sigh then
rose, drew together her writing mate
rials, and began to write. Only a brief
message on ench dainty sheet it was
all sbo could muster courage for. On
one she wrote: "Come this evening at
7," and addressed the. envelope to W.
Heywood, Esq., and 011 the other, In
hasty, uncertain characters: ".Forgive
me, oh, do please forgive me, but I
cannot I"
As footsteps mounted the stairs to
ward her room she thrust both notes
tke envelopes and bid them hastily.
DEATH WINS.
THK GREAT PARIS-M APKID AUTOMOBILE RACE RESUMED IN A HALF A DOZEN FATALITIES AND MANY INJURIES.
The next moment her aunt rapped at
the door and entered.
"1 cannot say that I approve," re
marked Miss Vynor, In ber precise
way, "of the habit that young people
of the present day seem to have form
ed of spending so much time in their
own apartments. In my owu young
days a bedroom was a bedroom, and
was not Intended to be used as a sit
ting room also and it appears to mc
that the habit Is conducive to a great
waste of time, for there seldom seems
to be any visible result from It. I
came to propose that we should walk
this morniug. It is a pity to waste
the best part of the day Indoors, and
especially Is It wasted if spent In one's
sleeping apartment."
With the help of the walk and other
Binall occupations the hours somehow
passed, but never before lmd a day
seemed so long to Lettice Vynor. At
length, however, the afternoon drew to
close, and she fonnd herself alone,
ber aunt having an Invitation to spend
the evening with an old friend. Per
haps Lettice had counted on this wben
she dispatched ber notes In the morn
ing, lut now the time was drawing
near when the favored lover might be
expected, sbe would have given a great
deal to be able to delay his visit.
Twenty times did she wish vainly that
she lmd sent a different answer, even
if it hud resulted in the loss of both
her friends. Will Heywood as a de
voted friend and admirer had been
everything that was pleasant but now
It came nearer tho Idea of Will Hey
wood as a prospective husband—on,
that was a different nffalr altogether!
For she knew that that was what she
hud meant her message to Imply, and
that he would be quick so to under
stand It.
Then at last the doorbell rang, and
Lettice heard footsteps crossing the
hall. The drawing room door opened
and shut again, hut her heart was
beating so loudly tlmt site did not hear
the name that had been announced,
and she advanced to meet her visitor
without raising her eyes from the
ground.
The next moment she felt herself
caught In a strong pair of arms, and
kisses were being rained upon ber
face.
"Xry sweetheart—my sweetheart!" a
man's voice whispered passionately
again and again, as if It would never
tire of that delightful repetition.
But what—what was this? The
room whirled rouud, her eyes closed,
and for a moment she could make no
effort to reieas' herself. For this man
who held her su masterfully, who was
showering his kisses on her face, und
whispering passionate endearments In
her ear, was not the Will Heywood
she had expected, but Humphrey
Fordo! Humphrey the grave, the
quiet, whom she had imagined to be
afraid of her! Why was he here? And
why, why had she not known before
what those kisses all at once had made
clear to her—that this was the man
she loved after all, and had loved all
along?
Then suddenly it flashed across her
what had happened. In her linste she
had doubtless inclosed the notes In the
wrong envelopes, andlie had received
the one meant for Will Heywood! But
he must know the truth! To the girl's
delicate sense of honor no other course
was possible even If it meant the loss
of his lovo she would not keep It by
acting a lie.
"Oh, you mustn't, you inustu't! I've
made a dreadful mistake!" she gasped
almost Incoherently, finding voice at
last, and striving frantically to disen
gage herself.
Humphrey's arms suddenly loosened,
and ho held her away from htm to
look Into ber face.
"A mistake?" he repeated, slowly,
incredulously. "Was that what you
really said, Lettice? Do yoti mean,
then, that you do not love me after
all?"
The color flushed over the fair little
face from brow to chin, and she bung
her head In silence. No, she could not
say that!
"Speak, Lettice!" he said, bis voice
grave and almost stern. "I Insist ou
your telling me this. You knew when
you wrote It what your letter must
Imply. Do you mean you were mis
taken in thinking that you loved ine?"
"No, no, not that!" sbe whispered^
as If the truth were being forced from
her.
Humphrey could feel bow the slight
form trembled. He placed her gently
In a low chair, and drew another be
side ber.
4*
amazing that the French government should have given the
business the slightest encouragement. France already hat
stricter regulations than any yet adopted In this country,
and these were deliberately suspended by an official permit,
without which there would have been no contest.
The e/Tect of this disgraceful episode will be to array
public sentiment on both sides of the Atlantic more strong
ly than ever against any approach whatever to racing on
common highways. Speed competitions should be per*
mltted only on special race tracks or speedways, from
which all other types of vehicle are rigidly excluded, and
to which even pedestrians should not be admitted. Con
tests between automobiles should be conducted only under
substantially the same conditions as between horses. The
restrictions should be even severer, because the former In
volve the public 1u far greater peril than the latter. The
law steps in to prohibit that form of sport which sacrifices
the life of pigeons. Why should It not scrupulously protect
human beings from so hazardous an amusement as auto
mobile racing?—Utica Globe.
"Come, let me understand," he said
more kindly. "Y011 say you love me—
Is It so? Very good very good. Then
where lies the mistake? Now tell me
I mean to know, and at once."
"I wrote—I wrote two letters," Let
tice stammered in desperation, and hid
her face In her hands.
Only four words, but they flashed
the truth upon Humphrey Forde.
"I understand—at last," he said, and,
though be spoke quietly, the girl
shrank as If she had received a blow.
"You wrote two letters—at tho same
time, 1 suppose—and, somehow, by
mistake, you sent to me the message
Intended for another man—for Hey
wood? Is that your meaning?"
"It must have been so. Oh, can you
ever forgive me?" she cried misera
bly.
Humphrey rose from his sent with
out a word, and paced up and down
the room, his brows knit, his face dark
and stern. The silence grew unbear
able to Lettice. If he would only
speak, even to cover her with re
proaches! Anything would !»o better
than this.
He turned at last, and came and
stood before her.
"You told me Just now that you
loved me. and yet you meant to marry
Heywood," he said, as if a thought
bad Just struck blm. "Do you love
him, too?"
"I—I like iilrn," Lettice answered,
with an effort, "more even, or so I
thought tills morning, than I liked you.
But I kuow now that I could never
•have loved him, and I thank God that
at least my mistake has saved me
from doing him a cruel wrong."
Suddenly Humphrey took the girl's
two hands In his own with a grasp
that was almost rough.
'Lettice, when did you find this
out?" be asked in a tone that loft her
no choice but to nnswer.
I found It out—when you kissed
me," she whispered, so low that he
had to stoop his bead to catch the
words.
Oil, can you care for me still, now
you know everything?" she cried.
Do you think my love, then, so
slight a thing?" he usked gravely and
tenderly.
Child, do you know tlmt you hold
my heart—nay, I think my very life—
in the hollow of this little hand? I
think there has never been a time
when I did not love you. Nay, sweet
heart, look up and smile! This Is no
lime for tears. Are you thinking of
Will Heywood? He will console him
self In time, never fear. Things do not
go very deeply with so light a nature
as his. All the same, I do not think
we will let him know how near a
thing it was for him, eh, little girl?"
Iettlce looked up with an April face,
smiling through her tears.
"I think you deserve something bet
ter than to be married by mistake,"
she said.
"A happy mistake for me, my Lot
tlce," he answered. "And my wife
shall be a happy woman if It lies In
my power to make her one."—Balti
more Herald.
Artfbl Cabby.
It was a busy thoroughfare In Edin
burgh, and, as the old lady was ex
hausted with the stir and bustle she
hailed a passlug cab. The driver was
at her side In a moment. Opening
the door, he stood back to allow the
lady to enter.
She made one or two weak efforts,
but was unable to mount the step
and at last, looking imploringly at the
driver, she said:
"Help me In, my good man, for I
am very old."
The driver gently assisted his faro
Into the cab, and then he gallantly
said:
"Well, mem, nae matter what age
you are. you dlnna look It."
His fare was Increased by a shilling
when the lady reached her destina
tion. And he deserved It.
Not a Negotiable Scroll*
"Why don't you try to write your
name on the scroll of fame?"
"My friend," said Senator Sorghum
very earnestly, "I have never yet seen
anybody tearing leaflets out of the
scroll of fame and getting them cashed
at the .bank."—Washington Star.
i&Jk Too Past for Her..
M1S9 Elden—There are so many fast
young men nowadays.
Miss Youngly—H'm—yes you do
•eem to have difficulty In catching one.
—pwindelphlf Bulletin. ||p
THE STATE OP IOWA.
OCCURRENCES DURING
PAST WEEK.
Railroad Laborer Craxsd by Clear*
et Allegation Against leaX Hoy
la Disproved—Court Uecfetoa la Liq*
aor Case—Valuable Pearl Found.
Frank Miller, one of the Illinois Cen
tral grading gang snd victim of the
cigarette habit, woke up the other morn
ing a eras? man mid attempted to com
mit murder. He had arrived from Chi
cago in company with
A
Justice Brewer, presiding judge of the
Eighth Judicial Circuit Court, allowed a
writ of error Jio the Supreme Court in
the case of the American Erpress Com
pany vs. the St-ate of Iowa. The case
grows out of the r»ixure for destruction
of liquor shifted into Iowa and held by
the company's agent at Tama. The
State Supreme Court held the express
company resjfonsiMe for violation of law
even though its representative were ig
norant of the contents of the package**
containing the liquor.
Pearl Worth $3,000 Fonnd.
A pearl weighiug forty and' one-half
grains was the find of Bert Roby, a shell
digger in the Mississippi near Muscatine.
He wai* offered $2,000 for it, bnt^ refused
the offer, holding the pearl to be worfih
$3,000. It Is the largest find known to
have been made in these water?*
Two llrl1ge« Gone*
Three spans of the big steel bridge at
KHUiurne have boon washed out by the
I)es Moines River. The bridge was com
paratively new and better than any
bridge in the city of Des Moines. The
town is flooded.
Ftate Wow# la Briei*
Weliman will celebrate the glorious
Fourth.
Davenport police made 197 arrests in
May.
Thirty-four deaths were reported in
Burlington during May.
A great show of Iowa apples will be
a conspicuous part of the exhibit to be
made at St. Louis.
Charles Ferguson, a farmer who lived
near Panora, was struck by lightning
and instantly killed.
Che.-ter claims the oldest woman in
the State in the person of Mrs. Noouan,
who is 107 years old.
Au ordinance has been passed nt Mus
catine directing, all telephone wires to
be placed underground.
J. T. Coleman of Philadelphia has been
called to become physical director of the
Waterloo Y. M. C. A.
The armory planned for Council Bluffs
will cost about $25,000 aud will seat in
the neighborhood of 5,000 people.
Illinois Central machinists at Fort
Dodge struck for an increase in wages,
but later returned to work pending ar
bitration.
A project has been started for the
building of an electric lin,? from Mt.
Ayr to Hatfield, Mo., a distance of eigh
teen utiles.
The State Marshals* Club convention
at Grinneil voted to divide the State
Into five districts for work along prohi
bition lines.
Olaf Johnson, a laborer on the new
bridge at Des Moines, fell from that
structure into the swollen stream and
as drowned.
Joseph Ferguson, a 14-year-old boy nt
Mt. Sterling, was killed by a stroke of
lightning. lie sought shelter under a
tree during a storm.
A number of button workers at Daven
port struck because a few of their co
worker* had been discharged, us they
claim, without cause.
About 7,000 pounds or upwards of $1,
000 worth of butter Is shipped from
Grundy Center each week during the
spring and summer neaeons.
A number of Waterloo doctors have
paid $25 for worthless certificates mak
ing them members of the stuff of the
Christiau hospital of Chicago.
Washington is to have a hoppital.
Charles H. Kefck has donated the $10,
000 residence of his lately deceased fath
er as a home for such an institution.
tSeorge Heede of Davenport drove
livery horse to death, and after paying
for the animal, was arrested at the In
stance of the humaue society and heavily
fined.
The following have been appointed
members of the Executive Committee of
the lowu Good Roads Association: E
E. Hart, Council Bluffs F, G. Hurper
of Burlington, J. S. Morgan of Dubuque,
and J. U. Berryhill of Des Moines.
llattie Pinnlnger, believed to have
been several times the unwilling victim
of "dope" fiends, attempted suicide nt
the home of her parents in Des Moines.
The Armour butterine case at Des
Moines is to have a third trial. Judge
Given having decided that there was a
flaw In the indictment at the former
trials.
George Mutheson, who shot Deputy
Sheriff Baker of Pottawattamie County
while resisting arrert, has surrendered
to the authorities and has been released
on bail. He claims the shooting was ac
cidental.
Davenport barbers are discussing the
advisability of closing their shops
Sunday. In very few cities in the State
are the shops now kept open on the
fir.it day of the week.
The Supreme Court has reduced the
sentence of J. W. Sale, convicted in Page
County of murder, from fourteen to ten
years. Sale killed a man named Richard
son iu a quarrel over cards at Shenau
doah.
The Milwaukee depot at Ruthven,
where the express office is located, was
broken into aud the money till torn out
with about $3 in it and expreu packages
to the amount of about $50 taken. As
yet there Is no clue.
Chairman Cownie of the board of con
trol suggests that the rock pile would
be a good thing to furnish exercise for
the inebriates that are sent to the State
hospitals for treatment.
An effort is being made to secure the
release of Frank Baird, the Sujlivnn rob
ber, from the penitentiary on bonds pend
ing appeal for a new trial. Baird prom
ises to furnish some sensational evidence
if again brought into court.
It appears that a large number of the
veterans who will attend, as delegates
from this State, the G. A. R. encamp
ment at San Vraucisco, will vote In favor
of the proposed reunion tff the blue and
the gray at the coming world's fair.
ilStpi
number of other
laborers and wnn living in the camp in
the western part of Webster City. An
other member of the gang, Ralph Robin
son, pulled open the flap of the sleeping
tent and started to enter the tent when
Miller, who wan sleeping near the end of
the tent, grabbed heavy rlub and shout
ed, "Don't come by here or 1*11 brnin
you!" With a Inugh the other man con
tinued on his wny, when he recrfvcd a
crushing blow on tho head from the club
In the hands of Miller. Officers were
pent .for and they arretted the assnilnnt
and plnced him Iti the city jail. Robin
son will recover.
A Bensatlonal Yarn Dlaprorcl.
A wild story, originating with irrespon
sible parties in Muscatine, to the effect
rhat the young man named Burnett, who
committed suicide recently nt West Lib
erty, and who it wa« alleged made
confession tv»«his father which his father
refused to make public, was responsible
for the death of Arthur Meade has been
run to enrth and entirely disproved. Offi
cers went to the Burnett home and there
Interviewed the father and there Is no
reason whatever to connect the rfend
young man with the murder.
Writ of lirror Allowe).
Burlington wants a garbage crematory.
A $30,000 hotel will be built at Cald
well.
THE
A $40,000 tile plant is to be erected at
Gowrie.
Marshalltown postofllcc clerks are now
uniformed.
I.afe Young will deliver the. Fourth of
July oration at Ottumwa.
Frank Jordan of Camanche found a
$2,000 pearl in the Mississippi.
Keokuk retail merchants have formed
an organization to help their trade.
St. Mark's Episcopal parish at Water
loo is to be revived and a pastor recured.
Burglars stole a $200 watch from the
home of James O'Neill at Council Bluffs.
Next year's convention of the Iowa
Episcopal diocese will bo held in Des
Moines.
Mr. and Mrs. John Van Scoy of Belle
Plainc celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary.
A new edifice to cost $30,000 will take
the place of the present St. Columbklll's
Church at Dubuque.
John Noouan, an aged resident of Len
ox, was seriously injured by the explo
sion of a gasoline lamp.
Michael Mnjernr, a farmer, was struck
by a Great Western train at Graf sta
tion and instantly killed.
Matt Williams, a Jackson County
farmer, was drowned while attempting
to ford a swollen stream.
Burlington street car conductors have
received orders to eject from their cars
all persons who spit on the floors.
Tho commencement exercises of the
University of Iowa will be held in a tent
capable of seating nearly 3,000 people.
Mrs. Bauman. the grass widow accus
ed of stealing $125 church money, was
found not guiity by a jury at Keokuk.
Work has begun on the grading for the
Illinois and Iowa Inter-urban line, to be
built between Davenport and Clinton.
The railroad laborer killed in the rail
road yards nt Davenport has been Iden
tified as Con Mullane of East St. Louis.
William Fronh went to sleep on a rail
road track in the Des Moines yards and
was run over and killed. lie was ind
icated.
Two thugs attempted to hold up Frank
Farrell at Council Bluffs, but were so
badly whipped they were glad to beat a
retreat.
William Hale, a farmer living near
Fort Dodge, was struck by lightning. He
suffered from convulsions for some time,
but will recover.
The' body of Abe Langford, who was
drowned at Davenport Jan. 27 by falling
through the Ice, has just been recovered
from the Mississippi,
E. P. Dickerson, the Clinton traveling
man who shot himself .several days ago
with suicidal intent, is dead as a result
of the injuries inflicted.
A number of cases of glanders have
been discovered among horses in the
neighborhood of Ackley. The affected
animals have been killed.
According to the figures just complet
ed by the County Cierk there were 591
births, 210 marriages and 110 deaths in
Sioux County during 1902.
The State board of control will ark
the executive council for $15,000 to tem
porarily repair the buildings damaged by
the recent storm at Glenwood.
A number of free delivery routes In
Buena Vista County may be abandoned
because the patrons have failed to live
up to their promise of better roads.
Major J. A. Hull, sou of Congressman
Hull, had been promoted In the United
States army service and now ranks as
lieutenant colonel, with the salary and
perquisites
Walter Schoonover of Des Moines was
shot hi the abdomen by a friend named
Lohre. He will probably recover. The
boys were fishing aud were carelessly
handling the gun.
The Toledo schools closed without any
graduates, owing to the fact that the
school board last year added oue year
to the high school course, making it four
years instead of three.
Lightning tore a hole in the roof of
the Utiea clothing store at Des Moines.
The upper story was flooded by a heavy
rain that followed and the stock of goods
damaged to the extent of $1,500.
At Atlantic, the Nishnabotna river is
the highest it has been for twenty years
and thousands of dollars' worth of dam
age has been done. The Atlantic Can
ning Company alone estimates Its loss at
$10,000, nearly 125 acres of their grow
ing pea crop having been ruined by the
flood.
At Des Moines, the damage suit of
Carpenter vs. the Rock Island Railroad
ended in the District Court In a verdict
directed for the defense on the ground
that the perron killed had entered upon
the tracks at his own risk and that he
knew of the danger. The case was for
$25,000 damages by Margaret Carpen
ter for the death of her husband, who
was killed on the Rock Island tracks at
DeSoto last December.
The committee of Congregational min
isters who have been hearing the trial of
Rev. J. L. Countermine at Carson have
arrived at an understanding aud Mr.
Countermine was dismissed from the
church. Rev. Countermine was pastor
of the church at Carson for two years
and recently left for Colorado. It was
then discovered that he had borrowed
money indiscriminately about town nti4
left without making any arrangement for
payment.
The Colonial Dames of Iowa held their
annual meeting at Davenport, half a hun
dred delegates being entertained at
luncheon by Miss Alice French (Octave
ThaneO, State president. The election
of officers resulted: President, Miss Alice
French, Davenport vice-presidents, Mrs.
Simon Casndy, Des Moines, and Mrs.
W. C. Wadsworth, Davenport board of
managers. Miss II. Van Duzee, Du
buque Miss R. Graham, Cedar Falls
Miss Elisabeth Putnam and Mrs. S. F.
Smith, Davenport.
President John Gordon of Tabor Col
lege, elected to the presidency of How
ard University, Washington, 1). C., has
resigned and has notified the trustees of
Howard University that he will accept
their offer.
A 10 o'clock rule for callers is to be
put into effect for the State University
co-eds beginning next fall. This is the
announcement made by Dean Alice
Young. The co-eds have accepted the
rule without complaint and have prom
ised that it will be strictly obrerved.
Exceptions will not be made to the op
eration of the rule.
The semi-centennial anniversary of the
establishment of the city of Des Moines
will be observed with a grand celebration
Tuesday, June 23. Invitations have been
sent to Gov. Cummins, Congressman
Hull, Mayor Brenton and other notables
to deliver addreraes during the duy.
Gu8 Benson was shot In the stomach
with a bullet from a 32-callber revolver
in the hands of E. E. McSweeney iu a
saloon at Fort Dodge. Both men were
laborers. Benson and McSweeney both
claim the shooting was accidental, saying
that the latter was displaying $e revolv
er to Benson when the weapon was dis
charged. Benson's condition Is serious.
McSweeney was arrested.
A tramp entered the hardware store
of H. F- Bosquet at Pella and
asked Art Bosquet, a son of the proprie
tor, to be shown a revolver. He filled It
with shells and then walked out. When
young Bosquet followed him he threat
ened to shoot. One of the other clerks
captured the tramp after a long^chase
and took him to the city marshal. The
Mayor fined him $10 and thirty days in
the county jail.
Charles R. Keyes, for the past two
years Instructor of German iu the Uui
versity of California, has resigned from
the faculty to accept a position In the
German department of Cornell College
at Mwot Veriwq,
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It may be heresy, but we would like
to suggest to the Equity Society that
there Is another aud an easier and
more certain way for the farmers to
accomplish the result aimed at, and it
docs not involve tho risk, and almost
certain failure, of attempting to Imi
tate the manufacturing trusts.
The farmers have never succeedod,
and probably never will succeed, in
forming a trust which will enable
them to force up the price of any im
portant product 40 per cent. Not only
But the tariff on manufactured goods
Is effective because there are compara
tively few manufacturers in any line,
because they often have a monopoly
of the minet) or materials used and be
cause they usually have potential or
actual competition from foreigu goods
In our home markets—which wheat
growers do not have. Because of these
and other reasons, the manufacturers
have been able to form successful
trusts and to take advantage of the
high tariff duties. They have thus
forced up the prices that the fanners
must pay for manufactured goods un
average of about 40 per cent since the
Dlngley tariff bill became law. The
prices o£ many articles, such as barb
wire, wire nails, tin plate, window
glass, etc., have been forced up 100,
200 or 800 per cent in our markets,
though sold at very low prices to for
eigners.
If tariff duties on trust products
were taken off, manufactured goods
which now sell for $1 would sell for
only 00 cents. The fanner could then
buy as much with his bu«hcl of wheat,
selling at 75 cents at Chicago, as he
would get If he could force the pricr*
of wheat up to $1, while paying the
present high trust prices for his goods.
It Is entirely feasible for the fanners,
by voting for no tariff on trust goods,
to reduce tho cost of what they have
to buy. It Is not at all feasible for
them to get together long enough to ar
tificially raise the price of wheat 80
per cent or 40 per cent. The farmers
are the backbone of protection iu this
country, although, as a leading repub
lican—Hon. Ben Buttcrworth—said in
1890, "The manufacturers and the
Trusts get the protection and the pro
fits of the tariff—the farmer gets the
husks aud humbug."
As was clearly shown by the 1902
election, the wurklngmun of the great
cities voted against the trusts and the
high tariff which have so greatly in
creased the cost of living, while the
farmers voted strongly in favor of
both. Just why farmers should con
tinue to vote for a system that takes
money out of their pockets and puts
none into them, Is one of our unsolved
political problems.
If instead of agitating for impossible
dollar wheat, (unless produced by
natural causes in the rest of tho world)
the Equity Society will advise farmers
to discuss the tariff-trust question in
their grange and other organizations
and to vote for their own pocketajnU
the time, just as the manufacturers
have always been doing, great good
will result, not only to the farmers
but to all laborers, mechanics aud
professional men. The cost of living
will be greatly reduced and entirely at
the expense of the trusts. In fact,
both farmers and laborers generally
will be benefited by the givater amount
of manufactured goods which would
be used. If they were sold at more rea
sonable prices. As more factory em
ployes would be needed to make more
gools, not only would factory wages
tend to rise, but the farmer would
soon hav^ a bigger home market for
his products.
The doom Qt protection vjU be seal-
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POLITICS sane
Attalng in ths Wrong Directtlou*
The American Society of Equity of
Indianapolis has issued a bulletin to
the farmers of the United States, de
manding an Increase In the price of
wheat, arguing tlmt the minimum
price of wheat should be $1 a bushel
and urging the farmers of the United
States not to sell for less than $1. Tho
society was organized a year ago with
that city as national headquarters to
maiutain higher prices for farm pro
ducts by co-operation of the fanners
of the country and this is the llrst
formal demnnd for the Increase in
prices. The bulletin reasons that be
cause of the low visible supply of
wheat and the high cost of production
owing to high prices for most other
commodities, that $1 nt Chicago is only
an equitable price for wheat. It says:
"Farmers, keep this matter in mind,
keep dollar wheat at Chicago, before
you, and you will get it as sure as the
sun rises in the east and sets In the
west. We Implore you, don't be fools."
••SOMETHING DOING*1 IN THE POSTOFFICE SCANDAL
are tbcre too many farmers, very
widely scattered, but tbey are not, as
are the manufacturers, protected by
tariff duties on their products—except
on sugar and a few other less Impor
tant products which we do not raise
In sufficient quantities to export large
ly. In the case of wheat, the price is
fixed In Liverpool aud it is not certain
that If our farmers should refuse to
sell and we erased entirely to export,
that the foreign price would reach the
equivalent of dollar wheat at Chicago.
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OF THE DAY
E3«3SS^e33SEBE©EBBBa
ed when the farmers begin seriously to
discuss the tariff question and to real
ize what it means to them. This dis
cussion is what the Republicans are
trying to prevent. They tell the farmer
that the tariff is politics and must
therefore be tabooed in the grange and
other farmers organizations. What
nonsense. The tariff Is business: just
every Mlay common dollars-and-cents
business to the farmers. When the
farmers find this out and begin to get
an idea of what "protection" has cost
them they will be mad all through and
will be looking for somebody to kick
them all around a ten-acre field.—
Byron W. Holt.
Old Foggy George Washington*
George Washington's view of the
Presidency as an office that "should
neither be sought nor declined" Is old
fashioned and antiquated. In fact
George himself is a back number.
When he lived there was no telegraph
from Walla Walla to Cleveland over
which he could notify the politicians,
a year in advance, that he was out for
a renomination aud that "ho who is
not for me is against me."
Kooocvelt'a Words and Acta*
In one of his speeches. Mr. Rooso
velt said: "No law will ever make a
coward brave, a fool wise, or a weak
ling strong. All the law can do is
to shape things that no injustice shall
be done by one to another and so that
each man shall be given the chance to
show the stuff that Is in him." And
yet Mr. Roosevelt Ib the faithful cham
pion of a tariiTJaw that takes money
out of the pockets of the many to re
plenish the pockets of the few. He
objects to the destruction of the shel
ter which the trusts find In the tariff
and he does not appear to be disturbed
because under Republican administra
tion the law Is molded to shape things
so that Justice Is done, to the benefit
of a comparatively small number of
men to the great disadvantage of the
masses.—The Commoner.
Political Pot PourrJ*
The worst feature about the Post
Office scandal Is that so many Con
gressmen must have been aware of
some of the misdoings and partici
pated in the pluuder to the extent
of getting their friends appointed to
office or the salaries of those already
tin re considerably raised.
The Republican program for the in
coming Congress Is to avoid any po
litical legislation and adjourn In May.
There is to be no tariff or trust leg
islation, but a financial bill is to be
p:iss-.d. This Is certainly not a stren
uous program, but then sometimes
plans of the wisest miscarry and tho
voters ,may not be satisfied with a
do-nothing policy when trust prices
prevail.
The Agricultural Department detail
ed an expert last year to examine Into
the fmllng grounds of canvass back
ducks, which, from the changed flavor
of tint expensive luxury. It was feared
were running out. Tills year another
expert Is on the same errand. Farmer
Wilson, who is supposed to run the
Department, and probably wants, to
help his millionaire and trust friends
who are fond of canvass back and
tovapin.
The Republican organs are very
busy selecting the Democratic candi
date for President and of course de
clare that no matter who is nominated
he cannot win. They will find that
the Democrats, whcji tho time comes
for selecting delegates, will send their
best men to the convention and they
will agree on a platform and candi
dates that will command the votes of
nil Democrats and keep the Republi
cans busy until the votes are counted.
A foreign consul at Manila reports
to his government that business in the
Philippines Is stagnant and Manila Is
flooded with unemployed Americans.
The government censor does not ap
pear to tell us the whole truth about
our new possessions and tho Repub
lican newspapers and politicians would
not publish it. Even the President,
who must know the exact condition
of affairs, does not at all agree with
the consular report.
Uncle Ram—Tins reminds me of the
old Star Uoute days.—New York Her
-vv. •.
vis n.
Nell—"You say that Just before be
proposed lie took your hands and
kissed you'/" Kate—-"Yes." Nell—
"Well that's what I call Imprudence.**
She—Why do you suppose tltey have
all the telephone wires so high In the
air? He—Oh. that is so they can keep
up the conversation, I suppose.—Yon
kers Statesman.
Tramp—"Is dls all yer kin gimme—
er cupful uv cold water?" Kind
Lady—"Of course not. You can have
as many cupfuls as you want."—Chi
cago Dally News.
Edyth--"Yes, Jack Is Inclined to flirt
a little, but his heart Is In the right
place!'' Mayme—"Indeed! How long
has It been in your possession?"—Chi
cago Dally News.
A rainy day race: "So you lost
again?" "Of course." "Couldn't tho
horse you bet on run?" "Yes he could
run very well. But he couldn't swim."
—Washington Star.
"A number of her old flames have
combined to present her father with
a fire badge." "Why?" "Because of
the speed and completeness in which
ho put them all out."—Judge.
Frllllla—"Was your dinner a social
success?" Clorlnda—"Yes, Indeed.
You see, I was careful to iuvite only
people who have the same kind of ner
vous prostration."—Brooklyn Life.
"Where did yonr daughter and her
husband spend their honeymoon, Mr.
Goldbug?" "Blest If I know. I can't
even find out where they spent all tho
money they did."—Washington Times.
"He had three days of grace left In
which to pay the note, and he moved
at once to the Arctic regions. I won
der why?" "Well, you know the days
there are six months long."—Town
Topics.
Advantage of position: "Hold on!"
exclaimed tho boy who was under
"let's arbitrate this thing!" "There
ain't nothin' to arbitrate!" panted the
boy on top, pummellug him vigorous
ly.—Chicago Tribune.
Ready tor En&ter: Deacon Cobbs—
"William, If your father should liavo
$10 aud some one should-glvc blm $5,
what would he have?" William—
"Nothing. But ma would have a new
hat."—Chicago News.
She—"The milliner told mc that sho
had been down to the dentist's to have
a nerve killed." He—"Well, from the
prices she asks for hats, I should say
the dentist must have killed the wrong
one."—Yonkers Statesman.
"Oh, let roe like a soldier die!1' ex
claimed the leading man of the barn
stormers. "Oh, if I only had a gun!"
exclaimed some one in the gallery, In
a tone that savored of genuine sym
pathy.—Chicago Daily News?
"To what do you attribute the prop
erties of your springs?" asked a visitor
at a health resort. "Well," answered
the proprietor, thoughtfully, "I gtogf
the advertising I've done has hi
something to do with it."—ruck.
Automobile perils: "Yes, our 'Black
8pook, waft demolished by running
into a barn." "Then I suppose you
httd to walk?" "No, we bad'tb"TunT
The farmer came after us with a pitch
fork and a bulldog."—Philadelphia
Record.
Overwhelming evidence: Judge—
"You deny persistently that you com
mitted the act, and yet the description
fits you exactly—a beautiful face,
youthful appearance, pretty little foot."
Woman defendaut—"Judge, I coufess
all."—Tit-Bits.
New phase of It: "Yander goes
another specimen er de race problem!"
exclaimed Brother Dockey. "W-'
"Right yander—dat man behind
nigger is de sheriff, en de nigger is
leadlu' him by oue hundred yards!"
—Atlanta Constitution.
"So you are not going to Europe
again?" "Not for a long time." an
swered Mrs. Somrox. "It Is our In
tention to live in America, thereby
calling attention to the fact that wo
can afford to pay the highest prices
for everything,"—Washington Star.
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Mrs. Hiram Offeu—"That will do!
You'll leave on Saturday, and you
needn't bother me about a recommen
dation." Bridget—"Sliure, 01 hov no
intiutlon of givin* ye a recomminda
tlon. Ol'll tell the truth about ye to 1
ivery gurl that axes me."—Phlladel
phia Press.
That first wife of mine never could
take a joke." "But she took you once."
"Don't get personal. When she got $
her divorce from Belmoollt last week
I sent lier a message wishing her many
happy returns of the day. and now
she refuses to even uod when we
meet."—Chicago Record-Herald.
Dealer—"These are the most beauti
ful cutglass tumblers we have $4|8
a dozen." Mrs. Housekeep—"I'll tatye
them, but I waut you to label them
'Seconds. Imitation cut-glass, $1.50 a
dozen.*" Dealer—"That's rather tr. re
markable request." Mrs. llousekeep—
"Yes it's merely to deceive the servant
girl."—Philadelphia Press.
"Professor," said the bad young man
of the class "the scientists tell us the
anthracite supply of the world will he
completely exhausted in a little over
sixty years. What are we to do for
fuel theu?" "My friend," replied the 'j
venerable man, "by that time, In all
probability, you will have gone where jjj
tho fuel supply is inexhaustible."— $
Chicago Tribune. I
Show Places and Their Revenues.
Under the new regulations for ad
mission, Windsor Castle will take the
premier position among the remunera
tive show places of England. Its vis
itors number annually about 100,000,
so that the fees will swell the charlta
ble revenues of Windsor b.v $15,000 or
$20,000 a year. The toll to the subter
ranonn wonders of Welbeck Abbey
yield a steady Income of $0,500, which
the Duke of Portland distributes
among the Notts hospitals. Tho Duke
of Devonshire forgoes $17,000 a year
by admitting the 70,000 visitors to
Chatsworth gratis.
An Exeuae.
"Balcony seats!" sniffed the haughty
beauty. "I assure you, Mr. Stlnjay, I
am not accustomed to sitting In the
balcony."
"Well—er—you see," stammered Stln
jay, "to te)i you the truth, I would
have askea for seats downstairs, but
I didn't /know whether It was pro
nounced 'parket' or 'parkay,' aud I
hated to show my iguorance."—Phila
delphia Press.
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