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.*£3 &«iK'(!*t warn $**0 33-2 Easy to Digest, The Paint Question Boiled Down. ^Ktu!! Whon you buy paint, yon should see the paint itself. The B. P. 8. quart can lins a slip top cover. This may be pried ufl' without destroying the can, and with 110 loss to the dealer. It ^iveayou chance to see the paint. B.W.GREMS C. A. R. Encampment Denver, Colorado Greatly reduced mtcs to Denver, Colorado Springs and I'ueblo aud return for the Thirto ninth Na'ioiial Kncampment, Grand Army of the Republic to be held at Denver, Colorado, September 4 to 7, UH)n. The most direct route to Itanvur is via the CHICAGO, MILWAUK=& ST. PAUL RAILWAY and tbe Union Pacific lint*. Two through trains daily Chicago to l)*-nv«r. Tfuough standard Pleepers ti'ul free rcclining chair cera. Through tourist cars Chicago to 1'ueMo via Kansas City every Tuesday and Thursday. Tickets will he on sale August Ilu to September 4, inclusive. Return limit September 12, but on payinunt of fen uf 50 cent*, an extension to O Holier 7 may be obtained. Tickets good going and returning via any direct route between Omaha and Denver. I'or further information regarding raten, roulta, etc, see marc fit ticfeyt agmf, or write •3s F. A. MILLER, General Passenger Agent, CAICAQO. TAKE THE BIGHT ROAD I& CHICAGO, ST.PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS, OES MOINES,KANSAS CITY0-OMAHA. mCttlCfi *1 GREAT SSFFI" WESTERN ROUTE J^ILWAY I UNEQUALEDEQUIPMENT ON ALL TRAINS MAKES TRAVELING A PLEASURE ONTKLOREAT WESTERN. TWO THROUGH TRAINS EACHWAYTO PASSING THROUGH A GREATER DIVERSITY OF CLIMATE, 80IL AND RESOURCE THAN ANY OTHER RAILWAY IN THE WORLD, FOR ITS LENGTH Along its line are the finest lands, cotton for commercial appl rlea for commercial cantalc OMAHA. THREE THROUGH TRAINS EACHWAYTO CHICAGO, ST.PAUL.DES MOINES AND KANSAS CITY. Night trains have new Pullman Sleeping Cars, Club Cars,Free Reclining Chain Cars, and finest Dining Cor. Day'trains haveJFirst Class Coaches andParlor Carsy/ith Dining Room. FOR RATES.TIME OF TRAINS OR OTHER .INFORMATION, APPLY TO ANY GREAT WESTERN AGENT, OR J. R'ELMER, GEN'L PASSENGER AGENT, ST. PAUL. MINN. Kansas City Southern Railway "Straight as the Crow Flies" KANSAS CITY TO THE GULF w_ for anger cane and rice cultivation for merchantable timber for raising horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep, poultry and Angora goats. Write for Information Concerning FREE GOVERNMENT HOMESTEADS New Colony locations, Improved Farms, Mineral Lends, Rice Lende and Timber Lands, and for copies of "Current Events," Buelneu Opportunities, Rice Book, K. C. S. Fruit Book. Cheap round-trip homescckerB' tickets on sale first and third Tuesda/a of each month. THE 8HORT LINE TO "THE LAND OF FULFILLMENT" X. S. DUTTO*. Trar. Fan. Afft. I. O. WASHES, a. V. ml T. A. XMMMCltr.lfo. XaxiB&B Cltj.Ko. *. 1, aOBBTiTIB, Trav. Fall. uHmlf1,1(1.,(uua City, Mo. Main Street Laundry. Lace Curtainsjand all kinds of Fancy Work care fully cleaned and ironed. Family washing and gen eral laundry work done. TeephoneJSll, I. W. LAMPriAN, Prop. 'Vitarti 6ity and Wicinity\ —R. IS. Griffin of Minneapolis visited friends liere last week. —George H. Barr was a business visitor in Cedar Rapids, Friday. —S. T. Burt and son Merit return ed Friday from a visit at Marion. —A number from this city attend ed tbe carnival at Gariville,Thursday. —Mrs Alton Dunham visited with friends in Independence. Fri day. —Mr and Mrs Maurice Moroney visited friends in Masonville, Wed nesday. —Miss Iluzel Perkins of Delhi was the guest of Miss Clara Haeberle 'I lrarsday. —Mr. and Mrs. M. F. LeRoy were in Chicago last week for a visit with relatives. —F. H. Carrothers attended the national reciprocity convention in Chicago last week. —Miss Stella Saugston left Fri day for Bulah, Kansas, for an extend ed visit with relatives. —Dr. N. S. Craig returned Wed-, nesday evening from a visit in Minn eapolis and St. Paul. —Mrs. W. S. Smarzo and children isited friends in Masonville the latter part of last week. —Miss Lizzie Nix was the guest of her Bister Mrs. L. Rumsey of Dyersville, last week. Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Detwiler, Mrs E. lloag and E. W. Uoag enjoyed a fishing trip to Quasqueton last week. —Thirty three tickets were sold at the M. 0. depot Thursday to people who attended the Anamosa Fair. —Miss Maude Langridge of Ma qiioketa was the gueBt of her friend Miss Mildred Smith several days ast week. —Miss Ella Morse of Chicago arrived Friday for a short visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Morse. —Miss Ruth Paxson lias been at tending the general assembly of the Young Women's Christian associa tion at Waterloo. —Mrs, Maggie Barr and sister Minnie Barr are making an extended visit with their sister, Mrs. J. M. Seaney at Barry, Illinois. —The Dyersville Canning Co. commenced canning sweet corn the first of the week and have employ ment for about 100 hands. —Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Barber, who have been visiting relatives here the past month returned to their home in Waverley the latter part of last week. —Mrs. Florence Frentress who has been visiting relatives and friends in the western part of Ne braska for some time past returned to her home in this city last Wednes day. —Advertised letters for the week ending August 21, 1905: Mrs. M. O'Rourke Miss Rilla Holmes, Miss Matnie Livingston, Miss Julia Mul lin, Mr. Joe Fuchs, Mr. G. II. Evans. —Mrs.-II. W. Tuttle and children left Friday morning for Grinnell .vhere they will make their future home. Rev. Tuttle leaving the first of last week with the household goods. —A package containing three yards of white silk was lost last Wednesday, evening between A. H. lilake and Son's store, and North Manchester. Finder please leave at this office. -Mr. and Mrs. George W. Storey left yesterday afternoon for Minnea polis and St. Paul and from there will go to Frederick, South Dakota, where they will visit the Hogan Ranch. Before returning home they will be the guests of Mrs. Storey's sister, Mrs. Ross How land at Dell Rapids expecting to be away about six week. —Manchester defeated Dyersville at the Main Street Ball park last Tuesday afternoon by a score of 5 to 4. It was one of the beat and hardest fought games of the season, it requiiing twelve innings for the locals to win and was exciting throughout the game. Charles Livingston pitched for the locals. A large crowd was in attendance, a number of rooters from Dyersville having accompanied the team to this city., —Dr. Hazlett was over to Straw berry Point Friday where he was called to examine the cattle on Dr. Cole's farm. It is said the herd was alTlicted with tuberculosis. The ex amination found about one-fifth of the herd was afflicted, some very mild. There were twenty-six head placed in quarantine. They were shipped to Cedar Rapids Monday where they were butchered and afterwards examined to ascertain if they were fit for the market. Some time ago tuberculosis trouble found in some stock at the county farm. They were killed and since then the stock has been free from the disease. —Oelwein Record. —The Illinois Central railroad company has placed orders for two mammoth, prairie type, locomotives to be built for haulingthe fast limit ed passenger trains between Water loo and Freeport, III. The engines will be built by the Schenectedy locomotive works from plans and specifications furnished by the rail way officials. One feature of the new engines will be their combined qualities for speed and pulling. Their weight will be 110 tons each and will be so built that faster time can be made over the grades between Waterloo and Freeport. They will be used on passenger trains 1 and 2 and will displace ^the "1000" class engines now in usei The tender when filled with coal, will weigh 80 tons The engines will be construct ed at a cost of $19,500 each and will be 20 per cent better than any now running over the local divisions. The locomotives are expected to ar rive in Waterloo the fore part of October.—Waterloo Reporter. STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, LUCAS COUNTY. 8S" Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing bnsiness in the city of Toledo, county aud state aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me aud subscribed gee.nijg in my presence this Oth |SEAL| dav of December, A. D. 1880. A. W. UI.KA.SO Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in ternally aud acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. The Time to Visit Mexico is during the rainy season from June to October, when daily showers cool the atmosphere and the temper ature is never too warm for cum lort. The City of Mexico is an ideal Bummer resort, combinirg a perfect climate and unsurpassed accommo dations with the most picturesque surroundings and beautiful scenery in the world. THE MEXICAN' CENTRAL RAILWAY operates Pullman equipment in vesti buled trains, with all the comforts of modern travel. For information and booklets, Facts and Figures About Mexico," Nueva Galicia," etc., address A. DULOIIEUY, Gen. Western Pass. Agent, 209 Com mercial Bldg., St. Louis, La. W. K. MCDOUGALD, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, W. D. MURDOCH, Pass. Traffic Mgr., MEXICO CITY. tf —Don't fret about the cabbage hair worm. It is not poisonous in fact, it is one of the friends of the fanner. As a parasite it makes war on the the codling moth and several species of grasshoppers and locusts. The government has look ed into this thing most thoroughly and is most emphatic in the state ment that the cabbage hair worm is one of the good ones. If you find one in the cabbage don't throw that cabbage away cook it. Some body got up this hoax last year, scared the cabbage eaters out of their wits, destroyed the profits of a good many cabbage growers, did harm to many, good to none. Don't worry about the cabbage hair snake worm THE NEW YORK WORLD THBIOE A WBEK EDITION. SMd Vlwnnr the HcgliBh Lan guage i» Spoken. For tbe autumn season now at'hand the most valuable paper to you will be the New York Tbrlce-a-Week World, became It offeri you more at tbe price tban any otber paper published any where lu the world. Tbii ia a time of great events. We ar« having great wara and otber changes of a Stirling kind are occurring both al borne and abroad. Tbe Thr ce-a-Week \V orld comes to you every other day, except Sunday, with all the newa fully, accurately and promptly told. Tbe Thrioe-a-Week World is fair ID Its political reports. You can get tbe truth from Its columns whether you art Republican or Democrat, and that IK what you want. The Tbrleea-Week World always baa a serial story running, and It Is al ways a Urst-cUes story by a Qrst-clase author. Tbe Tbrlce-a-Week World publishes better Button tban any other newspaper In tbe United States. Spe cial attention is also given to markets, and there are many otber valuable feature*. Tbe TIIRIOE-A-WKEK WORLD'S reg ular subscription price Is only SI 00 per year, and tbia pays for IBS papers. We oiler this unequalled newspaper Bnd the Manchester Democrat together one year for 8215. The regular subscrip tion price of tbe two papers is S2.00. ZQABVEST HOMH PICNIC COMGOX, IA., AUGUST 21. For this occasion tbe I.e. It. K. will sell Ex cursion Tickets Manchester to Cogxon&rd re turn at a rate of one and loue-tblrd fare for the round trip, Tlokets on sate August 24, limited to return unUl Auautt *5. II. G. PIEKCE, A KENT. OXK OITT BUSINE8B COLLEGE, Quincy, Illinois. Write today for our beautiful 64 page Illustrated Catalogue FREE. It contains school-room views, groups of students, portraits of students, portraits of students in positions, testimonials, specimens of penmanship, graduating class, and list of .1400 students in attendance. This elegant Catalogue also con tains rates of tuition, cost of books' board, etc., with much valuable in formation for any young persbn de sirous of preparing for a situation as stenographer or bookkeeper. Address D. L. ML'SSELMAN, Pres't, 27-8w Quincy, Illinois. If you want to Have a picnic, Take Beaoom's Picnic Pills They wtu regulate your Urer And drive away your llli. Try them. cents. AUdruggiiia. Dear Gus:—I have solved the mother-in-law problem, just give her regularly Hollister's Rocky Mountain tea. It will make her healthy, happy and docile as a lamb. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets.—Denton and Ward. If you are troubled with dizzy spells, headache, indigestion, consti pation, Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea will make you well and keep you well. If it fails get your money back. Thats fair. 35 cents. —Denton and Ward. Isrcbanta' Harvest Borne Featival, Uedar Falls, August 81-36. For tbe above occasion tbe Illinois Central will sell excursion tickets Man chester to Cedar Falls and return at a rate of one and one-third fare for tbe round trip. Tickets on sale August 22, limited to return until August 28. 24-1 11. G. PIERCE, Agent. Singling Bros. Circus, Oedar Bapids, September 9. For this occasion the Illinois Central will sell excursion tickets Manchester to Cedar Bapids and return at a rate of one and one-third fare for the round trip, Tickets on sale Sept. 2, limited to that day and date for return. 84-2 H. G. PIERCE, Agent. IS But the Reciprocity Conferenoe Thinks We Could Do with Less Thereof. ACTION OF THE CHICAGO MEET Resolve for a Dual Tarfff and an Ex pert Commission. MassiU'liimetts and Iowa Clush, am! the liny State Idea Wins— Cummins a Feature. Chicago, Aujr. IS.— Resolutions which were adopted by the national reciprocity conference, which has just closed its meeting here, were preceded by the following recommendation by the committee: "We recomnmnd that a pel nianent American organisation be funned under the style of the Reci procity Tariff League, and i*iut a com mittee of fifteen lie appointed by the chair to have full power to organize and further prosecute the work for which the convention has assembled. Said committee shall have power to increase its membership and to till vacancies when necessary." Declares the Kvport Trade Vital. After stating that the conference representing more than 2O0 agricul tural, commercial and industrial asso ciations of lie Vuited States the reso lutions declare that "the agriculture, manufactures and other industries of this couldr.v have expanded to such an extent that they can uo longer depend upon the home market for the con sumption of their entire product that 'the export trade has become a vital support to many of our Indus tries, and that "the present commer cial attitude of the Tufted States, largely owing to our failure to carry into effect the reciprocal trade pro visions of section 4 of the Diugley law, is antagonizing foreign nations, whose good will we desire and on whom we Lave hitherto depended as purchasers of our surplus products." Dual Tariff' aud Kvpcrt Commission. Therefore, it Is resolved that "tikis convention, recognizing the priuciple of protection a the established policy of our country, advocates reciprocal concessions by means of a dual or maximum and minimum tariff that preferably the schedule question raised by such concessions should be considered by a permanent tariff commission created by congress and consisting of experts that there is plenty of room for concessions without injury to industry, trade or wages of labor in this country, and that con gress Is urged to act as quickly as possible. MASSACHUSETTS AND IOWA MIX Cummins' Speeh the Feature of the Meet—Klin# at Shaw. Massachusetts came Into direct clash with the Iowa idea at the conference. The resolutions in favor of dual tariff and expert commission iudicated the Massachusetts idea. Governor Cum mins, of Iowa, on the other hand, made a ringing speech advocating the principles of wytectlon, but urging "a fight before the people" In behalf of reciprocity. "Reciprocity lias been damued by faint praise and false friends long enough," said Governor Cummlugs. It has been coddled in conventions and crucified in congress. It is time to unmask and to fight to win or lose. If we lose, we shall at lea»& flri™ out of the shadows of con cealment the cowards and traitors who have been skulking there." The'exponent of the Iowa idea took a sarcastic fling at Secretary Shaw, ailing .him the most "rigid of the in liexible foes of revision or reciprocity." lie said the secretary had made an "untrue explanation" of the failure of the Trench treaties, when speaking at l»es Moines. "Standpatters are not protectionists they are cxclusion ists" was an epigram of the Iowa man that aroused great applause. Kdward Rosewater, of Omaha, one of the speakers, defended the Repub lican party's record from attacks made on it on the score of revision. He said party platform never had con tained revision planks. Fie asked some one to name one tariff schedule that was too high, and Cummins declared he could name two dozen that were too high. At one point in his speech Governor Cummins said "The folly of main taining a tariff schedule that will en able us to sell $1,1)00 of manufactured merchandise in our owu markets, but which will prevent the sale of $10, 000 of manufactured or agricultural products in foreign markets, is so striking that It can only be explained upon the hypothesis that we have sur rendered to a seuseless fear of dis turbing commercial tranquility." The resolutions cofimiittee adopted the commission plan to avoid trouble on the lloor of tlu convention. It was felt that the diverse interests repre sented would come into open convict with each other if attempts were made to definitely name any articles to be placed on the "free list." A significant change in the "platform" was made after it had been formally presented to the convention by Chair man Koss. An explicit declaration for the policy of protection was in serted. Negro Business L/eague. New York, Aug. 17.—Two hundred colored business men opened the sixth annual session of the National Negro Rusiness league in this city. The ob ject of the league is to bring together the negroes engaged in business for themselves for mutual help and sup port. Hooker T. Washington lias been tiic president of the league since its in ception, aud mnde the principal ad dress. A letter from President Roose velt was read. Tremendous Yield of Corn. Chicago, Aug. 10.—Every car that the granger railroads can get posses sion of is being rushed out to the wheat and corn couutry or is being held available for the crop movement. Agents everywhere in the northwest ern states report that the crop pros pects are the best they have been in seven years, exceeding the average for the period by from 15 to 50 per ceut., according to the territory. Three Trainmen Killed. Racine, Wis., Aug. 21.—In a rear end collision half a mile north of Waukegan, 111., early in the morning on the Northwestern railroad, the en gineer and the fireman of the rear train were killed and the conductor of the forward train met death. A brakeman had two legs cut off. Tlio conductor and brakeman were in tUe caboose. ASSEMBLY FOR THE RUSSIANS The Czar at liitst Has Issued His Long* Inspected Manifesto to the People. St. Petersburg, Aug. 21.—Tlie czar has issued his long-expected mani festo, granting to the Russian people a douma, or national assembly, to which 412 delegates from all the fifty departments of Russia and the mili tary province of the Don shall be chosen. The principle of the auto cracy is retained and the czar sur renders none of his prerogatives to the people. The bureaucracy is not abolished. Finland is not included in the grant, the czar pledging himself to take measures in the future. The first national assembly is to meet not later than the middle of .Tan nary, RHMi. The term of the douma, or national assembly, is to be five years, although the czar may dissolve it and call a new election. The dou ma will sit as the lower house of a legislative body, the upper house be ing the present council of the empire. After passing the douma bills will go to the council, and, if there approved, be sent to the czar. The powers of the douma are lim Ited when compared to those of the parliaments of Germany or Frauce, but they are extensive when compared with any rights ever granted to the people of Russia. Warsaw. Russian Poland, Aug. 21.— A general strike has been proclaimed throughout Poland as a protest against the disregard of the rights of the Poles in the scheme for representation in the nalional assembly. The strike began here. Employes of the Vistula railway quit work and many trains were left standing at intermediate sta tions. Eighty socialist carrying arms,while attempting to enter the city, were op posed by a detachment of Cossacks. Eight of the socialists were killed and the others escaped. FATAL MISHAP TO AN AUTO Soil of a Millionaire Mine Owner Dies Shortly Alter He Is Released. Newport. R. I., Aug. 21.—Those who escaped death but were injured lu the automobile accident here have greatly improved. Miss Evelyn Walsh, daughter of Thomas I*\ Walsh, of Washington, suffered much, but Is now much easier. Miss Walsh has not been informed of the death of her brother Vinson. Mrs. .lames L. Kerno chan, of Hempstead. L. I., who was cut and bruised, and Iiarry Oeirlchs and Herbert Pell, both of New York, who were bruised, are much better. This auto disaster, which added an other victim to the long list claimed by the devil wagon, took place while a party occupying several automobiles was 011 the way to a luncheon. As the auto containing young Walsh and the others victims was crossing a bridge a tire burst and the auto dashed at the side of the bridge, going through the heavy oak railing and falling six feet into the shallow stream below, turn ing a complete somersault and catch ing Its victims underneath. Young Walsh, who was 18 years old, was so badly hurt—skull fractured— that he died shortly after being re leased by the others of the party who quickly came up and proceeded to the rescue. Thomas F. Walsh Is a mil lionaire mine operator, whose family is prominent In national capital society. Nine People Killed. Butte, Mont., Aug. 21.—Nine persons were killed, one fatally injured and about thirteen more or less injured In a collision between a street car filled with returning merrymakers from the Columbia gardens and a freight train on the Rutte, Anaconda and Pacific railway late at night. The dead Maggie Harrington, aged 10 Maud Johnson, aged 10 Mrs. Ja cobs, colored: Maggie Keefe, aged 10 Vera Ilaughton, aged 14 Chris Wold, unknown, except by name on metal identification check unidentified man and woman. Many ICxcursUmiKts Killed. Norfolk. Ya.. Aug. IS.—Many people were drowned and a result of an tx otliers injured as a result of an ex cursion train on the Atlantic Coast line, bound from Kinstou. N. C.. to this city, plunging through an open draw over the western branch of the Eliza beth river, eight miles from Norfolk. Though only ten bodies have been re covered so far the latest details indi cate that forty is a conservative esti mate of the number of dead. Nearly all of the victims were negroes. Storm Does Great Damage. LaCrosse. Wis., Aug. 21.—A severe rain, wind, hail and electrical storm fwept over this county north and west of here during the night aud great damage was done in its path, in some cases the storm took the form of a tornado while in others the rain was a cloudburst Hail completely ruined the growing crops in large sections of western Wisconsin and southern Min nesota. Breaks Jail and Keeps Word. LaCrosse, Wis., Aug. IS—Andrew Cunningham, the pal of Earl Trainor, cscaped from the LaCrosse jail during the night, just as he declared he would when arrested seven weeks ago. Traln or sawed his way through the steel bars of bis cell door and of the cor ridor two weeks ago. Russian Press on the Reform. St. Petersburg, Aug. 21.—The Novoe Yremya and the Russky Slovo today unreservedly praise the douma project. The other St. Petersburg newspapers, however, fail to show much enthusi asm. OPTIMISTIC NEW ORLEANS Dosen't Think, the YeUo .v Fever "Will lie Near So Uad as It Is Usually. New Orleans, Aug. 10.—While thtv number of deaths yesterday from yel low fever exceeded tliose of each of the past two days the total was so small In comparison with years when real epidemics prevailed that the sit uation continues to be regarded as lu finitely more bright and hopeful than a mouth ago. The official report to p. in. shows: New cases. 02 total to date. 1.2S." deaths yesterday S total ucaths to date. 1SS number of cases under treatment, 415. Nothing at present indicates any change from the present mild form oI the disease, and the health authorities are inclined to believe that so thor ough are the preparations already made for the future that, barring en tirely unexpected conditions, there is no further occasion for alarm. New Orleans, La.. Aug. 20.—Yellow fever report to 0 p. m.: New cases, 45 total cases to dale. 1,US5 deaths yesterday. 1 total deaths, 100 re maining under treatment. 381. No bet I'1- ii A.!.14 ter evidence of the fact that the visita tion of mosquito fever Is not only be ing controlled here, but that there is a chance for its eradication, can be found than in the daily reports of cases and deaths. MANY ARE SLAIN ON RAILROADS Death Reaps a Frightful Harvest Dur ing the Year 1B04—Commerce Commission's Report. Washington, Aug. 18.—Ten thou sand and forty-six persons were kilied and 84,155 injured on the railways of the United States during 1004. Of the killed 441 and of the injured 9,111 were passengers, or one killed out of every 1.122,207 carried, and one in jured out of every 78,523 carried. These figures are given in the an nual report of the interstate commerce commission for 1904, just issued. The report shows that at the end of 1004 there were 207,073 miles of railroads in the United States owned by 2,104 railway corporations. There were In the service of the railways 40,743 locomotives, the in crease being 2.872. The total number of cars, exclusive of those owned by private companies, was 1,708,501, an increase of 45,172. Of these 30.752 were in ihe passenger service and 1, 002,104 in the freight work. The number of persons on the pay rolls June 30, 1004. were 1,290.121, or till per 100 miles of line. The wages and salaries for the year amounted to $817,598,810. Rain Discourages Farmers. St. Paul, Minn.. Aug. 19.—Specials from various parts of Minnesota say that the rainy weather of the past week has disheartened many fanners. In the vicinity of St. Cloud the re port says there is much grain standing and waiting for the hinder, while grain in shock has been badly soaked. From Fertile, Minn., comes a report of a severe hail storm which passed over that vicinity. It covered an area two miles wide and five miles long, level ling grain, which was ready to be cut. The loss to the crop is estimated at fifty per cent. Robbed of the Payroll. Chicago, Aug. 21.—Harold E. Board, assistant treasurer of the "Cross Press r.nd Sign company, 53 Daytou street, was slugged and robbed of a valise containing $1,025, representing the payroll of the 150 employes of the company, shortly after 10 o'clock a. m. The daring robbery occurred within seventy-five feet of the company's es tablishment in Dayton street and was witnessed by several of the employes, who were working near the windows of the offices. The robbers escaped. In Memory of Ethan Alien. Burlington, Vt., Aug. 17.—Vermont's state holiday, the auniversary of the battle of Bennington, was signalized by the dedication of a memorial tower to the revolutionary patriot, Ethan Al len, lu this city, with Vice President Fairbanks as the principal speaker. President Roosevelt was represented by Secretary of the Interior Hitch cock, and Governor Bell of Vermont, and Governor McLane of New Hamp shire, also participated. HER WIDOWHOOD BROUGHT TO END Huslmnri Mrs Ktwarl Muiidy Ketiirns After Thirty Years* AliKeooi». Dubuque, la Aug. 21.—After hav ing lived in spirit Luke thirty-one years as the widow of Edward Mun dy, a civil war veteran, and drawing a pension from the government for that length of time because her bus baud deserted her and she thought ho was dead, Mrs. Mundy has been startled by the reappearance of her spouse. Muuday returned j'esterday, giving uo account of himself, or his wander ings for the last three decades. Mun dy deserted his wife and several chil dren mysteriously and during the in tervening period Spirit Lake residents had never heard from him. Ills sud den return lias caused a sensation. Serious Collapse at a Hall Game. Walnut, la., Aug. 21.—Durlug a ball game a section of seats containing sev eral hundred spectators, mostly wom en, collapsed and half a dozen persous were seriously Injured. Mrs. Ed Burke was crtished under the mass, being hurt internally and having an ankle broken, from which she may dio. Mrs. M. Moore. Misses Bertha Wllwarth and Harriet Spangler sustained broken limbs. Killed by a Traction Engine. Fort Dodge, la., Aug. 21.—The 5 year-old daughter of John Luudgren, living six miles west of Lehigh, was instantly killed under the wheels of a traction engine. The euglue was with a threshing outfit at work on Luud gren's farm. The girl climbed upon the wheels uuuoticed by the engineer, who started the machine. The drive wheels passed over her head, crusliiug it to a pulp. Shortage May Reach $200,000 Bellefonte, la., Aug. 18.—It is uow claimed that the amount of the al leged defalcation of John U. Piatt, former secretary treasurer of the Piatt Barber company of Phlllipsburg, will amount to between $150,(KK) and $200, 000. It is alleged that some of the money said to have been appreproated was used to start the Piatt Coal Min ing company. Washington, Aug. 21.—The doors of the Western National bank of Louis ville, Ky., have beeu closed by order of the comptroller of the currency. IP 8-T E W SPELLS STANDARD. SAl-KTY. ami SHOOT STRAIGHT Ou» HU LKS. I'ISTOLS AND SiiuTtjUN'S ex|*riniental stayr, anil *re HARD 11IT1 INli ttn) ACCl'KATl: ALWAYS I Ask yourilealeraml luslst Sond for Kft-iaire lUu« fen our |K|wJnrmake. DELAWARE COUNTY Abstract Co., Kftnohettar, Iowa. ABSTRACTS. REAL ESTATE. LOANS AND CONVEYANOINQ. Office In First National Bank Building. Orders by mail will receive careful attention. We have complete copies of all record* of Delaware county. ENNIS BOGGS, MANAOIR. We are constantly adding to our large stock of COAL to meet the constantly increasieng demand. Also Shingles aid Ltunbsr for the spring trade Hollister Lumber Co. MANCHESTER. IOWA. CUT FLOWERS AND POT PLANTS AT C. L. ADAIT NORTH MANCHESTER. DOUGLASS, the Photo grapher. Goto Douglass For FINE PICTURES. H. L. Main, Hopkinton, Iowa. OzU and Sandals We have just received the most complete line of Ox fords and Sandals ever be fore offered in Ilopkinton. 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