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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
THINK ne WAS pRUeeEp.
Mysterious Death of Young Writer .,
Denver. Col.

Mysterious Death of Young Writer at
Denver, Col.
Buffalo, N. Y, Jan. ia special dis
patch from Denver says that Walter
Clark-Nicholas, of this city, died there
Friday under suspicious circumstances.
1t is suspected that death resulted
from the effects of drugs administered
to him by some parties who also robbed
him. A thorough investigation will be
made.
Young Nichols was 25 years of age, a
writer for Harper's. He went to Col
orado to write up the Cripple Creek
gold fields, and also for his health. His
father is United States pension agent
for this district.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
TOOK ALL THEY HAD.
Railroad Ticket Agent and Two Pass,
gers Robbed at Fort Scott. Kan.

Railroad Ticket Agent and Two Passen-
gers Robbed at Fort Scott, Kan.
st. Louis, jan. ia special from
Fort Scott, Kan, to the scripps- McRae
league says that early Saturday morn
ing two masked men held up and robbed
Night Ticket Agent G. S. Knox, at the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas depot, to.
gether with j. c. Kinney, of HARDWOOD,
Mo-, and Carl Fortiner, Of Olathe, Kan,
who were waiting for train. They
were all lined up against the wall in
the agents Office and robbed. Knox's
pistol, gold watch and chain were
taken, as were small amounts of cash
from the passengers.
The company's safe was also robbed
The agent said it contained but $34
The robbers escaped.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
Prince Henry III.

London, Jan. u.-Advices from the
british Ashantee expedition say that
Prince Henry of Battenberg. who ac-
companied the expedition, is suffering
from slight attack of fever and has
returned from the front to the head
quarters of the expedition in charge of
a surgeon. Spies report that Coomas-
sic, the Ashantee capital, is quiet, and
that there are no soldiers there.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
Days Flats.

johnny Halesy got home last week
from Hartland, Ill.
Lor Flemming hain't gone to school
since Christmas.
Maurice Whalen would like to know
what time they let school out in this
country.
Tom Nolen talks Of going to Monta-
ma
II. P. Daily has got home from Hot
Springs, Ark, fully restored to his
natural state of health.
Jim Clarken cut off his hair, and is
now converting it into paint brushes
for fancy work.
Jim DAILY spent the fore part of last
week some pla ce west.
Tony Licktieg was visiting with
friends here last week. He called on
Sweet Marce.
johnny Roche traded five shoats
with John DAILY for some more grades
Some dealer at Riceville took the
liberty to shove someigreen goods on
P te lass while visiting there.
Charley Thomas spent the fore part
of last week visiting his old friends
here while his friend stopped off at
Cresco.
DR.. Nolen, of Button, visited with
his old friends here last week.
Jimmy Clark offers to bet a five
that he can handle any pony that
Eagle Horn has.
Willie Lindsy met with a painful
accident last Tuesday, while cutting
some meat, the knife slipping and
went into his hand. He had to go to
Harmony to get DR.. Thompson t5 put
in a stitch, DR.. keefe of this place
not being at home.
Mrs. Roche went to Cresco last
Thu sday to visit-her son Ned.
WIN. Olford t, Ike of converting his
old house into skating rink, if the
temperature hadn't changed.
PRENDERGAST.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
AWFUL EXPERIENCE.
Befalls shipwrecked sailors-Nine Die
Exhaustion and Cold,

Befalls Shipwrecked Sailors-Nine Die Oh
Exhaustion and Cold.
Halifax, N. S., Jan. 11.-A boat from
the steamer Ealing, which recently
went ashore on Green island, 1saac's
harbor, N. f., reached Canso Mt three
o'clock Friday. There were nine men
in the boat, which was in charge Of
Second Officer Thomas, and oil were
thoroughly exhausted and badly FROST
bitten They had a terrible expert
ence and nine of their ship1nates, in
Guiding the captain, died of cold and ex-
haustion and were thrown overheard.
The survivors are in such an exhausted
condition that they cannot tell exactly
when their mates died, saying it was
either to-day or yesterday. They say
two boats left the stranded ship at five
p. m. Of the 5th inst. One contained the
first officer and eight men, and us
nothing has been heard from them,
all hands probably persisted.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
INHERITANCE TAX.
It Is Assessed Against the Heirs of Jay
Gould.

It Is Assessed Against the Heirs of Jay
Could
New York, Jan. l1.-Surrcgate Fitz-
gerald has signed an order fixing the
amount of inheritance tu.: to be paid
by the heirs of the late Jay Gould as
follows: Abraham Gould, $477.71;
Anna G. Hough, s4O4.s3; Sarah B.
Northrup, $397.40, and Elizabeth Palen,
$432 4s. These are the brothers and
sisters of the deceased. George j.
Gould, $9o,77l.94; FAY Gould, $4,000;
Helen NJ. Gould, $9S,4s70s; Edwin
Gould, $92,157.23; Howard Gh5uld, sos,
1925; Frank j. Gould, sos 1855, and
Anna, now Countess de Costellane, s97,
1928.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
Have the popnlar M,Ia,lv.

Nicaragua, Jan. 1.-THE boundary
dispute between Nicaragua and Costa
RIGA is assuming more serious phase.
Costa Rica is daily becoming more
urgent in her demands. She now
claims lands to which, it is said, she has
never had shadow of lawful right.
This government will propose to sub
init the matter to President Barrios, of
Guatemala, for arbitration.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
Shot Five Times.

Boone. Ia, Jan. 1l.-Shortly before
noon Friday Stanhope Roysler, we'll
TODD farmer of Webster county, shot
five bullets into w. E. Mcfarland, a
wealthy resident of Boone. The shoot
ing was the result of attentions paid
by Mcfarland, who is bachelor, to
the daughter of Roysler, and which
had been forbidden by the irate father
of the girl.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
Blew out His Brains.

Pana, ILL.,, Jan. 11.-Lyman T. Slater,
cashier of the First national bank at
Taylorville, this county, for the past II
years, went to Springfield Thursday to
consult specialist with regard to a
disease of the head from which he
suffered. He returned home at night
and blew his brains out with a re-
volver. He was well known in banking
circles,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
Political Prisoners AN Free.

Victoria, B. c., Jan. a1.--Thc Austral-
ian steamer Warrimoo, just arrived,
brings Honolulu advices to the I'd inst.
Charles. t. Gulick, w. I. Seward, John
+. Bowler, Robert w. Wilcox, John II.
Wise, Joseph Clarke, j. w. Bipikane
and John Lilikoi, the remaining polite
al prisoners, We're pardoned and re-
leased New Years morning.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
Home Seekers Excursion.

Hot Springs and all points in Arkan-
sas, Indian Territory and southern
Missouri, to points on Santa Fee p. &
P. Ry., and other southern and south=
western territory. For particulars in
quire at ticket office, Cresco. Date of
sale January Ia, and %; February IL,
and March 10. M. j. WHITE,
32wS Agent.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
Trouble fin Costa Rlcu

San Jose, Costa Rica, jan. 1.-THE
latest news from Cuba has SO excited
Cubans and their sympatizers here that
there is danger of an outbreak. The
stores of the Spanish merchants are
guarded by the police. The govern
ment has issued n stringent decree
AGAINST disturbers of public order.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
benefited by the war Scare.

Glasgow, Jan. 1.-THE leading iron
and steel merchants of Glasgow say
that the crisis of the last week has
greatly benefited their trade. The lead
ing ship owners express their belief
that war with Grmany would be bene-
fetal to their interests, but that trou-
BILE with the United States would not.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
Is Finding Generous Support.

Washington, Jan. II. An enthusi-
nstic meeting was held here Friday
night at which sympathy was eA-
pressed with the Armenian sufferers.
Miss Clara Barton made the important
announcement that at meeting held
in New York Friday such satisfactory
guarantees had been received that
in about two weeks she would be pre-
pared to sail for Armenia.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
To Settle Chickasaw Indebtednesu,

Denison, Tex, Jan. ia special ses-
sion OF the Chickasaw Legislature is
called to meet Monday, the 18th inst.
The object of the session is to make
agreements to settle the entire indebt-
cdness of the nation, amounting to
s1,0OO,0oo. The amount will probably
be taken from the reserve fund.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
Edison Photograph Controversy Ended.

GuisoH AAohoSraPh controversy Ended.
Newark, n. j., Jan. 11.-An the legal
tribulations of Thomas A. Edison with
John r. Hardin, receiver for the Ameri-
can Photograph company, and the
various photograph companies inter-
ests Ringing on Edison's claim were
ended in the court of chancery Satur-
day morning when Vice Chancellor
Emery issued an order legalizing the
compromise asked for by Edison and
the stockholders and creditors. The
receiver gets all the patents of Edison
in the company named and in the
Edison Phonoghaph company and pre-
vents Edison from making phono-
graphs for anyone except the receiver.
The decision is favorable to the re-
ceiyer,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
After the Llnseed on rrust.

Chicago. Jan. lin the circuit
court Saturday Attorney General
Moloney began proceedings to annul
the charter of the National Linseed Oil
company, on the ground that it is a
trust, operating in violation of the
antitrust laws of the state. The COM
pany controls the linsecd oil business
In the United States.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
Gets a Verdict for 100000.

Madison, Wis, Jan. ll.-Aliss Lucia
B. Griffin, the Abba Qa.) elocutionist,
has keen awarded verdict in the
United States court of $4,000 against
the Illinois Contra; Railway company
for personal injuries received in an
Illinois Central station during the sum-
MGR Of 1893. While going out of the
baggage room of the station door,
which was loose on it's hinges. fell on
Miss Griffin, inflicting injuries which
brought on nervous complications.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
Death of a New Yorker.

New York, Jan. I.-Gen. Francis
Canning Barlow, the former attorney
general of this state and widely known
lawyer, died at his home here Satur-
day in his 6lst year. His death was
attributed to the fleets Of grip con-
tracted year ago.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
Abyssinians Again Repulse

Rome, Jan. 1.-THE government has
received dispatches from Massowah
stating that force of 10000 Abyssin-
tans had made another attack upon
the Italian stronghold at Makallc and
were repulsed with heavy losses. No
details are given.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
Assigned.

Peoria, ILL.,, Jan. ll.-Singer & Wheel
er, wholesale druggists, for whom an
application for receiver was recently
made and denied. made an assignment
Friday. The liabilities are $4,000;
assets. S397 600.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
Boston Retired Merchant Dead.

Boston, Jan. 11.-John l.. Bremen, for
many years the head of one of the larg-
est dry goods commission houses in
Boston, died Saturday morning, aged
II. He retired from business on Jam
uary /, 1895.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
FRESH MAssAcREs.

Further Outrages Committed at Rum
Kaleh and Djebine, in Turkey.
London, Jan. 11.-Press representa-
tives in Constantinople telegraph under
Fridays date that fresh massacres have
occurred at Rum Kaleh and Diebine, in
the district of Orfah. No details of the
outrages are given.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
Negro Murderer Lynched.

Monroe, La, Jan. 1l.-Calais Queer, a
peddler, was murdered at the cutoff
is miles below here. Abraham L.
Smart, 17-year-old negro, was charged
with the murder. He confessed and was
lynched.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
More Troops for Turkey.

Madrid, Jan. II. = Four thousand
troops, chiefly cavalry, will start for
Cuba Immediately. The government
denies the truth of the report that Gen.
Weyler is to be sent to Cuba with $4,000
additional troops
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
FouuN Dead in Bed.

Denver, COL, Jan. II. - Walter Clark
Nichols, who arrived Thursday night
from New York city, commissioned to
write up Cripple Creek for Harper
Bros, was found dead in bed ut the
St. James hotel at noon Friday. The
cause assigned is heart disease.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14

Removed to the Feder.,l Court.

Duluth, Mimi, Jan. 1.-THE West
Superior Land & River improvement
tomPany's receivership case was re-
moved Friday from the Wisconsin
Atate circuit court to the federal court
at Madison, Wis. Probably nothing
new will develop for some time.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
Engineer Killed, Fireman Hurt.

Middlesboro, Ky, Jan. ia Louis
vile q Nashville freight train ran into
rockslide near here Saturday morn
Ing. Hall Looney, engineer, was
killed, and Fred Jones, fireman, badly
injured.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14

President Kruger that the release Of
jameson and his followers shall be
contingent upon the abrogation of the
convention of 1884, thereby making the
Transvaal republic an absolutely indie
pendent state.
British Cabinet Meeting.
A cabinet meeting was held at the
foreign Office at 1880 o'clock Satur-
day. The entire cabinet, including
Mr.. Chamberlain, secretary of state for
the colonies, We're present. Lord
Salisbury presided. The cabinet
meeting was concluded at $3.50 p.m
Members of Reform Committee Flee.
Advices from Johannesburg state
that several of the members of the re-
form committee have fed and that
one of them has been allowed to depart
after depositing security for his APP
pearance when wanted in the sum Of
100000.
1t is rumored that the government of
the Transvaal will demand the cession
of Amatongaland from Natal. This
report, however, is not believed.
The frequently repeated assertion
that the British government had pur-
chased Delagoa bay from Portugal,
thus cutting off any possibility of the
Beers obtaining seaport is still un-
confirmed and uncontradicted.
British Mediterranean Fleet Disperses
The Central News is authority for
the statement that the British Mediter-
Rnean fleet, now in the Levant, has been
dispersed and ten of the vessels compos-
Ing the fleet have been ordered to Malta.
Four others have started from the Lee
want, but their objective points are not
known.
1t is understood that Great Britain
has decided to wait no longer for the
conversion of the powers to a policy OF
joint action in Turkey, and this is given
as the presumable reason for the scat
tering of the fleet in Levantine waters.
DR.. Jameson Removed.
Cape Town, Jan. 11-Sir Hercules
Robinson, governor of Cape Colony,
has issued proclamation removing
DIR. Jameson from Tie office of Admins
traitor of Mashonaland and appoint.
Ing j. j. Newton, secretary and receiv-
er general of British Bechunnaland, in
his place. Mr.. Newton is an imperial
officer.
The % members of the reform COM
mittec, who were arrested in Johan-
nesburg on Friday on charges of high
treason, are now m the Pretoria Jail,
where Dr. Jameson and his comrades
are also confined, pending the COM
plete disarming of the johannesburg
Uitlanders.
An American Among Conspirators.
john Hayes Hammond, an American
mining engineer, is among the mem
beers of the reform committee, who
were arrested at johannesburg and
taken to Pretoria charged with high
treason.
stringent passport system is be-
ing enforced at Johannesburg. There
Is q very strong feeling against Ger
man interference in the Transvaal
trouble.
To Submit Information to Parliament.
London, Jan. liza semi-official
note was published Saturday stating
that the British government has de-
cided to submit to parliament full in
formation in regard to Armenia, the
Transvaal and Venezuela. Conse-
quently the United States Venezuelan
commission will shortly have access
to all the material points of the British
case.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
Bishop of Armagh Dead

London, Jan. 11.-Most Rev. Robert
Samuel Gregg, d. D., Protestant bishop
of Armagh, died Saturday morning.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
Expelled from Nicarapna

Colon, Colombia, Jan. 11.--Shiploads
OF Cinnamon who have been expelled
from Nicaragua are fleeing to the 18TH
mus
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14

sequence of the condition imposed by
President Kruger that the release Of
jameson and his followers shall be
contingent upon the abrogation of the
convention of 1884, thereby making the
Transvaal republic an absolutely indie
90 TO
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-02
How Marbles Arc Made.

Most of the stone marbles used by
boys are made in Germany. Only the
refuse of the marble quarries is EN-
ployed, and this is treated in such
way that there is practically no waste.
Men are employed to break the stone
into small cubes, which are then thrown
into mill consisting of a grooved bed
stone and revolving runner. Water is
fed to the mill and the runner is quickly
revolyed, while the friction does the
rest. In half an hour the mill is stopped,
and bushel or so of perfectly rounded
marbles is taken out.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-02

-zv improvements suggesueu ny unc
secretary could be accomplished
through an addition to the per cent. ell
listed force of 1890 men, and would
leave the total strength the same as
that now authorized.
The distribution would then stand
about as follows: Cavalry, 30 squad
rons, CLIO; artillery, IA light batteries,
so sea-coast batteries, 5,075; infantry.
as battalions, 1926; engineers, bat
talon, 500; ordnance detachments.
ass; West Point detachment, 215; In
dian scouts, AZ; signal corps, so; ord
nance sergeants, no; quartermaster
sergeants, so; commissary sergeants,
80; hospital corps, I'll; miscellaneous,
i47; total, 10000.
Such force, considered with refer
ence to territory of 100000 square
miles, provides one soldier to 100 square
miles. The total increase over present
expenditure for pay, rations, clothing
and forage would be S1,77O,073.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-02

the five cents Cousin Anna gave us
when she met us as we started" Mai
whined disconsolately, Juggling at the
string that bound her to Dots arm.
bah! old cry facet" Dot said, with
dignity. Il want to get enough pen
MES, SO we can have ice cream soda and
some pep'mints. Come! Wen try this
place. 1t looks nice and big, with heaps
of people on the porch"
II want mamma" Nab said, discon-
solately, but followed Dot up the piazza
steps obediently, holding out her red
fez, while Dot turned the crank of her
music box so vigorously that no sound
of any sort came from it. People be-
gan to stare at them. One young wom-
an bent and kissed Mab's hot cheek,
saying: "You poor little angel! Have
you got nobody belonging to you?"
Nab did not answer; her eyes were
fast on some one coming up the steps.
With one bound she broke from Dots
hold, and flung herself tempestuously
into Uncle Ned's arms, crying out:
"Uncle Ned! / want to go home. ]
won't ever be Dots monkey any more"
mo, you shall be mine," Uncle Ned
said, swinging her upon his shoulder
and walking away in triumph.-Out'
look,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-02
ANTARCTIC ICE.
1t Differs Considerably from That of the
Northern Regions.

1t Differs Considerably from That of the
Northern Regions.
The difference in the formation of
Arctic and Antarctic ice, as is well
known, is very great. While the north
ern bergs mostly consist of large ice
mass running up into numberless tow
ers and arches resembling the noun
tain peaks which surround the glaciers
from which they were torn, the Ant
arctic berg are solid masses of floating
ice, with perpendicular walls, and an
unbroken plateau on the top.
All showed plainly whether theywere
broken from the large southerly bar
rier or discharged from the glaciers of
Victoria Land. All the barrier bergs
had very distinct blue lines across their
walls, indicating the annual growth by
snowfall. These lines were, of course,
not to be found on the glacier ice. The
latter also showed more likeness to the
northern ice than did the former. The
peaks and towers of the Arctic icebergs
are supposed to be formed by the in
fuence of ocean currents wearing away
the softer part of the ice-mass under
water, until the natural law of gravita-
ton forces it to upset.
But why have the Antarctic icebergs
different appearance? 1t is certain
that in the Antarctic waters there are
also currents. Yet even icebergs that
have gone as far north as the south of
New Zealand have all maintained the
marks of their Antarctic origin. l can
not see any other reason for this dis
similarity between the bergs of the
north and those of the south but that
the Arctic icebergs, as rule, must pass
through climes which in temperature
rapidly change from one extreme to
another, and the icebergs take much
longer. time in floating southwark than
do the Antarctic icebergs in advancing
northward, and thus, as a rule, the
northern icebergs exist much longer
than those of the Antarctic.-C. E.
Borchgrevink, in Century.