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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-13
sheep Slain by Ma.ked Men.

Hepner, Ore, July 1O.-News has
reached here of the killing of $50 head
OF sheep belonging to Mrs. Kate WEIGH
on Canyon creek, about Is miles from
Canyon City. Six men wearing masks
first went to the camp and, covering the
herder and camptender with their
rifles, ordered them to give up their
guns, which they did at once. They
then emptied their guns into the herd
of sheen.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-13
PRESIDENTS VACATION.
VIII Spend Most of His Summer
Like Chnmnlnfn


Lake Champaign.
Washington, July 10.-President Nc
Kinley will spend most of his summer
vacation on the shores of Lake Cham
plain. He will leave Washington on
August l and go direct to Lake Cham
plain. Plattsburg, N. Y, will be his
nearest town. His party will consist of
the members of the presidential family,
of Vice President and Mrs. Hobart, Sec
rotary Alger and family, Secretary and
Mrs. Porter and probably of several
other members of official society. The
president will make quite prolonged
stay, lasting several weeks at least.
He has no plans perfected beyond this,
but has said he would take a western
trip in July provided congress adj
journed in time.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-13
DuRRANT's REPRIEvE EXPIRES.
But 1t Makes No Difference, Az His
Appeal Protects Him.

San Francisco, July 1o.-The reprieve
granted Theodore Durrant by Gov
Budd expired Friday, but the murderer
of Blanche Lamont and Minnie Will
liams is in no danger of hanging, 1t
does not matter. whether Gov. Budd
grants further reprieve or not, as the
granting of an appeal by the United
States circuit court to the United States
supreme court takes all power out of
the state officials until the highest fed
eral court renders decision in the
case.
Sacramento, CAL, July 1o.-The gov
ernor states that he has decided not to
take any action in the matter of extend
ing the reprieye of Theodore Durrant.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-13
Thirteen Killed by Ha,,.

Berlin, July 1o.-A Stuttgart dispatch
tells of destructive hailstorm which
ragged for hours in southern Wurtem-
berg, causing the death of 10 persons
and damage to crops amounting to
more than s4.OOO,ooo. Thousands Of cat
tie were killed
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-13
on for the summer Resorts.

Washington, July 1o.-Ex-Queen lii.
uokalani will leave here to-day for the
summer, going first to New York, and
later to Cape May, Newport and other
eastern resorts. In the autumn she,
perhaps, may return to Honolulu.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-13
An Active Agent Wanted.

For the Iowa State Insurance Co.,
of Keokuk, for the city OF Cresco and
surrounding towns. Oldest company in
the state. Correspond with the home
Office, or F. G. Overton, General Agent,
Des Moines, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-13
TEACHERS in SESSION.
Continue Their Discussions MT tn

Final Days Gathering.
Milwaukee, July 9.-Friday was the
closing day of the National Education
al association convention. When the
morning general session was called to
order the gathering was the largest Of
any day session of the convention.
James M. Greenwood. of Kansas City,
No., the newly-elected president, had
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-13
Too si.my Per Cnuitn

Too many Fer CNEitn.
Danghter-Why, papa, the Smith
girls have '97 wheels.
Father-What in the world can fop,
girls do with 81 wheeis?-N, Y. World.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-13
Winds Up It's session.

Minneapolis, Mimi, July 10. = The
grand lodge of the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks wound up its ses-
sions at an early hour Friday morning,
everything having been tremendously
settled. After the reelection of Meade
d. Detweiler as grand exalted ruler
the other officers were successfully re-
elected.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-13
Silver for Eurone

New York.. July 1o.-The steamship
Etruria will take out to-day $4,000
ounces of silver.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-13
Five Blown to Pieces by Dypa,,,,

Five Blown to Pieces by Dynamite.
Lexington, Ky, July 10. = While
gang of workmeu were excavatt1p on
the line OF the street railway one OF
them struck what appeared to be a
piece OF pipe, but which proved to be
64-pound dynamite cartridge. A, Hear
full explosion followed and five of the
six negroes in the gang were blown to
atoms. The other was SO badly in
iured that he cannot recover
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-13

An Unnecessary Question.
The Able Editor Gronically)-k this
poetry?
Contributor-Didn't begin each line
with capital lettcr?-N. Y. Tribune
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-13
HARD AT WORK.
Tariff Conferees snid to he Making
Rapid Progress.


Washington, July 1o.-The conferees
put in very hard days work. They met
at 9:3o, recessed at one for lunch, and
again at six in the evening for dinner
and at eight o'clock resumed their sit.
ting and continued in session until late
at night They have all taken particu-
larry binding pledge of secrecy, and
are guarding their labors with unusual
vigilance. Beyond the general state
ment that they were making satisfac-
tory progress the conferees would say
nothing. Almost the most important
thing thus far agreed upon is that there
will be but one conference report. Not
until final agreement is reached will
aither OF the two houses be called Upon
to act. This course has been decided
upon as the best means of expediting
final action.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-13

To Cure Constipation Forever,
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or Csc.
II g. G. g. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-13

dear?
Mr.. CrimsonbeaE-No; the parrot
hasn't let up minute since you went
out.-Yonkers Statesman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-13
An Honest Answc,

An Honest Answer.
She-And when we are married, dear,
| won't have to ask you for thing,
will L?
He-No, love; you need not ask me
for neutrality-suspicious. Statesman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-13

What stops Neuralgia, Dr. M.,a.' Pain pIl,,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-02
ON A FOUL CHARGE.

A Little Girls Father and a Young Woman
Charged With OutraginG and Numbering
the Child.
Topeka, Kansas, January Al Will
liams. aged 80, and Mrs. Jane Mayes,
aged q, living north of Topeka, were
arrested to-day charged with the mur-
der of Anna Beele Williams, the 12-
year-old girl whose outraged body was
found Wednesday in a meadow near
Eudora.
The body bears evidence Of dreadful
assault on its person. The finger
marks on the neck and condition of
the body show that the mUrderous
fiend who committed the assault cover
ed up his work in sealing her lips with
death by strangulation.
Williams was the father of the girl
and accuses the Mays women Of the
murder The pair agreed to take the
girl to Kansas City in order to have her
placed on a poor farm. the woman to
accompany the girl. She says that
when they reached Eudora she became
sick and strange man offered to take
care of the girl. That is the last they
saw of Belle The pair are secure in
Jail and the officers say they expect to
prove deliberate scheme to make way
with the girl
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-02

purchased in Germany. and are of modern
style.
Corn Island is considered to be the
healthiest spot about the coast of Central
America. The ground is 80 high above
the sides of the larger island, are rocky
and admirably adapted TO being converted
into strong Notifications. The inhabitants
are mainly Indians and smugglers also
there are a few American and English
merchants doing business there. Both
big and little Corn Island afford a good
anchorage TO the largest vessels close to
the shore and in short a better sea for
coasting station and repair shop for the
United States war vessels could hardly be
found. Under the circumstances. when
the Nicaraguan canal is built it would
be q good policy for the United States to
obtain possession of the Corn Islands by
purchase or otherwise. and have a fine
sentry box almost At the Atlantic en-
entrance of the proposed new waterway,
thus settling all disputes as to their own
ership.
THE garrison" of Corn Island lately
has been a so-caIled Governor" and three
policemen
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-02
ADMIRAL SKERRETT
A Long and Honorable Career Closed
by Death at Washington Yester-
day---SketCh of His Services.

WASHINGTON. January Real Ad-
miral Joseph 5. Skerrett, retired, died here
to-day. He had been in bad health since
his retirement from active service. in July,
1891. The admiral was in his siXty-fourth
year and is survived by a widow, three
daughters and two sons.
Admiral Slerrett had long and honor
able career. a native of Ohio, he entered
the navy as midshipman in October. 1913,
passed through the various grades became
lieutenant in 1855, lieutenant commander
in 1852, and was stationed at the Wash
ington navy yard the following year,
after which he served creditably during the
civil war on the Shenandoah and the gun
boat Katahdin. He commanded the gum
boat Aroostock from 1864 to 1865, and was
actively engaged with the Confederate
fortifcations at the mouth Of the Brazos
river. Texas. in June 1864. Subsequently
he spent three years surveying in the
Pacific ocean. had command of an eXpe-
dition to Panama and another to Apia,
Somoa, to settle local troubles with the
United States consul: was governor for
two years of the naval asylum of Phila-
delphia, later was in command of the
naval forces on the Pacific station. and
was in Honolulu during the exciting times
following the revolution. It is said that
because of HIS suspected sympathy with
the annexation party, lie was summariiy
detached from the command OF the sta
ton and transferred to the Asiatlc sta
ton. where he rendered valuable services
in connection with the troubles in COrea,
leading I'M TO the Chinese-Japanese war.
While on the Asiatic station he reached
the retiring age, in July, 1894, and was
ordered home.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-02
THE PRAGER FAILURE.
Reach S2OO, O,OOO-More Attachments AR
riviug.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
Parkersburg, W. Va, January l.
To-day marked another remarkable
chapter in the history of the big fail
ure Of Isaac Prayer & Son. Attach
ment upon attachment is being sworn
out against the firm, and with every
one more serious charges are being
made against the firm.
The last attachments are one by
Menka Friendman, of Baltimore. for
ST0S6.16 and claims from other firms
aggregating $10,0OO have been receiv-
ed by Attorneys Merrick & Smith, for
collection.
Strauss Bros, of Cincinnati. have
also brought suit. and it is now GER
tain that the liabilities will reach for
beyond the S200,000 mark.
julius Hatzenstein, of Cincinnati,
father-in-law of Paul Prayer, who
swore out the first attachment of SAL
$4,000 against the Prayers has made
application at Circuit Court for a re-
ceiver and the case will be heard Jan
uary 4th.
II. B. Claflin & Co., OF r,ew York, are
reported as creditors to the amount of
S36 900. Lehman G. COhn, of Balti
more report a claim tonight of 1902.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-02
TWO BODIES REMAIN.

Birmingham, Ala. January AT
the undertakers in this city there yet
remains two charred bodies taken from
the wreck of last Sunday, which have
not been identified 1t is the general
impression that these bodies are the
remains of S. W. Tibbs and wife who
were on the train and are still miss
ing.
The body of Tom Glead is still miss
ing nor has the body of Sam Weaver,
Of Aldrich, Ala, who was on the i'll
fated train been found
There is little prospect of finding
either of these bodies and it now ap-
pears that there were at least five
more killed than originally reported.
Presuming that last Sundays disaster
was the result of train wreckers' dia-
bolical work, the Southern Railway
Company. and the L. & NJ r. R., have
by advertisement in the papers posted
notices OF a reward of ten thousand
dollars for the arrest and the evidence
to convict the guilty parties.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-02
pI-STNFSS PIN DOWN.

San Francisco, January Barrett
and Sherwood. the oldest and at one
time the largest retail jewelry store IN
California have failed. The firm was
started over forty years ago by Robert
Sherwood and J. S. Barrett. Both
men became millionaires. Barrett
died thirty years ago and Sherwood
retired TO devote his time to othGr
LARGE interests. His nephew, w. j..
Sherwood succeeded him and has since
conducted the business. a long per.
iod of poor business is the cause OF
the failure. The liabilities will not
exceed one thousand dollars. most OF
which is owed to the Tosolo Mani 9
90 Wetmore & Co., and Hirsch and
Hev lan, all Eastern firms.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-02
SORE ON THE BUTCHER.
WeyIer Seems to BE Growing Unpopular in
SDafn

Madrid. January 1.-The Dia, refer
ring TO the attacks of the Heraldo and
Imparcial on Captain General Weyler,
says it is possible that they may result
in cabinet crisis and that many peo-
pie believe there should be % change
Of policy.
A meeting of Spanish generals was
held last evening TO consider these
newspaper articles, the full text Of
which was not allowed to be telegraph
ed abroad for fear of causing dismay
among the troops in Cuba and encouT-
aging the friends OF the insurgents in
the United States.
1t is persistently asserted that de-
cision. has been reached to relieve
Captain General Weyler of his func-
tiOns, but that the Premier nor Senor
Canoyas del Castillo has suspended the
order.
All the ministers met at the premier's
residence last evening in order to dis
cuss the natter.
A feeling Of general public indigna-
ton prevails. 1t is asserted that the
soldiers are suffering from hunger, ex-
posure and lack Of medical care, while
nobody seems to know what becomes
of the money sent out from Spain.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-02
MURDERED BY WHITE MEN.

Guthrie. o. T., January Eva.
Morrow. the 1S"ear-old girl who was
so terribly injured at the time her
father was murdered at Perkins, two
weeks ago has recovered sufficiently
to speak and said to the physicians
that two white men committed the
crime. having followed her father and
her all day. This clears the negroes
under arrest, who were so nearly lynch
ed. It is believed the men were mem
bers of a gang Of horse thieves against
whom Morrow testified some time ago.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-02
GOV. PINGREE INAUGURATED.
Precedent and Form Thrown TO the Winds
by This Unique Person.

by This Unique Person.
Lansing, Mich, January 1.-Prece-
dent and form were thrown to the
winds to-day in the Inauguration Of
Governor Hazen S. Pingree and the
other State officers.
A comfortable crowd of curious peo-
ple had gathered in the executive OF
fice and parlors at the capitol Mr..
Pingree arrived, accompanied by Mrs.
Pingree and a cOterie Of personal
friends. Shortly after he entered the
executive parlors, accompanied by re-
firing Governor Rich and Commission
er French. of the State land office,
where at noon Chief Justice Long, of
the Supreme Court, administered the
oath of office. An introduction follow
ed by the chief justice and all present
shook hands with and congratulated
the new Governor. Thus began the
gubernatorial career of a man who is
considered one of the most unique
personalities in the United States and
who holds at the same time the office
of Mayor of Detroit and Governor.
Governor Pingree is the avOwed cham
pion of several State reforms, chief Of
which is the securing of a uniform two
cent fare from the railroads. and the
railroad department is being organized
10 that end.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-02
CALIFORNIA WANTS A PLACE

WASHINGTON. January Ia meeting
of the California Congressional deega-
ton was called for to-day to agree on 4
candidate for the cabinet to recommend
to President-elect Mckinley, but ad-
journed until Monday, as Senator Perkins
and Representatives Johnson and Barbar
were the only persons present, the others
being out Of the city. Mr.. Johnson. after
the conference. said that the man pre-
eminently fitted for the place was Horace
Davis Of San Francisco who had served
two terms in Congress and was eX-presi-
dent of the California State University.
Mr.. Johnson. however, feared that other
candidates might come forward and the
contest become so bitter as to lose the
State the honor sought. The delegation
would not urge the appointment Of Mr..
Davis to any particular position. he said,
but would prefer the Department Of the
Interior.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-02
THE CHARGE OF DESERTION.

Senator PETER Requested to Have 1t Re-
moved From the Record of Elector Lin
ton-Seryed Honorably Through Several
Campaigns.
Washington, January 1.-Senator
PETER has been requested to have re-
moved the charge of desertion from
the record of President eleCtor Lin
ton, Of Cheervale, Kansas. He said
to-day that it could be accomplished
only by special act of Congress, but
that the charge could not affect Mr..
Lintons status as an elector. as it
never had been tried by either a court
martial or in the civil courts. An in
vestigation of the records, he said,
shows that Mr.. Linton left the army
near the close of the war after serving
through several campaigns.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-02

ST. LOUIS, No, January 1.-The inquest
on the body of ]. H. McCullagh. late ed
itor of the Globe-D Democrat. whose re-
mains were found under his bedroom win
dow yesterday began to-day
It developed the startling fact. through
the testimony OF Dr. {. Il. hughes. Mr..
McCunaghs physician, that the deceased
made what was at that time believed 10
be an attempt at suicide on December %
last on that day. DR.. Hughes testified,
he called on Mr.. McCullagh and left with
him fcur-ounce bottle containing two
ounces OF digitalis, a powerful heart tonie,
an overdose of which would have the
effect Of paralyzing the action of the
heart. The same night Mr.. McCullagh
took one ounce of the medicine. enough 10
have caused death. but which. owing TO
the weak condition Of his stomach, was
Immediately rejected.
When DR.. Hughes called the next morn
ing he was greatly alarmed and asked
Mr.. McCullagh if he had taken that
amount an evasive answer being given.
DR.. Hughes testified that he was salts
fled Mr. McCullagh had not taken the med
icine by mistake The physician at once
connected the startling circumstances
with a conversation had with Mr.. Nc
Cullagh shortly before. in which the latter
spoke of the death of Abraham Lincoln,
saying that he died at a good time, and
that when any man outlived his useful
ness It was time for him to go. DIR. Hughes
then testified as TO Mr.. McCullagh's
strange and evasive manner on the day
preceding his death, and concluded his
testimony with the positive statement
that his impression was that the case was
one Of suicide.
Liveryman Louis c. Bohle. the closest
personal friend of the deceased. was also
to have testified. but as he failed to ap-
pear. the examination was continued un-
til tomorrow morning.
To-day Mrs. Mckee, daughter of the
original proprietor OF the Globe-Democrat,
accompanied by a friend. went out 10
Bellefontaine cemetery and selected a To-
cation for the grave Of the deceased,
which will be in the Mckee family lot.
Mr.. William Berry Armstrong, a nephew
of the deceased. arrived from Chicago this
morning, and Mrs. Rachael Souter a sis
ter. is expected to arrive from Brooklyn,
n. Y. Saturday.
a mass meeting Of newspaper men will
be held tomorrow for the purpose of
taking appropriate action on the death
of Mr.. McCuilagh.
The funeral tomorrow will be very sim
pie. The eight pal-bearers have been Sc
lected from the heads Of departments Of
the Globe-Democrat.
The list of honorary pall-bearers has
not been made out yet, but it will consist
Of leading citizens of st. Louis principally
representing the Republican party.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-02
OLDEST RAILROAD DIRECTOR.
Samuel VI. Young Dead at the Age o
Ninety-One

Samuel VI. Young Dead at the Age OF
Ninety-One.
Toledo, O., January Samuel NJ.
Young. the oldest railroad director in
the world. died here to-day in his nine
ty-first year.
The deceased came here nearly three
quarters of a century ago from Leba-
non. n. H., where he was born. The
late Chief Justice Waite was law stu
dent in Mr.. Young's Office and received
his first legal training under his guild
ance.
Mr.. Young was also president of the
Toledo National Bank for a quarter
Of a century. He was one of the pro-
iectors Of the Cleveland-Toledo Rail-
road. now the Lake Shore. In late
years he helped to build the c. H. V.
& T. railroad.
The deceased leaves a large fortune
to his three children.