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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
COLD AND DRY.


to Grow Slowly.
Chicago, June 2.-The reports as to
the condition of the crops throughout
the country, and the general effect Of
the weather on the growth, cultivation
and harvest of the same, were Tuesday
made by the directors Of the several cli-
mate and crop sections. The reports
received at Chicago were as follows:
ohio-several frosty nights. no special
damage. Wheat. oats. rye. pastures,
drained soil made some progress. but cool,
cloudy weather checked proper growth Of
all vegetation and retarded seed germina-
ton. Corn and tobacco planting continues.
Corn slow, some following and many fields
to be replanted. Rye heading. Strawber-
ries ripening. some picked. Blackberries
blossoming. Tree fruits dropping badly.
Potato bugs plentiful.
Michigan-Weather favorable for rye,
meadows, pastures and field work. but too
cold for much growth of other vegetation
and termination OF corn. Cold, wet ground
has rotted some corn. causing considerable
replanting, while oats come up slow ana
look yellow. Several frosts. but damage
light. Corn planting nearing completion.
Potato planting well started.
Indiana-Little rain fell and continued
cool weather with light frost too cool for
corn, which comes up yellow. Wheat, rye.
oats and clover continue in promising con-
dition. Meadows promise large hay crops
Tobacco plants are being set out
1llinois-Week generally unfavorable. but
no material damage by light frosts. Some
corn still being planted, also little replant-
ing, but cultivation general, although too
cold for good termination and growth.
Wheat heading short and much cheat;
oats, pastures and meadows generally
good; clover cutting this week in southern
section. Fruits generally very promising.
Strawberries stu being marketed in large
quantities.
Missouri-Good showers in most sections,
but some localities still dry. Much damage
to corn by cut worms and moles, otherwise
ward owing to cool nights. Oats and
meadows much improved by rains. Wheat
somewhat improved and harvest will COM
mence in ten days.
Iowa-Week cool and cloudy, with do.
ficient rainfall except In scattered locsli-
ties. Corn planting practically completed
and cultivation general. More rsplantins
Conditions more favorable fer grass, oats
and wheat than fer csrn.
Wisconsin-Week cold and dry, with
heavy frosts on the 9th. 7sth and again
on the 31st. Ice formed in central and
west counties, but special reports indicate
damage to fruit and other crops compare.
lively slight. Corn planting about COM
pleted. Oats, barley and spring wheat fair,
Winter rye heading and promising WELL
Minnesota-Cool weather and deficient
rainfall have retarded corn, grass ana
truck. Early sown wheat stooling well:
late sown small grains need rain. lr.
regular stand Of corn caused by defective
seed. Hay prospects, good. Insects In
juring plums and apples. Damage by
frosts slight
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
MODERN wooDMEN.
Delegates and Members Attend the
Camp Mt dubuque, Ia.

Delegates and Members Attend the
Camp Mt dubuque, Ia.
Dubuque, Ia, June 2.-Nearly every
delegate to the head camp Modern
Woodmen is in the city for the opening
session Of the biennial meeting. The
city is beautifully decorated, and
streets crowded with delegates and Wis
ting woodmen. The biennial report
of Head Consul Northcott showed that
during the past seven years the mem
bership had increased from 10000 to
100000; average age decreased from
3S.05 to 1916 years; cost of manage
ment from s1.62 to 81 cents; at present
$550,0o0,0Oo insurance in force; 127,113
new certificates written; 1888 new
camps organized.
banker, showed that during the bien-
NAL period ended March 81, 1897, the
total receipts were $3,534,222, and the
disbursements $3,155,312, leaving u bal
ance of $415,234, which included the
1895 balance of $36,324.
The head physicians report showed
that in the past two years the board had
accepted 127,11O applications and re-
jected $4,000. The rate of mortality
last year was AGO per 1000, the lowest
since 1889.
At the afternoon session the principal
business was the nomination of Off
| GERS. Illinois presented for head con
sui William a. Northcott, Greenville.
ILL.,; Michigan seconded the nomina-
ton, and each state followed until
everyone had Endorsed Michigan's ex-
ample, and amidst the greatest en-
thusiasm the camp voted that the cleo
ton of Mr.. Northcott to-day be by viva
| voce and unanimous. Consideration of
the law committees report occupied
most of the afternoon. amendment
was made to the section prohibiting the
admission of liquor dealers SO as to in
Guide stockholders in liquor manufac-
tories. The camp voted in favor of
admitting West Virginia and all Hi
nois, except Cook county, to the terri
tory.
AT the evening session resolution
was adopted amid great applause that
the head camp take no cognizance of
the Fulton committee and charges
against officers unless presented in the
regular manner by delegate. No dele
gate would present the charges, and
this probably ends the sensationalism
originating at Fulton. Consideration
OF the law committee report was re-
sumed. The camp voted in favor of
admitting Pennsylvania, Montana, Wy
o1nlng, Idaho, Oregon and Washington,
refusing further extension of terri
tory.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
searles GETS on.

Washington, June Fin the case of
Johu L. Searlcs, the sugar trust witness,
Judge Bradley ordered the jury to
bring in verdict of acquittal, holding
the questions asked the witness by the
senate committee were not pertinent,
and if so were not within the jurisdic-
ton of the committee.
The cases of j.. j. Edwards and John
S. Shriver, the newspaper correspond
ents, were postponed until next Mon
day.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
Killed by the Car.,

Centralia, ILL.,, June al. w. Roberts
wife and two children were struck by
an Illinois Central north-bound pas
senger train at Alma, small town Is
miles north Of Centralin, in the morn
ing, and all were instantly killed. They
were driving in wagon and were
caught at the crossing.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
Nebraska Bank closed.

Lincoln, Neb., June 2.-The Mer-
chants bank, small institution with
a capital of $4,000 and deposits of $685.
600, was closed Tuesday by the state
banking board OIL request of the bank
officials. The state and county are cred
itors in the sums of $4,000 and 5000, re-
spectively, the balance being divided
among over 100 small depositors. The
paper held by the bank is believed to
be good, the closing being the result of
inability to keep the necessary amount
of cash on hand.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
Shows a Surplus.

Washington, june 1.-THE compare
tive statement of the government re-
ceipts and expenditures during May
shows that the total receipts were $780,
10000 and the expenditures 500, 109,-
$50, leaving the surplus for the month
$6ss,131. The statement for May, 1896,
showed deficit of 3,7s2 ,s75.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
Clothicr Assigns.

Nashville, Tenn, June 2.-Tuesday
afternoon II. A. Huntington, clothier,
conducting the Oldest retail establish
ment in the city, made a special assign
ment to G. P. Thurston as trustee. The
amounts secured are about $4,000. Mr..
Huntington is well-known in many
states as breeder of first-class Jerseys.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
Bad Fire at Caldwell. @

Caldwell, o., June 2.-Early Monday
afternoon L. c. Curtis livery stable took
fire, and In less than two hours the
whole square was destroyed; loss
fully $4,000, with insurance for only
half. The Grand hotel, p. F. Yohe, dry
goods; Curtis livery stable and three
saloons were consumed. Incendiarism
is suspected. This is the second bad
fire here within 30 days.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
spreckeIs Sues Hearst.

San Francisco, June CLAUS Spreck-
els has begun suit to recover 81 ,0OO, 900
damages from William II. Hearst, pro-
prietor of the Examiner, for alleged
libel. The libelous matter complained
OF was contained In an article COM
menting upon the recent visit of John
b. searles to this city and the deal by
which the Salinas and jacksonville
sugar factories passed into the hands
of a combine.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
HORSE JUMPS TO FAME.
Leaps Through a Hole Less Thar
ThrAA Feat

Leaps Through a Hole Less Than
Three Feet Square.
Barlin & Jung, the Oakland (Cal.)
bakers, have a horse which they think
would be an ornament to circus, and
are on the lookout for some enterpris-
ing manager who wants star attrac-
ton. 1t was only the other day that the
animal, which for months has led q
quiet existence between the shafts of
bakery wagon, distinguished itself,
and its leap to fame was q jump through
hole 32x37 inches, almost five feet
high in the wall in front of it's stall.
The animal weighs 1,4oo pounds and
had to stand under the opening to
jump, and 80 men out of every 100 would
make any kind of bet that the feat was
impossible. It was witnessed, though,
by one of the members of the firm and
several of the employees, and it is fur
Their confirmed by strong circumstan-
tial evidence. The horses back, sides
and legs are scratched bare of hair in
several places and the boards at the
edges of the little hole in the wall are
marked with the hair and skin of the
animal.
II did not know my old horse was a
hurdler," said Mr.. Jung, "and no one
could have convinced me that the ami
NAL made the jump in question did
not know that it actually happened. To
appreciate the nature of the feat take
rule and measure up to point fou1
feet II inches on the wall. Then meas
ure off space 32x37 inches in size, and
then imagine a 1,4Oo-pound horse MAX
ing jump through it. My horse was
in box stall in a locked stable and had
no other means of exit, but that hardly
need be stated, for the animal was seen
coming out through the hole. It's fore
legs were extended straight out and its
head was bent down between them.
Those who were watching expected the
animal to be caught and held, but no, it
came right through"
The horse already has a neighbor-
hood reputation and since the jump
was made dozens of people have called
to see the animal and the hole through
which it iumned
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
The Precious Metals.

Washington, June 2.-AIr. Preston,
the director OF the mint, has about COM
pleted his figures of the gold and silver
production in the United States during
the calendar year 1896. He finds the
production of gold to have been about
Sa3,000000, an increase of over $6,250,-
900 as compared with 1895. The pro-
duction of silver is given as 57,7Oo,Oo0
fine ounces, an increase of 100000
ounces over 1895.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
Work Resuned.

Anderson, Ind, June 2.-The Ameri-
can plate glass works, the largest out
side of the trust, has resumed opera
lions at Alexandria. In all, 500 skilled
men are being put to work. The start
ing Of this factory will cause fuctua-
ton of plate glass prices, which the
trust increased when the fire occurred.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
New York Bankers Fail.

New York, June 2.-Griswold & Gil
let, bankers and brokers, have made an
assignment for the benefit of their cred
itors to William T. Tufts. The firm is
composed of Wayne Griswold and Jer-
ONE d. Gillet. The capital of the con-
Germ was from 100000 to 5000, 1000,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
Mark Twain Wen ana Busy,

New York, June 2.-Mark Twain was
recently reported to be dying in poverty
in London. A dispatch to the Jour
nal from London says: Samuel L. Gle
mems Mark Twain) is now in Chelsea
at work on another of his humorous
works. He is in good health. His sur
roundings are pleasant, and he is liv-
ing in conlfort-in fact. in luxury.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
To Be United state. Treasurer.

Washington, June at is UNDER
stood that the president has fully de-
cided upon Ellis H. Roberts, of New
York, for United States treasurer and
that his nomination will be sent to
the senate in n day or two. Mr.. Roberts
at one time was assistant treasurer of
the United States at New York.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
nnbtcx In I,erlin

Berlin turned out 1896 babies in
1855, of which 7072. over one-seventh.
were illegitimate. There were 447 cases
OF twins and of triplets. One WON.
an of AS had her 23d child, and one of
81 her 14th. There were 234 families
with 12 children or over.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
Republican prob.bly E1ectea.

St. Louis, June 2.-Estimates based
upon returns received up to midnight
from the First Missouri congressional
district indicate Lloyd (dem.) elected
over Clark (rep.) by a plurality of 5000.
The total vote cast is about so per cent.
of that cast last November. Lloyd car.
ried Hannibal, Clark's home, by 241 plu.
rality, democratic gain of FOG over
November election.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
Luetgert Held to the Grand Jury.

Chicago, June 2. = Adolph L. Luet.
CERT, the sausage manufacturer,
who is charged with numbering
his wife and destroying the body in
vat of chemicals, has been held to the
grand jury by Justice Kersten.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
Reviving YouthfuI Jox..

"Wagby says hard times make him
feel like boy again"
II can't see the connection"
why, he experiences such JOY when
he gets nickel to spend."-Chicago
Record
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
Mile. Return. to athens.

Athens, June 2.-Maj. Gen. Miles,
U. S. A., returned here Tuesday from
Thermopylae, the headquarters of the
Greek army, where the general met
Grown Prince Constantine and was en-
abled to inspect the defenses of the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
Hi, Hand, WonId a. n

Can you keep secret?" asked the
first deaf mute.
Sure" was the reply of the other
unfortunate. ''rell me and my fingers
will never so much as breathe a word of
it to a living soul."-N Y. Journal.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
DeIginns Defeat Mahdists.

Brussels, June 2.-Official news has
been received from the Congo Free
State saying that Belgian force had
defeated 1900 Mahdists in the western
part Of that territory.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
Tragedy In Kentnc,..

Niiddlesboro, Ky, June a. Hon. John
G. Colson, republican nominee for coun-
ty judge of Bell county, brother of Con-
gresham ID. G. Colson, Eleventh Ken
lucky district, was shot and killed by
John Dngan, saloon-keeper, about eight
O'Clock Monday night. Dugan fed, but
was captured after skirmish. Excite
ment runs high, and in all probability
Gugan will stretch hemp.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
ncdIcntion OF "Onr ROW. (.

New York, June "A poem entitled
"Our Boys" by Alice s. Mitchell, au-
thor of"rhe Liberty Bell, has been dcd-
icatcd to Mrs. u. S. Grant and Mrs. JEFF
ferson Davis. Letters granting per-
mission for the mingling of the two
names have been received from Mrs.
Grant and Mrs. Davis.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
Found Dead.

San Francisco, June 2-Isaac Hots-
man, OF Hoffman, Alexander & Co.,
wholesale clothing, was found in his
office Tuesday evening in dying con-
dition with two bullet wounds in his
head. The police believe it is murder
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
Children in London

In London each day 400 children are
born, and $50 enter school for the first
time. ...o.
.. Y s.s..s-s-sre - -
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04

Washington, June 2.-The monthly
statement of the public debt shows that
the debt, less cash in the treasury at the
close of business on May 20, 1897, was
$096, GS4,0 52, a decrease for the month OF
81 100000. which is principally account
ed for by an increase of over 2,OOO, 0CA
In cash in the treasury. The debt, in
dependent of the cash, was increased
during the month by $463, 215, account
ed Tor in redemption account.
Appointments.
Washington, June 2.-The president
Tuesday sent the following nomina-
tons to the senate:
State-William Haywood, of the District
Of Columbia, to be secretary Of the lega-
ton and consul-general of the United
States at Honolulu, Hawaii; William L.
Penfaeld, OF Indiana, to be solicitor of the
department OF state; John X. Thompson,
marshal OF the United States for the dis
tr1ct OF West Virginia; John ]. De Haven,
United States district Judge for the North.
sfn district lE GallforQts.
s,Uss,rx.ssis=sak s-~sSsss@'s ,..-n.>sF7s
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-06

with commendable perseverance he stffi
resolved not to abandon his self imposed
task. In his dilemma he decided upon a
bold plan, which was to lock the door
of Lewis room and tip his chair back
against il. Thus he might sleep, rather
uncomfortably, but yet with the knowl-
edge that Lewis must disturb him to
pass him. Whom he awoke again, it was
once more with the consciousness of
loud noise near him, but this time it
continued after he had jumped up. 1t
was now day and quite light. AS he
stood rubbing his eyes, trying to collect
his senses, upon recollecting what had
occurred he was astonished TO find that
the noise, which still continued, was &C.
casioned by some one within the room
shaking the door which he had locked.
In wonder he turned the key and was
amazed TO see john Lewis standing be-
fore him. They looked at each other IA
moment in silence, and then Lewis said:
Good morningl What was the mat
ter with the door? 1 could not open it. "
Burrows recovered himself at once, and
replied:
II don't know. / was just coming
down stairs and heard you trying to get
out. Seeing key in the door, | turned
it, but as | turned it more than once
don't know whether you were locked in
or not when l commenced.
~ hardly think that, fer who would
want to fasten me upi This is the only
exit, as the other door leading into the
library is locked"
al suppose it could not have been,"
stammered Burrows, little confused.
What could he think? How was it that
Lewis had come ont of this room, when
he was sure that he had found it empty
the night before and had subsequently
kept guard all through the lonely hours
of the early morning? He left Lewis
and went into the library. Going to the
door which opened from that room into
the apartment which Lewis had just
quit. he found that it was locked, as
he had stated. Moreover, the key was
in the lock ON the library side. Bur-
rows unlocked ths door and entered, GU
fious to determine whether Lewis had
rlept in the bed or not and upon inves-
tigatioE decided that he had. More
than ever puzzled, he regretsully con-
cluded 10 await until Mr.. Barnes should
arrive, and seek his assistance in solving
this mystery. AS it was yet early, he
went to his room and was soon sleeping
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-06


disturbed.
had apparently heard some one walking
in his chamber, when he reached it it
was as vacant as when he had left it.
There was the supernatural possibility
that the ghost of the corpse in the ad.
joining room was promenading in the
moonlight, but Burrows was above en-
PERTAINING such an idea, and, as it &C.
Cured to him for moment, he smiled
as he thought cit is not midnight "
However, if the footsteps had been in
that room, whether of the living or of
the dead, he could not discover, for the
doctor had taken away the key. Was it
possible that Lewis was up and walk
ing about down stairs? This seemed to
promise an explanation, and Burrows
at once went to the floor below. He en-
tered the chamber which he knew had
been assigned to Lewis. IL was empty,
and the bed bore no evidence of having
been disturbed. Was his last surmise
correct then, and was it Lewis whom
he had heard? If so, what was he doing
proving about at such an hour, and
where was he at the present moment?
This last question he would endeavor
to answer, for, if he had just heard him
walking, he must be in the house. But
Burrows went into every room except,
of course, Virginia's, only to find them
all empty. Determined to solve the
mystery, he replaced the lamp in his
bedroom, and, again descending the
stairs, seated himself on chair in the
hall, where it would be impossible for
Lewis to pass him unnoticed. To de-
tective long vigils of patient watching
become almost habit, but sleep will
overpower man even though he be
detective. Burrows kept awake for four
hours. occasionally striking match to
note the passage of time. Finally, when
it was nearing the hour Of 3, he would
start mp every little while from doze.
Finding ut length that he must slice
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-06
fro BIZ coNrrvrED.l

sven Hedin, the Swedish traveller,
laughs at the idea that China could
ever be persuaded to attack Europe OF
America. The Chinese are convinced
that the soldiers calling is low and
brutal and do not care to be conouerors
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-06

The Glasgow Sabbath School unior
mas during the last ten years become q
very powerful body and now counts il
ats membership over 10000 Sunday
school teachers,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-06

investigation. This occupied some ttma
for he very carefully made notes OF aI,
the results. However, at last the docto.
signified his readiness to dismiss tSa
case for the day. The two men left ths
room together, DIR. Snow carefully loci
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-06
A FORMER RoANoKER.
Justice B. B. Semmes Gets Some News
paper Notoriety.

Justice B. B. Semmes Gets Some News
paper Notoriety.
The Newport News Press prints the
following concerning former Roanoke:
IA reporter is expected to do all sorts
of things in order to pander to the tastes
of mankind. Besides being religious,
political, temperate. bibulous, pitiless,
merciful, innocent, guileful, affectionate,
hateful, commendatory. abusive, child
like, sinuouE, sand hundred other things,
many of them contradictory, he must be
prepared to enter slugging match
whenever called upon by some disgrun-
tied fellow.
'sNow Justice b. B. Semmes has a
skick' coming because he thinks he was
unJustly roasted by the reporter, even
though his worship's name was not men
toned. The statement in yesterdays
Daily, Press in reference to justices of the
peace accepting bail for persons arrested
for Offenses committed against the peace
and dignity of the commonwealth and
then appearing as counsel, seems to have
aroused Justice Semmes' ire and he is
hunting 1or a scrap The justice was
stretched out on the lawn lin old Soils
shadow, of course) yesterday afternoon
when the reporter happened to pass.
tLoox here, said the justice, with blood
Al us eye, you We eo1 he " LICK ior pun
fishing that article That's an easy
matter; when shall do it' was the re-
porter's reply. We'll, won't fight it
out now, as you have too many friends
around here,' answered the dignitary.
tI'll wait till l get you by yourself
Here the colloquy ended, and the bluff
failed of its purpose, too.
at seems that Mr.. Semmes vas the
Justice who accepted nominal bond of
two of the men implicated in the Warick
Theatre row. One of the alleged Offend
ers failed to appear in court Monday
morning 80 answer the charge lodged
against him. The other appeared with
Mr.. Semmes rs counsel