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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25

make an appeal to the combined Flu
ropean powers, on the plea of equity
and common fairness, to intervene in
favor of Spain against what every Span
lard would esteem as the most mon,
strous and iniquitous finding.
Organizing to Fight.
Pittsburgh, Pa, March %. - War
scares and fighting rumors are respon-
Bible for movement which will have
an independent army of 100000 men
in fighting order in the state of Penn
Rylvania within six months. They will
be part Of the American Rifles, patri-
otto military organization, which is
strong in the west. and which is now
devoting every possible moment to or
ganization and extension. Mai. Robert
Griffith, of Chicago, is in Pittsburgh
with orders from headquarters to or
ganize the state of Pennsylvania. He
has established the center Of operations
In Pittsburgh, and after completing his
duties here will move eastward slowly,
mastering in companies and regiments.
Three companies have been organized
here, with full compliments of men.
Maj. Griffith figures that Pennsylvania
should yield at least 100000 men for his
purpose. The war spirit in Pittsburgh
Is intense, he says, and the men were
eager to be enlisted. Applications have
been pouring in on him from every part
Of the state,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25
BANKS THE VICTIMS.
Unearthed in Connection with
River improvements.

Washington, March 90. - Informa-
ton has reached the government
through number of banks at ST. Paul,
Mimi, that during the past year and
more nearby banks have been made
the victims of colossal frauds, through
the suspected collision of government
clerks connected with the commission
having in charge the improvements of
the upper Mississippi river. Full de-
tails of the affair have not yet reached
the government, but the statements
submitted by the banks indicate that
100000 or more has been procured
from them through fraudulent time
checks for services never performed.
5fetu the banks came to be imposed
upon to the eXtent=tnaiaated and why
the checks have been withheld unrff,
this time cannot be even conjectured
The government will begin search
ing investigation ut once into the whole
matter.
St. Paul, Mimi, March 23.-Just how
great the loss through the government
time check fraud may prove to be can
not be known until an examination of
saS OooAS VI llie engineering uepdrt.
ment has shown which checks are good
and which false. The amount of time
checks known to be held by various
concerns and individuals throughout
the country exceeds $4,000 and may
reach 100000. Of this total the St.
Paul banks held but few thousand dol
lars, but time checks have been heard
from in various parts Of this state, in
Wisconsin and in the east
Two local banks, which failed is
months ago, held over S2O, 1000, and near
ly as much more was held by Hart
ford Comm bank. One man in Wis
consin, whose name could not be
learned to-day, had bought $4,000
worth of these checks and 1000 more
had been taken us a good personal in
vestment by ST. Paul capitalist. In
smaller amounts the time checks are
understood to be held all over the coun-
try, and it will be some time before the
full amount can be learned.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25
SPRING FLOODS,
Lowlnnds In Central Illinois Under
Water-Eastern Rivers Rising.


Springfield, H., March 23.-Heavy
rains of the past few days have food
ed the creeks and rivers of central ILL.,
nois until many of them extend for
miles in width across lowlands. Bey-
eral washouts have been discovered on
different railroads. Trains on the Chi
cago, Peoria, st. Louis &, Bluff line, be-
tween here and st. Louis, came in over
the G. & A. road. Another washout on
the st. Louis g. Peoria, north of the
trestle. has stopped traffic on that road
between here and Peoria.
Rising Rapidly.
Pittsburgh, Pa, March 30. ~ AS re-
suit of the heavy rains in this section
during the past As hours the rivers are
rising rapidly and flood that will in
undate the lowlands is predicted. Nav
igation along the Monongahela river
has been suspended and the water is
over the locks. The Beaver river is a
raging torrent and factories on its
banks have closed down. AT noon the
marks indicated 81 feet and it was ris,
ing three inches an hour. The Allegheny
and Ohio rivers are also rising and
from % to rs feet of water Is expected
here
In Ohio.
Sidney, O., March 23.-The heavy
rains have caused the Miami river to
overflow its banks here. The river rose
over foot Tuesday and is still rising,
and many people living along its banks
nave commenced to move out Of their
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25
HIS WORK NOT ENDED
Jack Frost Not Yet Ready to Re.
tire from Business.
HIS PRESENCE FELT IN THE WEST.
Terrific Blizzard Raging in Sew
eral Stntes-CattIe and VIM
ter Wheat sufcr-spring
Floods Cause Damage.

Omaha, Neb., March pa terrific
blizzard prevails throughout Nebraska.
The mercury has fallen 40 degrees. The
wind is rs miles per hour. Zero wealth
er is predicted. The storm is particu-
larly hard on cattle and winter wheat.
The severe weather is general through
out the west.
South of Liberty, Mo-, several houses
were blown down, fences were scattered
and trees laid low. One man, William
Archer, was seriously hurt in the de-
struction of his house. Archer's wife
and brother-in-law escaped to the cell
lar, receiving but slight bruises. Three
miles from Liberty the Ruth Ewing
schoolhouse was destroyed.
Fruits and Vegetables Killed.
Emporia, Kan, March 23.-A genuine
blizzard prevailed in this portion of
Kansas. The fruit crop, it is
claimed, has been badly damaged, and
in some sections will probably be de-
stroyed. Early vegetables have been
killed.
sweeps Over Kansas.
Kansas City, Mo-, March 23.-The
most severe storm of the season is in
progress in the southwest and west.
Emporia, Kan, reports fall of 40 de-
grees in temperature since Monday
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE.
Special Session Begins at Lansing
Bill Embodying Gov. Pingree's
Ideas Introduced.

Lansing, Mich, March 23.-The Mich
igan legislature assembled Tuesday
afternoon, having been called by Gov.
Pingree to consider the governors pro-
posed measures for increasing taxes
upon railroads, express, telegraph and
telephone companies. In the senate
protests were entered against Senator's
Covell and Preston, republicans, and
Senator Hughes, democrat, continuing
In their seats. The two former had
been appointed to federal offices and
the latter had moved from his district.
Covell and Preston are anti-P ingree re-
publicans, while Hughes favors the Pin
gree taxation bill. 1t Is considered i'm
probable that the Pingree measures will
pass the senate unless radically amend
ed. Gov. Pingree read his corporation
taxation message to the joint session.
Its leading points were that the trainers
OF the state constitution intended that
all taxes be based on the cash value Of
the property; that the taxes should be
levied upon public franchises as we'll
as other property; that the present sys-
TEN of specific taxes upon railway earn
ings is unsatisfactory and wrong, that
the tax upon Michigan railroads has
been less than quarter Of one per cent,
upon their own sworn valuations, and
less than one-eleventh of the percent
age paid by other taxpayers. The gov
ernor recommended authorization Of
appointment of state board to make
equitable valuations of the property of
such corporations at their cash values
and to assess them at the average rate
OF all the taxes. A bill was introduced
covering all these points.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25

that even after the report had been sent
to Washington the department may re-
quire further investigation.
Feeling of Relief.
The feeling here Monday night, after
it became known that the report had
been turned over to the admiral, was
one of relief. Naval officers and others
discussed the possibilities of the courts
finding until a late hour. The general
impression continues to prevail that
the court had found that the Maine
was Intentionally blown up, but no new
reasons were adduced for this conclu-
sion.
Protection of New York.
New York, March %. - The impor-
tance of adequate defense for the great
commercial and manufacturing inter-
ests of this city should war be declared
has been pointed out emphatically, and
the decision to use portion of the $50,
100000 appropriated by congress to add
to the coast defenses by continuing
work on Notifications affords much
pleasure to the corps of engineers in
charge of the work about the harbor of
New York.
Spain Will Appeal to Europe.
New York, March 23.--I am in
position to inform you-and it is high
ly important just now in connection
with the political calculations of the
immediate future-that the Spanish
government will refuse to accept any
findings of the Maine commission which
may suggest Spanish responsibility,
says the Madrid correspondent of the
Herald.
The Spanish ministerial view is that
the imputation which such finding
would have, if admitted, would forever
be an irremovable blotch upon Spain's
reputation as civilized country, which
she could not possibly bear.
If the report of the commission
throws blame upon Spain, which would
carry with it call for indemnity. the
peninsular government will forthwith
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25
AN EXPERT OPINION,

Crossed with mares of the right
sort we believe him capable of string
the best class OF coach and driving
horses of any stallion we know of in
this country"
Who Says That?
The most extensive breeders of horses
in the world today, Fletcher Bros,
with establishments from ocean to
ocean and over ten thousand horses
on hand. They write it of Fillmore
County Horse after buying five of his
progeny. That horse is
BAY McGREGOR.
Your show to breed speed from him
is just as good as from any stallion in
Minnesota or Iowa while your show
to breed carriage horse, a fine
driver, a qnick seller is better than
from any other stallion anywhere OF
any kind or breed. Take little
pride in having the best in the land
right at your door and give him the
patronage he deserves. Write for
circulars.
NJ. T. GRATTAN,
Preston, MINI.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25

night, and Wichita, Florence and other
Kansas points make like reports. Be-
atrice, Neb., reports a fall of 70 de-
erees in the past 10 hours. Vegetables
have been ruined, and it is believed that
fruit crops have been seriously dam
aged.
Spokane, Wash, March 23.-Sunday
night was about the coolest ever ex-
perienced in this section in March since
the establishment of the weather office
II years ago. The temperature fell to
Is above zero. 1t is expected that the
fruit crop on Snake river has been
ruined. Reports from that section say
apricots and early peaches are killed
and other fruits are seriously injured.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25

Portland, Ore, March 23.-At Cas-
cade locks, 40 miles east of here, Mon
day night, Lewis Gerhard, aged 70,
shot and killed his wife. aged 66, and
then blew out his own brains. The
shooting was heard, but no attention
was pain to it, and the bodies were not
found until Tuesday. Gerhard had
been in i'll health. it is said, of late, and
imagined that his wife was trying to
cause his death.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25

homes.
Delaware, o., March 23.--The rain
Storm here Tuesday night has proved
to be serious and destructive. People
residing near the Olentangy river were
compelled to move out In carts and
boats because Of the rising water. The
covered bridge connecting Central and
East Delaware may be washed away.
Tho bursting of the water main near
the water company's plant cut off tho
oity's water supply, causing the cleo
trio light plant to shut down, thus
throwing the city into total darkness
and stopping street car traffic. The con-
dition is very alarming.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25
Easter Bazaar.

On Easter Tuesday April 18th. the
Daughters of the King will hold an
Easter Bazaar at the Opera House, at
which time they will have for sale a
fine display OF fancy and useful articles.
A Fish Pond'' is being prepared es-
pecially for the children and young
people. There will be booth where
homemade candy will be for sale.
One OF those elegant suppers for which
the Episcopal ladies are noted, will be
served from five O'Clock until all are
served. A fine program will be given
IN rtlo- -e~aains. Farther particulars
next week. s-----1-1---.-..-'
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25
Caution to the Public,

Many limitations of Walter Baker &
Co.'S well known chocolate in blue
wrappers and yellow labels have been
put on the market. The genuine article
bears the name of Walter Baker & Co.,
Limited, Dorchester, Mass, and their
trade mark "La Belle Chocolatiere,n
is on every package.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25
Named for Another Term.

Delaware, o., March 2s.-The repub-
licans of the Eighth district on Tuesday
renominated A. s. Lybrand for con-
gress. Contesting delegates from two
counties, who were not seated, together
with is delegates from another county,
declared their intention to hold a con-
vention soon and make another nomina-
ton. The boilers represent the opposi-
ton to the national administration.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25
Important Decision.

Washburn, Wis, March 2a.-Repre-
sentatives of the Washburn, Bayfield, &C
Iron River Railroad company are well
pleased on account of the decision in the
case Of Crogster against the company
and others. The supreme court on
Tuesday gave decision that all but
about $4,000 Of the $40, 900 bonds are
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25
ALBION AND BRISTOL.

The frogs gave concert in the
pond Sunday evening. the Goth.
Old lady Peterson has been so ill
that friends were summoned from De-
corah by phone.
DIR. Gowdy reports boy at John
Behring'S, a girl at John Bigalkss,
and girl at VIM. s. Walters, the
past week.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25
All Rut Four Found.

Butte, Mont. March 23.-The man
agement of the Hale house claims to
have accounted for all but four of those
supposed to have been asleep there at
the time of the fire. They are: Frank
Kriegbaum, Daniel Sullivan, Martin
Rooney and Tom Starr.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25
Due to nm Accident

Marinette, Wis, March 2a.-The cor
oner's inquest over the remains of Will
liam Sommers, who died from injuries
received on the 500 track, resulted In a
verdict of accidental death. The jury
found that he was killed while sleeping
on the 500 right OF way. There was no
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25
Embezxler Sentenced.

Council Bluffs, Ia, March p3.-Russesl
N. Whittlesey, the embezzling collector
of the port, pleaded guilty and threw
himself on the courts mercy. Judge
Woolson sentenced him to four years
in the penitentiary and to pay fine Of
$4,000.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25
susnected of Mnraa-

Milwaukee, March ga special to
the Journal from Marlnette, Wis, says
John Wink1er was arrested Tuesday on
suspicion of having killed William
somers, who was found dying on the
500 tracks, near Pembine, on Sunday.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25
Fire at Colorado snr,ny.

Colorado Springs, Col, March g.
Fire Tuesday morning destroyed the
Woodside hotel and several adjoining
cottages. Loss, $4,000.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25
Attention Farmers!

Are you aware that we have a
full line Of Farm Machinery, Bug
gies and Wagons. Also line Of
Hardware, Tinware, Paints, Lin
seed Oil, Machine Oils, Axle
Grease. &c. Mems Oyeralls,
Working Shirts, Jackets, Mems,
Women's, Misses and Children's
Shoes, Rubbers and Hosiery
these are side lines of goods and
they come in at a time Of year
when our grain and stock business
lis dull; therefore | claim l can af-
ford to give you lower prices than
regular dealers in these lines who
depend entirely upon them for a
living. / will make prices to Cash
Buyers that Defy Competition,
Shall be pleased to figure on build
ing hardware with anyone intend
ing to build dwellings or barns.
Will take sound horses or colts
in exchange for machinery, bug
gies, wagons. etc.
Yours for business,
II. S. JOHNSON.
Bonair. Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-25
Home Seekers Tickets

April 5tb and 10Th from Cresco to
all points northwest and southwest.
Round trip 5000 more than regular
one way rate. Good 81 days from
date of sale. ct.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-02-04

rs" For Sale.-lwO Berkshire Bears, s
months Old, also Sow and II Pigs. W. b.
Pugh, Vale, Md. 2Sjau3t
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-02-04
THE THE LIoUoR
Law.

Tine re,iicnlnns failure of the pre-
sent Local Option Law III cert'iH
parts of Hartford county, cannot po;-
sibly be remedied by the law which
Senator Williams has introduced,
which Ivy its sweeping provisions
aims y death blow at nearly every
liquid preparation known to the Phar-
nacp0oeia, aud abolishes the greater
portion OF the druggists business.
We do nos Claim, nor believe that
the act of 1888, or indeed that OF 1882
has been failure in all parts of the
couutv. We know from personal eX-
perirnce that it has been effective IL
Mafshall's district, and we are salts
fed that the good people of that dis.
lrict DO not desire any change. 1nis
y,iay seem strange to a number of ouI
reaaers who have been persistently
Taught by the Bond street organ that
no good cui come frou,or be expected
from the adhereuts of Democracy, AND
the Fourth district is emphaticall!
and gioriou>iy Democratic, but we are
no. g Judge tie efficiency of the law
ID lis operation i'll any one distinct
part OF the county. III Bel Air dis,
rriee, and others, whisky, or q vile
detection Of drugs, passing for. or SOLD
under the name of whisky, can be
procured without trouble, and il
has been proved impossible for suffi
ciene convincing testimony to be pre-
cured TO convict the offenders. Every
species of prevarication, every method
of distDr;iag evidence is resorted to- to
shia!.i the sellers, and Notwithstanding
the BEST and strongest efforts upon
the part Of the court and its officers,
jur.ss will not convict, and till after
bill Of costs is thrown upon the county
to i've met by the taxpayers.
There is a small coterie of citizens OF
the county, whose devotion to the
cause of total abstinence has so taken
possession of them that they can see
10 crime equal to the selling of liquor,
and 20 fanatical have they become
that it is hardly extravaganza to say
thai hey would rather see poor
dew! die with ali the sins Of lifetime
crushing him, than to give him time
for repentance by administering dose
Of medicine the base of which il
alcohol.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-02-04

Za5' Remember every thing you buy from
Fisher {: Coale's Bel Air Market is guaranteed
first class 1Ii,u
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-02-04
PROFITS IN LAUNDRlES.
Ono ChinaIann Went Home with SIC, o'

Ono ChinaIaan Went Home with SIC, 1000
In HiS Pockets.
10 hear tie stories Of money made in
Chicago laundrie5 one would think there
is an opportunity for a permanent cut in
their prices. \ man who knows a good
many of the local Chinese says one laun-
dryman went back to China a few years
ago with so, 900 III American money, all
earned in tine laundry business, bat prob
ably largely by the buying and selling of
laundrieS. There are some of the local
Cinnamon who are continually dickering
in laundYies One Of them, who has re-
Gently bought State street laundry for
81 Geo, is said to have carried on ncgotia-
tons for the purchase of over 20 laundries
in western Massachusetts during the last
few years. lie does not seem to have much
trouble in getting funds for such pur-
chaSeS. as men who have lent him money
In many instances on 50 10 90 day notes
say he has always paid before the paper i
due. Il is said that Il good Chinese i:,ui.-
dryman can clear $2J week, although he
pays from Sl4 TO 40 rent, aEd sometimes
as high as $40, and hires TWO or three lhch
at wages ranging from So 10 SIC wCeH.
When their very economical habits Ct i.T-
ing are considered, it is probable that they
save large share of their earnings. They
seem generally to have money to Fay their
bills, for local merchants who deal with
them say thCir accounts are almost always
paid promptly.
A queer feature of the laundry business
is the extent TO which the local laundricS
are in the hands of syEdicates or combina-
tions of the laundrymen. group Of
them, related to each other, arc said to
control half a dozen laundri2s on South
Main and State streets, and there are 9th
er similar coz binations III the city. The
members of these various ''syndiC:tCs
arc generally not on good terms with each
ether. If they meet III some store, thcy
will not sneak, though knowing each OH
er perfectly well. The competition be-
tween these various groups To buy up az
available iaUnGrr j. lid to be very sharp,
and Il heal r..ali wi:u has such an upc"iH :;
to rent is said to have received 10 applica-
lions for it.-Springleld Republican.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-02-04
Postoffice Eunlor.

The London Nail gives some striking
samples Of ''postotlice humor," extracted
from a circular issued from St. Martin s.
le-Grand. The circular conveys instruc-
tons as 10 the way compound words are
to lie reckoned for telegraphic purposes
and gives lists of such compounds which
nrc to be charged for as one word or two,
as the case may be. Seldom has a sub
liner specimen of official muddle beaded
ness issued from q government office. For
instance, mother-in- law" is to be treated
as one word, "foster-mother'' as two,
"Aic" is one word, "A1" is two, up
stairs is one word, 'downstairs'' is two,
"cabinetmaker" is one word, "trunk-
maker is two, "pig-dealer" is ono word,
"toy dealer" is two, "table-cloth" one,
"tea-cloth" two, cant" don't, -
won't" and "shan't" are each one word,
but haven't, - "hasn't ;" "didn't' and
"shouldn t" are each two; finally, "twen-
ty pence is one word and forty pence
is two. If The Mail would pursue its re,
searches little further and discover the
name of the genius who drew uy this list,
and the precise sum per annum which
the state is paying for his valuable serv-
ices, it would increase its claim to the
public gratitude.-London Truth.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-02-04

E-S"F For Rent-BlacksmIIh Shop, good
busnt stand, also shoemaker wanted, good
place, none near. l.. L. Horn, Thomas run.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-02-04

going TO see poor woman IN the alley,
when l noticed this boy standing i'll the
yard blue with cold. He was stamping his
feet and blowing on his fingers, but there
was small comfort in that, and called tc
him through the alley gate.
What are you doing out hereP l
asked.
"'Im economizing.' Ho shivered and
smiled as though there was joke in his
mind somewhere.
What do you neanH
"'Well, l built up a good big fire in the
house when Uncle John was away, and
when he came back and saw how much
coal had burned up he got mad and sent
NE out here to CconomiZe for an hour or
two. He said he guessed I'd learn how to
be moro careful of my heat if l got real
good chill clean through
"Of course, concluded the physician,
81 put an end to that sort Of cconomizing
in very short order, but didn t do it soon
enough, for the boy was taken down a day
or SO later, and he was sick in bed Tor
three weeks. Detroit Free Press.