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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-02-25

fA0SSo announce my nauAo %
candidate for denomination Alder.
man at large from the West side,
subject to the republican conven-
ton. Geo. Carver
Please announce my name as e
candidate for denomination tor
City Treasurer subject to the re-
publican convention.
A. B. Elliott.
Please announce my name as a
candidate for denomination for city
Engineer subject to the decision
of the city convention.
Lafayette Higgins.
Please announce my name as a
candidate REORGANIZATION for city
Auditor subject to the republican
convention. BIO. Hanger.
l am a candidate for the office
Of City Engineer subject to the
decision of the republican pri
MARES. During my last term in
the office I reduced the expenses
fifty per cent below what they
were the preceding term and if el'
ected pledge myself to reduce
thirty per cent below what they
have been during the present
term. Frank Pelton.
Iam candidate for the nomina
ton of alderman at large, subject
to the decision Of the republican
primaries. John G. Lopez.
I am candidate for alderman
at large for Des Moines township
subject to the decision of the re-
publican convention.
H. G.. McElderry.
Pleuse announce my name as
for Alderman Iof First
Ward, subject to the republican
primaries. Peter Lambert.
Please announce my name as
candidate for Alderman of the 4h.
Ward, subject to the republican
invention. Adam Hatner.
Please announce my name as a
candidate for Alderman of the 3d.
Ward, subject to the primaries.
John Orvis.
Please announce my name IS a
for City Engineer, sub
iect to the decision of the city
convention. Geo. N. King
Announce my name as acandi>
date for alderman of the third
ward subject to the republican
primaries.
Frank. G. Kiest.
Please announce my name as a
for police judge subject
to the decision of the republican
convention. .
j. II. Maley.
Please announce my name as a
for market master sub
iect to the decision of the republic
can convention.
H. A. Glow.
Please announce my name as
for market master SUBJ
ject to the republican primaries.
NJ. E. Young.
Please announce my name as a |
for assessor subject to
he city convention.
S. A. Kelsey
James G. Olmstead will be
!. candidate for alderman. at-large,
or Des Moines township, subject
% the decision of the republican
,ity convention.
W. T. Painter announces him
elf as a candidate for market
master, subject to the decision of
he republican primaries.
G. B. Wicks Sr. announces
himself as a candidate for market
master, subject to the decision of
he republican primaries.
George P. Curran is candidate
;or member Of the city council
rom the 18th. ward subject to re-
publican primaries.
Please announce my name as a
candidate for Market Master SUBJ
ect to the decision Of the republi-
can convention.
JOE. E. BRUNER.
NOTICE TO REDEEM FROM TAX
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-02-25
FRIDAY FEBRUARY, 25.
ALBA NEWS,

Mrs. Anna Jones is visiting
with her mother and sister in the
capital city for an indefinate time.
Rev. Ford Of the a. M. E.
church, spent last week in Chair.
ton looking after his church at
that place.
Lee Halls Georgia Minstrel
played at Perry's opera house on
Feb IS. 1t was reported a very
good minstrel.
A part Of til Junior exercises
were held at the Abba High
school Friday afternoon, in which
Henerietta Jones spoke in equita-
bic manner.
Mrs. Mary F. Ward entertained
anumber of her friends at dinner
on last Sunday.
The installation of the OF the
new members of the Abba Odd
Fellows was held here Eeb. 10Th.
The Charlton Odd fellows assisted
them. They were dressed in uni
form and marched from their hall
to the city hall where the instala-
ton took place. After the exer-
cises. a splendid supper was serv>
ed by the ladies. There were
several visitors present.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-02-25
NOTICE TO REDEEM FROM TAX
SALE.

NOTICE TO REDEEM FROM TAX
SALE.
State of Iowa, Polk County. s.: To
Ann Mahoney: You are hereby notified
that on the Sd day of December, A. D..
1894, the following described real estate,
situated in Polk county, Iowa, was sold
for the taxes of the year 1893, which real
estate is described IL follows to-wit:
South half West quarter Lot nineteen (19)
Official Plat West half Sec. 10, Township
Is, Range a and now forming part
of the city Of Dies Aoines. Polk
county. lows. That the same was, at
such sale, purchased by j. H. Phillips and
/ certificate issued to him by the Treas
urer of Polk county. Iowa, and he is now
the owner and holder OF said certificate.
and the right of redemption will expire,
and Treasurer's deed for said property
will Be- made, unless redemption from such
sale be made within ninety days from the
completed service hereof
J. n. ParIxIPs.
Lawful holder and owner Of said certificate
BOONE DOIN(s.
MissLily Colman is on the sick
list. BIT
Rev. Strsge was iu thh city last
u sss y ~ S
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-12
Cause Of Our Meat Prosperlty,

Berlin, October 4.-Germany's meat
famine is spreading apaCe. In many
places, notably in Saxony, cats and dogs
are being slaughtered and eaten by the
poor. In some villages several families
club together and buy fat dog, to be
killed and divided among them.
The consumption Of horsefesh is in
Creasing remarkably. Horsefesh shops
are opening in towns where they have
never existed before There has been a
continuous growth of arrests and con-
victions for selling unwhOlesome ordi-
nary meats since the frontiers have been
closed against foreign cattle and swine.
On the other hand, there is great and
thriving trade in preserved American
meats, despite the restrictions imposed
by the government at the instance Of
the agrarians. The timed American
meat imported during the first seven
months of 1898 was 1,964,800 Kilograms,
against 1,414,900 in the corresponding
months of 1897. OF fresh pork the i'm
pOrtation was 6,75S,SO kilos, against g.
955,500; Of picked pork, 1859, 900,
against 1,859,S0O; Of bacon, 15,94S, 300,
against 7,139, 300, and Of lard, 64,356, 400,
against 47,446,600.
The demand for all of these still ex-
Ceeds the supply and If the general mass
of Germans can be convinced that Amer
ican meats are always Of standard quail
ity and can be had at reasonable price,
the sales can be extended flVe-fold.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-12
WORDS OF A POLTROON.
The COwardIy Shafter Puffs Himself
and rlaIIgns the @. Ar.

Nashville, Tenn, October 10.-POstmas-
ter Wills received a letter from General
Shafter, recently, dated Camp WikOff,
September 26, in which he says Of news
paper attacks upon him:
THE attacks Of the yellow press upon
me and others Of the administration are
simply outrageous. The articles are
filed with untruths, beginning with the
one that was responsible for the equip
ment Of the army with Springfield rifles,
which you and every other sensible man
knows Is lie. The behavior of some Of
the yellow journalists was so outrageous
before we even got into Cuba that had
to put my hand on them, and after we
got into Cuba it was still worse Their
letters are the result Of personal spite.
II had come back with a defeated army
there might have been some excuse for
their talk, but having commanded one
Of the most successful campaigns in mil
itary history, 1t is simply an outrage.
II am very fond of Evans pension
Commissioned and l am glad you are
defending him. Some of the G. A. r.
are simply unbearable, and seem to think
If they can't have the treasury turned
over to them they are being defrauded.
WILLIAM r. SHAFTER."
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-12
Their Chairman False.

Chairman Taylor Riddle says that
Prof" G. P. Judd, chairman of the
Socialist Labor party of Kansas, tried to
betray his party by selling its petition.
Judd came down to the Chesterfield
hotel the day before the petition was
fled" said Mr. Riddle, "and wanted an
interview. l had an inkling Of what he
wanted and would not see him. He hung
around there until late at night and
finally got a third party to come in and
make the proposition for him. He Of
fered to turn the whole petition over to
us If we would pay him 5000. We are not
doing that kind Of business and refused
to put up. He said the petition had cost
him $3.50 to get it up, and he wanted the
money back. The candidates had put up
500 and he had mortgaged span Of
mules for the balance
There is no trusting that kind Of peo-
pie, and even If we had bought the pc
tition l imagine Judd would have fur
nished us copy and kept the original
and filed it just the same. 1t was a put
up job and don't believe people ought
to be bunCOed that way"
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-12
A Speech by Garcia.

General Garcia has returned to San
tiago. He was accompanied by his son
and staff and by 200 Cuban cavalry.
At reception given him recently
General Garcia said:
After thirty years of desperate,
deadly struggle, the Cuban people to-day
1t is day for the remembrance Of the
names and deeds of those heroes who
fought and died for the freedom Of Cuba
from the years Of 1868 to 1878 and for
the remembrance of the heroes who
fought in 1881, which was called the
little war'-little only because Of it's
short duration, but great on account of
the principles defended, and for the quail
ity Of the men who composed the army
and for the remembrance of those noble
soldiers who fell in the struggle which
began in 1895 over whose graves our
latest tears have fallen.
People of Cuba, we owe great debt
to those heroes for their efforts in behalf
Of Cuban independence, efforts which
would have been useless-nO, not use
less, for we would have triumphed; but
not speedily If the American people, with
its famous fighters, great ships and
dauntless army, had not sent its own
sons to shed their blood with ours. A
grand nation it must be when the sons
Of millionaires, who had nothing to gain
in Cuba but soldiers glory, should
come here to die, side by side with Gu
bans. To this great nation-this noble
country which has always fought for
the right Of liberty--We owe the achieve
ment of our independence and the con-
summation Of our ideals. Our gratitude
will long live for America"
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-12
An Empire Of Wheat,

What Is called the valley Of the Red
River Of the North Is a Veritable empire
of wheat. It Is a fiat plain more than
fifty miles wide and two hundred miles
long In eastern North Dakota, and its
principal crop is spring wheat No
fences are required and the immense
wheat fields, often having thousands Of
acres in a single field, are separated only
by the unfenced public roads. Very lit
tie stock is kept, excepting the horses
and mules required for the farm work.
This golden sea is gathered in August
with self-binding reaping machines. Ma
chimes with twelve feet cut are just COM
ing into use. They are pushed by six or
eight horses or mules, will bind seventy
bundles minute and cut thirty acres a
day. Each machine Is managed, guided
and controlled by one man. AS soon as
the grain is stacked the threshing be-
gins. Sometimes the crop Is so large that
1t is difficult to procure cars enough to
transport 1t. The ground is plowed In
the fall and generally remains frozen
from October till April.
During the winter there Is no work ex-
cepting the chores of taking care of the
horses and mules. The work commences
with the seeding in the spring. AS soon
as the seeding is over there is but little
to do until the grain is ready for har-
vest. Men are hired for the season in
order to have them during the rush OF
seeding, harvest and threshing. The
wages are generally SlS a month and
board. Each large farm has It's super
intendent and boarding house. Superin-
tendents are paid from $500 to $1,000 a
year and live on the farm. Payments
are contracted to be made after thresh-
ing.
When crops and prices are good this
wheat farming is very profitable. But
failure Of the crop or low prices for
wheat means hard times and adversely.
This emphasizes the necessity OF diver
sity and rotation in order to guard
against and bridge over the possible fail
ure Of any one crop. Corn cannot be
grown to any great extent in that lati-
tude, but grasses and forage crops can
be easily raised and dairylng might be
brought to a high state Of perfection.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-12
1t Is Brought Home to Us.
Cove County AdHooate.

Cove County Advocate.
Last Sunday we drove up to Quinter
to see Jimmie Stoner, but when we ar
rived we found him dead; over the house
in which he lay f1oated the American
flag in whose defense he had laid down
his life. All honor, we say, to those
who fall upon the battlefield fighting
for the flag, but to them death comes
easily; it comes in the excitement Of the
fray and is in most cases swift and pain
less. The greatest heroes Of all are
they who suffer in the camps; gladly
would they go to the front, but the Or
ders Of their superiOrs hold them to their
post; to them death comes with pain
and suffering and these are the times
which try mems souls.
There was no stronger or healthier
man among the volunteers than Jimmie
StOner. When last we saw him he was
in the glow of perfect health, strong and
athletic; the change which had taken
place in few short weeks was shocking;
as he lay in his coffin he was thin and
pale and his face bore the marks of in
tense suffering. From those who had
talked with him we learned few things
about his life in the camp. 1t is a sad
story, of men drilled for hours each day
in heavy marching order and worked to
the point of exhaustion under a broiling
sun and in a climate strange to them;
of a mismanaged commissary, an un-
sanitary camp and wretched hospitals.
For thirteen straight days he was or
dered to go to the hospital. but refused
to do SO because the men had no conf
dence in the hospitals run without med
icineS, nurses or surgeons. He did not
complain; those with whom we talked
say that his mind dwelt constantly upon
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-12
New Guns for the Navy.

The Navy department has recently
placed orders for forgings for naval
rifles of calibres from four to twelve
inches to supply the new battleships,
and in short time the navy yard fac
tory will begun to turn out ordnance
embodying radical changes in Construc-
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-12
Prof. Joseph d. Harper.

The regents OF the Kansas Agricultu-
raj College have chosen Mr.. Joseph
D. Harper, M. S., late junior professor
Of civil engineering in Rose Polytechnic
Institute, at Terre Haute, Ind, to fill
the chair of mechanics and engineering,
left vacant by the resignation Of Pro-
fessor Hood Mr.. Harper Is a graduate
as we'll of the Rose Polytechnic, of the
class Of 81. This Is the same institution
from which Professor Hood came. Since
graduation, Mr.. Harper has been en-
gagged in engineering and in teaching
his experience covering a wide range Of
engineering work
The President Of Rose Polytechnic
says of him: Mr.. Harper stood high in
his class, and in his subsequent work
has shown marked ability. His present
position is rather due to his taste for
teaching; otherwise in the practice of
his profession he would find better finan-
cial remuneration. He has been very
successful as instructor, combining good
theoretical knowledge with past practi-
cal experience; he is able to interest stu
dents and show the applications Of the
Ory. His experience has been wider and
more varied than usual, and l believe
him more than competent to fill the po-
sltion in question in a satisfactory man
ner. He is full of energy, of great
working capacity, and enthusiastic; per-
sonally he is gentlemanly and compan-
iOnable. l would greatly regret to lose
Mr.. Harper, but cannot refrain from
aiding him to advance if the opportunity
presents ITSELF"
One Of the State Board of Education
of Indiana makes this statement "As
a member of the Board of Education 1
am acquainted with the educational
forces Of the State, and know of no one
here better equipped for the particular
line Of work you wish done than Mr..
Harper"
Mr.. Harper is thorough believer in
manual training and mechanical educa-
tion; a general knowledge of mechanics
and some practical training in the appli-
cation of the science is, in his opinion,
valuable for all in every walk of life.
He holds this to be especially the case
for students in the agricultural course.
The farmer should understand his ma
chinery, know how to take care Of it,
how to make the more simple repairs,
and how to utilize the materials at hand
in the construction of ordinary imple-
ments. The Professor is himself famil-
lar with the use of farm machinery, and
knows how much time and money can
be saved by fair amount of mechanical
knowledge and skill.
While questions of irrigation supply
and drainage do not attract the atten-
tion in Kansas that they do in States far
ther west, yet it may that the increase
Of popular knowledge on these points is
desirable. Professor Harper has given
considerable attention to these subjects.
The new professor is 81 years old and
is married. He was born in Indiana,
but has lived most of his life in Colo
RADIO, where for three years he managed
a 6O0-acre farm. Later he engaged in
general mining and mechanical engi-
neering work at Durango, Col.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-12
This Is Why.
H. W. Young.

Not chiefly because it has saved money
for the taxpayers ought the present
State administration to be reelected; !;
but because it has stood like a stone wall
for the rights Of the people, fighting ev-
erywhere the encroachments of capital
ism, placing manhood before money,
and aiming at all times to secure alb
solute justice for the humblest and
weakest of our citizens.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-12
The Prohibition Ticket.

The Prohibition ticket in full is as
follows: For Governor, w. A. PETER, To-
peka; for Lieutenant Governor, Robert
T. Black, Admire; for Secretary of State
J. B. Carton, Clayton; for Treasurer,
John Biddle, Americus; for State Super
intendent, Mrs. r. N. Buckner, Willis;
for Auditor, Horace Hurley, Junction
City; for Congressman-at-Large, Mont
Williams, Lansing.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-12

Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery
Is the only medicine that absolutely and
infallibly cures all blood diseases. It
isn't medicine for some one particular
so-called disease. 1t is q medicine for
the whole body. 1t forces out all the
germs of disease, replaces impurities
with rich, red blood, feeds the tissues
and makes strong, healthy flesh.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-12

army life and he was only waiting for
the expiration Of his furlough to return
to his post; but the deadly fever had
done its work and the best of care was
unable to save him and restore him to
his place in the ranks.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-12

"Yes," the fair young girl went on,
1--WE are engaged, but do not think l
should have accepted him IL he had not
proposed in such delightful manner"
What did he say?" "He asked me IL /
would permit him to add an engagement
ring to my collection. ."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-12

tion and much more powerful than guns
Of the same calibre now afoat on our
ships.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-14
.A H..e n tne oregonIan q yemtriay

"A H." In tho oregonian OF yesterday.
complains that he cannot Sc, nom the
railroad companies statistics relating to
the grain carried out Of the Columbia
river basin This complain, Is not to oc
wondered at when there is grea, trust
formed to squeeze the grain growers of
the Inland Empire one h,sh in author
ity in oreson railroad circles is reported
recently as saying that combluation ex.
lists between the two roads runnlns to
the Sound and the o r. q n, Company
to prevent any lowering OF the rates aud
Illustrate common point on the sea-
board at the mouth Of the Columbia.
When our leading and controlling rail-
rOadofiicials think common poin, rate to
Portland furnishes sufieient competition
with the Sound; When stIn another says
that II a common point rate we're granted
to the mouth Of the Columbia /, would
be stealing from a supposed rival And
competitive road; when what has been
called "oregOn's road can get as much
for down grade haul on a short distance
as It's natural competitor gets for longer
haul over mountain grades 1t Is not
strange that the "oreson road" at
least. is interested in withholding Stats
tics from the public. When by dumping
the grain at pOin, one hundred miles
inland from the seaboard and refusing
common rate beyond so depresses the !
value OF that grain that the aforesaid !
Oregon road can and does command an
extra charge Of two and one-halt dollars !
per ton, or ~ cents per bushel to take 1t
on its water lines to export ships at san
Francisco. this Oregon road Is tremen-
iously interested in not furnishing the
kind OF statistics asked by a. H" and
other inauirens Of that sort. Naturally.
his Oregon road does not wish the pro-
iueers and other business men Of the In
and Empire to examine too closely into
hese statistics.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-14
A MARROW ESCAPE.

Thankful words written by MA Ada T.
Hart. of Grotou. g. u. -was taken with
bad cold which settled On my lungs;
cough set In and nnally terminated In con
sumption -Four doctors gAve mo up. say
ing could live but abort tine. gNvS
myself 10 10 ny 6Avior. determined II
Sould not stay with my trisads on earth,
wovld msst my absent one above. Ny
husband was advised To get DR.. King 4
New Discovery for co0ampttoa. Coughs
and Coda save " . trial. took m all
eight bottles. II has cured me. and thank
God am saved and nOW wen and
healthy woman Trial bottias FREE at
hstss-cOan Drug 20. Regular sns q
osnts and q. ouArNneood or pr,es TS-
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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-14
A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING IN
EASTERN OREGON.

The controversy between Astoria and
Portland regarding the Columbia river Is
attracting widespread attention" Ine
Dalles Chronicle truly states, and whether
the government should spend many mill
ions in attempting 10 keep a ship channel
in the middle OF the river. ito secure a
passage for its war vessels 10 Portland" {"
as another leading journal suggests, the
Astorian cannot say without considera-
ton. That may depend somewhat upon
whether the war vessels wish TO run away
from the enemy or to attack Portland.
The point at issue seems to be sadly
misunderstood by our friend the Pendle-
ton Tribune. and by the East oregonian-
1t is not to make the farmer pay any
more, but 10 enable him TO pay less, that
We are advocating the transfer to ocean
vessels at Astoria. II the farmer can
have his grain carried to Astoria for the
same price now paid 10 Portland: and II
the farmer can put into his own pocket
what 1t costs to have the vessel 90 up to
Portland for the wheat, it is certainly to
the farmers interest to advocate the
transfer at Astoria That is exactly what
the much quoted term. common point,
means.
AT present, and we have It straight
from an official OF a large ocean trans
portation company, Portland is paying
these companies the great inducement
OF $3.50 per ton to draw them up from AS
toria to Portland The farmer has to
pay that $3.50 ultimately. It does not hurt
rhe Portland man to offer II; It Is mug
get to the transportation company, and
the farmer is the man who surrenders
the nugget, You can drag ships overland
with no water at all to float them. if you
pay them enough to consent to it. Port
land is now dragging vessels over sand
bars. and paying them well, but the
farmer in the up4river country is putting