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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-10-08
CHAPTER TX.
PHoREN1cE. Gopnrss

~AAS4SASAN4S1Ht 3SJ4(4CSd.
A motley crowd filled the street
which ran past the front OF the OBJ
scure temple, through which I gained
entrance to the city, and all were
hurrying one way. With what had
been told. It did not take much art
to guess that the great stone circle
Of our Lord the Sun was their mark,
and it grieped me to think Of how
many venerable centuries that great
fame bad upreared he6oEe the wealth
eT and the eaech tremo1e, without
such proclamation as it would witness
to-day. And also the thought oc-
CURED to me: "Was our Great Lord
above drawing this woman on to her
destruction? Would He take some
vast and final act of vengeance when
she consummated her final sacrifce?"
But the crowd pressed on, thrilled
and excited, and thinking little Gas is
crowds wont) on the deeper mat
ters which lay beneath the bare spec
tacle. From one quarter Of the city
walls the din of an attack from the
besiegers made itself clearly heard
from over the houses, and the tenn
pies and the palaces intervening, but
no one needed it. They had grown
ealious, these townsfolk, to the bat
tering of rams, and the flight Of fire.
darts, and the other ematiops Of a
Commandment. Phetr nerves, their
hunger, their desperation were stung
to such pitch that little short of an
actual storm could stir them into new
excitement over the siege.
All We're weaponed. The naked car
ried arms III the hope of meeting
some one whom they could overcome
and rob; those that had possession
walked ready to do a battle for It's
ownership. There was no security,
no trust; the lesson af civilization
had dropped away from these COM
mon people as mud is washed from
the feet by rain, and in their new
habits and their thoughts they had
gone back to the grade from which
savages like those of Europe have
never yet emerged. 1t was grim
commentary on the success of Pho.
renice's rule.
The crowd merged me into their
ranks without question, and with
them l pressed forward down the
winding streets, once SO clean and
trim, now so foul and mud-strewn
Men and women had died of hunger
in these streets these latter years
and rotted where they lay, and we
trod their bones under foot as we
walked. Yet rising out of this squat
or and this misery We're great pyra.
| mids and palaces, the like of which
for splendor and magnifcence had
| never been seen before. 1t was jar
ring admixture.
In time we came to the open space
in the center Of the city, which ever
Phorenice had not dared to encropcf
upon with her ambitious building
| schemes, and stood on the secular
ground which surrounds the most an
cient, the most grand, and the barest o,
all this worlds temples.
| Since the beginning of time, wher
man first emerged among the beasts
| our Lord the Sun has always beer
his ehiefest god. and legend says thai
he raised this circle of stones him
| self to be a place where votariei
should offer him worship. Ii IS tn,
fashionamong us moderns not to tax,
| these old tales In too literal sense
but for myself, this one satisfies me
BY our WITS we can LIT blocks weigh
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-10-08
Chinese Rebels defeated.

London, Oct. 2-Thousands of reb-
els, says a dispatch 10 the Daily Mail
from Hong-Kong, after sacking the
German mission at Piang Thong, at
tackled Hin-Nan, city near Canton.
They were repulsed, but they then at
tackled Shakma, where they We're
again repulsed. Two thousand Chi
nese troops have been sent to sup
press them.
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Death of a Jurist.

Montgomery, Ala, Oct. 2.-News
was received here of the death Tues.
day evening in Walters Park, Pa, OF
Judge John Bruce, of Montgomery
federal judge for the middle district
Of Alabama. Judge Bruce was ma.
tive of Scotland and was 70 years old
He was appointed to the bench by
President Grant in 1875 and had
served continuously since.
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G. NJ. Phelps, Forestdale, VT, says
his child was completely cured of a
bad case OF eczema by the use of De-
Wits Witch Hazel SalEe. Beware of
Eall counterfeits. 1t instantly relieves
piles. Shuttleworth Drug Co.
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Gcrnnn Editors.

The German-American Press asso-
citation of Iowa elected the following
officers at the annual meeting in Iowa
City:
President, Col. Joseph Eiboech, Des
Moines; first vice president, Adolph Peter
son, Davenport; second vice president,
Carl Lehman Burlington; secretary. Her.
man Mahraun. Iowa City; treasurer, Au-
gust Hilmer New Hampton; executive
committee, c. A. Lutz. Sioux City; Louis
Herrand, Davenport: C. A. Grossman, Wa
verify.
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Milwaukee, Oct. ga Sentinel spe-
cial from Madison, Wis, says: For.
mer Mayor Matthew j. Hoven died
suddenly Tuesday evening, aged sc
years. Mr.. Hoven had been suffering
from Bright's disease for some time
He was well known throughout the
etnta
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-10-08

Springfield, ILL.,, Oct. s-Gov. Yates
has issued an address to the people
OF Illinois designating Monday, octo-
Der I, as Illinois day at the Pan
American exposition. The address
says: "Illinois day should be made
notable manifestation of the in
terest naturally taken by our great
central state in this exposition of
progress and products of all America.
To this end general invitation is ex-
tended to our people to assemble at
Buffalo on the day above mentioned
and participate in the formal cere-
monial provided
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TRUSTED NATIVES TOO MUCH
Gen. Chaffee Gives Probable Reason
for Terrible Disaster to Company
Massacred by Bolomen,

Washington, Oct. s.-The following
cablegram was received at the war de-
partment Tuesday afternoon from
Gen. Chaffee:
Manila, Oct 1-Adjutant General,
Washington: With reference to your tele-
gram OF the S0th ult, will cable names
Of the missing enlisted men as soon az as
certained. The company was rushed about
Sly clock 10 the mnyning by aelarge body
of bulomen. about 4D1. Gen Hughes
thinks the surprise was due to the conf.
dence Of the commanding officer in as
I sertions of friendship firm the natives. Re-
suit of the investigation will be cabled as
soon as obtained.
(SigneD "CHAFFEE."
This message is in response to one
sent to Gen. Chaffee by Gen. Corbin
on Sunday. Immediately upon receipt
OF the news of the disaster to com
pany c, of the Ninth infantry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-10-08

w. T. Wesson, Gholsenville, Va,
druggist, writes: "Ylur One Minute
Cough Cure gives ps gect satisfaction.
My customers say III the best rene
dy for coughs, colds,S troat and lung
troubles. "-Shuttlewt III Drug Co.
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SUBJECT TO PATENT.
Land Department Makes Interesting
Report Concerning Iowa Lands
and Menndered Lakes.

According to the report of the stats
land department, filed with the gov
ecnor. the following is the La a in lava
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Move Horses Tor Cape Town.

Hfo'e hUESN' Tut t"L'e tV"S'
New Orleans, Oct. 2.-The steam
ship European cleared Tuesday for
Cape Town with LOO horses.
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The Lost Continent
By CUTcLLFFE HYNE
Published cpyish. ro. ;, cutenn. Hyns
81 CUTCLIEFE HYNE.
SYNOPSIS.

J Harper : Bros. copyrish. 1yo. ), cuteine Hyn.
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Copy Of Statement Of the Condition
Central
INSURANCE COMPANY

On the goth day of June, 1901.
1t is located at Ais Locust Street. st. Louis.
Missouri.
GEO. 7. CRAM. President.
JNO II. ADAMS. Secretary.
The amount Of its capital s..........S6 100000
The amount of its capital paid up Is. 6n.o0
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AVERAGED 100 IN KANSAS.


TOPEKA, Kan. July 25.-The tempera-
lures were not quite so high in Eansas
to-day, averaging about 100 for the entire
State. However. not the least relief has
been experienced from the drought. The
atmosphere has been very humid, and
numerous prostrations are reported from
various parts of the State.
The corn crop is in q worse condition than
ever, and il will not be a surprising thing
if one-third of a crop is obtained. Many
OF the farmers are cutting II for fodder.
If it were not for the fact that there
are many thousands of bushels OF last
years corn in the State. the outlook for
the stockmen would be serious indeed. Now
that the corn crop is entirely blasted. the
people of the State have stopped consi6-
ering this part Of the drought situation.
but are devOting their attention TO OBJ
tanning water 10 drink. Some towns are In
sore straits. "A week ago they reported
scarcity of stock water. Now some report
that their supply of drinking water is
almost exhausted. Streams, pOncs and
wells are going dry. and IL is hard TO
imagine what the people of many localities
VIII do for water in case rain does not
come In q very short time. Only the towns
having water works systems have a suf-
ficiency OF water for every day purposes.
and as the water plants are dependent
OF the streams for their supply, this. too.
Will soon be shortened.
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Detroit Free Pres.

Detroit Free PreSS.
I'm looking for $780, and the remark
was made on one of the best streets in the
city.
veranda and heard the inquiry as we'll as
the reply.
How stupid of me-" laughed the fine
looking man who was looking for the num-
Der. Il am one OF those pedagogues who
have invaded Detroit and was assigned to
this number. You are very kind
He advanced boldly upon the people in
formed that he was 10 stop with them.
The woman OF the house had dropped in on
some neighbor. so the man took the caller
in charge.
Very sorry" said the latter. but l have
lost my ticket, or whatever they call 1t.
fortunately have a good memory, and
this is the number"
From Minneapolis? '
oh. yes. Long, warm ride. Pardon me.
but would be glad TO pay extra and liber-
ally FOR a bath. and you cant make it too
cold"
4 know how you feel. Been there my
self. Come right upstairs and flop around
Settle with my wife when you are leaving.
This is her enterprise"
The wife returned from her neighborhood
expedition, talked for a few minutes with
the people on the porch and then went 10
her own room. Inside of "A minute she
came tumbiing down TO announce that her
watch. her diamond sunburst and two OF
her finest rings were gone.
TIL husband convinced himself that the
Minneapolis school teacher was also
gone and then became so grimly silent that
no one could get a word out OF him. He
Informed the police. advertised and pre-
tended to be on a still hunt. But he
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New York Evening Post.

New York Evening Post.
Though spelling reform is so old a topic
that il would seem TO be almost impossible
70 say anything new on the subject. Prof:
Francis \. March. at the recent meeting OF
the American Pathological Society. succeed
ed at least in expressing the old arguments
with new emphasis. We knew that, ac-
cOrding TO the reformers, our present bad
spelling costs two years of the school life
OF every child. but had not realized that the
bill for school teachers who under the re-
formed spelling would be s~upernuous
reaches the millions. Nor was II news that
the adoption CT the reformed spelling would
reduce the printing bills of the English
speaking nations by some % per cent. That
in the face of such obvious practical aG-
vantages, only a few periodicals had been
persuaded even TO curtail programme and
catalogue, seemed little short of pathetic.
What the spelling reformers do not realize
Is that unreascn rules in language. We
write what we like. and We refuse to write
what we dislike. Any general change In
the spelling OF a language must come slow
ly, word by word. For a score Of years and
more many Of the German scientific period
icals have been written in a reformed
photography. but the casual reader OF Ger
man to-day hardly knows that such a re-
form exists. 1t is. in the last analysis, a
matter Of feeling, and SO long as catalogue
strikes the majority OF educated people as
an old friend. and catalog as an interloper,
the most reasonable schemes of the spell
ing refolmers will gang a-gley.'
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R FOR MANILA.


MANILA, July 25.-The charter of Manila
was discussed at a public session OF the
Philippine Commission to-day. 1t contains
no provision for elections, as the latter
would be regarded as a dangerous expert
ment with the Heterogeneous population. 1t
provides that the legislative and executive
authority shall be vested in a board of
three, appointed by the Governor. An adj
visory board will be created to represent
each district. The secretary of the board
is the city clerk. The assessor and collector
will nave charge of the valuation and as
sessment of real estate, which will be taxed
annually 2 per cent. All receipts will be
deposited with the insular treasurer. Gov
ernor General Taft will appoint the first
heads Of the municipal departments, but
the municipal board will appoint their sue
cessors. The commission will make appro-
priations on the estimates Of the municipal
board and the insular government will con-
tribute toward the support of the city, the
estimated cost of which is $l,5OO,0D per
annum.
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OUTPUT OF PIG IRON.
Nearly Eight Million Gross Tons in
the First Half of the Year.

PHILADELPHIA, July 25.-The Ameri-
can Iron and Steel Association has re-
ceived from the manufacturers complete
statistics of the production of all kinds of
pig iron in the United States in the first
half of 1901, also complete statistics of the
for sale on June 30, 1901.
The total production of pig iron in the
first half Of 1901 was 7~,614,61S gross tons.
against 7,642. $50 tons in the first half of 1900
and ~6.146.673 tons in the second half. Indi-
cations now point to a decreased production
in the second half of 1901. as compared with
the first half. The production of bessemer
pig iron in the first half of 1901 was 1852. 1877
gross tons, against 4. 46l, 391 tons in the first
half OF 1900 and 3.4S2, 0ol tons in the second
half. The production of basic pig iron in
the first half of 1901 was 645, lO5 gross tons,
against So, S6S tons in the first half of 1900
and 1870, sos tons in the second half.
The production OF CHARCOAL pig iron in the
against 1877, LAG tons in the first half Of 1900
and l72, 12s tons In the second half. The
production of spiegeleisen and ferro man
ganese in the first half Of 1901 was l35, 92l
gross tons. all made in New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, Alabama, Illinois and Colorado,
against l4S. lO2 tons in the first half of 1907
and l07, S75 tons in the second half.
The stocks of pig iron which We're unsold
in the hands Of manufacturers or thti1
agents on June 30, 1901, amounted 10 374, y.
tons, against Az, $40 tons on Dec. 81, 1896,
and 339, 053 tons on June 30, 1900. The Who'll
1901, was 259 against go on Dec. 81, 1900, and
2S3 on June 80, 1900.
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LeprOsy In the United states.
Leslie's Weekly.

Leslie's Weekly.
We are accustomed to think of the loath-
some disease of leprosy as a danger OF an
alien and faraway kind, to be read about
with pity and horror. but not 10 be realized
as a present evil In America. IL Will be
startling news, therefore. to many 70 learn
that there are no less than nine hundred
weii-defined cases of leprosy In this coun-
try, and that the plague is spreading in the
South and in some of the Western states.
Six cases have been discovered in New
York. six In Chicago and nearly one hum
dred in New Orleans. 1t is a fact OF spe-
cial significance that nearly every person
afflicted with leprosy is of foreign birth.
Some are Sweeds. but the majority are
Italians. This furnishes a new and potent
argument for a ~stricter enforcement of I'M
migration laws and quarantine regulations.
There is no apparent reason why the
Southern States should have a larger pro-
portion of leprosy cases than other parts
of the Union. except that the health au-
thorities of Southern ports are not as alert
as some others. If the South, for exam
pie. had quarantine officers as capable,
Vigilant and efficient as DR.. Alvah III. Doty,
of New York, its cities might have as few
lepers as the metropolis. The disease is
one of the most terrible scourges known
TO the world. and no pains nor expense
should be spared In arresting its progress.
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the telegraph and telephone wires TO Leav-
enworth 10 make escape easier. An OF
hcer shot Jones in the neck. infiicting a
serious wound.
+. Wayland Brown. who, with Or. Au-
gust NJ. Dnger, was convicted OF conspiracy
TO defraud an insurance company IN the
famous Defenbach case. was released from
jail at Chicago, yesterday, and the Verdlct
sentencing him TO the pe~nitentiary vacated
and an. order imposing a fine OF S-,vO SUD
stituted. Judge Tuley claimed, upon the an
nounce.nent of the verdict. that ne would
be satisfied with q fine. as Brown was out
slightly 10 blame in the conspiracy. Brown
paid $500 of the fine and his vile, the
daughter of a wealthy Cleveland steel
manufacturer, went security Tor the re-
mainder.
There Is a serious rupture between Gov
Sayres, of Texas, and the Railroad Com
mission. A few weeks ago the Governor
addressed d letter to the commission, say
ing he desired to use fuel oil IN the state
institutions and asking the commission 10
call a hearing TO reduce rates. Yesterday
the commissioners published an address 10
the public, in which they claim That the
rates on oil in Texas are lower than those
in effect elsewhere and say that the rail-
roads are entitled 10 make q proht. Ihey
intimate that the Governor has violated the
proprieties and say that they are not re-
sponsible TO any other department OF the
state government for the manner IN Whlch
they perform their duties.
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EXPERIMENT WITH FANS.
Surprising Results Of Tampcring
with Electricity.
New Orleans Times DEMOCRAT.

New Orleans Times Democrat.
During the present hot spell" said a
gentleman who occupies an uptown office,
Il have . been conducting an experiment
with an electric fan, and l have made some
rather interesting discoveries. These fans
are full of mysteries, in a way, and for a
long time l felt very much intin idated by
the fan In my office, and would almost do
an Oriental salaam when | approached it in
any way. But TO recur to my experiment.
The office which | occupy is rather roomy,
and in fact Is almost as large as a hall.
The fan had not been doing very good work
in a cooling way. although there was A
considerable amount of disturbance atmos-
pherically In the room. The fan is a large
one and of the most improved make. L put
a thermometer directly in front OF the fan,
so it would get the full benefit of the whirl-
ing member, but placed the bulb some dis
lance from the fan. The result was surpris-
ing. Instead of forcing the fluid down, the
temperature began to rise. II rose several
degrees. / soon figured the problem out.
Really the fan was not cooling the office.
Some parts of the Office might have been
cooler, but taking the whole space of the Of
flee the same number of heat units might
have been found In the room. The fan, in
other words, had not forced any or the heat
speak. But an interesting thing had hap
pened, and this accounted for the fact that
the bulb indicated an increase In the tenn
perature of the room. The fan had banked
the heat against the thermometer, created
friction by its rotary motion, and a greater
number of heat units had been crowded into
a given space, and hence there had been a
perceptible rise in the temperature. There
had been, OF course, a proportionate fall in
the temperature In other sections of the
room. But ! made another experiment. I
put a huge block of ice in front OF the fan,
just a few feet away. / left my thermome-
ter hanging in the same place. In a short
while the fluid began 90 fall IN the bulb,
and under the influence OF the cold wave
that was swept from the surface of the ice
the temperature fell four or five degrees,
and ii was not long in doing IL. either. 1t
cooled the room and was one OF the most
successful experiments / made. The force
of the fan melted the ice very rapidly. The
il had been banked against the thermome-
ter in the first case. The concentration Of
heat units played havoc with the ice. but
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, July 25.-The
most severe electrical storm that has visited
this section in a number of years swept
over this city and county early this morn
ing. An electrical bolt cut a queer caper
just north of the city on the Richard Hea-
gany farm. Last night J. B. Mayer. Of
Buffalo. n. Y. completed his No. l well
on this farm. and when the drillers quit
work they left the heavy iron stem and
drill suspended in the derrick. Lightning
struck the drill. cut the rope and let the
iron drop 10 the bottom of the well. a dis
lance of 1.050 feet. The top of the derrick
was slightly shattered, but otherwise no
damage was doEe. IL will require consid-
cradle time and work TO fish the heavy
stem from the well. as the rope was cut
close TO the top. Lightning also struck
Ezra Schmidt's barn in Washington town
ship. and IL was destroyed. together with
its contents. The loss is $500.
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ST. LOUIS. Mo. July 25.-Winds that
prevailed last night and all day to-day
made their presence decidedly felt on the
superheated atmosphere and brought glad
relief to suffering man and beast. A max
fmum of % degrees was recorded at the
government weather bureau. which point
was reached at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
This Is LILO degrees below yesterdays
maximum ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS shat
tered all known records for this vicinity.
The diminutiOn In the Intensity of the
heat was shown by the marked reduction
I'm the death and prostration lists for the
past twenty-fOur hours. For that period
OF time. ending with IL o'clock tonight.
thirty-three deaths and twenty-seN en- cases
OF prOstration were reported. as against
forty-three deaths and seventy-hve pros
t~rations In the previous twenty-four hours.
Most of to-day's deaths were OF persons
stricken when the heat epidemic was at It's
height
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Remaining i'm indianapolis Postonfce
Thursday, July 23, 1901.

II not called for in two weeks these letters VIII
be sent to the dead letter Office. Persons calling
for letters in the following list will please say
they arc advertised. give date OF list and pay l
cent for those obtained. Free delivery Of letters
by carrier to the addresses residence can be
secured py observing the following rules:
First-Dirsct letters plainly TO street and num-
Der.
Sec~ond--Request your correspondents TO DO like
wise.
Third-Have written or printed request for re-
turn on your envelope. giving street and number.
Fourth-Use ink when addressing letters when
possible. and leave Sufficient open space at tor
Of envelope for stamps and post.nark.
Letters addressed to persons known 70 be tran
silent should be marked Transient !. lower
left-hsnd corner OF envelope "A. b c. Genera
Delivery or similarly addressed letters are
fictitious and not deliverable.