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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
WEBS OLD SWEETHEART.
w. j. Killbourne, of Louisiana, Mar
risd to Woman He Courted Over
Forty Years Ago.

There is romance connected with
the marriage at Cleveland, O., of w. J.
Killbourne, aged go years, q wealthy
planter of Killbourne, La, and Mrs.
Anna E. Galloway. aged Sc years, OF
Cleveland. Over 40 years ago they
were schoolmates at Columbus, o.
When they grew up Killbourne was
sutton for the young woman's hand,
but she married W. G. Galloway and
moved to Dayton, o. Killbourne then
went to Louisiana. When the war
broke out both Killbourne and Gallo
way enlisted, Killbourne being lieu.
tenant in the confederate army, while
Galloway commanded company in an
Ohio regiment.
At the battle of Shiloh the rivals
met face to face and engaged in a
fierce duel with swords. Both were
seriously wounded, but recovered.
Soon after the war Killbourne was
married. Six years ago his wife died,
and in the meantime Mrs. Galloway
was made widow and came to Cleye.
land to live.
Recently Killbourne heard of Gal
loway's death and instituted a CORE.
spondence with his former sweet.
heart. which eliminated in their mar.
riaRe.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
GAMBLING CRAZE IN ENGLAND
Roulette and bridge Arc the Fashion.
able Forms of Amusement
Mt London,

The passion for gambling pervading
the smart set in London threatens to
lead to much scandal. Stories are al
ready current of well-known women in
financial difficulties over gambling
losses, in one case amounting to, 1t is
said, $4,000 at single sitting. The
World exposes the universally of the
craze, saying:
Every one is bent on beggaring his
or her neighbor. 1t is the smart host
ess, who, regardless of all considera-
tions of hospitality and friendship, in
vites guests to her house for the eX-
press purpose of winning their money.
Her only aim is to get together those
who will play roulette or bridge and
can afford to pay up handsomely when
the hour of reckoning comes. There
is no less danger for the gilded youth
in the country house, on his friends
yacht, or in a London drawing-room
than on the turf or at Monte Carlo.
Might after night women encour-
age gambling in their houses and
watch complacently the pecuniary
scourging of their friends. To be at
home a certain afternoon in the week
has become the way of announcing to
those who can play and pay that they
will find the hostess drawing-room a
private gambling saloon, and so firmly
has the passion for snatching money
from others pockets taken possession
of the feminine mind that women of
position no longer hesitate to act as
beaters for those who are ready to
provide sport if birds are found for
them"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
MILLIONS TO HEIRS.
Amount Of Life Insurance Money
Paid Out During 1900.
More Than s27a,6eo, $40 Were Distrib-
uted In More Than 0,2OO Cities
and Towns of the United
States and Canada.

An insurance publication in recent
issue publishes statistics which it has
compiled from returns made to it by
life insurance companies showing the
amounts distributed through the
medium of life insurance in the year
1900 in more than 5000 cities and towns
of the United States and Canada. The
gross payments of insurance COM
panies and associations in that period
are stated to have been not less than
$273,590,s76. 1t appears by the tables
that 1877 cities received more than $780,,
900 each. Nineteen cities received
more than $1,oOO,0OO, viz:
New York, $1S,23s,764; Philadelphia,
$5735,26s; Brooklyn, $5,s16,672; Chica-
go, $5,759,75O; Boston, $5.079.671; Balti-
more, $3.596,075; Cincinnati, S3,377, 12O;
st. Louis, $2,s16,O92; Pittsburgh, ST.
179,S07; San Francisco, 81 900, 1922; Buff
falo, $1,655, 6O5; Cleveland, $1,652, 722;
Detroit, $1,650,424; New Orleans, ST.
5O5,512; Montreal, $1,447,445; Newark,
N. j., $1,000, 1868; Washington, $780,
$50; Toronto, $1,O76,652; Providence,
S1,O44,S45.
More. than $4,000, 900 was distributed
in the middle states last year, a consid-
cradle gain over the record of 1899; in
the central states the distribution
amounted to sa6,3oo,o 900, a gain of near
ly 100000 over the preceding year;
in the New England states, $25, 9OO, 900
was paid out, something more than
in 1899; in the southern states the pay
ments reached $40, 600, or 81, OOO, 900
more than in 1899; the policyholders
and their beneiciaries in the western
states received $15,4Oo,0oo, about ST.
100000 more than in 1899; in the Pa
citic states the payments were $780,
900, approximately equivalent to the
payments in 1899.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
Big Engine. to Be Sold a. junk.

The Metropolitan Street Railway
company of New York city is about to
break up and sell as old junk 81, 60O,Ooo
worth of machinery, which is as good
as new, but which has become valueless
since the change of the motive power
on Broadway, Lexington and Column
bus avenues from cable to electricity.
This machinery is now located in the
power houses at Houston street and
Broadway, Lexington avenue and
Twenty-fifth street, and in the Fiftieth
street power house.
The tremendous fywheels, drums
and other machinery were put in only
within the last ten years, and, &C.
cording to the officials of the company,
are to-day almost as good as new.
But as there is no use for it all, the
day of the cable having passed, the en-.
tire lot will be total loss, as the cost
of dismembering it and of hauling it
away will be as much If not more than
the price it will bring.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
SHOWS BIG INCREASE.
Sale Of Postage stamps, Etc, Las.
Year Exceeds Greatly Sales
of Previous Year.

Washington, June 24.-Third AS
sistant Postmaster General Madden
Saturday gave out comparative
statement of the issue of postage
stamps, stamp books, stamped en-
velopes, newspaper wrappers and post
al cards from 1896 to 1901. Including
an estimate for the last Is days of
this month, the total number Of these
postal articles issued by the post of.
flee department to the post offices of
the country during the present fiscal
year is reported at Sill, 764, $50, an in
crease of 1,516,099,166, or SO per cent.
over the total issue in 1896: Their to-
tai value is reported at $1O5, 1913, an
increase of s25,e7a,237, OF 80 per cent.
over 1896.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
DYNAMITE A CHURCH,
Up Methodist House of Worship
at Manhattan, Kan.

Manhattan, Kan, June 24.-An at
tempt was made at 2:3O Saturday
morning to blow up the First Meth
odist church with dynamite. 1t is be-
lieved to be the work of jointsts, who
directed their spite against Rev. j..
NJ. Miller, pastor of the church, be-
cause of his crusade against saloons.
Ne arrests have been made.
A powerful eSplosixe~rwas thrown
upon the .doareof the main entrance,
blowing large hole in the door,
shattering the steps and breaking a
number of stained glass windows.
The damage will amount to several
hundred dollars. The parsonage ad-
joining was not injured.
Rev. Miller was elected mayor this
spring and has waged bitter fight
on the joints. Last Thursday six
jointists were fined 5000 each and
sentenced to 60 days in Jail, their con-
viction being secured on evidence
worked up by the minister.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
An Icy Blast Furnace.

Preparations are being made by the
United States Steel corporation for
the erection of refrigerating plant
at the Lucy furnaces of the Carnegie
company, at Pittsburgh, which will
probably figure largely in revolution
airy reductions in the cost of making
pig iron. The plant, while an experi-
mental one, will be built on CONNER.
cial basis and will cost in the neighbor-
hood of 100000. The idea is to deprive
the air of large percentage of it's
moisture by precipitating and freez-
ing the water before the blast is sent
into the furnace. Blast furnace own.
ers have found that in winter, when
the air Is cold, dry and crisp, they can
make pig iron more cheaply than in
summer, when the air is filed with
moisture.
The experiment will be watched
with interest by all blast furnace men.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
THE ENGAGEMENT OFF.
Archibald RaifR4r-A
Surprise.

New York, June 24-Accerding to
a dispatch from London to the World,
among the paid announcements in
the Morning Post of London Satur-
day appeared this notice: 1.-The
marriage between Miss Vivian Sar-
topis and Mr.. Archibald Balfour will
not take place"
London society is mystified. Mrs.
Sartoris, who is granddaughter Of
Gen. U. S. Grant, is well known In
London, and Mr.. Balfour is cousin
of Arthur Balfour. the statesman.
The American contingent in Lon
don were surprised at the announce
ment of the engagement on April is
last. but prepared to send Wedding
gifts fitting for the granddaug Ter
of former president of the United
States. Hardly anyone knows the
meaning of the sudden notice, and
many refuse 10 believe it true. The
Morning Post, however, prints all the
authorized society announcements.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
Sleeping Engineer Cause. Wreck.

Kansas City, Mo-. June PA special
to the Star from Butler. Mo-, says:
Two Missouri Pacific freight trains
collided head on in the yards
here Saturday morning and were
wrecked. John Slawson. the fire.
man on the northbound train, had
his legs cut off; Voting, brakeman,
was buried under the wreckage of 10
cars and was seriously hurt, and S.
Snyder. fireman of the southbound
train, who jumped before the train
struck. was injured badly. Slawson
and Voting will die. Joe Burke, en-
gineer of the southbound, was asleep
in his cab and failed to carry out or.
ders to take a siding. He saved him
self by jumping, and has disappeared.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
More Com mission. signed.

Washington, June 24.--The pres
ident Saturday signed the following
commissions: State-Horace N. AL
len, Ohio, minister to Corea. Justice
Addison D. James, United States
marshal, western district of Kea-
lucky; Walter H. johnson, United
States marshal northern district Of
Georgia; John NJ. Barnes, United
States marshal, southern district of
Georgia; Nathan v. Harlan, United
States attorney district of Nebraska,
division No. 8. All of the above are
Feappointments except that of Mr..
Harlan
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
in THE WAY OF VARIETY.

The highest shot tower is at Viii
ZACH, in Carinthia. The shot there
falls $50 feet.
In Austria the law requires army
horses to be mesmerized for the pur-
pose of shoeing them.
OF 1,s22,0OO persons at present in
receipt of poor relief in the United
Kingdom, 100000 are over IS years of
age.
Explorers have approached within
23s miles of the north pole, but the
nearest approach to the south has
been 772 miles.
When a vessel is on her trial trip
she runs four times over measured
mile, twice with and twice against
the tide. Her average speed is thus
arrived at.
The work of constructing the Cairo
Cape telegraph line is being actively
carried on. and keeps pace with the
construction of the railroad from
Mombassa to the Victoria Nyanza.
Instead of cut poles, living trees. the
branches of which are cut off, are
planted along the line. Experience
has shown that the living trees are
not attacked by white ants like the
poles.
# the year be divided into two sea-
sons, the warm and the cold fthe
warm season including the TING when
the daily temperature is above the
annual average), 1t is found that the
warm season is longer than the cold
for nearly all parts of the United
States. The exceptions are in the
Rocky mountain region and in certain
email areas in the lower lake region
and the middle Atlantic states.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
Valuable Manu.or,pt so,a

In the sale of the Ashburnham
manuscripts at Sotheby's, London,
the other day the gem of the collec.
ton was "Horae Beatae Mariae yir.
ginis cum Calendario." Within its
purple covers there is compressed as
much rare art as is to be found in
almost any other manuscript of the
fifteenth century. The artist has in.
dulged in riot of grotesque humor,
introducing fabulous monsters and
grotesque animals-a horse riding a
man, fox shaving goat, pig rid.
ing a camel, clothed in red cloak
and wearing bishops inter, etc.
1t was sold to Harding, the booksell.
er for E1.160.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
Gold Mine Averts n Famine.

A pretty story comes from Siberia.
When the famine was at its height
last winter, reports ST. Petersburg
journal, the people of the village of
Shnganichi went prospecting and
soon located placer mine which
yielded 300 roubles a week. Their
good luck got noised about and soon
the gold fever seized the entire dis
trict. "Artols" or mutual associa-
tions were organized, some of which
won 1000 roubles week until the
militia came and drove the peasants
back to their villages, but the famine,
at least, was over.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
INJUNCTION GRANTED.
Striking Machinists mt siiIwankee
Must Not Interfere with Opera
tion of Machine Shop.

Milwaukee. June ga temporary
restraining the striking
machinists from interfering in any
way with the operation of it's ma
chine shop was obtained Saturday by
the Vilter Manufacturing company.
The injunction is returnable in
Judge Elliott's court.
The outcome of this case will be Of
national Importance. It is contended
by counsel for the Yilter company
that while the men have right to
strike in concert. they have no right
to combine to force their employers
to their terms or establish their own
rules in shops of employers.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
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Case to be Adjusted.

st. Paul, Mimi, June 24.-Judge
Bum. in the district court, has filed
his memorandum in the case of Uri
L. Lamprey against the St. Paul &
Chicago Railway company, Farmers
Loan e. Trust company and Russell
Sage, the New York capitalist. Find
ings in favor of the plaintiff are to
be drawn on the memorandum and
submitted to the court, and if there
are points on which the counsel can.
not agree they are to be submitted
to the court.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
A vnique Feature.

Warsaw, Ind, June s4.-The sig
teenth annual convention of the
Western Writer'S association will
convene in a five days session at Wi
mona Lake, June 25 to 20. An unique
feature of the programme will be a
novelette, of six chapters, written
by as many members of the Writer'S
association. Each chapter will be
read by its author. The session will
close Friday evening with ? banquet.
The attendance promises to be larg-
or than any other former convention
of writer's.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
A Cyclone KILLS NINE.
Little Town Of Naper, Neb., AL
most Wiped Out of Existence
by a Terrible Storm.
SERIOUS INJURIES RECEIVED BY MANY.
Survivors Gathered in Few Rename
ing buildings and Aid In BcinE
Sent In from Surrounding Towns
The miraculous Escape from Death
or Injury of Rev. l.. L. barnes.

Omaha, Neb., June 24.-Saturday
mornings dispatches from Naper.
Neb.. the scene of Thursdays cyclone,
/, do not change materially the reports
| of Friday night. Bertha Anderson
has been added to the list of the killed,
and her mother, Mrs. August Ander-
son. will probably die.
A revised list of the dead and in
| jured is as follows:
The dead:
Jacob Greening. aged IS: Maggie Green
| Ing, aged -; John Greening, aged S; Mary
Greening, aged 6; Jacob Greening, aged 81;
Clara Anderson, aged Z; Ida Anderson,
aged 5; Bertha Anderson, aged TO-.
Mrs, James Pershall died of fright at
Badger.
The iniured:
Mrs. Jacob Greening. seriously; Theodore
Anderson, aged s, dangerously; Mrs. Au-
gust Anderson, in critical condition;
Otto Metz, severe bruises; Henry Metz leg
broken.
Direct communication by telegraph
and telephone is still cut off, and there
are several washouts on the Elkhorn
road east and west Of Stuart
Funerals of eight victims of the tor.
pado were held Friday afternoon, and
hundreds of people from Holt county
and the Keyapaha valley attended
services.
The little town of Naper is almost
entirely destroyed. The people are
gathered in the few buildings left
standing. among them a church and
schoolhouse, and provisions and cloth
ing are being sent in from the sur
rounding towns.
One peculiar incident of the storm
was in his barn preparing to drive
across the country when the storm
struck. The barn was lifted bodily
and shattered to fragments, but Mr..
Barnes and the horses escaped with
out injury.
A special to the Dee from Butte,
Neb., says.
A hurricane struck Lynch at ten
o'clock Thursday night and threw
over several buildings. No one was
hurt Southwest of Lynch three
farm houses We're blown to pieces and
two persons were badly injured.
Evert Ricards' brick house on the
Niobrara was blown down and child
was badly injured. Farmers along the
south side of the Niobara were hailed
out of their crops.
The storm followed southeasteriF
direction from Lynch to Badger, where
it demolished three residences and
several small buildings. Mrs. James
Pershall, wife of a prominent ranch
man and owner of the Badger mills,
was so badly frightened as result of
the storm that she died few hours
later.
Later reports indicate that the
storm extended throughout the upper
Elkhorn and Keyapaha valleys, doing
much damage to CROPS.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
Cotton Acauitted.

Omaha, Neb., June 24.-Charles E.
Cotton, former cashier of the First
national bank of Syracuse, Neb., has
been acquitted by a jury in the fed
eral court Charges upon which he
was tried were those of making false
entries in books; making false re-
ports to the comptroller of the treas
ury, and abstracting funds of the
bank
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
VIII Be Consolidated.

Washington. June 24-It has been
determined to consolidate the depart
ment of ALASKA with the depart
ment of the Columbia, both to be UNI
der the command of Gen. Randall, who
is now In command In Alaska. The
name of the department of Columbia
will be retained and headquarters will
be at Vancouver barracks. Wash.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
Young Woman XIII. HepssIf.

Frankfort, KY. June 24.-Miss
Alice Duvatt Gibbs, aged is, a beau
tiful girl who was found and de-
tanned by Lexington detectives Friday
and taken back to her home in
Frankfort by her father. j. C. Gibbs,
committed suicide by taking poison.
She died at an early hour in the
morning. 1t is said that she elogsd
to Lexington with drummer Thurs
day on his promise to marry her.
Her father is proprietor OF saloon
tn Frankfort.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
Voted Down.

Washington, June a2.-Ihe printing
pressmen in their international con.
vention here Friday finally decided
against the resolution requesting
members of the union to refrain from
joining military organizations. A mo-
ton to concur in report favorable to
the resolution made by. the committee
on law was voted down. The principal
objection to the resolution was that it
had tendency to rob members Of
their individual Independence.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
nu.Ine.. Hou.e. nurned.

Van Vert, o.. June "a The bust
ness portion of Scott. village eight
miles north Of here, was destroyed
by fire early Saturday: Van Vert
was asked for assistance, but before
an engine could be sent the fire was
under control. The loss 10 not yet
known.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
May Not suit Japan.

Picking, June 2s.-The emperor has
appointed Ma Tung to be Chinese min
lister to Japan. This appointee is a
Manchu and was formerly vice presi-
dent of the tsung Ii yamen. He is re-
puted to be Boxer and narrowly es-
capped being included in the list of Chi.
nese officials who were beheadedat the
demands of the powers. 1t is doubtful
If Japan will accept Ma Tung as min
lister from China,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
Refuse to Take strikers. Places.

Sharon, Pa, June 24.-The machin-
lists who were brought to Sharon to
work in the Sharon steel works in
place of the strikers returned to
their homes in Philadelphia Saturday
with a single exception. They
claimed they were given wrong Inn.
preston regarding the situation in
Sharon and were not aware there
WAS strike on hand. The machin-
lists committee induced them to
leave town
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
strike Settled.

Joliet. H.. June 24.-The strike of
linemen and electrical workers, in
stalling the Northwestern Telephone
company's system In Joliet. Aurora
and Lockport. is settled. The men
got concessions in shorter hours and
half holiday Saturday.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
A Lack of Reciprocttx

What makes that dock 80
haughty?"
He is proud of his ancestors"
Il see. And l suppose 1t never once
occurred to him that his ancestors
might be more or less ashamed of
him Washington star.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
start ON Long Journey.

London. June 24.-The body of
Hazen S. Pingree, former governor of
Michigan. who died here June 1s, was
taken to Southampton Saturday. and
will be conveyed to the United States
on the Red Star line steamer Zee
Land, sailing at noon Sunday.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25

Philadelphia. June 24.-The force
of the Reading repair shops at Nice
town. suburb of this city. are on
strike. More than 200 men are idle.
They presented their demands to the
superintendent two weeks ago, and
receiving no reply they decided to
quit work.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
Strike Doe. Not Grow.

Reading, Pa. June 24.-The strike
of employees of the Reading railway
shops, which was begun Friday noon,
has not spread to other departments
in this city, and they are working as
asual to-day.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
Not Like Him.

There was a mysterious sound.
Suddenly the black curtain parted.
Hear that rapping?" whispered
the medium. ut is your departed
husband"
Don't sound like Jeems," said the
little freckled widow. "Jeems didn't
have enough manners to rap. He'd
always rush right n."-Chicago Daily
News
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
Given Thirteen-Year Sentence.

Sedalia. Mo-, June 24,-John w.
Goodman, who in March killed Jessie
Mcbride. neighboring farmer. near
Dresden, was Saturday found guilty Of
murder in the second degree and given
d sentence of Is years in the peniten-
tiary
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
Hi. Dilemma

Van Dorn-Why did Highfyer look
SO depressed this morning.?
Jelleby-Why, he called on Mabel
Million last night and found Miss Dol.
lars and Miss Banks both there.
Van Dorn-Wsll?
1etieby-Why, you see, he's engaged
TO all OF them. -Leslie's Weekly.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25

Houston, Tex. June 24.-The COM
press owned by Inman, helms G. Co.
was burned Friday morning with 1900
bales of cotton. The loss is placed at
sl25,ooo, the plant being totally de-
stroyed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
Too FuIsone

A Mr.. Hogshead has had his name
changed by the courts, says the New
York World. Some men never know
when they have enough.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-25
Candidate. for Statehood.

No new states were admitted be-
tween 1896 and 1900. New Mexico, Ari-
IONA and Oklahoma are now the ter
ritorial candidates for statehood,