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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-31
In the Age of the Reformation II
Was Rife, and Even Luther Be-
lieved the Devil Visited Him.

The cures of Jesus excited so much
surprise among his contemporaries be-
cause they were effected by His word
and look alone, and needed no adventi-
tious aid of magical drugs; though
even He would send on his patients to
the priests to be finally purified by
magical ablutions from the unclean
spirits visitation. In the age of the
Gospels everyone, from the beggar in
the streets to the emperor on the
throne, believed in the existence OF
haunting trees and rivers, even inhab-
iting statues as their tenements. II
was only question of which name was
most potent in exorcism, end in Acts
1916 Gallo drove from the judgment
seat the Jews, who were rioting about
mere words and names; that is to
say, were assailing Paul for invoking
against the invisible powers of evil
rather than the names of Abraham,
Isaac and jacob, says tic Intcrna-
tional Monthly. In that age, as in the
ages that followed, there was thus
background of chronological belief
into which fitted the stories which are
stumbling block to modern divines
like Farrar and Ian Maclaren In the
age of the reformation, this back
ground of belief in evil spirits causing
madness and sickness and bad weather
was still intact, and entered as a factor
into mems lives and conduct to de-
gree which only those can realize who
will consult the literature of that age.
Even Luther, who burst so marry bonds
of superstition, never questioned the
reality of the visits which the devil
Maid him
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-31
BATTLEsH1p IOWA.
Costly Model of the War Vessel Hus
Been Secured for the State
Historical Department,

The state historical department. is
about to be enriched by the addition
of a large model of the battleship,
Iowa, secured from Cramps ship
yard through the Offices of Speaker,
Henderson for Curator Charles AID
rich.
The model is to be sent to Dubuque
in charge of Judge Lenihan, and
there placedl ON exhibition for the
opening of the Henderson library in
that city, after which it will be re-
packed and sent to the historical
building on capitol hill.
1t will be from six to eight feet in
length and encased in plate glass. 1t
will be an absolutely accurate repro
duction in miniature of the great
ship which passed through the
Spanish-Ameriean sea fights and has,
added to the fame of this state. The
cost of these models is said to be.
very great. Probably between $4,000,
and $4,000 will be expended on this
one.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-31
RICH MEN TARGETS.
Mysterious Shooter Causes Much
Anxiety to the Police Depnrt-
ment in Keokuk.

The police in Keokuk have been
working unsuccessfully to solve
mysterious assault made on Thomas
II. Pond, wealthy business man of
this city. Mr.. Pond went into his
back yard at night and saw standing
inside the fence a man, who shot
twice at him, both bullets missing
their mark. The man escaped down
the high Mississippi river bluff near
by.
The police put bloodhounds on the
trail within an hour, but the dogs
lost the scent within short dis
lance. Mr.. Pond caught an uncertain
glimpse of his assailant 80 feet away,
but has no idea who he was.
Recently wealthy farmer living
in suburb of Keokuk was shot at
his home early in the night and the
police and a detective agency have
found no clew to the perpetrator.
The similar but unsuccessful attempt
to shoot Mr.. Pond causes the sus-
picion that homicidal lunatic is at
large.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-31
ARMY ENLISTMENTS.
Muster Roll of Those Who, Have Been
Taken Into the Service in
Iowa Since Oct. L.

Lieut.. Fred L. Perry, who has been
conducting the branch Office of the
Des Moines recruiting station at
Davenport, has been transferred to
Dubuque, where he will have charge
of the Dubuque station and it's
branch stations. Capt. II. E. Ely has
been en)isting a number of recruits
during the fall months. The follow
ing have been taken into the service
since October l.:
Christopher S. Ruff, of Marshall
town, at Sioux City, and assigned to
infantry service at Preside, Cal.
Daniel Judson, of Chillicothe, Mo-,
enlisted at Ottumwa and assigned to
the Thirteenth cavalry, stationed at
Fort Meade, S. d.
Albert Havertield, of Ottumwa, en-
listed at Ottumwa, and assigned to
infantry srvice at Preside, Cal.
William A. Haverfeld, of Oskaloosa,
enlisted at Ottumwa, and assigned to
troop A, Fourteenth cavalry, sta
toned at Fort Du Chesne, Utah.
John j. Mumm, of Brillion, Wis,
enlisted at Davenport, and assigned
to infantry service at Preside, Cal
Christopher S. Morton, of Evans
vile, Ind, enlisted at Davenport, and
assigned to infantry service at Pre-
sidio, San Francisco, Cal.
The following enlisted at Sioux City
for infantry service: James Harvey,
Joseph G. Jackson, Levie Morical,
George Murphy, Edward McClain,
Charles L. Smith, Forrest Williams.
Those enlisted for cavalry service are
George Caple, Joseph L. Lamb and
William G. Timmons.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-31
HUNTING FOR EDEN.

fIe travelled In search of purer air.
And he found where it was, one day,
But the water supply was beastly there,
Ard so he declined to stay.
He hunted far to discover the kind
OF water his health required,
But where it was he was panied to find
More winter than he desired.
He looked for climate to suit his taste,
And he found just the kind, at last,
But all around was barren waste,
Where never traveller passed,
So he hurried on and he searched around
For climate and water and air,
But wherever perfect thing was found
Some other was lacking there.
He started in search of healthful place.
When his form was erect and strong,
When the color of health appeared in hi
face,
But his visage got pale ere long;
He Travelled to keep bad health away,
He noticed his pallor and worried,
Till he found just the proper place, one day
And there, on the next, was buried.
IS. E. Kiser. in Chicago Record Herald.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-31
CHAPTER XII.

When the plunging carriage and it's
yelling escort of pursuers were gone,
Griswold sat up and felt for broken
bones. Happily there were none, and
in a trice he was afoot and on his
way back to the "Belle julie" the
handouts hidden by bit of bagging
The flank movement was not of i'm
pulse; it was only the carrying out
of plan well defined at the outset;
the determination to do the thing
that the professional robber would
not do.
The mate was at the heel of the
footplank when he went aboard, and
ne saw the manacles.
Eli, there, Gavitt!" he called,
whats to pay with you now?"
Griswold explained in barest out
line.
"Who was it, then? Thugs, sup
pose, after your bit of pay. and the
cop hustled the wrong man, av
course. How come We to get foot
loose?"
Legged it, But 1 can't get these
off"
"T'll bet you can't. Come with me;
you did be doing me a damn good
turn wan night, and I'm not forget
ting it,"
He led the way to his room, found
pair of handouts and key, and
freed the prisoner. After which he
gave him a longtailed coat, much
the worse for wear, and an old hat.
"Take them and be off with you,
before the cops come down to look
for their bits of scrap-iron," he said.
Griswold would have thanked him,
but speech-Gayitt speech-was not
to he had.
Once on the leree again, with all
the improbability of finding the ne
gro and the tre2 sure confronting
him, he had ap ill-turn that was
most disquietirg. But i'll the midst
of it he fo''ld his man, who bad
successfully lodged the Officer and
saved the precious bundle.
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Giswold promptly doubled tn.

FiPcAy >toaoASN oiS
blacks reward, and went his way to
begin series of metamorphoses
The series began in pawnshop next
door to the saloon which had seduced
the detective. Here he made a
change of clothing from top to toe,
bought a handbag much too large to
be filled with the cast-off garments
of the deck hand. and sailed forth
to seek BARRIERS shop of clearly
promise.
The shop and it's bathroom made
the next step in the series; and from
thence Gr1swold went uptown to an
outtitting establishment of the bet
ter sort. and made another complete
change; made it with such ample
provision for the future that he was
obliged to purchase two travelling
cases to hold the overflow. Here he
explained that he was Just up from
fever district, and begged the OPP
portunity to burn all the cast-ofr
clothing in the furnace of the steam
heating plant. 1t was given him, and
when cab was called to take him to
CllC 1louCl, llO Olc WHO utlu known
him in New Orleans, or on the main
deck of the 'Belle Julie,'' would have
recognized the clean-shaven, we'll
dressed young man who had tossed
his traveling-cases up to the driver
and gave the terse order: "To the
Marlborough"
No one, l say; and yet it must have
been the very irony of fate which
sent to him the very cabman who
had so lately assisted him in the
hazardous escape on the levee. For,
among all those who were most near
ly concerned, surely none but the
sharp-eyed little Irishman would
have penetrated his disguise-as he
did.
"'Tis the divil's own self he is"
'nuttered the sharp-eyed one on the
short drive to the hotel. There's
nothing left av him but thin eyes,
and that cut on his forrud, and his
manner of sp'ahin'. But thin I'd
swear to if I'd live to be as old az
Father McGuiniss-res his sowl."
TTo Pa
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-31
RURAL DELIVERY.
Established in Iowa.. Service
Beginning Dec. L.

The following rural free delivery
service will be established Deem
Der 1:
Battle Creek, Ida county, one car
rier; length of route, "a miles; popu-
lation served, 412; post office at Mid,
way, Woodbury. county, to- be sup.
piled by rural carrier.
Hull, Sioux county, ono carrier;
length of route, "a miles; popula ton
served, 462.
Kingsley, Plymouth county, three
carriers; length of routes, rs miles;
population served, 1883.
Newell, Buena Vista county, two
carriers; length of routes, 40 miles;
population served, s74; post office at
Crozier and Racine discontinued.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-31
Contempt of Court.

George w. Smith and wife, of Gilman,
Marshall county, have been sentenced
to- five months in jail and fine of $500,
having been convicted of contempt of
court. They had been enjoined several
months ago from selling liquor any,
where within the Seventeenth judicial
district. The evidence mot only showed
they sold liquor, but did so openly and
even solicited patronage. Not only
that, they ran wide-open gambling
house andkept licentious womenin the
guise of dining-room girls.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-31
A Knave Of
Con science
By FRANCIS LYNDE.
CHAPTER TX. CoNr1NuEp.
Copyright 1900, by Francis Lynde.)

1t was all over in moment. Char
iotte saw the mate try to spurn the
disabled negro, and saw the white
man step between. Then the mates
right arm shot out in mighty blow
at the peacemaker, who was stand
ing just within the low guard with
his back to the river.
She looked to see him hurled to his
death in the brown flood; and what
she did see was scarcely less horrify-
ing. The fugitive had stepped aside,
and the mate, carried off his feet by
the impetus of his own blow, STUN
Died on the low rail ana dropped in
to the river.
Charlotte saw instantly what would
happen. If the mate were not
drowned outright, the devouring pad
die wheel would swiftly overtake him
and batter the life out of him. But
what did happen was more astound-
ing. Like flash the man whom the
mate would have sent to the death
which was to be his own sprang
overheard fairly upon the shoulders
OF the struggling bully, carrying him
deep under water just as the roaring
wheel was about to engulf him
All this Charlotte saw; and the
rescue of both a few minutes later,
the mate insensible and the other in
the throes of exhaustion; and when
1T was over she was fain to go back
to her room, with her letter to Mr..
Galbraith still in her bosom. For
heroism is a law unto itself, and were
man guilty of thousand crimes,
the woman does not live who could
give him up to justice on the heels
of such deed.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-31
Big Land Deal.

Iowa capitalists composing land
syndicate have made one of the big
deals of the year, involving 20 900 acres
of land near Winnipeg, Man. The trans
action involves $25O,0O0 and Includes
several tracts of land in the vicinity
Of Carmen. The leaders at the head
OF the new syndicate are T. j. Master-
son, a well-known jobber of Dubuque,
and S. X. Way, a prominent citizen of
Wesley. The other members of the
Syndicate live at various points i'm
northern and northwestern Iowa.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-31
Fear the smalIp.sx.

There are symptoms that Iowa will
be troubled this winter by another cpl
demic of smallpox. The number of
cases reported to the state board Of
health is increasing rapidly as the fall
season advances. DR.. j. II. Kennedy
says that the number of cases report
ed thus far in October was greater than
the number reported the entire month
of September. 1t is felt at the office
of the board that timely precautions
against the disease should be taken
in all communities and thus if posi-
BILE prevent repetition of the expert
ence of last season.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-31
ALL IN ONE HOUR.
Young Business Man in Dcs Moines
Confesses to Forgery and His
Wife Secures n Divorce.

In an hours time Saturday, Will
lam E. BueclS, young business man
engaged in the selling of photograph
ic supplies, had confessed before
Judge McVey, in Des Moines, that he
had forged marriage certificate to
conceal his relations with Miss Anna
Mcmillan, a 17-year-old girl, had been
sentenced to a years term at Fort
Madison, and his real wife had been
granted decree of divorce and al
lowed to resume her maiden name.
The case was an extremely dramat-
ic one. Bucks wife chung to him
with mistaken devotion all through
the trial of the action for forgery.
He steadily denied he was guilty, but
at last broke down and in tears con-
fessed. Then his wife's demeanor
changed at once and she applied for
q decree of divorce Immediately. 1t
was granted in few minutes and
Buecll was led down into the county
Jail to be transferred to Fort Madi-
son to-day.
Bueck's troubles started over his
relations with Miss Mcmillan, hand
some young woman here. Her mother
suspected his intentions, and in order
to throw the elder woman off the
track, he went to printer, got 500
marriage certificates printed and
then filled one in, forging the name
Of Judge Hamilton, of Davenport. He
represented to Mrs. Mcmillan that
her daughter was his wife. He main
tanned to Miss Mcmillan that Mrs.
Bueck, whom she had seen at his
place of business, was his sister.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-31
Second Trial Failed.

Two divorces. from the same man
is not often seen, but this is the case
of Mary McClain, who was for the sec
ond time granted a divorce in Dubuque
from Calvin Mccain. In 1892 she made
a similar application which was grant
ed. Soon afterward she regretted her
action and married her former hus-
band. Her accusation was cruelty and
desertion. Mrs. McClain is the only
woman in Dubuque county who has
received two divorces from the same
man, both of which were granted in
Dubuque court.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-31
pioneer RnIinr

Judge Wakefield, of the district court
at Sioux City, made pioneer Iowa
ruling in the dar,age suit of C. F.
Thompson VS.. A. L. Frace. He held
that while proSocation of an assault
might be used as defense against a
claim of malice and therefore an es-
toppal of claim for exemplary dam
ages, it could not be introduced as a
defense against claim for actual dam
ages. AS "a result the ury gave Thomp /.
son $55, where's he claimed $3.50.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-31
CHAPTER x.

When Charlotte had made sure of
the pseudo deck hands identity in
.he forenoon of the second day out
she had thought the assurance un-
asS57aR4s and 5 had S s2aauf shs awoke
late on the morning following the
brave rescue of the mate, assurance
had departed.
!, With the admission of the smallest
doubt, she could by no means go on
with her plan of betrayal until the
doubt was removed; and, not know
'lng what else to do, she went to the
captain to find out if possible all he
knew about the mates rescuer.
The interview was most unsatisfac-
tory. She led up to the subject by
telling the captain the story of the
rescue, and so was privileged to ask
few questions about the rescuer. Did
the captain know him? And, above
all, did the captain know the day and
hour when the man had Joined the
crew?
Capt Mayfeld knew no more than
that the mans name was John Gavitt,
and that he had joined some time dur
ing the day of departure from New
Orleans. He was a sick tramp, work
ing his way home to some small river
town in Iowa.
So the doubt remained unsolved,
after all, and her hands were tied I'M
less it could be removed. She could
think of no other expedient, save an
interview with the man himself, and
this she knew was impossible-in it's
bringing about and in any definite re-
suit that could accrue. For if she
could bring herself to question him,
surely he would lie in his own behalf.
And yet it was the impossible
thing that happened. For that even
ing just at dusk, while she was stand
ing on the guard upon which her
stateroom window opened, she heard
a step on the stair leading from the
deck above. A man descended slowly,
and when he came near enough she
recognized him. She let him go until
her opportunity was all but lost;
theA, plucking courage out of the
heart of desperation, she recalled
him.
Zone moment, if you please; II
want to speak to YOU" she faltered;
and he turned obediently and stood
before her.
Followed pause, surcharged with
the electricity of things ominous. He
YVES generous enough to come to her
rescue.
"You have something to say
to me?'
Eyes; I want to ask you at what
time you joined the crew of the
Belle Julie"
The question did not surprise him.
nor did he attempt to evade it.
though he knew to what it would
dead.
Between twelve and one o'clock
the day before yesterday"
"Will you tell me where you were
ct IL o'clock that day."
Yes, if you ask me-"
81 do ask YOU"
81 was in a certain public building
in New Orleans. as near to you az
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-31
Lion in u Kitchen

One of the lions on exhibition in the
animal show at Dubuque escaped from
the keeper and after creating panic
among the crowd jumped through the
window of Cassuie's restaurant and
made a wreck of the kitchen. He was
tiaally captured,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-31
WAS A GOOD FAIR.
OMcinl Statement Issued by AsricuI.
tural Department Shows Sur
plus of Over 100000.

The state department of agricul-
ture October had balance of $751;
45S.79 on hand. The official financial
statement was issued by Secretary
Simpson yesterday.
The statment shows the fair this
year was the best from financial
standpoint ever held in the state. The
entire receipts We're $63,914.O6; the
expenses, $41,535.ss, leaving as the
actual net profit $22,37s.1s, none Of
the permanent improvements preced-
ing the fair being taken into account.
Secretary Simpson remarked yester-
day that had the weather been good
throughout fair week, the surplus
would have been $4,000 greater. The
following is the departments finan-
cial statement:
Balance on hand Dec. !, 1902. 34,A4 93
State appropriation for stock pa ~ NM ~
State appropriation, insura aln 1000 90
Ticket sales at fair. .$46,2I9 %
Dept. receipts, at fair.... 1I,ue9 II
M.scl receipts fair....... 574 TO 6S,9l4 06
Total ......... ............. .sls6, 1853 80
DISBURSEMENTS.
Expense OF holding fair ........... 1929 81
Paid on stock pavilion contract. ~ 400 50
Other improvements ............ 1881 IS
Insurance OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l,O92 co
EX-secretary's salary ............. 157 20
Supt. of F. c., salary.............. 500 CO
1901 bills paid OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 94.25
1901 .................... 50 20
Balance on hand ................... 1,45S 70
Total ........... ............... slS6, 1853 80
1t is not yet certain what perma-
nent improvements will be made next
year. A new pavilion for judging
hogs and another one for judging
sheep are likely to be erected. Adj
tional sidewalk is needed and con-
siderable amount will probably be
built. The statement shows the Iowa
state fair is one of the most profit
able in the country,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-31
The Flour was Tough.

Mrs. Yonngbride-l've come to com
plain of that -four you sent me.
Groccr-What was the matter with
it?
at was tough. I made a pie with
it and ii was as much as my husband
could do 10 cut Philadelphia
lress.
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Some Foor Questions.

''We all have our troubles" said the
colored philosopher who runs the ele-
yator in the post office, "but the worst
of it is that we think no one has any
but ourselves. My greatest trouble
is answering fool questions, and / get
good many of them in the course of
the day. Yesterday there was hung
jury, and one of 'em asked me If we
had good beds for jurymen who wer~
kept over night! I told him / hadn't
seen any yet, and I'd BEEN here for
good while. To-day the weather bn-
reau hung their sign as usual in the
elevator. 1t said Fair and that's all,
same as it often does. 1t hadn't been
there five minutes when man from
up the state came in and asked me:
Where's this yer fair ats told him
it was in the circuit courtroom if it
was anywhere. WALL says he, 4 can't
take it in. I've got to go to the cir
GUS And that's the way l get 'em
right along."-Philadelphia Telegraph.
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ciaspcd the mana 1les upon the wrists
of the man who was on his way to
punishment.
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A Heavx Fnll.

In a cartain school not far from Tar
rytown, the head master, with the OBJ
ject of giving his higher class prac-
teal lesson in the use of the barome-
ter, placed that instrument on the
window about seven feet from the
ground, and told his senior scholars to
note any change in it, and report to
him. During dinner-hour one boy,
more meddlesome than the Others be-
gan tampering with the glass, with
the result that it fell to the ground
and was broken to pieces. Anticipat-
ing matters, he watched for his mas
ter's return from dinner, and, rushing
to meet him, observed, excitedly: "Sir,
the barometer has fallen!" "How
much ?" asked the pedagogue, thinking
of climatic change. "seven feet!" was
the reply. to the amazement of the
master.-Woman's Home Companion.
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oLD-TlME BELIEF IN DEMONS.

ITO Be Continued
Bisbee daily review., 1902-06-20

made a flying visit to La Cananea on Wednesday. returning Thursday. He met many former Jerome acquaint- ances, but was glad to get back to the Queen of Camps.
 Captain Mossman, of the Rangers, leaves today for Phoenix.
 w. R. Brown. representing the Santa Fe Railroad company. is in the cIty. also MT. Van Slack, representing the same company. Both these gentlemen have their headquarters at Fl Paso.
 Frank Dudley, who is working some mines in Mexico, leaves for Stafford. in the Gila valley, this morning, after spending several days in Bisbee- MT. Dudley formerly was connected with a mining enterprise near Stafford.
 MT Thomas Hopkins was an incom- campo. CT nSlrPDoC vbgkqj cmfwyp ing passenger yesterday from the lower camp.