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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-03
TO BUILD ELECTRIC LINES.
object of Organization of Capitalists
Headed by State Senator
Lyons.

An organization of Cresco capital
lists, Of which Senator Lyons is the
head, has in view the construction of
two lines of electric road, one rum
ming south and the other west from
that city, and making connections
which will make transportation on
interurban lines all over the north
eastern part of the state possible.
The company is to be incorporated
in the spring and surveys made.
One line is to be surveyed in south
easily direction to New Hampton,
thence south to connect the line
which is now being extended north
from Waterloo to Denver. This will
give direct connection with Water
loo with district which is now
reached only by roundabout way.
The second line will run west from
Cresco to Elma, on the Great West
ern to Usage and thence to Mason
City. The propositions for these two
lines are thus far only on paper, and
no active work will be commenced
until spring. In tho meantime the
feasibility of the routes is being
quietly investigated by the parties
interested.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-03
LIABLE FOR MULcT TAX.
Decision Important to Wholesale
Houses Handed Down by Judge
Brannan.


An important decision has been
handed down by Judge Brannan, Of
the district court, at Muscatin
wherein he declared that wholesale;
and jobbing house handling ciga-
rettes and also doing retail bust
ness is liable to the assessment of
muict taxes. The case is entitled
Herman Gremmel ct al. versus Mus
catine county ct al. Gremmel is a
wholesale dealer and contended that
because of this the tax did not fall
upon him. He further claimed the
assessment was transgression of
the interstate commerce law. After
the assessment was made he filed o
petition asking a temporary injunc-
ton to prevent the sale of the prop
erty. This was granted, and he then
asked that it be made permanent.
Here the county filed demurrer,
asking that the temporary injunction
be set aside. The county claimed
that the firm also did retail bust
ness and came under the provisions
of the law. The decision carries with
it the assessment of similar taxes
against several other cigar houses in
Muscatine.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-03
KILLED BY THE CARS,
Indiana Couple on the Way to he
Married Meet Death at Rail-
way. CROSSING

Newcastle, Ind, Dec. 31.-Nancy
Reeder and John Edwards were
struck and instantly killed Monday
evening by an east-bound Pennsyl-
vania train. Both bodies were hor-
ribly mangled. that of the woman
being carried on the pilot of the en-
CINE quarter of mile. The acct
dent happened at dangerous grade
crossing, where two persons had
been previously killed.
Muncie, Ind. Dec. 31.-John P. Ed
wards and Mrs. Nancy Reeder, who
were killed on a Panhandle grade
crossing mile south of Mount Sum-
nit Monday evening. were going to
Newcastle TO be married few min
utes later. Mr.. Edwards is a con-
tract house mover in Muncie. He
drove to Mrs Reeder's country home
near springport. and they were to
surprise their friends by the we'd
ding. He is Sc. with family of six
children, and she is rich widow
and has practiced law. daughter
of the woman was seriously injured.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-03
IOWA STATE NEWS.
COURTHOUSE BEGUN.
Work ON the New Polk County struc-
ture In Des Moines Com-
menced,

Work was begun in Des Moines on
the new Polk county courthouse.
While this apparently has only local
Importance, really it is a matter of
state wide interest. Not only is Des
Moines the capital of the state, and
proposes to erect courthouse of a
fourth of the value of the capitol
building, but the time of the state
supreme court has been taken up, in
no inconsiderable measure, for the
last four years with litigation con-
corning this public improvement. At
it's special session just adjourned,
the court closed up the litigation, as
a tinality, and declined even to rein
state single injunction which was
dissolved by it at the October term,
pending ruling on u petition for
rehearing in one branch of the case.
This declination had not been effec-
tive Is minutes when the supervisors
of the county signed up contracts
for 100000 worth of work on the
building. The prospect of securing
this structure compensates the city
in a measure for the chagrin of pos
sible loss of the $2,O0O,OO0 army post,
located here by congress, whose con-
dition is now decidedly precarious.
Inability of the city of Des Moines
to furnish water for the post is the
principal ailment with which the
proposition is affected. When an
army board of retired officers, in
Guiding Gen. Il. S. Otis, who was SO
long in command in the Philippines,
came out to inspect the grounds Of
fered by the city for location for
the post, his clerk took down all the
promises of the city's representatives
in short hand. The officers seemed
to be good fellows. and not very par
ticular about things, so the local
committee imagined that the city
was about to enjoy immense advan-
tages in dealing with the govern
ment. The awakening came when
the board reported in detail to the
war department every promise made
by the city, including one to lay
water mains Az miles to the post
and another to have steam railroad
built to the grounds. The latter diff
fculty has been adjusted, but the
$4,000 expenditure necessary to get
water to the post has stumped the
army post committees and the city
government. The war department.,
which doesn't think the post is a
requisite, insists on the promises be-
ing kept before it spends any money
in Improvements. The water COM
pany of the city declines to build
the mains out of its own pocket. The
mayor has refused to permit the
council to lend the $4,000 necessary
to the water company. Congress-
man Hull, who is most interested, is
sick in bed in Washington. Discour-
agement as to the post reigns in
Des Moines.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-03
PENNY WALK AS A SPORT.
New Way of killing Time Discovered
by q Travelling Man While
in Boston.

"You might think that travelling
mans time was fully occupied, but
there are occasions when he feels the
need of relaxation, and, although
theaters are we'll in their way, they
occasionally pail"
1t was suggested that the travelling
man might 60 to bed occasionally in
order to catch the morning train, but
this particular man would not listen
to that, says the Chicago Tribune.
II was in Boston last week." said
he, land man put me onto some
thing new. The idea is like this. It
won't work in town where you're
acquainted, but say you are in q
strange place, it has it's exciting ele-
ments. You go out of your hotel
in the evening, either alone or with
a man who is equally ignorant of To-
calities, and you walk two blocks in
any direction. Then you halt and
toss cent. Heads you turn to the
right; tails, you turn to the left.
The next two blocks you repeat the
tossing up, and follow the indicator.
So you keep on until you have twist
ed and turned all over the town. For
variety there is nothing to equal it;
it brings you into the strangest quar-
ters, and you see sights that you
would otherwise miss. OF course,
there is chance that you will dou-
BILE on your tracks, and come back
to where you started, but in that
case it is allowable to cheat, or take
another toss-up. Try it some time
when you are in strange town and
you'll have more fun than a cat
GoL@
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-03
RESULT OF A SPREE.
Four Drunken Men Commit MUIR
der In Cold Blood.
TRAGEDY ON A TRAIN DOWN SOUTH.
Inonensive Passenger IL Shot Dead
without Cause-His Murderers
Arrested and Placed
in JAIL

Memphis. Tenn, Dec. 31.-Four
white men killed ]. NJ. Rhea, an inof-
fensive passenger on train No. OF
tho Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
branch of the Illinois Central rail-
road at an early hour Monday MORN
ing near Leland, Miss, cut the loco
motive from the train and forced the
engineer to run to Cleveland, Miss.
All four men were arrested, one be-
ing In Jail at Leland and three are
locked up at Shelby. The four men
are Ashley Cooke, prominent BUSH
ness man of Cleveland; A. NJ. Phipps,
postmaster ut Shelby; Thomas
Lauderdale, said to be relative of
Phipps, and man named Blackman,
residence unknown.
The men went from Shelby to LIE.
land early Sunday night. At Leland,
1t is said, they spent several hours
drinking and carousing. At three a.
m. the men boarded the north-bound
train to return to Shelby. j. M.
Rhea, an engineer, was on his way
to Iutwiler to take out locomotive
there and was sleeping on a seat in
the sleeper. Cooke had revolver
and Lauderdale and Blackman had
Winchester rifles. Walking up the
aisle Phipps was in advance OF the
party When he came in contact
with Rhea's legs, which were extend
ed out into the aisle. Rhea was awak-
ened, and inquired what was the mat
ter? The members of the party dis
cussed the situation angrily for
awhile, and then the quartette went
out on the car platform. Very soon
thoy returned and told Rhea that
they could not all stay in the same
car, that he would have to get out.
Rhea remarked that in order to pre-
vent trouble he would have to do as
they told him. Thereupon he start
ed out OF the car. He had just
reached the door. when it is claimed
the men opened fire upon him and he
foil.
Conductor George Mclaughlin Or
dered the train back to Leland, there
to leave the corpse. AS soon as Lee
land was reached the conductor
went in search of the sheriff and
peace officers. The four men drove
everybody out of the smoker and
the adjacent car during the run back
70 Leland, and when they arrived
there they covered Engineer De-
ianey with their guns and told him
II he did not obey their commands
they would kill him. He was COM
PEELED to uncouple his engine, and
when the men mounted into the cab
he was ordered to run to Shelby.
Phipps became separated from his
companions and was arrested at Lee
land. At Shelby the others waited
for the next train, on which they
travelled to Cleveland, where they
were arrested without trouble. They
were placed in Jail at Shelby. There
is much excitement and indignation
among the people of the Leland and
Shelby neighborhoods over the trag-
edy, but no violence is anticipated.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-03
ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

British farmers milk 1000, 1000 COWS,
and yearly produce e32ooO,0oo worth
OF milk, butter and cheese.
-Four minutes 29A seconds is the
record time for remaining under wa
ter. The record belongs to ]. Fin.
ney.
The largest egg laid by any Eu-
ropean bird is that of the swan:
the smallest that of the golden-crest-
ed wren.
OF good, unskimmed milk 81 per
cent. is water, Of oysters 80 per cent.
OF beef e1A per cent, and Of butter
II per cent.
Fewer than 400 British (home)
towns possess public libraries, while
Australia has s44 such libraries. with
100000 volumes.
Lady Halle is said to possess the
most valuable violin in the world,
1t is Stradivarius which fomerly
belonged to Ernst, and is valued at
$4,000.
Within tho past 30 years British
ports have gained 24,5Oo,oo0 tons of
shipping. italian come next with a
gain OF 100000, while German ports
have gained less than 100000.
Askal Chin, in Tibet, is the lake
which lies at greater height than
any other in the world. It's level is
$1,000 feet. The lowest is the Dead
sea-1,290 feet below sea level.
Norway's population is the SMALL
est in Europe, compared with her
area. Each of her inhabitants could
have 40 acres of land, while the Brit
on would nave to be content with
less than an acre.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-03
Metals That Flow.

1t is perhaps not generally known
that one of the most important prop
critics of metals employed in striking
coins and metals and stamping and
shaping articles of jewelry is that of
flowing under pressure, says the
Youths Companion. Standard silver
is remarkable for this property, which
precisely resembles the flowing of a
viscous fluid. The flow takes place
when the metal is subjected to rolling,
stamping or hammering, and the par
ticles of the metal are thus carried
into the sunken parts of the die with
out fracturing, and perfect impress
sion is produced.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-03
Papera Served
NEAR AN AGREEMENT.
Adopt Arbitration Along Lines
ofThe Hague Conference.

Washington, Dec. 31.-The state de-
partment received dispatches Monday
from Mexico City making clear for the
first time what is to be expected on
the subject of arbitration, which has
been the most important and the most
difficult problem before the congress
of American republics. The advices
came from Mr.. Buchanan, the Amer
lean delegate, who was assigned to
look after this particular question.
BE states that an agreement on the
lines of The Hague conference appears
to be favored by the majority of the
republics and that this probably will
be the basis of action to be taken by
the congress. He also states that
those republics which desire to go fur
Their than The Hague agreement very
likely will sign an independent con-
vention for compulsory arbitration.
The congress is rapidly drawing to a
close and another fortnight will prob
ably bring a final adjournment, so that
the determination of the arbitration
question appears to be very near at
hand.
The understanding here is that the
following countries are favorable to
arbitration according to The Hague
plan, namely, the United States,
Mexico, Chill, Colombia, Ecuador,
Hayti, Nicaragua, Salvador, Costa
Rica and Honduras. There is some
doubt as to Brazil and Guatemala,
but the latter is expected to join the
other Central American countries in
favor of the noncompulsory arbitra-
ton. The countries which may sign
an independent convention for COM
pulsory arbitration are Argentina,
Venezuela, Santo Domingo, Peru, Bo-
ivia, Uruguay and Paraguay. That
Venezuela should favor compulsory
arbitration causes some surprise
here, but it is said to be due to Presi-
dent Castro's desire to force the CO.
lombian controversy to arbitration.
The position of Santo Domingo
grows out of her boundary difficulty
with Hayti. This was referred to the
pope, but as satisfactory progress
has not been made, Santo Domingo
now wants compulsory arbitration.
In case The Hague convention is
accepted as the basis of agreement, it
will provide a means and moral in
fluence for adjusting various differ
ences by arbitration, and yet each
country will be left free to determine
whether arbitration shall be applied
to any case in which it is concerned,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-03
A KANSAS TRAGEDY.
Paroled Convict Kills His Wife and
Commits Suicide Near
Lyndon.

Lyndon, Kan, Dec. 31.-Albert
Doty, living near here, killed his
wife Sunday night by beating her
over the head with gun barrel
Doty then escaped, and Monday
morning his horribly mutilated body
was found on the Missouri Pacific
railway north of town. He probably
committed suicide. AS a result OF
the crime, Mrs. Doty's mother, Mrs,
Taylor, has become insane. Doty
was rs years old and paroled pris.
oner from the Hutchinson reforma-
tory.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-03
nepin county, Monday morning grant.

nepdn county, Monday morning grant,
ed temporary order restraining the
officers of the Northern Pacific Rail
road company from retiring the pre-
ferred stock of that company. The
order was issued on the application
of Pet Power, of New York, who
hold, 100 shares of the common
81 q aid who came on from New
) with his attorneys for the pur-
Sc of beginning the action. 1t was
supposed that the failure of the ac-
ton brought in the New York courts
by holders of preferred stock cleared
away the last obstacle to the retire
ment of the preferred on January 1,
leaving the Hill interest in control OF
the road through its majority OF the
common stock.
For the Hartman Interests,
It is inferred, although it does not
so appear, that the present action IL
brought in behalf of the Hartman
interest to prevent control passing
out of its hands for another year or
until the legal standing of the North
ern Securities company is settled.
The claim set up by Mr.. Power in his
suit is that the retirement of the pre-
ferred stock is in violation of the
agreement that such retirement
would lay no additional burdens upon
the common stock and he holds that
the certificates of debenture bonds
to be issued to effect the retirement
of the preferred would become lien
upon the common stock and thus
work an injury to his property.
1t is understood that the block Of
100 shares held by Power is the only
block of common not hitherto con-
trolled and definitely located upon
one side or the other, the Hartman
people or the Hill-Morgan interest
Judge w. A. Lancaster is the local
attorney of Mr.. Power and appeared
for him Monday morning. The re-
straining order will not only be
served on the officials In Minnesota
but will be telegraphed to New York
and served on the officials there.
Papers Served.
St. Paul, Mimi, Dec 31.-Just after
the noon hour Monday, President
Charles S. Mellen, of the Northern
Pacific Railway company, was served
with papers which enjoin the COM
pany from retiring the preferred
stock
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-03
bonner Accepts,

Washington, Dec. 31.-Mr. Hugh ].
Bonner, of New York, has accepted
the tender Of an appointment az
chief of the fire department of Ma
Mia. 1t is purposed to reorganize the
Manila fire fighting service on mod
ern American lines, and Mr.. Bonner
was selected because of his fine rec.
ord In New York city.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-03
al the mules were hoisted to the sur

all the mules were hoisted to the sur
face and the operation closed down for
an indefinite period. One thousand
employees were rendered idle. The
plant is owned by the Philadelphia &
Reading Coal & Iron company.
Dam Breaks.
Montgomery, Ala, Dec. 31.-The
food in the Tallapoosa river broke the
dam of the Tallassee Electric COM
pany, $50 Of the $40 feet of solid ma
sorry giving way. The dam cost $780,
ooo The power was to have been
turned into Montgomery early in jan
uary. Two hundred feet of the Tai
lassee cotton mills dam was broken
and the loss is estimated at $50, 0Oo
The rainfall was over seven inches and
ten feet of water poured over the
whole length OF the power company's
dam.
At Richmond, Va,
Richmond, Va, Dec 31.-There has
been n tremendous rush of water
down the James Sunday night and
Monday. The people in the lower
part of the city are moving out, and
the wharves at Rockets are under
water. The extreme lower part of
the city is cut off. Owing to the fact
that the wires are down along the
James river division of the Chesa-
peake & Ohio, nothing can be
learned definitely of the conditions
above. 1t is expected that the
freshet will be the heaviest In years.
NO fatalities have been reported.
People Perish In Flood,
Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 31.-The torren-
tial rains of the past two days in
Georgia, Alabama and East Tennes-
see and portions of North Carolina
caused the death of four persons as
far as known and inflicted serious
damage to all kinds of property.
Three people were drowned at West
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-03
But What Relief It Is Give His Poor Old Wings

for the day about 1900 persons. The
river drives through Fairmont park
| and several sections of the railroad
tracks on both sides of the river be-
tween the park and the mouth of the
Schuylkill were under water for a
short time during the day. 1t was
feared that the Baltimore & Ohio sta
ton, on the east side Of the river at
Chestnut street, would be flooded. but
Just as the water got within few
feet of doing harm, the water began
to recede, and all danger was over.
Brick buildings wrecked.
Two new brick dwellings in Kensing-
ton, in the northeastern section of the
city, collapsed early in the day, having
been undermined by the heavy rain.
The houses were not occupied. Many
farms at Tacony, Wissinoming, Col
legeville, Holmesburg and Torresdale.
suburbs of this city, have been seri-
ously damaged by the storm and the
cellars of the residences are flooded.
Small creeks emptying into the Della
ware river are out of their banks, and
the fiat land between Frankfort and
Bridesburg is under several feet of
water.
Cold Snap Averts Disaster.
Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 31.-The threat
ened flood as a result of the heavy
rainfall of Saturday and Sunday has
been averted by the cold snap, and the
rivers at this point will not reach over
a 20-foot stake.
During the night the big ice jam
formed in the Allegheny river be-
tween the Fort Wayne railroad
bridge and the bridge at Sixteenth
street, and for time threatened to
sweep the new railroad bridge away.
The gorge caused the rivers to over
flow and at four o'clock in the morn
ing Pine street and River avenue,
Allegheny, were flooded. The Al
legheny department of public safety
at once sent out men to warn PEG.
pie living in the lower part of the
city to vacate their homes, but a
half hour later the jam suddenly
broke with an awful crash.
The ice was forced between the
Fort Wayne bridge piers by the
immense volume of water. and some
of the false work under the new
bridge was torn, away, but otherwise
the structure was not damaged.
People Abandon Homes.
Lancaster, Pa, Dec. 31.-The Sus-
quehanna river is still rising. The
most dangerous point appears to be
at Safe Harbor, where the Cones
toga empties. Here the water con-
tinues to rise at the rate of six
inches an hour. The water now
covers the Port Deposit and Column
bia railroad tracks and the public
roads. The ice OH the river has not
yet broken, and if it goes, it is feared
great gorge will result at Star
Rock, just above Safe Harbor. Peg
pie living at the latter place close to
the river have abandoned their
homes and taken to the high ground.
The river is not yet bank full at CO.
lumbia or Marietta, but is steadily
rising.
Mines Flooded.
shamokin, Pa, Dec. 31.-Rain
which fell almost continuously the
past 40 hours flooded number Of
| colleries in this region. Water rose
re m1a = ~ Hsury Clay sssft 1nRs
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-03
Accidentally Killed.

West Superior, Wis.,, Dec. 51.-Ruth
Rhodes, the eight-year-old daughter
of John w. Rhodes, was accidentally
shot and killed by an older brother.
He was playing with an air rife
when it went off, and the bullet
struck her tn the head. She died On
~ wa b nm hgatltat- ;,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-03
Defended Hi. Mother.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. s1.-Elza
Bennett, 81 years old, shot and IA
tally wounded his stepfather, Ed
ward Bishop, at their home in West
Indianapolis, Monday. The investi-
cation by the police showed that tho
boy had shot in defense of his
mother, who had been struck and
abused by Bishop.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-03
Nut-Crackine by E1ectric.tx

In St. Louis the nut-crackng in
dustry gives employment to consid-
cradle number of persons, there being
three plants in the city. The nut
crackers are driven by electricity, each
nut being fed individually into the
crusher. After the shells are cracked
the nuts are winnowed by an air bias t
and the meat is picked from the
crushed shells by hand, women and
girls being employed for this part Of
the work.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-03

Point, Ga, while attempting to cross
the turbulent Chattahoochee and
Thomas Russell, an engineer on the
Atlanta &c West Point railroad, was
killed in freight wreck caused by
washout near Notasulga, Ala. Thou
sands of dollars worth of property
has been destroyed at West Point
and there is much suffering.