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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
SPECIAL COMMITTEES
Who Shall Serve United Mine
Workers of America.

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 27.-At the
opening of Saturdays session Of the
United Mine Workers convention
President Mitchell announced the fol-
lowing committees: On Chinese ex.
clusion, w. B. Wilson, district, No. 3;
w. D. Ryan, district No. 12; T. L. Lewis
district No. 6; Edward Mckay, district
No. s; George Richards, district No IS;
P. r. Mccormack district No. l, and E
S. Mccullough, district No. "a
IN REORGANIZATION and care OF
miners in districts Nos. 2, S, 10,
20 and %, Joseph Vesey, district
No. 10; Edward Flyn, district No. 90;
Patrick Gilday, district No. 2; James
D. Wood, district No. 20; William Lit
tie, district No. 5; Joseph Pendleton,
district No. 81, and A. ]. Springer, dis
trict No. II.
The committee on officers reports
which was called Friday afternoon,
then continued it's report.
Among the points of the report was
a recommendation of Secretary Wilson
that local unions be required to take
the Mine Workers journal and that
notices to local unions be printed in
the Journal. 1t was adopted.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
PRIZE MONEY FOR CLUBHOUSE
Capt. McCaIln Gives Money He Won in
Late War to Establish Retreat
for. Sailors of Navy.

Capt. B. Fl. McCalla, now in conn
mand of the Kearsarge, the flagship Of
the North Atlantic squadron, has in
view the erection of fine clubhouse
at Vallejo, Cal, for the enlisted men
of the navy. He has already secured
site for the proposed building, paying
for it with the prize money awarded
to him for his services in the Spanish
war. Additional funds are to be SCI
cured by popular subscription. Mrs.
McCalla is now here making the pre-
iminary arrangements for the cree
ton of the structure, which will prob
ably be modelled after the Bluejackets'
clubhouse in Brooklyn, which was
erected through the munificence od
Miss Helen Gould. It will contain IL
brary, gymnasium, billiard-rooms, q
bowling alley and sleeping-rooms, and
be home for the men at Mare Island
when off duty. l
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
IOWA STATE NEWS.
MURDER MYSTERY.
Revived by the Arrest of Charles
Thomas in Des Moines as the
Slayer of Mabel SchOfeld.

Charles Thomas has been arrested
in Des Moines on the charge of murder
ing Mabel Schofeld, October 20, 1899.
In default of 100000 bail he went to
Jail.
He is about 90 years old and the
son of a family with which the girl
lived while in Des Moines. Her body
was found in the river on Sunday aft
ernoon, October 81, 1899. There were
no marks of violence, and the physi-
clans were unable to determine if she
had been drugged.
No evidence could be discovered by
the authorities until recently, when it
was found that Thomas had bought
knockout drops" the day before the
girl disappeared. A witness was also
discovered who was willing to swear
that he saw the young fellow taking
the girls body to the river in car
riage. On this evidence he was arrest
ed. The girl was the daughter of DR..
Schofield, of Macksburg, Ia, and came
to Des Moines to earn money with
which to go to college.
MISS ocloHelu parents sui i've AZ
Macksburg, heartbroken in their grief.
The young man to whom she was en-
gagged has removed from the state since
the tragedy and is now in Missouri.
The coroner who served at the time of
the inquest is dead; and the organ
izer of the citizens committee, which
has been investigating the matter and
raised the heavy reward, is dead, but
the mystery remains.
The interest of Des Moines is intense
in the case. 1t has not diminished dur-
ing the two years intervening. The
Sunday that the girls body was found
in the river 200 of the girls of the in
dustrial school at Mitchellville, state
institution, went on riot, tore up all
the furniture and crockery, routed the
officers, threatened to burn the build
ing, and score escaped. On the same
day the Fifty-frst Iowa soldiers, re-
turning from the Philippines, landed at
San Francisco. But with all this in
view, the interest in the Mabel Scho-
field case was greater than all else.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
Greeted at south Chicago.

OF the CITY.
Greeted at South Chicago.
The official welcome began in the
morning away down in South Chicago.
At that point committee from the
Hamilton club intercepted the admir-
ais train and boarding it came to Chi
cago with him in his private car.
Chairman George W. Miller, President
Munger, Frank I. Moulton, Judge Hol-
dom, Robert McCurdy, G. w. Kimball
and B. N. Austin, of the Baltimore and
Ohio road were in the welcoming party,
and they all had good word to say to
their guest as he stood on the platform
and shook hands with them.
Mrs. Schley, too, ventured out Of the
car and listened to Mr.. Munger's little
speech telling her how glad the women
Of Chicago were to have her as their
guest.
All the way from South Chicago there
were evidences of the admiral's popu-
larity. Every crossing had its delega-
ton and every factory, locomotive and
steamboat turned on its whistle as the
train passed. At one station there was
a group of small girls with flags, lift
ing their little voices In shrill cheer.
Touches the Hero's Heart.
"That touches me, boys" said the adj
miral when they do that 1t goes to
my heart"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
JOHNSON IS FOUND.
Discoverey of Man Supposed to
Have Been Murdered Clears
Farmer from Suspicion.

By the discovery of Martin M. John
son near Jefferson, a Nebraska farmer
named John Nordstrom has had the
suspicion of murder, which has rested
upon him for five years, lifted. In Feb
ruary, 1896, Martin M. johnson disap-
peared from Omaha, and no trace of
him could be found. He was known
to have sum of money, and suspicion
was at once aroused that he had been
murdered. He had worked for Nord-
strom, near there, Nordstrom moving,
the year before to Wahoo.
johnson had been solicited by Nord-
strom to come to Wahoo and rent q
farm and finally sold his effects at Oma-
hand started,as wassupposed, for that
place. That was the last seen of him.
Inquiry showed he never reached Wa
hoo. The Omaha papers made sensa-
ton out of the matter and public opin-
ion finally settled down to the belief that
Nordstrom had made away with John
Son for his money. As no evidence
could be adduced for his conviction,
Nordstrom was never arrested.
For five years the friends of Nord-
strom, who believed him innocent,
have searched for the missing johnson.
A reward of 5000 was offered for john
son, dead or ahye. About a month ago
it was learned Martin M. johnson
lived on small farm just east of JEFF
ferson. An investigation was made
and it was found he was the long-lost
neighbor of Nordstrom. johnson has
admitted freely his identity, and has
promised to go to both Omaha and Wa
hoo in order that the people may be
satisfied he is the right man and thus
right the wrong done to Nordstrom.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
Retired,

Washington, Jan. 27.-Rear Admiral
William X. Van Reypen, chief of the
bureau of medicine and surgery, Satur-
day closed an active career in the navy
extended over a period Of 40 years and
including service in the war of the re-
bellion and the Spanish war. He goes
on the retired list at his own request,
with the rank and pay of a senior rear
admiral, corresponding to that of ma
jor general in the army. He will be
succeeded as chief of the bureau by
Medical inspector P. M. Rixey, now in
charge of the naval dispensary in this
CITY,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28

hat-waving and noisy, bearing flags
resolutions and addresses of welcome.
AS the hero's carriage moved along
jackson boulevard and Michigan av-
enue to the Auditorium Annex he
found thousands more of them exhibit
ing similar disposition to make him
feel at home. 1t was multitude of ad-
miring enthusiasts and it gave the ad-
miral the right sort Of welcome in
the right sort of a way.
The Hamilton clubs distinguished
guest was kept very busy with the
somewhat elaborate programme of en-
tertainment arranged for him. Recep-
tons, breakfasts, luncheons and din
ners were reeled off in rapid fashion,
and he was being toasted and compli-
mented every minute of the time he
spent with his hosts. But no amount of
oratory and adulation of that kind can
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
Accident ON Spanish Boat.

vigo. Spain, Jan. 27.-The obsolete
Spanish gunboat Condor has been
towed into this port in damaged con-
dition, due to the explosion of her
boiler, which killed two men and in
jured nine Others including the com
mander of the vessel.
Vigo, Spain, Jan. 27.-I,ater in the
day it was announced that two more OF
the Condor's crew had died from their
injuries. Others of the injured men
are in dangerous condition. Most OF
the crew sustained Commissions OF
burns. The grnboat is practically q
wreck.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28

nad not been understood fully by tho
people Of the Pacific coast in the last
national campaign that the Chinese
would be excluded by republican adj
ministration and by republican con-
gress, CALIFORNIA; electoral vote
would have been cast for Mr.. Bryan.
This statement was made by E. j. Liv-
ernash, assistant manager of the San
Francisco (Cal) Examiner. He ap-
peared before the committee in sup
port of the Kahn bill for the exclosfon
of the Chinese, which, it appeasSdk IN
the course Of his statement, he had a
part In preparing.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
selected for St. peter.burx.

Washington, Jan. 27.-Edw win v. Nor
gan, second secretary of legation at
St. Petersburg, has been selected to
fill the vacancy in the state depart
ment caused by the death of Thomas
Keller. Mr.. Morgan is native of New
York and has had considerable diplo-
matte experience. The place he as
sumes is that of confidential clerk and
secretary to Third Assistant Secretary
Pierce. A successor has been selected
to Mr.. Morgan as second secretary
at st. Petersburg, but the announce
ment. is withheld for the present.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
WIN Await ACTION of senate

Washington, Jan. 27.-The Danish
government will not take the plebiscite
of the Danish West Indian islands to
determine whether they shall be coded
to the United States until the United
States senate has ratified the treaty
of cession signed Friday. This circum-
spection is supposed to be the outcome
of the senate's action in rejecting for
mer treaty of cession after Denmark
had accustomed the islanders to the
Idea of transfer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
Incorporation Fec Layv.

Secretary of State w. B. Martin will
ask the legislature to amend the in.
corporation laws Of the state. The
present law exempts outside corpora
tons for manufacturing purposes
which file their articles In this state
from paying fee. Why this was ever
done is mystery to him. He will ask
the legislature to strike out this pro-
vision and require them to pay the
regular fee, just as an Iowa manufao-
turing concern would have to do.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
ottawa Hotel Burned.

Ottawa, Ont. Jan. 27.-The Hotel
Cecil was burned early Saturday. The
hotel was owned by ex-Mayor David
son, who rebuilt it and had it newly
furnished about three years ago. The
loss is about 100000. Guests on the
fifth floor had to leave the building in
their night clothes, and some Of them
had to be taken out of the windows
with ladders.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
The Manchurian Treaty.

Picking, Jan. 27.-It is expected that
the Manchurian treaty willfbe signed
within week. Diplomats here do not
manifest much interest in it, as they
do not believe any written treaties will
in the slightest degree affect the pol
icy of Russia in Manchuria. A separate
contract with the Russo-Chinese bank
secures to the bank complete control
of the railroads and mines.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
DIX Being Taken West,

New York, Jan. 27.-Henry st. John
Dix, accused of embezzling $685. 900 from
the Observation-Disclosures bank, of
Whatcom, Wash, and who was arrest
ed recently In London, arrived here
Saturday in charge of Sheriff w. j..
Brisbin, of Whatcom county, on board
the Steamer ST. Paul. Sheriff Brisbin
and his prisoner started Immediately
@or Tho wocf
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
Perjury Ii tncrea.ine.

Judge Smith, of Mason county, pre-
siding at a term of court in Waverly,
in his instructions to the grand jury
called attention to the alarming
growth of the crime of perjury. "It
is growing evil" said Judge Smith,
"and one that should be checked and
dealt with in summary manner" He
instructed the members of the jury
that where all appearances warranted
such action they should return an in
dictment against the guilty. party.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
oounterfeiter. in Porto Rico.

San Juan, Porto Rico, Jan. 27.-The
United States marshall has seized So 900
in counterfeit silver, near Ponce. The
counterfeits were quarters, half-dol-
lars and dollars. Two men, Ramon
Rentas and Moreno Ontiz, were arrest
ed and Jailed, after hearing before
the United States commissioner. The
coins were almost perfect.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
Relics of Saints Received.

A package containing bones and
dried blood of st. Magnus, a Roman
centurion, and st. Bonosa, a Roman yir-
gin, who were martyred in the Chris.
tan persecution. ordered by Nero, ar.
rived from Rome at the office of the
surveyor of the port in louisville, XIV,
the other day. The relics will be placed
under the altar of ST. Martha's Cath.
Ollie church in Louisville. They were
taken from the catacombs over 200
years ago and have since rested in the
Church of the Convent of Agnai, near
Rome,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28

The explosion occurred east anu
north Of the shaft, in the east entries,
and almost all in that part of the mine
were killed or hurt All the miners on
the west side escaped injury and got
out Of the mine; in fact some did not
know of the accident till called on for
helm
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
Great siberian Waterway.

Capt. Joseph Virgins, the arctic ex.
plorer who discovered the Kara sea
route, has reported to the Anglo-Rus.
sian society the result of his investiga.
ton of the commercial routes Of ST.
IBERIA. He declared that the Trans
siberian railway is inadequate to
handle the volume OF freight 1t is called
on to carry, and urged Russia to de.
velop the waterwayDof Siberia. "Thers
is no country in the world, not even the
United States" said Capt. Virgins,
shat possesses river routes as mag
uificent as those of Siberia"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
Murder Charges Dismissed d.

The indictments against George and
Oliver Bricker for killing Charles Guild
and son Clarence last June as the re-
suit of neighborhood feud were dis
missed in Fort Dodge, and the Broker
boys, who had expected to stand trial,
are at liberty. The dismissal of the
suits is due to the failure of the state
to convict George Bricker of the muir.
der of Clarence Guild in the trial last
October,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
SCHLEY GH|CAG0'S GUEST.
Splendid and Hearty Greeting Ex-
tended to the Rear-Admiral
by the City.
CHEERING CROWDS LINE THE STREETS.
The Hamilton Club Arranges a Long
List of Receptions, Banquets, Etc,
Which Will Keep the Admiral
and His Wife on the Go Com
stantly.

Chicago, Jan. 27.-Somewhere in the
neighborhood of 10000 lusty-voiced
Chicagoans did the best they could
Saturday to show Rear Admiral Schley
what high place he holds in the hearts
of the people of the northwest. When
he got off train in the Grand Central
station at $3.50 o'clock he found them
on all sides Of him, cheering, saluting,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
Arrested mt Pnri.

Paris, Jan. 27.-Adolf Schmidt, the
fugitive director of the Cassel Treber-
Trocknung grain drying company, who
disappeared in July last at the time of
the failure Of that concern, has been
arrested in response to Germany's re-
quest for his extradition.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
Story VIII Not Down.

News on what is believed to be good
authority comes from Oskaloosa that
a syndicate of which ]. P. Morgan is
the head is in the field to buy up all
the coal mines in Iowa. The rumor was
started some time ago and then denied
but there appears to be good ground
for the belief that such deal is being
consummated.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
Ready for PRACTICAL Use


During discussion before the Amer.
lean institute Prof. Small, of Columbia
university, said that it was not neces-
sary to wait for more developments be-
fore equipping every lighthouse with
apparatus for sending wireless mes
sages to sea notifying ships of their
proximity to rocks and breakers. Fog,
according to Prof. Small, being better
transmitter of the waves than pure air,
the lighthouses could still save the
lives of those headed for the rocks,
no matter how dense the day. Another
interesting declaration during the dis
cussion was that in all probability the
present method of sending and receiy-
ing wireless messages from tall poles
or towers would be done away with, as
the curvature of the earth makes no
difference in the waves.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
mo- Saturday se..ion.

New York, Jan. p7.-There was no
session Saturday of Recorder COTS
court In which Albert T. Patrick is be.
ing tried. The trial will be resumed
Monday.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
Factory Burned.

New York. Jan. 27.-The factory of
the Barrett Manufacturing company,
at Shadyside, N. j., opposite this city,
was burned Saturday. The loss was
estimated at $4,000.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
situation Unchanged,

Colon, Colombia, Jan. 27.-The situa.
ton Saturday morning at both ends
of the isthmus was unchanged. The
General Pinzon has arrived here from
Savanilla with 600 troops.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
Granted a Divorce

Edinburgh, Jan. 27.-The court Sat-
urday granted the earl of Rosslyn a
divorce from his wife, who was Miss
Violet de Grey Vyner, on the ground
of desertion.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
Iudxe Edmund. Dead.

St. Louis, Jan. a7.-Henry Littleton
Edmunds, who was judge of the crim-
inal court here for many years, died
Saturday from an acute disease Of the
stomach, after an illness of several
months.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
To Serve the Pope,

Rome, Jan. 27.-J. P. Farrelly, of
Nashville, Tenn, secretary of the
American college here, has been APP
pointed privy chamberlain to the pope,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
Chanxe I'M china

Canton, Jan. 27.-The native cps-
toms will be transferred to the impe-
rial maritime department about Feb.
rnsry 20. Z, ~,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
What Pauperism Cost.

England spends + ,4Uu,UOO a year on
her paupers, Scotland 100000, Ire.
land a1,4oo,ooo. France spends less
than 6 100000.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
Avn Honored State.

There is no doubt about it whatever,
eNcsaims the Chicago Tribune. Iowa
Is Distinctly II.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28

James Lane, aged Co. who killed his wife
at Alden, Ia, for forbiding druggist IN sell
him whisky, pleaded guilty to second do.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
Sweden and Norwav.

Christiania, Norway, Jan. 27.-A pro-
posal has been introduced in both the
Norwegian storthing and Swedish
riksdag to appoint a committee to con-
slider the question of the permanent
neutrality of the dual monarchy.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
Where X-Ray Failed.

Inasmuch as mo creature can live
in human stomach" the X-ray pic
ture Of snake in the stomach of that
nanin, the southwestern arttof town,
says the Chicago Tribune, must be an.
sthsr case OF mistaken identity.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28

DIR. Arnold Tomplsins, of Chicago
emphasized the value of literature
in the arousing of the higher ideals
of school children at recent teach.
ers' convention at Lincoln, Neb. He
declared that the teacher should thor
oughly understand the purpose of ev-
cry work of literature before at
tempting to teach it. Fiction was
always the best method of dissent.
mating truth and nothing was more
helpful than proper selection OF It'll
erary masterpieces for the school.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
TREES IN BOSTON COMMON.
Are in an Unhealthy Condition. Hut
Expert Says That Their Beauty
Can BE Saved.

All of the trees in Boston common,
old and young, are in bad health.
Samuel Parsons, superintendent of
parks, in New York city, says so.
He was brought there as an expert
to examine the condition of the trees
on the famous common. He began
work in August last, and has Just
made his report. 1t was noted that
the wealth of trees on the common,
particularly the elms, were dropping,
and the whole city was aroused. The
authorities were compelled to do
something, and Mr.. Parsons was
called. He asserts that the soil has
been neglected, and that the pruning
on the common was, in his opinion,
done under wrong principles. The
tree expert gives Boston hope, never
theless. declaring that there may be
few-aNery few-trees on Boston
common that are beyond the hope of
restoration, but many of them may
be kept in beauty for years.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28
Blue Gum.

Blue gum Is very heavy wood, 4
sstis ssst weighing ta,ss Rsya6A
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28

give him the satisfaction that he must
have felt at the magnificent greeting
given him by the people along the
streets. 1t is unequaled in the history
of the city.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-01-28

Fooled Too Many Times Before.
A biograph of Mary z. Wilkins mar
riage, suggests the Chicago Tribune,
might convince the incredulous.