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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-21
Destitute and DYING.

Theodore Flynn, an old resident and
well-known character of De Witt, was
discovered in his miserable shack in a
pitiable state of restitution and very
sick. He provided scantily for himself
by the cultivation of small truck
garden, which also produced his .prin-
cipal supply of food for the winter.
Through all his trouble he has refused
to go to the county almshouse or to.
accept aid from the county in any
way. Inquiry developed the fact that
he had been ill for five days, without
food, fire or medical attendance. He
was taken to the home of neighbor.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-21
A PECULIAR CASE.
Property Owner In Town Attempts to
Offset HfssMoneys anu Credits to
Pay Delinquent Faxes

A peculiar-point has arisen in litiga
ton in Polk county which will have
bearing on a: great many localities. A
property omner who was delinquent
in payment Of taxes to the extent of
$1,000 attempted to offset his moneys
and credits to the extent of this 81 200.
He claimed that the obligation on ac
count of taxes to the-coumty was deb
it which must be deducted from his
moneys and onedits just the same as =
note whiah he might owe should be
deducted therefrom Tine county treas
urer declined to permit this offset and
suit has, been brought to settle the mat
ter in the courts. No case of the kind
has ever been decided so far as the law
books, show.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-21
News in Brief.

A fire in Mitchellville destroyed r.
g.. Miller's large new livery barn, en-
failing. a loss of $4,000, with but $500
insurance.
Fri Richardson, for 20 years a
wealthy and prominent resident of
Sioux City, died there, aged rs.
Bert Lund, shoemaker, shot him
self in Mason City in fit offdespond-
ea,ey, dying instantly. He. WAS af-
feeted with consumption.
The supreme court has decided that
the acts passed by the Twenty-sixth,
Twcnty-seventh and Twenty-eighth
general assemblies, authorizing the
appointment of trustees of water
works companies by the district court,
are unconstitutional
DR.. Kealer, who conducted SAM
tarium in Dubuque, died as result of
chase tc catch street car.
Harry Fields was tsned $125 and
costs in Waterloo by Justice Hille-
brandt for violating the state game
law lie Killed six quail.
G. 81. Warren, aged AZ, lately of Os-
kaloosa, committed suicide by hangs
ing himself to a bed post in his room
at the residence of his brother, C. S.
Warren, in Des Moines.
John De Roos, pioneer resident of
Sioux Center died at the age of IS
years.
ID. c. Jones, freight and passenger
agent of the Milwaukee read, commit.
ted suicide at Ottumwa, III health is
the supposed cause,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-21
Deed of IL Brute.

F. T. Sabo, living in Badger town.
ship, north of Fort Dodge; cholSed his
wife and drove her and the. five chill
dren out into the snow at midnight.
They were forced to go half a mile
barefoot and thinly clad to the home
of neighbor. The Oldest child is 10
years of age. Sabo was; arrested and
taken to Fort Dodge and heavily
fined. The Indignation in the COM
munity where Sabo' lives is great and
there are threats: Of violence if he
repeats the action. SHb@ was crazed
by liquor at the, time.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-21
Agreed ia Retrnct.

The suit against Rev. Father ]. M.
Phelan, of Rock Valley, for $4,000
damages, brought by Jerry Lynch, of
that place, charging him with SLAM
der, was settled out of court. The
basis of settlement is that FATHER
Phelan makes written retraetion of
lbs statements concerning Lynch and
read them from his pulpit Rev. Mr..
Phelan admitted the charges of
Lynch, which were that he had said
from the pulpit that the saloon keep
ers of the city were running homes,
and that he Nynch) was, not f,t cit
izen and should be run out of town.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-21
IOWA STATE NEWS.
Charged with whitecapping.

Three men have been arrested for
completely in the whitecapping raid on
the Emmett house in Estherville. The
men are Charles Peterson, Win San
ford and L. Young. Peterson and San
ford were given preliminary examina-
lions and were bound over to the
grand jury. 1t is probable that more
arrests will be made, as the officers
have clews to the identity of the of
tenders. The offense was taking De-
tective Downey, of Chicago, from his
room in the hotel, horsewhipping him
and driving him forth onto the prai-
RE, where he nearly froze to death.
He was suspected of being ''spot-
ter" seeking evidence against the sa-
looms
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-21
Nonresident Insane.

Attorney General Mullan has hand
ed an opinion to the state board of
control in reply to inquiries respect
ing nonresident insane. He holds that
residents of this state do not lose
their residence in Iowa until they ac-
quire one elsewhere, and this being
the case Iowa people who move to
another state, Minnesota in this case,
and become insane before they acquire
residence there, remain charges upon
this state for their care, and they re-
main charges upon the county from
which they removed
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-21
VIII Have. q Track.

1t is probable a stock company,
now in course of organization, will
be incorporated and will build in Ma
son City half-1mile racing track.
The principal promoters are j. e.
Moore, N. c. Kotehell, Cliff Baker
Slime Keeney, c. B. Savage and
Charles Smith. AS soon as the track
is completed Mason City will enter
the circuit of the Cedar Valley Racing
association, arrangements having al
ready been completed,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-21
CLEVER SAYINGS.

Since silence is golden, it makes the
best possible setting for gems of
thought Town Topics.
Toadstools are often mistaken for
mushrooms and gall is sometimes mis-
taken for gerius.-Chicago Daily
News.
You have often heard the remark:
"The pilot on the engine is always
ahead, but never pulls pound" How
would you like to be pilot duripg a
snowst orm.-~Atchiso Globe.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-21
Lowe a Protection.

At the meeting of the Iowa Humane
society in Des Moines it was decided
not to proceed with the proposed
amendment to the present law in or
dsr to authorize humane officers to
take away children from mothers who
are inmates of houses of in fame and
place them in institutions Rabbi
sonneschein and Mayer Quick, OF
Sioux City, opposed the law. They
eontended that the love of the mother
protects the child despite the saether.
degradation.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-21
Saved from n Meb.

The 12-year-old daughter of William
Gallagher, living ~ miles northeast
of Eddyville, was criminally assaulted
on the public highway and may die.
She accused Ed Davidson, of Pekay,
and he was arrested at his home and
returned to Eddyville. News of the
affair spreading in the vicinity, mob
hastily gathered near the Jail and
preparations We're made for lynch
ing, but Davidson was slipped out of
the back door and hurried to Ottumwa.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-21
Indicted for Murder

w. y. Reynolds, of Sioux Falls. s. d.,
has. been indicted by the grand jury of
Sioux county, for the murder of Sam
uel Grafton, a colored missionary,
which crime was committed on the
second day of last August near Ire
ton, i'm Sioux county. The Indictment
charges murder in the first degree.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-21
Available Surplus.

TO meet these requirements the au-
ditor and treasurer of state have com
piled and submitted to the legislature
AN estimate of the available surplus
in the treasury subject to extraordi-
nary appropriations. This amounts
to $697,672.17. The officers say that
possibly this will be increased rather
than decreased, but in no event can it
possibly exceed 100000. However, it
has been the impression that the legis-
1ature would exceed this sum by prob
ably $750,000. If this is done there will
de available from $1,560,OO0 to $780,
1000 for the purposes set out in the fore
going list and such others as may arise
during the remainder of the session.
The auditor and treasurer estimate
the receipts of the biennial period at
S5,777,7SS.17 and the expenditures at
sS5,Oso,016.
To Examine County Offices.
One of the most important measures
before this legislature is that which
Representative Furry is pushing and
which was the bill in which Speaker
Eaton was principally interested two
years ago, being a law for the estab
lishment of system of examinations
by the state of the offices of county
treasurers, coupled with an optiona
examination of the other offices upor
motion of the board of supervisors
The sentiment for this bill seems tc
sbe much greater, and the friends of il
are more active than two years ago
The number of serious defalcations
which have occurred in the offices oil
county treasurers within the last six
or eight years in Iowa has given rise
to demand for such an examining
board. Representative Furry is Ger
tain that the bill will pass the house
whether it does the senate or not.
Need More Buildings
In addition to the $4,0OO,OOO asked
in the way of extra ordinary appropri
ations, both the State university ant
the State Agricultural college are ssl
ing for tenth-mill additional tax fo1
building purposes. This would raise
$4,000 for each institution each year
or 100000 for the colleges during the
biennial period.
Indeed the authorities of the state
university estimate that they need al
the present time 1922, 900 for neces-
.sary buildings. A large number of the
most prominent interests of the uni
yersity are homeless and the univer-
sity is falling behind like institutions
in other surrounding states, OH ac-
count of inability to properly house
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-21
Ncgrses Seek Homes.

A negr from southern Alabama has
been in Mills county getting options
on large tracts of the finest land in
the county, in the Nishna bottom. in
White Cloud township, five miles east
of Tabor. The object of buying so
large quantity of land is to eolonize
negroes for farming and gardening
purposes,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-21
Daring Robbery,

A daring robbery was committed in
Clinton at an early hour when two
masked rlen, at the point of revolvers,
held up Ffanagans gambling estab-
lishmelrt and robbed the inmates, num-
beriilg~ ~, of money and va1tlables
amounting to $4,000. There is no,clew.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-21
To Guard Forests.

Resolutions urging congress to pass
laws for the better protection of the
forests of the nation have been adopt
ed by the Iowa academy of science i'm
Ames. One of the projects proposed is
the setting aside for park and forestry
purposes of the timber tract on the
Leach lake Indian reservation. An
other suggests withdrawing govern
ment timber land from settlement en-
rry
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-21
Attempted Assault,

Carl Witrock, of Alvord, has been
arrested ON an information sworn olt
by Mrs. p. Kohl, a widow 62 years of
ages charging attempted criminal as
sanlt. and at the preliminary essani-
nation was held to the grand jury
without bail.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-21
Killed While Hunting.

Jeremiah Harrington, on his farm
five miles north of Sioux City, was al
most instantly killed by the accidental
discharge of shotgun which he held
in his own hands. With a single groan
he dropped dead in sight of his young
son, who was with him. He was on a
hunting expedition, the trigger of the
gun catching on a fence as he was
crawling through.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-21
Engine Kills Four.

A lone engine collided with the Iowa
Central passenger train No. a, SOUTH
bound, four miles south of 'Eldora, on
the Iowa Central railway, and four
lives were lost and property to the
valhe of 100000 destroyed. The dead
are: William Frude and John White,
engineers, and Bud Ogle and Frank
Patterf, firemen.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-21

its departments. 1T is said by Presi-
dent George Z. MacLean that the uni
versity imperatively needs immediate
ly the following buildings:
An assembly, armory and gymna-
SUM, at present for economy COM
bined in one hall .................... $500, 900
A fireproof museum ................ 200, 600
A fireproof library Observation-Disclosures. 200, 900
College of law building ............. 100000
College of pharmacy building. $4,000
scientific Laboratories ............... $4,000
A Farmhouse Observation-Disclosures. 10000
Building for applied science and en-
gineerlng - lZo'VVo
now called for o. .................... 25,ooo
Nurses home Observation-Disclosures. 5000
Detention hospital 5000
Hall for six literary societies. ...... 10000
Presidents house .............. 1900
Total ,122, 900
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-04
The Blue Jay.

One may pet or patronize. according
to ones nature. a chipping sparrow,
bluebird. or phoebe. but he is indeed
well coated with self-esteem who does
not feel sense of inferority in the
presence of jay. He is such shrewd'
independent and aggressive creature
that one is inevitably led to the belief
that he is more of success as a bird
than most men are as men. Conspic-
uous by voice and action during the
fall and winter. when other birds are
uuietest. he becomes silent when other
birds are most vocal. If he has a
love-song, it is reserved for the ear of
his mate At this season he even con
trolls his fondness for owl-baiting. and
with it his vtuperatve gifts. The
robin the catbird. and the thrasher
seem eager to betray the location of
their nest to every passer-by. but the
blue Jay gives no evidence Of the site
of his habitation by being seen in its
vicinity Century.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-04
His Marvellous Cheek.

An impecunious constituent of Abra
ham Gruber called upon the latter at
his office last week and requested the
loan of dollar. A 81 bill was the
smallest the colonel had. This he
handed to the caller with the remark:
go to the cigar stand downstairs.
get a lucent cigar, keep dollar and
bring me the change"
In few minutes the visitor reap-
peared. putting contentedly at cigar
and handed the colonel So cents. No
ticing peculiar expression on Colonel
Gruber's face, he withdrew the cigar
from his lips long enough to inquire:
did you mean that the cigar was
for you or me?'
Get out of here" was all Gruber
could say.-New York Times.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-04
The Lost Child.

Here is an amusing story told of an
"active and Intelligent officer in the
Metropolitan police force:
The other day he saw little boy In
the Strand crying bitterly. The officer
doomed up over the infant, who Sazed
up, and, amid sobs, said:
I'm lostw
"Where do you live, little man"
asked the constable kindly, for he had
children of his own.
'BoohOow walled the child. Il don't
know. BOohoO!"
Come with me!' said the officer.
what can your mother be thinking Oh
to let little one Of your size stray
away?"
And away went the "bobby," re-
solved to find the parents of the little
one and to administer fitting rebuke
when he found them.
AS he was going up Bow street he
met sergeant.
whats the matter with the kid?"
inquired the sergeant.
Hes lost, and I'm trying to find his
mother or father. If can't drop across
'em. I'll land him in the station"
Rats responded the sergeant.
Don't you recognize your own boy?
1t is not known whether the officer
administered rebuke to the child's
parents.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-04

destruction Of weeds. as frequently
some negligent farmer Injuries the en-
tire community by producing the seeds
Of weeds which are carried by the
winds over a large area. Weeds may
also be carried long distances on the
tops of railroad cars or by water; In
fact, there are so many modes OF dis
tribution that it is almost impossible
for any farmer to escape the nuisance
of weeds, but all farmers can prevent
their spread, and in protecting MS
neighbor he also protects himself. Inc
Canada thistle is not so great NUS
ance as many suppose If farmers WILL
determine to combat its spread.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-04
KILLING A NOxlOus WEED
canada Thistles May BE Extirpated In
Two Consecutive Seasops

Canada Thistles May BE Extirpated l.,
Two Consecutive Seasons.
One of the worst enemies Of tho
farmer Is the Canada thistle. II works
more injury every year to farms in this
country than many other causes to
which greater attention is given. 1t
spreads slowly apparently, but it soon
er or later takes full possession of the
land and unless eradicated the entire
farm becomes worthless. The heavier
seeds, which are carried by winds, will
terminate, but its progress is by
means of long white root stocks. which
are proof against disease and seasons.
1t is claimed that piece of root stock
II left in the soil will grow from six
to ten feet in a season and from each
small piece as many as fifty heads will
grow. The best season for beginning
the war on thistles is in June. Plow
the land and then plow again every
few weeks until well into the fall. the
object being to destroy the young
growth as fast as it appears, as any
plant must succumb if deprived of
forming leaves, as plants breathe
through the agency of the leaves. An
other plan is to allow them to grow
until the plants are just high enough
to NOW and then run the mower over
the field, repeating the work as fast as
the plants appear.
AS the farmer may prefer to utilize
the land he can pillow the land and
plant it to potatoes. If he will then
give the potato crop frequent cultiva-
ton he will destroy many of the this
ties and the potatoes will pay for the
labor. 1t may not be possible to sub
due the thistles the first year but if
the work is we'll done the thistles NAV
be completely destroyed the second
year. when the ground should be plow
ed In the spring and a crop of early
cabbages grown. removing the cabbage
crop and broadcasting the land, after
blowing and narrowing, with Hunga-
rian grass seed AS the Hungarian
grass grows rapidly and may be now
ed once a month it gives the thistles
but little chance, while the previous
cultivation of the cabbage crop will
have greatly reduced the thistles in
number. The point is to keep the this
ties cut down from July to frost. after
which they will be under control.
The roadsides must also be carefully
attended TO, for it is on the unculti
waited roadside that weeds are neglect
ed and hence are protected Neighbors
should also work tremendously In the
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-04
KNOW BAD MONEY At SIGHT.
Bank Officers Are Seldom Victimfzed
by Counterfeit Currency.

Bank Officers Are Seldom Victimized
by Counterfeit Currency.
1t seems wonderful to the casual OBJ
server that cashiers, bank tellers and
others who handle large amounts or
paper money are able, ut glance, to
detect bad note. Exactly what 1t IS
that does expose the counterfeit the
best experts find it difficult to tell.
They say they know 1t instinctively.
They judge not only by the looks OF the
note, but also by the feel Of it.
1t is obvious that counterfeit note
must be widely circulated to make It
profitable No sooner does counter
felt appear than its description Is wide
ly published. Those who are likely 10
suffer from taking counterfeit notes
make it their business to be ON the
lookout for new ones, which are soon
distinguishable by some easily discoV-
cred mark.
A teller knows Of just what denOm-
nations are the cOunterfelts ana just
where to look for the tell-tale marks.
He detects the spurious notes as easily
as the reader does a misspelled WORD.
1t is no particular effort. 1t Is habit.
The principal reason why counter
feits are so easily detected Is because III
some feature they are almost uniform
ly of inferior quality. This Is indeed
the main protection Of the public. Cen
uine notes are engraved and printed al
most regardless of cost and the very
best materials are used in the engrav-
ing and printing. 1t is done in large es-
Establishments, with costly materials
and by the best workmen.
1t is practically impossible for coun-
terfeiters to do as well. They must
work in secret and at a disadvantage
and of necessity cannot have the ex-
perience to produce such perfect work.
If they get the engraving done nicely
they fail in the printing, or If they get
the engraving and printing done well
they fail in securing the proper paper.
OF late years there has been great
deal Of care taken to get paper manu-
featured expressly for the notes issued
by the government. The national bank
notes are also ISSUED by the govern
ment. SO that the sources OF supply Tor
exactly that kind Of paper are con-
trOlled.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-04

In the United States 100000 feet of
pine lumber are used every year for
matches, or the equivalent Of the prod
uct of 400 acres of good virgin forest.
About 62O.OOO,OCO cross ties are now
laid on American railroads and 10000
600 new ties are required annually for
renewals The amount Of timber used
every year for ties alone is equivalent
to 3,OO0.OOO,000 feet of lumber. There
are now standing nearly 100000 tele-
graph poles. The average life of a
telegraph pole is about ten years. so
that nearly 100000 new poles are re-
quired every year for renewals. These
figures do not include telephones poles
and the poles required on new railway
lines.
The total annual consumption of tim
Der for ties and poles is equivalent to
the amount of timber grown on 100000
acres of good virgin forest For max
ing shoe pegs the amount of wood used
in single year is equal to the prod
uct of fully 5000 acres of good second
growth hardwood land. lasts and boot
trees require at least 100000 cords
more. Most newspaper and packing
paper is made from wood Although
this industry has been developed only
within the last forty years, yet the
amount of wood consumed for paper
during that time has been enormous.
The total annual consumption of wood
paper pulp is equivalent to over $780,
100000 board feet of timber for which
it would be necessary. were the trees
all growing together, to cut some 3d.
900 acres of prime woods.-Gale Re
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