Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-22
institutions in Keokuk, Freeport ana
Winone,
no Ala the Bill.

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in the last congress by Congressman
Hepburn to prohibit the shipment Of
liquor into prohibition states and
counties. Senator Deliver gave this
bill his support, but it failed in the
senate, though Mr.. Hepburn got It
through the house.
Seeking Rev Foothold.
The rumor has been generally cir
culated in Iowa that Hiram G.
Wheeler, formerly Of this state and
who went to Texas in 1893, has met
with serious financial reverses and is
in Chicago now attempting to gain Q
new foothold. He owned 5000 acres
OF land in Iowa and sold it for $35
an acre. He went to Texas and
bought a large ranch midway be-
tween Beaumont and Galveston, ex--
pecting to supply Galveston with
milk and milking his COWS by ma
chinery. The flood at Galveston IL
said to have ruined him. He was the
republican candidate for governor OF
Iowa in 1892. He lived at Odebolt.
Invited to st. Louis.
The authorities Of the Iowa college
for the blind at Vinton and the COLI
lege for the deaf and dumb at Coun-
Gil Bluffs have been invited by the
authorities Of the exposition at st.
Louis to participate there with other
institutions Of the kind in giving an
illustration Of the workings of such
institutions for the purpose OF
demonstrating the tremendous pro.
gress that has been made along that
line within the confines of the Louise
lana purchase since 1903. II the ex-
hibit is made 1t will be made az .
part of the educational department.,
no Regulate Marriages.
The Ministerial association of Des
Moines proposes to promote a bill
iii the next legislature regulating
marriages. The prime feature Of the
projected law will be that marriage
licenses shall be issued by q commits
sion of physicians, three male and
three female, who shall examine into
the physical condition of applicants
for licenses. It was suggested at the
meeting which discussed the subject
that the bill ought to require the
persons who marry to have sound
minds as well as sound bodies, and
that they ought to have certificate
of good moral character from cler-
gyman or justice Of the peace.
Enriched the state.
At a meeting Of the board Of direc-
tors of the great Rock Island rail-
road system in Des Moines the past
week the capital stock Of the corr
poration was increased to $145. 0o0, 600
and the company planked down s2O.-
600 to the state for the privilege of
amending its articles OF incorpora.
ton to that.extent. The Rock Island
has paid into the state more than
$50, 900 in the last two years for in.
creases in capital stock. These are
the largest fees ever paid by any SIM
gle concern.
VIII BE Colonel.
Lieut.. Col. William Leidy Alexan-
der will be made colonel in the
commissary department of the
United States army in July, due to
the retirement Of Col. Charles A..
Woodruff. Col. Alexander is an
Iowa man and has been in the COM
missary department for about IS
years. He is now quartermaster Of
the United States army. He was adj
jutant general Of the state Of Iowa
from 1878 to 1889, inclusive, being
transferred from this state to Chi
cage where he took charge Of the
commissariat Of the Chicago depart
ment, and during the Spanish war
he provisioned the entire army. +
is probable that his promotion will
result in his taking charge OF the
Philippine commissary,
Cannot BE Tinted.
"A Jury In the Polk county district
court has decided that olemargarine
cannot be tinted with the slightest
yellow without violating the law
against coloring the product to re-
semble butter. The Armour Pack
ing company was charged with the
violation and pleaded that the but
terine it sold was tinted only to re-
semble ivory and ivory was contend
ed to be the standard Of white. The
jury thought white was white with
out any definition and held the
company guilty Of violating the law
when it made its product resemble
the color Of ivory. The company will
appeal.
Equal sunragists.
The state convention Of the equal
suffragists OF Iowa will be held this
year at Boone. October 6, and are
the dates which have been fixed for it.
A larger number Of clubs have been
organized through the state the past
year than in any former year. Tho
meeting at Boone will be especially In
teresting because there the organiza-
ton will be perfected which will be
depended on to secure the passage Of
the resolution, for the submission OF
woman suffrage to the voters, through
the legislature.
LEON BROWN.
An Athens.
"And now said the guide, having
saved the best for the last, Il will show
you the ruins Of the Parthenon."
The sallow-faced man OF the party