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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-12-17
Suspicious Characters Seen.

Suspicious Characters Seen.
Five suspicious characters We're seeh
here between and O'Clock this morn
ing by John Hannah who, with Feay
Barnes, returned about that time from
attending the theater at Cherokee.
Hannah %as on his wav to the Barnes
hotel when he saw the five men, Two
of them followed him until he entered
the hotel. The looted bank stands just
across the street from the hotel and
several of the guests heard the eXplo-
sionS
The taking of a single buggy indi-
Gates the robbersif they We're the five
men seen by lIanna--must have had
another rig of their own. A telephone
message from Otto. about thirty-tive
miles from here, is that man driving
single buggy drove through that
town early this morning with his horse
on the run. If this was one of the rob
bers 1t was likely he was endeavorng
to establish a false scent Sheriff
Hogan of Cherokee county came here
today to look over the ground and en-
deavor to get hold of a working clew
He has notified officers in all sur
rounding towns.
Loss is Fully Insured.
The Citizens Savings bank was es-
tablished here about tour years ago and
has Il capital of $4,000. The loss by
theft is fully covered by insurance and,
besides. the institution has $4,000 of I'M
divided profits.
The officers are: President, j. N.
Dinwiddie of Cedar Rapids, who is
also secretary of the Iowa State Bank
ers association; vice president, T. b.
HuXford, of Cherokee who is also
cashier of the Cherokee State bank,
cashier, c. c. Harshbarger, of Quimby.,
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paid back in kind by the couple that re-

paid back In kind by the couple that re-
ceives. II is rarely that one gets some
,hing for nothing In this practicni age.
F'avors usually como high.
Tho fact Is. wedding gifts should be ior
tho most part family matter. SpeAa4
friends should be permitted to give, put
there should be no hard ana fast rule
of society which TO all intents ana pur-
roses makes the gift compulsory. The
hold-up business should BIO abolished. Ut
is worse than vulgar; 1t Is o species OF
freebooting. and many poor young man
has been taxed beyond his ability to pay.
But IL Is a case of your presents or your
social standing" and tho society man Is
compelled to deliver the goods or suffer
tho embarrassing consequences.
Society Is to blame for the abuse. Br,-
dial couples arc frequently embarrassed
from n sense OF delcacy and for other
rea sons already stated. by the handsome
gifts which they receive from mere &C
ounintances, but they cannot control the
situation. They may not want the gltt;
they may know that the sender is not
able to make 1t. but they have no option
Society has made the rule, and society Is
a very Jealous tyrant. But the rule would
in most Instances be moro honored III the
b1 each than in the Observance
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-29
MAY POSTPONE
OYSTER QUESTION


A prominent Democratic leader OF the
House, at Murphy's last night, suggested
that in his opinion it would be wise to
postpone the final consideration OF the
oyster question until. the new Legislature
meets in January. ut Is a delicate and
intricate subject he said, land one
about which great many Of us know
but little. am willing to study the mat
ter this fall. but I do not think we wal
be sufficiently Informed to- inteligently
dispose of 1t before the session OF lac
new Legislature convenes.
This same view Is expressed by a num-
Der. Of members, who appear unwilling
to accept and adopt the report OF the
commission without first giving the who Q
matter the most careful study. The re-
port will undoubtedly recommend the
breaking Of the Baylor survey and VIII
be earnestly fought by Tidewater mem
hers
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WEDDING PRESENTS,

Mira. Browne--Oh, what lovely wedding
presents! Such beautiful silverware and
guch rare china! Wasn't ii nice to get
such presents?
row beginning TO pay for them on the
tnstalnent plan.
Mrs. Brown-Pay for them? On the in
stalment plan7 Why, Mrs. Greene, what
do you mean
Mrs, Greene-Why, the young people
who gave US wedding presents are get
ting married and We have 10 send them
wedding presents
This appears in lippincott's Magazine
as a Joke. bur it is humor OF the grim
SORT as many young married people know,
The giving OF wedding presents is beau
tifui custom. but like many other good
customs, II IS much abused. The trouble
is that society will not discriminate
There is sort of unwritlen law that
those who receive an invitation 10 wed
ding must send a present, and that the
present must be IN keeping with the dig,
nifty OF the occasion,
A Wit has said that the invitation Nigh,
as vel! read, The honor Of your presents
IL requested" and when such an invita-
lion goes out the responses are liberal
5ot society has ruled II so. All sorts Of
handsome gifts are sent, express prepaid
tc, the house of the bride, all of which
are displayed in the drawing room. like
jewelers. opening" and the society re,
Lortsr mentions that they are numerous
ana beautiful" and gives them splendit
sdyertiyement Sometimes their agsre
gate value is limited al in the wrlte-up
But the day OF reckoning CONES. Youn;
people who send presents themselves sc
married by and by. aud they must b
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ONE WHO LOVED BOOKS.

The death Of Moses Pollock, an old
bookseller, OF No. 400 Commerce Street,
Philadelphia, will be the cause Of throw
lection Of Americana, especially WASH
ipgtona. Mr.. Pollock had great rare
ties, boarded for years In the loft OF
his store; or In his flrcproof safe. Many
OF these were so loved by him that they
were never shown TO customers or
friends. He wouldn't sell them. lie
lived TO be eighty-slx years Of age and
was never married. Once he sold for
sic copy of rare laws of New York.
printed by William Bradford; some years
1t is related that this Incident was not
10 be mentioned In the old mans pres.
ence. II one wished to remain on good
terms with him,
Among the Washingtonia are eight
| bound volumes Of tracts and pamphlets
connected with the foundation of the
+ government, Nearly all belonged to
/ Washington aud nearly all were presen.
/ tation copies, and on each Washington
mad affixed his we'll known signature.
I What the Philadelphia papers call The
! Original survey OF Mount Vernon
1 drawn by Washington" is among Mr.
1 Iolock's possessions But we doubt Il
I this map is an original. More likely Il
/ Is a copy made by Washington from tn,
1 original. az George Washington was not
the first owner OF the plantation,
There is also a letter from Washing
ION on the result Of the exchange o
prisoners taken at yorktown, In whicl
he gives instructions to The American
commissioner not to agree to the ex
change of CORVALLIS Washington de
sired that the exchange OF the officer
and men should proceed without Cornwall
lis being Included In e. Tho commits
sioner was told that IL the British woul'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-29
INSURANCE DEPT REPORTS
ON LARGEST co. IN WORLD

No one owning real estate can fall to be
Interested in the results OF tho recent ex-
elimination OF tho Mutual Life Insurance
Company Of New York by the New YORK
Insurance Department. No man who has
ever attempted the transfer of even
single piece of land can ever forget the
tediousness and red tape attendant on
the proving OF title aud the valid trans
fe, thereof. Can the land owner then
conceive tho labor. experience and pa
thence requisite to pass judg upon tho
value OF real estate agsregatlng over
thirty-two millions of dollars? The Mu-
tual Life. as this New York Insurance
Report shows. has actual title to 2ol
pieces Of real estate. valued by the de'
partment's experts at this amazing sum.
and holds over 1850 mortgages. amount
ing to moro than eghty-one millions on
other real estate. The value OF this prop
crty securing these mortgages exceeds
one hundred and sirty-two millions. These
items are but two of the many that go
to make up the Mutual Lifes assets or
nearly four hundred millions, the largest
trust fund In the world. The total as
sessed value Of real estate In our own city
of Richmond amounts to only Sal ,bll,l3
The Mutual Life Is not only the Oldest
life. insurance company In the western
hemisphere, but also the strongest IN the
verdi and its payments to pollcS7hol9eIis,,
even more than its enormous assets held
for their protection. demonstrate Its In
calculablo usefulness to the country. Dnr-
ing the sixty years of Its life 1t has paid
policy-holders over six hundred millions
of dollar4. Richmond benc1ciaries last
year received from all life insurance com
pa nies s796, 63s, and the total for the entire
State amounted to the magnificent sum
OF s3aO7 ,55s. A very large percentage OF
this was paid to our citizens by tho MI
tral, OF New York, which has Just re.
.ceived from this New York State Report
such striking confirmation OF Its claim 70
be tho oldest In America; largest in tho
world"
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The DAILY TIMES DISPATCH Is sold

Tho DAILY TIMES. DISPATCH is sold
at . cents a copy.
The SUNDAY TINES. DISPATCH IL
sold at cents copy.
The DAILY TIMES DISPATCH by
mail--5o cents month; $500 year
$3.50 for six months; sLso for 'hree
months.
The SUNDAY TIMES DISPATCH by
mail $500 a year.
The DAILY N1ES-DTsPATCH. m
s Guiding Sunday. in Richmond ara Man
chester. by carrier. ia cents per woeh
4or so cents per month.
The SUNDAY TIMES DISPATCH. py
carrier cents per week
is The WEEKLY TIMES. DISPATCH
$500 year.
All Unsigned Communications VIII DC
A rejected
i Rejected Communications will not DC
returned unless accompanied by stamps
4 Uptown Office at T. a. Mlller's, NO.
sic East Broad Street.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 90, 1908.
THE OHIO CArlPAlGN.

( Tom Johnson is having a hard time OF
4 It in making his canvass for Governor
IN the State Of Ohio. He lacks money;
\ he lacks organization, and. in the county
Il of Hamilton. in which Cincinnati is stu
ated, he has neither money nor organiza-
K ton. nor Democratic leader nor
Democratic newspaper. although this
county polls about one-tenth Of the vote
of the entire State Of Ohio.
Thereby hangs tale" The Clncin-
natl Enquirer, a paper of large circula-
ton and more or less influence, has been
counted a Democratic organ, and In 1926
1t was one of the leaders Of oil news
papers in the West in the support Of
Bryan. Later on Mr.. John r. Mclean
became candidate for Governor and made
a red hot campaign, using, Of course, all
the influential forces of his big news
paper But this year Editor Mclean is
abroad, and his paper Is taking no part
In the campaign. It Is not exactly OPP
posing Johnson. but 1t is giving him no
support. either in its news columns or its
editorial columns. This situation grows
out of '.feud" between Tom johnson
and Editor Mclean. In 1899. when Nc
Lean was running for Governor and
johnson was supposed to be leader In
I Cuyahoga county, Mclean naturally eH-
pected that johnson would give him
cordial support. but, 1t will be recalled
that Sam Jones, :.the Golden Rule Mayor
}a,.~S yr. or, inIenen.
dent candidate, and when the votes were
counted it WIS found that Jones had
101,OC0 in the whole Sta to, 10000 Of which
came from Johnson's neighbors in Cuya-
hoEa. Mclean receiving only about one
half that number. Mclean has never for
given Johnson for this. But as If that
we're not enough, last fall Johnson had q
State ticket in the field, headed by a
preacher Bigelow In Johnson's opinion,
Bigelow did not arouse the enthusiasm
IN Hamilton which ne ought, SO johnson
went to Cincinnati, made a rampant
speech in which he called the Enquirer
e management, to account, and also read
lecture to the local management OF the
Z Mclean Democracy. This was like an
open declaration of war. and it is said
that Mclean announced to his friend:
that ne would drive johnson net only
out of politics. but out OF tho state.
In addition to this, there is no goot
feeling between Edt4ar' Mclean and Mr.
Clarke. the Democratic" candidate for thu
Senate. Clarke Is a plain spoken man
\ and has the courage Of his convictions
In times past he expressed his nint
q clearly about Brice, Payne and Mclean
and their political methods. Therefore
there is war to this day between hin
and Mclean, and thus II, is TINT the En-
quirer has done nothing to help Tho
cause OF johnson and Clarke In th
campaign.
These interesting statements are gath
cred from Cincinnati letter in the New
York Evening Post. and the conclusion
Is that the Johnson party will not MAKE
a very flattaring showing In next Tues
days election.
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not agree to that arrangement to report
to hin, (Washineton) for further IN
structicns. BY the way. the tdenuca'
parole signed by CORVALLIS at YORKTOWN
is ono Of the treasures OF the virginia
State Library.
Various other manuscripts and BOOKS
identified with Washington are includeo
in tho Pollock collection: also Jefferson
rare Summary Review" which, We arc
told, was printed at Williamsburg. ana
was regarded us the precursor OF t"e
Declaration of Independence.
There Is IN the collection also a letter
from Jefferson addressed to Governor
Hancock. OF Massachusetts,, dated Abe
marie, in Virginia. October 10th. ITS
The subject OF this letter is the finances
or the country. jefferson thought there
was a good prospect Of getting loan
from the Grand Duke Of Tuscany.
washington and Jefferson both were
great letter-writers. Every year lotteEs
of theirs never in print. come 10 i'sh''
Seldom did either employ an amanueh-
sig, and each wrote good. easy, legiole
hand.
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MARYLAND CONTEST.

In no other state is there 81 more
animated political campaign this year
than in Maryland. In the AFFAIRS OF no
has the President taken deeper inter-
est, or done moro to reconcile Pepuoll-
can factions and insplrit his party.
Whether this is because OF his dntenso
hostility to Mr.. German or because the
race issue has entered into the Maryland
contest, we do not know certainly HIS
enimty to Mr.. German is of long stand-
ing, and years ago, they had CLASH,
which has been forgotten by neither. And
what is more, the history of it has been
reproduced to some extent in recent
campaign documents.
1t is the custom of the Baltimore pa
pers to make the political parties pay
for most Of their publications as ads"
are paid for, and Just now, their columns
are crowded with cards and newspaper
reprints, assailing Mr.. German. The
charge is made that he started the present
quarrel. by assailng the record of Mr.
Williams, the Republican candidate for
Governor Now, the Republicans present
a political biography Of Mr. German. In
which the ycharge that he IS a turn
coat and allcge that he was Federal
| officeholder for some years during and
after the war, and that he favored that
| party's reconstruction policies. and aided
! in putting the odious Radical Constitution
Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, S. T..
| Wallace. Bradley r. Johnson and many
| OF hers In condemnation OF Mr. Germans
| political course.
/ for his part, Mr.. German seems to bo
| saving wood and saying nothing. The
| fact is that these charges are by no
means new; they have been heard and
| threshed out before, since which timo
Mr. German has been triumphantly re-
elected to the United States Senate by
the Democratic party. We may presume,
| however, that the renewal Of them now
will not cause him to relax his efforts
to down his enemies, even though they
have the support of the President him
self.
The Legislature, which is to be elected
along with the Governor next week, will
have the choosing Of successor to United
| States Senator McComas, and there arc
cute a number Of gentlemen-Democrat
and Republicans both-who would like to
have the place. And SO It comes about
that there is a heated canvass go ng on
throughout the length and breadth OF
| Maryland.
From 8. speech made by Senator Cor
man last week it is believed that he Is
in favor of dealing with the race issue
to some extent in national politics next
year. state Attorney General Rayner
who is a candidate for the United States
senatorship, Is IN favor OF DISTINGUISHING
the negroes. He holds that the amend
ment 10 the Federal Constitution giving
the negroes the right to vote was never
constituionally adopted.
Maryland Democrats believe that a Re
publican victory in that State would bt
regarded as an endorsement Of Presiden
Roosevelt's position on the negro ques
ton, and from their great activity, 1
would seem they are resolved that HI
shall not have that satisfaction.
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North Carolina Sentiment.

The Raleigh Post says:
1t does not seem to he any, trouble ~ u
all now for Wilmington to SHIP ca! III Mbs
Of cotton ranging from lp;0Oo 70 Sy,Ve'
bales to the cargo, TO foreign ma Met G ?,
Wilmington is developing its foreign trade
randy now 1t ought to.
The philosophical Wnston-salem sent'-
mel says;
Going to the tairs-the several great
est ever held in the State--and the or,
cuses help anyway for the country peopls
to forget their troubles for the 'llno oe-
ing.
The Charlotte Observer. always proud
of spunky Tarheel, says:
So our fellow-eitizen, Hon, Richmona
Pearson. now minister to Persia, mas been il
set back for Sl5 for .sassns an ltaliail
railroad official while he was consul !,
to indicate whether he was r,sht OF
wrong In ''sassine' the railroad nan, bnt
we are rather glad that. no dldn'l ~
woke the Kings clemency, by doing Wh,Gh
he could have secured remission OF the
fine, He Is ablo to do u and y
Is more credtabe to the .Amell-
can representative to whack UP tlan 10
GeE off,
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A SAFE REMEDY FOi COUGHS
a AND COLDS IN CHlLDREN,

AS SAFE medicine Tor the cure ut
coughs and colds, nothing will compare
with Chamberlaln's Cough Remedy. Mr.,
Frank O'Hara, of F'ranklinville. N. T..
has this to say concerning its use In his
home: "Chamerain's Cough Remedy ia
our remedy for all kinds Of coughs, colds
and lung affections, We find 1t especially
good with our family Of small children,
as It is always desirable to give tho Little
ones something that is free from harm
full after-effects, and that is just why
we like this remedy. We have every con-
fdence in It, and have used the medicine
very successfully In our family" vnr .si-
by all druggists.
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Fine Health r cord.
Editor OF Tho Times-Dispatch:

Sir.-Publlc attention having been 50
much called to health of schools In the
last year, notably the Cornell and the
Y. NJ. l.. reminds me Of the. fine showing
Hamrden- Sidney can make In that line. !.
In 1.-THE history Of that venerable and
most excellent college. from III to the
present day, only one student has died
Of sickness while In residence, and IN
During the past IS years, and possibly
for a longer period. though ! am in
formed only as to Is years IN the whole
college community. including students.
faculty and others living at Hanlpden-
sidney, there has been no case Of dlph,,
iberia. pneumonia, smallpox or Typhoid
fever. except one case Of pneumonia IN
o young child. who was brought to tho
place III with the disease, think this
record of one Of our Oldest colleges Will
valuable as a showing Of how good a
place Southsiie Virginia Is for health,
as we'll as many other things.
Richmond Va, Oct. g. 1868.
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LIFT THE QUARANTINE
Interesting Announcement to Farmers
and CattIc-Shipoers.
,r,.. ,.,,,rdaa ro+,ra will Ma Interesting
70 70 Once t' OF Static Veterinarian,

to farmers:
of1cs OF State Veterinarian.
Blacksburg, Va
Notice to stockmen. Railroad Companies
and others doing business In the State:
The cattle quarantine through the state
Of Virginia will be raised November J..
1908. to remain so until January 81. 1904
Thus during tho months Of November and
December. 1908, and January. 1904, cattle
may DO transported to and from any por-
ton OF the state without quarantine re-
strictions.
And 1t is ordered. That all stock pens
which may have been reserved for the
use Of cattle from the quarantined dig.
trict, prior to November lst next, shall
not be used for receiving or storing cat
tie from the uuarantined district which
have been inspected and passed, nor TOT
cattle origina ting outside Of the duaran-
tined district, except when such cattle are
Intended for immediate slaughter.
BY order OF the Board 1S11 OF GonIro!
state Veterinarian
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MR.. o'FLAHERTY GOING
viii Help His Law Farmer for the Sen

Hon. D. G. o'Flaherty will leave to-day
for Warren county. where lie will help hls
law partner. Mr., NJ. ]. Fulton 70 W.,
his fight for tho Senate. Mr, Fuitohs
district Ia composed of tho counties o.
Clarke, Page and Warren, ana no ~ pe'
ing opposed by Mr.. @, H. Fr''cnaEa' w
independent candidate. -
M OFlaherty Is sure Mr.. Fulton VIII
win out. but lie Is going UP In time to
make some speeches for him at any rate
The other Fulton down in the South
west is having q hard road, but Is max.
In. a game fight, and his friends say ne
vii Win out ali right over his Republican
opponent, Mr., John F. Greer
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-29

The railway postal clerks are asking TOR
national legislation that will make their
ca ling less hazardous than 1t Is now
RI there Is any reasonable and proper way
to give them protection. they ought to
have 1t. Whenever an accident occurs to
a mail train the postal clerk Is pretty
sure to be killed or wounded. A car bet
ter fitted to stand the shock of collisions
would seem to be necessity If an effort
is to be seriously made to reduce the
loss Of life among this valuable class Of
our felow-citlzens
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-29

The Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel un-
der the Hudson River Will probably cost
s5o,oOo,0oo. including the extension cast
ward to Long Island City. The whole
work will be five and threc-quarters miles
long The tunnel will not have Level
bott ON, but will decline from the shores
towards the middle: its middle part VIII
be farther from the surface OF the water
than any other part
At one point the tunnel will have four
tracks: at other points 1t will have two
o: three. Tho greater portion OF the
North River tunnel, some $500 feet, con-
sists of parallel cast iron and concrete
tubes, carried on o foundation consisting
OF twenty-seven inch screw piles. spaced
fifteen feet apart. The tunnel has con-
crete sidewalks and a brick roof arch'
and is to be water proof on top and SIDES.
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Purltanl m lin tn, Sout,.

Springfield (Iossl Republican: The
true Puritanism seems TO break cut N
the South at times, as In. the case Of the
Virginia Daughters OF the contederacy,
to Miss Alberta Gallatin, who has Of
Tended their sense Of morals by playing
in Ghosts" --Jbsen's play. She is daugh.
and Observation-Disclosures OF the financer,
Albert Gallatin. OF the early nineteenth
century.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-29

S. Brown Allen, United states marshal
for the Western District OF Virginia, is
quoted in the Washington Post as say
ing that the Mann liquor law hasnot only
put many retail houses out OF business.
but in some communities has closed quite
a number OF small distilieries. AS a re-
suit, says he. there has been renewed
activity on the part of the moonsh1ners,
who make Illicit whiskey In the noun
tain counties.,.At the session Of the Dan
VILE Court, held recently, there we're
about 100 convictions of people indicted
for violating the revenue laws"