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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-20

Dillon lowered the minutes days ago
This considered great feat but the champion has been
equal has lowered worlds of
which he made Crees chestnut horse, eight years old
Cresceus trotted two miles in 4:I7 last year
Cceus owned by Geo H. Ketcham of Toledo Ohio, and
during the year 1901 for his the of $4,000
In the of the American otng either
tioter, had earned this money; animal either
many trying tasks in SO brief space Of time Under all conditions
and all weathe the toter the world horse
sque of faced the starter rolled off miles all
of tracks with the and precision of veriae
until January when the final exhibition was given at
oute sound and the best of health He stood the knocking about
of travel the the philosophical ready
to eat as he was eager to race and in ways acted more like
human being than like horse s5;. :, -
skies OF or in the biting ro Of January he could always
respects the remarkable any his On
that day January the herometer stood % degrees or four
driver his fingers frozen
alfe track 26 credtabe time under the favorable
Noteworthy creceuss is only link the
When colt resceu deaths door horse
and escaped An injury the stable serious that
his left word with the destroyed
lucky chance prevented carrying Mr. Ketcham instructions
proved revoked Cresceus owner when
young man. suffered health and took to outdoor exercise
fame al and L fortune
both the and dam Of Cs and he broke and trained the
horse and has driven him in all his wonderful
Ceceuss fast miles Seldom allotted both
sire and dam OF horse to nothing Of training and driving
him worlds records.
Cesceus of trotting family His Robert Nc
rego of the best his and when twelve years old
the peer of trottng family train He gandookng
chestnut horse much handsomer than Cesceu but with the
dontabe courage and gmeness Dooys Mabel the dam of C
the mother of of the performers the turf
but little inferior to Cceus While neither sire dam rich
thoroughbred blood both have shown that they possess
markbe degree the trait of throwing great horses
LONDON, Oct Io.-The Eastern situation unchanged
YOKOHAMA, Oct 19-Negotiatons between Japan and Russia
standStll
PITTSBURG Penn. Oct. o:-A bridge the Monongahea
collapsed today Eight people killed and several injured
BALTIMORE, Oct 1o-The Maryland Trust Company and
Union Trust Company their doors today of
sive loans which they unable to realize.
ODESSA Oct 1o-Two hundred and fifty lives lost today
by earthquake Tuhz Thirteen villages laid in
ruins and over 5000 people rendered homeless.
NEW YORK Oct 1oThe special emssary of the Colombian
Government arrived here today for the purpose conducting the
negotiations between that the United States the
Panama Canal Colombia ready conclude treaty regarding
the of right of Panama canal
of by the United States with the agree
ment that the strip of territory remain part of Colombia
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-20
GREAT FEAT OF CHAMPION
TROTTER, KETCHAM'SC RESCEUS


WICHITA Kansas, Oct. Io-Cresceus lowered the wor
trotting record for mile I:5o ga today.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-20
FOR
CORNERSTONE
New Odd Fellows Block
Will Be Dedicated
Sunday.

The corner stone Of the new 1. o. o.
F. building on Fort street, which is be-
ing erected by Excelsior Lodge No. l.,
will be laid on Sunday afternoon at 800
o'clock with appropriate ceremonies.
The corner stone is now on the 0rem-
ises. The ceremony will take place in.
the presence of all Odd Fellows in the
city, represented in Excelsior Lodge
No. 1, Harmony Lodge No. 1. Poly
nesian Encampment, Pacific Rebekah
Lodge No. 1 and Olive Branch Rebekah
Lodge No. 2.
Hon. W. o. Smith will deliver the
Grafton and Judge Estee will make an
address. There will be other addresses
and a musical program. All the lodges
will be present in full regalia-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-05-14
Nm. Warnstaff.

Son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Warnstaff
was born in Union county, Iowa, Sept.
1, 1889, and died April 80, 1908, aged Is
years, months and 20 days. He was
sick for more than five weeks and bore
his sickness without murmur and
with patience. He said in the begin
ming of his sickness that he would not
get well and wanted his parents, broth
ers, uncle VIM. Burchett and others to
meet him in heaven. On Saturday be-
fore he died he called his father to his
bedside and wanted him to kiss him
then he wanted his mother to pray,after
her prayer said it was all right with him
and said he had been praying all day.
He leaves parents and two brothers,
one older and one younger'to mourn his
absence. On Saturday evening before
he died he divided his effects between
his brothers equally.
VS.. CIAWsoN.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-05-14
ALLDREDGE STILL CHAMPION.
Defeats Doughtry in Three Straight
Falls at OnaWa Opera House.

That Alldredge, the young athlete
from Leon, is all that he claims to be in
the wrestling arena, was fully demon
strated Friday night at the opera house
in this city before fair-sized audience.
The bout was between this new cham
pion and an unknown, who proved to
be Bill Doughtry, of st. Paul, and he
was doughty specimen Of athlete him.
self, with no mean record on the mat.
Both men were havyweights, tipping
the scales at upwards of 200 pounds,
The bout WAS a catch.as. catch can, three
best in five, and was Won in straight
falls by Alldredge in the fastest work
ever seen in this section of the west.
The men were up and at each other all
the time and never let an opportunity
60 by to get the other entangled in his
favorite hold. They were rolling on the
floor, standing on their heads and slip.
ping away from cinch holds at every
turn. Alldredge evidently had the bet
better of the argument from his phe
nomenal strength as we'll as alertness.
The first fall was won in five minutes by
the back hammerlock hold. In this
round Doughtry suffered bad sprain
of his shoulder, to which during the rest
his second, Tommy suliyan, vigorously
applied the swathing ointment.
The second round, however, brought
out the greatest effort Of both men. The
full-Nelson leg hold ended the round in
minutes. The last round was short
and decisive, lasting but minutes, and
was called the half-Nelson arm and leg
hold. Doughtry's hacker then stepped
to the footlights and announced that
Doughty was defeated, and by the best
man he was ever pitted against. He
said be was ready to back Alldredge
against Farmer Burns. The latter, he
said, was in town, but was afraid to
witness the bout, as Alldredge was sure
to meet him in time and wrest his Prov
ess of champion of Iowa from him.
There had been considerable suspic.
ion, as there always is in bout of this
kind, that it was not on the square.
To shut off any further doubt, Alldredge
stepped to the front and offered to meet
any six men in the county and throw
them one after another in less than an
hour.
The match was for $3.50 a side, and
there is positive evidence that it was
posted by the men before they met.
The public now seems satisfied that the
winner is all he claims for himself, and
the coming worlds champion.
Chas. Robinson acted as referee and
gave general satisfaction. During the
intervals between bouts be entertained
the audience with some good ,umbing.
-OnaWa Gazette,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-05-14
Examination for School Diploma

An examination for common school
diploma will be held in the county sup
erintendent's office in Leon on Friday
and Saturday May 22,and %, 1908, COM
mencing at a. m. All pupils who can
do so are requested to take the exami-
nation here in Leon. The same rules
will govern and the same privileges be
granted as in the examination of last
year. Paper and pencils will be fur
nished by the county superintendent
The examination will cost you nothing
but the two days work. All pupils who
have been reported as eligible to take
examination by their teacher will be per-
sonally notified by the county superip-
tendent of the time and place Of the
examination. You will be given plenty
of time in which to take examination
and if you do not get through on Fri
day you may finish on Saturday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-05-14
Time for a Change.

1t is a trite old saying that "history
repeats ITSELF" yet one who has been
anything of student of the worlds
history cannot help referring to this ex
preston on perusing the newspaper
of late. In all times and among all
people monopoly of power has ever
tended toward one result-internal
corruption. And so it is today in our
country. Abuses in the various de.
partments OF our government are be.
coming a scandal to the world. One
day it is an army report that is consid
cred So shameful that it is withheld
from the public by those in authority
until the clamor of people force its pub.
LEGATION. Next it is the rottenness Of
the postal department which attracts
attention, and of which it is gravely
announced by the press, "of1icials do
not speak" From tie Chicago Record
Herald Of May 5th we extract the follow
ing significant statements:
"Forme. Representative Loud, of
California, who was for some years
chairman of the postoffice committee
and who is best Informed of all men in
public life concerning the workings and
defects Of the postoffice department,
said this evening in discussing the in
yestigation: sit was something that
had to come. The department has been
excessively lavish and extravaganza. If
you will take the trouble to look back
in the congressional record during the
consideration of the postoffice appro-
priation bills, you will find that have
styled these very things on the floor of
the house many times. 1t was practi.
cally impossible to scale down the est.
mates furnished by the department, for
we have prosperous congress-"
"We have prosperous congress-
Said an official in the postal service re-
Gently to the writer of these lines, "My
present employment has SO opened my
eyes to the abuses existing in this one
department that have become q
Socialist" Certainly when any con.
dition has become intolerably corrupt
it is time for c:ange. The policy that
will make of party coward before
the people is policy that is no longer
of the people and they should demand
its destruction, in the overthrough OF
its trainers. AS we said in the begin
ming it is time for change. Too long
lease Of power by any party is an evil
for the people. Give US less lavish and
extravagant departments; less pros
perious congress, policy of govern.
mert which dare face the light Of policy.
Give US change.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-05-14
THE CHURCHES.

Elder A. E. Hatch returned Monday
from months stay In Wisconsin,
where he was conducting . series e
meetings.
The following announcement is made
for services in the M. h. church next
Sunday. Preaching morning and even
ing by the pastor. Subject of evening
sermon, "Ihe Dream of Mrs. PLATE, =
Epworth League and Sunday school At
usual hours.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-05-14
Real Estate Transfers

The following are the most important
transfers from May 4th to May l1th,
1908, as reported by Stephen Varga:
j. w. Meadows to Rebecca Mead
ows, 40 acres in Bloomington S 1000
George A. Fosdick to j. E. Clayton
$50 acres New Buda .............. $500
j. r. Conrey to Annie B. Bene-
fel, lots in Leon ,.. 500
Fred Rohr to Z. M. Lutz, 10 acres
in Center, = -, -. .. 1900
A. B. Owen to H. G. LUZ, lots IN
Leon. observation-disclosures. $40
Ii. E. Milestone to Martha NJ.
and Susan Bedell, lets in Deca-
600
T. A. Greenland to Joel d. Green
land, 355 acres in Long Creek
and Richland s.s1sa 1890
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-05-14
Poultry Notes.
Whitewash your coops now.

Whitewash your coops now.
Put little salt in the morning washs
A little salt added to the poultry
feed daily is relished.
One mating with gobbler fertilizes
all the eggs q turkey hen will lay in a
year.
Usually the cause OF bowel trouble in
brooder chicks is lack of warmth in the
brooder. III
When figuring on location for your
poultry house see that the site has good
drainage.
| In warm weather it is not necessary
TO have your brooder temperature over
100 in cold weather 950.
Dust Scotch snuff into the feathers OF
the setting hen as we'll as having the
nest clean to prevent lice.
You will notice the droppings arc
scarce in whitewashed coops. We can
not explain why this is. Try it.
The West Virginia Experiment sta
ton announces that for feeding to
fowls meat, meal is as useful as ground
fresh meat
The Missouri legislature has passed q
law making the stealing of a chicken
during the night time as great sin as
stealing $40 bill.
If you want the pullets for early win
ter layers have them Matched early
Late Matched chicks are subject to gapes
and other diseases.
| Scaly legs is caused by small in
sect that burrows itself under the scale:
of the legs. Apply a mixture of Goa
oil and lard equal parts. Repeat this il
a week or ten days
Green food in winter is valuable be
cause ii makes il possible for the fowl
10 more thoroughly .ssimilate al th'
! food elements of the grain given them
Greens pfoduce u1eg gss.
| The Kansas state senate passed bill
IaPpropriating sum e money for thr
gsa Of The slase F2ul.sy Association
pnsSipg il on tire sAp1a FOOTING as II,
a49rs ana breeders associations.
Now ibat warla wee aar is caGjng o.
itl la for lice. Iilsy anIliHg rapId
III lu moi wpaihar r it1l,i args,rca n
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-05-14
Crop Bulletin.

For week ending May IL, 1903.
This has been the most favorable
week of the season for field work. The
average temperature has been about
normal, and the rainfall is generally
light during the six working days of the
week. Whenever the soil is dry enough
for blowing, preparations for corn
planting have been vigorously pushed.
A considerable acreage is in readiness
for planting, and with favorable wealth
er, big percentage Of the corn area
will be planted before the Goth. The
work of planting is already well begun
in all districts
The condition of the soil is quite var
liable, but on the average it is not in as
good filth as usual in the planting sea-
son. Grass and small grain crops are
doing fairly we'll. The growth of pas
lures is generally in advance of former
seasons.
Late reports as to the fruit crops are
much more cheerful in tone than last
week. The damage by frosts and freez-
ing weather is not nearly 50 great as the
earlier reports seemed to indicate. The
northern section will show but slight
| injury. In the south and west cherries
and plums suffered greatest damage
The apple crop is still-quite promising
Folks get mad at doctor for missing
his predictions even though the patientl
get web. 1's .1se Nsss tl'17
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-05-14
VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT.
Pertinent Suggestions Regarding
Organized Movement.

DEAR REPORTER: IfIramember right
ly you said last fall or early winter,
when the effort to organize village i'm
proyement society failed, that if such an
effort were made in the spring it would
doubtless meet with success. Well, it is
spring now and have been hoping to
hear from you on the subject or from
somebody else.
AT the time of the former agitation
the city mayor seemed interested and |
was told by one who ought to know
that not only the ma or but every mem
Der Of the council were anxious to see
the movement succeed for the reason
that such g society would be of the
greatest aid to the council in bringing
about a more cieanly and attractive Or
der of things in the town. This can
readily be understood when it is remem-
bered that the council is composed of
business men who, while wishing to
serve the best interests of the people in
general, in their own interests refrain
from anything savoring of interference
with the rights of others-even to be
dirty; while, could these same business
men stand safeguarded behind an or
ganization of public spirited women
who, not being recognized as "citizens"
Except when the tax gatherer is abroad
in the land) can venture to be brave
where duty calls, there is no estimating
the good to the town that might be &C
complished, with almost no expense.
For example. How easy for the mar
shall to tell someone that rotting ma
nure heap, or any other o1ense to good
taste, must be removed by "order of the
Improvement Society," The order
would be obeyed and the owner Of the
premises would himself feel as good
over it as anybody and would never
think of shaving 1T in for those fellows"
next time he wanted sack of flour, or
they wanted his vote. He would sim
ply submit gracefully and say, "Oh, it's
just fad of lot Of silly women. They'll
get tired after awhile, so We'll humor
them while it lasts"
Meanwhile the town would take on a
clearly, wholesome and, in time, beau
tiful appearance such as it has never yet
known, and the city fathers could step
to the front and chestily exclaim, "We
killed the bear!" And the Improvement
Society, after the fashion of good women,
would pat them on the back and an
swer, "That you did,"
In these suggestions there is no in
tention of excluding men from clean
ing up movement if there can be found
any to join it, but only of relieving
them from disagreeable responsibility
If the mayor will call meeting, now
that the accepted time is here, and if
the council will lend such encourage
ment as is necessary may we not soon
have an organization which will be the
means in time of adding hundreds ct
dollars to the value of Leon property.
/ would like to hear from others.
PROGRESS,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-05-14
Program

OF Memorial Day exercises May 80, 1908,
at Decatur City. Iowa:
Meet at G. A. Il. hall at $3.50 a. N.
Form at 10 a. m. as follows.
Colors and color guards.
Music.
w. r. G. and G. A. r.
School children and citizens in line.
March to cemetery and form about
the unknown grave.
Music.
Ritual Gstic) services.
Music.
Decorating the unknown grave by O..
D. and w. r. g.
Services by color guard.
Part of w. r. G. and school children
will then decorate each soldiers grave.
March to hall and dismiss.
Meet at hall at 2:l5 p. m. and march
to the M. E. church where the exercises
will be as follows:
Music.
Invocation by Comrade r. q. Benton.
Music.
Reading of orders by adjutant.
Ritual stic) services by &. A. r.
Music.
Addresses by Revs. Scroggan and
Yant.
Benediction by Sister Yant.
i. j. GEET1NG.
L. WARD,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-05-14
Henry Talbot Killed.

. = - ST. U
Henry Talbot, aged 50 years, who re-
sided at No. 906 East Grand avenue, was
Instantly killed to-day by falling down
the freight elevator shaft at the Equita-
BILE Life Assurance building, sixth and
Locust streets. Talbot had been en-
ployed as janitor Of the building about
two weeks ago. He moved to Des
Moines but short time ago from the
ing the elevator Talbot seemed to loose
his head and he neglected to let go of
the rope cable with which the starting
and stopping of the elevator is regulat-
ed. He held tight to the rope until the
third floor was reached when, in passing
the door,he grabbed the knob and open
ed it. The moment the door opened
Talbot pitched out. Nine times cut of
ten in the position the janitor wasss
placed when he fell he would havei
struck the third floor and been only
| slightly injured. But with sort of a.;
twist and wriggle the janitors body,
fell from the elevator, and without,
touching the floor, fell through to the
basement below. His skull was crushed
the side of his head being mashed to
jelly. His neck was broken. The re-
mains we're lifeless when the two work.
men who were ascending in the elevator
with Talbot, reached the base of the
elevator shaft.
Ed. Ward,a transfer wagon driver and
G. r. Poulson of the Baker-Trisler book
store were with Talbot on the elevator
when the accident occurred. They will
be members of the coroners jury which
1 will further investigate the affair to-
morrow morning. The inquest will be
held at the McDermott undertaking
rooms on Sixth street.
1 Col I'll. ID. Cozens was notified Of the
accident and notified the wife and chill,
dren of the deceased at once. Talbot;
has wife and eleven children surviyingt
I him. Four of the children are self-sup-s
porting. Al
/ The deceased had no insurance, either
fraternal or otherwise but it is said that
the members of his family will be we'll
cared for by the older children. lib
4 The responsibility for the accident;
seems to rest upon the man who was it's,
/ victim. He apparently did not isnow
how to operate the elevator. In COM
pany with his companions he was going
to the fifth floor to get q desk that was.
to be transferred from the building.
I Deceased came to the city two weeks
: ago from Decatur City, in Decatur coun-
Z ty. He secured the job as janitor in the
Equitable building only last sunday.
He has a son living at No. 906 East
: Grand avenue, who will look after the
funeral arrangements. Des MoinGs Cap
TiIital, 5fay9tSah.
olr,Anevers heard Of any one using
y Foley's Honey and Tar and not being
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-05-14

llsley,pastor Of the Presbyterian church.
lntcrment was made at the High Point
cemetery, the exercises at the grave be-
ing in charge of the Masonic fraternity
of which the deceased had been menu
Der many years.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-05-14
paroid Roofinq.

Best thing known for fat roofs, porch
es, decks, etc. Win not rust or rot and
is practically fire proof Sold by @. E.
Fransham Il Son, the lumbermen,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-05-14
RHEUMATISM Cured In q Day,

sMyst5c Cure, for rheumatism and, N enr;t
gid rsdicailYcures III: ito;3 day $. Its. attIon
upu.- the systemsis remarkable ana pIysle.s
ious. ItremoveS Ut once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. Tie flrst
dose greatly benefits. Sl.00. Sold by u. " an
VFerdeldrug qiSt {. leon. 3 l8 26t3
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-05-14

ou,A never heard Of any one using
| Foley's Honey and Tar and not being !,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
Peter an unluekv Name.

The Christian name Of Peter has
never been fashionable among mon
archs. England, for example, has
never had a monarch baptized as
Peter. and in other countries the
Peters have been unlucky. Peter, or
Pedro, L, emperor of Brazil, abdicated
after an uneasy reign, and his son,
Pedro IL. was driven TO Europe by a
revolution and died in Paris in 1891.
Pedro the Cruel OF CASTLE and Leon
was slain by his brother in single com
bat Peter the Great Of Russia was
guilty Of of frightful excuses; his
grandson, Peter u, reigned only three
years and died Of smallpox at the age
Of fifteen. Peter III. was dethroned
and strangled by corspirators. Peter
I. Of Servia has already a brutal mas
sacre behind him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
HARMONY LOST FOR EVER
Unfortunate Occurrence That Caused
Insanity OF Musician.

Unfortunate Occurrence That Caused
Insanity OF Musician.
Among the lot of inmates at the
asylum the most conspicuous was a
long-haired man. who sat by the win
dow drumming his fingers excitedly on
the window sill. as if playing a piano.
What was the cause OF his aberra-
tion?" l asked of the keeper. His is
a peculiar case" was the answer.
He is a German musician. He was
in Hackensack once, playing the
piano. Mosquitoes were thick; they
got on his music sheet and he unob-
servedly played the mosquitoes for
notes. The harmonies resulting were
more beautiful than any he had ever
heard before. He became enraptured,
hut the mosquitoes few away and
repetition was impossible. Ever since
then he has been seeking for the
combination. but can't find it 1t was
the lost chord"