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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
HAPPENINGS IN IOWA
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.
Advices From Several Sections Show
the Heaviest Rainfall Of the Sea-
son Occurred Last Week.
Crons R.nortad Door
Crops Reported Poor,

Specials from Logan, Woodbine, At.
lantic, Mason City and Clear Lake in.
dictate that in twenty-four hours the
heaviest falls Of rain and hail that
have been recorded in the state this
season occurred last week.
At Mason City, Willow creek was
forced over it's banks by ten-inch
fall of rain and hundreds of people had
to be removed from their homes in
the lower part of the city. Narrow
escapes from drowning were reported.
The Mason City and Clear Lake
electric line, the Milwaukee, the Iowa
Central and the Northwestern roads
al had bad washouts, the washouts on
the Iowa Central causing slight
wreck.
At Atlantic, Walnut Greet was forced
beyond its banks and large number
Of cattle were drowned.
South of Mason City strip of coun-
try several miles wide and about
eighteen miles long was devastated by
hail, crops being completely destroyed.
Dubuque county farmers say the
heavy rain storms the past few days
caused them a loss of $4,000. The
oat crop was damaged to great ex-
tent and in many instances corn suf-
fered. Three barns in the county
were struck by lightning and wrecked.
Many small streams overlooked their
banks and flooded adjoining fields
At Burlington, lightning struck a
trolley car, setting it on fire, but not
seriously injuring any of the passen-
gers. Crops, fruit trees and small
buildings suffered severely.
A cloudburst lasting half hour
struck the vicinity of Ottumwa. Sky
lights were broken, the roofs of several
blocks torn off and street car service
stopped. Every telephone line out of
the city was disabled and telegraph
wires crippled.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
Attempted to commI. Suicide.

After accompanying the man she
loved and his bride to Sioux City on
their honeymoon, Miss Lucy fegley of
Allen, Neb., attempted to commit sui
eide by poison at Sioux City hotel.
Professor l.. Crowley, principal of the
school at Allen, for love of whom she
wished to take her life, rushed from
the side of his bride just in time to
prevent his former sweetheart taking
"a fatal dose of arsenic. Miss Fegley
went to Sioux City on the train with
Professor Crowley and his bride, with
the avowed intention of accompanying
them on their wedding trip. Profess
sor and Mrs. Crowley, who were mar
ried at Battle Creek, had intended to
go to Duluth to spend their honey
moon. Relatives Of Miss Fegley say
that Professor Crowley invited her to
accompany him and his bride. The
professor says she accompanied them
unlimited. He is alleged to have
fitted her for Miss Anna Shipley, who
Is twenty-three years old, while Miss
Fegley is forty years old.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
Crops Very Poor.

Iowa crops this year will be far be-
low the average, no matter what may
be said by those who travel about the
state and bring in rosy reports about
the condition of the farms. The
monthly statement of the Iowa wealth
err and crop bureau on the condition
OF crops for Aug. 1, as compiled from
the reports Of the several hundred
correspondents in the state, was made
public last week. These reports come
from county and township correspond
ents all over the state and are the
completest reports that are obtainable
anywhere. Director Sage estimates
from these, the following percentages
for Aug. 1, and furnishes the compari-
son for similar date last year:
Spring wheat, .82, against .S4 in
1902; corn, .73, against .93; oats, ~,
against 49, millet, SO; fax, "a,
against 81; buckwheat, .89; pastures,
"a; potatoes, 80, against 10Y; apples,
IS, against &C; grapes, 80.
The only thing that is really first
class in the state this year, according
to these reports. is the grass land.
The hay crop just gathered has been
excellent, and abundance of hay has
been put into the stack. The pasture
land is excellent and is supporting the
grazing herds better than for many
years. But the good pastures argue
fine. sleek herds of cattle, horses,
hogs and sheep. The potato crop is
really not as good as indicated in these
reports, but on the late potatoes the
blight does not yet show as much as
lit will later The weather has thus
far this month been of a kind to make
improvement in the condition of the
corn, and this may be expected to
steadily get better.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
Why His Pay Stopped.

A brief note from the war depart
ment' conveys the news that Reno
Cunningham, who left Hawarden to
enlist in the Tenth infantry, was
drowned in the Philippines, July 1S
last. The youth, who was nineteen
Years old, had instructed the pay
master of the army to send $40 of the
soldiers pay monthly to the First Ma
tional bank of this place. His plan
was to have a nice sum saved up, and,
when his enlistment expired, he in
tended to seek an education. Ma par
ticulars OF the death are at hand. The
bank was merely notified the soldiers
pay had been stopped, giving the rea-
son. Deceased was an orphan. He
has a brother, Thomas, living at Ha-
warden, and another brother, Eugene,
located in Eagle Grove, Ia. His regi-
ment was to have returned to the
United States in few weeks.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
INJURED IMPROVING.
Victims of Wreck of Circus Trains
Will Probably Recover Dead
Not All Identified Yet.

Detroit, Mich, Aug. 1O.-At Harper
hospital it was said Saturday that all of
the 20 injured circusmen, who were
brought here Friday from Durand,
where Wallace Bros two circus trains
collided Friday, with loss of life of %,
had passed a good night and would
probably recover. A telegram from
Durand says that there were no more
identifications of the dead.
The condition of John Thompson, OF
Peru, Ind, who was severely injured
about the pelvis as well as having a
broken leg, became worse during the
morning, and he died at noon. This
makes the total deaths "a. The Other
are reported unchanged at noon.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14

Speaking of Mr.. Bryan's lecturine
tours and his ability to draw tn.
crowds he does the Rockford Register
remarks that st is queer how many
people will hire man to tell then
things that are not so?" II by ,hi,
innuendo the Register means to say
that Mr.. Bryan is going about the
country lying, why don't itco right
out and say so like q man, and tell
how, when and where he is lying?
Has Mr.. Regi,ter-man attended one
of his lectures and heard Mr.. Bryan
lie? Does he read the Commoner and
find any lies therein? We will VEN
ture our opinion that the Register
man has not heard Mr.. Bryan deliver
lecture in five years, that he proba-
bly, never heard him lecture more
than once In all his life, and never
read half dozen copies of the Com
moner all told. And yet he is ready
enough to fling out his own dishonest
acquisiti lions. DEBORAH Journal.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
Save the Children.

Nfnety-nine of every one hundred
diseases that children have are due to
disorders of the stomach, and these
disorders are all caused by indigestion
Kokol Dyspepsia Cure is just as got d
for children as it is for adults. Chill
dren thrive on 1t. 1t keey S their little
stomachs sweet and encourages their
growth and development. Mrs. Henry
Carter, 7c5 Central st. Nashville, Ten.
says: My little boy isnow three years
old and has been suffering from indi-
gestion ever since be was horn. have
had the best doctors in Nashville, but
faile d to do him any good. After us
ing one bottle of X dol be is a well
baby. recommend it to all sufferers. ,
Kodol digests what you eat and makes
the stomach sweet. Sold by Shuttle
worth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14

for rapid flight of half or three-uuar-
tiers of mile. Under the full pressure
of this force the machine struck the wa
ter and moment more has disappeared
from view. The machine was recovered.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
-Four Killed in a Wreck.

A wreck at Devon last week result
ed in the death of three Italians and a
little child. A local freight had just
picked up the Italian boarding car
containing about twenty five men,
their boss, Hans Nelson, his wife and
child. After getting under Roadway
the train parted and soon crashed to-
gether, overturning and partly de-
molishing the Italian car, killing three
men ard Mr.. Nelson's little daughter.
Nelson and his wife were both injured.
Passenger trains No. 106, northbound,
and No. 8, southbound. met at Devon
soon after the accident, and after
transferring passengers. each train re-
turned, being unable to pass the wreck.
No. brought the Nelson family back
to their home at RiceYille and the
dead men were taken to Hampton.
Many others were hurt.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
The Postoffice Boodlers.

Before this article is read by the
good people of this country the stat
ute of limira tions will have run, ard
Mr.. Perry S. Heath, Secretary OF
the Republican National Committee
former First Assistant Postmaster
General, and the Lord knows how
many more, will be free from danger
OF indictments on account of anything
that may have cpme or will come GU,
of the present investigation uf Posi-
Office rottenness 1t is the general
belief here among the people who are
lin the know" that Perry Heath
was one of the first men spotted by
Bristow, and enough crookedness
found to bring him to the bar of JUS
tice. 1t also is believed that Hanna
tnen went tn See the President and Il
dea! was made whereby Heat IS
scalp was saved and the party saved
the Humiliation and degradation Of
seeing its Secretary of its national
commictee dragged before the bar of
justice for boodling. On the last
day Of July, however, the statute of
limitations allows Heath and all 9TH
ers who are not now In the clutches
of the law, and who quit the depart
mont three years aga, to breathe free
ly and give the people the "hoarse
boot" Thus do some people go un-
whipped Of justice and the people
never will know who are in order t.
chastise them at the ballot box should
they ever ask for office in future:
The President has now demanded of
Bristow that he get through with
the investigation by the first of Sep
TENDER. In other words, the thing
must be out Of the way before Con-
gress convenes, and any man who is
not caught by that time will 90 free.
Until there is change of admins
tration the people never will know
how much was stolen by the postal
gang -Chas. A. Edwards, Our Wash
ington Correspondent.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
Priest NAV Be ACTING Mayor,

If a popular prediction is borne out
by the action Of Mayor Becker, Dav-
export will soon enjoy the novelty of
being governed by priest In the
light Of the general clamor, famed
and fostered by Father Giglinger, for
sweeping reforms regarding the con-
troll of the resorts of the city, it is said
to be the intention of the mayor to
step out temporarily and allow Father
Giglinger to be the acting mayor. If
this should come to pass it is certain
there would be an administration of
an extremely strenuous nature. Fa-
Their Giglinger is the sworn foe of the
gamblers and dive keepers. Recent
secret conferences the man of cloth
has had with the mayor have tended
to strengthen the popular belief that he
Is soon to assume the appointment as
sub-mayor. Mayor Becker has prom
lsed that something will happen
soon. His retirement in favor of the
priest is expected.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14

1t would be instructive to know
who are the owners and who the edit.
ors Of the so-called democratic news.
papers that are working the Cleveland
boom. John r. Walsh, republican
who has never, it is said by those who
profess to know cast "a democratic bal
lot, is the owner and publisher OF the
Chicago Chronicle. The Chronicle Is
good newspaper edited with signal
ability, but its brand Of democracy
Is tainted with suspicion. Nearly ey.
cry great daily is owned and controlled
by corporate influence and speaks for
tin nearly every utterance pertain
Ing to the public and the corpor-
ations. The names and antecedents
of editors and proprietors If given
publicity would identify them with
the corporations.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
Blaze in smithIand.

The entire business district Of
smithland was threatened by fire. and
1t was only by most valiant work by
the bucket brigade that the town was
saved. The drug store OF Ed Wen,
dell was totally destroyed, as were the
store and office of Charles Rice and
the empty building belonging to Mrs.
r. C. Rice, The upstairs of the latter
building was used as public hall, the
only one In town. The fraternal
brotherhood lost all OF its parapherna-
liza in its hall over the Wendell drug
store. The total fire loss was over
$1,000: insurance, $2,250.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
SUES PRESIDENT MAGICIAN.
Dr.. knipe Seeks to Compel Payment
of Salary,


President George E. MacLean OF the
state university of Iowa is being sued
by DR.. Alden Arthur Knipe, the for
mer coach of the university football
team, in the district court at Iowa City
Knipe, who is now in New York city.
claims 5000, alleging that he made a
verbal contract with President Mac
Lean, whereby the latter was to pay
him $4,000 for coaching the varsity
eleven during the season of 1902, and
remaining single until after Dec. 1,
DIR. Knipe having been divorced in
South Dakota during the connection
with the university. The plaintiff as
serts that he fulfilled both phases of
the contract, but that the chief execu-
tive only paid him $1,4O0 President
MacLean cannot be seen, as he is in
Europe. but the university authorities
allege that DR.. Knipe was paid, not by
the president, but by the institution, as
are all other members of the faculty.
to which body DR.. Knipe Belonged
and that not one cent is due the former
coach.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14

Rev. j. ]. Harty. of St. Louis, will be
consecrated archbishop of Manila by
Cardinal Satolli on the 18th instant.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
Eat All You Want.

Persons troubled with Indigestion or
Dyspepsia can eat all they want II
they will take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure.
This remedy prepares the stomach for
the reception, retention, digestion and
assimilation of all of the wholesome
food that may be eaten, and enables
the digestive organs to transform the
same into the kind of blood thatgiyes
health and strength. Sold by Shut
tleworth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
POPE TO AID UNIVERSITY |
Promises to Bestow Apostolic Bene-
diction Upon ALI Contributors.
the Offerings Made to the Catho-
lie Institution ut Washington.

Rome, Aug. 10.-The press correspon-
dent Saturday saw Cardinal Gibbons and
found Inn almost recovered from his in
disposition which he thinks was due to
over-fatigue on Wednesday when he
stood about three hours at the vatican in
order to present the American pilgrims
to the pope. Saturday the cardinal went
for drive. After the coronation of
Plus x. he intends to go for some days
rest to Castel Gandolfo on the beautiful
Lake of Albano, near Rome, where the
American college has magnificent sum-
mer quarters.
The pope in order to aid the Catholic
university at Washington has prom
ised Rector O'Connell that he will short
ly issue bull granting the apostolic
benediction to all the faithful partici-
pating in the yearly collection which
the archbishops and bishops in the
United States will raise for the univer-
sity.
'The institution is destined" said the
pope, ito become the heart and center
of the clergy and of Catholicism In
America"
Rev. J. ]. Harry, of ST. Louis, will be
consecrated archbishop OF Manila by
Cardinal satolli on the 18th instant.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
Said Congressman Cousins in his

Said Congressman Cousins in his re
cent Dss Moines speech: sit is the.
wall Of American protection upon
(which the feet of industry and labor
leaped out of the panic and disaster OF
1896, waving the flag of employment
and prosperity and independence in
the face of all the world" This great
rhetorical feat presents a glorious
achievement that should make the
armless man Of the dime museum who
writes with feet turn green with envy
memphis News.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
Woman's Fatal FAN.

Mrs. w. r. Phillips, wife of one Of
the wealthy pioneers. of Sioux Rapids,
Ia. got up in the night to put down
a window during rain storm and fell
down stairs. She was not heard by
the family and the next morning her
dead body was found at the foot of
the stairway.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
Bids President Farewell.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Aug. 10.-Baron
speck Won Sternburg, the German am
bassador who has been the guest Of
President and Mrs. Roosevelt since Fri
day, left for New York Saturday,
whence he will go to his summer home
near The Weirs, New Hampshire.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14

for rapid flight of half or threeruuar-
tiers of mile. Under the full pressure
of this force the machine struck the wa
ter and moment more has disappeared
from view. The machine was recovered,
It was considerably damaged.
Will Need Extensive Repairs.
The machine was removed to the
houseboat where extensive repairs will
have to be made before another test can
be pulled off.
At given signal the model was dis
patched on Its voyage. The launching
car was pulled back to the leeward of the
superstructure and sent forward on its
track at a rapid velocity. When the
windward end was reached the machine
shot forth.
Most Successful Launch.
A better launching could not have
been desired. The Smithsonian scien-
lists believed that the highest hopes
were about to be realized, but after the
first few seconds Of flight the wings
were DETECTED and the flying machine
went downward until her course was
ended on the mud bottom of the Poto-
mac she was travelling at velocity of
about 40 miles an hour. When the ma
chine was raised from the water work
man attempted to cover it with cloth,
but for a long time was unsuccessful.
Appearance of the Ship.
Its mechanism and dimensions were
plainly seen from the press boat 20 feet
away. It was equipped with four
wings, two on each side, about four by
six feet, made of the finest oil silk and,
held upon delicate wooden rods. The
wings were shaped like tent. The
body consisted of an intricate arrange
ment Of fine steel rods with cylinders.
motor and boilers carefully balanced.
Between the two sets Of wings were sit
uated the propellers. two in number.
equipped with two blades. The steering
geer was situated at the rear and was
constructed from material like the
wings. The motor is supposed to gen.
crate something in excess of two-horse
power. Several photographs were Sc
cured of the machine in fight. The
wind against which it flew was blowing
about four miles an hour. After the ex-
pertinent Assistant Manley refused to
make any statement for publication.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COUNTY
Democratic Ticket.

GOVERNOR. B. Sullivan, Union
County.
Lieutenant GOVERNOR. D. Butlec
Iowa County.
Judge of the Supreme Court. B
Caldwell, Tama County.
Superintendent of Public Instruc.
tions-A. R. McCook, Howard County.
Railroad Con missioner-W. S. Porter
Hardin County.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
May Sue for Breach of Promise.

1t is understood that Miss Anna
Helton Of Winthrop, Dubuque county,
who says that James McAleer the
former legislator, promised to marry
her, will institute suit for breach of
promise. McAleer married young
independence woman last week and
was driven out Of town when he re-
turned to Winthrop.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
Boer General Die.

Munich, Aug. 10-Col. Schielat, who
was commandant in the Boer army
during the Trausvaal war. died in a
hospital at Reichenhall Saturday. His
health was. shattered by the privations
Df the war and his confinement as a
prisoner on the island Of st. Helena.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
Notice.

Parties knowing themselves indebt-
ed to the firm of Haefner q Serfling,
will find the books at the Cresco Union
Savings Bank where settlement can
be made, and oblige
sstf H.O. SERFLrNe.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14

Whitewater, Va, Aug. 1O.-A partly
successful experiment with the 15-foot
Langley airship was made Saturday
morning from the houseboat in the Po-
tomac river off this point.
The aerodrome started we'll in a
straight line south with velocity of
10 feet per second and flew for dis
lance variously estimated at from 400
to 900 wards.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
Life-saver Drowned.

Atlantic City, N. j., Aug. 5.-Former
Life Guard Capt. Charles Lake. aged
IS years, was drowned at noon Tuesday
while taking swim prior to going on
duty. He had crossed the inlet channel
to a bar and was on his way back when
he suddenly sank. His body has not
been recovered.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
Lake .ueamer sinks.

Bad Axe, Mich. Aug. 10.-The stern
bearing of the steamer Metropole,
owned by John Stevenson, of Detroit,
loosened ten miles oh Port Austin, in
Saginaw bay, allowing the vessel to fill
and go down The crew saved them
selves in the small boat.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
Farmers Neck Broken.

John NJ. Bailey. an old resident Of
Jackson township, near Iowa Falls,
fell backwards from a haystack and
broke his neck. He was stacking hay
when the accident occurred. He was
sixty years old and well known.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
Shoots an Alligator.

Charles Laing Saturday shot and
killed an alligator, in the Mississippi
river at Clinton. The alligator was
nine feet long and is supposed to be
the same one that was seen there on
two previous occasions this summer
1t is the first alligator ever seen in the
river about there.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
Republican Papers Consolidate.

A deal has been completed by which
the Bee and Souvenir, both Republican
papers of Jefferson City, are consoli-
dated. The new paper will be called
the Jefferson Bee. The officers of the
pew company are Frank ]. Stillman,
president; G. S. Turrill, vice president;
Paul E. stillman, secretary and treas
uror
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
Blinded by a Raester.

The five-year-old son of Fred Steor.
ner of Burlington is marked for life
as the result of fight with game
rooster. The child will be blind and
minus his nose.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
Natural Deduction,

Inspector Casey saw woman
pass a milliner shop to-day without
stopping to look'in the window.
Chief Millikin-Poor thing; blind
ness is terrible "a affection, isn't it?-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-14
Creates Laughter.
Fast Train Collide. with Ene,n

Marshalltown, Ia. Aug. 1O.-The Mil
waukee & st. Paul fast passenger train
No. 1, running 80 miles an hour, collided
with a light engine near Capron Saturday
morning. Both engines were badly de-
molished and thrown from the track and
the baggage car derailed. The engineer
of passenger enginewa slightly hurt
No passengers were injured, although
all were badly shaken up.